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f ' f" g Pqfge Two THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C Thursdoy, Moy V, 1941 SPORTS'CHAnERBOX TENCH OWENS Views the Athletic Front NEW TITLE I Hard Coal Sirike IStayerT For Time ^sW;' ' . Ir'M'' * js- Bobby Riggs won the tennis sin-; gles championship of the United i States in 1939. In the same year, he also won the all-England Wimbledon: tournament, which is tantamount to the world amateur championship. For, several years, Riggs, who is only 23 | now, has been a ranking player in This country. There is hardly an im portant tournament in the country j which Riggs has not won at some j time or other. That, in brief, is the tennis record ol the man who is expected to arrive! some time this month on the Pres- * byterian college campus to begin du- I ties as field representative and assist- j ant in publicity at “Tennis Tech.” j This appointment already has fo- j cuscd national tennis interest upon j the college. William P. Jacobs, presi dent of the college and chairman of the USLTA tennis clinic committee, i has made no'explanation of Riggs’i appointment as far as we know. i The question in the minds of many, people is; Can Riggs retain his ama-' . , iour standing in such a position? 'he 'xPlfna''”" Others are delighted at the publicity which the college has received and Mines Will Work Until May 10 While Wage Parleys Are In Progress. NEWS FROM BATTERY "B" AT CAMP STEWART By JOHN H. CKANFOED. JK. On Tuesday morning everyone in can>p, grunting and yawning, rolled laxdly out of bed—mere la;tily than usual because of the fact were to leave for an which is all very n^w to Uncle Sam’s Washington, April 29.—An agree- youngest nephews. After we, had I meat was worked out in New York!breakfast, which was served at 0:10, I today to keep the Pennsylvania hard we went about preparing to leave at I coal mines in operation beyond Wed-1 seven o’clock. We a^re all daahii^f! nesday night’s contract expiration!about trying to think of anything' jdatev while in Washington arrange-1 we had forgotten and which we were I ments were made for reopening the j suppo^ to take with us. At seven j soft coal mines of the eight-state: o’clock sharp a whisle sounded, and Appalachian area. we fell in ranks with our rifles and debate ends. For the time being, however, the prime minister maintained his stoiidy silence on details of the war. In reply to Edgar Lbuis Granville, Lab- orite who^ demanded to know wish er the country would get more news icy of the government in sending help to Greece uid declares its con fidence that our operations in the middle east and all other theaters of war will be pursued by the gov ernment with the utmost vigor.!:’ Having stood off impatient de mands for more information about j of the war situation, ChurchlD said: the Balkan campaign, which for the Members cheered^ loudly, taking this as an intimation that a large f fact that we. allies was a Greek tragedy. Church- overnight hike, ill thus incited his parliamentary IT....!. ' critics to find flaws in his war poIt Icy and called for a verdict when'been saved. part of the forces’ in a Greece had packs, which contain one half of a pup tent, 5 pegs and a rope, a tent pole, a mosquito net, and a raincoat. Henry Ford n. now trying to live down his present title of heir to thfT Ford miUloBS, and trying to live np to his Utle at EnsIgn'Henry Ford, U.S.N.B. is shown «m doty as a math instmetor at the Great Lakes Naval Training atatien. Thon^ married and father of one child he claimed no draft deferment. He is a grand son of Henry Ford I. A contract covering about 100,6bo hard coal' miners expires atv mid night tomorrow and three weeks' of negotiations between the operators We then started on our long journey, and the C. I. O. United Mirte Work- j Where? We didn’t know. It was Just ers have failed to produce an agree-1 as if we were in real war moving out ment. The operators and the C. I. O. I under sealed orders^^e first leg of United Mine Workers agreed, how-1 our journey carried^is eleven miles, ever, to continue work until May a distance which our boys took in the 10 while the negotiaticyis continue, most excellent spirit. The operators agreed to make any About 11:15 we were halted fof new contract that might be worked dinner. While waiting for mess, we out retroactive to May 1. | were permitted to lie around on the The anthricite miners are asking friycr bank, go fishing, go in swim- a' $1 a day increase for day work- j Juing, or do almost an3rthing we ers, a 20 per cent increase for con- wished. After we had eaten dinner For instance, J. P. Allen, writing in the New York Sun and quoted in The Blue Stocking, implied tract workers and two weeks an nual vacation with pay. Hard coal is used principally for IS expecting to receive over this un-li.V'^ that'heating homes,-and has no such usual situation. Still others fear that i standing was serious-} wide-spread industrial use as soft who endangered. He said that tennis coal. officials in that New York were “not Riggs was even faintly adverse criticism from those don’t see where Riggs fits in the col lege program and who are opposed ^^are 10 /-over-emphasis” of tennis will;«>' outweigh any favorable publicity re- ' To the layman it may appear that already doubting any argument over amateur standing The 400,000 soft coal miners are scheduled to go to work Thursday, and perhaps earlier ih some cases. Resumption of operations wiU bring to an end a stoppage which threat- we received orders that we wouUd spend the night where we were, and for the next few hours we were busy setting up our tents, digging trench es around them to keep the water from coming inside in case it rained. Then for the rest of the afternoon we were off duty. Supper was at 5:30. After eating a hearty (??) meal we had a ja msession in which all FUR COAT STORAGE Protect your coat and other furs from moths dur-* ing the summer months. We are again c<dlecting furs fewr storage with ARCTIC FUR CO., of Odum- bia. Your coat will be insured against fire and theft. BRING rr TO Chaney’s Dress Shoppe reived. Some are „ . the wisdom of Mr. Jacobs’move and is quibbling over a technicality.' ened to stall the national defense j the boys took part. Mose Petty are awaiting with raised eyebrows 1 However, the USLTA makes’ a spe-j effort and prompted President j sang a few songs, .and then Major ? icial effort to prevent professionalism 1 Roosevelt to urge a week ago thatt Walter A. Johnson gave us 6ne of his FOR SALE DESIRABLE HOUSE AND LOT ON SOUTH BROAD ST. If^ interested, apply to B. H. BOYD Clinton, S. C. because “the public interest de mands it.’’ A basis for reopening the bltum- was readied late last from c;:eeping into its ranks,' and 1 the mines be reopened promptly upon this point may depend tlie suc cess of Riggs’ new venture. After all, no adequate comment can be made on the situation until all the facts are known. And the J public will not know all the facts until President Jacobs deckles to clarify his action. And that decision may be postponed purposely, for of such stuff is excellent publicity made. No matter how you look at it, Bobby Riggs is news and his con nection with Presbyterian college will create interest for some time to night when Southern operators ac-jtery commander, made a talk, the cepted a suggestion by President theme of which was principally his I come. Roosevelt that mining operations jbe resumed pending a settlement of wage differehces between them and the United Mine Workers. The Southerners also agreed to Increase the pay of their workers from $5.60 to $6.60 a day and to continue dis cussions on an of forty cents a day ask^ by the union. The Northern opperators and _ j the union had agreed some time be- ” j fore on a new contract raising wages SC I from $6 to $7 a day. inspiring talks. He spoke of his love •' ^ for Battery “B” and the whole 10?th| Battalloii and what we coulld and would do if we ever go to war. Captain Jack H. Davis, Jr., our bat- i n ii i I Advice to a Man... Go Double Tan! i^Bush One c4nkle-(fyshi(medQxfiHii Most Styles: $7.50 and $8.50 Edgeiion Shoes $5.00 Two-toie tans are the style-tip of the season. These smart models by Nunn-Bush are favorites by long odd^. Choose Nunn-Bush Shoes for Anljtle-Fashioning, the ex tra style mileage feature. t. B. Dillard ^ Clinton, S. C. ABOUND THE TOWN Incidents, Unusual and Qrdifioiy, Gathered On Our Rounds. WOLFE AMUSEMENTS HERE AIL NEXT RIDING DEVICES MOTHERS, BRING YOUR CHILDREN Ride the Merry-Go-Round OPEN EVERY AFTERNOON FUN FOR EVERYBODY MISS MARTHA PHILLIPS, daughter of Mrs. R. E. Jones of this city, sailed Thursday from New York for Trinidad, an Island off the north eastern coart* of Vmezuela, South America. Miss Phillips, a govern ment employee in Washington, D. C., will do secretarial work for the United States engineers In Trinidad. Her friends here will learn with in terest of her new work. MR. and MRS. J. L, DAMERON are. now occupying their recently purchased home on Young drive in the College View residential section of the city. MISS MARY McDANIEL, a mem ber of the Long Branch school fac ulty, has returned to her home, in the Hickory ’Tavern section of the county for the summer months. The term closed Friday with the aimual school picnic. LIEUTENANTS JACK A. WITH ERSPOON and ALLAN LEVI of the United States Marine corps, sailed from Norfolk, Va., for Coco Sola, Panama Csmal Zone, Friday, April 25. Both yoimg men are well known In Clinton, being graduates of Pres byterian college. Lt. Witherspoon, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Harvey With erspoon of Cross Hill, formerly resid ed here, while Lt. Levi is from Char lotte, N. C. From MRS. J. C. BOUKNIGHT, the former Miss Mogee Stone of this city, comes the news that she was the proud winner of a new G^ieral Elec tric stove at a cooking school in Con cord; N. C., where she is now mak ing her home. LT. J. A. CHEATHAM, of this city, now statlcmed at Camp Croft, Spartanburg, has returned from a trip to Fort Niagara Falls, on which journey he was in command of a troop train transferring three hun dred and twenty five new men from Fort Niagara to Camp Croft Lt. Cheatham'was the only first lieuten ant to be sent in command of a troop train. 'Die following story was with much amtuasment the other day by a local phyaldaD: “Just aftw coining to Clinton to practice, another phy sician asked me to call on several of his patients while he was out of town. The following day I drove to the home of one of the patients, took my bag, and upcm entering noticed a number of nrtghbors and friends in the rooms, but no patimt. Every one sbo(A han^ with me and seem ed glad that I nad called. After chat ting a few minutes, I asked where was Mrs. , the patient. The re ply, ’She’s at Tfibbl^s,* rather start led me but no one else seemed to think my question unususL I imme diately hid my bag as bert I could and iqade a quidk dq^arture. pride in being a member of the 107th. • After the speeches were concluded we had a jam session in which all our respective batteries. In Battery “B” we had a square dance with half . the boys tying a handkerchief on the addition^l^ increase; sleeve and pretending tO be girls. The best looking couple was “Miss” Alvin “Duffy” Stone lynd Mr. Ralph (Snow) Prater. The dance was call ed by “Miss’* Ezra Spires, our staff sergeant. Time for lights out broke up the frolic, and to bed we went. Some time during the night Sgt. Vernon Trammell slid his hand a- cross Sgt. George Hill’s arm. < Hill, thinking it was one of the rattle snakes for which Cir^rgia is famous, jumped clean through the front of his i»D$, tearing nuiHw entire..front as he made his departure. About ten minutes later someone heard a call for the Corporal of the Guard. Upon investigation it was found that someone had rattled a match box and scared all the cooks and KPs. > Practically insane, big Snow Prater came very near refus ing to go back to bed. We finally went to sleep around 10:30. At 3:30 in the morning, while we were dreaming of ... . (Well, any way, we were dreaming), we were roused out of bed to break camp. We were supposed to do this witii- out the aid of lights. In about thirty minutes time we were well on our way. We hiked for four miles and then settled down for breakfast. Mess' Sgt. Forter had very little trouble getting it ready, for the boys were like a bunch of famished wolves with their appetites whetted after a four-mile hike before breakfast. Im mediately after breakfast we piffled out for another six or eight mile hike. Covering this distance in a very short time, we wound up at our camp ground, vdiich is about sWen miles fnnn Ciunp Stewart. We reach ed the cEunp ground at 10 AM. Sgt Rozzelle Foster then gave us a lec ture on the use and care of the gas masks which have recently been is sued to us. We were off duty from then until after the midday mess. During dinner thb mail was given out, but this time it didn’t seem to affect anyone’s appetite. After we had eaten, we had until 1:30 Yo pre pare for our walk of sevey miles back to camp. We arriv^ at camp about 4:30, stood retreat at 5:15, and then took a ver]rrefreshing bath. Most of the' boys wmt straight to bed after sup per, but a few hardy souls went frol icking «s usual. ^ To our readers, if there are any, we should like to offer one sugges tion. That is, for your summer va cation, travel through Clreorgia jwd the swamp*—on foot. we We wish to onnounce to the (Public that have assumed management of the Purol Service Station> on East Carolina Avenue. We will handle Purol Products, Tires, Tubes, Batteries and Accessories, and of fer the complete services of a first-class service stotion. , We shall be pleosed to serve our friends. We invite you to call, assuring you of our oppreciation of your business. Purol Service Station L H. "Ickie" Davidson, Prop. Clinton, S. C. Phone 59 inmTnTTTTmTtimmnTTniTmmimnnitmtnimiiBiiiii^iiiiMMiiMFwiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiii BELK’S ^ Celebrate Natranai Baby Week With Special Values Visit Our Cemplete Bal^ Department Cburchili Seeks Cenfidence Vote Balkan Compai^n Will Be Deboted Next Week In House of Commons. London, April 20.—Prime Minirter ChurchUl tbkl 'a chaaring bouaa of cmninona today that drt>ata woiil^ ba held next wa^ on the Greek cam paign and the conduct tide war, and he demanded a Vote of confi dence for bis government. ? SuggestiEms for creation of a small suprefaie war cid>iitet end for datmte on war and paacc ahne thaw ^ flat “no.^ The debate will, he fwld on fl following motion: ^ \ “That thi* hoMie iqppiwws TWIN INSURANCE FOR EVERT COMPLETE LAYETIX PURCHASED, WE WILL GIVE ANOTHER LAYETTE .. . IF THE STORK BRINGS TWINS SUPS Dainty hand-nade SUpa— 59c-2 for $1.00 GAUZE DIAPERS Good vnality ganxe Diapo’s, oellopliaiie Wrapped— $1.10 BLANKETS Large Receiving Blanketa, 30x40— 25c Each BLANKETS Crib sixe, aatin band Cotton Blanketa— ^ Me GOWNS and DRESSES I Hand-embreidered GewM SOc^rTfw $1.00 PIU^W SUPS ' “ ' ' ' MJI'^peen ■ BABY ^^OU£RS i^M|tiKl.:S3J6' ' mj.HliM-il,. L jUTIjJ W k l.i mwAli. ii -II. ■■