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'/ '■ F J THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume LXV Clinton, S. C, Thursday, May 3, 1945 Number 18 High Command Takes Time Out COUNTY'S SEVENTH WAR BOND QUOTA SET AT $1,009,000 Campaign Underway To Raise Funds For Bible Course In Schools J.l HITLER REPORTED KILLED IN BATTLE; The quota for Laurens county in 1 For the third year a campaign is^|WlEI||T7 III rOMMANH the approaching Seventh War Loan! now underway in the city to raise Ill VVI II IHIll/ campaign will be $1,009,000, it has funds for the continuation of a Bible Stopping for lunch during a conference on the Western front arc, left to right: Sir Alan Brooke, Gen. Dwight I). Eisenhower, Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, Maj. Gen. John B. Anderson, XVI corps com mander, and Gen. Omar N. Bradley, C.G., 12th army group. Memorial Service t Held Sunday For Dow Bedenbaugh Appropriate memorial services were held Sunday in honor of the memory of L. Dow Bedenbaugh, Jr., . _ who lost his life in the service of his been announced by D. F. Patterson, instructor in the city schools fwr the London. May l.—The Hamburg country in the southwest Pacific on! 0 * Laurens, chairman of the county session 1945-46.. Nazi radio said tonight that Adolf January 23. The services were held war finance committee. R E. Ferguson., well known busi- Hitler had d:od this afternoon in at Hopewell Methodist church, near The campaign will open on May ness man of the city, is chairman of Be: on and had been int ended bv^ here. Rev. R. A. Hughes is pastor, i 14 The state’s overall quota for the the committee. He is assisted by the Admnal K.o : IJoenitz. h ~ personal Dow is survived by his widow’ and drive is $53,000,000. ^ .pastors of the city churches and a ‘ ^ p r M command of tho little son, Dow, III; his parents, Mr.! strong emphasis will be placed on ’ number of laymen from the respec- Carman nation. and Mrs. L. Dow Bedenbaugh: two j the sa i e of e bonds the chairman an- tive churches. At a meeting of the It is reported from the fuerer s brothers, Joe Bedenbaugh and Har-i nounced South Carolina will be ask- S rou P held Monday night canvassers h that our fuehrer. Adolf mon Bedenbaugh; one sister, Mrs.:^ to se n $25 000 000 in E bonds, as were named and plans completed for H .. mg to the last breath Carroll DeVore; and his grandfather.. aga^t $16 000 000 in the Sixth War‘ the dnve to be’made this week and against Bolshevism, fell for Germany ij. F, Bedenbaugh. 1 Loan campaign This means Mr Pat- next in the business and residential this afternoon in hr- operational ' terson sai(J, that in every county sections. headquarters in the Reichschanoel- there musH be^an intensive campaign A union'service in the interest of l(, iy. said the GermanManguage an- The following was the program for the special service: JOANNA EMPLOYEES GET $95,000_BOHU5 The Joanna Textile Mills company Equalization Board Suggests Changes To Aid Taxpayers Prelude. i to sell E bonds. the effort was held Sunday evening nouncement recorded in London at Hymn, Abide With Me. ! Declaring that this is a vital war ai *be First Baptist ohm ch, with -* P m - ' ^ — 1 n m . LUT). Openihg service—Mr. Hughes. ! loan campaign, Christie Benet, of Co- Chairman Ferguson presiding, and “On April 30 the fuehrer appraint- lumbia state bond chairman said: ! emphasizing the importance of the ed Grand Admiral Doenitz his suc- V C .. t work and responsibility af the com- cessor. The grarid admiral and suc- ‘ We face m the Seventh War Loan munity. I cessor of the fuehrer now speaks to Solo, "The Lord's Prayer” — Miss Barbara Workman. Scripture lesson—Mr. Hughes. . . ^ . , . ... , Hymn, “Sweet Peace.” . y et m -« elli ng bonds » Th address w’as delivered by Dr ^ he German people.’" Aaa-oco •T'hr-ictinn Never before have we been assigned int - aenvereu uy ^ COC AAA DAUIIC -"a-*' p^F s’ Jones Hero,sm j an E bond quota of as much as $ 2 5 ,. J. L Yost, president of the Lutheran A speaker identifying h.msekf as J7J,UUU bUNUj To Aid Taxpayers iolo “Sunshfne Tomorrow"-Mrs 000,000. That will be our assignment Theological seminary, Columbia, and Doenitz then pledged continuance of V r Miif^ h Tomorro ' v Alrs : m this job. I am confident South was an appropriate and able mes-: the war, declaring: The county board of equalization) Address “Christian Sacrifice” — i ^' ar0,ina can meet this goal, but I sa ge. Dr. Yost said that the child is j It is my first task to save Ger- of-dold’vnie,- iiTwbu£i“."£»5ib:">«‘» tv office or the count, audi-' jfggZ tknow ,h« will require bond buy- F« Stt bonus last Friday to its employees' * or 'f sl ^dar mom.ng, j Hymn, "Have Thine Own Way. >"8 •>,"*>« people and m gniM ! ita Ltom. the tor the yea? ending MaSch 31. , Lord." amoun,^ Utan ever before. and^d^velopmcnt. Chddren tinues ^ 1 y s,ru 8 8l e eon The announcement was made by W. i . nucu^inn of nnd mLns! ^ go d stai: .. wl11 be P inned on Dow.) South Carolina has never failed, are our highest comin on denomina-^ “As far. and for so long, as achieve- A. Moorhead, resident manager. In i assist taxnavers and to secure bet i Jr s brother-in-law, Carroll DeVore. in a war on campaign no mat er tor> he sajd . potential values ment of this aim is impeded by the making the announcement Mr. Moor- t0 a " SI - t taxpayers and to secure bet- wbo bas served nme months in the; how high the goal. This time, let all head said: ‘’It is the policy of our * r descriptions^ property so that company to share its profits annually be able ;° arr,ve at more with our employees.” i equitable assessments. Approximately 1,000 employees,' ^ ^wing resolutions were _ men and women, were included in P a - s -' ed and td e cleik requested to n 11 the bonus distribution. send a <: 0 ? y [ 0 each member of the Young People S Rally ; county delegation and to the county ^ - parents should not underestimate. English and the Americans, *we shall Mr. Moorhead has been engaged in the manufacturing business in Gold-| pa P^T s for Publication. eft^esteem^^the 1 people^f^he Jo- zation for Laurens- county, recom-! The Pioneer-Young People's spring County Unpaid ToXCS rnna c^uniS ^ JoaJna con- i - end ^ the county delegation that | rally of South Carolina presb ? ery ^ * cem is owned by W. H. Regnery and the y re ^ u \ re f the treasurer of Lau- was held Sunday a t Aveleigh Pres-, LOWCST 'n TCOrS associates of the Western Shade ^ c 4 ount y to tax not * ces t 10 i b y ter !, a n n n . Newberry, with Cloth company, Chicago, 111. each tax P a y er at the tune the tax .over 200 in attendance southwest Pacififc. . ' °u , U f tiny blinds ^ the limit of °u r , This important work of Bible in- be forced to carry on our defensive Prayer and closing serv-ice — Mr. ability and buy them early in the struction for our th is not the 1 tight against them as well. Under Hughes. - rdrive. The peace for which we all business of the state^-e should do such conditions, however, the Anglo- • pr u J 7*^ e nea r, ut t e enormous ^ as a commun ity because of our- Americans will continue the war not job of financing this war isn t over selves for th ei r own peoples but solely for —and that is an obligation resting on all citizens.” Held at Newberry ; Dr. Yost said that knowledge of the spreading of Bolshevism in Eu- i the Bible provides wisdom, spiritual rope- Neither Doenitz nor the Hamburg made any mention o£ Shall We Continue Bible Teaching In Our Public Schools? According to County Treasurer T. books open for the collection of tax- | About 40 young people from the Lane Monroe, w’hen the books were es, and that they provide the county! First Presbyterian church of this city'dosed on April 15 the unpaid state treasurer with the necessary funds with which to do this work. “Also, in view of the extreme lax ity on the part of the taxpayers in making returns, the county delega- attended, accompanied by Rev. and,and county taxes were the lowest in Mrs. W. Redd Turner, Mrs. W T . W. several years. Harris, W. C. Baldwin, Mrs. D. J. Brimm and Miss Eva Harris. power, and develops personality, and that the responsibility is upon par- announcer ents to see that the knowledge of God Heinrich Hmimler. Gestapo chief, is imnnrtpH tn thpir r-hilHrpn ' who Within th*? past few days had ' tried to surrender Germany to Brit ain and the United States, but not to Russiq, and had been rebuffed by the western Allies. Yet Doemtz's point ing of the struggle against Russia was in line with Himmler’s offer and Nazi propaganda designed to split the Allies. is imparted to their children' Red Cross Assigned Summer Sewing Quota Our business men say yes. This week they are making a canvass to raise 'funds for this purpose. Next week, May 6-12, a canvass will be made by the churches among their members. Mrs. Earl Spencer has resigned as The actual amount going into exe- j production chairman of the local Red cution, less several thousand dollars! cross chapter, and Mrs. Hubert Pitts Miss Betty Taylor, president of the Jin personal property taxes which 1 and Mrs. T. C. Johnson have been ■ tion provide the county auditor with Presbytery’s Young People, presided, may yet have to be marked off be-i made co-chairmen of production, it ‘ Ml SSOLINI EXEC I TED the necessary clerical help to secure Rev. Hugh C. Hamilton, of Gaffney, cause the taxpayers have moved out, was announced yesterday. » Rome, April 29. Benito Mussolini of the county, was $22,482.97. This; Mrs. John Spratt is chairman of was executed Saturday in northern tax returns for 1946. This being the brought the inspirational message on year that all real estate is to be re- | the theme of the year, “A More Ex assessed, it is more important that a cellent Way.” The theme picture, complete description. oJ all real es tate be obtained.” Members of the equalization board Here is a brief presentation of' what Miss Martha Wood has been are: Bla^Iy. J.-W. Thompson, doing during the past two years; and George T. Cook, W. E. Bobo, W. I. what she proposes to carry on more. D- H. Wilson, W. B. Sims, thoroughly in the years to come. ^ Griffin, Jack H. Davis, Sr., B. In the high school, I am ashamed, Hubert Boyd, J. D. Copeland, D. M. to say, only 36 elected Bible study. ! McGlintock. ^ These have been taught facts about the Bible: names of the books, how viip Ikl we got the Bible, the various trans- I Hr IN nKlrr lations, the Hebrew race, the land of "* ftl\ III VAILI Palestine, the ten commandments, ' the life and teachings of Christ. She HITLER: Hamburg Nazi radio said has used the Authorized Version and 1 Adolf Hitler died Monday evening Hulbert’s Story of the'Bible. | in Berlin and was succeeded by Ad- In secondary schools, 236 chose imiral Karl Doenitz, commander of Bible study. Here courses correlated. German navy; Doenitz said Hitler with home and church studies. At- died a “hero’s death” in flaming cap- tempt made to interest in their own church and Sunday school activities —to attend a church and Sunday school if they are not doing so. The ‘Christ and the Rich Young Ruler, was presented by Mrs. Hubert Ward- compared with the $58,000 for thej records and Mrs. Robert Wysor is Italy- His body wtih that of 17 other year before, which was smaller than I chairman of knittina Those desirm*' Fascist leaders was placed on exhi- the year before that. liofoSon on an? of tSe^^j-bitio" before a hu 8 e crowd tn a M:- The books are now under the au-1 0 f W ork are asked to get in touch M 311 square, later being hung up by law,'and the theme hymn, “Rise Up, j thority of the tax collector, said the j with the chairmen. | the heels - A1 l ied headquarters made O Men of God,” by Miss Harris. | treasurer, with a penalty of seven - The Clinton branch has completed lhe announcement, quoting two Bnt- Mr. Turner led the installation ser-, per cent and costs of $2 per execu- ( the winter’s quota of 254 kit bags i lsh correspondents who saw the bod- vice for the newly-elected council, j tion added. and 264 “housewives.” These have ies The council includes: ! The total amount of the tax tran-, been sent t o Laurens for packing. The correspondents who returned ital; British broadcasting company Barbara Anderson, Clinton ascribed fuehrer’s death to stroke; follows by only three days the exe cution of fellow conspirator, Benito children are told stories, taught to Mussolini, at hands of Italian parti- memorize verses and passages such)sans, as 23rd Psalm, Ten Commandments,! RUSSIAN FRONT: German resist- Anne Owens, Clinton. \ 100th Psalm, Beatitudes, etc. Tests iance in heart of ruined Berlin nears 1 Adult Advisors — Rev. and M/s. are made by contests and puzzles. j total collapse; Moscow says Soviet Hubert G. Wardlaw, Whitmire. x Secretary of Stewardship—Evelyn Jones, Greenwood. Secretary of Comradeship — Mar garet Fraser, Abbeville. Baptists To Present Centennial Program President—Virginia Gray, Clinton, j script was $276,346.05. Vice-President — Julia Taylor, Clinton. Secretary—Kittie Lewis, Whitmire. Treasurer—Nancy McMillan, Lau rens. Secretary of Spiritual Life—Mary Frances Tucker, Thomwell, Clinton. Secretary of Learning.— Harriet Harmon, Newberry. , Secretary otf Home Missions — Clarence Calcote, Watts Mill. Secretary of Foreign Missions — On Sunday evening, May 6, at 8 ! o’clock at the First Baptist church a; series of tableaux entitled “The Price of Freedom” will be presented. The service is in celebration of the centennial year of the Southern Bap tist convention, which was organized May 8, 1845, in Augusta, Ga. As a devotional, two technicolor slide pictures will be shown, entitled “Christ On the Mount of Olives” by Giovanna, arid "Vision of the Cross” For Conning Sugar Secretary of Christian Education- b Gre<?n ’ The blic is invited t0 *1 i *•> ♦ w* V 1 * attend this service. A new quota for the summer of from Mllan said the y personally saw 288 bags and 28 “housewives” is the' the bodie s of Mussolini and his next assignment for which workers bencbmen ly in 6 In P'azza Loreto in will be needed. Milan where the populace passed by ♦ j continuously "to view the corpses PIrcf F»i/4c and revile them.” 1 nrsr rcrlOU CflQa I The story ot the two correspond- i ents and the Allied ‘announcement was the first confirmation here of the The first period for applications for i broadcast by the Milan radio canning sugar ended Monday, April | ab day cnnce rnmg the execution ot 30 , ^ the 61-year-old fallen dictator who The second period for making ap- Iu l5 d I tal y I° r -1 y**ars. plication for canning sugar will be 1 . ^ be J? 0 |' res P <,nden b s said Musso- from June 1 through June 30. jlmi and his associates; were seized Five-pound certificates issued in in Gomo while trying to escape into either period will be good until No- Switzerland. I We of Clinton are following the plans which are being used all over our country. The public school au thorities are anxious to have this ■work done. We are sure that the Bible in the hearts of pur children means everything for the future. We hope later on to have more Bible teachers. But we must retain Miss Wood for the scholastic year 1945-46. —D. J. WOODS. Centennial Broadcast On Baptist Hour troops have overrun more than 100 blocks of buildings in city’s adminis trative core. - WESTERN FRONT: U. S. Third army troops drive to vicinity of Bra- nau on German-Austrian n border, within 44 miles of Berchttesgaden' Gen. Patton’s forces establish radio contact with Russians pounding westward from Vienna; Americans join Russian troops in May Day cele brations in central sector. ITALIAN FRONT: Fascist com- imander Marshal Graziani announces I unconditional surrender of Ligurian ] army; New Zealand units link up Announcement was made by Mr. Wardlaw that Presbytery’s Young People’s conference will be held June 18-23, and the Pioneer conference June 25-30, at Camp Riverside. The council will attend Synod’s Young People's Leadership confer ence in Columbia May 8-13. Drive Completed For Used Clothing The Clinton area United Clothing Collection campaign came to an end ^ , ... . .Tuesday with a large amount of used The special centennial broadcast I ^ ,tb Y y g0 ! la \. torces ? ear Tneste at I clothing donated. Chairman Frank on the Baptist hour next Sunday! bead Adriatic sea, American units Miller stated that the collection will race for southern end of Brenner ^ j| ighed thls week) sortedj packed morning will reflect a hundred years of the life ahd history of Southern Baptists, as announced by the radio committee of the Baptist convention, S. F. Lowe,) director, Atlanta, Ga. This is the .closest regular broadcast to May 8, the 100th anniversary of the organization of the convention. The broadcast can be heard in South Carolina over raaio stations WCSC, Charleston, at 9:15 a.m. Fri day; WMRC Greenville, at 5:30 p.m., Sunday, and WSPA, Spartanburg, at 12:30 p.m. Sunday. ATTENTION, PARENTS! THURSDAY, MAY 1# Is Registration Day for Next Year’s First Graders. Parents, bring your child for registration and medical check up at 10 o’clock, Florida Street School. This is urged by school au thorities and sponsored by Flor ida Street P.-T.A. Pass into Austria. PACIFIC FRONT: Seventh divis ion infantrymen enter village of Kahuzu on eastern flank of southern Okinawa line; Australian and Japa nese sources report Allied amphib ious invasion of Borneo, one of Ja pan’s richest oil and rubber con quests. Mrs. L. A. Land Passes At Home Near Here : Mrs. Mamie Farmer Land, 68. wifej of L. A. Land, Sr., died last Weci- nesday at her home near here after several years of declining health. She was a native of Pickens county but has lived near Clinton for 26 years. Funeral services were held Thurs day afternoon at 1 o’clock at the) Lydia Mill Baptist church, of which she was a member, at 1 o’clock, with j Rev. J. H. Walker in charge. Inter ment followed in Broad Mouth church cemetery near Honea Path. ^Surviving are her husband; two sons and two daughters, J. E. and L'. A. Land, Jr., Mrs. Claude Willard and Mrs. G. W. Hill; 14 grandchil dren and three great-grandchildren. and made ready for shipment. The drive has been ’n progress here for the month . of April. All clothing donated will go to millions of innocent men, women and chil dren in war-torn Europe who are in pitifully desperate heed. Local Farmers Join Five-Ac re Contest vember 30; There is no expiration 1 , They said ^ executions took date on the one-pound certificates. | P' at -' e at 4.20 p.m. Saturday in the All coupons must be endorsed and^ >wn of Gul.ana d. Mezzegere near show the serial number of the en _ ; ^ omo and that the bodies were taken dorser’s ration book 4. jMdan for public display in the ' square where 15 Italian patriots were executed by Fascists a year ago. Missionary To Speak —-— At A. R. P. Church J. W. Tinsley, Trinity-Ridge com- j ^ munity; W. P. Dickson and Ryan F. Rev B Dale White miss i 0 nary to ; Lawson, Wadsworth community; G. i nd j a f ro m the Associate Reformed . ... ... ... M. Harlan, Lanford; A. T. Fouche,; p resb y^ er j an denomination, will Churchill Hints Victory Gray Court, and M. B. Henderson, | speak Sabbath morning at 11 o’clock A Ra owings, have joined the 5-acre cot- and at night at 8 oclock in ^ local Announcement DC Th eMilan radio said Mussolini, his young sweetheart, Claretta FY- tacci, and 16 other Fascists were executed. ton contest, making a total of 12j A R. P church' Made Bv SaturdQV farmers joining so far in the county,; Mr. White has been a missionary! it is reported by C. B. Cannon, county India for 14 years and is now Londt>n May 1. Prime Minister agget ’ • _ 'home on a year’s furlouugh from his Churchill told the house of commons • j field. He and his family will return loday that he inight have "mformj- SI’FFERS BROKEN HIP to India this fall. j tion of importance” to impart be- Friends of Mrs. R. F. Adair will ^ be P ubbc . is cordially invited to^fore Saturday, but disappointed be sorry to learn that she fell and dear M r - White at both services. broke her hip a few days ago while! ^ on a visit to her daughter, Mrs.L Chandler B Griggs in Arlington,; RATION ING BOARD Va. She will be a hospital patient fori the next six weeks, her family has been advised. Mrs. Adair’s address is 5895 Four Mile Run Drive, Arlington, Va. “The Favorite Family Newspaper” READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS You will find advertisements in^/I THE CHRONICLE each week yod should read carefully. They will help you to better buying. Shop in THE CHRONICLE first —then in the stores. Only 4c a week delivered In your home. All subscriptions payable in advance. Single copies available at office. Have the Newsy CHRONICLE in Your Home BULLETIN (OPA) hopes that he would clarify immedi ately the pfospect^ of peace in Eu rope. j j Never once using the word "peace.” ; Churchill told an expectant hou« 1 that "should information of impor tance reach his majesty's govem- (Compiled to date for information m«fnt during the four days of our sit of The Chronicle’s readers). j ting this week—as it might do—1 PROCESSED FOODS: BLUE wdl a ' sk tht> speaker's permission to STAMPS H2. J2, K2, L2, M2 now ask the indulgence of the house to valid, expire June 2; N2, P2, Q2, R2,! interrupt business and make u S2 now valid, expire June 30; T2, U2, bl 7 l announcement. Y2, W’2, X2 now valid, expire July ■ Parliament s normal weekly pr - 31; Y2, Z'i, Al, Bl, Cl now valid, ex- « ram ends ' Frida y ni « h V pire August. 31. Shortly before Churchill spokp Count Folke Bernadette, the Swedish ntermediary whk> carried Heinrich MEATS AND FATS: RED pire August 31. j SUGAR: Stamp 35 now good for tive pounds, expires June 2; stamp 36 now valid, expires August 31. j SHOES: Airplane stamps l, 2 and 13 now valid. New shoe stamp be- U-omes valid August 1. FUEL OIL: Periods 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 I valid for 10 gallons each. Saturday's Ball Gal^e^ In County Rained Out Games scheduled for Saturday in the Laurens County Baseball league were rained out. __ d The schedule calls for games Sat- I GASOLINE: A-15 coupons valid[urday with—Watts at Clinton, Lydia j through June 21. fat Hickory Tavern. \ l .1 ” t