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-4 N VOLUME XXIV CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30,1924 ■ “ NUMBER 46 GEORGIA KLAN AGAINST DAVIS Attaifta Paper' flairs Movement Oh Foot To Away Vote From Democratic Nominee. Atlanta, Oct. 28.—“Officials direct ing the presidential campaign in be half of Davis and Bryan Tuesday were considerably exercised at what appears to be an organised movement of the Ku Klux Klan to lead the vote away from the Democratic, party nominees/* the Atlanta Constitution says in a story that will appear in its issue tomorrow morning. v It has been rumored for some tinje/’ The Constitution's story says, "that ‘word’ had been "lient to Rian leaders of various counties to ‘cut* the Democratic presidential, nominee and that there is some basis for the report appears to be substantiated by receipt this week of - clippings from last Saturday’s Searchlight, official organ of the Ku Klux Klan being sent from all parts of the state, indicating that the paper had been broadcast on the eve of tlfe election with the view of injuring the Democratic nominee. # “This issue of the paper contains conspicuously on the front page a heavy headlined article charging that in a recent address at Indianapolis, John W. Davis, in appealing to the negro vote of that state, declared for “complete equality regardless of race or c*eed.” The Searchlight makes prominent display of the actio}} of the J. E. Don- alson klan of Bainbridge, in which, in denouncing the above alleged ut terance: ‘The white Democracy of the South have read with some astonism- ment the speech of John W. Davis, the party’s nominee for president, made before the negro voters league of Indianapolis last Monday wherein he appealed for ‘complete’ equality, regardless of race or creed. Mr. Dav is may believe in placing the negroes c n an absolute equality with the white race but he will find a few people who hold different views, especially in the South. When he puts in the word ‘complete’ we take it to mean just that and that he would advocate a policy to the whites wihlhg, dining and inter-marrying with all races re gardless of color. We believe in white supremacy. Distinction among the races is not accidental but designed. Neither is it incidental but is of vast import and indicates the wisdom of the Divine Mind. It is not tempor ary, but abiding as the ages. The sup’remacy of the white race will be maintained, notwithstanding the whims and appeals of cheap poli ticians to the contrary.” “This copy of The Searchlight is being sent all over the state this week. LAURENS COUNTY -AT WINTHROP Clinton Girl wiitss Interesting Let ter of Student Body and Aetivi- i ties of Institution. The publisher of The Chronicle is in receipt of a very interesting letter from a Clinton girl, Miss Loree Adair, telling of Winthrop College life, par ticularly as it pertains to the Win throp girls from Laurens county. Be cause of its local interest, the letter is published below. Winthrop College, Oct. 24, 1924. Editor Clinton Chronicle, Clinton, S. C. Dear Sir: Assuming that you and your clien tele are interested in the affairs of Winthrop College, and especially in those concerning the girls here from Laurens county, I thought that it would be appropriate for me to give you some general information about Winthrop College. I hope, for the benefit of my Alma Mater, that you will deem it wise to publish some of this information. The student body this year is com posed of fifteen hundred and sixty students. The results, of Aa census taken of the student body show that Laurens county has seventy-nine stu dents who have matriculated in the various classes of this institution. Laurens cqpnty’s quota thus gives her the distinction of ranking fifth among the counties of the state. The following list contains the names of the girls here from Laurens county: Janie Mills Abercrombie, Jessie Abercrombie, Loree Adair, Mildred Andrews, Annie Mae Armstrong, Da Babb, Jane Baldwin, Sarah K. Barks dale, Helen Bobbitt, Mary Sue Bolt, Louise Bond, Marion Blackwell, Kath erine Blakely, Birdie Broom, Deree Bryson, Sarah Childress, Eloise Clar- dy, Naomi Claymon, Janie Coats, Edna Cobb, MargareLColeman, Selina Cozby, Annie Lee Curry, Louise Cur ry, Ada H. Davis, Agnes Davis, Grace Davis, Janie H. Davis, Louise Davis, Winnie B. Davis, Velma Gentry, Allie Goswell, Marigene Gray/ Mary Gray, Toccoa Gray, Katherine Hicks, Bea trice Hellams, Laura Hudgens, Ber nice Johnson, Mary. E. Jones, Mar garet Knight, Nora Langston, Eula Mae Martin, Katherine Meng, Nancy Mang, Kate Milam, Eleanor Miller, Clara O’Daniel, Floy Owens, Ethel Owings, Evelyn Owings, Louise Ow- ings, Betty Patton, Goldie Patton, Mary Paden, Nelle Pittman, Margar et Rogers, Faye Roper, Mary Senn, Sarah Senn, Mamie Sue Simpson, Louise Sims, Winifred Sitgreaves, Louise Smith, Ruby Steer, Nan Stew art, Elizabeth Stoddard, Hilda Tay lor, Johnny Taylor, Teresa Taylor, Ruby Templeton, Gladys Thompson, Ruby Todd, Polly Wham, Frances Witherspoon, Maude Wofford, Edith Yeargin, Agnes Young, Martha Young. . - The results of a poll of the stu- Work of Lutherans Lauded By President In Message to Convention He Says Lutherans Have Contributed Much “Glorious History.” Chicago, Oct. 22.—President Cool- idge in a greeting read here today lauded the contribution of Lutherans to the development of the original colonies of this country and to the struggle for American independence. He congratulated the United Luther an Church in America, which is in biennial convention, and its. related bodies because they are nurturing among new comers from Europe the American ideals of the early colonics. His letter follows: “I extend my greetings to the fourth biennial convention of the Uni ted Lutheran Church in America. . “Made up in such large degree of the descendants of that sturdy Luth eran stock which played such an im portant part in the development of the 'colonies, in the success of th,e revolutionary war, the United Luth eran church has a proud heritage. “As I study the three great move ments of humanity into the Ameri can colonies, the Puritans into New England, the Lutherans and Quakers into Pennsylvania, and the Cavaliers into Virginia, and examine this his tory of their amalgmation in blood and unity in spirit, I realize that this amalgmation and union forms one of the foundations of America’s great ness. “Muhlenberg and his men from Pennslyvania and the Lutheran sol diers from western Maryland, the Shenanhoah valley of Virginia, west ern North Carolina and South Caro lina, made glorious history for the patriotic cause during the Revolution ary war. Their descendants, spread ing out over the Mississippi valley, had a leading role in the develop- ‘Democratic officials do not believe that it will have the slightest effect! dents taken recently by our student as they are confident the people of the atate will not be misled by ut terances falsely attributed to Mr. Davis. “Mr. Davis, in the address referred to, indicated that he, in common with all the declarations of the Democratic party, favored legal equality and equal justice and no mention of course, was made in any way of so cial equality.” Maj. John S. Cohen, Democratic na tional committeeman, and Mrs. Edgar Alexander, Democratic national com- mitteewoman from Georgia, issued the following statement: “Our attention has been called to a publication of Saturday, October 25, in which the statement was made that John W. Davis, Democracy’tf can didate for president, in an address in Indianapolis, used the expression that hq, believed in complete equality of the races. , “We have heard several qf Mr. Davis’ speeches and we have read them all and we affirm, without fear of contradiction, that Mr. Davis made no such statement. What Mr. Davis may have said in Indianapolis is what he has said in all of his speeches, that he believqd 6 , as the constitution provides, in the complete equality of every man and«every woman before the law, which is entirely different from the interpretation which has been placed upon the alleged remarks. “John W. Davis is making a wonder ful ahd winning campaign for presi dent. He is entitled to the votes of every white Democrat in the South and not only stands on the Demo cratic platiuim as written but he stands through birth, association and spoken words for the best traditions of the South.” “The misinterpretation of his speech may have been innocent made but nevertheless it has done Mr. Davis a serious injury and we can not per mit it to go uncorrected.” New pork, Oct. 28,—On the ground that the language of his Indianapolis address contained nothing that would in any sense bear out the charge made by The Searchlight, John W. Davis emphatically declined tonight to take notie| or reply to the allega tions made nfr that publication. paper, The Johnsonian, show the church affiliation or preference among the students to be as follows: Baptists 548, Methodists 484, Presby terians 316, Episcopalians 85, Luther ans 38, A. R. P. 39, Hebrews 13, Cath olics 11, Church of Christ 3. The census also shows that the Laurens county girls tie in the case of Methodists and Presbyterians, each having twenty-five adherents. The Baptists have twenty-seven girls to their credit, while the Episcopal and A. R. P. churches each have one. The hockey season was opened Oc tober 9, with a very exciting game between the seniors and $he faculty. It has been said that of all the games played here, hockey is the best, for the hockey season is to Winthrop what the football season is to col leges for men. I am sure that everyone who has heard of Winthrop has heard of her athletic spirit. It is no doubt need less to mention that all of the various forms of athletics found here promote clean sportsmanship and class loyal ty to an enormous degree. Besides this Winthrop spirit, there is a very- definite class spirit which enters into the inter-class athletics. Each class thus contributes her share to the well known Winthrop spirit. The York county fair, which was staged this week, was a tremendous success, in our opinion. Dr. Johnson gave us a half-holiday in order that we might go if we chose to. A his torical pageant of York county was the main feature of the fair. In it was shown the growth off Winthrop from one small one-room building to an institution which now measures its floor space by the acres. I received a pleasant surprise a few weeks ago when I found The Chroni- world. “During the Civil war such organ!- zatibns as the Iron brigade were on every battlefield upholding the unity of the states. “It is little wonder that with such raditions to inspire their sons and grandsons, six per cent of the Luth erans in America were in the service of their country during the World war, as compared with four per cent for the general population. The sons of Scandinavia who have come to America in more recent times have shown the same sturdy spirit and represent a contribution of vast value to the human assets of our country’s future. “I am happy to realize that the United' Lutheran church and its re lated bodies, all partaking of the Americanism implanted in their an cestry and traditions, are nurturing the same in the hearts of those of their faith who now leave Europe and cast their fortunes with our people.” The convention was opened last night with,a sermon by Rev. Dr. F. H. Knubel of New York, president of the church, who said: “Too much does the church covet and possess the reputation of being a sjciety of good people. It would College Lyceum Course Opens Tooley Opera Compaaqr As First At- , traction Pleases Large Audience. The lyceum course, presented each winter under the auspices of the senior class of the Presbyterian Col lege, opened last Thursday evening in the orphanage chapel. The Tooley Opera Company was the first at traction and it was well received by the large audience. The course this year is being given through the Pied mont Lyceum Btfreau of Asheville. The Toolies presented Gilbert Sul livan’s fdinous comedy, “The Mikado.” The interpretation made by this com pany was both unique and pleasant. To those who were acquainted with the comedy, it could be seen the play ers had burlesqued it in an admirable fashion in different parts. Quite an elaborate array of scenery accompani ed the players and the scene laid in Japan was uniquely carried out. Mr. Tooley, head of the company, introduced the play and laid the set ting for the first act. During the intermission, between the acts, he ap peared again and entertained the audience with humorous stories which he seemed gifted in telling. Many notable personages were pre sented in the personage of the Lord High Executioner, who embodied the offices of First Lord of the Treasury, Chief Justice, Private Secretary, and President of the Southern Railroad. This 'character was unusually good. That does not differentiate him from the others, however, for they were all splendid actors and actresses. The senior class, which is sponsor ing this course, was well pleased with the first number. There are four more good performances that follow. On November 10th, a Little Sym phony Orchestra will play here. Early ment of that great granary of the fln JahuarK the Ellxabelheah Players will present “The Taming of the Shrew.” These are the next two num bers to come. The Little Symphony Orchestra is predicted to be one of the best of its nature on any lyceum circuit. “LADIES NIGHT” NEXT TUESDAY Commercial Club To Stage Annual Social Event. Program of Inter est: Being Arranged. “Ladies Night,” the social event of the year, is to be observed next Tues day evening under the auspices of the Commercial Club. The members are to have as their guests, their wives and invited' friends, and the ocj casion promises to be one of unusual interest and enjoyment.. The ban quet will be served by the Ladies Hos pital Association and the march the festal board will be sounded at eight o’clock. All- who expect to at tend are urged to be on time, gather ing in the club rooms a short while before the appointed hour. Prof. J. H. Witherspoon, president of the club, will preside. A program of after-dinner talks, interspersed with a number of musical selections, SUPPORT URGED IN BEHALF DAVIS = have a truer social message if it were ; is being arranged. Present indica- better known and wished to be better known as an association of acknowl edged sinners who have been forgiven and forgive.” tions point to an atendance of 200, including a number of out-of-town visitors. Work on Building Jo Begin Soon v Work on the new office building for the Thornwell Orphanage is to begin at once. The architect in charge of the building was in the city for the week-end perfecting plans. The granite stone to be used in its construction is now beifg hauled and placed on the ground. It is being secured from the Newberry county quarries. The building, the gift of a friend whose name is withheld, will be located just in front of the Tech nical School and will provide offices for the president, treasurer and steno graphic department cf the institu tion. Hallowe’en Party - At Wadsworth cle among the papers of our library. This, 1 suppose, is just another bit of evidence that proves that Clinton is a “wide-awake town,” and has a hustling newspaper to back it up. I hope that this letter will seqye as a link which will keep the girls of Laurens county in touch with their loved ones at honie. I trust that they will learn some facta about Winthrop which they have not knoyn before. I thank you for your kindness and con sideration in allowing me to use ^our paper as a means of establishing this connection Yours very truly, LOREE ADAIR, Representative from Laurens Co. A Hallowe’en party, including all the features and stunts that go with such an occasion, will be staged Fri day evening at 7:30 at the Wads worth schoolhouse. No charge will be made for the party and all friends of the school are invited to he pres ent for the merry event. Following this part of the program, an old- fashioned country supper will be served with the popular prices of 75c for adults and 35c for children, pre vailing. The menu will consist of chicken, boiled ham, macaroni pie, pound cake, and everything elso- for which the Wadsworth folks.are fam ous. The proceeds are to be used for supplementing the school funds. FANS TO SPARTANBURG A number of P. C. “fans” are in Spartanburg today to witness the P. C.-Wofford football game which is one of the .features of the Spartan burg fair. Group of Lawyers, Educators and Business Men of Both Parties At tack Republican Candidate. New York, Oct 26.—“Republican assertion's” that the question of America’s participation .in the work of establishing world peace does not enter into the present campaign, are called a “pervision of essential truth” in a manifesto issued today by a group of lawyers, educators and busi ness men of both major political par- ties. / Voters who believe America should support all concerted efforts for world peace and, in particular, the ef forts of the league of nations,,, are urged to examine the statement^ of President Coolidge and John W. Davis and to vote for Mr. Davis on the strength of their contents. “American adhesion to or whole hearted cooperation with the league of nations is among all the policies advocated by the contesting parties, the policy which is nearest the hearts of millions of meTi and women entitled to vote in- the pending election,” the manifesto reads in part: “Mr. Cool idge has stated wjth great explicit ness that all thought of American participation has been abandoned by him. ' In his first message to con gress, he said: “The incident, so far as we are concerned, is closed.” “Furthermore, he has made it plain that no hope can be entertained that he will make any endeavor to secure acceptable modifications of the league covenenant or to organize a new as sociation looking to the same end— the latter a futile suggestion at best in view of the great and increasing activity and influence of the existing league. Mr. Davia, equaiiy explieit, has an nounced, in his acceptance speech and again recently, his conviction that America should and ultimately must join the league upon such conditions as will banish any lingering fears that the constitutional powers of congress are thereby to be in any way limited or compromised,” the statement con tinued. “The candidate of the Republican party has turned his back upon the league. The candidate of the Dem<v cratic party will do his utmost to se- sure America willing participation in it and pending such participation pledged cooperation in all endeavors for peace. The issue is plain.” The signers are: Edwin A. Aider- man, president University of Vir ginia; John G. Agar, New York; Henry T. Allen, major general, U. S. A.jNewton D. Baker, former secre tary of war; Henry De F. Baldwin, New York; Charles C. Burlington, former president New York board of education; James Byrne, president of New York bar association; JosephT. Cotton, New York; Frederick R. Cou- dert, New York; Homer S. Cummings, Connecticut; Franklin W. M. Cutche- on, New York; Norman M. Davis, for mer under secretary of state; Cleve land Dodge, New York; Stephen.?. Duggan, director Institute of Inter national Education; Charles W. Eliot, | president emeritus of Harvard uni versity; Harry A. Garfield, president William college; Edwin F. Gay, pro fessor of the economic history Har vard university and former president of New York Evening Post; George Gray, judge international premanent court of arbitration; Virginia C. Gil- dersleeve, dean of Barnard college; Judson Harmon, former attorney general of the United States; Charles H .Haskins, dean of the Harvard 1 Graduate school; Walter D. Hines, i former director general of railways; Robert S. Lovett, chairman Union Pa cific railroad; John G. Milburn, for mer president New York Bar associa tion; Henry Morgenthau, former am bassador to Turkey; Robert Grier Monroe, New York; Roland S. Mor ris, former ambassador to Japan.; Morgan T. O’Brien, former judge of the supreme court of New York; Wil- ! Ham Church Osborne, New York; Al bert Rathbone, New York; James T. Shotwell, professor of‘history Colum bia university; Moorfield Storey, for mer president American Bar associa tion; M. Carey Thomas, president Em eritus Bryn Mawr college; Henry Van Dyke, former minister to The Netherlands; Mary E. Wolley, presi dent of Mt. Holyoke college. MEIHONSISm MEET IN LAURENS Upper Conference Convenes on Nor. 5. Number Change* in Pastorates , WU1 Take Pisco. ✓ Laurens, Oct. 27.—For the first time in nearly ten years the Upper South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, will be held at Laurens when the tenth annual session opens on Novem ber 5, according to the announcement of the Rev. P. F. Kilgo, pastor of the First Methodist church of Laurens, which will be host to the conference. Bishop Collins Denny will preside. During the coming session the con ference will hear reports from a rep resentative of the board of finances regarding, the status of the church wide movement to raise $10,000,000 as an endowment fund for superannuat ed Methodist preachers, it is said. Dr. Luther E. Todd, of St. Louis, sec retary of the board of finance will present this cause. Other board rep resentatives who are expected to ap pear during the conference are: Dr. R. H. Bennett, of the board of educa tion; Dr. Ed. F. Cook, of the Sunday School board, and J. M. Way, of the board of lay activities. As usual the appointment of min isters will come as a climax to tb* conference session. Although four years is still considered as the time limit for the appointment cf preach ers to the same charge, under the latest revision of the discipline he may be re-appointed by the bishop from year to year. The 1924 session of the Upper South Carolina conference will re veal fourteen men who arc* complet ing their fourth term and are sub ject to r*mov»l by the Hmit. — The four-year men are: A. E. Hol ler, presiding elder, Anderson dis trict; H. B. Hardy, Seneca; J. R. J. Major, presiding elder, Columbia dis trict; G. H. Hodges, Aiken and Willis- ton; M. L. Carlisle, Washington Street church, Columbia; L. E. Wig gins, Broad Street church, Clinton; O. M. Ebney, Memorial church, Greer; F. P. Kilgo, First Church, Laurens; George C. Leonard, preaiding elder. Rock Hill district; S, J. McConnell, Baldwin Mill, Cheater; Henry Stokes, Bethel church, Chester; R. C. Boul- ware, Chester circuit; B. M. Robert son, Enoree; B. H. Tucker, Whitney, Spartanburg. Connectional men and other ap pointees of the conference include: R. B. Turnipseed, president of Lan der college; R. O. LaWton, dean of Lander college; L. F. Beatty, assist ant Sunday School editor, M. EL church, South; E. P. Taylor, agent superannuate home fund; J. E. Ellis, secretary intermediate Epworth Lea gue; J. C. Roper, conference secretary of education; L. D. Gillespie, confer ence Sunday School secretary; A. M. Trawick, professor Wofford college, and S. T. Creech, president of the Southern Home Institute. The organ of South Carolina Methodism is The Southern Christian Advocate, published at Columbia. The Rev. R. E. Stackhouse is editor. The membership of the Upper South Carolina conference includes a ministerial membership of 177, and represents a church membership df 72,000. .> BUSINESS FAILURES Eighty-four per cent of the business failures of the past year occurred fimong firms which dilj^ho ad^rtising, according to Bradstreet. The best business will not sell itself, but must be presented to' the public in an attractive and convincing manner. Your own busi ness is no exception. PLAN YOUR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN NOW. THE CUNTON CHRONICLE v “The Paper Everybody Reads” “ Bryan Says His Party Will Win Davis Either Be Elected or Election Be Thrown in House, He Says. Washington, Oct. 26.—Telegraph ing from Terre Haute, Ind., Charles W. Bryan, Democratic nominee for vice-president, today informed Clem L* Shaver, Democratic national com mittee chairman, that John W. Davis I ejther would be elected November 4, or the election would,be thrown into the House. “There can be no question that either Davis will be elected or that the election will be thrown into the House with the resultant delay, un certainty chaos and widespread un rest and disturbance to business,” Mr. Bryan said. “The voters must be ; urged to follow the only wise and safe course and make the election of Davis certain by electing him on November 4th,” CLINTON AND LAURENS TO PLAY TOMORROW Clinton and Laurens high schools, rivals of long standing, will meet on the gridiron tomorrow afternoon. The game is to be played in Laurens, and promises to be one of interest and vigorously contended for by both teams. A number of Clinton fans are going over to witness the battle. ATTENDING CONVENTION Several local Kiwanians are in Spartanburg today attending the Carolina District convention. ~ v ' V •.:o • •■'5 3* B Former Pastor To Be Here Sunday l Rev. J. R. Hooten, of Greenwood, J will preach for the local A. R. P. ! congregation next Sunday. Mr. Hop- i ten for several years was pastor of this church and his return visits td Clinton are always looked forward to with interest by the congi egation and other friends in the^city. Mr. and Mrs. Rutledge -Adair, of Columbia, were the week-end geests of the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mm. H. D. Henry.