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\ I I (II f r 1 ft -v . /. THE CHROMCU Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable (Ehrmitrle If You Don't Read M CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News * Volume LXV Clinton, S. C, Thursday, April 12, 1945 Number 15 Returning 'Presents’ to Berlin Draft Board Calls 58 White Selectees James Austin Chandler ^ Fifty-eight white men, 28 for final induction, and 30 lor pre-induction,; were sent to Fort Jackson by the James Austin COMMERCIAL BODY ELECTS OFFICERS Chandler, Sr., FOR NEW YEAR Passes Al Navy Hospital check Program local draft board on Tuesday and died Sunday morning in a navy hos- enforcement officials will co- Wednesday, April 10 and 11.-They pital in Bethesda, Md.. where he had 'hos- t0 re duce accidents, South Carolina's •I 1 — * - - Man 4 r-h i r-» i 1 r» marnll fSfS the been a patient for several weeks and ‘o eram ill. Before entering ^ check P ro « ram ’ Green- ! critically ill. Before entering the navy hospital Mf. Chandler was a patient in the Veterans' hospital in '“^Chiefs of “police and “state nation-wide brake as announced by, Chief L. J. Campbell, of Columbia, president of the South Carolina Asso- Columbia. For several months past coordinator of ^is endorsed activity, he had been in declining health, The body arrived Monday afternoon via A Du , ri "« 3 f* r -week period from fh. <u> a hn a rH April 15 until June l,.the police o the natron will check the brakes of R. W. Boland Named President Succeeding Tom Addison. Directors Elected. Report for Year Given. As B-17 Flying Fortresses of the U. S. 8th sir force reach the smoke marker over the target, they release a cascade of bombs In unison. This photo was made daring the latest attack on the German capital. all cars involved in moving traffic The April dinner-meeting ol the violations, or in accidents, according Chamber of Commerce was held to Chief L. H. Bagwell of the local Tuesday evening at Hotel Clinton, at police department. He added that which t.me oiffeers as recommendeji cars would be checked which are by a nominating committee for the operated in a manner indicating that year were elected, the brakes are not safe. It was point- new leaders are President. Ratchford W Boland Vice-President, Tom Addison. Secretary. Miss Iona Blakely. Treasurer. Pat H. Hobson Additional directors: L. W. Bui- Needs Are Great For Used Clothing County Baseball League Organized; Local Mills Included The receiving center for Clinton’s ^ The Laurens County Baseball lea . Clinton gue was organized last week at the part in United National Clothing col-Mill community house in lection—the ^ocal War Price and Ra- Laurens with four clubs, each to play tioning Board office — is open daily | a 21-game schedule beginning April from 9 aim. to 4 p.m., where persons 21 and ending August 25. wishing to make donations are asked The teams admitted to the circuit 'were Clinton Mills, Lydia Mills, j Watts Mills and Hickory Tavern. j As managers, Con Satterfield and are as follows: For Final Induction * William Hodges Adarps, wood. Eugene Harris, Pickens. Blease Woodrow Leggette, Lum berton, N - c - 1 t he Seaboard Julius Oliver Womble, Clinton. : „ . . . . , Joseph Preston Abrams, Ware Funeral services were conducted 'Shoals Tuesday afternoon at 5 ©clock from i William Griffin, Woodruff. ; the residence on East Centennial l McDonald Crain, Clinton. i street - The * R ' Turner was Edward Melvin Huey. Clinton. ||? charge of the services, assis ed by Jonathan Bailey Abercrombie,' Dr - L. J. \N oods. Interment followed • Clinton in R oscrnon t cemetery. Both at the John Eddie Stroud, Goldville. .'hoAe and gra^e a large number of ed out lhat ^ ts not an en f orce - Wilburn Stanley Burroughs, Pel-1 re * J *f| ves aru * f rien us assembled an men | drive to result in arrests but is zer. the\m&hy beautiful floral tributes conduc t e d as an aid to motorists in R. H. Frazier, Goldville. gave evidence of the popularity and car conserva tion and accident pre- Clisby Buchanan Templeton, Gold- high* esteem in which he was held. | vent j on ville ’ ' . I Active pallbearers were G. A. Bor* j .. The bra^g check is most timely.” 1 £ w Anderson J B Har. Maurice CoHier Owings, Laurens. I J a ^ e ’ ^, he said, “because usually accidents R N Blackwelder. W R Pitts. Jul- R J ‘ F ‘ J b d ° a Increase sharply in the spring. Since ian Coleman. W. P. Jacobs, R. L. k. i-ionana. - ♦ cars on the average are twice as old pi axic0i Dr D q Rhame. Jr.. W H Mr. Chandler w’as a native of this today as before the war, they are Simpson. L E Bishop, and Roy county where his entire life was more likely to suffer breakdowns. Ga^que The latter- six served as spent. He was the son of Mrs. Agnes The brake check should be an inval- members of the board the past year Austin Chandler of Cross Hill, and uable.aid in holding the line against yhe retiring president. Tom Addi- Chandler. He- was 8{certain accident threats, Chief Bag- soni g av e a brief statement covering Rr f s by ter i |‘^ we 'l sa *d. _ the activities of the club for the year church, a veteran of World war No. Tbg program, sponsored by the In- which, he stated, had been limited l, and a Mason. Because of declining t erna tional Association of Chiefs of and of a routine nature due to the health ne was forced some time ago p 0 iice, is supported by nearly 100 war and business conditions. He said to give up work.. national organizations including the that the work had been carried on Mr. Chandler possessed many ad. office of Defense Transportation and by the directors and careful consid- mirable traits o, character. Honest Army Service Forces. P o 1 i c e er^ticn given all suggestions or re- and upright in all his dealings, he throughout South Carolina are co- quests coming to that body from the made and held many friends who are operating in this national program^ membership He expressed his ap- “ A simple on-the-spot brake check preciation of the hearty cooperation J has been devised,” explained Chief given hirn during the year. Bagwell, “which will take a police ^ G. Coker sang two solos, with officer only a minute to make. It is Mrs- James Pitts as accompanist, hoped that all motorists -will cooper- i President Addison, in behalf of Odell Lambert, Clinton. Floyd Tucker, Clinton. J. B. Farmer, Lockhart. Joe Carl Stroud, Clinton. Jjimes Barroni Parkman, Clinton. William 1- Delma Bishop, Cross Hill. 1, Lindbergh Oxner, Waterloo. Ansel Clifford Reid, Clinton. William Milliard Ginn, Clinton. Thomas Edward Nelson, Rt. Clinton. Claude Lee Smith, Clinton. W. C. Wells, Honea Path. Hall Odell King, Clinton. James Paul Weathers, Laurens. For Pre-Induction Marvin Jefferson Abercrombie, Rt. the late J. C. member of the Ernest Frank Wilkie, Gray Court, to his bereaved family. Norman Ray Crawford, Newport I The deceased is survived by his News, Va. „ I wife, Mrs. Julia Cunningham Chand- Dannie Jerome Madden, Clinton. ler; one son, James Austin Chandler, George Lewis Odell, Baltimore, Jr.; his mother; one sister, Mrs. C. B Md. to send or carry their clothing. The drive will continue until April 30, after which all clothing will be as sorted, packed and shipped. Frank E. Miller, local chairman, is Will Hamilton represented Clinton Mills; Mac Harris and Bud Fuller, asking the cooperation of all fami-i Lydia Mills; James Wassori, Hickory lies of the community to help make : Tavern i and Clyde Kirby, Watts the campaign a success. J Mills. From the reports assembled from! “Red” Watkins, of Laurens, was European countries the need lor j elected president; Chick Galloway, clothing and bedding of all service-1 of this city, vice president; and J. able kinds is great. Among the re- Dorroh Hairston of Lydia Mills, sec- ports are found the following typical 1 retary and treasurer, conditions: Games are to be played on Satur- Belgium: Only one usable shirt in day afternoon of each week, with a family of seven. It is shared in turn two on the Fourth of July, by both sexes and all sizes, in the ^^Presbyterian's R.O.T.C. family and only one at time, current possessor of the shirt, is ab to leave the hovel in which the fam- p roaram To Continue ily lives. i 5 m France: “Lack of clothing is tragic ! u * • „ „ m here ” writes a Quaker relief work- Presbyterian college will be . er Either a child staysf4way from the 0 PP°rtunity of continuing its af- k i k-i ♦ * 3 t y 1 "1 fiiliation with the war department sejiool while its mothef washes and ^ Lawrence Cornelius Brooks, Pitts burgh, Pa. Millard Bobo Murphy, Goldvile. Frank Gideon Motes, Goldville. Cletis McCoy Estes, Goldville. James Calvin McNeil, Greenwood. Lewis Alvin Marshall, Goldville. James Randolph Barker, Clinton. Hampton Lee Gregory, Greenwood. Mills of Cross Hill; four brothers, Rex Chandler of Laurens, Pierce and Grady Chandler of this city, and Ray ‘Chandler of Cross Hill. J. Turner Martin Passes In Laurens ate in this war-time program by the club, presented a war>bond to having their brakes checked volun- Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Murphy, pro- tarily and by making sure the entire P r i e t° r s of Hotel Clinton, in appre- car is in safe operating condition. jciation of their services and cooper- . “As was declared by General Som- ,ation during the year in serving the ervell, chief of the United States ( l uarte ^ dinners and providing Army Service Forces when he en- ^ for l . he sectary s office in the dorsed this program, ‘Every automo- y 0 _ „ bile in Amprira must hp rpffarHpH as Smith Spoke in praiSC of the in America must be regarded as . . _ a .. i a weapon of all-out effort.' No new ^ ork of P^'dent Addison and upon t Martin n# I anrpna ! cars wiR be mad e until after the his suggestion a rising vote ofthaoks Roscoe Onea. Bundrick, GoMvlU,. I br ^ Co^oi ?*• 3™*' "“ST Jobie .Madison Davenport, Gold .pu city , died suddenly at Ms honte ^theT^M ” St’e s^ran h«p'"n Tl * newly elected president wa^ V1 vri m k , , r . last Thursday. Mr. Turner had spent over j 700 acciden 4 ^ south Caro- reco S nize d by the chair. Mr. Bolan •- MU. ' Mabry Madden- armouneement**0. ^ ^ ^ James tVilliara Mahon. Baltimore. caroe as a great shock to Ms'famUy ^Tdamaged" JSS‘ Thaddeus Cannon Johnson, Clinton, and wide circle of friends. bevond renair We mu t 'ston such develo P me nt of the city. He askeo Joseph Roy Burgess, Savannah,Ga., The funeral services were con- ^ ond " e P a,r ; chief Bagwell sa^d the hel P and cooperation of the en- William Roy Fuller, Rt. 1, Clinton.! from the residence Saturday ‘‘ " 1 ^ 4 tire membership Thomas Pennell Strickland, Ware mornmg by Rev. J. Shelton Moose of Chief Bagwell and members of his Ware dries the family’s lone shirt, or it le shirt wet illness and department through its Reserve Officers Train- goes to school wearing the shirt wet Corps pros*after ^ r ' Marshall W. Brown, president, was i assured by a letter from General ^ . . . . George C. Marshall this week. Holland: The crude shoes which b children are forced to wear are de- The letter reads: “I have been ad- forming the feet and subjecting the vised that certain colleges and tini- wearers to permanent physical handr I versities maintaining army ROTC icap. Few have clothes sufficient to i have some doubt as to the continu- withstand the rigors of the 'northern ance 9* the ROTC program and the climate, and enforced absence from i P ar ti c *P a ti° n i n the program of uni school among the children has reach-; versities and colleges engaged in the ed alarming proportions. i program at the present time. . Greece, Poland, Yugoslavia, Czech-; “The present plans are not only oslavakia: the lack of clothes is ap- to continue ROTC, but to expand it palling. Neither ration cards nor ac- - well beyond its enrollment before the t’ual money carf correct it. In Greece, war and to strengthen it by raising one is forced to pay approximately the courses to the college level. $220 for a pair of shoes made of syn- Therefore, the important task that thetic substance which falls to pieces lies ahead of us is apparent, and or wears through after five miles of without the cooperation of your in walking. In Yugoslavia notice of a stitution and other institutions main- death occurring in a family brings a taining ROTC, the program- t.annot mob of shivering folk offering “fab-!be successfully carried out. ulous sums" for the clothing of the .“Your institution will be offered deceased. In Poland four families live the opportunity to continue its af- in a single room, unheated and win-' filiation with the war department in dowless and only by sharing one an- this important phase of our military other's garments is one able to move preparedness, and the purpose of this Shoals. J. C. Estes, Rt. 3, Clinton. Carl Kinsey, Columbia. Isaac Bordman Young, Shoals. Virgil Boyd Sanders, Inman. Milton Clary Crawford, Ware Shoals . Joe Robert Madden, Laurens. Thomas Waite Smith, Waterlooo. Hugh Eugene Davis, Ware Shoals. Fred Eugene Boland, Ware Shoals. A printed annual report listing the from the place. “What Can You Spare That They Can Wear?” P. C. Baseball Season Opens Here Friday note is to allay any impressions to the contrary.” Presbytet ian college has had a senior ROTC unit for p^ie past 23 years. President Brown recently was one of 11 college presidents who par- Mrs. R. L. Cole Passes At Cross Hill Home Funeral services were held at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon -from the home in Cross Hill for Mrs. Ella Ow ens Cole, wife of R. L. Cole, who died at her home early Saturday morning after a long illness. Services were conducted by her pastor, the Rev. J. H. Byrd of Cross Hill Baptist church, assisted by the Rev. G. W. Summerville. Interment followed in Mauldin burying ground. Mrs. 1 Cole, a daughter of the late John T. Owens and Mrs. Sallie Weils Owens of Laurens county, would have been 85 next October. She was a lifelong resident of Cross Hill. In addition to her husband, sur vivors include five children. Mrs. Joe Chaney, Mrs. Stepp Smith, Rufus L Cole, Mason Cole and Haskin Cole; one sister, Mrs. Bettie Golding, all of Cross Hill, 25 grandchildren and 25 greatgrandchildren. this city, and Rev. J. H. Kyzar of f p rc ® are asking the cooperation oT act j v j t j es f or ^ past year was pu: Laurens. Interment followed in the the driving public in. this nation-wide in the hands of all members present Laurens cemetery. Mr. Turner was a son of the late Dr. Elmore Gibson Martin and Vir ginia Turner Martin, both members of prominent Greenwood county families. He was a native of Green wood, spent his boyhood in Ninety- brake emphasis program. Baptists To Conduct Training Union Meetings It reported a membership of 130, tht j largest in a number of years. The folder listed the following members m service: W. D. Adan. H F. Blalock. Dr George R Blalock. • , . . , W. B. Driggers. Thurston Giles, An- On the evening of April 24 meet- se i B . Godfrey. R. P Hamer. Joe Six, but for a number of years had ings will be held in the 921 associ- McDaniel. A. A Ramage. Wyma: lived in Laurnes. He was formerly ations of churches in the Southern Shealy. T E Walden, B F. Wingar- connected with Spratt Grocery com- Baptist convention, reaching from the and j Leland Young Under the titl * of Tn Memoriam,” the name of John W. Little was listed. THE WAR IN BRIEF Western front: 105 outside Brunswick). Italian front. o35 m les C 111 miu iticipted in a conference at the war department in Washington on plans for the post-war ROTC program. Named Student Officer Presbyterian college will open its 1945 baseball season here on Friday and Saturday when it entertains the Clemson college Tigers in a two-^At Richmond School game series, Lonnie S. McMillian, athletic director and coach, announc ed yesterday. . ' This represents a change from the original schedule announced by Clemson. The April 13 and 14 games were •on Merchants Must File Forms By April 20 pany, retiring from this position sev- Atlantic to the Pac'fic and including eral years ago cn account of his 20 states. The meetings will be held health. He was known and admired by the Baptist Training union or- by many friends who will learn with ganizations of the various associ- regret of his passing. j ations. He is survived by his wife, the South Carolina has a total attend- former Miss Louise Shearouse of ance goal for the meeting of 10,000 Prosperity; two sons. Jack and in the 38 associatk'ns in the state. James Martin; five sisters. Mrs Each program will be presided over ' Road To Berlin Copeland, Mrs. L. F. McSwain of by the director of that association. A Eastern front 32 mile- Columbia. Mrs. Claude Hipp, Mrs. presentation of the Baptist Training hn>. John T. Cheatham, and Mrs. A W. uni n work by the department lead- Brice, all of Greenwood; and one ers will be a feature of this program, brother, E. A. Martin of Ware Shoals. The Laurens county association will hold its meeting with the First Baptist church of Laurens, starting at 7 30 p.m. The closing miessage of the evening will be delivered by Dr. H. G. Wheeler, pastor of Park Street Washington, April 5. — Army and Baptist church, Columb.a. His sub navy casualties since the beginning ject will be. 'The Training Union of the war have reached 892,909 Task in the Centennial Program." Secretary of War Stimson today Few J H. Byrd, of Cross Hill, direc- reported army losses of 798.383. and tor of the associat.«>n, a . 1 :* .c-.ue the navy listed its casualties at ^ 94,526. The total represented an in- BROWN IN ANDERSON crease of 20,047 since last week's an- Dr. M W. Brown, president of nouncqment. i Presbyterian college, was the guest — * — speaker at the monthly meeting of tratu n blasts Japane the Men's Fellowship club of <the line on Okinawa as cm Zel- (from om Luk. U. S. War Casualties Now Reach 892,909 WESTERN FRONT i Hannover, dm 105 milo of Berlii r“dead city,". per> Eisenhower authoi Germans, say.ng stance in‘ wc.-t has <vha. EASTERN FRONT S, m all o*.' Vienna \vi>t s captur within to be tfoneti; sage t an aban- mes IV Tv- ranai. li O' e: >anub tv dl- oncen- GIRL. SCOUTS GR ATEFUL -—First Presbyterian church of Ander- men edge The leaders and Girl Scouts wish son Tuesdayjwening. to take this opportunity of thanking Merchants'dealing in apparel and 14 m ‘ wll ° helped make the : D ATI/’^KJ I ROARD home furnishings have been notified Scout Easter e “ hunt a sucecsS- KA 1 ,U,N,INV3 &UAKU that April 20 Is the deadline for fil- A sum of $45.00 was realized from ing pricing charts under a new OPA de ^ unt "hieh \\:.l be u>ed |o carry Miss Betty Hunter of this city, a regulation. • on the work of th^oig.imzation. graduate of Presbyterian college, was Failure of the merchant to get a installed as vice-president of the stu- receipt from the OPA by May 4, ac-^’UANGES HIS POSITION BULLETIN (OPA) PACIFIC: Huge artilhr; e Naha' defense U S. infantry- forward.. ✓ AIR: U. S. warplanes encounter great force of jet-propelled fighters, destroy 215 planes and batter Nazi - airfields. ITALY: British open powerful dnve> Across Senio mer: Berlin says U. S. Fifth army enters Massa, 144 P R O C E S S E D FOODS: BLUE miles from La Speziu STAMPS C2, D2. E2. F2. G2 now ' PHILIPPINES Americans within dent body of the Assembly’s Train-, knowledging the filing of the chart Dugas D. Copeland, formerly with vahd. “expire ;!m'num'Japln'e-e^-rce m''so5theni > alid. expire Luzon. X2 now CHINA: Japanese launch, three pronged offensive toward American mson. The April 13 an ga s . n g 0 f ^h e Southern Presby- under the regulations, makes it ille- Gray Funeral Home, has accepted a p>” qo R2 S2 now \ j re to have been p aye a em- ter j an church at Richmond, Va., at gal for the merchant to sell or offer position in the hardware department “on. yo \\' , and a return senes p aye a ceremon jes conducted Wednesday bv for sale anv merchandise covered bv of Rlakelv-Rurton's Hardware and > . ’ ■ *’'t n « mu ^u ceremonies conducted Wednesday by for sale any merchandise covered by of Blakely-Burton's Hardware and T..1’ o,~ Clinton April 20 and 21 The change the school esident Dr Hen Wade the ice regulalions . i Seeds . Vahd - e ^P ire July 3 L arranged by Coach McMillian DuBose> , was and Coach Howard this week. The Hosemen are an unknown fac-) tor in Palmetto state baseball this ; Lt. Robert Abell season. McMillian will field a young , . » . and inexperienced team on Friday, Killed m AClIOIl and he gloomily reports that hisj » ♦ pitching staff is small. Tosser Monk' D/\ and Mrs. Robert E. Abell of DO YOU TAKE THE CHRONICLE? YOUR NEIGHBOR DOES Raines,”from last year’s term, is the Chester, were notified during the past best bet for the Hosemen on the week olj the death in action in the mound, and will probably start on Pacific of their son, Lt. (jg) Robert Friday afternoon. 1E. Abell, Jr., 26. No details were Game time Friday will be 3:30, and given. Saturday’s contest will start at 2:30 I Lt. Abell was a nephew of Mrs. J. at Young field, it was stated. ,Lee, Young of this city. The cost is less than 4c per week for the paper delivered to your home. All subscriptions payable in advance. MEATS AND FATS: RED airbase- town of Chihkiang m central STAMPS: T5. U5, W5. X5 now valid. China. expire April 28; Y5. ZS. A*. B2. C2. SOUTHEAST ASIA' British cap- 02 now valid, expire June 2; E2. 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