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■4 READ TODAY’S PAPER AND THE NEXT TWO ISSUES FOR CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS! ' A, IKCHRONiaE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable mt OlhrDtttrlp If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XL Clinton, S. C., Thursday, pecember 12, 1940 Number 50 CLINTON PRESENTS FAIRYUND PiaURE F0» YUL€ S^SON ) Brilliantly^Colored Lights To Remain On Nightly Until Christmas. Santa Is Welconied. KiWANiS CLUB TO ACT AS SANTA FOR ORPHANAGE FAMILY Thousands 0|f persons of all ages- boys, girls bm grown-ups, too - sire< crowded the streets Friday afternoon from 5:30 on to welconrie Santa Claus, 300 Boys and Girls of Home To Be Provided Bags of Christmas Fruit. The Clinton Kiwanis club will: again this year serve as Santa Claus ] for the 300 boys and girls of Thom- i well orphanage. For several years j past the club has been assuming the j view an ipnpressive parade and the {responsibiUty of providing the bags i switching on of the city’s Christmas j at Christmas to add to the happiness lights. From the start of the parade ] of the childreri. until the program was concluded, the j Funds have been provided, and all streets were packed and jammed with interested spectators for the big event. The parade was headed by the plans completed for furnishing the SaT)ta Claus bags which will contain i oranges, apples, bananas, candy, nuts, | and raisins. The bags bearing the MILLS HERE TO PAY OUT $30,000 IN CHRISTMAS SAYINGS Approximately $30,000 in Christ- >1 mas club savings checks will be dis- L tributed today to employees of the I;Clinton Cotton Mills and Lydia Cot- •iton Mill.s. it was stated yesterday by jj the. president, W. J. Bailey. The 'I checks will go to .several hundred [] families in the two villages, li The savings have been made dur- ,'ing the year through cooperation of lithe mill management, employees in I the plants setting apart each week a ijsharebf their earnings. BLOCKERS GET TROPHY AWARDS AT BANOUET HERE Barker, Walker ond Cheatham Honored At P. C. Hollis Is Toastmas ter, Mahon Speaker. German Bombers Give London Respite I Presbyterian college, Clinton schobl greeting, “Merry Christmas' from the ' and Laurens school bands, - Boy j Kiwanis Club,” will go to the large ' | Scouts, Goldville CCC camp boys, I family early Christmas morning. The|* local haUditfaT'“guard, and coTlefetTHSffiTSership of the club,~flieir ChrisT- ;! R.O.T.C. unit. In the line of march! mas committee in charge stated yes- j were a number of attractive floats, | terday, derives great pleasure and 11 both school and commercial. The j satisfaction in serving as the institu- . / winners in both entries will be found j tion’s Santa from year to year. ]1 elsewhere in today’s paper. | ♦ |( Santa Claus, riding on a big redj fire-truck, looking healthier than SANTA CLAUS SAYS: ever before, was the hit of the show as usual and hundreds of children broke loose and crowded together to follow the North Pole guest whose ^ming officially inaugurated the Christmas shopping season in Clin ton. A new added feature of the cele- Inration scoring a big hit was the colorful display of fireworks. The gr^d finale was star shells ignited all at one time, producing a wonder ful aerial picture bf beauty. As the parade marched up Broad street the brilliant street decorations in the business section flashed on in a burst of colored light. Strings of bulbs line the business area, and in front of business establishments are small individual Christmas trees dec orated with vari-colored bulbs. There are also the aiomed live trees. Lynn Seleced As Minbter For Year IN CLINTON BUY NOW UOR BEST BUYS Orphonoge President Awarded Lifetime Mem- bershifx In G>llege Ministerial Club. Throe hundred people from thi.s ^ state and the South gathered in the j Presbyterian college dining hall Tuesday evtming to witno'.s and take part in the presentatif>n of the W P. Jaeobs bliK'king trophies to Gate.s Barker, Furman guard, Lloyd Cheat ham, .Auburn buck, and Billy W.alk- er. V'.P.I. blocker. It was the thir teenth annual banquet held for such award.s. At the out.set greetings were brought by Dr. L. K Bishop, presi dent of the Clinton Chamber of Com- merce. which stmnsnrcH Tho h.>n.[iit»t i I..ondon, Dec. 11.—Londoners slept year. j warily underground but undisturbed; Supt. L. P Hollis of the Parker by German bombers for the second sehcMjl disti ict of Green\ ille was successive night since the •mon.ster” h»astma.ster. The principal address attack“S‘unday“*night, while the press was delivered by Major G. Heyward [warned them against fal.se optimism, j Mahon, .Jr., of Greenville, former j By 12:30 a. m. (6:30 p. m., Tuesday [ Fourth district repre>entative in ' EST) the capital had had 41 hours K'ongress. Charles P. McCoifmick. i W'ithout alarm despite comparative-| President of the Baltimore, Md., firm I ly good weather conditions. The last that bears his name and donor of a to Raiders Fail To Come Over, Although Weather' Good. RAF Hits Nazis. imjH'estive coIch^ craa to complete th« perfect Christmw * setting and inovide a fitting climax to a scene of beauty and splendor. Tbe lights, which make the season blighter and more colorful for Clin- tonians, have attracted wide^read interest far and near in past years. Have you viewed the picture? If not, the city and Chamber of Commerce invites you to come and see the Yule -tide lighting—c<nne often and bring your family and friends. TTie Ministerial club of Presbyte rian college held honorary services Sunday evening at the First Presby terian church at which time Dr. L. Ross Lynn, president of Thomwell orphanage, was presented a certifi cate of honorary lifetime membership in the organization. The exercises followed a custom of several years Choir To Present Sacred Cantata Farmers Vote For "41 Crop Control and at WblblL tiine th* ItoBwrtiittf toppml -wittr ■tfnjCluwrtr Hie‘flfsTsem- anotlier txmn Georgia the ester and Special Christmas Pro gram Sunday Evening At Presbyterian Church. County Tabulation Shows 1,347 for Quotas Program, 29 Agoinst. alarm sounded at 7:30 a. m., Mondqy., sioiilar trophy to Maryland prep I Early last night RAF bombers sebool blockers, al.so made a brief j heavily raided the German “inva- talk on sportsman.ship. j sion coast” and long range guns Both Mahon and McCoiTrtick prais- duelcd across the Dover Straits butted the spirit of the interference run- no German planes were reported | ners and said that the same spirit over BfitiSh sbIT. : was essential to American w^farT. j The authoritative Pre.ss A.ssocia-1 Both commended good spiirtsmanship ; tion suggested continental weather | and the training of college athletes. I conditions apparently were respon-| Other speakers were Coaches Jack I sible for the mysterious last of Nazi' Meagher of Auburn. P. (Dizzy) lair activity and cautioned “it wouldi McLeod of F^urman, and Assistant ; be a big mistake to imagine any-j Coach Carney Laslie of V.M.I. “The Manger Prince,” a Christmas I thing more optimistic.” “The heavy attack Sunday night was an instance of the fallacious theory that the German air force is Laurens county cotton fanners emuu b, Adilord, win be pre.,nud i voted overwhebningly Saturday in j mauHai'iy weaken^ "”i't ^int^'^ut’ . ddnuder tm. S».th *7 "“a ^ac^a“Sle “Drv"r“ a minister SoMui rlan church in to* church auditorium — — ’ ^nex! Sunday evening at T:S0. Nonie Clark of Spartanburg, vio swond semeater for membership in ^ ^ in the can- th club. - ' '“’^•Sw?Jmr-«lW1«tJtean->*“ “-“rU* _b.(or« tao p. m., (1:J0 p. m., EST). Several The Associated Press all-South Carolina tealih of 1940 attended in a body. Members are Blalock of Clem- son, and Urban jof South Carolina, ends; Fritts of Cflemson, and Corn wall of Furtnan, tackles; Barker of Fiuman, and Padgett •< ClemaoR, guards; Sossamon of South Carolina, center; and Collangelo of Newberry, Dr. Lynn who is nu^referendum wfcfch wm bitro- hou»s were Mverely damejed end tSe Grygo of South cJroUna, Martin it * ' The vote H-ia year ran ^behind ^.^VarUi* ''““’“shacks. ONLY DOCTOR AT CROSS HILL CALLED TO ARMY DUTY Cross Hill, Dec. 9.—Dr. R. H. Parks Is toe first citizen of Cross Hill to be called into army servfce. Dr. Parks, who holds a reserve officers* com mission, left Sunday for Fort Shelby, Miss., where he has been assigned to active duty. His departure leaves the town again.without a practicing phy sician. Dr. and Mrs. Parks and two small sons came to Cross Hill in June from Pittsburgh. Pa., and during their short stay here have endeared them selves to the people of the commu nity who regret to give them up. Float W In Santa de A number of business and school floats were entered in Clinton’s big Santa Claus pa rade celebration last Friday night, prizes aggregating $100 being offered for the three best flo'ats in the two entries. 'The following were selected by the judges as winners; CMBmereial First place — Dailey’s Cash Grocery, $25.00. Second place—Giles Chevro let Co., $15.00. Third pl*ce—Copeland’s Mar ket, $10.00.^ 8c1m*I First place — Ford Junior high, Laurens, $25.00. Second place—State Training School, $15.00. Third place — Clinton high school—$10.00. Best Window Exhibtto Tha judges made the follow ing awards for the most attrac- t i V e 1 y decorated Christmas windows: First place — Blakely Bros. -5*ad Store. plnce^Ladies Ready- to-Weaf 8|6ppe. Third pine*—Abrams St G«er BMuty amp. coiebratlen wm* atMtui. and prises awar^ . hy . t||ia» Chantoer of Commarct. The IttdMi arare fnMD'OUt-of-loami The program will include a candle-, . , , , n British coast as the rainj Coach Walter A. Johnson, who is light service by the Presbyterian “V * J""®" V ^ ‘ J ended and a brilliant moon appeacr l now completing his 25th year as ath- fiSfatWe ^Minst 61 fn Uie Lka-!*^' “ resumption of lastjletic director at Presbyterian* pre- « Tb'e fSvorabirp^Xe lit " bases Uented the trophies, live, me lavoraoie preceniage lasi Fr-ny-h r- u i.r t /dui junior choir composed of 32 children I from the junior and intermediate de- j partments. Directing the cantata is Mrs. J. F. Jacobs, the church organist. Mrs. William Brooks Owens is in charge of the junior-choir. Decorations will be under the direction of Mrs. B. O. Whitten. DK. L. BOSS LYNN throughout the synods of Souths Caro lina, Georgia and Florida, assumed the presidency of the orphanage 22 years, ago, coming here in July of 1918, from the pastorate of the Springfield Fresbyterian church, in Jacksonville, Fla. The services Sunday evening were presided over by Edward H. Over- cash, president of the club, who also presented the certificate to the hon ored minister. The invocation was offered by Dr. D. J. Woods, pastor] of the church, with the sermon for the evening delivered by Dr. Lynn. Three new members of the club received certificates of membership and.^eard a charge from Dr. Dudley Jones of the college faculty. Special music was furnished by the college glee club under the direction of the director. Dr. John G. Barden. Mrs. Jacobs stated yesterday that the public is cordially invited, but requc|its the audience to be on time promptly as the church doors will be-j closed before the processional starts. The cantata program follows: Processional (violin solo) — junior choir. “Turn Unto Us, O Lord”—open ing chorus. “Oh, Come, Iknmanuel” — tenors, altos and sopranos. “Thus Saith the Lord”—basses. “Blessed Be the Lord” — duet and choir. “Awake, O Zion” — tenors and choir. “Intermezzo”—violin solo. “Silent Night”—junior choir. “O Little Town of Bethlehem soprano “The Christmas Lullaby” — bass solo, mixed quarteti “Noel, Noel”—chorus by the choir. “My Soul Doth Magnify” — final chorus. year was 94 per cent, with 39 per cent of the eligible farmers voting. This year’s percentage was smaller thap. that of ’40. _ Heaviest voting was in Laurens and Dials townships. The tabulation by townships fol- along the nearby French coast. Nazi gun emplacements at Cape Gris Nez appeared to be the immedi ate targets. Only two towris, on the Essex and Coach W. L. (Billy) Laval of New berry college, paid a tribute to John son’s 25 years of “service in the in- teresL.jof sportsmanship at P. C.” Dr. W. P. Jacobs, president of the lows: Yes Sullivan . 130 Dials 248 Youngs 177 Waterloo .. ... 72 Laurens .... 318 Scuffletown ... 73 Jacks .... 63 Hunter .. .... 171 Cross Hill (white) .... 34 Cross Hill (colored) .... .... 61 1,347 No 5 East Anglian coasts, reported raids. college, gives the three trophies an- during the day. “Several casualties” i nually to the best blocker in South and damage to houses were reported., Carolina, the Southern conference At the East Anglian town ground and the Southeastern conference, defenses were said to have driven! Winners are chosen by ballot of the lone raider out to sea. ; coaches, officicials and sports writ- The RAF’s bombers were busy ov- ers. Barker was the winner from this ernight. The German naval base at ■ state. Walker from the Southern con- Lorient, docks at Boulogne and Ca-] ferehce, and Cheatham the South- lais, and an airplane plant in Bre-1 eastern. men, Germany, were heavily bombed the air ministry said. Fires were especially fierce in Ca- QI lais and vicinity. 29! Training School To Present Cantata Vote For State South Carolina farmers voted over whelmingly for the proposed quotas . . , . . u t on their next crop. The percentage A Chnstmas cantata, * Childe Je- tentative engagements in track, ten- of approval was 95.4 compared with ^ presented at the State nis and baseball. The schedules will At a meeting of the South Caro lina Coaches association held during the afternoon. Dizzy McLeod of Fur man was elected president to suc ceed Billy Laval of Newberry, Jake Todd of Erskin^ was elected secre tary, succeeding Jules Carson of Wofford. The coaches drew up bas ketball and boxing .schedules and ttle Town of Bethlehem”— q«3 last vear Of the 61 880 votes!pchool Thursday, December! be released later. »lo with violin obligato. 59,019 favored the control plan ’ M P]"- _ : A number ot pr to 2,- J. H. BOONE JOINS COLLEGE FACULTY by the federal government 861 against the system. Vote For Cotton Belt The eleven states of the cotton belt I voted 92.7 per cent favorable for the' plan. Of 844,856 votes repofWd, j 1783,054 voted yes, and 61,802 no. : eminent sports of- The operetta for mixed voices was ficials were included in the large arranged by Joseph W. Clokey and gathering for the annual e\ ertt. .A > Hazel Jean Kirk. The public is in- j delightful banquet dinner was served vited to hear the special program, j by the college. 'SCHOOL AT CLUB FOR Jack H. Boone of Henderson, Tenn., 'KIWANIS OFFICERS DEFIANT HITLER READY TO LICK THE WHOLE WORLD; DEMANDS PATIENCE OF THE PEOPLE has been employed to teach the class-1 , , , ,— es of the late Dr. M. G. Woodworth! on Thursday afternoon at Lakesidei patience from the at Presbsrterian college for the re-1 country club, the new presidents and!^*^*™®*^ people today; work, for tnainder of the year, and entered up-1 secretaries of the clubs of the 9th I “with it we will defeat the entire ! Berlin, Dec.,^10.—Adolf Hitler de- many decide.*^ to throw a final cli- rriaTTc eT^ort Britain. into the war against No troops were on parade and few on his duties the past week. The|Kiwanis division met for a training | world;” patience, because, he cau-!' classes since Dr. Woodworth’s death [school preparatory to their newltioned. thVwar'won’rbe won'tomor-; have been taught by Willard Jones, year’s work. Similar schools have row. K H rr ? p ^ ^ =— —J w v.v . ' fomied officcrs aiid Pixipajianda MiH- Children's Choruses This Afternoon Mrs. J JP. Johnstbn of’Woodruff, will present h«r chUdren’s choruses in a recital, taking toe form of a demonstration class, at 4:30 this af ternoon in the Thomwell Memorial church. The public is cordially In vited, and children of pre-school age and those in the first five grades of school, with their parents, are es pecially invited, Mrs. J<4uiston states. CITY SCHOOLS TO CLOSE dec: 20TH Th* Christmas boUday asaaon (or jfupUs oi tlm^city a^wob 4riU begin (M) FHdSy, MtK gnd con- imiU Jhmtory tth. lbs Thamirall orphana^ achoob trfirc » tor^ llw holidays oo the college librarian, and J. W. McCainheld the past week by all clubs! From a pile of steel castings which i'-VJ.- *pr.!.V'"r, “ “'il r* uu i u cjjy-. throughout the Carolinas district. looked like motor blo<;ks. midst rowsi,.tood quietly behind*'^he*^ fuehrer Themeetingwasattendedby a lOolof gleaming steel cannon barrels, he cewed his baAelor of arts degree! per cent attendance of all clubs in: Hitler spoke to 12,000 workers in the, ant . , from Vanderbilt m 1930 and his de-1 the division. Rock Hill, Newberry.' Borsic munitions plant here. The* ^Ihem Jere ^ of master of from the same Clinton. Laurens, Spartanburg. An-i w orld, again, listened in by radio X had put dow^ their fniwina v#.ar ^,^^500, Greenville, Greer and Green-jbut it was primarily a speech for the to listen '*«*-ncher wood. A faculty consisting oi Hugh!home folks. Aiken of the Greenville club, A. B. institution the following year. He has taught in several colleges includ ing the University of Iowa where he The choice of the works itself for was associated with Dr Lenthieli oV ow.! n,^ a v * speech was. possibly, a bit of A._E.,is no such word as capitulaUon.” '.Hitlerian humor. The British have Downs, now serving his first year as | Spi^jcer ol'toe Clmtw club, led the! ’ There>al'little 7ef;;;nc^^^^^^ a member of th* 1^. C. faculty. ; round-table discussion of the duties eign policy, although Hitler listed Hitler wore a xrav coat hmwn nf A I >* ... .. ciiiiri wuic a gray toai. Drown CHURCH AND EVANS ELECTED CAPTAINS ;of .th.nevl).el«cledo«icei,and»h, -rich America" among the "have' ,r„,Kcrs. His only decorationa were Announcement was made yester day that.Verne Church and Lloyd Evans have been elected co-captalns of the 1941 Blue Hose eleven. Th* bertha thb year were held by Dick Mebky and J. C. Coteman, both of e^om will g^uate next May. Chord) a^^Evans arc j^to tero- year IcttenncnT the former in to* blocking back pocitkm, amd .Ivans holdini doera rii$rt end. ' '•'““Pton the Iron Cross and thc-nari party schbol was presided over by W. W.; of all the “have-nots.” There was i swastika badge. ^ Hdrris of the CHnton club, lieuten- no offer of any kind to his enemies The whole conflict the f!i4>hp*.r amgownorvelectofthedivisionforior to other nations, the implication termed onrbetwe^ gold and S- thf coming year. Holidays Sot For Gillogo Studonts being that the war with Britain is a; bor German labor. Students of Presbyterian college will begin 'their Oij^tmas holidays at noon Wednesday^ December 18, end will return to classes Thursday morning Januarj( 2Dd. fight to the finishr between two sys tems; two worlds.! “Now Churchill has the war he wanted,” he said. The 90-minute speech left the im pression that Hitler’s chief objects were to spur the German workers on to greater effert and to tell toe Reich, that there may be an indefi nite period of waiting before Gcr- “I know,” said Hitler, "that what ever was done in three or four or five centuries a single person can not move within two, or three, or five years.” But, he went on, “our capacity for work is our gold, our capital; aivt world. “. . . Whatever happens, (^rmany will be victorious.”