The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 08, 1932, Image 3
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1932
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IE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. S. C.
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SOCIETY EVENTS AND CLUB NEWS OF INTEREST
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AUXILIARY MEETS
NEXT THURSDAY
The Lepon Auxiliary will meet on
next Thursday afternoon, Dec.. 16 at
3:30 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Julia
Griffin on North Broa4 street.
to hold the 195 meeting in that city
was accepted.
Singing of “Th^ Spangled j
Banner" closed the m fcdlewing
j which the group adjo 3 meet at!
tlie Mary Musgrove for a
luncheon
TEMPERANCE UNION
MEETS FRIDAY
The Woman’s Christian Temper
ance union will hold its regular
monthly meeting on Friday afternoon
at 3:30 at the home of Mrs. L. R.
Lynn. All members are invited to be
present.
CIRCLIL CONTIN UES
BIBLE STUDY
Mrs. R. L. Coe, who is leader of the
Business Girls’ circle of the First
Presbyterian church, was hostess to
the members at her home on Monday ^
evening. The group continued their | Suel’la Denson, Ruby Woodruff!
the Clinton high school will be held in
the high school auditorium Monday
evening, Dec. 12, at 7:30. The follow
ing program will be given:
Invocation.
Readings:
“The Day of Judgment," Adelaide
Roberts.
“To a Waterfowl," I^etitia Jones.
“Traveling On." Julia Bailey.
Selection by tL? glee club.
Declamations:
“Liberty or Death,” Robert Ellison.
“Gettysburg Address," Leon Bolick.
“Wake Up, America," Joe Donnan. )
Selection by the glee club.
Debate: “Resolved, that legislation
id»ottld be ermcte^l reserving- te e4uc^
tional agencies at least 15 per cent
of all radio channels available for
broadcasting in the United States."
Affirmative: Mary Glynn ' Cham
bers, Rosa Bailey Little. Negative:
Routine Alatters
Before Council
council
NEW BOOKS ADDED
AT LOCAL LIBRARY
“The Book of Annuals," by Alfred* \ r u*
C. Hottes.—This is jone of the books ^oV^ at evening is the most pro- i^^?2l5^^ economy mewure
ihoulder fantasie
frocks
Tuesday night, had a number of rou
tine maters before it for consider
ation.
A resolution was adopted unani-
ously, authorizing the omitting this
year of the usual Christmas street
study of Hebrew’s and Mrs. A. M.
Copeland brought out many helpful
points.
After the program dainty refresh
ments were .served.
Rebuttals. Decision of judges.
CIRCLE TO STUDY
.MISSION BOOK
Members of tt^ Teachers circle of
the^ ThiM’ftwell-Menww’ial church, and^turer In_South ('arolina,
the men of the church will study “Th^I
Indian Trail," by Morrison. The first ^
MRS. JOHNSON
ENTERTAINS CLUB
The Wednesday Study cluVheld the | chapters were discussed at prayer
last meeting in November, at Mrs. W’. | jyipp^ing last night. This eyening at
Johnson’s home on the Presbyte- 7;3o and at the same hour on Sunday
presented to the library by the Clin
ton Rotary club. It is especially in
teresting at present to those who are
planning spring and winter gardens.
Thei*e are chapters on seed sowing,
transplanting, hot beds and cold
frames, forcing in greenhouses, lists
of annuals, and an index of plant
names. It is a complete guide through
the season of annual bloom. Annuals
are “depression flowers.” When the
income is limited, people feel that
money should not be spent on the
more lasting, slower ' developing
shrubbery and perennials, but a few
dollars spent on annuals will give joy j'
to^rhoFe'whn Hks cator^and fragrance '
and form.
Other new books are:
Child’s History of the World”
and “A Child’s Geography of the
World,” both by V. M. Hillyer, head
master of the Calvert school of Bal
timore.
“The State That Forgot," by Dr,
W. W. Ball.
“Problems of the Cotton Manufac-
by William
P. Jacobs.
feature of evening fashions!
The mayor and sanitation commit-
J . instructed to continue their
seen at\mart events durintr the first | ^ working out
weeks of the new season. There was a j satLsfactoi-y plans for having all meat
white velvet \fock with slashed skirt • distributors in the city use the same
slaughtering place where a plan for
meat inspection may be worked out.
Council ordered the establishment
6f a new trash wagon to operate in
wards five and six under the direction
of the street overseer. L. M. Evans
was named as driver of the wagon,
j Council adopted a motion authoriz-
I ing the execution of a new right of
i way agreement required of the city
evening the study of the book will be
completed at Dr. and Mrs. L, R.
Lynn’s home on the orphanage cam-
Spe2u*man Opens
Dry Cleaning Plant
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The Clinton Dry Cleaneiis, with G.
C. SiH‘arman as proprietor, will open
for business next Monday, according
to an announcement in today’s adver-
Friends in the city of Mrs. Esther tising columns. The new concern will
torte, with cheesestraws, coffee and i Fant will be intw’ested to learn of! occupy the brick building opposite
her marriage to Dr. Frans Ericsson, I McIntosh’s Shoe Shop, where the in
professor of psychology and dean of! stallution of machinery and etjuip-
yilsala college, East Orange, N.J. j nient is now under way.
The ceremony was performed on No-1 Spearman is a natiie of Cross
veniber 25th, at the Lutheran parson-1 jjjjj is long experienced in the
age in Port Allegany, Pa. j dry cleaning business, ' having been
.Mrs, Fant formerly made 1^®'*|connected wdth the Greenwood l>aun-
rian college campus.
Mrs. Wilson Harris reviewed “The
Life and Times of Rembrandt Van
Rijn.” Readings were also given from | pus,
the book. The members exchanged!
current novels. . . FANT-ERICSSON
After the program delicious charm
rte, with cheesi
nuts, was served.
MRS. CORNWELL
FATERTAINS CLUB
Tue.sday morning Mrs. J. J. Corn-
well was hostess to the members of
her contract bridge club and several
additional guests
The rooms were made lovely with
bowls of roses and large ferns placed
at intervals..
After cards delightful refresh
ments, in two courses, were served.
The players included: Mrs. Silas
Bailey, Mrs. Goyne Simpson, Mrs. C..
E. Galloway, Mrs. Irby Hipp, Mrs. D.
C. Heustess, Mrs. Horace Payne, Mrs,
Raymond Pitts, Mrs. J. F. Jacobs, Jr,,
.Mrs. Thomas Jacobs, Mrs. R. C.
Adair, Mis. J. A. Chandler and Mrs.
Wm. Bailey Owen.s.
-homo here and is pleasantly remem-
regular session
by the federal authorities in cortne^
tion with the paving of highway No,
7 from near Cross Hill to Clinton.
Mayor Abrams, the city clerk aiul
I city attorney Were insti'-ucted to make
a study of the new license ordinance
for 1933 and submit their draft at a
;ipecial called meeting of council to be
held) at an early date. '
Several other minor matters were
acted upon as shown from the clerk’a
minutes of the meeting.
Thomwell Family
Gives To Thomwdl
The' Thomwell Memorial church,
following a long established custom,
designated “^Nov. 27th, as “Thomwell
Orphanage day,” on which it made its
annual offering for the institution of
which it is a large jiJart. Officers, ma
trons, teachers and children, all
brought their gifts for Thomwell, tha
collection totaling $230.
wers
sions
.Mrs. R. B.
the Actaean
bered by a wide circle of friends. Her
husband. Prof. A. T. Fant, instructor
of phy.sics at Presbyterian college,
died in January 1929, Since then Mrs.
Fant has been making her home in
Smethport, Penn.
MRS. R. B. VANCE
HOSTESS TO CLUB
Thursday afternoon
Vance was hostess to
B(»ok club. Colorful poinsettias gave
the receiving rooms a holiday atmos
phere.
. Rook was played at three tables.
-.Aiterwuids dcligous^ refreshments, in
two courses, \yere served.
The guests for the delightful event
included: Mrs. <7. M. Bailey^ Mrs. L.
B. Dillard, Mrs. T. D. Copeland, .Mrs.
R. E. W’ysor, Mrs. E. J. .\dair, .Mrs.
Julia Griffin, Mrs.. Bothwell Graham, j places at
Mrs. M. J. McF'adden, Mrs. Silas B***: j pointed tables,
ley, Mi.ss Clara Duckett, Mrs. J. H.
DR. AND MRS. MeSWEEN
HONOR FOOTBALL TEAM
Dr. and Mrs. John MeSween enter
tained the members of the football
team of Presbyterian college at a de
lightful buffet-supper on Tuesday
evening. The coaches, VV. A. Johnson
and Hugh L, Eichelherger were also
present.
Mrs. MeSween greeted the guests at
the door and assisting her in enter
taining were Mrs. H. F7. Sturgeon,
.Mrs. R. F'i. W’ysor, .Mrs. W’. A. John
son. Mrs. .Marshall Brown and .Mrs.
A, W Martin.
lyovely red carnations were effec-
tiai’rangeTT'Th Ihe i^b'm’s!'’ ;
dining room a delicious .sui)per was
Ttry—and—Fh*3r—(’leaners for thirtoon-
years. He ha.s recently been located in
Baml)erg and is moving his plant here
f?-om that place. As soon a.s his plant
is opened Mr. Spearman will be ready
to give a first-class .service to the
public, he stated yesterday.
SINGERS TO MEET
The South Laurens Singing conven
tion will meet at Lydia Mill school
Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. All
singers and the public are cordially
invited. H. Y. Abrams.
EXCUSABLE FOLLY
f'l LS true that ineit and woineo
^ Ht ('liristtiiiis time do ttiingt
served buffet style. Place cards, sug
gestive of the approaching Christrfias
season, assisted the guests in finding
small, prettily ap-
W’ithersp()on and Mrs. H. M. Wise of GIVEN
' which had bands of white ermine,
completed by tiny tails,-forpilng the
shoulder straps. Another was a ruby
red velvet with strands of fabric
forming shoulder straps and loose dec
orations. — -
The illu.stratcd style in evening
hock shown above is correct in all de
tails. It is a velvet frock and ca»i be
worn in black or in as gay color as
desired. The shoulder bands with t’ t ir
overlapped bows attain the shoulder
fantasie .“^o much to be desired, Th«
back drape is correct, although .‘^ome
high one.s are being worn. W’hen high,
the back is slit.
wJilcIi are roolisli, e.speciall.v in
ptftiaaiJJiifc—..JiUL
We have Christ mas wreaths for your selection or will
make to order. Select yours early—we will deliver when
you wish. Don’t forget the cemeihry at this season.
For the Christmas season we wilKhave^elior bej^on-
ias, poinsettias, cyclamen, primroses, e^. In cut flowers:
roses, poinsettias, carnations, snapdra^hps and chrys-
antheums.
Watch this ptiper for an announcement of n^ir formal
openinjj: at a later date.
In the meantime, if we can serve you, call aKour
place, or phone 33.
SAY IT WITH FLOWERS THIS CHRISTMAS
Clinton Flower Shop
B. F. Wingard, Owner a^nd Manager
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Council Puti Bzui
On Fireworks!;;
when liit) coh) w'Kdom hvim mnkt
Jacksonville, F'la.
BOOK CLUB
An interesting event of the week
i was the lovely dinner given by Mrs.
R, L. Plaxico on Tuesday evening
when she entertained the Odds and
II. D. C. CHAPTER
HOLDS MEETING
The December meeting of the
Stephen D. Lee chapter, U. D. C., was* 1 p^n^js Book club.
held Friday afternoon in the highj Christmas greens and bright hcr-
Kchool auditorium. Mrs. R. E. holly were everywhere i” evi-
the president, presided. j ^jence. The holiday note was I’unber
After the usual preliminaiies, | caj-j-jej out in the place cards and 'n
^ jtCMple tiapii.kVVlot wiinis to ^
Sf see » (Mirlsi iii)t> wtien K-
spends m<M> tiuiri lie sliniihl. oi
w’lwn flicre Is ni> givliiu «»1 ttiings
thill are trivial or needless oi
foolish? A lnil,v sane t’hrl.sl
mas would tie a mlserahle one.—
American .Magazine.
Tuesday
f'ity cmuicil in session
night, adopted a resolution,prohibit-j
ing the shooting or exjdoding of fire-1
works in the business seetion of the |
city during the Christmas holidays, j
Considerable complaint bas_ been |
made against this practice in the bus- ■
iness .section during the holidays be-1
cause of the danger incurred thereby, {
I and the general annoyance to the pub-'
Ancients Gave Presents
as Most People Do Now
HE eu.sium of making presents Ht
Ihrlstmas Is ilerived from verj
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R. W. Johnson, chairman of the miniature tree which centered t he i ancient usage. It was a Teutonic
gram, took charge. A reading in Ne- j pj.p[t,ijy appointed dining table, A de-
gro dialet, with the scene laid ■ ij(.joviK dinner in four courses was
slavery times, was given by
Will Dillard. Miss Louise Kern read ^ Mrs, Plaxico’s guests were: Iilr.s, C.
B. Betts, Mrs, Charles Worktrau,
Mm W, D. Peay,-M£s. Blakely Trib-
“The Tw’o Armies” (Timrod). Miss
Sybil Burdette 5angjtwo lovely num
bers, “From the Land of the Sky
Blue Water" (Cadman), and “Bonnie
Eloi.se.”
Mrs, Jones urged the meml>ers to
attend the state convention in .Aiken
this week.
Tempting refreshments were served ! nicTKirr AIIYII lARY
,.U, in the aftentoon, | HEU) HERE
ble, Mis.ses Margaret and Katherine
i Blakely, Lucy Burns, Azile Living
ston, Gladys Stilwell, Ivouise Sims and
Nannie Young Tribble. Mrs. R. S.
Jeanes as.sisted in entertaining.
OPEN MEETING
LITERARY SOCIETY Clinton November 30,
The first open meeting of hostess. Mrs. Raymom
W^oodrow Wilson literary society of j president of the Clinton organi
Invention. In Latin eountries gifts
were exchanged at New Year’s, writes
James Waldo F'awcett In the Wash j
ington (I), C.) Fivenlng ^ar, {
The dentratioi) of churches with
mistletoe and holly Is likewise a
pagan survival.
Nativity plays and pageants tfuce i
back to a pre-Christian era The j
sports ot the Ixirds of"^ Misrule in I
England are supposed to be sn in- I
heritunce from the Saturnalia of i
he.Mthen Home. j
Kuthet (Jhrisfmus or Santa Claus Is |
Identified with St. Nicholas or Nic-
lie. It is for this reason that the ordi
nance ha.s been adopted restricting all*
fireworks to residential sections. |
Council also has asked that the'«►
burning of leaves in various sections
of the city be di.scontinued since such
a practice adds to the fire hazard. AU
leaves should Vie collected on the
streets and will be removed by the
street department.
The F'ourth District American Le
gion Auxiliary held its annual meet-j ola*. and also with Kneclit Kopercht
PlCTpRE FRAMING
Neatly Done
KODAK FINISHING
1 Day Service
Nichols Studio
EXTRA SPECIAL VALUE!
SILVER PLATED FLATWARE
19c Each Single Piece
or 6 IMeces for„$1.00
25 Years Replacement GuaFantee
Open stock pattern, not a close-out.
Dessert
ization, presided.
The high school auditorium was
decorated with flags, ferns and poin
settias. An entertaining program was
given by the pupils of the State
Training school under the supervision
of Miss Georgpa Brooker and Miss
Ellen Copeland.
The meeting was opened with a
prayer by Mrs. L. H, Davidson, chap
lain of the Clinton unit. .Allegiance to
the flag, singing of “America” and
reading of the Preamble were given.
Following was the welcome address
by Mrs. Pitts. Res^nsoiwas made by
Mrs. Cecil Morris, president of the
Greenville unit.
The meeting was then turned over
to Mrs. Jack James, of Laurens, who
and Robin Goodfellow. Grimm saya
tliut in some parts of Germany
Knecbt Nicolas is merely an attend
ant on the real gift-giver, who la
aometimes the infant Christ and
sometimes Dame Bertha, but who la
also frequently conceived at an ngly
dwarf, called Rrampua
Carol singing by waifs, strolling
street musicians, la an old British
custom.
The first Christmas cards .data
friim aiiout 1846
The setting up in i-atln churches of
a Christmas creche la said to hava
been originated hy St. Francis
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dividiial Butter Spreaders,
Forks, etc.
Deposit Holds Till Christmas
FRONTIS
Jewelry Store
Tea Spoons, Soup Spoons,
Spoons, Forks, Butter Knives, Sugar
Spoons, Iced Tea Spoons, Knives, In- ....... . d j
district chairman. Reports and
election officers were then dis
cussed. \
Mrs. James introduced the depart
ment pretfident. Miss Etta Skipper,
who gave a summary of the year’s
work and important diacusaions.
The invitation of the Laurens unit
mi
Some oiie needs the
article you have to
sell. Advertise it in
The Chronicle Want
Ad column.
NOW IS THE
TIME TO BUY
Several re.sidences in town.
Several farms, prices at
tractive.
Houses for rent. Broad St.,
Owens Hill and College
View.
Clinton Realty &
Insurance Co.
B. H. BOYli
$5.D0
IN GOLD
GIVEN AWAY
THURSDAY, DEC. 15th
To ?he child who brings to
us, the greatest number of
Carolina covers.
These covers must reach
us by 4 o’clock Saturday
afternoon.
THE
BOOKSTORE
Christmas Is Near
:
WE HAVE EVERYTHING GOOD FOR
THE TABLE —EVERYTHING THAT A ,,
GOOD FOOD STORE SHOUIA) HAVE.
QUALITY
IS ALWAYS PARAMOUNT HERE
WE HAVE GATHERED FROM ALL I»ARTS OF THE
EARTH — FOODS THAT “MAKE” THE
CHRISTMAS TABLE.
—rOvsters
—Fish
—Dressed Hens
—Frying Chickens
—Pork
—Beef
—Veal
■—Lamb
—Mutton
—Cured Ham
—Oranges
—Apples -
—Bananas
—'Grapefruit
—Grapes
fh4J
—English Walnuts
—Brazil Nuts
—I’resh Tomatoes
—Turnips
—Cabbage
—Cauliflower
—Irish Potatoes
—Sweet Potatoes
—Fruit Cakes
—Fruit Cake .Material
—Fancy Candies
—Fireworks
[71u.ster Raisins
-Seeded Raisins
-Seedless Raisins
-Honey Bunch
Raisins, 11 oz.
pkg. for 5c.
This Week’s Prizes Will Be:
F’lrst l*rize—8 Ib. (’ured Ham.
Second Prize—6 lbs. Snowdrift I.ard.
Third Prize—10 lbs. Sugar. ;
Fourth Prize—6 cans Fancy Corn.,
Fifth Prize—6 cans Fancy Peas.
' With each 50c paid on account or for cash pur
chases, you will be given a ticket entitling you to
a chance at one of our regular Free Prizes given
away each Saturday evening at 7:30 o’clock. You
must be pr^ent to win.
BALDWIN’S GROCERY
**Goo4 Thiiii^ To EaP*
Phones 9W and 100
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