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.. ■ / /! PAGE TWO THE CUNTQN CHRONICLE, CUNTQN, 8. C THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1940 New Drink, Spur, Parents Urged To Now On Market Register Qiildren AROUND TOWN ^ . Everyone is wondering what RED Spur, Canada Drys version of a | High School Registration Aug-jpij^soN and CHARLES YARBOR- drink flavored to suit the tastw of , 2 and 3. School Year OUGH found so interesting the past Sr and S T^rdrinlli S : week-end at Montreal, N. C. No one here can truthfully COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS Of SpaeUitor Saturday I read about the Chicago velt, but Mr. Roosevelt puts his stilinp on another man and virtuaily de mands'that he be chosen for vtce- we j president — and nearly everybody for swallowed that. convention, among other things Uie comments of Senator Edgar A. Brown of B^^well, and I felt that I Southern people don’t count ^drops. Years ago-1 bought a safety razor sharpener and found that it was worth its weight in gold. After a couple of years it “went bad.*' I bought ano^er one—a cheap one. It went wrong soon. Two experts kered with the first sharpener, die little machine which enabled me ev ery morning to take off the stubble f^^^*^tv'^he?d^^by^Tom^E.^Addi-i With approximately 350 boys and; No one here can trutofully sayjn^uch great political party of, Jimmie’s suavity, his abilRy, werfelkently and mildly; whereas wiffiout already registered and classi- P®®* week) th^ do not jj^ep disgust I fretted, used, but no honors or high places! »t I could have shaved almost as well k- new 12-om.« bottle with alllfw 1^^. flnidiin, turned .bout it--in.poleutl,. you.were ttfveu to JUnmle'-Jurt w.rk!l«.d e mewuig oi ; and fumed about it—impotently, you were given to Jimmie'— just work! I ®nd comfortably with- a reaper and We happen to think that^j^^^—bothered and upset, We owe a debt of gratitude to Edgifr I binder. I accumulated btkdes like a the heat had something to j decided to let the country go to .Brown of Barnwell for leaving Chi-i dc*^«<** Recently a man came akmg— Ihe 'quaUty Canada Dry has become j touches are bei^ put upon ggibly famous for, is rapidly becoming one'this week for the study and act»1-|vx ,.riVu of the market 1 for. IS rapidly becoming oneiinis wee* ^ luc foUowing little stories (the bow-wows in most popular beveruges on the ties of Clinton high schTOl students, f" week. MISS RUTH|“* ^^well Ir , SMITH and BILL PITTS tell its own way. As cago in disgust resolved to investi gate ray watermelon patch. After a The big news Spur announcen^nC ed^jwterday f om , p ' | leaving some rtw peanuts on a'table 1 the dusty road, trudging in the rear of Royal Cleaners andja^oi^g looking at the cro^ I reached returning several hours later to find [the Racoon road, which the farm them parched. We suggested that; faces, and went along by the cool low probably some one, or their minds igpots of the “branch played them a trick, so don’t criti-l mq longer thinkini appears in the advertising columns Gentry of today’s paper. 1 Today, Friday, and Saturday school 1 officials will be at the offices each ’ morning from 9 to 12 to accept reg istrations of approximately fifty boys /I t pfR|A Tlir iTDF ‘strations or approximaieiy iiiiy played them a trick, so dont criti-i jjo longer thinking about politics, lANiNtI IHrAlKI* *®“ *®*®®’ ®® ^®yipoUticians, conventions—and all that VIAlJlllv 1 llLlim 1 lllJ I «n Clinton for the first time 3 uppyg g^perience.’’; l arrived at the farm house. A lit- A Delightfully Cool Retreat From the Hot Summer’s Heat. MONDAY and TUESDAY, August 5 and 6 “Susan And God” With FREDRICK MARCH, JOAN CR.WfFORD. RUTH HUSSEY, RITA H.^YWORIH. JOHN CARROLL. NIGEL BRUCE. BRUCE CABOT. Not since "The Women’’ —such a; treat! Here's the scorching surprise that tolls what really goes on among the.-ad''Otehing. clawing sex!- Caitoon. "The Book Worin Turns.” Latest News.” 10 A. M. Show—MONDAY. lOc and 25c plus 3c Fed. tax fall. Most of these boys and girls ^ dr p p HICKS reports catching live in districts which adjoin Hun-i^jjiy sharks on two recent fishing ter No. 5, as the local district is, fj-ips. On the last one, to Tallahassee, I known, and it will be to their ad- pjg Mrs. along to sub- ) vantage to talk over plans with the stantiate his story and as further proof he has several moving pictures of his xatches. — teachers now, rather than to wait until the week of school opening in September. Parents o* children who have not registered are urged to see, ^ FRANCES WINN, seven-year-old that their boys and girls come to the' school one morning this week. Boys and girls -wha- finished at Florida tie six-yeur-oki girl went a .third of a mile with me, through the field and blistering sun. Her father, she said, was at the tobacco bam stringing to bacco. I knew that others could string the tobacco, but nobody could eat the watermelon for me, so I heai^ed for the melons. Of course, somebody could eat the melons for me—as all farmers know.— but I couldn’t thrill and throb with ecs tasy over a melon somebody else had daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carlton 1 , J T IF- Winn. She had her first visit to Street school and Joanna _i„f^ i Atlanta, and it was also her first [eaten. Nay, my brother. So the little not come, for they n train ride—and on a streamliner, too. I girl and I picked one with the little been registered along w^ith studente j^^^ ^ hitch-the air con- -.h -11 »Twi_h«v Wp actu^ly in school, at Clinton ^^eh\^moning wasn't working. Her broth last May. “CLINKY,” who was an expe It was also learned yesterday that school bells will ring for the 1940-41 cprl all dead and—boy, howdy! We gouged out tha heart standing there in the broiling heat. Then we sam pled another. Tramping back through the com the watermelons’ sugar juice just poured from every pore, and we rienced traveler in Atlanta by the time Frances arrived (oh my,' yes! he (session on the morning of Tuesday, already been there a week), September 3rd, at 8:30, in all GKnton'^gg “insulted” (he expressed him-1 arrived drenched—and sticky, city schools. With a highly success-1 ggjf gg insulted rather than embar-1 E^asy-going people, dressed in good ful year just closed, officials state ■ ^.gggg^j jjy yier questions regarding clothes, may enjoy a watermelon at they are looking toward to anotherj j.gjj.g^ which were also a new; the table; but the real thrill is out ^"“[experience. jin the patch “busting em” with the teachers. Lists of teachers will be I ^ morning dew yet cooling them; and| then tearing out the heart. WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, Au8:ust 7 and S 0 • With WILLIAM HOLDEN. MAR-! f®®'. ^ wRl ^be ^ TWA Qr*oTT FAY RAINTFR "RFIT- teachcFS. Lists of tcHchers will D61 LAH BONDI.' THOmAs MITCHELL, i an® i rrv K^iRRFF FRANK PRAVFN I August, together with further an j ed by a group of Clintonians and a Take a two-hour vacation from i i of friends for a house party thi!^ trenzied world! Come, live for[‘'^ session. this week. the stey at teis two hours in “Our Town” where fori 1 vacation spot are. MRS. A. P. LTT- a brief span you can forget the hor- of war headlines; where there no medianic, no expert,—and looked No Southern man was recognized Bt the original sharpener, remaiicing except to be allowed to praise or work for Mr. Roosevelt. No honors, no recognition comes to the South. I don’t know anything about thM things, but sometimes a little oil will do the trick.” Right he was. I squirt- tior We Southerners don’t count even in I ^our or five drops of oil—and here the Democratic party. Of course I we are. know that a few of our Southenvmen 1 Again I had an experience. This may feel that they had a great part jl^*"* with my venerable car. It had in the farcial proceedlhgs. “Verily, I ® blumpety, blumpety sound imtil I say unto you, they have their re- > reached forty—then the smoothness ward.” [was all that one muld wish. So, as luck w<add have it, I in- Great is tubricating oil! We 'overlook the value of small vited a friend to listen to the blump- ety, blumpety reverberation. Said he, things. Some months agb a lock gave. afterwards, “A little oil for the front me trouble; it wouldn’t function as a wheels did the tridc.” lock, and I didn’t fancy it for oma- All my life I’ve heaSrd that when mental uses, though a handsome locki o"*’® “palm has been greased” every- I consulted men of skill and experi- thing works smooth^, but now I ence In selling locks and they as Mured me that nothing but a new lock would solve the difficulty. One day a young fellow happened in and remarked casually, “Let’s try a little again marvel at the effect of «a little oil. A gteat lateratory man recently remarked tiiai he didn’t understand lubrication< Well, whidi is more machine dl.’ And the think was ihMliiilily efleetive—^ greased paSm'^ done! Just 'a little oil—six or eight or a greased axle? ror ITLE and daughters, MISS ROSA CTAXC IQilA BAILEY LITTLE and MRS. WIL- are no bombs or bombast. ' 01A 1 C. 194U jsON TITON of BWill; G^RGE "• I CENSUS GIVEN 1 PARKS ADAIR^j^MR^^SxjRiM 9:30 A. M. Show-WEDNESDAY. ! -y | BAILp MRS. FLEMING SMITH Feature begin.s' 2 43 4’56 7 09 1 Greenville county, with a popula-;of Lake City, who is spending some and 9:22. See it from the beeinhinei tion of 136,289, is the largest county; time with Mrs. Bailey, little HELEN and enjoy it more. ^ '" in the .state, Spartanburg county ANDERSON of Woodruff, MISS 10c and 15c comes second, Charleston third. Rich-1 ELIZABETH ANDERSON of Wel- — ■■■ " ■" land fourth and Anderson fifth, ac- fare Island, N. Y., who is visiting FRIDAY and SATURDAY, cording to figures just released by,relatives here, and MRS. D. W. DA- the Bureau of the Census. ; VIS of Rock Hill, who will be re- *41 i Census statistics reveal that all butas the former Miss LillllRn IvUSSdl (eight counties in South Carolinap"**® Bailey. With ALICE FAYE. DON AME-1 showed a gain in population for the CHE. HENRY FONDA. EDWARD, ten year period between 1930 and solemn event there ARNOLD. WARREN WILLIAM.11940. These eight counties include,®""^®® humor^ moments. This oc- LEO CARRILLO. (Abbeville. Aiken, Bamberg, Calhoun, Thur^ay when C. E. The first and greatest of America’s Edgefield, McCormick, Newberry and glamor girls . . . the most vivid per-j Saluda, sonality of a fabulous era!*' Again The counties reported her magic name thrills the world as! 1930 and 1940 figures: her glamorous, fabulous life and loves come to the screen! Color Cartoon, “The Hardships of Miles Standish.” Latest News. Saturday feature begins; 2:00, 4:31, 6:52. and 9:23. 10c and 25c plus 3c Fed. tax NEXT WEEK— "WATERLOO BRIDGE.” ** i-i 1 Dnnyvjc., ‘TURN-1/-L 4^ ABOUT. ” ‘‘SAILOR’S LADY.” "THE oSgton 41 427 DR. TAKES A WIFE.” Darlington County Abbeville Aiken Anderson Bamberg Barnwell . Cfdhoun Charleston Cherokee l»3f 23,323 . 47,403 . 80,949 19,410 21,221 16,707 101,050 32,201 I ture of MISS EMMA LITTLE, now and their Fverette Carson, in her wed- ! ding costume. The time was drawing foear for, the^^voiwa. and Mr. Nichols 22 9311 was trying vainly to get a pose of 47’009’Miss Little, who had one eye on the 88,688 Years ago—when I taught in Ai-i ken, lived in Saluda and shaved in^ Lexington—I used to walk through a peach orchard and “take my fill” from the trees, rubbing off the fuzz and then bearing down on the job( “Senator Byrnes is likely to be the president’s choice for vice-president,” we heard. After the smoke cleared, Jimmie had not been made vice-pres ident by the president, who had the whole thing all bottled, corked and labeled. “Senator Byrnes will prob ably be the key-noter at the national convention,” we read. After all the dust had settled, Jimmie was not the keynoter. “Senator Byrnes is the most likely choice for chairman of the national committee.” Nor is there a ghost of a chance for that South Carolinians are easily deceived. Jim* mie is a great worker; he pulled Mr. Roosevelt out of the hole several times; he has been the ready, willing and capable lieutenant of Mr. Roose- YOUR BUSINESS -JS. APPRECIATED Why fet out in the heat? Just sit by your phone and order your needs. /■ W'E CARRY A PULL UNE OF FRESH VEGETABLES ^ AND MEATS BLALOCK’S Grocery 8 Market West Main St. We DeUver Phone 157 (Pnllttesl (FelHIenl AdverHsement) 18,635 20,135 Broadway Theatre Dillon Edgefield ... Fairfield . Florence Georgetown Greenville Greenwood Horry Kershaw .... Xancaster .MONDAY and TUESDAY, August 5 and B"" “Brother Orchid” With EDWARD G. ROBINSON. ANN SOTHERN, HUMPHREY BO GART, DONALD CRISP. RALPH BELLAMY. ALLEN JENKINS. „ Rule.'' of etiquette for mannerly I '' \ Oconee . 25,733 19,326 23,287' 61,027 21,738 117,009 36,078 39,367 32,070 LAURENS 42,094 Lee 24,096 Lexington 36,494 Marion 27,221 Marlboro .. McCormick mobsters, by Brother Orchid; 1. Nev er bump off a party . . . without tip-j ninp vttiir hat' 9 Rp nipp tp ortrtc ■ P*Ckens — 4 00, ping your hat! 2. Be nice to cops they have such short lives! 3. Don’t disturb the neighbors lencer! Comedy. “Double or Nothing.” “News." 10 A. M. Show—TUESDAY. 10c and 20c WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, August 7 and 8 “Gambling On The High Seas” With WAYNE MORRIS, JANE WYMAN, GILBERT ROLAND, RO GER PRYOR, JOHN LITEL. “Two-Fisted Rangers” With CHARLES STARRETT, IRIS MEREDITH and the SONS OF THE PIONEERS. Cartoon, “Ants In the Plants.” 9:30 A. M. Show—THURSDAY. 10c and 15c 31,634 11,471 34,681 33,368 63,004 709 I Richland 87,667 use a . Saluda 18,148 I Spartanburg 116,323 ! Sumter .. . 45,902 1 Union 30,920 Williamsburg 34,914 York 53,418 121,006i^*^“^®‘ 33,257 32,441 45,195 29,844 17,887 24,165 70,057 26,329 136,289 40,082 51,795 32,885 33,46V 44,271 24.652 35.652 30.120 33.120 10,369 clock. “Nick” brought a smile and relaxation with his remark, “I’ve been to lots of weddings, but none on time or without the Chubby little SARA TOWNSEND, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Townsend, seemed comfortable the past week in spite of the heat. She was seen one morning trotting hap pily down the street in a sun suit giving a red sucker the “works” and sticking out her tongue and asking her nurse if it was red yet. Lions Club Enjoys Outing Friday Members of the Lions club, tiieir wives and friends enjoyed a barbe cued chicken supper and all the “fix- 33,579 ‘"’s” Friday evening at the G^e 36,385 and Fish association lodge near here, 63,028 Following the supper, Hugh L. 37,114! Eichelgerger, president of the club, 112,233 j invited the group to the Lakeside 17,1901 Country club for dancing. 128,442 52,871 31,643 41,005 58,682 Totals Births ...1,645,042 1,724,692! FRIDAY and SATURDAY, August 9 and 10 “Cowboy From Sundown” With TEX RITTER, PAULINE HADDON. ROSCOE ATES, CARLE- TON YOUNG. If you pine for the magic and mys tery of romance mingled with the thrills of manhunting, the crash of bullets, hand to hand fighting, all the open-air adventure appeal that the most ardent admirer of red- blood Westerns could desire—don’t fail to see “Cowboy From Stmdown.” NEW SERIAL-“THE DRUMS OF FU MANCHU.” A Crime-Doesn’t-Pay story, “Know Your Money,” with Dennis Morgan. “Fa^ions in Color.” I(ic and 20c Birthdays And Annivmxaries Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Young cele brated their seventh wedding anni versary July 29. Peggy Sease, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Sease has a birthday to morrow, August 2. Mrs. W. B. Owens, Sr., will observe a birthday Saturday, August 3. August 4 birthdays include Miss Rutii Monts, H. F. Scott, “Chick' Galloway, Miss Bebe Dillard, and Jack Barnes. A. O’Daniel has a birthday today. Mrs. Rex Phillips' will celebrate a birthday Monday, August 5. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Monts have a wedding anniversary August 7. Walter B. Young, of Charlotte. N C., formerly of Clint(^ observed a birthday Sunday, July 28. -Mrs. A. J. Sproles will be 80 years old on Monday, August 5. Miss Mary Stone has a birthday Saturday, August 3. Eugene Hitt observed a birthday yesterday, July 31. WALKER’S FUNERAL HOME dfaitoii^&C. FOR COLOIBI WWOWiM ONLY Day Nlglit ttt Rav.H. W. KENNEDY Mr. and Mrs. Craig Kennedy of Spartanburg, announce the birth of a daughter, Sally Pitts, on Sunday, July 28. Mrs. Kennedy is the former Miss Emmie Pitts, daughter of Mrs. J. M. Pitts and the late Mr. Pitts of this city. ImporUnt Ibr Women • A weak, run-down condition often gives a foothold to functional dysmenorrhea, causing much peri odical distresa from headacbea, nervouaneea, cramp-like pain for women. CARDUI ao often helpe in ai^ cases, for it sharpens appe tite, boosts flow of ^trie juices; ao improves digestion, helps build ^yai^ resistance. CARDUI, tak en a few days before and during 'the time,” is another way to balp periodic distreah. Used 60 yaen. Gray' Funeral Home dintoa, 8. C. FUN8RAL DIRECTORS EMBALMERS VOTE FOR MONROE ... Appointed by Governor Maybank to fill out the entire unexpired term of the late County Treasurer, D; R Simpson and pledged to resign at the end of the fiscal year so as to allow the will of the people to prevail In a letter to Senittor Cromer and ‘ made public by him, Governor May- bank said, in part, as follows: “With all this before me I can only follow the laAr and appoint a treas urer for the unexpired term. ♦♦♦♦*• I couM not ask anyone whom 1 have appointed to resign, but it the Demo crats of Laurens Couii|y, upon their own free will and aepord, work out such an agreement, it will be agreeable to me * * Not wishing to embarrass anybody, I have freely iriedged myself to resign at the end-of the fiscal year lust beginning. Howevmr, the governor has expresesssed his Mifidence in me by appointing me treasurer of Laurens cott|^ and 1 would appreciate being given the balance of the i|pexpired term. Due'to the fact that the late Treasurer Simpson was sick and unable to'be at his Office for many weeks, the records of the (rfice are necessarib^ behind and inp| be iRought up to date. ^ That will require very close atteii^l^ le^u^ right at the time of the campaign and I wm nol be iM|t04nake as ac tive a campaign as I qidinm^y wopld. Thorite 1 ask the vot ers to bear tiiis in mii^ and not eii^eet each oncb. individually. - — I feel that niy lenp^ this important <dBce ^ long experiehep apd ^^ureer ham equipped me to SB ttie benefit of If etocted, I flatee you your ballot for iiu^ new regret casting I