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V -1 THE CHROWUE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Slip (Elintou (Ultromrlp If You Don't Read . THE CHRONICLE "You Don't Get the News Volume XLIII Clinton, S. C, Thursday, October 14,1943 Number 41 CHAMBER COMMEKCE LOOKS TO POST-WAR, TRANSPORT IN AN) w Clinton and Laurens Groups Join In Pushing Jacobs' Proposal. Envisaging an era of air transport after the war, both passenger and freight, the Clinton Chamber of Com merce in concert with the Laurens Chamber has initiated a movement to secure a moden ariport for Lau rens county. A survey of the pro posed site is now being made. The idea was first presented by William P. Jacobs in an address be fore the Laurens organization last week, which group immediately ac cepted it as their first order of busi ness. Mr. Jacobs was scheduled to appear before the Clinton organiza tion at its meeting Tuesday evening at Hotel Clinton, but was detained by illness. In his stepd, R. E. Babb, of Laurens, gave a summary of Mr. Jacobs’ Laurens address. With Mr. Babb at the Clinton meet ing Tuesday evening was a delega tion from Laurens consisting of Au gustus I. Mason, president of the Chamber of Commerce, L. C. Barks dale, secretary, Charles F. Fleming, Dwight F. Patterson and L. S. Mc Millan, who met with the officers and directors of the Clinton Chamber in a round table discussion after the regular meeting. Plans were made for committees from the two organizations to meet with Mr. Jacobs as soon as practi cable to map out a plan of procedure. Mr. Jacobs’ proposal centers around a triangular area with Lau rens, Goldville and, Cross Hill at the points of the angles and a thoroughly modem airport in the middle, includ ing necessary hangars, mile-long runways, warehouses, terminals, and connection with the three railroads serving the area in addition to neces sary highway access. It was pointed out that cities and towns lacking air port facilities after the war would be left out in the vanguard of post-war progress, just as similar towns were abandoned and vanished during the era of Railroad building, in the last century. The occasion of the Tuesday eve ning gathering was the quarterly meeting of the local Chamber of Commerce, and was presided over by J. Roy Gasque, president. A program of entertainment was presented by pupils of the Sherill school of dancing, with Mrs. James Pitts as accompanist. Those taking part were ‘Barrie Jean Wingard, Sara Pitts, Mary Catherine Anderson, Jerry Galloway and Nell.Timmer man, dancers, Jackie Franks, acro bat, and Louise Hobson, who sang popular war numbers. At each plate was a sheet sum marizing activities of the organiza tion during the past quarter. BRITISH TENNIS STARS TO PLAY HERE FRIDAY COUNTY TAX LEVY LOWER FOR YEAR Decrease Due To v - Reduction of 10 Mills State and County Purposes. Laurens, Oct. 13. — Taxpayers of Laurens county will have $104,535.87 less taxes to pay on real and per- HOW TO CHANGE MAILING ADDRESSES * Relatives or others requesting us to change addressees on THE CHRON ICLE should give the former address as well as the complete new one, es pecially for men in the armed services. These should be sent in immediately upon change so that no more papers will go to the old ad dress. All changes received in the office P. C. COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM FRIDAY; 15 TO GRADUATE General Gregory of _! United States Army To Make Address. The fourth of a series of com- .... mencement exercises at Presbyterian Wednesday or before go into cff®ct i co jj e g e ^j s y ear began Sunday sonal property this year than they; the same week. Papers will be sent morning at the First Presbyterian 'did last year, according to figures^ to the new addresses the following I church when the Rev. W. McLeod ! made oublic by Miss Jennie V. Cul- j week ^ ^ notice ot change is received, Frampton, pastor of Purity Presby- |. . ... after Wednesday. Please dot not ask;terian church, Chester, delivered the oertaon, coun y . i us to mail out back copies. I baccalaureate sermon before the fac- Above, left to right, are Dorothy ^und Little and Mary Haadwiek, British iennis stars, who will play a free exhibition match at Presbyte rian college atrfr p.m. Friday. 39 WHITE SELECTEES; SENT TO CAMP CROFT FOR OCTOBER CALL Fall Rally Presbyterian Young People Be Held At Thornwell Saturday They will have less to pay although the total assessments for the year are larger than last year, she said. The savings were brought about, she pointed out, by reason of the re duction of 10 mills for general state ; and county purposes and a reduction in school district levies. The reduc tion of the school levies, she said, was made possible largely by the ab sorption by the state of certain school expenses. The average reduction in special district levies, she reported, will be approximately 4 mills. The average school levy this year will be approxi mately 5.3 mills, all school districts j being included in the average wheth er they nave any special levy or not. Compliance with .these requests j ulty, graduating class and a large greatly simplifies the work of mail- | congregation. The exercises were presided dver by Dr. W. P. Jacobs, president of'the college. The commencement program vinll be continued Friday with graduation exercises on the college campus. Tho address wilt be delivered by Major General Edmund Bristol Gregory, the Quartermaster General of the United States army. Other final features will be a ten nis {exhibition at 2 p.m. by Mary Hardwick and Dorothy Round Little ing out papers and. helps our sub scribers to receive each copy prompt ly. NATIONAL WAR FUND CAMPAIGN IN COUNTY TO OPEN MONDAY The Young People and the Pio neers of South Carolina Presbytery ‘ . TT" ’ . , i will hold their annual fall rally at Thirty-nine white selectees called! . . . . * by CUnton board No. 50 for October j Thornwell Memorial church on Sat- were sent to Camp Croft, Spartan- ufday. Registration will begin at 10 burg Monday morning for physical examination and possible induction into the armed forces. They were as follows: James Larry Abrams, Goldville. Wreford Copeland Nabors, Gold ville. William Edward Lyda, Clinton. William Nathan Prather, Goldville. William Otis Davenport, Rt. 1, Ware Shoals. Walter Earl Powell, Cateechee. Bamey Elvin Norris, Rt. 2, John ston. Alford Carter Caldwell, Rt. 3, Clin ton. Willie Lee Faulkner, Charleston. Frank Herbert Golden, Goldville. James N. Wood, Rt. 1, Ware Shoals. Joe Hall, Rt. 3, Laurens. James Carl Johnson, Clinton. Luther Theron Culbertson, Rt. 1, Ware Shoals. James Ryiand Gambrell, Waterloo.. ^ Robert Brooks Sims, Rt. 1, Water- ! wlU J >e , 1 se, T ed ‘ n o n?hanage dm- The Laurens county campaign for of Great Britain. the combined National War Fund will j At 4 o’clock a military parade by open next Monday, October 18, with j . 3 . 9th A ‘ r Ft !!; c ? i _ _ . 'Training detachment will be staged The average last year was 9.5 mills. i Ceci Roper^of Laurens, as county j on campus under the direction of This year a number of districts wiped out the special levies entirely o’clock. Miss Betty Taylor, of this city, is president of the organization and Miss Thelma Hicklin, secretary of religious education at the First Pres byterian church, adult adviser of the group. The following program has been announced: . ? 10:20—Call to worship by the pres ident of the Thornwell group, Miss Betty Jean Idol. Business meeting. Instruction period—those attending will be divided into seven groups and an adult leader and a presbytery council member will gxplain to each the church history and organization, and how young people’s association’s are related to the church program. “Highway” report by council mem bers. Hymn service. , Recess for lunch. A picnic dinner chairman. The campaign in Clinton rapt. Carl M. Turner, commanding and the Goldville area will be head- j officer of the unit. The apparent discrepancy, shej ed by D c Heustess as chairman.' To all of the exercises the public pointed out, arises from the fact that quota for the county has been * s cordiafly invited. . * Honorary degrees of doctor of laws set at $14,600 for the following) ... , r-—- TT>,;+<^r4 „,.aan;->a+is,nc> ttsti W1 ^ “ e conferred upon General Greg- some of the school districts with the largest assessments have the largest levies. The total amount to be collected, she pointed out, will be $279,605.13, United Service organizations: USO, United Seaman’s service, War Pris oner’s aid, Belgian War Relief so ciety, British War Relief society, ory, B. B. Gossett of Charlotte, tex tile manufacturer, and Leavelle Mc- Campbell of New York, president of as against $384,141 last year. The to- ,'^j F ‘ r T e “d s cTlux-'! McCa ™ p , be11 * company, commission merchants. tal assessment this year was $8,856,- 150, as against $8,813,975 last year. Total real estate assessments tfyis „ „ ^ « year were $4,944,880 and total per- j relief Queen Wimelrmna fund, I^us- sonal property was $3,911,270. War rebef United China relief, There were 7,116 returns for polls, I Czechoslovak relief, United 2,045 for dogs and two for watches, Yugoslav Rebef fund, Refugee Relief the total assessment for watches in trustees, U. S. Committee Care of Books To Open Soon For County Toxes The Laurens, county tax notice for 1943 appears in today’s paper as re leased by Treasurer T. Lane Monroe. The books are due to open October 15 and Treasurer Monroe has stated that he will be ready for the receipt of taxes for several of the townships. Receipts for tax book No. 3, cov ering Waterloo, Cross Hill, Hunter, Jacks and Scuffletown townships will require four or five weeks to write, he stated,. and will not be ready by the 15th, although he will be prepared to write receipts for those who wish to pay on or after this date. In all, Mr. Monroe said, about 7,000 receipts have to be writ ten after he receives the books. loo. Barnett Edward O’Dell, Ware Shoals. Thomas Vernon Craft, Goldville. Asbury Lee Crawford, Greenwood. Thomas Richard Morgan, Goldville. Charles Wilbur Abercrombie, Rt. 1, Gray Court. Lester Ivester, Clinton. John Marvin Hall, Goldville. Charles Edward Hellams, Rt. 1, Gray Court. Frederick Eugene Davenport, Rt. 1, Waterloo. Jackson Pink Morgan, Goldville. Harry Elwyn Sturgeon, Jr., Clinton. ing hall, the host group furnishing) a drink. Worship service led by Thornwell young people. Special music by the Thornwell choir. Adjourn at 2:15, when visitors will be taken on a tour of the Thornwell campus. the county being $10, not including watches in the hands of merchants. Others returns were as follows: 4,002 mules $120,630 407 horses 10,270 6,126 cows : 61,335 343 hogs, sheep and goats 845 1,162 wagons and buggies 8,490 5,755 automobiles 702,125 Household goods 206,230 Musical instruments 110 Office furniture 8,925 Farm machinery 40,905 Merchandise 471,655 Corporations ,. 2,279,740 Miss Culbertson said that she turn ed over to the treasurer the last of the three tax books on September 30, having turned over the other two on Sept. 8 and 17. This is the earliest she has been able to complete the emborg, Greek War Relief associa- ... _ Uo„. Norwegian relief, PoUsh War 15 S " UOr! WlU re ' Bachelor of Arts David Lewis Allen; Darlington. Thomas Francis Hollis, Atlanta, Oa. Richard Hall deMontmollin, Le- land, Fla. Harry Foxx Parrish, Jr., Augusta, European Children. The state goal has been fixed at rjj[‘ $670,000, the funds to be used for| Daniel McDonald Roberts Car the men in service on the military.. r front, on the United Nations front, ** ’ and on the home front. This ib not an investment but a voluntary gift on the part of the people to help win q & the war sooner and with a mini- 1 Bachelor of Science Walter George Coker, Jr., Clinton. Branch Robuck Fleming, Cordele, mum loss of life. A community- Q a wide canvass will be made. The campaign in this area will be headed by the following: Goldville: W., A. Moorhead, J. B. Hart, G. N. Foy, Bruce Galloway. Mountville: C. L. Milam. > Clinton: D. C. Heustess, (chair man), J. Leland Young, Pat H. Hob Joseph Barrien Fuller, Augusta, Joseph Henry Jones, Gainesville, Ga. John William King, Jr., Summer ville, Ga. Hydrick Linder Kirby, Jr., Union. John Daniel McLaurin, Bethune. Luke Loama Rushton, Augusta, Ga. ™ . TT . . Charles Carlton Williams, Cordele, son, H. C. Layton, Dorroh Hairston, Q a ’ ’ Boland Elected To Orphanage Board P. S. Bailey, W. C. Neely, D. B. Smith, Mrs. Marie Rantin, R. E. Joseph Clifton Brown, Rt. 1, Ware i held last week in Columbia, F. M. Shoals. 'Boland of this city, was elected a At the annual meeting of the Pres- poration and merchandise returns on byterian Synod of South Carolina time and to her own hard work, she having taken but two Wednesday a<- books in her 17 years of experience e er 8uson. V' • P. Jacobs, R. L. Plaxi- in the Laurens and Greenville county | i - Adair, B. IIu- officfs, she said. This was due in part, Roydt Rooert Hamer, V». Roy she added, to the fact that the books i Gasque, H. L. Eichelberg- were furnished earlier by the tax I f 1 "’ P r i, G- R^auie, L Isaac Cope- commission, which also sent its cor-l“ n{ *’ Goyne Simpson, F. M. Boland, E. H. Wilkes. October 15 Deodline For Moiling Christmas Packages Overseas Friday, October 15, is the last day on which Christmas packages to army men overseas may be mailed, postal authorities have stated. The time for navy and marine packages has been extended to October 31. The sender of any packages mailed to soldiers after Friday must present at the postoffice a written request from the person to whom it is being mailed. _ CITY SLOGAN SELECTED Andrew Franklin Free, Rt. 1, Ware Shoals. * + Clarence Russell Downs, Rt 1, Spartanburg. William Fred Hellams, Rt. 1, Gray Court. Dewey Daniel Samples, Clinton. John Thomas Holland, Rt. 1, Ware Shoals. Guy William Lollis, Rt. 1, Ware Shoals. Lester Edward Ray, Clinton. James Lee Cooper, Rt. 2, Laurens. Carl Thomas Farmer, Goldville. John Casey Abercrombie, Clinton. Troy Cleroson Davis, Rt. 1, Water loo. Blakely To Speak For Presbyterians Dr. Hunter B. Blakely, president of Queens college, Charlotte, N. C., will be the guest minister at the member of the board of trustees of Thornwell orphanage, succeeding Dr. J. K. Roberts, resigned, to enter the service as a chaplain. Mr. Boland, who is cashier of the Commercial Depository, has for years been a de voted and helpful friend of the in stitution. Three trustees whose terms had expired, were re-elected: Martin F. Ansel of Greenville, Rev. F. Ray Rid dle of Columbia, and W. W. Harris of this city. Georgia Trustees Named At the meeting of the Synod of Georgia held in Dalton, Dr. Stuart R. Oglesby and Lamar Westcott were elected new members of the board to succeed Rev. Harold Shields and Rev. John Melton, resigned. Dr. Oglesby is pastor of the Cen tral Presbyterian church in Atlanta, one tors temoons off during the year. A. R. P. Presbytery Will Meet In Ora Council Of Social Agencies Formed A Laurens county council of so- Icial agencies was organized at a luncheon October 7, at the Laurens probably more in the Piedmont sec- William Robin Zemp, Camden. Dutch Weother Prophet Predicts Severe Winter For This Section | ■■■■♦» The coming winter is going to be ) exceptionally severe. I That is the warning of W. P. Hou- I seal of Columbia, known as the Dutch Weather Prophet. While Mr. Houseal has not yet is sued his detailed prediction, he says there will be at least seven snowgr—. The 286th semi-annual meeting of ♦he Second Presbytery of the Asso ciate Reformed FTesbyterian church will convene at the Ora A. R. P. church at 7:30 on next Tuesday eve ning, October 19. The opening sermon will be preached by the Rev. T. Bernard Mc Bride of Doraville, Ga., the retiring moderator. The Rev. J. Palmer Steele of Lake Placid, Fla., is moderator- elect and will preside over the meet ing. In October, 1800, the Presbytery of Tea Room. All of the agencies of the county were represented and plans made to meet once a month, the next meeting to be held November 1. The council was formed for the purpose of studying welfare needs of the county and planning a ‘joint program to make the work of all agencies effective in meeting these needs. Rev. A. C. Holler was elected tion. “I look for a white Christmas,” he writes. “I suppose it’s no violation of the war time weather law to warn potato growers not to let the frost of October 24 kill the vines before digging potatoes.” The old Dutch prophet warns ev erybody to lay in an ample supply of coal. His advice will no doubt be heeded by many, as the Dutch Pro- the Carolinas was divided into First the secretory to study the constitu chairman of the council; Mrs. Mabel phet is something of an oracle in B. Little, secretary. Roy White and I South Carolina. Early this month, the Mrs. Pliney T. Whitlock were ap- ! Dutch Prophet reached his 73ifd mile- pointed as a committee to serve with stone in. life. By profession he is a and Second Presbyteries and the of Thorn well’s largest contribu- 1 first separate meeting of the Second . Mr, Westcott is an elder of the Presbytery was held at C e d h r T»-—Kvirion e linHav .a | Dalton church and a prominent busi-! Springs church, Abbeville county, fhl d i' ness man ot that city who has been April 8th 1801- In the 143 years of tion and by-laws of similar council printer and is believed to be the old est in the United States. the 11 o’clock worship hour, Dr. Blakely received his education at Erskine college, Princeton univer sity, Louisville Presbyterian semi nary and the Baptist Theological seminary at Louisville. Ky. He also studied at the University of Edin? burgh, Oxford university and the University of Berlin, and was at one time acting pastor of the American church in Berlin. The author of sev eral religious books, Dr. Blakely also served as professor at Columbia Theological seminary, Decatur, Ga., A Goodly City of Godly bdore * oin * t0 Q ueens interested for a number of years in Folks" Is Chosen. At the quarterly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce held Tuesday evening, it was announced that the contest conducted by the organiza tion seeking a slogan for Clinton had been closed. * ^ The slogan selected, “A GOODLY CITY OF GODLY FOLKS,” was sub mitted by Dr. R. L. Coe ot this city, and he was awarded a $25 war bond as the contest prize. The committee Final Figure. Given In War Bond Drive Dwight F. Patterson of Laurens, county chairman of the third war bond drive, announced yesterday thaj the total sales amounted to $1,894,- 800, an increase of $712,000 over the set quota for the campaign. K1WANIS MEET TODAY The regular meeting of the Ki- stoted that only a few entries were wan is elub will be held this evening at 740 at Hotel Clinton. the home. 4. Synod Re-etecfs College Trustees At the recent meeting of the Pres byterian Synod of South Carolina held in Columbia, the following trus tees of Presbyterian college were re elected: James Chapman, Spartan burg; W. R. Wallace, Chester; Rev. B. S. Hodges, Union, and A. C. Todd, Greenwood. 'm • Decline Shown In Cotton Ginned its separate existence the Presbytery has met at Ora a number of times, the last time about eight years ago during the pastorate of the Rev. J. Calvin Smith. The Presbytery as now constituted is made up of 38 churches in the western part of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.' The pastor of the local church, Dr. !C. Bynum Betts, and several mem bers of his congregation will attend the meeting. council. Red Cross Ships Sweaters, Quilts A miscellaneous collection of gar- Jments for war refugees, made at the A total of 9,170 bales of cotton' was local Red Cross sewing hxun, were ginned in Laurens county from the shipped this week, it has been stated. 1943 crop prior to October 1, W. M. Sweaters comprised the bulk of the Sanders, special agent of the Depart- 1 shipment, which also included ten ment of Commerce, announced yes- . terday. The number of bales ginned for the same period in 1942 stood at 10,- 585, an increase of 1,414 over the cur rant figure. quilts made by various groups of women. The production committee ex pressed their appreciation to women of the community who assisted with the work. DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! SO FAR THIS YEAR THERE HAVE BEEN 2 FATALITIES from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS ‘ in LAURENS COUNTY Let's Strive To Make 1943 a Safe Year On the Highways. This date last year, I organizations and to report to the Although .the Dutch Prophet at- group specific aims and purposes tended school only about sixty for the newly 'organized county |ninths, he is a former editor'and well known writer, and holds the honorary degree of master of arts. At present he is proofreader on The State, Columbia. In the summer of 1918, the Dutch Prophet predicted the war would 'end on November 11 of that year. iNow he comes forth with another 'prediction on the war.'Germany, he jsays, will capitulate by January l. Cannery Ready To Can Meats The local cannery is ready to can beef, pork and other meats, states L. E.- Reeder, head of the plant. It will be necessary for those wishing to use use facilities of the cannery to make appointment with Mr. Reeder for a date and explanation of require ments. The public is invited to use the cannery as freely as they wish, Mr. Reeder says, and appointments can be made with him during school days at the high school where he is agri cultural teacher, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, and at phone 140 from 2 pjn. to 9 pan. \