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VOLUME XXXIX
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1939
NUMBER 36
FDR PROCLAIMS
U.S. NEUTRALin
President Invokes* Law That!
St<H[i6 Shipment of Arms
Abroad. Government Guards |
Ajirninst Propajuranda In U. S. j
Was^hingtoTi, Sept. 5.—With an his-l
tonne stream of proclamations and j
significant hut informal statements,
President RooeeveK told the a-orld of'
America’s neutrality today, clamped'
doTfvn the neutrality act’s tight em
bargo on aims shipnH*nt.s to the bel-
ligirents and disclost^l that: ^ i
(Japs in t;>e national defen.^e are!
soon to be fiili*d by increasing the
personnel of the navy, now at only j
tio per cent of pt'ace tinie strtmgth, i
and augmenting the <k‘fensive garri
son at the Panama cairal.'
A flotilla of World war destroyers
will be reconditioned and recommis-
aiontnl to take up the dramatic task ‘
of patrollirkg American territorial wa-
tsra, presumably to see that they doj
not become the scene of violations of i
neutral rights by belligerent war
ship*.
Measures will be taken to combat
pTopagainia aim<-<l at the .American
form of government, es|M»using com
munism, dictatorship and the like,
and to prevent the L’niteil .States
from becoming a center for the gath
ering of information useful to the
belligerents.
In all, there were three proclama
tions, the first, in tcc<»rdance with
inteamational law, notifying the in
terested nations that America would
he officially neutral, the second in
voking the arms ban of tihe neutrality
law, and the third <lealing with pro
tective measures at the l*anama
canal.
But. the presiilent had a press con
ference, too, and, .><eated at his desk
<vpp<*sit4* a big map of INdand, on
which brown and black lines >how«'d
the prog'.^*>> of the fighting there, h*-
outline<i the adiiitional things which
ths- aiiministration ha* in miml. and
on vari«*us aspes'ts of th<‘
war situatem, as it affect* th.* I’nited
State.*.
One thing he made as plain a* day:
That the embargo automattoally au-
percedea any or^rs a/ cofitracta fnr'
aimaft which American manufactur
ers may he filling for the nations at
war. There had he«Ti some confusion
on that punt, and the president wa-
evplicrt.
He made it clear, t«s>, that (J.T-
tnany’s <ienia! that a Nazi sulmiarine
aarik the Hntish liner with many
Arm; waits on Ituard. is r».rt yet ac-
cept.<d here. Inveatigations are being
made, h« -awl, with .ifficials of the
American dipkmiatic .conis in Kng- Uuren. county fs-m.-- am g*. to
lan,| and Ireland questaming surviv- to vote n a r. fer-
« rs and «».herwi>e as.sembling inf«»r- on the .{uestion of organiz-ng
mat on. It was plain that a dipk.mat-
a separate ■<•11 conser-
ic pn-test u* the HiUer government district. C. K. ( annon. county
was pt^sible. agent, has announce.1 that ad land
In addiUor. the president diarl.MHl entitled to vote m the
that one decision had been reached. ^^ich 2« boars will be
American nava* veaeeht will mK be Managers have been name.!
sent to convoy Amencan passenger p„,i, ^,,j ^ ^p^ y , ^
enrps thruugh the mibmarine i<*ne. i*, d p m
Inistead, the ships will have Anw-ncan ' ...
fl«r. I.m.«i ». hull. d«rk. .nd .u- . T*"’ h)'
.,11 k«T to U. U.U.I t'*'' fol-
.h„.p.n» ..II not .hip., "> •■u™** •
..II not folio. . «>ur-. imi '*T
will nwh. no of thoir «1.J-
ul... I’ndor nurh oreun-Unw, h. <1 <^tod. ..II
.*W. it .ould h. hirhiT difficult f..r > *> »•» ""iity
NEW YEAR’S WORK TO BEGIN AT
PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE TUESDAY
EnroUment Expected To Equal That of l^ast Year With All Dor
mitory Space Reser^. Two Chanj^es In Faculty. Program of
Orientation and WelcofnV Arranged For Freshmen.
Prewbyterian college will open its
doth .sesBion on next Tue>«biy, Sep
tember 12, with its fourth consecutive
President’—^I)r. William P. Jacobs.
Greek and Frerub—I>r. A. E. Spen
cer.
,, .... ,, , I, i G<‘rman and Sfwnis’n—IVof. Both-
1 capacity enrollraent I><*an Marshall W. (j^raham
j Brown stakyl yes.tenlay. Improve- English -Dr. M. G. W<KKlworth.
jments and rt^paies^-iw-docThit.irTes ami Associate-m Kngh.sh — Prof. Kurt
'«t>K‘r campus buildings have Ikkm Weln-r.
|compl<‘t<sl in preiwration for the open-j Hjble and Keligion— Dr, 1). J.
|ing of tV new year. Ulrinini.
I The freshmen will r<>Fw>rt on Tim*s-| iVof. Ih‘rnanl H. Boyd.
I day and regi.ster on Wivlnesdlay. Old: FA-onomics-Dr. ,1. H. Kennedy.
stii<ierit.s will iviMirt on Thursrlay ami j Business Administration ~ Prof.
Ih- matriculated on Friday. i Kenneth N. Baki-r.
i The program of orientation for: Chemistry—I*rof. 11. K.'StiirgiHm.
i”fn-shnian week” will be usiherttdl in j iI*.sych(dogy and Philosophy—Dr. F,
Tiiesdkiy evening when supjH'r will be' D,
jMirvdHi in th<‘ dining hall. Following; History Dr. Marshall W. Brown.
I the meal hour a program will be pre-;
''sAmtiM in the chapel at which timej
wx'lcome luhiruKses will lie fnrni'
the dkan of th<‘ c<dl<*ge ami pn'aifbmts j
of th<* Y. .M. G. A. ami stuikmt laxly, j
This will 'lie followixl by an informal j
rtxxirtion for tin* new m<m given by sistant F«x»tl»all ( oach da<k .Nixon
th«* Y. M. < . A. j Dinctor of Ikulio—Hugh Holman.
W<*<lru«s4lay morning at K::iOth«-first I Dirx-ctor of Physical Efliieation—
'devotional ex<Tei.M*s for freshmen w'lll Walter A. .lohnwm.
lx* hi-ld in tb»* chaH. foHowisl by ant Assistant Ihixs-tor of Physieal Edu-
iutixxluetkni of tb«‘ fat uity ami phwe- oatHm lAinnie S. MoMillian.
men! Uttla. In the afl«»rmx>n confer-
<'tices will be Ihdd with the faculty,
ajxl ngiNtralHin will take plats*. At
F'rench—I>r. S. M. Huntley.
Physic.s—Dr. Neill (J. Whitelaw,
Biology—I>r. H. S. Fish.
Education—Dr. .1. G. Banlen.
>Iath<*matics—Dr. H. K. Sptneer.
Ass«x*iat4‘ in .Matiamatics and As-
Ca.*|HT
7:.'IU in the cha|x‘| th«*re will Iw talks
from offksTs of tlx* variouK stutleni
orgBJiiuitMmM.
DrvulionaJ excncdiMv* at K:30 Thure-
day morning will be folKrwed by pxy-!
.Assisluiit Ffxrtlxill C<»ach
llullman.
Bti.sebwll Coach 4’. E. Galloway.
Tennis Cdahch —William C. LuGer.
Pn»ft“ssor ««f .Military Science and
Tactic*—Major Alexamler H. Cum-
ming*.
AanintAnt ITofetwor of .Military Sci-
County Fanners
To Vote Friday
On Soil Plan
WAR BULLETIN
BOARD
City
chitlogHwl bsit*. Tlx* nmairwler <.f ttx*, ,.nop ,nd Tactics .Major lawnnee J.
day will lx* given over to «s»nfer»»nce* Fergiaxm.
ixvuuning <o the y«wr’* w.*rk with! AwiMtmi in Military .Scienev and
faculty nxmlhers ami athlisl rxs*rt- TucticK —.Sergeant St**rlin Young,
atHfoal kwturi**. Erxioy will lx* giv«*n, Colb*ge |•hy-K•’mnv Dr. S. C. Hays,
over Ut organisation work and the |»r. (». Khaim*. Jr.
niM fmg of cla*>*.s. I College Dffkrrx
<>fi .Satuniay evening at eight 1 ... „ . . . ^ ..
o’cKx k the M. <’. A. and C<dlege ^ resident and Treasun*r-I>r.
I taint's will give a re»x<iHH*n in Ixtnttr ’ • P’rirer.
of the IH W xlUiJenOt. Sumlay mthming »’r^-
the studentx will lx* welrmetl in tht* * " J^urgtxm,
U-hurrh.t' of the cKy. foHowtsI by a‘ ' ' * '‘."’^'1*. .
‘xixsiai V. M. C. A. HMs^une in lhe^‘ ' * *'•
chatxd in the ev^ing at 7;:iU. 1 . i w ii ii i
.Sivcral of the <4d atutleiiU. im-m ' Manager John Holland
hwa of tlx Y. M. C. A. ami *lui*ent!
ct>urK*iI, will arrive the latter part tif
this Week to axMiKt the rolk ge author-
itii- in extrmling ;he “giaii hatxl” tti
•x-w Ntutk'frie aixl htdp in ailaptmg
them Ul their Tx-w enviruninent ft»
the m at njtx- mtuvlhs.
Twtt change** are niatle in thi* faeui
ty for the romiiig yiwr. Hugh Holman
a belhgerent submarine to make a
area as a whole, with laiurms as
mistake. headquarters.
It was arxither busy day for the The following vetting place* and
chwrf executive, filled with confer-, managers U» serve thia section <tf the
encea on the war situation. In early ^umy have been announced:
afternoon, he signed the first procla-( ('Imton, Clinton Production ( redrt
mation. After his preaa conference he j ^*^”*‘**’^—1^*** Ijinford and Jack
signed the otbers. And aJwa3rs he was*^*
in touA with the state department on -Aiiderxon s Store, 6 miles north <rf
deveiornnents abroad. , Clinton—E. F. Ander.Mm and Gager
The reporters, tixxiping into his of-
fice, were attracted first of all by a| C-ros* Hill, Martin’^ Store— L. E.
huge display of maps-on a standard • •^* ^*^^*
fac..')g Mr. Roosevelt’s desk. One was Mountville. .Mitchells .Store—( . F.
a map of Europe. Thumbtacked at Mitchell and f*. \l. Finley,
the edge of it wa« a large chart of Renno—W. E. B<*II and I>aviJ Cope-
, Poland. R.ack lines showed the (Jer- Ibnd.
nvan position as of iJeptember 3,! Goldville, Joanna Mercantile Co.—
-fbrown lines showed the I^lish forti-,^* R-^Workman and S. G. Ihllard.
(fiied lire. It appeart*d*that Mr. Roose-I^ "I _* _ ~
veK’s official information was that j lO alOlU
the Nazi had broken through the Pol-j ga a
ish line from Slovakia. However, con-j CcOllGfifC a BCUltV
trary to the German claims as ofj ”
September 3, the <^rt showed that | ”
the Nazi armies advancing from East'. Gienn Barden, inatructor
Prussia and from Germany propt*T in education at Duke university, will
an effort to meet and choke off thei**^'" Presbyterian college faculty
Polish Corridor were still 80 to 100 ** professor of education
mile* apart sociology, according to an an-
• In invoking'the neutrality act, Mr. j Pre.*^ident W. P. Ja-
Roosevelt gave effect to a law wk-h,'’’^^ college. The new profes-
whioh he i* in outrighc disagreement, su^eeds Dr. Clarence R. Ham-
. He wants the arms embargo removed, j accepted the po.'ition of
so that ai: belligerents will have ac- educational psyolKiIogy
cess to .American markets. In prac-1 ^ Liberty State Teacher?
tice this would mean that Great Brit-I^|^^j” West Virginia,
ain and her allies could buy here, and is a graduate of the
Bl^iAPI>T D iiNmialx-
fiom VVx'-aw ^y (;»• =«» ; -ix-lling
city ?fi «x| a«iv»'c« rii tigh broken
|N». -n dcfc*i'« r* • *iiMH*rit. cm-
b«r nand th«tu«aiiii *.f ci’izcn*
icav.ng War-aw
BERLIN. Polh.*h p>an«-* fail to ap-
pMir over dark**n«*«l Keirh capital
tlxKigh Ihdixh radx> !»aid cairx**! out.
W’A.''H1N<JT0N.—Prrsxlrflt k4x*e-
vel: pr<x-lainw t'nitral State* rx utrmli-
ty: AnxTkOin* munt maintain **■»»-
lartial neutraJity,” Ixit no l>an on
“free eapre.-.jiMtn of opinxm and sym
pathy.”
BERLIN. —Germarxi anixtunce cap
ture of rich imluxtr'al citHw of Kato
wice; s*y P<iJe« retnmting “badly
shattered” arxl on«;^ entire }\i]ixh di-
viekm cru.*vhed.
\VAR.^.A\V. — (J«*rTnans advance
»outhw’ard to within .Ml miles of War
saw, whH’h IS virtu^|Jj^jiyixpt«J af
ter numerous air raids; gi*vemnrM*nl
off Kern flee; refugees inchide most
I Americans «if capital.
IX>NIK>.\. Athenia survivirrs,
reaching Irish and Scottish fxn-ts, say
ve«««‘l was torpe<k(e<i and shelled by
submarine, ridicule Reriin denial at
tacker was (k-rman; numlx*r of cas-
((onlinued on (age two)
Schools To
Start New Year
MM • tta • t‘J H*«- r-xniii* Jtw. iiUKn ••uiniaii , „. , ,
This Morning *- ^dx. ssimg,J;-
_ _ ^ J<din H. IWi-h.*^. Jr . Ih^. J. <: Bar '»»"'
AM-iant t4» Jiiisim*-' Managis* —
Mr* <I«s»rge W. Tayj«»r.
Libdinan M'illanI I.. Jimi**.
.VrixOant labrarMn .Mrs. Eugifie
Jtdin^m.
K4gi^:ar Mr*, lallian Gross
Brown.
Ihr«'rt*»r«f IVixmm I Henry Manv-
Th. « . ..ton city m Ix-.N. whrt. amL
w.li .i-n lb... 4U *4^ \ »»"rx*k a* of
Mon thi< nxHming at h 4U. The build ^ Nix.m, m »!. rtxm to
<ng- hav. b.*4 n put in firxt-class f.xglall each
dit on during th< summer. Sufrt .
M..nts saxi yestenlay. arxl everything*'" inaUiem«t«.
!•- in rsadim*** for the formal «qxm-! really for i w
j The naaplrCr faruRy for the IMH-
Thesrh<-.l*ha4l|nevxwisJyixsman-^J"
rx.urKe,l by the lna*te«. to <n»«m
August 3lst. The delay of «»ne week [
was made by the Ixanl as a health |
|mi*cauti«ui, they staUsl. |
Mrs. Myi^r
Mrs. |inx*H* Me-
Matron
Hunter
Infirmary Matnm
.^wam.
t <»lk*ge Matron .Mr*. <’arl Brain-
1441.
.'w*»rt<ary to the Prvsnk*nt Mias
Annie Ism Norman.
S^enlary Mrw. Narci.ssa Gray
.A«lair.
kMias FVmnctw MeKee.
Clinton Mills
Pushing For Top
< linPm .Mills ailvanceil Saturday to
within one game of tlx* lUJil* Mid-
f’andina l.'Mgue championnhip by
trtfuncing Joanna 4 to 2 in a cbxiely-
played game. A big third-inning up
rising which netbsl thr<*e runs wax tfhe
big fnrUtr in thv l.ical t.-am’s triumph.
TIh* two rivals m«<l lH*re again al
4:l.’i Knday aftem.xin. If the (Tmton
team cafitures the n<*xt game in the
series, the vk-iory wHl tarry arith h.
the league championship.
GREATEST STORY OF GENERATION
BROKE QUIETLY AT DAWN SUNDAY
that I Germany could not. The British
fleet would see to that. The prerident
has announced he will oaR a special
University of North Carolina and did
graduate work on M. A. and Ph.D. de
grees at the Teachers College of Co
session of congress to revise the law, university. He had teach-
but today he still left indefinite theit^ experience in the high s<#iool* of
date on which #iat would be done. Carolina, as a tutor
. m iin the City College of New York, in-
Miaa Helen MiNer d Cneawrood,' structor of education at Ddce univer-
^wae the gueat Friday of (Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. King and attended the horse
ahow in tlie evening.
sity, and as dkectxir of education in
the foreign miarlon at Wemho Nyanm,
Belgian Congo.
IN CLINTON
bk; .i-bayi event
...for...
THRIFTY SHOITERS
i
'Thursday, Fri
day, Saturday
Sept. 14, 15, 16
Make your plans now to,be in Clinton for thi.s big
Dollar Day observance, offering an opportunity to par
ticipate in bargains you can’t afford to mis.s.
Next week’s fssue of THE CHRONICLE will give all
details.
And as a climax to the 3-day event, an automobile or
$500 in ca.sh is to be given away FREE on the la.st day,
Saturday, Sep4. 16th. - *—
New York, Sept. 3.—The grmlesi
xt(wy this generation « new war
in FXirope- unfnliied swiftly, diamat-
kaMy, and y*< aJrmx-t quietly at dawn
Sufxlay in the new* room of Itx* A*-
*oria(t4^ iVe** in Rockef<*ller Cumtee.
Outxide thi* f*t)m<s were gray ami
♦firpty, aave for a f.-w worshipper*
hurryirgr t»» St. Patrick’s cathe<ir»I. •
hkirk away <m Fifth avxTiue, for ^Hy
mass.
Wi the brilliantly-Iighti**! AP tx-ail-
quartor* it might have been just an-
<jtheT Sunday nximing except that
men, akwl for w«**ks for tlx* nxmien-
tous woixl* from aJtroad, w«*n* waiting
. . . waking.
Everything was ready to flash
aero?? 1’hi* contim*nt on m*ws ami
wrr<-ph<k4» wire* the black ami white
nxTonJ <rf hbetory in the making.
In citk« throughout the* country
other rm<n w<‘r«* waiting, watching AP
wirtw.
At 2:28 a. m. a l*aris litory went
over the wirua. TIh* telegraphic print-
<fl's clicked out th«* m*w.s that tlx*
Duke iff Wimltxir was imixvtk'n-t to n*-
tum to' England.
Amkdier story from Bu<*nos Ain*s
. . . the Argenthx* government wa* nr-
p<Mt4'd intefxling to n*main mnitraJ in
the event of an Eun^pisin war.
3:2-1 a. m. ... a fiUiry fr<»m War
saw ... the guvt<rr>nx*nt ha4l an-
mmnred that m-Ixm>Lr, nave for thoar
cimvertixl into Ixxqdtai?, would reopen
Si-pt ember 11.
f’««ci*ful enough, hut ixhtor* and
writer* were mk to be taken off guard
hy them* thing*.
Th*ui It canrx* with a jolt ... a hid-
Itdin time at 4:214 a. m. . . . Britain
ha4i given (Js-rmany until r> a. m. to
answer h«T uKimatum. Otherwise ■
stat<‘ of war w<*uJd exist.
Still, th«* m'ws clH-k^sl off prowairal-
ly . stoi-^** from lk*rlin, Dindon,
Paris . . . <xld fragnx'iits of m*ws on
tht* tnuihkxl ^ualxin.
Anil th«>n the s<*xtnd jolt again
from liomlon . . . tht* time limit had
lM*eri F>as.*ii-d.
.M**n wait«*«l a little more t«*ns4‘ly.
A Irttlf* after h o’cl<x*k it came:
F-l-a-s-h;
liorxion — Ohani'lx'rlain {)r<x*laime<l
Britain at war with Gs*rmany.
Tht* wire* dickwl out tht* news
acrteiS the courrtJ'y—war I
First World War As Reported In 1914
Twenty-five years ago Ia.st Sunday j ish war vesst*l. Tht* British aon-haasa-
moming, citizen* of this community jdor was seeking to swing Amerk‘an
and eloewhere rt«d from 1.|h* m'w.s-1 sentiment to the* allktl cause. Planes
papers the reports of the Grst World! battled over I*aris, and the Frunch
war, then well umier way. Gtjrmany i government planned to move to Bpr-
jwas invmling France ami Belgium, ideaux.
' English Tommies were f’lghlirff? in de-1 The, United States and Panama
Ifense of Paris, Ru.'isia was an ally j agreed to U. S. control of two'har-
and Turkey was planning to join thejbors near the Pananiia canal, atrate-
Germana. There were echoes of war gical in case of war in this hemis-
in all parts of the world. 1 phere. A-n American cruiser stood
The newspaper reader of September j ready to evacuate Americans from
3, 1914, read that tbe German liner, j France to Bnglafxi.
Kronprinz Welhehn, an Atlantic wan
derer einee leaving New York after
the deda-ration of European war, had
been waylaid and captioed 'by a Brit-
In the South Garolma news was a
report that eentimarrt for Richard L
.Manning for governor of South
iina wae ruiaiing strong.