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/ V; 4 4 4» PAGE FOUR THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. 8. C. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 7. 1939 imSON W. HAJUUS. Editor ftad PdblklMr PobUidwd Ereory TIiaFwIay By THE GHBONldLE PUBLISHING OOlCPANT SidMcription Raito (Paywbl* In Advance): One Year $1.50; Six Months 75 cents; Three Honthe 50 cento I^^ntored as Second Class Mail Mstter at the Post Office at Clinton. S. C. llie Chronicle seeks the cooperation oi its sdbacribers and readera-^* publisher will at aU times appreciate wise stigfestions and kindly ad vice. The Chronicle wiH publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatorr nature. Anonynkous communications will not be noticed. This paper m not responaible for the rietwi or opinions of its correspondsBta. today \Tiaam STOCK IDO i®*** recently started for the attitudes conceminjr the Finnish-;wrecked, but Italian firihtinff phmes. I Louisiana Penitentiary is evidence Russian hostilities. recently driivered to Finland, wera that the people have waked up to ; ready rww for immedimte action. An j the fact that they were bein^ rob-1 Hear Squadron Crashed Italian instructor has been working bed, and hoa’. But until the state, Stockholm, Dec. 4.—A Russian's’ith Finmsh pilots day and night. . j resumes the publication of official re- squadron on a bwnbing flight over -— ■ ■ ports of its financial matter, there's Finland, north of Lake Ladoga, was A :>wpuncher has been crowned .aiways a chance of something being reported today to have lost its way crochet king and will meet the worn- , put over. in a snowstorm and crashed into en’s champion in a dual turnaroent. • « treetops. \Ve knew the west would come across AI)\ERTISERS — Whims Several planes were accounted with a real, two-needle hocnbre. « Every once in a while .somebody , comes out with a book or a maga- ' zine article ti'ying to teJl people that NEWSPAPERS — 13,000, Every thoughtful observ'er who vis- , . : - . - - — ‘^7-*^ — ks America from abroad is amazed ad't^rti.sing i.s an economK: waste to discover how much the people of w-asn t for the cost of ad- ttbe United States know about what 'ertising they could buy things- is going on, not only in their own cheaper. The precise opposite hap-, country but all over the world. The ^ ^ «very publisher: American people know more than the evep-^ advertier knows. If itj people of England, Germany or Rus- ^ advertising no concern could do a large enough volume of, H H. D. HENRY 1898-19.39 F. M. BOLAND in CLINTON. S. C, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1939 18 DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS l;isi>ection of this isaue of The Chnmicle and a MMUe visit through the or sta know about what’s going on ... Itheir own countries. business to sell his product at reason- i The reason for America’s wide prices. , I 'knowledge of events and public af-i Some of these same wrong-headed 'cnties contend that newspapers are' G^n •dvan^. are « that we are the greatest ^ t^. Tbe tone of the pr^, ^ H<.wspaj>er readei-s to be domination of advertisers. tvn!^ wntoni ^n^Hy, is tlmt anywhere. More of us can * newspapers, and have business section of the cky should wd^e positmn i^ dwgerous^to^t^ j more of us are eager for infor- J^i'^died the inner working-s of “* “ "" ypurs. I’ve never H. D. HENRY ACCOMPANY INSURANCE STOCKS — BONDS — REAL ESTATE IX>ANS NEGOTIATED Telephone 121 dissipaW any doubt that th4 Christ-leJCtreme, with one day not k«^in« mas spirit is tKTrhming to grip Clinton | dwelopmefke the next will bring in a big way. It emphasizes the fa(k,^®*dh. Russia, to our mind, is a decep- that while individuals genermUy are’tive ally to Gennany-a nation and getting ixwdy for the Yulelide sea.son,! Peopl« m whom no confidence can be nx-rehants likewise are busy prepar- hig to provide for the wants of local j shoppers in a .satisfactory manner, j mation—and we have more newspap ers. Few even among Americans lize that there are more than 13,000, published in the United business countered an instance of a newspaper rea-! adapting its editorial policy to the the > *«gM»og»»a6»gCTag»oqaK««3g»ta«^aagonniiiiciiiBi«RWC3«MMC««iaaaai en-, ■ - - ' whhns of advertisers. One newspaper I worked on had Christmas is one of the most com- nx PcializtNl holidays, but its commer cialism to a large extent is ba.He<l osi the true spirit of the occasion. There is evidt-noe lacking that its great re ligious significance has btien lost in Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee j newsjmpers I Stales. Aboot 2,000 of them are daily ® l***^*? advertsier who disliked the ^ ^lpaf>ers, the rest weeklies or semi- P'^P^*'attkued on a certain niatte^ " weeklies. That dw.sn’t count the en- *nd pulled out his daily full page ad-, ormous number of magaziiK's of all j^ year later he offered kinds, of w'hich we reijid more than do |^<lvertising copy again and the pub- lany other pCNiple. •SO wt^l informed. No wonder we are' to let him into the; pajKT. the mat. rialisin which goes with the FKEKDO.M — Opinions Russia Will Quit League Of Nations:; Mohcow DeclincH To Go To Ses-' I .sion On Finnish Plea. U. S. I Not To Break Relation.s. I Mi^cow, Dec. 5.--Soviet Russia to-1 day gave indication of following Ger- Fulks And Things In Flat Rock mr. early hyrd has o|>ened up a 'pj„. Ocfman or the Russian or the giving and reetdving of gifts. At t!hiS|‘h<«w doctor offis in tlx? old libberty ijjalian can read in his newspaper season pisiple are kind and thought-■ stable on main stre<?t in flat rock.;„j^jy ^hat his goviTument wants him fill of other.', and the strong homejlx* calls hisself a veter-nt?rry doeUw.read. .N’o editor in the totalita- tie.' of love are in-ore forcibly in evi- he will put a blacksmith shop in tJht*|pjjj„ rration.s dares to print anything d« nee than at any other time. j back-end of his bihling arwl add n criticizes the /government. .\nd s.) our Christmas shopping filling station to it ,so if a man ®ome«| have to suhiiiit every Si i.son, a.s we sie it, is .something to talk about gt-tting his -bosses and^n^^, ;«)nx* gov(*rrim<'nl offieial be- \ihirh eusti»m has made a happy pre- muN's .sh(x*d in a ford, h<‘ will fill him^^,,p^, jfo«*s into print. Iimmary t.> the gluil huliilay. It gets^up with ga.ss ansoforth, arwl if b<*; Nothing i>f the sort is po.<«iible in Us into the misal to forget our petti -1 rid(*s hks livestock for that Pappose, Govi'mment may not like til ss iiiiil s|>en«l a day or two in re- he will shoe tlx'm. price c25 [M?r f^*^, jwhat a new.spajHM' says but it can’t out of the la^ague of Nations as flix'tion on the fact Lhwt thanks to the mule to furnish the shoes anso-:,|^, anything to st<»p an editor fromi** '■'-‘suit of her demands on Finland. th«' I’riiwe of I'eace, the sftirit of forth. _ I printing any news or opinion he! She declaied that she would ignore flat rock has b<>nn without a priivt. .So long as he does procewlings if the League goes ^'^Tt aialrthV^^rni^V^^ ^ --tings candvall arxl neitlx-r hair nor hiiki'"'’ ^ J*''i has iK-nn h. ard of him .since, some language, anyone w-ho sider I-inland s proU-st at invasion of loik' say l-nat he tiH»k the ><>h of the!b) a pnnting pruas can Finnish terik(»ry and complained of fat .lady with whiskci.s while others w-^tever ho vJl^nts to priik. |«,k of “res,«ct” for .Moscow on the say that “he la>ught out a |>opcorn ^ I’** -^apr^'me (\^rt of the United ,,art irf the U*ague stvretariat. ■States has just ruled that this fri*e-! K4qii|ying to notification of he Test Your Savings Plan This Way ARE YOUR DOLLARS... 1 —Invested with a hijjh decree of safety? giKhl wHI still prevails on earth, de spite what—e.H|K*cially in oth<*r lands this year may apfx-ar to be much evidence to the contrary. I’lanning and buying ( hristmas gifL.s IS surJy us miK'h fun si giving and receiving thim .m ...e great day. With the rtsl-lelter date just around the corner, it is time to give attention to your shopping ami plans. Every day m w and attractive bargains are machim*. whoever hewrs of him, plew jlx* iH»le<*.‘«man in flat rock at 2Hl-j. his wife says it wiiuld low People aix* Isung inviUsl to come to this ami other cities to <lo thi'ir .shopping ami take advantage of thei complete and attractive a.s«ortments that aways rewurti the »hop|M*r who dis^isn I wait until the last minute, ^jui] fralay and a.*«kcsi alt manns^r This shopping siswon is always a queetions ahliut the lay 4»r th<‘ lami rite or f*mm tlx- iH»k-4*.-»mati in fIatt'‘‘-‘ ‘»y the lp„^«.timrs. Premier Vyaclxslaff Molo- .uld •'wnt the U-agix- secretary-gen- caMe<l Fin- ation of their' ause: IS not in a the most fundamental of all our lib- state of war with Finland ami iloos icrtii-s, the right to expn-ss our ideas threaten tlx- Finnish pi-ople with it. I war." I I 2. Russia is maintaining "ix-aceful relations" with tlx- pup{x>t “iieople’s"' day m w am atiraciive nargams are his wife says it would <^^trtution. extends to |»»mphbdax-ni,Uoff. .s< rrt the U-agix- sec iH irig offend, and are calks! to your ^ awayl'^’ «‘«trairxs fn»in dis- „n,| a message in which he a ontioM in the «<‘v»*rt,sing columns tributing circulaiH. hamHiiIls, or anydarxPs ap,H-al for arbitrati OI today spais-r with cIr. j«n.e being haw'*’^*’***’ f-"' pnnUsI matU-r. 'I7»s p,,„n,ce "unjustifHsP beci nil- for the ru-x two weeks that fol- whiskers is t4x- ortk-r of of what is |N-rhapsl i. -The .^iviet Union ii fuzxy thi- day at this riUng in town. flat rock evi<k-ntly has Hn«Xilx*r spy,and to tell tlx- truth midst, a stranger wht) says without k-4 or hindrarx-e. a swish-n hlowisl into tlx- citty as we m-e IMM.ITK .S — Truth Politicians who want to gxivemment of Finland which, the So- , - - . , '”**“,^viet has dis-lared, was procInimiMl on pUsisant oix- for those who do not.put tin- corxiition of tlx- niads ami tlx*ms<-lvtis th«- rulei-s of the IHxqder Fin„j,»b soil at Terijoki last .Saturday, off liheir buying t«x> long. how much eveTbockly is worth aruxi- ratlx-r than tlx-ir .-H-rvants, <lon*t like -phj. t<»wn has been occupimi by Rus- Wheii the colorful esdehration to- forth, he ma<k- bke lx- was wiling iH Wspa|»eis Ix-i-ause tlx-y are Ux> like-^,,,^ military forces, ffiomiu IS over, < linton will have razor l>la4k'n, hut the poUsosman wmelt ly b» toll tlx- truth alxiut what’s go-j 3 -phe Finnish government at Ild- tss n traiYsfornxsl into a lovely (Christ- p^^ vvlx*n lx- saw a pitchi-r. of a tng on Ix-himl tlx- ixKlitieal front, njnki has “now resigiM-ii its |x>wers’’ ma' city to a>hl to the pliasure ami fi^.pinan u-hoat engravisl on his arm Ev«-ry attempt ever made in America nn^) pt^ition to tlx- la-ague was «-njoyIllicit of our people and others ^jt^h a swastika undec it ami H was to suppress or contnd the pm-ss has niaik- by "authoriztsl repn-senla- wbo visit us during this happy sea-'euHlen. he has benn sha<low«l original«sl in (xklitical cliques oritivea of tlx- Finnish pi-opJe." . . ‘for 3 <iay8 by mr. slim chance, jr.,jcangs w|x» were up to sonx* skull-j 4. .Soviet Russia has "settled all Ihdy fiftix-n .shopping iJays until wh<» hklps our ixtUx-sman out in a duggery that tlx-y dxin’t want tlx-'questions’ by her mutual assistance f-hrmUnas. A giaal slogan for all to pinch, no far he has sold 6 |iack- voters to know alxmt. ‘ trwtty with dhe Trijoki government silopt would m-, “IK) your .shofiping agt.« of .sanw. > Up to alxiut !.')U years agt> every at home, and »b» it «arly to avoid • i ix-ws))a|MM' was ow^ixxl or controlled last minute crush. Mere you are evt-rlxxhly Ix-reabouts is gt<ting j,y |H,liti(.ian., with an axe to grind, aix-il ample stocks and an alien- reAly to dodge Uxos on januwary 1, f,p,^ onveniently as to allow time? inve.sted in a F'lexible Plan so addition to vour funds anv return consistent —Earning the maximum with Safety? Our Plan Has All Three of These Services Each Account Insured Up To $5,000 M. j^feNS tEDERAL Savings AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Telephone No. 6 A Clinton Institution Servinif Clinton People Since 1909 p.i Tiieivfoii-, The 111 be p!an> for ct • brat ion, tii the allr.ictive .Ntoie fi ii iidlim-ss ill the tPHtty with dhe Trijoki concluded la»t .Saturday. MolotofFs denial of a state of wari witti Finland, however, did ntH pre-' ,\cnt the lienlngrad military head-; was the lomdon qiMulers from isauing its regular . ...w . 11 . i It* foumler. John Waltor, fig-jconwnunique last night chliming deep- .. , , f*<A<hing tangv)le to pay on aixl if he could get enough small ening advances into Finnish territory. < hronicle »h-lighU nwxh personisl |vro|x-rty is being ,«ivoit.siers .so that it wouldn’t ruin' “ tlx- pre Christma.s'transferred to our various mxI sun-j^^ Vuleliik- garb, thejdry wives for love aixi affection. n>r. windows and tlx-'»i skinner gig. ketolx-il t’hat-a-way ,k4. iniih m public a .'aixsi ample slocks ami an alien- rwaiy vo oooge laxon on januwaa-y i, ,„.ws,xi|h-, to set itself frrelxent tion ami sci vk e by courtoous mer-, UJ40. the 2 grocery sUmrs have quit control chants and sales foires that will buying annyilung xo’s tlx-y won’t 1 The Store That Stocks Gifts He’d Like to Own ROBES S5.95 to S14.75 This communique asserte<l tlx* Red f a few di-of)|xsl out. lx* muWjArmy hml reaclu-il a jx)int 22 miles . ^ , . . J L ♦ a. I .u . run an honest newspH|H*r arxl print'south of Pelsamo in the Arctic cam- und tlx- skinner gig. ketolx‘4i t-hat-a-way tiuth alvoul public affairs fanx-s of thos<* go- back yonder in 1928. h<- soki his stuff 11.g alH»i)t the -iic»*ts getting ready to hie wife on tlx-in Iax'ius, aixl six- fi be c .ming of .'saiita, the charac-, liassr*! <»n, and her children inharitml t« .d! ’.i)e vioiiil admir»*s. filksl withjA-verUhing six- le-ft. lx- nwfrxsi Ix-r a biait of 1,i\,> and intert-st in nth- while shi- was a widder with 7 off- I I ha- 1' tlx- true meaning of the •'*prii>g*- H rumt him and they maik- A b 'tina' Npint, him move out of tlx-ir Ixiu.se an.-to- 1 foi*th. MIE Rl.-^.SIXN INVX.SID.N ^ ifMiign, aixl had struck to a ik-pth of i That was tlx- beginning of the reai;alx>ut 30 miles im the Karelian is-1 fritslom of the press. There are still thmus north of Leningrad. (Jains al- a few newspapers tied up with |xgiti- a<) were re|K>rt«-4l north of taike Iji- cak backets, but nim- tenths of Ameri- tk-ga. cun pa|H-rs aiv frei-. The fns-st of .M the .same time, in reply to tlx- all aiv the om-s that have tlx- iixnU Swtxlish minister, .Molotoff rejected nuslmtion overtures on behalf of the Finnish government at Helsinki, de- t;. r eig:i \ ik ..s- an 1" 111 .■li M .■ ;i ,>f t ft i;ti!y England am bef»>re wi- can g*'t the situatioii'. • ' 1. e :i The Trouble Has Iteen Found .\t lomt -CIS sts-rn agreetl that hon. hany s. walks, nva'ioii of Finlami has .s<«ckor-terry of agger-culture, makings of tlx- gen- wa-^hington, d. c. an w.ir which Lhi- world <k-«-r sir; t'e.i .ng. We must gx-t the .>f Eunqie. «-s|H-c- off the laml j adv<-rti.sing. l OMIttM, ‘l.egals* daring that “so-callml govenmx-nt’ When Huey Long was making him- V" rf. x . VTV s« lf Kingfish of la)msiaMa lx- girt .._.i .u... .1. <k-iitMUitton ami that there could be 1 f , , . , , . “iM* questxm of any negotiations" laws of many kinds intentksi to enp- . . . .u e ■ . 1 th.. ■■.■«S|.:.|.,.,>. S,.....- ..f th.J» to I„y« If,, 1,^. not I , I i. . II . 1 Iwxotoff s reply to the leagut- was but tme w inch still stamls x>n' his hami-pick«sl legislature to — O — HOUSE SLIPPERS $1.95 to $4.00 — o — PAJAMAS $1.39 to $5.0C — o — TRAVELING KITS $3.50 to S4.95 a Fram-e, <lefinit< lx.wever, ' wi.rk m-xt year, we statute ■wartml Um> Ixle on y»*u la.st year aixl sponsible for lu ll ne on biH)ks is held re- orgy of financial .mi.ssi-d a crep. dx) you iirterxl to >x-g-.,.,„„kedm-.ss in the state since ly^mg’.s .N.i. .s a p:l'S of I gi-r-lato onions and iriwh tatera ami pigs emluring ItMO? if .sx), rito or sympa*hi-tic t«) Ku.vsia, the unfk-rslgtusl at once, all Italy. (k*rmany’s axi.s jxirt 1 tlx direcUxl to .'Secretary-4k-neraJ ,K>se|)b A. C. .'kwm>l, who had notified the I Soviet government of Finlaml’s action in bringing Che conflict Ix-fore the leagux-. . He atklexl that .^venol’.s repnxluc- ... n*''*t ion of the “offensii'x* and slander-. , r ,'r“"7 •' ..'"T"? .'"'l-"" '■■"“'-h "> * «.mmnni.i voUing the use of public fund«. tax a • • # l , v i- Vv.,,, 1 '1 .u 11 . L advising .Moscow of the appeal , lists, bond ucsiu's and tlx- like, to be in newspajH-rs in every' ThiKse things are the public’s! business. iwae “incomptabile with requirements due reaped for the Soviet Un-i IKMI.* sources say thi 1 i 1 u , I HA or abolishes i‘”” once, Hllj„f so-r-a!lcd "legal" chargs-s prepaul. it <k) mrt pay to[)^j^,j.. • ir noijiK'es Kus.sia s 'brutal pres- cotton anny more. we maiie -suu." a-ul igihtly .so. Spain, closely 4 hails last fall on 9 akers aixl our U"<K.-iai«sl witli Italy and ftennany (.j-^p >\ith the w-xw-ld surplus, is enuff uaveriis d during her civil war. expressi-s aym- 4,, tlx- soutlx-rn famxMs buslerl e,,u,ov 1 |>athy for Finland’s resi.stance against u *' * n-i. 1 l i--”- the Soviet ami pm'st-s Unitol .States ^ mrtiwithsaanding the above con-i efforts to nusliaU- llx* <lisputo. Nor- can’t you let iiJi grow injun rubKir completely in the dark as ^ 1 ^iderations, the Council l^cague and w;)^ians and Ikim-s express grief for instid of cotUm and corn? we would the paht.ician.s ' Assembly were still convened to con- FinLiiul aixl imlignation at Russia.' try tobaeker enduring 1940, but you m»in the |xxiple and how itudolf Holsti’s (Finnish repre- Russia is bHx*w-d to be gambling lost control of toliacker la.st yt*ar, and ^ sfx-ndmg rt. aemtative in Geneva) application, the that EnglamI and Fiaix-e are too a big .surpluss of that is on our nakes. i ne pux-cssion of political giraft- vj0viet government would not deem much mvupxsl w,th Herr Hitler (who the manufacturers of tobaeker and j_hat i try br^driiay~to in this sec- ^ Possible to take part in these aa-, should bt* ex!U‘rminated from the cigaretts have not yet heard of to- has enuff hay to lart him and »embli«.s,’’ Molotoff’s message con- earth) to be abb- to intervene in Fin- backer (in the raw) sielling 40 pci ^is mules and cows and rest of his dw^d. land’s behalf. The .'kiviet is also cent bekxw the 1938 cix>p. what y«?*r,if,„,jley 3 years com aint worth! Swedish minister acting on be- gambling that the other Scandinavian if at all, will the manufacturer cut chucking, and so is fodder. die Finmah government at states which ai-e sympathetic to Fin-, his prices on his stuff to a 1939 raw' ’ ^ ‘ I Helsinki, visited Premier Vyache- land, will not <lare to take their col- material baais ? they were alreddy^ we want more and better cash re- ialaff -Molotoff both Saturday and league’s side wrtihout the support of,»nalcinc 104,000,000.04$ per year on lief but out trubble is the 1937 crapjSunday nights in connection with tlw .Angilo-French aUies. Those may bhair cigarettes ansoforth when to--when the supreme coart took over Finnish ofTeo-s to settle the conflict be'gmxl gambles for the moment, and'backer wm 40 percent higher, so you crap contiol. they have on intrust! peaceably, it was treported. then they may not he. There can be^can figger out what tlx-y are now,in aggi*r-culture now as they no long-j He received a negative reply both little question that the Allies have,making, in other words, they are er vtrte 5 to 4 in their favor, weltimes’, however. gone out of their way to avoid draw-1 getting what the farmer is losirig. 'will look-w ith favor on larger parrity| (Helsinki reports Surxiay said ab ing Russia into the war on Hitler’s^ i wxi^d Hke to plant 2 akers lx.*- and sub-siddy checks, and would'peaceful settlement w-as sought which side. The Ru-ssians also ihave thp ad- hind my wife’s barn in cotton instid of like to have them increased and farm-1 would not compromise Finland’s inde- vaniage of knowing that the Allies kivver crops. i liave benn strip- ing done away with entirely for one ’ pendence.) could not get much material aid to farming for 3 years, and now i am year, all the trubble now is too mucb| A communique fiom Leningrad mil- stricken Finland quickly under pres ent cireumatances. The Russian attack put all Europe on razor edge. The BaUcana, already rtanding at arms for fear of Russian almost completely stripped, one more year i^ll rule cotton off the planta tion. it do not help me to grow les- perdeza and corn, neither of tbeae crape is worth gathering, eveihoddy of everthing except monney kindness will be appreciated. yore* timlie, mike lark, rfd, social security no. 250>1889-234 yore itary headquarters meanwhile told of a r^ritlees advance into Finnish ter ritory. j Great Britain, France arxl the United States srere criticized for their I — o — GLOVES $1.00 to $3.50 — o — ARROW SHIRTS $2.00 Each Others: $1.00 and $1.65 — o — Interwoven , SOCKS 35c and 50c Botany & Cheney Neckwear - $1.00 Arrow Handkerchiefs - 25c to $1.00 ’$ MEN’S SHOP “QUAUTY AND CASH” All Gifts In Attractive Gift Boxes