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\ c ■ / • / ■/ Read Today^s Paper and The Next Two Issues for Christmas Bargains! THE CHRONICLE StriTca To B« a Clooa Ntw»> paper, Cooiplota, Noway, aad Rofiablo. J ffiUntnn If Too Don't Read THE CHRONICLE Ton Don't Get The News. VOLUME XXXVIII CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1938 NUMBER 49 SANTA CLAUS TO ARRIVE HERE FRIDAY, 5:30 P. M. CHANCE TO SECURE ONE OF THE FOUR BIG EXTRA VOTE BALLOTS IN PRIZE CAMPAIGN CONTEST WHICH ENDS DEC. 17 One Will |{e of 3,000,000 Votes, Another of 2,000,000 and a Third of 1,000,000 and the Winning of Any One of Them May Be the Winning One of the Three Big Cash Priz- — es Which Will Go To the Leaders When ' the Contest Closes Finally. Next Wednesday nisrht at 10 p. m., is the end of the three opportunities to win one of the IVize Vote Ballots of 1,000,000, 2,000,000,000, 3,000,-1 000 and 1,000,000, respectively. After j that time thi.s sen.-^tional offer will he history. One of the cont(^stants will ^ Cotton Farmers Vote Saturday Election To Pass On Marketing (Quotas Plan for 1939. Polls Open At 8:30. Voting Places Designated. win the first Prize Vote Ballot of three million votes and thert'by ma-' terially aid their chances at winning Farmers in l.Jiurens county will* that Grand Prize. I vote on Saturday to determine wheth-1 ('ompetition is mighty 'keen for or they are to continue cotton market-, ‘hose four Prize V’ote Bullot.s as mo.st jng ipjotas api>roved last March for! .tf the c“ontestants have realiziMl how much it means to win one of them, he.*icles getting all <»the!' votes on sub- -criptions turned in. An(»ther rea.son why conte.stants the 1939 crop. j The referendum has l><*en autht»rized by the federal farm act and will be conducted by the \.\.\ throughout the eottim and tol>acco Iwlts. The election have bwn rtslouhling their efforts is in this c<»un'ty will he uiuier the direc- the fact that there are only nine more lioji of (', B. Cannon, county ageat.! days of the conte.st. That means that Ijandlords, standing ami fixed rent | the real race is to th<‘ fini-^h and all tenarvls as well as share-cropjH-rs who' are tk*termine<i to win. grew cotton in 1938, are allowed toj Saturday is a mighty impoi*tant vote, Mr. Cannon state.s. | dav, and next Wesinesday marks the The law provides that if more than! climax of the best remaining Umu-s two thirds of those voting throughout I vote offer and big prize vote balUrts the nation favor the (juota plarv, the i offer. The time for action is now!— (juotas estahlislwHl thi.s year will he in! when th<' four prize vote liallois are effwt in 1939. If more than one-third offered—and the final drive tiiward of voters oppose the plan, it will be the goal will be easy. • abolished next yt-er. It’s the big subscriptions that count. The polls will open at 8:30 a. m. and most vot«*s. By getting a few of these remain open until ."S p. m. for .8atur- it is possible for any candiilate to win day’.s election. The following head- the extra prize v«te.,l^ihyt by 10 p. quarters for voting have been an- in. \Vednes<lay, l)«*cem4»er 14. The race nounced by Mr. Caniwin, with the com- so far is clow*. That is what you might mittwinen nametl who will hold the call opportunity. !election: l The Chnmicle cam|>aign office will Sullivan townshiji: Hickory Tavi-rn hf open until 0 p. m. each day to re- .«icho<tl— G. C. R<qMT, 11. O. .\U*icr(Vm- ceive suh.scriptions on the big extra l,ie and G. 1). Wooil. vote offer. ‘ Dials township: AlMTcromhie-thv- This is no time to dilly dally. This jngs store, Gray Court—Fr»*d .8. .S?»h1- is time for action. Now is the time to danl, Bynui V. Gray ami Thomas W.j win the prize of your choice. If you Barksdale. are ever g'ling to do anything big, Young.s town.ship: U«»lK*rt .\. Harris' do it n«twl store—William 1). I/nnas, .lames B. Don’t waste a minute. Get wi inter- De.Shields, and James T. Manly, ested that you think “win" in your <'ross Hill townshiji: L. K. .Martin’s sleep—it won’t hurt you, and if will stort* (white)—John K. Griffin, Wif- make you carry on. Yt»u must have liam W. Watkins, an<l L. K. Martin, it in your hL'a<l to win if you are to Ooss Hill township: Colornl school win. No one is going to bring one of —jCharles R. Turner, John A. Rich- these big ca.sh prizes to you on a plat- ardson, and James txileman, Jr. ter. You’ve (pot 'to do ami get what Hunter and Jacks township: over you H'ant. Promises wont win. Maxwell Bros. & Kinard h'urniture After you think you have every sid)- !*tore, Cliinton — Thomas R. Davis, scription you can get, go out and get Hugh B. Workman, and John 1). Cope- another and an<»ther. That “one mori;’’ land. HUGE PARADE, ROYAL WELCOME PLANNED FOR FAMOUS GUEST AH In Readines.s for (Timing: of SI. Nick for Annual V^i.sil. Cele bration To Be Featured By Parade, Attractive Float.s and Bra.ss Bands. City Holiday Lights To Sparkle Forth for First Time. Thousands Expected To Throng: Streets for the ('olorfiil F]vent. Thousands Greet President Roosevelt .Santa Claus, beloved iiatron saint of Christnuis day and the entire Yule-, tide season, will arrive here Friday _ 'afternoon at .’i;30 for hi.s annual pre- Delivers Brief Address At State' (’'hristnva.s visit and a royal welcome Hou.se and Has Breakfast With'Clinton awaits the arrival of the 1 L i old gentleman. (.overnor Johnston. I j,, Columbia, Di>c. .'j.—J'resident Roosc-K'"' » special invitation from the velt ivaid tributi* Monday to Benjamin if-hanvber of Commoive, and R. Tillman, South Carolina statesman i thousands are expected to greet him of a generatitni ago, and n'callnl that'^'I^*'' his arrival, both kiddies and one of his ancestors hjid been a lieu-|^^'‘‘’'y’'‘*^*Ps, tenant gttvernor in colonial tiays. liave reached The ( hronicle Calling the .South t’aroliua anees- th.it the distiugiiishetl vi.sitor, attired tor “Old .lames Murray,’’ the iiresi-''’* bright of his tbuit .-^aid he wa.s^ the only oue aneestttrs wlu> ixunaiuetl a "loyalist” froui It) the F.ugli'h erowu dmiug the llevo- lutiiiu. ‘‘.So you see," Mr. lvi)i>st velt saitl. Viny eiiuneetit)n witli thi.' state goes hack a long lime.’’ His refi-reuei' to 'niluiau. leailer of the Stuith t'aioliua's agrariau movi'- his bright red suit trimiued with uowy white, is s|HM'ding tt)wai(i Cliu- the suowhouuti regions of the North Pole. He is expt'Cting the hoys ami gills of the entire coinimi- uity It) turn mil t a nui'-e lo g'-eet him. .Santa’s (oming will he (he i)cea-.'':i ftir the hegmuing of the 'I’ldetide sea son. As he rides nn .Noi'th Bio.nt •ment.fcame when he told of his work <'linlon’.s lovely light,- will as assiataivt sec'ri'lary of the navy | during Wilson’s administration. He^ .said he coopi‘rated with Tillman, whoj was U. is.^senaitor at the time, in re-j oiM'nihj^thc ('harleston navy yard, “AnciRthe ftsleral govomrnent knows .'paikle forth a weleome to the famous guest, and flood tin- city’s Ini-iness seetion with the light of thon-aml' of softly-; lowing incamleseents. The ihriliing news that .Santa is to he the city’s gucjst again thi)j year THAT INVITATION FINALLY REACHES SENATOR SMITH today that South (’arolina is a partp"'‘«"'< everything is being pul in I of the union,” the pivsident said. [readiiH‘ss for his eoming by spix^ially ' Conelmiing, Mr. Roosevelt thankeil appointed eommittees. The city water Columbia for his weleome ami said he and light department has eomi»lete<l ; was “very grateful, esptH'ially to stiinging thi* lU’cessaiy Ithose chil.’lreii of the Methodist ,m-' t<> furnish the |K)wer for another phanage who sent that sau.suge up to brilliant army of Clinton’s lights. To ;()lin Johnston” tu he added to the add to thP setting, streamers of heavi- hn-akfast menu. '■T‘<’Hic hullw sitrung in fes- The rnesideiitial jiroee-sion left the "f lights, have been arraiig.sl state house and went slowly by the around the monument. Several lovely snle wall wfa-re, s<airs left by Shur-•'renter ef-t-hf‘-tf>wn hril- man’s homhing in the War lb-tween lianlly illuminale.i will com|)lete the the .States still may he seen. He ha<l sanl he had wanted to see them. Mr. RouMveh Ivoai'ded his train and It left on '<-h«slule, at in:3n a. m. In ^pite of the rain, the president rode from the stulioii to the mansion with the top of his ear down. ’I he toji I was put up for file ride to the W»M»d- D'ow Wilson nu'moiial home and l)a<‘k :1o the .StJite House hut was let down 'for the spe«-<-h, whi<-h he made ban headed part of the tinu*, in j |)our. I The governor told newspai»ennen <*f today’s paper and <honl<l not he rthat th«- pii-.sident n*«jiiesle<l the auto-^ ovei lookeil. ‘ l.ile to;. Ik- pushml hack before hr* »'"! k'irl.' throughout this en- pei feet < hi istma.s pictun-, one of the mo-t oiitstamling Ynie deematioiis m the tate. Tomoi row’s eolorfnl eeli-hration will ii.'lier in the eity’- pre.l'hristmas trade festival which i- being spon- sore'l by the ChamtK-r of Commeiee. Details of the ev«-nt, and a special mess.-ige from a niimiter of ('linlon merehants ami firms inviting the puh- lie to make llieir places of business i down- headipiai ti-i s for Ciinton’s hiiying, will he found in the advertising columns mot jtire sect, n, and grown-iips, tcKi, are Mr. Roosevelt “asked th.-m to hei^«t'i'lviteil to greet .Santa when h«- ar- the cur lop so he eoiild .see the p(H>-‘»ivrs toiuorro-w afternoon ami to ex- I)le,” Johnston said. “He .said he could I Him a great reception as the .stand the rain for a few minut.*s if Huge parmle get< under way, the l.he oiln-rs who had .stoml then some time could stand it." Roosevelt-Johnston Breakfast Bid For “( otlon Ed’ Was Delayed To Attend. I’ntil Too Late may he the deciding factor in your fa- Waterloo township: OnttT Point', . • vor. What you do now counts many school—Roin-rt G. Smith, William W’.' Washington, Dec. f,. _ President! presid.-nt tohl Governor .li.hnsfon he times double what it will Fater. Miller, and Chester L. Phillips. j R^msevelt n-turrie<l to Washington to-, did not want “Cotton Kd” at the Can you be sati.sfie<l? (an you .sit' i^uVens Krwnahip: <’ounty Agent’s pi«y after his tour through the Caro-j breakfast and to carry out this re- idly by while someone else grt.s out office—Law .M. Mobley, John S. .Mad-; !'"**•'< yf*sterday and launched into anj<iuest tlu' South Camlina <xe<-utive^ and takes away from you the prize <u.n and Karle R. Blakely. accumulation work that will keep [ appan-ntly de’ay.-d mailing the senior | G‘»o<Jhy»‘, , , . senator’s invitation until it was tooj Burnet R. Maybank and Johnston a late for him to attend. As early as'.minute Ix-fore the train pulleil away Harry Hopkins, national WPA ad- mi iii.sir ator, who was a nH-ml>er of the l>arty, shouUsi “Goodbye, Burnet” and Olin" to (bjverrior-elect ♦►f your choice- can he your.H if -the prize you know ScufflKown township: .Sandy'Him in Washington until February. you will it .so? You Springs school. — David .M. .Mc< lin-j Meeting the iiress this afternoon, can win. You know you can. You have tock, William T. Blakely, and Bryan -Mr, Roos«-velt was in fine sjiirits and, had publicly .stated the ability. You have friend.s — hut don’t expect them to do all the work for you. You s^houbl turn it at least one or two $18.(8) clul».s each day dur ing the remainder of the campaign— don’t be satisfied with less. Work wins votes 1 Vott*s winl A. Goodwin. School Play Here bantered around with the correspond- ent.s for a half hour a-^ they [K-jifieied ihim with questions which would hare imade hea.Iline news had he a.nsweiL them. Dne of these was if he inlende. heeil .Senator .loe (iuffey’.s re< , , . . , . , . .that he run for a third term. B!eiore Iw Kym_ .Monday ovoniny with t;iKht-; y., K,„s,.v,.lt could answer the. Long Speaks To High-Y Group! The Clinton Hi-Y met at the col- would caus<- though guest it tend the Ineakfast not been itivit<-<l name aiipeansl on the ea.-^ed by Governor John- hel Marvin .Meintyre, the presideiit’.s I'ands. )h‘-' see rota ry, deelared that th** |in‘sident al- had re<-eived a “royal welcome.’’ e for I'Khts fla-h on in his honoi, ami joy ami beauty run rampjint to inaugurate the Yiiletide season. .-Ml indications point to one of the most royal wel comes evei aecordeii the famous vis itor by ( inton. Mnsiti 1 O' the occasion will he fur nished hj ‘he eoIl(-ge and high school ItAITKItV 0 O.N DUTY i IN COM .MBIA .MONDAY Musi, al Pageant S .nday Evening )!■ .Smith’s presence hail, ■en desired by the governor he could have w*ired him an invitation .Sunday. ,.,.n mcmhcTs prc.'<„nl. Tl^ burst i„t„ laurtlcr an.l he juinc.l in. ,h.- Un Uecember IJtn Proc«-d.nK the op-ningntual.l^^,.- I ^ _ turm-d the program over to George j “The Marlenburg Necklace,” a mys- Browning who pmsenUil the guesf|- inhi.ssrH.echatrha,a-lHillv-ster- tery in three acts, will be pre.sented in speaker, Rev. W. N. Long pastor of president reiterated his de- Florida _%-eet .school auditon urn Tue.s. the First Bapti.st church of this city : continue to fight to "day evening, December 13th, at i :30 .Mr. Ixing spoke on the importance f^leral government charted liattery G, 2d3.rd coast artillery, h(>a(lc<l by Capt. Walter A. .lohnson as commander,, went to ('olumhiu In reply to the senator’s statement, Monday morning in trucks to take .said an invitation had j,ait in the jirogram arranged for the I‘. Byrne.s, receipt ion of President Franklin H. »kfa.st re- Roosevelt. At the conclusion of the lne.sday exercise.-;, the company retui lU'd to the ms'eity. o’clock, under the au.spices of The character building and choosing a vo- on a liberal course Thi.s ha.s been interpreted by some iMiliticil ob.serv- Serrtinel, studen-ts’ publication of Clin- cation for life, and was heard ■with ton high whool. intoroM by tho dub, HLs brother, Mr.,,.,, The exciting my.-tery is being di- or Blacksburg, was a guest at ’ ,, third term or foi-ce the nomina- heen mailed. .Senator .1 ami other guests at ceived their invitat with an urgent “respo plait." At last “Cotton tation has eome to light, here today relea.si'd the statement issm-d by the Kd’s ■ missing reeled by Miss Eloise Miller, a mern- meeting, her of the high .school faculty. The' ~ _ _ _ entertainment i.s presented to help tlCAClS students develope their dramatic tal ent and to assist in providing funds! to help defray the cost of publication' of the paper. The cast •will be as follows: iMrs. Marlenburg—Virginia Dillard Miss Madison—Jane Ferguson. Marilyn—Jeanne Holnwn. ^ (Maxine—France* Taylor. Marie—^Dorodry Horton. Janet WeUs—Elliott Jacobs. Bob—Hubert Adair. Ronald—Eugene Sloan. CFlannigan—(Marahal Pack. Mr. Weat—Reese Young. tion of a Demmrratic candidate of his lown choosing pltnlged to carry out his ; program ,n«- STORES STAY OPEN His otfficei ’TIIx 7 P. M. FRIDAY following' .smiator in! ^ large number of Clinton in<*r- jchants will ker-p their fdaces of busi ness open Friday evening until 7 Florence: ( “.So much has oeen said about my, , invitation to the hreakfa.-ft given by'following th<. .Santa < laus cel president Fifty (’.ildren of the orplianage in costume, will iirescnt a musical I’a- geant in Thornwell Memorial church .Sunday evening at 7:30 to which •piihlic is invited. The otrasion will Ima a union gathering with evening sei-- vices in the city churches omitted in order to attend th<* presentation. The pageant i.s historical in charac- (♦■r and .-hows the dt-vcdopmenl of re ligious musie. It was piesented a few weeks ago in the chapel e.specially for a group of .Atlanta friends who were guests of the orphanage. Its repetition .Sunday evening is made at the request of the .Ministerial union and a large congr«*gation is expected tp 1h> iiresent «<hrart.ion. The later closing hour wil the public an opjKirtunity to in Governor Johnston for the .n<l the White House the United StaU^S that I wi.sh the '’WX^-tunity to 1 The president and the Whi.e Boust, .bn/»xir tUx. fuMo i a < hri.stmas displays and shop, remained silerrt on .Senator E. D.'pi^HIic U) know the facts. I received, .Smith’s absence at Governor Olin I). invitation thi.s morning Tue.sday, A group of orphanage superintend-'johr>ston’8 hreakfa.st in rolumbia* ^ ing to t e .o um- errts spent Tue.sday in the city a-sj.Monday for Mr. Roosevelt. The fact ^^e *nv.tation from Gov- ! for the unusual ami impressive |)ro- gram. Here Tuesday, FOR.MER PROFESSOR AT COLLEGE PASSES guests of the orphanage and Dr. and M(rs. L. R. Lynn. Those in the party ■were: Dr. A. T. Jamison, Connie Max well orphanage. Greenwood; Dr. Thos. P, Noe, Church H^e orphanage, York, accomtpamed by Mrs. Noe; Rev. E. F. (Jettys, De la Howe school, Mc Cormick; Dr. W. D. Roberts, Epworth orphanage, ^lumbia; Dr. T. A. Quat- CroaweH Home, Sumtej[‘, and son* Markm QwifetUteiim. that “Cotton Ed,” who defeated Gov-, ernor Johnston in the Sopth Carolina] primary la«t summer and in so doing . , , , , ... put the adihihi.<*tration’s purge on the|mv^d) and toboggan, was not at the breakfast through the regular channel of waN the subject of comment on the i Lynchburg, reaching my president’s train after it left Colum- office Tuenlay. All my of- bit Those euxompanying the president * *<^**| to Lynchburg is for- found that the incident had been warded by the poatmwter to my Flor- played up by the papers in the Elast. office. No mail is handled by the emor Johnston to me wa.s maik*<l at 10:30 Saturday night, Decemb<'r 3! (after Smith had issued his statement .News ha.s (K-en received in the city MEMORIAL SERVICE FRIDAY A di.strict memorial service of the, Ma.sonic order w'ill b<> held E'ri<lay eve-: ning, DecemilK'r 9th, in lyauien.s at the!of the sudden death Dr. .AsHton \V. I .Masonic building, to which the public,-MeVV horter, which occurred at Knox- is invited. ville, Tenn. At the tirh^ of his passing w* ' he ■was professor of Greek at the Uni- SPOKE IN GREENVILLE ! versity of Tennessee* Coach Walter A. Johnson was the. Dr. MeW’horter is remenobered here principal speaker yesterday at a by a number of Clinton citizens. For Wbat really happened wm that the (Continued on page four) luncheon given at the Poinsett hotel by the'Lions club of Greenville in honor of the Furman university foot ball team. several yeans he was a member of the college faculty as profeasd' of Latin, and left here in 19^3 to go to Ten- nestee. L