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I • ' 4 Thursday, December 15, 1919 THE CLINTON CHROMt l.fc l^ge Five SIX-INCH SERMON By Rev. Robert U. Harper WE ARE ALWAYS IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD. Lesson for December 18: Isaiah 7- 14; Jeremiah 29, 31; Luke 1. Memory Selection: Jeremiah 29: 11-13. The troubled mind of man has ben tormented endlessly, throughout every age of his civilization, with the immense question—Is God with us? Is God with me? But the answer has always been tftere. God is with us. He is at hand for all men who seek Him. That is often the difficulty—the r.ecessity for seeking. A man who denies the existence of that neces sity might never find God, or at the best, approach only part of the way to His grace. Jeremiah points the way to a full .realization that God is ever avail able. “Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.” God is eternally with us, and God’s promised blessings always nave been fulfilled. To his con fused and spiritually downtrodden people Isaiah prophesied: “For un to us a child is born, unto us a son :s given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsel- r, The Mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Fh*ince of Peace.” The prophets of Israel never doubted God nor His sublime pres ence in the affairs of all peoples. The presence of Christ on earth bore out that supreme belief and continues now to sustain us in our knowledge that God is with us. ToRAm* K CHI666 -SPORTS- By DONNY WILDER The basketball season in Clinton I got under way officially as the Pres-1 byterian Blue Hose took to the , courts in four tilts last week and the Clinton high school Red Devils J 'opened their season with their ini- | tial game with Bush River. Blue Hose Shine The P. C.' Blue Hose lived up to expectations and showed up very well this past week as they rack- ! ed up three wins over textile teams 1 and the Independents from India-1 ; na. Two of these wins, the ones over: i Monoghan and Pelzeij were by the ^ identical score of 6& to 57. The win over Akron was by a 76 to 54 mar-| gin. In these first few games the Pres-1 byterian basketeers displayed more team work than did invidual stars.! Most of the local fans were expert-! ing to see a one mao team with; Dwight Groninger as the “one man”,] but they were badly mistaken andi had underestimated the ability of! the head basketball mentor—Claude [ Crocker. Crocker had a wide and varied field of experience as he had guid-j I ed a team named the Carolina Clowns to 51 consecutive victories. ! Two well known boys were mem bers of this team; they were All-: American Charlie “Choo-Choo” J , Justice and All-American end on; some selections, Art Weiner. These ! boys were noted as outstanding foot- j ball players but were also very a-! ! daptable to the basketball hard I woods. Crocker was also quite a star in; Goodyear Tires and Tubes BATTERIES AND ACCESSORIES McMillan Service Station Sinclair Producta Phone No. 2 Gray Funeral Home Clinton, 8. C. , FUNERAL DIRECTORS ...and... EMBALMERS AMBULANCE SERVICE Phones 41 and 399-J L. RUSSELL GRAY and V. PARKS ADAIR. Gen Mgra. mmrnaaemmmammMumimammmmum CALL... TELEPHONE 117 Benjamin & Sons Expert Workmanship CRANE > Quality Material* f. - YOUR % ■out SICK?! i i i 1 i m I I we'd welcome ■ A CHANCE % TO SERVE; V*. YOV/ COOPER MOTOR CO. Ph0M US Wat Main St rat j basketball himself as he rflade the All-State basketball team two years 1 I as a forward in high school in Ashe-! j ville. The ball handling ability of Lew ; Hawkins and Willy Groninger com- i bined nicely with the dead eye of Kay Hill, the spirit and speed of Paul 1 Nye and the all around ability of i | “Big Ed” Thompson to form one of 1 j the smoothest cage squads seen | ! around these parts in "many moons”, i “Big Ed” Thompson appeared to- be a little nervous for the first few i games but after he had a few games under his belt he began showing I a great deal of improvement and 1 displayed the ability to learn from mistakes which is very necessary for a boy to become a polished per former. Paul Nye seems to be the best prospect for future Presbyterian teams as he spotlighted speed, a good eye on the basket, good field play, and a great spark plug for team work. P. C. Nosed Out By C’lemson After taking three easy wins ov er local textile teams the Presby terian Blue Hose were defeated in the last ten seconds of the game by the Clemson Tigers 55 to 53. All through the game neither team could work up a substantial lead and the spectators were kept on the edge of their seats for the entire game as the teams matched point for point. With the game going into the fi nal seconds of play the score was j tied up in a 53 to ditto score before a man from the Tiger’s den could! break loose and score that final and] all important goal. “Willy” Groninger was fouled out! of the game and this might have had ! some bearing on the final out-come of the game. “Big Ed” Thompson shared high scoring honors with Hawkins by I racking up ten points for the blue j team. High School Drops Double Header The Clinton high school Red Dev ils were edged out of two games in their seasoner's opener with Rush River. The girl’s team lost 20 to 18 while the boys were nosed out by a 14 to 13 count. The female Red Devils showed a lot of improvement over last year’s i team and may be expected to fair I fairly well over the long route of |the season. Mona Blakely is the spark plug of ! this team as a fast moving guard | with a lot of finis. I The Red Devils will meet Union - this week in a double header con- j sisting of a boy’s game and a girl's seme. Midget Basketball To Be Started This year Lydia and Clinton will be sporting a. girl's and boy's team of children from 9 to 14 years of age. This pioneer project will be un der the direction at Claude Crock er, recreational director for Clinton and Lydia Mills. CrocKer says the teams will play a regular schedule of games and will have gold and blue uniforms. FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 27th day of December, 1949, we will render a final account of our acts and doings as Administrators D. B. N. C. T. A. of the estate of John H. Pitts in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens County, at 10 o’clock a.m., and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from our trust as Administrators D. B. N. C. T. A. 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