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VOLUME XXIV
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1924
NUMBER 21
PUBUC SCHOOLS
dOSEFRIDAY
Graduating Exercises Come In Even
ing. Open Air Programs Three
Afternoons. Baccalaureate
Sermon Preached By Rev.
M. R. Wingard.
Commencement exercises of the
Clinton high school began last Sun
day evening when Rev. M. R. Wing
ard, pastor of the local St. John’s
Lutheran church, delivered the bacca-
Jaureate sermon before the graduat
ing class in the Thornwell Memorial
chureh. The evening services in the
other churches were omitted and a
congregation of one thousand people
was present for this special occasion.
Speical music was furnished by the
young ladies of the orphanage choir,
while the exercises were presided
over by Dr. L. Ross Lynn.
Mr. Wingard selected as his theme,
“Be Strong in the Lord,” using as his
text, Ephesians 6:10. He opened his
sermon by expressing his pleasure in
having an opportunity to address the
young people and reminded the grad
uates that their commencement meant
the proper finding of their places and
filling them. He said that there is
no room in the world today for spirit
ual Weaklings, pointing to. the Lord
as Rbe only source of strength.
Continuing, he enumerated the ma
terials tfcat mafcg success and told the
young graduates that purpose in life
is vibe thing that counts. The four
qualities pointed out as needed iii the
weE-ntunded, strong life, are: a good
name and reputation, the possession
\ of character, the proper choosing of
companions, and the profession and
living of Christ. He dosed his high
ly appropriate address by urging the
young graduates to accept Christ un
reservedly, to embrace Chriatiaiiity,
. for only through it can come the real,
^ worth-while joys. “Go forth with
^ high aims, looking to God at all times
for your needed strength,” Mr. Win
gard said in condusion.
* The commencement program was
continued yesterday afternoon when
the closing exerdses of the Provi
dence school were held at six o'clock
on the school grounds. The exercises
were witnessed by a large crowd of
patrons and quite a number of friends
from Clinton. The children presented
the numbers in a manner which re
flected credit on themselves and
teachers.
The opening number was sung by
boys and girls selected from the dif
ferent grades.
“A Rose Dream,” a Fairy Operetta,
was then sung by the following chil
dren:
Fairies: Sallie Ann Duckett, Clara
Bobo, Evelyn Stroud, 0. B. Burgess,
Annie Shirey, Anna Belle Boyce, Eva
Patterson, Minnie Fincher, Lillie
Patterson, Edith Stroud, Viona South
ern, Edna Shirley, Sarah Edwards.
Doris Oakley.
Elves: Roy Burgess, Walter Mc-
Carson, Ernest Blackwell, Sam Hair
ston, Carl Galloway, O. W. Garner
James McCarson, William Bobo, Dew
ey Penland, Raiford Nash, R. L. Milk,
Edward Goines, Coley Brown, Paul
Shirley, Hope Smith, Wilbur Law-
son, Eugene Garrett.
Roses: Doris Harris, Gladys Har
vey, Gladys Boyce, Helen Bobo, Jul-
liette Duckett, Dorothy Johnson, Eva
Hudson, Virginia Lawson, Henry Sor
rell, Sarah Owens, Frances Wilbanks,
Louise Vallenzine, Trenton Bledsoe.
Elise Reynolds, Annie Mae Gregory.
Rosebud: Flora Gilder..
The Twins, “Can” and “Can’t ’: Ed
ward Ferguton and Marvin Harvey.
Hop-O-My-Thumb: Carl Johnson.
Queen of the Fairies: Lannette
Duckett.
Little Rose: Agnes Campbell.
This afternoon at six o’clock, on
the high" school grounds, “May Day”
exercises will be held. The follow
ing program will be rendered:
Swedish Clap Dance, 9th grade
girls.
Drill, Company B.
Viheyard Dance, 7th grade girls.
Mimetics, 10th and 11th grade girls.
Virginia Reel, 8th grade girk.
Drill, Company A.
Friday afternoon at the same hour
on the Central graded school grounds,
the young folks of the primary grades
will present their entertainment,
which promises to be an interesting
event. The following program will
be carried out, the participants repre
senting the first five grades of the
schools:
A Rose Dream—Pageantr—First
(Continued on Page 10)
DISTRICT MEETING
TO BE HELD HERE
Sturgeon Heads
College Athletics
Orphanage Closing
Splendid Year
Masons Of This District To Gather
Here On May 20th For Interest-
* ing Meeting. -1
The program for the convention of
the Eleventh Masonic Dktrict has
been announced, and the date set for
the occasion. The convention will be
held, beginning at 4:30 p. m., in the
Masonic Temple of this city, on
Thursday, May 29.
Campbell Lodge No. 44 of Clinton,
will be the host to the convention,
and is making lively plans for one
of the most successful Masonic con
ventions ever held. There will be in
attendance possibly ‘350 to 450 Ma
sons from the Eleventh Masonic Dis
trict, comprising lodges largely in
Laurens county.
The program will consist of speech
es in the afternoon by a number of
prominent Masons. The following
have been invited to speak on that
occasion: Hon. C. K. Chreitzberg, of
Rock Hill, Grand Master of South
Carolina; Geo. T. Bryan, of Green
ville; Grand Secretary O. Frank Hart
of Columbia; District Deputies: Ken
neth Baker, of Greenwood; R. W.
Beaty of Whitmire; M. A. Lanford
of Woodruff; Former District,Deputy
R. R. Nichols of Laurens.
Congressman James Byrnes, of
Washington, who is an officer of the
Grand Royal Arch Chapter of South
Carolina, has been likewise invited to
make an address on the occasion.
The convention will be presided
over by the Deputy of the Eleventh
Masonic District, W. P. Jacobs.
At 6:30 an informal cafeteria style
hand-me-out supper will be served by
the ladies of the James Bamie Par
rott Chapter, order of the Eastern
Star. At 7:80, Campbell Lodge No.
44, will be opened and work in the
Third degree conferred on a class of
candidates before probably the larg
est Masonic audience ever gathered
in Clinton.
Campbell Lodge, the largest Ma
sonic lodge in the Eleventh Masonic
District, a a strong-going, thriving or
ganization jof wide-awake men and has
made quite a reputation this year,
owing to its aggressive siprit Thk
is the fourth general Masonic con
vention to be held in Clinton within
recent years, and it k expected to be
the largest Masonic gathering ever
held here. .
Is Reelected President of Association.
Other Officers Named and Block
Letters Awarded. •
Prof. H. E. Sturgeon, instructor of
Chemistry, and one of the most popu
lar members of the Presbyterian Col
lege faculty, has been re-elected as
president of the Athletic; Association
for the ensuing year. Prof. Sturgeon
has filled this office for several years
past to the entire satisfaction of the
student body and faculty, all of whom
are pleased to know that he will again
direct the athletic activities for
another year. P. H. Hannah was
elected vice-president succeeding Joe
F. Mason, and H. K. Holland will sue
ceed J. H. Pearce as secretary-treas
ure!.
At the same meeting the athletic
council presented its recommendations
for the various managers for next
year and the result was the election
of the following:
Football manager, J. J. Cornwall;
assistants, B. F. Knowles and C. L.
O’Dell.
Basketball, F. K. Clarke, manager;
assistant, D. O. Rhalne.
Baseball, L. H. Hay, manager; as
sistants, Paul Carson and I. M. Bag-
nal.
Track, R. F. Banks, tnanager; Bill
White, assistant.
Tennis, H. J. McLaurin, manager.
At this meeting each year it is cus
tomary to award letter certificates to
the men who have been credited with
meritorious work. In football, the
following men receivril certificates:
Miller, Norton, Ricker, Robinson,
Campbell, Bomar, Hindman, Warner,
Pearce, R. B. Moore, Clinton, Hunter
and McLaurin. In basketball, Ricker,
R. Walker, Hunter, Miller, J. Moore,
R. Moore, Martin and Mason. In
baseball, Lewis, Hannah, R. Moore,
Miller, J. Moore, Warner, Holliday,
Garvin, Norton, Hunter and Cousar.
Report Shows Institution In Excel
lent Condition With Bright
Future Ahead.
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The past year has been one of the
most successful in the history of the
Thornwell Orphanage, the receipts
for the support and endowment fund
exceeding that of any previous year.
The support fund exceeded $100,000,
while more than $130,000 has been
received through special gifts and
endowment contributions.
The annual meeting of the board
of trustees will be held on the after
noon of June 10, at which time the
president’s and executive committee’s
reports will be submitted. The exe
cutive committee in session Tuesday
afternoon concluded its work for the
year and adopted its report and rec
ommendations for the annual meet
ing next month. Dr. Lynn, president
of the institution, was commended for
the fine showing made under his
leadership and the excellent spirit
and condition of the institution at
present. The committee is composed
of J. I. Copeland, C. W. Stone, W. W.
Harris and Dr. L. R. Lynn.
DEAN OF EDITORS
CLOSES LONG LIFE
LITTLE INTEREST
IN ELECTION
Less Than One Hundred Voters Cast
Ballots In Water Extension
Bond Issue.
Just 71 voters cast their ballots
in the election Tuesday upon the
question of voting additional bonds
to provide a filtering plant and mak
ing the needed water extensions of
the city. Of this number, 43 voted
yes, 28 voted no. Advocates of the
bond issue showed little interest,
while there was a quiet agitation on
the part of those who were opposed
to it to defeat it. The bond issue
is not to exceed $100,000 and is to be
used in providing for the city a mod
ern filtering plant and adequate
water facilities.
High School Pupils
Compete For Honors
Story-Telling Contest Held For Ad
vanced Grades. Grace League
Wins First Place.
The high school story-telling con
test was held on Saturday morning
at the high school building. The con-
testants were:
Eighth grade—Julia Riddle and
Frances Anderson.
Ninth grade—Grace League and
Blanche Anderson.
Tenth grade—Benet Godfrey.
Eleventh grade—Fannie Blakely.
Mrs. D. W. A. Nevilk read the
story, and Mrs. A. V. Martin, Mrs.
Pringle Copeland and Mrs. B. O.
Whitten acted as judges.
The $2.50 gold piece given by J. B.
Frontis, local jeweler, was awarded
to Grace League, who won first place.
Second place was given to Blanche
Anderson, and third to Fannie Blake
ly,
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MISS WILLIE PUTNAM
WINS GOLD PIECE
Grammar School
Holds Contest
_ Mrs. L. B. Dillard, Mrs. Ray Nimocks
to track, Fuller, toamrey, Cheton, j Dhn T . LlttUl . ^ Itori „
Hughs, Sheldon, Ricker, Campbell and
Ferguson.
R. Moore, Miller and Hunter receiv
ed letters in baseball, football and bas
ketball, an honor quite out of the ordi
nary and which came to them in recog
nition of their ability as athletes.
Turnipseed To Be
Commencement Orator
Lander Head Takes Place of Bain-
bridge Colby On College Com
mencement Program.
The Rev. B. R. Turnipseed, presi
dent of Lander College of Greenwood,
will deliver the commencement ad
dress next Wednesday morning before
the graduating class of the Presby
terian College. Mr. Turnipseed takes
the place of Bainbridge Colby, who
has notified Dr. Douglas that it will
be impossible for him to fill the en
gagement. Mr. Colby was formerly
secretary of state in President Wil-
spn’s cabinet and the public will re
gret his inability to be present as
previously announced.
Mr. Turnipseed is one of the lead
ing educators in the State and ranks
among the prominent ministers in the
Methodist denomination. Dr. Dou
glas expressed himself yesterday as
delighted with Mr. Turnipseed’s ac
ceptance.
Primary Pupils
Tell Stories
In the recitation contest in the high
school, Mias Willie Putnam was
awarded first place and Mias Margar
et Copeland second. A $2.50 gold
piece waa given by. Adair-Sumeral to
ifi— Putnam. ’
Little Franck Spratt Captures First
Prize In Annual Story-Telling
Contest. $
The annual story-telling contest of
the primary schools was held last
Saturday morning and aroused con
siderable interest among the young
folks who participated in the event.
There were entries through the first
four grades.
Mrs. E. E. Stanton, Misses Ruth
Bailey and Marion Patton were the
judges, while Mrs. Stanton read the
stories. 'TOieir {decision gave, first
place and the $2.50 gold piece offered
by the Mother’s club to Francis
Spratt of the second grade. Second
honor was captured by Virginia
Spratt, and third to Alfred Brown
ing.
The representatives from the re
spective grades, were:
First—Alfred Browning, Margaret
Stroud, Jack Witherspoon.
Second—Frances Spratt, Wodell
King, Sere Blakely!
Third—Frances Blakely, Clyde Ar-
rowood.
Fourth—Virginia Spratt, Lewis
Lillian Burns Browning Wins First
Place In Annum] Story-Telling
Contest.
The annual grammar grades story
telling contest was held Saturday
morning, May 17, at the high school
building.
Those taking part in the contest
were as follows: Anne Glasgow and
Clyde Ray from the fifth grade; Ruth
Todd and E. J. Bnsbin from the sixth
grade; and Lillian Burns Browning
and Arthur Copeland represented the
seventh grade.
The judges for the contest were
were read by Miss Edith Mills.
A $2.50 gold piece was offered by
M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers, to the
first place winner. This honor was
won by Lillian Burns Browning. The
second and third places were won by
Aline Glasgow and Ruth Todd.
SENATORS SEEK
VIEWS ON COURT
Foreign Relations Committee Holds
Conference With President
Coolidge.
Washington, May 20.—Republican
members of the Senate foreign rela
tions committee were told by Presi
dent Coolidge at a White House con
ference tonight that his position with
reference to the world court question
was the same as indicated in his mes
sage on the subject and in various
statements made since.
The committee members, who were
headed by Chairman Lodge, it was
said, wobld attempt to formulate a
plan which would.be in harmony with
the President’s position.
The visit to the White House of the
Republican members headed by Sena
tor Lodge, of Massachusetts, the
committee chairman and himself the
author of a world court porposal, was
preliminary to a meeting of the full
committee tomorrow on the world
court question.
This committee meeting was call
ed by Chairman Lodge several days
ago at the request of Senator Swan
son, of Virginia, ranking Democratic
member, who indicated in a public
announcement that unless some ac
tion soon was taken he would move
to discharge the committee, thereby
bringing the world court question to
the Senate floor.
Changes Made In
City Officials
Former Chief-of-Police O. S. Linder
Goes To Winnsboro.
O. S. Lindler, for the past two
years chief of police, has severed his
relation with the city and accepted a
position at Winnsboro. He is suc
ceeded at present in his former posi
tion by Ed Stevens. C. W. Weir has
been appointed street overseer, suc
ceeding Mr. Stevens.
William Henry Wallace Passes At
Ripe Age. Editor Newberry
Observer 33 Years.
Spartanburg; May 10.—William
Henry Wallace, for 33 years editor of
the Newberry Observer, formerly a
weekly and at present a semi-weekly
newspaper, and a pioneer newspaper
man in South Carolina, died at the
home of his son, Dr. D. D. Wallace,
on Wofford campus this afternoon,
after an illness of a month’s dura
tion. The remains was taken to
Newberry Sunday and the funeral
held at the Methodist church Sun
day afternoon at 4 oklock. He would
have been 76 years of age on his
next birthday in November. Mr. Wal
lace came to Spartanburg April 17 to
visit his son and to rest. His strength,
however, began to fail and for the
last several days his condition has
been hopeless.
Mr. Wallace was born November 4,
1848, and reared in the Belfast sec
tion of Newberry county and attended
a private school nearby anl later con
tinued his education at Wofford col
lege, from which institution he was
graduated in 1871, with the degree of
A. B., receiving his A. M. degree in
the year 1873 from the same institu
tion. He was a professor in Colum
bia College for Women (later chang
ed to Columbia College) from 1878 to
1876, and taught again in the same
institution during the period of 1898
to 1895. He was superintendent of
the Newberry city schools for five
years, which position he gave up to
become editor of the Greenville News,
Greenville. After editing this paper
for about a year he gave up the work
on account of weak eyesight and ill
health and returned to Newberry,
where he resumed his work with the
Newberry Observer, which he had
founded in 1883 and which he had
Is
edited except for the years noted
above. From 1883 to 1901 he con
ducted The Observer as a weekly
newspaper and since then aa a semi
weekly.
He enlisted as a private in the state
militia from the fall of 1864 until the
surrender of Johnston’s armies at the
close of the war, being then 16 years
of age.
He was married in Spartanburg De
cember 26, 1872, to Miss Alice Lomax
of Abbeville, she having lived with
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. David
Duncan of Wofford college. Mrs.
Wallace died September 25, 1920, and
from that time until his death, with
the exception of a few weeks, he lived
with his brother, Robert G. Wallace,
on College street.
Mr. Wallace was a member of Cen
tral Methodist church, of Newberry.
He was a liberal giver for everything
that was good and was a staunch sup
porter of his church. He was a mem
ber of the Newberry Rotary club, hav
ing never missed a meeting as long
as he was able to attend. ‘He was
a Democrat, and was a man of con
servative views on most questions.
During the summer of 1875 he
traveled over a large portion of Eu
rope in company with George Foster
Smith, who for many years after
wards was head of the Greek depart
ment of the University of Wisconsin,
and is no$ a professor in that institu
tion. Durng his college days be was
a member of the Kappa Alpha .so
ciety.
Mr. Wallace was one of the best
known editorial writers of the state
and his equal as a newspaper man
can hardly be found. He was widely
known among the newspaper men of
the state, having had many offers to
become editorial writer for the lead
ing daily papers, but his health pre
vented him from so doing, being physi
cally unable to cope with the strenu
ous routine of a daily morning paper.
Through his profession he had served
the best interests of the state and
community to the best of his ability
and ideals. He was an inspiration to
all who came in contact with him and
his place will be hard to fill, and he
was a citizen of whom Newberry
county was proud. His ambition was
to develop the community by the con
struction of schools and churches and
good roads. He was a man of wide
COLLEGE CLOSES
I YEAR’S WORK
Baccalaureate and Y. M. C. A. Serin—
Comes Next Sunday. Graduating
Exercises On Wednesday. 27
In Senior Class.
The commencement exercises of thn
Presbyterian College will begin next
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock in the
First Presbyterian church, when the
baccalaureate sermon before the grad
uating class will be preached by the
Rev. C. Darby Fulton, missionary te
Japan. Mr. Fulton is an alumnus of
the college and the Columbia Theolo
gical seminary, and later obtained n
degree fropn JPrinceton. He is now
on furlough in this country and his
Appearance on this year’s program is
being looked forward to with unusual
interest by his large circle of friends
and acquaintances in the city.
In the evening at eight o’clock, the
sermon before the Young Men's
Christian Association will be preached
by the Rev. Ellis A. Fuller, pastor
of the Earl Street Baptist church of
Greenville. Mr. Fuller k also a
graduate of the Presbyterian College
and is one of the promising ministers
of his denomination.
On next Monday evening the an
nual Declamation contest will be hell
in the college auditorium, at which
time six young men will compote for
first honor.
At the-same hour on Tuesday even
ing, the Orators’ contest will occur,
the contestants to be selected from
the junior and senior classes and the
winner awarded a gold medal offerel
by the two societies.
Wednesday is commencement dsy
proper and the cfoaiiig exercises will
be held in the college auditorium, be
ginning at ten oclock a. m., and wEH
be presided over by Dr. D. M. Dou
glas, president of the college. The
valedictory speech, class oration aril
annual commencement sddwsss wfK
be delivered. Other emseisee. seek
as the conferring of honorary
announcement of winners of medals,
prizes and other student honors, w9
also take place at this hour.
The college is closing a successful
season with bright indkationa for a
successful opening next fall. With
the completion of the new dormitory,
it is expected that next year’s enroll
ment will break all records. (
This year’s graduating class is
composed of twenty-seven young men.
Their names and home addresses are:
Alexander Ramsay Batchelor, Whit
mire, S. €.; Van Kirk Bland, Mouth
of Seneca, W. Va.; Ratchford Wiisoa
Boland, Clinton, S. C.; George Prae
tor Boozer, Jr., Newberry, S. C.; Rob
ert Allister Buckner, Clio, S. C.; Jeff
Watson Chapman, Columbia, S. C,;
William John Cherry, Jr., Rock HiR,
S. C.; Pierce Pike Henderson, Ashe
ville* N. C.; Heyward Joseph Hind
man, Chester, S. C.; Herman Grice
Hunt, Owings, S. C.; Frank William
LaMotte, Clinton, S. Cl; Robert Mat
thew Lynn, Clinton, S. C.; Joe Finney
Mason, Clinton, S. C.; Francis Boril
Mayes, Winnsboro, S. C.; Edgar Don
ald McMahan, Piedmont, S. C.; Jos
eph Graham Miller, Atlanta, Ga.; Hy-
der Kee Neely, Anderson, S. C.; Mel
vin Bond Nickles, Donalds, S. Cr;
Leon Norton, Little Rock, S. C:;
George Reid O’Daniel, Clinton, S. C.;
James Pearce, Florence, S. C.; Joseph
Lee Plexico, Sharon, S. C.; William
Ross Ricker, Rock Hill, S. C.; Vi via*
Alexander Sydenstricker, Decatur,
1 Ga.; Thomas Douglas Wallace, Great
Falls, S. C.; Edward Burden Warren.
Charleston, S. C.; Arthur Thompsoa
Wilson, Clinton, S. C.
LITTLE GIRLS RECOVER
FROM ACCIDENT
Agnes and Margaret Shealy, daugh
ters of Dr. and Mrs. F. K. Shealy,
who were recently struck by an auto
mobile on North Broad Street, have
recovered from their injuries, much
to the delight of their many friends.
19 APPOINTED JUDGE
The Hon. F. P. McGowan, well
known attorney of Laurens, has been
appointed special judge to hold a term
of Common Pleas court at Orange
burg for two weeks, beginning the
first Monday in June.
men and had been exceedingly mod
est about his professional career as
a teacher and editor. He achieved
observation, in intense loyalty to his | the real dignity of long continued
friends, a true friend and a man of i service and usefulness la his home
moat generous impulses. | city and county.
The Newberry Observer and the Mr. Wallace was the son of Mr. and
people of Newberry will feel a dis
tinct personal loss in his death. He
Mrs. John Wallace. Hk parents were
Scotch-Irish, his paternal ancestors
was a man of rare qualities and was t coming from Scotland and settling la
of the most humble Christian char-1 Albemarle county, Virginia, a short
•acter. He was tnily a valuable asset' time before the Revolution. Mem-
to his city and county. He never had ( hers of the famSy wore Revohition-
any aspirations for public honors that ary soldiers, so— df 'them -achieving
are the object of ambition for so many distinction.