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THURSDAY, MAY i6i 193S
Laurens ^iural
Carrier R
Glenn G. Aberci-ombie, of Gray.
CourCEnds 30-Year Service
With Uncle Sam’s Forces.”'
Laurens, May IJ. — Another Lau
rens county rural letter carriferr Glenn
C. Abercrombie, has doffed his insi^*
nia and turned in his paraphernalia
at the Gray Court postoffice prepai-a-.
tory to permanent retirement from the J
postal service‘May 31. In as mpgh asi
he had a credit of 20 days leave of j
absence with pay, Mr. Abfecrombie
niade his last roundup on his route j
•Tuesday, May 7. A. C. Shell, substi-!
tutc is conipleting the service term. |
Mr. Abercrombie is retiring un<lerj
the 30-year .service plan. Inciden
tally, he will be_ the last Laurens
county postal employee to qualify un
der the regulation, as the postoffice
department in this respect expires
July 1. Mr. i^bercrombie is fhe third
postal employee connected with the
Gray Court office to reach the retire
ment status under the 30-year rule.
Arch C. Owings and Jasper E. John
ston having achieved the goal during
1033 and 1031, respectively.
. The official record show^-th%t Mr.
- Abercrombie w^s appointed to the ser
vice May 15, 1005, and served route
Not 2 from the Alma postofficc un
til September 1, 19,07. He was then
transferred to Gray Court loop, route
No. 4, which he served until Novem
ber 1, 1033, when he was named as
cairiiM* on the- merged Gray Court
routes, numbers one and four. Car
rier Abercrombie served under two
po#:tmasters at Alma, the late Dr.
John S. Wolff and the late James L.
Tower, and the folio,w’ing at Gray
Court: L. i)orroh^43. I). Peden, L. Z.
Wilson, J. E. Johnson, and A. W. Wal
lace. Mr. Wallace being the acting
postmaster there now.
Mr. Abercrombie, is completing Vwff
seventh term as president of the I.JiU'
rens County Rural Letter Carriers
Association, with which he had been
actively identified since its drgam'za-
tioD-nearly 30 years ago. On fhe side,
Mr. .Abercrombie is interested in farm
ing and growing registered cattle, his
held being one of the best in the coun
ty thoiigh not the largest. He lives
at Hickory Tavern, 11 miles west of
Lauren.s. .
With the retirement of Mr. Aber
crombie, his route, 49 miles in length,
will become route NoT'l and will Ik*
served by l.ander H. VV'illis, former
president of the South Carolina Ru
ral Letter Carriers’ association. The
Willis route will be conwiidated with
the one now servtvl by Leon T. Year-
gin, with .Mr. Yeargin .as carrier. It
has 73 miles and is to be designated
as Gray Court route 2. _ ^
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M^YOOK
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Bins PASS WITH jyHENDMfflTS jCoto^ i,
Senator Nance’s Bill Cheating New Board Schoot Trustees In
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Hiinter District/Amended By Representatives
HulL and {jTunt and Calls for Primary.
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'•^ -plan is on foot among restaurant
proprietors in New York to raise the
menu •prices ten per cent . . . Spme
have already cut the portions. The
con.sumer can’t win!
An old man appeared in New York^s
police line-up recently. He’s 76 and
known as “Crying John’’ for, his abil
ity to 'shed real tears an^ cry himself
out of a scrai>e. He’s been arrested
thirty-six times, b*ut has only spent
seven years in jail.
; The two bills refating to the board
of trustees of Hunter School District
No. 5 which-'vrere introduced in the
senate on. April 30>th by Senator C. D.
Nance, and appeared in The Chronicle
last w’eek, passed the senate on May
2nd. These bills w'cre taken up in the
house and read for the first time on
May 7th. The Act creating a new
board of trustees passed third reading
in the house as amended by Represen
tative Huff. It is understood that Sen-
Sims, Effie Alexaedelir,* Rutli Alexan
der,^ Al^rta Tucker,. Jbhn Harper,
Ni^mi^Garrett, Mi^r^ HcKiasIck.
/ Bethd School ^
Supearley Beasley, principal.-
ator Nance concurred in~ this aipend-j
ment on last 'Thursday. 'The Nan<te bill
abolishing*the present Board of trxis-
te^ .passed thiid reading in the house
on Friday of last week and was or
dered enrolled for ratification.
A.s The Chronicle went to press yes
terday no further information could
be obtained as to the present status
of the bills; except inquiry through
the office of tHe secretary of state dis
closed neither of the two bills-had
^een delivered there for filing as Actsr
(The /following faculty for the two
colored schools of the district has been
elects for the comirig'year: |
Bell Street School I
John Mimk, prinicipa|l,' Dorothy Lo-1
max, Clotelle Harris, Helen Gandy,
Buy a large size tdie'^of Ub-
terine Shaving Cream for 25c^
and get free one' box of styfitk
cotton at—
SMITH’S PHARMACY
Myrtle Greene, Claudia Dorroh, Clara ‘ Phone 401
Prompt Ddiverj
Then there’s that diamond ring
salesman. $20 may be his price, but
talk to him . long enough and he’ll
come down to $3.or $4 for his excel
lent piece of glass.
And furs? A friend of mine who
has good judgment and a’ good bank
roll swears that the fur she saw was
perfectly good fox, But when she un
wrapped her sidewalk purchase at
home, it was rabbit of the worst sort.
Joanna Retains Top Of League;
Ware Shoals And Clinton Rate Next
Then, too, there’s the man who’s
jus.t come in from Havana. He speaks
Spanish but doesn’t understand Eng
lish very well, and speaks it with a
Spanish accent. His unfini.shed Pana
ma h||ts, rolled tfie way you’lL see
them sold in Havana or Panama City
turn out~to be the paper prokluct of
Japan. How they wilt in the rain!
'A red .hot torch singer with a
Scotch burr? That’s Ella Logan, who
was told Hhat she had a goo<l voice
but would have to lo.se the accent she
brought with her.from Scotland. She’s
been a hit at the Casino de Paree in
New York.
Laurens, May IL — In one of the
best 12-inning battles witnessed in
this neck of the woods In moons, Jo
anna, of Goldville, was astride the
Central Carolina league .today by vir
tue of its triumph over Laurens" here
Saturday afternoon, 4 to 3.
The most outstanding feature of the
game was the masterful twirling of
Watkins, Ijaurens chunker, who held
Goldville to six hits. An error by Lau
rens cost them dearly.
More than 700 fans, were on hand
to see the game which was enlivened
when pop bottles made their appear
ance. The.-umpire was the target..
Laurent 3 8 1
Joanna 4 6 0
tjmes, kept up the attack on Oelriph.
w»iniriA knocked a ‘homer, while
and Murrow got
Wrinkle
Lewis, Sanders
triples.
Ware Shoals ...15 15 2
Greenwood 2 4 4 j
Ingle and Wrinkle; Williams, Oel-
rich and Weathers.
W’atkins and Brady; Outz and Girk.
The American Museum of Natural
History is adding a wing and a collec
tion of 280,000 specimens of birds of
North and South America. They’ll all
be housed in dust-proof, fire-proof,
and burglar-proof glass cases.
CHECKS ,
MALARIA
Sidewalk cafes bloom in the late
spring in New York, apd .something of
relaxation sets in with-the wjirm days.
And welcome-they are after hectic
winters.
When you receive a letter post-
marketl “Times Square Station, New
York,’’ that .letter may never have
si'en Times Sijuare, for the sitation is
four blocks below—on 38th street, be
tween Seventh and Eighth.
IN 3 DAYS
COLDS
One of New York’s wags s/^nt road
,maps with the wedding invitations re
cently—just to make sure that some
of the guests would get to Sneden’s
Landing where the ceremony was to
be performed. »
Liquid -^sTableta
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FIRSt DAY.
Salve - ,'\08e
Drops^
Tonic and Laxative
DID YOU
KNOW\
That this is4he
completely equippe
shop in the city, and \
we are prepared to
Rive you up - to - date,
modern service, •
Sowers Garaige
Phone 196
An extra-high-hat purveyor of gro
ceries in New York also purveys fine
tobaccos, including a cigar at a dollar
an issue. They used to have the same
brand, though perhaps not the same
cigar, at six bucks per ^ch, if you
please, and if you haven’t a fancy
humUlor to keep them at about 65 de-
gi-ees and about 60 per cent humidity,
they’ll, do it for you—at a price. And.
the man at the counter since 1888
(who buys his own) smokes and likes
a len-cent cheroot. •
Ware Shoals Wins
Greenwo6<l, May 11. — Ingle,' ace
pitcher of the Riegels of Ware Shoals,
held Greenwood to' four hits today
while his team-mates hit two local
pitchers hard for a 13-2 victory. Only
two men got on base until the ninth
when three successive hits, after two
were out, shoved across ^wo runs. _
.Ingle struck out 10 and walked only
one batter.
The Riegels .scored five runs- off
(luy Williams in the early inning.s and
after knocking h(m out of the box in
the eighth in which they scored six
Mattkewg ^ata Ninety-Six
Ninety-Six, May 11.—Matthews de
feated Ninety-Six, 11 to 4, here Sat
urday, Williams arid Prjitt leading a
14>-hit attack on three Ninety-Six
pitchers.
Willianls'led the hitting with three
out of four, including a single and two
home* runs, while Pratt came next
with three doubles out of five trips
to the plate.-
Burn.s starred in the field for
Ninety-Six.
Matthews 11 14 3
Ninety-Six 4 4 0
Watts HKnks Clinton
Watts won over Clinton, 2 to 0, as
Hair pitched great ball. McAbee and]
Duncan for Watts, with Odiorne, |
Smythe and Suggs playing well fori
ClintO'n. Duncan and Sedberry ledi the
hitting.^ ^ . ■
Watts .... 2 9 !■ 1
Clinton 0 4 2
Hair and Byrd; L. Howard, Tram-
mejl and .McCarthur.
Farewell Service
For Dr. MeSween
The/churches of the city, through
the ministerial union, have arranged
a farewell service for Dr. John Me
Sween for next Sunday night at 'eight
o’clock. The service will be held-at
Broad Sitreet Metho<li»t church, with
a cordial invitation extended to ail
congregations to, unite for the special
occasion.
Dr. John MeSween, who recently ac
cepted a call to the pa.'»torate of Pur
ity Presbyterian church of Chester,
expects to leave with his family for
his new home the last of the monthr
Sumerel Requests ,
Name Be Withdrawn
S. W. Sunterel, of this cit^ named
as one of five for appointnrent in the
Nance school trustee bill, notified the
county delegation la.st week that he
had not been consulted when the bill
w'a.s drawn, that he would not acce'pt
the appointment, end requesting that
jhis rar*.p ho taken from the bill.
Mr. Sumerel is a member of the
I present board of trustee.s, the only
* member named in the senator's trus-
jtee bill apiiearing in The Chronicle
LEGION MEETS TUESDAY “
Copeland-Davidson Post No. 56,
American Legion, will holds its regu
lar meeting 'Tuevsday, May 21, at 7:30
p. m. in its clubs roms at the Masonic
Temple;
Carlton F. Winn, Adjutant.
last week. The other four named were
Dr, S, C. Hays, Horace Pajme, J. F.
Ji^cobs and W. C. Oxley.
McCormick-Deerrlng Mowers,
Rakes, Bindisrs, Twine and Re«
pairs. •
‘ J. I. COPELAND & BRO.-
1896 HARDWARE 1935
FORMAL
Thui^jr, May 16
OF OUR HANDSOME NEW
STATION ON WEST MAIN ST.
\jfe edrdirily invite pur fripnds and
the general public to visit us on our
opening day.
We are equipped to give complete
lubrication on all cars. '
SINCLAIR PRODUCTS
GOODYEAR TIRES and TUBES
PREST-O-LITE BATTERIES
WASHIN(X TIRE R^AIRING and
AUTO ACCESSORIES
Chcipmaii
Service Station
I. R. P. Chapman, Prop.'
Clinton, S. C. Wfist Main SL
About to return to France aboartl
\tho Manhattan, Louis .Bromfield
und he had inadvertently tom up
hiXticket in the taxi to the pier. He
ordt^d a lH>y to find the cab—a job
that ^‘ined impossible. But just be
fore saHing-time, the boy returned
with enough shreds of the ticket to let
Bromfield ^>ard. He’d gone down a
long line of ^bs at the pier until he
found one withVnough scraps of pa
per to look like thp right one!
1^0.MATTER
4. N how you fight
'against accident$
you’re likely to get
stuck unless you
Katherine Cornell Jriice more denie.s
that she will make a xilm soon, but
adds, “this does not meiX. that I will
never make a screen produbtion.’’ The
recent denial came from r^ors of
making a production of her ^omeo
and Juliet’’ which she did so beauHfuI-"
Ij' on the stage.
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Chapman’s’Station
To Open Today
Pontiac
i^TNA-IZE
Theft is •n iCtos Accident Policy
that not only protects you against
loss of income but pays doctor’s^
hospital and nurses* hills as well
S. W. SUMEREL
Aetna-izer
Next Door to Western Union
iPhone 80
Chapman’s Service Station', head^
by R. P. Chapman, will hold its for
mal opening today with the public
cordially invited for an inspection of
their hand.some new station just com
pleted on West Main atreet. The sta
tion will exclusively handle the fa
mous Sinclair products and offer a
complete serVice second to none in
this section, Mr; Chapman cordially
invites his friends to call at his new
home. ^ <
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When A car wine Amcelea ae ^pilcldf ae tfie Fcntlac It
must hcYO eomethlng moot lliTeni Yrant. Drive a
PontlaeJiMt once and Ton’ll Jbiote It has. ll^feriingof
•upersafetT jon get Ikom the aolld ateel *’Tiirret-Top”
Bcriy hf Fhhcr, ^triple eealed hTdraoUc brakeOf and
fnU»w^ght eteadimae It woMh Pontiac’s low price alone.
So b the dependabRitT aanired bj a Sealed Chaaeia and
SUvcr-AlloT hearixigs • •iPsmtiae’a apariJIng perform
ance and amazing eoonomT • Ita title of the moat
heaut^ui thing on uheeU^ Go ftnt to jonr Pontiac
dealer and Ton’ll agree, therm ia Ho ishe looldng furUter,
REPAIRS'— REPAIRS
McCormick^Deering Mowers and
Bindere. Binder Twine, Grain
Cradles.
J. I. COPELAND & BRO.
18%
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