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VOLUME XXXV
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12,1936
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CLINTON AaOW FOR CHflSTMAS;
THRONG SEES COLORFUL PARADE
City Transformed Into Fairyland for Holidays With Brilliant II*
lumin^iMon Adding Beauty To Business Section. Several Thou
sand Tdm Out To Welcome ^d| Cheer Santa Claus. Flashing-
On of Vari-Colored' Lights Inaujgurates Yuletide Season.
Santa Claus, tl\e bearer of jrifts,
good cheer and happiness, arrived in
Clinton last Thursday afternoon at
five o’clock and was accorded a warm
and enthusiastic welcome. A crowd
of several thousand jammed the
streets to see him, rangring in age
eis heavily laden with red, yellow
and green bulbs shine in the entire 1
l)Vsiness district in festoons of liirhts.
Several tree&» ■brilliantly \lluminated,
add ^to the 'Christpias setti^, while
the merchants arid business houses
for the second year have small light-,
^ed cedar ^rees in front of their re-
, I spective businesses. The lovely trees,
from babies in arms to old men and. ^ thousands of lights cov-
women. the business blocks complete
the Christmas picture and make the
city distinctive in its artistic and un
usual decoration features.-Few towns
anywhere this year will be more
Christmas-like, more lovely, than
Clinton.
The decorations are made possible
through the cooperation of the^City,
Merchants and Chamber of Com
merce. The lights are for the enjoy
ment ofvthe entire community and the
public is asked not to remove, abuse j
:or interfere with them in any way asi
Uhey ai-e turned on every night to re
imain lighted until after Christmas.
the scene to view the spectacle with
joy and beauty rampant as the great
crowd caught a glimpse of the “grand
ole man" from the North Pole.
Long before the hour the parade
was scheduled to start, people began
gathering along the line of march to
greet the distinguished visitor.. As
the electric switches were pulled the
city took on an added brilliance and
soon was converted into a blaze of
splendor and color.
The parade, headed by the Prebyte-
rian college R. O. T. C. band, follow
ed by members of the local National
Guai^ united, mai'ched from the col
lege up North Broad Street and circ
led around the business square, later
to disband at the monument. In the
line of maich were several lovely
floats entered \by business concerns,
the city schools, Joanna Cotton mills,, , 'ru o **
j r. ^ . . Clerk of Court Thos. W.. Bennett
and C. C. C. camp near here. A group 1 .u > n i 1 11
™ made the following legal sales in
Clerk Of, Court
. Makes Ten Sales
of beautiful horses, ridden by men
and women, also added to the color
ful spectacle. ,
Center of attraction in the parade, ■
of course, was Santa Claus, mounted
on his gorgeous float, waving cheer
ily to the boys and girls. The float
front of the court hou-^ie on Decem
ber salesday.
Federal Land Bank vs. L. 4 Hel-
lams, et al, 51.,5 acres in Dials town-
f^hip; sold to R. H Babb, -\tty., fori
?i750.
J. W. Curry vs. Mrs. Nannie Simp
which bore the jolly visitor through ^ », . , - ,
__ the great crowd was covered with' » • • y. » • I 1
'white material and gaily trimmed.
Standing up in order that the tiniest
of his admirers mi|rht see him, the
venerable grentleman dressed in red
had a benevolent smile on his face and
hapjfy words of welcome for the chil-
dcen who gathered close in order that
thc^ might not only see, but hear
what he had to say. In his Honor at
th<r conclusion of the parade, the
lights were flashed on and again Clin
ton donned her Yuletide robes and
announced that she was ready for the
Christmas celebration.
tition, 79.75 ae'res in Dials township;
.sold to J. W, Curry, for $1,000.
- Mrs. Irene Todd, et al, vs. William
Bolt, Doris Bolt and Thomas Bolt,
Jr., sale for partition, lot in city of
Laurens; sold to 0. I* fcSng, Atty.,
for $1,500. ^ - --- -
Union Central Life Ins. Co, vs. Mar
vin Wood Sanders, ei al, 109.27 acres,
sold to O. L. Long, Atty., for $500.
Federal Land Bank vs. .\ndrewt
Saxon, et al, 70 .5-8 acres in Dials
township; sold to K. F.. Babb, Atty,.,
for $1,.500.
(Jlaude H. Kellett vs. Talmadge .M.
NUMBER 50
College Observes
“Bible Week"
Three-Day' Program Begins To
morrow. Professors To Ad
dress Classes On ^lation of
Book To Their Several Fields.
Dr. Dudley Jones, chairman of the
religious activity cwnmittee of. Pres-
Ij^rian-^llegd, has announced that
uw college will sponsor a comprehen-
HIGHWAY nf.HT
RUNS Qnp SNAG
Legislature Won’t Act On High
way Measures Until “Olin”
Removes Troops. Several
Road, Bills OfferAjd. O^a^ock
Threatens Progri
Columbia, Dec. 10.—A deadlock be
tween Governor Olin Johnston%nd the
, , - . . , ... .South Carolina legi.slature he .sum-
jsive program of Bible study thi3j;;oned into an emergency session at
. . ;»'oon appeared imminent today unle-o
Th. program is m connection with|the govenior su.spend.s military con-
the celebration of the four hundredth I trol of the slate highway depart-
O Tt m tra) t*<Z Q r\r nr fVtn f Via t . ^ * •
ment.
anniversary of the printing of the
complete Bible in the English lang-
I uage.
It wa.s Miles Coverdale who,' in
1534, printed the complete Bible into
(English. He worked with the sanction
if not the authority of Henry VIII
and dedicated tlie book , to Henry.
Coverdale'was the first to reveal the
complete Word of God to the EngHsh
speaking world.
The program will begin on»Friday,
December 13, and extend through the
r4th and 15th.
\ Various members of the faculty
wHJl take a class. period to discuss
some^ feature of the Bible and its re-
laliohxto the work of his department.
H. K\Kturgeon, professor of chem
istry, wiR talk on “The Bible and
Chemi.stry.\ .
Four of the eight measures intro
duced during the opening .se.ssion
called upon the governor to demobo-
lize National Guard forces which
have held the highway offices .since
his coup October 28 ansi several a’d-
ded provisions urging him to\recog-
ni’ite the twice-ouste<i highway <;om-
mission and ordering an audit of t^h *
period of military occupation.
I The other lour were bill.s for t.h •
I reorganization of the road bureau ad-
' ministration, the purpejse for which
the governor convened the logishi-
tui'e. ()ne hy Rep. J. P. Mozingo had
the public approval of the ‘executive
expressed in his addreSs to the as
sembly. ♦
The .Mozingo bill would uuthoriz.-
Ithe state sinking fimtl commi.ss-ion of
Dr. F. W. (\obk, professor of phys-i .
ics, will UdI hVw-the Bible affi^ted
:tho lives of somcKeminent scientists. highway affairs untJ
Dr. S. M. Hun
French, will discus.s ^Trench
tions of the Bible. ^
Dr. A. E. Spencer
French, will have as
Manuscripts Behind the
Bible." _
profes.sbr of
transla-
cer,
IS his cq|)ic.
the )K*ople elwt a new commission of
six next fall. Cithers provideti for u
temi^oroary board of tip;ee to i»e eho-/-
i-ofe.ssor ofi^'" the .legislature and for popul;< •
' ‘ election of a conimission Of .seven (<»
11—the present number. ’
The governor announced thi.s after
noon that he ha^ ordered a letac 1-
'ment of ten national guard me 1 vvb •
|.seized a highway license office at
“The
Engli.sh
DR. BRIMM HAS BIBLE PRINTED _
IN 1480; ALSO THE POLYGLOT
(From The Blue Stocking)
“Four centuries have passed since
the .printing of the first English
BibU*.” For the past few week.s, that
The city now prewnts the j ^^le for partition, 81 land similar statenient.s have been re
of a beautiful vari-cbloi-ed Fairy-! 1, 1 . u- 1 1
land, .the decorations beiTrg in iceeiP-tem township^ ioldr^UMl^to-the T^nnl
ing with those of last year, .^tre^n- ! * i, , 1 oi n vr n * * *
VV. Ci. McDaniel and T. B. McDan-
If? Thomas, et al, 1 5-8 acres
Date rixeci ror ■nearWatt.sMill.s;soldtoR. E. .Babb,
• ri. . (Atty., for $900.
V^ampai^H ijlaFll Home owners I.and (’ori>. vs.'('. (’.
John.son and Anna Johnson, lot on
I
in the space left by the printer for
each purpose. Each biblical book be
gins. indiscriminately wherever the
Dr. D. J. Brifhm, professor of Bdble,
will address the entire freshnmn eV«»
on Bible history.-^ « 1 * 1.. 1 -,1..
111-. Dudlfy .)on&, profimsoTot p»y-U.^“''
chology, will talk on “Some Paycho- '
logical Terms in the English New
Testament.”
Dr. M. G. Woodworth, profeaaor of ‘I"'" “T”','' Hoopi fio:.i
Enifliah, win diwua,. .“The.Bible am|!'"' ™»">.'"Khway offices here in an
Its.-Influence on English Literature."
H. T. Swedenberg, professor of
English, will use.the same topic, “The
I' i'll f
f.rmoiy at Orangeburg.
He, gave no indication of bi-> aui-
addresH tb, the legislature charging
the “blue bW»ds and aii.^tbcrats’’ hud
fought him irKalliance with the high
way eommis.dion, “ringmasters of to**
'political ring thht has duminute I
South Carolina unlN, the mass of th •
people expressed l»y iH\' <‘lecti(in Iheii
disapproval of the eo^liniiation of
through reiKdition they have lost
their meaning and'interest. Perhaps
if Dr. I), J. Brimm, of Presbyterian jtmnabulunr’- that is to say,
college faculty could be prevafled up- Latin Vord meaning “birthplace” has
Bible’s Influence on English Litera
ture.’’ ^
Dr. J. H. Workman, profes.m»r of 1'
education, will use “The Bible in Edu-i
last book ends; Exodus begins in the.*^®^^ ^keme of his c|^assroom| inlc ”
mi<Wle of a eolumn. Only the u,Incipient M-nat.- action XiWflwbi!-
logue and the Imok of Genesis J;;, mh!;. iu. 1; ' ' icfl an imniediale threat dUdueJi-'
initial letters tlecorated in mon* thanfp^^^ °^ cxhd)it-m the4L-r^ . the enactoient of • cooimi“.sio'»
one color containing real gold leaf I'lrary and distnbuU* literature on the - nimi. 1
tme color, coriuiiiiing real gum 11 hi. i 1 ,: bill^ long a.-i the militia contmuc I
Technically speaking, it is an ‘‘>n-, ...jto bold the rou.l bun-au ondci a c.
is to say, as the' ^ class noui's on December
become sjKfcialized to .denote, it-is a
sjiecimen of the printer’s art done
on to jilace on display during Bible
week a volume from his collection of
old txlltions, it would be clearer to the j prior to 1.501,
President Roosevelt To Openl^’*’** sireei; soia lo u. I... Ixing, Atty., | average student why'such importance* Thomas Pettigrew in 1827 knew of
l> Wi4k Rrno «!«>•« af ‘ $1,020. js attached to the translation into la copy of this Bible In the collection
1 ariyTRrne wiin Isroaaca.si| j^LutJier Wa.sson, adininisti'ator,_vs., English of th® Bible, and the priceless!of the Due de la ValUere. Whether iti
On January 8th. . Keys Printing Co., et al, sale for par-li)oon thereby bestowed upon the 10th'was th4‘i^'nkical oqe d*^th^ posses-
tition, three parcels as follows: HomeIcentu^^y reader whose “small Ijatin*sion of ^r.ABrimni/>^i]J/mevcr be
dract, to J. Luther Was.son for $1,175; I and It^s Greek” had hitherto repdered I known, for itfKhAmlwme handtooled
Harry tract to (*. E. Wasson for j impo.s.sfhle his reading of the scrip- whole calf binding is not the original,
M. K. Setzler 1 ture.s. '
and M will be us<*d hy the prnfessors'A’'"■ideh the >tate
supreme couil
fur these discussions.
(leclured unconstitutional ’rinirsday.
et al, sold
Washingrton, Dec. 7.—The ^ Demo
cratic party today fixed January 8
as the date for formal opening of its
campaign to remain in control of the
government for another four years.
President Roosewlt will open the
drive in an address to be broadca.stllows: Parcel No. 1, one tract to .S.
to Democrats at 1,500 simultaneous | L. Peden for $510; second tract to
Jackson Day Dinner celebrations S. L. Peden for $505; third tract to
throughout the nation. i S. L, Peden for $250; Parcel No. 2,
Announcement of the plan was sold -tp D. D. Peden for $55;^ Parcel
made by Chairman James A. Farley/.No, 3, sold to W. E. Gray for $10^;
of the Dempcratic national committeei Parcel No. 4, sold to S. L. Peden for
last night, a few hours after Sena-j $225; Parcel No. 5, sold to S. L.
tor (^orge W. Norris, veteran ,\e- ^ Peden for $55. / '
braska progressive Republican, an--
nounced flatly that he would not s(*ek ffy ■ p •!
a SlllUly
paign for Mr. Roosevelt, |
In an appeal for aid from state;
presidents of the Young p‘-*ni<)ciat'
clubs, Farley reveale<l in ah unpre- .'"Mr. and Mrs. Roy Workman and
cedented ^4R-state telephone hooi>up young son,"'Roy, Jr., of this city, re-
thaKthe ^national committee hopes to ceived severe injuries last Wednesday
faten its campaign fund by extract-}afternoon in an automible. accident
ing part of the prices paid by ,the‘-(Jn the Greenwooil highway about
Jackson day diners. j three milfes South of Clinton. The ac-
The key “dinner will be held here, eijent occurred when a truck entering
and the pre.sident will be joined by the highway from a side road and the
c^inet members and high party of- ^ Workman car crashed, the latter
ficials in sounding the opening blasts j turning over several times and Mrs.*
On Friday, the 13th. Dean M. W.| . were mtro-
Brown, profe.ssor of hi.story, ,'liu-vd. <m.. by Si-rmti.rs Nam-c. oLI.au--
speak at a special chapel hour on the i""
subject, “The Engli.sh Bible and Cul- h*'' I’^^^lap of \ork. ieqmr-
*t ^ . ing only a majority vote of the sen-
On .Sun,'lay mi.iniiiK Ihe ,u,Jat.-lu l•^.|•„l■,l that liiiily us ii.fiisinK t..
cli-nts of IVei.byte.ian collw,-undur,'’""' •■Kuilal.on wlul^lh.-
thi. auapicea of thu Y. M. O. A., will I “ ‘S’" "" ''“‘k'-
climax the scries of events with a , , '*I^**^^***'''
tie doubt that the chamber.
was |it-
No. 3, to M. K. Setzler j ture.s. . ^ ' jand it consequently contains no i p^.^!JuXr[an^*hurrr"^^^^^ ^ ^‘’‘* *^^'''‘^; Jegi.su"red approximated^
for $290. , It is probably the most unique vol-1 natures. , Piesbyteiian chu ch. , 'v^u* against .John.stdh measures la,>t
C. L. Peden, et al, vs. D. D. Peden, i ume in his library. Printed in 1480, it I Dr. Brimm also has a set of the fa-! special featuies of thi.s service.
in three parcels, as fol-jis the third edition of the Utin Bible
executed by Francisci de Hailbrun, in
Venice. It offers an excellent example
of the difficulties faced at that time
by one eager to read, yet no deep
scholar; its two-column page is set up
in beautiful but almo.st unreadable
small gothic type, i*ather resembling
modern German characters; the Latin
I of its text i.s,,abbreviated in a manner
mous “Republican" edition of the
Polyglot Bible—.so-called because its >
editor, Brian Walton, publishe<i it in
1657 during Cromwell’s period. The
editions after the restoiation of
Charles II lost this, unique title. *
The enormous volumes contain in
parallel columns the text of the Bible
in seven Semitic tongues—.Samaritan,:
C'haldaic, Arabian, Persian', Ethiopian,
I fit to make a physician given with • Greek, and the I^atin Vulgate. In that
Frank .fbhnston of .refferson,' Ga., will j would approve thev^ U.nio. it.w
speak on'’^he English Bible and the i parliamentary objvvt.on j.iv-
VVoi\der of Its (liivulation,” Colin
Hudson of Greenville, will speak on
“The English Bible and Our Daily
.Speech." Richard Potter of Atlanta,, ^ i ■ , ■
Ca., will u.se the theme, “The Great of .both biancb-
Book and the Great Men.’’ Erne.st Ar-i^*'" ‘'ff‘'*’t*ve. unlike the sen-
nold of Syiacauga, Ala., president of to which Senators
the Y.M.C.A. will sjieak on “The
vented immediate consideratLim of ajl
four lesidutioB.s.
The two re.solutions offered ip the
hou.se were concurrent Mica.-ure.s n*-
Hurt In Wreck
lenvy, past ma.ster ..though pe is at the .day, all tyi>e was setjby.-hand. It must ; 4 , tu y
" ; aiC'‘Vir7ien”‘apl^^ the writing out'have necessitated a type-setter with ' , Pj.ogram i.s
.lof iiiBHiriptionii in cliplHnl Utin- «l leant tha cnuivalent of a ..even-'*'"’'’'';':.!" P'ii’aU'.a
Book and Our Spirit?’
The juyrjjpsc of the .study ahd.eom-
to give
“nomina” without warn
prescriptions
for instance,
ing becomes “noia."
Some monkish scribe long gone to
dust painstakingly painted the imtial
Folk of Bamberg and Nicbol.son of
Greenwood objected. Olijccfion of ten
repre.sentativi's carried them over.
One oT'^the lesniutTonT wa> intro
and public
, ■ a»«|.niWie.s for Ills Kift of the print-,
....... tonKuo; for |he"‘‘"'r -- -l'“"|‘•'rs. ii.,l:i.lmK a
proof-reailiPK. ^Ilam. famoui. f,,,.,„|» ,,f tlw ,aovm,..r.
old Kngl,i.h madhouae. probaW^haie.,,,,,, „ |*,,Tiu.y wvi-.. Iti.p.-. Il..,ip,.|t - llii^.r.
hat of charter^ meurtsera ip iho,Jjfemd heart of the Knitliah-| N''rt“n. ' alf. K a i P 1.1.
Wravler, (icoige, ( alhoiin, 1 lioma-
teenth
equivalent
centui'y Ph.D. — and
as
letter in each chapter m red irr blueTfproof-readers of the polyglot Bible
a-..
on its
speaking jicoples
.years. To
.M UK- r.ngiisn- .
Fieoples for four hundred LV lr ri' ' I'v
bring'into our naLu.nal A^**';*'!*?'*- ,
iving at this time the great'
*_ mnpul nn/l jlHl! /ui4). t.
-.- ^ ■ ’'-'wholeaome. moral and apiritual infill-,
ences of the Bible: by encouragement' ^ t-’'''»'riior-
to the constant use of it by hundreds A'‘ exjus-ted "i -i inc n-o-
f\f r\f »*xxa/lai s*c* najiar • i * ^ ^ C OIUC Uj) fOF ( O fli ll(*! H c f O !1 ill
of the forthcoming political battle.
Although Mr. Roosevelt 'undoubt-
edJy will be the party’s candidate,
Workman being thrown from the ma
chine.
The injured family was rushed to
“most decide who shall be the candi
date."
barring some unforseen circumstance hospital here by ambulance where
at next y^r’s national convention, hejan examination showed that Mr. and
has refrained from disclosing his po-1 Mrs. Workman -were not seriously in-
eition. W’hen pressed recently for injured but had suffered minor inju-
statement, he said the convention ries. Their young son received se
rious head injuries and has been crit
ically ill for several days, his condi
tion now, however, is reported as Im
proving. Mr. Worieman was able to
return to his home Monday night,
while the mother and son are still
hospital patients. The friends of the
family are distressed to learn of their
kocident, and unite in wishing them ji
speedy rec'overy.
State School
Mon^ Given
^lumbia, Dec. 7. —Comptroller
^General A. J. Beattie announced to
day the disbursement of $889,415 to
South Carolina counties in state aid
for schools.
The payment was the third of the
scholastic year 1985-36 and was, made
from proceeds of a statewide three
mill tak.
The stgte appropriation for school
aid was •$2,872,00(L >
■ ■ ■■ L-
AT METHODIST CHURCH
Regular services will be held at
North Broad street Methodist church
Sunday both rooming and evening.
At the evening hour the pastor, Dr.
J. C. Roper, will use as the si^jen
of his sermon, “A Yoai|g Christian
With a Forward Look.”
THIS IS STATION
A - X - R
. ^ Avoid - Xmas - Rudi
■'LEASE DON’T STAND BY ^ DONT WAIT
“SHOP EARLY IN CLINTON"
abditi ini'itl i\ *(..
tof thousand.^ of readers new and old; i*'‘*"*‘^
iby helping all who do not possess •'’'***•/ convei.t
[to have it for their own—e.specially in "
!America’s homes.. »'*''** *“
j \ , . '] 'Bchment iMott'euings, itej*. Caii-
^ __ 1^^^^ Horry had thnatened to d<»
necessin'y," pending te l vote'* in
,V.KlZen8 maiures ^ house, whe.;. «,ssent ni 83 of the
! niehibers would b< rei|uiivd lo
**^^* *^* iinjiearb.
(yhalrmun Calhoun Thoaia.s o f
Beaufort ualleil the house judiciary
committee to. meet tomorrow mom- i
ing and pass, upon the foiu- commis
sion bill^ referred to it so they might
LET THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS
TODAY AND NEXT WEEK SOLVE YOUR GIFT
AND SANTA CLAUS PROBLEMS BEFORE
YOU START ON YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOP
PING TOUR THROUGH '^E CLINTON
STORES. ^
{ Announcement mms made yesterday
'}by the board of dirbetors of the Citi
zens Building & as.sociation of
the maturing of Series “W” with the
^November 15th pyrnerit^the series | ,.eceive prompt attention,
running for. a i>eriod of 80 months,} governor announced in his raes-
.^he .same as required for Series “V"j.sajjre asking .the legi.slature to “make
I which .was distributed last year to itslqyj(.|( work” of the extra .s<‘s.sion that.
,shareholders. Distribution of the he. plannt^d to sec a $3 auto tag hill, <
shares of stock covered by the series ieducing license fee* .50 ihm- cent and
will be made on December 15th. jmore, introduced during the special
The Citizens, which is- the city’s term in line vpth his mm paign prom-
oldest building and loan association, ises. Several supporters "were pre-
now has eleven serie.s in process of paring such a bill,
maturity. Its officers are: Dr. M. The governor pledged himself
J. McFadden, president; D. E. Trib
ble, vice-president; B. H. Boyd, secty-
^treas.-
to* cast a vote’’ as chairman of
sinking fund commission if it
(Cohtinned on page two)