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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. Moore, H. 1
M. Young, John W. Little, T. J. Bla-t
lock,'€linton, S. C ' 12-22y4tc
r -
^“Whai makes Oobbs to angryCJ
r*Hc gave Chriatmat cards f’hstsad c
arcsents to all of his frienda**
-Wslir
■*Thcy did the came to him.^
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