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THE CHRONICLE StriTcs To Be a dean Newspaper, Complete, Newsj, and Reliable. % fflUnton (UlfratttrU If Yea Don't Read THE CHRONICLE Yon Don't Get the News. VOLUME XXXIX CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1939 NUMBER 41 DALADIER SAYS FIGHT TO END WAR BULLETIN BOARD I BUSINESS AS USUAL ! PARIS. — Premier Daladier rejects Premier FI 1 y ^ |Hitler’s peace fqrmula; says Frajice Peace Formula That Includes i Britam will “continue to fight” Division of Poland. Intimates until assured of “lasting peace in Eu- Promises No Good. , rope. 1 BERUN. Hitler says Germany ^ fig'ht it through” if peace over- 1^8, Oct. 10. -Prem^ tores are rebuffed by" western allies; tonight gave the 1 declares “no power on earth will again ropean war to go on. with a ! bring Gennany to its knees, to Adolf Hitler’s peace formula ba^ HELSINKI.-Thousan<ls of w’omen on Russian-German partiUon of Po- children follow government’s ad- t j . 4^1. vice to leave capital for country as In a nation-wide broadws ^[nation grows concerned over possible French premier nwde the fir >demands by Russia; nation expected reply to the hnday reichstag speech resist any Soviet demands for con- of Hitler by spurning the cessions such as granted by Latvia peace” as one which would not Estonia vent preparation for new conq^ts mOSCOw'. - Russia, preparing to As the premier spoke the receive Finnish delegation today for general sUff announced that French. troops on the w’estern flont we^^ Tf* idominance with ma.ssing of hundreds pulsing German attacks by thousands of troops along frontier! large numbers of men” along a 35- mile stretch from the Moselle river, on the extreme northern flank, to Saarbruecken, center key to the Nazi advance lines. Dala^er, who spoke after consult of Baltic nations; “armada of battle ships’’ reported massed in Gulf of Finland. PARIS, — German troops reported striking continually harder at French advance lines on western fron ing with hLs Britbh •Hies, declared; resistance becoming mor^ France and Britain would i difficult to. fight” until they force (^anyj ix)NDOX.—BriUin announces em- to give definite guarantees of j.pirc-w'ide air force building program ity for a “la;<ing peace m Europe. • ntenng in Canada. Spewing in measured tones^ his| ^VASHlNGTO^^—President Roose- desk in the war ministry. lialadier ^ offers or owrtuns for did not repeat previous hrenoh ^djp^^^ rec: ved British declarations that Hitlerism,government; senate must be dretroys-d but left no doubt separaile emha- g • re that unsupported promises such as he shipping r. gulat ion M-rT ton said Hitler had given m p^ administration’* propn-td neutral- would be unacceptable as a basis foi . peace negotiations { He character ;xrd the peace offered by Hilb r as ••ne “which would only consecrate r».''q*ie«ts of deecK or vio- Wnee and w« I’J nM pre*. r^t prepara ti"n for new one. ■ What, -n fact, the latest aprt.-h he^.rc the mchsiag ammirl t* Is JFINNSNEHON ClamKd By De.th| STALIN’S UST Estimable Youn^: Woman Passes At Hospital Following Critical Hus.sia Mobilizes On Baltic Bor- lllness. Funeral Held Sunday. ders With Hundreds of Thou sands of Troops In Area. Wo men and Children Leave. Moscow, Oct. 10.—.Soviet Russia to- ' Miss Vera WiLson, of Cros.s Anchor,' .died eafly Saturday night in the Gen-j I oral hospital, Spartanburg, where sbei I had been a patient for three weeks,* Jwith little hope held out by attenvdingjnUrht concluded a series of three mu- j physicians for ’her recovery. Because' fual assistance pacts with the Baltic of illness she was forced to give by signing a treaty with Lith- iher work temporarily severaJ weeks luania which gave the Re<l army the I ago. right to establish several garrisons at ( Funeral services were conducted unspecified places within the I Sunday afitemoon at 4 o’clock from frontiers, j YarlxirMugh f'bapel Methodust church Steady niilitarj’ and naval activity ;at (toss Anchor, of which she was fbe Soviet forces, indicate<l the devoted and faithful member. I>r. J.i Kremlin’s program in the north Bal- [NEWS iHEM :• AMcgiOk PoociAiMS fT5 »<uTT?ALrrv. r. Roper of Gaffney, a former Mt*tho- dist pastor here and friend of the family, conducted the serv'ices, assist ed by Thurman Vickery, Wofford col lege studenL Interment followed in ' th«‘ church cemetery. Both at the j church and gr^ve a large gathering I of friends assembled to pay a last tribute, arwl the many lovely flowers bankAHl uptm the mound attested the respect and sincere admiration in whioh she was held by a host of friends who join with the family in mourning her untiimJy death. Active pallNwrrTs were; Hugh Ear-; gle, K. G. Watson and F. M. Boland tic was iiot complete and that Finland would be next to hear Russian sug gestions for her “proU“ction” — and for the consolidating of .Soviet .strength in the north Baltic. Hundreds of thou.sands of Red troops were concentraleti along the frontiers facing the Baltic states and in the I^eningrad area within 25 mile# of the Finland borders. While dispatches from Kronstadt, the big naval has** mar Leningrad in the Gulf of Finland, said “a whole ar mada of battleships’’ was c<»nrentraC- ed there. Sailors were said to be studying P. C., Newberry Renew Long Rivalry Here Friday Night Under Floodlights ‘..f U... city. Kiri Bob... J.'m.. U Y«r- Ij'.’'' - "f. Kii.l..wl .i»l Ih. I».r.iu»h *„,l II.O.P of Croc- '**'‘*' *’ •• I*- hobili of I Anchor people, and from th*- froti ' M -■ w,"..., U„ rM.»«or''r' iS?* daught.r Mrs Julia Kr...i WiLon. ■^y t- t ♦ - r*. tU ly to ks t tir.f" o' f the f* • v« HF^UN - Falsf- nim<-rs cf m-^ tier cause short-i.ved joy»>«« <w cbm- IM.R* in rar r^al; gt.vr'—imem !■ arr.s * Hntam *4orkf^g« ‘ »T-r»game thti tK*= w. »*,in ml mske Ijp ;rufttrtg ir whi'h tSe ur e«pr.i«si r-rii»r» mm no Burf- i*-- li> fan- »h-» hsvr W«i*-h^ tti.‘ trmm* :n fhr the Neartw ry InMian* ;»•*! (Hrer a ’•■eg p»- .i'll «f vowr* tfit -le- of '^outhi-m f*.4*than a »t>! sHen the Preohylmsn it Rlu. ;i*l ,1 at •THi* 1 deatiwjrsd Polaia*, I am sartti^fted. stop Uw rumhai. let • a eoafefoneo to m nsorrsaU my rt-r^ueota and ergviiae poor# " TW p laaiT s«fc«a«od UmC if Franer nocovted Hitler's Bartow Copeland Dies At N^berry; Interment Here ga nw « fTi pi' rl» r • f..! N,. jr h A' tsi . 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Mr* f iwr also Ml the tasprra- r tmton. and f..ar Mlf- ston that any prookiees amkiof* mko a^ batnl on phya^ni eoadrol arhich wtjuld Highway No. 56 fuaraatoo Mvat the Gorrmans wouid I • a^J Prsm Wenvlr not seek to continue the path of am- URlCQ ■ %Jm cf Ol K quest which croaaed Austria, ( zecho- Giovakia and Poland, end **C 1.-, aary raa ke rir*ne ef tarpna* nl of tl •n fw* a gvkd trwh plays, rtesar W'urtoii*wa atloEha. and a gwmrrml sd ft *v*r to trwh t he ^Twng H.iar k<-m rivalry, intenerve playing, tike fart Mini Vdh tanmi petmt t.'ward lPm toy Holiness Group In October Bids These three countries, he asaerted. were only ateps “on the path srhich A new road and bridge baiWing urday with Bishop J. H King, presid t la etergs ad s .iwiading i K. lUwTtok. Mw* Wo^U, Mwa Allie GnaaelL F-«d Tay _ , mt', and * V4fnty .**Upr * intend* rr* J lie- | ^ Meets At GoldviIle *'J^r >pc«tal guaata af tike asateiai.-nn tor if TB... --- i * ^ a ,. , _,; V aftrtwoirfi a.li neiude ■lato edu ' "disl cknrch w - oW f^ r *' „/ ow. caie.nal Irodrrs, among ahirk are Ar- Vo-.h r»... no r.«f,„oor ^ ..Unt Sop, .ol.o*... W K l,*r~ '■«« ***’^ id Greenville, prestdent of tV .Si.ijlh *« »»l folHrwed Ml tho thureh rwitotery ('anriina FViuratitin aaauriatMNi; J. P. a large group pranmt U> pay a laM trbiute to one w4io was highly wero Md TKiw* Ilka Iwrawttir lle*h here. wtUl Hr* ft R. H (to. Booster Campaign Ends With Surplus taco^nJ Holineas chunh was with the (kildviiie church last Sat . w 1, _ II v,_ < oaies, «»f Columbia, state snrretary, would have brought France and Eu- *' .•»mI '' • AlVrgoUi. of Gmrr. ezneu-;*’'^*'*™^ *»y I*" fnends. rope to the harshest of slaveries." IJ counties t^s announced | r,.v. K. L BrBmhl«<t of Green-committeeman of this rongres-j Wesson was a native of Union TUe 4lrttrf*^i be? ^d ( iMnan-, nr*- evi-r-ng at H**** . 4 ' ii--; tk-nt C 4 (»i : pr, «,.! ’‘’'Uline mnU* r- m- r, f..n mg the evening. A financial n iM.n nn ■ to « ki&to T H-toiay * h f*-ea» g '• ul ’• if ilur- to ,f»l • <i>ns4ir- |ir. - nted _ 17 counties was announced If peace really is desired, he said, *‘^“*’‘**y ‘’F Highway Commis- ^ood, superintendent of tV C‘*MfeT.I;county but had sperg thr greater part Business It—ter < mim.gt. H will be necoseary first to calm * i.. sufarmtend-, teacher is askinl to extend tV|"^ »»“ »" this county wVre hr ^y^ erganizat n. as-’ revolud rt.nsciences, correct abuses of, Included in tv letting in Laurels ,nt tV Rev. Ralph Taylor of And- I,, trustees of all school •" famiing in the liong hy tV committito - tn-a-u<er. Dr I), force and conciliate ^neoUy 2' x' '*'’7""’ ’"^"- districts in the county. The trustees! »«;;;;«•»» ^munily. jtj; j, jy^. to- right.s and interests of all peoples. '56 of miles or roadway fi^tnn- tary-treasurer, Sandy Springs; to-,,^^ memVni of tV association, but, ^ deceased is survived by hisit^ nxviiAs of ILMUti.iMi, , xii. riditures ‘ They say that the ffte of PolandNewVrry county line, mfg^tBer with the Rev. P. F'. Bea^am,especially invited to att«*nd’ this ■ 11* Chaney Wemon. Greenville, and the Rev. Silas Meeks, meeting. No formal pro- Uurens, composed the official b<iard.|^r^„ ^as been planned, but there will F»reachiTig services were held Sat-lb*. enough food and fun for all. urday night, Sunday morning and | m Sunday .voning. .Monday LuthCTan WomCn concerns only taro powers. W’e reply Belfast area. that it interests also and first of all' This is the first new program since December 6, 193K. Bids on the six bridge and 11 road projects listed in the letting will be opened Monday, October 23, the commission has an- tbe Poles.” Turning to the progress of the war, Daladier declared: “For a month our soldiers have ad vanced on enemy territory. In the airjnounced through advertisement, our aviators have mi^plied the proofs of their courage. “On the sea our sailors have as sured free communications of France 1 with her empire, pursued enemy 8ub-| marines, captured hundreds of thou-i aands of tone of raw materials des-' lined for'Ckrmany.” “Britain and France are mistress es of the ocean,” he added, “and you know from the experience of history that those who finally hold the sea* sooner or later succeed in carrying off victory. BARTON WOULD BBT WAR OVER BY XMAS New York, Oct. 10.—Representative. Bruce Barton, Republican, of NewJ York, says he is willing to make a' “small wager” the Eotopean war will be over by Christmas. Barton told a Y.M.CA. founders’ day dinner last night that the people cf every nation had been disillusioned by the World war and were eager for lasting peace. I DRIVE CAREFULLY^ SAVE A LIFE! So Far This Year There Have Been 13 FATALITIES from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY Let's StriTe To Blake 193S a Safe Year On the Highways. This date last year, i Hold Annual Meet eketion of officer* for another year was held, assignments of pastors I made, and other business transacted 1 to bring the meet to a close. i iThe conference is composed of sev-1 The «tate convention of the Wom- enty-two ministers, ten mission work- ^^’* Miss^aiy iK«iety conyened ers and a delegate from each of the Tiieeday with Grace Lutheran church 58 churches. Prosperity. The ses.sions will come ^ to a close today. -J • . I Representatives from St. John’s nOmOCOinillff At 'Lutheran church attending the con- vention are: Mrs. R. W. Boland, Mrs. of |L(>4I2.92, leaving a surplu.s of $.5.36.08. A check f»*r this amount wa« turned into th<“ club’s general KIWANIS MEET TONIGHT The regular meeting of the Kiwanis ' tn^asury after the refn.i t wa.s htwrd. club will be held this evening at 7:301 The date of Novtnnlier 14t.h, was de art Hotel Glrnton, with all member* icided upon by the club for it.* annual invited to be present. Duncan’s Creek L. V. Pinson, Mrs. John C. Dominick, .Mrs. Wyman Shealy, Mrs. H. C. Su- Sunday, October 22, will\be home-}her. Miss Doris Suber, and^Mrs. AlU coming day at the old historic Dun-. Henderson, Mrs ” *i* - R. W. <nevenstinc can’s Creek Presbyterian church, near here, following a cuat >m of long standing. I At 11:30 Prof. B. L. Boyd of the college facuKy, will deliver the mon. During the mid-day inlcrmiaaion an and Mrs. Turner Martin of Laurene. The pastor of the church, Rev. J. LeGrande Mayer, ia alae attending. 25 ENTER CCC CAMP J Twenty-five Laurens county boya, 15 white and 10 colored, were enrolled old-fashioned picnic dinner will be!Tuesday morning at the Laurans TOC aeved on the ground*. Rider M. Dill-1camp in addhion to a number of ea- ardi Milam of the church, ha* extend-1 rolleet from Newberry. Spartahburg .ed a cordial hivHaition to friiwdi of and Union coantiem. Tlw arbite boya ithe congragation to be prveat for.entored the Laorena camp i die worahip hoar, and to enjoy th« • ly, and the er^lored hoys Ifood felloarahip d the dny. he camp ia MKVrmich eoi WHO WORKS WHERE? RAILWAY EXPRESS COMPANY J. W. Coknan, Agent J. R. Boyd J. D. Owen* Uongiaa Blakely, (colored) Lws Dowaa (colored) Thaa firm employs 5 Forty proviooaJy re- • ported Arm* employed 3U TaUl IM It Pays To Trade IN CLINTON ■■la<lies night” celebration and a com- mittcf h(«ded by B. F'. WinganI ap pointed to make plans for the event. “Ladies Night” For Fish-(jaine Body Tonight will be celebrate<l as “Lad- kw night” by the Laurens County Fish and Game association. The event will be held at John T. Young's spring [near hei;«, with a turkey dinner served j by the local Flastern Star chapter. I Officers for the new year will also ,be elected at thi* time. Retiring of- jficers are: A, J. Milling, president; 'Dr. H. L. Todd, vice-president; P. M. ’Pitta, serretafy-treasurer. R. C TAXES DROP Colombia, OoL $.—A third quarter drqp of ahoot fMW.OOO ia Soath (dinn fedrmJ fatewm* tax ^1 waa Moorded today by the •f Mioewal iwmm. t lam psmr** July y»^ ILTW-II jfrmr'm |RT9,«lt i