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/ r / t-F \ * r THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable 3b? (ttltntan Olbrnnirl? If You Don't Read THE CHRONPE You Don't Get (he News V Volume XLIV \ Clinton, S. C, Thursday, September 14, 1944 Number 37 Exhibit Captured Nazi Equipment Farmers Organize Hopewell Community — Macdonald Installed As New President Thornwell Orphanage 4th Army Textile Show Here Saturday Night The fourth in the series of five Army-Textile rallies will be held Saturday evening. September 16. at SECOND YANK FORCE PLUNGES INTO GERMANY T Young'i .^ n an * m P ress ‘ ve installation sot- g o'clock in the Clinton armory au- vice held Tuesday e\oning in the The previous three rallies Crack Hitler Frontier On Siegfried Line. Only Minor Resistance. W. P. Dickson was elected leader of the “Hopewell Pattern Soil Con servation Community" at a farmers meeting held at . John fish cabin last Thursday evening. The or ph ana g e c hapel, the Rev. Malcolm have been" we if attended each rally meeting was cu e y e ‘ ,l - ^ Macdonald was inducted into of- • Hreer attendance attesting County Soil Conservation supervis- ^ ^ the th , rd president of Thorn- " 3 ™ 8 ^nuTarltv of these WMrams ors to discuss the organizing " well orphanage. The institution was _ nresen .eH bv rmv nersonnel of' — Hopewell community as a founded in 1875 by the late Rev, ^^ <7^0 G- PerMnn * 1 LONDON. Sep:. 18, The Ameh- | community for the coun y in (jrr y William Plpmer Jacobs, who served . , can First army carried the war onto , mg out soil conservation work w| Rt' i t as president until his death in 19,7, ' ^ Saturday will feature . ho| t. . Hjtter . s Re#h f „ r the hope that other communities will| H( , R succee ded by the Rev. L. ,w " WAG singers Sgt. Marie Gerds h ^ M h „ urs Tl ' sday . follow the movement and get the, who reM1 . d Jul , and Cpl. Emma Berkowitz. Included entire county interested in such a ! ^ program. Dwight F. Patterson, of Laurens, l as acting president, chairman of the supervisors, presid-1 driving at least six miles eastward ,1943, For the past fourteen months; in t ^ e ) i r ,P r 95 ra p ^beyond the Belgian border city of ! W. W. Harris of this city, has served _,, y ’ ympa y ^ om , Eupen and plunging into the Nazi !-The Firefly." and a jive number,; - relatively minor • “Put Your Arms Around Me led at the meeting. Ryan Lawson, a , _ r A t . ^ ; A | W tfltr exercises Tuesday evening attended by orohanage Also a PP earin « in the show wiU I I workers^andchildren.'a number of be p fc. Jo seph Wharen and Sgt. Her- resistance. This second penetration o/ Ger many was 65 miles-north and slightly west of the invasion pathway north- This pile of German helmets surrounded by Nazi guns and equip ment was raptured by the Red army In the battle of Leningrad. The exhibit whieh opened recently contained every type of German military equipment whieh ihe Russian defenders seized and collected after their heroic stand RRahisl the Nazi hordes. Stale Agriculture Head Advises armers To Organize rting that “whether we like it SIX VETERANS FORM NUCLEUS FOR PRESBYTERIAN TEAM -*■ Coach Lpnnie S. McMillian will mold his 1944 Presbyterian college football squad from more than a tee, took part on the program and, board members loca ’ 1 and ou t- 0 f- man Weiner - Weiner is the piano ac | discussed the importance of soil con-, tQwn ministers ’ and other f r j e nds com P anist and also P la y s a concert west of Trier whlch other rtrst army 1 servation and expressed his appre-; The processional was led by Rev ’ number Whalen, who was once with units b i aste d into Germany Monday j ciation to the group that his com-1 T E11 i son Simnson and Mr Macdon-i Paul Whlteman ' s band . W ‘U s>ng I'evening from Luxembourg . j munity was chosen for the pattern M , ollowed b P y board members and “When the Lights Go On Again/' other American forces were at the community. [ former members, orphanage superin-! .^ e " A 1 ;? S ? , ' 1 ' n *' 1 and Gfrman' border at a third point. In addition to representatives of; tendents and ministers. The Rev. W. * Haa a la ^ , ltb tne r° ra - 5> l lag * m assed in Luxembourg within a mile the soil conservation service, mem- Redd Turner of this city, offered the se ^‘ n 8 s for the last number are built () f the Siegfried line, and General bers of the AAA, and the county i j nvoca tj on . Special music was ren- 1 ar ” unb .~ foxhole in South Pa- Dwight D Eisenhower, advising in- . agent were present. j dered by the orphanage choir. Guests I Several farmers of the community were introduced by Dr. Lynn, took part in the discussion on organ-, GreelIngs from South Carolina or _ cific. “Phapsody in Blue" will be habitants of the Nazis’ Ruhr and played by Sgt. Weiner. Rhineland border regions to evacu- Also included iW the show will be ate immediately, announced that “the .zing and pointing out results being! h s were brought by Rev . A . T.! th f « lm ‘ ‘.‘The Battle of Russia," to- battle of Germany ,s about to begin.' obtained by carrying on soil conser-: j amison sUper i n tendent of Connie Rether Wlth the introduction t of a Southward in France the Amen- vation work on their farms. A fish stew was served-under the supervision of John T. Young and l. 'Maxwell orphanage. Greenwood,, ^ 0 t rld War H veteran and band se- can Th.rd army hammered out new lections by the fa from Presbyterian orphanages by Supt. J. B. Johnsson of Barium amous 216th band bridgeheads across the bloody M» of Camp Gordon. or not, is a period of pressure j score of 17-year-old gridiron hope- ^ onnie S. McMillian. Twenty-five springs, N. C. Mrs. Laura Lynch legislation; and woe be it^to the group that is not organized to use fu l s i fa 7T?L Were at 4 meeting and Kellers of this city, spoke for the m Mmian of a Hon l ^ " ^ t0 orga " ,ze - , i institution’s alumni association. McMillian has prospects of a dou- An effort is - being made to produce, . „ „ , ble football headache. On one hand' sufficient food and feed and to uti-j Mesia g e s from the Florida trus-j pressure in its own interest, J. R °y tbe majority of his material will be lize lands of the county to the best ,ee ^ were brought by Rev. A. R. Lar- Jones, South Carolina commissioner, sad i y inexperienced, and on the oth-; advantage. The motto for the county ^ lck P i, an l. p lty ’: Ge f ° r rli a trust ^ s ; of agriculture, addressed the Lions ^ er he faces the most ambitious foot-1 is, “At least one acre of sericea ies-i Rev f R - T - Gllles P ie of T b onaas vdle; club here Friday evening, and urged, ball schedule the school ever has: pedeza on every farm and kudzu on j V,. 1 ™ , ,, A .u had ! those farms adapted to its use." farmers of the state to ally them-j ^ be bui , t aroundi ^ selves with national farm orgamza-, ve terans. They are Bolt Pearson | - tions. ] of Dublin, Ga„ veteran center who ( TIJC IA/AD III DDICC “After this war it looks as if there will be playing on his third Blue | WAK 111 BKlLI is going to be all kinds of confusion j flocking team; Andy Kavounis of Lions Club Raises More Than $500 For Teen-Age Canteen selle river, cracking the Nazis’ pow erful defenses and at one point , be tween Nancy and Pont-A-Mousson forcing a full-scale Gentian with drawal. Far back of these blazing battle lines British troops with the Canadian army captured the long- invested and important channel port of Le Havre. The invasion of Germany from Eupen was 10 miles south and shght- Reaching its goal in one day, the j y eas t 0 f Aachen. Though this re- . .. ! Spartanburg, a guard on last year’s in the economic pattern of the na- d Lester Carter Qf Fayetteville tion and of the world ” Mr, Jones said. “Are farmers going to wait and let idealistic planners and uplifters map out their work and life? Or, are they going to be so strongly organ ized that they can make their voices heard? •.‘Everybody respects a strong or ganization just as they respect a strong nation or a strong individual. -of Greenville. President W. P. Ja ! cobs spoke on "Thornwell Orphan a S e Through the Eyes of Presbyte- Lions club Friday raised $50,.25 in putedly is one of the most heavily- rian College,' and Dr. Lynn, a for- ^ solicitation for fund? for the op- guarded zones of the Siegfried line, mer president, on The Orphanage eration of the Teen-Age Canteen, first indications were that the Yanks in the Program of the Church. | recently - formed organization of .made their move against only mod- The installation questions to the young people of the city. erate resistance from a scattered se- ... „ : president ' staf1f workers and, The funds wi u make R possible to ries of strongpoints rather than from N. C., 210-pfcfund chunk of tackle last dnves across German children were propounded by Dr.; finance activities of the group< pro _ a consolidated string of defenses, year; Frank Hay of Columbia, an [ r °”* ier t( ’ w ' th ‘" 37 miles of Co- Simpson, chairman of the board. vide the necessary supervision and, Both here and in the Trier region end; John Raines of Columbia, who;l ogn f. as fo ^ . nea r broadens The keys of the institution were with funds raised by the members to the south the Allies were moving front; six additional bridgeheads es- turned over to Mr. Macdonald by themselveS( secure f ' cillties for e n-j into Germany over routes taken after ^ T S - * z. ! tertainmeht. ithe 1918 armistice when the oecu- The charge to the president was WESTERN FRONT—Second Amer- did yeoman service in the backfield, t. , , .. „ .. j t /- h i j * o * u *i tabhshed across Moselle; Eben-Email, and Joney Gilliland of Spartanburg,; B fortress and Le Havre great the 129-pound mighty midget of the 1 “^ gian ^ r ® S Q S ’ a " d Havre ’ great backfield who place-kicked the Blue 1 crurruvnxr made by John J. McKay of Macon, Stockings to victory over the Clem- SOUTHERN FRANCE — Seventh , Ga., member of the board, army drives past historic Dijon to! President Macdonald in his accep- a year old ’ fills a The organization, sponsored by the 1 P a t> on forces marched in. The Amer Parent-Teacher association, itself just ' cans then moved through Trier, long-felt need which was headquarters of the Set - Xr T touchdo2n Sea!0n W '' h h ' S P ° int i wit!fih'‘i'9'mileTof , LMgrel; , 'forges: tanw ' h7s“'best' eltortsT, am ' on e younfi people of the city in °" at ^ a ' rd '5",^ n E u ^ n Bnt ' sh 1 If farmers don't let the .pla n ijm|’ , u thnt foundation McMUliJf’**" 1 *^! <•' ''‘T" “ Y«nlcs driw piwefve the past traditions of » Phw »® *» ««• Vhe second penetration of German know what they need-then they. ^ build , ^ leam trom th e i to rf bloc f < t trooI>s ln southern 'n^itution and stated that he would M ™" d "farters of the Canteen are «-« made by armored .element must take what they get. Ignmp of 31 new lads 16 and 17 years! an , t Lf I n i ral F f nce : ' work glways for tote Chrts tan tram- JJSJSS a lli .rSS« " f «en. Courtney II Hodges F;r. "I believe strongly tn farmers join- , 0 , d f f whom have ' cver ! ITALY - American Fifth army mg and development of the young of toe ™m?'club »m,y. ing with their fellow farmers to see h fnnthall fipld hofnrp | crashes outer Gothic line mountain people of the home. wiemoers oi ine La ions ciuo that post-war Agriculture will be a! The ta ‘ sk of bu ii d i ng a team t o defenses ^ ess than 30 mdes frorn Po At th e conclusion of the-program a mittee Lie solicitation vocation worthy of the honorable j face Clems0n Georgia. Newberry, place it should have in the general Catawba Auburri) South Carolina scheme of things.’ and Miami from the available ma- Members of the Lions club com- ex- , valley and 34 miles from Bologna. ! lovely bouquet of red roses was pre- P resse d their appreciation to the AIR—More than 5.000 Allier war- sented Mrs. Macdonald, wife of the P eo P* e *be community tor then ! planes support advancing troops;! new president. Mrs. Macdonald gra- generous response. There was little news of the force which had made the firNt invasion near Trier, northeast of Luxembourg, i beyond the early announcement that hammer Siegfried line; strike at air- Mr. Jones placed special emphasis ter j a j has bad McMillian going!'' '7° " ‘7"’ upon the Grange and he Farm Bu- !around in circles during the past craft factories and oil centers in Ger- reau as among the strongest f arm j wee k. The Blue Stockings will open ’ A organizations having national repre- their season against Clemson at 1 sentatives in Washington. The Grange clemson September 2 3 and two has a South Carolina organization weeks laternhey will mee t the Uni- with about sixty suboi;dinate (ir local iversit 0 j G eorg j a at Athens, Octo- Granges. The American Farm Bureau i ber g Federation has just recently come 1 County Farm Labor into South Carolina and many groups Others games are Newberry col lege at Clinton October 14, Catawba are being organized over the state,. college at Salisbury, N. C., October he said- 21, Alabama Polytechnic institute at "The South Carolina department of Auburn November 4 , University of agriculture has always cooperated with farm organizations and espec- South Carolina at Columbia Novem ber 11, Miami at Miami November ialiy with Washington representatives| d7> and N e wb e rr y at Newberry No- of both the Grange and the Rarm 'Vember 30 Bureau,” Mr. Jones said. “We are| ' m * J apanese spearheads drive to highway junction of Waitsap and Suukoukuo in effort to link with forces advancing from Lingling upon Kweilin, vital American air base. SOUTHEAST ASIA—British Gur-[ kas- gain Japanese-held ridge six j miles southwest of Buthidaung on the i Arakan front while to the north and | ciously expressed her thanks and appreciation. A reception followed at the Home u , C I I of Peace on the campus, for guests nGOdgUOriGrS jCi Up and friends assembled for the occa- I * ♦ sion. I Masons To Make War Bond Drive | it had fought its way at least five t miles into Hitler’s "holy soil.” Strong American tank forces drove in from the west, the penetration! be- ing described .i^ “reconnaissapce in ^ m . 7 . I force." There were medium tanks, i Emergency farm labor headquar- mfantry and engineers uruier com _ ters for Laurens county have been mand of Lt Colr w ,ll.am B. Love- set up. states County Agent C. B. lady of S oddy Term, all moving Cannon. Prmdipal objective of the| swiftly nn a d of bnlliant sunllght move is to secure labor for gather-| and weather ldeal for A1 ; u . d plane 6 s . I u u L Cr ° P r*r ♦ I Earlier dispatches from Eupen. five Hugh B. Workman, Clinton, is su- , west other Allied units occupy vil-! , T Tbe Grand ^' odg ^ of Ancient Pree j pervisor for the lower section of the 1 !^ d ,h b b '’[ <b r ' f to b d lage of Mualkawi on Tiddim road;i Masbns „ of H th f s state W,1 \ K Spo ? S £ a county, assisting T. Roy DeSh.elds,! “^f t hv town A th u ltf h Fo British planes pound enemy. I the a. m ° n ^ « f Sep : farm labor assistant. The Chamber Utl/tn> ° f lhd ' ,<mn AlthoUgh Lu ' Three Postmasters ready and willing to lend assistance) toward the progress and promotion of agriculture at any time we are | n County Confirmed called on ” ' 7 Saying that “the farmers of your state need your cooperation and as- Sgt. Dial Gray Wounded In France Commissions have recently been issued to three postmasters in Lau sistance,” Mr. Jones called upon rens countyt - acc o rding to dispatches business leaders to “ally your activi ties with the agriculture of your from Washington. Included in the group are Conway Dial, Cross Hill; state. To the farmers I say, let us g eu i ab g Bryson, Owings; and Wil- orgamze to see that agriculture gets ljam y McNeiU Wat e r i 0 o. a just deal. To all of us I say that „ from the very early days of South ■' ■■ — Carolina, farming has been the back- DATIOKJIKl^I PftADH ground of most of our people. It * i * Y / ^Y» a l ^ upon agriculture that our civiliza-j BULLETI N (OPA) tion and culture have been devel-! ■— . — , pen appears member to purchase through the salej of Commerce in Clinton is cooperat- maDS it ls in , , o war bonds a fleet of army hosp.tal ling in the i program and its ofTlce mbv th^ N ^ p anes a a cost of $125,0(0 each, ac- the cii n t 0 n hotel has been designat-! » er their conaue t t cording to an announcement from pH as hpa Hn.for ter th * ir conquest o ^ , , ed as headquarters for white people. Columbia. Masons will be urged to Clint Wadsworth’s store .is headquar- buy bonds and to interest friends ters for colored people . Rev . W . E. and neighbors also in the campaign. White coloredt 1S assisting in lhe in Belgium on most section officially at- to Germany af- f 1940. The pre dominant language in the town is German. Sgt. Dial C. Gray was wounded in France on August 28, according to The following local committee has wnr i, ;u,. u;^ ' u a a a av _ rv . wuiiw. here by his been named to assist in the effort: I information received wife, and is now in t a hospital in R. L. Plaxico, Sterlin Young, Dr. J. England. He is the son of Mr; and: G. Barden, F. M. Boland, W. H. Leaders have been appointed for other sections in the county. Mrs. C. W. Gray of Gray Court. Sgt. Gray was employed at the Laurens Glass works for several years before entering the armed forces. His wife, the former Miss Rebecca Carter, is residing with her parents here. New Manager For Flying Service C. Paul Murray of Tuscon, Arizona, Simpson and R. C. Adair. Pitts Purchases Stable Property Rules On Overseas Registered Mail Are Announced Small articles of intrinsic value op ® d ' . ’ . . ! (Compiled t6 date for information Placing the value of farm products of Tbe Chronicle . s readers). S ! ate last . year fY PROCESSED FOODS: Blue A8 $320 000,000, Mr. Jones said South' th h L5 (Book 4) now valid at Carolina farmers produced more . ■ wheat than Wisconsin or Iowa; more 1 th toke S ’! has arrived in the city as manager of rnrn than Montana Tdahn Wvnmine ' jOOCl indefinitely. I Giles Flying service, corn man Montana, Idafio, Wyoming, MEAT S AND FATS: Red A8 i Mr Murray •(tafes thev exofect to New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada,! n c ,a\ . vir ‘ :viurfay sldies iney expect xo ,,, « through G5 (Book 4) now v^lid at g iv’0 complete service in instructing ATTENDS C OLt MBIA MEET Washington, Oregon, Florida, Cali-1 10 points each for use with tokens. and 33 now good for five pounds ] t r0 ^ er each indefinitely. CANNING SUGAR: Stamp 40 good nessee, Alabama, Wyoming and Ari zona combined; more rye than Geor gia and Utah together; more peanuts than the total of Louisiana and Ten- f ^ fiVe' p^und^Tanning”sugar until nessee; more soybeans for beans than Eebruary 28 1945 • Georgia; more cowpeas for hay than SHOES; Ai lane stam j and 2 Georgia and Alabama combined;, (Bo{)k 3) valid indefinilely . more sweet po atoes than grown all FUEL OIL: Period 4 and 5 cou- together by all the farmers in the | for current season d untn ' states of New Jersey, Indiana, Illi-, September 30. Period 1 coupons for nois, Missouri, Kansas, Delaware,, ne ear now va , id Maryland Oklahoma and CaUfornia; | GA so L INE:: A-li coupons good took fourth place in the produc ion for three gallons through Novem . of tobacco, making more than Flor- ber g ida, Alabama, Louisiana, • West Vir-> ginia, Georgia and Missouri bined; more hay Farmers will ’need all help they can get to gather their crops, Mr. Cannon said, indicating that interest in the movement is lagging some- may now be sent by registered mail what. He called for a county-wide to servicemen and women at AIN) effort to get in the cotton, saying addresses outside the continental that “the war is not over and efforts United States,-postal authorities ari- H. J. Pitts has purchased the Jiv- 1 should be increased on the home nounce. New postal instructions also ery stable'property on Hampton ave- front- Rain damages the quality of require that registered articles weigh nue he has rented the past several cotton, which lowers the price and no more than eight bunces and that years. The .sale was. made by the reduces farmers’ income." they-be specifically requested by the Mississippi Youngs. | Cotton should be thoroughly dry ■ addresses. Valuable or important pa- Mr. Pjtts also purchased two when carried to the gin. Mr Cannon pers may also be sent overseas by houses and lots at the same time said. "No gin can handle wet cotton registered mail . from J. H. Madden on Elizabeth i satisfactorily. Some gins are equip-j The registration service, is intend- street. ped wR b what are commonly called ed principally to cover watches, eye ,‘driers.’ The equipment is simply a glasses, fountain pens and other items i conditioner and will remove only ap- not readily available overseas Re- proximately four per cent moisture.” quests from addressees are required and also to receive new and larger H .D. Rantin was in Columbia yes-| - to’keep the volume of re*istraMon type planes in the near future. The terday attending a meeting of the 11 ; Allf within limits .hiposed by the avail- „ , . , . . ii r /-v able oversea postal personnel. Men flights and cross-co :n;ry ference for the discussion of highway | Home From OverSCQS 'overseas are being asked to hold flights • j v, xt, j building and financing. Mr Rantin j . their requests for registered ntmITSgT Mr. Murray, accompanied by Mrs.' is president of the State Rural Letter; Lieu t. Watts W Davis is visiting to a minimum — fornia and Connecticut combined; as, * Y much oats as Virginia, Florida, Ten-lv ^Yrr Ar q,,!/; -xi 19 type planes m tne near IuUlre Tbe terday att ^‘!18 a meeting of the l : a VVntK Dnvic a^; ! SUGAR. Sugar stamps 30, 31, 32 ^ serv j ce eX pects to have planes for South Carolina Highway Users con- TTaiTS L/QVIS Murray, are staying at Hotel Clinton Carriers’ association, at present. Louisiana; more lespedeza hay thap Alabama, Louisiana or Oklahoma; more cotton artd cottonseed than either Missouri, Virginia, North Car olina, Florida, Tenessee, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona or California; com-; than Florida dr j South Carolina orchards annually produce more peaches than those of any other state except California and Georgia. • Our livestock men have .more hogs on the farms than the total in all the North Atlantic states ex cept Pennsylvania. Two Friertds Meet After Fifteen Years Sgt. Clarence A. Hurt, i>f the Ma rine corps, of Chicago, 111., visited Burton Reeder'for several days this week. The two served together as friends in the Marine corps from 1925 to 1929 and had not met in 15 years, but had corresponded regularly. Sgt Hurt reenlisted in military service immediately after t^ie Peprl Harbor attack. He* has been dis charged and will take over his old job as mail carrier in Chicago. GOING AWAY TO COLLEGE OR TO TEACH? , If you want the Clinton news —have THE CHRONICLE fol low you. Its weekly visits will be “like a letter from home.” Student’s and teacher’s rate $1.50 for the school year. THE CHRONICLE •The Paper Everybody Reads" Lieut. Pauline Benjamin, Army Nurse, Promoted his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. ! Davis, Sr., after 15 months of ser vice in Italy with ah anti-aircraft j unit, including participation in the Anzio beachhead aqtion. Lt. Davis ; will be home for 21 days before re- Leila Pauline Benjamin, of this porting to one of the redistribution city, was recently promoted to the j centers for rest and reassignment. rank of first lieutenant in the army , • nurse^ corps. Lt. Benjamin has been Kiwanians To Hear m the army for * nd has U UL r\LL‘ * I spent the past year overseas. At neOlth UttlCIOl present she is in charge of a surgical • ward in a station hospital in Italy. The Kiwanis club will meet tonight She has received the European thea- (Thursday) at 7i30 o’clock at Hotel ter ribbqn with one battle star for £lmtzin. .#• * participation in the Italian campaign. Dr. James A. Hayne, of the State Lt. Benjamifi - is the daughter of Public Health department, will be the Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Benjamin of this guest speaker. 1 city. I r;