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■ r V li V •> fV ( i. ,x "-'i. THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable ®bp GlUttton dlironirlp If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLIV Clinton, S. C, Thursday, October 19, 1944 Number 42 Two Hundred Flying Missions Lt. Gov. Williams Cites Need of Educational Facilities For Veterans Addresses Lions Club In . First Public Utterance Prior To Becoming Governor In January. Saying that colleges of South Caro- j lina will have a heavy load to bear after the war in providing educa tional facilities for the returned war veterans, Lieutenant Governor Ran- some J. Williams asserted that that MRS. WORKMAN INJURED IN WRECK H: M. Wilson, Sr., Claimed By Death Mrs. Charles Workman is a patient at Hays hospital suffering from in- | juries received in an automobile H. Marsden Wilson died Monday wreck near here Sunday. afternoon at his home on South WAR FUND GETS OFF TO SLOW START HERE Chairman Adair Calls On People To Meet Obligation In Effort. Returns form the first week of Mrs. Reed Todd, mother of Mrs. g roac j street after an illness of sev- Workman, who was in the car, 13 at her home suffering from painful eral wee,ts - bruises. I Funeral services were conducted Others in the car were Capt. and Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock at Mrs. Sloan Todd and Harry Bolick. G Funeral home Vnd w * re in canvassing m the annual War Fund Jr., son and daughter-in-law and . , ' drive in lower Laurens county, al- grandson of Mrs. Reed Todd, l charge of the Rev w Rcdd Turner > though not complete, “are very^ dis- Members of the family were going pastor of the First Presbyterian i appointing.” I Mac Adair, chairman to visit relatives when a car occu- church. The body was taken to New i for this area, announced yesterday, pied by a Negro man ran into them York on the 7:00 o’clock Seaboard ^ n ly $1.321.20 towards the area from a side road. The accident oc- . • onH goa ^ °* $1°.500 had been reported, curred on the old Laurens highway. ! traln Tues ^ ay . ' v “ ,ng an « ' r '‘ erment Mr. Adair said Mrs. Workman, wife of Major ' w ‘" ta * te P* ace in Cypress Hills cem- want to express appreciation would"be one of the chief concerns Charles Workman, stationed at Day- etery, Brooklyn, Friday morning. |for the work already done and for of his administration after he as- tona Beach, Fla., was on a visit to He is survived by his wife, Mrs. th e contributions made to date, ’ the sumes the governorship, in an ad- relatives here at the time of the ac-' Florence G WiIson> and one sont , chairman explained “but it is appar- dress to the Lions club Friday night cident. It was stated that she will be ; c t H M Wllson< Jr , of the army . £ nt ^ that a "i^h better job has got to at Hotel Clinton. ' a Espial patient for several weeks. H th , member of his im- 5.t done lf ar h e ^ TT OXir — j » « -i This area fell short of the goal last m V a tea 1111 ^ f o nf Von, y ear while the upper section of the York where" hTsbent the °ireat£ was gefing over the top.. We (part if W5 life bding a retired au»-."" a ;“ ,y don '* want tha ' j mobile dealer. He moved to Clinton a ,i n ... , six years ago to be wfth his son, who s Law Enforcement Lt. ,Gov. Williams, druggist and ( insurance man of Mullins, Marion county, will become governor of the state ii\. January when Governor,^--, |. Olin £). Johnston goes to the United' IIttirAfC Mppf Hprp States senate. His. address here.Fri-! VllltCI J I ICCI IICI W day was his first public utterance,) • as far as is known, of policies he will Clinton was host on Tuesday after at that time was a student and sub sequently on the staff of Presbyte- to the following agencies which are supported by the National War Fund USO, United Seameal* Service, War pursue after assuming the governor-! noon and evening to law enforcement (rian co ii e g e . Mr. Wijson was a son ph;wVr R Jiipf ship officers of this vicinity at a confer- of lhe late Charles W. and Caroline w 5 J VV ; ar c Rel ef The lieutenant eovernor said he ence and demonstration at the arm- Marsden Wilson, both well known 1 'n ha^ e ff ivr? a g at g r a T 0 o r f though ocy on South Broad street. The gatb-• lilies of New York. He was a Ch ‘ n f Uni had given a great deal of thought cnnn<;oreH hv the Federal -r slov akia Relief, National- American o the subiect of educa ion for vet- ering was s P onsored b y the Federal member of the Tompkins Avenue ^ aKld “ eneI ‘. f _ , _ . . erans after the war and “at it Is a Bureau 0 ' investigation, with Edward Congregational church In that city. n IT'. Rel “' , erans after the war and that it is a o( (he charlotte oftjce in their son' I un f ^ rerk lVar 0 ««• hef Assoc,a- l — .o. . tion’, American Relief for Italy. charge. , ! made nrfany friends since coming to cIlT"’^ ‘ Mayor P. S. Bailey welcomed the Clinton, and who regret.the passing , of Luxe mbourg American approximately 100 mayors, sheriffs, G f Mr. Wilson. r ] f N ” r ^ a y’ Poll; ’ b ^ Re lief,. Queen Wilhelmenia Fund, Rus- Lieut. Geh. Carl Spaatz (right), commanding general of the U. S. strategic air forces in Europe, chatting with Maj. P. Samarin, repre senting Russia, and Col. A. Shawky. representing Egypt, during “Allied Nations Day” celebrating the completion of the Eighth's 200th mission. JAP FLEET TAKES LOOKIHopewell Farmers AND FLEES TO BASES Study Conservation s way Assaults By u. sJAt Monthly Meeting On Targets In Formosa,; Farmers of the H ,, section their work; those who finished high to^l^ ^iici'ifriceS might use rn'o^ e«T wh‘en"hU fattM cll^ns heard China and Philippines. formine the "Pattem &il Conserve-1 sch00 iI<» protect themselves if attacked by became ill and was with him during a f pea i ; t “ i h< ‘ problem that must be met with fore sight, understanding and a sympa thetic attitude on the part of the people of the state. police chiefs and other enforcement; Mr. W’ilson became ill about two . or# tt . ^ v 1 State and denominational colleges, officers present . weeks o and was taken to AtlanU sian ^r Relief. United Yuogslav will be taxed to capacity he said to, Special Agent w . G Kimbrough of for diagnosis and treatment. He was Vr q Refugee f Rel ‘ ef Trustees, provide the necessary facilities for lhe M iami, Fla., FBI office, and Spe- returned to Clinton Thursday before a " f l the U ' S ' Coimnittee for the Care those whose college education wasj cial A g ent Easterlin of the Charlotte his de ath on Monday. — interrupted will return ^to complete 0 ffi ce> demonstrated a number of tac- Capt. Wilson was on leave from forming the Pattern Soil Conserve. d ^ normal flow of students ! l ar g er or armed criminals tion Community.” held a meeting „„ wi11 larger or . a r med c I. iminaIS ' of European Children. I hope,” Mr. Adair said, “that President Roose- during J nation Tuesday ... . . , his illness and at the time of his mght In wh,ch he ^phasized the Thursday evening at John T. Young’s on wlU seek 3 college Special Agent Roy L. Morgan of de ath. spring club house. W. P. Dickson, i educatlon ' 'lhe Charlotte FBI office, discussed * leader nresided ' Lt - Gov - Williams called upon all; the subject, “Arrests, Searches, and * 1 T ^ ‘ ’ u l college heads in South Carolina to, Seizures.” Part of his lecture con- I nijrt If) I nnVPIlP speakers was am s • U ace |he problem squarely and pre-! sisted of an exhibition and explana-( ^ White, county farm seeun y super- p are th orou ghiy f or the influx of stu-j tion of various restraining devites J— | to its bases without firing a shot, | visor, who talked to the farmers on ( dents a jt er t he war, so that they may used by the FBL 111 LdUrCIIS 1^1011037 Adm. Chester M. Nimitz announced the importance of soi conserv a ion dnd t ac jjjtj es av ailable to equip them In the evening the visiting officers U. S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters, Pearl Harbor, Oct. 17.—The Japanese fleet emerged from its hiding place, took one look at Adm. William F,. Halsey’s Third fleet and fled back to become intelligent and useful citi zens of the state. today as the greatest aerial battle of i work and the results obtained on his the Pacific war swept into its ninth; farm in increased production, day. ! J. B. O’Dell, assistant soil conser- Not an American ship has been vationist, presented a map of the ■ kmmmm* sunk in the nine days, during which Hopewell community showing ^rmsj QJ|Q £(1(1111 IlGBQS the Third fleet has been under al- bavins farm nlans written ud and! » ^ most incessant aerial attack. Two medium sized ships have been dam aged by aerial torpedoes but only light casualties were inflicted. having farm plans written up and vacant spaces showing farms that have not had farm plans written. Along with this map Mo*0’Dell dis cussed the importance of the com- Halsey's carriers, Superlortresses a jl" of the 20th air force and China- covering County Baptists The Rev. Walter N. Long, moder ator of the Laurens Baptist associ- Hopewell “Pattern • a tj 0 n, and Rev. J. H. Kyzar, vice- were guests at a barbecue given by; the Clinton police department at Young’s spring near here and about 200 attended. Members of the Clinton | fire department were invited. Among those attending the confer ence and demonstrations, in addition Four-Day Civil Term Arranged. List of Jurors and Cases Announced. A venire of 36 petit jurors for the worth of these various causes. The ; USO alone operates 3.035 service : units for our armed forces with a 1 monthly attendance of over 30.000 - i 000. In adcflt.ion the USO has 87 theatrical troupes in all parts of the world. "The .United Seamen s Service, fol lowing up the invasion forces, opt- 1 rates 82 rest centers and clubs throughout the world. Over 300 tons j of recreational and educational sup plies were shipped to American war 1 prisoners last year. These are on y , a few illustrations of the services to Mayor Bailey, L. H. Bagwell, chief 1 j erm 0 f c i v il court will convene in! reI ?'? ered ' of Clinton police, and members of, Laurens Monday, October 23. with a Mr Ada ! r P ointed °ut that can- th» rogtef of cases for four days has been vassers Wl11 attempt to reach every- the department, were: ^ ^ C W Wier, sheriff of Laurens a nnoun7ed"by Clerk~*of cJurTV R* ° ne in the l ow * r -'/ea before the county; Joe Hill, police commission-, F ] em i n g [campaign ends October 31. based 14th airforce planes are now 1 moderator, were re-eiectea at me an- er, Spartanburg; Rochelle Boyle, The list of jurors was as f 0 i lows: We ho P e that contributions w 1 enagaged in a vast threeway aerial munit y was selected by the district (nual meeting of the association held sheriff-elect of Union county, C. F. Hunter: J. W. Craine. P. D Adair. b< : a * generous as P 0 ^' 616 - he add - offensive in the waters bounded b y, ® upe . rvisors , as a P^onty communay- rTecent iy at Mj. Gallagher and High- Smith, chief of police, Ninety-Six; Ro5ert Dalton. C. Edd Bailey. J. A.i^ 1 . 11 a sma11 thinK f, ’ r us to Formosa, the PhiUppines and Hong for farm P lan " in g a bttle over | land Home churches in the upper J. C. White, sheriff of Greenwood McKittrick. Harry E. Wilkes. J. H do b «re at home wnen we know wh:-t Kong, striking with force and pre-;y ears aga P art of the county. | county; W. I. Burden, chief, Ander- Francis< Carlton F. Winn, M. B., £, hers are . do ‘£ g on the battlefr-mt,. description Y iargeis 01 every 1 on 24 farms covering approximately In the nine days since carriers under Vice Adm. Marc A.i in p i ans ! tion’s work Mitscher hit the Ryuku islands offj Gn a nu mber of these farms con- part of the county. The re-elected moderator, Mr.! son; W. A. Youung, chief. Due West; I Bridges, U. G. Young, Jr, L. L. simp-' Long, is pastor of the First Baptist Chester Fleming, sheriff of Abbeville son, V W Spires. L. D Holder. H.! Haicov’J 12,000 acres of land leaving approxi- | church 0 f ^his city and one of theicounty; J. M. Godfrey, chief. Simp-j t* Thomas J F Jacobs Llovd NOW TAKING GA5 ’• 00 ° acres 10 be covered \ p rQm jnent leaders in his denomina- sonville; J. O. Denny, ch.ef. Cross ! Bail.. j l ° Bailey. J S. Prater. R R Moon. BOOK APPLICATIONS Hill; C. A. Fleming, chief, McCor- j Forman Davis and D. R. Thomas. _ . T , 1 — - — — , B. Y. Culbertson, who has served nmek; L. L. Henderson, chief, Whit- r rmrpns- I I Wilson r R Don. i i0U f 00c nianpc i fin of' them' servation P ractices havebeen estab-j as aS sistant clerk for many years, mire; J. L. Prince, chief, Laurens; a j d chas Cox R W BriiG^ Jr Applications for new lino r - lost 865 to 885 planes- 60 of them, Ushedbutnotcompleted . \ his brother. J. M. Marshall, mayor. Greenwood; j G Ci^ker Luther BramleU Rob ’ tlon " A " bo ‘> k ^ are now available ,n hr ^f t nn Z\ The snowing practices go to makej the late w . P. Culbertson, and H. B. H. M. Turner, mayor, Cross Hilli ert Csdn^C "^H^lBurae^^^e^st It- at the nation board office on South . g 13 soR conservation pattern farm: Li Monroe was named assistant clerk.; C. L. Dowd, chief, Newberry; Wal- we jj and o C Tumblin I Broad street and at filling Nations 1 . (Complete water disposal system; 2. j R g. Thompson was re-elected treas-; lace Harris, assistant chief, Union>—^)j a i s; Clifton F Baldwin ind T in the cornmun ‘ly The blanks may The carrier planes and the Super-; Crop rotation to fit the needs of the j urer and Miss Alleene Franks super- Hugh C. McCowan, secretary S. C. m Wilson cither be brought to the office or fortresses have wiped off the map! land; 3. Land use adjustments; 4. j j n { enden t Q f the Woman’s Missionary: Police Association annuity fund, Co-1 Cross Hill- B F Hnllinaswnrth 'mailed. The applications must be installations at Okayama and Heito, i Grazing system; 5. Field borders; 6. j un j on h. W. Granger was elected • lumbia. They were accompanied by Waterloo- J W R Hill »nrl F n accom P a nied by the cover of the old in Formosa,—the most important i Woodland management, and; 7. Fish j Assoc j a tj 0 nal Sunday school superin-, lepresenlatives of their respective aircraft factory, repair and supply pond for food, recreation, and ir- tendent and J. H. Crain president of departments. depots in that “beautiful island.’ rigation. i the Baptist Training union. Robinson. Youngs: C. H. . Coker. Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault’sl It is the idea or object to have 14th air force planes, joining in the (every farm in the community a pat- fleet-Superfortress action, have sunk, tern farm. Mr. O’Dell pointed out, A- b. Langston, W. A. Moore, B. Y. a Japanse cruiser, probably sunk a j that the one practice to work on now, Culbertson, J. H. Byrd, W. T. Owings, The executive board was ‘ elected as follows: W. N. Long, chairman. destroyer, sunk more than 32,000 additional tons of enemy ships and probably sunk 16,000 more tons at Hong Kong. Radio Tokyo said that carrier- based planes raided Manila again today Japanese time, but enemy broadcasts made no further men- this fall is: Rotations to fit Mfe needs of the land. In the majority of the fields this will mean a strip rota tion. The basic principles ofra soil conservation program are to slow down the movement of water. Strip J H. Kyzar, M. S. Boyd and J. A. A" sheets with the unused number ! 12 tickets attached. The number 12 The roster of ckses was as follows: " lktTs not be use d, it was stated. Monday { Number 11 tickets, currently in H. W. Simmons vs L. W. Burtori. use. will expire November 9, and Mather Furniture Company vs motorists are advised fo make appli- Pacific—Japanese fleet peeks at ^ lrs ' Ru Ph ernia Bryson. cation for new books in plenty of L ; F. Jones vs .Maxwell Brothers time to receive them before that date. THE WAR IN BRIEF Martin. All of these were members American armada and flees without of last year’s board 4 except the last a shot as greatest aerial battle of & Kinard two. - Pacific war rages into ninth day; H. W. Granger was designated to Superfortresses ^nd 14th Air Force preach the associational sermon next warplanes wipe out aircraft instal- i .rotation will do this. It causes more year at the Laqrens Second church,! lations on Formosa, sink enemy water to be absorbed; gives protec-j and J. H. Kyzar the doctrinal sermon cruiser and probably a destroyer. ! tion to whole field the year round; ! a t Mount Olive Frank Bush vs Laurens County. Tuesday Coleman Estate vs Lurey. Ross D. Young vs Lurey. Bessie Morris vs Travelers In surance Company. when new- “A” tickets will be valid. The new- books will not be issued upon filing of applications at the ra tion office it was stated, but will be mailed to all applicants. Applications for the new books are beinj* received steadily, officials of tion of an attempted invasion of . . .. , xx^w.^c..,. x, - -- the Philippines which, evidently, they a . as a su PPO rt k0 terraces, and Before adjournment a special me- Western Front — British by-pass G. B. Lynch vs Horace D Payne tbe ra ti°n board state, but those who believed to be imminent. Chungking reported that the Jap-; more definite rotation. In ling up his remarks, Mr. O’Dell anese were massing reinforcements' statfed lhe advantages of strip crop- in Formosa and China’s Chekiang P mg adds V p t0- a sa Y m ^ soil, sav- province in an attempt to gain fulli 1 ^ of moisture; saving of fertilizer, control of the China coast before et ?:’, whiclj a more productive; was also made of John A. Franks, morial sermon was held for W. P. embattled Venray and smash three and P. S. Bailey. have not yet applied are requested Culbertson, who died during the year miles toward Ruhr; remnants in George W Fuller vs M A Varner tu do so as soon as Po s< 'ble. after 34 years as clerk, and for C. B. Aacheri lash at Yanks, Nazis erect Wednesday Volunteer workers who have indi- Bobo, who served many years as I “movable wall” to the east; Cana-; _* rated their w illingness to assist in >; clerk and moderator. Special mention dians reduce Schelde estuary pocket. ^ ijaveJers ^Insurance Company vs issuing gasoline ration books are r - C. N. & L. Railway. quefeted to come to tl^e office at con- LUUL1U1 UJL LUC LUUSl UCIW1C *11 • ij , . , . xx.... ... , • .. . . . . v ^‘ ‘ i'- 1 ‘ V V wl v , V' U - Nimitz could carry out his announc-; a01 ’ lar 8 er y> el ds and increased farm prominent Baptist layman who also Eastern Front—Soviet armies re- 1 Gl ™y Martin vs. Huckabee Trans- venient times in order to relieve r 1 mn/xma ij.-j xl. i _ port Company. - ■ ed threat of landing men in China j in ro me died during the year. ported battling on East Prussian soil the regular force .and expedite the for the final assault on the Japanese! Ryan Lawson ; member of the Lau-j During the two-day session reports jTn double-barreled offense from ° di ® Jenkms vs Huckabee T,an:5 - delivery of the books to motorists homeland. * , rens county soil conservation super- 0 f the various committee chairmen ! Lithuania; launch strong assaults P °r! Co ^P an y 'visors staff, made a few,,timely re- L ■ ** marks in biehalf of his community. Clinton Scouts To Collect Woste Paper Boy Scouts of troop 41 will make a collection of waste paper in the city Monday afternoon, October 23, it has been announced. Residents are re quested to stack their paper in bundles and tie them securely, and 'place them on their front porches and steps or at the curb. Pvt. Ross, of Goldville, Wounded In Germony Mr. and Mrs. John M. Ross of Goldville, have been notified by the war department that their son, Pfc. Charles Ross, was slightly wounded in Germany September 23. Pvt. Ross has been in service since April 7, 19(13, and received his train ing at Camp Stewart* Ga., and Camp Van Dorn, Miss. D. F. Patterson, of Laurens, chair man of the county soft conservation supervisors, and County* Agentr~C. B. Cannon, also made brief comments on soil conservation work. The group voted to strip crop at least one field for 1945 on their respective farms. Khvonions Nome Year's New Leaders were heard as well as representatives northeast of Warsaw;, drive toward ~ M ”' Ra y mond Bolding vs Joanna Pocfnl Rnfpc of institutions fostered by the de- Latvian escape port of Liepaja; con- Te p tlle , Coi ? pany ' „ .. ^ _ nomination. Itinue battle for Belgrade while to D „ R ?!?f rt _* Anderson vs Margaret Effective November 1 ™ ft** north Finnish troops capture c# r-i l. New Postal-rates which will go Rovaniemi. ' | Homer Hill vs Steve Clark. into effect November 1 will lower ' i Thursday money order fees to what they were Air—About 2,100 American war J- C. Durham vs S. A. L. Railwaay pri^r to March 26. 1944, decrease m- planes attack Cologne for third time Company. 1 , surance rates for domestic mail be- The 25th annual Carolina? district in four days in drive to cripple Robert Durham Estate vs S. A. L. 1<j w pre-war levels, decrease C O. D. O 33*) D I a** 1 ,Kiwants convention was held in transport to western front; 250 Railway Company. * charges and make other changes in 0,332 Doles Ginned Greenville the past week and was Italy-based heavy bombers pound Hiberia Grays vs Robert Murphy charges applicable to C O. D. mail, .According to M. M. Sanders, special addressec L b y prominent Kiwanians communications along wide front. as Clinton Hotel. ^nd increase special delivery rates agent- of the department of com- 1 from the district and International L. V. Griffith vs Worley Bonds. I° r a ft classes of mail up to tw o merce, bureau of the census, 8,332 headquarters. Italy—Americans hammered to G. W. Ridgeway vs John A. Bon- pounds. Postmaster R L. Plaxico an- bales of cotton have been ginned in| The Clinton club was represented ridge above captured Livergnamno; ham. nounced yesterday. Laurens county prior to .October l.jby J. Isaac Copeland, H. G. Prince British advance to within one and • Two new special delivery stamps as compared with 9,170 bales for an< I Ratchford W. Boland. one-half miles of Casena. I Prcsbvtcrian m 13-cents and 17-cent denomina- the 1943 Crop. Sam D. Bundy of Tarboro, N. C., ■ , tions will be i issued November 1 and was elected district governor for the Greece—Greek cabinet plans to l0 MCGl rndoy will first be placed on sale in Wash coming year, succeeding Jeff B. Bates enter liberated Athens tomorrow; • ington October 30. of ,C HALLOWE’EN CARNIVAL AT MOUNTVILLE The senior and junior classes 6f Mountville high school will sponsor a Hallowe'en edmival Friday eve ning, October ^7, beginning at eight o’clodc. A small admission will be charged. Columbia. O. B. Cannon, superintendent of channels of mines, the Newberry schools, was elected* lieutenant governor of the ninth di vision, of which the Clinton club is a part. He succeeds Rev. J. J. Hayes of Laurens. L Allies continue to clear Piraeus The Men-of-the-Church of the First China—Japanese drives south and east of Kweilin heightened, reported 1 president of Thornwell orphanage, massing troops on China coast in-1 will be the guest speaker, vasion zone. | A turkey supper will be served. Presbyterian church will meet Friday Ml'RFHY BUYS HOUSE evening at 8 o’clock, it has been an- R G. Murphy, whose family has nounced. Rev. M. A. Macdonald, been occupying the G W. B. Smith house on South Broad street, has pur chased the residence, it was learned yesterday.