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rjh' J t' IHE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable @hp Qlltntnn (tthrontrlc If You Don't Read IHE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News »• r<- Volume LXV Clinton, S. C, Thursday, November 29, 1945 Number 48 MORE DANGER ON HIGHWAYS THAN IN BOMBING ON GUADALCANAL, BEASLEY SAYS “The lives of persons driving on the highways of Greenwood, Abbe- only a direct hit would have result ed in casualties, while on the high- • n „ , T ways here everybody who was on ville, Newberry and Laurens coun- , • * » j „ ’ the road was in constant danger eith- Darr Accepts Call Extended By Baptists H. M. Wise Passes In Jacksonville Hospital; Last Rites Here? Today BEGINS WORK HERE The Rev-J. H. Darr, pastor of the I »• M - W se , well k^^Uorney o First Baptist church at Georgetown, has accepted a call recently extended, 1 " a Jacksonville hosp.tal following a ties, which comprise circuit 8, were| er f rom deficiencies in their own au- «. v«.». in tnore danger over last week-end' tomobiles or in other cars on the him by the First Baptist church of 1 y than had they been on Guadalcanal highways.. Ithis city.' The announcement was, Th e body arrived .here yesterday during a bombing attack by Japa- Solicitor Beasley held a meeting made Sunday at the morning service; Funeral services ^will be held this ! charge of the services. nese planes during the war!’ tor Hugh Beasley declared. He added that six persons been killed in four automobile acci dents in the circuit over the week end, with one wreck in Abbeville county, in which three were killed, j * n g traffic hazards, ;ory street, two in Laure.ns county, in which one: Sheriff C. W. Wier said-: “The pub-1 Mr. Darr will succeed the Rev. j After 10 o clock this morning the person was killed, and one fatality' lie must be educated to know that .Walter N. Long, who resigned in! body will be at the home of Mr. and resulting from a wreck in Newberry,law enforcement officers are arrest- August to become pastor of the First ^ rs - Vance. county. This does not mean, he said, jing persons for their own protection Baptist church in Belmont, N. C. Pallbearers will be George H. Cor- that only four accidents occurred, but i as well as the protection of other] General satisfaction is expressed nelson, P. S. Bailey, G. L. Simpson, there were fatalities involved in | drivers on the highways.” iby the committee and congregation W. C. Neely, J. F. Jacobs and Robert these four. And there might be other, Highway Patrolman W A. Lowry fatalities resulting from injuries re-j said that he had b e e n busier with ceived in these accidents. violations of the traffic laws during Solici- with sheriffs, peace officers, highway, by the pulpit committee headed by: a f tern °o n (Thursday) at 3 o clock patrolmen, civic leaders, “physicians S. G. Dillard as chairman. The new ^ rom ^be home of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. j had an d others in the four counties which pastor expects to move his family Vance, parents of Mrs. W ise. Inter-1 come under his jurisdiction in Lau- here the first of the year and enter. ment W1 b follow in Rosemont ceme- 1 ? rens Tuesday night at 7:30 to discussiupon his work. The family will oc-] ^ e . ry - ^ r ' R. Turner, pastor of the methods of coping with the grow- cupy the church parsonage on Hick-j* ' rst Presbyterian church, will be in^ There were proportionately more casualties on highways in the four counties which comprise this circuit last week-end, the solicitor contin ued, than would have resulted from an air raid on Guadalcanal. There, people would have been partially protected by slit trenches, in which the past two months than he had been during the past two years. “Re ports of reckless driving, driving while drunk, collision and even deaths keep me on the move day and nigh tso that I really don’t have rrltich time to patrol the highways like I should.” on the acceptance of Mr. Darr, who B. Vance, Jr. is an outstanding young minister of | Mr. Wise was a native of St. Mat his denomination. Christmas Seal Sale Now Under Way; Goldville Passes Q >ta Last Rites Held For Miss Allie Garvin thews in this state, and for a num ber of years had practiced law in J Jacksonville. He graduated from the i University of South Carolina in the] class of 1925. He had visited here on! a number of occasions and had made many friends who will regret to learn' of his untimely death. Mr. Wise married Miss Mercer' ARMY AND NAVY CLASHING OVER UNIFIED COMMAND Navy Fights Army Stand for Single Defense Force. REV. PINKNEY L. BAtlKNIGHT Bauknight Assumes Methodist Pastorate News that Goldville had already passed its quota by $136 in the an nual Laurens County Tuberculosis] , . Sh* had hepn in deolin- association drive highlighted a week 1 d of intensive activities in this area’s effort to^raise funds to carry out its health program for 1946, R. L. Plax- ico, chairman of the Clinton Christ mas Seal committee, has announced. The campaign in the Joanna Tex- Miss Allie Garvin, lifelong resident ... ^ ^ of this city, died early Saturday | ^ evenin «- P reslded , over K by R ; t E ' morning at the Laurens County hos- 1 Fer « us fchairman of a cbjnmittee pital where she had been a patient' by the . f s f , °" to head drive. A. O Daniel is treasurer for the fund. Mr. Ferguson outlined the plan and furnished the workers with lists of members to be canvassed. He stated that the chapel will cost at Presbyterians Plan To Erect Chapel In Rock Bridge Community The First Presbyterian church of this city began a campaign Sunday IJ^is'ciTy.‘He is'survived by I The Rev. P. L. Bouknight, newly- to raise funds for the erection of an I Mrs ^ ^ ^ | appointed pastor of Broad Str e e t outpost chapel in the Rock Bridge Ba]ley Wise , his parents< Mn and — — , -- — section near here. Mrs. C. F. Wise of St. Matthews, and The organization meeting of can- two ^ ^ L R and M vassers was held at the church Mon- l B ^ Levy Special to The Chronicle. Having teamed Closely to win the i war, the army and navy find them selves widely split on the question i of a unified post-war qommand, with Ithe army strongly for^,Jrqerger and the navy just as strongly against one. Evidence of the services’, differ- ( ences over the future makeup of the nation’s defensive organization was I forcibly brought out in hearings be fore a senate military affairs subcom- mitte considering the unification pro posal. Starting off with a bang with Lt. Gen. James Doolittle's blistering attack against moss-backed resistance to change, contradictory testimony by top army and navy chieftains left open the question of how pauch more progress, teamwork, preparation and economy could be made by tieing up the services. Doolittle stressed these points in his pepperish appearance before the ing health several years past. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 3:30 from the Gray Fu neral Home. Dr. W. R. Turner and Dr. D. J. Woods were the officiating min- Ellison Given Franchise To Operate Bus Line In City of Clinton Methodist church, delivered his first so i ons Long an aviation figure, lead- sermon under his new charge at the er of the flrst carrjer attack on Tok- regular morning service Sunday, and y Q and one G f ^ op men i n the l was greeted by a large congregation. aer j a | campaign against Germany, The pastor selected as his text, Doolittle called for a complete over- Matthew 6:33, “But seek ye,first the hauling of the nation’s concept <>f ] kingdom of God, and mis righteous- de f e nse ness; and all these thiijiigs shall be j n stressing the need for a pro- i added unto you. • gressive defense, Doolittle cited his He expressed gratitude for the fine own struggle for a separate air-forffe way and spirit in which he and his and unified command in 1934. and , . T. L. Ellison, of Goldville, has heen;^ amd y have been received by mem- then rocked the navy with the state least $4,500 and it is hoped it can be granted a five-year franchise by the, bers of ^ congregation and the peo-lment that modern aerodynamics isters, with interment following i n | ^ rected d ^ rm 8 y® ar * The city of Clinton to operate buses in p i e 0 f Clinton. He said he was opti- were outmod.rvg surface vessels, the family plot in the Presbyteria-n ^ ene J a } Assem ^ l y ^ ^ out - <?! ' n ; the city on regular schedule stops. m istic over the prospect for a pleas- Declaring that 96 per cent of the tile Mills company and the Joanna! cemetery . The services were attend- ( Pi ; esbyt ® ria " A ch " rch , h 35 v U y5 e J ntly T* 1 ™ 6 buses are now in operation ant and sUC cessful pastorate here. 'damage done to Japan was done by schools headed by W. K. Waits, : ed by a number of friends and many! 351 "*? ^ 500 chapels be^builtdur- a nd others will be added in the fu- Mr Bauknight was born and reared land-based B-29s, and such bom- ,T 636 . by the r als - The ! flowers were placed upon her mound; , tb f y ^ W1 ^ 3 i ° v , assi «" ed ture * f necessary. inear Irmo, the son of J. P. Bauk-]bardment made invasion unneces- evidence of love and esteem 1° tbe denomination in this state.] The as an from friends and relatives. Active pallbearers were: J. W. ton,'not only to buy seals, but use them on their holiday mail as a re minder 'that a campaign is being waged, not only in this community alone, but also all over the nation against the dreaded disease of tu berculosis. The Clinton campaign got under way last week with the mailing of The local church has assumed the' * r~-~— concern (night and Mrs Susan Meetze Bauk- sary. res^Sb Utv oi providinT^ of the Z K ?* P “ hedules ™ thm a night. He attended the rural school rier nas reached its h.ghest degree - ... h* sp Jirf«" y P rijViaiI1 S one oi me block of any residence m the incor-; in his home community, and was]of efficiency and will go down while Leake, D. W. A. Neville, J. G. Roy,i DU J ; rnnHnrtimr not P orated b mi ts- A school route will graduated from Newberry college in! the battleship has been obsolete for The church 18 now conductm S out ‘ also be maintained, carrying children .I 91 5 Wlth an A . b. degree. He taught 10 years. to and from the schools both at the scboo i three years and was licensed j Only by combining the sea, ground opening and closing hours. Buses will'to preach in 1918. He was admitted and air service^ into a single com- Goldville quota was $500. The quota for the Clinton-Goldville area is $2,000. “The splendid work of the Gold ville committee gives us added rea- Joe Phinney, Pierre Burdette and, . _ . v i * d son to believe that the Clinton-Gold- Rhett P. Adair. The honorary escort | P°st Sundays schools at Bethany and ville quota will be easily surpassed was composed of additiona^ilriends I been this year,” Chairman Plaxico stated of the family. startedby theRev.^J. K-Robertssoon as he urged that all citizens of Clin- Miss Garvin was born in this city, a daughter of the late Edward B. and Mamie Watts Garvin. Since child hood she had been a member of the First Presbyterian church and high ly regarded by many friends for her sterling qualities of character. . , , . The deceased is survived by tw 0 ; buildin 6 ™terials *an be secured sisters, Mrs. Bessie McMurray of !‘t is hoped to begin the construction Atlanta, Ga„ Mrs. Lloyd H. Gilbert ! of the budding, which will include of Washington, D. C., a niece and new transportation Doolittle said the aircraft car- after he accepted the pastorate of the church. Attendance and interest in the mission posts has steadily grown with a number of additions to the church as a result of the work. Chairman Ferguson stated that as soon as the money is raised and also be operated for special occa- nionei Mr. EKi—ii state*. Routes will connect Goldville, Clinton and Lydia Mills, as will be seen from an announcement adver tisement in today’s paper. Passenger fares anywhere in the city or Lydia Mills to the city will on trial into the Upper South Caro lina conference at Chester In 1918, mand, he argued, will a true over-all estimate be made of the comparative seals to citizens in the town. Mrs. Hamp Stone is chairman of the Seal, nephew, and an uncle, Thomas Sale Mail committee. The campaign Watts of Columbia. at Lydia and Clinton Cotton Mills] ^ began on Monday under the direction V'mnrA DicrLmmoH* of F. D. Lockman. Harry Thurmond states that the bond seal sale has Home FfOm India been started. Seal posters have been delivered to the business firms of the city, and Miss Mary Shedd has made an at tractive window display for the com mittee at Young’s Pharmacy. The proceeds from the annual drive-of the Laurens County Tuber culosis association are used for the detection, control and cure of tuber culosis in this county. n auditorium and four class rootns M 'The Rock Bridge school district has Ldand Yoiinq Given ' ] deeded four acres of land to the a IV L ^ church without cost to be used for, Army Discharge the outpost work. ordained deacon in 1920 and ordain-, advantages of each branch, and mon- ed elder in 1922. The last four ley appropriated to do the most good, churches served by Mr. Bauknight Referring to the advantage of co- are Triune, Greenville, four years;'ordination in a unified comman.i. First church, Lancaster, four years;; Doolittle stated that such close team- Bethel, Chester, two years; Grace, work in peace would prevent early be" 10 cents, Goldville to Clinton 15.'Union, four years. The minutes of blundering in war and also teach ser- cents. ’ Ithe Upper conference show that he vice personnel to work sidp by side ^ has been successful in all the church- more smoothly. es he has served for the past 27 years. As star witness No. 2, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower shared Doolittle’s All Rationing Except For Tires, Sugar, Ends Rationing of all meats, canned fish, and food fats and oils, including but ter, was ordered abandoned Saturday by the secretary of agriculture. The sweeping action left sugar as the only food commodity, and tires the only non-food item, remaining under the rationing programs insti tuted early in the war to assure sup plies for military requirements and to provide equitable distribution. In 1 • «j Besides butter and meat, foodstuffs PrOSbytCNOIIS Hear removed from rationing included “ ‘ margarine, lard, shortening and cooking and salad oils. Says The Laurens Advertiser: R. L. Kinard, who has been serv ing with the air transport command Sunday School Workers Plan Conference Here | Mr. and Mrs Bauknight have three sons and one daughter, Capt. P L. itron « conviotions for a unified cono- ! Bauknight, Jr., stationed at Camp ™ and - Glaring that with the air Pfc. Leland Young received his Patrick Henry, Va.; 1st Lt. L. D. torce n,)W grown to the status ot an discharge from the army on Novem- Bauknight in the Philippines; and inde Pf ndent arrn , S€rl °Mf confusion ber 19 and returned to his home-Charles Bauknight, who has entered 1 wou d rei ^ n 11 three different com- here last Friday. -J * the city schools here. Their daughter, P° n * n ts °f national defense vied with Pvt. Young entered the service in'Mrs. J. R. Brooks, who has been liv- |eacb ol A er in building up their own Plans have been completed for the in India for the past year received, State Presbyterian Sunday t S ^°l j h7^7 aUached To“co. V, 10th In his honorable discharge Saturday at | Superintendents conference at Pres- Camp Gordon and came to -Laurens | byterian college December 9, accord- April, 1944, and spent the past year ing with her parents while her hus- to join his wife at their home on Academy street. “While it may not mean so much to others, the fact 'that I have sailed around the world means a lot to me,” declared Mr. Kinard. He landed in New York last week and had sailed last year from Los Angeles to India. “Laurens looks mighty good to me and I’m happy to be back,” he said. Mr. Kinard is entitled to),, wear two battle stars, the Unit Presidential ci tation and the Good Conduct medal. Mr. Kinard is a partner in the fifm of Maxwell Bros. & Kinard, furni ture dealers in Laurens and Clinton, and when he entered the service was president of the Laurens chamber of commerce. ing to J. C. Drummond, chairman, of Fountain Inn. The conference will open Sunday morning at 11 o’clock and will be resumed at 2:30 in the afternoon and continue through the evening with supper at the college. Dinner will be served at 1 o’clock at the orphanage. Among those to be heard »t the Prjor , 0 November , ,3 3,5 bales conference are Miss Sallie Thrower, i, , ■ - the Rev < ~’ A cotton were ginned in Laurens overseas in the Panama Canal Zone band has been in service in the Pa- jciftc, left yesterday to join him in fantry. Columbia where they will make their Mr. Young, after a few days vaca- future home. - tion, will resume his position as man- ; ager. of the Casino and Broadway theatres of this city. Decrease Shown In Cotton Ginned orgamzaztions. 1 "Without a merger, we run the 1 danger of a situation where each of , the three branches considers • itself ] solely responsible for the defense of ] the United States,” Eisenhower as- i.serted. "The result is a three-way j scramble. The three pieces, acting ] separately, can no more fit together | than a tom cat and bull dog piling —:— !on the same team.” William Pinkney (Pink) £ipith, 70, ! Only by working together, gisen- died at the Baptist hospital-, in Co- ] hower continued, can a safe balance lumbia early Monday morn?ng after be preserved between the three im- an illness of several months. Funeral portant defensive branches, thus as- W. Pink Smith Dies In Columbia Virginia Gray In Queens May Court Miss Virginia Gray, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. Russell Gray of this city, has been elected) a member of the Queens college May Court. Mise Gray i$ a member of the freshman class. SANTA COMING DECEMBER 7 The Merchants committee,of the Chamber of Commerce an nounced yesterday that the an nual Christmas parade will be staged on Friday afternoon, December 7, the hour to be an nounced next week. Santa Claus in person will be the feature attraction, with other features yet to be an nounced. The city’s beautiful Christmas lights will be turned on at this time for the holiday season. China Missionary C. A. Calcote, Miss Jane] t f th 1944 according services were conducted Tuesday af-.suring a strong striking arm capable Chamblee, the Rev. L. P. Burney, the; t .. . f M M s P ’ ders " g |ternoon with b.urial following in of keeping the peace so dearly ReV p A i R ; nricialaVTof the bureau of "e e'n-l Green,awn Memorial P a *' . . ns, Robert Little and G. E. Daniels.' - Union Service Sunday For Methodist Pastor i Mr. Smith, a native of Kinard, was! In considering the economic as- decrease of tbe son ot the late James W. and Pccts of a riierger, Eisenhower aver- Dr. Ffank A. Brown, Presbyterian missionary to China at home on fur- 1 sei ' lce ’ agent | sus. ; This represents a , ,3,756 bales from the 17,102 figure for Mar y Cromer Smith. He had made rt,d th at a unified command would ] th e same date last year. his hom e in Columbia for 26 years' ccsd 1 * in a powerful military force I j i where he was an agent for the State w ith 2 per cent less men than would Rnntictc Tn Honr ]Farm Mutual Auto and other insui-' be needed if all three services main- The city Ministerial union has an-!® C,pT,5T . S 11 jance companies. ' taiped their mdiv.dua, identity. At nounced a union welcome service Greenville Minister He is survived by his widow, Mrs. the 1 sa " 1e tlfne - >dmir strative cost, for Sunday evening in honor of thej , •—f— Myrtle Matthews Smith; four daugh- vvo } l d K ‘ correspondingly lower. Rev. P. L. Bouknight. new pastor of | Rev.. 'T. D. Lyde, "'pastor of San ters, Mrs. John P. Mullaney of Co- s , , s ur . eliminating wasteful dupli- Broad Street Methodist church. ThelSouci Baptist'church in'Greenville, lumbia, Mrs. Herbert IJhlentine of :f‘ Klon tbr ^V - . coo,d uition, . Eisen- to which all denominations will be the\guest speaker at the First Fairfax, Miss Edith Smith and Miss \ 1 >u w;i • • rf,e instance wheW the army and ..vy research- toujlT was *the'gu«t"'speaker~'at the|? ( re , . n "; ed ' w,n "• held at 7:39 at ! Ba P ti3 ’ chl,rch here Sunda y n,orn First Presbyterian church Sundcty morning. He also addressed the young people’s groups in the eve ning. Dr. Brown for years has been rep resentative of the First Presbyterian church here in mission work in China. He expects in the near future to sail for his former headquarters to resume his work. a ^ ' •*( Methodist Men i To Meet Tonight / The Wesley Brotherhood of Broad Street Methodist church will ,meet this evening at 7:30 at the church at which time a turkey dinner will be served. All returning veterans who! are members of the church will be honor guests. H. G. Prince of the college faculty, will be the guest speaker. KIWANIS MEETS TODAY Tbe Kiwanis club will meet this evening at 7:30 at Hotel Clinton, the meeting having been changed from last week on account of Thanksgiv ing. Broad Street -church with Mr. night delivering the sermon. •Margaret Smith, both of Columbia;!. Bauk-ling. .The public is cordially invited soA, W. Perry Smith of Colum- ls .' s ^ ol inK separately nad develop- 1 • t -*' - • - -- — - ed almost similar rockets, with only , jto attend the service. bia; five sisters, Mrs, John E. John- LET THE CHRONICLE HELP* YOU WITH YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING It will pay yoireaeh week to carefully read t^/adver tising columns of THE CHRONICLE — thev^tT^ you where to buy wisely, and where you will find lowest prices. 1 . j •% ' * AdyjMisements tell you where to buy food, clothing, drujd^Utomobiles, electrical appliances, jewelWj. hold necessities and many other items. An| ilowt look the little “want advs.” house- over- Shop in the advertising columns first — then in the stores. v- THE CHRONICLE The Favorite Family Paper In This Community sttm of Greenville,- Mrs. Hayne B. Workman of near Clinton, Mrs. Ed ward Senn, Mrs. W. J. Swittemberg .05 inch difference be veen. the two missiles. In representing the navy’s oppo- r and Mrs. Munson Buford, all of New- „, tK) " to a rn J er * er ' A .-'n.ral Chester . \AJ N: I l ♦ # I ..... J * K ’ V . 1 berry; one brother. J. W. Smith ot W ' leader of Five grandchildren also cahlpai « h a « ain " t tbe a previous stand by Newberry. survive. ne Allied sea Japs, reversed, leclaring that Local Ration Office To Remain Open Longer the continued development ntf 'the services could be.expe ted under the M esent setup of sepa.a navy departments. - In breath, he bucked making the air force an It was learq&f yesterday that the cornponejitofdefen.se. .'-:. local war price and ratromrtg board progress was assured c.. office will remain open until Decern- army, ber 31. Previously -rt had been an- Challenging E -enhovi inoun ed that the office would close that th* re .s'no such th *e war and ’ne’ same .r.o.r'sa! for ndepenien: ting that part of I n wn m 4 a> a > \:m:tz ther-’ oi nd stren;'tn . j which can Greenville bonul-utith headquarters best be attacked by .-ta power, .ur in Greenville. Now the report comes power or land power, or a team eom- November 3(jT Previously the boards would be rate land, sea or au wa it was announced that] "Who can predict' here and in Laurens the natibnal economy onsolidated with the of a future enemy is that the offices will be concentrated in Columbia. Only sugar and tires are still on the ration list. Sugar stamp 38 is good for five pounds until Decem ber 31. I posed of all three? , “Our country is deperident qpon sea power for its external .nfluence. If we control the sea-lanes, we have influence. If not, we are limited to (Continued un page seven) i ,i ■