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CITIZENS HONOR ROAD PROMOTER LEADERS FROWN ON MOVEMENT Plan Originated By Roosevelt and Walsh Jo Revive Democratic Party Is Opposed. Washington, April 4.—The move ment to revitalize the Democratic party launched recently by Franklin Farmers of Hopewell (live Banquet In Honor of .1. F. Jacobs, Sr.. And Present Him Loving Cup. The dining room of the Clinton Ho tel was the scene of a rather unusual | and enthusiastic gathering last I-nday; D Rooseve , t> of New ^ork, and Sena- evening at a baiKpiet in ;il- !tor Thomas J. Walsh, of Montana, has ,T. F. Jacobs, Sr., mayor of Clinton, | and good roads enthusiasts. The farmers ah ug the new Jacobs High way th< > v.st i>f whom owned farms in what is i. u wn as the Hopewell sec tion, were hosts of the occasion and had as their especial honor guest Mr, F for encountered serious obstacles. Most party leaders, both in and out of congress, have frowned upon the plan outlined by Mr. Roosevelt and endorsed by Senator Walsh for an ! early gathering of the chieftains of Democracy to set up a militant na- J. F. Jacobs, Sr., who has b in '‘y y | tj 0na i organization to function in and active in promoting good roads +or Laurens county and especially for Clinton and vicinity. Other guests at the banquet were the other members of the Laurens County Highway Com mission, the county engineer and road gang bosses, and a few local citizens w'ho have been active in helping se cure the construction of the new high way. Dr. Dudley Jones was selected as the spokesman of the hosts and after the banquet made a very interesting address, stressing the spirit of broth erhood and a desire for closer associa tion as one of the main advantages to bg desired from good roads. He point ed out that a desire to live closer to gether was one of the main incentives that actuates highway construction. He congratulated the gentlemen along the road for their progressive spirit and excellent accomplishments. He out of season. While both Mr. Roosevelt and Sena tor Walsh expressed the opinion in letters they interchanged on the sub ject that Chairman Shaver of the Democratic national committee would call such a conference of leaders, he has not done so yet and his friends say he has no intention of doing so. The national chairman is occupied just now in seeking to wipe out the deficit incurred in the last campaign, and meanwhile he thinks the p,arty machinery should be curtailed in this off year. National headquarters here has been contracted from a full floor in an up-town office building to a suite of two or three rooms and the force maintained is sufficient only to handle the usual correspondence. While having thus put into opera tion a rigid economy program, Chair man Shaver is grving attention to the praised the work o? the county com- | i<j26 congressional campaign and his mission and particularly the efforts j pi an as outlined here is for a very of Mr. J^^ohsjthe vice-chairman of thorough-going cooperation with the the commissionTTtrw^om he presented j congressional committees and the a handsome silver loving cup state organizations. He already has token of appreciation from the gentle- j been in conference on this subject men who were the hosts of the occa-, w ith Representative Oldfield, of Ar- sion, explaining that it was given as i cansaSf chairman of the congressional a spontaneous expression of esteem | committee, and others, and gratitude on the part of the | Many of the party leaders are of farmers in the section, to Mr. Jacobs opinion that no particular good for his untiring efforts in behalf of the new road developments. The lov ing cup presented Mr. Jacobs bore the following inscription: To Hon. J. F. Jacobs, Sr. Mayor of Clinton and the State’s Foremost Exponent of Good Roads This trophy is presented In grateful appreciation for his pub lic spirited, untiring efforts in behalf of Calhoun Highway and Jacobs Highway Presented by Citizens of Laurens County His Friends along the Jacobs Highway. The cup was presented as a result of many hours of hard work and worry and the large personal expense that Mr. Jacobs has voluntarily invest ed, not only in promoting the new Jacobs highway, but also the other road developments of this section. He was the originator and prime promot er of the Calhoun highway and largely responsible for its construction. He no could come from a gathering in the near future of leaders such as has been suggested by the pre-convention campaign manager of Governor Al fred E. Smith of New York, and Sena tor Walsh, who was premanent chair man of the New York convention. These leaders hold the view that time will furnish the best cure for the sores of Madison Square Garden, and that any reorganization gather ing should be deferred until such time as it will be necessary to enlarge the party machinery for the conduct of a vigorous campaign for the recaptur ing of a majority in the house of rep resentatives and the increase of the party representation in the senate. P. n 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 ml 2 2 2 2 H rt | J 1 I a a 2 2 2 2 WOMAN IS DEAD AFTER SHOOTING Mrs. Lora B. Livingston Was Shot B? Her Husband. He Then Committed Suicide. Newberry, April 6—Mrs. Lora Bow ers Livingston, who was shot Sunday morning at her home three miles from Pomaria by her husbaqd, a young i farmer and world war veteran, with a 2 likewise was the prime mover in im- load of ^ ghott died Sunday night proving the new road from Musgrove Mill through Clinton to Belfast through the Hopewell section, which road has since been named for him by the Laurens county commission, in honor of his services. The new road will be an important link eventually in a short route from Spartanburg to Augusta. The Musgrove end is com pleted and places Clinton on the shortest route from Spartanburg to Columbia. The Belfast end is under construction. Mr. Jacobs, completely taken by surprise and evidently deeply moved, attempted a response in which after a few moments of emotion, he applied Dr. Jones’ excellent address to the needs of Laurens county. He urged a closer cooperation and more unselfish effort in road building, expressing the hope that the progressive and unsel fish spirit displayed by the farmers along this highway might be emulated by other sections of the county who need highways. He urged the ban queters to think in terms of a county wide highway program, each section appreciating the problems of the other and the entire county uniting in an effort for better roads in every n®ok and comer. He gave much of the credit for the new road to the farmers in the sec tion who supported his efforts so en thusiastically, to the county engineer, Mr. Patton, and to the county com mission. He particularly praised Mr. W. R. McCuen of Laurens, who, he said, made the motion, unanimously carried by the commission to build the road. An ^important bridge across Bush river on the new Jacobs high way is to be named the McCuen bridge. _ - Mr. McCuen, who was present, made a fine talk, emphasizing the import ance of the new road and praising Mr. Jacobs for his efforts, pointing out that the meeting marked a new era in Laurens county’s highway his tory. He expressed his gratitude at being present at the banquet and ad vised those present that they were just now getting that which they should have had years ago. The fine spirit of the gentlemen along the road repeatedly mentioned at the banquet was something entire ly out of the ordinary in highway building. Each man whole-heartedly pledged and gave his support, regard less of where the road ran. Since, the effect of this seme spirit has been marked in other sections, where road development is needed, and the tame spirit begun on the Jacobs highway Uda fair to furnish the cooperation at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bowers, of near Little Mountain, where she was removed fol lowing the shooting. ' The funeral services were held Mon day afternoon at 3:30 at Holy Trinity Lutheran church at Little Mountain, ot‘ which she was a member. Besides two small children, a son three years old, and a daughter, five years old, she is survived by her par^ now ents and two sisters. She was 23 years old and had been married about six years. The cause of the shooting is unknown. Her husband, Jacob Earle Living ston, was a member of Company A, 54 th Pioneer Infantry. He spent one yeaf in the army, all of which was overseas with the exception of two months. A large crowd attended his funeral at St. Paul’s Lutheran church today. The services were conducted by the Rev. S. P. Koon. * n ii 9 a ii NO EASTER MUSIC TO BE RENDERED Dr. Jodson L. Vipperman, Spartan burg Baptist Pastor, Says This Is Only “Heathen Festival.” Spartanburg, April 6.—Declaring that Easter is a heathen festival, Dr. Judson L. Vipperman, pastor of the South Side Baptist church, of this city, thanked his choir for agreeing not to render any Easter music next Sunday in a message printed in the official church bulletin. In the message Dr. Vipperman said: “Easter is a heathen festival in honor of a Goddess of Light, in honor of whom sacrifices were annually offered about the Passover time of the year Easter is a Saxon word of Saxon origin and imparts a goddess of Sax on.” The closing paragraph of the mes sage says: “In the gracious desire that my peo ple shall be spiritual and intelligent; wedded, not to tradition, but to the ‘Living Word’ of the ‘Living God,’ I am your devoted pastor.” that is so essential to successful high way development. 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