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1' -A / I . THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable me (tthrmurle If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLIV Clinton, S. C, Thursday, September 28, 1944 Number 39 Yanks Air Force Fires Palau PIEDMONT FARM WOMEN TO MEET IN LAURENS SATURDAY Court d Honor For Scouts Monday Night RED CROSS WORK REVIEWED FOR YEAR By JEANNETTE GINSBERG The annual meeting : of the Laurens County, chapter of the American Red The annual meeting of the Pied- ^ court of honor Boy Scout meet- mont District Council of Farm Wo- j n gcijriton district will be ; . , c men will meet in Laurens Saturday j n t h e or phanage chapel on C ross was held Thursday night, St p- morning at the Agricultural building Mjmtey evening. October 2. at 8 tember 21 in Laurens, with the Rev. auditorium, according to ^ an an- o'clock t 0 which the public is invited. A:-fb\ Holle Smoke rise* from Palau as pianos of the Third fleet soften up Jsp base. Thick columns of smoke mark bomb hits in Molokai harbor as nary planes from carriers, under command of Admiral Halsey, blast the way for ths invasion which opened with the landing of marines. PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENTIAL POOS INDICATE CLOSE RACE BETWEEN ROOSEVaT AND DEWEY Washington, Sept. 26.—Presidential preference polls and analyses by most political observers indicate that the Roosevelt-Dewey contest will be the closest in 28 years. It may be the GERMANY’S CAUSE CALLED HOPaESS Eisenhower Tells Press Length of European War Depends On Two Main Factors. General Eisenhower’s Advanced many knitted and sewed items, in- Army Post in France. Sept. 23 —Ex cluding 1061 kit bags. In the produc- uding quiet confidence. Gen Dwight „ ......v,. ....- tion workrooms quotas set by nation- 'D. Eisenhower. declared today that speaker discussAng “Problems of Ru- ] MiUian Jr of ^ city and Joe 1 al headquart ers were filled. ’ Germany’s military situation was ral Youth. Miss Lonny I. Landrum, McGee of Goldville, will be made The home service department had • hopeless. The length of the European state home demonstration agent, will : Eagle Scouts the highest honor tQ a very busy year More than 2500 war depends, he continued, on two present ‘Rural Youth s Challenge to, be attained in scouting only four cases were handled, and that figure: mqin factors: First, how long the the Council of Farm Women. Rev. Scouts in the distnct have won this! does not include multiple visits on Germans can stand the terrific pound- John J. Hayes will give the deyo- disinctjon jn ^ Qne case a ca g e might involve ing that they are taking from the iAllurei wtll (umhh'LdSmSc In addition to the two Eagle Scout Just one visit or it might demand 20 west, south and east, and. sK-ondljr Oth^s’appe'aring’on'the’program’wili awards to be made, the following visits, depending upon the need. situ- 1 how long the^Gestapo Remains in Ka. Tiiramifra nanivr Qccictortt ctsatga promotions TAi ill be made. nouncement by Mrs. O. J. Smyrl, district director. The topic of the meeting is “Look ing Ahead for Rural Youth.” Direc tor D. IV. Watkins, South Carolina committee At-Rl Holler, chairman, presiding. Plans for the special meeting were The chairman reported that in the made at a board of review on Mon- i as t year the chapter had made and day night by L. B Dillard and H. L.j shipped 151,350 surgical dressings Eichelberger of the advancement extension service, will be guest At the court of honor Lonnie Mc- be Miss Juanita Neely, assistant state promotions agent; Mrs. C. D. Sowell, president,' Second class: Herbert Fallow, Den- South Carolina Council of Farm Wo- nis Fallow. Bobbie Joe Meadows, men, and Miss Elizabeth Monroe, 1 Firs class: Hub Hunter, George Piedmont district home agent. : Comelson, John Kohler. The 15 council presidents from the Star—Billy Sewart, Wallace Os- district will give reports of the work borne accomplished in their county during the year. Following the lunch, at Germans Hit Yank Line In Futile Drive which time the Laurens council will be 'hostess, there will be special training for the following chairmen | in their respective lines: Legislative, publicity, 4-H and .membership. "It is expected that each of the I , i more R ev . W. H. Stevenson delegates to attend this annual meet atlon, and other factors. The home control of the Reich, service is available to those who, The general, who has been trou- need it 24 hours a day, seven days bled by a stiff right knee for the last a week, 52 weeks a year. As the'ifew weeks, received a few corre- chairman said, “it establishes and spondents at his command post m- keeps ties of communication alive be- formally and discussed the war, tween the member of the armed mostly off the record. He expressed . forces and his family.” 1 surprise at recent reports that he had h' fe T H °^ 0 u' tibvu ,1 The Junior Red Cross, under the been unwell and indicated that, ex- Merit badjes_ Dick Hobson, Oneal chairTTianshi p of Mrs. P. W. McAlis- cept for his knee, he was m excel- Boyce, Earl McElhannon, Billy Stew- ter . g gettin g started. It" Will mobi- lent shape. lize the energy and goodwill and it may be revealed now that his skills of all the children* white and knee was injured early this month colored, in all the grammar and high when he was returning to headquar- schools throughout the county. Un- ters in France from a trip aboard a der the Geneva convention it is only light liaison plane. art, Wallace Osborne, ^George Cor- nelson. Last Rites Held For i ing,” said Mrs. Smyrl. 'j through the Junior Red Cross that help can be sent to children in coun- Arriving at an airstrip near head quarters, the pilot found the weather The Rev. William Hartin Steven- tries not yet liberated. We shall hear j unsuitable for a landing, so he put son, son of the late Rev. R. M. Stev- more of this as the program gets down at a beach near by under dif- enson and Emma Christian Stevenson under way , . ' ficult, cloudy conditions. Although he jof Due West, died last Thursday: The prisoner of war committee, made an excellent landing, the plane morning at a Sumter hospital where under the chairmanship of Mrs. Roy rolled close to the surf at the end oC he had been ill for ten days. ^ c. Hilton, is ready to give the pre-, its run. The fifth and final Army-Textile i The funeral service was held at the cise instructions that must be fol-1 General Eisenhower and the pilot in L»io oy a margin Rubicon agarnst 'strong rally will be held at the local armory Presbyterian church in Sum- 1 lowed in sending packages to men dragged the plane away from the votes. (It is the elec - enemy resistance Allied headquar-! Friday night, Sept. 29, at 8 o’clock, ter county Saturday morning, with imprisoned in Germany and Japan, water. While doing so. General Eis- ■mirallv rereive the s a n nounced to( } a y , The date is changed from Saturday,; intermerR following in the afternoon' tu* a Un In mnatant Field Marshal Gen. Albert Kessel-! ^ * s hottest race since the famous Hayes- ! Rome, Sept. 26. — American Fifth Tilden dispute 68 years ago. tro °P s advancing toward Bo-1 There hasn’t been a reallv close logna ’ ma J° r enem Y center in north - LOSt ArmY-TCXtlle There hasn t b y . f e™ Italy, have smashed three heavy r *j contest for the presidency since German counter-attacks, and on the jOOW rriOQy iNigni Woodrow Wlison nosed out Charles Adriatic battlefront British Eighth Evans Hughes in 1916 by a margin army^ forces Jiave crossed the tiny of 23 electoral tors who technically receive t ^ e IrT announced 'tfwia* CaUMUa " i The date Ts changed from Saturday, ! interment following in the afternoon I the chapter is also In constant enhower accidentally twisted his votes. They in turn name the presi- ^ ^ .. , | it is noted. at Due Wes t- i contact with the newly formed na- knee, which has bothered him ever dent. Early returns indicated Hughes! Field Marshal Gen. Albert Kessel- ’ . „m»c fcoin Mr - Stevenson was pastor of Tir- tional veterans’ service committee since. Despite the mishap, however, had a substantial lead. The morning: ring, using seasoned troops, hurled I ^ The _ pu^e ol tnese rames^neia ^ Hebr(m Hepzibah and Wedge _} that has been set up to plan and co- ‘ he has made several aerial trips, after election day New York newspa- hree vicious couner-assaults at tbeij 1 v^ir. 8 inr-r^aJp yAp nrnHnrtinn 1 Presbyterian churches and was!ordinate everything pertaining to re-| in reply to the questions of corre- pers had headlines reading “Sweep- Yanks near Monte La Fine, 21 miles tt P hi h P g-patlv' wel1 known and highly regarded. He training and reemployment of re- spondents. General Eisenhower said ing Victory for Hughes.” S0 ^ th *t aSt /- 0 1^ B ° 0gn * ‘ Headquarters g imnnr1nnt nart 8 of th y j was a graduate of Erskine college and t.urned men. Through the home ser- the advance in Europe was moving The Associated Press, however, said the Gerrrians suffered heavy cas- needed as an important part of the Pnnceton seminary | vice department, the chapter will be slowly at present and refused to corn- withheld its announcement of the re- ualti es in their futile attempt to ! He was twice married, first to Miss kept posted, and will make all in- mit himself on whether the war m suits until votes in California and check the advance of the Americans. Presiding over the rally will be Add-on of Due West. After; formation available. this theatre would end this year, other far western states, where Pres-| Three miles southeast of Monte La, Capt. Wm. Czarnitski, who has han- ber dea th he married Miss Cleo Hal- In presenting the new business of There is no doubt in his mind, ident Wilson was running surprising- Fine other Fifth army troops were, died the preceding programs. The j um 0 f Pickens, who survives him. the meeting, Mr. Roller introduced however, as to how the war will end. ly strong, were completely tabulated. 1 reported battling the Germans in! 216th Infantry band of Camp Gordon, also leaves four sons by his first C. K. Wright, who spoke for the oth-| He explamed in detail that Ger- Belated returns showed Wilson car- the sreets of Moradaccio, 16 miles will render a concert. Capf | marr j a g ei Robert M. Stevenson of er members of the nominating com- many’s ftnal^iefeat depended in great ried California and manx other West ern states, and on the third day af ter the voting his election was gen erally known. south of Imola on the lateral Bolog- na-Rimini highway. Alhough it had been stated at . headquarters that the Americans ^unique No. 9 will be shown If Hughes had carried California,' we re as close as 15 miles to Bologna,' Specialty acts will be presented normally a Republican state in those no places were specifically named by Pvt. Max H: Bfecker consisting of days, he would have won the presi- closer than 21 miles. ’ _ imitations, impersonations, etc. The Due West, and L dency. He did carry such big elec- 0n the Americans’ eastern flank entertainment is free, with the pub- Atlanta, Ga toral-vote states as New York. Pertf- British and Indian troops took Pa _ lie cordially invited, sylvania, Illinois Massachusetts and lazzuola) e ight miles east of Firen-: ~ Michigan but Wilson’s capture of zuolai and Marradi / four miles far _ many Western states,^jjlus the^ Solid tber eas j t capturing many prisoners. The British also occupied San South and border states, put him over. Presidential candidates have had Benedftto, 23 miles south of Imola, a plurality of popular votes but havei aml < * rove the been defeated because their oppon- I* ei 8bts of Monte Scarabbaolle and ents received a larger number of electoral votes. That could happen in this year if, for example, either Mr. Roosevelt or Mr. Dewey carried Monte Carnevale. The forcing oi the Rubicon, which Julius Caesar crossed southjvard in 49 B. C., Was hailed by Gen. Sir certain states by big majorities and : Henry Maitland Wilson, Allied Med- lost a large number of other states iterranean commander, wih the hope by slender margins. ** “will lead, as with a famous com- Regardless of how slender the rnander in the past, to a decisive margin, all the electoral candidates victory and and to the destruction of of the party receiving the majority of votes are elected. The second-best party gets no electors at all. Czarnitski will introduce a returned SjunpgQm N. Y.. W H. Stevenson. Jr., mittee. Mrs. Leroy Habenicht and measure on how long she could stan.l veteran^ of the present war. Two USMC, in the South Pacific, Addison Miss Bettie Richards. Oh their ree-' up, under the hammering. From i films, “Invasion and Film Com- and Mason Stevenson of Sumter; one 1 o mendation, the following officers professional military viewpoint, he sister, Mrs. Mary S. Butts of Due were elected to serve for the coming said, the Germans now have no hope West, and three brothers, R. E. Stev- year: Chapter chairman, Rev. A. C. of mounting any really effective enson of Camden. C. G. Stevenson of Holler; first vice-chairman. T. W. counter-blow. Therefore, militarily, B. Stevenson -of GJenn; second vice-chairman, Robert it -is-‘useless for them to continue D. Lynn; recording secretary. Miss fighting, he said. i Mr. Stevenson is pleasantly re- Beaufort Copeland; treasurer, F. S. Continued resistance, he added, »membered here by many friends anti Bishop. Board of directors, C. W. also is detrimental to the Reich, since acquaintances who will regret to Anderson. Clinton; Adger Babb, it means additional destruction, with learn of his passing. He served the Prniceton; B. Hubert Boyd, Clinton; the final result still negative from Associate Reformed Presbyterian Roy DeShields, Lanford; Chas. F. the Germans’ standpoint, church for the three-year period Fleming. Laurens; Cecil Gray, Gray However, G e n e r a 1 Eisenhower 1919-22. He was succeeded by the Court;. H. D. Gray, Laurens; A. C.| pointed out. the Gestapo still holds reins in the Reich and its agents e nothing to gain by surrender- Cross Hill; C. P. Roper, Laurens; ing. T. P. Townsend, Wattsville; ■ C. K. Because of the rapidity of the Al- Wright, Laurens; Mrs. Leroy Habe- lied advance, the task of supplying _ nicht, Laurens. i and maintaining the fighting forces The Town of Clinton tax ordinance ! , E *-° ff ‘ cio rnembers of the board at the front has become tremendous, Ralph Wallace Fuller, Laurens. for 1944 appears in today's paper °, ltt?L ors # are . rs ' ' '. I(nvn > occupying a great deal of the gen- James Frank Bell, Honea Path. as adopted by city council on Sep- chairman °' t v ;° lu " te * r „ spec ‘ al ser - era J, s attention. • vices; Miss Bettie Richards, chairman | Closing his conversation with ‘the 11 White Selectees Colled For Examination The list of 11 white selectees left Kesselring’s army.” In Caesar’s time. the Rubicon on September 21 tor pre-induction: prese ' lt pas,or - Dr C B > num BeUs - | Marlin^ JrvUtmnK W. A. Moor-.,he physical examination at Fort Jack- ~ Ooldvite, John H«»jr Nmcx hav No Change Made In City Tax Levy physical son: Leroy Upton. Phoenix City, Ala. ^ j Earl Dorsey Turner, Clinton. Walter Erving Fern, Ware Shoals. Edward Daniel South, Gray Court. William Algie Satterwhite, Mount- i tember 5. ville. ’ j The ordinance calls for a total of i^ home service; Mrs. P. WL McAlis-1 correspondents. General Eisenhower Clifford Alexander Brown, Clinton.' 37 mills, the same as last year, di- d r ’r r oh f. 1 7 r 'i nan of Jumor Red Cross touched upon one of his favorite formed the boundary between Italy; In the Hayes-Tilden contest of and Cisalpine Gaul. Caesar’s action 1876, Tilden had a lead of 250,000 forced a state of war between the I popular votes but the Republicans Ro m a n legions and Pompey and the claimed Hays had a majority of one sen ate. ^ Since then “crossing the electoral vote. Conflicting 1 returns j Rubicon has come to mean a defi- however, were sent in from four j commitment to a set course of states—South Carolina, Florida, Lou- j action. ^ isiana and Oregon. A bitter battle de- ! TT * veloped and congress finally referred Lt. Col. McSwOOfl Jessie Milford Hill, Clinton. Albert Harlan Wallace, Clinton. Carl Clinton Wilson, Clinton. the disputed returns to an electoral 1 i _ c . ■ i. i commission Loses Foot In Italy Young Commended In South Pacific vvided 12 mills for current expenses R ‘ T 'y ilson ’ ^airman of disaster top.cs-the necessity for smooth co- % and 25 mills for interest and pr.nci-i prepared "f SS and / ehef; Mar- operation among the Allies for the pal payments on outstanding bonds. 8uer.te_X:ia T ke chairman of nutri- successful prosecution of the war. December 15 is fixed as the final ltlon ’ a " d ^rs. E. B. G.nsburg, chair-| • date for payment of taxes without j man of pubhc inf o rmatlon - Laurens, Sept. 23. — Lt. Thorrtas Duckett Young, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross D. Young of Laurens, has re cently been given a letter of com- •mendation for his “aggressive action penalty. 2,966 Boles Ginned, First Report Shows Miss Beaufort Copeland is execu- RATIONING BOARD tive secretary of the county chapter, D|1| , rT|k| / a v Mrs. Irby Hipp is office and case- oULLfcl IN 'L/rA' worker in the Clinton office, and Mrs. Paul Smith is the office secre tary who handles all the records for both the Laurens and Clinton office. (Compiled to date for information oLThe Chronicle’s readers). PROCESSED FOODS: Blue A« Laurens county farmers had ginned i Mr. Holler closed the meeting on a t The commission was composed of * mendation for his “aggressive action 2,966 bales of the current cotton crop happy note. He said that because the| (Book 4> now valid at 10 five senators, five representatives and 1 Chester, Sept. 22. Lt. Col. Harry 1 and devotion to duty” in his service to September 16. according to the Laurens County chapter had done so P°' n f s eac ^ I° r with t kens in five supreme court judges. This com- Younger McSween, 25, alumnus of w R b | be quartermaster corps of the initial report of the season made well in oversubscribing the quota ^ rou P s ^ on.y Tokens invalid a!- mission by a strict party vote of eight Presbyterian" college, who has been army j n southwest Pacific area public yesterday by W M. Sanders, given in the annual Red dross drive, * t r . September 30. Stamps good m- Republicans to seven Democrats vot- closely associated with Lt. Gen. Mark wbere be bas been f or the past year, special agent of the department of. “we now have a comfortable working definitely ed in favor of the Republican candi date, so Hayes was declared elected. Clarks Fifth army in its drive up -phe letter, signed by the command- commerce, bureau ( of the census. margin to care for. normaT expecta- 1 MEATS AND PAIS: Red A’. „ the coast of Italy has been wounded j ng officer of his company, was the This is a decrease of 1.863 bales tions for the balance of the year.” through G5 (Book 4i now valid at. In 1888, Grover Cleveland polled a j I° r third time according to a first of its kind issued in the battalion. ovefc|the same date la.-t year, when Mrs. Catherine Cleveland, the gen- 1 P 0 ‘ n t- S t *ach for use with tokens, larger popular vote than Benjamin message just received by his wife, | Lt. Young’s wife and daughter, 4,829 bales were ginned, the figures eral’ field represi Harrison, but Harrison won the elec- Mrs. Frances Williams McSween, of r oss> are residing in Greenwood. tion with a majority of electoral Chester, from Colonel McSween’s votes. chaplain, Capt. Allen Crews Me- i In * 1880, James A. Garfield led Sween. Winfield Hancock by a scant 7.000 The message stated that he stepped ^ votes out of a total of over 9,000,000, on a mine which exploded, blowing but Garfield’s electoral vote was 214 one of his feet off. Chaplain Mc- tc Hancoclc’s 155. Sween stated that some of Colonel Franklin D. Roosevelt smashed McSween s soldiers reported the in-1 electoral vote records in 1936 when J ur y 1° him and they rushed to him he won all but two states and col-; and found ^iim unconscious and he lected 523 out of 531 electoral votes. was taken to a hospital Republican Warren ,G. Harding, how- reveal. ever, holds the record for getting the The SHoilds MOVC largest percentage ot the poplar y 0 Green¥i || e Harding received 63.8 per cent of the total vote of the two major par- Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Shands left ties in 1920, getting 16,152,000 ballots to 9,147,000 for James M. Cox. In 1936, Roosevelt received 62.2 per cent Monday for Greenville where they will make their future home with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. of the two party vote when he de- and Mrs. T. P. P. Carson. feated Landon by 27,476,000 to 16,- 679,000 ballots. TO FORT MEADE Pvt. Leland Young, who recently completed his basic training at Camp Wolters, Texas, has reported to Fort Meade, Md., where he has been as signed, after spending several days with his family here. Mr. and Mrs. Shands have always lived in Clinton where both are loved and admired by a wide circle of ; friends whose best wishes will fol low them to their new home. David D. Boland, seaman second class, of the navy, stationed at May- port, Fla., is visiting his father, F. M. Boland, and Mrs. Boland. 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Once a subscriber’s name is taken from the list he will be con sidered as a new subscriber if he seeks to renew. THE CHRON ICLE hopes this ruling is clear to its large family of appreciated sub scribers. which Laurens county is handling its Red Cross work. 15 Selectees Go To Jackson For Induction representative from head-I ^ (><)( * mdefinitely. quarters, was present at the meeting 1 SUGAR. Sugar stamps 30, 31. 32 as a guest, and she congratulated the and ^ now 8°ud for five pounds meeting on the fnanner and spirit in eat ^ indefinitely. CANNING SUGAR Stamp 40.good for five pounds canning sugar qntil February 28, 1945. SHOES: Airplane stamps 1 and 2 (Book 3) valid indefinitely. FUEL OIL: Period 4 and 5 coupons I from last year and Renod 1 coupons " ^ j for this season now valid. Fifteen white selectees left on St)p- GASOLINE:: A-ll coupons good tember ’ 21 for induction into the f or three gallons through Novem- armed services at Fort Jackson. The b er 8. list includes: | ^ Carroll Pacific Sample. Clinton. James Cline Jenkins, Gray Court. Edgar Lee Benjamin, Mouhtville. Alfred Jack Rhodes, Goldville. Harry Holland Kelley, Goldville.' James Clate Patterson, Rt. 3, Clin ton. Eddie Ervin Norris, Goldville. Harold Eugene Crow, Clinton. Edwin Earl Barbee, Clinton. Thomas Lewis McCarson, Laurens. James Rutledge Jacks, Laurens. Ernest Herndon Cogdill, Clinton. Charles Tucker, Clinton. John Bunnie Downer, Goldville. Victor Ha'dden Martin, Rt. 1, Clin ton. Inter-Club Kiwonis Meeting At Goldville f : An inter-club Kiwanis ^meeting with the Laurens. Clinton ahd New berry clubs participating will be held at Goldville-this evening (Thursday) at 7:30. A barbecue dinner will be served to the large group of Kiwan- ians and friends from the three towns who are expected to be pres ent. Dr. Nicholas P. Mitchell, radio commentator of Greenville and pro fessor of political science at Furman university, will be the guest speaker.