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-i J 4 Thursday, June 28, 1945 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Grand Ole Opry Coming Here Today Uncle Dave Macon, the grand old man of the Grand Ole Opry, and one of the most picturesque and popular stars of the famed folk music radio store, is playing this season with the! He's Poor — and Likes It Ike Turns Down Cool Million In Few Days, =r Page Seven ! since I Abilene, Kansas, June 23.—Gener j al Dwight D. Eisenhower has turned j lo wri 1 down a vast fortune in commercial offers to cash in on his fame.' It’ was learned today that the su preme commander of the Allied Ex- he returned to his old home; Thursday night. Ike had a chance to visit in quiet aryj peace, with his family and his old friends. With the tumult and the shouting of Abilene’s lusty welcome of yesterday but an echo in his ears. General Ike I fteditionary Forces has been deluged got to do a lot of the things he has I with offers of tremendous sums for i been longing to do. this memoirs, his autobiography and He had breakfast at the old family j for movie rights to film his life story. To all such offers he has said a stern and forceful “No.” He has been home with, his 83-year old mother, Mrs. Ida Elizabeth Eisenhower, and his four brothers. With his brothers, j amazed by the number of offers and the general went to visit the grave of I by the sums mentioned; but he has his father, David J. Eisenhower, in; been equally shocked at the thought Abilene’s quiet, old cemetery. And of “commercializing” his triumphs. ,he went to call on the neighbors and i “Only two classes of persons can | the neighbors came in to the old- afford to disregard money,” he told a j fashioned, twq-story Eisenhower life-long Abilene friencj. “These are j home to^ see him\ the very rich and the very poor. I Ike’s favorite ^breakfast, fried corn- belong to the latter class.” (meal mush and chicken gravy, was So an offer of $270,000 from a on the big, square mission oak table movie company for the privUege. of in his mother’s dining room this filming his life story has not tempted morning when the family sat down Jamup and Honey WSM Grand Ole him - nor $250,000 for his memoirs of- to eat. It was the same table at which Opry ten show, which* is coming to 1 fered b y a P ublishin 8 eom P an y- These the fa miiy gathered thousands of Clinton today for one performance, are but two tbe juicy contracts times when Ike and his brothers were beginning at dark. ' tba ^ have been showered upon him. growing up. But the man who knew poverty in 1 The general looked a little less his Kansas boyhood and who has tired today as he walked around the' army officer’s salary ade- old home place. His right knee, pain- quate throughout his adult years has fully injured when he leaped aboard | not been tempted by offers which his' the train bringing him to Abilene friends say aggregate in excess of a from Kansas City night before last, million dollars. jwas improved. The pronounced limp, ( He had a ’happy time today, re-! with which he walked last night, was 'living that boyhood for the first timejalfnost gone. Uncle Dave, who is 75 years young and still going strong, says, however,;"" that this is his last season on the road. Next fall he is going to retire to his farm and take things easy. In cidentally, the old gentleman has three sons and a grandson in the armed forces overseas. This mobile unit of the WSM Grand Ole Opry radio show which originates in Nashville, Tenn., has the sanction of the Office of Defense Transportation and is one of the fin-j For the Week ... est shows of its kind on the road. 1 _ _ .. South Clinton News joyment of the audiences. The big MRS. NELLIE McCLENDON, new tent is air-cooled, and incident- Correspondent and Representative ally, it is the only air cooled tent 6n I tour in the South. An improved seat-j ing arrangement has been worked 1 her birthday July 7th. Mason Colemap celebrated 12th birthday July 12th. his Carl Elders, Noland McCravy, John out witTnew" eWipmenP and" There j ^rnette and ; fesse ^dmomls visited are ample general admission seats in addition to those which are reserved at a small additional charge. Tribute Paid To Late 'Cotton Ed' By U. S. Senate Floyd Elders in Greer Sunday. Mrs. J. R. Voss of Julian, N. C., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Cora Eld ers. Spurgeon Todd, JS. 1c, of Camp Peary, Va., spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Todd. Friends of Bud Fuller will be in terested to know he is now stationed at Camp Peary, Va., with the Navy. Washington, June 25. — The late! Mrs. Lee Smith and daughter of Senator Ellison/D. (Cotton Ed) Smith 1 Laurens, are spending the week with of South Carolina, who had served Mrs. Doshia Smith, longer than any other senator at the Roy Blackwell of Whitmire, visit- ( time of his death last fall, was eulo- ed his mother, Mrs. Frankie Black- gized today by his colleagues in a well Thursday. memorial service. 1 Mr. and.Mrs. J. W. Turner spent "Cotton Ed now sleeps under a live ‘ be w^ek-end in Greenwood with oak tree,” observed Senator Aiken, Celebrate Anniversary Pvt. and Mrs. Paul Taylor of Fort Knox, Ky., and Clinton, celebrated i their sixth wedding anniversary June j23rd. Services For Lydia Baptist Church Sunday School 10:15. Morning Worship 11:15. Baptist Training Union 7:00. Miss Mary Johnson, director. Evening Worship 8:00. The public is cordially invited. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Turner. Mrs. Dave Ferguson of Hot Republican, of Vermont, “but over the United States today thousands of|Sp r > n g^ N. C., spent last week with farm families are living happier, bet-.Mrs. T. G. Smith, ter lives because of the battles he i 4fi$ earbn _?, ? r 7 er y. bas re t urned home fought and won for them.” | a s v * sd with her grand- of l mqther, IjIfs. Guy Emery, in Enoree. Tennessee, who succeeded fleave with Mrs. McElhannon and i chilli ren. Senator McKellar, Democrat^ “ I Cirady - McElhannon. MM 2c, ot dean ot the senate, called his tallenltf Penna - spent a week - colleague “forthright, unafraid, out- e spoken. Tl H. Kuykendall of Henderson- "He was very independent and N C f visited Mr. and Mrs. C. didn’t bow to the will of anyone, Rj ! Kuykendall Sunday. McKellar recalled. “He was an hon-, Mrs M c Smith of Laurens, est-minded and honest-acting sena- s pg n ^ W eek-end with Mr. and tor. He had strong views on all sub- m l. Horace Smith, jects, and no amount of cajolery, in-’ Mrs. Dora Phillips and daughters fluence or anything else could P* 1-- ! 0 f Newberry, are spending a few days suade him to vote for legislation he thought ran counter to the constitu- MALARIA i W tion. / “Ellison Smith was one of the best senators \ye ever had in this body.” Senator Capper, Republican, of Kansas, $lso paid tribute to Senator Smith. NOTICE I will apply to the South Carolina Tax Commission for a license to operate a retail liquor store at 21 West Main Street, Clinton, South Carolina, under the provisions of The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act of 1945. W. R. Feagle > Highest CASH PRICE •,For Your USED CAR COOPER MOTOR CO. West Main Street JtJIU [Ni i ( th Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Shumate: Jonathan Abercrombie of Bain- bridge, Md., is spending a leave with Mrs. Abercrombie and children. Clee Satterfield continues ill at his home on Poplar street. 1 ■ !Mr. and Mrs. Homer Richey and grandson visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hpffman in Rock Hill Sunday. , Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Floyd of Sil- vei-street, visited the former’s sister, hfjhs. Ellie Reeder, on Sunday. Mr. find Mrs. J. M. McPeters and son spent the week-end in Savan nah, Qa., with Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Brice. Mrs. Furman Brown and children of near Clinton, spent Sunday with Mr. arid Mrs. Mark Satterfield. Mr. &nd Mrs. Fred Meeks of Greenwood, were week-end guests of Mr. jand Mrs. M. B. Satterfield. MrsJ.Mary Mimms of Newberry, is now nriaking her home with Mr. and Mrs.-^J E. Mims. Mr^land Mrs. J. S. Navy and fam ily visited Mrs. Sarah Belle Fuller in W4tS_^hoals Sunday. Homer Dunawqy of North Caro lina, visited friends and relatives here the past week-end. Mr. and Mrs. George Pressley and family spent Sunday with C. W. Chandler in Goldyille. Friends of Helen Campbell will be interested to know she has been promoted to Qorporal and is how sta tioned at Beaumont General hospital, in El Paso, Texas ^ Y. W. A. To Meet The Young Women’s Auxiliary will hold their monthly meeting at the home of Miss Eva Mae Ellis Thursday evening at 8 o’clock- Girl’s Auxiliary Will meet The Girl’s Auxiliary will hold their semi-monthly meeting Thurs day at 5 o’clock at Lydia Baptist church. CHECKED IN 7 DAYS WITH LIQUID for MALARIAL SYMPTOMS Take only as directed 666 WE PAY CASH For Good USED CARS TIMMERMAN MOTOR CO. Carolina Service Station CM^TON, S. C. KMMXxxxxxxxxsaaaaaaaasxiaatM DR. FELDER SMITH OPTometrist SPECIALIST IN EYE EXAMINATIONS Office Hours: 9:00 to 6:00 Examinations: 4:30 to 6:00 P. M. Phone 29 for Appointment CLINTON, S. C. KWttnaaaoaaaoaoqppqoaaqqqrii Birthdays Sarah Alice Satterfield will cele brate her birthday July 5th. Cpl. Ernest Bowen will celebrate a birthday Saturday. Mrs. Minnie Harvey celebrated a birthday Monday. Randy Davis celebrated his birth day Monday. ^ Miss Margie Moseley will celebrate How women aW girls mayget wanted relief ^™™fo*ctions^0riod/^stn Cardul I« a liquid medicine which many women uy hw brought relief from the cramp-Uke agony end ner- roua a train of funcUonal periodic dlatreee. Here’s how it may help: 1 Taken like a tonic. It ehould stimulate appeUte, aid diges tion.* thus help build re- siatance for the "time" to come. 2 Started 3 days be- ’ fore “your tlme'i^lt ehould help relieve pain due to purely func tional periodic causes. Try Cardul. If it helps, you’ll be glad you did. , CARDUI jgecc laeti etaccmone ‘Listen, World!’ <3 TO OUR CUSTOMERS We Will Close WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY, For The Fourth Holidays . i • , , , , Clinton stores and business firms will take two days for the Fourth. We the undersigned in this special advertisement, wish to announce that our places of business will close July 4 and 5, to give our employees two holidays. ^ ( Our patrons and customers are requested to make their purchases on Monday and Tuesday to avoid inconvenience. We appreciate your cooperation, your patronage and good-will. Belk’s Dept. Store Commercial Depository i. PrajUkdr-Simpson C ^ J 1 - * —, 54. A. ■ J. C. Penney Co. J. C. Thomas, Jeweler ' I. C. Boland Grocery Scott’s 5c & 10c Store James Pitts Store Page’s Beauty Shop ‘ J. C. Todd Grocery L.B. Dillard Hamilton’s Archie Clark Rose’s 5c, 10c & 25c Store Citizens Federal Savings and Loan Assn.