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’ - ' X \ '* ’ / THE CHRONICLE StrireB To Be a dean Newapaper, Completer Newsj, and Reiiabie^ ^. /"t -1 / \ /< U '/' 7 ./ If Ton Don’t Read' THE CHRONIO^B Yon Don’t Get the News. VOLUME XL CLINTON, S. a, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1940 NUMBER 11 RUSS-HNNWAR COMES TO END Annistice Declared In Fighting On Northern Front. Finne Pay High Price For Peace Tnma Laid Down'^By Soviets. WAR BULLETIN BOARD Miss Lina Snipson Killed In Wreck Former Orphan^e Matron Fa- Chambo: Names New Hampshire ILEGISLATURE Year’s Officers Vote To Roosevelt ACTS IN PROBE a \ t 'L Mioecow, Maich 13.—Boviet Rossia riy today announced offieiaHy the eicninc a peace treaAy with Fin land wluoh wreats aa spoils of three and a half months of invaaion of Fmland’a defenac haatkaia on Bal tic and Aiotie aeaa and msdces pant of the vast territory of the UB.SJR. the whole foitURed Kanelian mthmus, where uncounted Russian and F%miah dead lie beneath the trampled anows. The treaty must be ratlAed within three days, but hostnlititea ceased at noon tioday—4 a.m. Eastern standard ., chnar-' , FMaad gets peace—a yeatiy rental of 8,000,000 Finnish marks (about fl20,000) m return for a 30-year ‘ leaw on her Kankb ’'(iffiraHar” at the mouth of the Gulf of Finland and pwacuaition of the Petsamo Arctic dk- trkt by Soviet troops. She fives up: _ 1. The entire B^elian isthmos and ha Soviet-penetrated Ifanneihehn Hne. 2. The shell-wrecked cky of VHpuri, once FMnknd’a third metropolis, and the islands in its bay. 3. All the shore of iLake Ladoga, largest m Europe, and three towns. Both on the lake’s western isthmus shore and on its northern coasts thou sands of Russian troops have been dadn. 4. Hanko, naval base on the south west, and the surroundinf peninsuia, on a 30-year lease. This area will form Soviet naval-nriUtary bases. 5. Part of the Sredni and Rjbachi peninsulas fai the far north, on the Arctic ocean.' 6. Certain islands in the Gulf of Finland. ^ 7. A freat slice of northeastem ^Inlaixl iirdudinf Kuolajarvia. 8. A railroad, to be built duriitf ,1940, which wdl link the White sea withhi northern Russia to the Gidf of Bothnia, west of Finland, the railway EMMUmS TluUUHl tUStTOttt 8. Free tranait fxn: Roaaiiiii wooda aerosa the Petsamo Arctic aiua fhom Russia to Norway,iluty free. 10. The right to maintain any Fin- ndah wanUpn, submaiinas or war planes in its Arctic whters, with the exception of small coast guard ves- - sels. An exchange of papers of ratifica tion of the treaty is scheduled to take place in Moscow. (In Helsinki tonigblt, tbodked Finne said the fate of the war atiR was up to the Fifrnimi diet—there wma no in- <r dication it had ratified the treaty). However, und«r the pact, at 10 ajn. on Ofaroh 15 (2 a.m. EjB.T.) Fliiinieh and Soviet troops are to begin to withdraw to their new Arontiers, a map of whi^ was appended to the treaty. Tba treaty was deaosfficd in the of Moscow.—Russia and Finland sign peace treaty giving Russia more grants than she asked last fail before i the war. Heleinid.—^Parliament meets in ae- cret aesskm, no oflioial report on peace treaty; Finniah army reports sKght Russian advances lawnthweet of Viipuri, 16 Russian bombeni downed. tally Hart When Tire On Car Blows Out. FunenU Monday. Commercial Organization Votes | Full Slate of Delegates Plfed|ed To Emidoy Full-Time Secre tary To Carry On Work. For TfcW Term Nailed ^tee^Cooper Invest!- gation Gets House Attention. Similar Senate Resolution Is New England State. Mias Lina Simpson of Starr, in i At the •March meeting of the Cham- Anderson county, a former resident of her of Commerce hdd Tuesday night, full aUite of New HampaWre Demo-' this city, was kHled Saturday after-.the following report of the nominat-crata pledged to a tMrd term for Manebeater, N. H., March 12. — A S^t To Judiciary Committee. noon at 5:30 m an automobile aoci-iing committee for oflTkers for the.President Rooaevdt, held an unbriA- dent near Starr. Icofiing year was presented: Golunhia, March 12.'—A proposk'd ‘complete inveatifation of the admm- fpim’ lo n^an Simpson was ruling in an au- London. Britain and France belonging to her sister, Mrs.l new ^ of battle poaitSws m wowt^iaurvey Pruitt of Starr, and driven' em (front amid mdicaMons Germanyu^y . employed by the Pruitts.' will gaui peace. President, Dr. L. E. ttabop. Vice-President, W> H. Simpaon. Secretary, J. Roy Gasque. Treasurer, Carlton F. Winn. len front tonight as returns mounted'igtration and management” of the in the ndtionVi first primkry,7bitt a \|40,000,000 Santec^Co*^ power and hot local fight for seats at the Repti>- navigation project received imme- slican oonventkm brought out a^ far (f5»te attention today in the house *of heavier vote. ^ representaives but was shunted off advantage from FinniMi, .home a tire bkw out, caue- Actional directors: C. C. Gtlea, H.j First returns from the cibies, in-,to committee in the senate. Paris.—Premier Daladier tells the French chamber of d^uties '60,000 British and French tro^ ready to sail on momenklB notice to h^p Fin land if get (formal call. Hatch Act Omissions South CaroUna Senator Would Include President and Cabinet In ’’House-deaning.” Washington, March 12. — Senator Smith of South Carolina xnged in the aannta today that the prea(ideRt and his cabmeit be included in Hatch act restrictions on polkkal gctivrty .by fedmal employes. ' “Let’s be brave,”* Smith told his colleagues, “let’s clean bouse where the cleaning should be done.” , Without mentioning President ing the driver to lose control of the L. Eiichleberger, D. C. Heustess, A. L. cli»ding approximately half of Man-, Governor Maybank's request for the a *.A. : la . _ ^ J ' 1 wev v?% ^ I -* .....a... _**'—*- -* «it* w tn car when it ran into a tree and over-, Shepard, W. Ek Monts. Chester, where tht vote was tight, inveteigation, contained in a letter to turned. The Negro was not eeiiously ■ The newly elected officers ^11 be maintained the leads piled up by the presiding offiem^of both bouaes, took *..•1 l .* M * 1 -A M _ _ aV - - ^ _ 1_ r ri ri n I— ■ g A — injured. | voted upon at the April meeting, af- Mias Simpson suffered interaai in-j ter w-hi^ they will be inducted into juries. (She died in an ambulance office. C. C. Giles is the retiring pree- ties while-«R routed the Anderson county jjdeBtr:rr:rrrrrirr---.f;--—rzr:ir. r:r.rrr::|::rTgiffi- ^^-3 ' ?__-A t— ^ AO A hospital. Funeral services were held Monday ailtemoon at 3 o’clock at the Cro« Roads Baptist church conducted by Dr. L. R. Lynn of this dty, assisted by Rev. E. L. Kuglgy, R^. E. F. Gettys, Rev. fW. B. Haaidns and Rev. W. W. Pendleton. Interment follow ed at the church cemetery. The newa of the tragic death of Miss 'Smpion was received here with genuine regret by her large circle of friends and acquaintances both at the orphanage and in the city. For about 20 years she served as w valuable member of the ThomweU orphanage -——w nWea as ddemtes-atJarwe to'^ matron staff, resigning the position | Baptist Sunday School WcM’kers the GOP convention. All five were un-^ beginning third-term-(for-Roosevekt adherents in, concrete form in the lower body when the small towns and rural oommuni- Speaker Blatt got a joint resolution calling for the inveatigation placed - op'-the-calendar- without reference to Upon recommendation of the hoard proximately a third of the state’s 284 of directors, and concurrence b^ the pradnete for the eight pdaeea as . ^ however, where a membership at Tuesday’s meeting, the I Democratic ddegatea at large, the wmilar reaokttion wee already pend- organisaticn will employ a full-tinm! highest Roosevelt man had 2159 votes ^ foeer^a requett re- aecretery. The diiectom were in-lsnd the eighth 1508. i«diciary committee, atrueted to proceed immediateiy_to | cemikhtes pledged to *>tost-! aecur^secretanr, m whose off^ a. Farley foDowed ini* ^ waolution, caHiqg for the in- .11 «:tiylti« the *rr » committee of three centralised and work for the new dub' year pudted. 836 votes. jaenatora 'and three representativea ^ I . » 1 J Iswdrited by the presiding officer. .b.7. d»™r smator Ge^ i„„,ti,«k>n of adiom- w, fonnor Covonwr HuriUoy of the reams weam ■ Zrfvnwawaarfw URtewMaaVwa ' ^ To Make Religious ^ O J Um .nai iiwaxion ana manngemem or vm Census On Sunday teerCooper) authority and the San- Head Move. Ask Cooperation of Oilier Denominations. pledged. in the fall of 1934 to go to Starr to assist her aieiter Mrs. Pruitt, in the _ _ management of the famous Pruitt Roosevelt by name, l^nith recalled the j**'*^'^ house. She was a woman of chief executive’s efforts in 1938 to de-|™^y •dmiraWe traits of •charac^ feat certain candidates ki the Demo-if*'‘^ loved by all who knew her fori ^ . ^i- wi»i on erntte con»re«fen.l prim.ri., had oooQgcd Km Twdici«fl ^tfiougfTtiumeM of otnCTB* |ton MiTKlay afternoon, ‘March 17, oc-j Mmb Simpson was (bom in Laurens tween 1:30 and 3:00 o’clock. It will be .thereof to the into any and all tune iriquiring arges of ineffi- had opposed has pdicies. ^-Icwnty, . <i.uthtor «f the M. Al« ^ r. end Itorr fflenn SimpKn. She i. SouthC^imM toM U«.i ^ hrothOT ud was not the reason for his statement. ’The pawaident, Smith said, had gone into yarioua States .and *^08^ his tre mendous power, the power of his of fice” to denounce members of the Democratic pwrty. “Why dmold we curtail th^ KttJe f^Oar Wrieave 7^ out the greatest of giv log a man—the ehtef executive of the United States^ who usee bis office to ffiaoredk a fsathful member of this party. one SM- ter; L. E. Simpson of Piedmont, Glenn D. Sinipson of iSeneca, and Mrs. Pruitt of (Stair, with whom she made her home. After tabulation of 96 the state’s jciency and mismanagement in the ad 294 precinctm Bridges, with 8,418, was ministration of said project and of The Sunday school organization of PoH*ics in the employment of its of- the First Baptist church will take a »««mulated fow temds theifj^,|8 pehwnnel.” the resolution total of the leader in the DemocratK: The committee would be empower ed to require witnesses to testify and the purpose of the workers to secure' PrftsbvtCr^^itlR PIaFI valuable information from every | / aaa »a Writes New Bo<A house concerning each individual in the home. The effort is being made in the interest of religious welfare of Clinton asid it is ihoped every home in the city wtH cooperate with the I endeavor. When the census is completed, the cards iwiH be daaaified according to ■■ Dr. Thomwd) Jacobs, a native OKnton son, and for many yean past preaidenit of Oglethorpe univenity Why <km% we condemn the chief wwr .^ta, is tiie aut^ of an m- exeeuthre of the United States who rides ruthlesB and rough shod over a lesser one pditkally? “If we’re going to be men and have clean politics, tefs have a clean pres ident and a clean cabinet.” Replying to Smith, Senator Hatch, Democrat, of New Mexico, dechued that some of the reatrictkins in the existing anli-polrtics law do amfy to the preakknt. ^ (Senator Johnson, Democrat, of Col orado, saying he was seeking “eo- opsratkm bsteraen state and federal iawa kistead of coercion by the fed ral covemment,” urg<ed the senate to- fScial’ Moscow communique as ' one I to eurtell Miarply the soofie of tereating boiok, “Red Lairteros on SL Michael’s.” The scene g laid in Charleston, ae the title indicaiteB, and Che book gives a graphic picture of Charleston in botii war and peace. Dr. A S. (Salley, state hUtorian, says of “Red Lanterns on Sk. Mich ael’s” that it is ‘^Better than “Gone With the Wind.” The Jacobs book has only recently come from the |ues8 and will, it is expected, enjoy a wide sale Mdong those who like a airillfid Mending of (history and PMuance,. nov elty and adventure. The new hook is published by E. P. Dutton and Company of flew York Cky. About turned over to their respective dki- tora. would be provided with a marshal • « would have full authority^as a ^SMcial Scrvicd ^ ywr^awa committee would alao have au- „ ^ ^ . thoritir in its dmeretion to “call to ka Rev. Hoyt Mrilw of Chario^ assistance any officer of the state or sK^ry ^ Africa, on frrtou^ ^ ^ wilLtethe guett sp^ nett Su^ k riwH be to render to the said corn icing and evwnng, tt F«nk any _je«>nable service that r'!i?*!!l*w****^*’v «n»y ^ *>y k within the beolbCT of Mrs^ U^ M^s of orifc limttwiii. cky, » a graduate of Premytcruin ‘No shall be privileged to to tealify to any fact or to pnoduee any paper or docmaaitt re- shall be vnk ‘I’cnsate mutually atafate and mutually peaceful rtiationa,” based on precise conditions of ‘^- daring mutual securi^—eqiecially for <he Sovidt cities <at Leningrad, at one end of tha Kareliqii lathmus; llannaMA in the Arctic, and the rail road which connects them. (Actually, ks terms gave Russia an oneontested (dutch on the Northern Baltic. Before aihe invaded. Finland anti-politics lagialatk^. $13,500 Cdlected Fot Ooluinbia March 9.—State Director Frank A. Lever of Finniah Relief, Inc., announced today that $13t500 had been collected to date in South (on N(Ovemi>er 30, Russia had peace- Carolina fmrithe relief of dvilians More Rural Power Lines To Be Kiilt here by a miadiai' ef (ftrienda In connaetkm with the census, the , apaeting wl^ Mm First Bafkiat ohurch wHl conduct ar * J-, • ■•*1 committee igxm tha trftininflr course for Sunday school! ^ „ . pround tIuMt his tertiuHitiy to such wofhen in sH depsrtansnts. The esnt* or prodixtioii at such psf>er or p«p. wHI be uS^r^ireSen oj *«>»»«* to him Mm. J. P. VMto, of GtonemriM., P(«-.'f:^"* ^ edmrwito noder him in/mm.M.- irfto miU teeehtlm ooum. for wort-^ the m«>l.l>o. .Md. ers in the young people’s and adult ^ mtesure. the tix-maa depaitmefks. Mies E)thel Howard, <»»”«»^ttee would receive “actual ex- Greenville, will teach the course toi* peneee” but no wappepwition. The elementary workers, and Miss Over- ^ 12,500 would be approprmtod ton, of Geprgia, will lead the course to cover expenaea. .the church. To aM of the services to tor .^.r. in tin- plbliri.''«,^.Dy in^Wnd” nw and primary departments. The ^ seoason out <■ rate«t for Senator J. pdUic is invited to attend thee# con-1 __ 'B. 6ritt<m of Surat^, who died latt fMence periods which will be held{ | nOfflA^ AjlattOIl ^**®k of injuries received when struck each evening at 7:30 from Monday. ^ a *” automobile. ! gv If fX 1 Isenger autoBMbiles by the highway Founder S 1/ay . I M. Hatton, 02. died at his department “in a more reasonable M • • I I borne in Hgih Point, N. C., Monday asking the tax Commia- CsXWClSeS Friday '*k>n to inveatigate and report on tha ♦- I A native of Laurens county, he was '^j^dviaUbtHty of exempting from tax- Pre.b,torim. eoli<««. follw-in* T-J- N.nto* wtion" to fMdjr l«d. M . homtotiml Laurens, March 9.—Oiraotors of the Laurens Electric Oo-opierativea, Inc., have approved plans for the eonetruetibn of 200 miles of rural power lines. An appKcaltion will be made to the federal REA for approximately $160,- 000 to finance (the project. eataMiacd cuatom, wAl obeerve E\>und eris day tomorrow at the 8:45 chap el hour in the college auditorium, oommemorating the birthday of its late founder, Djt. WBliam Humer Jaoofela. ably got strategic concesmons from'in war-stricken F'inland. Esthonia, Utvia, and Lkhunia, but] -All this anoney has been sent to these are nothing as compared to the i«he New York headquarters and conditions for Finnish peace. The caWed (from there to Finland,” Lever terms, likewise, are far haraher than g»id. He added that about one-fouith (he ones which Ruasia laid down ibe- of the counties of (he state had not fore the iPbinish invaakm. 'been 'heard from and that he expect-1® Laurens, Greenville, Spartanburg (Germany profks by the treaty be-.ed more contributions. I®**** Newberry counties, cause she can now hope for real eco- Tbe address for the occasion will jbe delivered by J. F. Jacobs, of this!*" .^****‘ *'ferment cky, president of Jacobs List, relig-;^^'*’^ cemetery, . ..... fixed value, k also commended He had lived m High'Pomt for theito people of tl» state, by resohitjoii. patt 18 years, where he was connect- the movement known as save-your- ed with a lumber company. vision week. Funeral rkes were held Tuesday at 1 p. ro., from tiw Shady Grove Pres- p if |U byterian Church, vrth Dr. F. D. Jones • DOyQ S IwClV OaOFC was in the n»v av 1"* • 1 To Open Fnday The co-operative already has ap-|j<>,i|' "advertisiigf ag^y. 'Mr. Ja-! P*Ilh®«rer8 were W. C .Scott, Ran-.' proximately 250 miles of lines and ah I cobs is a gwmdson of (the founder Davis, Edgar Bonds, Pkkney Boyd’S. C|mboa’s newest weara* additional 76 miles already is being ^he college and ^<MT>hanage, Johnson and Clark appaneJ store, will hold Hs formal^ 1*”^' . . U®*" 47 years pastor of the First Pres- J'®to»<>n- _ opening Friday momiug according to ^ 'Ihe imoposed exrtenswns .would be byterian chui^ “The talk of peace be(twe«i Ros- i. iwmK Wp ftxw. Rumi. i»lop««r ^ ^ ^ 1^ .n to>r on, «-Mtotottr for «i. Afvo.” Uver «id. *7“* ir ^ l^Mnw to 5^.n.-|.„ ^ to w. Mlhop* II7. ■toH. tiWUrt of .M^bUitotion ^ kwli to 1»r fracto on tor BMton bor-1^, —totor afton ovor." deg. I (The western allies Imew aN this— and made uigent, last-minute offers of an expedkionary force of 50,000 TEAGUE IS CANDIDATE FOR SUPERVISOR POST men to defend Finland.) •The Karelian Isthmus,lias bean the grsateat battegroond ^ the war. Oraat masses of Soviet troops iterced tlM Manneihabn Line, after weeks of asMult, but ao far have not actually captured Viipoii. lR«Mia’s original demands kidudsd only a comparatively small seotkm ot tha hrtbmns. On itht Hanloo Peniauto whkh, la- dsr the treaty it takes by lease along wttb suaviunding waters, Ruasia will' a naval base *^eapal)ie. of’ the entrance of the Gulf of from aggression.” t to —troops will evacuate Hanlco withhijrten days from affective f date of ’lite treaty. ^ fDesidfg ,pnnoising to maintain no wgrships v any s^ warplanaa or sibara'riiMa-in Arctic waters, FUAmd dsD, under Mt|. treaty wkl eetabBsh aa mOkary or agcai baasa of fCuntlpspI jp page atvtn) WHO WORKS WHERE? CHAPMAN’S SERVICE STATION R.- P. Ckapaian, Prop. Sam Craaeh / J. C. Blakaly (catered) This firm eaiptoys Sixty-aae prsviotsily re peated ffram eaiidayed Tstal ... 544 ...547 It Pays To Trade IN CLINTON (Laurene, March 10. — Robert L. Teague said here todky that be would be a candidate this summer for coun ty supervisor, provided an election ia ordered for tlm balance of the unex- pired term of the late A Rhett Mar- tm. Soon after the death of Super- $23.20 Sent To viaor BCartin in Deeeniwr, 1988, and before he had begun a new four-year term following his redaction, J. A Surviving ary his widow, Mrs. Beu- an announcemeot tn today’s* paper, lah CSeland Hatton; one daughter. The new store which is hea«le*l by Mrs. Ralph .Smkh; two sons. Charles D. I). Boyd as proprietor, will occu- !and WHHam Hatton, High Point; two py the former Joe L. Carter location DmmalamaA sitters. Miss Fannie Hatton, Clinton, on West Main street The building A ATCUJWB rUnQla^ Mrs. E. W. Copeland. Laureiw; in preparation for the new occupant — ♦ (five brothers, R. H. Hatton. Whrt- has been remodeled and renovated. A cashiers' check for $23.20 was **>*re; J. K. Httton, fSinton; L. E.'E’ixturea have been ivdeeignt*d to pro- forwsuxled during |the wo^ by The i Hatton, Greenville; J. M. Hatton, ride more space for the disfiaj of C^hronicte (o (he Nationd Founda-! ■**<1 W. S. Hatton, Goldville.' merchandiae and the convenience of the pvMie. Mr. Boyd who operates stores ta Greenwood. Cheater, and Newberry, Guthrie of Groaa Hill, was appointed tkm for Infantile Paralysis, Wadring- ton, D. C. Tba amount was sent Co the office and contributed alt Smith’s Phannaay, KeBers Drug Store, ud IBadler-Owana Pharmacy to aid in (he “maibh of dimes” eam- paign made annually by the national J to the vacancy by Governor Johnson iMr. Teague is the fhslt to^defhrite- ly iriaoe himaetf in any «f county races, (hbu|h thred are oat for atato senator. connpktee for (his^ pvpoM. Of the amount |9j50 wu oonfrffiuted by boys and girts and aiaploysea of the Slate Training school. Baptist Brothorhood To Meet SCHOOLS TAKE HOUDATS The cky schools ^R tioae today and tomorrow in order to give tte| teaching staffs an oppattanky to at- J The regdar monthly meeting of the -tend the annual convention of the'Baptist Brotherhood will be 'hrtd to- m—t—• night at 7:30 o’clock in the eduea- tional buBdtng of (he First Baptist state T«a(Cber8' association will be held in Greenville. I KIWANIS MEET ’TODAY The Kiwanis dub will holds ks ular nreeting this eveniag at 7:80 ak Hotd Clinton. The pndgram wil be ks chazge of tha eommittea oo boya and gfaia ^tpurtu ohoreh. A diimer will be seirved, followed by a report of the state meeting of the Baptist Brotherhood hdd 'in Oo-' hmbla on Maaoh 5. AS msn of Ibe churdh art urged to DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A UFB- So Fur His Year Tlicrt Bag Boca 1 FATALITY AUTOMOBILE AtXTDENTS » ia LAURENS COUNTY Lot’s Strieo To Make 1940 a Salt Year Oo ike Higkwaya. last yaar, i that tlM store will feature a compteto kna of women’s wear at pupUter inrieeB, including Hport.<«K*ar, mkhnery, shoes, etc., and men’s wea.*^ ing appsurel. ThcHnw^ Family To (tet Hol^y Tomorrow wil) be obseived «*- Tbomwell orpbaiwge as a fuH day in honor of the binthday of .e snatkMfeioa’s founder. Dr. W*!!' n Pkmwr Jacoba, who was bom yvara ago on March 15, 1S42. The orpteuiage Ihrsi opened for the ad- miaskm of ehildran on Oct. I. 1?“’5. Binee then, for sixty-five years, Mr.reh ISth, or aa close therto as citnvenieig, has hern celebrated as a bohdag bf lbs chikhen of tlw home ia sm»> Bwerathai af ks Grander and prett- 'dani until hia 4aath on Sagk. 10, tm. 1 . a..