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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, 8. C
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1940
CASINO THEATRE Senate Race
Livens Up
A DeUrhifully Cool Retreat
From the Hot Summer’s Heat
there was a tie for first place be>
tween HENRY BURTON and LAW
RENCE BARDEN. Second prke
went to GILBERT BLAKELY, and
third to VELMA COX. In the older
City Tournament
To Begin Monday
Each time we send out subscrip- aNNELLE FALLS led with r^nral TMinia Pbiv*ra Tn Ratil^
tion statements to readers m arrears,*^cloaelv followed Tennw Playcn To llRtiie]
we us^lly get a g^ many lat^s^ MARTHA OWENS. ANGELA! Crown.-Tro^y
from the ^ I ^ASSANOVA and MARGARET! Cups To Winners.
?iZ,ANN BARNETT tied for third prize.
.MONDAY AND TUESDAY,
August 19 and 20
“Private Affairs” jfor the state senate started poppingi a subscriber who wrote: ..j ^
NANCY KELLY, ROLAND in full force at the second speaking!my paper to the following a^^ress wonderful and educational trip this
'from now on. ' ... - .
The expected fireworks in the race | have received came from
Please send' prop^:
With
YOUNG, HUGH HERBERT, ROB^
ERT CUMMINGS and MONTAGUE
LOVE.
of the campaign yesterday morning!
in Clinton
Charges and counter charges were
Clinton’s seventh annual tennis
tournament will begin Monday on
the municipal courts with champion-
proved to be. I hope I did not en- ships to be decided in men’s singles.
Pnvate A«air.- is anythin* bu.wltt in Char^^tnn and
, . . joy the summet* more than the hun
A^number of Clin tomans who were readers in the party.”
pr,va.e and the accent ia on comedy. aTv™n*Tit—'umrmla; S'"e?-^ OrohanaUe ShaTfiS
11 tells what happens (and Plenty j ^is influence with thej't'■^“«««g* eJnSTeS
d.s happen, When _a coup.,
'to^e^a^uaTe '"C?sla^d'''1nd Thornwell orphanage will re-
a couple of
black sheep invade Boston’s Back
Bay society. The mood is light and
the''comedy lighter!
"Young America Flies."
in Townsend Will
Color Cartoon, “Cross
Detours." Latest News.
10 A. M. Show—MONDAY.
10c and 28c
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY,
August 21 and 22
Phantom Raiders”
\ new Nick Carter adventure.
With WALTER PIDGEON, FLOR
ENCE RICE, JOSEPH SCHILD-
KRAUT, JOHN. CARROLL, DON
ALD MEEK, NAT PENDLETON.
THE GREEN HORNET”—it’s the
last chapter—Don'l.miss itL.,
Beginning — “THE SHADOW” —
adapted from the magazine and ra
dio serial play, wjth Victor* Jory.
Cartoon, “Granite Hotel.”
9:30 A. M. Show—WEDNESDAY
countryl'^lif"?”'r!|thS party spent the night at a triendV
gilds’ singles, and men’s doubles.
Emily Dillard, twice winner of the
girls’ title, and Rufus Sadler, Jr.,
boys^ champion, co-directora in
charge of the tournament, have re
quested that all persons who wish
to enter the competition contact
them inunediately, or leave name
and entry fee at L. B. Dillard’s store
or Geo. A. Copeland 9c Son’s store
ceive a bequest of $1,000 under the_
record as an office holder and a! ;i7. "‘‘VATrj terms of the last will and testament j not later than noon, Saturday. Men’s
farmer. m Georgetown. They return^ ^ ^ Townsend of!entries will be taken at Copeland’s
In substantiation of a previous' according to a news report and girls’ at DiUard’a. The entry fee
claim that Nance is opposed to Pres-1^®‘£ « 1 ^hat city. I will be twenty-five cents in singles
ident Roosevelt, Long read from the!. The general assembly of the Pres-[and fifty cents for each doubles
senate journal where Nance was re- {!£,• 'byterian church will receive a be-'team,
corded as voting against a proposedjKE™ v’acation, were ,or4d|^nest of $15,000 to be divided equally Bill
resolution to ron^atulate the scurry home early Sunday mom-
dent on his birthday. Long admitted Tn tnn th*»ir innk th^v ' ^""***®” education, the First Pres
for home and foreign missions and
wt. ..*w, I ing. To top their luck, they were
>■"<>"* to go out and were
durmg ‘“3 and 934 wo year, ol »
Nanres but den^ that My | ^ ^
credit was due “[f i and larger crowds were. MISS DOT
Long said that toe Laito Banku^,
commission and the Home
Owners
Loan corporation, “organizatianai
Mr. Nance is fighting in opposing
the .New Deal,” 1. R OWHJjgrSTtoiep^
sponsible for ^^i^isationr LUntplained that the storm
. J delayed or prevented their va- b^gin Sund^
isiting in'Char
leston, returned to her home here
early this week and brought some
!i pictures of the storm damsi^.i4BS.
conver-
’nersl
)Si^?
byterian church of Anderson $3,000,
the Anderson county hospital $2,500,
under the terms of the will.
Special Services
At Duncan’s Credc
Feature begins: 2:33, 3:08, 7X9:32.! durl^Tore‘TwIr-bon^'T/i^ Sr!" OwSs,“ who’U a. Duncan’s Creak
inis couniy ouring inose iwu)^. «r. ,r«a.o9i/>a, 9K4e church, near here,
10c and 15c
servicea w
Wade is expected to defend j
his singles title but probably wUli
not be able to enter the doubles, |
which he and Tench Oweiis won last
summer. Virginia Sadler, who last'
week teamed with Mrs. LJUian Sea-
brook of Charleston, to win the Car-:
olina’s women’s doubles champion-{
ship at Hartsville, will defend her.
singles title in the girls’ division of!
the local tournament
p“A ‘ hsii*as6ntf trophy cup will^ be?
HI I gy«rded to*the Kipper in each evimL!
'WtH remain in i^ssessicm
CERTIFICATE REQUIRED
FOR COMODITIES
J. Leroy Bums, county superin
tendent of education, yesterday call
ed attention to schi^i principals of
the regulations that require school#
expecting to follow the hot lunch
program this year to apply at the
office of Mrs. Mabel B. Little, coun
ty welfare director, for application
blanks if they ex|>ect to secure fed
eral surplus commotjities.
(PelHIeal Adeerliacmeni)
VOTE FOR
W.T.BOLT
Candidate For
SOLICITOR
8th Judicial Circuit
1
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, ,
. .4.ug:ust 23 and 24
“The Ghost Breakers”
With BOB HOPE, PAULETTE
GODDARD. RICHARD’ CARLSON,
PAUL LUKAS, ANTHONY QUINN.
Keep your chin up, chest out—
where there’s life and laughs there’s
HOPE' The silly season is on! What
th is country needs is a good seven-
reel laugh, and it’ll get a million of
’em from Bob Hope. Meet Paulette,
hotcha heiress whose hacienda hous
es a haunt!
A Crime Doesn’t Pay Story, “Jack
Pot." Color Cartoon, “A Gander At
Mother Goose.” “Sportlight.”
Latest News.
m inis coumy ourmg rnose iwo. . fjreman, is on vacation this church, near herv
years. I^ng continued further and! Monday! through next Friday
to continue
said that Nance was not cooperating j
with the present administration i
“even in his own private farming.”
Long charged that Nance planted
this year 189.8 acres of cotton more
than the 256.9 acres allotted him by
the Triple A.
Nance said that he wished
they
for the beach.
evening.
j The guest minister will be Rev.
j Chester Keller of Batesburg. The
TUCKER IRVIN, of Washington, i church. Rev. L. O. El-
Ga., student at Presbjrterian college, mvi^tion to
Saturday’s Feature begins:
4:58, 7:11, 9:24. .
10c and 28c
boast of my influence with Ben
Sawyer” and repeated that he in
tended “capitalizing” on it for the
benefit of the county. He claimed!
credit for securing the road from I
Goldville to Mrs. Hayne Workman’s
place which will be “started in a
few days” and said that if the road
from Watts Mill to Yarborough Mill
“is not built before January 1, I will
! not take my seat in the senate.” He
_ iaiso said that he would personally
guarantee the surface treating of the
road from Maddens to Ware Shoals,
was a visitor in the city over the
!week-en^, enroute home after at-
to,tending summer school at the Uni-
Broadway
Theatre
MONDAY AND TUESDAY,
Aujifust 19 and 20
“Dark Command”
With CLAIRE TREVOR, JOHN
WAYNE. WALTER PIDGEON, ROY
ROGERS. GEORGE HAYES.
The story of the Black Knight of
Kansas, the Casanova of the sixties,
he looted the country., to, .give his
lady the spoils of war. A renegade
killer—a fugitive from the country
he swore to defend and from
woman he swore to love.
“Dave Apollon and Orchestra.
“Trifles of Importance."
Latest News.
10 A. M. Show—TUESDAY.
10c and 20c
versity of Michigan. Tucker was full
of new ideas and a layout for The
Blue Stocking, of which he is editor.
One of the most interesting forms
of entertainment in Clinton this
summer has been the reading pro
gram arranged and carried out by
MRS. J. WILL DILLARD at the
Florida Street school library., Sev-
the public to attend the services.
—■ I w——I III ■
Parma’S Are
Lions’ Guests
may be retained permanently by
anyone winning the championship
for three years.
The tournament rules will be the
same as those observed in the 1939
championships.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE!
The Favefite Paper fai dfaitaa HMaea
About 50 fanners of the county
were guests of the Lions club Friday
evening at a barbecue supper at the
Fish and Game association lodge
near here.
Dr. R. Frank Poole, president of
entv-twb children and twentv-eiaht ^lemson coUege, was a guest, and
greetings from Clemson to
adults enjoyed reading books select- ♦xT-.
«i for toem by Mrs. Dillard. The'*' " *'
book truck of the Laurens cbunty
another road from “One-Arm Boyd’s, library cooperated in furnishing ad-
filling station” to the Ware Shoals ditions to the regular stock of books,
highway, and another from Reeve’s! The children had as their theme,
store via Gray Court and Harris’| “Across the United States With
store to the Enoree river. With ref-iBooks.” A book for each state was
to the welfare department,; offered, and with the aid of a Clever
id
erence
he said that “I am going to shear
those investigators who sit under
electric fans and draw eight cents a
mile travel allowance like you would
clip” a chicken’s wing.”
Senator Cromer said that “the fan
tastic claims" Nance had made “are
reflections on the intelligence of the
kind of people in Laurens county.”
He read a headline from a county
newspaper to the effect that “Old
Delegation Goes On Spending Spree”
and one from another showing a
large reduction in the county taxes
I during the past four years. He scof-
' fed at Nance’s reference to the Yar
borough Mill road and said that
“evert if you elect no senator at all,
that road will be built before the
date Mr. Nance mentioned because
it is already included in the high
way program.” Charging that Nance
received no credit for the surface
treatment of the Yarborough Mill
road. Senator Cromer read a sec
tion of a letter over the signature of
Ben M- Sawyer in which it was stat
ed that work would have already
begun axcept-for delays.due to. se
curing right-of-way.
With WILLIAM HOLDEN, BON- 'Cromer repeated his charge that
GRANVTlle,“ EZRA stoNE.t»™^®*" Nance^^^a hix dele-
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY,
August 21 and 22
‘‘Mystery Sea Raider”
With CAROLE LANDIS, HENRY
W^LCOXON, ONSLOW STEVENS.
Those Were The Days”
ITA
JUDITH BARRETT.
9:30 A. M. Show—THURSDAY.
IQc and 15c
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY,
August 23 and 24
TEX RITTER
book-map of the United States and
an interesting travelogue method, the
children learned a great deal about
how people live in other states. The
book read for South Carolina was
“Beppy Marlow.”
Prizes were offered for the great
est number of books read. Because
of different age levels, two groups
were formed. In the younger group
For Rent
5 MODERN
Clinton Rotary
Chib
The Clinton Rotary club has re
cently disbanded and returned its
charter to international headquar-
tws. Rotary was the oldest service
club in the city, having been organ
ized more than eighteen years a^o.
T
D. E. Tribble Co.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
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Modem Eqidpaent
Day Phone
$4
Night Phenes
24, 253 or 355
Clinton,
S. C.
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For fmii|pt, offictent law on-
||iy one whe la an in-
loaryer, able to giro
fnU Mno lo the dntles of the
For sjraapathetle and
standing treatment of all
la eonrt wHh pronslae of
favors to none.
veclal
For fnllsst cooperation with all
peace offloers, auglstrates, eoro-
ners and all eltlseas Interested la
law and wder.
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Friendship and
Stqiport
WHY NOT BE THRIFTY?
rrs A TRUE FACT
APARTMENTS I McCoy’s Customers
in
?>!
“The Oklahoma Terror
The cowboy cleulfert* ’^Then Tex
wallops them they know they’ve
been in a fight . . . and it’s one scrap
after another as the crooked West
gets a face-lifting!
Comedy, “Boobs In the Woods,”
with Andy Clyde.
“THE DRUMS OF FU MANCHU”
No. 3. “In Old England.”
viOc.and 20c
Steam Heated
Furnished
Former Home of Mrs. J. F.
JacohB, Sr.
gation left a balance of $50,000 in
debtedness, for which no provision, i i
for payment was made, “that I and! ^
my colleagues had to pay off before!bedroom, combination butlers
we could begin to make a showing dining room, kitchen, bath.,
for ourselves.” ^^25.00 per month.
Both Cromer and Long announced- NO. 2—First floor east—Combina-j
after the meeting that they were to | tion parlor and dining room, bed- j
ARE SAVING ON EVERY GALLON OF
GASOLINE THEY PURCHASE. -
McCX>Y’S REGULAR
I have plenty more to say about
Nance’s record at the meeting last
night at Lydia Mill and’'during the
remainder of the campaign. Nance
had already left the hall.
NEXT WEEK—
“HI YO, SILVER,” “CHAN’S MUR
DER CRUISE,” “PRAIRIE LAW,”
“PAL FROM TEXAS.”
room, kitchenette,
month.
bath. $20.00 per
GASOLINE
NO. 3—Second floor west—Parlor,
bedroom, combination kitchenette
and breakfast room, 2 baths. $20.00
per month.
NO. 4—Second floor east—Parlor,
I ■ n bedroom, bath, combination kitchen-
DlAIlKS In By dmlng roqm. $18.00 per
^ month.
Horse Show Entry
It*s no idle boast, that big savings are to be bad bf using McCoy’s Gasoline. Our
station *attendants will be glad to serve you. So call in today and get the saving habit
NO. S^Thtrd floor—Twa b e d -
rooms, dining room, kitchen, bath,
large reception hall. $16.00 month.
Entry blanks for the Laurens
County Horse show must be in be
fore August 26, it has been announc
ed by the arrangements committee
of the Clinton Lions club, sponsors
of the show. The blanks may be re-j Rentals include water and steam
turned any time prior to that date, i heat free. Minor adjustmertts to plans
3 Brilliant
but the 26th is the deadline, it was
stated.
J Indications point to a very sue-:garage.
' cessful showing of the county’s
horse population here on Friday eve
ning* August 30. A number of entry
blanks have been returned and sev
eral new horses are slated for exhi
bition, it was said.
and furniture to suit your needs.
Large wooded lot, veranda and
Hione 49, or write
JOHN F. NORRIS
CLINTON. S. C.
JAMES W. CALDWELL
Can 275
TO SELL
’EM, TELL
’EM-
With An Ad
F. F. A. GROUP MAKE
TRIP TO CAMP
Eleven members of the agricul
tural class of Clinton high school
spent Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
at the camp for Future Farmers of
America at Murrell’s Inlet, near
Mjrrtle Beach. The boys were accewn-
panied on the trip by F. M. King,
instructor of agriculture at the high
school, and Randolf^ Davis, of near
here. •
Students attending were William
Bell, James Bell, David Boyd, Frank
Ramage, Guy C<H?eland, Fraxik Dai
ley, Joe Edward^ William Ander
son, Oliver WiUiMnaton, Pringle
Copeland and Jack JiAnsoa.
Qny
Fima^ Hone
CHntoB, S.X.
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Free! Free!
QUART OIL
McCoy’s is giving away ABSOLUTELY '
FREE One Quart Oil with eadi Five Gallons
of McCoy’s Regular Gasoline purchased from
our statkm located in Clinton.
TUNE IN
Or McCOrS Radig Prognwi gver WBT» CharlotU,
aacli TnaiHiy, llianidbty ud Saturday fraR 7:30
to7:45ArE
Statioa Comer Florida iui4 Masgtpve Streets
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