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THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1940
THB CMNTON artSOWCLS, CUNTQN, 8. C.
AUCE MARBLE TRIMS
BOYKIN IN BXHIBmON
AUc* Marble, world’s No. 1 wo
man ain^M player, defeated Lykee
Boykin, captain of the Presbyterian
college tennis tesim, 8-4, 8-2, here
Monday afternoon at a special wo~
men’s instructional exhibitkm under
the auspices of the Southern Lawn
Tennis assodatfam.
Miss Marble and VtaiUnia Wolfen
den. United Stsftes No. 5 player,
teamcKl to beat Mary Hardwire oi
New Yoric, No. 2 British player, and
Nina Brown, another Britidi player,
6-2, 8-8, in a doubles match. Ben
Hardwick defeated Miss Wolfenden,
6-3, in an* exhibition singles matd>.
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MRS. M. J. McFADDEN HAS |
OPERATION IN BALTIMORE
The many friends in the city of!
Mrs. M. J, McFadden, who under-1
went.an operation yesterday at the,
Church Home Infirmary, Baltimore, j
Md., will be glad to know her condi
tion was satisfactory and improve
ment expected, according to informa
tion re(^vcd here from Baltimore
last night.
HAS THE CENSUS MISSED YOU
IN ITS COUNT OF CLINTON
PEOPLE?
Have you been enumerated In the 1940 population census now
in progress? Have all members of your family been counted? ^
If you have been missed, the Chamber of Commerce will ap
preciate yovir calling 88 and making the fact known to Mrs. Clif
ton Adair, Assistant Secretary.
Everyone in ClinUm is desirous that die city receive as
accurate as possible a population figure in the census, and by re
porting to the Chamber of Commerce, your being enumerated
Will be assured.
If you do not have a telephone, the Chamber of Commerce re
quests that you mail in the followii^ coupon to the''chamber.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
CLINTON, S. C.
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P. C. Again Wins
State Tennis Crown
$52,153 ^ounty
CUNTON TEAM TfT'
_ . , PLAY HOUSE OF DAVID
Taxes Go Into j _ ■—_
^ . - - - j On Wednesday, May 22, st 3:38
EiXCdltlOIl nHAy 1 o’clock the Clinton Mill ball team
will play the House of David team
from Paterson, N. J. There are a
number of ex-big league players oo
Scoring twice as many points as ;
the five other schools participating;
the Presbyterian college netters cap- ‘ ^ total of $52,153.04 in unpaid
tured aU trophies in the annual were thrown into tk.
; South Carolina intercoUeglate tennis when the county i-nd state tax books ^
I tournament held here the past week-1 L it was learned rt thc^
I office of Treasurer D. R. Simpson.;
' Billy Farmer, P. C. sophomore,' On this sum a penalty of seven per'
won the singles championship of the , cent and costs of $2.25 for each re- j
I state when he defeated Fayette White j ceipt will have to be added before,
team-mate. Bob Kerdasha, de- \ the Uxpayer can clear his account.
played at the Clinton Mill park.
The total tax assessed for collec-
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.fending champion was eliminated by:
Flynn, of Wofford, in the quarter-. tion this year, the treasurer said, I
finals, who in turn was defeated by amounted to $375,751^17, of which:
Farmer. | $323,583.53 was collected, plus pen-
,The champion doubles team is*alties. Adding penalties and mak-1
White and Glickert, who defeated ing allowance for additions and a-1
their team-mates, Kerdasha and Lar.- j batements, a grand total of $327,-
son. 1208.49 was collected.
j ^ " Collections this year from a per-
■ NEW GOODYEAR TIRE I
. ___ t orably with those of last year, the
ANNOUNCED BY DEALER; treasurer reported. Last year the
percentage was approximately 83
free kibhey
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THE CHRONICLETS
WANT AD RATES ,
Ic per word for first iaser*
tioti} five tnsertioM for the
price ef fow. Mlniami ekarge
29e.
Cards of thanks and trihntes
ot respect, Ic n word, parytble
in advance. Mininaai 58r.
THE SPORTS CHATTERBOX
By TENCH OWENS <
Important to the owners of not-so- per cent and this year approximate-
new automobiles who may be think-1 ly 88 per cent.
ing about new times to insure thenv-, According to a iwport from the
selves trouble-free week-end trips,' sheriff’s office, found elsewhere in
is the announcement by Hubert Ow-1 this paper, the total delinquent tax
ens, manager of McDaniel Vulcaniz-1 account now stands at around $400,-
I ing Works, local Goodyear dealer, in 000.
Seeing is believingr^ but it’s still
hard to believe that a woman can
hit a tennis ball as well and as pow
erfully as did Alice Marble and com
pany last Monday. Some of the best
, men players in the South have found
it (UHicult and at times Impossible
j to beat Lykes Boykin, captain of the
championship Presbyterian college
netmen, but the amazing Marble did
Presbyterian college students and
Clintonians had their fUl of tennis
last week end and Monday, for in
the advertising columns of today’s
paper, of the cmnpany’s new ail-
Americah tire, luriced within the
reach of 70 per cent of the majority
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SMITH’S FHARMACT
FOR SALE—Cut flowers and flower it in straight sets, 6-3,, 8-4!
plants. Mrs. A. E. Spmeer. Tele-1 A colorful crowd, perhaps slightly
phone No. 3. K j larger than the one at the Budge ex-
SHAMROCK—Two-room
■ OvMMgQ May 1. A. <ro.o<,t_
TYPEWRITERS FOR SALE—^I have' Autograph seekers arid candid cam-|
^ several reconditioned typewriters 1 era fans were out in full force hop-'
for sale. Prices range from $15.00 j ing for souvenirs of the celebrities.
and up. Kouieth N. Baker. Phone
$06. tf
k)R RENT OR SALE — Two
houses on Youiur Driye in Col-
School Closing
At
The other young ladies in the ex
hibition were not far behind Miss
Marble in tennis ability. Ihere was
..M . . , Virginia Wolfenden, number five
wMnen’s player in the United Btates;
Wire View. Hamp L. Boydy Plione, Mary Hardwick, number two player
48-J. Icjin Great Britain; and Nina Brown,
For SALE — Four Spite puppies, I )^eading British player (and right
about two months old. Two males |«cky ^ ^ pUying on this side of
and two females. Three dollars each.l«»e water, we’d say), It was a re-
Stephen Huntley, Jr., Telephone markable event m the sports history
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of Clinton. For when all four play
ers were on the court for the doub-
! — If excess acid causes you i ]es match, the spectators were ob-
. pains of Stomach Ulcers, Indiges- serving probably the best female ten-
tion. Heartburn, Belching, Bloating, | nis talent in the world on one court,
ausea, Gas Pains, get free sample, ! a rare occaskm indeed. Miss Wol-
dga, at Kellers Drug Store. 6-20 fenden. who would probably rate as
SNAPDRAGON PLANTS. Rust- well in HoU^ood as she does in
i Proof, Mixed Colors, grown out-i^lorest “ expected by many to
nse to even greater heights in her
tennis career d she continues to play
die powerful, all-round game that
ahe dinphiyad, MeMday. Aa lor Mias
Marble, her colorful game with deli
cate dn^ shots, strategic net play,
and attractive manner on the court
caught the fancy of jthe crowd from
the first. '
Eleanor Tennant, Alice Marble’s
famous coach and trainer, gave Jn-
struction to girl players from many
colleges in this area assembled on
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! the c<Nnment concerning the affair
addition to the exhibition, the finals ‘ market of users. ^ ■
of the state intercollegiate tourney 1 In discussing the tire, Mr. Owens ^
were held Monday. It was a touma- said: “It’s full-size and bears a life- j
ment of upsets, although there was j time guarantee without time or mile-;
never any doubt about the suprem- age limitations. We are mighty
acy of the Blue Stocking tekm as a. pleased to have it, cbmpleting thei
whole. {Goodyear line we handle and enab-,
Billy Farmer, a PC sophomore of' ling us to fill anybody’s car or truck i
Tampa, Fla., is the new state colleg-! tire needs, no matter in what price!
iate champion by virtue of a smooth, class he wants to buy or what his j
hard-hitting game with very few'“driving demands may be.” ;
flaws which enabled him to lick ^ |
Walter Larson, Heyward Belser,
Ralph Flynn, and Fayette White in
his march to the title. Dur^ the
season Billy’s fundamentally sound
game and consistently good record
attracted a gradually increasing a- { annual school closing of Hur-
mount of attention, so that by the; ricane school will be given Tuesday
time the tournament started there J evening. May 21 at 8 o’clock,
were some who ww actually ip-; Two short operettas wUl be pre-
dirtlng^t he would wm u hej^sented. “Lemonade Stand’’ by the
although he was reeded only eighth.^^ri,mmy pupils and “Tomboy Jo’’ by
A fitting, steady brand of tennui^e elementary students,
cau^ an^er u^t when Fayeffej The pdbllc is cordially invited.
White and Bob Glickert took the! —
doubles crown from their favored
teammates. Bob Kerdasha and Wal
ter Larson. This, plus the‘freshman
championships held by Billy Need
ham in singles and Needham-Eddie
Selfe in doubles, completed the clean
sweep of the honors for Presbyterian
college. ♦
Chatterbextaig
NATION TURNS
TO DEFENSES
oors. 25c per dozen or $1.75 per 100.
Blakely Brothers; Seed Store. Tele
phone 188. _ ^ Ik
i'OR RENT — Downstairs apartment,
fSTdahiKi or unfurnished. Private
entrance and bath. Mrs. Sara Bell
Davidson, Musgrove St. Telephone
9d4. le
^ANTED^R^ cedar logs and cedar
Mstumpage. Write for prices. Give
; ull details as to amount you can
umish. James D. Boyd, P. O. Box _
32, Chester, S. C. 30-4p|^« P- C. courts that morning
I —1, ! the c<Nnment concerning the
bCID^T INSURANCE TICKETS!was favorable and the event seems
to have been 'a complete success
Once more we pay tribute to William
P. Jacobs for bringing world-famous
I net stars to Clinton and the college.
ny
! 'cost only 26c a day, pay up to
te,000. S, W. Sumerel, Plwnes 80 and
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toTENOmS DUST. The Non-Potoon-
‘ ous Insecticide for Vegetables and
Flowers. Also Triogen, Black Leaf 40,
H AcCQW and Eywgen Sprap,
arsenate of Lead, CwcfiMn Arsens^
Sprayers and Dusters. Blakely Bros.
^eed Store. Telei^one 188. te
FDR RENT—Fumirfied apartmrat in | school complet^ a four day trip to
my residence. Mrs. Mary Henry wasKington, D. C., Friday, May 10,
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2. The State department announc
ed that the United States was willing
to make a joint protest with other
As exams approach athletics be-1 American republics againsi Ger-
gin to take a back seat. However, many’s invasion of Holland, Luxem-
intramurals still nourish <m the col- j bourg and Belgium,
l^e campus where baseball is being j 3. The navy recommended an im-
played off between the fraternities j mediate appropriation of $300,000,-
: . , . The ’ALTO cdbpdtl the 080 M >xi»Htl»ig WWk on“^ eom-
championship fnmi the KAs in a {bat and auxiliary vessels, now under
wild game which saw the victors hit j construction, with the work week of
a scoring spree that couldn’t be'shipyard emplojrees increased fnxn
stoi^)ed .... The KA athleUc tro-132 or 40 hours and three shifts on
phy will be given at graduation to! the job.
the best all-round senior athlete .j 4. Senator Taft (R., Ohio) ac-
June Moore and Meisky make a, cused the administration of using the
swell doubles team on the PC tennis * emergency situation as “an excuse to
courts, aqd get more fun out of it j exceed the debt limit, which is really
‘ being broken through its own do
mestic extravagance.’’
5. Senator La Follette, (Prog.,
Wis.) demanded an “intelligent tax
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anybod)
than anybody else . . . Matt Moore
recently set a new course record on
the Lakeside country club golf
course. Moore, who is captain of
the PC golfers, shot a 33, breaking 1 program.” Senator McNary of Ore-
the old record held by Fred Oxley at gon, the Republican leader, said he
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_OUR IKIP-TQ-^VL\SHINGTON |U‘
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^thur, 104 Musgrove St., TelejAone
Np. 66. • ^Ic
9^9 TABLE PEAS. Wehave Brown
t'Sugar Crowder, Cream Crowder,
R^ Speckled Crowder, Blue Goose,
Black-E^ and Lady Peas. Blakely
Bothers Seed Store. Phone 188; .Ic
WANTED — Six or ei^t labordVsto|intei.e,^ing places were pointed out
cut pulp wood^ Godd wag«.^P^|>0i. visited on the way to and from
Washingtem.
The first place of interest viewed
by the seniors v/as ‘ the Capitol of
the Confederacy, now used as the
Virginia state capitol, at Richmond.
On top of a* k>^ hill, the large
marble building stood out as a gi'eat
was opposed to raising the debt lim
it; that additional defense needs
should be met through new taxes.
6. Senator Lodge (R., Mass.) not-
the tremendous ettWuveReSs * df
Germany’s aviation, called for the
By WALTER COKER .the group. We were shown through!
The senior class of Clinton high' room after room of the lattw build-i ^*'**"**^ centere m the Unit^ Statw
'ing, containing bills ranging in de-i?P of pilots will
nomination of from one to a thousand P®®* with pur production of
dollars. We were also shown the!®*7
Under the supervision of W. E.
Monts, superintendent, Mrs. Monts,, huge press where rolls of postage
Mise-JeMie-Newby and James Sloan, stamps are printed,
members of the faculty, the 48 sen-'
iors spent two full days and three,
nights in the nation’s capitol. Every
minute of the entire trip was filled*
with sight-seeing tours and several
GOOD/i^EAR
TIRES
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ALL-AMERICAN TIRE
MARK ANB OUARAMTKKB BY QOOOYKAII
every Saturday. Sec ot phone J. ,0.
Barnett, at State Training School.'
: ^6-2p
PLANTS —PLA^frS. We have Nice
Tomato, Cabbage, Hot and Sweet
Pepper, Eggplints and Sweet Potato
Pgiints. Also all kinds of Garden,^ „
Seeds. Blakely Brother Seed Store. I ^ the Southern cause.
Telephcme 188. Icj Upon arrival in Washlnfton, the
-4' ■ , —i-i.^|group w«it to the Washington mu-!
BLOOD-TEST^J CHICKS, $5.95 per j nicipal tourist camp where reserve- j
iOO. These chicks are B.WJJ. Test-. tions had been made. The'eamp is'
ed and of course are Pure Breeds, j situated on the Potomac river; 3Rst!
Barred Rocks. White Rocks, R. I. inside the city. It is a large affair
Reds, White Wyandottes and BuN with several himdred houses, amply
Oipingtons. Also Feeds and Supplies.' taking care of the Clintonians. There'
Blakely Brothers Seed Store. Tete* {is a cate and dnig stoie on the
pltene 188. 'lc> grounds, so the camp was selected
FOR SAIJE-Houwhold lumiBiibBi. * Mr. Monts as headquarters for
•including matching dresser, waA-iu j w *
rtMd, b«i:q»in(s and mattm.; abal
l«n bad, apjbM. aial mMami eltc-, f **»”.. Coiw^an;
♦riaa irran 4 #Mtha»r hiMi« norrh.suHn* Joscph R. Bryson invitcd US to his
office in the new House of Repre
6. Secretary Hull said the 19,561
Americans in Italy had been advised I
_ J to leave that country in terms com-'
On our second day in Washington, ^le to those used in warning!
the Snuthsonian institution was our: ^^^^ican citizens to quit other na-
first stop. In the hour spent there, ^ ,
u. only ,o. an idea of the |
ntarerting bmldir«and would dlad-l oj,,,,, mechanized M-
on Belgium and Holland, the
building cenwMxl with lU array of I,„ rtance of^lu air force in the
aeronauUc exhibits. Mort of thu. strategic scheme, had obviously
bu^iM WM ^.n up Witt planes I impressed Mr. Roosevelt,
used in the World war but Ih^ There were two reasons, he said, for
were also various other exhibits. , remtorcing American defenses:
. I- Th' «“i" i” taiowledge from
streettotheMuMum^ Netural lta- , rtences of the Iasi ^ weeks
tory. Another interesting buildmg,.
it rontelned exhibits from pre-hU-, j ^he progress of miUtery events
tone msmmals to present.dey art y,, ^5,
The highlight of the morning came! tably had brought the defense pic-
about eleven o’clock when we toured ture of the United States a little
the White House. Seeing all the.closer to the United States,
rooms that we were allowed to via-1 How much money' his
An omcnang new Good-
value lor the lowest
price fieldl See it—com
pare R ior downri^ v^e
ot on'ything like theee low
, , program
it and glunpsmg the surrounding [ would cost he could not at the mo-
grounds and gardens, each got his i ment say, but he feared the sum
own idea about the executive man-1 would be high.
Sion. Some were impressed, others — *
weren’t; all c^e to the conclusion afternoon with a trip to the Lincoln
that the RiYiWfent’s home will prob- Memorial. Inside its white columns
ably alwiiyi do justice to the presi-|git* a large marble statute of Un
dent. I coin. The memcMial faces a large
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FAMOUS FATHriNDER
s^tatives office building. Mr. Bry
son and one of his guides showed us
trie irem, 2 teather beds, porch>swing
with chains, porch chairs, antique
dtest of drawera. AU .in good oondi-
ttbft. E. L. Blalmlyy' it»*B!»lDely’a,.. w ii.ii - av
cK-._ 28^d'^® senate office building, tiat
vnfTi raTircM Supreme Court building, the Ubrary
NOTICE. FOULTRYMEN i of Congress, end the CapiUd. He also
took us through the senate chamber
and the house of representatives,
pointing out sv«ral dignitaries in
On U. S. .approved. Blood-tested
Barred Rocks, White Rocks.
Fijbe quality, $8.00 to 100 delivered.
Baited Rocks, 17.00 the 100 deliver
ed. Also starts chickB.
FARM^ HATCHERY
908 Main St. Newberry, S. C.
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oeptionally cordial to us and, although
not being able to be with ua p4»‘-
sonally, during the entire tour, in
structed one of hit, secretaries to
guide us through the cHy.
The Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tkm, Washington monument, and the
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
were among the most important
places visited during the afternon.
The kmg climb up the Washington
immuipent and great staks of pepM*
money.hi the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing completely taadnated
icfc ■ !. i r'f.-ri’.'. .V.ic'ev
After dinner our two busses left | rectangular lake toward the Wash-
Washington and' we were off to see' ingtem monument.
Mount Vernon. Its spacious grounds | Leaving the camp at 6:45 Friday
and beautiful surroundings presented j morning, we took a direct route
e striking picture. The white build- * home. We had a successful trip j
ings, and well tended gardens were • all the way around and are hoping <
something that moat of us will losag' that CUnW high school will make •
remember. Arlington, the home''ofJthe senior trip to Washington an an-^
the South’s immortal Robert E. Lee,[nual affair. |
was next toured. Although the f ^ 1
grounds were not as big as those oft ITie first flag to fly over Texas
Mount Vernon, the house {uroper was' was the French under La Salle, in
Mount Vernon. The laige white col- • 1684.
umns and finely furnished rvx.ms of
considered mu<^ prettier Uu.n that of
Arlington wer* i^ally more beauti
ful than any of us had imagined.
From Arlington, our busses drove
through Arlington cemetery and to
the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
With the long marble steps leading
up to it and its senbry always guard
ing the tMub, it rtands aa a tribute
to the doui^boys vriio died for their'
country in the World war. j
W« ended our tour late Thursday*
^ RuermtUie4 Goedyeor Hie «t pepulae
pries*. Ouly 50e a wssk sa Eosy^Pay Tsrae.
4.7S-19 sr lM-19 $S.7t
S.2S-lf sr SJ9-lt 6-7S
L25.17 W'LSt-l? 7.99
425.1$ a* 8$8.1i 947
Cask prices vitk your old lirs.
Otksr siass pricsd in propoitioa.
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