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•• / / -tf ■ S ■ / /. ■ PAGE TWO THE CUNTON CHBONICLK, CLINTON, 8. C. TIimtSPAY, AMML 18, IU9 IN CONTEST AT WINTHROP Misses Frances Ruth Edwards, Marcia Galloway and Jean Layton, students at the Clinton high school, ,and Margaret Baker of the Thom- well high school, are at WinlTirop EN PASSANT J ,, „ , u-1, * j Here’s a little offering, clipped college. Rock Hill, today to compete exchange, that’s worth pass- state singn^ contest. since it contains a moral for rfrvrnv rfRi<i wfv ; every automobile driver: CUNTON GIRLS WIN j brushed his teeth twice a week i Presbyterians To Hold Four Meets Conference fw Leaders of South Carolina Presbytery To Be Held Here April 28. In a track meet entered by elemen tary grade pupils from Laurens coun- * ty schools held here yesterday after-j noon, Clinton placed first in the girls’ j competibn, and Laurens was first in the meet for boys. Four corrference.s for leaders in the tended a birthday dinner at the home of Mrs. C. M. Friddle in honor of Mrs. Fred Hudson HvXtceeraville Sun day. Mrs. Evans’ sister, MiSk Myra Cooper, returned for a visit. Misses Edna Jackson, Myrtle Trammell and Elizabeth Tucker, James Brown, Vernon, Houston and Charles Trammell were visitors at Paris mountain Sunday. Those attending the funeral of J. * Rev. C. L. Harris. Burial followed | well Douglas, Clii^n, »n/f BOl Oouf* in Rosemont cemetery. las, GaWney; two. fiwid^hiidrei^ Mattie Varvey, Mrs. AlUe Bowa and fotur dstm,' Mrs. Esida Crowe, Mrs. Mrs. Calite Ballard, and thn^ brotti- ers, Homer, Arthur and John Doug- F. D. Doegfaw F. D. Douglas, 43,. died last Wed nesday in a Columbia hoapitaU He had been ill for some time. He was \ . the son of the late William J. and „ Ellen Creamer Douglas. Calvary Baptist Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Cora •^urca-with Rev. R. D. Rughaa la CASINO THEATRE with a nationally advertised tooth- , ^ ; - — — . paste. ; forty churches oi South CarolinajH. Bouknight Monday were: Rev.p"®®*^^ Douglas, and four cSiH»-'-i. The doctor examined him twice a J Presbytery were announced yester-j Jett, C. W. Wilbanks, G. P. Dieburlei Gregory, T. D. and Shad- Calvary cemetery. year. day byDr. R. C. Long of Greenwood, jj. H. Robbins,.Edd Gregory, John He wore his rubbers when it ^chairman of presbytery ^committee, on I Baker, A. E. Franklin, Theodore Mul- rained. ^ 1 religious education. The conferences' Uns, Posey Chapman of Chester, Rev. He slept with his windows open. i®re to be held in Laurens, Smyrna, j Buffie, Paul King of Whitmire, RevJ He stuck to a diet with plenty of‘Greenwood and Clinton on April 20, ic. L. Harrison of Spartanburg, Rev. charge. Interment loiiowed in tha MONDAY AND TUESDAY, April 22 and 23 “The Fighting 69th With JAMES CAGNEY. O BRIEN, GEORGE BRENT, The bU Ray Anderson of Laurens, Rev, Med- j lock of Graniteville, Rev. Brooks, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Livingston and' family, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Living- j ston and family, Mrs, Brooks and i fresh vegetables. i 25, 26 and 28 He relinquishe<i his tonsils and 1 "^be conference in Laurens on the traded in several wornout glands. 120th is for the leaders in young He golfed—but never more than i8 ,P<^Pi®s societies and will be con- ' holes at a time. ducted under the joint auspices of _ _ _ _ _ He got at least eight hours sleep young peoples league and thetchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Hilland Liv-i every night. .committee on religious education, ingston and family, of Newberry, He never smoked, drank or lost i The program will con.svst of a series Rev. A. H. Bouknight, of Greer, Rev. PAT his temper. of discussions on the phases of local “ I He did his daily dozen daily, ' work,—worship, instruction, fellow- parade of entertainment He was all set to live to be a hun- sh’P and service. Miss Dorothy "Ann to set this whole cockeyed world di ed . . . but . , . j Holloway, Greenwood, president of laughing again! Rough, tough, and I The funeral will be held next Wed- If'® league,, add the council will di- terrific! .-Vlso Selected Shorts, •News.” 10 A. M. Show—MONDAY. . 10c and 25r WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, April 24 and 25 ‘All Quiet On The Western Front” I nesday. He is survived by eighteen If'® activities of the conference specialists, four health institutes, six | Other council members are Aiken I gymnasiums, and numerous manu-1 Taylor, Clinton; Donald Hagen, Ab- jfacturers of health goods'"and anti- beville; Doris Armfleld*, Newberry; ! septics . . . none of them had warned H'^th Gresham, Ware Shoals; Cres- him about trains at grade crossings! j well Fleming, Laurens; Grace Nick- » ■ ! les, Donalds; Emily Dillard, Clinton; With the invasion during the past’^*®^- DeMontmollin, Clinton; Kit Jame§ Younginer of tois city. With The Skk { Friends of Mrs. Lester Ivester will j be glad to know that she is recuper- ! ating nicely at her home on Florence j street after undergoing an operation! at a Greenville hospital Saturday. Sara Riser is a patient at the local hospital where she had an appendix operation Monday. a week of Norway and Denmark by Purcell Newberry; and Harold Me-1 I Germany, the European war is oni^ord. Greenwood. The conference Jacob H. Bouknight Jacob Haskell Bouknight, 59, of The book was burned* The oicture ‘"8 rapidity that one doesiw*** vuuii.me m ougn me evening ihe book «as burnea. ine PX^tur*- . tn exnert in the heaH-■ ®fuse after the worship service was banned! The author was exiled! know what to ex^ct in the head _ Sundav morning The vouns neo- Riit von ran’t blackout truth* What each morning. The god of war aunaay morning^ me ^ung p^ But you can i blackout trutn. wnai Sentemhor firct attending will be entertained by do today s screaming headlines ac- since i>eptemDer first, | members of the Laurens church tually mean? See the uncensored Norway and Denmark being the sev-' f^^® "'®'"‘'®^ f^® church. version of Erich Maria Remarque’s ®"f*^ eighth countries to be greatest novel. ! drawn into the European conflict in To enjoy the picture completely, i ® f^®- see it from the beginning. I German troops cross Feature begins: 2:38, 4:49, 7:02, Poland s frontiers, and 9:14. .\lso Selected Shorts. ^ 9:30 A. M. Show—WEDNESDAY. 10c and 15c The series of conferences will be J (held at Greenwood on the 25th, , Smyrna on the 26th, and Clinton on ' the 28th is to be attended by pastors, i elders, deacons, church school super- September 3, Britain and France' intendents, teachers, woman s auxili- ' declared war on Germany. i officers, and ether leaders in lo- September 17, Russian forces mov-'®»l churches. The same program will ,ed into eastern Poland. ' ^® carried out each day and will in- visit at Newberry Sunday. He was a native of Lexington county and! had spent most pf his life in South! Carolina. He was a son of the late! Jacob R. and Cummings Amanda' Bickley Bouknight. He was a Metho dist. Mr. Bouknight was twice mar ried. Surviving are his second wife, Mrs. Irene Bouknight; six children, R. C. and Miss Ruth Bouknight, Clin ton; J, M., Abell and Miss Prances Chester; eight grandchildrens five Bouknight and Mrs. P.\E. Sanders of See qimI Drive the Bfq 1940 D0D6E LnumLim jrt goiv oo iww...oiir FRIDAY AND -SATURDAY, April 26 and 27 Northwest Passage” September 27, Warsaw surrenders, 1 address on “Purpose of Re-; bothers, H. C^, A. E., D. G., O. B., ending organized Polish resistance. ligious Education, by the Rev. J. M. gate Spring Open HoqwrCoiBeintodaFpDd tM tilt mtgniilotirt new DodttM«thtntwtit %>riDg oolort...pltit Dodgt Bngi- natring that maana ipmw oidceep, longer car Ufa and aoonoinyoa gaaandoiL ii November 30, Russia invaded Fin-'Garr. Synod’s dir^tor of religious j education; brief addresses on “Evi- ; March 13, Russian - Finnish vvar '^®^®®* Progress, by j phemia Gordon, Miss Eu- Greenwood; Miss With SPENCErN-RACY. ROBERT,^Ann Holloway, Greenwood; Mrs. H. and A. W. Bouknight, Newberry;! one sister, Mrs. Annie Kirby, Dur-' ham, N. C. . Funeral services were conducted! Monday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock from Bailey Memorial Methodist NME mmamtmitMimmBm YOUNG,' WALTER » R E N N A N Kiser, Lalii^ens; Rev. C. J. Mat-I®hurch by Rev. C. R. Anderson and RIJH HUSSEY. NAT PENDLETON, ^.o^ths is likely to settle the future' t^®ws, Smyrna; and Rev. J. W. Con McMILLAN-COOPER MOTOR CO. WEST MAIN ST. — CUNTON, S. C. Drama more rugged more reckless spectacle more lordship of Europe. All eyes are pnly®^*’,,^®^® Shoala, rousing than the s< reen has ever seen before as the mightiest novel since “Gone With the Wind’’ becomes one •thl* British navy. Following supper a discussion pe riod for workers in Children’s Di vision, Young People’s Division and - Adult’Division will be held and thej of the great motion pictures of alli^*^® highways, thi marks left of for- conferences will conclude with an! time. Filmed in magnificent techni- ®sf fires are frequently seen, not | a^j^jj-ess by the Rev. J. color . . . against the majestic back-,only destroying natural wealth butjj pastor of the First Pres- ground of the Northwest wilderness; paving an ugly picture to look upon, j jjyterian church of Laurens. Each of , . . with a cast of thousands working ^ impression you as you conferences will open at 4:30 two tireless years ... It ..writes ..a 8aze at the large area of the Ross| adjdurn at 8:30 p. m. Lo- chapter in the history of the screen | Cunningham 900-acre reforestat^ ^^e one near- as stirring as the chapter its story iPr°J®®f nn the Clinton-Green wood them. — wrote in the hisUry of the nation* highway, which, was recently swept | “News.” f*^®’ resulting m- heavy damage, “OREGON TRAIL” No. 11. I*” iJoHars and cents and the destroy-! 10c and 25c ‘ ' ®f thousands of conunercial trees! Saturday’s feature begins: 2:00, 4:31,1®®''®""® ‘he pine woodland. There' 6-53 9-24 ' ®*'® niany reasons why the public 10c and 25e I should be careful in preventing for- ' ■ ' ■ ”1 est fires. Often a match thrown in NEXT WEEK-™ 'dry leaves results in heavy damages. “GONE WITH THE WIND” ! The Progressive Farmer points out WEST CLWTON Mrs. Joe Campbell, CorreapondeBt a Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Davis and children of Greenville, were the Reserved seats now on sale at | eight things a forest fire does which: week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Young’s Pharmacy. All seats at night [should be called to the attention of j Furman Davis. reserved. $1.10. Matinees, not re-! everyone: ! Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Lankford and served, 75c. Broadway Theatre MONDAY AND TUESDAY, April 22 and 23 “Beware Spooks!” With JOE E. BROWN, MARY Fire kills seed and.-seedlings and. children attended the funeral of their prevents reforestation. ! son-in-law, Pat O’Reily, in North It destroys plant food and in so do- f Monday ing starves trees and retards tiieiri ~ j. growth * Those out of town attending the It scars and weakens trees, thus funeral of Fowler I^i^las ^iday favoring attacks of rot fungi and in- ®ud Mrs, William Rowe, sects. It reduces the ability of the toII of Mrs. Liston Allen of Balfour, N. C., Mr. and, Mrs, Arthur Douglas, Mr. most forest land to absorb and hold i Mrs. Luther I^uglas, MIm ^arl enough rainfall for trees to make! John Douglas of Gray rapid growth. It promotes the quick runoff of rainfall, thereby increasing floods CARUSLE. CLARENCE KOLB, and I annually take heavy tolls of life MARC LAWRENCE. i oud property. - It’s happy days for the moggs and' It causes erosion and loss of soil yeggs—and a host of happy howls for! fortuity. you, when Joe becomes a screwy cop! j {f destroys the best pasture grasses. Even the spooks go on a laughing I ff destroys game, jag—when he tries to crack down on' a crew of crooks! Ion Court, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ballard, Mrs. J. B. O’Shields of Whitmire, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shealy, Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Shealy, Mr. and Mrs. Okin Harmon, Mr. and* Mrs. Quinnie Shealy, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jones, Mrs. Gumming Attaway, Mrs. O- phelia Shealy, Mrs. Ethel McCarty* Mrs. Lillian Martin, Mrs. Minnie Boyd Franklin, all of Newberr^. Le- "Teddy’s Rough Riders.” “Valiant Venezuela.” “Movietone News.” 10 A. M. Show—TUESDAY. Ite and 2ic T« Shouly uud Mrs. W. D. Bozard -C^lJcL SUver^treet. Mr. and Mr,. C«n Mrs. Ruby Allen of And- WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, April 24 and 25 “Cafe Hostess” With PRESTON FOSTER. ANN DVORAK. WYNNE GIBSON, and PEGGY SHANNON. “Thou Shalt Not KiU” With CHARLES BICKFORD. OWEN DAVIS, JR„ DORIS DAT. PAUL GUILFOYLE. Selected Shorts. 9:30 A. M. Show—THURSDAY. 10c and 15c I are) and want something for a coun- i if*., {....{fonf ..seekf foie* fufo f;* erson, Mr. and Mrs. June Werner of ■ ter irritant, you might take this tip;, n^iA t AT—Ae.—» 4— ,1... ^oe.0oo Laurcns. hirs. Ruby Groove of Gold— (from Missouri Notes in the Kansas' ... „„„ t** ak-o-o *# n^\A I mfe. oo fKo 00...0 i ville, Bnd Mrs. Joe Abrams of Gold- ' City Times, as reprinted m the news- I „jii_ paperman’s paper, Publishers’ Auxil-i ♦ ' Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rodelsperger FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, April 26 and 27 “Bullets For Rustlers” With CHARLES 8TARRETT. LORNA GRAY. BOB NOLAN and ”THE SONS OF PIONEERS.” It’s a fIst-fUagte*, leod-allngln’, ThriU tbe adr H aetlou ilart mofo up a •ridden town. Adventnre with a onngoanee! / Conwdy. ”lfoUy Cnraa A Cowboy” *T>K1L TRACT’S O-BfEN” No. U. Cartoon. ”One Monw In a HlUlon.” “Fasliloa Takes A BoMday.” lie aai 2«e lary: The silliest thing which has been going the rounds of the Missouri pa- peiv, popping up here and there, is entitled “How to Make a Double Pe tunia Out of a Begonia.” It goes like this: Begonia is a kind of sausage. A sausage and battery is a crime. People crime trees. Trees a crowd. Crowds make a noise. Your noise is on your face. The eyes also have it. Likewise the nays. Horses nay. Horses have colts. Go to bed with a colt. Wake up with double petunia. and sons of Union, were the we^- end guests of Mrs. Rodelsperger’s mother, Mrs. S. W. Kinard. Mr. and Mrs. Royce Smith and lit tle daughter, Patsy, of Ware Shoals, visited relatives here the past week end. C. C. Abbott and J. L. Arnold at tended the opening gante of the Sal ly League in Spartanbiuii Wednes day. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wooten were called to Conestee Saturday on ac count of ihe illness of their uncle, J<^n Burgess. Mr. and Idrs. J. J. Smith visited in Greer Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Johnson. and children of GoldviUe, ivlsited Mr. Frances E. Willard, who started thel^d Mrs. A. F. CampbeU Sunday. Woman’s Christian Temperance un-! Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Evam, Mias] ion for the inime purpose of educat-) Carrie Bell Evans, Mrs. C. C. Abbott ^ ing all humanity regarding the effects! and daughters Frances and Helen, of alcohol and nther mmedtics, wilL^ Mf. and MIrs. Joe CampbeU at- ka for time to come be remembered uul I' admffed as an educator, wrtler »d,E«ypt. When he was presented to one NEXT WTFJt “OH! JOHNNIE, HOW YOU CAN love.” “CHARLEY \MeCARTHY. DETECTIVE,” “THE DAYS OF JESSE JAMES.” BUBMK STAMPS leas —• CBROMiCtB PUBUSHDfG Ca religious crusader. Becauae of her noble life and iar-readiinf influence, it is entirely'appropriate that in the list of thirty-five “Famous Ameri cans” to be honored by the United States government through a series of postage stamps, Frances E. Wiilari is one of three women in the group. And it seems especially fitting that the five-cent stamp which ctonries p<^|rtage across the seas should have been selected for this faar-seeing American who first envialonad a world-wide organisatioo among her own sex. JLast year, wImmi the world was ctflaiilNit^ PriRMi Willard's can- tooary, a nmch-travolad Mmnstonkin told the story oi his expartenes in of the most important ofltoiafa of the go\'emment, that eminent old gentle man adiad the American where he lived. Thinkbig to ipaka the matter ea^r. the EvanstonMh raidied, “la Chicago.” “1 don’t know mudk about Qikago* I b^ve it is a large dty,” was the laconic cmnmdat of the ii^uirer. “Yes, it is a large city, but my home is in one of the Subuihs, Evan ston, by name.” “Oh, Evanston!” beamed the Kgyp- tian.*~'*That is where my friend, Fran ces Willnrd, Uved. I know aU ritout that She was a great woBBao,” hs BBoeaeiled to adt about rirenees WiBartTi as It mow is. 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