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'V; '- •• I r’ VAGESIX THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON, & a .... —... •; V''>*r/*.-''•^' ;^v..-;;;.115- ’ i-.'^ '*^ ^■-• '• •• »:' • ^- ^ .. . ^ . . ■\'^'/ *' ■ ■ *’'"*" ■ * THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 19S» THE SPORTS CHATTERBOX B7 tench OWENS We y<0Ut one end eAl, he|>pyiiney d«P®nd. Iwlideys end e meiry Ghiietmas— tney Sw*e brtnff you juiA edwA you eranitod. For ithe enoouracinf eom- nMOte erhioh occeeiooeHy reach our ean in regnrd to our attempts to fUl tUa efiaoe, appneeiatkm is'esein Dick 'Meisky, recently elected 3L940i! lootball cafptaan, ebould be one of the ' quiiyt’a cneinateys this winter. His'j adept floor work and uncanny pass-jj huf were a 'great help lent year. Cde- _ man » due for his best year and expresaed. Any aports scoops or j MeMHlan will be poliahing up on Ula of news in the realm of athletics |those miraculous long shots* that vhe| iHU be weioomed, yea thankfully re-jpulled Jaat year. ! neived, from any of our readers onj Speedy Matt Moore and Bob Ker-i tbe “inside” of su<* matters. Idasha will he making strong bids for. ■*> ■ ja rust team position, ae' will Felton Except for a few random college ^ ppg(i),igii^gr newcomer, George tiaaketball games, the sports year inipg^i^ ^nd others. [ this section has come to a close. | « I But on New Year’s Day, the various 1 Clemson’s newly named Countiy bowl games will Ptart little 1940. Gentlemen are prepping with all their off with a bang on the annual cycle might for their big gume in the Dal-j of sports, which has very few pauses ^jas Cotton Bowl against the Boston in this athletic nation of ours. 'F.agles on New Year’s day. Plans Our ow'i Presbyterian ooHege, with have finally gone through for the | ite year-round program of siKirta un-,t ansiK>rtation of the Tigers’ crack 1 der the experienced direction of Coach (>nli piatxwn and band way down thar 1 Walter Johnson, will jump into a to Texas. South Carolina will be rep- j stiff baskethail schedule as soon as le.senled by many of its citizens whoi the boys return fit/m their bom*‘s. vvill in* there for the kickoff . . Wel’ll Except for thi* brief pause for mid- take Clemson by two touchdowns, year exams, there probably will be Tennessee by one touchdown in the few if any w<*eka durir^f the remain d<‘r of the school year whidh will not Hose Bowl, Texas A, and M. by two touchilowns in the Sugar Bow I contain two or three athletic con-1Missouri by one touchdown in the tests on the P. C. schedule. The Orange Bowl . . . Rufus King, stellar basketball, Im.sebaJl, and track pro-lend for Clinton high’s dhampionship grams of C'linton high, Thonvwell ifootball team, received the blocking [high, Clinton, Joanna, and Lydia mills will add to the nianeroue contests in and ,around Clinton. As we have said before, aporta fans are bounti fully bleaaed with an abundance of iturkeys beware! well-played athletic games of altnotkl trophy award'cd annuaJly by Super- inten^nt W. FL Monts to t member of the Red Devil team . . . Again, best wishes for Christmas and let the V . < Ckristmas Peace m NAZI LUXURY LINER BURNS any sport in season right here Clinton. But what of the 1940 Blue Stocking i basketball team. What kind of mate-' (Continued from |>age one) rial does their veteran coach, Lonnie bus did not take place within the McMillian, have, and how many i American “neutrality beR” — a zone games can he expect to win this which was estabHshad by joint action year. Well, first of all, two of the'of American republka and whch at }«re-re(|uisiU>s for a consMtmtly sue-.this point extends some •100 miles to cpssful cage team are height and K«*a. The scene trf the Columbus’ sink- numbers. .'sadly enough, the Blue ing was set at alout 400 miles out. . Hose busketeers are rather short on The Columbus, thin! largest in the I tMith. Naz imerrhant marine, sli|»p«sl out <if | lAinky J. C. Coletnan, this year’s Veia Cruz last Thunalay with clear- raptain, Mac Mo.Milian, CharUtshm’s anev pa|M‘rs which show«sl her desti- euntributiori to th<* t|ijir>t. ami J. C. iiatHKi as Oslo, Norway, tinffin, ve'.eian guard, prolably will She was heavily ladim with oil and Is- th«‘ ill used of the fi>w' tall b«iys hud fissi supplo-s for a .’lO-^lay voy- • •n the -i|iiii<l. and tlwy an* only age. of Nvemge height for Um* h-Uer ro] ItuiH in IVJJ ut Ihinzig, the •‘ll.rts]. bge team- \s for th«* “niimIsTs” usi liner was «sie of the most luxuri- Situation, thi> may mt he as ba«i as uus shi|>s afloat Recently ren«>vat<s) we think. Ilowevi-r, th«‘ game re- for the West Imlies oriMse trade, she* t|uin*« a <MroiMl team aknwMt on a fiar w«m km*wrn to thuusanda of Aim-ri with the first t«*am in fa«t nsnpKi- cans. tion the«e ilay« The day of the mm- .she was owned by tbe .North Ger man Usim Is |»ai4. fur strat railing man and bad tied up a* Vera of fouU and elmunatam «if the crnCrr- Crus after tbe war began to avoid jump dtenambi that capable rmgprra rapturr. Hwrwuae <jd bm- age, line of- be rrady to fill m C«HKb Umnie Mac finals eatimated her value at only baa sevwml pnaniainc reaarvea w4w $2,000,000. j may turn out fine, and again they* The Columbus dtsipfied S&O Ameri- may not It is upon Ibeae man. larinly[can panaangarw at Havana after the' unined and ineiperwwrad in varsUy war started and aped to haven at baskethail, that tbe Vera Cna. We Wish You I The Happiness Of the Season Y ear after year the Christian World observes the anni versary of Christ, sometimes with reverence, sometimes with indifference, many thnes merely because it seems the thing to do. Yet, only very casual consideration should make it dear that there would be no Christmas at all but for the coming of the Babe of Bethlehem. To all those who accept His my.Rical birth the day is fraught with a significanoe that be comes more impressive as faith in (Jod's goodness begins slow ly to work Its miracles in the human heart. Without faith founded on God’s promises, Christmas is shed of its meaning and becomes only a pagan festival 'to be observed through ap peal to th<? senses—by eating, drinking, merry-making and the like. But the miracle of the Nativity has nothing to do with the j)leapurt*8 and revels of men, nor with the perpetuation of their self-indulgence. It deals only with spiritual values many of which yet remain unappreciated. Albeit others are slow’ly but surely beginning to play irnportarrt parts in the lives of all true believers. Who can Sense the scene in the stable at Beth lehem that night over nineteen centuries ago without experi encing emotions of love and pity? The Scriptures say that there was no room for Him in the inn and that, therefore. He found life in the lowly manger with cattle sharing His shelter. We of today comfort ourselves with the thought that were He to be born now we would quickly make ready for Him. Noth ing would be too good for Him; no exertion wotild be too great for Him. Yet, human nature is the same now as it has alwpys been and the coldly indifferent hearts of the men and women of Bethlehem on that cold atarry night so long ago would be duplicated many times in any cRy of America, or, indeed, of the world. We cannot applaud oumelves for worthy action that we think we might perform; we can only be conscious of wor thy actions that we do perform. We are not very different from those who lived centuries ago and probably we would act in similar circumstances just as they did. The advantage that wc enjoy is that wRh the passing of the long centuries since dhrist was bom we have come to understand at least something of the hidden meaning of that first (^ristmas night. He was only a little human being to those who visited the seeqe of His birth ami to others who heard the story as it |HiH<«e<i from mouth to mouth. We know now that He was more than mortal, that “He came unto Hw own, and Hia own re- ceiviil Mini not.” We kmrw that He was liom for a great mis sion ihv salvation of the human race. We know s«iin«'thing of th«‘ sinipli* hoim lift- He leii during His childhotKi ami early inanhoiitl, and ae know, t«M», s>>in«‘Lhing of th«* -•••towi of H.- later day- rulminating in ibe Tragedy (»f Calvary and of His glorious Rs'siiriiTtion by which He i»|>fne«l wide the gut. a of Heaven to mankiml. Me have been fortunate, imR'-d. to he able to comprehend, if only in a «nal! wray. the true ini|Hirt of the first t'hfistmas, ami with this umierstamiiiHr fre-'i ned today on its anniv« mary ho% ran wv but open wkIs our hearts to tAw messagt it brings ? Krtun churtdm all over the world chimes wiU peal forth and votcaa will sing in commemorniton of ike event. pra)ers of thanksgiving and joy for the Inipe of MlvalMMi wlU ascend to the Aknigbiy and human hearta will rtapond to the appealing inOaonre of lAie day. From midnight qn through the hours the religiouB ehaenraiwe anil invite some thing of the true t*hf4eUnas spin! mta the Simla oC mmi and peace into rehellloas hearts. Someone aaid not fcmg ago. “If it could only he Chnatmaa ail the tifue. haw dtfferuat the world would he!” It can be (Thrtaunaa every day of the year if we poor aeortals wotifd ordy try to make it su. H ean be tAwneMnas “all the t*nse“ tf wv keep deep in aur hearts the amamry of that liiile t'hild who caiM into the world and heed liis short, sad life in order that we might live eternally. (The foregoing eras written by the late Mias l>uu Marie Alexander, of The Newt and ('oorier staff, tlmrleeton. The article was publiehad m that papar twelve years ago and The Chronicle ukm the liberty of reproducing it today since it is as appropriate now ae it wae theo). UV have many ihingp to be thankful for at thiit happy .Hea.Hon inrludinK the cuittainer!i and frientin we have btwn privileireii to nerve. We desire to exiirenn to you our appreciation of the nplendid |iatronaife accorded un, a patronage for u'hich we earne.*itly thank you. We liNik toward 1940 in the hope of being priviiegetl to again .«»erve vour Furniture neeiin. CITY SALES COMPANY Pet B. Adair ITS CHRISTMAS TIME! And We Wish Everybody A Joyful Christmas and A Bright and Happy New Year We deeply appreciate the privilege you have given* ua during the year of serving you. We have tried earnestly to merit your good will and patronage T)y faithful ser vice. It shall ever be our constant aim to be worthy of the confidence you place in us. BELK’S DEPT. STORE Mrs. M. M. Freeman ' Dies In Columbia Mrs. Frances Carol)ni Freeman, M. wife of .M. M. Freeman ai this city, died at a Columbia hoapRal Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock after a two weeks’ illness. Funeral airang-ment were inrom- plotc, awaking the arrival of her sons from Texas. The Chronicle was un able last night when k wvnt to press to ascertain tbe hour or place of tbe service. .Mrs. Kret*man was the daughter of J. William and Frances I>avis Powell. She was a grailuate of Columbia col lege and hwl live<l the greater part of her life in Oolumbia. Six years lago Mr. and Mrs. Free man and family moVt*d to Clinton dur ing w'hksh time Mrs. Freshman haul made many friends who were shock-' ed and grieved to learn of her death. She was a mem*ber of the First Pres byterian church of this city and was, always aotivc in church work. j She is survived by her husband, one daughter. Miss Frances Carolyn FYeeman of Clinton; four sons, Lieut. Moultrie Powell Freeman of Ssm An tonio, Texas, Jvdian Wsdker Freeman i of iWUas, Texas, James Ekhrsrd • and Theodore Marion Freeman of Clinton; f'our si^rs, Mrs. S. W. Puckett, 'Mrs. W. Hiawapd StiUweU, and Mrs. Cecil C. Subheidand, all of Okumbia; Mrs. H. L. McIntosh of Winston-Salem; five brothers, J. Dav is Powell, W. Claude Po>v^I and J. 'Bratton 'Powell, aH of Columbia; H. WsAkeor Powell of Wlntton-Salem, E; M. Powell of Unkm, and a num ber of neiees and nephews. Dr. Jack H. Yoimg Has Operation The friend, of Dr. Jack H. Younx of this lORy, wifi regret to know lie is a paitieRt in Providence hospital, Co lumbia, witere fae underwent a serious operation ton Toeaday. It was repost ed yeaberday that he stood tbe opera- tton^as well as could be expected but is quite il. I^. Young has been confined to his borne several weeks. His wqde circle of friends wifi be distiuased to legm that he has again entesed a ftiospRal and hope that his operation will effect an eariy convalesoesKe. GIVE ’THE CHRONICLE FOR A CHRISTMAS PRESENT The Rumanian government has placed a 12,500,000 contract for motor ambulances and trudes. In ^»te of the climate of Nor way dectric refrigentoTs have been mstailcd in over 25,000 homes. Margaret Brent of Baltimore at tained fame as the fliist sufftagetoc by demanding a vote in the Maryland assembly in 1B47. W. J. BENJAMIN SERVICE STAnON Standard Products Cara Washed and Greased Toar Basiaess Appradatad FIREWORKS! All Varieties — Best Grade ^ STANDS LOCATED IN FRONT OF BELK S DEPT. STORE AND WESTERN AUTO STORE. Your Business Appreciated STERLING Pins, JR. Aiito Loans! W'e will loan you money on your car or refinance your car for you. Our terma and rates are standard. TIMMERMAN MOTOR CO. , CHRYSLER — PLYMOUTH Phone 119 Sales and Service Clinton. S. C. And A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU It haa been a pleasure to serve you during the past year. We owe a debt of gratitude to our friends and customers fnd desire to extend our thanks for your patronage^and the many favors you have conferred upon us since entering business. We hope we may be privileged to serve you in 1940 and for many years to come. JOE’S ESSO SERVICE STATION JOE McDANIEU Prop. To our frirndH and euxtoMors wr take thix opportunity to xay MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR And may or add. our appre ciation of your good will and patronage during 1939. Carolina Sorvice Station Wm. Brooka Owena. Prop. COUGHS, COLDS ^osphene? Pleasant, Effcctivt ' Vapor TMatBMBt Kattla Ytm %m Teur Gray Funeral Home Clinton. S. C. FUNERAL DIRECTORS M.aiidM« -EMBALMERS AMbulsnee Serviss Phonos 41 sad Sff-J L. RUSSELL GRAY and V. PARKS ADAIR, Gen. Mgra. Q. How much newaprint is used in this country? W. L. X. A. In 1938 spprozinBatoly 3,404>S& tons cf aaweprint were used in the Unitod \ To Our Friends pUanre oi May 9re have dm you. one comI cdL oar the good things that you Poe your fine md wk that t yoo hi Um HAPPY NEW YEAR Maxweli Bros. & Kinard CLINTON-—TWO STORES—LAURENS