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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