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THE CUNTON CHRONICLE, CUNTOW. 8. C. -r
THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1988
Flour Salesman
Wilis In Texas
0*Daniel Elected Governor Over
11 Opponents. INio New Deal
Conun'ct^smeri Beaten.
South American
V
Plane Crashea Into
Crowd At Air Show
8 Nippon Vessels
Steam Up Stream
u. S. Guhbrat in Thick of Japs’
Shellfire. Fifty Americans In
Zone
• ^ C--
Chinese Lines Break
Shanrhai, July 26.—Japanese mili
tary spokesmen announced today their
forces had occupied Kiukiamr, Yan^-j ^vashinifton, July 25.
tie river port, 135 miles down 'president fishinjf for
from Hankow, the Chinese provisional ^ rooster fish off the coast of Ixiwer
capital. , ('alifomia, Wa.shinirton political ob-
The Japanese army took unopposed > drying to make a fair campai^. r^.rv_ • i i
control of the city, the I pi-»isal of the effects of his cross-1,. were. . ’.f I ground and attempted to pass between
.nd the .m.y of GooenUiosimo ChlaOK Kovemmont .ervice * -'"''y '>•"<1 •"<1 ‘he !« «>"-
K>i Shek boK-n rotmitinlf to the the buoine*. .ituotion ">•"<)"''>«>« h.. plwforn. teon the
.,e.t .nd «,oth»e.t. , l,„,, „f reeov- r^'Mt-on with . e^r
|e,-y with more optimism th.n ha. ** OPP”"'"**. "horh
Waskton
ators over the crowd!”
The war minister agreed and said
the aviators had assured him they
would avoid dangerous acrobatics.
Just then Lieut. Ababia
low and his plane swept away the
steps to the presidential stand.
The tragedy occurred on the li>5th
anniversary of the birth of the hero
The fall of the important porti
• marked the breaking of the principal pre\’alent here for a year or
line of Chinese defense in the Yangtze ,
made a run-off primary unnecessary;
Representative Morgan Sanders, a
v,lloy. J.p.n«o otaimod, an,I op..n.d ,o*othor. The v«<-™n ooh|tre.sm.n. w.. .ppj^ntJy
U,e w.y1o H.nk,w. „f R„„,,velt .nd hi. i .
Japanese naval officer, added that j, dependent to a con.i,k.rable|
the Mikado’s fleet of war vessels sj- upon the extent of business
multane<*usly advance<l up the mine- hetwinm now and the con-
ptfewn river and began shelling t e jj.,.j.sj5ional elections,
retnating i hinese. ^ • u I The present signs indicate that or-
.Air forces likewise joined in the ' (Jium-y citizens will not be feeling
Bogota, Colombia, July 24. — Atj
[least 34 persons were killed and 150
Dallas, Texas, July 25.—Represen- injured today w’hen a plane doing;Simon BoliVar, w'ho led the battle for
tative Maury Maverick, leader of the daring atunte cmahed into part of a i South American liberation from Spain
house liberal bloc, was defeated for crowd of 50,000 watching inayigura-j e®rly in the ISrth century.
With the j the basis ofltj^j, Bogota’s great new Campo! f’i”^ *id organizations promptly
wahoos and returns from Saturday s^j^ Marte, a. field designed for "mili-i task of caring for the
D^ocratic primary.
exercises. ' |dead and injured.
was one res o an unique; plane, flowm by Lieut. Abadia,I Careening wildly, the plane crashed
swooped to within 90 feet of the to the earth and sliced through a
shrieking crowd of bystanders.
Many ran, but did not have time to
A wing tip struck a stand occupied' escape. Heads were decapitated by
by the diplomatic corps. Slipping j the whirling propellers and flying
wildly, the plane brushed another!fragment*.
stand from which President Alfonsoj The plane caught fire immediately
Lopez and President-Elect Eduardo and the pilot’s body w’as destroyed by
British minister, however, had a nar
row esoipe from flying fragments.
Among the identified victims were
eight women, and 13 men, including
swooped a soldier.
Badly burned and manglej bodies,
with arms and legs severed, not only,
made identification slow but. also
made the task of determining the,
number of d^&d and injured difficult.
Hipp & Chandler
Clothes for Men and Boys
Your Bosinesa Appredatod
tack u|>on the with(fi‘awing army.
Hankow, July 25. — The Unitt>d
States gunlniat .Monocacy was in thor*^t fall
themselves quite so.“hard up" by No
vember as they have felt ever since
thick of shellfire and aerial bombanl-
ment to<lay when eight Jafianese war
ships steameil up the Yangtze river
pa.^t the
From the president’s tour two po
litical conclusions are being drawn in
which the most exp<*rienced obs<*rvers
an indirect blessing from President
Roosevelt trailed his opponent.
Paul J. Kelly of San Antonio, Ma-
Santos, along with sports delegations
from four South American countries
to the Bolivar games were watching
the air and land military review.
Doctors estimated the death toll
would total more than 50 a.*; numer-
. , , . J L.. lOus injured were expected to die dur
venck’s opponent, was supported bylj^^^ ^
A moment
the flames
Burning gasoline was thrown over
some of the injured as they lay
shrieking in desperation and pain.
President Lopez and President-
Elect Santos escaped injury by a close
Kiukiang waterfront andjh^‘«’ concur. One is that there has
anchored 1.500 yarxU down stream; ^>‘*<*n an amazing comeback m Mr.
fnml the American ship. I Roosevelt’s personal popularity, at
The three ton)<*<lo boats and fivell‘*aRt in the swtions of the country
gunb«rats began an intensive bomliard- ''^hich he Yisilwl.
tneivt of Chinese shore positions south-
of Kiukiang while Japanese air
planes kept up a heavy bombing of
The other conclusion is
presiilent took the advice of tin* Dem
ocratic naioinal chairman, Mr. Farley,
.Mono-
tr\K)p concentrations on the
bank about a mile from the
*
caey.
Helcrw the Japanese ships engaging
in ths* Knnbanlnient larger Japanese
warships were sighted by the Mono
cacy’s commanding officer, Lieut. C.
V. Conlan.
The .Monm-aey was alaiut three
miles up stream fr*>m Kiukiang, but
from the .ship the city appeartsl to lie
north <lid not try to read out of' the
Democratic |»ar:y every senator and
represA'ntative who had vote<l against
any of his pi*t mt*asures.
The president did give personal in
dorsement to some of his loyal sup-
|M)rters, which was to have been ex-
piH-ted, but dbi not go on the rampage
against many who had been strongly
against him. Nothing like a ‘‘purge’’
of the party can be rt‘ad into the rec-
unaffectwl by the stiff fir^* ami still presitlent’s speeches
in Chinese hands. Heavy shelling sev
eral miles southeast of Kiukiang was
audible, however.
the .San Antonio Democratic machine
which Maverick alwgys fought.
Complete returns gave:
Kilday, 24,835.
Maverick, 24,287.
The result wa»i so close—Kilday had
won by only 548 votesr—that friends
io’f Maverick believed he would seek a
recount Maverick wa.s at his ranch
and could not be reached.
Sanders and McFarlane both ap-
peareil defeated, Sanders by Lindley
, . iBeckworht; McFarlane by Ed Gos-
* ^ sett. Only a few votes remained to bC;
counted, .swmingly too few to change |
the result. -
IVesident Roosevelt did not en-|
dorse eithe-r .Mav*eirick or McFarlane i
when he visitwl Texas recently. He^
referre<l to them separately as “my'
good friend.” ;
Kilday .said that during his cam-'
paign he would be no “rubber 8ta.mp’’'
congressman, but endorsed the Newj
Deal. He p»iint«*<l to .Maverick’s sup-!
|H»it of the ComniitUH* for Industrial'
Organization and indicated that he
i margin, as the blazing plane fell but
ja few feet from their grandstand. ,
before the ' accident i But one member of the diplomatic
President-Elect Santos remarked to .corps was injured. She was the wife
Minister of War Pumarejo that hei.of the Japanese charge d’affaires,
did'“not like the .stunting of the avi-|Isabel Paske-Smith, daughter of the,
Gray
Funeral Home
Ginton, S. C.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
suitf —
EMBALMERS
Ambulance Service
Phones 41 and 399-J
L RUSSELL GRAY aad
V. PARKS ADAIR. Gc*. Mgra.
would take a ie.<is firm stand in lai>or,
(tamers \iewH 'matters than Maverick had. j
That is not to say that the split in^ O’Daniel’s nearest op|»onent was'
the Democi-atic imrty which Mr. Far-; p^nfec^t O. Thonip.son, state railr««d
Japanese airplanes z«K)med over the ley so gn^atly deplores has Ihh ii heal- the flour salesman had
Momcacy several tinn^s yesterday,|e<l, but at lea.st it has not been wid- ^ niajority of nM»re than 17,(KH) votes
but de|»art*d apparently after .satis-ienwl by anything .Mr. R»K>sevelt Haidlj,^.,.^ all opiKWients. Returns from 242
tying themselves of the nationality of or did on his Western tour. j^f 254 counties, 71 complete, as com-i
the v<‘ssel. | IKiwn in Texas \ ice-Pn“si<lent Gar-'p^^.^ j,y state eU*ction burmu,'
The British gunlKiat Cmkchafter 1 ner did a little talking, which has set ghoweil:
moved last night from its waterfront! political tongues wagging. He re-| O’Daniel 403,582.
am*horage which was in the line of! markiJ, casually, that he did not se<‘k; Thompson, 101.309.
to<lay’s fire.
la thin! term as vice-president. This
William .Met'raw, 109,30'J.
Tom Hunter, 83,493.
The other candiilates were far be-
Anchored near the Monocacy Uulay might mean anything or nothing,
was the ('<K-hchafter, u British mer-| If, as is bt‘Hevt*<l by many hert', Mr.
chant ship and a Standard Oil tanker, j Garner has his eye on the White
fifty .Amertcans, including many House in 1940, it might m<*an that hei O’Daniel .’«id that he at no time
w(»men and children, who intemled toiwas putting him.<elf forwanl as the ••prj.j,^nKHl that I would get the nom-'
remain at Kuliiig, mountain resort 14 head of the lH*nn*cratic ticket. H jnation.
miles southeast of Kiukiang, iiiforimd seems definitey to mean that the vice- “Fve ma4le no preparation for what
the I’liited .States consul general, Paul 1 |>resHlent think the president h„pp^.p,.,j^" j,., continut'tl. “I never'
Jt».s.selyn. at Hankow that Chinese should .seek a third term, either. dnamed that I would l>e govermw of
nnlilaiy foix'cs were approaebing to But not the least impressive inci-,'f'j.jjnj, •»
<itfin<l the town against Japanese op- dent of .Mr. R«H»s«*veIt’.s trip was the night he went to the First
♦•rating nearby. The Chinese request- presentation to him at Pueblo, t'olo- ('h|.iji(jj,n ehuivh. .Aske^l to address
ed the .Ameiieans to evacuate. ia«|o, «*f a petition signesi by more eiuigrtgatnm, he .said:
As the Americans at Killing ha*l than 4.POO wage-workers, demamling great virt^o-y for clear-
wnittsi until evacuation aboard tin* that he run f‘»r president ag:iin two thinking Christian |H-ople I appreci-
Monacacy by way of Kiukiang pixib- years hence. ^ yym* prayers for me.”
aidy w.is im|K>s.siMe. the American Whether this is the U'ginmng of an Maverick ma»le his debut in |ioli-
*'onMiI ask«sl Chinese authorities to organized “popular" movement for tics in 192'J when he formesl the Citi-
givi- all possible piotectitui until the .Mr. K«K»sevelt’s renominatnm, or a
Amei leans' depaituie by
«»f Kuiing wa- im.-sible.
Zens’ licague to oppose the San
dAear
roads west spontaintms gesture by a small gixmp tonio machine which piwiously had
of voters, is a question which is <1 is- unbeatable. He wa.s elected tax
tuibing political Washington. If many in 1929 and 1931, and was
more such intilions turn up. it will u, the 74th and 75th congress,
be looktsl U|mn as pro4>f that someone Maverick has lM*en om* of the New
acting on Mr. K4H>sevelt s behalf is stlx>ng4^st sup|H»rters in . the
.Ntiniiig up the animals in the lH>liti- Frieinlly toward labor and to-
cal z»H>, and trying^ to .start a back- ward social and I'conomic legislation
liie against the tiarner movement. ad\anoiHl by the administration, he
whu'h is gaining considerable hea<l- was a leader of a lil*eral gn>up in the
. way.
I Pre>‘ident’s Popularity
.Mr. (iarner’.v ambiti«>n for the pres
idency in 1932 is recalled by the re.
Icent publication of .Mr. Failev’s own
account of the Chicago convention, I
where the Texan was inductxl to with-1
[draw in favor of Gcivernor R^msevelt
and iXH'eived the vice-prt'sidential
nomination as a eonsvdation prize.
I In th,. I,eht «t ». v,.r«l r,v..nt crosn- “5.
;s.v.i,.n ,M.ns of votors in.licntinit .ho J-'f';!. ,'’‘'I';;';
'rise in the pix*.sident’s pei'sonal |>opu-
1 lai ity alHjVe the low |H>iiit which it . . ., -
county, has bi‘en a resident of (, an
4.40-tl
4.n-i*
S.OO-19
5.25-17
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197$
10“
IT"
Moximura aedety, comlort and
loa9 miiaag* or* assured by
tbs tough, husky center-
tmetion tread and plies oi
patented Supertwist Cord,
(eoodlookmg, too...o HONEY
Ml nil counts, including the
pHce.
MMYUI
•4 AU-WUIMB
The IM editiee
glees yes
•OOOTI&t
SRirOWAV
A but.-.y, huUl
lot ell leugb
g 0 i a g — e <
•coaomy pricey.
Prem
I3*s
housi*. He was a bitter critic of .Msy-
|Or Frank Hague of Jersey City.
Terry Announces i
I For The House
Joe P. Terry of this city, places his
formal announcenumt for the house
of reprc.M*ntativt‘s in tinlay’s
Eight other c
for the office.
Mr Terry, a native of Greenwood
I had reaclieil last sjiring, estimates of , , , •
Kain. in K..|nJ.lioan moniborahi,. „ ‘"r‘W |«s. ton >ea|j ami ,a en.-
ilhis voar's ol.a-tu.ns aro ta in* rovisml ''.'"J'"' *' ‘
Kitiwnward states that if eU'clcd he will fairly
\ .r .1 S’epresent all clas.ses and give to the
far tho ,M.lv>siti«n is oonomlo,!. Tho bo-!
liof that tho.o ar,. Wl ,.,nKr..ssi,.nal In tho noar futuro,
.listriots in vvhioh tho Ro,H.hlioans oan «■■■ >nnoum-o hia
win is not so widely held. There are ^ j
thirty districts in which a switch of When a robln'r points a gun at vour
one vote in twenty would change the^head. J. Fa«lgar Himver advises, keep
ix'sult from that of 1930. Then* are ^ool. It’s better than growing cold.
38 nioix? districts in which only a t€*n; ♦
per cent shift would put a Republican A combination coat and shirt has I
in a IVmocrat’s place. That a total just been inventwl. It gets the agony!
Republican gain of 68 seats is an cn-'over with quicker in strip jioker. .
tirely reasonable exptvtatkm is the — -'
concensus of shrewd political opinion, Mting consumer prices rise as busi-i
here. , ness gets better. j
Election Barometers Another economic index which
The election results may well de- points to better times is the depart-'
pend upon economic conditions, howjment of agriculture's mid-summer
ever. If employment increnses and if:wheat forecast. The outlook on July
11, when the forecast wos released,;
idilHon •
prices of consumer goods go down
the average voter is considered likely was for a wheat crop of 967
to give the Democratic party credit.
Much weight is given here to the
forecast of Leon Henderson, economic
MDANIEL
VULC. WORKS
TekphoM No. 2
bushels, the largest crop since 1915.
With the machinery of the A.A.A in
full operation to protect farmers |
adviser to the Works Progress admin-j against loss by reason of this “bump-;
istration. er" crop in this country and equally
Mir. Hendreson was the linrt to j large production in the^rest of the
point out the approach of the present j world, this'will mean many more mil-1
business recession, a year before it , lions of dollars in the pockets of|
happened. Now he announces that the
nation is heading not for a boom but
for sound recovery. He quotes facts
and figures to faadt op Ms forecast,
and couples it with a wasniag against
farmers, which in turn is expected to;
mean greatly increased sales of aR-
sam of things ^ fanner buys, from
automobiles, tractors and fann ina>i
cbinery down to clothing.
PRICES TAKE A BIG DROP
Don’t hesitate! Don’t fail to reap this summer’s harvest now! We’re clearing our shelves
of summer merchandise at any cost (to us), with great saving for you! NEVER! have
the markdownti been steeper or the bargains greater! *
COME SEE . . . YOU’LL BUY AND SAVE!
MEN’S DEPARTMENT
MEN’S
STRAW HATS
REDUCED! Real Values.
To go
at only
77c
MEN’S
POLO SHIRTS
Regardless of farater priea—
Reduced
to
50c
Men’s Sanforized
WASH PANTS
Sla-shed to a price that ordinarily would
be unthinkable.
They must *70^^
go at # iirC
Men’s Sanforized
WASH SUITS
They must
go at
$2.99
One Table of Boys’
DRESS SHIRTS
Sport collars. Short sleeves and also
regular style.
Fa.st colors.
To go at
3 to 4 Yards
DRESS LENGTHS
Assortment includes Laces, Sheers and
Blister Sheers and Prints.
X 39c
36 Inch
PRINTED SHEERS
Bargain priced. m
Reduced to, yard JL V^C
Women’s Sununer
GLOVES and PURSES
Reduced
to
Only 9 Left
BED SPREADS
80x105.
Must go.
SHOE DEPARTMENT
Big Table of I.adies' Dress
SHOES and SANDALS
Regardless of former price—
They must ’ ^
go at, pair A
LADIES’ SHOES
Reduced from Higher Prices!
Ties, Straps A ^
arid Pumps Jl rnTT m
Big Table White and Colored
SANDALS
While
They Last
I CHILDREN’S SHOES
REDUCED. Now at a fraction of their
original cost.
Your
Choice
Big Tkble Ladies* and Misses*
SANDALS
W'hite and Colors.
All*Higher Priced
Styles at
DISH CLOTHS
While they last.
Reduced. Each...
READY-TO-WEAR DEPT.
Summer Glen-Row
DRESSES
Your chance to save.
Reduced
to
$2.00
Summer Jean Nedra
DRESSES
Our higher priced dresses are
included.
Your choice
for only
Women’s Summer
MILLINERY
Reduced
to
50c
Sheers, Spun Linen, Etc.
DRESSES
When you see them, you’ll buy.
They won’t
last long for
$1.33
One Rack Women’s
PRINT DRESSES
**Another if it fades.**
Reduced
to.J
PENNEY
Clinton, South Carolina
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