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Thursdoy, August 28^ 1941 THE CLINTOK CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. Poge Three .. r<: soaciY Evans, ouii w cmtcH news OFINIERESI . TELEPHONE 74 OR 258 A Privote Citizen Speoks His Mind SPEaAIOR COMMBnS ON MBI AND THINGS Closs Enjoys Picnic Alt Club I Florrie lewixic clast cnjograd a delightful ''spradothe-day” on Thursday at Lakeside Coun^ club, with twelve little girls presei^ for tte occasion. DuMog ttie day swinuning was en joyed a^ at one o’clock a delicious pienk luncheon served. After lunches the girls tewed on a quilt whidi’they are making for the diildren of the ’’Baby Cottage^ at Thomwell orphanage. T..-' » Mrs. Pitts Gives Outing For Visitors Mrs. P. M. Pitts was hostess on Tuesday evening to about twenty members of the younger set, honor ing her nieces, Mary Elixabeth, Jo, Hampton and Frances Holland, and nephew, Hoyt Hottand, of Jacksem, Miss., who ture her "guests this week. A variety of games in the living room entertained the party, after whidi they were invited to Shady Nook, the Pitts paric on the grounds of their home. Weiners were roasted over a bonfire and served with hot rolls, sandwidNcs, cookies and tea. Mrs. C. B. Holland and Mrs. J. D. Holland anisted the hostess in en tertaining nad serving the guests. served a chicken salad course with punch. An interesting feature of the party was that clasmates of Mrs. Reid were invited for the event in addi tion to a nuntber of friends from Laurens, Whitmire and this city. was the bride’s maid of honor, and Miss Martha Ann Eskridge of Shelby, and Miss Martha Vau^an of Wash ington, Ga., sister of the groom, were bridesmaids. Jack Cowson at Clarks ville, Ga., was best man, and Harold B. Pinson of Greenville, S. C., and Phillip Clark, brother of the bride, served as ushers. _ . ., ... . _ After the wedding Mr. and Mrs. I • notable^t ono d^I Clark, parents of the bride, were.^ Tennessee t^ a bus ride, hosts at a reception at their home. ™ The bride attended the Woman’s ^ College of the University of North home but wtm’^ave it Carolina at Greensboro, and has i ^ young woman, of i^apa t^— worked for several years at the Un ity I For Miss Fer< Party In Reidville Fei Mr. and Mrs. Adair Honor Visitors Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Adair of Wash ington, D. C., were honored with an infonnal ’’get-together” at the home of BIr. and Mrs. P. B. Adair Tues day evening, assembling a large num ber of local and out-of-town rela tives. Punch and wafers were served to about forty guests during the eve ning. ■ Out-of-town guests included Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Cooley and daughter, Carefiyn, of Camden,, and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Gilliam and dauidiiter, Barbara, of Columbia. Linda Adair Has Birthday Party Linda Adair, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gsady Adair, celebrated^ her fourth Mrthday Monday, August 18, with a party at her home on Hol land street ' ^ About ^irty little friends enjoyed wey games on the lawn, after wRi^ were invited inside for refredimcnts. Clusters of balloons added color to the romns and vases of pink roses were also used. Two tables were laid for foe guestSf one centered with foe birth day cake and tlm other an attractive cinni^ scene. Place cards were com bined with dolls tor the girls and footballs for the boys. ’These were later pinned on. the children. Ice cream and cake was served, and sou- venin given. Mrs. Adair was jMoiitiKJ in tabling and serving the little folk by Mrs. Keith Adair, Mrs. WUUam Da vis and Mrs. Taylor Adair. tss rerguson Miss Emily rerguson, pop^dar bride-elect of foe fall, was charming ly entertained on Saturday when Nfoi. Luther Martin of Simpsonville and Miss Sara Anderson were host esses at limcheon at the hmne of the latter’s mother, Idrs. Walter Ander son. in Reidville. A variety of garden flowers with clematis made a pretty setting for foe noon-day affair. Covers were laid for ten guests at a daintfljr appointed table, the bride-elect’s being desig nated with a corsage of red roses. Guests included the honoree^ mother, Mrs. R. E. Ferguson, also Miss^ Elizabeth Nelson, Katherine Graham, ion Trust company in Shelby.' dashboard for The bridegroom, son of Mr. and steward. Two strapping young Mrs Claude^wrence VatSSn of k»«cks werexomfortably seated at the Washington, Ga., was graduated from'^fO"* bwks c^tinued Clemson college; in South Carolina,,"*™ unmovmg in their com- wlth a B. S. degree in architecture, ■“ts. Down the m el and is now working with the Duke <*«*’^ woman came aboard. The bucks was sitting on that dinky Uttle seat or governors. Those men were of a power company'in Salisbury, N. C. . Mr. Vaughan is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Owens of this city. AROUND THE TOWN Incidents, Unusual and Ordinary, Gathered On Our Rounds. ' ~ Our column offers congratulations to MISS RACHEL MARY WHIT- « T . .1.1 «« /-II mire on the occasion of her 86th ^Ua Jonw ot thl« cUy, Mra. Carl, birthd., which will b« Wednaday. September 3. Miss Whitmire is known by a host of friends as **Aunt Rachel,” and her neighbors say in spite of her years she is ’’as sixy as a cricket.” Miss Whitmire resides at Deadwyler of Greenwood, Miss Beth. Martin of SimpeonviUe. Mrs. Ben Anderson, mother of Mrs. Martin, assisted the hostesses in the court esies of entertaining. Miss Ferguson was presented a gift as a remembrance of foe occasion. Mrs. Reid, Recent Bride, Honored With Party Complimenting Mrs. Carol Reid, a recent bride, Ifrs. R. P. Chaiunan and "cAig entertained at thel*^ IM. 'foe Mrs. Andy Y< home of the former on last Wednes day evmiing with a delitfitful party and miscellaneous shownr efoidi came as a surprise to the honoree. The living and dining rooms of foe home were ensulte and beautifidly decorated with late summer flow ers. Southern smilax was used on either end of the mantel with a mir rored bouquet of roaes in the center. The dining table was handsome with a cut woric linen cloth and a crystal bowl of zinnias. Arrangements oi roam and zinnias were attractive on the buffet, low tables and at other' vantage points in the home. Several wedding contests were en joyed wlfo pria^ presented the win- hers, vdio in turn presented them to the bride. Later fo foe evening a basket of kvely gifts were broi^t out for foe honoree. The hostesses Fugote-Crisp Rites In Lynchburg, Va. The marriage of Miss Henrietta Fugarte, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Henly Mitchell Fugate, to Captain Arthur Broadus Crisp of Gainesville, Ga., son of Mr. and Mrs. William Ellis Crisp of Mountville, took place at six o’clock Wednesday, August 27, a( the home of the bride’s parents in Lyndiburg, Va. Only members of the families and a few close friends were present. Before the ceremony a program of wedding music was ren dered by Miss Elizabeth Fugate, a sister of the bride. The bride and groom, who were unattended, entered the Uving room together where tKe ceremony was pmformed by the father of the bride before an improvised altar of pahns, ediite asters and gladioli. Min Fu gate wore a dien of white crepe with vdiite accessories and a shoulder cor sage of roses and brevardia. After foe ceremony the parents of the bride entertained wlfo an infor mal recq;>tion. The dining room was led with jrelldw dahl^ and clematis. Following the reception Captain and Mrs. Crisp left for a short trip. For traveling the bride changed to a dren of green afoaca with which she used brown accessories. ^ The bride was edxicated m the schools of Macon, Ga., and is a grad uate of Washington college of foe University of Ridunond. Before com ing to Lynchburg she held a secre tarial position at Riverside Military academy. For the past eiifoteen months she has been assistant hisr torian at the Lynchburg General hos pital. Captain Crisp was educated at Bailey Military academy. Greenwood, and Eastman college, Ifoughkeepsie, New York. For several years he has been a member of the staff of River side Idilitary academy of Gainesville, Ga., and Hollywood, Fla. Out-of-town guests included Mrs. L. M. Wbson of this city, sister of groom, and William Crisp Mountville, brother of the groom. Someoiie's. BirHidav Comet This Monm oim nuT 4at Something each obt can foow with |»ide. FRONns JEWELRY STORE conr EnoppB Prolesaonal Anaounoonent Beffaniiif August 1, mtj sOet wRl doss at mAn ea Wsdnssdsy sad nursdajr of sadi wssh;. Dr. F. F. Hicks of Miss Clork Weds C. L Voughn, Jr. Shelby, N*.C. — Mias Francanna Claric and Claude Lawrence Vaughan, Jr., ot SaUsbury, and Washington, Ga., were united in marriage Friday afternoon, July 2S, in a wedding whidi toric place at foe Central Methodist diurch in Shelby. Rev. Qeorga B. Clcmmer, pastor of the chur^ r«Kt foe miuTiage rituaL Misi Nadine Ellis was at foe organ tor foe program of nupUal music, and Mias Anna . Coble was vocal soloist. The bride’s fether, Henry Grady Clark, esoorted hor to the altar and gave her in raarnage. She wmre a bridal gown of white chiffon mar quisette, made with sweetheart neck line and tiny puffed sleeves. The eevae and foe tunic to foe dress were trianned wlfo bands of narrow lace. She wore a coremet of orange blossoms, and h«r hip-lengfo veil of bridal illusion was cauifot to the ormiffe btosapme. She carried m arm bouquet of white gladioU. As an or nament, which added sentiment to her coetane, foe bride wore an old- fashioned lavalisr of seed pearls and dhunoods which her mother had 18 Florence street MRS. ANSEL GODFREY ‘and daughter, JOY, have returned to their home here after spending the summer-in Lawton, Oklahoma, with Lt. Colonel Godfrey and also visiting points of interest in New Mexico, California and Texas. They were ac companied home by Lt CoL Godfrey, who is on leave until M<mday. He has Just completed an advanced coiurse in foe U. S. Artillery Field school at Fort Sill, CEclriKHna, and will return .to Fort Bragg September 1 where he is commander of the 1st battalion, 178th Field Artillery. We hegr from folks who sat near Uttle JACKIE FRANKS and JIMMY DUTTON at the terse show Friday night that these attractive youngsters almost stole the show. MISS CAROLYN FREEMAN cU- maxed a week’s visit to her brother, J. W. Freeman, and Mrs.JPreeman in Atlanta with an airplane trip home. The Freemans and their smalT aMC JuUan,' accompanied Carolyn home on Simday by plane. The trip from Atlanta here was made in 55 min utes. They visited briefly with foe ”home folks” and took off again homeward. JOHN GRIFFITH sets a good <k- ample for aU the sleepyheads. He reports that in the 32 years he was a railroad employee an alarm clock was used only the first week and was unnecessary thereafter for his getting to work on time. continued as firm and immovable as ever — or even more so — but the young woman gave her seat to foe elderly one. And all the men stood for it; I should say they sat for it So the young woman Joined the eight men already standing and she stood for a half hour! Seldom have I seen one woman give her seat to another woman; but never have I seen young fellows so utterly indifferent to the most ele mentary idea of courtesy.- How big is a big man?_What makes a big man? We are less inclined to hero worship than our fathers were; at least it seems so to me. To say a man is great covers too much terri tory; we may more modestly say that he is big. What makes a big man? Is it a big'Job? Does the Job make the man big, or does the man magnify the Job? Perhaps you remember the story of foe illustrious Greek vfoo was elected public garbage man by his enemies. He accepted, saying that if the position could not honor him he would try to dignify the position. He must have been a big man. A big man must be one who fills his place so completely that he is always re garded as bigger than the Job. Fre quently we see a man whose pMition overshadows him. People say “Yon der goes foe chief mogul of such- and-such an enterprise.” The Job is bigger than foe man and even hides him. But when you think of Wafo- ington, Lee, Calhoun, Wade Hampton or Ben Tillman you don’t think of a porition or office, for any offee seems too small for foe m^. Washington— well, who was he, or what was he? A general, a presidmit? He was more than that He was Washington, and all the hoifors Just merge into the greatness of the man. Most people don’t remember anything about his generalship or his administration as president; but nearly everybody thinks of him as a figure of heroic stature, a man above and beyond the petty details of place or the routine of living. Who remembers anything about the offices held by John C. Calhoun? Or his great argumoats? He towers above all other Carolina statesmen until he is bec<xning a mythical fig ure of renown. Who today thinks of Lee as foe great strategist; as the aggressive fighter, always attacking the enemy? Who thinks of him as the president the level: an agreement here, a com bination there—and ail that. A government by the people isn’t worth anything unless the people ex ercise their (;hoice freely and sin cerely. I do not know that any one deliberately sells his vote for so many dollars, but we have developed and are still developing, the practice of sending cars out to bring in the vot ers. $100 to $500 may be sent to a county to get the men to the polls. To the polls for whom? Surely for those who pay for the cars, or the gasoline. Ben Tillman wasn’t elected that way. Wade Hampton and his fol lowers didn’t wait for a hired car riage to take them to the polls. We voters should regard "our ballot as something which symbolizes our citi zenship. We ought to get to the bal lot box under our own power, or. with friends who take us at our re- queat. We ought not to be hauled about by friends or paid workers of Any man or newspaper calling at-1‘^®***^^*^*^®' voters don’t re- of Washington coUege? Lee was so great a man that any position would seem to crowd and cramp his per sonality within narrow confines. Hampton and Tillman are not re membered as United States senators size too great to be measured by an office. ' So, periiaps, a man is a big man who fllMT his office; who exalts his office; but he is a great man when he so far surpasses all the require ments of office as to be immeasur ably above and beyond it. tention to our high cost of govern ment will find himself sharing the experience of the Disciples who re marked, “We have toiled all night and caught nothing.” Goxprnment of all kinds costs heavily. I don’t know| what to do except to do without something. Each one of us could add t^nty-flve per cent to his cost of living and defend it as a wholesome expenditure. But careful men don’t buy everything that is, or seems, de sirable; only governments seem to do that. That is true here in South Carolina, as well as elsewhere. It is true of counties and municipal gov ernments, as well as the state. It is true of the nation. gard the right to vote as a solemn responsibility, government by the people is a mere illusion. There are lots of things below the surface. In geology we expect to find interesting formations below the level on whidi we walk. Oftentimes there is more going on beneath the street level in matters political than on the leveL Let us repeat, there is a lot of stuff that is decidedly not on “if rrs LIKE NEW WHEN WE’RE THROU. 28 BUCHANAN'S ADS For SALE IN OUR NEXT ISSUE Our Anniversary September 2 is our first mnniversary. We are gnit- fttl for tke wonderful putronsce firen our shop since its opening one year ago. IN APPRECIATION we are offering many specials Sept. 3 through IS. Come in and inquire about our apfscial pricci on many senriccs. OUR PERSONNEL Mrs. Dril Bobo Crews, Proinrietor Mias Florence Tripp Mias Lucile Whisenant Miss Lurlee Shealy ^ Mrs. Virginia Adair Dells Beauty Salon *A Complete Beauty Service^ Phone 20 H. M. CHANEY, JR., of the United States navy, PenMCola, Fla., is in town on a 15-day leaver He te Jtmior - Instructor in radio at the naval air base in Pensacola, having completed his studies at the army school in Jacksonville recently. Mr. Chaney .is visiting his parents in the Long Branch community and other rela tives and friends here. A note from LT. TOM PLAXICO, of foe 57th Quartermaster Regiment, Camp Blanding, Fla., asks that we forward “ITie. Chronicle” to him in Raglcy, La., as his company will be on maneuvers from A**8**^ ^ October 1. Carpenters One of the bright, industrious lads ot foe city is Gilbert Blakely, nine- year-old son of Mrs. Gilbert Blakely. Soon after foe close of school CUl- bert got a paper delivery Job and entered “buriness” for the summer while his mother was away attend ing summer school. In an attentive and courteous manner he went about his woric each day, making friends of those he served, and saving his mon ey as thrifty boys do. He has been staying with his granefoarents, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Blakely, for the summer. Gilbert is a fine little fel low and may be expected to develop into a capable young business man in years^ to cone. There is much about him to remind one of his fath er who pamed away at a young age in 1934, whto Gilbert was only two years old. Kis father was one of the finest and most popular, young men ever to reside > in Clinton. worn on her weddhtig day. Mias Frances Kelly ot Mount Holly, HOUSEWIVES! Prices Are Going Up! Qreeerios, Pssis ef all ktais, The wise heaeeartfs wOl eon- CHRONICLE every Is M the New Sloan St. Giocery A new grocery ftore end market opened thte on Sloan street, wlfo J. F. Wehr and J. V. (Turp) Lowe as owners. An upto-dete line of groceriee end meets will be cer- rled. end the store arill feature free delivery servloe. the oamers state. LONG ON VACATION Rev. Lew Mobley, of Laurens, will driiver the morning sermon at the First Baptist dhur^ ei 11 o’clock Sunday In foe absence of foe pastor. Rev. W. Nv Long. The Long family has gone to Ridgecrest, N. C., for a two vreeks’ vacation. MAGADNES Cessaepslttsa, ene year 9249, tire yeeia9449. Qeei Heneekaaptag, anayaarftJI. twa yaara I4J9. JAMES W. CALDWELL NEWBERRY SOUTH CAROLINA With each succeeding seaapn the name Garpenter’s assumes more importance as a store for the style conscious, for those that want quality merchandise. Our 1941 fall clothes are not chance choice, but the result of care ful consultation with America's best ready-to-wear designers and manufac turers of hats, gloves, bags, costume jewelry—and otW accessories. Yes—we offer you many lovely colorful weanMes youH like, and that the men in your life will like, because they are flattering in a natural way. Do let us have the pleMure of a visit from you at a very early date. ' YouTl like the informality, the sales people, service such as free alterations, elevator, daylight fitting rooms, rest rooms, and delivery. And youH be very pleasantly surprised at the prevailing low prices. -■rr-i. >