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v, r , • •• / / / • ■» ■' .1^ . • - ^ l~r *:1 4. W w— » .f •' ■ ' L L ,• ' —— ' /.I 4 T : . V THE CHRONICLE Strive! To Be a Clean ■Newa- 4 P*P« r » Complete, Newvy, and Reliable. f If Too Don’t Read THE 4 * CHRONICLE Too Don’t Get Tbo News. VOLUME XXVI CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23,1926 NUMBER 51 COLUMBIA MEN HEAR DOUGUS Presbyterian Head Addresses Ex-Service Men. Speaks of High Place They Hold In Af fection of People. Dr. Frank Crane Says— WHAT CHRISTMAS REALLY IS The Christmas season is the season of the horizon line Dr. D. M. Douglas, retiring presi dent of Presbyterian college of this city, was the principal speaker last Thursday night before the Richland post, American Legion, in Columbia. The following synopsis of his address appeared in The State of Friday: "It is now nearly ten years ago that our country was electrified by a call from President Wilson to the congress of the United States, to declare a state of war to exist between the United States and the German empire. War is always awful; it demands* great per sonal hardships and calls for a possi ble sacrifice of everything. Yet, our young men began immediately to drop out of college, forsake their farms, lay down their work in facto ries, come out from behind their desks and counters, to be mobilized in war camps that they might be trained for the terrible conflict. “The thing that excited my admira tion, and made a profound impression upon me, was the cheerful way in which these young men offered their lives for the honor of their country. Of course, they had their moments of sadness 'and depression, but they seemed perfectly happy; There was no holding back, there was no mani festation of fear, but a willingness, yes, even a keenness, to undergo the hardships and make the sacrifices. We all realized we had a great country when we found our men and women made of such material. “We have often heard people talk about a rich man’s war and a poor man’s fight. This was certainly not the case in our last war. The rich, the well-to-do and the poor, in the same spirit, offered themselves for the defense of their country, none asked for favors, all cheerfully went through the hardships necessary to be trained for efficient service. There was no consideration of relf when duty called. All realized that in any terri ble conflict our mortality would be great, because our men thought but little of taking care of themselves— only considered the honor of their country. “In bravery and efficiency our men have won a high place in the affec tion and admiration of our people; this exalted position certainly carries with it a great responsibility., This ques tion should constantly be asked by ev ery member of the American Legion, ‘How can 1 continue to deserve to hold the exalted position I have in the ad miration and affection of my fellow- citizens; and fulfill my responsibility to humanity?’ • May I make two or three suggestions. “First. You should rise above local prejudices and influences. You fought a world war, you have a world vision. The world’s greaters leaders in reli gion, statesmanship and literature have spoken to neither class nor com- inunity, but have spoken to the heart of humanity. How often has a man become great in his own community hut little in the eyes of the world on account of the local prejudice and blurred vision? The world conflict gave you an opportunity to know the world, you met men from practically every nation; this experience should broaden your vision and extend your sympathy and knowledge so that you can deal with the broader questions concerning humanity as a whole. “Second. This ability to reach be yond your own borders and deal with humanity as a whole should lead you often to ask the question, ‘Have we accomplished what we undertook to accomplish in this conflict; if it is not accomplished what more can we do to complete the task?’ Under the lead ership of our great president we were told that we were fighting humanity’s battle, we were fighting to make the world ‘safe for democracy.’ Under this inspiration our country was rais ed to the highest moral conception it has ever attained, and yet there is a feeling of disappointment among us all; we some how feel that we have not accomplished what we set out to ac complish. We fear that there has been a moral retrogrsesion. “Before the world can be safe for democracy prejudice must be broken down, information and culture must be disseminated, and a higher moral stan dard attained. Can you think of,, a finer thing for the American Legion to accomplish • than the carrying out of these ideals? I doubt if there is any one thing that has brought more sorrow to the human family than pre judice; it has been one of the great ♦ curses of the world in evdby genera tion. The same is tine today, preju dice is largely overcome by informa tion; security in home, in business, and in government is based on morality. “Third. This leads us to our rela- tion with foreign nations, and espec (Continued on page seven) The earth and the sky, the clouds! and the land, meet at the horizon line. And so at Christmas time the prac tical and the ideal meet; what is, for the day, reaches up and joins hands with What Ought To Be. Talk that is dubbed airy idealism during, other seasons is the guiding plan of action when Christmas comes around. On that day men think of others as well as themselves, they feast their bodies, but also their hearts. Thoughts concern juicy brown drum-sticks and heaped white moun tains of mashed potatoes, but they als^ concern the welfare of the unfor tunate and the relieving of want. One deals with the so-called “prac tical” part of life, the other with the “ideal.” They both have part on Christmas day. No other season comes nearer hu manity. It deals with the needs of the present. It takes tnen as they are and tries to bring the best in them to the top. It is the most kindly, human season. It doesn’t censure or lecture. It does n’t attack or berate. It melts the ice from the springs of human kindness and refreshes the world. The significance of Christmas is ap-1 parent to all. Its rites are simple. There is nothing of the mystic ritual which is comprehended by only a fqw initiated. It is for all, understood by all. It comes down to earth and deals with practical things, translating kindly impulses into kindly acts. It touches life as we live it and for day lifts the world nearer what one it should be. Like the parables^pf the Master, Christmas infuses idealism into the thoughts and acts of our ev eryday existence. Those who look only at the sky, fail to see the earth, and those who gaze only at the earth do not see the sky. Only those who look at the ho rizon line appreciate them both and see them joined together. During most of the year, in many minds the idealism of the Golden Rule and similar teachings and the practi cal actions of everyday life seem to stand far apart. It is at the horizon line of the Christmas season that they are uni versally seen to draw together. Hour Set Apart For Fireworks City council has announced that the shooting of fireworks will be allowed Friday night from 9 until 10 o’clock in the business section of the town. Until that hour the ban is on arid all shooting is prohibited. After 9 o’clock, the shooting and celebration that al ways goes with Christmas eve night, will be permitted. However, all are urged to be careful and consider-at#”bf the public. The hour is pushed back to 9 o’clock to avoid annoyance and in convenience to the throngs of shoppers expected to be on the streets in the early part of the evening. Fire Department Asks Cooperation ,V. P. Adair, chief of the local fire department, has asked The Chronicle to urge everybody to be careful with Christmas fires and fireworks. He urges that leaves on roofs be cleared off and every precaution taken. The fire department is always ready and willingly responds, but its equipment is limited and the public’s hearty co operation is asked in their efforts to protect the property owners of the ci,y ' ! Special Music At Sunday Services A number of girls of the State Training school will render special muskrat the mornntg services of the First Presbyterian church next Sun day. The Christmas cantata, “Beth lehem,” will1)e sung. There will also be a special sermon particularly ad dressed to the young people of the congregation. In the evening at 7:30, special Christmas music will also be rendered by a group of Thorn well Or phanage girls. Christ Story Is Told In Song The Christmas story was beautifully portrayed in song last Sunday evening by the choir of the First Presbyterian church under the direction of Mrs. J. F. Jacobs, Jr. The churches of the city withdrew their evening services for the special occasion, Sod a large congregation was present to listen to the beautiful carols, rendered in an impressive manner. / > fH?rrg (ftyriatmaa Sin All W ITH 1926 drawing rapidly to a close we can look back over its twelve months as they have passed in this community, and we find in them much that we will wish to remember, and but very little we will want to forget. The Christmas season of 1926 brings to us a record of twelve months**? community peace, of community good will, and an increased community hope for the dawning year of 1927.* During 1926 we have, enjoyed our neighbors, our friends; we have laughed with them in their hours of merriment, and we have grieved with them in their bereavements and consoled them as best we might. This is as it should be. It is such things that the spirit of Christmas teaches us. It is the lesson brought to us by the Man of Gallilee nineteen hundred and twenty-six years ago. . T During 1926 we have grown better individually and collectively; we have evinced a greater degree of tol erance, of human kindness, of love and faith, than in any previous year, and this is but an evidence of the increasing betterment of the race. With a backward glance over the records of 1926 we find every good reason for believing this Christmas season is to be the best we have ever enjoyed. We know that those blessings, faith, hope, love, peace, that were brought to the race with the dawn of the Christian era are with us today in greater degree than ever before. We know we will receive a greater num ber of hearty Christmas greetings, a greater number of friendly smiles, and what comes to us will come to each and every individual in our community, including our Merry Christmas to each and every one. u TOTAL OF $750 FOR THORNWELL Little Tommy Mayer Makes An Ap pealing- Speech To Greenwood Sunday School. The following from the Greenwood Index-Journal of Monday, will be read here with interest by all friends of the Thornwell Orphanage: THIRTY DIE IN ICY WATERS Launch Overturns In Hudson With Singing Job Seekers. No Heed Paid To Cries of Help By People On Shore. , TALK OF CREAMERY PLANT AT LAURENS Will Establish Industry If Sufficient Supply Be Furnished Tu Meet De- . mand. . Meteing Held Friday. Laurens, Dec. 19.—At a meeting Friday afternoon of a number of Lau rens business men and farmers of the county, particularly those engaged in dairying, the questibn of establishing a creamery at Laurens was discussed. A proposal from an outsider who is in terested in dairying and commercial cream and milk products was laid be fore the meeting. The party has indi cated that he would come in and install a creamery provided the local milk supply would warrant the effort. Something like 800 cows would be required to meet the capacity of the proposed creamery, it was said. A full survey of the supply is to be made, following this first meeting, and a general mass meeting will be held at the courthouse Tuesday afternoon, De cember 28. W. E. Waters, dairying specialist of Clemson college, was at Friday's meeting and spoke of the importance of encouraging dairying in this sec tion at this time, the cost of milk pro ducts and what is required for the op eration of a creamery. C. H. Roper, C. B. Cannon, county farm agent, W. L. Gray, Senator O. P. Goodwin, and other joined in the dis cussion, all agreeing that in the pres ent situation there must be a turning to the “cow, hog and hen” program, that has been talked about for years, but indifferently looked upon by most all the farmers. The county has pro duced a fair grain and feed crop and a greatly increased acreage has been sown to small grain, thus giving promise of better feed supplies for the farm animals. P. C. BASKETBALL SCHEDULE GIVEN Season Opens January 8th With Pa cific Mills. Leading Team Included. The Presbyterian college basketball schedule, as announced by Prefessor H. E. Sturgeon, president of the ath letic association, is as follows: January 8—Pacific Mills at Clinton. January 12—Carolina at. Columbia. January 22—Wofford at Clinton. January 25—Oglethorpe at Atlanta. January 26—Atlanta Athletic club at Atlanta. January 29—The Citadel at Charles ton. January 31—College of Charleston at Charleston. February 1—Pacific Mills at Colum bia. February 4—Wofford at Spartan burg. February 9—Clemson at Clemson. February 10—Furman at Greenville. February 14—The Citadel at Clin ton. February 17—The University of Georgia at Athens. In addition to the above, games are scheduled with Newberry, Clemson, Furman and College of Charleston, all to be played in Clinton, but as yet no definite dates have been decided on. “A total of approximately $750 was contributed to Thornwell Orphanage by the Sunday school of the First Presbyterian church at special exercis es yesterday morning at which little Tommy Mayer, four-year-old orphan, made a speech that won the hearts of everyone in the great audience. “It was the occasion for the annual contributions to the orphanage and for exercises by the several depart ments. The intermediates gave play, “The Perfect Gift,” with fine effect and the children in the primary department also gave a special pro gram. “As a result of the contributions the Sunday school again won the ban ner offered by the Presbytery for the largest .donation per capita. After holding the banner for about 20 years the school lost it last year to a Sun day school in Laurens counyt with about fifteen members, but the total contributed yesterday brings the ban ner back to Greenwood. The member ship of the Sunday school is about 400. The per capita contribution therefore was nearly ?2. “The outstanding feature of the ex ercises yesterday was the presence of Tommy Mayer, five year old, who was the real orator of the occasion. After his speech Tommy was presented with a wagon load of gifts and his joy in receiving them was reflected in the faces of the other children. “Following is a verbatim report 'of Tommy’s speech: “ ‘My name is Tommy. I’m the 'first little boy that ever came to the Baby Cottage. 1 was a little boy then, but now I’m a big boy—big enough to run errands for the matron, and help diess all the little children in the morning. “Last year at the Baby Cottage we had a Christmas tree and there were 21 stockings for Santa Claus to fill. But he had enough toys to go in ev ery one. / “ ‘We had a Christmas dinner, and we all stood around the table and said our ‘Thank You’ song. And this is what we said; — “ ‘Thank you for the world so sweet, Thank you for the food we eat. Thank you for the birds that sing, Thank you, God, for everything. “ ‘Amen.’ ” SCHOOLS APPEAR MORE EFFICIENT Hjgh School Teacher Resigns Miss Agnes Macfie, teacher of his tory in the Clinton high school, has resigned her position since returning to her home in Winnsboro for the hol idays. Miss Macfie will be succeeded in the high school by Mr. R. A. Ab rams of this city. ~ THE FIRST CHRISTMAS Attendance Cost Per Capita For State Is Reduced. .1925-26 Cost $42.27, and Previous Year $46.34. Columbia, Dec. 18.—The state of South Carolina spent $30.55 for every white pupil in the public schools dur- jpg the schol year 1925-26, the depart ment of education has revealed in sta tistics made public here. This cost was figured on the basis of average attendance; on the basis of enrollment, the cost per child was $59.03. For negro pupils, the cost per capi ta was $10.20, according to attendance, and $7.05 on the basis of enrollment. The per capita cost for both »races, on the basis of average attendance, was $42.27, as compared with $33.78 on the basis of enrollment. For the preceding school year, the per capita cost for both white and negro children was $46.34 on the ba sis of attendance, and $32.33 on the basis of enrollment. The average length of the session was 171 days in white schools of the whole state and 116 in the negro schools, the average for both races be ing 144 days. And there wt^re in'lhe same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord - shone round about them; and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them. Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior* which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; ye shall Find the babe wrapped in swad dling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and sayng. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go, even unto Bethle hem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. ' Stores To Close Christinas Day The merchants cf the city will ob serve Christmas day and their places of business will be closed Saturday. A petition circulated in the city Tuesday was signed by practically all business houses in the city and the public is asked to bear this in mind and do its shopping today and tomorrow. The schools of the city have closed down and there will be a general cessation from business with a holiday spirit reigning supreme. SINGERS TO MEET And they came with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. —Luke 2, 8-16. There will be a singing convention at Hurricane Baptist church Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. All singers and the public are cordially invited to be present. Mr. y&pd Mrs. F. C. Pinson and Mary will spend the holidays with rel atives in Mullins. //- New York, Dec. 20.—A pitiful pla toon of the army of the unemployed set forth across the Hudson river to day, singing in high hopes, but evil fortune dogged their path and the icy waters engulfed them. Of the 62 who left Manhattan, 30 were known to night to have been drowned, seven were reported missing, and 25 were under medical care for submersion. A hundred or more men, white and Negro, answered a help wanted adver tisement of the Spencer-Kellogg and Sons, Edgewater, N. J., plant early to day at the 95th street pier. They were men of spirit, too, for instead of cowering in corners from a biting wind they stamped about and sang as they waited for the launch which .the advertisement had said would take them across the river. The launch came,4he Linseed King, a frail 42-footer of ten tons. Capt. John Rohweider of Jersey City,, called to them to climb aboard. “Hurry it up, boys,” he said. “There’s two loads, here and I’ve got to get back for the second load. I ought to be over there now.” In they piled, till the little cabin was filled like a subway jam, one of the survivors said later, and others were standing on the deck. Off went the Linseed King, burrow ing her nose through the ice floes that made the river like an arctic sea, hard fresh water ice, river men said, down from the upper Hudson and at that time being forced up-stream by a flow-tide. s Midstream and suddenly the Lin seed King careened to one side, ground, it is believed, between huge cakes of ice with hundreds of tons of other ice behind it. The frightened passengers scram bled all to one side in a mad effort to right - the craft and like a crazy pendulum the Linseed King swung back to normal and then listed to the other sids, over and ovsr and over until the water rushed over her gun wales and capsized. About half of those in the cabin were thrown into the freezing water or managed to run from the cotnpart-. ment in time to jump. The other half were trapped where they were. As the submerged launch floated sluggishly among the grinding ice foes some of the freezing men clung to it while others climbed aboard tip- ' ping cakes of ice. The singing was turned to screams for help now. Heard from the shore the screaming sounded not so different from the shouts of song and no one paid attention to it. One lighter captain who had watched the men off and might have been able to aid them, heard their cries, but only shrugged his shoulders as he moved closer to his cabin stove. "I just thought they were still sing ing,” he said later, “and didn’t even go out of my cabin.” So it was almost half an hour be fore the first rescue boat reached the scene. But then they came thick and fast; tugs and launches and fire and policie boats. . • Twenty-four half-frozen men were dragged on to tugs and thawed out in engine rooms while being rushed to an emergency^ hospital established at a New York pier. From there they were taken to hospitals. Captain Roh weider was picked up swimming strongly for the Jersey shore and tak en to Edgewater. Placed under a doctor’s care, the captain was questioned at length by Edgewater police and then was sent for by the Manhattan headquarters. He refused to cross the river, how ever, saying that he was suffering acutely from submersion. t After the living had been cared for the task of recovering the bodies of the dead began. Three were found in the river at the scene of the accident. The others were taken with grappling hooks from the cabin of the Linseed King where it was beached at 254th street on the Bronx shore after being carried upstream by the ice. Crowds gathered on the shore, some of them wives and mothers and other loved ones of the men who had sought their last job. One by one the bodies were brought up and laid on the icy shore until there were 27 in a row, bringing the total known dead to 30. Captain Rohweider told police that there had been 62 men in the Linseed King when it left the Manhattan pier and search was continued for the sev en bodies srill unaccounted for. Of the known dead 21 were white men and nine Negroes. A half dozen investigations were begun during the day to determine if possible where the blame a lay and whether the tragedy might have been avoided. -J / \ -j&a. *A>.4. s t iva