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THE CUNTON CHRONICLE, CUWTON, 8. C.
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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
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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.
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(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
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If Scarlett Had Had
ATRUETONE
Would Have Kept Rhett
At Home.
A TRUETONE RADIO
HAS PERFORMANCE AND BEAUTt
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Come In and See the Wide Variety of Model^
Priced from $10.95 up
TOOLS
SPORT GOODS
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FOR GARDEN AND
Fw Leas
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LAWN
BASEBALL AND TENNIS
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At Big Bnutogi
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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.
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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.
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