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* THE CHRONICLE Strives To" Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete, * Newsy and Reliable (Ulrntmt If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume LXV Clinton, S. C, Thursday, October 18; 1945 Number 42 First Rubber Shipment Arrives Last Rites Sunday For George H. Ellis Esteemed Clinton Citizen for 38 Years, Passes At Home. War Fund Drive Lags Behind Here ison, Private John heroic service in Pvt. John H. Burnett Gets Bronze Star Medal ^sthumously Thomas Burnett, of South Clinton, | Clinton, like many other commu- i has been presented the Bronze Star nit ie St is lagging behind in its effort Imedal_awarded posthumously to his t0 raise its War Fund quota of $8,800 ’ H. Burnett, for' Reports through yesterday, accord- service in connection with, ing to Chairman I. M. Adair, showed military operations against the a total of $4,078.68 subscribed, less I George H. Ellis, 71, well known enem y- j than half the goal. The canvass is not i I Clinton citizen for the past 38 years,! The presentation was made at an completed and will be pushed for the idled at his home on Calvert avenue infqrmal and simple ceremony at remainder of the month in the hope i early Saturday morning after a criti- Mr. Burnett’s home Sunday by Col. of reaching the set quota. •cal illlness of several weeks. He had Wilbur J. Fox, commanding officer; The report through yesterday fol-; I been in declining health for the past of Camp Croft, several years. ’ ; ! The citation The funeral services were held award follows: I Sunday afterhoon at 3 o’clock from “For heroic service in connection the residence with a number of with military operations against an ! friends from here and elsewhere as- enemy of the United States in the sembling for the last rites. The ser- vicinity of on 8 December, 1944. vices were conducted by the Rev. Private Burnett, a radio operator and, Walter N. Long of Belmont, N. C., member of a forward observer party, until recently pastor of the First | attached to Company E, Infan- Baptist church of this city. Interment try, assisted in setting up an obser-! followed at Rosemont, with many vation post in an exposed position on lovely flowers banked upon the the hostile shore of river short- mound indicative of the love and ly after attacking echelons had es- esteem in which he was held by tablished a bridgehead across the C n :| Qimprvicnrc •river. The bridgehead was first im- Jupcryiauia lows: accompanying the The nation’i first shipment of rubber from the Psciflc since Pearl Harbor, produced under the very noses of the Japanese in the Philip* pines, recently arrived at San Francisco. Forty-two tons of the precious crude stock was shipped from the Pathfinder plantation of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company in Mindanao. Husband and Father Held On Murder Charge In County lllaurens, Oct. 15. — Joe Landlord and Bud Tucker were both charged James P. Johnson, Sr., Of Shady Grove Section, Passes In Greenville James Pinkney Johnson, Sr., 70, a HALSEY PLEADS FOR AN AMERICA READY TO LEAD Admiral Says Nation Must Head Toward Peace or Back to Where It Stood Four Years Ago. San Francisco, Oct. 6. — Admiral Halsey declared tonight that Amer-• ica had! reached a "rendezvous with destiny 1 ’ from which it could head Calling Japan a ruthless foe. he emphasized his belief that it must not be admitted to the society of civi lized nations until it proved itself worthy. The old sea dog. commander of the famed Third fleet, in an address pre pared for delivery at a civic home coming "banquet, related the difficul ties overcome from the "shoestring many. ( river, me onageneaa was nrsi im-; —r - ■ - — - era” until the thudding blows against Active pallbearers were L. B. Dill-' Periled by an enemy infantry attack; supervisors of the Laurens Japan forced the enem y’ s ^dden ard. F. C Pinson, W. H. Simpson, and later by a force of eleven enemy ™ree ^ rV ^ 0 O n r s S er 0 v f at surrender. Tulian S Bolick I Mac Adair T tanks. On both occasions, Private t '°!? nt u y , 1 Lonservalion district Heath Copeland and Capt B.ll Burnett was instrumental in the di- "Z 111 f be elected November 3 due to Heath Copeland, Lapt. 11,11 tion of artin fire which u _ the terms expiring of H. O. Aber- ** aae - , , ! . crombie. Mount Bethel community; Mr. Ellis was born March 5, 1874, ed the enemy threats. He unhesitat- R Lawson Wadsworth com- at Old Allendale, formerly Barnwell ingly accompanied the observer from m y unit an ^ j ^ Roy Oak Grove >t now Allendale county. He was'one vantage point to another under ^ 0 ^ni?y The termfof Dwight F I the son of Thos. Baynard Ellis and enemy observation and heavy tire, 1 Roner h-ve no’ ^ ace —fastened with a rusty nail’!" Susan Eleanor Rhodes. He was resid- skillfully pertorm.ng his duties with- ™ *. B. Roper no. ing in Savannah, Ga.. at the out- out thought of personal safety, until £ t e _ 'break of the Spanish-American war he was killed by shell fragments.” The Laurens County Soil Conser- | and volunteered his services as a The name of the place of the battle vation distnet is under the supervis- i member of the “Savannah Volunteer. was withheld for military security ion of five supervisors. J. B O Dell, Advance gifts $ 863.18 Business district 166.75 Residential district 435.45 Thornwell Orphanage 29 00 Lydia Mill 550 00 Clinton Mill .. 500.00 Rural area 91.45 Goldville 1.375.00 Cross Hill ()7.85 Total $4,078.68 Farmers To Elect If anybody had asked me what sort of shoulder patch we felt was appropriate for the South Pacific force in late 1942 and early 1943, ’ the admiral said, “I’d have told him without hesitation: A frayed shoe- Guards" and served during the war. reasons. At the end of the war he accepted ^ a responsible traveling position with ir \A/hit<»c Cn\\e*t\ the state of Florida as his territory. ”111165 v>Ullca In seeking a central location for his'Pqi* Pr6~ I flduCtion work he located in this city in 1907 assistant soil conservationist, is in charge of the technical work of the both the atomic bomb and the entry of Russia into the war weighed hea vily in Japan’s ultimate decision for a quick surrender. “But the atomic bomb was thrown 'district. The county agent cooperates at Nips from bases which team work of all services, including the navy’s ploughing ahead to prepare with the work. The local draft board sent 15 white The law r as passed by act of the .. legislature in 1937 calls for each can-' y didate to oe nominated by a peti- native of the Shady Grove section,; a nd erected the first home in the; ^ ...... . with murdqr here Monday in war-'died Saturday night in a Greenville; jesidential section then under de- selectees October 15 to Fort Jackson t ' on si 8ned by 25 qualified electors. .. . sizab i„ ’’ rt]n n rantstakenoutbyCoronerR. I. Bur-j hospital following a three weeks velopment k^own as “The Woods”! for pre-induction examinations, ac- P etltion £ Wl11 be accepted u by th ^ oll ; can nav y lay within s * i *-- - ,1 on Calvert avenue. Later he changed| cor{ jj n g t0 a ij st released by the Conservation committee through Oe- his work and became sales manager t> oar( j < as follows - tober 27. for Jacobs & Company of this city, gess following an inquest into the death of Mrs. Mildred Landford, wife of the former, who died Monday morning at the Laurens County hos pital from a shotgun wound received Saturday night at the Landford home near Ora, this county. illness. The funeral services were held Monday afternoon from Fairview Baptist church, conducted by the Rev. Mr. Milton, and attended by a number of lifelong friends and neighbors of that community. Inter- advertismg agency. In 1918 he estab lished Ellis Motor company and con tinued this business until it was de stroyed by fire in the fall of 1924. Robert Palmer Edge, Clinton. From testimony at the inquest, thejment followed in the church ceme- In 1928 Mr. Ellis joined the Joanna William Ready Snelgrove, Clinton, shooting occurred during a drinking tery. Textile Mills company at Goldville William Algie Satterwhite, Mount- spree involving both men. Tucker,, Pallbearers were Robert, Ray- as resident engineer* soon after the v ju e who is a resident of the Fountain mo nd, J. B., Luther, Thad and Ernest pro P* rty was Purchased by the Wade Hampton Godfrey, Ware Inn section and the father-in-law of ;j 0 hnson. j Hartshorn interests of Oswego, N. Y. Shoals. Landford, was visiting the Landford M Jh f tfu ' In this position he made an enviable | Charlton Alvis Fleming, Hone a home with his eight-year-old daugh- 1 h X st Job " e S ° n ity was a ^ reputation as a landscape gardener Path . ter, Mary Jean. Ihifhlv ,n of the com- i a ?_ d made _ a I ar « e contribution toward | Rlchard D elono Watts, Clinton. Marshall Alvin Samples, Clinton. John William Wren, Waterloo. Thomas Furman Gambrell, Honea Path. Fredlee Carlton, Ware Shoals. by carrier-plane assaults and shipping sweeps, earned for u.v “And I hardly need recall to you of the Amen- ight of Honshu and the B-29s were over Japan the ... ...... .... day the Soviet union added its great A 1 persons qualified to vote m the h( , h j elections of the sta e under the Con-1 .. Tod we have rea( . hKi a stitution are eligible to vote in this;, election. Voting place, as designated Ax’ on our course. Let’s call it a ren dezvous with destiny—a place from which we can head in either of tw > directions; to the right toward per manent peace, or to the left along i by the state committee, will be open in the district at the county agent’s office in the agricultural building in Laurens between the hours of 9 .Jn.' way uke baclc whe ,, we were four years ago.” Halsey said Japan must have - ized “the jig was up” some time be fore V-J day because of the simple and 3 p.m., November 3. Mountville Grange To Grow Gladioli ihiphlv esteemed ritiyen nf thp rnm-. —-- _ rwciiaru L»eiono vvaus, v.nmon. iu vjiuw vjiuuiun process of military arithmetic whuh Deputy Sheriff Paul Prince who, munUy in which his entire life was i C ° nverl i n K th f./J 11 . 38 ® inl ° a 1 , ovely Marshall Alvin Samples, Clinton. must have shown the enemy she with Deputy Sheriff Mace Langston. ; spenl y He made and held many 1 ° r v X“ firvearral^e 1 v H - ' nf ° r<i Ear ‘ Pucke “- Calh0un The regular monthly meeting of could not w,n. made the first investigation of the friends who will regret to learn of , shrubber y- " bout five y* ars a 8° Falls. the Mountville Grange was held last ”We have .emerged triumphant shooting, quoted Mary Jean as say- his oassine 1W3S forced to 8 ,ve U P b,s work on i Lorick Sanders, Swygert, Jr., Wa- nighf at the Mountville school build-; after a bitter, brutal, bloody strug- ing that all three of the adults were waQ a , nn nf fhp la . ' ac f.°^ t K of Riming health and was'terloo. - > - - - nl Mr. Johnson was a son of the late! retired by the company in appreci- quarreling and that Landford fired, »,^i . g u- g .ug W . ^ , , , ♦Ko r Uod J arred and Mary Cannon Johnson, ation of his faithful and valuable the fatal shot after Mrs Landford had For he faith f u ii y served Fair- tried to prevent him from shooting Tucker Sheriff Wier testified that -Land- view Baptist church as a deacon. deceased is survived by his services. Mr. Ellis lived an active and use-; ful life in this community. He was ing. |gle.” he declared. “The spirit of the Jack Wilson Davis, Clinton. j For the coming year, the Grange, recent fight called for total defeat f Alvin Brewington, Goldville. has taken for its project growing a ruthless foe. whose character and John William Yarborough, Clinton, gladioli on a commercial basis. James deeds we all had ample occasion t> Robert Moore Craig, Sedalia. N. McBride, general agricultural know and to remember. George Randolph Johnson, Rt. 1, agent for the Seaboard railway, Sa-1 "I hold steadfastly to the principle ford tohJ him at the jail that he was v '* dow ’ ^ rs - J ess *e Workman John- one of t|ie organizers of the Cham- Kinards. ivannah, Ga.; F. M. Connor, Palmetto, that, until it proves itself worthy. son; two sons, James P. Johnson, Jr., |ber of Commerce and an officer in Raymond Homer Summers, Gold- Fla., and J. C. Bennett, Hamlet, N.C . : Japan cannot and must, not be ad- several years. | ville. agricultural agents for the railroad, mitted even to the society of civi- jwere present and discussed gladioli lized. decent nations.” trying to take a shell out of the gun „ . L . , . ... . for fear he would do something to a nd Carroll W. Johnson; one daugh-.Jat organization or Tucker, when the gun went off. ^ e u r '„ Mrs ’ Earl J Johnson ’ th [ ee 8rand : f wa £ a f f lth * ul member of the Landford and Tucker were taken | c . h . lldren : and one bother, Fred First Baptist church and always in custody Saturday night and are now in the county jail. Landford is! Johnson. Z n e wir a c „ h rf ,,d n r h v ,0 a ur ^'WQrdlQw Accepts Coll the dead woman, and One by a for to another daughter mer marriage of Tucker. Ration Board Here To Close Doors Nov. 30 To Conway Church ready to make a contribution to its work. A man of ability, of unlimited energy, high ideals, unqualified in tegrity and unblemished character, Red Cross To Hold Annual Meet Today growing and other timely topics. Rev. Hubert G. Wardlaw, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Whit mire, has the pastorate of the Presbyterian . , , | The annual county-wide meeting he made many friends who will learn, 0 f ^ b e Laurens county chapter of the with genuine regret of his passing. ; American Red Cfbps will be held in Mr, Artist Course Planned Here This Winter Extension Course Here for Teachers I Dr. Fred W. Alexander and Dr. L. - , - . . - . |........ .^ u .. ..^v. wv.po ... i A ... ,, ! G. Nilson of the University of South Elis was twice married. His Laurens tonight (Thursday) in the n ar 15 course ur own a Carolina extension department will first wife was Miss Florence Roche )COurt house at 7: 3 0 0 . clock it ls an _ series is planned for Clinton this ffer courses hpre wh b ch Wlll give resigned to accept a call to Savannah - Ga- ° f J hls , un i?, n, one inounced by the Rev. Adlai C. Holler, lt ls , a , nn ^V nte , d . by ° ffu - ers teachers s‘x semester hours credit. ^rol^TUlerian!"! Presiden, o, ,he chapter. A„ then,- of .herons dub. The club w.l, spun- Thw credlt may bc usrd i„ ward a „ church at Conwav effective Novem-lr^ Durant Marianna, b ers of the chapter, he said, are eli- /-i- . • o enuren at conway, enective iNovem , pi a j n jgi2 he was married to Miss ^Kip tn attend He de«erihed a mem The Clinton war price and ration-!ber 1. JNette Dill rd nf th it \ g,Dle 10 auena - Me aesenoed a mem- ing board will close its doors Novem-| Mr. Wardlaw is pleasantly known j d aug ht er of the late Mr. andMrs. J 3 . i ^ T any ° ne Wh ° had subscribed as 1 rr* Kv o rMirrtHor* fri/Je xirV»n wri 11 1 — * * fTlliC ll cl It her 30 at which time its activities,here by a number of friends who will Drayton Dillard. Mrs. Ellis and will be transferred to Greenville, regret to know he is moving else- son The Laurens board will close Novem- where. He and Mrs. Wardlaw, the ber 21, to also become a part of the,former Miss Annie Lee Jackson of Greenville consolidation. The newly created area will serve Laurens, Greenville and Pickens counties. Af ter January 1 the offices will be called price control boards instead of war price and rationing boards. ...c,-.. as $1 to the chapter during the one past yea r. Col. Dill B. Ellis, U'. S. air , j . i. f A. B. degree or be used for the ad- is planned to have a series of , „ „ , , .... , a . . . ,. . . i vancement of certificates under the five concerts, including musicians, . « . „ / 1 . 1 . certification program singers, a lecturer, popular enter- ah. u . . . , a . * , . .. . .. All teachers interested in taking tamer, and dancers, according to the ,, . ... . this work are asked to meet at the this city, have given liberally of their i time and leadership to the , young', _ .... people’s work of South Carolina Clyde bmith NOW are erMt ' y be,oved , Deputy At Lydia . „ . The business to be transacted, hei f a " * arranged and c|in , on h h schoo| Frldav a(te corps, now stationed at Tampa, Kla.,: M i d , wiu inc | udc lhe ei ct . tl „ n uf orti . availability of talent October 19 survive. Numbers secured will be repre-i cers and committee chairmen, hear- ...... ing of reports on various -phases .0/ serited by topflight stars in the musi- — , a 1 p (tndfrPv the work and planning for the year ^ and entertainment world and will ^Ol. AriSel_B. Godfrey : a head ( be announced at an early date. Son Preaches Sermon At Father's Installation Brock Named As Scout Official Dr. Martin Teague 4- At Home From Italy RATIONING BOARD BULLETIN (OPA) Clyde Smith, for the past six years . _ chief of police at Ninety-Six, was NOW Out Of Army sworn in last week as a special dep- i — uty to serve the Lydia Mills com- Dr. Martin Teague, of Laurens, munity. He will work with Deputy. major in the medical branch of the Gene Brock has been named to thefKelly Johns. army air corps, has received his hon-, of The Chronicle's readers). B. Godfrey fr arrived orable discharge after almost three Col. Ansel Tuesday from Italy for temporary duty. At the end of 45 day* he will leport to Fort Bragg Col. Godfrey entered the service in (Compiled :^b date for information February. 1941. and has been at tached for some time,to the Fifth MEATS AND FATS: RED army in Italy For meritorious con* Dr. Jo hn McSween, fo ^ mer C1 ‘ n- | position of assistant executive of the; Mr. Smith is a former Clinton res- o^the fourth Presbyterian church of'2 lue ^!f ge B °y Scout council in 1 ident and served several years on the years in the service and two years STAMPS AL Bl. Cl. Dl, El now duct he rei-ened the Leg urn of Merit Greenville on Sunday evening by a Greenv,lle - acc 5 >rd ‘ n * tb an an - c*ty police force. Mrs. Smith before overseas duty in the Southwest Pa-' good . expire October 31: FI. Gl, HI,I decoratiori early this yea. ■ nouncement made by R. E. Ferguson, marriage was Miss Lee Nelson of this cific. He expects to resume his prac- jl K1 now good, expire November ' lice in Laurens at once. 30’; Ll. Ml. Nl, PI, Q1 now good, Methodist Men Greenville on Sunday evening by commission from Enoree presbytery. The installation sermon was preached by his son, Rev. Allen C. McSween, now residing here. Chap lain McSween, with the rank of cap tain, was- recently discharged from the service after overseas duty with the Fifth army. 60’Gollon Still Destroyed In County Roy L. Cecil, federal investigator, reports the capture' of a 60-gallon still last week in the Langston church vicinity near Flat Shoal^ on Enoree river. With the still seven 60-gallon fermenters and about 200 gallons of mash were taken. Lester Leroy Hall and R. P. Jennings, both white, were placed under arrest. Assisting in the raid were J. O. Denny, federal deputy, and H. R. Jones, Laurens county deputy. The still, together with the equip ment and mash, were destroyed, the investigator said. of this city, president of the council, icily. Mr. Brock for the past two and a ! - ^ half years has served as field execu-f; n 1 live of the Palmetto Boy Scout coun-| ' (J !\OOSl cil in Spartanburg. Stocked With Croppie Boy Scout work of .Clinton-Gold-' rr ville area .is included in the Blue Ridge council. Mrs. Teague and two daughters expire December 31;R1,S1.T1.U1. t have been making their home here v l now good, expire January 31. lO Meet Tonight with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. D. | SUGAR: Sugar stamp No. 38 now Lockman, and will move back Laurens to join Dr. Teague. to A LETTER FROM HOME . . . Do you have friends or rela tives residing elsewhere who \ are interested in th^ Clinton happenings? I ' If so, send them— THE CHRONICLE ‘'Just Like a Letter from Home” Costs Less Than 4c a Week Teacher's Group Meets In Laurens Today The October meeting of the Lau- Seven thousand crappie fingerlings received last week from the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries were placed in various sections of Lake Greenwood by sportsmen of the county, accor<4- ing to officials of the Greenwood County Game 'and Fish association, tens Cpunty Education association They were placed for stocking the w in’ be held this afternoon at 3:30 lake from Cothran’s bridge down to i n the Laurens high school audito- thb dam. Bass for stocking have been rium. ordered and will be placed later. ‘j The group will be addressed by ♦ Dr. 1 Harry H. Clark, extension pro- fe?ior and lecturer of the University South Carloipa. The association is headed this year by E. B. Morse, of Laurens, as presi- The Launens county tak books for dent. A 1945-46 directory will be the payment of real and personal distributed at today's meeting listing taxes opened Monday, October 15, ^county and state^ officers, the monthly according to Treasurer T. Lane Mon- programs and directory of teachers roe. ' and trustees for the county. good, expires December 31. SHOES: Airplane stamps Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 now good. County Tax Books Opened Monday SHOP THRQLKjiH ADS . . . It will pjjy you. Mr. and Mrs. Consumer, uf lead carefully the advertisements appearing each week in THE CHRONICLE. They tell you where to buy wisely. /,#• Shop in the advertising,j$iL umns first—then in the stores. THE CHRONICLE ^ ‘The Paper Everybody Reads” The Wesley Brotherhood f Broad Street Methodist church will meet tonight (Thursday) at 7 30 at the ! church. Joe McDaniel, who was liberated I last spring from a German prisoner i of war camp, will be the guest speaker. Officers for the new year will be ^ 'elected and plans for ladies', night .discussed. Cotton Ginnings For Behind Lost Year The second cotton ginning report for the season released yesterday by W. M Sanders, special agent, shows , 4,474 bales ginned in the county prior to October 1. This is a decrease of 3,858 bales compared with 8,332 bales for the same period last year.