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\ ...# Thuiyjoy, October 17,19<0 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON, S. C. ■/ / Pooe Seven* t. SPORTS CHATTBIBOX TENCH OWENS Views the Athletic Front As Woshington Sees It IHE lUTKIlUL SCENE SpecUl to The Chronkle. Washington, Oct. 16.—The sudden Last Thursday’s mob rule alter the change in Washington’s international January 31st, two per cent will ba^Cllnton>Newbei^ game was deplor>, outl(X>k, produced by the three-power ad^ed. Alter February 28th three par I able, a. daik stain^on the relations treaty between Germany, Italy and' BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES NOTED The Chrenieie Bxtenis Oreetfaifs TV These Wheae Btethdays end Aaahrenerles Ooew This Week. NOTICE OF COUNTY TREASURER 1940 The books ol the County Treasurer will be opened lor the collection ol taxes lor the liscal year, 1940, at the Treeturer*e office from October to December $1, 1940. Alter December SI one per c^ will be added. Alteri *■ i i .— I vain* was npnior- rtiiiinnr nmnti/*An rwr Tfw Tnin^-noiiygr' ^ — ...M..., ^ Mrs. W. J. Henry, Sr., will observe cenT^U be add^ and alter Idarchl^tween Sie two "towns and tlwir'Japan to divide the world between > birthday Tuesday, Oct. 22. 91 seven per cent will be add^ and I respective high schools. Clinton, be-1 them, put a check to the enthusiasm Bobby ^epard, sort ol Mr. and the bodies closed. j ing the host, bore the main responsi- lor adjournment ol the 78th congress Mrs. A. L. Shepard, will be four All persons owning property inability lor the Conduct ol'the game!on the previously scheduled date,;years old October 22. more than one school district are re^jand ol the ^wd. Naturally, there-1 Once again the president" said thatj /Buck Abrams will celebrate a quested to call for receipts in each, lore, Clinton will receive the greater the didn’t care whether cqngress went birthday tomorrow Oct. 18. NYA LOWERS AGE LIMIT Chaney'h proprietor, owner also of Dress shoppe of this city. The store is being managed bV Mrs. Mary T. Chapman of this city, a.ssisted by Mrs. John Hudgens of Laurens. On account of the importance of the national defense program, the National Youth administration' has bENN IS FSOMOTED dropped the age limit from 18 years' Captain Robert W. Benn, formerly to 17. All nnemployed boys and girls ‘i'is city has been named plaiw in Laurens county who are 17 years training officer, regimental exec- of age and not enrolled in school, ^tive, of the hew 913th infantry regi- should meet Mrs. J. H. SummeV onln^^nt composed of reserve officers, any Thursday at the employment of fice in Clinton from 10 to 11:30, or BLAKELY MOVES STORE at the Laurens county court house John T. Blakely, local groceryman, from 12 to 3 p.ro., accompanied by'has moved his store from Elizabeth of the several sdiool districts in whidi the property is located. This is im- poilant, as additional cost and pen^ who Is to blame doeenH concern us alty may be attached. go much as the lact^that it could ''All able-bodied male citizens be^ have been and should have beat tween the ages ol twenty-one (21) avoided. Evidently the majority of and sixty (60) years of age are liable to pay a poll tax of $1.06. Dog OvhieTs! Your dog tax is on the tax books. You are entitled to abatement of dog tax by reason of rabies treatment. But it is necessary that you present inoculation certifi cate to the county treasurer at the time of tax payment or before. Un-f less presented then, tax cannot be abated. ^ Proper attention will be given blame lor what happened. thome or not, but senators and rep-, jj ^ Kno^ g birthday Satur- Just who sUrted the lighting and,resenUtives thought .they’d better.^- 19th. stay here and keep tab on what is ,, . .. ..... „„ ^ on that miw brin* »h. .Bpited Stahs elotar lo war. “<* Mia Aj(iU Cas- That the new treaty among dictators was intended as a warning) one parent. in a mood to seeiaiciawrs was mimaea as a wBrniii*i small minority was,to the United States to keep out ol.^g^*^ ? the crowd were m a a ®®d a snail Mrs. Grover Nabors had a blrth- ^en ready to-be to W The ^*,day October 15, John Henry Nabors' becaine ro^ a^ the players a]^ to ^d (^iM is ^Mral^ ac-, ^ Nabors will ob- peared to be on edge and too ready |^pted here. It 1^ not had th^ serve his the 20th. Mrs. Chaney Openc Shoppe In Laurens I A formal opening of Chaney’s V , . . I Dress Dress Shoppe in Laurens was oui^ celebrated heri^eld last week. The ladies store is headed by Mrs. Ethel Chaney as street to the Spratt Grocery company building on South Broad street oppo site The Chronicle Publishing Co. SPECIAL Good Until November 10. 1946 LIFE MAGAZINE—One Tear. ISJ6L JAMES W. CALDWELL Can 276 feet, however. There is no ^ department knew pollMmen.'^ould have been allowed^eral days b^oTe to cross the playing field. The home. to take offense. ^en the fight started, to Jthe New berry stands, no one, except possibly Mrs. Claude Trammell has birth- teon can be penalized for imbecom-j^*^ ing conduct of the crowd which may* « significant of the adminlstra nor is it likely to. question that the statCj , *”*.^^* incw tliAt such & move! toofly. jiew inai suen a move, ^ ^ their wedding anniversary Tuesday, Oct. 22. those who wish to pay their the progress’of the through the mail by check> ^ney ■order, etc., giving name of township and number of school district. The tax levy is as follows:' Ordinary County — 10 mills Constitutional School 3 mills Road Bonds 10 mills Past Indebtedness : 1 mill Weak Schools 1 mill Hospital 1 mill State (retirement State Bonds) 1 miU Totol 27 mills Gary Martin has a birthday Oc- Uon’s attitude, therefore, that only Cooeland son of Mr and day or two before the news came| „2^^5* ^ ^ ® out, the Export-Import bank, under I®*”' ®I2^’ ^ uuv, uic vpwub, October 20. game. Another football maxim which was apparently forgotten in the heat of Mrs. W. E. Neighbors and Mrs. the game once or twice is that »1Floyd Pitts have birthdays tomor- player should never argue with the'^y president put his nam to An ^ jg^ referee, right or wrong. If a ?n*^nv*nrtin« Mrs. Carol White Copeland er is positive that an official called j ®®^ nation jjj^^rve a birthday October 22. Laurens School Districts No. 1, Trinity Ridge 9 mills No. 2, Prospect ....8 mills No, 3, Barksdale-Namie 8 mills No. 4, Bailey 7 mills. No. 6, Oak Grove 6 mills No. 7, Watts Mills 17 mills No. 11, Laurens 22 mills Yevnfs Sekeel Distrlets No. 4, Bethany 15 mills No. 5, Grays 17 milU No. 6, Central ...9 mills No. 7, Youngs 10 mills No. 8, Warrior Creek 12 mills No. 10, Lanford .i 12 mills Dials School Dtotrtets No. 1 Greenpond 13 mills No. 2, Eden -.,.10 mills No. 5, Gray Court-Owings 26 mills No. 3-B, Fountain Inn 24 mills Sullivan Sdiool Distrlets No. 1, Princeton .* 22 mills No. 2, Mt. Bethel 12 mills No. 3, Poplalr Springs 20 mills Na 7, Brewerton 16 mills No. 17, Hickory Tavern 29 mills Waterloo School Distrlets Nov 1, Mt. Gallagher No. 2, Bethel Groire will a play wrong, he should ask his cap-i^’^^P^ British tain to point out-the mistake imme-' Slap At JaPen diately and tactfully. If. nothing is Both of those actions were direct jthe 20th done about it forget it. One bad,slaps at Japan,’ which has been get-1 break aeldom beats a good team. About the only real excuse for'a Mrs. E. F. Ray and granddaughter, Marion Ray, have birthdays Sunday, ting ntoes^tenths of the scrap metal elected for a third term it will be needed for its munitions plants from because of the tremendous power of fist-fight at a football game is self, the United States. The prevailing im-' the political machine of federal of- defense. We suggest that waiting; preasion here is that Japan’s action J fi<Se-holders and beneficiaries of in joining up with Hitler and Mus- j New Deal appropriations, rather than imtU after the game and stepping outside of the stadium first would be a Tar wiser course in case you must take a poke at someone. A boy jvho swings at an opponent is playing dumb fbotball and failing solini to try to stop the. United States is a good deal of a bluff. In congres sional circles there is a feeling that instead of Hitler using Japan as his tool, Japan is making a fool of Hit- to get revenge at the same time.ller. His team is almost certain to be! There is no^doubt here that Hitler heavily penalized for rou^mess, and [is extremely anxious to prevent any a penalty has never helped any team!further aid from the United States to win. f I Britain, and that he figured that if Hurling imprecations and insults at the) opposition team and their ^p- he could get Japan to throw a war scare into this cpuntir American in porters is a futile and ridicvilous ^terests would switch from the At- pastime. Few political campaigns and fewer football games are won in this manner. The thing to do is to concentrate pn cheering for and afraid pulling for your team to win rather than’for the other team to lose. Some may contend that we are lantic to the Pacific. But insiders to the state department are said to be lieve that the Japanese were more that Hitler would grab the Dutch East Indies before they get around to doing that thonselves, and that they figured that by getting | straight. because of any great popular enthu siasm for him. All the real enthusi asm in this campaign, those who have been aroimd the country la say, is found in the Willkie e While all observers agree^,^t the trend of public sentiment is nmning strongly Republican so far as con gressional and state candidates are concerned, many doubt whether the trend is strong mough to carry the presidential ticket even in states which ai« expected to elect Repub lican governors, stators and con gressmen. For this reason the Re publicans are picking the best vote- getters they have for such offices, in the hope that their noninations may influence voters vote ticket stepping out of bounds in writing Hitler’s signature to a treaty leaving this, and others may take offend, all eastern Asia to Japan, they could I SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE But we feel that a small number ol put one over on him. ] : PRATHER-SIMPSON FURNITURE COMPANY No. 4, Center Point 10 mills No. 5, OaKvUle 8 mills No. 6, Mt. Pleasant —8 mills No. 7, ML Olive —21 mills No. 14, Waterloo 8 miUs CrSM mil Sebeol Dlitrlet No. 13, Cross HUi .... 27 mills Hvnter SelMol Dbtrleto Np. 3, Rock Bridge 6 mills No. 4, Wadjworth < 6 mills No. 5, Clinton 18 mills No. 6, Goldville 11 mills No. K-19,. Kinards* 8 miUs No. R-42, ReederVille 13 mills No. 16, Mountville 18 mills ^seks Sehool Distrlets^ - No. 1, no white schook... ......J.4 mills No. 2, %ady Grove : .'.13 mills No. 3, Renno ...; !rn^.T;.-......10 mills No. 5 : 4 mills No. 6, O’Dell’s - 10 miUs No. 7, Gartington 5 mills No. 15, Hurricane 6 mills Seuffletowa School Distrlets No. 1, Long Branch .....-...-Tv.it.lO mills persons should not be allowed to give . the whole town of Clinton and its —t-8 citizens the reputation of being I rowdy roui^ecks. Certainly the school authorities and the hi^ minded citizens of Clin ton regret the incident and the bit terness which it engoidered. The question of cause and fault aside, ev- ory effort should be made to forget, fprgive, and to continue cordial re lations with Newberr^ high s<toool. ' •• FIRST BELK STORE - OPENED IN 1893, NOW THERE ARE 150 thla Whatever the ins and outs of the! situation as between dictators, their: three-cornered deal, with its impli-' cations that they will all gang upj against the United States unless we, keep our fingers out of the interna tional mess, has had powerful effects! here. It has strengthened the position of those who have felt that oin* na tional security demands helping* Britain to win, and it has intensified j the watchfulness of members of both] j houses of congr^ lest something I might break which would call for ; immediate congressional action. I’nierefore a recess over election, as [soon as all necessary tax bills arc jout of the way, instead of ^Ijoum- ment, is the revised program. Milllrtty Makes Change The Rerablican minority has had a good deal to do with the dvange. Aided those Democrats who don’t like Mr. Roosevelt, they have got a majority of the house to come around to their way of thinking, which is this: If congress adjourns it can’t | mfft again el its own free Witt, but VISIT THE }•- Belk’s Department store of city headed ^y Ol B. Smith as mana ger, is one of 150 stores of the well- known Belk chain operating in sev eral states in this section. It was in 1893 that W. H. Belk, in a small way, opened his first store at Monroe, N. C. The bDildtog was 75 feet by 39 feet. I ^ that time'Dr.*J. M. Belk his]onO »f recalled Into session by the' No. 2, Musgrove .10 mills was practicing medicine in;president. It can recess, however,! No. 3,, LAngston .7 mills. Ansim county. W. H. Belk persuaded and still come back at wUl. To 'many M Springs -.8 millsij^g^t^r Belk to give up his practice!members who don’t feel like leaving! N(^ 12, Ora .lO'miUs|au^j jQju t^e mercamlle Uusi- full control of all national affairs in' president’s hands, unchecked byj to be taken off are requited to smdj brothem had a hard congi^ss, that has seemed the better them emly ^d give the township; gfruggle to gain a footing. During the way of doing things, and school district of eadi as ^ depressing times of 1893 and J900, It is quite possible that the pres- Treamrer is ve^ busy during the, there were few industrial plant/ Ev-1 ent congress may still be in session, month of December. farmer sold was at a with occasion recesses, up td the mowKua, price. Consequently, there was time the next one comes in. ' County Treasurer.^ lilttle money and as a rule, the farm- Vice-President Gamer’s return er and others were badly in debt. from*Texas, where he has beoi vs-, Belk brothers adhered to the prln- cattoning ever since the Democratic ctple of buyini goods for lets and convention had nothing to do with) selling them for less for cash, striv- the war emergency^ He came back, ing to provide better values than the to find out why the boys weren’t' '.other fellow,, basing their Business quitting, but mainly because he was' . Greenwood County Fair 6 BIG DAYS AND BIG NIGHTS STATEMENT Of the Ownership, MansgenMat. etc. THE CLINTON CHRONICLE ^ Reqnlred by ihe Ael ef Congress of Mareh 3.1933. ^®^^ the Strictest integrity being criticized for what many re-' Editor. W. W. Hamis, Clinton. S. C. ^nd honeJty. garded as sulking over his failure to I Managing editor, business manager, resolved to deal with their get the presidential nomination. His* rhmniAU Pa PimtA« '^AUowmen in the fairest and most failure to attend the funeral of Ownw, (^ron^ Pub. ^(:hnton, upright methods, and to stick strictly Speaker Bankhead was being-point-i princip*®*. They further sur- od to as evidence that he had turned rounded themselves with young men sour on all his old friends. ! wd other security^holders, ownii^ or would follow these principles. May ! boding 1 per ^t or more of totol theteby their success was prac- Mr. Gamer may be heard from in amount of bondb, mortgages, or oth- tieailv sure ik- w 4 w * t jUcauy sure. tqe presidential campaign, but hasi er securUie^n^. p,. ' In '1896 the Charlotte store was given no intimation as to what he lETfAre ‘hc name of Belk may say or do. the best poUtienll] nf At the present dopesters here are pointing out that pSSie ^**1 ®^ ^ Belk President Roosevelt is losing no op-j MARY B. TODD, Notary Public, stores in ooeration throughout North nnWimUv Opens Monday, Oct 21 CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY 26TH FEATURING rMv rommi-ion operation throughout North portunity to make re-elertion capl- iCAroltoa and South Carolina, Vlr- ui out of the war situation, as wit- pleasure of the Governor). Iirinia AlaKama'_._ .. . WE DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING —BXCXPTBAD CHRONICLB PUBUSBING CO. BENJAMIN & SbNS PLUMBING a^eJUidleM HEATING SERVICE TeltpIlfMM '9268. WE ARE HUHTING ginia, Tennessee. Georgia, Alabama ness his actions in the matter of the* andf FlorMa. , 'Chinese loan and the embargo on' 4 a Belk store is opened, the scrap metal for Japan. I Belk reputation for fair dealtoB with The same expert political observ-! others precedes the opening, and ers are saying that if Mr. Roosevelt hardly a week passes thst W. H. Belk 6pos not receive s letter from some cHy or town requesting him to open'; a Belk store there. ,,1 ’The Belk rating among the |Deat-! est business coicems in the country, milts and banks ineVoded, is A-1, none better, and thus the greatest possible advantage in buying is se-i The Greftt Marks Shows, Inc., with their mile-long: pleasure trail and dazzling: midway. Opens Monday, October 2lst. By far the greatest fair in the history of Greenwood County. You will want to attend this great event every day. Dairy catle, beef cattle, fine swine exhibits, dog shows, horse ^hows, mule shows. Biggest poultry, pigeon and pet showing in the state. Hundreds of dollars (^id for fafm, household, art and needlecraft exhibits. Dozens of the most interesting and educational booths ever seen in Greenwood County. 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