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IV. .S'?': ■ ■ - * ±^. ' L It i ;' -. -r • • • If You Don’t Read • • • • • • • - THE CHRONICLE • • • • • • • . You Don’t Get • • • • • • • The News • • • • Olbrontrlf ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••« I THE CHRONICLE • StriTes To Be a Clean New*- • * . S paper. Complete, New^r* • and Reliable VOLUME XXIX CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 11,1929 PROGRAM ANNOUNCED FOR APPROACHING CHAUTAUQUAj Redpath Seven Day Eng:aKement Opens Here On May 20th. , Famous Plays and Many Other Interesting Features To Appear During Week. engined Moth plane. Captain Rooke’s great lecture has, literally, everything —travelog interest, humor, thrills and much interesting aviation infor mation. Other notable lecturers are Theo dore Graham, brilliant publicist and authority on immigration; Frederick M. Snyder, one of the most witty and stimulating speakers on the platform, who discusses the all-important ques tion of individual and community health in a challenging lecture; Anne Campbell, popular newspaper poet, who has gained „ fame by„JKriting a NEW FIBER IS DISCOVERED! Practeial Cotton Substitute Found Abroad. Large Orders Are , Already Placed. Washington, April 8.—Cotton pro-| ducers should give immediate apd careful consideration to a situation that may mean the ruin of this indus try and the consequent abandonment of acres of land used now for cotton growing. This is the old announce ment from London that a practical cotton substitute has been found abroad. At least the partial signifi cance of this information may be seen I from the following editorial in the] Washington Post recently: “Considerable interest attaches to 1 the announcement in London that American buyers have entered the market for artificial cotton manufac-1 CEMETERY TO BE PLACE OF BEAUTYi City Now Beautifying Rosemont Prop erty With Evergreens, Trees and Flowering Shrubs drive-ways thro^h the cemetery and for a newsp*^ repder*#™*^^ a-Soufb Amwcan IT»dual!y\^^ public of between three and four mil-f'^^ich is being developed by Dr. C. J ' Lorna Doone Jackson, prima donna dramatic soprano; two great plays, “Skidding” and “Sun-Up,” and such notable lecturers as Hon.'Nellie Tayloe Ross, the first woman-governor, and Captain Denis Rooke, dare-devil avi ator, are among the many big attrac tions announced to appear here during the coming Redpath Chautauqua. ’The Chautauqua will open in Clinton on Monday, May 20th, and continue for seven eventful days packed with mu sic, entertainment, lectures ^nd sur prising novelty features. ^Xoma Doone-Jackson cpmesJLa the Chautauqua”'fresh from metropolitan operatic successes, Although appear ing with unusual success in a host of operatic roles with both the San Carlo and Chicago Civic Opera companies. Miss Jackson has scored especial tri umphs by her rendition of the title role in Bizet’s immortal opera, “Car men,” and thoroughly merits the so briquet “America’s Famous Carmen” accorded her by music critics every where. Miss Jackson will appear here in concert, with assisting artists, on the third night of Chautauqua, in a! have been secured to furnish the mu varied program featuring a number of I sic for the fourth day. These talented “Carmen" selections iyostume vivacious entertainers come to the j proJust in Holland, Switzerland Italv “Sun-Up," powerful drama of the Chautauqua circuit this year with the Czecho-Slovakia and Romania The’ Carolina mountains whmh will be pre- plaudits of New York and Chicago au- plant grows prolifically in all of the« sented on the second night by a New diences still ringing in their ears. * -- ^ i ux inese York cast, featuring Marie Pavey as | On the last afternoon the Chaiitau- City council through its cemetery committee, with the assistance of Dai ley’s Nurseries, has been formulating plans for some time to beautify Rose mont cemetery. The wire fence en closure facing the highway was re cently set back several feet to widen the road and give added parking space fbr funeral processions, and this im provement has greatly added to the approach of the property. Within the past two weeks Mr. Dailey, under the committee’s direction, has been plant ing flowers and shrubbery to further add to the attractiveness of the place. It is planned soon to improve the 54 TO GRADUATE FROM^LLEGE Commencement Exercises Begin May 26. Dr. Lyons and J. Lyles Glenn Are Speakers for Clos ing Program. lion people, and Montaville Flowers, i Hedley-Thorhton. Until now the distinguished educator and lecturer, in! cotton interests have been skepti cal of the economic value of the plant. The fact that Americans have entered his timely, vital lecture, “What Young America Is Thinking J’- The Filipino Collegians, who open the Chautauqua with a grand concert . yt • j on the first afternoon, bring to Red-' United States path audiences the fascinating music f ' “The London dispatch says that of their native land, also American, Doctor Hedley-Thornton’s corporation popular songs. has orders for one billion pounds of Edna White and Her Trumpeters [ artificial cotton and that it is complet ing arrangements to float subsidiary companies to grow, and market the Plans are being completed for the commencement exercises of the Pres byterian college which are to be held May 26-28. The exercises this year will be presided over for the first time by President McSween. The baccalaureate sermon will be preached in the First Presbyterian church on Sunday moming( May 26th, by the Rey. J. Sproles Lyons, D. D., pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Lyons is one of the outstanding ministers and ® ^church and will be heard-here with unusual interest. The commencement exercises prop er will occur on Tuesday morning, May 28th, at 10:30. The address be fore the graduates will be delivered by ^autification program now under vay. In an effbrt to further break the loneliness of the once bleak and barren hillside, use has been made of avenue the Mtificial cotton market may pres, and Aade trees, cedars evcr^eens, j of Chester, age develJpment of this new fiber root I and flowering plants. Along the C*'- „ell known solicitor of the Sixth ju- houn highway and just inside the # o av n i- fence behind each post, sixty of the fast growing Lonibary poplars have'*’" 'k' been planted which stand as exclaina.: d'l'very of tned- tion points against the sky line. The I V*”'*!"* „ four columnar type cedars standing as ',. O” “ <'’f*'t o’climk little sentinels in front of the rough I st'one pillars at the gate entrance are *>'keld m the college au- Italian cypress, un eiiner wing oi tne, j^ medals, fence approaching the gate is an m-, , f formal grouping of plants. Ligustrums I year’s graduating class is com countries in soil that is unsuitable to NUMBER 16 CLUB ELECTS mytmicm C. F. Winn Heads Chamber Commerce for Year. Alfreds Scarborough Heard on Co-op erative Marketing and Agri^ cultural Conditions., . most crops. It is reported to be "much t English laurel are the background , ^ members, the largest in the Widow Cagle, is one of the really j qua audience will be highly enter- j hardier than the cotton plant, is not I bridal wreath spirea j ^ ® institution s history. lean drama of recent years. It tells a thrilling story of the forces let loose by the World war in the lives of sim ple, primitive Carolina mountaineers isolated from the world. There are many humorous turns to the play, but on the whole it is intensely dramatic. “Skidding,” the popular comedy hit outstanding contributions to the Amer- tained by a popular cartoon entertain-1 subject to the boll weevil, and costs ment presented by John Bockewitz, I less to grow and harvest than cotton. dramatic cartoonist. •. One of the most important features of Chautauqua this year is Junior Town, where boys and girls elect their own mayor, town clerk, health officer, and learn to take the respon sibility of ctiizenship.' Too much em- wheih willlbe the feature of the sev-1 phasis cannot be placed upon this de enth night, comes straight from: partment, as today’s juniors will be - Broadway. “Skidding” is an intrigu-1 tomorrow’s citizens. A capable junior ing mixture of love and politics, told j supervisor will be in charge, with a freshness and charm all too; • ————————— rare in the theatre today. It contains | DEATH CLAIMS a sOTe-fire recipe for uproarious j laughter. Taken as a tonic in three; doses it makes for one of the most en- [ It can be handled by cotton-spinning machinery. “England is expected to have a com mercial supply of the new fiber this summer and if the advantages of the substitute are as great as reported, the production in other countries ROTARY CLUB /"■ /“ I has been planted and properly ferti- which now import cotton will develop | vI:-- rapidly; It appears that a period of will give color in spring bloom, and the border is made up of the free I r>l>nil7Xr UIT A lYC blooming abelia. Inside the gate HtlADo informal idea of grouping is carried out—magnolia here, laurel there, and flowering plants with some evergreen ! Well Known Professor Named As grouped in nooks and comers that^are too small to be utilized for burial lots. This varied collection of shrubbery lized, and is now being carefully ^ r watched and cared for in the hope of stiff competition against American i . • *1. * . u .• cotton lies iust ahead i the cemetery the most beauti- cotton lies just atiead. community. The It may be found practical to grow ;charge consists of Alder-, ,. r .v . the substitute on much of the land ' men Adair Harris and Wilson ' this capacity for the past year. George GEO. M. DAVISi*'““ ‘"''m--. Adair chairman has Wen'quit. was elected vice-president; V I .qnilFH Anri ainr.x> *lvx. rvlovf ...111 I <2 W C„v»,o,.ol J a Leader for New Year. Direct ors Also Elected. Marshall W. Brown, professor of history at Presbyterian college, was elected president of the Clinton Ro tary club at its regular weekly meet ing last Friday. He succeeds Barnie Parrott, who has served the club in South. And since the plant will thrive : active and the moving spirit in carry- joyable evenings imaginable. It is pre-! Known and Esteemed Citizen sented by a New York cast. ' Succumbs To Three Day.s Illness. Ttie famous Cathedral Choir will i Funeral Here Tuesday. | ™rolucdTr mrehrhe"nn\"7n'^ Geo. M. Davis, well-known Clinton-7°"’^ purchasing lots 'growing the substitute plant, and val- ' S. W. Sumerel, secretary and treas urer, and R. E. Sailer, assistant sec- in temperate climates, cotton fields mg the work forward. The property is and treasurer. I may develop in the Northern and j ideally located for a cemetery and, i Western states. Much land that is now appear on the fifth day, featuring the ’ beautiful musical production, “The i passed away IVIonday afternoon Chimes of Brittany.” Three years ago, at his home on East Carolina avenue ' the Cathedral Choir jtoured the big after an illness of only three days du- Rodpath circuit and registered one of ration. Mr. Davis was engaged at his the greatest triuimphs of any musical usual work on Friday at which time company ‘^ver presented to Chautau-: he was taken ill with pneumonia, and qua audiences. It is repeated this year ' the end soon came. His friends hardly in response to insistent requests. knew of his illness when his death On the sixth dav comes the big mu- "as announced, his passing being un- sical attraction, the Blue Danube Or- expected and coming as a great sur- chestra, featuring Madame Balassa, pnse to the family and a wide circle renowned Hungarian cymbalnio art- friends. uable cotton could be usei for more profitable crops.” Edwards 111 At His Home Here Friends in the city of J. V. Edwards, proprietor of Edwards Auto Service I of two pr three organizations in thia The new board of directors elected' Thg chair appointed the follow- at the same time is composed of fbe' committee: Geo. H. Cornelson, R. following: George Cornelson, M. W. l Ptexico, B. H. Boyd, Gilbert Blake- Brown, S. W. Sumerel, Dr. C. M. jy ^^d W. C. James. • Workman and Dr. D. J. Woods. i ^ previous meeting of the cham- Miss Aline Newsom and Mrs. John her, a resolution had been adopted eu- W. Little of the Academy Street school dorsing the idea of an annual award xi-ii tx n -1 i> . I faculty, were guests of the club and to the cRizen rendering the most sig- Will Be * ui t IS ummer > their pupils, little nal.service during the year. The token caster Iriend and i ^ Florence Carter and Paul Whitlock, committee named to work out the de- College Gymnasium Facilities. i entertained the members with tails is composed of J. H. SPRINGS ADDS SWLMMING POOL Col. Leroy Springs of Lancaster, do- several interesting readings, nor of Leroy Springs gymnasium at W'ither- spoon, R. W. W'ade, 1). C, Heustess, Dr. D. J. Brimm and \\\ W. Harris. The principal addres.s of the even ing was delivered by Alfred Scarbor ough, general manager of the South Caroijna Cotton Growers’ association, rp. , u r n • 1 X u 1 and a close student of agriculture for Tne faculty of Florida Street school . . . . Florida Street Faculty Given a number of years. .Af.ur expressing u;,. ..I 1 • ' and Broad street Filling Statio;,, will Presbyterian college, recognized as ■ TU. , . ■ 11 f 7 r" f ■ now i.st, and Madame Maria msh1r, dis-: The funeral serviee-was eondtieteiat his home on Aaair street for ^ a swimmin^ tinquished Russian soprano. With at the grave Tuesday afternoon by i f^e past ten days with considerable I pooi_ jhis feature which will complete xMme. Balassa and xMme. Mashir will the Rev. Edward Long, pastor of the j anxiety felt over his condition. During athletic equipment of the college be a male instrumental ensemble of first Baptist church, of which the de-1 khe past few days, however, there! anj make it the equal of anv in the ^]1 star musicians. ceased was a devoted member. Inter-1 has been a favorable change and his ^outh, will.be finished, it is under- for the coming year, has been an- . Hon. Nellie Tayloe Ross, former , ment was in the Presbyetrian ceme-jPhisicians stated yesterday that his stood, in time for use by the .students nounced by the board of trustees, as pleasure in being present, Mr. governor of Wyoming, and the first' tery. A large crowd gathered for the j condition has shown a decided im- jj^g p^^j ‘^jg as a follows : Scarborough spoke of the potential woman to be inaugurated as governor service and many beautiful floral de-j Provement. Mr. Edwards’ friends and ^J,g gyn^asium in the adjoin- -Mr.s. W. R. Andcr.son principal Possibilities of a live riiamber of cf any state in the Union, will lecture ■ signs brought by loving hands, indi-Thcquaintalices will be please! to hear gp^gg excavated for it Mrs. Ravmon l Pitts, Miss’Agnes Da- <^'ommerce organization and then went on the fourth night, taking as her sub-1 cated the high esteem in which Mr. j tms encouraging report from his bed-' ^hg g^^^^ .vis, Miss Ina Curry, Miss Nancy Chv- <bscus.sion of matters, pertxain- ject, “The Governor Speaks.” Mrs. Davis was held by score.s of friends. side and unite in hoping that he will j Sorin^s +nld Prp^i lent ens, Miss Benita Boozer, Miss Floy Problems. Ross is a magnetic, compelling speak-, Active pallbearers were: Jack H. soon be able to resume his place m ^ ^ ‘Owings, Miss Paul Vane Elrod Miss farmer has been. condemned, er and her lecture here will be of out-, Young R.J Copeland, S. W. Sumer-1 the business life of the community. , ^hiTe the latter was in NW Yoifl Irene Workman. Miss Anna Bell Hud- ^Scarborough, for neglect and standing interest, r Ernest Hipp and i — ^ «ame* eneineerne -on and Miss Margaret McCord. ^7*^ of business methods, but the On the afternoon of the same day R- F. Adair. ^ Tohnstotl NaitlpH company tlfa* designed and^'erected Two conges are made in the teach- not under.stood his problems. Captain Denis Roolie, intrepid adven-! ^ P^Jlbearers were: Dr. T. JOnnSlOD i>iamed ^ pool Col SprhigTbuiirin L^ras- '*^^' staff^ver the present year. Miss Agriculture is a vital thing, it touches T. W. Bailey, W. D. Copeland, F. M. Boland, Jack H. Davis, W, W. Davis' to India, 7,000 mile*; in a tiny single- U. W. Milam and Jas. H. Davi.s of Lau-I rens. turer of the air, will tell the thrilling story of his solo flight from England State Orator MAIL MEN IN ANNUAL MEET; Bridge section, a son of Mr, and Mrs. R. c. Davis. The greater part of his Letter Carriers Apportion Funds for, life y.as spent on the farm in the Rural Roads. H. 1). Uantin of This j community where he was reared. City, Again Named President. {About ten. years ago he moved yhis I ter, will come to Clinton in the near (future to make a preliminary survey In the preliminary oratorical con- > and get the work under way. test held at Presbyterian college dur- Col .Springs has long been a warm t , . , P^Tt announced on his part, is another evidence of his interest. Wi.h the pool I „ —t,,. vx... ^ oj v^prings has long been a warn I Mr. Davis was in his 55th year of j ing the past week^ Thomas M. John- friend of the college and this lates jage. He was bv^n in 1874 in the Rock|Ston was chosen to represent Presby-.-:rx 1 x-i • FIcy Owing, „f Owing,, is nn A. B. " »»' ‘J' graduate of Chicora eollege anl has t'.r.dan,entals of life. There must be bc-en teat hing the past year at Lanes. “"I Ihe -sptakez. Miss Margaret McCord of Hodges, has f ‘"““Pf “t'"" P“ll‘ng togeth- , , . . X II .V x- • 1 cr of the citv and rura population if beefi teaching at Heath Springs and . , A V XU II’ . .success IS to lie a.tain'd and the em- is an A. B. graduate of the uonians , • college. Due West. be held in Rock Hill on April 26th, He completed, the college’-s athletic eejuip- used as his ^subject, “The American i rounded out to perfe.- Constitution. favorably with the , J J ! Other speakers participating in the best in the South. . Laurens, April 4.—The annual meet-; family to Clinton and had made his i together with their subjects, • nf tVlo ■ ai-nna i fiAA I ^ ^ ^ ElllS President Moves -Into New Home phas;i.s is misplace 1 if it stresses only economic production. Continuing, xMr. .Scarborough gav^ an intere’sting review of farming con- litions, past and present, and said the philosophy of increased production is all wrong and false unless an adequate Rev. John McSween anl family, outlet is provided, for without it, he have moved into the handsome Young .said, the farmer is a victim of his own “OrcraniypiC Rail r'lllh b(me on South Broadway within the surplus and suffers because of his l>an Vviuu week, it will be recalled that the, own suecses. Discussing the various ing the rural letter carriers of the ' home here since that time In 1900. t r" county was held in Laurens last .Mon- he was married to Miss Mary Griffin ' I' ^”7, “Modern Ulysses”; tx. , o. , day afternoon when officers for the ' of this place. ' | W. H. Jackson, Conflict Between Ma-1 Lllilton Hlfirh ScHool ensuing year were elected and dele-1 Mr. Davis was an upright citizen ! ’ .r gates to the state convention to be and his influence was always on the k Western Hemis- held at Clemson were named. : s’’!e of right. He was a man of stroni? ' i n - County Supervisor J. D. W. Watts {convictions, sincere in his friendshins i contest will be held atL, "leeting-^was held Tuesday % h v ^ donated to the I periods of agriculture for the past 65 and the clejk of the office, B. Y. Cui-|and a loving Christian father. He was ’college this month with rep- ' Purpose of organizing a baseball x. U speaker showed how the bertson, were invited to the meeting held in higlu esteem by hundreds of sentatives from each of the nine col-' Clinton high school. Much en- . P . gift being farmer has always been a specialist after the business session to appor-, friends and his death coming so unex association competing. ' Jhusia.sm was shown, with twenty-six ■ f memori^ to his late i- production. tion the funds appropriated-by the : pected, causes ranch sadnes* I !lThirh”‘- a os the coilele ntaza® business, said , baseball has appeared m Clinton HiL,^ tojiege plaza and is among Mr. Scarborough. The trend of the For Laurens County Laurens delegation for rural roads to j Survivinig him are his widow and ' TY x x be used as emergencies arise. The su-j nipe children: Robert and Alma of' l^OmOnstrator pervisor was asked in a resolution; Atlanta; Geo. M. Jr of Charlotte- adopted by the convention to main-{Emily of Macon; ZeJime of Winthron tain the routes on a regular schaJule (college; James F Will Mnrv Poic, somewhat after the plan now used to ; and Beverley all’ of this nlacp Aio^ f ^®.^PP®k ment maintain the top soil roads. It was 'by three brothers Dr J W^Davi iss Mary Shaw Gilliam as home brought out that funds were insuffi- John d! Daria of this chV '“.-"ty, haa cient to do this with as much regu-'lert W. Davia of dreenville’ announced. Mias Gliliam whose larity but the a ,pervisor stated that.| ___oi_Greenw^ ^ home ,s at /.bbevllle, is a graduate of he would keep it in mind and have the !• rp 1 [ ,^®P Jlege and has been in routes scraped as often as possible. ; USIC ICUCilGr arge of home economics depart- Officers re-elected are: H. D. Ran-j ' For City Schools tin, president; Glenn C. Abercrombie, iflrVoverM yeaXbu7’a''go^.d'Te7m‘i'a'*^ eT^e consolidation, a coor- j exnected this veer. Reid Loel-man w»a mating and pooling of interests, and the deplorable fact is that the farmer. expected this year, Reid Lockman was elected manager and he reports that practices will begin right away. vice-president; A. C. Owings, secre-; Miss Harriett Carson of Sumerton, tary-treasurer. ^®® elected director of music in Delegates to the state conventioift {the city schools for the coming ses- are H. D. Rantin, Joe W. Leake, A. C. | sion. Miss Carson ifi a B. S. graduate Owings H E Taylor, J. M. Bryson, | of W’inthrop colle|re and is teaching Glenn C. i^ercrombie. ‘this year in-the Hartsville scWls. r -I? . . . ^ \ ment in tne Laurens city schools for' the past two years. Her work has been j of a high order and she had been 1 elected for another year by the board | of trustees. It is understood that’Miss; Gilliam will continue her connection with the schools until the end of the session and will take up he;: new work about June 1. “Man Wants— but little here below—nor wants that little long” — especially if he advertises for it in our Clas sified Section. Give your quar ter a trial and see what it can do for you! The Chronicle Classified Dept. “The Paper Everybody Reads” Co-Ed Follies Here Fridav more than any other class, has thus far been unable to adapt himself to these changed conditions. As an inde« pendent, unorganized producer of raw The University of South Carolina Products, he can never attain that Co-Ed glee club will present its an- wealth and consideration to which he , liual follies program in the Florida rightly entitled, in the opinion of ' street school auditorium ti morrow -Mr. Scarborough, evening, April 12th. Last year the Commercial life today, said Mr. (irolina Co-eds score! a distinct hit Scarborough, is wealthier than ever I Clinton. Reports this year state before, the greatest era of prosperity their ’29 program is even better in the country’s history is now being than those- that have been enjoyed enjoyed, but what about the farmer? here in the past. The club appears His business is on a downward trend , here tomorrow evening \mder the aus- and there can be but one solution— pices of the junior class of the col- modernize him and put his business jiege.' ; (Continued on page eight) ... i * The April meeting^f the Chamber of Commerce held ^Tuesday evennif- w^aa featured by the induction into of> fice of new ofiicers for the ensoiag^ year and an interesting address by Alfred Scarborough, general manager of the South Carolina Cotton Growers association. J. F. Jacobs, Jr., the ra* tiring president, presided over the meeting which was well attended wHb a number of representative farmers of the community present as guests of the-chibf:_:v^^;^f 'This being the annual election of officers meeting, the report of tbe nominating committee was heard and unanimously adopted. The following- officers were duly elected to serve for the coming year: Carlton F. Winn, president. Gilbert Blakely, vice-president. S. W. Sumerel, secretary. Goyne Simpson, treasurer. Board of directors in addition to the officers: J. F. Jacobs, Jr., W. D. Cope-^ land, R. A. Steer, Rev. John McSween and Geo. H. Cornelson. The retiring president, J. F. Jacobs, Jr., in a few words expre.‘'‘«ed his ap preciation of the co-operation given him during the past year and a'-ked the same spirit of support and co-op eration for the new officers. The iwsr president, C. F. Winn, in assuming the chair, thanked the club for the honor conferred upon him and asked for an undivided support from the en tire membership and pledged his best efforts in promoting the work of the organization. M. G. Boswell* of Greenville, Bojr Scout director in this territory, briefly addressed the club on the contemplat ed plan of launching Boy Scout work here. He outlined the objectives of the organization, character and citizen ship building, and the development of leadership, and asked that since a. great number of local boys are inter ested that the Chamber of Commerce appoint a committee to co-operate with him in working out the_details -