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\ I 4 ! > •*r * > i c/^r THE CHRONICLE Striyes To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable i . ’ .. ’ . 4 ’ ' ' "" , . . Slip (Clnttan (tthronirlf If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLIV Clinton, S’C, Thursday, June 15, 1944 Number 24 COMMENCEMENT SEASON FLORENCE PASTOR CLOSES AT THORNWELL ACCEPTS CALL HERE Program of Interest Ends Year's Work. Made to Children. | a note of joy. How are we to get It was announced from Florence i this joy, he asked. By rendering yesterday in a news dispatch that the j service that meets the need of hu-1 Rev. William Redd Turner, for the i | manity in his name, the. joy in min- past four years pastor of the First, Addresses Heard bv Tur-i* 5 * 61- ^ * or Him without commercial Presbyterian church of that eity, has ' motives. . 'resigned to accept a call to me pas-, ner and Jackson. Awards He said to the graduates there is torate of the First Presbyterian |joy in commencement but you will church of this city. It is understood find a great struggle ahead, a con- 1 that final action on his resignation i flict of ideas. You will learn that life will be taken Sui^iay. Seven graduates, six girls and one is a p ro g ress j ve experience, there is! Mr. Turner went to Florence from boy, of the Thornwell orphanage high a i wa y S j 0 y an( j satisfaction in a good Portsmouth, Va., where he served school received their diplomas Tues-' fjgj^ for a g rea t cause . the First Presbyterian church lor six day evening in the final chapter ol; Continuing, Dr. Jackson said, let years. He served nine years as pastor the 69th annual commencement pro-, us g row ^ ] e t us crU cify self for man of Old Bethel Presbyterian church in 1 gram of the institution. . must get ahead of himself. You will Orange presbytery near Greensboro, 1 The exercises were presided over by out 0 f the past ^ £ ( his first pastorate after com- Rev. T. E. Simpson, chairman of the wi jj surv j ve There is a world to be'pleting his education at Elon college, I board of trustees, wtih the invoca- re b u jj t> graduates. This, Vanderbilt university. Union Theo- tion offered by Dr. L. R. Lynn °f; means that your task is to serve the logical seminary, and Princeton uni- Umatilla, Fla. The salutatory was; nee( j s 0 j hour, you must open versity. given by Dorothyj^ibney,^the vale-1 your minds and hearts to see visions.! Dr and Mrs Turner and young son The proposal of Christ the speaker were visitors here Tuesday and yes-, said, is to make us new. A great terday but He gave out no public FIFTH WAR BOND DRIVE IS UNDER WAY BAILEY RENOMINATED AS MAYOR TUESDAY Terry Named Alderman In Ward 5, and Heds- peth In Ward 6. P. Silas Bailey, incumbent, was re nominated for another term as mayor 'JOHN H. LYNCH DIES SUNDAY NIGHT Funeral services for John H. Lynch, 86, who died Sunday night, were held Tuesday afternoon at Chestnut Ridge Baptist church near Laurens. Inter- 1 ment followecLjn the church ceme- 1 tery. The services were in charge of Rev. C. F. Allen and Rev. C. A. Cal- cote of Newberry. Pallbearers were James Bennett, Irby Chandler, Eugene Harris, Roy $600,000 GOAL FOR CLINTON. GOLDVILLE AND NEARBY AREAS t Bishop Heads Local Effort. Seek To Sell $1,271,000 In County. The fifth war loan drive in the His promises. Class Play Given On Monday evening members of . _ . r the senior Trlass m a most creditable .. .. , , their annual play. The Graduating Class dictory by Ladson DuBose. Celia Bass read the class prophecy and Tarquita Idol the class will. A long, “Missiuri Waltz,” was sung by a group of mu sic pupils of Miss' Luva McDonald. The diplomas were awarded by B* S. Pinson, principal of the school, and a copy of the Bible presented each graduate, a custom followed since the founding of the institution in 1875. The class gave the alma mater song. Prizes and honors were awarded by W. W. Harris, acting president oL the institution. The winners were: Valedictory, $10 to Ladson DuBose. Bible award, Elizabeth Schultz. Monitor’s award, Emma Stevens. . Printer’s’ award, Kenneth Idol. Poultry award, Ladson DuBose. Dairy award, Brown Roberts. Wood shop award, James Henry Craig. Shop, plumbing and electrical award, Thurman Shaw. Most efficient office work, Dorothy Gibney. A prize of $1.00 each was also pre sented to the following small children who made the honor toll every month of the school year: Jane Powell, Ga- ron Driggers, Raymond Elkes, Mary annua ] meeting of the board i Alice Ham, Dorothy Latham, Maxie trustees of Thornwell orphanage! Price, Jane Westmorland and Nancy i was held here Tuesday with Dr. T.J Be P- , , , , j Ellison Simpson, of Darlington, chair-j A list of the highest averages by man> presiding. The meeting was grades for the year was read, as fol-| called to order at 10:3 o w i t h the in-| lows Harris, Joseph Harris and Virgil of Clinton in the Democratic primary Simpson. held Tuesday. He had no opposition. Mr Lynch had been a resident of Clinton-Goldville area got underway In wards one, two three and four, Clinton for 12 years, yaking his Tuesday morning when workers be- ~ 1 in an effartr-t« sell $600,000 in bdnds. In conclusion Dr. Jackson told the' Ich^UradSaS evejjj’ were a,so renominate ^ as alder ‘ ago, he was a farmer and resided in R 'h'^ wlliV P ' L graduates there are great opportuni- n j n g »Then for new terms without oppo- the Chestnut Ridge section. m.m>nip or l, r.. n^nop, wain n. u. tie? before you and may God bless F , Jlowing , hc rccent ,. esignation of sition. Mr Lynch is survived by one son Pl«ico heads the soliyitatiM rom- .f P ' nt ' an<l kCeP y ° U in j Dr. J. K. Roberts as pastor of the In ward five. Joe P. Terry was and three daughters; Jesse Lynch of mittee. a specially appointed nominated for alderman ov£X—C^Gr- Low iidi/sv ille, Mrs. Claietk'f Harris chance is herp. His Grace. His power statement. He came to Clinton to jde- Hugh C. Ray, Pet B. Adair, J. F. home with his daughter, Mrs. Frank gan solicitation charges us and makes of us new hver the commencement address be- j aC obs and V. M. Boland, respective- Simpson. Prior to moving here fol- u_'_, ; fore the Thornwell orphanage high local church pulpit committee went to Florence to; Owens, incumbent In ward six, John W. Hedspeth, and entertaining manner presented i' the j r return h , e was ^commended incumbent, was renominated for al- , r and unanimously extended a call by derman over Roy Trammell. of Laurens, Mrs. Carl Chandler and Mrs. Simpson of this city. the congregation two weelis ago. The graduating class was composed of the following members: Celia AkiFDIf*AMC Thomas Bass, Laucens Ladson Du- MI’lLIxlvMIlJ I UJll Bose, Dorothy Allison Gibney, Tar quita Fulton Idol, Gladys Pauline Monroe, Annie Jean Morton, Dixie Elizabeth Shultz. Trustees Hold Annual Meeting NEARER TO PORT OF CHERBOURG American-British Lines In Normandy Widened. Important Allied Ship Concentrations Indi cate Other Landing. Wards five and six are composed largely of re^klents of the Clinton Cotton Mills village. The vote was: For Mayor First grade, Jane Powell, 92. Second grade, Lottie Geddings, 96. Third grade, Raymond Elkes, 96.4. Fourth grade, John Geddings, 95. Fifth grade, Jean McCabe, 93.66. Sixth grade, Bobby Westmoreland, termission at 12:30 at which time > ^ ,n members were dinner guests of the: r ~P s , t « u 8 h ‘ a swaying bailie 10 o orphanage family in the central dm-1 14 mlles southeast of Cherbourg in ing hall. Ward one. Bailey 24 Ward two, Bailey 23 Ward three, Bailey l 22 Ward four, Bailey . 15 Ward five, Bailey 283 Ward six, Bailey 251 For Alderman Ward one, Hugh C. Ray 24 Ward two. Pet B. Adair 23 Ward three, J. F. Jacobs 22 Ward four, F. M. Boland 15 Ward five: C. O. Owens 133 Joe P. Terry 150 Ward six: John W. Hedspeth 133 Roy Trammell » 118 13 NIPPON SHIPS - SUNK, 16 DAMAGED IN MARIANAS RAID 141 Japanese Planes Also Destroyed, Nimitz Announces. Dwight E. Patterson, of Laufens, is general -chairman of th«l.drive in the county which has a quota of $1,271,000. The' current fifth war loan drive, is cheduled to close July 3. Clinton’s solicitation committee will include workers from the Lions and Kiwanis club who will canvass the business section and the Parent- Teacher association under the chair manship of Mrs. Harry Nettles, who will canvass the residential sections. W. A. Moorhead, G. N. Foy and Joe Delaney will head the campaign in Goldvllle. ^ County Agent C. B. Cannon ami Home Demonstration Agent Miss U. S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters, 1UU,C ^ 7 . nr earl Harbor. June S-Power!ul| F>mmg, w'li have 'harge o * • . . cnloe in rural aronc ann VA/nrkint? un- ! sales in rural areas, and working un der them will be community chaigr men. Those in nearby areas are as Ulliy Illlltra 11U1U XUIVJTVA, Oiivx 13 enemy ships, damaged 16 others | ° Hill; w w ing Japanese bases in the Marianas, and destroyed 141 Japanese planes in 'inorthern France yesterday, and the Degfl) of NeqrO Held .. Vichy radio quoted a Berlin military # • 96. Seventh grade, William Harper, 96. Eighth grade, Mozella McClure, 92. Ninth grade, Rabun Harper, 96. Tenth grade, Aimee Cothran, 93.3. The matter of securing a perma-i v 1£,U1U V a V, iv nnvniHnhlp Affidpnt' nant president was before the board 1 s P okesma " “ sa >' me l ^P«''. an ‘ AI ‘^, UnQVOiaODle ACCIdent and the renort of the nom j na tine shl PP in § had been Slghted in the lasl ! and the report ot me nominating | hours” off the southwestern A coroner’s jury Monday afternoon! stXmenTwas 0P released ^ P French coast near the Spanish border, rendered a verdict .that the death of| strl i, ion Watkins and T. A. Robinson. » Mountville: Jim Wade Miller and Mrs. Ella D. Nance. Wadswo^h: W. P. JD.ckson, ‘Mrs. L.. L. Young. Belfast: Hugh Bonds Workman. Bush River: Mrs. Dow Bedenbaugh, Shady Grove: V. E. fjh*»«!y. Goldville: J. B. SJjeake. North Creek: Frank C. Young, U g I _ 1 itz, Pacific commander in chief re ported todday. Four of the Japanese ships sunk were combatant vessels and five of the damaged shipss also were war craft. . j Against that neavy total of, de- : . .w.cv '•'» i siruction dealt out to the hard- Thn«;e attpnHine the meetim? from! There was no Allied confirmation Warren ‘‘Cat’' Calhoun, who was p res9ed en emy air and surface forces, Mrs. Jack H. Davis. Sr. ♦he three controlline svnods wehe‘ i the vich y broadcast suggesting killed Saturday afternoon about 1:15 American losses in the assault total- Renno: W. E. Bell. J. D. Copeland. South Carolina- Dr^ T Ellison 4 ' they might occur, and Berlin has ex- when run over by •. a^thick, was an jec | only 15 airplanes and 15 flight Garlington: Tan M. Ray Eleventh grade, Celia Thomas Bass, 1 Arlington - Dr F Ray Rid- 1 ihem. /‘unavoidable accident and recom- personnel. Sandy Springs: W. Brook- Blakely, 93.2. d j e Columbia - W. W. Harris R. E. 1 Regular U. S. army troops captured mended that - the "driver and the Strong efforts apparently were Mrs. W. P v Abercrombie. Members of the senior class were Ferguson, and F. M. Boland of this' the stronghold of Montebourg yester- Southern Bell Telephone company. ma de by the Japanese air force to Musgrove: Mrs* J K. Haselden, presented several cash gifts from c j t y. D r l R. Lynn, Umatilla, Fla.; 1 day.and sent patrols into the out-j owner the truck, be not held. ac-£halt the attack. Saturday, the^ first E. I’. Andvrson. friends. Edd B. Acuff of Asheville, Henry T. Mills and Henry J. Winn’, skirts of Valognes, 10 miles from the count able. day of the assault. 124 enemy air- Long Branch: Mrs Sam Com; ‘ m. Ala., presented each graduate $5.00; Greenville; Allan F. Lide, Elloree;' prize port of Cherbourg before Ger- Calhoun, a Jf^egro employed by craft were destroyed. Oak Grove: Miss Lithe Sloan. Dr. T. L. Timmerman of Laurens,' j oe i s. Morse Abbeville; A. C. Todd man counter attacks left the situation Plt .ts Stables, was killed when the The communique added “A large South Carolina's quofci m the $1.00 to each graduate; and two of Greenwood. ’ ’ . ’ : obscurq, -field reports said. There driver of the truck. W. R. Turner, majority were destroyed in the air." present bond drive is 538,000.000. the graduates’Clinton friends, a man Georgia: George B. Hovt, Atlanta/was pne Gernjan report that the stHrt ed 10 cross Sout b Broad street i n that battle 11 navy Hellcat tight- Christie Benet, state chairman, in a and his wife, presented each a $5.00 Rev p j Gillespie, Thomasville; Nazis' had recaptured Montebourg. ^ r °m Hampton avenue, where he had e rs were shot dqwn. Eight pilots pre-campaign statement, calling t >i- cash gift. John'j. McKay Macon; Lamar West- An Allied spokesman, however, said Pi ,rkt ‘d for a few minutes waiting to were i os t. <the buying of bonds, "beyond the The acting president announced fori cott Dalton. ’ 'that even if the town had changed enter ^ driveway of a service sta- Again on Sunday Japanese inter- point ever thought possible,” s.nd: the first time that he was giving an ( Florida: Rev. A. R. Larrick, Plantl hands it no doubt wpuld end up firm- tit n - Testimony indicated that Cal- ception attempts were beaten off and “Qur government is calling upon award of $5.00 to the girl who, in city Charles M Turney Raiford' ty in U. S. hands. ‘- houn was under the truck when it hj enemy fighters destroyed. every loyal citizen to go into action, his opinion, best, represented for the Rev.’James V. Johnson, Miami; Rev!I The Americans also sent troops - arted t0 ^ and the right Two small cargo ships were sunk Our men an<**bur Allies are hitting ypar the ideal Thornwell spirit of M. A. Durant, Marianna. I fanning out half-way across the r ® ar ,, dual ^ beel j P a ? sed ^ ls ^‘nday by American planes attack- the enemy with unprecedented power in th*» shoulder and killing, the Negro j In g Saipan. There, also, a small in all parts of the world and these instantly. v oiler was attacked and sunk. attacks must be sustained and in board for consideration. The annual at a point five miles below captured T-h^it’ atit n ■ t - a uih-.ses tn tht Later Sunday a convoy ot Japanese creased in strength until victory is report of the acting president and Balleroy, and fought* against German acc, ‘ dent and no U^rnnn* was given s h, ps attempting to escape from ^ai- won. An enormous amount of food. * j as to how Calhoun Happened to be pa n was attacked by American munitions and war material is being under the truck.. The driver toefk the planes. Ten of the enemy vessels in- consumed every day and must be eluding a destroyer and three cor- replenished. vettes were sunk and another dam- j ‘‘Landing on the beaches of Nor- aged. , mandy is the initial stage of unpara- The Japanse losses included: Sunk lelled military operation that will one large oiler, one destroyer, three grow day by day in intensity and corvettes, one large cargo ship, one fury. ’ medium cargo "ship, and three small, "To properly support our armed cooperation and helpfulness in all departments. It was presented to Mary Frances Tucker. Address to Graduates The address to the graduates was delivered-by Rev. William Redd Tur ner, pastor of the First Presbyterian adopted. Recommendations of the church of Florence. Mr. Turner chose | committee as to staff workers for the as his subject, ‘‘A Glimpse Into the coming year and salaries were adopt- A number of matters of importance Cherbourg peninsula, smashed in the n . , to the Institution were before the: center of German lines east of St. Lo, i n ' an Folds of Old Glory. Mr. Turner told of the making of the first United States flag and re viewed the various wars wldch it has seen up to the present. Tljkflag. he stated, represents freedon^wree- dom of worship, freedom of tf^press, freedom from tyranny, and all the freedoms for which a democracy executive committee in charge for the j counter attacks in the Carentan^sec- past eleven months, was read and! tor. ** i *_■**..» .u » u » K ’ ' [stand to state that he did not s€ British troops outflanked Caen on, Negro until after he had beer! the eastern end of the Allied front over. by capturing Troarn, and communi- ed»The report of the acting president q ue jjo. 16 told of general advances <;a ted that Calhoun was lying direct- and treasurer showed that the insti- oil 0 vr^nH,na MnrmanHv , ® all along the expanding Normandy Testimony of police officers indi- ly in front of the right rear wheels line, particularly south of Bayeaux > 0 f ^e truck, and the driver stopped ^ e n W o e ? *" ns ^ add within 12 or 15 feet from the point cargo vessels; damaged—five medium i forces *we will have to supply more cargo ships and five escort vessels and more of these military neees- ; which- were not identified by type. where he was parked. tution had been operated for the pe riod July first last year until May 1 this year without an indebtedness and Tilly Sul- Seul les that the support fund for the year _ i . 1 , . . , XT 1943 showed an increase over the Stdl P° ur i ng ^ to N° r - preceding year of $21,387.40. The ™ andy ’ i 1 b'g sky trains of gliders GaSOUC Named year just closed was the most satis- as * mgbt J^ de „ aa ' ,ante a !' CT r i| C f« 0 stands. The flag, he told the young' factory, financially speaking, in the stn P? of th -. U ‘ ®‘. Ninth air iorce;jCnOOl I fUSTCC graduates, will wave only so long as; history of the institution. The report! 111 P!a n L ' ,J > unloading rations, am-, r __ ___ _ we hold to the principles on which also showed the accumulation during rnun ^ lon a ^ d other material. ^A1 ^ Roy Casque, propnetoj- of Royal Rna “chapter of the National Asso HEADS S. C'. POSTMASTERS • R. L. Plaxico, of this city, ^vas i named president of the South Caro- this nation was founded. Your friends, your brothers are fighting on all fronts of the world so that you may continue to have what this coun try represents,. In concluding, he told the young people to leave the world a little more sweetness, a little less darkness —and you will have made it a better place in which to live. Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday The baccalaureate sermon was preached Sunday evening at the Thornwell Memorial church by Rev. J. W. Jackson, D.D., pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Colum bia. The invocation was offered by /lev. C. A. Calcote, pastor of Ave- leigh Presbyterian church, Newberry. Special music was rendered by choir. Dr. Jackson' selected as his text the 37th verse of the 5th chapter of St. Luke: “And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.” In opening his sermon he said this is a glorious time to graduate—the greatest age in which to preach. Jesus was interested primarily in the wholeness of man, he said, end goodness is always positive and ag gressive. Jesus Christ comes to strike the year of a substantial cash balance[H 16 Powered craft used returned to. Cleaners of this city has been named c j a Lon of Postmasters at a meeting on hand, a considerable part of which)® ng and sate '- v eaI 'y today. jas a member of the board of trustees i n Charlotte during the week, has been allocated to badly needed' The Vichy broadcast was made of Hunter school district No. 5, sue- improvements in buildings and equip- j more interesting because of a mes- ceeding the late W. C. Baldwin, ment. During the year $5,000 was sa 8e from General Eisenhower to | The appointment is made by the spent by the committee on plant im provements. The endowment invest- President Roosevelt telling of initial; county board of education upon the successes in Normandy. The general recommendation of R. E. Sadler of 3% per cent. The following officers were re elected to serve for the coming year: Other members of the board in ad dition to Mr. Gasque are R. L. Plaxi co, chairman, C. E. Galloway, G. A. 1 ments for the year showed a yield of said “other” openings would be made this city, a member of the board. in German defenses, forcing the Ger- 1 ' 1 J mans “to fight throughout the perim eter” of fheir European stronghold. Chairman of board: Dr. T. Ellison The Gulf of Gaecony, where Vichy Burton and J. R. Cobb. Simpson, of Darlington. said the Allied ship movements had ' ' Vice-chairman: Charles M. Turney, been sighted, is at the lower end of| of Raiford, Fla. ]v , the Ba y Biscay, and 400 miles! Secretary: W. W. Harris of Clinton, south of the Normandy battlefront. 1 sities that make for victory and the retention and regaining of freedom, for the peoples of the earth. This* means money and more money must be spent. And the home front miist furnish all that is needed. "The call to each of us is clear, buy. buy and buy war bonds beyond the point ever thought possible. “Freedom is a precious possess ion and it does not mean some body else's freedom—it means yours. To keep it is costly in blood and money. (Compiled to date for information "Our part is to furnish the money of The Chronicle’s headers). and do it now- PROCESSED FOODS: Blue AS! RATIONING BOARD BULLETIN (OPA) h -buy bonds today.” i i /. c. the son, \Clin ext vlll« Attorney: A. C. Todd of Green wood. Executive committee: R. E. Fergu- W. W. Harris, F. M. Boland of linton, and Joel S. Morse of Abbe- lle. Endowment committee: Henry T. Mills and H. J. Winn of Greenville, A. C. Todd of Greenwood. Auditing committee: Allan F. Lide of Elloree, R. T. Gillespie of Thomas ville, Ga„ and C. M. Turney. The French coast in that area of which the Biarritz playground is a part, is a region of flat, sandy beach es. i Whitmire Passes Bond Quota In Few Hours Whitmire, June 12.—Chairman R. C. Lake, of the Fifth War Lpan drive in Whitmire, announced today that the campaign had gone over the top OSMAN TO SPEAK SUNDAY by 11 o’clock this morning. The guest minister at the First The quota of $260,000 was exceed- Presbyterian church Sunday morning ed by $85^37.50, the total bond sales will be Rev. John E. Osman of the amounmig to $335,937.50 during the college faculty. j first hoqrs of the drive. Have You Enrolled? Enrollment for voting in the Democratic primaries this sum mer is slow, and county Demo cratic officials yesterday urged that all eligible persons enroll as soon as possible so as to make the election of county and state officers representative. June 27 is the last day for enrolling. The first primary will be held July 25. Enrollment books for the Clinton precinct are at L. B. Dillard’s store. through V8 (book 4) now .valid at Funprnl ^Prviroc 10 points each, for use. with tokens j ,u,, 7; u ' , ~ rv ' te5 Good indefinitely. rOT Haskell CStOS MEATS AND FATS: Red A8' ^ through W8 (book 4) now valid ai Funeral jerVices for Haskell Estes, i 10 points each, for use with tokens 30, who died Friday riight at Hays Good indefinitely. ! hospital, were held Sunday afternoon I** SUGAR: Sugar stamps No. 30 and ^ rom Chestnut Ridge Baptist church, 31 (book 4) good for five points in-1 near Laurens. Officiating ministers definitely. Stamp No. 32 becomes '* t>re R ev - Lloyd Hellams and Rev. good indefinitely June 16 for five, ay Anderson. . pounds. Sugar stamp No. 40 good fop^ Lstes and his family resided on five pounds CANNING SUGAR until the Jack H Davis P la ^ e - here. February 28, 1945. Apply to local m boards for supplemental rations. The 7*^0 NoOfOOS To Army canning season has^ieen divided into m 7 I two seasons: May 1 to August 1 and t July 1 to November 1. 1 SHOES: Airplane stamps 1 and (Book 3) valid indefinitely. GASOLINE: A-10 coupons for 3 ! gallons expire August 8. Local selective service- board No. I 50 sent two Negros to Fort Bragg. 2 N. C., Friday for induction into the army. They were James Wilson, Rt. 1, Chappells, and John Bunyan Ell- more, Clinton.