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THURSDA¥, JULY 21, 19S8
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CUNTON, S. C
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THE SPORTS CHATTERBOX
By TENCH OW'ENS
PAGE SBVra
iMuch glee and celebrating is evi
dent in Presbyterian cirbles and pews
this week. And no wonder! Their soft-
ball team played a grand ball game
to lick the Baptist aggregation Tues
day and win the first half of the sea
son in the church foftball leagrue.
A loss for the P^sbyterians would
have caused a tie between them and
the Baptist team. But no such thing
ment only one more year to retain
permanent possession of their respec
tive cups, won for the second succes
sive year last Wednesday in the finals |
of the fifth annual tournament • . >1
Chick Galloway assemblea a group ofj
about ten baseball playera, including*
several of his Blue Hose nine, and
, . . Then S. Y. Adair took over the
pitching duties for the Methodists
and groved them in, to the delight of
the rallying A. R. P.-Lutheran slug
gers and to the glee of the hilarious
crowd . . . Four-baggers (some on er
rors) came thick and fast that day
off the bats of: Charlie Yarborough,
Johnny Finney (two), Don Copeland,
John Pitts Rumph, Charlie Dickey,
“Chocolate” Burnett, and Roscoe Buz-
hardt,. . . We would “sho” hate to tbe
on the opposite side from this “dead-
eye-Dick” fellow, Ken Beagle, in a
war. He described a perfect Indian
.. „ left for a jaunt thru the lower part head in a sheet of tin with bullet
was poMible the way th<^ lighting j of the state this week to play a fewjhoies, shooting rapidly from a .22
^IvimsU went after that game., teams in that area . . . How odd itl^fie, and sUnding well back from the
Dont mistake us, Iwwever. The game,was to see the light shine one for aj^^rgot . We are planning to have
was close and interesting all the way,'oiinute or tw’o after the bulb popped
and had Chick Galloway, absent on.in the tennis court light at the Pihes
a baseball trip, been in the Baptist ^ court Saturday night and shattered
lineup, there might have been a dif-lgj^ss at the feet of the startled play-
C^een Marie Of
Romania
Her Last Words Urge King
Carol To Be Just and Strong
^ Monarch.
Bucharest, July 18. — Romania’s
beautiful Englishborn dowager Queen
Ask Public Men
For Cooperation
State Federation of Commerce
and Agriculture Wants Candi
dates To View Entire State.
Columbia, July 16.—The South Car
olina Federation of Commerce, Agri-
Marie, one of the last of the colorful! culture and Industry sent out letters
ferent tale—a closer score, anj’way.
Bailey Williams, tossing ’em over
for the Presbies, showed more speed
than we have yet seen on the local
ers in the last match of the evening!
with the Greenville Mclver cup team!
. . . Wish someone would show us
w'here first base"on the Florida Street*
• a junior tennis tournament beginning
about August 2, and run off a mixed
idoirf)les tourney at the same
more fun!
time-
figures of( the World war, died today
of a rare'liver ailment at the royal
palace at Sinaia.
The queen, one of the best-knowm
members of royalty among Americans
after her ovation-filled trip to the
today to “ascertain the platform” of
the candidates for the general as
sembly. I
The letters. Managing Director J.'
K. Breedin said, were “intended to
; bring some matters to their (the can
challenge them. One of our problems
is to get our public men to think of
SOFTBALL
. Scores:
softball mound. The opposing batters | ^(yftball field is. We hunted for it Thursday, July 14:
failed to connect for solid hits, and nearly all afternoon in order to line j Baptist defied Methodist, 5 .to 4,
were kept guessing by his occatioi»F"off the foiil ITn^bulTb hb avail .T. jTfiday, JuTy 15: "
wildness, as well as his speed. Bailey |(Jlad to see the rejuvenated ping pong! Presbyterian defeated A.R.P.-Lu-
received excellent support in the field, i jn nt the Pines tennis court theran, 15 to 3.
especially from Taylor Martin, speedy {now. Tis lots of fun, that game . . .{Monday, July 18:
United States in 1926, had suffered didates’) attention rather than to
from an unusual form of cirrhosis of
the liver for ahnost a year.
Her doctors said only about 50 such lhe state in its entirety.”
cases were known to medical science. | Telling the candidates that “if you
Although w'asted and worn by her {should be elected to the legislature,
long illness, Queen Marie was report- this office will be happy to cooperate
centerfielder, who made some nice
catches. ^
For the Baptists, Grady Adair
pitched his usual steady game. Andy
Young, “rooky” shortstop, and Skeet
Galloway on the hot corner, handled
every play in their territory like vet
erans. '
Well, tomorrow is another day—and
the second half in this man’s softball
league is another story. It’s going to
take some real softball playing to
keep irrvthe running for the second
half lead—and you may lay to that!
Chatterboxing
Taylor Martin and Emily Dillard
The correct method of serving in ping
pong was the subject of a warm ar
gument we overheard recently . . .
Our choice for the most comical game
of softball: when the Methodists sked
out a 19^-tb 15 victory over the luck
less A. R. P.-Lutheran team last Mon
day . . . E. “Giffwiff” Sloan, erst
while A. R. P. left fielder, stepped
on the mound in the final frames to
Methodist defeated A. R. P.-Lu
theran, 19 to 15.
Tuesday, July 19:
Presbyterian defeated Baptist, 5-0
Standings:
Team Won
Presbyterian 10
Bapti.st .... 8
Methodist 8
A.R.P.-Lutheran 6
Schedule:
ed to have retained much of the
beauty for v^hich she was world-
famed. She would have been 63 in
October.
Queen Marie knew a w'eek ago in a
sanatorium in Dresden, Germany, that
death was near. She insisted upon be.
I ing taken back to her beloved Sinaia
palace home.
A former court marshall of the
queen was reported to have been dis-
need to win the Clinton tennis tourna- to reach the batter (like Effie Mae)
stop the Methodist scoring spree with
his uncanny tosses. When he threw
his extra special slow ball, he put Thursday, July 21:
everjthing he had into it (facial ex-* A.R.P.-Lutheran vs Baptist,
pression and all), and they were al-, ^
nio.st forced Jo call the game on ac-1 Presbyterian vs .Methcnlist.
Monday, July 25:
Baptist vs Methmlist.
Lost
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with you in your public service,” the
letters asked the attitude ..of'the can
didates on the following:
1. State^eficit: how should it be|
cared for?
2. Taxes: Are you in favor of i*e-
ducing local levies?
3. Are you in favor of restricting
bond issues?
4. Are you in favor of a study of
our tax system?
patched from Bucharest to Dresden! 5. Are you in favor of simplifying
post haste in a vain effort to dissuade j the structure of state and county gov-
her from making the dangerous rail ernment?
j-ourney. | “We think our state has great re-
En route, she suffered the first of! sources above ground as well as be-
a series of hemorrhages which led to how the soil,” the letters said. “We
j her death. She arrived Saturday and'think South Carolina can be made
I on Suhday her condition became'one of the tourist centers of the Unit-
j worse. She ditnl Monday at 6:25 p. ni.jed States and can be made to appeal
I BowihI at her bedside at the end to wealthy men as a g<>o<l place in
on their estates would be a great booA
to our state treasury. Are you of tha
opinioh that we should make an ef
fort to get such citizens? ’
“More industries wpuld inrirsme
employment and distribute wealth
through wages and profits. They
would create a market for our pro-
duots and also help pay our taxes.
Do you think we should try to brine
more industries to South Carolina?
“There is a growing conviction that
our tax load is too heavy; that oar
business suffers from it and that new
business s discouraged by it. We thinlp
there will be general agreement that
the taxes on hoihes and farms era
very burdensome and tend to make
tenancy more attractive than owner
ship.
“If our people would put their
minds to it we could create an ait-
mosphete conducive to the further de
velopment of South Carolina Without
oppressive or discouraging fiscal bur
dens.”
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game ^.. ,
count of darkness waiting for the ball
was King Carol, her son, whose ac
cession in a coup in June, 1930, vir-
Tuesday, July 26:
Presbyterian vs A.R.P.-Lutheran.
Thursday, July 28:
Baptist Vs Presbyterian.
i tually brought an end to her long and
']K)werful influence in the shaping of
i Romania’s destinies.
I The two once had differed bitterly j
I over politics and Carol’s re<l-haire<l This ended with Carol’s coup in
which to have their citizenship.
“If we had men of large w’ealth as
citizens theii' property and income'
would help us pay the (axes, and up-|
their death the inheritance taxes i
on
CLERK OF COURT
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for re-election as Clerk of
Court for Laurens (bounty, subject to
the result of the Democratic primary.
JOHN D. DAVIS.
1 hereby announce a candi
date for the office of Clerk of Court
of Laurens County, pledging myself
to abide by the results of the Demo
cratic primary.
C. A. POWER.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for Clerk of Court of Laurens
County and pledge myself to abide by County and pledge myself to abide by
the results of the Democratic pri-Jthe results of the Democratic primary,
mary. VICTOR R. FLEMING, j N. DUNK POWERS.
FOR GAME WARDEN
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County and pledge myself to abide
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mary. A. B. JACKS.
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date for re-election as Game Warden
of Laurens county and pledge myself
to abide by the results of the Demo
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|YDNEY A. LEE.
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1 friends, Magda Lupescu — but since
they had become reconciled.
Queen Marie,* a grand daughter of
England’s Queen Victoria, was cred
ited with keeping Romania on the side
of the allies during the World war
when she had a strong voice in the
actions of her husband, King Ferdi
nand.
Upon Ferdinand’s death in 1927 she
retained this power while Romania
was rultnl by a regency, ('arol’s five-
year-old son, .Mihai, taking the throne.
1930.
. As news of tite queen’s death
.spread all Romania went into mourn
ing, fixim prince to peasant.
Romanians particularly loved their
dowager queen for her ability to feel
and act like a Romanian despite her
English-Russian origin. She Was bom
October 29, 1876, at Estwell park,
Kent, England. She was a daughter
of Alfrtsl, swond son of Queen Vic
toria, and the Grand Duchess Marie
Alexamlrovna, only daughter of f^zar
Alexander II of Russia.
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primary.
' J. HEWLETTE WASSON.
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the results of the Democratic pri
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Treasurer of Ijaurens County and
pledge myself to abide by the results!
of the Democratic primary. j
1). ROY SIMP.SON.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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ROBERT C. WASSON.
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xnd will abide by the rules and re
sult of the Democratic primary elec
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dMe for the office <if County Super-
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J. WARREN CRANE.
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results of the Democratic primary.
JOE R. ADAIR.
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date for the office of County Super
visor of Laurens County and will
abide by the rules and result of the
Democratic primary election.
Wm. J. (BILL) HENRY.
FOR COUNTY COM.MISSIONER
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candidate for re-election to the office
of County Commissioner of Laurens
County with the promise that I will
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Democratic primary election.
LANDER B. STODDARD.
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abide by the results of the
critic primary.
C. BRYAN HOLLAND.
date for re-election to the House of
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CHARLIE L MILAM.
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L. A. AUSTELL i
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C. H. McCSARY.
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and pledge myself to abide by the
result of the Democratic primary.
MILTON A. WILSON.
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Fourth District of ^uth Carolina,
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. G. HEYWARD MAHON, JR.
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