The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, October 17, 1940, Image 7
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON, S. C.
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Pooe Seven*
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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.
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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
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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
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6 BIG DAYS
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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'_._ .. .
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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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