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' ^pnnpipiiinppiiffiv;^ i .'. TPR riJNTON* aiRONICLE. CLINTON, S. C. THURSDAY EMBER 8. 1932 CHRISTMAS DAY .A. I I IS not ilelii'iit'l^ kti'iuii m'Im’Ii i'* <'hn.srttijit> «jis HrsI «'HhIuill***! J(l 'I'lt*' inslilutiitn «>t the reKii\:il ih 3HIrilMited l«» IVIespImruh, wli** V llourishert In clie ul An tonliinTtnutt irn itti A. I>.>. Th- Z* Bank Conditions T Probe Is Begun One person out of ten is an appli cant for relief in New York city. Jewelers report that the sale of dia monds is excellenL It seems some peo ple believe precious stones safer in vestments that current money. aneOslxmi j Ik reiisofi fin the final efHiTre ot f’e I ffiiilxM can/noi now he deter iiiineil. As «'hrisllHnlt> sprejid. •; file ffiisi III rhe w'intei Hi»lstli-e. State Body Meets With Gover nor Blackwood To Prepare for Inquiry Into^ Situation. Columbia, Deer 6.—The committee of seven appointed by Governor Blackwood to investigate ' banking '•* V**. I .1 e N ^ ! ^ file iliiie wliiMi the flji> he^iiis fn J(i conditions in the state met with the 7 liii reiise. and iljrhl to trluiiiph A half million fewer persons are riding today op New York’s rapid { transit lines, street railways, Hudson tubes and bus lines than thc*re wwe a j year ago each day. loei darkni’KS was rhaiiued. Into IlfclKb are a lui of men oui I ^ KeyM of Christ, the l.lthi ot ij! iu the luiiiher camps thai j iij ijf*.. J'l Hreii’t going to get home for j t I hrisimuK. ' .Margaret ■^••mp J kius told a group of youiTg ' ■lieu and uoiiieii at the iounir> liub eHrl\ ih -No*" Vember. “I want to gel a .itiMiii.us hag for e\er) one ot them The Christmas Carolers Irr a single^-ytar juiarix- ! vMioii promise a fiirisimiis bagT Are Welcome Everywhere haw: six milHon “I d like to lieip." s;iid .Nii k (.or cuk come tiie Caroleris ‘ | ion, leiiestrians ring, -only thing is I’m grix*n at tiiai" ; Fl So It useil to tie. YouiigTyiterTornf vehicles and a half million pe crossed ^e George Washington bridge* sort of thing, in* you supih.m- over the Hudson river. 'oiiid get someone to make a and till it if I paid for n*;” >oU hag* 1 ,, 1 L "Yes; I’vb thought ot fhat,^ said The Central Hark zoo has a new • ~ . ^ .... . ■ , 1 ■ , MargareL "I ve figured oUl ttial a guest, a rare < lune-'C turtle, seized n. . . ■ ■ ^ , 1 fl. . ..1 f I toee hag can lie got up for thn*e dol- a speakeasy raid. The turtle refused i A mtle later wfien Xlek Lorrii.g to eat raw meat. fL-^h, lettuce and flies. esbit What to f«.d it. was the question. , „„ Some one suggc.'-tt*d cheese, (.heese; . 1, _ . .. . was .served. Cheese was eaten and now all is well. There aie male nianiyuiiffi-s in New York. It is propo.^ed to establish a line of air taxis in New York, .\irplanes will l>e used to trans|M»rt pa.'^sengers from one part of the city to the other, it is proposed. wuiiti'd tiV he resjHinsIhle for ten o| the hags "I'll send >oii the clie< k In the morning.’^, .Miirgaret prised .Nick's hand and : luobtHl Ht* iitio tija. ‘You’re the most i^iieroii*^ iiiiin in the ling pressed againgi* the wlndowpane straining 'o heai the cheerfu carols outside. I'l rhiips. it was the s(or> of the Chris* ctiild put to tune oi a ballad of love and <heer When the singers were done the boiiHehoider fniited them ‘p foi a hite and a Slip or gave theio a i-oln or two to» then soiig riien on to the next house, to sing again umlei the stars oi veiled be hind sifted snow. governor today and organized for its work. B. E. Geer, Greenville textile manu facturer, was elected chairman, and Colonel Holmes B. Springs, real es- jtate man, of Myrtl^Beach, secretary. {Another meeting was tentatively set jfor December 13 in Columbia. After studj'ing the state’.s banking s and t)he syspem of bank supervis- the committee will report its rec- brrimengation.*^ to~Gpv^nior Blackwood * .New York depailmcnt stores are selling machine.^ which shuffle and deal playing cards. The clock on a great skyscra|K*r i tower on Broadway has lK*<*n two min-j ^utes late for week.s. - 1 .lanet IVnsentsa. the gifted young giuilla at the Bronx z<m>. has been a resident of .New York four years and the other day a group of her admirers gave h« r a |»art.ii/ in the House of Pri- mates. J'he is the biggest attraction in world." she said \ Nick yearned to rape tlds opjMir ■ tlinilx fl* fell .M:irgarel\ Jiist a little of his ever-lrnreyvinjj ii^e foi iiei j hut to ilo it flow, it »-,H*ir^-d. wmild be lo l.iirif willi jM-lf inierest Ylie ten«*r of Ills generosiii \ | Tlie affern<M.n tiefore Chri\lm;;s .Miirt;arfl lel**|ilioiie»J to Ni*'k a! otlice *1 want I** tell >ou. .Mck." said Mar g;'r“l. ‘Miat I lilltsi all Ihe ti.igs ami ' they were wonderful. Ilacfi one cost Jiisl lltr**e dotlara. .Now I hiid that tlo‘ie is Jti>l one left over alter all Ihe men .it the nimp have lieeti silpldiial. As It IS ail fille«|. I can't* • retmiii the iiHUiey. lull I thought may- ! he you- knew of some p«Mir fellow who j might like onei" .Nick thought a tnunient as he held { An then in rtie early morning, home rtiipiy own arpsldwi.— ft w-as a good oid custom, this A-ns a good old custom, midnight tninsirels.v in ttie season ol jMMce and giMidwill. "With the hegin | oiiig id Yiiletide twelve days before btukes, Clarendon. for submission to the 1933 legislature. A press statement .issued after to-j day’s session .said: _ \ i “The committee desire.s that it be j known that they welcome inquiries j and suggestions from any interested- citizens and particularly from mem-i bers of the apjiroaching general as-j sembly with the view of having a j clearer understanding of the banking problems as they now’ c::ist. It is sug- i gested that communications be ad dressed to B, Fi. Geer, Greenville.” Two mombero of 4ho ^oueral as sembly are members of the commit tee. They are Representative D. Gor don Baker, Florence, and .Senator t'hristniiis dav. ,hs I'ereival i'lri+*tt feJIs us in the .'^landard. puhlished in .New York hy' the American Kfhl-al I’nioii "small 'irind of inusiciaiis went the riMiiids and ‘in the rnirv* or nii ttie rii.id 'u on the stiqis. played tin old folk nines as a lyrical |/relutlc tc the greal day 'I'o some oi the an llipo tiallai' tirs. like "(Jooo King \\ericeshiiis’’ xays .Mr. Chuhh llie slifgcrs wiMild add a hymn tune oi iwibv-iuic, ip Hiivid's UoyuJ I’lty i»r Ifark ttie Herald Angels .Sing "I'uiicfdating lie hustle of domesii« pnoiaratiWii fur llie cuiiiing feast tliesr The other members are .Mr. Geer, Mr. Springs, Attorney General John M. Daniel and F. F. Beattie, Green ville, and Henry P. Williams, Charles ton, bankers. Blue Hose Expect Good Ring Team the zcM*. The fir.st call for the Pre.sbyterian ( college boxers to report wasiissued last week by C’oach Johnson. Uniforms niiiilstratiims ‘ Monday afternoon^ at the The boxing team this year bids fair in several years. There .Since is IP. ^when a certain New York >avings liank oimned, 1,17H Mary Smillw hare i»|K*ned accounts in the bank. The Mary Muiqihys run second with 99b. I tl.; telephone rei-eiver. "I do know j iJ.riA^ti.as with an endearing , T^e boxmg H^a fetlow,” said he_.^sed to work for «*hty. I hy day the tide of Joy |to be the hest Tlmn he gulf *nd weni to farm- I fose until the ores jure six letternien expected to l>e back us. The city of K»‘w York has an army of 1 iTJMlp men and women on its pay roll. The T. N. Koffey Co.. Inc., of Brook lyn, have on their trucks; T. N. Kof-^ fev “Tea A- Coffee’.’’ On the \ast stietch of ground occu pied by New York’s radio city now- un der con-1ruction. te)h building units will stretch, skyward. The largest of these Will be a iiti-story office building with a l*»-'lory w’ng. This structure will havV a gross fbwir space of ‘J.riOfl.- OCKI s<piaie feet, nearly half a million square feet in exces*^ of thi* gross area of any other office building in the worhl lodav. lug over 111 file next county. Sort of a luckless fellow Sii|i|Mise I take that hag o\er to tiim." So after the oftiee closing at five, j •N'lek 'called HI .Margaref’g Tor.the hag. He planned to <lrive the fifteen miles . i to the slunk where Itarry Sioilh lived j an»l toH’k hef«*re U4s^-:se»eB t«^*px-k *ltn • • ner. The eahiii seiMiieil deserftal foreetl a window .*1101 walktxt in. Rut r.arrx w.is imf to fx* found. .N'iek tell i.n Ills poeket for a man-li. hiii maielo** he had none. Then tie grojiedl around r.arry's room, tun w is n*» more *-ui- ees.sfiil So wilh in>arl> frozen fingers he undid the wrapping> from the '’hri'tmas i»:in opened it and foiiiMt. cendo broke into « forte of exuher ^wi^ the .squad. J>evcral experienced anee. Tliose simple da.vs yit the folk are gone, says .Mr. t’huhh;. the glory Is departe«l. \ ** Bui tlie custom ol ih^iking the rounds on t’hrlstinas eve to skpg enrols of i.ieuce and good will on enTth atlil prevails here and there.—I^erarj Nl’ek I Dtge«f. Make Christinas Burden, sophomores, who trained under Coach Johnson last year, will alao make strong bids for several of the classe.s. The team this year is led by Jimmie Horton, a light-hegvyweight. Three of the lettermen w’ill don the P, C, color.s and the gloves for the last time for P. C, this season. Leading contenders for places in the] light-heavy and heavyw'eight clas.ses are Horton, Sims arid Bolick. Freeman arker i.s, so far, the only veteran in the middleweight.^. All the low’er I Be Unhappy Rest of Year j weiight.s will he hotly coiiteste<r. In the New York ha> .session daily. It") b gal court.s in 'rhei’c are York citv. .'iT.iioU |)nnt*'is in New If you ar** c«»ming t«» New York to li»e you can get a l.''>-r<Mun apartment | with SIX year. baths f«»r $1 rental a/ Th*‘ nght^ arm of the figure of the .Statue of I.ilierty in the I’fiper Bay is 4*2 feel Tong. — '1 IS 80 eii.sioiiuiry iiowadit.xs to hear di.sparagement of t'hri.simas as a 84MiMin of vanity, hellish display, greed and <-o\elousness that \ve like to |>«>lnl out the other side. Some ot *Mir cyniis <te«'lare thai t!hristmas gifts are themse|\es dietated by self Iniere.st—that iliex are meanly of fered in the tmpe of a return—wifti Interi'si—or are an exhibition ot van tty. And yet. who wiuihl dare to 8a\ this of a nioiher. who deitrives her self to give hiu»pln;*ss to her dill dren. i»r of Ihe itirl who willingly fore g«x*8 some little vanity for the pleas un* of tier pareitt.s? People who make t'hristmas a burden and a fax show the same attitude throughout the yea 1 —ifieir own false standards of living are to hlanie. and not this holj fes tlval.—Bural .New-Yorker. lightV<’ight class are .McDuffie and .McCa.’kill; the feutheiNveight clu.ss in cludes Ciouih- a id Corbett, and the banta^mwe^ight, Ferguson, Wyman and .Seagle. Others are expected to join these as the 'Reason gets under way. .So far, thr^ iheets have been ar ranged: - \ Jan. 14—^''arolina at Columbia. Jan. 21—CitadelXat Charleston. Feb. IH—ClenisonNat f'lenison. W A N T S •Yes; I’ve fhouyht of ThaCY jSaia Margaret. There i.s a "tlude raiuh" within an hour’.s ride of .New York city. The j ranch consults of l.iiud acres at 1,000 feel elevation. ' - Newspaper Feature Tells Of Grafton C. W. Grafton, impular English pro fessor here, appeared in the “Strange As It Seems’’ feature conducted in daily pajiers throughout the country as lie bad hu|x-d. a tmx of lualehes witli the cigarettes and tobacco iu Ihe hag. By the lime he had lighted a lamp, found fuel jnd warmed hiiu>ett. llie storm had eovered the mad'- so that to Htlempi lo' return would he an ad of folly. So Nick ^petit t tirfst nus" tn ti»xrr"Ttafry "h for lorn cabin. lunately f*»r Nick, he carried, in in his ear. u txn of gnxeries. baton bread and huli.'r as,a prt*senl to Ikirry to help ihroiigli the winter. Much ot lids he left fttr Barry t*!! his reliirD. I Norwi^y, Sweden Babies 1 ^ Are Loaded With Gifts I N .MA.N'Y districts ot .Norwn.i and % WANTED—You to call for a package of Jeanes Salted Peanuts, in the big i bag for 3c, .\t your dealers. j WANTED Girls’- bicycles. See Clar ence Coptdahd at Broad Street Fill ing Station, FOR SAI.E—Hand-made and painted articles suitable for gifts. Orders taken for dressing dolls. Miss Florrie Burdette, S2 N. Broad St. Itc Sweden every hahy horn on t'lirisi \VANTFiI)~You to get your Toasted Ham and Cheese Sandwiches at P. S~Jeanes. Ifot Dogs too. LOST—.StrayeiJ or stolen, one small red cow with horns, small bag, two teats considerably smaller than oth ers. Plea.se notify 1). E. Tribble Ic by’ John Hix. The Greenville News, i^-j fri»m the rest lie made his «iwu nilhei sue of November 10, carried the fea-: "UMger ('hrisimti> dinner. But If ii ture, Grafton graduated from P. C. in Under the drawing appeared this caption: “ *<'hip’ Grafton scorc*d the. winning point in two footViall game.sj without playing in either of them.”; The explanation folbmed. ‘Chip’ Grafton won two football games for Pre?4>yterian college, Clin ton, S. C.. in 1927, without playing in hailii't Iweii for .Margarei’a hag. t'tirisl mas would sia\e tx’cn a d«*l«*fiii day. tn deed When .Mck A cut in .^ee Margaret uu his Aliy home on fVcenilwi '211. h» her in a >liite of real ii;:i'ali.«n "S**mt‘how I fell rt-siMXisitile ftir ilx whole thing. s;j|d .M.irvarel. *‘A’«»u Aery res|Hiii>ili|e («ti the tai that I had a rattier t*l*Msaiii •'hrist ■lias da.v Is the recipient of many gifts .ind iMiimties from. all,., quarters. He rei-clves a hotiiify from btith the ec clestastlriii and. civil Nitihoritfea. and in 8**nte ilisfricts these hounlies aiiioiiiit to k considerahle amount ot money, which Is generaify invested .until file cliild is «>t age. f The'chill ren that are tM*rn to some •■lass«*s ot Ihe |x»ople in .Niqtles «»n this happ.x day are visited hy “Wl.se | The Chronicle office. iiieii'*“Who are selected hy some |»hil | Hiillmqib s M'lety and are presenfeo i Aitii imitation sioi'«*s Aldch are val iie<l til-ldx hy the etdlilren In latei vexis e\en siipernaiiirat qualities be • nc .'t-S. rilteo to them FOR RENT — One 3-room house on East Florida street, will rent rea- < f'onably. Apply to J. Willie Young, or 12-8-2C EXCHANGED PRESENTS mas after all V<iu ke|d me troi^, either one of them, under the old rule fr»*e/.ing and <tar\iiig in deaih »oii that a kick for extra point after| <‘heered me wiih a .jixxi tM<ok sne.kes touchdow-n was not a part of the play ing time, r - the Oglethorpe game, with the •core 6-0 against P. C., the Blue Hqse ■cored a touchdown, tying the score. Grafton was called from the bench to convert the, winning point. Under the rule then prevailing, time was out while the attempt was made for the .iml a iiiiiiuh iiru;iii xml ke|X in* |l'••ll •legr.MkttioU hy iiic.ins s*<m|* -uqt r riiiiili That Inig was a g*His**n<l **Hh. .Nick." s;ild ^aig:ir**t will ey es very lender “I t••e^ as, If 1 knew you so mu«-h netter htx-aus* .** { this.’ "Matgarel," said trying in gel up Nick. "I ve beet nerve fi*r ilir«s I pojnt; thus Grafton did not play^while' iractloa.'* months to tell you I lote \mu—i«» <tiv j the fame was in progress. same nrcnmstances arose in tbs ErakiBe game of the same year, iMI Grafton again kicked the winning point wHhoiit taking part in the play- Ami etfci sliH-e y«»u iteni me ite chei'k for the Ikiigs I ve known I want e<t to hent you tell me.*' nns^e^w Msfimrei. <0 Sr Mr«*l«rv nrw»|,a|.«« Sre4uaiM-| I iWWa«r*l«e| LOST — pair of tan woolen mit gloves with orange and black cuff, Wanted—to rent a typew’riter. Alice Benjamin. Itc MALE HELP WANTED—Delivery route man with car to supply fa mous line of household goods to steady customers. Must be .satisfied with $27.30 a week at start. Write Albert Mills, Route Mgr., 738 Mon mouth, Cincinnati, 0. Ups NOTICE-^This is to certify that we had Sam Young trim and worm the roots of our fruit trees last spring, from which we had splendid crops of peaches. W’e consider him an expert ] at this kind of work. 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