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»* 4—i- Patre Two THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, May 1, 1952 On# View of "Quo Vadis” - IMPRESSIVE, MINISTER SAYS Qin^-VADIS,” coming to the Broadway Theatre May 7-8-9, is the subject of considerable discus sion. One View printed the rather in teresting New Yorker review on it, plainly labeled as the most un sympathetic of any available. Quo Vadis is the story of the early Christians ijj Rome. I have seen many pictures based upon some phase of the Christian faith but there always seemed to me' there was something lacking. But not so in this picture. It deals with the story of the planting in the of Him who died and denied it. He tells those Chris tians in Rome about how he used to be. Later he wafc safely out of Rome. To go on meant safety, to go oack meant suffering and death. Peter went back. As they led him out to be crucified, he begged for no 'ary is created with an We asked Manager Leland Young | ^ or jl£ i ^. to choose the best of the many 10 oomplimeiV-ary ones to give the other side. He passed up the strong ptanding reverence . bjectives, of Life Magazine, Look, | When the picture was arents Magazine, Red Book and j wanted to sing': "Faith of Our Fath ers Living Still: in spitte of dun- Funds Sought lo Furnish New County Home civic mercy. It was a joy to die for The One who died for him. He only . . . . protested that he was not worthy, Laurens county churches to be crucified as his Lord was. So they crucified Peter head down. 'A , ¥ 4105 , t0 : am sure Peter was pleased that' ward f umishing the newly erected Every word and every j , , * p ( county home under a plan adopted itori u-ith an under-! J recently by a committee of chari- Thc title of the story quo vadis | table-minded people who met at over I means “ Whither f?oest thou? , Jt, the home of Mrs D De _ comes from the vision Peter saw Loach in Laurens> chairman of a that caused him to go back to committee set up several months ! Rome. Perhaos his conscience was Instead* he chose the following,: geon, fire‘'and sword. ‘ O,' how our ! rroublmTMm'asTe waTfleeing The b 7 the Laurens Council of So ' written by Dr. Charles L. Alien! | hearts beat high with joy. FaitK! a Pr^IncrFalling Cial - Agencies - pastor cf Grace Methodist church; of our fathers, holy faith: w e will; - , h k th crucial l" Costs for furnishing bedrooms, n Atlanta, and printed in the At- be true to Thee 'til death.” Then I n ? ipstinn ..q^ vadis. Domine?” 1 din . ing . roorn > linen ’ reception room, Joanna, Ware Shoals Tie for Top Spot Joanna’s Hornets and the sh^rp hitting Ware Shoals Reigels wrap ped up victory Tuesday night to remain deadlocked for the top spot in the Central Carolina league with four victories and two defeats each. Ware Shoals and Ninety-Six met at Ninety-Six, the Reigels winning 11 to 3. At Joanna Pitcher Roy Peel er's lashing double which scored two runs in the first inning, ann 1 steady seven-hit hurling, gave the Hornets a 2-0 victory over Clin ton’s Cavaliers. 1; nta Journal: ■ i would have liked to have gone for- It was a benediction to watch I ward and knelt at the altar in re- “"ho‘;3" d 1 ‘‘7n‘ , a’\rance* I several hundred people as we left consecration. I think most Pe-’P* 0 i ^mk it was John Mark, the Pres- me theater after navmg seen “Quo i who see it will feel as I felt. ience answers .. If thou desertest question, “Quo Vadis, Domine? . , . , , , And through the mouth of a young: a " d t , s ‘ ck room have been set up ctnnHc in , tr^nrn I b y the committee which is glad to furnish the information to inter ested citizens. 4 Games This Week Friday—Joanna at Ninety-Six; Ware Shoals at Clinton. Saturdav — Ninety-Six at Jo anna; Clinton at Ware Shoals. Alderman Craine For Re-election James Craine, alderman from ward 6 for several terms, announc es himself as a candidate in today's paper for re-election in the June primaiy. ' OFFICE SUPPLIES Complete line,‘all the little items needed for the office. CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. Phone 74 i; Vadis.” One man kept saying I The one in the-picture I liked i my "people Iwill go to Rometo be Mr s- D. O. Rhame of this city, g over and over, “I want to see it best was Simon Peter. He was ."gain.” I. heard such comments as'portrayed with rare insight. Dear, "magnificent,” "overw h e 1 nVi n g.V lovable Peter, ; His talk to the •"breath-taking**; but most of the | Christians that night as they se- people were very quiet as they eretly met outside the city was a f-'owly moved through the crowded beautiful summation of His Lord’s . sics. ' Many were unashamedly wiping his earlier life. j j- , 'rw-.. aia" tta:s from reddened eyes. Others It was to Peter that Jesus said, 1 • e y g seemed entranced. It was as if we'“Come ye after Me, and I will , , „ were Ita'ving a pgeat cathedral. make vou to become fishers of i faith koe P : ' a .mg in the ea c ^ wh«* u, had Iwen lifted to t.-..- oi,-i- ' 'tMark. ! !T> !f tn:,h lot of of many people when for them Lie crucified a second time. oS Peter went back to be cruci fied himself in order that he might spare his Lord a second crucifixion. Nero, as depraved and heartless as .u a u r .u u,.,.* a man could be, was amazed that faith. A? he stfoke I thought about ^ „„„„ „ nic ooTiirrr- i Christians could sing even as they died. They did sing then. And to- dav that s‘ame wonderful Christian to put the plan into effect. Mrs. John T. Young, also of this city, secretary - treasurer. Contribu tions should be mailed to Mrs. Young. and much higher levels by a power making to make Peter, He was im-j* 138 that human words cannot describe, pulsive. conceited and cowardly. | Surely no person can see that pic- When a little girl accused him of ; running through the picture. It is tumbled in There is a beautiful love story McMEEKIN j Mr. and Mrs. E. G. McMeekin of § Great Falls, announce the birth of TTire' tmd—ever--be-tbe ^&ame_again.'.being a friend of Christ, he-cursed ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ aeoADWH W. OhjecCtae Box Office Opens 2:45 Saturday 12:4!) 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And after seeing “Quo Vadis,” nearly all will be able to sing more meaningly, “Faith of our fathers, with SUSAN CABOT Direct# * GDRGl SHE MW ■ l# krer-pU, by GE»»lD OMrSON MMNS Saturdays May 3 (One Day) TfCHMCOtOR COiOH BY S for ring HOWARD DUFF-MONA FREEMAN JOSEPHINE HULL > vitf. GE1LOCAHARI • ClUUfi SIIVENS • 1AT C. flfFOl • A UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL PICTURE Monday and Tuesday, May 5-6 Bright yiCTORY Arthur KENNEDY Peggy DOW ♦ : ♦ I ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ : ♦ ♦ : ! ♦ ♦ JAKES EDWAIDS • WILL GEE* • JOHN HUDSON JULIA ADAMS • A UK!VERSA! MTERRArKMAl PlCTURC Starting Wednesday for 3-Day Run THE GREATEST SPECTACLE OF ALL TIME! “QUO VADIS” M-G-M't SfECTACLi u C.u> by TECHNICOLOR Robert Taylor • Deborah Kerr LEO GENN .„</ PETER USTINOV S«m PL, G, JoLft Lm MaKio —J S. N. BckrmA, Soar* BmJ mm tU Nani l, HmyL SinUmm l, MERVYN L.ROY • P~4.~A k, SAM ZIMBAUST A* M-C M P.Cw Features daily at 2:00, 5:00 and 8:00 P. M. Admission Prices This Picture Only: Afternoon 50c and 74c — Night 50c and $1.00 THE CASINO Admission 9c and 39c OPEN ONLY FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS Friday and Saturday, May 2-3 TALK ABOUT A STRANGER (A Boy and a Dog) With GEORGE MURPHY and NANCY DAVIS. DRIFT FENCE • (Western) L. With BUSTER CRABBE Serial—“PIRATE HARBOR”—Chapter 4 right and proper that it should be: a . da , u ^ tcr ^ Ellzabc ' h Douglas, on there. Christians know what Ve 1 , A P rl1 21 . M"s_McMtekm was be- i-is—a-W -Love each other and they ! fore marria S e Mls s Frances Speake, T. Speake, of this city. LEWIS Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lewis an nounce the birth of a son, James Michael, on April 23 at Hays hos pital. Mrs. Lewis was before mar riage Miss Margaret Wilkie of Cross Hill. POWELL - Sgt. and Mrs. TTarT PowelL an nounce the birth of a son on April 29 at Hays hospital. Mrs. Powell is the former Miss Rosemary Mar tin of Cross Hill. WILLIAMS Mr. and Mrs. Harry B. Williams of Charlote, anounce the birth of a son, Harry Bickett, Jr., on April 28 at the Presbyterian hospital. Mrs. Williams was formerly Miss holy faith: We will be true to thee Nancy Young, daughter of Mr. and;j| ’til death.” There are many today Mrs - Henry Young of this city. who are giving thFir all in an effort-] ^ --u— I to save Christ from being crucified , U. D. C. TO MEET The Stephen D. Lee Chapter of j S A Welcome to flew Neighbors We hope you will form many lasting friendships In this community. You will find our friendly bank always ready and wifling"Td liftp wTflTydur money matters. Stop in soon, and get acquainted. M. S. Bailey & Son a second time. Established 1886 BANKERS —— Capital and Surplus $600,000.00 Society... » . I ► * -i * (Continued from page three) i men, h:jd a joint meeting in the I social rooms of the First Presbyte rian church. Mrs. Whitten, wno -presided, op ened the meeting with prayer. Matters of business were discuss ed. Mrs. Marshall Brown and Mrs. Samuel Gray conducted a plant exchange among members. Later a social hour was enjoyed and the' guests invited into the dining room where punch and cookies were served in buffet style from a table overlaid with a | green cloth and adorned with an arrdfigement of lavender iris and | pink anemones. the United Daughters of the Con federacy will meet this evening at 7:30 at the home of Mrs. Ralph Copeland. Member F.D.I.C. — Our 66th Year :: 8 a 8 Mrs. J. F. Jacobs was hostess to j the Gardenia unit, Mrs. George M. j ! Huguley, chairman. A round table discussion on! i “What We Are Doing In Gardens, | Now,” was conducted and later; guests enjoyed viewing Mrs. Ja- I cobs’ garden which contained a va riety of iris. Rerfershments of sandwiches, cookies and punch were served from the tea table beautifully ap pointed with iris and sweetheart roses and overlaid with a white or gandy cover. Dark red candles in crystal candelabra flanked the bouquet. ' The Camellia and Magnolia members were’ entertained by their chairmen, Mrs. Robert Vance and Mrs. W. G. King, Jr., at the First Baptist church. A flower show was conducted with following places being award ed by ballot: Arrangements— Mrs. King, blue ribbon; Mrs. Pluss Brown, red and white ribbons. Potted Plants—Mrs. Hugh Ray, blue ribbon; Mrs. F. P. Thompson, red ribbon; Mrs. Vance, white rib bon. Horticulture— Mrs. Vance, blue ribbon; Mrs. Hugh Ray, blue rib bon. I During the social hour cold | drinks, fancy sandwiches and dain- ! ties were served. Twenty members of the Rose di vision were entertained by the chairman, Mrs. C. E. Galloway. The program for the afternoon was given by Mrs. James Murrah of Batesburg, who presented an interesting review on the novel, “Old Habaceous.” Following the business . session guests were invited into the din ing room for tea. Mrs. C. M. Workman poured tea from* the table which was lovely with a double crystal ring filled with Sil ver Moon roses. Artistic arrange ments of garden flowers, includ ing roses, iris, sweet william, pinks and pansies added attractiveness to the home. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLS “The Paper Everybody Reads'* Wilson’s Grocery 305 N. Sloan St. Phone 884 Clinton, S. C. No. 1 Fancy 0L. Fresh TOMATOES lb. 20C Morrell Pure LARD * m. carton 59c Pure Pork—Made Here In the Store SAUSAGE lb. 35c THICK FAT BACK lb. 12c Margoldf Margarine lb. 19c Pure Maid—Self-Rising FLOUR, 5 lbs 38c 10 lbs. 75c .... 25 lbs. $1.75 Mrs. Hines—303 Cans TOMATOES, 2 cans .. 26c Santa Rosa Sliced Pineapple, No. 2 can . 22c f Kingan Bacon Ends ib. 20c Dressed and Drawn • FRYERS XL, ea. JSC White House 1 Armour —Lb. Cans Apple Sauce, 303 can 11c | Pork & Beans, 2 cans . 23c EGGS FRESH SOUTH CAROLINA doz. t.