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.•./ 1 r^'- THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1938 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. S. C, A S. PAGE SEVBil Major Measure Enacted. At 1938 - Session Of Congr^ Just Ended Playeid Piano At 18 Months Washington, June 17. — Her!| are* the major bills enacted at the 1938 i session of congress. j Agriculture — Estabfiished broad ^ sjrstem of crop control and insurance.' Wage-Hour—Set up floor for wag-j es and ceiling for hours of employes i in intrastate industry. \ Relief—Voted $3,753,000,000 for un employment aid and “pump-priming.” Taxes—Revised revenue laws, mod- ifyTng undi'^tributed profits and coi tal pains levies. Defense — .Authorized 20 per cent increase in fleet. .Appropriations—Voted about $12,- (KK>,000.000 to opei-ate federal govern ment, including relief, in year begin ning July l.st. . i .Anti-Trust—Ordered broaa investi gation •of monopolies. Flood Control—.Appj^oveil $375,000,- OOO program. .Aviation — Coordinated all govern-1 __ _. __ ment regulation of civil aviation ini YORK 1 ‘ lente, nov mx years ola, nas oeen one new agency. J /he was 18 months TVA — Ordered investigation of quarrel among directors and opposi tion of private utiities to TVA pro gram. THE SPORTS CHATTERBOX By TE^yCH OWENS strong ^tur- tennis players are expecting a team ,over from Greenwood day. .... The Clinton team is se- j Iecte<l according to ladder ratings, so join the ladder competition and _ I ; ~ T I - earn a place on lihe team. It’s not quite two weeks until the^ The Presbytenaa^ Intermediate con- ' — annual Clinton Tennis tournament ference ended amj^he Young Peo- Top Ten In Tennis starts, so you better begin practicing pie’s conference began last -Tuesdav! J V. • D r A k I *1- F. Jacobs; 2. Bill Wade: 3. on that backhand and sharpening at P. C. As we rememberetl the, m , »* *• , rr i. r ^ I , ... , Taylor Martin; 4. Tench Owens; .5. your tennis wits. Opening on Tues-j splendid games that were held at 1 Marf iiall Brown; 6. Arthur Copeland; [day, July 5, the tournament shouldiwhen w’e attende<l, we 7 Carroll Copeland; 8. W. P. Jacobs; be over in a week if we.aren’t rained • the Rev. W. M. Frampton about jy Hipp, Jr.; 10. H. M. Rowland, lout too often; The usual habit of thel P*'<^sri‘ani of recreation which he^j^^ .weatherman (nice fellow) seems to beweek. He was on? Pditical Cards Announcements For this Column Are Payable In .Advance. playing since she was 18 month* old. She is one of the 350 children taking part in the piano playing tournament sponsor^ by the Na tional Guild of Piano Teachers. Gina has appeared in the movies- and on the radio. I to save his best cloudbursts for I tournament days. Competition should be ketm for tho.se handsome cups, ' which will be displaye^l next week in I Geo. A. Copeland’s hardware store window. But w'hethor or not you have a chance at the cups, we be- j lieve that you will get a lianel of I gooii fun aiivl exercis!e._by participat- ! ing in the toiiiuiament. We plan to 1 run the touu^^ent off on si'hedule as systematictnly as pos.^ible and will appreciate the ration of the con- ' testants. If you ilon’t play tennis, try to see as many matches as ixissible, I for lots of them will In- very inter- i e.sting. thusiastic about the whole thing and commended th^ fine, spirit which the internuxiiaU's entered the various games. ComiH-tition in athleties is by tribes or groups, given Indian i names. The highlight of the athletic." was the swimming meet, won by the, Seminole boys and t'luvtaw girls,' held in the P. ('. jkh>1. Softball and | tennis were enjoywl by the hoys and i girls too. .Another big event was ^ the field night held on Johnson field | under the lights. Thrw-legged racing | and other .similar games were played. I Mr. Frampton stated that every boy and girl at conference took part in the events of that field night. We iare sure that the conference nx-re- ational pixjgi'am was a big succes.s, -esjKK*ially if we can judge by the volume of yelling which reachtnl from the campus. Boys 1. Browning Dicus; 2. Chris Adair; 3. .Maybe McCrary; 4. Harry Bald- FalacioiM Beliefs Perhaps no physician is better adapted to discu.ss / the erroneous b*- lief.s to which the majority of the layment subscribe than Dr. Tom A- Williams, of Washington, D. C.,—*. friend of mine for years and a most experienced doctor. In a recent talk with him he set forth the popular misconceptions about the human Inxly and they are win; 5. Bill Wannamaker; 6. Sterlingjso worth while and .so absolutely true I Pitts; 7. Johnny Hunter; 8. Ted Free-1 that I take the liberty of telling them man; t>. F rtnl Pitts; 10. Ferd Jacobs. herC. Flight hours sleep is positively "I ’ ^ . j not essential for health. Fldi.son, and SOFIB.VLF 'ihousamls of other intellectual m^n. Scores Thursday, June 16 Baptist defeatixi Presbyterian, 4 to 1. Methtnlist defeated A. R. P.-Luth- eran, 11 to 7. Tu<*sday, June 21 Methodifg d»'feated Presbyterian, 11 to 6. ^ - (lid with a few hours sleep daily and enjoyed excellent health. Insomnia never k-ads to insanity. One does not neini to plan his diet with great care, neither is a variety of ftrnd eaten h.t the same time harm ful. Cucumbers and milk, oranges and milk, whiskey and oysters, acids and ears West Clinton News CLERK OF COURT I hereby announce my’self a.s a candidate for re-election as Clerk of Court for I.aurens County, subject to the result of the Democratic primary'. JOHN I). DAVIS. I hereby announce my’self a candi date for the office of Clerk of Court of I^iuren.s County, pleilging myself to abide by the results ^f the Demo cratic primary. C. A. POW ER. FOR PROBATE JUDGE I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of Probate Judg^e of lAurens County and pledge to abide by the results of the Democratic primary. J. HEW LETTE WASSON. I hereby announce myself a candi date forxp-election as Judge of Pro bate and pledge myself to abide by the results' of the Democratic pri mary. ROSS D. YOUNG. FOR SUPERVISOR Mrs. John Heath and children of! Greenville, are spending the week with Mrs. Heath’s mother, Mrs. J. H. Seay'. .A. H. Hughes is visiting his daugh ter in Oklahoma. j J. M. -Anderson an<l F’ern Hardman were visitors in (ireenwivid Tuesday. Koyce anil Wiron Smith spent Sun day in the mountains. Mr. and' Mrs. Winslow Patton of Greenville, and .Mrs. FI. T. Thornton of F'noree, visited relatives here Sun- ilay. M rs. F'ranees I.aws<>n is visiting her sister, Mrs. Charlie Stone, in NinatjA Six. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd-Norris of Green ville, visited relatives here Sunday. .Mr. and Mrs. .A. F'. Campbell spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Jot*' jJohn.son, in'Goldville. ! ! Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Winslow. Mr. and .Mrs. Hugh f'unningham spent Sunday with .Mrs. Guy (’urry in Spar-' tanhurg. ! Sam Snellgrove, Jr., of Spartan- ' burg, spent the week-end with his, I With all four men’s softball teams ■ in a tie for first (or last) place, in- 1 terest is growing steadily in the games held twice a week now. The , spirited playing of the Baptists and ! Methixlists during the last twxi games ^ Chatterboxing J>iouglTt.them two victories each amlT You have to he cih>1 in the pinches 'a tie with the league leading .A. R.jto piU-h in the (diMoJQ softball k-jqrwvl jP.-Lutherans and Pre.sbyterians. To- The way they kid the pitchers is* 'day’s games pit the Baptist team enough to make a veteran major' against the .Methixlist sluggi-rs, and'leaguer blow up. ... To pitch with! the Preshyterian.s against P.-Lutherans. Since the milk are hot in the Teasl irvCompatiWe Baptist defeated A. R. P.-Lutheran, cause sour .stomach, neith er are they causes for indigestion. IT to 3. Standing ! Piesbyterian ; 4 '^^*';.A. R. P-Lutheran .. 'Baptist j Methodist .... J • Schedule Thursday, June 23: Baptist nr. Methodist 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 starting off on an even basis again, the games this afternoon should at- tract unusual attention. Large crowds are out for the games I'ach time and cars line l>oth sides of the street by the playing field at Flori da Street school. I (']inton opened its inter-city com- j petition with a hang here Satunlay by licking the W’hitmire rietmen, seven out of eight matches. A new comer to the team, H. M. Roland, Jr., showeil up well by defeating R. M. Duckett, Jr., of Whitmire, 6-0, 6-4. The team is to play tw’o matches here this week: Whitmire on Weilnesday, and Greenwooil on Satunlay. 'The matches are fnn* to the public and spectators are welcome. the A. R.fan un<ler-arm .swing, as required in teams, an* j softl»all, is no easy thing either. Just try it. If you don’t let go of the hall at just the right time, it-will usually fly straight up. . . . No softball pich- er in the local league has yet pilchi-il a no-hit, no-run game, and from the way those fellows have hix-n hitting that "apple,” it seems im|K>ssihle. . . . A junior Imys tennis tournament is planned soon fater the regular tour nament, beginning July 5. . . . Bill Wade i# present (Minton junior champ .... Bicycling is the fad now for many lads and gals here lately . . . . ('«»ach Johnson hack in town to'direct Uonference athU»tics, after doing the same at a similar conference in l)e- Preshyterian vs. A.R.P.-Lutheran. Tuesday, June 28: Preshyteriun vs. Baptist. A.R.P.-I/Utheran vs. .Methodist. M’hur.sday, June 30: Presbyterian vs, Methixlist. .A. IL P.-Lutheran vs. Baptist. ' The Age of Comforts There is nothing so strenuous about mtxiern life as to break down />ur nerves, for we are tixiay living in an age of thousamls of comforts our forefathers never dreametl of. Con- eatur, Georgia, last week prisiii to find a patch of grass spring- We hear that John Mimivaugh enjoyixl ijig up on one of their busiest streets, conference and is raring to take some-.but .Mr. Hoover had been expecting it one down* in tennis now .... Clinton all along. stipation is not the liase of all physi cal ailments, and it positively is, not the result of eating the wrong kind.s of fi>od..»<'ertain fixxls, such as fresh vegetables, and sixxMal fruits, help in ov'ercoming the condition but there are other factors much more impor tant which bring about this ailment. ^ i One’s mind has much to do with the SK( ONI) (OTION BLOOM 'physical comlition- of every individ- I he swoiid cotton bloom of the si‘a-jugi Jlr.^'^illings mentions a case of son brought to The ( hixuiicle office army officer who sufferixl a slight yesterday, came from the fann of j v^-ound which should not have incon- Andy B. A oung, well known fanner | vt.nicnctxl him. He w'as unusually ro of this »<Ttion. The bloom was pulled j j.ust, strong, healthy, but dwiareil he on the 22nd. knew he woulil die on the fourth day ta« a result of this injury, which he A third bloom brought in later in ^n autopsy >howeil that every thi* day yesterday came from thc'oijfan of his bixly was cxception_^ly J. .M. Pitts farms m*ar the city. [healthful anil that the wound could ^ •! not possibly have causeil his death, (’itizens of Salinas, (’alif., were sur-'but he died nevertheUvss, because of a mere mental suggrstiiui. SUBSCRIBE T<) THE CHRONICLE "The Paper Everybody Reads** I hereby announce myself a candi- F>arents, Mr. and Mrs. S, B. Knell- datc for re-ek*ctlon to the office of grove. County Supervisor of laiurens County .Mrs. J. H. and will abide by the rules and re- »pent the week suit of the Democratic primary aW-^l'vUfL Harvey and children with relatives in Gray! A. RHETT MARTIN, announce myself a candi- tion. I hereby date for the office of County Super visor of l^aurens County and will abide by the rules and rt*sult of the m'm«H*ratic primary eleiniiMi. J. WARRFIN CR.ANF:. FOR COCNTV ( OMMLSSIONER I hereby announce that I am a candidate for re-election to the office of County Commissioner of I^urens County with the promise that I will labide by the rules and result of the Democratic primary election. LANDER B. STODDARD. I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-eU*ction to the* office of County Commissioner' of laiurens <’ounty, subject to the rules and re sult of the Democratic primary elec- F'ranees Ballew is spending the tion. JOHN H. WHARTON. |Week in Spartanburg with relatives. I hereby announce myself a camli-' Miss Barlnra Strange spent .Mon date for County Commissioner of Greenwixxl. laiurens County, and pledge myself to abide bj’ the results of the Demo cratic primary. I.. I r. ;’T V ' “IV'"' '"! Oilis F'lKiter of Whitmire, sjx-nt .Sunday with his brother, Bryl Foster. .Mi.'is Virginia .Mi*hley and Jack Mubley of Whitmire. vi.Mted Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Whitmire .Monday. .Mrs. J. H. Harvey and children Chi*ster, are s|M»nding a few days with .Mr", Smith’s mother, Mrs. L. W. King. -Mrs. Bi*tty Davis, Arthur Davis and family and lamar Davis of Greenville, s|M‘nt Sunday with .Mr. and .Mrs. F'urman Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Pat Murphy of Fln- oree, spent the week-end with the lat ter's mother, .Mrs, Ursula Blakely. .Mr. and .Mrs. Ralph Stewart and little daughter, Harriett Linda, are spending the Week with .Mr. and .Mrs. William King, in Chester. > W. M. U. Meets I The Woman’s .Missionary union ofjl' C. BRYAN HOLLAND. Monday| .evening at 1 :J0, The jiresident, .Mrs.i FOR GAME WARDEN R. T. Trammell, o|H*ned with prayer. 1 I hereby announce myself a candi-{ Mrs. Gary HiKipiT ami Mrs. Ursula date for Game Warden of Laurens Blakely rendered an interesting pro-1 County and pledge my.self to abide {grom on Brazil, w’ith .several taking by the results of the Democratic pri-^part- inary. A. B. JACKS, j Minutes were read and roll called I hereby announce myself a candi-1 by the .secretary, .Mrs. R. I), Hughes., date for re-election as Game W’arden'AH busine.ss attended to, the meeting of I.aurens county and pledge myself clostxl with a .song, and a prayer by to abide by the results of the Demo-1 Mrs. Joe Campbell. j cratic prmaiy.- ^ . , SYDNEY A. LEE. J 11 ' The B. B. club with their leader, FOR SLI*T. OF’ EDUCATION Mis.s Mae .Madden, enjoyed a picnic j I hereby announce myself a candi- and swimming party at Curry’s Lake! date for re-election as Superintend-ion Friday. I ent of Education of I^urens County, On Friday evening the .Mother’s and pledge my.self to abide by the dub enjoyed a picnic at .Milford’s' results of the Democratic primary, 'spring, near GreenwoiKl. About 60 J. LEROY BURNS. were present. F'CR TREASURER | Saturday morning Betty Anne 1 hereby announce myself a candi- Campbell, Margaret Flvans, Jean Ah-' ilate for re-election to the office of bott, I>oris and Billie Arnold, and Treasurer of Laurens County and F'ay Ellen Hardman, assisted by Mrs.!' pledge myself to abide by the results Joe Campbell and .Mrs. L. .M. Flvans, j of the Democratic primary. entertained with a pjcnic at A’ouMg’sj * D. ROY SIMPSON, ‘spring. Games were played, after) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ® spread on the! I hereby announce myself a candi- Ibe liWle folks and a pic-; date for re-election to the House of lunch was enjoyed Representatives from Laurens County ! and pledge myself to abide by the >e-' sufe of the Democratic primary. j ROBERT C. WASSON. 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