The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, August 17, 1939, Image 2
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON, a. C
THIUSDAY. AI GUrr 17. It3f
CASINO THEATRE
MONDAY AND TUESDAY,
Aufnist 21 and 22
PALL MI NI and BETTE
DAVIS
In
• “JAUREZ”
(War-nz) , ■ j
A prtidurtion s* nifMnrntf»as that ii numtK*r of entni'S and
r(t(uirt<l si* Acadrmv Anard winners tentlanof. IV.w-s an- ti> Ik- i.fTennl
and a cist .»f IIK6 supportinr pla>- 'arioi^c dass,^. as well for thi
rra. headed by BRIAN A II K K N . h«K>.snanNhip di^IaynJ by rm-n.j
t'l.ArUK RAINS. JOHN tiARFIKI.O children. This is a clean,j
and IM)N AI.II CRISI*. Kver> inch a »n>.yab!e fomi of entcrtainnni^t ppo^
j^rrat motitm picture! It would be '‘’hsi for the community by tJie spon-j
memorable for its pirtr»rial splendor club. 'Hie undertaking dew^rves j
alone; for it.s unerring reVitalirinr of * trenero^ jmpport and inten-st fnmi ^
the past or for its doguent relatinK public which thi.s nwUmn hop(!Sj
of romance and high Iraredy!! So «a-.*t nceiw. your pencil
jestic the stor>—so stirring the por- niake a nsl mark around Ausriwt 2.rth!
Lrayals — so mighty the motion pic- for hor<<* lo\ers in Clin-i
THE WATCHMAN ON THE JOB
En Passant not« writh intee^est that.
I the annuij laurens County Home |
.Show sponsored by the Clinton Lions
• club, is --el for the ^jcc on the niiflift |
of August 25th und«T the floodlijfhls ’
at Pn-diyu+ian colU^jpe. Plans for the'
evvnt are now (Toinj; forwanl .satisfac-'
t'*>rily. we are told t»y the committ<*ei
In chanrr. with imlicalions |M>iiitinfr tot
and at-;
in '
tore.
“News of the Bay.”
10 A. .M. Show—MONDAY.
lOc and 25c
WEDNESDAY. THI RSDAY,
AuKU>it 2.‘t and 24
ton.
I
With >ch««ol days almtrit h«-re attain, t
ora* reason why H awt.s .s<» much to,
k«s-p rhildrn*n in pajier and |M*ncils i.s’
that th*-y d«*n*t carry .sleUe- any mori'
We n<t^e a younjf couple in anothi'r
‘.Mr. .Moto In Daneer •■-j'•-i'»<>»•
_ , ® ju<i|re yt-<terday f«»r a niarnaKe li-
ISlHnCl ts-rrss-. The clerk wa.s harnhsi th<* re-
Wilh PI-rrKR l.ttRRK, JEAN HER- guinsl $l..'.«l fee in pennies. Ami jiaitl
SHDI.T. AM ANDA DI KE and M AR- a few days airi> we h«*anl of amithor'
RKN in MER. Mith a dead man as <s»uple that [mHl the minister five dol-j
hi- as-i-ianl. Mr. Moto stalks a fiend- iars for |M-rfomiinir th«- ci-n-mony
ivh killer!
"^Should Husbands
Workr
With JAME.S. I.rt ILE and RI'S-
SEI. t.I.EA.stiN. H\RRY DA\EN-
rtlRT and TOMMY RY \N. There are
two answers lo this guestion-—aad
!h«- settlement was nvaile w ith five |
humire<l fw-nnies, we supposi* to makf
the p.'s-acher fe«d he wras |(44.lin(( a|
-‘ule-tantm! fee. S|M-mkini; of these |
two fienny instances remimls u.s of a i Wilkie
^tory t«»l«l us .«wv«-ral y<-ars ajr*» by Uw*, |*ower
'Retail Trade Jackson Raid
* Shows Big Gain Staged Again
w»,li Ag«. 1* —Th. r E'^nl •! *' V«r» Avo l)<tpli«l-
merer depar.mert ann-.unced happ ly ed In War CtamtHl At Mana.<«a.«(,
t^y that I^il business wra. about |„
#I.« UO.iHio.uuO better in the first half ^
of ir.if than it was the fi n si* Manasas. \ a., Aug. Li.-A duplka-
mon.hi of I'Jls. Stoiwwall JacksstnV spectacu-
Not only that, it ‘ai l, but the , in- !ar cavalry* rani here 77 years ago
ciiease wai. achieved despite a fall, in gave the invading troops an aUvan-
•pfices. tagr today as battle lines in the
I P:.c ' <if gen ial merchtndi-e wer.- army’s mimic warfare were reshuffled
about 2..'> per cent umler a year ago f;>r a major engagement,
wnne retail foixl co>l8 were off about The invaders—regular army units
3.5 per cent. Thus, unit sales in- opiKusing diviaions of national giiards-
jcreaseJ even more than the dollar men—were trying to break through-
Volume. to Washington before another “ene-
I Retai! traJe for the fir.st six months my’ force encounter.s defending troops
jof this year totaled about $17,000.. around Plattsburg, N. Y., next week.
ouO.OUO. a gain of 6 jier cent over the Together, the maneuvers constitute a
.first SIX month.s of last year. vast test of American military strmt-
I The rise over last year was held egy.
I for each month of the half ye^r pe- Tinks of the invading “black” army,
riod with largeit relative gain.s being which theoretically landed at Quanti-
■ .-scored during the second quarter wrhen co. Va., had advanced three miles be-
sales averaged an increase of about hind the defense lines as 23,000 sol-
,7 per cent over the like periiHl las: diets ended the first phase of the
■year.. four-day battle la.st night.
! This compared with a gain of 5 But the highlight of the day came
r>er cent for the first quarter. when Col. George S. Patton. Jr., cotn-
Sales of department stores, apparel niander of the third cavalry sent out
shops, variety stores and mail order a horse troop and captured a brig-
houses totaled about $3,x00,000,000. adier general’s outpo.st on the defend-
jor 5 per cent ahead of the firs: six ing side.
months of 1938. .Stonewall Jackson did much the
Department stores sales totaled .-ame thing in the second battle of
more than II ,600,000,000, a rise of Mana.sas in 1862. His men raided
about 3 per cent over the 1938 pe- General Hojie’s headquarters behind
;n«nl, while mail order sales, w'hich the union lines and carried off ev-
jShowed the largest relative improve- erythinig but the general himself,
iinent of the general merchandi.-^
! FDR Threatens
Made To TVA To Bolt Party
Attacks (:«v,rnm.ni Qf Old School * Two Senators
lat*- and hfl«v«*<l I>r. \V. S. Bean of
this city. I»r. Bean saal that while
• k t tk «k _ . • Ik wwy laark io the mountains sotnewhe-re
Ihrk rr iMtIh lunnk when yiHi gel theM ^ -
a neauntaineer came to him «aM* nay
w ith his bmle and r<<queMt«sl that h«‘
frkm the IIM.MNS FAMILY.
Itk and l.'»c
•*:.tll \. \|. .Showr—MEDNKSDIY.
FKIDAV AND SATl RDAY.
.August 2.'> and ‘26
IRVING BERLIN’S
‘Second Fiddle*’
(■overnment
Deal, rharges C'om-
pany “Forced’* To Sell.
Wemlell L.
See No War
.N'fW Ytkrk, .Aug. L'l.
Wilkie, president «»f the Common-
marry ttwin. All right, .said tin- Ihic-j wealth ami .'^mthern cor|>oratM»n. a-s-. PitUsburgh. Aug. II.
lor. and the kmit was !*uon tnsl. MTM*n H<Tted Uxlay his cimpany had t>een RiKKWvelt Thursday night
gam or 14 per
Total food sades amounteti to $4,-.
Says He Will Take No .Active .>00.000.(88). only slightly above the
Pari If Democrats Nominate volume of the like pi-riod of
I93S. \\ ashington, Aug. lo.—Two sena-
('onservative. . consumers’ durable gootls opposite viewpoints on the
..•re estimated at 14.300,000.000. ''♦’“frailty question declared tmiay
President one-fifth larger than for the'^^** likelihood of a war in F.urope
told the
♦A*
Milh SDNJ.A HKNII^ TkKDNE |y* .night to be wrurth that
n»MER. RI'DY VAI.I.KK. EDNA ^ —
comparable period of 1938. The have diminsheil within the
the reremuny wras over the gn.oml“forr«*«l” U» !m 11 the Tennes.s«‘e Elec- Young Detmwrats’national convention c»miparalive gain for this •*** month.
turmsl ami saHl. “How much do I owe trie iNnrer iinn|i*ny “iH-causA- we ctiuld that if hi« i>arty insi.sled on nominal- gproup was reconled for new pas.sen- ■'^•tor Nye who fought
y.Hi. itanum?” Well, we make no .setimit sUy in tiusineas against this sut>- mg “conservative or lip-service can-‘^^ automobiles, dollar sale-s of which •<iniinitration’s neutrality pro
charge, he replied, just wl*tevee yi»u'»Hii*<*»l government c«*m|>etition.” .dKlates’’ in 1940 he would take no ac- about 40 per cent. gram, said he belie>ved war had been
think k » worUi. llaiMling the lh*ctorl lUn asm-rtom was embo.iusl in a l*«rt in “such an unfortunate lui- _ __— ♦ made remote because Congress, “by
refusing to put this country into
Europe's quarrels by repealing the
W&r Is Nc&r •'™» ewehenro. eerved nctice on cer-
government com|H*tition. __ _ _
His asm-rtion was emtH^iusl in a Dve |>art in “such an unfortunate^ sui- ' " '
a big button, he said, “Mi'ell, R ‘shim-1 statement iiuvueii as the fe»lenil-«nrnr«l ^he old Democratic party. FlsW BfillCVCS
Teniwssee Valley authority ami van- The chief executive, in a carefully-
II mumcipaJities ami cooperative worded mes-uMpe read to the cn>wde«i.
M AE ttl.lVEK. LAI.K TALBOT aad Vou can never tell what a man wiU c«uni»anies of Tenneseee paid .*pen meeting by Pitt Ty».»n Maner of ▼¥ CtT M9 flCOT tain powers Uiat we were not ready
d . A i;. ...ursn g.*i msmtsl ‘he ««•, Wilkie’s c.nTfmny I7H.42.5.095.01 for, M.intgsimery. Ala., retiring prwidenl • to ^ •rs^ials in another war.”
gs . . . rr .lay r< h.-r .han go to jail Tennesmse Eleetnc of which C«mi.'of the Young Ihnnocratic (Tubs of ->»rway. Aug. 16- The Inter- .Senator Murray (D-Mont), who
.ann) hnliianre . . . T^rwar’s , monwealth ami .Southern .^rns 99 per America, asserted flatly he would not P^rliamenUry Lnion Congress will voted with a minority of the foreign
gsi romaiwieg . . . Rad)’s siagieg... E" omeiveml common si.e-k sui.|>..ri a conservative in 1940. . * >»pecial meeting tomorrow to relations cmnmittee to consider im-
Fdna Mai s fen . . the greatest earn- * - Bagw* . t p*» ice W|||||,. dnclansi the government was “If we miminate conservative can- ^'**^*der endorsing a 30-day truce me.liate revision of the law. said he
hinathui of talTMl eier gathered fee f«^ «»>d his mm. f.w the prertice! electric pr.gwwty “at dnlmtes. or lip-serv ice camlidates, on Rsl»resentative Hamil- tariieved that as Aime goes on.
\I.\.N DINEHAKT.
Irving Berlin’s sit nee
enr shoe !
“FI \MING FRt»NTIER.S“ Nn. 1.
“Nres ,d the Da.i.“ “Antn \nlim
iSr and 25r
r*?M***'*''***'* of gwrvhng *’|*^'nhout HO per .•ent of its real value." ’a straahiletiug platform." he said. "I *‘**J N«*w Aork.
h..mes .>f t lint.m pe.gde who may be' „ k.. M.L.I ••, kn, til j-iMinaii.r v.kr t*.v .imvm V. vmm^ ish satd his prop.>sal
threats would fade even further.
> out .»f the city. Since the rust.mi;
•*1 sincerely h«g»e." he suhI. “that |^eno>nally, for my «»wn self-respect
was dr-
NEAT MEFJv
-MXI.nIK" “\ND\ II\RD1 l.hn’S
.NpRlM. FE\EK."
Broadway
Theatre
MtlND.AA .AND TI’I-LSDAY.
.Augunl ‘21 and *22
“WuthrrinR Heights*'
With MFRIE tMIERtiN. LAI -to
R1 Nt K (t| l\IFR. DWID NIAEN thst ih, offn-efsi may inspisH their
sml ININ \ l D ( RI.’sP.
nhirh threaten to push the world
Pows-r nniiiany i>riginally ma«lr p.** in such an unfi>rtunate su»c..h* .»f the <'*tastrophe. H« had toW re-
l*.»rler« he fearssl war might break
He sani. in sulistance, not on’v that .Augu.-t Jn
Tn
sible.
“\\h.-ther or n»»t the quality of -er
It rm|MMnil4e to have any active pari
such an unfi>rtunat<
ohi Ih-niorratic party.’
vice I mnintaimsi. th«*se riist.imrrs hr w >uld "take a wa.k" a< Vlfre,! F
_ - , ,, our former customers in the state of and because of my long service to and secure time f.ir interna-
starte. si* s ago, Tennessee will continue to enjoy the belief in liberal .lemorracy. mil fiml G.»«al negotiations about problems
state,, a weekly average of from 6 to ^ ^
11 hou-c haw brs-n insfNctrsI at reg
utar mtervaL,. .lay ami night.
Thr a.lilr,l -o>rviw is one the .le
(•artni.-nt ran »s*ll aff.»r.i to eiteml
iKf pab H\ ami .me that all nMinls-rs ,,f ,-,,urse. en>ojr the lower raUw Smith did on the iwrty Icfore Rowse
•f the {-•rrr are gtad ti» n-mler. Tin*||Mee.ible hy government subsidy velt’’- r.-noniinatioii. but aim that tb
Ikdnv make the nnimls .iaily. cheek , xy^.y ,|| ,„,,gde in the Dem.cratic party nould “fail if it
i»»g -he .ks.r and wimlow-. .d iHsti-11>,,,(^1 .qtat.*s will pay the higher tai g's s conservative n.-*t year. »»r * .1
.h ms-s wlieve the owners are km.wn ^.^K-h ta« .-v.-inpt ami heavily .ub .s |e.l by |ns.p|,- w ho can offer i.j .ght ^^
to Iw 01 I a. atom It is a valualde pr.. ,hIii.sI g.>v«rnment .gyrations inrvit but fin.- phiases,” ‘many’. f..is .gn minister. J..a.h*m v n
t.s iooi to pngw-rly ami ralrulatisl to ,hl, nsfuire . . . Giving n.i hint as to how he feel. H.blnmtr .p
av. rt caws .,f burglary. tr.‘--|>ae.ing. “I'hi- lian^actioii ha- .I.eiMtnsIral.-d .>n a third term, .Mr. Ho.*M*velt a.l<Ws| a j •
.»f fir.- f.\ the ..fficers in the .ovlinary ^hat n.» Ini-in.—s, however well run. he did not e*p.ct a c^»nser^atlve t.» ^VUCUT^^VS L^CfUCS
,..ui -»• *f tlw-ir duti.-s iVf-s.ins wh.> emiure against the .s,ni|»giti.Hi .d he mmiinate.| **f«»r I belu-ve the con _ _ - gx*
pan ?i» b-ave th«’ir homes are ask.sl f,,|,.ral g.»v«’rniueiit mth it.s vast ventHin tnext yrai’s) will «ee the p»r- 110 IS
mKify the indirv .let»arinn-nl financial r.*s.iurre,” litiral wistiom of giving t«* the voters ^
The greatest transfer of a gmng of the Cniteil ^ttatew an op|kirtunity fhcag.». .Aug 16—Elmer F. .An-
e i.ingiess executive ommittee
•tainel carvcellations of an excur-
*i«o« planreii for tomorntw Fish’s
_.i .|H>sal .oai.i lie .1 -s usse.! in a .■»;»
i:ai se--:on
Ginton
Finance Co., Inc.
Auto Financing
Fire Insurance
Office:
JACOBS S CO. BLDG.
\ wumaa groping desprrateh far .1..
b-rr ... a man striking hlindiv fwr
vrngramr* . . . The seething sinrms
•d their rmolMins break nilh devastal
mg force in I
bwiM amt prsgveKy They w»M glailly privatelya»wn.sl eb*ctnc |».mrer pnip to mainUin the prmtire ami the po! drews. a.lniinistrator .d the wage ami
O. if reguesie^ ^^y to goveriwmnt .mrnernhip in the ry of moving forwarvl with a lihera! hour divisoui .»f the .lefiartment of
When ...me people cam brfmd upon humaniUrian j^igram " i,u.r. analyze.1 the fair labor stand-
M.snrr.aniin-evas.ai they exprvt R to rmum,»‘‘**" IVm.wrat ..f Mo-
he str7ngrs.t uTe siJlV 7"'* * v iTTTl* foHvmg ..hnin.strat.ir had “vast
ne sirangrs.1 have siwrv nkyncraper of the First .Nalnmal hank.iMa
venr.
to .i*mr from llulIvn.Mid this
> ou will acclaim this one nf the best
IMctiirr-. i»l
"Movietone \ewH.“
IOr and 20r
IW \ M. .'^K.iw 11 |>>|)\^.
WEDNE.'^D AA. THI RSDAY.
.Aui:u>l '2.4 and *21
“I’lKie of The Secret
SiTviee”
With RtlNXlD RE\l.\N. Rt»
.'sF.I I E MlWNK EDDIE Ffi^. JR, \
jam on h.nh stdns.
. » . V. ..... . — lictat-irial
akynrraper of the First .Natomal hnnk.i Maner s .>pening a<biress, favvtre.1 a powers over ini.lustry.’’
-m- - ! More than 2tM» men. wpeeaenUng “third term for R«>..seve|t*s nleas" in - xj *.vrry p.iint his disi-retion is
K.wwvis show that there are only T\ A. Tennwsre iminn-ipnlities I940 and aissertssl the “king-makers circumscribed. What he mav .b» is
rji.mfvslecme veterans m.Whtar-i*”** •^•^^‘'T'rratives. ami I’lunmon- id Wall street alremly ha.1 picked .|,.wn in the law." he told
..I na t.slay. and one nmihly umler- wealth and .'^.uth.m bmngisl at scores tb.v. John .M. Brnker of fMvio f.»r mr^hers of the Nati..nal Institute
stamis that when we refivr to a t’lvil carvl tables, many in their shirt- preniilent. ami, he believe.!. Thomas f,,,. | ommemal ami Tra.ie Organ-
war veteran we speak of .*ne wh.. haa =**”^"*^ 7’ I*''’*"*'"' ■» • »*« *'• York district att.»mey. executives in a prepare.1 ad-
imv.e.1 many mdmRunrw. M.sd of the .me eml .d the for vice-president.
y..utig ^ddiers who weme in that cm- I* " _ _
flict entered >s>ung. 16. 17. 18. 19, hist.irie Trinityl
vwir^ Thm means that the y.vung sol-“f ’dreet,
dier wh.. rsilisusl at the age of 16. if quarter h..UT imst 9 oVlorkj
still living, IS m»w 90 In our own • < «‘*y«‘»fht time). Wilkie still-,
county we have only .me .d the thin'**** •'"* *»'»'«*
r-ev hive left, Maj.w M. A. Watte of "*7:' u'Hlej-way. j
Dr. Felder
af
DR.S. S.Mrni A SMITH
OPTOMETRISTS
Specialist In
Eye Examinations
orfica Haws D^ty
Phaae 29 far Appolatasat ,
CLINTON. .S. C.
A World’s Best S^er
jiurvn>
N.< a veteran in tTiiHon.,. Thirty-five ^ks. ranging in size
and MORtiM When a hanch l^mi $44 728.3INI ma.le out by the
ot cr.N.k. hec..mr I ode Sam’^ com- ^ f.nuliar sight 4:tl...5.V26 from the City of
pelitor- in printing monrv
toerri Service i»egm^ action .
there*-, pirntv
turc'
the
and
iwsqde
every aftermwm .d a group
teveie.1 .4.1 gentlemen gatherevi undiT
of 1)^7.i ^‘•wrcncelvurg, Tenn.. changed hands;
to m-tUe the deal.
action in this pw- 4 In the mam. the plan .»f .vperatkm,
railway statHm to talk with pride of '‘'»;H-i>hip and ojeration of j
“S O S Tidal Wave** ^O'ng davs when they gallantly fiscilities and h.gh-tewmn.
O. \y. iTt. I lUdl FF ctAe a warm IH'Wcr linee by TVA.,
With R\l I’M B^RD. I- R .\ N K i^k , ’-e marches on .This .s>*st«*m will bring |K>virer to thei
JENh.< K .<1 i roN and GEftRtlE ^^Ntra.lohq.. Time^marrbes on. I
. i:\RIUER. \ nation terrified! .Mwee
trrrifving than the recent "llroadcaM
.. . .k . - • k k. nn-ipal is.vver Ikmrvls. These boards!
We m»te that permi-ssMin has bi^en ..-n . ' ,, ,
1 •u-.ii ....ivi.,.!.. distnbu-j
cities, which'
the manufac-'
send out
.>lK«ctions.
trains serving the territory fmm .Ab-
Uvj!!x* via (Tinton to Monroe were^
ih>e..n:inued .several months ago for
the -ame rvmson. bieauJH* they wvre
iH»: Used hy the pulvltc. Wb.*n the mat-
:«*r came up. it is reports'll that a
number vd Abbeville citin'ns appi'anvl Clerk of ( ourt \. R. Fleming made
before the conamissKvn in an effort to four legal sales during bidding on
retain the service. The sanH' thing »ab*stiay for .Augu.-»t. as follows:
Fetleral Farm Mortgwgi' corpor-
Four Sales Made I
August Salesday!
rrintrd.”
.'ielecird Sh.»rt Subject.
9:39 A. M. .Shon—Till RSD\^.
10c and I.'ir
FRIDAY AND .SAIT RDAY,
.August '2.'> and 26
“The Navada Huckaroo* wa.' done h«e several years agt> when
With ROB .STEELE. INtRDTHA' the C. N. H L. askml to remove the
DIX and GEORGE H.AYES. morning and afternoon “Baby Gra-
thi the trail of a bandit killer, the ham" train. It is always what hap-
Nevada Burkaroo rode with his stir- pens when railroods ask for relief,
raps kwg and his temper short . . . IVople travel everywhere they desire
and the trigger of his'six-gun plumb tv> go in their own cars or on buses,
sawed .df! ami yet want to compel the railroads*in laurens town.-vhip to R. E. Babb.
■■THE I.DNE R.VNGER RIDES lo run their emptv cars up and <lownl*ltorm‘y. $.3,700
AGAIN" No. 5.
Ci.medv. “Mardrolve Girl."
Cart con. “HiU Dogs Dn Ice."
19c and 29r
ation. plaintiff, vs .Agnes Eliaabeth
Madileii. Ostelle Maiklen, et al, 292 j
acres in Sullivan and Waterloo town-;
ship, to R. E. Babb, attorney. $500. j
^leral laind Bank of <'Volumlbia,j
plaintiff, v*s H. H. Bry'son, 41.3 acrc«l
thv- tracks at heavy losss. ’This is anj Ftsleral laml-Bank of Columbia vs
unfair attitude the public assiunes to-'f’lyde L. Wilson, et al. 76S acres in
oa.-vl.' the railroads. In fairness, if the'Dials township to R. K. Babb, attor-
:rain> are no: d^ired by the public | ney. $.500.
' a- denKHistraticI hy the fact that theyj K«'»k*ral I.and Bank of Columbia,!
NEXT MEEK— are no: giv^n patronage, why should' plaintiff, vs .1. Fiank Mitchell, et al,
“LET IS LIVE." JDE LEMTS aad the commission under whose su|»eT-j three tracts of land aggregating
TONY G.ALENTO FIGHT," “SI*OIL-' vision they operate compel them to 228.89 acres in Sullivan townahip to
EKS OF THE RANGE" with CH.\S._run. A square deal in tiansporiatkm R- E. Babb, attorney, $.500.
ST.ARRETT. ithe railroaMb are entitled to—but they I ♦
C«^ ing it. 1 Salwcriba Ta THE CHROMICLB .