The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, February 06, 1941, Image 2
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THE NATIONAL SCENE
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As Washington Sees It
Poge Two
X-Roy Clinic Here
On February 13th
state board of health’s travel
ing x-ray clinic will be at Laurens
county health department on Febru-, special to The Chronicle,
ary 12 and at Clmton city haU on Washington, Feb. 5. — The isola-
February 13 for the purpose of mak-jtionists in the senate began their big'
ing chest x-rays on persons request- i d«ve for outright defeat or serious
ing this service for the diagnosis of of the wntrovereial •
i u 1 • A <61 ie lend-lease proposal with the offer-
county rfirw conditions, and any secret treaties ot
pomtment, Dr. H, R. Perkins, direc- ,_j^^ president may have
„ra 1 knowledge, which call for disposi-
The county health , ,ion of territorial spoils,
« all persons who have beei^m con- statement issued by these
tact with known cases of tu^rculo- isolationists bloc
SIS and all persons who have unex-. threat of American in-
pla.ned chronic cough lo^ of weight, ^
weakness, sweating at night, or spit- p^ment today—and before this no
ting of boo , ahititv nf plungcs from the brink into the
sician concerning tlje advisability of p,
being x-iayed at the clinics. 'United States are entitled to know!
the war aims and peace conditions |
! of England, of Germany, of/ Greece, |
I of China, of Japan and any other;
I warring powers. j
I “Most historians and students
THE CLINtON CHRQNIGLErCLINTON, 1 C
Thursday, F^bruory 6, 1941
TO SPEAK HERE
CASINO THEATRE
A Private Citizen Speoki His Mind
SPECIATOfi COMMEMSdll HEN AND THINGS
Several years ago the editor of The I could be taken from some other
State waxed earnest about the soak- work of the depiutment, with far
in^ overn^t and due c<Mkii^ of {greater benefit to the public. And it
hominy. He let up and abandoned
the topic, even if he did not forsake
the hominy. It seems to me that a
good “bait of vittles” of a morning
is the proper preparation for an ed
itor to tear the hide off or invoke
I the lightning. One can’t write heavy
or deep stuff on a light and thin
stomach. The recent arousement of
should be done,. I think; but as a
new commitment, a fresh obligation
—no! Debt is debt, whether the cause
be good or bad.
SPECIAL UNTIL FEBEUAKT 14
Woman’s Home Companion, Amer
ican Magazine and ColUer'a—aU three
14 months for $4.00.
JABfES W. CALDWELL
Call 274 Clinton. 8. 0.
Una. liiN Itelp*
IhtMiiio Pais $iiekl|
If yvm tnffar Aron rbauiMtie, arthrlUi «r
It’s «■».
No troobW at a)] and piMMUit. Ton aaad Mitr
S tabkapooafals two tinaa a dajr. Oftaa '
48 hoara—aoaaatlmaa orarnishti—aplaa^
aulU a(« obUinad. If tb# paiaa do ao4 <
laava and if yon do not fad battar. Ro-l
coat you notbint to try aa- it ia aold by
It is suggested that another thou
sand miles of county roads be add
ed to the state highway ssrstem. Well,, dragikt undKrmn abaoteta mooarJDaek
that’s what the gasoline tax is for,,Compound ia foe aala and
the brethren of the quill in favor of' and that is how it should be used,
adequate morning nourishment is a
Kellers Drug Store
Why shouldn’t we have a price-
finding service under the state audi-
MOND.\Y AND TUESDAY,
February 10 and 11
''Chad Hanna"
With HENRY FONDA, DOROTHY' surances
LAMOUR, LINDA DARNELL, GUY] that American boys will not be plow
_ X. * 4,. a. X X T7 11 *ses the brightest future agriculture
j agree that the Treaty of Versailles j^nown, according to L. F.
Before the -manager of the agricul-
j United States goes any further along extension division of E. I. du
ithe road to war we should have as- de Nemours & Company, who
from our potential allies PrAchti»ria«
notable' event in our life. Deeds of
high emprise hang on the result.
Recently I saw what “hearty feed- tor, or the sinking fimd commission,
ing’’ can produce. I was walking'or the budget commission?
along a country road dreaming of shouldn't we have the benefit of
the days, the ease and freedom, the group buying? The state might per-
plentiful table of good things of the mit the counties and cities to buy
farmers, who merely walk about and i with the state services,
gather dozens of eggs, bring in gal-' Now can anyone suggest why so
lions of rich milk, all manner of|businesslike a plan should not be
Research on industrial crops prom-j fruits and vegetables (that’s what j tried? If it works well in business,
the toMoi people think)—I was*walk-1 v^y would it not work well in this
ing along, as I said, when a bit! state?
ahead I espied two men afoot andi , ♦
one man a-mule in the center of.the A classmate of long ago has lent
L. F. LIVINGSTON
road. One proved to a farm-partner nie a small book. Mr. John Ingram
of mine and the others were neigh
bors. They had been abroad some
Wilson, who loves books, treasures a
wee b^k entitled “History of Wil-
I liamsburg Chufeh,’’ being a discourse
on the occasion of the 120th anniver
sary of the church, delivered by Rev.
James A. Wallace in 1856. It is ab
sorbing and I rekindled my enthu
siasm for the Irish-Presbyterians
will lecture before the Presbyterian
1 , , „ ^ college students at 11 o’clock Friday
® ^ ^' tv uJe February 7, as announced [ time in quest of a fox, and the fox
^^BRADINE. ^“ThlSsson of the last World war sturgeon, professor j lay on the wagon down the road.
Red wheels rolling! . . . and be- the lesson of the last World war chemistry. 'One fox havini? heen taken other
hind the creaky wagons of this wan- should not be forgotten. We learned: x - • * ' . • i* * x taken, other
during ^nt show these three lived at tremendous cost the utter and ^r. Livmgston’s visit to Clmton' neighbors were m hot piu-suit of
fdramfvivid colorful, tender! complete futility of that war. We has been arranged by J. N. McBride, sly old fox whose prowlmg had oc-
A Walt Disney Cartoon, “The Fire made our sacrifices in blood, in tears general agricultural agent of toe casiond the hunt. p . . .
Chief" News and in dollars to make the world Seaboard Air Line railway, who has 1 This wasn’t any fancy fox hunt!
in A ^I Show-MONDAY safe for democracy and to end all arranged for Mr. Livmgston tojof dudes with high boots, and a gay ', J hut this
lOA.M.xShow MONDAY. war less than twenly-five years ago.” ^^^^ture before groups of students, t panoply of toe hunt which proclaims faded tells ^meto^ of m-
Opportunlty for Debate {farmers and business men at a num- toe sportsman’s love of toe chase. “ ""
This resolution is affording an op- her of other centers in toe Southeast, I No; this was a case of several farm-
( kTuiua.j portunity for floor debate in the sen- purp>ose of developing closer rs going after an enemy and bring-
Ti \/*ii • n J 13te in the hope that such airing of Tft^tions between industry -and ag- ing home at least one. This was just
The Villain jflll Pursued views may influence the senate com-; and to demonstrate toe | farmers’ work glossed over. like a
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CLEAN COAL
For coal that bams and
leaves no slate or clinkers,
call 62.
We have all sizes: Lump,
Egg, “Ostrich Egg” and
Stoker.
C-W-S GUANO CO.
Inc.
Phone 62
RUMfORD RiDDLtS
^ Why if Bdfty Bautft
booling corpofif
10c and 28c
WEDNESDAY and THl RSDAY,
February 12 and 13
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With HUGH HERBERT, ANITA
LOUISE. ALAN MOWBRAY, BUS-
mittee on foreign affairs which open- P®®®*hili^es in farm crops as raw]frolic,
ed hearings at the beginning of the, sources for toe factories* of |
ithe nation.
mx-x. ! Virtually the same parade of wit-j An advocate of toe farm chemur-
which appeared before toe|gic idea, during his talk Mr. Liv-
RICHARD CKUMWJM-i. tJ 1L. 1. Y committee has been called be-1 ingston will exhibit a number of In-
fore toe senatd group without anyjdustrial articles manufactured from
startling change in testimony. Sec- agricultural products. He has devot'
retaries Hull, Morgenthau, Stimson
and Knox were under much sharper
occurred to me was that
these gentlemen of toe soil had long
GILBERT.
Feature begins 2:29, 5:23, 8:17.
'Keei^g Company""
With FRANK MORGAN, ANN
ffi
terest today. How’s this: “During toe
winter of 1749-1750, a fatal epidemic
ravaged toe country, called toe
‘Great Mortality,’ toe exact charac
ter of which is not known; but it is*
supposed to have been a violent type
of influenzal’’ So toe vigorous Irish-
Presbyteri^ who came to Williams
burg in 1731 had to battle with for-
pletely broken toe fast while they
were at it. No mere thimbleful of to
mato juice and a sad looking cradc-
er had stirred their energies and sup-
ed years of study to toe industrial ported their strength; nay; but plat
ters of ham and eggs, sausage, big
T^l'ests, Indians, wild animals, snakes, a
strange climate—and “toe flu”!
Verily, there is nothing new under
the stm.
use of agricultural raw materials.
RUTHERFORD, JOHN ^ acwm- <■ CHRONICLE‘PliBLiaHINr TO
VIRGINIA WEIDLER and IRENE isolationist members on panied here by J. C. Bennett of home-made biscuits (man-size) with) LHKOWILLJS FUBLISULNG LO.
“helpings” of hominy, a half-dozen
WE DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING
—EXCEPT BAD
_ the senate committee, but remained i Hamlet, N. C., agricultural agent for
Feature begins 3:36, 6:30 and 9:24. unshaken. 'the Seaboard railway. ,
9:30 A. M. Show—WEDNESDAY. meantime, debate in toe ^ -
“WINNERS OF THE WEST” — Mpc DAliikrf I Farr
committee wound up its hearmgs |\UUCII 1011
executive session and heard testi- i
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Chapter 11.
9:30 A. M. Show—WEDNESDAY.
10c and 15c
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY,
February 14 and 15
"South of Suez"
With GEORGE BRENT, BRENDA'
MARSHALL, GEORGE .TOBIAS,
JAMES STEPHENSON, LEE PAT
RICK, and ERIC BLORE.
mony of three military and naval
chiefs. House debate is being watch
ed sharply in the senate, and espec-
i ially the disposition made of Repre-
' sentative Hamilton Fish’s seven pro
posed amendments which, Mr. Fish
said, have the following purposes:
“To prohibit the president from
giving away any part of the navy.
To prohibit the use of American
Here, in the most dangerous spot {navy vessels to'’ convoy American or
on earth, you’ll meet men and wo- j British ships into the war zone,
men as hard as the diamonds they ‘‘To limit the value of war mate-
seek ... as reckless as the dangers rials to be lent to Britain to $2,000,-
they dare!
“Power and the Land.”
Latest News.
Saturday’s feature begins
5:04, 7:15, 9:35.
2:44,
THE BROADWAY
MONDAY AND TUESDAY,
February 10 and 11
"Hudson's Bay"
With PAUL MUNI, GENE TIER
NEY, LAIRD CREGAR, JOHN SUT
TON VIRGINIA FIELD. VINCENT
PRICE, NIGEL BRUCE.
000,000.
“To require that Britain put up
some kind of collateral for any war
materials received.
j “To strike out the provision of 4he
ibill permitting belligerent war-ships
I to base upon or enter American
I ports for repairs or outfitting.
“To limit toe life of toe bill, pref
erably to one year.
“To define toe section which re-
Passes In Greensboro
Funeral Services Held
Here At First Presby
terian Church.
Funeral services for Mrs. Robert
C. Farr, 95, wh6 died at toe home
of her son, W. B. Farr, in Greens
boro, N. C., last Wednesday after
noon, were held here Friday after
noon at 2 o’clock from toe First
Presbyterian church. The services
were conducted by toe pastor of toe
church. Rev. John K. Roberts, with
interment following in toe church
cemetery.
Mrs. Farr, who before marriage
was Miss Sarah Aliena Hobson, was
bom September 8, 1845, in Union
county. She attended toe' Yorkville
Female academy and would have
peals any provision of existing law I graduated in June had it not been
when toe president deems such pro-{for the outbreak of toe Civil war in
vision stands in the way of national] April. The school 'toen closed and^
defense.” j she returned to her home. Mrs. Farr
Cloture Talk Ceases {recalled distinctly, as she often re-
The house will soon be through lated, evrytoing about th<^ war, how
they buried their silver and other
valuables to keep Sherman’s soldiers
from confiscating them, and how the
__ with the bill, but it is not expected
ienegad^! . . . bul he broke emerge from toe senate foreip
a promise —even though it meant for at least anoth-
stapding his best friend in front of weeks and then will be sub-
ai4iring squad! Rogue . . . but he re- J^^^ed to unlimited debate on toe . . „. ,,
united two lovers torn apart by the senate floor. All talk of a cloture in I swamps for days. She well remem-
whim of a king' Traitor' ^ but he ^^® s®>^3te, which would set a time-1 bered the burning of Columbia and
saved a new world for the ruler who debate, has ceased, and! passed down many interesting de-
old coachman hid toe Kentucky
matched carriage horses in toe river
hac^ ordered him hanged!
Elected Shorts. News.
10 A. M. Showi-TUESDAY.
10c and 20c
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY,
February 12 and 1$
"Gallant Sons"
With JACKIE COOPER, GENE
Washington is awaiting toe most bit-1 scriptions of this and other incidents
I ter and acrimonious debating since i to her grandchildren.
I World War L . j November, 1873,, she was fiSSr^
I Yet there has been no change herejried to Robert Clauney Farr and
I in official quarters in the belief that lived in Union county until Decem-
the bill will pass without too manylber, 1892, when the family moved
curbs, and that in its final shape | to Clinton. Her husband died in Oc-
President Roosevelt will have just tober, 1901, after which she lived
about what he wanted when he first with her son until he moved to Dur-
sent toe biU for consideration. It is
ham, N. C., in April, 1927, and then
to Greensboro in July, 1931, where
she made her home imtil her death
REYNOLDS, BONITA GRANVILLE to be noted that in toe past, toe ad-
and JUNE PREISSER. ■ ministration has sent bills which
//-l-i •■/ Q* // {called for far more than was actual-{on January 29to.
I nC L/cVII S I IpGIinC liy wanted—just so that there would i Mrs. Farr suffered a fall about
With RICHARD—A BrixE N and room for compromise, and while'two years ago and had been con-
lots of butter and gravy—that’s what .
started toe fox hunt; ;and that’s j
what caught “Brer Fox” and laid
« REMOVAL NOTICE
There is a proposal that toe state
should provide school books for the!
first seven grades. No one can deny
that thousands of families have a
terrific struggle to pay for books,
especially when there are several
children in the family. The cost, we;
are told, will be abov^ three htm-|
dred thousand dollars. We have no
money to spare; toCjlreal duty is to
reduce state expenditures not in-1
crease them, regardless of toe merit
in the proposal. I have not toe least
doubt that toe necessary amount
We wish to announce that we have moved our office
frcrni its fm’mer first-floor location to Room No. 211 on
the second floor of the Jacobs building.
We invite you to virit us in our new location.
S.W.SUMEREL
Jacobs Bldg. — Phone 80
“GUESS IT WIU, HAVE TO BE ONE OF'
THE IiOWEST PRICED THREE AGAIN..
ANDY DEVINE.
“Grantland Rice Sportlight.”
9:30 A. M. Show—THURSDAY.
lOo and 15c '
the lend-lease bill would undoubt- fined to bed almost continously since
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FRIDAY AND SATURDAY,
February 14 and 15
Trail of The Silver Spur
With Thd Range Busters
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edly be welcomed in its entirety,
compromises can readily be made.
Approves Four Bills
While the senate awaited toe re
port from the foreign affairs corn-
then. Death was ascribed to pneu
monia which she contracted Monday
before her death on Wednesday.
Mrs. Farr was the oldest member
of toe First Presbyterian church of
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mittee and argued the Wheeler-Nye Greensboro. Throughout her long
resolution, it took time out to ap- and remarkable life she won the re
prove four bills which authorize spect and love of all who knew her
x-i-iDDTr-AAi rntJM "^°^® $1,350,000,000 for vessels by the sincerity of her purposes and
Itypes, their armament and per- the uprightness of her character. In
KING’ MAX Alibi) lEKHUiMb. ^his is the larg- manner, in ,appearance, and jn atti-
r The clicking of spurs was toe construction program in the tude, she was a gentlewoman of toe
wammg of death m a deserted ghost- >,jistory of the country and. if it were type that is disappearing with iier
filieo nimel . x~ x-*- —»
BEGINNING—A NEW SERIAL!
“KING OF THE ROYAL MOUNT
ED”,—with ALAN LANE and RITA
CONWAY.
Comedy, “Boobs In Arms” with
The 3 Stooges.
' “Screen Snapshots.” .
Selected Short.
10c and 20c
not for the debate on the lend-lease
bill, would be front page news.
At least 253,000 additional woiii-
ers will be employed in navy yards
between now and June, 451 new
midshipmen will be admitted to toe
United States naval academy, 200
cargo ships and 400 small navy fight
ing ships will be on toe construction
line and 58 of the navy’s fighting
ships will have additional armor
i plate added to them.
FOR PERSPIRING FEET
USE
STA-DRl LOWN
At Teur DnHStare Sie
MASONS TO MEET FRIDAY
{ Campbell L^e No. 44, A. F. M.,
will hold a regular communicati<m
Friday night, Feb. 7, at 7'.30. The
F. C. degree will be (xmferred. AU
members are urged to be piWent.
I V. P. Adair, W. M.
R. D. HugjbM, Seoqrtary.
generation.
Surviving are two sons, W. B. Farr,
Greensboro; Robert H. Farr, Char
lotte; four daughters. Misses^ Carrie
Farr, Fan and'Lois Farr, aU of
Atlanta; and Mrs. W. H. Jeter, of
Carlisle; nine grandchildren and five
great-granddhUdren.
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