The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, April 28, 1938, Image 2
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1938
mm THEATRE
Battle Royal
Over Recovery
I Bitter Controversy Looms In
I House. Program Charged As
j Being “Sabotaged” By Cor-
I porations.
Truck Bill Now
With Johnston
William E. Jones
Dies At Hosnital 15 Years Ago
*^*^^^*’ “^®F**'‘“|lte«i» of From The Chronicle
Night To Sign or Veto Liber
alized Act.
r Veti
Governor Has Until Friday World War Veteran Paaaea At
Oteen After Extended Illness^
MONDAY AND TUESDAY,
May 2 and 3
**The Big Broadcast”!
SUiring W. C. FIELDS. MARTHA |
RAYE. SHIRLEY ROSS. DOROTHY,
LAMOUR. BEN BLUE and RUFE Washington, April 25, — President
DAVIS. . Roosevelt’s ^,512,000,000 recovery
A show to shout about my chicka-' program was plunged into bitter ^’renresentatives saw fail-
decs! Tremendous In tunea! Stupen- troversy in the house late today when^*^^ ^ ♦ v • ,v. aay t
dons in specUcle! 12 sensational sUrs Majority Leader Sam Rayburn, Dem-jure of an attempt to bring up the Carolina avenue.
April 2S. 1»MI
1
Summer Closing To
Start May 4th
The following petition, circulskted
I yesterday, was furnished The ORh>n-.
Q.indav Hill president of icle'with a request for publication to-
Funeral Sunda)^ Cross Hill. Presbyterian college, yesterday an- day:
7 '*
Columbia, April 26,—^The act for
more liberal truck limitations went to
Governor Olin Johnston today while
, , j, j- 1 _*tnounced a gift of 166,000 by Col. Le-
fsWilliam Elbert Jones, 41, died at ; o....;.. * # , . u j nr . . ...
‘ roy Springs of Lancaster, for a hand- > We, the undersigned business firma
some gymnasium. ;of the town of Clinton, do agree to
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Frazier and close our places of business each Wed-
the Veterans’ hospital, Oteen, N. C.,
last Friday where lie had been a pa
tient for the past two years. i , ... j , . .
The body arrived here early of Blairs, hre visiting the nesday at twelve o clock, noon, during
day morning and was removed to his! letter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Rhett the'months of May. June, July, and
Fu-' Copeland^
August.
of sUge, screen and radio-sind that’s ocrat, of Texas, charged it is ^^ing; teacher retirement hill as it got dowi»i^gj.^j ^^vices were held Sunday af-i Mrs. Jas. R. Copeland is visiting ^ Treasurer,
a mighty mouthful, my chlckadeesf sabotaged by “big corporations.’ ^be work of the 16th Iogi8l^tive!tprn^n‘'4^-'4;g0 ^ Liberty 'brings!her sister, Mrs. Harvey Brannon, in Copeland A Bro., S. M. A E. H.
“News of the Day." ' 1 To support his allegations Rayburn {Presbyterian church, Cross Hill, of Statesboro, Ga. Wilkes A Co., City Sales Co., Blakely
10 A. M. Show—MONDAY. ,read an anonymous letter received _ . i
10c and 25c
I at the White Hou.se, together with
iserit»8 of printed petitions allegedly!
The truck measure was ratified by which he was an elder. The services j Miss Hara Duckett and Mrs. Hamp R ^
^ i.e ev. HO.,,..
WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY, being circulated by a “large Michi-1jlately to the governor who, under cemetery, with a large{in Spartanburg.
May 4 and 5 corporation. The author o^ ^®|the law, wifi have until mid-night gathering of friends assembled bothi
Bankers, Abrams A 'Geer Beauty
Shop, Abrams A Geer Barber Shop,
AVg Ca V • 4*10^ ^ ,,|LnO ll* *V • W III iro V“ Uilvll |I|HJ*III|^IIL it ilX flUri 11 jC OI I TIC lllj" aSSv iTaDJ U(J Df JL II I Imn \Ji ^ m.. J ^ Cf . 1 J r • • ^
mm . • 11 1,letter wrote the president that hei •. -.v » ♦ a thp homp anH iri-avp to nav a last Maude Sumerel and Emmie Chaney’s Dress Shop, Sumerel’s Dept.
Mr. Moto 8 Gamble .“thought you (and Jim Parley) or senTit” back to the'^^^ute. Many beautiful flowers attending grand opera store, L. B. Dillard, Copeland’s Meat
Starring PETER LORRE, RO-/>« interested in copies of new propa-lmake it a law or send it back to the
CHELLE UrOSON. ROBERT KENT,'»^x>ut to Ik; launched on con-,house with his veto. 1 evidence of his numerous friends and
and J. EIMIAR BROMBERG. He against your recovery proj Johnston has remained .silent about!the esU*em in which he was held.
lakes his life in his hands
meetalffram
his most sensational adventurel Peter i Rayburn read the petitions which
Lorre as the Irigger-witted Saturday ^^^11(-d uixin congress for rigid (K;on
Evening Post detective, confronting! » balanced budget, curtail-
a mystic wilderness of nameless ter-'^*‘^t of the prei<lent s spending
in Atlanta this week. ^ .ilarket. The Ladies’ Ready-to-Wear
Mrs. J. A. Bailey, Mr.s. J. \\. shoppe, Hipp A Chandler, Western
I^eake, Mrs. .Julia Griffin and Miss Auto A.ssociate Store, Galloway’s,
, . . , ^ T ,, , e ..U- AWen- Bailey were in Tamassee Blalock’s Gmeerv and Market Tiv» T
h.s intentions m regard to the meas-| Mr. Jones was a native of this Thursday and Friday for the dedica- UrtTr B CaJelfnV!^one
ure which pam-d only after stiff county a »on of the !«<■ H- I- tion of the NVw York cottage. To HoL Men’s
fights in both houses. I Nancy ColeiTlan’Jones, and had spent’ Charles Ackerman of Mmton, shop A Copland 4 Son BaM-
' - - I'f"" '■’“"‘I'- Ga.. is visitinit her parents, Mr. and
An ohji'ction by
ror;
“Penitentiary”
Representative • ^y^^ld war veteran, a man of many iY, v . ^ ikavia
{Mjwer.s, broadening of the tax base ^ Fairfield held up a third, admirable traits of character, whoj *^ '
and simplification of the tax laws, .. .. . . i
repeal or “dra.stie amendment” of thi*^*^**^*^
bill-by the .Marlboro dele-, will be mi.ssi-d in the community
di.Hcontinuation'iration to set up a t^kcher retire-1he lived a useful and upright'
I
.Starring WALTER CONNOLLY.'^*' Rations act. aisconunuaiioii, .... .. I
JOHN MOW ARI). JEAN |»aukER ‘>f the “campaign against public utili-1 ment plan in Marlhoo) tequnty. Pend-; Surviving are hi.s widow, before
and ROBER’r BARRET. (Jreat drama tie.s,” and a “sound money program jj^j, eflucation
thunders through ihe “Big IlouHe" to bas^l on gold. amendment to substitute
heart with a thousand “This is just to show you the he-1
'ginning of a great floinl of propa- ”
grip your
thrills!
—A . M.
I Or and l.5r
I RID.XY .\ND SATIIRDAY,
May () and 7
“FirsbvHundred
■^ars”
Starring ROBERT MONTGO.VK
ERY. ViRt.INIA BRU( hX WARREN
committee
the
teacher retirement proposal. ,
fmue—Intte-t+H*- bo«se-j—The---Hlate'-wide proposal—lost it»-^“^ -MiS
agaiii.st the president’s pum-prim- place on the house calendar several
ing program,” the Texan roared. -weeks
He recalled the thou.sands of let-1 1 .• •*.
. 1.1 u- u 1 i.~ i(fu the education committee,
ters and tel(‘grams which delugnl
both th*> iHoise and senote when the. Thi-tu. we.r<f no aunoiincement.i from,
lower chamber wa.s consiilering the the free conferees on the general ap-
Money Bill Be
Reported Soon
Columbia, .April 26.— Indications to-
marriage .Miss Nancy Stilwell, and
state- two sons, W’. Klbert Jone.s, Jr., and
! liouman Jone.s of this place; one sis-
(bstrge Watts *<'<>;>elamt _uf-
thi.s city'; two brothers, H. T. ami jmrt by the end of the wi-ek.
L. (i. Jones, both of Mountville. | The Columbia Record said
ago when it was ns'ommitted
win’s Grocery, A. & P. Tea Co., Ro
gers, Prather-Simpson Furniture Co.,
1. C. Boland, Birdsey Flour Mills,
•A. E. McIntosh, H. W. Richey, J. B.
Frontis, Commercial Depository’, .A. B.
Galloway, J. M. Pitts Store, Young
Co., City Electric A Plumbing Co.,
-Xnderson’s .5c and 10c Store, (’linton
day were that the conferees on the Shop, Clinton lieauty Shoppe,
,j,p_jJ—Brittain, - American -Shoe—^hop, -
it ha^i
^ Hoyd IPollzcltlw, E. L. IJlliewoo<i, Dr.
' P. F'. Hicks, R. W. Wade, *Homer
Mayor, Aldermen
learned the committee had agretnJ ;';<>odruff, Clinton Bo<iy and Fender
on a , bill totaling $12,500,000. The „ 5^.;;; <^’"andler & Cooper Garage,*
nttifi-ri»<>-<t-; OurlinuJ—to COn-
WII.I.IAM, HINNIK IIAHNE.B, •"d
Michigan, countered by
several other familiar capable P'*y' Rayburn if he wa.s “going to
em in Ihe cast . . . Where light and record petitions that are
well-turned semi-HophiHUcaled comedy circulated by WPA work-
romance is underHtood and appreci-! that will be presented to us,
ated It will prove a aurprise *ttrac- supiwrt the
tion, combined with clever dialogue'
and amusing comedy.
chief executive's ill-fated government■ j„.^,,,riation bill, but indications-were
reorgani'/ation bill, and warned Jbat that the rejMjrt proljafily w’ould be
a “.similar fUnid” against the recovery I tomorifrw.
program can now be expwted.
Ri'presentative Eari (’. .Michener
Frif Grocery,
.Mayor BaillTiiird Six Council-
^ •' ed the bill more than $1,000,000. The
I^cn Announce They V\ ill Seek h'ouse repealed the five mill property j
Office Again. • tax; the senate re»tore<i two mills ^ ^ ^
- • Concerning Dogs
QL INI UPLAND --i^rring THE publican) of Michigan
:)NNK dUINTUPI.KTS. ' = f, be .some iustificat
I senuie a
8up|K)rt the recovery Horne, Crews, Joe Berry and Adams
program."
Representative Joseph P. W’olcott
DIONNE
“RADIO PATROL” No. 2.
“NewH of the Day.”
10c and 2.5c
NEtT WEEK—
“OK HUMAN HEARTS," “EVERY-
BODY SINGS.’’
(OMING—
“BUIIEBEARD’S EIGHTH WIFF/’
“JOY OF UIVING." “A YANK AT
OXFORD.”
Broadway
Theatre
MONDAY AND TUKSDAY,
May 2 and 3
“Wise Girl”
Starring MIRIAM HOPKINS. RAY
Mil.!.AND. and WAI.TER ABEU.
Women ha\e a way of getting what
they
made tonlorrow.
The day’.s session of the senate was
restricted to a perfunctory considera
tion of local and uncontented matters.! All members of the present city ad-
Th»t jHKly'8 work for the week will 'minietrat.on, including the mayor and'• | B. F. Winga^i, eity health officer,
actually hegm tomorrow aldermen, off.eial^ announce their TO HOLD MEET -tated yeatentay that the board of
The house |)aa».d’and aent to the candidacy for rc-cleotion m todaya __ department hay.
acnale a I..II by R,T)reaentat.vea, paja-r. The memberahip of the local or- ^i,e„ , ta« .,„ning that ddga fouiai
Mayor Silas Bailey, now compleA-, phanage alumni association is invH-j
cure logs on trucks.
_ By 62 to .50 the house refustnl to
might be some justification for Ahe^^^j^^yp jp senate amendments to a
action of -these organizations j allow a return to a no-
I that “we ought to take some assur-j^j^^ vacate premises to b<* made
money is noA j ^ stated. hour on the fourth day
„ . 1 . a u • a ; • - # ■ **' 11 a J - ^ city without proper vaccination
to require at lea.st two chains to se- mg four years in.office, will sUnd>d to meet with the Thornwell Citi-.will be killed* Recent outbreaks of
re-election. He is the first candi-, zens committee in the Thornwell Me- madness in the community have been
date .to announce for the position. nmrial church on Friday evening. May, attributed to animals that have not
In ward one. Dr T. J. Peake an-ir, at 8 o’clock for a Mother’s dayjbeen ptoperly protected, the officer
nounces for re-election. (piogram. All former pupils of the in- «»utc8. All partiee owning dogs are
In ward two. Pet B. Adair, oldest stitution are asked to be present inj uHged to carry them to the ci^ hall
member^of oouiwil m pomt of 8ervice,^„rdt.r_ that the Citizens committee of this week for vaccination before the
young pjH>ple may meet the alumni.
up a huge:after notice is .serveil rather than|offers for re-election.
1940 ®h‘®*|the present law which allows bhe| In ward three, J. F. Jacobs is seek-
return to be Mvade at any time with- ing re-election.
in three days. • 'In ward four, F. .M. Boland an-
ance here that this
t
I going to be u.stsl to
campaign fund for the
tioiis.”
I Earlier, Representative Ik'o E. Al
len (Rejiiiblican) of Illinois, had i 'pjjy ^^nate amendment would have nounce.s for re-elcH*tion.
blamed Secretary of Interior j allirweii ten days to make the return! In war<l five, Ralph N. Riddle is
L. lekes for “tlui fear generated in j If was served on anyone seeking FtT^TecAidh.
In ward six, J. W. 'Ht-dspeth an
nounces he will seek to retain his
seat.
The primary to nominate a mayor
and six aldermen will be held in June.
Thornwell Wins
District Meet
the country, anJ cited Ickes speech- than the tenant,
es last winter against big buysiness.”
A member of the pn*si(Ient’s own
party, Repre.sentative John J. O’Con
nor (DenuK’rat) of New .A'crk, chair
man of the powerful house rules com-
jinittee, .spoki* against the program
{over th»‘ radio tonight,
j He said that unless business is
I fret'll fnim oppressive taxation and
I fear the pump-priming program will
! 1h‘ “only a hyptMlermic."
Shop First In
THE CHRONICLE
Then In the SUrat
accination before the
I final order of the health department
I becomes effective.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLB
‘The* Paper Everybody Reads”
The Thornwell orphanage highj
schiKil track team swamped its opi>o-1
sition in the annual district numbt>r'
one class B and C track meet here on
Johnson field at Presbyterian college
Rayburn said the anonymous letter' scoretl IDS points to win easily
was written by a man who did not |over (Clinton ami Welford-Lyman-
sign hsi name for fi*ar he would lose ■ Xucapau. Clinton, with 25 1-2 points
Eleven Farmers Enrolled In Cotton
Staple Improvement Contest
Farm Demonstration
Notes
C. B. Cannon. County Agent
wa>s—and invented a few new ways
<»f her own t<i get her man! A gay,
volcanic romance with a laugh for ev
ery heart-kick!
^like Riley and Orchestra.
"Ski Flight." “Africa Speaks Eng-
li.sh.”
10 A. M. Show—TUESDAY.
I Or and 20c
WKDNKSDAY, THURSDAY,
May 4 tind 5
“Bulldog Drum
mond’s Peril”
Starring JOHN BARKY.MORE,
jbHN HOWARD. UOUISE CAMP-
BEI.U, and KKGINAUl) DENNY.
They played "Here Comes the Bride”
while a killer stalked! Murder stops
the wedding and starts Drummond on
the hair-raising trail of the most, ex*
citing of all his hreathleas escapades!
“Squadron ‘Of
Honor”
SUrring DON TERRY, MARY
WUSSEUU THURSTON HALL, and
ARTHUR LOFT. Murder while the
Legion marches! Terror while the
bugles rail! Romance while the drums
roll by!
“Pictorial.”
9:30 A. M. Show—THURSDAY.
10c am! 1.5c
out with the petitions chargeii the
riH’overy ptHtgram would concentrate
“such power in the hands of the
president as to prove a menace to
our lilH'rty.” Some of them, he said,
were headed; “Do it ttnlay; it is >the
nth hour.” The rwipients, he added.
st'cond and third, rx'spectively.
Summary:
Shot put: Joe Milam (T), Jacobs
(T), Jack Milam (T).
•igent’s office to participate in the
' five-acre staple rpiprovement dem-,
! onstration for 1958: J. W’. Tinsley,!
I Trinity Ki<ige community; John F.
Montgomery and .Montgmnery farm,
' ■ laiurens community; J. Scott Cicorge,
were instructed to sign the petitions' ^'pj j^rry ((■«)
Discus: JiH' Milam (T), Prather
ami send them to their senators and
representatives.
The letter to the president said:
“I thought you A and Jim Farley)
might be interested in copies of new
propaganda about to be launched on | Fowler ( W’L'T).
demands of congiVss against your re
covery program, and that your lead
ers in congress might get ahea<l of
this and take the teeth out of it be
fore they get startevl by letting them
know befort* hand where the stuff
actually originates.
“This is being originated in a large
corporation in Detroit, Mich., Sanders (C).
High jump: Jacobs (T), Folk (T),
Prather (T).
Javelin: Jack Milam (T), Quarter-
man (T).
Bnvad jump; Blake (T), Terry (C),
Trinity Ridge community; James Ei-
ichelberger (colorevi), Mt. Zion com-
|munity; J. Frank Mitchell, Poplar
Springs community; Ryan F. I,Jiw8on,
iGlinton; Jim Bates (colored), Foun-
Itain Inn; E. .M. Riddle, R. A. Heliums,
iJ. T. Manly, and W’illiam D. Lomas,
10A w L L ji ni 1 /»rv I u'Gray Gourt. If there are others wiah-
120 high hurdles: Blake (T), Jack • . • • i ,
ing to join the contest, please contact
this office at once. It is hoped that
liaurens county wiW have the honor
of winning the first state prize in
1938 that was won by Wallace L.
Martin last year. Mr. .Martin produc
(T),
Milam (T).
100-yard da.sh: Quarterman
Ferguson (C), Fowler (W’LT).
Mile run: Elliott, G. (T,) McAr
thiir (T), Malpass (T).
Half-mile relay: W'on by Clinton. , „ j i- ^ t- a
440.y.rd rum Elliott, J. (T», Fo.t.r ! I
^ \ Winning a pnze of $750.
same outfit that got out the chain
telegrams started by their henchmen
different states, many of which
in
200-yard low hurdles: Blake (T),
Bruce (WLT).
880-yard run: Elliott, G. (T), Quar-
Men! TheJjNew
STRAW HATS
ARE HERE AT THE PRICE YOU
WANT TO PAY
$1.50
to
$2.95
Keep cool for summer. Wear
one of our Straw Hats just
unpacked, in plain and fancy
bands, a great vareity of
styles. Come in now and make
your selection.
■were signeil by minor children, babes terman (T), Gilliam (T)
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY,
May 6 and 7
“The Old
Wyoming Trail”
SUrring CHARLES STAKRETT.
DONALD GKYSON and BARBARA
WEEKS.
Watch this hard-ridin* hombre . . .
in arms, and even the family pet
piKxlle, and congress fell for it like a
ton of brick, so they are about to try
it again. The minor children and pet
poodle can not vote.
“(Signed)
“Your supporter, 11)0 per cent.”
(I dont sign my name because I
might lo.He my Job.”
Rental Checks Be
Sent By June 1
220-yard da.sh: Ferguson (C), Bar
ry (W’LT), DeMontmollin (T).
Mile relay: Won by Thornwell.
Clinton Gets WPA
Funds For Streets
MOTHER’S DAY
Why not give her a year’s subecrip-1 <
tion to her favorite maglzine—The
Ideal Gift
JAMES W. CALDWELL
Phone 38
A W’ashington news dispatch Mon-'
day stated that the town of Clinton!
has received an allotment of $22,077,
for street improvements in the city
for grading, topsoiling and paving.
Wushington, April 26. - Senator Announcemonl of the approval of the
Byrnes (D.. S. C.) said today the AeJ'^A Ptojeet. al«n* with_^ others, m
rieultunal Adjustment adminirtration | {!'■» ^ Hep^enU-
expeeted to make all South Carolina I «• Heyward Mahon of thia dia-
'rental jvayments under the soil con
servation program by June 1.
trict.
Checks were being sent, he said, to'METHODISTS OBSERVE
*t:HURCH DAY” SCHOOL
. . . ... Ml... .. farmers in Lancaster, Greenwood,
r "‘‘“r* •Vjpop-t. Berkley and Saluda countie.,
tkrill uail U th. rottainf rhythm. .T He aaW the paymenla were de- Sunday morning Broad Street
.iwaju aad mmg. af the Wmtera . ^ U,, church ohaorved “churvA
r^edv “laivT# and OniaBii." ' ^ Carolina had school” day.
•> assigned in recent weeks to fig-^ “The Warm Heart,” a playlet, un-
^fU» Fiallf,'’ allotments under tht”ney^ the direcUon of Mrs. Clyde Lank-
l$c sad 20c program. _^ord, was presented at this time. Its
purpose was to help church members
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Commemoration, the two hundredth
annivenary of John Wealey’s ‘Tieart-
warming” experience.
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