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I \ ^ i * V -J*' t Sh ii THE CHRONICLE Strivjes To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Slip -Qlitttfom (Ehrmurlp If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume LXV Clinton, S. C, Thursday, June 28, 1945 Number 26 T" Defeat Hot Weather Problems Cily To Take Two Days For Fourth j The Merchants committee of the ! Chamber of Commerce met Tuesday j and voted to recommend that local i business firms close two days, July 4 and 5, for the Glorious Fourth. It is expected that the observance will be general in the city. Vacation for Mill Employees The Clinton and Lydia Cotton Mills will close for a week’s vacation for i their employees Saturday at mid- ! night to re-open on Monday morn- ling, July 9th. I The Joanna Textile Mills, Gold- ’ ville. will close down Tuesday night ’ for the remainder of the week. i Lutheran Church Organized In Laurens Roads Chosen For State To Take Over ANOTHER BUMPER CROP PREDICTED FOR U. S. THIS YEAR Farmers Again To Face Harvesting Difficulties. The Laurens county legislative del egation has selected 41.9 miles of county roads which will be taken over by the highway department for maintenance on July.l. Under a recent act passed by the general assembly, the state depart- ;ment will maintain 5 per cent of the county road system as it now exists. Another 5 per cent will be turned a g e 0 f crops will be planted and over to the state on July 1, 1946. and ear ]y gains have been achieved in still another 5 per cent on July 1, growth, the department of agncul- >. it^re looks forward to another bump- The following roads have been er cr0 p j n 1945 chosen to be turned over to the state .. . 4 „ .. T , , Harvesting will July 1: Because most of the intended acre-. oe From Lisbon road at A. R. Holmes by the accomplished usual wartime headaches. however, with emphasis this year placed upon the acute transportation- deployment of to the Patricia and George Bemato of Woodhaven, N. V., solve the prob lem of keeping cool by climbing into the kitchen oink. “Lady." their dog. la trying to get tats the County To Surface Treat Six Roads City, County Exceed War Loan Quota ROBERT C. WASSON A Lutheran church was officially , - ■ organized in Laurens last Sunday a * LlCCtCCI the*morning hour of worship with a! This year’s county supply bill car ries the sum of $36,000 for the sur- Laurens county has oversubscribed its quota in the 7th War Loan cam- face treatment of several roads in the paign. county. , | The quota to be raised in June is zusa 1 Mooie,c«v; membership of 40 confirmed mem bers and 15 child members. This is the first Lutheran church to be or ganized in Laurens and the second in the county, the first being St. John’s church of this city, which was or ganized 25 years ago. The organization came about through the work of Lutherans who have lived in Laurens for some years under the direction of Rev. Shelton place to state highway near Irby place. 3l.8 miles. , . . ... . , K ^ , j situation due to the d Holly! Grove road from Laurens- . . ,, „ • . . . troops through this country Clinton highway by China church tcy p ' ! Calhoun highway, 7.6 miles. U! 1C '. Badget Trestle road, from Laurens Preview of some of the difficulties •city limits to Lisbon road near New | ^ ac ' n 8 farmers was afforded in Kan- , Prospect school house, 3.2 miles. j sas . w ^ en ^• S. s premier winter I Bethany road from Fountain’ Inn | w fi eat state undertook another ban- to John Cook's and thence to Van ner harvest of 212,480,000 bushels, j Patton’s Shoals, 7.2 miles. Needed were 20.000 extra hands; — From John T. Young's store on 2,000 additional trucks, many, com- In a special general election held Calhoun highway to Miltoh, 6 miles. : P lementar y ratu™ coupons to feed Tuesday Robert C. Wasson, on the Warrior Creek road, leading from the new hel P! thousands of frieght basis of unofficial and incomplete re-! ^j rs Robertson's to Martin's Cross cars to cro P to rc 131 ’* 16 *- turns, was- elected to the general a s-;R oadSi thence by Oscar Hunter place stora * e facilities. sqmbly to fill a vacancy in the house to Qra, 7.7 miles. Even as the winter wheat harvest delegation caused by the recent res-, R 0 ad from Princeton to Irwin’s began in the Southwest, many farm- ignation of James H. Sullivan. His |m jjj t 2.8 miles. |ers were forced to dump their gram To House Vacancy opponent was H. S. Blackwell, of Power house road from Ware otM*the ground because of congested Laurens, former solicitor and house |Shoals to Highway 39, 3.6 miles, member. . • ! ^ six roads and authorized Supervisor 1 week amounted to $1,088,592.50 or' ’ ’ . missi0 n board o{ ! The 26 reported precincts gave p v *. j oe UrDniliel Lander Stoddard to prepare them 1107.88 per cent. ‘ E” bond sales have jLutheran synod 0 * Wasson 640 votes. Blackwell 348. Un-1 JOe ^ICUailiei, with his own forces for improve-' reached $298,605 or 74.65 per cent j ; reported precincts are small and their Former German Prisoner, ment. The contract for the surface treatment, Supervisor Stoddard of the quota. irens'wM*conducted "by'mY‘Mooi*' vote f ar , e expected to change the -q y. . j Parents The total county quota is divided:' last Nove mber at the Seawright Fu-: result of , r , eturn i s alread y reported. A YISIF 10 rarerUS states, has been let to a Greenville Laurens area, $60'9,o60; Clinton area,| n e 7 a { home.1^6“attendance increased ve y / mal1 vote was cast in 1116 Pvt j oe c McDaniel well known "r” ——^ *— —j 1- 1 _4 — 1 1 *-• aoe v.. mcuamei, wen Known Though the railroads have striven to elevators caused by the inabil ity ^of the railroads to move supplies. mally, the carriers build up a re- etve of 20,000 to 30,000 cars on sid- J ings to handle the crops, but with heavy war traffic combining with the | redeployment situation, they have : been unable to create any such pool. firm and work is to be started at an early date. He further stated that under the plan “we are saving the county about $700 a mile.” The roads selected for the prepara tion and surfacing were listed as fol lows: From Mace Langston place on Greenville highway to Princeton road at Dial place. From Dr. Patterson’s old home place, old Georgia road, leading to incorporate limits of Gray Court. From Mrs. Thomason’s home on Princeton highway to Chestnut Ridge • church. From Highway 39 at Mrs. O’Dell’s place through Martintown to Poplar Springs road. From Conway avenue at Laurens city limits over to Wattsville. From Rt. 56 at Wadsworth school to-Mrs. Young’s place on Milton road. $11,000. Total sales yesterday aggre gated $411,622.55, divided: Clinton, $335,786.05; Goldville, $75,836.50. . ■ 4 gradually and when the Episcopal Wassqn ig a merchant and firmer,' you " g b J lsl " ess man f*? 1 * j ar r ^ he problem and even convert- and served in the house two terms ^ ed gondolas and stock and refriger- from 1937 through 1940. He received hls P arents . Mr. and Mr.s N. W. jator cars to g ram< the wheat threat $400,000 Clinton has exceeded its quota by church became available the services Legion Baseball Schedule Arranged Schedules for 19 South Carolina were transferred to. that location, where they are being held at the present time. At the service last Sunday the Rev. Karl W. Kinard, president of the 159 votes of the 163 cast in his home; o 1 ' ens lo P ile U P after use of every Pvt. McDaniel until recently was a| ava ,i a hi e storage facility, including mon, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Chase was baptized, 40 mem bers were received into the church. junior Legion baseball teams have a constitution was adopted and six officers for the new organization been annoounced, with the season opening yesterday (Weda—dny>. Preliminary eliminations will end July 19. District eliminations will be July 20-26 and state finals were set between July 27 and August 7. The Clinton team is in District elected. In speaking of the development. The vote in the precincts reported P rii> ° ner ^f the German government, empty houses, filling stations, etc. K ^ He has been in the service four years A w « . u * - , ' As the harvest oLwmter wheat got ty on which a suitable house of wor ship may be built, and to extend a Noted Educator - Passes In Florida Mrs. D’Arcy Gray of this city, and sister, Mrs. John W. Parker of Green ville, were calldd to Gainesville, Fla., during the week on account of the death of their brother, Dr. James j , j _ , _ 1 call for a full time minister to the Three and was scheduled to play, wor i { Chester here yesterday. Nesbitt Anderson, 80, retired dean Their schedule for the remainder of the season follows: June 29 — Clinton at Eau Claire; Lancaster kt Chester. July 2—Columbia at Chester; Lan caster at Eau Claire. July 4—Clinton at Lancaster; Co lumbia at Eau Claire. July 6—Chfester at Eau Claire; Co lumbia at Clinton. July 9 — Columbia at Lancaster; Clinton at Chester. At the service Sunday Mr. Kinard expressed the interest of the synod in the work and promised whatever help the synod might afford toward its expansion and development. Wiggins Conducting Revival Services of the University of Florida Gradu- 1 Chester at Lancaster, ate school and former dean of the, July 13—Chester at Columbia; Eau College of Arts and Sciences. Claire at Lancaster. Dr. Anderson was born in Lau-j j u jy jg—Lancaster at Clinton; Eau rens county October 21, 1864, the son riairi* at fnlumhia of George Washington and Nancy C juTy 18- SL Claire at Chester; The Rev % L. E. Wiggins of Ander son, a former pastor of North Broad July 11 —Eau Claire at Clinton; i Street Methodist church here, is the Narcissa Nesbitt of Anderson. He had a distinguished career as an educator, having studied at Wofford college. University of Virginia, Harvard uni versity, the University of Berlin, Uni- PqQj||aa Clinton at Columbia. guest preacher tfiis week for revival services being'held at the church each evening at 8 p.m. The services are growing daily in interest and at tendance. , - SpWndid congregational singing is being led by W. G. Coker. Precincts Blackwell Wasson Laurens City 123 69 Waterloo 5 25 Cross Hill 3 13 Wattsville 40 19 Cook’s Store 10 6 Clinton City 37 80 Goldville 4 32 Princeton 2 17 Bailey . .... 0 4 Laurens Mills .... 8 20 Trinity Ridge .. 2 9 Barksdale-Narnie 8 10 Pleasant Mound 4 6 Lanford 4 3 Dials 12 0 Gray Court 17 28- Mema 0 25 Lydia Mill 4 6 ; Langston 3 3 jJones’ Store 7 . 38 [Hickory Tavern 4 159 (Woodville . 0 32 lOra -7 3 Owings 21 22 Daniels’ Store .. . 15 i 2 1 348 640 a German prison camp until his lib eration under way, the department of agri culture predicted a yield of 797.255.- "Joe," as he is known by hisl” 0 ® bulh ' ls ’ " h, , ch ’ w,th , » (riends, is looking well and states he’“ v l s f rln « »heat crop of 2*7,397 000 is (eeling One. He is being cordially i bus,,,l! ' br °T'?^ t" welcomed back home. “f l.««.°00.000 bush- m 'els, slightly above last years ali- ■. « !time record. Carolina stages • According to department figures. Adds Two Schedules Kansas will lead in winter wheat production with its 212,480,000 bush- The Carolina Stages oneratinfl els ’ followed b y Nebraska with buses through Ciin^* h« aCt^! Oklahoma with 62.46H.OOO. ed the addition of two round trip and ° bl °’ Washington, Texas Inldi- schedules between Charlotte. Rock ™. a ’ I^no-s Montana Colorado. -- ;n i Hill. Chester. Union, Clinton, Lau- 1 Missouri ’ Mlchi « an - and 0re * on rens and Anderson, as will be seen; from their new schedule in today’s. paper. Buses now leave Charlotte at 3 a m., 6:45 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 2:45 the order named, with productiin ranging down to 19,292,000. The - department also estimated spring wheat production of 142,716,- 000 bushels in South Dakota, 34,586.- p.m., arriving in CTihton at 6:45 a.m., 000 1J1 North Dakota. 41.248.000 in 10:52 a.m., 3:17 a.m., and 7:02 p .m. Montana, and 15,174.000 in Minne- These buses continue on to Anderson sota via Laurens, leaving Anderson at 7:00 In addition to the bumper wheat !a.m., 11:00 a.m., 3:10 p.m., and 6:00 harvest - the department anticipate* ! p.m., arriving in Clinton at 8:58 a.m., the second ’ largest oats crop in 20 McSween Called To Greenville Church 12:48 p.m., 5:08 p.m., and 8:03 p.m. >' ears - with a return of 1.334,376.000 The buses continue on to Union, t bushels - In the ,atest report, condi- j Chester, Rock Hill and Charlotte. Robert C. Hamer The Fourth Presbyterian church of ! Mr. Wiggins is superintefidenr of Greenville officially called Dr. John I the Anderson district and has held a McSween last Sunday to become pas- number of important pastorates in!tor following the resignation of Rev. New Marriage License Law Effective July 1 The new marriage license law, I tion of oats w as given as 82 per cent ! of normal compared with 80 a year' ago aqd the average of 78 per cent Though one-third less than the 1933-’43 average, and the fifth low est production since 1900, the pros pective rye crop of 28,123.000 bush- versity of Heidelberg, and the Uni versity of Paris. He received his Ph.D. degree in this country at Johns Hopkins university in 1894. He joined the University at Gainesville as pro fessor of ancient languages and head; of that department in 1906 Robert Cochrane Hamer, 54, fath er of Robert P. Hamer of this city, died last Thursday at a Florence hos pital after several months of declin ing health. The funeral services were held Fri- 'day morning at the Dillin Presbyte- ;rian church, with interment at the j Hamer cemetery in Little Rock. Mr. Hamer was a well known and; Radio Stars To Give Show At Long Branch Radio kound-Up, presenting Frank hi « hl y regarded business man of Dill- Phillips' and his partners, and the > on county. He was the son of the Hillbilly serenaders, will give an en- i Robert Pickett Hamer and Janie tertainment Friday evening, June 29, ;® rown McCallum Hamer. His widow at 8:30 at the Long Branch school * s ^ be former Miss Jane Porcher near here. The proceeds will go toi^ 11 ® 05 ®' daughter of Mrs. T. M. Du the school’s hot lunch fund. his denomination. He served the local | C. T. Squires some weeks ago, it was P assed b y the 1945 general assem-; ^ ^ 0 ^ d b« a " "‘ t '^ ea * e J >v * r i ast church as pastor for the six-year' announced Monday. , bly. becomes effective July 1, Judge | £! ar * v * ry ' Dr. McSween is the former presi- He wlette Wasson stated yesterday. I 000 - Though conditions declined dur- period pastor 1920-26. He is a -year; forceful| speaker, an able minister, and is be-' de nt of Presbyterian and Tusculum | T be ,aw provides that applicants ‘ ng ,^ Iay ’ an indlca ted yield of 12.5 ifig cordially welcomed by his many j colleges and has been pastor in An- 1 * or marriage must file applications at > ac . r f remains above both friends here. The pastor and congregation ex tend a cordial invitidion to the pub lic to attend any all servivees. BULLETIN (OPA) RATIONING BOARD ’A' Gas Coupans Worth 6 Gallons derson and Chester. least 24 hours before the licenses can 1844 and tbe 10-year ^average. It is expected that Dr. McSween be issued. It also provides that both At an estimated 257.788.000 bush- ! will Inform the church of his decision P arties appear in person and sign els * barley production would be 9 within a short time. * , affidavits giving age, address and full per cent below last year, though thi* name. All licenses are issued through CT0 P has survived adverse weather the office of the judge of probate. m n Y* n - v s tates ,and an indicated — yield of 21 bushels per acre com pared with 19 9 last year, j,;-Despite the fact that cold, wet weather retarded growth and made harvesting difficult in important pro- who has ddnng slates, and diversion to other Pioneer Group At Camp This Week ! Lucile Uldrich, William Dominick, , All “A -16 gasoline coupons are, j^ ona Blakely, Charles Mclnvail and now valid for six gallons instead of Ernest Mott are attending the Pio Liberated Prisoner At Home On Visit Pvt. Joe M. Holtzclaw, four, E. H. Talbert. OPA district di-, n eer camp for South Carolina pres-, bcen a Prisoner of the Germans since C ™P S ^emamwl^ possibility.^ espev- \mac* a /-v i »••*/'» a/~J 'PV» a A4"va« « m ... .. .1 rector, has announced. These cou- hytery being held this week at Camp June> and was ^berated V-E j‘*‘ ly in th e South, the department — r at_ .. 4— °y*ery oeing neia mis weeK at camp home Tuesday for a Iooked to a hay crop of 97,000,000 pons remain valid through Septem-, R ' verside a ” delegates from the Virsd day - arrived ber 21. I leave. *He is Bose and the late Doctor DuBose of Columbia. In addition to his wife and son, ! Der 5 ? 1 - 'Presbyterian church. „ . . Mr. Hamer is survived by two daugh-| A ticket may be increased or de-{ Dr. W. R. Turner, the pastor, is the Ho tzclaw of m 16 u est c linton com ters, Mrs. William Peery of New creased at the end of this period, Mr. t inspirational speaker each evening. munity ' York, and Mrs. Hampden Brooks of i Talbert said, depending on the gaso- Sumter; one brother and two sisters, Brown M. Hamer of Dillon, Mrs. Fred Scarborough of Eastover and (Compiled to date for information of The Chronicle’s readers). PROCESSED FOODS: BLUE i £ nd f T ‘ J ^ H °^ er Z* STAMPS N2, P2, Q2, R2, S2 * randdaugh - valid, expire June &>; T2, U2, V27** rs and one grandso ^ W2, X2 now valid, expire July 31; Y2, 2, Al, Bl, Cl now valid, expire August 31; Dl, El, FI, Gl, HI now valid, expire Sept. 30. MEATS AND FATS: RED STAMPS E2, F2, G2, H2, J2 now line supply. Miss Eva Harris of the church staff, is a member of the faculty. No Arrests Made In Brigmah Case Sheriff C. W. Wier stated yesterday valid, expire June 30; K2, L2. M2, N2, j that no arrests have been made thus P2 now valid, expire July 31; Q2, R2, for in the mysterious death of Percy S2, T2, U2 now valid, expire August Lee Brigman, 39, local taxi driver. 31| V2, W2, X2, Y2, Z2 now valid,' Brigman’s charred remains were, exfiire September 30. SUGAR: Stamp 36, good for 5 lbs., expires August 31. ' SHOES: Airplane stamps 1, 2 and 3 now valid. New shoe stamp be comes valid August 1. FUEL OIL: Periods 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 valid for 10 gallons each. GASOLINE: A-16 coupons valid thTough September 21. found Sunday morning, June 17, in | his burned automobile nine miles south of Clinton in a wooded spot not far from the Calhoun highway. Sheriff Wier believes that Brigman was robbed and murdered the day he left the city June 10. He and his dep uties are continuing their investiga tions seeking a solution to the atro cious crime. v - + We Are & Appreciative ‘The Favorite Family Newspaper” Our first responsibility is to our large family of readers. We appre ciate your good-will and the privi lege cf being a welcomed visitor in your home esch week. THE CHRONICLE is an honest, independent newspaper dedicated to the service of its subscribers and advertisers. Single copies available at office. 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Fourteen White Men Inducted Into Army The following 14 white selec’.c*. were <ent to Fort Jackson June 21 for army induction J. W. Smith, Wattsville. > Dennis Jerone Madden. Cjmton. George Lewis Odell, Baltimore, Md. Lewis Alvin Marshall, Gojdv.llt. James Raftthrlph' Barker, Clinton Job e Madison Davenport, Gold ville. - - • Joseph Roy Burgess. Rt. 3. Clint i. C. M. Caldwell. Honolulu. T H Joe Robert Madden, Laurens. Fred Eugene Boland. Ware Shoa < John Andrew Berry. Clinton William Ray Fuller, Rt. 1, Clintop Carl Kinsey, Columbia. Arnold Craine, Clinton.