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' /■ I S3fe^ CLINTON TO LAUNCH $50,000 DRIVE COLLEGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO MEET HERE NOTED WOMAN TO SPEAK HERE Two Summer Conferences At Presbyterian College Next Month. Strong Faculties. Are Announced. The Young People’s intermediate and senior summer conferences will be held at the Presbyterian college of this city, on June 12-18 and June 18-25. The intermediate conference is'be ing inaugrurated for the first time. It will appeal to boys and girls between - 4he 4iges- of - 12 --and -1&—years.- -The- Hon. Nellie Ross, Wyoming’s Former Governor, To ^ Heard In Vital ly Interesting Lecture. From out of the West “where wom en are women” comes Hon. Nellie Tay- loe Ross of Wyoming, who has the distinction of having been the first woman-governor in the United States. Mrs. Ross will lecture here at the coming Redpath Chautauqua this month, her subject being “The Gov ernor Speaks.” There is nothing of the strident feminist about Mrs. Ross. She is es- I I I Important Chautauqua Guarantors Meeting This Afternoon ai I I I I m An important meeting of the guarantors of the Clinton Chautau qua will be held in the Masonic Temple building this afternoon promptly at 6 o’clock. At this meeting, a chairman and executive committee will be named, plans perfected for the sale of tcikets, and other details decided upon. The Chautauqua is made possible in Clinton by a number of men and women who volunteered last year as guarantors. It is very im portant therefore, that every one be present for the conference this afternoon as all who signed the contract are interested in the finan cial side of the matter. The guarantors expected to attend the meet ing, are: ‘ I I I I I ■I PLANS NOW BEING COMPLETED FOR CITY-WIDE CAMPAIGN Fund Raised To Be Applied On Liquidation of Presbyterian Col lege Debt. Canvass To Begin May 21 With. No Let-Up Until Goal Is Reached. W. P. Jacobs Elected Chairman. Executive Committee and Canvassers To Be Named In Next Few Days. I I A city-wide campaign to raise ^0,000 in Clinton for Presby terian college, will be launched on May 2lst. This decision was peached at a conference held Monday night presided over by President MeSween, and attended by a number of citizens repre senting the various religious and civic organizations of the com- and will have a daily program some what similar to the Young People’s conference, but less strenuous. Col. Joseph H. Cudlipp of Balti more, head of the Young People’s di vision in the the State Sunday school work in Maryland, will have charge of the conference. Associated with him will be Mrs. Cudlipp, Mrs. Geo. W. Sheffer, synodical field worker; Rev, S. J. L. Crouch of Clemson col lege; Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Bryan of Whitmire, and Rev. Marshall Dendy of Newberry. The Senior Meet The senior conference, June 18-25, will again be presided over by the Rev. C. .K, Douglas of Manning, as j manager. Mrs. W. 0. Brownlee of Guerrant, Ky., will serve as dean, and John Holland Hunter as registrar and treasurer. It is expected that fully three hundred young people will ma triculate for the convention which will be the ninth of its kind held under the auspices of the Presbyterian synod of South Carolina. Program and Faculty The following program and faculty has beep announced for the week: Rev. B. R. Lacy, Jr., D. D., Bible. Rev. John MeSwq/^n, inspirational addresses. ^ ’SBev. R. A. Lapsley, Jr., D. D., Pres byterian fundamentals. Rev. H, W. Pratt, D. D,, story of the Presbyterian church. Rev. Flournoy Shepperson, D. D., stewardship. Rev. Donald W. Richardson, D. D., foreign missions. Mrs. H. L. Cockerham, home mis sions. Rev. Homer Hammontree, evange lism. Rev. S. K. Phillips, Christian En deavor. Mrs. George W. Sheffer, Sunday school methods. ^ Mrs. W. J. Roddey, Jr., recreation and group games. Rev. John W. Davis, chief councillor for boys. Mrs. F. L, Mai’tin, chief councillor for girls. Mrs. W. 0. Brownlee, dean of con ference. ReV. C. K. Douglas, conference man ager. Mrs. John H. Hunter, registrar and treasurer; Mr. Hammonti’ee will leal the sing ing and the vesper service. The athletics will again be directed by Mr. Phillips. Miss Allie Garvin, Miss Georgia Brooker, M. G. Douglas, F. K. Shealy, M. D., J. H. Pitts, Jr., J. W. Davis, M. D., Walter A. Johnson, L. D. McCrary, R. W. Wade, J. Gary Martin, Geo. C. Odiorne, C. P. Robin son, J. Harvey Witherspoon, David T. Pitts, Dr. A. E. Spencer, W. J. Bailey, J. B. Hart, T. C. Johnson, Harry C.»Layton, R. J. Pitts, R. E. Cole, Thornwell Orphanage, Mrs. W. G. Neville, Mrs, A. T. Wilson, John Spratt, W. A. Moorhead, Jas. W. Caldwell, Mrs. Mary C. Hol land, C. M. Bailey, 0. B, Burroughs, Edward M. Shannon, R. G. Mur phy, R. W. Phillips, W. P. Jacobs, B. R. Austin, Dr. J. B. Kennedy, D. G. Crapps, J. B. Parrott, A. J. Milling, Frank Kellers, D. C. Heus- tess. Dr. D. J. Brimm, W. W. Harris. :IB iB'BnlB: ra I spring meeting PRESBYTERY HELD Rev. S. P. Bowles of This City, Named Moderator. Meets Next At Rocky Springs Near Here. Newberry, April 26.—Meeting in Aveleigh Presbyterian church Tues day and Wednesday of this week. South Carolina presbytery had the largest attendance in several years as the ministers and elders met for the P. C. TO BE SCENE OF BOTH STATE AND S. L A. A. MEETS transaction of business. The opening sermon was preached by Rev. J. W. ^ undertaking is successful here. It was the sense of those attending the conference that now is the oppor tune time to inaugurate the drive to raise Clinton’s quota in the debt liqui dating campaign to be launuched in the state, beginning in the presbyte ries of the Piedmoot section. The “opening gun” by the. respective teams is to be fired in Clinton and the inter est and support accorded the move ment here, is expected to have an en couraging and helpful influence in other parts of the state. The opinion was expressed by several present, that Jackson of Gijeenwood, Basing>his re-i u . . .. . _ , A1. A L A ^ will prove a strong mcentive to oth- marks upon the first chapter of Exo-i„, „ j ja- ■ au a a -j I J ,• i: V. . - ,1 er towns and cities in the state-wide ' dus, he brought a forceful lesson upon au„a ; a u i au- al . J • 1 A- r J. effort that is to be made within the economic and social questions of to day. The oppression of humanity in next year to raise $350,000 to wipe out the institution’s indebtedness and Presbyterian College, Furman, Carolina and Clemson Track Teams To Meet Here Saturday. Harris A Ewing. HON. NELLIE TAYLOE ROSS sentially charming and womanly*. “To the eye,” says a noted writer, “she is everything a woman politician should not be, according to popular convic tion. She is pretty, stylish and above all, feminine. She is slight in stature, and no weight worries have as yet as sailed her.” . But she has convictions and the courage of them, and as governor of Wyoming she hung up a record which will always be an inspiraiton to her sex. Her ability was not only recog nized in her own state, but she achiev ed nation-wide recognition. So much so that Chauncey Depew, in the New York Pj-ess, said, “In the light of the efficiency and ability displayed by Gov. Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming, I see no reason why a woman should not make a good president.” Mrs. Ross is a magnetic, compelling speaker, and her lecture here will be of outstanding interest. She is a popu lar contributor to leading magazines. No woman in the country is better qualified to discuss the place that women may and should take in the af fairs of the nation. The Presbyterian college track field is to be the scene of two meets with in the next ten days; the State meet on May 4, and the S. I. A. A. meet on May 11. In the State meet to be staged Sat urday at 2 P. M., the dope points to a close race between the four colleges represented: Furman, Presbyterian, Clemson and Carolina. Every team in the state has had a meet with the ifniversity of Georgia crack team and champions of the state of Georgia, and every team has gone down in defeat, with Presbyterian giving them the best competition. It looks as though the contest for the championship will be a close race between Presbyterian and Clemson. . Presbyterian has the sprinters and Clemson has fair sprinters apd good weight men. Coach Walter Johnson of Presbyterian will run off the meet. On May 11, Johnson field will be the scene of the S. I. A. A. meet. The fol lowing teams probably will be enter ed: Presbyterian, Georgetown, Fur man, Mississippi, Oglethorpe, Centre, Birmingham-Southern, Howard, Cen tenary and Southwestern Louisiana institute. Georgetown is well repre sented in the dash events. Mississippi, S. 1. A. A. champions last year, is bringing a strong team. Presbyterian will have a well bal anced team, with the sprints and jumps being their feature. Hogrefe, winner of the broad jump at the Tech relays, will be entered. Hogrefe, Ritchie and Green are good sprinters. Little is known of the strength of the other teams, but Oglethorpe will present a real hurdler in Eubanks, who was the winner in this event in the Tech relays. Alexander of Georgia Tech will ref eree the meet and Stegman of Geor gia, will he the starter. The judges will be Meeks, Doonan and Thomas. any way is another illustration of the I . ^ . .. • , i. . pharaoh of Egypt who aaid, “Who * are these Hebrew children?” The call j for deliverance comes to those who ear i y in sympa y with the movement and no lack of en thusiasm oh the part of those Who are to direct the drive is felt. In the preliminary organization, a 'Aveleier*chTrcr\ir"father “ws committee was named to spon- Aveieign enuren ms father, his i committee elected W. P. Jacobs to are the true disciples of Christ. Rev. S. P. Bowles of Thornwell Me morial church, Clinton, was elected I moderator. Mr. Bowles mentioned that I in grandfather, his uncle and his cousin had been ruling elders, and his great- ujau"" j_ai- u- a grandfather had been the pastor of ^ “ chairman. A I every report receiving careful atten- , tion. t Among the items of interest were the reports of colleges and the pres- i bytery’s home mission work. Dr. S. C. Byrd, president of Chicora college, re ported that they had the largest en rollment in the history of the college. I Several of the old seminary buildings have been improved and are being used for dormitory space. The charter of the college was amended so that the l r . , v , : A 1 f -T L J • A AU u J or before January 1, IIMO: and one- ' control of it has passed into the hands, , u r ' a i , 'nf tViAi o*’ ^efore April 1, 1930. HIGH SCHOOL PAVING BONDS FACULTY GIVEN. TO BE SOLD of the synod rather than. individual i . presbyteries. . ® campaign is to be inter-denomi- ^ r) T u t- u J •• I national in its scope, all ('lintonians be- Rev. John MeSween had an opii-1. , . • .... ... . • .. T> mg solicited and given an opportunity mistic report in connection with Pres- ee o' Punch Boards Must Go, Says Richards Closing Program For Cross Hill School The commencement exercises of the Cross Hill school will begin on FK,day night, May 16, at 8 o’clock, when the eleventh grade will present a three- act comedy entitled “Sonny-Jane.” On Sunday, May 18, the baccalaureate sermon will be preached* by Rev. F. T. McGill, pastor of the Presbyterian church of Cross Hill. The service will be held at the Baptist church at eleven of lock. On the following Thursday night at 8 o’clock, the primary and elementary grades, will give a chil dren’s operetta entitled “On Mid-Sum mer’s Day.” The commencement adiress will be delivered Friday night. May 24, at 8 o’clock, by Dr. W. 'D. Maginnis of Winthrop college. Local Girl Named As Class Officer Columbia, April 30.—Governor John G. Richards today sent wires to all sheriffs and constables in the state I ordering them to “proceed vigorously” in efforts to rid the state of all slot machines, jiunch boards and other gambling devices. The governor’s or- ! der was the result of the decision of ;he United S^tes Supreihe court, handei down yesterday, which ruled that no Federal question was involved and that the matter of slot machine operadon was without its jurisdiction. The .Supreme court of South Caro- jlina had reviewed cases against slot machine dealers several months ago and ruled that the machines were il- I legal. Operators and owners of such machines were ordered by the court ; to remove the devices from the state ; within ten days. ■ The matter was taken to the United i States Supreme court, however, and while awaiting the decision of that tri- ; bunal a number of the machines were I continued in operation. Sheriffs and constables in various parts of^ the state, on receipt of the governor’s order, went out in seach of gambling devices but many dealers had taken warning from the United States court decision published yester day and few machines were seized as the result of the raids. Miss Janet Leake, rising junior at ■^IVinthrop college, has been elected treasurer of her class for the 1929-30 session. Miss Leake is a daughter of ^ Mr. and Mrs. J. Will Leake of this city. Since entering Winthrop she has made quite an enviable scholastic rec- - ord and has been prominent in college activities. She served as secretary of the freshman cabinet, vice-president of the sophomore class, a member of the sophomore council, and is a mem ber of the Wade Hampton literary so ciety. John W. Dillard Wins Spelling Contest Five New Instructors Named To Fill Vacant I’laces In Next Year’s Teaching Staff. The faculty of the Clinton high, school for the 1929-30 session has been completed and wa.s announced yesterday by the board of trustees, as follows: , W. R. Anderson, Jr., principal, E.' M. Shannon, W. C. James, Miss Olive Tuck, Miss Azile Livingston, Miss Gladys Stillwell, Miss Eunice Robert- i son, Miss Ansie Kirven, Miss Lily Mae Wertz, Miss Mary Joycei Miss Louise Sims and Miss Elizabeth Dowling. 1 Five chajiges are made in'the teach ing staff over the present year. Miss Kirven of Sumter, is an A. B. graora-, ate of Winthrop and has been teach-'! ing the past session at-Jeffersoft. Miss Wertz is an A. B. graduate of Win throp, a resident of Silverstreet, and is teaching this year at Newbei'ry. iVliss Joyce is frorti Greenwood, a Win throp^ A. B. graduate, and a member of the McCormick faculty this year. Miss Sims of Waterloo, has been teaching at Cross Hill and is also an A. B. graduate of, Winthrop. Miss Dowling taught this year at Kanapo- lis, N. C., is a B. S. graduate of Con verse, and resides at Norway. The five teachers in the high school not standing for re-election were: Misses Gallman, Hunt, Parks, Boozer, and Harby. The faculties of Provi dence, Academy and Florid;^ Street schools, have already appeared in The Chronicle. MID-STATE CIRCUIT In the high school spelling contest held recently John W. Dillard was the winner. He is a member of the 11th grade. Second place went to Ruth Car ter, also of the 11th grade, and third place was won by Medora Browning of the 10th grade. The first National bank gives a $2.50 gold piece to the winner of first place. Mrs- L. B. Dil lard corrected the papers. Team Won Lost Pet, Newberry .... 2 0 1,000 Monarch .... 2 0 1,000 .Mo|lehon .... 1 1 .500 Laurens .... 1 1 .500 Lydia .... 1 1 .500 Clinton .... 1 1 .500 Watts Mill 0 2 .000 Goldville .... 0 2 .000 SATURDAY’S RESULTS Clinton, 4, Lydia 0. Laurens 10, Watts Mill 2. Mollohon 7, Newberry 15. Monarch 9, GoldvUle 2. Legal Ob«-taclcs Cleared Up and Clinton-Kinards Bonds Are Offered for Sale. Laurens, April 25.—Various legal complicationsi^hich have delayed the sale of bonds provided for during the last session of the general assembly for paving the Clinton-Kinards high way, have bc(in cleared up and the bonds will be offered for sale on May 11th, it was learne<l this week. Supervisor Watts, seen in his of fice yesterday, said that not only hal the legal obstacles been removed but that the highway department had in dicated that no trouble would be ex- perienvfed in completing the re-im- bursement agreement. Unless other complications arise, said the supervisor, the sale of the bonds ought to mean the construction of the Clinton-Kinards link at a very early date. ' byterian college. For the first time in vears the college is finishing without , . , , , , a deficit. .Mr. MeSween impressed the ' bdi'ved that there w presbytery with the business like man- ^ num tr u po en. a Elvers ant ner in which the affairs of the college are being conducted. Greatest empha sis, however, is placed upon the spir- ituad influences of the college. Pros- brightest in the history of the col lege. A new church is to be organized at Lydia mills, Clinton, from the report of the home mission committee. The work of the superintendent of home ^niission.s was very encouraging and the presbytery voted to conwinue Dr.! Sullivan’s work. | The next meeting of the presbytery will be at Rocky Springs church, in Laurens county, October 15, 1929. Story Telling Contest j At Florida Scliool 1. Baptists Plan June Revival Revival services will begin in the First Baptist church of this city, on June 16th, and continue for ten days, according to an announcement male yesterday by the pastor, the Rev. Ed ward Long. The services ^11 be con ducted bjuthe Rev. W. D. Spinx, pas tor of the First Baptist church of Laurens. Mr. Spinx is a forceful preacher, and possesses a remarkable talent for presenting the truths of God in an interesting, simple and com pelling form. It will be his first ap pearance in a meeting here and his coming is being looked forward to with interest, both by pastor and the congregation. ...At the recent .story telling contest held at the^ Academy Street school, giade, was awarded first place. She Eloise Von Hollen of the seventh was presented with a $2.50 gol ’ piece given by W. J. Bailey. Seqond place was won by Eloise Crowe of the fifth grade, and third place by Stacy Lee Ramey of the third grade. Other con testants were Mary Ix)uise Campbell, Hazel Dunaway. Barbara .Strange, Nellie Cogdill, P. C. Price, Marion Chaney, Hester Meadors and Di lly Williamson. Judges were Miss Nancy Owens, Miss Margaret Blakely, anti Mrs. Raymond Pitts. Dr. B. O. Whitten. E. J. Adair. C. F. Winn. H. I). Henry. S. W. Sumerel. S W. J. Bailey. C. M. Bailey. R. K. Sadler. Jack H. Young. P. S. leanes. W. P. Jacobs. W. 1). Uoindand. W. W. Harris. C. \V. Stone. Dr. I). J. Woods. Rev. C. Bynum Betts. Rev. Edward Long. I rank Kellers. B. E. Wilson. Rev. O. M. Abney. J. H. Witherspoon. B. H. Boyd. W. A. MoorheaJ. I). E. Tribble. POWER NAMED FOR VACANCY Miss Zelime Davis Wins High I ing senmr MUSICAL PROGRAM AT FLORIDA STREET SCHOOL This evening at 7:30, the Flor ida Street school will have a musical program'". The entertainment will be rendered by the children in the pub lic school music classes. The public is invited to attend. » - Miss Zelime Davis, a rising at Winthrop college, and a member of i the Curry literary society, the dra matic club and Eta Sigma Phif the honorary Latin fraternity, has recent- . ly been elected to the student govern- ' ment board as house president of Margaret Nance hall for the school year -1929-30. Miss Zelime is the I daughter of Mrs. Geo,^ M. Davis of this city. Her many friends here will learn with interest of the deserved I honor that has come to her. the church. It was most fitting that 1 he serve as moderator here. Busineaai'" *'7-' m "“".mg m was dispatched in an orderly manner, j ** * t details of the campaign. This com- I mittee will be selected this week, the publicity campaign inaugurated, and everything will be in readiness when the canvass officially opens on May 21st. Pledges to the campaign may be paid in cash to the canvassers or ac cording to the following quarterly schedule: One-fourth cash on or be fore July 1, 1929; one-fourth on or before October 1, 1929; one-fourth on to subscribe*to the fund to help the ^olleae in its present crisis. It is ill be potential givers and that when the appeal is properly made, success for the effort will be assured. The central committee which has already agreed to sponsor the move- . ^ . .. ment, is composed of the following pcets for the coming year are the ,, , , , .* well known local citizens: Former Clerk of Court Appointed Deputy Probate Judge To Suc- I cew John M. Thompson, j C. A. Power, former clerk of coOrt i of this county, was commissioned last Yhurs,day as deputy probate judge to succeed John M. Thompson, whose re- ; cent death caused a vacancy in that office. The commission was signed by Judge 0. G. Thompson and ft is un derstood that the ajipointment w’as » mafie after it was declined by his eld est son, J. Waddy Thompson, on ac- rount of ill health. Mr. Power is well kno\Vn t^ough- out this sectibn as an efficient official and it is expected that he will prove of valuable assistance not only to the public but to Judge Thompson who himself has been an efficient officer ifor many years. \