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/ PAGE SIX •> THE CUNTON CHRONICLE, CUWTON, 8. C. fguEEPAY, itirtr X tin» Washington only man who, these war propagan- 'dists will tell them, can possibly save us. That sort of talk is said to be very pleasant to Mr, Hoosevelt’s ears. It is always flattering to any head of a government to be told that he is the one man who can save his coun- j try. Not all of them believe it — in fact, most of them know it isn’t so. But it is hard to avoid looking pleas ed when somebody hands you that line of banana oil. Many of thi shrewd observers here, who have been saying that Mr. Roosevelt is inclining again toward the idea of running for a third term, On April 20th, W. H. SHANDS, af fectionately known by manji^ friends as “Captain,” celebrated his 50th anniversary of employment with the Seaboard Airline Railway company. Mr. Shands has a remarkable record with the company, having lost little time from his job either from sick ness or for vacation. John L Lewis Bids For Negro Siqiport Washington, April 26. — John !«• Le^ urged the Negroes of America tonight to ihake “common ca>ise'’ Special to The Chronicle. Washington, May 1.—The develop ments resulting from Germany’s seiz ure of Denmark, its invasion of Nor and threats against Sweden, j in'! jrepli^ “The orchids she wore were tricacies of administration politics i MISS FRANCES McKEE, who was !in Rock Hill on Saturday evening to hear Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt way coupled say that those reports originate withl people who have observed his pleased! , . , . > , . Sle when such a suggestion is. speak, when asked for comment, first with the possibili^ of the German capture of Holland and with j continue to believe that the president it the immensely wealthy Dutch East, made up his mind not to take thej Indies, have brought the war and its possible effects upon the United States back to the forefront of po- Utical discussion. The United States is not going to get into or take any parMn this war ; third term nomination which would be his for the asking These same people, however, are a little concerned with the war-like tone of his utterances in regard to possible invasion of the American Friday afternoon MON, band director and eight mem bers of the band attended .the state band contest at Winthrop college. Rock Hill, as visitors. Members of the band who attended were, Kath- Iwn Howard, Virginia Sumerel, iClar- ibn Pitts, William Weir, James Ar- to save anybody else’s property un- -™^j Western' der any circumstances. That can «i hemisohere by Germany. Some of the | gjoan, ^Jones, and Copeland hemisphere by Germany set down as fixed and definite, “lygtgrjjn observers think that if there i Germany and Japan or either of,anything in Mn Rbosevelt’s re- “‘acKweii, Jr. them, can ^ize the . East ^In- {marks.indicating that he expected or United States, as o^Ticial, pQjjn^ry to take part in the war, he had scraped the excuse pretty thin. * Third-Term Talk Increases It Is noticeable however, that third lyears ago. Japan. The ‘ term~talk"not only in Washington but shown an old-fashioned bureau madejuarjly construed as a part of his gen- . . .. . . .. j 4 IK., u.....) v... Kio ctiii'erai dies, the Washington views the situation to day, will not make a move to stop them. For that matter, we probably would, not make a move to stop the seizure] Philippines asked us for their free-, elsewhere throughout the ~ country by hand by h« father, which is still dom and we gave it to them a few began to increase among Democrats m use in the Owens home, years ago, with only a few slender vety Shortly after Mr. Dewey had, —— strings attached. Washington, with, demonstrated to tbe Republican vot-. THE CHRONICLE’S editorials are its ear to the ground, does not hear lers and the rest of the country that read even a whisper of a public demand!he would be a mighty hard man to that we ought to go to war with a»y-ibeat if his party should nominate him body to save the Philippines. jin June. The same goes for our assumed in-j Washington has stopped referring terest in China. Nobody who repre-1 to Tom Dewey as the “panty-waist” sents any important body of public]candidate, and is measuring his chan- sentiment believes that there is any ces with those of Bob Taft, the only ‘ conducts a fifteen minute South justification now or likely to be in other Republican contestant still outjCsrpbna news commentary over that the future for getting into a scrap,in front. The undercover skulduggery station at 9:30, used the editorial as with Japan. 'of national politics is already atUbe subject of his talk. The es- Yet the war talk will not down. Itlvvork to try to kill off both Taft andjsence of ^e article, in case you did is becoming more apparent every day Dewey. inof read it, was a comment on criti- with his forces in political action to improve the'econcnnic status of the nation’s masses. * His, appeal delivered at the third national Negro congress, was linked immediately with his previous an nounced intention to weld labor, “lib eral” farm organizatixms, youth and old age groups, die Negroes and odi- ers into a powerful 1940 political xmit, if the Democratic nominees and platform should prove unsatisfactory. Taken in conjunction with his PAUL K HAR- sharp break with President Roose velt, his program was broadly inter preted as a scarecly veiled threat to enter the 1940 campaigns with a third party unless his demands are met. Since then he has addressed the American Youth congress and a working agreement, the details of which were not made public, be tween that organization and labor’s Non-Partisan league, political affili- ate_of the C. L O.^ was effected. Fur ther he has an engagement to address the Townsend plan convention at St. Louis on a date between the two na- In^>ectH>n Statiim Approves 1700 Cars E. W. McCRARY, of Oklahoma, who is visiting the C. H. McCrary’s, was the gjiest Tuesday of his cousin. T. R. Owens, and ate at the same table which his mother had used i . Mr. McCrary was also! So his speech of tonight was nat- If there was any doubt in our minds that should be gone now. One The state highway dq?«rtment ve hicle inspecting station now located in Clinton, has ^nnoved more than 1700 vdiicles inspected in this vi cinity. Aniroximately 90% of the cars inspected hav^ been aMooved, but a number of vehicSM wiU Ibie ap proved later after,minor repairs are made. The station is issuing the oew’'lf4Q second period stickers which are'for the current period ending in Octbber. The station will remain in CUntoh through May 18 and will not returti here again this period. John K. Brad ley, supervisor of the station, urged car owners who have not secured stickers to do so at once, to avoid a probable last-minute xtish. Th lane is open from 8 to 5 o’clock each week day, except Saturday, when the hours are frtMm 8 to 1. Dr. Huntley At Veto-ans’ Hospital NtmeE TO BClUHDtS Notice is hereby gi^ that sealed bids will be received by. ^'^Board of County Commissioners at the of fice of County Supenriaor \mtil ten o’clock A. M., May 6 next, ^or ttie construetima of a brkk buikUng on the county Jail lot, said buflding to be uped as a Club Maricet by the members of the County Council of Farm Women. Plans and qpecifications may be seen and examined at the office of County Buperviaor, but none avail able to be maned. A satisfactory bond in the sum of two thousand dirilars udll be required of the successful bidder arid the board reserves tlw right to reject any or all bids. - J. A. GUTHRIE, Supervisor. B. Y. CULBERTSON, Clerk. campaign plan. It took one slap at the administration—charging it had abandoned the 1936 platform pledge on unemployment and relief— emphasized a vigorous keep out of the war plea, called for adequate The many friends in the city of Dr. S. M. Huntley, prof^or of French at Presbyterian college, will re^t to know he entered the Veterans’ hos pital in Columbia this week for \ treatment, and will be a patient there j for several weeks. John Morrison, director of schools at Luebo, Be^ian Congo, Africa, who • is making his home here while on I leave from the Mission field, will housing and health gj^jjlserve as professor of French at the i proposed old'age security payments | LESS, which appeared in last'*^ ^ ® in,. e _i—...m week’s paper was lead and discussed Sunday morning over radio station WIS, Columbia. John Cauthen, who that there is a genuine war propa ganda movement under way and do ing some effective work in the na tional capital. Just why j anybody wants this country to go to war, or wants to scare the American people into the belief that somebody is go-i^ ing to make war on us, is not easy to see at first glance. It takes a bit of digging in the inner labyrinth of pol-' itics to find even a plausible reason. War Talk Originators . There is a belief strongly held by, programs rials and $90 to married couples. ^ BothweU Graham. “It is not a program to drain the. ^' ii—i-— 'ss wealth and sap the resources of our j f-f-g-ftf f g country,” he said. “It is a program; designed to create new wealth and to j conserve our investment, emphasiz-1 ing the great assets of oiir human | riches and designed at the same time | to command full use of our produc tive machinery. OILS We luiTe all weights in Pennaoil and Qiiakor State oils. We also grease cars cor rectly. Official |#j Service Sowers Garage Phene 196 None of the “big money interests” who have financed presidential cam-1 the state legis ative ^y j basis of such princi- paigns in the past, wants either of;f^ f brought out the fact labor call upon other these men. Neither will stand hitched i | groups of American citizens interest- or take orders. So the schemb seems common welfare to join in to be. to try to develop a deadlock off the convention floor, where it will be impossible for either Dewey Taft to get a majority, and the con , veption will be forced to pick a dark horse. Rather, the idea is to have the, ^ . ... dark horse already picked and hidden \yenty- ive in a stall under the convention stage. demanding that the political leaders sarily slow in producing results— that is the price we pay for democ- racy. Also mentioned in the articlej^^ose that can. .; were several worthwhile accomplish-, ..j therefore call upon you and the 1 MM An T ^ AT T A A IA A 1 O 1 AT 1 1 T*A 1 C* A A1 All f of the legislature in labor and educational fields years. social, the m the most audacious and irresponsible trotted out on a moment’s group of New Deal favorites that if' the situation can be made to look as] notice. The AMPHIBIAN (an airplane which can arise or alight from either if this people country will rise was in danger, and call upon the the BENJAMIN & SONS • PLUMBING •••AndsTT HEATING SERVICE Telephone 9268 WE ARE HUNTING TROUBLE Dark Horses |land or sea) which flew over the i Still, however, people are talking,city Thursday created quite a bit of dark horses, of whom at the mo-'®^ excitement. The pilot, S. N. iment Wendell L. Willkie. of Com-j^O^^^* lives in Quantico, Va., • monwealth & Southern Power com- i oiember of the United States Ma- 1 pany, is the best, liked. Nobody ques- • corpis, is a brother of MRS. C. i Itions for a minute that Mr, Willkiei^- WINDSOR of 65 Pitts street., j would make a good president. Most! to, his visit he had wired i believe that he would make a pretty' he would fly over and asked. ipoor candidate. I her to wave a white handkerchief. At the time ol iua flight Academji millions whom you represent to join in common cause with labor that we may seek out as American citizens those political means and instruments by which the common welfare may be promoted. “in this same hall in February I extended an invitation to the Ameri can Youth congress and the millions of young people affiliated with it to make common cause with labor’s Non-Partisan league for the promo tion of a just and sensible program for public welfare. I; {SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE I COLDS Cause Discomfort For quick relief from the misery of colds, take 666 (Jquid—Tablets—Salve street school was enjoying a recess period and in the words of one of the spectators, “the first time he cir cled we all looked, the second time we stared, and the third time we positively glared, then two of us be gan waving, one a white scarf, and jthe other a red kerchief.” Mr. Young dropped a small wooden block ! with a piece of cloth and a letter Nose Dropa 'attached which landed on the school ■—' t yard and was gvien to DORIS j .....■■.■j.......... I WINDSOR, a student of the school, 666 Revival Serviols Come To Close Revival services at the First Bap tist church, in progress for the past week, came to a close Sunday night. The services were led by Dr. Walter R. Alexander, pastor of the First Baptist church of Florence. Increas ing interest was manifested through out the meeting and the attendance steadily. Many members of \ If Scarlett Had Had ATRUETONE Would Have Kept Rhett At Home. A TRUETONE RADIO HAS PERFORMANCE AND BEAUTt 4 'A I Come In and See the Wide Variety of Model^ Priced from $10.95 up TOOLS SPORT GOODS <► FOR GARDEN AND Fw Leas i ► < ► LAWN BASEBALL AND TENNIS i ► 4 ► 4 ^ At Big Bnutogi ^ •'-F .«4|UiPMBNT ^ 4 ► , 4 ► 4 4 WESTERN AUTO ASSOCIATE STORE Has —^ Your Hosiery GONE WITH THE WIND iand a niece of Mr. Young, to carry church expressed a desire for the to her motherT He stated he was Hying from Charleston to Washington impossible, but it was and could find no place near enough! ^ andther Mries of ser- ito land. 'vices when Dr. Alexander could be ' secured to lead them. Baker To Direct Summer School Clinton Net Star i Loses Final Tilt: TOUR DOLLAR Prof. Kenneth N, Baker, of the commerce department, has been se- Spoit In Arthur Prochaska, local high school! lected to direct the Presbyterian col- .^^^^s Piay®\,"»®t ‘If®^ ^jiday inj lege summer school, serving in the toe hands oL , place ol Dr. S. M. Huntley, who for-I Marshall Chambers, of pncinnati,| i merly acted in this capacity. Dr.! I I Huntley, because of illness, has been j'^®^s>ty of North Carolina s fourto an- ' {forced to give up his wtork for the'"^^! invitation interscholastic tennis CUNTON ANN RUTHERFORD as Carreen O’Hara You, too, can have that lovely, confi dent look if you learn the secret of hosiery buying. balance of the school year. ' Summer school will last six weeks, from June 10 to July 19, with class es being taught five days a week. . Subjects to be offered and, profes sors in charge are: English, Dr. M. G. Woodworth; mathematics. Prof tournament. I Prochaska won the first two sets, while Chambers rallied to take the [third, fourto and fifth sets and 'match. The score was 3-6, 3-6, 8-6, 16-3, 6-1. I l^dchaska defeated Warren, of h! E. SturgeoA and Dr. H.’ Earle i Va., 6-0, 7-5, in toe quar Spencer! French, Prof. John Morri' son; Spanish, Ftof. BothweU Gra- Iham; commerce. Prof. Baker; educa tion and Bible, Prof. J. G. Barden. ter-finals. TO PAY SUPERVISOR FOR MATTRESS PROJECT Pays* The Following Dhridcndt: WE OFFER YOU IN Gaymode... —BEAUTY —SHEERNpiSS —DURABIf^ITY At EoooMax Prices 59c — 79c 98c 2-tliresd, S-thread,'4-iiiresd Truly Glamorous Colors ForjUwely Legs THE AN$ Vi, • ... to your hosiery (uobleiiif tmd mode you can be sure they beautifuL they are Gay- as they are Laurens, April 29. — The county ^ delegation has agreed to appropriate enough money to buy equipment and pay a supervisor for toe mattress making ixnoject that has been'organ ized here. Senator Gromer announced last week-end. Approximatdy $500 will be required of the county to fi nance the program, he said. , Afvroximately 800 a^Ucations for the matwial to be used in making the mattresaes have alrendy been re ceived from families of the county, it was stated at the office of County Ahent C. B. Cannon. Saturday’s scores: Clinton Mill 3, MoUohon 1. Students To Nmninate Officers The annual eleirtion of student body president , and' members of the student ceuncif^bf the high school wfU be held on May IS, it haa bem announced. Ncnninatioiia for the va- rfeMK offiorn may be BiMKle tmtil May 16. The Be’iU..prasident imd eouaeil will be iustaHed qa May If at a maftlBg oi-the atudant body, was sinfi^ Lourens 14, Joanna 6. fewberry 11, lydia 8. Games next Saturday: Clinton at Lydia. Laurens at MbUohon. Newberry at Joanna. ELEVEN TO BE BAPTIZED SUNDAY 1. Increases local <(>usiii68a. 2. Adds to your neighbor’a iirofita. 3. IHtya salaries. 1 4. Pays rent. 5. Pays insurance,; 6. Pays taxes for sdloala. 7. Pays for fuel. 8. Pays city employeca. 9. Pays for eqelpneat and supplies. 10. Pays for food and dothea. 11. Pays for new Immes. 12. Pays for profsaaioml aenriees. 13. Makes your town prosperous. 14. Returns to yo« intact. The ordinance of baptism for It. candidates vtoo came before and dur ing the revhra] meeting at toe First Baptist ehurdi, will be admtntetered Sunday evening, May 5, at toe reffu-j ler worship hour at 8 o’dock. Help Beost CSintiiHi Gattepriscs samcEt AT unmu Regular services will be held at LeesviUe Methodist. Episcopal churdx. South, as fellows: .Sund^ sdKwl every Sunday at 10:(X>. Preachiaff first and third Sunday af H.KM by ReT. W. D. Hsat. Services wiU held at 7:80 every Sunday conducted by Mr. Hart. Tbe public ia invited to attend them amvicei. SUMCBM TSi 0#ee: Bbtd LeUiy Vi tiis-'w f Dr •.4^- 'i. / • V lir"'