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J N THE CHBOMCLE StiiTcs T* Be a dean Ncwapafcr, Ceaiplete, Newer, and Rdiable. * (Ste Clinton Cljnmtrb If Yoa DooH Rtmi THE CHRONICLE Yoa Don't Get tke News. VOLUME XXXIX CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1939 NUMBER 27 FINANCING WAS THE CHIEF ISSUE Postmaster Record LetnsUtire Term dosing: Sstarday Saw Money l^b- lein Tangled By Diversion Conflict. Members Handed Extra Pay. Columbia. July 1.—»The perennial} problem bf state f:nsmcina—accented) this year by the scramble to divert i hiabway department funds into the I ftvneral treaeiury — overshadowed all| ocheir issues durinpr the 1939 sessroq I of the general assembly a*hich canie to an end i^turday night after break* | ing sdl records for lentfth. j The session nan 1T3 calendar days,! far outstripping the previous record! Krtgth meeting of 1936, which ad-; joumed June 6. Last year the assem-j t4y tfuh work May 8. Whea Che assembly convened Janu ary 10, the queetion of how funds ooidd be provided for the operation of the atafbe government was upper- moat hfi t!ie minds the legislaiborB. The problem was not solved untH the ■on’s final week when the free 1'" ¥ WHAT IS INFANTILE PARALYSIS? Mi» Watu, Of Laurens, Passes On account of th<* so-calkd epidemic of infantile paralysis in the state, Member of IVominent Laurens County Family. Dies At Her Home. NAZIS GIVE HROL RE i„r Sunday at 7ianr;;nihti;.r "tW an'., n.ra» for a ,li^s,u.s.. M. aU inhabitant., of Gorman ut manifests itsi*lf often in a ^ ^ period ?T S ION II Duce and Hitler Arrange To Evacuate Minority So Ger mans May Return Home. Berlin, July 4. — The German and Italian govemments wen* working and the presence of one case (n Clinton, a i^resentative of 'The Chnmicle >”wterday had an interview with Fh*. S. C. Hays of Hays haspilal in the hope of gaining information in regard to the disease to be presenU*<l to our readers and the pu.i.'.c. In the interview, several questions were aske<l of the physician and the fokowing information obtained, all of which i.s based ui>on • Ijaui-ens. July 2.—^Miss Betty Watts, the higlH*st me«iical authority and nx'ent literature and investigation. The.s4*-81, rosideiit of this city and member questions were asked: 1**^ prominent Laurens families, died Q. What is infantile paralysis (acute anterior A. Infantile paralysis is the comhion layman primarily affects the brain and spinal cord but manues,.s lusen oixen in a y^^d liven! for a long jieriod paralysis of some group of mtiscles of the hinly, frequently aimis or legs. yt.ars. i However, paralysis is not always present, in which case we may term thei Sht* was a daughter of the latte perhaps fon*\er any Ger- I disea.,^ .s an aburtivu type. ' William IVudy Watts and Sarah <'«n- j'‘"™ "" Q. What ara th, symptoms of infantila paralysis? |non Watts, whoso himio is now thai romi^ offiai- officials said they A. The earlier symptoms \ary but usually are fever, heaelache, nauseaU“‘WiiTnunity hou.se in the Waitts Mills nilvarveiT^^rf'♦l^ and vevmiting, followee! by pain or stiffness in .the 'Wk or neek--t}K*se latteradvantage of the* offer symptoms appearing from 24 to 72 hours after the* onset. Sometimes there ian South Tynil t<* (lermany, thus I . R. L. PLAXICO Joseph R. BryiKm of Greenville, representative of this district, an nounced from Washington last Friday that he ^ad recommended the appoint- is an abderminal pain with droVi's.int‘ss and dizziness. In a day or se) one* nevticcs tihat a leg or arm apiH*ars to be paralyzed and is often aecixmiianieel by extreme tenderness of the affected part. The? fevt*r range*s from 100 to 104, lasting from 3 to 12 days, rt*aohing its highest point usually around the 2nd-4th day. Q. la the diteaae contagiooa and how contagioua? A. The disease is apparently contagious but av:rt.horRies agree that it is mildly so, tfhe estimate being by authorities that there occurs about 10 oases of the paralytic type per 100,000 population a year, but in epidemics of ment of R. L. Plaxico as petMmaster course the rate is somewhat increased. For example, in New York in 1935 mBervee o« the general ^ipropna-1Clinton, succeeding the incumbent, were 27 c per 100,000 population. In Oharieston from November 1938, until the last of May 1939, there were 90 cases reported, comprising 'the largest epidemic that has afflicted that area in many years. It .<H*ems i tkhT hill brought oia their report. g r Puller, whooe term expLied in The report carried appropriations March for the ftsea! year 1939-1940 of $12.-, In annouricing the rrc< S53j!06 for ifwatitutMns artd depart n»era.«. compared with f 12.562.413 vot « d a year ag«> TSr measure was bare !r fvactrd .r, time -:ncr the fi>*' yrm. heg»r,«. J^y 1 A w. earned the rrp.vt wa- the hj-im-- man *.f rhr c ty Hr cam« (yei.fny,#' ».»t- thr heated div. t'r.n * lint*»n i*’ I r.- fr».m H affivt the entire family, ami fm »-.«•?• att«-nlH»n to lh«. fai't of the cnniuirat The ewn', ,, , deridr.! ami t-m a*-n aUd • 1' t T Sh<* is the last.momlier of her imme iliate family, two of hftr sisters, Mrs. Eliza W’atts Ball and Mrs. Lucy Watts Itoyil having <lk*d thrw years ago last month at the same family home on Hampton street, and since then a brother, J. Dunklin Watts, has passed on. A nephew, William W'. Ball, editor of the News and Courier, Oharieston, and Mrs. CopelaiHl, a niece, are the nearest survivors, aJthough ahe was a double fimt cousin of Major W. A. Watts and Mrs. .krrah Watts Sullivan, both of this city. She was a memihiT of the Epiacopal] Germany estimates about 200,000 (rt*.iTn«n.s were in Soutih T>tx>I when it was sliced off the old Austro-FRin- garian empire ami give*n to Italy by the tnaty of St Germain at the close of the World war. Some are German citizens. Others have been forced to become Italian citizens through ItaKan efforts to ef face traces of one-time German own- erwhip. Details of the Nazi-Fkiidst accord are not yet fuHy completed, hut it was said they would include Italy’s waiving of all citixenship clainrs on th<M»e who elect ta go to (Germany, and a financial and sKtlement scheme. Iiegan mo\‘ing their rmany after it ap|>eared r<dla>H>rati«m «>f Ger- I ne t-W:”* f«-' t» > ae-l t » agrii-d fHe m t*i* te..* »4. 4.t«* -V id He taken i* ■' —«'•’* .. r^*.' f"-**', M i ta* »■ Ci 'W? tqw-atvqg -arp A-. and t?»t ^ d **"■ f I ' IS", n-.-t .n- tak^f* a!-- ^*** .--ten. b-j* f.w itt a>g«iwa> * •* •*«> ' W.e •n. f I » « t •* ‘ a -! •».-* -r * ef *rm uie ajwori? olg* H< Se- * • ri»e • H mwS wgwla^ive t^~ • ~ and ar^^rfai^a*. ttkr Ci'v wa-ra ^ av.- »i. • fk r» •! ^ h * lb » H; J Ij . ‘ag. !-i G fS. ( MM f)t 4**ii »f?f f 1 /ijcmT.; .w II • pisc«.- ' —• ■—!>■ P’n.rlo.led any rhance .Mr, l*iaxic«i is a wr!' krvnwn young jn which only om* ra.w oc«'iirre«! in a family is rx1n-m«*ly intenwtiiig as it |m| church. Gn-enville. am! of the terniory returning to <i«-iinany » mt the rule with other infe»*tK»ns |ik«- m«*asles or influenza which often Kp M'o|«l churvh o^ ljiur<-n Inter nn-nt fo’lowi'd m the l.aui'en- r<*m< a I''ntagM*.i«n«--- «.f |.**lio Thr ra:e of iw»re than om- ca-*- in a family ** • \ gr . 1 y var.« ' 'i-m 2 to *’ |h-' cent n tqiub mic- am! i' a very he* rat* Th* • a;>|n-a: ■ tt. Lra.e through the murou- nH-ml»fa!.«' of the n,,,,. -duii* the Mf, ..t M*. tiwit It ap|wa*- l«* *M* *’■ **; wbat • Ai .** Fief, a s^'' ft ar M^uaL * k ■.«- (| hhaaM a paltral be qaaraaliaed? 4 *.) a-j ih. j af t n? -H*. i .! t., , ai.d |i ai- ’"-~ a- it i--- t<rl4r * **a* •t*'*a*l 'nay t.. I ^ ca’"*' -f • ca*i*..'n • ••=* d F-. >*il * f» e|.i ■ caWr *n*et>tM • «f tr.. fi-ii > R n.a e • tr .r **.ai ■». —r *a * • - «>* cbtldiin. adui*« rarrwr* a* w« M 4r* three aay pretewitve aieaaceew* 4 ' ■ f. * • -jik V :•« f ■ VW fi’f »■*•- -r r \4r> (ft *• f; i • fv. is-8>:it,i'Ta eae**t** •^-ay.'^ awe> frvKn t aod p*.<»*itr.g •?<«.•.••-* .--■**in! (.-.ae* A: -dW' wwite SgW*' tlwr« » n*. -Jmtr -4 ^.^nr.eg aea) * ■ ■ tn i* ‘.Kaf fr^v I Orphanage Loses 2f^ Board Member In Three Weeks 1-te tia »W( |atr*«d «hai aoei ®ft«» ;br wiwaA* a b.« *vc*<»>««ar-aaa(.«o. bx •’ le ^uwd Vya ti«f •a ao CJ • ^w ■ # X ^ Health Meet bi Laurens Tuewiay ' • ,u 4 ay a * . ke bf ^wiw-ieaw. Ika* a?- f o -.40 mrm-'fymef t:^*- ^ "alW 1 Miar*11^ i tr S J. a' X t I ■ 0 ■iaS . a ff.‘: »jg . Wk • • vfmg m- 9 .-II.? ♦ . «:« e wm- • ’ aie A *:::*».• g" ' '■‘'W efs-l OfNfv IH' ' e ■.! t" ■» f..:-a:'. Me* • • a V ' r «Mirh Jk Wn wtlrh «■-( urr« I iark«« lilr (m 4 few efta^ Hifirw yVw- n,, t *1^* MeMUta*. r • ee a ret wJfaM-k W!?hi . the rtcar futur* H:"*mc*n \imo and li.litNI 4e •!*»?:» •»«'«- t» hii.f d .1 >a4) i" ; to Hav« fiHii..| o.. d (' .1*. g. r I '.g A.- i of a- •’ tj.--- ?•> * ■ • • »^*-* ! V . If?-i f M In May. 1399 1 *i. f mh'. - in--*! ?>ift»- L l?j(» I j» r a tiae*i*af' •' ti • pa ail- \(- . I a a-et Mdfawff'j f>..^ • *' c aim* .«> 'h. wgiio wbah pete i-'UA.y ba>t twef' a td anxWe. Sat urday ibe»Tt Mr Ml !■•• braid m iaj a if^rt nf^r* a ' •«*' ma* - ■». Ti • tl*» 'if a- if '' I - - \ Fw r.**« . • . .1 a r t* arTtOg * * • c Ht* ^?Hr«Mlf fa- lied Na»*- a it a aCC** f « bv Wa* >n 4 I yaara .«* a ■ It I- .1 * l-f * a j. , Art*' Kg' a'vt:; • » ts^ 4 a F-a****.* .S’ • a a---.? t^ajEa' fc» *.ef -fa e a nAFg* * ae.*''M * ♦ - • -» ‘ o. «S ° S' “C.. I Union Service At A. R. P. Church T\a a CJ » I ' I It * «W Aae*) , A . • 1 Y'^tv ap-w0ti • I J a* ” J* o • )tH J.flaee*^ er A-**. * , ' J i-*- ff ■ .n a-. »a** law -af' 'b.f 'ag.i?g v#. « afB < ■ * . '»A ^ ■/- a! g •! ’ ^ 'a. ia a* e > .a - 1 f* a** ' A ’ «a«. T -- *» -•«. iWatS fa a' t •iaf r -a 'f g ’r m 'g 4! e*?- i iw mm^-i > > i « • > ; *•» •>: fKdv. ■ s -If ^ •" ■fn 1 *■- y^ar* a!**- m fmm * ■ Ka** o.n'-* ■ « • 4* * . t » * • * P >• af a - ^ fsriii; « !“ a '-"S II iwf; ha* '-mw • f '*■ f»(ri»vef y a‘* rft 4 ja r o n* al VS* yaaaf* .*«g a i**-**!-* *» .'♦,«» ••»>* I kf I t te.-, . Ma -f .* 4 4n>fat ■ 'W I' ■ *i- e>abh a fhai^ *d J »i I ae.i-A I ewi M* M -ao 1F» ♦aa .'•.a i;a* eeT ta.- ,‘a ■■••fffi- 'A» f( -eal • ■ .f i ***.( t***.^ffa Clinton Has First Polio (^te' ISfer ptmri ,r. h • •nd b*d fteLr«aiu>'m pjr* .a. ft leeir G-wmw tw iff ^ a P>aa dtCfener <d thr 4ern»- t.n» -y ». wa- ha».f 'i-yfff*Jey nw.-g "Jra* Me'V,-! Rev \t \ la-f.g. • Bap* -t ' luTv** a- w n < *1 * “if pert- J.*-. , a* c*»ufvh * "t • AJtfa.ugt^ d.d«Y gK b.s. atate- ^ Tat j.r. MavWnk dtd ge< e nuUr ^prahee * e»a* tnr apfWwprmtKm for The ae-Vicr* w ffjcem.. foreueHy kmm-n exwrwig .• the A-*--*'* He wna aiiot«-d f’•e-b>-» *,an »hjrr1 >* ’ft D Cfm- •*3^” . phanag* -iry g pur- pu!p‘*‘* _ Traveling Lewis Family Of Whitmire - j, '• I * 1 att. gc • e-^.? •* *.»■ as '^a?r c»eM^hi-- $9*'.''79 for ’*aw < parvd with la'.isa* he oi-.tifiu*-.; > R.f L I-i K h*- «*' a Very f n -Pnl-’?' «*? ra-e* - < f oit cam t'f ’ i- i-a’ r*p»»ru.! laet F» -lav 1. tj rig phT'- tan *«• It*- r.fi A , A ^1 a y I esf I It wf • f»f h*ahh Tb* vietmi - a .* ’>* Arrives At New York World s rair > -‘J** »• re • > ^ Irarm**! y«-*dmlay that the It*?!* g •r*« N<»*.e - This h- the second ager, and chiidn-n, laggage el ai *' **"P>'**^*^ mrel)^ e^ of - by .Mr*-. W. W. w«-n* taken care of most graciously.' ■ f W^:?cnir»-, ls-f<fre ruamagi' I c*iul<l hanLy l/**lM-ve that “this K. Ilafon of thi** city, giv- u?' !s ing so greeUsl to Nt-w - ^ • a‘ - ' oc '• <0 **'- 0 '* aa«' •* ** •viiciC cm • •*' 1 i» III ■ » tl^a* «<aF« Uk. A f * ■* V 0', wTf * . »-• • — 1 , . • • I-- •t^y M . • ' i* a* •aa! ? • • • T . saw • 0 V ‘ 4 • ' ^ « * - • -W • 1« . a • 4 * ' f , • • • • m • * a t 4 ' * « • 11 'W • : «■ V. a -W •! 1 • ' T . - • a ' a f f * • a • *v • • a* - • •• m - • , • • 1 1 • ( a '• * * • a > r ■ ■ • *■ ’. t iW . ' . • • 1 * » S1 jW < - —■■ 1 ■ a • - a la e ■ ■■ w , * a — • <■ • » w *g • ■- Fa . •a** 4 t » ■ _g . . . ^ k. 1 -k 3 « s < . i-. . k. t ,, 1, p* - 4 ^ 4 - r . .a* . 1 I a t . a • f • • -j a 4 » « * . •** Sunday School Meet Held In Laurens f*>r the same ce- *- <-f ths ra<«> .ne tax rvvenue^away A**^. B. •e-of'>y -•f ‘hiS city, fi*«m f>r h'gnway department and h<Miing a commi-sio*? a> fir^t batta*- thr cv'jntiev failed but thf ‘‘.n commander in th I'V-h field a*-- . / U I C I II k I I I fk . .-k I’O.STAL KFX KII*TS (;AIN f • <*<»uhI nMniiy wIm'Vi* that 'thin M -- K. Ilafon of this city, giv- via u?' !s ing so greetssl to Nt*w * linton |H»jaaJ f«»r the cIom* ing tlv ♦ xj'onef.re- of hen-elf ami fiv* York, and insU-ad of the two rooms ^•’^*•1 y««r July I 4, wi-n- ch.ldri-n who a-x* n«»w s«s-ing th«- ,!s-lf»w sixth floor, that hai! !H*«*n n--,figiire- gjien t:, n *1 chii * I* f e* *■ >■ l!‘f« ’rng «»f *!>• L ‘ «..i ' . --Miri.lay t ivcii' w.. -Id a* t*H 4i, •• lUptmi h » f ■ Of. 1 hil- d.lV eVf-- w ..-’d’s fa r. servfxj for u-, wouldn’t w«* Ih* more ia»f*tma.'«ter. Thl^ c..mf.fru!de in a suite on second <*ver fr^f Uf By ANN E. I.FaWLS fioor where the children eouUi have .New Y •rk, .luly 1.—The v« ry first a -itting rrH»ni and jdenty of .spa***' th*- U.tW stated. fiscal y*«r, .Mr. Fuller a.>oa-TTtlay voted to add 2.tbl« miles of tillery. left Sunday Utr an annual two thing I wan* to say to anyf»ne wh<t tr> play. Ami -we could have it at co.Ar.*v nwds to the state highway weeks training p«-;-.<f<! at f'amp Jack- may lx- c'*ming to .New York for the the jirice ipioted which was $2 fM*r rv<e'm dur-ng l.<39-1940, .^*n near Columbia, wheix- three Pied- first time t*) see the Worhi’s fair—or day for «-ach <»ne of us—in oth<*r "when the started it mont national gja.*d companies art- Mr. Whalen’s Big .Show, as it is calleil won!.-, $12 daily. Our jdan.s were ■■UTX- that the a^^wmbiy would enact tiow in camp. .—is *h'j—’••**• or wire for your res-j made b«-fore leaving home to ar- laa> caii^ig a referendura in the 1940 ~~ ervati*»ne at h-ast one week befiire I rive in Waahington bi'fort* H m. general electKin on the que<ttion of biennial rather than yeariy yeasioTB! <g the legislature. Both houses approved the change in principie bu: final enactment of the necessary measuiws was held up the house and sentge disagreed over whether, uxtder the change, house members’ terms should be extended trom two to four years. Th« measures will be on the calen dar for f’urther conasdeTalkm newt r. Liquor legislation did not take as .prom.nent a p*ace in the year's ac- Uvaij as usua!.^ The aaeemhiy gave' the tax votwniiBsion greater pomera in, the strict auparnsioB of the preaent law, bat killed mmm for local option, aad for a ixmk of •c i»i ■!■ iadivMBal could! DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A UFE! So Far TTiis Year There Have Been 7 12 FATALITIES from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COLWY Lci*n Strive To Make 1939 a Safe Year On the Hifhwajn. leaving home, have your order con-1Tuesday, and then hail exp<*cte<l toi firmed, and then, when you arrive, de- take an 8 o’clock train to New York,! mand that you get immediately whal/ you a.«<ked for and were promis»e<!. Getting settleil and unpacked imme diately upon arrival will save y<fu arriving alxiut noon. In ca.<5e you don’t know it, and I didn’t until someone told me b<?fort* leaving home, a day at a hotel be- hours of uncertainty, which, in our,gin.s and emls at 12 noon. If you case, has caused me great bother ] regi.ster before that hour I under- which ruined our first day at .the fair;stand you jiay for a full day, and and our first night in the magic city. | if you check out in mid-aftemoon This i.s being w'ritten at 4 o’clock [you pay for another day. We want-! in the morning, Friday — when it|ed to “come out even’’ and not jiay' should have been written .sometime[an extra $12 for a few hours, so wej before midnight We*lnes<iay. I ha<l planned to arrive on a noon train made reservation.-^ last week by wire, M’ednes^lay and check out before costing me several dollars, but I. noon on either .Saturday or .Sunday., wanted to be sure of having rooms! Therefore, every hour here had be«m' ready for us. As 1 liave ho oompan- planned in advance. | ion to help me with the c^iildren, I But, whait is the aaymg about the wanted to be expected, so that I could; beat-laid plana of mice and men of- C«< unpacked wmwediately, and while|ten gomg awry? I the ehHdren rested a hit from the trip,) We left home as thr 5:30 mill; which, as I shall tell you shortly wmsiwihiatle was blowing Tuesday roosw-i eahauatang la icaatf. Wlwn we j ing. The ehildfwn had gone to bad! all laid oat hba fliw 'P WHO WORKS WHERE? BALDHTN MOTOR CO. W. ('. Baldwin. Sr. W. Baldwin, Jr. W. J. Henry J. B. ('oarh i. W. Anderson R. M. Spires W. M. I'erdne James Mnrpbcy ((oiored) Thill firm employs ’Twenty-ais previemily re ported firms mapl^ed . Total 8 . 152 . IM h Pays To Trade IN CLINTON i.iiig. w *n H«'\ W .\. D.rig of thi» c;ty, ill < ia‘g* «>f t.'i* iiri^gmtr D p.i 'nu-nfal « .a- ♦ xi-ni-i -- won* loriduf'iil hv tiH lN-\ H 1., \V«>.h! of t • Ulir;ton. th** H« *. .I«»hn L. Il<»bo bimI <'N-m riirii^ 'i of l«turcii?. In ad- ilitiori bri* f a<l«l. «->.■'**'• vk**r«* rna<i«* l»y .Mrs. (i<-.>rg*' Boiio an<l th* K«‘\. Ralph Hughes, ix'ih of rhis city. 'I'h*- 'i-< :*''ary, .1. Is-roy Burns, ix*- iI*<»rU‘<i that a larg** numln'r of Sumlay s<'h<*<ji.s of the as^*s•latH>n wen- reprt*- ' s*-ntcd at the meet. County Farmers Use Sweet Poison large number of Ijaun*ns county farm*‘rs this year an* using sw****! poi- jsun in the fight agaimd the ImiII wee vil. a<xx*rding to reports made at the .office of the e<mnty ag»*nt by th»* men mea*iuring crop laiais uiMk'r the AAA compliance regulntionK. About 35 tank car loads of rmdasses have been used by county formers this year, according to inf<M*ma<ian at the county agent’s office, winch in abmit 15 cars more than ever used be fore. LOCAL MILLS CLOSED Tbe Lydb and OinioQ ^Gotten Milte