The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, June 13, 1929, Image 1
THORNWELL ORPHANAGE
CLOSES Fimr-FOURTH YEAR
Commencement Exercises Tuesday Completes Another Session.
Class Hears Baccalaureate and Graduating Addresses. Thir
teen Boys and Girls Get Diplomas.
The fifty-fourth annual conujaence-
ment exercises of the Thomwell or-
phanange were concluded Tuesday
morning when thirteen graduates re
ceived their diplomas, followed by the
distributions of medals and other
awards. The exercises were^held in the
chapel and presided over by Dr. L.
Ross Lynn, president of the institu
tion. The salutatory was given by
Miss MiMred Coggins and the vale
dictory by Edward Graham. The pro
gram was added to by the alma mater
song by members of the graduating
class, with the opening pi»yer offer
ed by Dr. Alexander Sprunt of Char
leston.
The atfihrett trefcd^^^thfe '^adPltgr ■pronrttr and "SSstiWarice orTEe arm'odr
was made by J. B. Johnson, superin
tendent of the Barium Springs or
phanage at Barium Springs, N. C. Mr.
Johnson selected as his theme, “The
Price of Failure,” and delivered a very
practical and thoughtful message. At
the outset he stated that mistakes
cost and must be paid for by some in
dividual or generation and he deplored
the tolerant idea toward mistakes that
seems to prevail today. It is so easy
for us to get wrong ideas of .God, he
said, but what we think changes us
and not God. It is wrong for us to
hand God our alibies for He is a God
of Justice. The reward is to him that
overeometh and God is expecting each
of you, he said to do something in the
world rather than idle and waste away
your- time. There is something to be
done every day. “Can we find it, and
will we do it as God wants us to do?”
he asked in conclusion.
Following the address, diplomas to
members of the graduating class were
delivered by Dr. Lynn. Likewise, fol
lowing a Custom since the beginning
of the institution, each graduate was
presented with a copy of the Holy
Bible as a parting gift.
The announcement of the winners of
medals and prizes was then made by
Dr. Lynn. The winners were:
.^Valedictory, Edward Graham; Bible {Lee
medal, Mildred Coggins; Latin medaV^'*'
Mildred Coggins; poultry yard medal,
Houston Frowein; dairy medal, Wal
ter Williams;,declamatioa medal. Mil-
ton Harvey; expression medal, Inez
Tucker; monitor’s medal, Beatrice
Campbell; farm medal, Louis Rogers;
shop medal, Howard Stamps; print
ing office medal, Cornelius Smith.
The following were graduated from
the high school and received diplomas;
Evelyn Bobbit, Jacksonville, Fla,;
Vera Butler, Greenville; Mildred Cog
gins, Atlanta, Ga.; Beatrice Camp
bell, Clinton; Ruby Conrad, Conway;
Louise Frowein, Spartanburg; Margie
Morgan, AtJlanta, Ga.; Roberta Starke,
Valdosta, Ga.; Corinne Watson, Spar
tanburg; Edward Graham, Rock Hill;
Collis Land, Quincy, Fla.; Ralph Ram-
pey. Liberty; Howard Stamps, Atlan
ta, Ga.
The baccalaureate sermon ^s
thfe
forces. The devil is a strong, active
personality that must be overcome in
this warfare. There are combined for
ces of sin that may be summed up in
One word—lust—those appetites of the
flesh that are constantly beseiging
the lives and souls of men and wo
men. He declared that these lusts are
not confined to youth but are preva
lent as well with middle-age and old
er people. These forces of sin manifest
themselves in the love for ease, grasp
for money, pleasure and power, and
addressing the seniors directly, he
asked, “How are - you to be able to
stand against these things?”
Continulng^ J^I^JBflyiLapoke, nf-tha
of God. This is the only remedy, the
'only weapon, he said, to be relied up
on. This putting on of the armour >of
God is a personal matter, one each
individual must face if his or her life
is to be victorious and animated with
the spirit of God. In putting on this
armour, he cited ,as some of its char
acteristics and outstanding requisites!
truth, righteousness, peace with God
and mankind, faith, salvation and the
Word of God. In conclusion he stated
that all who are gird^ with these ar
mours will win since they are the par
amount forces that count in life’s con
quest. There is nothing, he said in
closing, that can take the place of the
Word of God, the family altar, pure
religrion and unselfish service for God
and humanity.
On Friday evening at eight o’clock
in the chapel, an enjoyable musical re
cital was given.
Monday evening a number of boys
and girls competed in an expression
and declamation contest. Those speak
ing, together with their subjects,
were: Rena Abrams, “The Sisterly
Scheme”; Violett Wheeler, “Bobbie,
The Unwelcome”; Robbie Morgan,
“The Lie”; Inez Tucker, “The Death
Disk”; A. Plumer WHson, “Lind
bergh”; Boyd Underwood, “Robert E.
Milton Harvey, ‘“The Rough
FTders.” ’ '' — •
Commencement week closed Tues
day night with a well rerfflbred and
enjoyable play by the senior class that
was witnessed by a crowd that i^acked
the large auditorium to over-flowing.
INCREASE MADE
IN ENROLLMENT
preached Sunday morning in
Thornwell Me’aorial hurch by the
Rev. Robert S. Boyd, D. D., pastor of
Clinton City Schools for Year Show
1,809 Pupils Enrolled. Tabula
tion By Grades.
The total enrollment of the Clinton
public schools, white and colored, for
the past session, was 1,809, according
to the annual report of Supt. J. H.
Witherspoon made the past week to
the state department of education.
This was an increase of 144 against
1,665 the preceeding year. Of the to
tal enrollment, 1,213 were white chil
dren, and 596 colored.
The enrollment by grades, follows:
Whites
the First. Presbyterian church of Co- j First grade 275
lumbus, Ga., and was an uplifting and i Second grade 185
impressive message. The churches of j Third grade * 135
the city united for the morning ser- {Fourth grade 109
vice and a large congregation was j Fifth grade 82
present. Dr. L. R., Lynn, president of j Sixth grade 98
the institution, presided, and the open-; Seventh grade 87
ing prayer was offered by the Rev. C. I Eighth grade 96
Bynum Betts. [Ninth grade 62
Taking his text from the 6th chap-[Tenth grade 45
ter of Ephesians, the 13th verse. Dr.' Eleventh grade 39
Boyd used as his theme, “Armours j Colored
for Life’s Conquests.” j First grade 148
At the outset. Dr. Boyd spoke of his Second grade 68
pleasure in being present for his first Third grade 71
visit to Thomwell and brought cor- Fourth grade 56
dial CT*Gcting^ from the synodv of Geor- Fifth grade G3
Sixth grade 58
’ In beginning his wall thought -
Ninth grade 26
Champion Spellers
Virginia . Hogan, right, IZ-year*
add Omaha girl! vcinner of the Na
tional Spelling Bee at Washington,
and Viola Strbac of Milwaukee,
who finished second. Miss Hogan
won $1,000 in gold by spelling the
word “luxuriance’* correctly which
Miss Strbac spelled with an “e” in
stead of an “a” and thereby loat
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SCIENCE STUDIES
DECAY OF TEETH
Foodts To Aid In Giving Sound Molars,
and To Prevent Goiter
Are Sought.
Washington, June 8.—Why teeth
decay and what foods in the human
diet prevent goiter are questions to
which scientists of the bureau of
chemistry and soils are seeking an
swers. A Survey of the United States
is projected.
If funds are granted by congress,
an intensive study of fo^s will be
made to find those which contain flu
orine, known to be necessary for the
building of teeth and bones, and io
dine, the absence of which causes goi
ter.
Fluorine, which is best known be
cause it is used to etch glass and to
make the common frosted electric
light, is an essential part of the hu
man body.
It exists in certain foods but, ^be-
cause it is the hardest element for an
analyst to work with, no one really
knows where it exists or where it may
be found in the largest quantities.
It is known that iodine is essential
for the nutrition of all animals. In
MontJBsa» sows, which hava inaufficU
ent iodine in their food bear litters of
hairless pigs which continue hairless
through life.
Iodine has been supplied through
drinking water in two or three goiter-
ous communities with moderate suc
cess, but this, according to Dr. E. T.
Wherry, who will have charge of the
survey, is a wasteful proceeding.
“It is better to study foods,” he
says, “to find out which have the most
iodine. Then we can urge people in
goiterous regions to eat such foods.
Iodine occurs in most foods in exceed
ingly minute amounts and very spec
ial and delicate methods must accord
ingly be used to determine the amount
present.”
Dr. Wherry already has had charge
of finding out what amount of iodine
exists in wheat and where that goes
when the wheat is milled. To carry
on this work funds are being sought
from congress for a skilled analyst.
REVIVAL BEGINS
HERE SUNDAY
FRUIT FLY NOT
FOUND IN STATE
TRUSTEES HOLD
ANNUAL MEETING
Much Fruit Opened But No Sign of
Pest Reported By Clemson Depart
ment. How To Detect Insect.
Clemson College, June 9.—“While
the first flush of excitement over the
Mediterranean fruit flly has subsided
it is for us to carry on the task of in
specting all parts of the state to as
certain, if possible, whether it has
been brought into the state and b^
come established,” said' Professor
Franklin Sherman, state entomologist,
in giving out a summary of the in
spection work. And he continued.
“To the close of May 28 we had
received reports from our inspectors
showing that inspections had been
made in 64 stores and storages in 17
towns, in 12 counties of the state.
These inspections represent one car
load and 47 crates of grapefruit, and
loadII,and,'22ft ogaag»
es. From these more~THitr'250 sus
pected fruits were opened for inter
nal examination.
‘*While it is true that we^have sev
eral times found “maggots” on or in
decaying oranges, we have not yet in
any case found maggots of the Med
iterranean fruit fly. Our inspectors
have the means of making partial
identification of the maggots they
find, and if they are in doybt they
pass the speciments on to others 'with
more facilities.
“We have been told of instances in
past weeks when wormy fruits were
found that might been the Mediter
ranean fruit fly, but no evidences
were saved, and it cannot be identified
from hearsay. So once more we re
peat: No genuine Mediterranean fruit
fly has yet been identified in South
Carolina.”
How To Become Fly Sleuth
In the anxious days when fear of
the SfH^ead of the Mediterranean fruit
fly is keeping everybody awake at
night, a little help in recognizing sus
picious fruit would come in handy. So
far, Mediterranean fruit fly maggots
have been found only in grapefruit
and oranges, but they attack almost
every fruit grown in the United States
except pineapples and watermelons.
They also attack such garden vege
tables as tomatoes, bell peppers, egg-
phmts, and beans, and may bo expect
ed to spread to these quickly if the
present infestation can not be entire
ly stamped out.
Any soft spot in grapefruit or or
ange should be suspected, according
to the Federal Department of Agricul
ture, particularly if the skin surface
is in any way disfigured. Cut into this
soft spot, say the authorities, and look
for maggots quickly, for they do not
Hike the light and soon disappear into
the pulp. The color of the young mag
got is quite near that of the pulp,
which mal^s close inspection neces
sary. If maggots are found, it does
Report of Thornwell Orphanage Work
for Year'Omaidered Bjr Trustees.
All Officers Re-electsd.
With almost a perfect attendance,
the annual meeting of the board of
trustees of the Thomwell orphanage
was held Tuesday afternoon in the of
fice building on the institution’s cam
pus. Ex-Goveraor Martin F. Ansel of
Greenville, chairman of the board, pre
sided, and he holds the distinction of
having served oa-the board a longer
period of years than any other mem
ber. The meeting was opened with
prayer by Dr. F. W. Gregg, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church of Rock
Hill.
The following members of the board
were present: Synod of South Caro
lina: C. G. Rowland of Sumter, Henry
J. Winn and M. F. Ansel of Greenville,
Dfo. A,lexander fipmnt. nf Gharlestonp
A. C. Todd of Liuren8,~Rev. J.~S. Gar-
SENATE KILLS
RELIEF BILL
President Hoover Overridden Am
Members Send *Taiin RcHeT**
Meaurse Back To House
approved.
Washington, June 11.—Overridfingr
President Hoover’s farm relief
for a second time today, the
sent back to the house without ap
proval the agriculture measure firaaa
which the export debenture pnmiian:
had been eliminated on adminstiratioB!
and thereby drew from the presideat.
a stiffly worded statement of eondna-
natlon.
The outcome of the legislation ft»-
night was in doubt. The senate r&toA
46 to 43 against the compromise
measure drafted by conferees of
senate and house after listening to
SkkBk
ner of BennettsviUe, Dr. F. W. Gregg
of Rock Hill, Dr. L. R. Lynn, W. W.
chamber on the presidential views.
Mr. Hoover retaliated a few hours.
later in a public statement denouae-
Stone, ling again the export debenture pro-
Rev. John MeSween | yig]nn as bound to bring “further dis-
of this city. Synod of Georgia: Dr. J.
W. CaMwell of Atlanta, Rev. L. R.
Scott of Valdosta, Rev. E. L. Flana
gan of Atlanta, John J. McKay of Ma
con, and Dr. J. G. Patton of Atlanta.
Synod of Florida: Rev. D. J. Black-
well of Quincy, Chas. M. Turney of
Jacksonville, and Judge A. G. Camp
bell of DeFuniak Springs.
The annual report of the president.
Dr. L. R. Lynn, was presented to the
board item by item and approved and
adopted with commendation.
The auditor’s annual report was
likewise submitted in printed form and
carefully studied. It showed a total
income for the year past amounting
to $144335.39, representing contribu
tions for general support, building and
improvements, eamingns from endow
ment and other income, with operat
ing expenses aggregating practically
this amount. The institution’s total as
sets were given at $1,338,261.18, with
a total indebtedness for accounts and
notes pay bale'of $32,289.05. The build
ing fund’s report showed additions
during the year amounting tJ $9,-
257.39. Additions to the endowment
fund for the same period totaled
$gjtt0g.48. .whiah. tha fund, of
May 31, 1928, brought the present en
dowment of the institution to the un
precedented total of $423,530.86. The
report further conveyed a detailed
parity to agriculture.” He declared
the senate vote “adds further (Majr
to farm relief and may gravely jeo
pardize the enactment of legislation.’*
Hastily gathering to survey the ait-
uation, Republican leaders in the
house decided tonight to reconsider
the farm measure on Thursday under
rules w^irii will permit a direct i^te
op the export debenture, a course
which the house previously had flatly
refused to take.
Senate Democratic leaders who>
headed the successful advocacy of ex
port debentures with the western Re
publican Independents, replied that,
their fight was to force a house vote
on the debenture. They gave assurance
that they would abide by the decis
ions of the house if it would take the
vote.
It was a day of bristling exchanges..
The senate debate was as vitriolic and*
spirited as has been heard in years.
Senator Brookhart of Iowa, who cam
paigned through the agricultural mid
dle west for Mr. Hoover, closed the
debate with an appeal for rejection
of “this weasel bill” and for the elec
tion of a “progressive president by
the farmers.”
Senator Brookhart took up where
Senator Borah of Idaho, another
Hoover campaigner, had left off yes
terday in condemnation of the presi-
statement of the entire operating ex- program and Sen
pense of the institution for the year,
income and receipts of the various de
partments such as pigeon loft, poul
try, ditry» farm, shop, printing office,
etc.; and an itemized statement of all
endowment investments, stocks in cor
porations, notes and mortgages and
real estate owned.
A number of recommendations of
the executive and endowment commit-
not necessarily mean that they are tee’s were adopted, the list of workers
those of the Mediterranean fruit fly., for the ensuing year approved and
It would be well to put some of them all salaries fixed.
into a small bottle of commercial al
cohol and send to Franklin Sherman,
Clemson college. The remainder of the
fruit should be destroyed at once by
boiling, burning, or burying. Both peel
and pulp should be destroyed.
ator Johnson of California added to-
the Republican attack.
Senator Allen of Kansas, the new
est member of the senate again was
the lone Republican to speak up in
defense of the administration and he
was the target of biting criticism from
the Republican Independents.
With their lines almost solidly in
tact for the vote against the deben-
turoless farm measure, the Democrats
were content for the most part to let
gia
sermon. Dr. Boyd stated
greatest tragedies of life are its re-
tveats. He admonished the members of Tenth ^ade ■ 23
•the graduating class as they are just, Eleventh grade 15
entering upon another period in their j , .rr . i
lives that there are alwoys evil days! <^rand Total 1,809
ahead that must be overcome, and if | enrollment by schools, Acad-
life is to be worth while, there must S.reet lead with 454, Florida
be the determination to overcome Street 321, high school 242, Providence
these obstacles and black-letter days. 196.
What is the nature of this conquest] Colored: Bell Street 506, Bethel 90.
in which you are engaged? he asked. | —
It is ohe of unseen but ever present ^yixTHROP GIllLS
First Baptist Church To Hold Evan
gelistic Services With Rev. W. D.
Spinx of Laurens, As Leader.
A series of evangelistic services
will begin in the First Baptist church
of this city on next Sunday evening,
beginning at eight o’clock. The ser
vices will be conducted by the Rev.
W. D. Spinx, pastor of the First Bap
tist church of Laurens. Mr. Spinx is
a forceful preacher and possesses an
earnestness in his messages that easi
ly win.s hiSf^hearers. It will be his first
appearance in a meeting here and his
coming is being looked forward to
with unusual interest.
For the first week, services will be
held only in the evening at 8 o’clock,
with other announcements to be made
later. The churches of the city will
unite wnth the Baptists Sunday even
ing for the initial service and a cordial
invitation is extended members of all
denominations, and those who have no
church affiliation, to attend the ser
vices. - -
Funds Planned
For Farm Aid
Washington, June 9.—
Hoover farm rellief bill
With thi
facing 8
I the Republicans quarrel. Senator Car-
Officers elected for the new year j Arkansas took the floor late^
in the day, however, to excoriate the
Hoover farm relief plan as futile
without the debenture provision.
The vote was somewhat of a sur--
prise to Republican leaders in the sen-
were as follows:
Chairman of board: Ex-Governor
Martin F. Ansel of Greenville.
Vice-chairman: Rev. F. W. Gregg
of Rock Hill. ^
Secretary: W. W. Harris of E|inton. gained two Democratic
Treasurer: Rev. S. P. Bowles from those who had voted for
Clinton. , - g, debentures when the plan was insert-
Attomeys: M. F. Ansel of Green- ^ farm bill last month by 47
Ville, and A. C. Todd of Laurens. | Senators Fletchers and Tram-
Executive commitbee. J. I. Cope-1 Florida, left the Democratic
land, W. W. Harris and C. W. Stone, j jj^gyp vote for the conference re
doubtful decision this week in the sen-' Endowment committee; A. C. Todd j
ate, the administration was making of I..aurens, C. M. Baliey, and H. J.' g.' .-r . g- r. u
preparations today, nevertheless, to i Winn of Greenville. 1,
brintr before the bouse a resolution. Building committee: C. M. Bailey,. '/L ^
appropriating the money to carry out J. I. Copeland and C. W. Stone. i voted with the president agajhst the
/ r “T u-i- i- .r ■ 1 : debenture, switched todav. to vote
the proposed stabilization of agricul-. Audit commiuee: Rev. F. W. Gregg
ture.
A
resolution
of Rock Hill, Ro-liert McMillan oft
Clarksville, Ga., and Chas. M. Turney j
against the compromise "bill.
appropriating
$500,000,000 authorized by the farm ^f jggi^gonvillo, h’la.
relief measure, with $150,000,000 to be
available immediately probably \yill
be put in shape this week by the
house committee for early action m
the event the senate approves the
pending farm legislation.
staff
Orphanage Gets
Endowment Gift
President Hoover entered the in
tensive for vote.s today. Senator Cou-
zens was a ^V^lite Hou.se breakfast
gue.st. Senators Nye ^nd Frazier of
North Dakota, were called separately
to the White House a little later. All
unmoved. The North Dakotans
were
.stood firm in their demand for the
At the annual meeting of the lioard export debenture. Senator Couzens
However, the staff opposition , , ^ • b,.
which broke , forth yesterday in the tru.stees of Thornwell orphanage left his party ranks to join in the
senate to the debentureless farm leg- afternoon, announcement was move to force a hou.se vote on the de-
islation leaves the outcome doubtful., "’"'I® ^ contribution of JWiOO by benturc.
Leaders of the group favoring de- '^j*b^- ^ - ”<’^land of Summer. The, Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the
benture, however, were determined ^ comes as a memorial to the don-' ig^der, issued a state-
to overturn the administration’s move s grandchildren and is to be applied j^g^t tonight -declaring that if the
to the endowment fund.
Capt. Rowland is a member of the
boanl of trustees and one of the insti-
MID-STATE LOOP
Laurens •
Monarch 5
Newberry 4
Mullohon 4
Clinton 4
Goldville 3
Lydia 2
Watts 2
RESULTS SATURDAY
Watts 11, Newberry 5.
Laurens 4, Monarch 3.
Clinton 6, Mollohon 2.
HOME FOR SUMMER
The following Winthrop students
and recent graduates, are at home to
spend the holidays with their parents
and relatives in the city and near
here: Misses Helen Milam, Virginia
Davis, Eva Dominick, Mary Johnson,
Rachael O’Daniel, ^ Elizabeth Todd,
Frances Black, Margai’et Finley, Eliz
abeth Shealy, Frances Shealy, Mabel
-A.l(lrei, Lidie Davis, Zelime, Davis,
Isabel Witherspoon, Priscilla Alden
Bailey, Sara Knox,
Carriers To Take
Half Holiday
Nell Clapp, Fay
Adair, Janella Boland, Jeanette Craw
ford, Katherine Fuller, Janet Leake,
Elizabeth Copeland and Kate Odiorne.
City carriers of the Clinton post;
office, beginning June .15th and con-1
tinuing until .Sept. 15th, are to be I
given half holidays on Saturdays. The
Saturday service will be curtailed to j
one complete .delivery in the morn
ings. The plan is inaugurated by the j
post office department to give the,
carriers short vacation period dur- ^
ing the summer. |
for approval of the farm bill until th«.‘
house has voted on their proposal and
they claim the outcome in doubt. i . , .... , -
All groups maintained that the vote . members in the
on the farm bill would be close with^’nt.re synod. In maKing the gift he
one of two votes likely to deci le the ^^taled that .several years ago he pui-
j chased some railroad stock at' a "low
[ premium and set it aside for Thorn-
I OCAL BOYS OFF ^ Would increase
TO CAMP ADGER ^ year. The .stfKk from a small be-
; ginning, has risen to its present value
The following Clinton boys left! ^IT.oOO and was presented to the
hou.se would vote on the debenture^
he would abide bv the result.
Clinton Schools Open
Again On Sept. 2nd
Tuesday for a stay of several weeks .Tuesday by the Sumter fiiend.
at Camp Adger in Pickens county:! ;
Dorsey Howze McFadden, Thurston] KIWAMS -MEETS TONIGHT
Giles, Dill Ellis, Bobby Copeland, ! The regular weekly Kiwanis club recommend that those who have failed
The 'Clinton- public schools will re
open on Monday, Sept. 2, at 8:45 a.
ni. All pupils who wish to stand re-
exartiinations will come to their re-
.^pective buildings at 9:tK) a. m., on
Saiuriay, August 31. Pupils failing
on one study are advised to study dili
gently and take re-examinatiqn. We
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Young were
in Greenwood Sunday to attend the
funeral of S. G. Major.
Robert Vance, Robert McLees, Bob Ox-, meeting will be held today at 7:45 at, on more than one study take their
ley, Bailey Williams and Paul Whit- Hotel ClintonT The club will be ad- grades over, although they will be al-
lock. Dorsey Howze McFadden is one , dressed by Dr. W. E. Hoy who is soon flowed to take the re-examir.ation on
of the camp’s councillors for the sum-j to leave the city to join the Univer- any number of studies,
mer. jsity faculty in Columbia. | J. H. Witherspoon, Supt.
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