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If Ym Dost Read THE CHRONICLE Ym Drat Get The New*. T I THE CHRONICLE . Strives Te Bes Cleen News* paper, Coaiplete, Newsy VOLUME XXV CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 22,1925 NUMBER 4 PROGRAM ANNOUNCED FOR T. 0. GR ?SJ r ^f! Nns SEMI CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION Fiftieth Anniversary of Local Institution To Be Commemorated With Interesting Program. “Grand Rally” Reunion for Former Pupils. The committee appointed last year by the Thornwell Orphanage board of trustees to arrange for its Semi- Centennial celebration to be held in June, has completed its work and an nounced the program yesterday that is to cover the week’s proceedings. To the hundreds of boys and girls who have been reared in the orphanage, as well as to thousands of friends throughout the three controlling Sy- 'xuftfff one usual interest In ia76, exactly 50 years ago, the late Dr. Wm. P. Jacobs founded the Thornwell Orphanage. The board of trustees, desiring, to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the institution, designated June 12-17 of this year for a Semi-Centennial celebration at which time an interesting program will be presented and all former Thornwell boys and girls are to be in vited “back home” for a “Grand Rally” reunion. Indications point to a large attendance and a happy,< de lightful week together with entertain ment provided on the campus for all who come. It will be noted than more than a dozen whose names appear on the program are old pupils of the institu tion. The General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian church, the three controlling- Synods and the three Synodicals have appointed delegates tp convey greetings. Rev. J. G. Ven able, D. D., of "Chattanooga, Tenn., will represent the Assembly; Prof. S. H. Edmunds of Sumter, will represent the Synod of South Carolina; Rev. J. S. Lyons, D. D., pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Atlanta, will speak for the Synod of Georgia, and Mr. J. H. McLaurin of Jacksonville, will represent the Synod of Florida. Mrs. Andrew Bramlett will represent the South Carolina Synodical; Mrs. W. A. Turner, Georgia, and Mrs. Ar thur Spencer, Florida. While every day of the program will make an appeal, Wednesday will perhaps stand out most prominently. The F. Louise Mayes Cottage and the new Office Building will be dedicated in the morning, and in the afternoon the monument to be erected by the Alumni of the institution will be un veiled with appropriate exercises. The exhibition play by the children will be given as an open air performance Wednesday night. On Wednesday, one of the largest crowds ever assembled in Clinton is expected to be on hand for the un veiling exercises and the other fea tures of the day’s program. All will be asked to bring well-filled baskets and an old-fashioned picnic dinner will be served on the grounds. The orphanage will erect the tables and furnish the ice water. The commit tees in charge of the program is now busy working out all the details and hopes to make of the occasion an enjoyable and beneficial event for all. The program, covering the week’s celebration, was announced yesterday by the committee as follows: June 12-17, 1925 Friday, 8 p. m.—Declamation Con test. Address, “The Orphanage and Industrial Training,” by Edgar Dun- woody, of Chattanooga, Tenn. Saturday, 10 a. m.—“T. O.’s Con tribution to Business,” by Henry J. - Winn, of Greenvilla. “T. 0. and Col lege Education,” by Rev. L. C. La- Motte of Columbia. Saturday, 8 p. m.—Alumni Meeting, Rev. Jack Clark, of Forsyth, Ga., pre siding. Address, Rev. Thornwell Ja cobs, D. D., of Atlanta, Ga. Sabbath, 11 a. m.—Sermon, Rev. D. M. Fulton, D. D., of Darlington. Sabbath, 4 p. m.—Communion Ser mon, Rev. J. B. Branch, of Willing- ton. Sabbath, 8 p. m.—“T. O.^s Contri bution to Home Missions,” Rev. A. T. Taylor of Atmore, Ala. “T. O.’s Con tribution to Foreign Missions,” Rev. T. E. Simpson, Society Hill. Monday, 10 a. m.—“T. O.’s Contri bution to Womanhood,” Miss Martha Hellams, of Arlington, Va. “T. O. in Sisterhood of Orphanages,” Miss Bryte Daniel of Atlanta, Ga. Presid ing, Mr. M. L. Kesler of Barium Springs, N. C. Monday, 8 p. m.—Greetings from General Assembly, Rev. J. G. Venable, D. D., of Chattanooga, Tenn. Presid ing, Rev. C. E. Piephoff, of Columbia. Tuesday, 10 a. m.-^-Graduation Ad dress, Rev. James B. Carpenter of Memphis, Tenn. Tuesday 3:30 p. m.—Annual Meet ing Board of Trustees. * Tuesday, 8 p. m.—Greetings from Synods of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, by J. H. McLaurin, Dr. J. S. Lyons, Dr. S. H. Edmunds. Wednesday IQ a. m.—Greetings from Synodicals of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, by Mrs. Arthur Spencer, Mrs. W. A. Turner, Mrs. An- Coipitig Home to be Secretary of State Grocery and Hardware Store of J. A. Bailey Purchased By Milam Grocery. The grocery and hardware store, of J. A. Bailey, Merchant, one of the old est firrys in the city, has been-pur chased during the past week by Mi lam’s Grocery, headed by J. Ferrell Milam as proprietor. Mr. Milam’s stock of goods has been moved from its former location on West Pitts street and consolidated with the new ly purchased stock where the busi ness will be conducted in the future. Mr. Milam is well known in the gro cery business in the city, and in his enlarged store room he will offer the complete grocery stocks to be found in this section. * Mr. J. A^ Bailey, one of the city’s best known and highly esteemed mer chants, disposed of his grocery and hardware store in order to relieve himself of part of his heavy duties. The connecting doors between the dry goods and grocery stores have been discarded and various changes made during the past week to make two entirely distinctive rooms, Milam’s Grocery occupying the grocery side, while Mr. Bailey will continue in the other location, carrying a complete stock of dry goods, clothing, ready- to-wear, shoes, notions, etc. RAY BAKER TO DO WILSON’S LIFE War President’s Private Documents Expected to Throw Flood of Light On War Matters. Washington, Jan. , 17.—Woodrow ^Wilson’s life and letters—the long awaited authorized biography and compilation of papers of the great war president—will be done by Ray Stannard Baker, of Amherst, Mass. Although , the work will begin imme diately, it may require several years before it is ready for publication. Mrs. Wilson, in making her de cision as the former president’s ex ecutor, was fortified by the knowl- ECONOMY URGED BY MIEOD IN INAUGURAL ADDRESS edge that Mr. Wilson himself prob- would b»ve jpflleoted^dr.r:Baker ot the largesfr^anTTnost - f or the work had he lived long enough Frank B. Kellogg, of Minnesota, is on the high seas enroute to Washington from the Court of St. James at London, where he was serving qs U. S. Ambassador. He is to succeed Chas. Evans Hughes (resigned) as Secretary of State, beginning March 4th. SITE SELECTED FOR SEMINARY At- Presbyterians Will Build Near lanta Suburb. Forty Acre Site Selected. Atlanta, Ga.} Jan. 17.—Trustees of Columbia Theological Seminary thru a special committee of Georgia Pres byterian ministers, announced Friday the selection of a site of forty acres near Decatur, an Atlanta suburb, as the location for the institution when it is removed from Columbia to At lanta. The removal is expected in the autumn of 1927. The Theological Seminary, controll ed by the synods of Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, and Miss issippi, has been located at Columbia for ninety-eight years. The synods recently voted to remove it to At- Inata when a home for it can be pre pared here. The site selected today by repre sentatives of the trustees was donat- d by Atlanta and Decatur citizens and it was announced that w T ork on the first building, to cost approximately $250,000, will start this summer. A campaign is about to be launched in Atlanta to raise a large part of the initial quota, it is said. In addition to the theological school, it is planned to have the seminary provide training courses for lay pork ers of the church and homes for re turned missionaries and returned churchmen. January Honor Roll Clinton Public Schools (Continued on Page Four) First grade: Sara Frances Baldwin, Alice Rose Gaines, Agatha Jones, Christine Sowers, Lucile Wilson, Wal ter Todd, Clarke Meadows, Eloise Crow, Rosabell Grant, Maybell Tram mell, Ruth Barnes, Mae McClendon, Mildred McClendon, Olive DeYoung. Second grade: Joe Donnan, Jack Witherspoon, William Workman, Vera May Davis, Frances Barnett, Irene Dillard, Lola May Edwards, Carrie May Phillips, Rosemary Slater, Nellie Cogdill, Nancy Young, James Grant. Third grade: Beulah Mae King, Inez Byrum, T. L. Cooper, Fletcher Peavy, Frances Spratt, Dill Ellis, Florence Adair, Jimmy Sloan, R. W. Johnson, Martha Whitten, Margaret Moorhead, Suella Denson, Edgar Stanton, Eu gene Abrams, Pauline Brown, Paul Whitlock. Fourth grade: Caroline Martin, Wil lis May Wilson, Billy Owens, Isabella Landrum, Katherine Sparks, Eliza beth Blakely, Copie McCrary, Mary Howze Dillard, Katherine Blakely, Marion Hentz, Christine Long, Mary Emma Speake, Ruby Price, Zona Nor ris, John Gary Whitmire, Geo. Wat kins. Fifth grade: Marguerite Dillard, Vir ginia Spratt, Emmie Adair, Nannie Sue Adair, Elizabeth Milling, Mary Workman, Thelma Koon, Jeanette Pitts, Lydia Wiggins, William Moor head, Lewis King, Paul Todd, Gar rard Johnson, Dicky Blumberg. Sixth grade: Anne Glasgow, Elsie Little, Carol White Copeland, Hugh Denson. P. C. GLEE CLUB TO GO ON TOUR ™ ' '■ Mrnitmmmmt* ~&i Itinerary of Silver-Tongued Songsters Will Include Number of Towns In State. , The Presbyterian College Glee Club, headed' bj^ E. L. Wilds as manager, and directed by Prof. Townsend of Anderson, is now hard at work in preparation of its entertainment to be given in a number of towns in the Piedmont section. The club this year consists of six teen young men, as follows: . First tenors: W. H. Dendy, Y. A. Montgomery, H. G. Prince, L. D. Stribling. Second tenors: E. L. Wilds, E. G. Beckman, J. E. Dendy, J. K. Roberts. First basses: J. M. Stokes, D. D. Edmunds, W. O. Player, G. L. Cun ningham. Second basses: E. T. Wilson, J. D. Mclnnis, G. J. Wilson, J. P. Brown. The program will consist of two parts, the first including songs by the club, piano and saxaphone solos, quartettes, etc., the latter part will be a musical comedy now being writ ten by their instructor, Prof. Town send. The itinerary of the club will open on March 2. It-includes engagements at Lander College, Honea Path, G. W. C., Limestone, York, Chester, Union, Clinton, and probably others. Varsity Game Comes Saturday Pacific Mills Quintet To Meft the Presbyterian Blue Stockings In New Gym. To celebrateuthe close of a terrible eight day seize of examinations under way this week, the P. C. varsity bas ketball team will meet the speedy and elusive Pacific Mills quintet in the new gym Saturday night, January 24, beginning at eight o’clock. The Pacific Mills has one of the fastest teams in the state and those who attend Saturday night’s perform ance may expect speed and thrills, galore. FORMER CITIZEN DIES IN NEBRASKA Mrs. Nonnie Young waa the week end guest of her daughter, Mrs. For rest Summer, iii Newberry. Word has been received in the city of the death of Mr. J. Platt Philson, which occurred at his home in Omaha, Neb., on January 10. Mr. Philson will be remembered here by many of the older citizens who will learn with re gret of his passing. A few weeks ago, in renewing his subscription to The Chronicle, he wrote a very interest ing letter of his early days spent in this community which appeared in the paper. He was a nephew of Mrs. S. A. Philson of this city. long enough to arrange it- ——- * For, among Mr. Wilson’s papers was found the last letter he wrote before his final illness came upon him, and it was addressed to Mr. Baker, practically promising him access to the precious papers which comprise the “inside story” of the great war, the peace conference at Paris and Mr. Wilson’s life itself. The letter never was sent. It was dictated on Janu ary 25, 1924, when Mr. Wilson already was beginning to fail, and on Febru ary 3 he died. The letter read as follows: “Every time that you disclose your mind to me you increase my admira tion and affection for you. “I always dislike to make or even intimate a promise until I have at least taken some step to facilitate my keeping it. I am glad to promise you that with regard to my personal cor respondence and similar papers shall regard you as my preferred creditor and shall expect to offer you the first —and if necessary exclusive—access to those papers. “But I have it on my conscience that you should know that I have not made the smallest beginning towards accumulating and making accessible the papers we have in mind. - ! would rather have your interpretation of them than that of anybody else I know, and I trust that you will not think it unreasonable that I should ask you to accept these promises in lieu of others which would be more satisfactory, but which for the pres ent would be without practical value. “Pray accept assurances of my un qualified confidence and affectionate regard.” Mrs. Wilson said today that until after she had completed arrangements for him to do the work, Mr. Baker was not aware of the existence of the unsent letter. “The material to be placed in Mr. Baker’s hands,” said Mrs. Wilson, “contains the entire private record in letters and documents of Mr. Wilson’s service as president, which includes two of the greatest events in history —the war and the peace. Part of this record is the immense private corres pondence of the presidency, some 30,- 000 letters and other innumerable documents. There are many of Mr. Wilson’s own memoranda, sometimes written in shorthand, which he used in making his notes and many written by him on his own typewriter. These notes'will indicate the origin of many of his speeches and illuminate many of his notable acts. A flood of light should be thrown upon the war and many obscure points, in the diplomacy of the peace. “Mr. Baker will have no restrictions whatever upon full and truthful ac count,” she said. “It will be an unhurried work, care- fu.Ux.-YeJ'ififid al.every point, and studied with cooperation of many of Mr. Wilson’s friends and associates. Since Mr. Wilson made no arrange ments of all his papers himself, we appeal to the public and to all his friends for every scrap of information and every letter to help in the thorough preparation of his biogra phy. Every contact with him, no matter how brief, will be of value in completing the picture.” Mr. Baker, a distinguished Ameri can writer, first new Mr. Wilson while he was governor of New Jersey, but their intimate associations began at Paris during the peace conference. He sp^nt several years thereafter in writing of the war president’s work. DON’T GAMBLE! SHOP THROUGH CHRONICLE ADVERTISING Don’t take any chance whenever you go shopping—you don’t have to depend on heresay—you can make sure by reading the advertisements in THE CHRONICLE. By constantly referring to the merchandise and service stories in THE CHRONICLE columns, you always have at your finger tips, the best buying news of the day. You know that ewy article advertised is bonafide—genuine and backed by the merchants. There should be no hazard in your shopping—but there should be a habit—the constant reference to advertised articles and services. You’ll profit by buying through CHRONICLE advertis- THE CLINTON CHRONICLE “The Paper Everybody Reads” Gov, Traces Progress Made By State. Recom mends Stricter Compulsory Education Law. Says Debt Is People’s Greatest Burden. Governor Arrested J Jonathan M. Davis, dirt farmer, ex-Governor of Kansas, and his son Russell, 28 (below), have gone back to the farm awaiting hear ing Jan., 23d, on the charge of bribery in connection with the alleged sale of pardons to state convicts. They were arrested an hour before Mr. Davis stepped out of office. The governor pleaded not guilty. • The son was trapped ao. cepting $1250 of marked moneys CLINTON GIRL IS HONORED Columbia, Jan. 20.—Upholding the “pay-as-you-go” road act apd the “6-0-1” school law, and recommending among other measures the enactment of a more stringent compulsory at tendance law, Governor Thomat G. McLeod delivered his inaugural ad dress here today to the General As sembly of South Carolina. The^wmQnyJaok.4»lacain.4he- Miss Irene Dillard To Speak At Com mencement At Columbia High School. Miss Irene Dillard, of this city, dean of women at the University of South Carolina,, will deliver the-commence- ment address for the Columbia high school on January 30th. The follow ing item relative to Miss Dillard, taken from The State, will be read here with' interest by her numerous friends: “For the first time in the history of the Columbia high school, a woman will deliver the address to the grad uating class at the commencement ex ercises to be held at the high school auditorium, January 30. “To Miss Irene Dillard, dean of wo men at the University of South Caro lina, comes this distinction. Miss Dil lard, who is well and favorably known in Columbia, is a South Carolina pro duct, being a native of Clinton. She is an A. B. graduate of Randolph- Macon college for women in Virginia and also holds a Ph. D. degree from the University of North Carolina, the first woman, it might be remarked, who has been awarded such a degree from a Southern university. She also holds an M. A. degree from the Uni versity of South Carolina. “For one term Miss Dillard was principal of the Waverley school and thus became acquainted with many of the people of Columbia, who will look forward with interest to her appear ance on the high school platform.” Rotary Club To Entertain Ladies Local Club To Hold “Ladies Night” Celebration At Mary Musgrove Tea Room. The annual “Ladies Night” of the Clinton Rotary club will be held this evening at the Mary Musgrove Tea Room. The committee on arrange ments. has completed all the details and arranged an evening’s entertain ment that will be enjoyed by the members, their wives, friends, and other invited guests. Dr. S. C. Hays, president of the club, will preside, and a program of fun, coupled with seri ousness, will be presented. Dr. George B. Cromer, prominent attorney and Rotarian of Newberry, will be the principal speaker. MRS. GERTRUDE KING ILL The friends of Mrs. Gertrude King will regret to know that she is quite ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. L. Chandler, having suffered a stroke of paralysis during the past week. srihrKbuiedf Mp^sintitl v^rWi Associate Justice R, C. Watts, acting chief justice of the supreme court, administering the oath of office. Im mediately after taking the oath, Gov ernor McLeod began the delivery of his inaugural address to the legisla ture, which convened in joint session for the occasion just before the oath was administered. With solemn 9eremony before thfe joint assembly of the legislature, the governor, lieutenant governor and other constitutional state officers were inaugurated at noon today in the hall of the house of representatives. Following in the order of their rank, the state officials took the oath of'« office administered by Acting Chief, Justice R. C. Watts, of the supreme court. Both the governor and lieuten ant governor stood on the speakers’ rostrum while being sworn in, but the other officers were ranged in front of the desk of the floor of the house. Senator Alan Johnstone, president pro tern of the senate, presided. There was a crowd of perhaps a hundred people in the gallaries and along the outer aisles When the Sen ate came into the hall of the house. All present stood until the solons were seated, and the formalities were carried out upon a pre-arranged sche dule. Upon the arrival of the officials who had formed at the governor’s office, the sergeant-at-arms of the house an nounced their arrival. They were led to the rostrum, where the governor and lieutenant governor were seated near Speaker Edgar A. Brown. Immediately after he had taken the oath, Govenor McLeod began his in augural address which was of wider - range than his previous message to the legislature, in the issues which were discussed in it. The lieutenant governor then took the oath, after which the Acting Chief Justice swore in Attorney General John M. Daniel; Secretary of State W. P. Blackwell; Comptroller General A. J. Beattie; Commissioner of Agri culture B. Harris; Superintendent of Education J. H. Hope; State Treasur er S. T. Carter, and Brigadier General Robert E. Craig, adjutant general. The education law was character ized by the governor as “the most progressive step the state of South Carplina has- taken since the estab lishment of the public school system. The law, itself, is “fair in its pre sentation and as equitable as possible in its distribution,” he asserted. Re viewing the changes in the past few years along educational lines, the gov ernor declared that “hardly a state in the Union for the same space of time can show so much progress.” There is a compulsory attendance law on the statute books, but the state has reached the stage where it should enforce the law, the governor said, “with any necessary amendments to make it fully effective.” Through the “pay-as-you-go” plan, which became operative on January 1 last, the state highway commission has been able to enter upon state-wide plan of highway construction, said the governor. This he termed “a for ward step”, as the increased resources from license and gasoline taxes fin ance maintenance and construction of roads and “provide an equitable dis tribution over the various highways of the state.” Governor McLeod again recom mended the removal of the state peni tentiary from its present locatioi^ia^_ Columbia to a more suitable site, and the construction of a new prison large enough to provide adequate room for the inmates and to allow their work - to become more remunerative. He re newed his recommendation for the sale of the state farms. The governor again referred the legislature to his message of last year on the subject of indeterminate sen tences, in which he asked that con sideration be given to charges in the criminal law allowing indeterminate sentences to be imposedf Notwithstanding the reports of solicitors showing an increased num ber of convictions last year, which is indicative of a “growing sentiment for law enforcement,” the governor -xs- serted, there is “too great a disregard for .the laws of the state and the num ber of homocides is entirely toe large.” Reasonable funds should be aap- (Continued on Page Ten)