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ff! M N, ' A, r. i f THE CHRONICIE , Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable — ~ i= ik (EUtttmt If You Don't Read IHf CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume LXV Clinton, S. C, Thursday, June 21, 1945 Number 25 Will Head Veterans’ Bureau OFFICERS BELIEVE, Clinton Boy Counts Captured German Helmets BRIGMAN MURDERED; HO ARRESTS YET Charred Body of Local Taxi Driver and Car , Found In Secluded Spot Nine Miles From City. - i As The Chronicle went to press last night there were no, new developments in the Brig- man case. I Gen. Omar Bradley, commander of the 12th army group, greeted by his wife as aanoancement went out that he had been appointed adminis trator of veterans* affairs. His selection meets with general approval from the armed forces. The regard they hold for General Bradley can be summed up In words of the late Ernie Pyle: “It I could pick any two men in the world for my father, except my own dad, I would pick Gen. Omar Bradley or Gen. Dee Elsenhower, If I had a son 1 would like him to go to Bradley or Ike for advice." The body of Percy Lee ^rigman. |37-year-old local transfer driver, who : •had been missing since Sunday. June ; 10, was found Sunday morning about jll.o’clock in his automobile in a se- j eluded spot about one mile south of j th|e Calhoun highway, nine miles ! from Clinton. The discovery was made by Deputy Sheriffs H. B. Jones j and Wesley Fowler after an inten- sive hunt of several days. The car 1 was badly burned, and the body burned until identification was cult. Brigman’s watch was in I car but no currency was discovered. A coroner’s jury was empaneled to view the body. GEN. 'IKE' WOULD DESTROY GERMAN GENERAL STAFf Returned Army Head Says Mu$t Teach Huns i tus Crime Dbesn't Pay. Washington, June lit.'-— General Dwight D. Eisenhower, recalling all the destruction, death and suffering 'from Nazi militarism, declared today i 'the German general , destroyed" pever to war again:.. iff must be ? and make Germany iso mas • be no! he Pictured above (right) is PRIVATE LLOyD Cl. MARC HBANKS, of this city, and Private Arthur Pacheco (left) of New Bedford, Mass -The two soldiers are busy counting raptured German helmets at a large quar termaster depot near Paris and find they have more than 9,000 in the stock. Marchbanks is the son of Mrs. Rose Marchhanks of 118 Sloan Street. He was employed by the VVaterbury Tool company of Waterbury, C'.onn , before entering the army 27 months ago. diffi- Rural Letter Carriers the ‘To Hold Annual Meet j- House Vacancy Election To Be Held Tuesday Lt. Rojgkt E. Wysor, III, Awarded Bronze Star No More Canning Sugar Available This Year Announcement is made by H. D. A special general election will be taught, said, "that enme does not pay." Addressing .100 newspaper men at the armyv-i Pentagon headquarters building, tne supreme commander of American and British forces, who will govern the German zone occu pied by Americans, gravely stated. • "Thq German general ^tatf start ed out under Scharnhorst in 1860 to 1 rule the worlfi. This war they regard as just another incident We must not only destroy all their archives, but also segregatt* them — keep them apart where they can never get back where they were.” Eisenhower said "a Hussion gen eral (not naming him.) agrees with me.” m “I wa s never so mad in my life,” Rantm, of this city, president of the held next Tuesday. June 26, to fill a declared "as when I saw the Brigman left his home on the af-.5^^ c aro ij na R ura i L etter C; arr j ers ' vacancy in the county’s house of rep- beastialitv of the atrocity camps .ternoon of the 10th about 4 o clock., assoc j at j on lhat 42 n d annual as- resentatives delegation caused by the T /' ’ rmwt , He told his at ^"^.^.^isembly of the organization and 19th resignation of James H. Sullivan. If high ranking Naz i s didn’t know two trips to make and wou d be back asse smbly of the ladies auxiliary will The polls will 0 pen at 8 a.m. and about it. thev closed their eves to it ” 1 .. •* shortly. That was the last time he ^ held j u j y 5 _ 6 at H 0te i Columbia c i ose at 4 pm Qualiflcatitons for vot-1 « , ♦ ^ . ' For heroism in action against the Since sugar supplies are so limited was S een. He was reported as leaving in Columbia. ’ me are as follows r 1 He esfimate ^L l3 ' 000 war criminals enemy in the vicinity of Bauang in this year, each rationing board wasjjn the direction of Laurens with restrictions there will o a fu , , , f I? 0 * are in Bntlsh and American northern Luzon from March 14 to 16,! given a quota of 70 per cent of the t t w0 “strange” men who Sheriff C. W^-i fm-n^of emtortairunent^nd'the Reslden ™ m state for ^ ha " dS * First Lieutenant Robert E. Wysor, amount of sugar issued for home W ier believes killed him. In the first b no .form of entertainment, and the years, in the county one year, in the ; So far as he is concerned all of III, of this city, was awarded the 1 canning last year to be issued this^ejjorts of his disappearance it was ^” c g^ s^e U A nationalHrep^esenta- p £ lling precin , ct in which the elector Hitler’s SS troops (Schutzstaffel). up Bronze Star by Major General P. W. year. Due to the great demand for said th at Brigman was knowm to • S c heduled to be „resent Friday' 0frerS ^ ^ m “ n f ths ’ a ^ d the to last September, "are war crimi- • carry ‘* a i arge sum 0 f money” on _ J _f_ b L P 1 \ d y P ayment thirt y days before election nals.” The general specially and bit- Clarkson, commanding general of the;canning sugar in this area, the quota 33rd Division, a veteran of three Pa- assigned the local board is already ciftc campaigns and now fighting to exhausted,, which means that no|^ e turned over a large sum of more canning sugar can be issued this year. It was stated yesterday that for this reason, no more ap plications will be accepted at the ration board office. Announcement was also made that families who free Luzon. Lt. Wysor, a member headquar ters, first battalion of the 130th In fantry, senior unit in the 33rd Di vision, was in charge of an eight man patrol accompanied by two guerilla guides sent into Bauang to establish listening posts for the securing of information regarding enemy move ments. Throughout the night of March 14, Lt. Wysor’s patrol moved under cover of darkness though infested by numerous Jap patrols, and observed their activities. During the evening it was necessary for the patrol to change its position several times to I avoid detection by the enemy. Before daylight the patrol w ^h" proved) the public will be notified. drew to ' high ground from which | « they selected possible listening posts, j locations from they could observe Japanese activity. The following night Lt. Wysor, along with the two guerrillas and two enlisted men, moved under cover of darkness, passing through Jap patrols, and es tablished a listening post 35 yards carry a large sum 01 monev on . _ , u • - . • * ^ ^».w.., ..aia. ayci.<mu un- his person. Sheriff Wier stated that | ^Ul'be^dln 1 the a^ternomi S 5688100 1 °[, any _, ta * tben due and pay ' ferly condemned the 12th SS division able. Provided that ministers in, "They are the people who killed money to his wife just a day or two) At Thursday evening session charge of an organized church and ( our men in cold blood,” he said, before he mysteriously disappeared Fred D - Marshall, mayor of CJolum- teachers of public schools, shall be He explained his reference to last with two passengers. His wife stated: bia, and E. C. Goza, Columbia post-• entitled to vote after six months res-; September by saying that after that that he had only about $35 in his master < wil1 welcome the visitors.! idence in the state, otherwise quali-| month the Nazis, being hard-pressed. pocket at the time. |John J. Riley, Second district con- fled. Sheriff Wier believes that Brigman gressman, has been invited to appear 1 forced many persons into the SS. made application before June 181 was murdered the day he left the lon fhe program. will have their rations mailed to them, but others sent in since that date will be turned down. Mrs. Almon Spencer, chief clerk of the office, said that the board per sonnel wishes the public to know that the situation is beyond its control. Adjustments have been sought from the district office in Columbia but the information received states there is no sugar available. If later in the season an additional quota is Managers of election shall require ! of every elector offering to vote at city, but whether or not he has any! identity of the murder-robbers is only a matter of conjecture. If he has any, he has kept them to him self. He and his deputies are contin- Hence the organization, in its latter stages contained, in addition to war Officers of the carriers, in addition J said election, before allowing him to criminals, some involuntary mem- to President Rantin, are: L. S. Grif-'vote, the production of his registra- bers. fin of Central, vice-president; Niles tion certificate and proof of the pay- Asked if Hitler is dead. Eisenhow- C. Clark of Waterloo, secretary-treas- ment thirty days before the election er replied, "I do not know, but if not urer; H. N. Layne of Roebuck, his- of any poll tax then due and pay- dead be must be suffering the ago- uing investigations and working tojtorian, and J. D. Vickery of Central, able. The production of a certificate n * es tbe dimned—fearing the nevt committee is or of the receipt of the officer au- 1 touch on- the shoulder.” He said at Ellis, Heath thorized to collect such taxes shall brst he believed Hitler dead, "bot Springs; Homer E. Taylor, Honea be conclusive proof of the payment. j a fter talking to Russians, I don't Path, and D. C. Haydon, Orangeburg.! List of managers for all precincts I kn £ w ” Officers of the auxiUary are Mrs. | appeared in The Chronicle the past' T “ rning t ° the Problem of frater- Niles C. Clark of Waterloo, president;, two weeks. nization in Germany, he said flatly _ ,. . . , , . 1 be favors non-association of Ameri- Two candidates have entered the can soldiers with German adults “un- No arrests have been editor. The executive composed of Manly establish clues made. Brigman was a native of 'North Carolina but had made his home in Newberry and Clinton since 1922. He Mrs. Cleveland Dies Of Injuries ap- was a son of B. T. Brigman and the late Mrs. Kate Horn Brigman. He is!Mrs. C. J. Glover of Johns Island,| survived by his wife, Mrs. Nellie j vice-president, and Mrs. Arthur L.! ^ Lawson Brigman; four children, two! Gardner of Salley, secretary-treasur- 1 T* 5 t-i 1^ Th„ iffjL islator, and Homer S-Blackwell, for mer solicitor and legislator. race. Robert C. Wasson former leg- j til we can get out all the Nazls ; Mrs. Lucille C. Cleveland, 39, was struck by an automobile of whom are adopted, Darold, David, er. The executive committee is com jBettie and Autrey Brigman; his fath-! posed of Mrs. J. C. Moore of Chester, er; two half-brothers, Lonnie W. and I Mrs. C. J. Aull of Leesville, and Mrs. who j Claude Thomas Brigman. !G. P. Haddon of Donalds. on Funeral services were held Tues- Christmas day while walking a i ong . day ^ternoon at 4 o'clock from Gray, .. White Selectees from the main highway. At one time j-be highway near Clinton, died Mon-| woods. Interment followed .. . - nn ainno «yith da y. June 11, at the Laurens County „ “•** 1 “ , '**‘ about 700 enemy soldiers along with ^ ^ ^ a pa _' R„ s emont cemetery, in a large amount of supply passed by the position. In part the citation read, "The su perior manner in ^which Lt. Wysoi accomplished his mission was highly instrumental in the successful seiz ure of Bauang and the valuable tient since the collision. Funeral services were held last Thursday morning at 11 o’clock at the Kennedy Mortuary in Laurens, followed by interment here in the h Calvary Baptist church cemetery. Conference Opens For Young People The Presbyterian bridges without any casualties to our the offidatir)g minister, troops. ' M rs Cleveland, widow of Hall Lt. Wysor is the son of Col. Robert Cleveland, was the daughter oj^tfie E. Wysor, Jr., and Mrs. Wysor of this i at e John D. and Janie B. Cfish. city. He has served with the 130th : she is survived by three sons, Hor- Infantry for three years, two of ac e Cleveland of Roanoke, Va., Paul which have been spent in the Pacific | Dean and Joe Buford Cleveland, of young people’s The Rev. Roy Allen of this city, was conference of the Presbytery of South Carolina opened Monday at Riverside camp near here, and will continue until Saturday. The conference is headed by the Take Examination Wiggins To Lead Methodist Services "Germany is ' destroyed—especially its cities," he told the newspapermen, j Pointing to the threats of "real star- > vation," he said "we have got to do) ! something.” ! The general reviewed the righting i through France from D-day to Ger- evangelistic services 1 ™^ surrender and drew a roar ot ; ^ ughter from tbe body of news- in answering a question A series of j will begin at Broad Street Methodist papermen The following 14 white selectees church Sunday morning, the pastor, i fh|i .. Rll , .. were sent by the Clinton draft board, Rev - J - H Kohler, announces. Two! .. w worried about the to Fort Jackson on June 15 for pre-! services will be held Sunday, at 11! out e< irm> ," a renter asktd 5 ^ induction physical examinations: | a.m. and 8 p.m. Beginning Monday, ••You bet” Fi-enho^r v, t k u John Dewey Cobb. Clinton. services will be held daily at 8 p.m. j..^ w«k, Ute^ Wilford Burnette Samples, Clinton. The visiting minister and speaker t he American newspapers ” James Ray Godfrey. Rt. L Clinton, will be Rev. L. E. Wiggins, of Ander- | H e said orders to the German arm- Charles Bruce Williams, Clinton. son, a former pastor of the church, j j es were captured right after the Daniel Lewis Dunaway, Clinton. Mr. Wiggins is superintendent of the Bulge offensive was launched th .t William Howard Barnes. Rt. 3, : Anderson district. His many friends; the ‘fighting ' th ^ beganXem^J ;t iere fre looking forward to his re- was -by no means the hardesr of I turn to the city with interest. the German war. He estimated Ger- Mr. Kohler announces that a spe- many's losses in the Bulge offensive cial song service will precede the "were two and one-half times our*.’* evening sermon, wdth W. G. Coker Eisenhower disclo ed that he had _ • i as leader - Favorite hymns will be made a wager on the end of the war, James Thomas LeRoy, Rt. 1, Clin- . SU ng and those who have suggestions back in October. 1943, arid that he tot h ‘ ’ ,, _ _ ! are asked to give them to Mr Coker, was wrong by four months. iWobm- Henry Cleavy English, Jr., Clinton. All congregations in the city are in-'ion was that the European!'hife'ti Thomas Ehhu Watts, Mountville. ,vited to attend the services. we got theater. Captain Allen McSween At Home From Italy Rev. C. F. Allen and Mrs. Allen, and a staff of instructors from the pres bytery. The “pioneer” conference will also be held at Riverside beginning June York; three daughters, Misses Mar celle and Frances Cleveland of Clin ton, and Miss Betty Jean Cleveland 125. |of York; four brothers, Nesbitt, J. C.,| • J. D. and Raymond Cash; and one; I _____ sister, Mrs. Helen Moore of Gaffney.!''®®"**® V^aniiery Red Cross Workers Captain Allen C. McSween, chap lain of the 135th Regiment, 34th A l kA n J p F ftr “Red Bull” infantry division, arrived ^PPe®* IVtaOC FOr Saturday from Fort Bragg, N. C., for a leave with Mrs, McSween and small son, Allen, Jr. Capt. McSween landed last week in New York from two years over seas duty. He has been attached to the 5th Army in Italy. He landed in Oran, North Africa, on May 23, 1943. The story of Captain McSween’s outstanding work in Italy as a chap lain was outlined in the citation for the Legion of Me^i*- he recently re ceived. The citation stated he worked day and night to bring the comfort of religion to the men of his battal ion, that he was a source of cheer and inspiration to them whether in foxholes, centers. Will Open Todoy The Joanna school cannery at Goldville will open today (Thursday) at 8 a.m. and will bq open thereafter i Clinton. Earl Westly Crapps, Kinards. Carl Campbell, Clinton. John D. Lyda, Clinton. Williaiq Qvell Woody, Clinton. •John Peter Schumpert, Saluda. would stop by January 1, 19^: Saturday's Games In County Baseball League -V ng An urgent appeal is being made! on each Tuesday and Thursday from | Hickory Tavern shut out Lydia for help in the local Red Cross sew-| 9 a na. to 3 p.m. The cannery is Mills Saturday 5 to 0 in the Laurens ing room. A quota of kit bags has [equipped for the processing of cans county league. been assigned the chapter in addition numbers 2, 3 and 10. No produce) Clinton Mills at the same time de- to general sewing. To do the work will be received for processing after feated Watts Mills 9 to 5. now as requested a number of ad-13 p.m., and all processed cans must ON DEAN’S HONOR ROLL,!) Miss Ann Blakely, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Ralph R Blakely of this city, is listed on the dean's honor roll Coroner R. I. Burgess held an in-' of Lander college wht>re she was 1 |Inquest Held In Mrs. Cleveland's Death on front lines or in rest County Leads Area In E Bond Purchases t i Laurens county had recaptured the leadership yesterday in percentage of E bonds purchased in the five counties of the Piedmont area. Total purchases amounted to $281,430, - or 70.35 per cent oLthe quota. The county ranked third in over all purchases with $946,917^50, or 93 84 per cent of the goal. The quota is’$1,009,000, divided Laurens area $609,0Q0, Clinton area $400,000. ditional volunteer workers are need ed. Women who cannot go to head quarters are asked to secure material and complete the work in their homes. It is urged that a number of wo men respond to this patriotic appeal to help in war work. The rooms are open on Tuesday from 9:30 to 12, and! from 2:30 to 5 on Wednesday and j Thursday afternoons. quest last Thursday afternoon at 4 ,student the past year o’clock in the death of Mrs. Lucille —— Cleveland, who died at the Laurens pill I CTIkJ /ODA) . .. . _.. , [hospital June It from injuries re-: ^ * *’'' 'wrA' be removed daily from the cannery, urday, and will^to ^ckory RATIONING BOARD tha management states. 1 Tavern for a game. ‘ way neap ere - Marshall Secretary For Textile Groups The American Cotton Manufactur ers association, Charlotte, N. C., an nounced yesterday that William L. Marshall, Jr., an attorney and native of Wadesboro, N. C., has been named secretary of the association and will have offices in Charlotte. Mrs. Marshall before marriage was Miss Lucy Bailey of this city, daugh ter of Mrs. C. M. Bailey and the late Mr. Bailey. ‘The Favorite Family Newspaper” KEEP UP WITH RATIONING In THE CHRONICLE each week there appears a Bulletin Board on OPA rationed items for the infor mation of our readers. Dates of ex piration of all stamps are riven to ktep housewives informed. Other ration information is also carried in the paper from time to time. Keep posted through your “family news paper.” Single copies availablf at office. Havp the Newsy CHRONICLE in Your Home All Subscriptions Payable In Advance *[■ | The jury returned a verdict that, (Compiled to date for information i ^ he , cam J e „ t0 her death b ? surgical i of The Chronicle’s readers), shock and heart failure due to hav-, PROCESSED FOODS: BLUE STAMPS N2, P2, Q2. R2. S2 now valid, expire June 30; T2, U2. Y2, W2, X2 nojv valid, expire July 31; Y2, 2, Al, Bl, Cl now valid, expire I August 31; Dl. El. FI, Gl, HI now valid, expire Sept. 30. | MEATS AND FATS: RED STAMPS E2. F2, G2. H2>y2 now valid, expire June 30; K2, L2.^12. N2. P2 now valid, exp.ro July 31. Q2, R2. The state highway department. S2. T2, U2 now valid, expire August under an act of the recent general 31; V2. W2. X2. Y2, Z2 now valid, assembly, will take over 5 per cent expire September 30. , " . r or 1,683 miles of county roads in the SUGAR. Stamp 36. good for 5 lbs., state July 1. "v < [expires August 31. Five per cent will be taken over 1 SHOES: Airplane stamps 1. 2 and in the two succeeding years, making 3 now valid. New shoe stamp be- a total of 15 per cent of the present comes valid August 1. county road mileage turned over to FUEL OIL: Periods 1. 2, 3, 4, 5 the state by 1947. valid for 10 gallons each. Forty-two miles in Laurens county GASOLINE: A-16 coupons valid will be added to the st^te system. (June 22 through September 21. ing been struck by an automobile Christmas eve day 1944 ” As far as The Chronicle was able to learn last night no warrants have been taken out in the case. State To Take Over Links of County Roads *