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ipi I ■ ■■ I ■ 1 yjwvm THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be a Ckan Newspaper, Complete, Newsy, and Reticle. Olltttton (ElpnmtrU VOLUME XXXIX CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,1939 If Too Don't Read THE CHRONICLE Yon Don't Get the News. NUMBER 38 EXTRA SESSION ' OPe<S TODAY WAR BULLETIN BOARD TWO SIDES TO EVERY QUESTION By LYTLE HULL ^ r 1.4 I DANZIG — Hitkr tells Britain andi Congress Faces Fight Over France that Germany is ready for THE DESTRUCTION OF MANKINDjall the young men of the country. trality Law, President Roose- [seven-year srar, says Russia and Ger-j If reading about war was as un- ‘ ■*- ’ velt To Deliver Message In'^ny will ^‘re-establish law and order”' plea.^nt as writing about it, then no- Person. Jin eastern Europe; calls Polish re public dead; disclaims Ukraine; ad- Washington, Sept. 19. - Prosident P”"'' Roosovelt disclosod today that hoi tiolos at a time like the presentT body would buy a newspaper these That terrible four yeai;s smashed the South and reduced the balance of Americans to “nerve cases,” as was days. There are so many other topics j^^**'®***'-™^**! hy the now almost un- th^ scribe would like to scribble I P®l»®y jittering Un- about, but who would read such ar-ji®" government in allowing and even County Fanners Will Vote Dec. 9 Two-Thirds of Voters Must Ap prove Cotton Quotas If Con tinued For 1940. Laurens county farmers will vote December 9 on whether marketing quotas similar to those in effect for ito°ddiver an^^dres^^wIciaTly^open^! ®^ gross misstatements”; | This particular writer is so sick to ing the historic contest over the neu- t® «®y offer; ®^ harping on this most un- -- - 'two British trawlers sunk, three mer- trality law. ^’chantmen elude submarines; admiral- J®*' were not tor the He began drafting that si^ifiCM.^^y discloses 579 men still missing in Pirate hope that he might be of s •CUin^nt—which is to OC short be- tn t document cause congress already has much in formation on the subject — as mem- aircraft carrier tbri>edoing. MOSCOW — Red army reported to of what mighti-hak’e been, in a few short years, a rejuvenated section of pleasant of subjects that he would,®®*' economic \vhole. quit his job if it were not for the des-1 The destruction of its young men, some how’ever. was the principal factor which held hack the South for fifty infinitesimal assistance to those .American patriots who are struggling STUDENTS HEAR JAMES ON WAR Noted Newspaper Correspondent Believes "America Can Stay Out of War” and That Debate Will Delay Neutrality Act Change. Spoke Here Tuesday. “America can stay out of war,” de clared Weldon James, prominent ^ young foreign correspondent, in an ■County Agent C. B. <!annon said yes-' Tuesday morning before the terday, “a.s they have usetl them fori^^®”®®^ body and faculty of Presby- the last two years to avoid adding to i college. .vJ^rs. The r^me dTteri^ration'oe'eu/- ®“PP'y people think,” he said, “that fostering the looting and destruction 1^^ ^ to the 1940 crops. “Most cotton farmers are thoroiqfh- ly familiar with marketing quotas,” . “ against th^batterine-rams of fo^eijrn.‘® but was less,notice-1int^the war Others think bers of house and senate started ar- have occupied Wilno; Soviet line ex-} battering ram. oT loreign ^ ,,.a. 1„_* .v ii„* ithia .mr,ii ......i d_. riving in the city for the special ses sion. Among those wrho reached the Capi tol, Senators Vandenberg, Republican, of Michigan, and Holt, Democrat, of Iowa, immediately announced their opposition to changing the neutrality statute at thia tisae, while Senators Connally, Democrat, of Texas, and Guffey, Democrat, of Pennaylvania, . and home ma^' nixrnawnda'or if''it ®ble Wau.se the number of young'i^® allot-,this country will not enter until Brit pected to be established from Wilno home-made propaganda or il it ments.” a/Mrfi, I oK.^,.9 1 oo ®®t f®*" tbe determination to do engage<l was not as great in pro south to Lwow. about 100 miles in exposing the utterjPo*‘t‘®® to the population as was, of futility and stupidity of our country j the case in the South, engaging itself in a war of which we Then came the Great War, and its know so little and in which we have >'^*®lt» have only loo clearly borne from Russian frontier BERLIN—Germans reiiort captur ing 50,000 Polish prisoners and “im menae b^” in winning big battle | ^^t^ing to gain and all to lose, west of Warsaw; betweea 2,000 and ^^^e fought by professional soldiers, and the num bers participating were small in com parison to the population of the coun- out the argument that we can not kill off our best brains and still have them to work for us when we need them—as at present. Let us take England and Germany to illustrate. The generation of men between Che ages of twenty and forty 3,000 Poliah troops battle west of Gdynia, maroonad. BARJS — Gasman troops reported said they would support the adminis-! tunwtl back after striking in heart involved. tration’a proposal that the embargo of northern flank on western front. Then came the Napoleonic wars, on arms shipments to European bel-i CERNALTU (Romania)—ReporlsJ^^j Prance- which was at one time ''** simply used up. These dead men ligerents be repealed. [from Poland pr^ict establishment of another engaged against practical-!'''’**“*** be from forty to sixty years Asserting that his mind was stillPolish regime friendly, to Ger-']y every professional army in Europe t«*day, and from their large num- open on that question. Senator'Rey- many and Russia, to represent small draw upon the sons of her b<*'‘» the cleverest would, a.s usual. Holds, Democrat, of North Carolina,' buffer state and sue for peace. merchants, her farmers, her bankers, b*'** risen to tht* top and would be just returned from Europe, charged ROME—Italy assuming leadership lawyers and her lairing clas.ses! "''*b®g thos«> countries today, the a<hnini8tration had “fallen down over large bloc of small neutral na- appalling. It has M’hat have they got instead? They fni.M-raWy” in providing transporta- tions; relations with Spam strength- estimated that over a million aro govermnl by men who have known tion for Americans stranded in war _ lives were lost in battle alon**, and for twenty years that the result-s of xones. The U. S, Manhattan, on which BKIX.RADE —'I ugoslavia reported p'ranee in those days was a small na- » |H «ce troaly, drawn up in a time The national cotton quota proclaim ed by Secretary of Agriculture Wal lace for 1940 is the same a.s for 1939. This will make possible, with normal yields, the marketing within the quota of approximately 12 million bales daring the year 4>eginning August 1, 1940. ^ Approval by two-thirds of the na tion’s eligible cotton growers who vote in the December 9 referendum is required to continue quotas in ef fect for 1940. The 1939 quota was approved by 84.1 per cent of the growers voting. ain and France appear to be fighting a losing battle. 1 believe we will not enter the war unless this situation comes about.” Speakng on the subject, “Two Wars I Saw,” James recounted the incident of the combing of t)ie Panay, of which he was an eyewitness. He was a member of the Shanghai office of an American newspaper association and covered a great deal of news about thef^ino-Japanese war. From China, the correspondent went to Spain where he saw much ac tion in the civil war there. He wit- nes.sed several ibattles from the front ^ !‘"® trenches, and recounted several incidents which he saw. “The chief belief that we may be able to stay out of war is foumi main ly in administration circles,” said Mr. ricultural conservation program will continue to op<*rate regardless of t)ie outcome of the December 9 rt^feren- dum, the county agent r»*minds cotton growers. However, marketing quotas j ames, “with many leaders convinced be reached .New York yesterday, car- planning^ to extend fornial nx-«qmi- "h7r "|HM"idition <'f Stress and'hatred.’musV^^^^^ partK fpating m tlH-^that Koom-velt will do his able ut- ried, he said, a large number of aliens tion to Russia and conclude non-ag- whose accommo<lations should have gression pact. b«*en occupied by American citiiens. in conflict. Twenty years and not' «.r,.Hge allotments that their program who plant within prevent our involvement. With the special session scheduled WPA Rolls Are thie of the not surprising results enough brains in tin* entire outfit to adjust supplies will not b«* of this loss of her bs-st young man- >^*ttle their damnable trouiiU-s by any I |,y non-coopcrat<irs. 'n.K»d was the shrinkage of an inch "ther means except hurling their ih-o-I Farmers who plant within their to convene Thurs«lay, a real influx of legiolatoro and outpouring of state-■ Twnts on the neutrality issue is ex pected. Tomorrow, Mr. Roosevelt plans to hold his “national unity’ con- ,'*4''*”''’, French political history <*f the follow- The ino«t «k‘pendable and pri»gn*ss-;^ 1' non-ciMinerator must iiav a nen f.renc- .t th, Whit- lloure on th- " '•'“»“« ‘ttZ " '' nr fifty y-r. «.ll .l-n,nn.tr.t-. iv n.fon, ,n Ku.>.po t.»l.y .ro Nor- » nonj,-.p.r.l«r nto.l ,,.y . pro .dmm,.tr.t..n-. »' **’■• I'""*’"' •"•'!mUon .oW in -kom of th- n»rkot To this gatherir% he has invited not ''‘J™ 'ng ^ii»eiy empmyeo, ac time—our own* ««aH handful of little countries I * ^a V Cut In County tn the stature «»f the French |>e<*ple. pl** ‘I'D* certain destruction. <'an you \noth« r les.- obv •■us lesult was the iniag ne what will be left after an- mental tieterioratiun of th<‘ race. oth«T eataclysm which will make the which a very careful analysis of l■’*t l*“*k like a lunall skirmish? acreag<> allotnwnts will be able to market all of Ifn* cotton they prmiuce on their allotted acreage without p<*n- alty. If mark<*ting quotas are in ef- A respectable group of new.spaper- men share this opinion, particularly tho.se who were at Roosevelt’s press conference when he pledgisl his ad ministration to do everything iiossible to avert war. They were particularly impreKs<Ml by the deep sincerity with which the president said he bi-lioveil only ,h, K-mocret.- I«d-r.h., ‘J ‘"’"7"nvil fcrew-m th, .N..rth and kept out of the destruction of eongreas, but the Republican leaders *'7*** -South, fhir regular, <ir professional, I9I4-IMK. Spain is an exception. She as well, and to this group be has add- • • army at that time was very small and vouJd have regained her former grrat- ed the names of Alf M. Undon and wLt Confederacy had she not listened to the oily Jil-"‘p*:ti'’-'"-i M the Republican party. -rweertif-tatHm.” While tho row was developing at *They are then mnveetigated and if the t'apitol. other related i*vrlop- eh|^lr, arr plac«-d on the wa:t ments were occurring in the city: !***• »**d. The treasury asked fur bids on imfilK- provision of *>. manganese ore, its first purchase in •*'’ ‘^*'*‘* me*n that the peopV r* the IKW.tMiO.dOO program auth-.rue,! »»•' »*» ‘**** rd in tK« r Work Th, it posit. t.« r- nif* ji.-'t the -sm» as *ny new a{: j '-“ant f‘--r cviiificat t ey app-/. e nations in F.urtuie ttsliiv sre Nor- i. # ^ ’ u possible for us to remain unin- nsiiuns in r.umpe io<ia> an ."««r-n|iy e,.nts p<‘r pouml on *Illyolv«d. The man on the street in Waah- : ing quota for his farm. Fall Term Court Opens Sept. 25; Jurors Are Drawn J30 P. C. Students Will Learn To Fly Organize Here For Christmas Seals R.». C. a B«IU To Head I>ocalliV."‘r*!: ington, as in many another town, however, and a considerable number of persons in official life there, look at it the other way. “They regard war as a highly con tagious disease, and are afraid that by C4 0gre«s last ,.n for the ac- q., »:t.«»n and s'.-*;ng « f vjtal wa? mm t-ria'- not fitt.y produc'd in ihi* c-untry .'iecretary Wa'Iacts a-k-d leaders of th*“ farm, food and clothing nrlu*tii«-* I, <..<«f>erate with the g..vrnim« in |. t .vr.ti'ig *'pr*_.f|tr* ! mg H,“ ret|ur-! was msdr a: a m -'ting of the agri- euit^irt department*- ad>i-ory r»uncd. made up of farm and bu-in,»» leaders. Addressing a -iiecial e.mferrncr of New York city, asserted that national,** reqairvd by the quota, legislation was needed to help the war abrtad from being made an excuse (or pofiteering in ff>odstuffs. Vandenberg. who is expected to as sume a position of leadership in the ftattle against the administration's rteulrality program, took the position that now that the war has started any alteration in the statute would be of Itself an unneutral act. This posi- **vcJining tion, he said, was based on “one fun damental rule”: ■a', t* M- >»p** III ain\t St gste-l, a"d if found e. g!>i«, T>,,nu - Sea- ar* ». ;if*-l and p.acnt -n the await- i». mg s-•-griiiienl ji-t j***' “M h tjm- a- -j i.,^ .- ran. Witn n qu-i*a bmita* i, if*' , , it-m employment " <Ker the stat* a- a wh=ir. I*fi ^ d.r the y -M-nth- p.,v>-...n in- .JI < y Ha. act and -i,4W» pe-ip.e w.-re rra^>>gTle<■l || |f ^ from the await r.g as-tgnrrient ; «t. f Har'y Wdk g< II itl -••*-ii*ns :• laui.M^ un J.Mh. With Judge as the IJnhed Htates will sooner or C onimiltcg In ClinrifC of An* I later, rtgardi(*ss of good intentiooa, nuaJ Seal Canpaign* '^****^ “if**®- They bolievw a - • A « I - —♦- — ^that our entry into the war will be At LsAlUTdlS Airportr AI an enthusiastic nwiding of a much iwrlier than in the first World ^ * 'group of citizens .Monday night, a war, p<*rhaps within six to IH mnnth.s l‘ti-sbyterian colli-g*- has r*«ceivedapp<iinted and organ-i h«*nce, ■pa!"i»nTiUfg, on I of itf a*-«-*>ptance alunjf With f '.c «•: <er c<»lli-ges in the iz«*<l to make plans for th<* coming "I’etqde in this camp tend to ladicw t'hristmas SraN carnfMiign of T. B. that regardless of the particular inci- -tanips. Rev. Bynum Betts, |>as- d**nt or incidents whieh may take us fstale, MS a lia 11 g center for thejior of the AsMtriate RoforTmil I’res- into war, our entry will occur just *- w g |>*-<t jurymen by a* a ithority, according Jbytvruin church, was ma*le general almut the lime it may apfwar that .t\- '-I d awn to ser\e to an an iiiw. rin n* made during ih|. I chairman «iT the eiunmittee. B ■»: h M Gray. . H week .•* , R H M.mnw, IbrJfCC ' France and Gn'at Britain would lose The following committees were ap- without aid from Arwrica. "Tlwir best hope for our staying out, apparently, is that the French ami British may be aide to wage a I winning war without assistance fruen t'hurrh Participation (4>mmilt«'c— - this siiW* of the Atlantic. But to many :|M>int4si to serve with the chairman. M'- e H \ Itensrin ’ ♦■q iqqHd to t*ain a,|,| fumn* cases only the chairman is maximum of .»« tiuilentB. (tround named, however the full nrmmittee \ .!.n J f{ (Iwens i**'^’*** »*-<r‘»<’tH.n will I*, given in the^.n j,,. .nmninced later. \ .‘T.n. J. M ftwens.!^, Iwborato-ms. while the Hight (.e .rge A. Burton, maf naa*t t«haa I ass I .. s. ■ * I S.oj ■ -Iierkai conirrrnce ui - 7 ' " r. Iiar-y WHSc-. *«e 'rge A. nunon, ^ II I . f — . Mayor F H laGuardia. of the necessary r,dun,on y „ y Branford. W, ^ ‘'•® !l»r. F. I). Jones, chairman. — — 1 k.. / XM 1 J J- airport mid-way Irntween flinUin SrlMuil - • , -4 B«wm>. M ili.am M. 4 annon and < ar- . , eicnooi an*! laurens. of them the events of the last few .slimmer ;J. A Ground school instrurUirs will be Yool f*articipalK>n fTomniittee— days have made that hofte . 4.heatham and K. E. Sadler, j than ever.” ^ ~ ro.i W. Copeland. I vHiJi t lFt9^n I * Hdl—T. Mannirvg Pinson and' ik'"vZ'I7/•"'"is"w*.. VIZI’"il . l^jrUlA \elUZda 1 Mart n j Ih^- Nriil ($. Whitelaw, of the physics} .Service ('Jubs ('.rimmitte** R. riLswa Qaselelawwlw.’ Mater'oo L. L Manlev and Ben F -SH-noer, of yV, h. Simpson: Lncs OUuClCnly ^ mathematics department; and. Women’s 41,/bm <’>ofnmittee Mrs. ... Mkiili'vai K E ( rawford John v * rraduate of the j„hn W. little and Mrs. R. .S. Owens. ".<Tmrlie Smith, 59, died sudden- j y- *> i- * Srh«M»I .Military Aeronautics at j|,ij (Committee—Mrs. R. S. Tex*s. Flight instiTirtors willi(>^4.n, John W. little, designated by th** civil aeronautics <’.orooiittee L K. Bish- W. <*harU Smith, 59. died sudden- ” ^* , Srhmd ‘ y -Saturday in a store at Lydia Mill. ^ v ’ TJ, e */. J u A®"»‘®. ’ I while making a purchase. He had been y I.w7’l4di 7 h^'a’nee ‘*'‘*'* ' .n drelinm, h-.lth f..r ...me tin.,. b 1.‘/C '•""—uthor.. Mr. James saHi a majority of Wazh- I..'ington newKpaiM'rmen iM-lieved that |c»»ngress would revise or repeal the preiu'nt neutrality law in order to permit the sale of arms and muni- tion.s to “any ^Ndligerent who could come and get them -meaning at this time, of course, the Allies." K. A. Sielts and R. G. \V<K»da authority ujion rHC«»mmendation of the n U Eichelberger and K. W. Sum- Bitter dubate, however, is expected He was a native of North Carolina. Young* — J. Taimadgv Patterson erel. [to precede such action, with some but had made his home here for 25 Hughes and .*4loan West- taking the course will lie Other committees and chairmen are!correspondents predicting ik'vision or ‘The only way you can have a ncu- ?^*'*’ moreland. riV'cn i2 h«iur- of Kromd work at the b». n,n»ed. [repeal may be delayerl two months. .1 u -a ^..^.liam and .Molly < onner Smith. He was, ScuffJv.irwn—J T Blakejy college during the first semester and' tral attitude is to refine it in advance of Its application.” Change* made after a war starts. . dre^on in th, l.ydi. .Mill. B.pti.t J.-k.'-J. I>. r<Vl.nd. church ’ .iTt to .Ml hours in flight instruction i^rratJy intere.sted in the coming carn al the airp«»rt. Ipaign to sell Christmas seals after ^ I hearing a report from Miss Kaye Ir- T() ATTEND KIW ANIS MF.ET |Vin, field nume for GroenwfHMl and .Several f'linton Kiwanians are plan-l^j^ne in (Jinton. he said, were bound to be considered ^rv-.ces h^d Sunday ww • ■ q • unneutral acts by one side or the KCVlV&l i^^rVlCCS church, with Rev. B. L. Wood offki-l “I belk^ve m neutrality regardless Interment followed in Rose-} At OrphanaSEe of my sjTnpaihies," he said, “and I ®*®®^ cemetery here. r* • 1 r o i w m <- have plenty of sympathies.” _ f^T>«*c.aI evangelistic services are be- Noting that some persons were pre- J,' four sons, Charlie C.. Dav^dc ^ Thornwell Me-* ^ dicting a long and bitter debate, he-”" K- Lee *®<i J^es Henry o'clock in the eve- said that he would be “neither Jongi|^''^ nir*g and at the family morning rar bitter,” but would sinvply present Oakley and Mrs. j his reasons for believing that the em-' The leader Rome .Smith, Greer, and exiward Those pn'S<*nt at the meeting were) Mr. James, a graduate of F'urman uiurens counties, of the work shp had at my third war. university, will enter Harvard univer sity next w<M*k for a y*wr of gradu ate study, folltrwing which, us he put it, “i will probably get a ringside seal ning to attend the annual ('uirnlinas' inent speakers are on the program ■ [ including Governor Clyde R. Hoey <sf •Miss Irvin thought, and so did those present after hearing her talk, that with an enthusiastic ca.mpaign to .sell seals this year that by another year a full time nurse for luiurens county AI’I’KAUS TO I’OLKS Paii.s, Sept. 19. -In a sUiternent is sued through th<* Polish (‘mbassy. President Ignace Moscicki of Poland urged all Poles to guard their na- INorth Carolina,* District Governorj^^uld be secured. The commitUe isjtion’s h<inor .so that “justice will tri- is bargo is a safer way to keep out of the war than cash and carry. Nor, said V’andenberg, would he permit partisanship to enter into his discussion. He was refusing, he said, all invitations to make political speeche.s, and would continue to do so. PRESBYTERIAN MEN MTLL MEET TONIGHT J This evening at 7:30 the first fall meeting of the Men-of-the-Church of the First Presbyterian church will be held in the men’s room of the church, at which time supper will be served. President John H. Hunter exte.n<)8 a cordial invitation to all Presbyte rian men in the city to be present. KIW ANIANS HEAR SLOAN f The regular meeting of the Kiwanis club Thursday evening was featured by an interesting address on the Ckm- stitution of the United Stales byi James P. Sloan, instructor of history in the local high school. The club also had as its guest, John B. Gentry, prin cipal of the high school, who add^ to the program with two aongs. | Rev N Wilke. Dendv ”'‘'****'‘^ K. 'Thigpen of CharJotte, and,working «• HatfieW of Oklahoma Cky, ! to that end. jumph in the end.” Smith, Beaumont. pastor of the Presbyterian church of.,-.,, ... . . , , i,, ,, f. . . lOkla., immediate past international Dalton, Ga. .Mr. Dendy s sermons are JL * DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! 4 So Far This Year There Have Been 13 FATALITIES from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY Let's Strive To Make 1939 a Safe Year On the Highways. TUa dale fawt year, C 'convincing Gospel me.ssages, making a st.'org appeal to the young people, who are hearing him with much in- .tcrest. The -tervices will continue through Sumlay, with residents of the city cordially inrited to attend the eve ning worship hour and take part in the special song program. president. THORNW ELL-NEW BERRY TODAY The -Thornwell orphanage football team will meet the Newbemy high i 'school elejven this afternoon in New berry at 3:30 in the ojiening gamej of' the season. The^ Thornwell boys * have a fighting team this year and, are being coached by Walter B. Todd [ of the high school faculty. MEDICAL MEN TO MEET * The monthly meeting of the Lau-* rens County Medical association will • be held in Laurens next Monday eve ning at 7:30. Guest speakers for the ooeasioc will be Dr. J. Warren White and Dr. John T. Rainry ci GreenvOk. Goldville Man Is Winner Of Grand James Stogner, an employee of Joanna Cotton .Mills, Gold ville, held the lucky number Saturday afternoon in the final prize awarding by the Business Booster campaign sponsore<i by the Chamber of Commerce. The winner had the choice of three automobiles or $500.00 cash. He selectt*d a 1940 Ply mouth, the sale being made through McMillan-Cooper Motor company, local distributor. 'The awarding of the grand prixe was witnessed by a crowd of several thousand people. CLINTON, WOODRUFF TO OPEN FOOTBALL SEASON HERE FRIDAY Game To Be Played Under Floodlights At College. Wilder’.s Squad Hard At Work For Opening Encounter. At seven-thirty Friday evening, on j Johnson field the lid flies off of Clin- jton’s 1939 football season when Clin ton high school Red Devils tangle with tlw? Woodruff high boys. , Coach Wilder’s squad has been I working hard for more than a month 'now and is rounding out into shape- ,for a tough season which includes , many of the really big teams of upper I South Carolina. More than forty I boys have been struggling for places ion the coveted eleven, and 1939 prom ises to be another year like the past lone when Qinton soared to new .heights in football in the state. Many old faces will be missed— Yarborough in the line—Hall King in the Imckfield—and others who have thrilled l<K-al fans with ground-gain ing for ('Jinton high, bul^ tht' squad still has Trammell, FtVgiison, Sand- <-r8, Bynl, Oxley, Shaw, Sloan, Cause, Young, Hill, Pin.son, Dicus, and oth ers from the 1938 squad. Daily pep meetings have been held at tho l(x*al sch(H)l, and the band 'is polishing off the last rough edges for the opening night. All in all, it should be a colorful occasion, and well worth the ticket price. Paste boards arc 25c for students and 35e for adults. All local games this year will be played at night, affording buiuiiesa men an opportunity to see the boys in action.