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I ■ / \t ' : ■ ■■ Page Two C-" THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CMNTON, S. C. Thursday, Jonuory 2^1941 CASINO THEATRE MONDAY AND Tl FSDAY, •lanuary 6 and 7 a Postoffice Receipts Show Gain Over '39 Wheeler Charges War Road Is Open Postmaster Reports 16.7 Per Cent Increase For Year. Peak Reached On December 20. U. S. Senator Renews De mands That This Nation Strive for Peace. AROUND THE TOWN Incidents, Unusual and Ordinary, Gathered On Our Rounds. The new year is upon us. Christ* "Escape With NORMA SHEARER. ROB-' I:RT TAYLOR. CONRAD VEIDT,' NAZIMOVA. FELIX BRESSART. Thunderiiif; Irom the pages of the; most widely-discussed novel of the ^ it-—i year . . comes a blast of dramatic Receipts for the year 1940 of the Monday charged that the nation is forgotten, particular^ by the dynamite' The characters that fasci- Clinton postoffice showed an increase “running along the road to war,” and VP'^nger onw who nated 10,000.000 readers . . . the of 16.7 per cent over the receipts of renewed earlier demands that Presi-- thanks. BOBBY BOYD, Countess, the lo\er, the actress, the 1939^ Postmaster R. L. Plaxico stat- dent Roosevelt and all United states***!* “’'^ docti'r. the Ceneral . . . now live on ed yesterday. Total sales were $27.- citizens exert every effort to negoti-'thrw letters and the re- the screen in a thrilling epic of ad- 242.28 as compared with $23,334.93 ate a peace in Europe now. were muA in evidence by a for 1939, an increase of $3,907.35. in a radio (NBC) reply to the pres-; bright re^ca^ and cap Washington, Dec. 30.-Senator Bur-i??,” '‘“L'?'”* *T' 5"?, ton K Wheeler, Democrat, MonUna,' «>>»; ever-wular fellow, la \en1ure. Latest New.s. 10 A, M. .Show-MONDAY. 10c and 28c WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY’, .lanuary g and 9 "Stranger On the Third Floor" With PETER LORRE. .TOHN Mc- GUIRE. MARGARET TALLICHET, CHARLES WALDRON. f’eature begins 3:28. 5;38, 8:28. "Slightly Tempted" Lr The' largest increase of any period ident’s fireside chat Sunday night in the year came in the December which Mr. Roosevelt branded ®s' ^ODD S pr^^^« fa a quarter, the three-month period from “nonsense” proposals that this coun- j WARRY^Rnf take the lead in a drive for a'*"*"’ «ARRY BOLICK, III, was de- i“«T3.oSVo?l ro''pt; ;LS\,r=ei aTeig^^^^^^^ working basis for seeking what he' safety sponsored by Pa|rolmiui D. CITY LICENSES du^ts a safety school program eachj DUE JANUARY 15 was presented a cash prize of $1.00 for the best essay on “How You Can Help Decrease Accidents In Laurens County.” There are people in the class. Hiursday at the high school during an activity period. Miss Barksdale j city business licenses for 1941 art due on or before Januaiy 15, with a penalty of 10 per cent applied If not thirty young paid on this date, and with February il5 set as the final payment date • without action being broui^t by tha MISS VIVIAN PARKS ADAIR, city under section 5 of the oi^inanoe A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. P. Adair, is enjoying a ten-day trip to Cuba,^..„ during the-holidays. Miss Adair j appeared in The Cl^onicie on sailed from Miami and will visit icember 12. friends and relatives in Florida be- regulating licenses. The ordinanct pertaining to all tyif s ^usine^ ♦ Iflenas ana reiaiives m r luriaa uc- i-iwiirvmrwo*** fore returning this week-end to re- SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHBONICU sume Hbr teaching position in Mc Cormick,. ■ It is interesting to note that 3200 colored bulbs were used in the light-1 ing decoration of the city for the, Christmas season. * i cent gain. Postmaster Plaxico in releasing the de.soribcd as a just peace. With HUGH HERBERT, JOHNNIE DOW'NS and PEGGY MORAN. Feature begins 2 10. 4:40, 7:10, 9:32. “WINNERS OF THE WEST" — Chapter 6. . 9:30 A. M, Show WEDNESDAY. 10c and 15c figures for the year, made the fol- l()\^ing statement: The volume of mail handled dur ing the Christmas season was far I above any previous season both in number of cards and greets and par cel post. The peak of the mailing came on Friday, the 20th,s when more than 20,000 pieces of mail was cancelled during the day. which was MISS ELLA ADAIR and MISS He proposed ,q,. ' DOROTHY EDWARDS brought back 1. Restoration of Germany s ; glowing accounts of a wonderful trip b.iundaries with an autonomous Po-^^^ Florida. They returned Tuesday land and Czecho-Slovakia. I . ^ week’s trip to the “sun- 2. Restoration of independent • France, Holland. Norway, Belgium! and Denmark. . 3. Restoration of Alsace-Lorraine! to F'rance. 4 5. Protection of all racial and re the largest single day's cancellation ^ minorities in all countries on iLcor . g Internationalization of the Suez By putting on extra clerks and tynal. opening additional stamp windows, 7. No indemnities or reparations, congestion in, the lobby was kept to g; Arms limitation, a minimum, no one having to wait; Wheeler insisted that a peace along for seiMce for more than two or these lines “will more quickly-and rir'acsemwVd* Tt ThVhomeTrf three minutes at the most. Extra car-, effectively crumble Hitlerism and ^ ® With LUCILLE BALL, RICHARD riers were employed in order to fol- break the morale of the German peo- FRIDAY AND SATl RDAY. January 10 and 11 //- Too Many Girls' Predominant during the Christmas [season as usual were family gather- r, . .. . i *”85 and impromptu socials for Restoration of German colonies. Particularly enjoyable was ) the reunion at which MR. and MRS. T. M. SEASE and children, their guests for the week-end, Mr, and Mrs. B. B. Housley Of Dahlohega, Ga., were present on. Sunday. For the first time in a number of jreara every member of the immediate fam- ANN MILLER. FRAN- low the regular schedule of delivery ^ pie than all the bombers that could ), DESI ARN.AZ. which was maintained throughout' he Hispati hed ovgr Berlin.” ' the score! . . Ro- latt^moie than a few minutes at ment that a just P^'ace could not be' friends, for a spend-the-j Brooksie Shepard, 53, a well known ;i,." f!!',".!?!-!. J.: ' ■ 1 Ihif th® "‘s'" *" readent of this city, died at 400 5. C. Farmers CARLSON, CF.S LANGFORD (.'.iiefree, colorful, collegiate! K — :il'!e co-ed.< by ( sparkling i thm' . . . Fun, fight, football—even cowbi vs' ... A riot of youth and pop and beauty on the campus of dear old Pottaw'atomie College, at' Stone Gap, New Mexico! . . . More music, more dancing, more laughs than you've «ny right to expect! > “Academy Award Winners.” News. 10c and 28c j Saturday s feature begins 2:47, 4:59, 7:11.9:23. mother, Mrs. Sallie Boozer in Silver- street. the rush period. The carriers were ^ ^ , ^rflSS-AME JACOBS-wa»-b08te*8 Reiernng to the president s state-, Tuesday evening to a few young The holiday season was filled with' pleasant days for the John Sprattl family, but the nicest surprise camej on Christmas night after they hadi returned from a day in Greenville} with Mrs. Spratt’s mother, Mrs. W. G. I Neville. A call came through about} 9:30 from MISSES FRANCES and VIRGINIA SPRATT in Rio De Janerio, Brazil, South America. 'Fhel call required about six hours to com plete and m^bers of the family conversed six ‘rrrifiUtes. The Misses Bpratt hold clerical positions in the United Stated consulate in Rio. Miss Frances has been there three and a half years, while Miss Virginia re turned to l^uth America in the sum mer after spending a year at home.! One fact that caught their fancy was the great difference in temperature. The thermometer was 104, since it is summer in South America now. Imagine! Such a hot day in Decem ber, particularly Christmas day! COLORED RESIDENT DIES MISS MARY BARKSDALE, Receive Payments Exceeding $1,000 this nation has “recognized the gov j ernments of Adolf Hitler and Fran cisco Franco and had at least acqui- , . , , n a e.* lesced in Benito Mus.solini and all of daughter of Mrs. R. A. Steer, was ihis works.” ^ wmner m an essay contest on ! If we follow the J®8ic ^ Russia, Italy, Germany, Japan the time of the latter’s death. Roo.sevelt then we ought immediate- **<«»*». and other nations whose domestic her home here Sunday. Funeral ser vices were conducted Tuesday from Bush River colored Baptist chirch. Brooksie was employed by the late Mrs. J. F. Jacobs for 16 years up to \' i W E write our message in the simplest of terms: may all that is worth having b« yews for 1941. la a deep and abiding of gratitude we expreaa ovr wannest wishes to our many friends and patients, and we pledge during 1941, to cwiUBite to meet this ever higher stan dard of requirement of OP TOMETRY. HAPPY NEW YEAR ilder Smith, O.D. Duncan S. Felder, O.D: OPTOMETRISTS ) CLINTON LAURENS 4 i « ly to break off diplomatic relations NEXT WEEK - • YdU'LL find OUT'—with KAY KYSER. “DREAMING OUT LOUD”—with LUM ond ABNER. Subsidies In State Total |WHAT IS METABOLISM? $779,417. 18 Laurens he and foreign policies we abhor,' said. He emphasized that he disliked ! Hitler and all that he symbolizes-and THE BROADWAY During the past tew years much !,h>‘ aymimthy fOT is Countv Formers Listed i literature has been written as a re-;"'"* <*«P county toners Listed. | 4nr‘?'’'rif?'’' 'r'''' f “'“"'ductless JiaSds. Thesi glands are «-1'’“5' 8'-“.'“'' "'wchant ,«MeU and to too .South Carolina farmers- fecewed ^ and their f f cderal payments in excess of $ .000 function is the cause of “““ Johnson acte whWj bar for complying with the 1938 agricul-' chronic maladies to American loans or credits to belliger- tural adjii.^tment programs, it was j heir. Of this type World war defwlters. 1-, „• ' I oppose all these because- disscloscd Monday in a report to con-, ^^ere are six major glands.’, “j OPP®®® they] gress. The pituitary is located in the skun,l>““ f {he road with ^Itom ;; thyroid and parathyroid in - “J"- eomplet* and futllelj war, ne said. ^ .MONDAY AND Tl’ESDAY, January 6 and 7 // South Carolina subsidies-above this the thyroid mark totaled $779,417. 1 neck, the pancreas in the abdomen,! Only two were in excess of $10,000,ithe sex glands in the pelvis, and the! The Boys From Syracuse*^, ^be amount to which congress limit-; adrenals located just above the kid-! \A.’ ih ATI AM TnMPQ miartmaI^ maximum AAA payments after neys. Each one has its separate and RAVF TrlTpRMMFR Rn^FMlRV the 1938 program. Robert J. Mayes,|distinct function although aU are' T AMR TRRMR HRRVFV^ rwA^T^ Mayesville, was listed as having j closely associated with each other.' $12,158 for participating. The hormone or chemical substance RRAV RRi^^Ri riRR j p 3ia„(j com-1 which each produces is discharged; oLDKt. ipany, Mayesville, $10,860. ! into the blood stream and there pro-' On Broadway for a year at $5.50-} Carolina pay- duce the chemical or other changes no^ Its here at ^pular pnees. It s ■ included: Coker's Pedigreed necessary to the life of the individ-i dillerent delightful, daring company, Hartsville, $9,431; D. ual. Their dysfunction can be divid-; mg melodies and a laugh.-loaded Bennettsville, $7,215; C. ed into two main classes, viz: an Vx ’ ‘ ' I Stone, Clinton. $6,375; J. A. over-production or excess secretion,' and a host of Hollywood Honeys! ! Letcher, McColl, $6,166, and P. A.'and a decreased or absent production “Flag of Humanity" m technicolor. I Wallace, Bennettsville, $5,246. ' * of its hormone or chemical sub-! i Throughout—the nation, 16,509 [stance. “- • ’ 'farmers were listed as having re-: Everyone is more or less familiar; ceived 1938 payments above $1,000., with diabetes, which is due to a de-! The total number of payees was, creased production or absence of the' 5,248,796, indicating, the agriculture) hormone known as insulin from thej 'department said, that the bulk of the pancreas the lack of which makes it I AAA money went to small farmers, [ impossible for the body to bum up: The payments were made as re-} or utilize sugar in the production ofi NOTICE BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, WE WILL CLOSE EVERY ... WEDNESPAY AFTERNOON UN'HL FURTHER NOTICE SPRATT GROCERY CO. 5 '-J ■ f Fine News. 10 A. M. Show—TUESDAY. 10c and 20c WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, January 8 and 9 \ "Millionaires In Prison'’ . ^ ^ , , _ . . ^ ^ Nav^iIH lee TRACY LINDA HAYES |plsnting within acreage al^lheat and energy; just as the lack of •Raymond wai rtirn Morgan and carrying out soil build-! fire makes it impossible to transmute’ CokvVAY TRUMAN BRADLEY. ! mg practices to improve land.' t ifueTinto heat,Tight and power in the; ‘ ' s ' physical world. In like manner, the ‘ Three Men From Texas ' Laul-ens county Farmers Listed With ViLLIAM BOYD, RUSSELL The list as released from Washing HAYDEN “Unus 9:30 A. M. nd iuar ANDY CLYDE, ccupations.” w—THURSDAY, and 15c }ho\ loe FRIDAY ANIXSATURDAY, January l^nd 11 I Jack H. Davis, Sr., Clinton, $1,379. tics of sex. I ; #,-r, D J \ ' W. C. Dobbins, Goldville, $1,641. , Other iDian - diabetes, the public is I he border Liegion | C. D. Gray, Gray court, $1,813. I more familiar with goitre than anyj W’ilh ROY ROGER^ GEORGE! Robert A. Harris, Gray Court,, of the diseases of the glands of in-j ‘Gabby’ HAYES, CAROL XUGHES. I $2,574. i ternal secretion (endocrines). HtUi Western lovers . . . unit«j in the' James T. Hollingsworth, Cross Hill,, latter disease is caused by the excess| land of never-ending thrills \. , as ,$l-563. i production of the hormone from the Roy Rogers finds romance ^ the Ryan F. Lawson, Clinton, $1,176. 'thyroid gland while the antithesis of! ' Sydney L. Moore, Waterloo, $1,208.'goitre, myxoedema, is a result of de-: ton included the following 18 Lau rens county farmers: G. F. Buford, Clinton, $1,908, B. H. Boyd, Clinton, $1,066. Geo. A. Copeland, Clinton, $1,841. Thomas J. Davenport, $1,232. over- or under-production of the' I pituitary secretions causes abnormal, changes in the body both physical! I and mental. The adrenals along with i other functions are in some way con- I nected with the maintenance of blood' pressure, while the sex organs have^ Kinards, ito do mainly with the development! and maintenance of the characteris-] Our th«ne during 1940 has been -and it will be the same during aU of 1941 road to his greatest adventure! Comedy, “His Ex Marks the Sj with Buster Keaton. \i “THE ADVENTURES OF RED RYDER’—Chapter 8. Cartoon, “Mouse Meets Lion.” “Old Dominion State.” 10c and 20c John H. Nance, Cross Hill, $1,202. C. W .Owings, Owings, $1,132. Lola L. Smith, Waterloo, $1,233. ,C. W. Stone, Clinton, $6,375. E. Todd Laurens, $1,373. C\R. Workman, Goldville, $1,682. NEXT WEEK— “THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED.” creased or ab^nt hormone from this! same thyroid gland. Of course there! are varying abnormal amounts of the: thyroid hormone present in the blood, I stream, and this variation is mani-j I fest in the type and intensity of j Est^e John H. Young, Clinton, j symptoms present in the individual'! $2,020.\ iNervousness, rapid heart-beat and* I pulse, perhaps fullness in the neck i COUNTY AUDITOR I or a sensation of choking, and per- TO TAI^^DCTIIDklC I haps prominent eyes constitute the! I AKt\J\t I UKinJ Iprincipal symptoms of goitre, of! which one symptom only may be, “WE DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING EXCEPT BAD” WE HOPE TO SERVE YOU WELL AND OFTEN DUR ING THE NEW YEAR. Good Intentions . . . won’t stop your heavily- loaded truck, but good brakes will. And you can get the good brakes here and now. Order us to GO! So that you can stop more times for less. OffieUI Service Sowers Phone 196 Garage Taking of tax i^K^ms forT941 will^present; while dry thickened skin,: begin by the auditdifs office on Jan-; lethargy and tendency to obesity be- uary 14th and continue through the speak the opposite disease—myxo-'^ 31st, with all sectionsN^ the county dema. visited during this period to assi^j Many of tee undetermined condi- taxpayers, according to arummounce- j tions tmdermining health and well-; ment in today’s paper. \* j being are due to thyroid dysfunction i The auditor’s dates in this\ection and earlier stages of these conditions ANNOUNCEMENTS BANK FORMS BLOTTERS BOOKLETS BROADSIDES STATEMENTS BILL HEADS CIRCULARS SALES BOOKS ENCLOSURES ENVELOPES FILING FORMS LABELS LETTERHEADS MILL FORMS OFFICE FORMS PUBLICATIONS SHIPPING FORMS STATIONERY * TAGS RECEIPT BOOKS include: - Clinton Mills, Thursday, Jan. 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. Clinton City,- Friday, January 17^ 9 A.M.i to 4 PJd. Lydia Mill, Monday, January 20, 9 A.M. to 4 PJ4. Goldville, Tuesday, January 21, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. Goldville, Wednesday, January 22, 4 P.M. to 8 PJd. S. W. Dean’s, Thursday, Jan. 23, 10 Aid. to 11 AJI. ROnno, Thursday, Jan. 23, 12 to 1:30 PJC — Mountville, Friday, Jan. 24, 3 PJ(L to 9 PJI. ■ ^ can now be shown by tee use of tea metabolometer which determines the metabolism rate.4 0fjtee bedy. This} tchine is based on tee principle ofi ;en consumption, aM indicates' jteyroid activity whidi performs rhat like the damper of a stove on fast or, slow fire—rapid or slow ctM^umption of oxygen and a’ consequen^^Ipid ot slow utilization, of fuel or fohd as tee ease may be. This a(q;>ar«tus is a distinct and; asaentlol to Wte diagnoais, hence earlier ahq more dtective teaatment, and hainteerafore taken Ha propar place aoBiqnk other essen tial oi^ or hoeidtel eqhlproent rf.- f -t PuUishers - PririBrs - V ^ ' Talepfcww No. 74 Clinton, S. C. r!^ .'•4.