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VOLUME XXXVIII
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1938
NUMBER 47
CHRONICLE’S BIG DOUBLE VOTE
OFFER ENDS SATURDAY NIGHT
CANDIDATES CLOSELY BUNCHED AS SECOND PERIOD
DRAW'S TO A CLOSE AT 10 P. M. ONLY
THREE MORE DAYS TO GO.
FOR THESE WE ARE TRULY TMANKr'ii,
For Christmas
Celebration Dec. 9
Arran^emonts for the welcoming of
And the biggest 8i*>scription vote Clrk Pr^rwsirrl
offer of The Clinton Chronicle’s^* Ittllo V*U 1
Big Prize Campaign will be over. I
' Promptly at ten o’clock Saturday'
night, votes credited to candidates:
- for new and renewal subscriptions
will take a big drop. j
Ever>*where candidates are working]
fast—gathering subscriptions and col-jf^e Christmas holi«iay season—to be
lecting promises of subscriptions—in arrival of Santa
an effort to poll as many votes as ^ ^^us in ( linton on Friday, Dect'm-
possible before the closing hour of Dth, are going forward under the
this imjwrtant j>eriod—ten o'clock ' *^'1 the ( hamber of ( om-
Saturday night, Nov. 26. This is the mcrce. F’residenl .\. 13. Gixifrey of
sui)reme voting oi>j)ortunity of the 3he organization, .stated yesterday
balance of the campaign, and candi-1 ^’hat a number of merchants and
dates who have hopes of being num-' firms have expressed their
bered among the honored winners will i interest and cooperation in the cele-
- make the most of it. bration which will usher in the city’s
What Can Be Done | Christmas shopping season.
.Among the men and women who' To head arrangements for the
are striving to win the $500 in cash, j Yuletide program President Godfrey
the $200 in cash, the $100 in cash, the | has appointed the following commit-
$50 in cash, or one of the smaller!tees:
prizes which wdll be awarded Decern-j Parade Marshall—Capt. Walter
ber 17, the concensu.s of opinion is j Johnson.
that getting all the votes possible un-| Float committee—W. R. Anderson,
der the present double vote offer is^Jr., lrl)y S. Hipp.
the best way to achieve .succc'ss. j Publicity committee—\V. W. Har-
Can .Mail Subscriptions ' ris, Hugh Holman.
.At the hour of ten o’clock Saturday Booster committee—Roy Gascjue,
night the floors of the campaign of- M. Adair.
fice will be closed. Those who are on’ Santa Claus cojnmittte—R. L. Plax-
the inside will be waited upon, but ico, W. H. Simpson. | Business To I»ause for Thanks- Farmers W ill He Notified As To
candidates out of town, however, have p'urther details as to the big gala
the F’rivilege of mailing their ^.jn appear in The Chronicle. |
scriptions, the post mark serving as ^
the “closing hour.” This gives each m ^ * q ^ I
and every person an equal opportuni- liCMf ^SlITS III ,
ty to work right up to the last min- m nri_*
ute, just so they get their sub.scrip-j rClVOIT I fllS iCStlT;
tions in the post office or campaign
Pastors Welcome INAZIS CONTINUE
Methodist Minister; ANTI-JEW DRIVE
Union Service Held Sunday Eve
ning At Broad Street Church Goebbels Say.s Will
‘Stick To
For Rev. \\. R. Rouknight.
Gens” On Jewish Policy.
Warns England and France
To Change Views.
Members of all chuivhes in the city’
I ^ 1
I joined together Sunday night atj _
i North Hrood Stroot .Methodist churchl Nov. 22.* i-ropacantla Min-
Mn weleoniing its new pastor. Rev.
1 W. K. Bouknight, recently transferred 1^***’^' Josejih (loebbels declared
I here lYoin St. Paul ehuix'h in Green-'to some 2,000 propaganda workers of
ithe Berlin district tonight that Nazis
The service was aitcnilcd bv ;i large . /
1 tflll “.it 1,-L' t.s t lit.:.' J-
, congregation. I he pasti>rs ttl the
will “.■^tick to tlu'ir gaits ’ on the .lew-
icity \vt'T\* sejitetl on the rostrinn anti i'h iiroltleni.
special music
choii. '
\\;is rciulcretl by the
'fhe meeting, fii'-^t
1,.')(;() anti-Semitic
of a series of
tiemonslration.s
Hr. li. IL Lynn, the tililest minister j seheiUiled during tlie next ftwv months,
in the city in jioint of service, j'rcsitl- \y.jj; ii,.],) Germany preparetl to
t'tl. Prayer was ttffered by Kcv. C. ^ economic anniliilation of the
! Bynum Betts, and the Sm ipturi* read-' .|(>\vs, a poliey which al*p(‘ai i‘d to be
ling given by the Rev. W.’N. liong. [ilriving a wedgt' de«‘per lietween her
Hr. 1). J. Woods wolcimied the newt and thnn' great nations—the United
I pastor in behalf of the ministerial states, France and Britain,
i union, and expia*s.sed his pleasure in ,Speaking in the Kmll Oimra house,
I the privilege of joining with the!,
MethmiisLs for the invasion.
Ml
, i City Will Relax Crop Referendum
For Turkey Day! On December 10
Goebbels coupled his attacks on Jews
with yesterday’s debate in the British
Bouknight in a happy vein hou.so of commons, when Germany’s
.sponded briefly to the welcoming I policies were criticized, and warned:
marks UTore preaching the evening j ..jf English want to conclude a
semion. _ j binding friendship with the German
^ ' peojile, they shoiilil not make thi.s
friendship depmident on inner-iio'iti-
cal German cireumslances.”
Earlier in the day Gennany had re-
iceived a IHiited Stati's note asking
I foi mal assurances tliat ileei'ci-s oust-
John L. Young,
Farmer, Passes
giving and SchtMils Clo.se. Un-. 19.‘19 Allotment Before (loing
ion Service At Rapti.st Church! To the IVills.
At 9 O clock.^ ! Fartmus of tin
t ified
office by the closing hour.
Each Subacription Uounta
Thv thounan^ of extra votes to be Hi(?hwav Department
gained on each subscription during! ‘
the final hours of this imfxirtant pe
riod rtfay serve to make victory easy.
Each si<)scription earns more votes
Satunlay than it will Monday and you
can’t tell, one subscriyition cretlited at
th<‘ close of the period may he the de
ciding factor in the final count.
.All sub,sciiptions turned in count
on $1H clubs, anti each club gives
100,000 \X)tes in addition to the tlouble
votes on each sub>eriplion over one
year.
Neatly every candidate exptvts
have a big u port .'^atur<lay night.
<’ainli<lates who will put forth
their best efforts tiuring the remain- t’‘*^liFig yiar.
ing hour.s of this im|X)rtant period Sawyer assertetl:
will find it an excellent time to gather
llupewell ('itizen Succumb.s To'. , r i
! mg .lewsifrom (lei nian oiisiness would
I WO \\ eeks Illness At Hos- not apply to .Amei lcan citizens; anti
pilal. Funeral Here Friday. inftirnietl (luaiters had admitted the
— ~ I pressure on .lews hail greatly alieti-
•lohn 1.. doling, M>, well known .jf,.,] Freiuh sentiment cttiidiicive to a
faniit'r of the Ho|)t*well section, died “j,,, mort* war” accord with I’ninctr
* ho.spital last Thursday I ,^-1, ^vilh Britain.
county will be no- afternoon following a critical two , , it •
. 11. I 1 be behavior of .Jewry itstdf iii
Ittllt allotment in weeks illness. , • ,
,, , , 1 . • 1 (lermanv coniiiels a ^weeping and
of the voting Hectuiiher 10, I’H'leral stu vices were held I-nday
afttM'iiotm at .’t.IJO frtmi the gravesidt*
in the i’resliylerian ctmietery ami ctm-
of''
** 'll governess-like tutelage,” he said of
to their
Thanksgiving—tht* great .American
fea.st day, will he observed here in
RpHncflnn of M^arlv Half «i„rp! traditional style with Ulintonians tak. 'U’xt year’s crop cimtiol program.!^'
Keduction Ol ISearly Hail Mnce . , . . iFami Agent U. 13. f annon has an-l , . , , ,
Last Year Noted. Says Chietl","' "•''■‘"‘w I, II,. sa„l that thi» pnH...,lur..|''''‘'';;:!
‘ties for rivreation and diversion, and ^yii] .sm-ve to eliminate any cause ftiri . ' it si 11 lan i '<•< > p.,,ijHnientary criticism in l^ondon.
citv. A large gathering of frnmdsi .. i ,
^ ' I hey say; in the last fivt
swift sollllioll,” Go( bliels as.sel'ti'd.
“The German nation totlay no long
er will put up with interference and
woi'Ship, which it offers.
idissutisfaction that might have exist-'
1 Uolumhia, Nov. 20.—The chief high-
Iway commissioner, Ben .M. Sawyer,
said today rhe business rtvession ap
parently had cau.setl a reiluction of
nearly oneshalf in the number of new
'automobile# and trucks in South Caro
lina.
In a statement, .Sawyer .said regis
trations for the license year ended
Octohi'r .‘31 showed 1 1,H26 new pas-
sengiT motor vehicles, conqiaicd
with 2ti.627 for the preceding y»ar.7*' '**'*"’ ^
.New truck registrations totaled 1,-' I nion .Serxke Planned
i:3K. compared with 7..'..V2 the pie-; <’ity-wi.le union M-rvice arrang.sl
by the .Ministerial union, will he helil
I at the First Baptist chiiix h at nine
It appeal's that the business re-! *'^ speaker thi- morning
' I -u I* .1 assembled to pay then last tribute, , u n i i in.
TimIhv Ixonir a Ii-l'hI holiday under when farmers voted on i . n ■ . . you have handled the .lews ba<lly.
iiHiay, m iiig a ii k«i nuiiiiM.v umn i * , . , ami manv lovely flowii-s banked upon;’
pr(K:lamalion is.sued by the president ‘he program before they were in- . .r i , i..,,.. .,.ii .i.n ......
ycar.s
th.
“But .lews still iwissfs.-; 6(1 per cent
of the United States, stores, hanks. 7<‘nne<l as to their allotment. li^.Vi^rwhu-lV'the P-erlin’s real estate, .lews'cv.m now
ami busini'ss establishment- will la*' The county agent was in Columhiaj ' 'Hiwn capital of approximately S.OtKI,-
HiKi ousirn.s t sioiiii. unit in., win m i lu i Activ pallbeai ei s were: < larence , j... ...u....... ...k. , t-i *
shut, ami there will be no mail de- 'he ,msl week wiih Uurens . ,' . „ (KKi.OlHi marks That
liveries • farm data upon wbich the st«te office I ‘, • ’ ‘ ‘ means the C.erman jieiqile, lu-cording
.The Thornwcll on»hanage schools|«ill Dx the individual «*h.tment.s. ^ ^ I to their percentage of tin poiailation.
Kuliscriptions, and b<*come one of the of the last
real contemlers in the race for the reduction in
rich array of prize#.
Any candidate who up to now has
the nuniU-r
now automobiles and n<*w trucks pur-'‘^‘-'‘' church,
chaseil by the peojile of South Uaro-I rhere will
will close for one day only. ’''e work i.- completed,
! The I’ity schooL will have two days Mr. ( anmm -aid, the farmers will
.off, tmlay and tomorrow, while I’res- he notilied a- to their allotment for
byti'iian colh*ge closed yesterday not
la.-.-es until .Monday. •••■ explained tliaf present regula
tions for I'.Ul'.i permit unlimited ta\-
fns* production within the allotcd
m'reage. In fin- referemium Hecem-
her 111, the farmers will decide wheth
er abovi’-qiioiji production in I'.i.'l'.i
on excess acreage should be taxed,
rile bal-
be
y,.a, cau....,l » 'I;'- ““''V, t„ Mr.
„f iiastor of North Broa<l Street .Metho- , ^ , ,
lot.s have not been prepared as yet.
n„ cll..^.. f„„ll,«lll lh»l
I L , 1 .1 Ol ti .. voting against the tax on exeess ai-re-
btH*n accepting promises ami who will.hna—a rixluclion of nearly one-half production is tantamount to vol-
“go after” those promises will find <’'*mpared wil-^ motor vehicles| *11 ihe^^sea* crop program, coopera
tion then being voluntary. On the
other hand, he said, with the tax vot-
those promises will find <’'*mpared with new ..... .
the remainder of the week a real pro-, Pi"Thas.sl during the prweding year.,«»”;' Met-on university m
iluctive one in the matter of votes. 2H4,lliH motor vehicles of all kinds | ^ osuig garni.
ami \V. U. HolMltim
Ml. doling’ wav Imiiii in thi^ sec-’
tion, a son of the lat<' Mart Young
and -Mrs. Kllie .Anderson Young. Foi |
piai'fiea'ly lll> entile life he was ell
g.'ige.i in fanning. Alw.iys Iniglit.
affable, and kind in dis|i<i itiun, lie
made many fi iemH who'i egai de.l liim.
Iiiglily, ami who will legiet to learn of
his pa.vsing.
The deceased i ; .-ui lived liy two
brothers, E. G. and .1. G. Young, both
of this jdai’e. I
10 Seniors Play
’ Last Game Today
ought to liave marks
(.‘.pln.mi I,(MI(I,(MMI 1. but tile Geiniaii
jM-ople pos-o.^.s only 2<MI,(HMI.(MMt,<l(MI
marks (.ssn,(KMi,(;(M),(M)(t) of the na
tional Wealth.
"That means .therefore, that the
.li-w- still have nian.igeil to keep the
four ami one-half tmiev more of Get-
man wealth aftei five ami a halt
years of national socialistic govern-
mi nt.
"One eaniiot teach certain sc,-tions
abroad coni'erning tins (ine-tion, above
all not the .lewish public.
"In .New York, for example, then*
aie 2,miu,(Ml(l .lews. How slia.l one
convince them that (iermany is right.
Bootit Your Faxnrite
(autimiobiles, trucks, trailers andj -Many families have planned reun
turkeys are di»*ssed and ready;
♦ ^ 'One does not, have to wonder, tlieie-
The I'reshyterian colleg,- gridders' f,,,.,. ,j„. react ion from New
Those who are going to ImkisI their niotorcycles) were registi’red for thj* i'’ii-• '^*.*!*'^ *1 confined to those Beaeh, Ma., where they will playijr
favorite along the road to victory license year ending October .31, 111.37, H) go in i ovin.s, wi farmers under the volunteer program. Stetson university today in the la.'-’
do the candidate of .their choice 2H 1.1I64 motor vehicles of all kinds '''‘‘.s coming hack h^ume to break _ ^— -game of the season. The vquad is i
for ihf* license year■ fe.'^tue hoanl. A num-
•d out Ix-nefit payments, loans ami left
Tuesday by bus
where
for Haytomr Y(,rK. Besides New Nmk is not .Aiiier-
will '
This is an her (»f students and teachers return- Local Folk See
.'ed to the city la.-t nig'ht for the holi-
can
the most giKnl b.v giving their sub- were
wription before Saturday. If you ending Getolxr 31, l'J.3H
have promised a sub.scription, you ease in total registrations of ap
know you will keep your promise, and fourth of one per ‘‘‘Y P‘• ifx-
if you want your promise to do your cent. j The city will take on the attitude
favorite the most good, make it good • ‘’f ® deserted villagi
a.
with hundred.s
now. Get in touch with your favorite DR. GRAH.AM, III
1 of local folk leaving this morning on I elsewhere, viewed the Neaboard Air
I excellent shajie for the battle, Coach
.lohnson .said.
« , • Ten men will end their college foot-
iNeW Locomotive ban eans-is in the Stetson game.
—— I'hey are: Captain Robert Bo.swell, 1 jj,
Hordes of iitsiple from Clinton and tackle; Jimmy Hennard, back; Walker, Eurthei
•Ariti-Siinitism i> alive in all peo
ples. Th<‘ .lews themselves awaken it.
“It is not mil fault that the .Jew
ish (luestion today is the theme of
world discu.s.vimi. 'I'he .It-w- have
brought that on through their own
indicating the .Nazi pies-
candiilate and give it to him or her,|
bring it to The Chronicle office, or
mail it, and it will count. The more
GETS AI*I*()INTMENT^^^''^*^ trijis or ideasure jaunt.s
1 points in and about the state.
F.vans, tackle; Walter Tmld, gimnGjsure would coiitinm iebnllev.-ly. Ha.s
Henderson, guard; Trigger! s<-hwaize Koriis, organ of the Idack-
, Hr. Bothwell Graham, III, has re-
you pay, the more votes you will give ceived notice of his apjiointment to
your favorite. the public health service with the
The race i.s not yet won, ami no ony rank <»f first lieutenant,
has a big advantage *iver anyone else. j^j. (j^aham is the son of Prof, and,
Effort, courage, determination ami r Gi-aham of this city. He fin-i ,„hn Erixlerick Horioh 77 native
the strength of character not to admit Rreshyterian college in of'I.aure ’ ’
<k«feat to smoeone who i.s no more medical work at the '
J. F. Dorroh Dies
At Westminster
to Line railway’s new .streamlined loco- Lykes
'motive and insiH*<'ted the train of six ftiu.h, hack; .S'horty Horne, back; uniformed .S.S, prophe-i.-d "aiiiiihila-
miMlerii .steel emu-hes it pulled while Reynolds, back; .lininiy Bmith, ’ ti,,n’’ wou I be in .-tor*' fm the Ger-
on display*liere Sunday fm- fifty min- |,aekf and Have Carson, guard. i man -lew imild lie sink to the crimi-
utes from ULIO to 11 a. m. All who' i ^
desired to inspect the train were 10,751,00(1 HALES 4a*atmn -ai t might lim onm a lealilv.
GINNED HY NOV. 11
capable than yourself will pull you I’niversitv of Viiirinia Effective He-’t, 1 u • II- . • . I ..... ■ .
through and make you the big prize 771 7. u . ''‘‘^'minster' ,,ra..se from the hundreds who .saw it.lH..
cember 1st he will be stationed
■Wi'inner. Uniti*<] States Marine hospital on
The leaders of today may he trail- Island, New York
ing in the list when the final vote.s =-
are counted. Therefore, it is wise for
every candidate to put forth his or
her best itffort until the time arrives
to determine who is gaining or losing
in the matter of votes.
County Fanners ;
Get Half-Million
Laurens county farmers have re
ceived since Oct. 24, a total of $271,-
430.19 in payment of three-cent cot-
tou subsidies, according to C. B.. Can
non, county agent. Added to $234,-
535.55 received and distributed last
.spring to county growers, the total
^ggregsites more than a half million
dollars.
Turkey Day
Gridiron Games
Novsberry vs Oglethorpe at New
berry. f
P. C. V8 Stetson at Daytona Beach,
Fla.
CJemaon vs Forman "at Cknison.
MR. MERCHANT
Christmas is just around the
corner. There are thousands of
Chri.stmas shoppers in your
trade area who are starting
their holiday buying, and will
be attracted by your messages
in THE CHRONICLE. Now is
the time to start and go after
your share of this Christmas
bu.«ine.«8.
The cheapest and most effec-
■ tive advertising known is News
paper Advertising. Placed in the
home new.spaper, your store
message is read by all members
of the family.
If you don't get your share
of Chri%tmas trade your com
petitor will. Begin now and talk
each week to the people of Clin-
tion’s trade area through—
THE CHRONICLE
“The Paper Everybody Rceda”
«hown throiig’h thi* modern chair ear,
dining car, parlor car and i)ulhnaMS.|
The liH-omotive, con.sistirig of three \Va7JTingtoTi7 Nuv. 21.- The cen.-ius
ns county but for many years' s.-ction.s which are detachable into bureau repmled today cotton of thi.s
a resident of Greenville, died la.stP2,(MK) hor.sepower'^uriits, elicited much year’s growth ginned prior to Noveiri-
, ,14 totaled 10,751,758 running
after several years of declining The train is said to he one of the hales, counting 112,510 round bales
three large.st diesel-electric locomo- as half hales arnl excluding liiiters,
I He was a son of Hr. J. E. and Mary tives ever built. compared with I 1,1117,111 running
'Saxon Dorroh, who moved to Green- .About a hundred people made a trip bales ami 2.')7.Ht;i round bales last
ville from this county, and was a on the “Orange Blossom .‘sjiecial” to year, and 10,767,110 and 22.'),57.') for
b(K)kkeciH r in a Greenville bank for Greenwood as guests of the railway | 1936.
many years. jeompany. , - - ■ ^ -, .
He was an uncle of Dr. J. VV. Davis I ~~1
an(l John D. Davis of this city, both Irophv DStnOUCt
Here Dec. 6th
of whom were pallbearers at his fu-t
‘neral Friday in We-slminster. .|
I Immeiliate survivors are his wifi*,' ♦ .—
.Mrs. Ellen Thompson Dorroh; a fos- Sports writers, coaches, officials
ter daughter, Mrs. .Mary T. Bums of and football player.s of South C'aiD-l
Kershaw, and a brother, A. R. Dor- lina and Southern and Southeastern |
roh of Washington. ^ conference.s will assemble at a dinner
♦ here Tuesday, I)i*cember 6, at Pres-
hyterian college, at which time win-
! IHr CliftrC L^CpftrLlllCllliners of the Jacobs blocking trophies
j 1^* honored.
L/lSpCTISCS v0^UDD*vO| The awards are presenteii annually
j ^ I by Dr. W. P. .Jacoks to the players in
j A total of $6|655.58 in as.sistance I the state. Southern apd Southeastern'
j checks w’as paid out through the wel-' gridiron circuits who excel in inter-j
I fare department during the current j ference and best exemplifies sports-j
I month, according to an announcement; manship and team play.
I yesterday by. Mrs. Mabel B. Little, ^
: director. ' SPOKE IN GREER i
1 Of that amount $4,499.45 went to Walter A. Johnson, director of ath-i
757 old age recipients, $1,688.92 to
123 dependent children cases, $397.94
to 18 unenfployed family heads, and
$160.17 to 18 blind cases.
letks at the college, was the principal
speaker Monday night at a banquet
given in Greer in honor of the high
school football team and coach. j
DRIVE CAREFULLY
SAVE A LIFEJ
6
DEATHS
from
AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENTS
In
LAURENS
COUNTY
1938
Let’s Strive To Make
This a Safe Year On
the Highways.
Thia date last year, 7.
The iv<‘» . ,y di'i l.irt'd the .IfW.-; .-^umi
would <‘xl. I ist what ia|iilal th«‘y pos-
bfi'i I'c impiivi'.’i-hfd and in a
staff (d* ■■-miiplftf fliminatiun from
Gfi’inari I.u-.”
“.And if Wf, as will jirovf nocfs-
s:"y, font' tlif lifii .Itws to take care
(if their ‘poor’ racial brothi rs, they
will sink altogflhf." into criminality
■ ill accordance with their very in-
^-tinet.-x.” I»as .'si-liwarz Korjis said.
"I'lit no one 111cds belii've that we
7-ould wateh thi.s development calm
ly. The German peojdc have not the
slightest deside to allow in their coni-
miinity hnndreils of thousands of
criminals, who not only safeguard
their existence through crime but
also want to obtain revenge.
"... In sueh a .stage of develop
ment we would face the .sheer neces
sity of rooting out the Jewish under-
woild just as we used to root out
criminal elements in our land or or
der; with fire and sword.
"The result wmuld be the actual and
final end of Jewry in Germany, it.s
very annihilation.” ^
The press continued to as^sail both
the United Ktates and England as
failing to solve Germany’s problem
I of getting rid of her Ji-ws.
I Although a r fomial French-German
j aCtord was said to have been delay-
led, Adolf Hitler and Robert Coulon-
dre, new French atnbassador, ex-
,changed friendily assurancefi when
Coulondre presented his credentials tx>
Hitlei at Berchestgaden.