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k ► > 1 / THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable / 3hp (EUntmt (ElirDnirb If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLIV Clinton, S. C, Thursday, November 30, 1944 Number 48 Snow Falling Over Belgium BRITAIN'S TOLL IN CASUALTIES, DAMAGE HIGH London, Nov. 28.—The cost of Brit ain’s five years ,of total war—the normal life of the nation obliterated 1.5 per fent. of the whole population Dr. William S. Bean Large Audience Enjoys GREAT BATTLE OF Passes In Washington, Music Club Program SIEGFRIED LINE NEAR Rites In Spartanburg A congregation that filled the seat ing capacity of Broad Street Metho dist church assembled Sunday eve- Dr. William Smith Bean, 54, chief j or un ; on S ong service spon-. of the hospital division of the United sored by the clinton . Music club, casualties, the riches stored up by States ^ ^ The impressive program was pre-i past generations dissipated—was des-jp. C„ dJW suddenly Sun da y at hl5 ^ s jded over by Rev. J. H. Kohler, pas-' cribed to the world today in a g«v- ho ^ i e n ‘ i ; a \ : ^ v y ices a ^ re held y e ster- tor of chUrch. The congregational AS THIRD ARMY GAINS V ^ Three Cities In Artillery Range. Other Armies Advance. Planes Active. Supreme Headquarters^ Allied Ex- emment white paper. j day afternoon (Wednesday) at 3*0, , * d —e - Grim statistics told the story of at the home of his father-in-law, H Ul antes s peditionar^ Force Paris. Nov j the United Kingdom’s ! bution: GI* of an ack-ack battery man thetr run In a Belgian churchyard, during a recent snowstorm. While the weather has slowed up the action, recent reports prove the pace Is still too fast to suit the Germans. [day afternoon (Wednesday) at 3:30 ( Force Paris, Nov. 28.- i B. Carlisle, in ^spartanourg, conduct— ” T'Vt#* it ^ Third 'trmv broke into the led by the Rev David A. Clyburn.i Following the organ prelude, “To Th e ^ S ' ^ a " my broKe mt0 ^ Interment followed in Greenlawn. the Evening Star,” Miss Lois Blak?ly, rich ?aar basin along a new seven- I Total casualties of 733,030, includ- Memorial gardens. i president of the Music club, wel- mile front today and a full-scale bat- ! ing 136,115 civilians killed and ‘ Dr. Bean was well known in Clin- corned the audience and spoke of the tie at the Siegfried line appeared | wounded and 29,629 merchant sea- ton w here his boyhood days were! special free will offering to betaken near as three main fortress cities of, men killed; the export trade, basis spe ’ nt and where he po^es^d a num-1 to help provide music for service Saarbrucken, 1 Saarlautern and Mer- ] of Britain’s wealth and power—i ber of friends and admirers, who re- men on hospital ships^ (zig were brought within American one home in three damaged and, g re tt e d to learn of his passing. He. The Scripture was read and prayer artillery range. virtually abandoned; overseas gold; was born in Sumter county Sept. 9,'offered by Dr. C. Bynum Bettsv The To the north the U. S. Ninth army reserves spent on war materials; 11390 an d moved here with his par-^ congregation sang “Onward Christian seized three towns on the west.bank one in 30 destroyed; more than; ents ’ as a sma u i a d. He graduated, Soldiers,” “All Hail the Power of of the flooded Roer and Inde rivers. SANTA CLAUS TO ARRIVE HERE FOR VISIT ON DEC. 7 'War Bonds Sale Reaches $496,125.75 War bond sales yesterday in the • Sixth War Loan drive for the Clin- _ . _ I ton-Goldville area had reached Santa daus the man from the $496 125 75 with the campaign not North Pole, who wears a red jacket yet comp ] ete d and red cap and a great big brush of j Wh€n this area , s ta o{ 5320,000 whiskers, will arrive in Clinton on was announced the chairmen in Thursday December 7, at 5 0 clock. ch stated that a concerted effort Plans for his visit have been made would b e made to reach the goal on by a committee from the Merchants iTuesdayt November 21, designated as “Bond Day.” The.report last week showed $351,148.25 bonds sold in the one-day drive, with a number of large purchases reported. Today’s re port reveals that Clinton has “gone over the top” by $176,000. 5,500 factories damaged; monoton ous diets; strictly rationed clothing.; high taxes. from Presbyterian college in 1909, and from the University of Virginia in 1914 where he received his M. D. Jesus’ Name,” “There Is A Fountain I closing in on the stronghold of Julich Filled With Blood,” and “America.” from the three directions, while the The program consisted of the fol-; U. S. First army squeezed closer to lowing special selections: 1 Duren. another barrier to the-Co- Sextet, “O Come to My Hfedrt, Lord logne plain. As the hard-working U. S. First “We have sacrificed most of our | degree. Victorian inhertances,” said Minister; Dr. Bean served as surgeon, medi- of Information Brendan Bracken in leal officer in charge at the marine; Jesus” (Elliott-Ambrose); a press conference after the release, hospital at Mobile, Ala., from 1928 Solo, “Pour Out Thy Heart Before an d Ninth army battle teams fought of the document. “What was the, to 1934; P/ftsburgh, 1934-1938; Nor- 1 the Lord” (Molique)—W. G. Coker, deeper into the enemy’s tough Roer treasure of our grandfathers has gone! folk, Va.. 1938-1942, and in Balti-; Quartet, “Jesus Paid Ft All” (Hall- river line hundreds of fighter bomb- and it has been well and gladly sac-j more, Md., from 1942 until last June Grape). ers roared out in close support of the rificed | when he was assigned to the sur-’ Sextet, “The Holy Hour” (Clark-’ ground forces. . geon general’s office in Washington.! Nevin). I Lt. Gen. George S. Patton’s Third Britain, he said, gave up her ex port business at the start of the bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. In honor of the distinguished vis itor an abbreviated parade will be staged composed of the Boy Scouts, high school band, and college ROTC •unit. - , Santa will arrive on a big truck and invites all the little folks to be out on the streets to extend him a warm welcome. Mrs. Bertha Taylor Awarded Bronze Medal For Son Posthumously Col. Wilbur J. Fox, commanding officer at Camp Croft, was in Clinton Friday to posthumously award to Young Boy Passes At Training School Richard McKenzie, 18, died Friday at the State, Training school infirm ary after several years of declining health. He was born at Lake City April 23, 1926, and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. S. McKenzie. He had made an outstanding record. “Ave Maria” (Bach-Gounod)—Mrs. army, in gains totaling seven, mile* in his chosen profession and was held'J- F. Jacobs piano; Mrs. James Pitts, i lengthened its hold inside Germany in the highest regard by all who on> an - to a front of 26 miles, knew him. i Quartet, “What Did He Do?”, The newest gains placed Third He was married to Miss Sophie (Gray-Owen). army troops within three and a half Willis Carlisle, daughter of Mr. and! The benediction was by Dr. D. J. miles of Saarlautern and within eight Mrs H B Carlisle of Snartanburc Woods, followed by the postlude, “Je- and a half miles of Saarbrucken. on April 9, 1918. ’ rusalem the Golden” (Sparks). They previously were reported with- Surviving are his wife; four sons The offering received amounted to [in two miles of Merzig. now in service, Capt. W. S. Bean, $91-12, which will be held several! A front line dispatch said some . Camp Pinedale, Fresno, Calif., Avi-1 da ys > n order that additional contri- j prisoners reported non-essential ci- and have turned oyer to ^ goy-1 ation Cadet Ho ^ ard Ca ^ lisle B ^ an Qf | butions may 5e made wishing v jii an s already were being evacu- ernment approximately $19,248,000,- Corpus Christit Tex f Aviation Cadet to add to the fund may leave their Joseph Sanborn Bean, University of contributions at The Chronicle of- Georgia, Athens, and Midshipman 1 fice to be turned over to the spon-; reguemines and Forbach. soring organization. 1 It was the fast-rolling 95th divis ion which lunged across the German war and converted the whole of her manpower to the making and using of war goods. Her workers since have produced more than 102,- 000 planes, 25,000 tanks, 35,000 guns, 5,750 ships. In five years her people have paid approximately $15,900,000,000 in income tax and other direct taxes 000 in personal savings. * “The Victorians,” Bracken ob served, “were proud to be called a nation of shopkeepers, but there never have been such shopkeepers as the British. No shopkeepers ever before sold out their entire stocks in order to fight.” The white paper, titled “sta tistics relating to the war effort of the United Kingdom,” disclosed that Britain has mustered 59 per cent, of all her men between 18 and 40 in ated from the tjfc’ee cities as well as from the French border cities of Ser- He is survived by his parents; four brothers and one sister, Sgt. Marion 1 the armed forces and has called up C., Sgt. J. W., Petty Officer Hagood Mrs. Bertha H. Taylor, who resides > an d LeRoy McKenzie, and Miss Mary near here on Route 1 a Bronze Star; McKenzie. medal for her son, Pfc. Edgar Taylor, j Funeral services were conducted who was killed in Italy several Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock months ago. ( j from the Gray Funeral home by Rev. The citation follows: I J. H. Kohler. Interment followed in “For heroic achievement in action, on 19 June 1944 near , Italy. Private Tayor and two fellow soldiers were given the mission of investigat ing the area in the vicinity of a road block. Obtaining the desired infor- »mation he and his companions start ed to return to their platoon, but were ambushed by enemy personnel armed with rifles and machine guns. Fully realizing the danger involved, Private Taylor unhesitatingly ex- Rosemont cemetery. Boyd Attending Rood Meet In Cincinnati B. H. Boyd, of this city, member of the state highway commission from this district, left Sunday for Cincin nati, Ohio, to attend the American Association of State Highway Offi cials as representative of the com posed himself to deadly fire to man, mission. Mr. Boyd will return to th(f his light machine gun. He directed 1 c jty Friday. He was accompanied by his two companions to take shelter jj. S. Williamson, chief highway corn- while he covered their withdrawal, j missioner. Private Taylor was killed £ut his heroic and selfless action enabled his fellow soldiers to reach safety and complete the assigned mission. His performance provides an inspiring example of 1 the Atnerican soldier’s courage.” George Adam Bean of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind.; one grandson, Car lisle Slocum Bean, Fresno, Calif.; his mother, Mrs. W. S. Bean of Clinton and Newberry; and three sisters, Mrs. Bothwell Graham and Mrs. D. W. A. Neville of Newberry, and Mrs. L. McD. Kennedy of Spartanburg. Christmos Seals Mailed Out In City frontier as far as Duren 10 miles south of Merzig and Berus, three miles farther southeast. Both are a mile inside the border. With the mailing this week of Christmas Seals to the citizens of His late father, Dr.' W. S. Bean,! Clinton, the annual drive of the Lau- Sr., was for many years until his i rens County Tuberculosis association eight miles southwest of Merzig. death a revered member of the Pres- got under way. Christmas Seals to - On the Alsace front in the south At the same time the 90th division moved up to the Saar border at a 1 new quarter — beyond Geurstling. byterian college faculty. 55 per cent, of her women of the same ages for the military services or for munitions work. Britain’s armed forces now num ber 4,500,00 men and 500,000 wom en. The number of persons in her _ . ^ munitions industries rose from 3,- , IT ^ uner , a services for Claude E. 000,000 in 1939 to 5,000,000 in* 1944. i ^ ord ’ bl * who died hls home } n Passes In Laurens finance the work of the association j the U. S. Seventh and French First were mailed on Monday and Tuesday, armies were clearing the remaimij r Rrnfhor Inhn H Wnr<4 Mrs. Hamp Stone, chairman of the Germans from the Vosges mountain DrOrner or jonn is. TYOra Seal Sale committee, announced yes-; and Alsatian plain and strengthening terday. their northern flank after widening Robert D. Lynn, chairman of the the Saverne-Strasbourg corridor to Clinton Christmas Seal committee, 120 miles. announced that the Boy Scouts of the| From north to south, the continu- Rritain’*? total" nonulatYon" is about 1 Laurens last Monda y were held city had de,ivered the seal posters ing heavy offensive against the Reich 47 000 000 4 Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock at, business firms of the city. brought these development^ <11,000,000. j . —i~.! The bond sale, under the direction The Ninth army completed capture Wednesday morning CithiiTthese fieures Bracken de-l the Kennedy mortuary, conducted by! The bond sale, under the direction The mntn army completed capture rlared^that^lhe ^ "total B war ^ffo^ I Rev. C. O. Bell and assisted by of Mrs. George Blalock, has been . of Kirchberg on the west bank oj the of the Dooulation of Great Britain I Kev. Fred Hedgepath and the started - , * | flooded Roer less than a mile from is ereatw than that of any other' Rev * w Ray Anderson. Interment! The seal sale has begunn in Gold- Julich which is on the east bank, belligerent” was * n Laurens citv cemeterv. 1 ville and Will begin in the Clinton ; They also took Barmen north of, Ju- Two Sloan Brothers Meet In Pacific Area HALL SWORN IN AS U. S. SENATOR Washington, Nov. 27.—Senator Wil ton E. Hall of Anderson, S. C., as sumed the senate seat of the late Elli son D. (Cotton Ed) Smith Monday and moved into his predecessor’s office. The new senator, who will serve for this session of congress only, was presented by Senator Maybank of South Carolina, and jok^l with Vice- President Wallace after taking the oath of office. Senator Hall is the first citizen of his native county, Anderson, to hold a seat in the senate. He was appoint ed by Gov. Olin D. Johnston, who will succeed him in January. Senator and Mrs. Maybank enter tained the new senator and his wife in the senate dining room after Sena tor Hall took the oath of office. High School Band Attends Clinic At Greer Members of the Clinton high school band, accompanied by their direc tor, Miss Nettie Findley, attended a clinic in Greer November 15 and 16. Bands from South Carolina and Georgia were represented. Both instructors and students gained valuable experience through active participation in instrumental was in the Laurens city cemetery. j ... . . _ Active pallbearers were the chief i and Lydia Mills this week-end. • hch and Altdorf on the south. Koslar arui members of the Laurens police; The annual seal drive will be con- and Merzenhausen were being clean- f orce 1 tinued until Christmas and the asso- i ed out despite fierce German tank Mr. Word was born and reared in 1 ciation hopes to reach the $1,500 counter-attacks. Laurens county, the son of the late Q 110 * 3 set for Clinton and Goldville.! The doughboys in Kirchberg and rt lAmPc p Slnan nf thel^hn and Mary Corbett Word. For! Mrs. Stone said this amount is needed | Barmen had to wade through knee- (j 0 ) James r. &ioan 01 1 many years he was in the textile, ^° ena ht e the association to carry out ! deep water from the flooded Roer. business in Laurens, but for the past Rs 1945 health program. ( They captured an entire German bat- four years had been a member of i Christmas Seals have become a talion and its headquarters in the the police force. Mr. Word had been tradition in this community and it is i outskirts of Merzenhausen. American navy, and Lt. Eugene B. Sloan of the air corps, brothers, of Clinton, recently had the pleasure of meeting in the Pacific area when James’ ship happened to put into port in an area in declining health for some time where he thought Eugene might be' b ut seriously * R for the P ast three ' weeks. hoped that everyone will use them, j artillery virtually wiped out another By buying and using Christmas Seals, entire German battalion which tried all of us can say “Thank you and' to counter-attack in the early morn- stationed. Out of the thousands of j ^ ^ survived b his wi j e Mrs i keep up the good work” to an or-1 ing moonlight. dreds^ofHports th^ship could haUe Rosa Adams Word; one daughter] | gamzation which is doing a wonder-! The fighting was along and on stop^d Tmi P .ha, h, w"'* » Burkot o( Bou.es Creek, Ml job ra,s,ng tho health s.an- only about six miles from the island , son . s » ^ ^° rd a ” d in the Dutch East Indies where John and his squadron were based. He caught a little boat and arrived just in time for supper. It was the first time he had ever eaten out of a mess kit and he was made as comfortable Merle Word, of Laurens; there broth ers, J. W., of Laurens, John D., of Clinton, and George Word of Lau rens; two sisters, Mrs. L. F. Buchan an of Tryon, N. C., and Mrs. S. G. Blackwell of Hendersonville; also two grandchildren. music and group discussions. The ... ,.... ... _ „ .. special feature which brought the;^ 5 possible m the little honle di clinic to a close was a concert at boy f had r ' gged U P on r the Miland ’ 1 j The next morning Eugene and a! T n r m m\irr friend flew James back to his ship | IHr WA|r |N Klr|rr in a B-25 and arrived in time fck W»ril\ Hi dards of the county. Four Men Called By Draft Board ; both sides of one of Hitler’s super- ! highways leading almost due east tJ ; Cologne, 24 airline miles distant. STETTIN I US WILL REPLACE HULL AS which time Miss Findley was one of the guest conductors. Those attending the clinic from, .. „ .u u- w * Clinton were: Grace Young,, Lucy d,n " er ; H , owev ' r ’V 1 ' was ab ^ ut Thomas, George Brockenbrough, i re “ d J '° ' eav f. P° rt and ,he , b ,°>' s , de - Beau Gardner, Henr* Burton, Betty d “° h uld he b y e ££ "^1 Im-' Moore, June Owens, Polly Daven-' e en j t *u , y 7- 6 g 7.L y port and Talmadge Graves | br ' ssed by ; h f , Clean lTL th * sh,p * ^ ! the wonderful looking food, mattress es and beds, circulating ice water, private baths, and all the other con veniences offered aboard ship. The RATIONING BOARD BULLETIN (,OPA) Happy Thanksgiving For Thornwell Family The children and staff workers at Thornwell orphanage had a most en joyable Thanksgiving season. Thurs day and Friday were school holidays. The children attended the union Thanksgiving service in the morning at the First Presbyterian church. At noon the entire family ■'enjoyed a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with all the usual trimmin’s. W. C. Huff man, large turkey raiser of near Newberry, as last year, donated sev eral large turkeys for the dinner with his compliments. The children enjoyed the movies in the afternoon, skating and other amusements. It was a happy Thanks giving season for the entire family. (Compiled to date for information of The Chronicle’s readers). PROCESSED FOODS: Blue A8 through W5 (book 4) now valid at [and experiences 10 points each. Good indefinitely. The local draft board sent the fol-i^—— rr^nCTADV lowing four selectees on November J I A I t 1 AKY 23, to F^rt Jackson for pre-induction ' physical examination: I Washington. Nov. 27.— With "inex- Thomas Ryan Traynham, Rt. 1, 1 pressible disappointment ” that he can Gray Court. not finish his task of- organizing Talmadge Clayton Crowder, Rt. 1. world peace, weary and work-worn WESTERN FRONT U S Third ’ ^ oun ^ v ‘ Re - .Cordell Hull Monday yielded theJpo- 'Wrmy smashes across Saar front at! John Henry Brewington, Rt. l,;sition of secretary of state to hu four more points, carves 26-mil' i C,inton * jdynam.c young lieutenant. Edward front inside Germany and drives to Moody Randall Roberts, Jr., Pres- R, Stettinius. Jr. within eighii mile^ of Saarbrucken i byterian college, Clmton. | President Roosevelt submitted the FASTFRM front r»h — * promotion of the 44-year-old under- springs from Danube river bridge- Blue Hose Prepare secretary to the senate about three Vx r% To Face Cubans boys of the ait* corps promptly de- | Mohacs and closes in on Pecs gate- I cided they would take the navy next way to Austria, Berlin says. Bme. PHILIPPINES—United States fleet Stamps X5, Y5, Z5, A2 and B2 be- C^Qy*. I gnHpfC Hold come valid indefinitely December 1. j7^° Ur V r , meats and fats: Red As Meet In Greenville through P5 (book 4) now valid at 10 points each for use with tokens. Good indefinitely. SUGAR:'Sugar stamps 30, 31, 32, jhours after announcing the resigna tion of Hull, whom he praised as the tC i“Father of the United Nations^’ Sen- Presbyterian college’s football team [ ate leaders predeted prompt eonflr- Mr-J F R sinan mother of the* * . . . . is busy at practice for a post season! mation of the appointment. . bo^ha!- ^ w . ,, v he °/. Htvm L In 1 h, , s i e v °j tn srrL •s- from both telline about their v' tia e rrnoc \ 13 en ^my pianess shot a t Spartanburg Saturday afternoon. ' fiered last Tuesday. Hull told the ! from bom teuuit, about tneir ^yt down m raids on American positions The Caribs arrived here i ast night'President “it is a supreme tragedy -and shipping. 1 and w jjj rerna j n a t the college until; to me personally" to be unable to i AIR—RAF sets big fires in Prei- Saturday morning when both teams continue the work of postwar world jburg and Neuss, Rhine rail centers, go to Spartanburg . organization. But his health, he said, | ITALY—British break Lamone riv- The Blue Hose ended their regular forces him to step aside. er barrier, poise for Faenza assault, season with a 6-0 win over Newberry The annual meeting of Blue Ridge! CHINA — Chinese check enemy’s °n. Thanksgiving day. The seasons Council of Boy Scouts, Greenville; Kwangi-Kweichow border drive record was six wins and two losses. district^ was held in that city last north .of Panshantang. 33~and"*34 no\v"good**for°five fund's Tuesday evening and attended by a! SOUTHEAST ASIA—Air and tank Social AoendeS each indefinitely large number of scout officials and supported East African troops ad- — . . J . -v l r y- leaders. J vance two miles to within five miles To Mcfet December 5 Increase Shown In County Ginnings CANNING SUGAR: Stamp 40 good for five pounds canning sugar until The meeting was presided over by of strategic 1 Kalewa. Chairman R. E. Ferguson, of this; February 28, 1945. city, who retired after capably serv- SHOES: Airplane stamps No. 1, i ng the district for the past several 2, and 3 vaUd indefinitely. j years . E . E . Scott, of Greenville, was FUEL OIL: Period 4 and 5 cou-! elected as the hew chairman, sue- A' f pons from last year and Period 1 coupons for this season now valid. GASOLINE: A-13 coupons good through December 21. ceeding Mr. Ferguson. Another meeting of the group was announced to be held in Greenville on January 30. Prior to November 14. 19.195 bales of cotton were,, ginned in Laurens? county from the 1944 crop, according Rev. A. C. Holler , announces thht to the report of Special Agent M. M. RESIGNS AS PATROLMAN ‘ the Laurens County Council of , So- Sanders of the bureau of the censui W/A. Lowry, highway patrolman, cial Agencies will meet at a luncheon released Monday stationed in the county for the past on Tuesday, December 5, at 1:00 p.m. ; This represents an increase of 1.696 year, has resigned from the highway at the Wattsville community house, bales over the 17.497 figure for the department and is now engaged in Dr. John Bush, Columbia, director of same date last year. The total yield chicken farming on his place he case finding, tuberculosis program | for the county is expected to be ap- bought some time ago on the Mad- for the state of South Carolina, will 'proximately 20,000 bales, the same x» dens road near Laurens. I be guest speaker. r , ' last year. \ ! _ •' J..ivl