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HOME-COMING CELEBRATION TO DRAW GREAT CROWD FRIDAY Oglethorpe Will Provide Opposition for Presby terians On Annual Home-Coming Day. Or-’ chestra Concert By Georgians in Evening. 'ti rn > By TOMMY GRAFTON A football game .with one of the strongest elevens in the Southland followed by an evening's musical en tertainment from one of the best or chestras in collegiate circles will be the features of the annual Home- Coming Day celebration Friday of the Fresbyterian College. Walter Johnson's sturdy squad of crimson-coated, blue-hosed warriors that brought such glory to the Garnet and Blue of the Presbyterian school last Friday, with a perfected offense that has scored on every eleven it has met in the state this season, is strain ing like a dog /at the leash to be turned against the Oglethovpe team at 3 o'clock on Friday, the uhlucky 13th. Every man on the team is in good physical condition, and with such men ready to start as “Goldie” Wilson, Jimmy Stamps, Nick Hunter, Captain Marshall Robinson, and “Splig” Du gan, a hard fighting squad of batter ing forwards in the persons of the ra ven-haired Griffith, the fiery Kirven, Timmons, Stevens, Witherspoon, Wal ker, Berry, Rucker, and others are taking special pains to open up holes for their fleeter comrades. A stormy Petrel that has swept be fore it already two South Carolina teams, will furnish the opposition. De spite internal trouble, the Georgians from Oglethorpe have. a smashing threat in Kilgore, Maurer, and Camp bell, backed by a heavy and agressive line. The opposition is figured as the best which the Blue Stockings will have lined up against this season. It is expected that a lairge number cf alumni, thrilled by the sensational showing the rather erratic Blue Stock ing team has made in recent games, will return to the red brick halls of the Alma Mater to give their moral support at the gridiron classic of the year. To many of them, who have left her sanctuaries long ago, the material progress of the college wHl be a, source of genuine gratification. The gymnasium, the athletic field with its splendid quarter mile track, the excellently equipped and beautiful Smyth dormitory will all be new to the men that have not been back to Presbyterian College in the last two or three years. . The football game is not the only feature. The Oglethorpe college or chestra of sixteen pieces is conning to give a special concert at the orphan age chapel Friday night. This musi cal treat is being sponsored by the local Kiwanis club, and all proceeds, after deducting the traveling expen ses of the Georgia collegians, will be donated to the P. C. athletic associa tion to aid in the payment of back debts. Every son of the college has expressed appreciation of the generos ity of the Kiwanis club in their ef forts to help put athletics at the cbl- Icge back again on a sound financial basis. ] ‘ The Presbyterians are doped an even break with the Georgians in tHe foot ball game Friday > Although the Pet rels conquered Centre by* a three- touchdwn margin, and downed Cita del 7 to 0, the local fans : base their confidence on the comparative show ings against Wofford. The Terriers held the longer end of a 7 to 6 count against Oglethorpe until' a be lated rally‘gave the lads from At lanta a 13 to 7 win. P. C. completely outplayed Wofford here last week to win 9 to 6, but the scors was not indi cative of the masterful playing of the local eleven, who should have had a shut-out over the Spartanburg lads. At any rate, nothing but the score- board $t the P. C. field about six o’clock that afternoon will decide the final standing of the two teams. The Home-Coming Day, that event of the year which calls the old grads and former sons of the college back to feast once more on the glory of the Alma Mater, is being eagerly awaited by the student body of 265 men, the town of Clinton, and the faculty and friends of the college. It is expected that stores and places of business and amusement in hte town will close down Friday afteftioon in honor of the occasion. < ■; -—i" -.1-. ..n I mm MISS EPPS HEADS NEAR EAST REL Community Will Be Asked To Parti cipate In Campaign to Aid Child Sufferers. Miss Lucy Epps bf this city, has been appointed Clinton Chairman of the Near East Relief campaign to be waged next month. Clinton came sec ond in the state contest last year and it is hoped by Miss Epps that this year's record will excel the previous one and that a Clintonian will be awarded the free trip to the Holy Land. The rules of the contest and the International Golden Rule Sunday are well known in this community where active campaigns hare previ ously been waged for this deserving cause. All individuals and local or ganizations will be asked to give their hearty co-operation. “Because the appeal is an old one many people do not realize that the need in Bible lands is still great, if not greater, than ever. The Near East Relief, incorporated by Congress in 1919, has saved more than a million people from death. “There are more than forty thous and children now being cared for under the supervision of Near East Relief institutions. In addition there are still thousands in, the • refugee camps who need attention now denied them because funds are insufficient to meet the task. “These children are the hope of a new era of peace, progress, and pros perity in the Near East. Their care and training must be continued until they are old enough to care for; them selves. Otherwise they will be turned loose to a life of beggary and shame that is worse than death. “For 4000 years and more the Near East has .been the battleground of the nations. Probably no other portion of the earth’s surface has been so drenched with human blood. Millions of lives and billions of property have been sacrificed. “Armies and navies have failed. They have brought desolation and left ashes and ruins in their path. They have not enriched life. Where there was hatred they have engendered more hatred, suspicion, distrust and deter mination to get revenge. “The - world may have its choice be tween a voluntary, constructive, peace time educational program now, or de structive warfare later. -May it not be that, through these orphaned chil dren, we have in our hands today the opportunity of doing a greater work than has been done by all the armies and nayies of the past forty centuries. “That which battleships and battal ions bave failed to accomplish, the magic power of love, unselfish ser vice and world brotherhood may yet achieve.” PRESBYTERIANS TO HOLD REVIVAL Rev. J. W. Hickman to Conduit Evan gelistic Services Beginning Next Sunday. The First Presbyterian church of this city will begin a series of evangel listic services on next Sunday morn ing at 11:15 and-continuing through the evening of the 25th. The pastor, Dr. D. J. Woods, will begin the meet ing. Dr. J. W. Hickman of Charles ton, will' arrive Monday and preach twice a day at the hours of HnOO a. m. and 7:30 p. m. The church is fortunate in securing' the Rev. J. W. Hickman, D. D., pastor 'of the Second Presbyterian church of Charleston, for these services. Dr. Hickman is one of the most distin guished and popular preachers in the South Carolina Synod and will be heard with genuine interest during his stay here. He has also been invited by the local Ministerial Union to make the Thanksgiving address on Thursday morning, November 26th. A very cordial invitation is extend ed by the church and pastor to the people of all sister churches and as surance is given of an enjoyable series of meetings and a hearty welcome. EDUCATION WEEK PROCLAMATION Mayor Jacobs Calls Upon Clinton Peo ple to Jo^n in Observance of , Nation Wide Event. In view of the fact that the week of November 16-21 is set apart by the President of the United States and the Governor of South Carolina as Educa tional week, I, J. F. Jacobs, Mayor of the Town of Clinton, hereby call upon the people of the Town of Clinton and of School District Number 5, Laurens county, to show their special interest in the educational^w'ork of- this com munity by visiting the schools of this district on Tuesday, November 17th, in order that they may see how their educational work is being conducted, and show their interest m its advance- n.ent. Our graded school and high school work has become the greatest of all state functions. Upon its success de pends in large measure tffe progress of civilization in South Carolina. Every loyal citizen should therefore be intensely interested in every feature of the educational work of his com munity. J. F. JACOBS, Mayor. ATTENDANCE LAW AGAIN INDORSED Rural School Improvement Associa tion Takes Action On Question at Its Annual Session. *At the annual meeting last Satur day of the Rural Improvement asso ciation of Laurens county, a resolu tion giving endorsement to the school attendance law was unanimously adopted, and the action of the body will be made known officially to the STORMY PETRELS EXPECT VICTORY ‘Father Against Son” When P. C. and Oglethorpe Meet Friday For Hard- Fighting Battle. COOKING RATES ARE REDUCED SPONSORS NAMED FOR COIN SALE legislative delegation.- The meeting of the association was j past week to officially elect a young Young Ladies To Sell Memorial Coins In Clinton and Ask Community’s Cooperation. Three attractive young ladies of Clinton have been selected as spon sors for the Confederate Memorial Coin campaign to be waged here. The Rotary Club, and U. D. C. Chapter will be represented by Miss Corinne Bailey; the D. A. R. chapter by Miss A'nnie B. Adair, and the Kiwanis Club by Miss Mary Henry. These or ganizations were asked during the At Last Meeting of Council Electric Current Rate Was Reduced From Five to Four Cents. At a meeting of the town council held Monday night, November 2, do mestic electric current rate was re duced from 5 cents to 4 cents per kilowatt hour. This rate is effective for all domestic purposes except light ing. So low a rate should greatly en courage the use of electric current for cooking, refrigerating and domestic power purposes. A great many citi zens are putting in electric stoves, and this reduction in the rate will no doubt encourage still -others to enjoy this very convenient method of preparing their food. Others are installing do mestic refrigerating plants, a wonder ful household convenience. FRIDAY TO BE “TICKET DAY” Special to The Chronicle. Atlanta, Nov. 11.—When the Ogle thorpe Petrels and the Presbyterian College eleven clash in their game at Clinton Friday afternoon, two young men sitting in the bleachers will gaze upon one of the most romantic scenes that it was ever the privilege of mere man to watch. \ They will see the fpotball team of their father’s college battling an eleven representing a school that was founded principally through the ef-| forts of their grandfather. They will gaze upon the familiar features of their.father as he follows closely the attack of his own university’s team against a college, from which he holds a diploma. Dr. Thomwell Jacobs, president of Oglethorpe University, is the central figure in the dramatic setting for thu game, the like of which has never been equalled in southern football circles. Fred Lesh and Thorn well Jacobf, Jr., are the two .privileged young men. They will be strictly impartial in this game for they will wear both the colors of Oglethorpe and of Presby terian College. William Plumer Jacobs, founder of the Thomwell Orphanage and the Presbyterian College, is the man whose spirit will be so closely allied with this meeting on the gridiron. Surely if the ghosts of men ever walk among their accustomed earthly path ways the spirit of William Plumer Jacobs will return for this game. Aside from the romantic angle the game means much to the Oglethorpe Petrels, who are almost in position to reach out and grasp in their battle- scarred palms the second consecutive football championship of the S. I. A. A. They need a victory over Presby terian College to carry them on into the|r,game with Mercer University undefeated. Coach Harry Robertson believes that his men will win Friday, but he is not confining himself to mere hopes. He has had his fully manned squad out on Hermance Field every afternoon this week, drilling it in defensive an( j offensive play and there is every rea son to believe that the Petrels will be fit when they answer the whistle for the kick-off Friday. The Petrels have followed the record of Presbyterian College with unusual interest this season and no one knowr any better than the Petrel players themselves that they are up against a hard fighting, courageous and smart eleven Friday. If the Petrels are stopped in their second mad flight to the S. I. A. A. football championship it will be be cause they have met more than their match and if any such unlocked for upset should come to pass it could not have been more-dramatically n:- ranged. The team "of a father stopping his soil’s eleven end two bright-eyed grandsons looking on from the grend- stand and for once refraining from pulling for the team that has come to be the idol of their young and hero worshipping lives. “Father against son!” That is the situation for Friday, only there will be no combat, rather- an alliance of spirit and love and friendship. TO FLY FLAGS FOR HOME-COMING DAY Tomorrow is Hbme-Coming Day in Clinton. It will bring a great crowd here for the P. C.-Ogle- thorpe game. P. C. men from all over the state will be on the campus for the occasion. AU business houses are asked to FLY THEIR FLAGS for the day in honor of the coming “back homo” of the Alumni and visitors. Flags should be placed on display at 8 a. m. and removed at 6 p, m. THORNWELL TIED DUE WEST-TEAM Thomwell and Easley Played Yester day, Winner to Meet Winner of Anderson-Due West Game. Thomwell and Easley met -yester day in the semi-final for the cham pionship of the second district, the winner to meet the winner of the Anderson-Due West game for ,the right to play Saluda. Both Thomwell and Easley boast of a spotless record, neither having been defeated, though both have been tied. On last Thursday Thomwell tied Due West 6-6, being unable to win chiefly through the influence of the “black cat” which followed them during the entire game. For when Clarke had scored the touchdqwn that would have won the game, he was called back, because one of his lines men had been caught off side. In this game, Captain Earl Dunlap of Thomwell, proved to his followers that he occupies in high school ball a OFFICERS KILL BOOKRUNNER Rock Hill Man Slain In Attempt To Hit “Dry” Agents With Whiskey Machine. r Chester, Nov. 7.—Sidney Clyburo, aged about 40 years of Rock HiU, was shot to death this morning at Lando, Chester county, by Chester county of ficers while he was engaged in trans porting whiskey from Columbia to Rock Hill, it is said, and endeavored to ran down the officers with bis Chevrolet touring, .ear. Hamilton Montgomery ox hear Keck Hill, also an occupant of the automobile, was shot in the head, but it Was only m flesh wound. Miss Lillie Hoyle was likewise an occupant of the automo bile, but she was unhurt. Clybum is said to have got his corn liquor at Columbia and was transporting the 50 gallons to Rock Hill. Chester county officers got word that Clybum with his big cargo of whiskey was to pass through Lando early this morning and they stationed themselves at Fishing Creek bridge to dtop him, placing their automobile on this end of the bridge. A few minutes before 4 o’clock, the officers said, they heard an automobile com ing around a bend in the highway near the Manetta Mills store. Officers J. C. Steele and Fletcher Dye ran up the highway about 75 yards from the end of the bridge, and it was stated by Montgomery at the inquest that Clybum remarked, “There is the law," as they passed Officers Steele and Dye, showing, it is said, that he recog nized the officers. The automobile passed Officers Steele and Dye, nego- pjace that is not shared universally. . In no 6ne of the five garnet yet j tiating the first little bridge going to played has he failed to score at least, the end of the steel bridge, where one touchdown. No team has thus far Officers J. C. G. Caldwell and Gladden been able to stop him. He goes thru, around, or over the line at will. He directs the team as quarterback, does all the passing, and kicks a consistent forty-five yards. Without the help of a coach, he has developed his Thorn- well team, relying on his leadership and the spirit always present with a Thomwell team. In case Thomwell loses to Easley, who is reported to have a very strong team, this game will mark the final appearance for this season of one of^the most out standing backs of the state both of fensively and on defense. Both teams are in good condition, and the winner has an excellent chance at the upper state title. ‘Two years have passed since Thomwell brought the crown to the upper state, but there is reason to believe that it may come back this year. STANDING GIVEN IN STATE RACE CLINTON HIGH BESTS LAURENS ■ f - held with the Grhy Court-Owings school, and the session was presided over by Mrs. Guy Smith; president. Dr. J. A. Hayne; director of the state board of health; Miss Mattie Thomas, state organizer of the ryfral improve ment association; Miss Wil Lou Gray, state supervisor of adult schools, and Miss Lillian Hoffman, state superin- % tendent of home economics, were guests of the county association for the day and gave addresses pertain ing to their departments- In addition, the county organizer, Miss Minnie lady to represent them in the contest and their request was heartily "granted with th£ unanimous selection >of these young ladies. Mrs. J. F. Jacobs, 4Br., is chairman of the Clinton*unit and is now get ting the campaign under way. Clin ton is assigned 7|4 coins to be sold and upon the shoulders of the three selected young ladies falls the task. To succeed they must have the hearty cooperation of the public and it is hoped that the county’s winners to go to Columbia will be Clinton girls. [Ki Wallace, and the president of the as* ‘Every man an<^ woman in the com- sociation, Mrs, Smith, told of ^ the niunity. is asked to purchase a coin work of the organization during the an< j to lend their support and eri- past year. Lunch Court-Cw y • V was served by lng3 association. the. Gray couragement to (his patriotic appeal directed particularly to the people of the South. ^ Community Is Asked To Purchase Tickets For Oglethorpe Or chestra Concert. Tomorrow has been designated as “Ticket Day” for the Oglethorpe Or chestra cortcert to be given in the orphanage chppel Friday night at 8 o’clock. The entertainment, which promises' to be one of the best ever presented a Clinton audience, comes here under the auspices of the, Clin ton Kiwanis Club. The proceeds are to be donated to the Athletic Asso ciation of the Presbyterian College. The Kiwanians are .asking a liberal patronage on the part of the public. The Kiwanis ladies, friends and- In Great Game Local Lads W’in From Neighboring Team By Overwhf,m- ing Score of 22-0. Clinton Hi football team won over Laurens Hi last Saturday aftornoon or the new athletic field by an over whelming score of 22 to 0. Clinton scored three touchdowns and one | safety- Blakely scored all three touch downs for Clinton, once breaking through the Laurens line for about thirty yards for the last touchdown. Adair drop-kicked twice for the extra points. Clinton scored a safety in the third period when Hunter, end for the locals, broke through and tackled a Laurens back behind the goal line. The only time Laurens offered a threat was when they blocked one of M. Adair’s punt and recovered. But they lost the ball on the next play when a Clinton man intercepted a pass. Every m$n on the Clinton team played well, but the outstanding stars Presbyterian College Holds Third ' Place In Gridiron Champion ship Contest. The big football game of the week will occur in Greenville Saturday when Funrum and Carolina will contend for state championship honors. Both of these teams have been thus far un defeated this season in the state. The only all-state game besides the championship affair during this week will be staged between the Citadel and Clemson on Saturday in Charleston. The Citadel is favored to win easily. Newberry will take on Southern at Lakeland, Fla., on Saturday. P. C. plays Oglethorpe here tomor row afternoon. The interest of fan dom.is centered in this contest and the Blue Stockings will endeavor to stop and conquer the stormy Petrels of from shotgun wounds by officers dis- Atlanta P. C. now stands third in the state’s percentage column, surpassed only by Furman and Carolina. Next Friday the team plays Carolina in Columbia, and on Thanksgiving Day closes the season with the Citadel in Charles ton. The standing of the clubs, games won, lost, points, and opponents points follow: charging their sworn duty and from gunshot wounds inflicted in the side of said Sid Clybum.” At the inquest Montgomery stated that he heard one of the officers say “Half 'or “Stop” before any shoot ing occurred. And he thought Cly bum heard it. “I had already asked Sid to stop before this. When we j Te ^L W. ' ■ L. Pts. - Opr ' Pts. Per Ct. ‘Then stop.’ Then he drove on up to the bridge and I heard another officer Carolina 4 0 102 7 1000 say, ‘Stop.’ Sid did not slow down. Furman 3 0 61 13 1000 He just ran up and kind of whipped P. C. 3 2 47 64 .666 around.” Wofford 2 2 46 15 .500 Continuing, Montgomery said, “Then Newberry 2_ 2 74 53 .500 we swung around and Sid very nearly Citadel 1 2 37 7 .333 i it one of the officers with the car. Clemson 0 3 . 9 60 .000 Just about this time was when Sid Er'Skine 0 4 0 137 f .000 was shot. Then-Sid said. ‘I am shot/ Then the bullet hit me- beside the high school girls, will canvass the citjy ”‘ r , e , Montjoy, Dick Copeland, and .^ Blakely in the backfield; Collins and uy your tickets early. Help the' Kiwanians help the football boys. OYSTER AND CHICKEN SUPPER AT HURRICANE The ladies of Hurricane church will have an oyster and chicken suppet at the Hurricane schoolhouse on Friday, November 20, at 6:45. Everybody is invited to. come. The proceeds will go for the benefit of the church. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Bailey spent ■yesterday fn Greenville. Smith in the line, the last named be ing one of the hardest high school tccklers seen around here lately. M Adair returned punts well. The best bets for Laurens were Dendy, Irby, Clark, Ellis and F. .Blakely Piano Man to Make Home in Clinton head. I would say four or five shots were fired. There was a gun in our i car at the time of the shooting. It ; was in the left hand door of the car.” Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Tomkinson of J. T. Collins was foreman of the Charlotte, N. C., have recently pur-• .’ury and the other five members were: •(chased the Rhett Adair home on Adair John A. Nichols, J. W. White, S. H. street and will shortly move to Clin-1 Jackson, J. D. Bankhead, and J. H. ton to make their future home. Mr. j Lee. . . Tomkinson will be associated with the On Clyburn’s body was found $161. , , . . , piano house of O’Daniel & Reid in the His body was taken home to Rock Hill It was a great game for those who ! acity of tuner and repairer. Mr; I this afternoon. witnessed it. About 1200 fans saw , T om irin SQn f or a num ber of years was | Clyburn’s lautomobile *s i>eing the game. foreman with the C. M. Stieff Piano hj Sheriff James G. Howze. Company. Mrs. Margaret Hollis spent the eek-end in Laurens with Mrs. W. R. Brown. Miss Lila end with Mr. V A lard spent the week- d Mrs. L. B. Dillard. Mrs. Otis Sub«r of Whitipire, spent last Thursday and Krjday with her sister, Mrs. G./W, Hollingsworth. Djle tried to stop them and they tried to run the automobile over both of the officers, and the officers had to shoot, it is saijd, to keep from being tun over by the bootlegger’s car. Cly bum then turned his automobile around and came near running over Officer Fletcher Dye. The automo bile then ran down the embankment and stopped at l-high pile of dirt. Clybum was quickly taken out. It was as the automobile was going down the embankment that Montgom ery said he was shot. Montgomery said the windshield was first shot through and he asked Glybum. to stop, but the latter tried to turn the car around and got the machine pretty well turned around, Montgomery re marked, before Clyburn was shot and he semed to lose control of the car after turning around. Montgomery^ said he cut the switch off as the officers ran up. M : ss Hoyle had fainted, she said, and fallen over-him. At first it was feared she was dead. She was revived by a glass of water. Clyburn was hurried to Dr. Gaston’s at Edgmoor but died en route. An examination of the car showed that a bullet entered frarn the rear right side of the windshield. Ninety- eight half gallon fruit jars full of ccrn liquor and two broken half gal lon jars were found stored in it. The officers brought the trio to Chester, turning the body of Clybum over to Barron’s undertaking parlor and placing Miss Hoyle and Mont gomery in jail. Bond has been ar ranged for them at $200, but they are still in “jail. \ The inquest was attended by a large crowd and Magistrate Z. V. David son's courtroom was filled to over flowing. The verdict of the jury was that “Sid Clybum came to his death •'