University of South Carolina Libraries
I' L« 4 • THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be a dean Newspaper, Complete, Newsy, and Reliable, OlUntan (Ebronitlf If Too Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE Yon Don’t Get / the News. VOLUMEUCXXIX CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1939 NUMBER,^37 Today, Friday, Saturday Are Dollar Days In Clinton utomobile Or $500 To Be Given Away Free Saturday 6 P. M. NAZIS GIVEN FDR WARNING WAR BULLETIN BOARD President Says Monroe Doctrine r.KRLlN*^ — Authoritative sources Will Be Invoked and I'nittMl it< ^vay ^ ^ 1 ^ to the Russian htMxler if mvessary States M ill Not l^t Germany vntire Polish army. to Seize Any l^nd West of At lantic In Event of Victory. j i’.VSKL. — Herman town of Horn- bach rt‘pi>rte<l t<> bt* a noptnan’s lan«]. ‘ * havinjr t>een untler fire for two days Washinj^on, Sept. 12. — Indirectly,jt>y both .Maginot and Siiirfried lines., but definitely, F^sident Roosevelt! BERLIN.—Germany army drawing nerved notice today that Germany i iron ring around Warsaw, pounds | would not be permitted to seize any j Poles on three fronts. ! British or French territory on thin PARIS. — French motorized units' aide of the Atlantic. reported driving into subivbs of Saar-! Restating the Monroe lloctrine, Mr. i bruecken, key to Siegfried line. I Rooseveit made it plain to a press! WASHINGTON.—President Roose-1 conference that t^ United States indirectly but definitely serves 1 for its own protection would be bound notice that ^rmany would not l>e ■ to resist such a move. I permitted to seize British or French, .At the same time, Mr. Roosevelt Uei ritoiy in New World, said he would have an apnouncement l/)NIK>N.^Pnme Minister Cham- “soon, on the calling of a **pccial flies to France and attend'* session of congress to levise the neu- nie(<ing of British-French su- trality act. .Although ( hairman Sab- pii.nn* war council with Premier l>a- ath, I)emt*cral, of Illinois, of the Duke <vf Wimi-or and Duches.s —K.., l l« house rules committee left the pr**si-1 England. Conditions Dn ScplemlHT 1 In- dential office a few h<»urs earlk*r pre dicting the .session would convene WELCOME TO CUNTON — for — DOLLAR DAYS Today, Friday and Saturday BUSINESS FIRMS OFFER SPEdUL VALUES FOR THREE-DAY EVENT Price-Sla.shinj': Dollar Days .Arranged In ('onjunction With ( hani- bcr of ('iFmmerce Husine.ss IkMister ('ampaivin Which Will ( lose Saturday With Ayyarding: of Free Automohile Or .SodO ('ash. (Jreat (’rowd Expected. .All ntatls will li‘a<l to (Hinton to- iday, Friday and Saturday for (HldN- |T()N DAYIS, offering' an opportunity I for every p<.*rson of this shopping tcr- I ritory to obtain many articles which have la'en needed for a long tinx* at re!al barg&in prices. The thire<*-day selling event—'Which up to tih«* cltising hour of 1 p. m. Sat- uixlay, ami wiH Ik> eligible to go into the final drawing of tin* grand prize. Regardless of When* you live you are invitod to bring th<‘ family and shop here during the three Kfiecial days. In today’s paper there are a large 1 number of Dollar Day advertisements. has bwm ht'ralded to the world as The nx^irtiants and ffVmK |>articipat- DOLL.AR D.AYiS, w+ll bring to a doeejing in this sales event have pli-dged Cotton Crop Of i 833,000 Six S.C. Colleges To Train Pilots tlM* three nxinthn trade expansion ;tJhtm.selves to make this th<* most out- rantpaign which has be<*n .spon.sored standing occasion of its kind ever by th<* ('hamber of <x>mimerc<*. I^h' stagisl in (Tinton. ArticUis pT>‘senti*d .Sat unlay iluring the campaign $25 in’at s|Mcial liargairi prices iluriiig the cash priz«*s has b<s'n awanhsl by the i thrtv-<lay event an* not thos4* which i-ommittiN' in ohargn*. As a dimax>to | have (nH-n left over from the previous th<‘ cann(Mtgn the grand prize will he, .sea.son’s traik*, but iru-ImU- <l«*siiable Bri).APE??T. — Warsaw radio an- nountvs Pole* holding firm against intensifieil German attack*. KO.ME.—Briti*h an<l Italian -iliplo- mat* hold *«'crK conferems** b«'Iiev»sl to h<dtl fate <»f war. i^xjut October 1, .Mr. Roosevelt did not .set a date. He men-ly sai<l that ^^abath’* guess was as goo<l a* that of any of rhe reporters present. ^^enator Byrnes, of South ('andina, insuefl a statement through his of- • :::: County officers cash and carry* basis. H>*rnes said that he believed failure - to take this action “will aid an ag- .v .i- gressor nation that has accumulated! I'^un'ns, Sept. 12. Sheriff C. \>. war reserves in order to attack anoth-*" **’*' *"*1 ‘Itpoties bnigisl 1« Are Kept Busy Average. jawardeil .Saturday at fi p. nii on the men*han<lis<‘ for autumn and fall l*rt*shy(crian (’olleRe A m O n R jp^*^’***’ i^ipuire. The lucky imtsoh willlwear or use—tim<*Iy bargains indi-cd. s*H*uring abso-j For full particulars iMTtaiiiiiig to 'hevToIet or' (TId.NTO.N D.AYS which o|M'n this inditions on heplemncr l in- I'resntierian t tMiegf m u n g '«».v dicate Increase Over 10-Year Those Listed By Authority 4 I Federal Program. ’ ( oluTiibia, S« pt. 10.— .A cotton eroji of s;{.'l,(MKI liale** <*f .500 pounds gniss weigh! fn>m Septemlwr 1 conditiims WHS f<»nvast l«slay by th«* marketing s<'r\’ice «tf the I’. .S. depaitnH'nt of agriculture. This repi^-sents an increase over Ohe OIS.lMMi liaies in IK.'lh and tb«* av- Washingtim, Sejil. 10. - It was Plymouth automobik', or if h«' or she prefers—^5(KI cash. Ta-kets with sales , 1.1 .u . .u I ... participaling fimu* will Im* issueil learned tmlay that the civil aeronau- * ^ tics authority ha.** a|iprov»Hl th<* appli cations of six South Carolina univer- morntng with a liang your attention is directe^l to th«* lalvertisirig columns of The (%r«nicle balay. sities anil colk'ges to participaU- in the civilian pilot training pnigram. They include The f’itadel a1 ('harles- ton, tihe <‘olk*g«* of < harlestim, Fur- College Has Fine Opening For New Year erage pnaluction of H27,000 (mies for man university, Grwnville, W«rfford' the ten-year |a*rnsl l‘.<2S-37. college, Spartanburg, ami I ni*i4»yte- sixla-th W'SMrni <if I'n-shytermn "The indica(e<l yield of .320 p<*unds i rian college at (linton. culkge opened Tuetalay with the ar- . !»«'’■* !«»f Imt an acre woukP be the highest , They an* anxmg I Wi applicanta ^ hundred m-w ntuilenta on er nation and will punish the peaceful county jail on various state, exctHsling byjwhK-h have lM*<*n initially appn»ve«l, campus and all «k»rmitory apaci* nation that <kie* not spend its re-'^harg»-s and rounded up Ifi gemblers I p^j. previous high yiekl | Robert H, Hinckley, chairman of h,. to ru|MU'ity by aources in accumulating weajams of.'’'^*’’’ nes-k-cml for a total of dd|^ juiunds in I!t2<l,’’ the report,the authiinty, sai<l, “Even this first arrests . i said. !»•< which contains <»nly harff the fium- munk-r' The ‘•un-au of census r* |M»i t4-«l 62.-! of c«»lleges which we exiM<-t n-ckless 1*00 “running luiles” ginm>«i in the |»articipale, contains repn-sentativi-s^-^^^ Lonnie McMillian Veteran Coach Frosh Football war. It would, he aikleil. he “taking sales 1 Jail case- with Hitler.” • !charge-, two included drunken the eml of the wci-k. Transfer alu- ik'-Hs ami uf>p«'r clas^mH'n wiH arrive for r«-grs.tration and orienta it in the name of neutrality -that’s a.,h-ath John S. .Maloiw, .5;i, four^li^^t ytar when area harvemiil was we will arrange for univiTsities in ai Volunw's have Im*< n written aliout rix* forgottm nxm of fiMrtball - the scrulis who take h <in the chin, yet never make tbi* front pag<'. But there is one man who is pruUtbly more oii- srure than th<‘ door-die Isiys. and h«*’s th«*ir <'oai(-h. l/orink' .McMillian. Piwbyl^'THin colbve frosh fo<»thaJI Dr. .Marshall * typical of that ty|>e. colIig4*; Lykesi -McMillan has Ins-n tutoring fr»-sh- »f tix* Young I fmitliaill tiwina at P^^■^vf^yte^ian Hin.and llughj^*"" tw«*nty years, ami .s<*ld«wn Um- student I pictun* nuule 1 Im* s|«irts page. .; Very nature fake.” months later at his iMrnie in (lint^m. The discussiVithe .Monroe Ibw- .Su()s«s|uently he was reUased on |7.5t) trine anise when a correspondent !»<■- boml. gan MueMioning the presuk-nt about current ra-.^es under in- his s,K-ech made at Kington, OntarM. ....^iifation is in conne<tion with an last >’*'•*’ ^y‘ug that The ‘ aniiiault a'lth a knife or some the United States will not stand Kffy|^her sharp instrument by “Re<l“ R«d>. 'ertson on Jimmie Jones, young white , men of laun-ns or vicinity. Jones' Condition was descnlM'd h< senou.-. Blue IkiM*. For k has In-en lionnie .Mac who has gnnMttk**! tin* n<>w Itoys- in fiinda- nH'ntaJs ami initiateti them into the by if domination of ('anadian soil is threaten«*<l by any other empire tthan the British empire.!” The position «»f the Unite«l JstaU'S towards t'anada, in the light of the .Mcnna* IbictrirM* and of that state ment try the president, has be<*n the .** uliji'C't of much convei-^ation and sfMculation In-re, s;rM-e Canuda j<»ined the *v«t of the British empir<* in de- t'aring war on Germany. Bu* even more intensively some' ,, , . u t u, . . i eon*.< rsations have dealt with what , , o . i .. I- . J . 1.1 u 11 visterdav that «*ffective .Saturday, the I nited States would do shoulii a *, . /• i . c • . - .. I. . u J .Se ptember In, t.ne <-ntir<' fat-ilities of Victorious (m rmanv seize British and , ' . , ui.li .u II the post office will remam om-n bat- -Aho have r rencn holdings near the Panama ca- ' a. • . Local Post Office To Remain Open Saturday Afternoon Dr. Moorhead Goes ral, ami ihenkiy enable themselves to urday aftemmins until 6 T-m-. instea<hwith the \V. former's [larents, -.Mr. ami corrstrix-t naval and air bases close to ail. at (k.ldvine, tha* vita pa.S'ag»way custom f<ir .-evera! ycars^ No city dc- left the pa?‘t week for Phila/lelphia The .Monroe I6>ctnne was enunciat- ly, werv mmk* in the chapel Tin s- j tasiple km.w alioiit the ,, 1 / . . . w I s‘l“y evening, foBowisI by an informal f*hhful denuk-s of si*rvic«* tihat lx>n- the smallesit Since DTh. nunkwr of stati-s U. offer regular e*-] ' , the V.M.G.A. for Mac has giv^v, the <'lirvton .school. The crop comlition was n*iH>rt<s| as , tension courses covering l.h<*ir gradu-j^^^ yesti*nlay tbriiugh tlM-n-’s one who does -Coach Wal- “reasona^dy giNKj” over the entire alion s4-ho<d work ami tii students wi-ll b*' John.wwi, lM*ad mentor of the Mate although yiriik. ivere lowensl|the H^-lection of flying sciMMds organizaLkm work ami by “June drought in tin* Piislmont, tla-ir pilot training, areas and “excessive August rams* -An ex|*erimental phase of this pn»- and weevil damage” m southern |o-igram was carritsl out at thirti*en col- calities. \V«-4*viI damage was n*|>orteil as' s^'ni**st«*r of tlx* I!UK..P.» srhisd y^**’’*!,j,j,y «*„. v u f A urui i i rian. It has lasm IionnK* .Mai* wb<* ha.s “rather hi-avy” in some localitii-s t»uti*od, m the o|iinH»n of tlx' authority, ^ wa- ex|*e4-!«M| to Im* than averagi- provisl an uiM|ualifie<l sia'ci*>. in plai*-^ f'*r-the entile slate, , mg aviation among the vm-ational Thi' Unitml .'state.s crop was esti-iaids wha-h thi' government ha- long matiil at I2,'iH0,(MUi liales comparts! ^’’ftendisl in othei fields, to 11.1!4:{.(HI0 iiales m lb:b*, i of -l-lb stinkut.'* enrolle.l for the flight training, more than f*er cent have already ipialified for their privati* (lilot certificates. A I* "mke tht- starting Iirw up. Xra PKllarlAlnkia ! As a whole, the program has two OpCCIcU OCrVICCS C^inung to l‘r«-sbyU'rian co:k*g» 1 w 1 lIllCTaJd^lllCa, objectives, one thi- creation of airmen ““ ^ I thoroughly sch<*oI«‘d in the liaMC prin-j Dr, and .Mrs. William H. .Mo<.rhcad. (.jp],.^ „f fij^rht theory and flying.i las-n sfM*nding thi* summer: vniho in time of national emergency I A week of revival services will ofM-n I adapting themaelviw in their new en- iVirornnenl for tihe next nine months.! .. . . ..u _.i iSw<unlay evening ml eight o’clock a' ll.-,.. .„<■ unm-r.,tth.- ,, ,« I'nAyt,- thi* Y.M.C.A. ami < oHege| iSM-h year wnt up a promising .•^quaii UpiM-r c!a smen will arrive toilHy ''‘f *''»y>' team, tnany of and the nxstmg of cla.sM's on n-giilar "lakirrg the first string in Dx-ir s«-h»sluie will start .^tuniay. sophoimire year. MemlH-rs irf the faculty and offi- This .‘-•asim. .McMillian ha< ^-nt II cers of tiM' nrilegi* apix-arisl in Thr* P''**inising mi'n u|i fn*m hiH I9.'ln ChronM'le !af< wis-k. fr«*?4hnian l<‘am, ami frumi present ap- jM-araiMS's, at k-a.-vt thns- of them will Thomwell Church livr 'y will be maik' in the* afternoon, w’herr* they will Im- located th«- com- «il. Mr. Roosevelt .said, at a time •w'hen a number of portions of <'en- tral and South .America had won their inde|Mndence from Euro|H-an sover eign: h*s arxl had set up republics. .At that time there was talk in EurofM- of forming a coalition of powers to re- t»toie Eun pean .sovereiginy over ( en- tra! and South .Amerx*a, Mr. Roo.m- \elt added. M.A.n wus w .:ten on that subject r>f the tl.ictiine at the time, sai<l the (Continued on page six) !but patrons desiring their mail may obtain same f>y calling at the office, the pi'stmaster stated. would sr rve as a valuab’e |mm.1 from’at Thnrriwr ll .Memorial chuivh next which our military an«l naval foirr's j Moijday at 7 p.m., it ha.s Is-eii an- could draw material for a<'ce!<*rat4-d! noum*«sJ by the pastor. Dr. L. R. training; s^s-ond, to stimulate the: Lynn. ing year. Dr. .M(M*rhea/| will do fur- jfrowth of private flying in this coun- The lUv. Wilkes IkoMly, pastor of HERE ON FUKI.Ol (.H pn»gr<-ss ther sturlying in internal merlinne at the nu-^lical school of the I'niversity ■ »f I*enn.«vlvania. I • , Pin rouU* to I*hila<k-!phia the .Moor head.- v:site<l friends in Durham, N. A1|«ao Rev. John .Morrison. Mrs. M irnsonir., Mr. and .Mrs. John*MrM.rhead, and V^ULllUlllLF^l and children of I.jels*. in Ikdg.an relatives in Washington. Dr. and Mrs. from 1‘n-scrrtt, .Ark., .M«*Miliian mixk* a great n-r-ord a- a fisnliaiJ am i track man in his undergraduate day.s. Tlx* great war interrupUsI his a*.blrtic ca- MtT wlx'n Um*k* .'^rn’s navy clAirTX>d him as an ertsign.iKollowing the war, he canu* Uu*k to -1*. niaknig all .stall* fiMgiiall t«*ariis in l!ll!l ami 11)20. .\ft«*r nearly twenty years at I’res- try as a means lioth of promoting the iVi-sbyterian church at oolbigi*, Istrink* .Maj: hxs la* comi* a.s nua-h a part of thi' seboo! as *ill Ih* ho.il rm»rning and evening. -Mr. j^yfiinasunn, the .stad'om, or tht* commerce and <*f contributing to the (»a , wiH ciimiuct the .s<*/*vices which TRD* TO AFRiCX I’O.^'I I’ONED Congo. Africa. aVe here on a year’s ^v. Hughes, aiiri* anil unc(e of Dr. furlough and are i*couiiying the re,*;!- .M.^^ih ad. lienee of .Mr-. Emma .1. Little on Wi^lrow* s*i(<-t. Mr-^. .M'»;*ri.son i.s a daughter "f Mrs. W. .*>. Porter of this city. Farmers Favor Soil Proposal, 318 Yes, To 4 No In 'as* Fiiviay's election on the <|iK'stion uf ertating l.aurensf county as a soil conservation district, 322 vott's We:** ca.-; at 19 voting precincts. The result of the tabulation showed 318 for the formation, with 4 oppos ing votes. The vote in boxes in this s<*ct:on was: Cross Hill—'22 yes; no, none. •Mountville—12 yes; 2 no. Clinton—30 yes; no, none. Anderson's Store—6 yes; no, none. Renno—12 yes; no, none. Gold ville—ll yes; no, none. FoJkrwing the referendum (bounty Agent C. B. Cannon stated that thej result has been reported to the state j committee and he expects progress ; aoon tp be made in setting up the district. • ! DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! So Far This Year There Ha%e Been 13 FATALITIES from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY Let’s StriTe To Blake 1939 a Safe Year On the Highways. This date last year, 6 Clinton, Joanna Tangle Saturday of <*ur aviation. D-ridy Ls a grariuate of Pr»-!J)yt<*rian |co)k-gi* and is pi<‘a.santly r<*m<‘mlM-nil h*'n* }»y a numinT of friemls who will Ix-ar him again. While * ** ® the nH-4*ting is arningetl iirirnarily f<*r , l,au;-eii. , 9. .MTs^ \\ i.in KaU- 1h** **rr«hanagi* family, thr- public i.s 4»f l.aur<*n.'-, ha.- b.i-n advi.Ncd cordially invitrd. iiy the ll.ip’i.s* foreign rni.-.'i<*ri lH>arrf ,of i;icbin*»n*i, Va., that In-caiisc of the With Joanna an«i Clinton .Mill.- id4-adlocke<l at thre*- games won each, the rik»b<! game in the final sr-rii-s of the Mal-Carolina league champion.«hip playoff .•‘eri***; will by playerl .'Saturday afternoon at .3:30 at the .N'ewrberry i mill park. • I The Joanna club pulled up even I with f linton over the wwk-i'fid by winning a pair of game-, *aking a 6-.3 victory Friday ami a 11-9 witf^ Saturday. CanH<!a’s declaration of war again>t C<-rmany gave the allies a total pop- ulafi'ui of .■)0.'i..'».'»6,00(l, comparr-rl with it- enemies’ !t0,t»0(l,0()0. Hef(-’s h<i'.\ line w«-ek-old European war: Germany DR. JAC OILS HEARD Kurojieari .situation, the «la*e -»•! for up in the .''3ovakia Hr,,600,0(1(1 4,000,000 l»r. 'ITvornwell Jacobs, presi«k nl of .sailing, f»t. 23, f vim N'<- a York to Ogb thorpe university, .Atlanta, «ki*u .\igeiia, .Xfrica, has ri posiponed. pied the pulpit of thr* First Presbyt4*-i .Mf.ss IJablwin is under appointment nan church Sunday at the morning,to .Nigeria a.s a m’s.xionary-ed.a-iilion (I Versus PolamI France Great Britain, inclmling: I'nilerl Kingd*mi .Australia New Zealand -L'nion of South .Africa ( anaila Imlia worship hour. instructor. 32,34K.OOO * 43,0fM),O0O 4«,000,000 K,000,000' 1,600,000' 10.000,000 PEACE TO COME ONLY AFTER NAZIISM IS BANISHED-EDEN l/ondon, .Sept. 11. — .Anthony E<len, 1 l,20tb000l.m<5!t.*tary <rf state for dominion af- 3.5] ,399,000. fains, in a radio adilress tonight said, ^ Eg.v.nt, treaty-bound to Great Brit-^‘*There can be no p<-ace until Naziisni JA.MFIS to j«iFi. has severeil diplomatic relations.is . . . ibanis>K*d from the <*arth.” , HERE TUESDAYl"^^^ (rermany. ■ ^ l The jM'opIe of Gnuit Britain, he • i.aid, were prosecuting the war with RETU RN Td* (•(.ATE.MAI.iA ifkirmany “with a clear conscience.” The Rev. Richard S. Anderson and] “Before war broke out wc did all will speak in the college chapel next' .Mrs. Anderwn, w'ho have lM.H*n sperwl-j that, words could do,” E<len said. I Weldon James of Greenville, na- jtionally known war correspondent, [Tuesday morning at Jl:30. Mr. James Iwill use as his subject, ‘Tw’o Wars I ing the past year in the .States on j “For us now there will be no turn- furlough from their missionary work j ing back. We have no quarrel with Saw.” A limited num-lier of reserved seats have ‘been provided for citizens of the town w*ho may desire to hear Mr. James, it was stated yesterday by Dean M. W. Brown. at Coban, Guatemala, C/entral Amer ica, left the past week to take up their duties again. During part of their furlough they visited relatives in Waterloo, Laurens atxl bene. the German jreople. But there can be no peace until Naziism with its cru elty and persecution have been ban ished from the earth.” Hitler, he said, bad flouted all the le.s.soms of .histoi*y, preferring “the power of misery and bloiKlNhwl.’’* He roit.rate<l that “our <l**tennina- tion i.s unshaken,’ and accu.sr*tl Hitler of carrying his “cynical di.ssimula- tion” after last year’ss cri.sis over Cz**c>M)-»Iovakia so far “as to Invade f'olanrl.” “J^et th(*f!X‘’b<* norqucst'ion about our rletennination,” 'he said. “We have dccidi-d to fight to i^how that aggresrsion does not pay and the Gennan people must realize that thb' does not pay. “The people «f this country mie really to fjgfrt. a very long war if naad I be, to rid the world <xf Hitleriam.’* (J - J