TH^ CHRONICLE
StriTes To B« a Clean l<^e«a>
Hapcr, Caaiptcte, Neirap,
>. aad ReliaUct .1
VOLUME XXXV
CLINTON,.S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26; 1935 •
NUMBER 52
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SOUTH BACKS
“NEW DEAL”
Other Sections Tabulated So Far
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In National Poll Are Opposed
To Present Administration.
ASSEMBLY HAS
10 ROAD BILLS
Permanent Highn^y Reorgani
zation Expected At Regular
Session. Special Term Ends.
»vVO TH()US.A>|t) ^vears ago Augustus
world was to 1)6 taxed. .
Thus Joseph took Mary,'his betr
("aesar issued a. decTee that all the
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! Jesus, the Son soon
wore huml)le and i M
each other. They j
acro.ss the well-oulti-1 ^
Aj^flarent determination of tho/ifov- ;
ernor and hi.s adherents to prevent
the 13 commissioners f^rom refining
office fijTured prominehtly in pros
pects of action at the "session.
Term.s of a majority of the 13 ex
pire by next April 1.5, but the emer-
Ifency setup ends within .00 di^s and
five Johnston appointee.s to theXcom-
Columbia, . Dec. 22. — Adjournment
of a special 12-day leprislative session
left the enactment of permanent higrh-
way reorganization measures todby to
the regular session convening Janu
ary 14.
The question, with 10 pending bills
varying ^in purpose from quick aboli- ^
tion of the present cbmmission prac-'^d Alary,
tically to its continuation in office,* Joseph'and Mary
threatened to levive issuiies ofjthe an<l they' lovet
heate<l special term next month.' i gazed hapj)ilj'
A temporary highway control board I vated terraced valleys, acwss the i
created yesterday may be terminated jfieids where sliepherds guarded tht< '
Under provisions of the act whenever, fitnUs, noted the old stone watch tow
the state highwaj^ commission that ^rs wheix* the farmers and sht'pherd.s I
Governor Johnston t\^ce ousted is J-e- could go to look far acmss their lands
instated by the courts. in 1^1 directions. Then they glimpse<l j
Three of the commissioners appeal-1 the city of Bethlehem, a small aiid'
ed to circoit jud^*s as .soon as the:humble village who.se rock walls, cob-)
governor ordertkl their removal, and j bled .streets and .stone buildings show-'
decision.s‘are iRxpected before the leg-ied gray and were uninviting.
H.tur. convi.n^^. Final adjudication,; The. man and wim.an wended their
however, may Ik- prolonged hy su-. , tex-pav
preme court appeals.
inn where they soagrht lodging. The
inn was overflowing. Pt*<)ple wei’e
having to sleep by the w-ayside. Now
Mary waR with dhild and Jo.seph
wanted to protect her and make her
comfortable, but no room was to be
had. So the couple sought shelter in
the utable beside their tiny donkey.
The stable was a cave or grotto, in
the rocks with crude wfKMkm mangers
fillefi with hay. Heiv, in the year 4
B. C.. the thirty-thinl year of the
feign^ of Herod the Great, Jesus of
l^-ljzapeth was born. .Mary wrai)pe<i
Hipj in swaddling clothes and laid
Him in a nianger. Jb^e the sheplnM'd.s
to wi?iHn angels had announced • tht
.Saviour\ birth, came, to' kneel low be-j
side the\hiimble lK‘d and lay Iheii
gifts j)efoVe the Bain* whom they,
adored. \
Because this Babe was Imuti the I
w'orld ix^pices and celebiatesj
('hristmas. Joy, jY^ce, love, humility,
■—all the great truths of Christianity i
came to the w'orld with His birth. The
basis of modein civilization Hes in
the little town of Bethlebemi
Kven as the Wise MenX2.bbO years
ago made their Way to the'^ shrine, m
pilgrims, toun.sts. believers a^d non-
from the home of her mother
Ann in Jeru.'^alem and journeyed to Bethlehem to pay dheir taxes. Now the
way was six miles. Mary, seated sidewise on a small donkey, witlv their few
belonifinKs tied in a cloth hanging across the donkey’s neck, anti Jo.seph
trudging beside her, found their wa^^hrough the naih-ow streets of aPqient
Jerusalem, through the Joppa or Jaffa Gate down into the Valley of Gihon,
then up to the ridge or Water/shed of J’alestine’s hill country and on to the
'’Plain of Rephaim. Midway on the plain thi'y probably paused beside the
road to drink from a well. They did not kiurw this well would some day be
called the Well of the Magi because the three Wise Shepherds following
“God’s bright star’’ would stop there to drink and to see the star reflected
in the
P” New York, Deo. 21,* The South is
almost solid for the New Deal, hut
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lajl other sections of the nation repre-
jsented so far in the Literary Digest’s
I current straw vote are against the
ipn'sent Democratic administration,
[tabulations indicate,
j Rcpre.senting S 111,320 votes from
ithirty-four stptes, mainly in the South
and West, the poll shows'^?.HP
poll snows'^ <.»>'.> per
cent of voters answering in the nega
tive to the controversial question: “Do
you now approve the acts apd policies
of the Roosevelt New IH*al to date?”
A week ago, the anti-New iVaPper-
centag^was given as T)T.724, ■■
Right states shown in the poll for
the first time were evenly divided,
Arkansas, Mississippi, Ixiuisaina and
►SoutK Carolina favore<l the New Deal.
Wi.scoiisin, New Hampshire, Was^htng-
ton and Oi^egon wove opposed.
.Seven othXf states favor the New
. , , ,, , , , 1 I i n u X u r They atWVirginia, North Caro-
water.s (lepth.s a.s they traveled by camel-tp Bethlehem iii .search of exorgia, k^ntucky. Tenne.s.sei',
to he born’ ^
mission were not confirme<l.
.the
senate during the special session.
The situation was viewe<l officially
as making some action early duning
the ^.session imperative. ■
Pif'sihiiity of a <tj“a<llock Indween
the>iT<»vernor and senate'ovci- at least
sr»mc of his itppointTnrnls lent
stivngth to movements for. changing
the apjTointment-cqnfirnTation sy.stem
—a reason advanced for not acting
on the pending appointments during
the extra .session. — —
•None of the 10 reorganization bills
referred to the house judiciary' com-
mittce would continue the present
system. I.egislative and popular elec
tions wei-e the two basic mean.s pro-
fvosed for naming future commis
sions.
A resolution by Representative JL
C. Godfrey, of Spartanburg, for the
drafting of provisions for a popular
referendum January 7 on whether the i believers journey today acroYfs the
l>eople wanted the personnel of the I self-same road, still the main ^A'tery
highway Commission change<l wasjof communication b<-tween JerusaVm
killed, in effect, by hou.se action yes- and all th<* .southein part of 1
“Behold, I Bring You Tidings...”
So .spoke the Augel of the Lord to the shepherds
oil a hill in Judea. “Tidings’’ means “new.V and the
news which they heard that winter night two thou
sand years ago was*the news.(if the greatest event in
the history of mankind. \ •
“Behold,. 1 Bring You Tidings...”
Each week throughout the year, THh] .CHRONI-
"^CLE brings you the tidings of this community — the
news of your relatives, your_ neighbors and yonr
friends.
It brings you all the new.s—the news of communi
ty activity and achievement, the news of the every
day life oLthe mep and women and children who make
"up this community.
It brings'you clean news, constructive new.s,> hope
ful news, wholesome news —the kind of news that
makes this newspape# a welcome, visitor Jn your
homes.
“Behold. 1 Bring You Tidings....”
.And now as this year draws to a clo.se, in this
spirit and in appreciation of the tokens of frieiulship
from its readers and advertisers, THE GURONIGLE
extends to all the compliments and felicitations of the
season and wishes for you a Happy Ghristma.s and a
Joyous and Prosperous New Year.
County Relief In
Indefinite Shape
rf'rom The .Sparlanl)urg Him aid.
j B. R. TtMiipIcton, of Del V'yllc, Ti-.\.,
11)t‘li<*vc<l to lx* the last .'^uivivor of
jXomimny F, 1 Ith icgimcnt, .South
(’arolinu volunteers, died Tuesday
morning at hi.s home -aftTr seveial
months of declining health.
.Mr. Templeton was born m I<au-
• L'ered his .services to th<* ca^ise of the
. , f('onfe<lcMacy on August HI, 18(11, and
Admin- ■ /< ' i* .u u
( ompany i* through
Oklahoma and
nti-New Deal
B. P. Templeton
—- Dies In Texas
terday continuing it to February 21.
' The pending bills came roughly, into
two cla-ssiffcations — those which
would supplant the present* commis
sion imme<liately and, those which
would allow
their terms,
They see the \V'<‘11
terraces! gardens,
fields, and the old,
The highway
The traveler
.^ays The-Laurens yAdveilisCr:
/.1.x* Relief of unemployables in Lau-
of the Magi, thtV . ,
the shepherds’eouniy after Japuary 1 was left
old watch towers. I irKan indefiniti* shape Monday morn-
r is now smoothly paveil.! ing^ when the county delegation, act-
•.s all too ofterj ride in ling on a memorandum laid iH'fore it|^
other funds which .State KRA‘
istrator J. I). Kuj(f) offered for relief
jiurposes in the county during the
months of January,. February and
March;
The nicMnoranduin was laid Ix'fore
the delegation by County Commis
sioners Powers and Wharton, follow
ing a conferentx* they held with Col.
Kul|) la.st Thursday in Golumbiu. The
in
the
seiwed
war.
In the fall of 1867 he left .South
('arolina and .settle<l in Del Valle, Tra
vis county, Texas.
' He marned Miss Ad<lie Harris of
that community,, who died about 28
year.s ago.
.Surviving are the follovfing chil
dren: Mrs. Enuna Young of .Austin,
slipc'nd of $100 a year, one placing come from near and far to the Holy
the rigui'e"’4s hTglT all To,'00(n""Three T'.<ah(t, p'lBTfiTciilarly to ancient Bethle-
,would reduce the number of commis- henv, who.se grayness has increa.^ed
with centuries of dust and eio,sion on
it sladen-hued stones. But dull as is
ommissioners, it is understo(K>, pa.ss-, iVxaM, Lee Brook of Dell Vylle, Kd-
,, . , , , , , -'I memorandum (tn to the delega-lm„n,i iu.i VhIIi* hmiI Vfiss
its members to .serve out luxurious .motor cars. But they still by the board of county commissioners, without making a lecommerHla- ^ Valle, ami .viiss
. pass, caimans of camels and a.sses refused grant funds to supplement
P'ive of the bills would pay the com-1aixl see pedestrians garbeil in cys- : \ /• i\,i’ i i . i r i i .u
mi.ssioners more than their prasent tume;* of many lands. For [lilgrims different iiHtionalitjes of ( hristians ^ -X up, i '
now guard this church and hold sei-: coinmi.ssioners that his office would
yiees there, 'fhe jilace is strikingly <i<*Jlar for dollar up to a .suffi-
Simple.'The (Leek Orthodox ami the | amount necessary to lake care
Armenian and Synan churches occu-.i*’^ county s unemployables,
py the main floor. Two circular stair-' Lmler the plan of < ol. hulp a new
ead to the daf-k cave,s Ih*1ow. <l<‘l>aOment of public wclfavc i.s
Op being set up, which will appoint a
Claibe Templeton of Del Valle; also
one sister, Mrs. .Mary Ellis Temple
ton l/ockman of .Spartanburg.
His youngest son, B. P. Templeton,
Jr., died during the World war.
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~sionerf| fram 1.") to six or .seven. )
WORLD CRISIS
The international xi’isis it) brief :
London — Anthony Eden becomes
foreign secretary as British .scramble
lan policy in response to ^nationwide
denunciation of Hoare peace scheme;
Eden jroungest ever to Bold po.st.
Rome ~ Elden appointment -bitter
blow to Italy, which holds him arch-'
enemy; peace believed killed; Ethiop
ian war to be pu.shed to military con
clusion; European danger intensified.
Paris — French fear Eden dooms
peace chances although favorable gen-
erally. ^
Geneva — League “pleasantly sur
prised” by Eden elevation; oil sanc
tions possible in January. .
Berlin—Germans cool to Eden ap
pointment.
Clinitpn Plans
Quiet Yuletide
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(Minton is - doing her laist-pirnutc
shopping today In preparation for a
quiet observance of Christmas l)ay
tomorrow. —
.Santa Claus is expec^^o tonight' to
visit thousands of -homes in this .sec
tion leaving pi-esents for deserving
I boys and girls on his list this year.
(.j^y ^5]| tomojTow with
Ellis was notified Monday that 'the cotton mills, store.s, offices, bunks,
die has been awarded a four-year j post office, and business establish-
lit-Ucjjiolarship appointment to the United ments all clo.sed for the day.
its entrance jtle altar, Seldom is the grotto with-[states .Military academy. West Point, The^ spirit, of flhnstmas is in evi-
door is so small even a short person, out wor^ippers. Whether or not they |N. Y., beginning next July. Dill is de^e everywhere with crowds on the
its outward apix-arance, few approach "ays lead to tjje
the city without a thrill of reverence: There is a chajiel in thc
aml awe, without renewing ac(|uaint- Fhe floor is a great silv
aned with the Holy Scriptures -and' silver nails over a hollow
gaining inspiration and faith. Today ^
jthey cross the Hvely bazaars where Around the star is the inscrijHion:
.“objects of piety” made of sheUs,. “Hie de Virgine .Marur-Jesus (Mjri.st-
back to atron* Pro-Lojrue K,l."
wide space among the food-stuffs and: Fifteen silver lamps uncea.singry
goods for sale^JTbey go to the CHurcb|bur» day and night ovei- this hed
caves
grotW). w,. I
I'er star withU'”^^*^y l>oa>d of public welfare in each
,• ^ere .Mary 1*^ 'I'aiirens county an admin
istrative pers-ofHwd- would be aiijioint-
e<l to consist of a dircftor at $1)0 a
month, two visitor’s at $7(i^and $65 a
month, a chief clerk at $70 and an
other clerk at $6."). ' *
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Alabama and Texas
Florida have slight
IK'.al majorities.
Other states showing, negative ma
jorities aix> ('alifornia, (’oloi itdo, Con
necticut, Illinois, Indiana’, Iowa, Kan
sas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michi-
ban, Minnesota, Missouri, NebraskaX
New Hampshire, North l)n,kota, Ohio,
Oregon, .South Dakota, Washington,
West Virginia, Wisconsin.
The thirty-four states rei>orttxl on'
to date contain ajiproxiniately thre,e-
fourths of the population of the* na
tion and far more than a majority
of electoral colU'ge* voles. '
The tw.enty-three* state's registe*nng
eipjiositiem tei the administration re*p-
i-t*.sent*26r) electoral ceiile'gi* veites, eine
VeiteTe.ss than a majority. Th<* ele\M*n
.Southern* states shown faveiring the
New Deal have 128 votes in the elee-
teiral college balloting, which hamos
the jiresident. The fourteen states yet
unheard from represent 138 vott*s.
Comparison .of current straw vote
figures with the vote President. Roose
velt received in 11)32 indicates he has
lost |io|)vilarity in all states h<*ard
frbm^exeejit K(*ntucky, where a gain
in N’(*w Deal sentiment is ghown.
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of the Nativity, Bethlehem’s greate.st i place. Four belong to the I.4itins, six
relic of antiquity. In 330 B. (’, (’on-*to the Greek .Orthodox, and five to
istantine-built this basilica above what I the Armenians and Syrians. Repre-
is believed to be the gfotto-stable in j sentatives from many Christian na-
which Christ was born. The church tions kneel in common before the
looks like a fortress and its entrance!tie altar, Seldom is the
^or^i
made j believey^is to be the authentic s[M)t
cau.se U>f the Nativity, it carries the amtos
WINS APPOINTMENT
1^1
must
thus
stoop to enter. It was
not, 'as .spme say, to
thoughts of humility and reverence Iphere of holiness and spirituality. Th^'of the junior class at I
upon entering so holy a place, but to | handsome, proud natives of Bethjcf- college where he mak
prevent the ancient Saracens and'henj seem always a happy people/but; standing record. His friemls will
Turks when they were in power fromiaA Christma.s time Bethlehem' radi-;with genuine 'pleasure ’ of the
desecrating the place with cattle. Fivejates joy. • honor he has received. :
the only .son of „.V|lr. and. Mrs. Geoj-ge streets' buying and carrying gifts to
H. Ellis, of this city, and a memb^ joveil ones and friend.s, receiving in
l*resbyte|Lan turn other appreciations of love and
ing an out- friendship. Many aie spending Christ-
learn
high
<hip. Many aie spending
mas out of the city visiting relatives,
while others have returned to their
• homes here for dhi* holiday season.
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