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V 1 ' , i # # % # ir Tm Dost Rend ^ THE CHRONICLE Yo« DoaH Get The News # : >•••••«••••••••••••••«•«>• Ollttttan I THE CHRONICLE | • Strires To Be • CIcm Newt* | S paper, Conpicte, Neway, • : and Rellabla I VOLUME XXX CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1930 NUMBER 18 42 YOUNG MEN TO GRADUATE —> ■ X i- ^ * Commencement Exercises At Presbyterian College Begin June 1st. Well Known Speak ers On Closing Program. The New First Presbyterian Church and Sunday School To Be Erected and Equipped at a Cost of $1&6,000 Rev. James W. Jackson, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Greenwood, will deliver the commence ment address at Presbyterian college on Tuesday. June 3rd, accordirig to an announcement made yesterday hy President John MeSween. At the same time it was announced that the Rev. H. W, Du Bose. D. D., pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Spartan burg, has accepted an invita^on to preach the baccalaureate sermon on June Ist. Aside from the usual meetings of the heard of trustees and executive committee, the time of which has been recently changed, there will he one event of general interest to the pub lic. On MondayTvening, June 2nd. '^■ill be held the annudl declaniatfon and oratorical content. This co'nlest will he held in the college chapel at 8:00 p. m. The prelim!nariies have already beep cdmpljctcd, cTTtath contestants being eliminated ,so that the final contest will be participated in by only three declaimers and three orators. The re spective winners w’ill be presented with medals during the commencement exercises the following day. Other prizes and medals which will be awarded on commencement day are: General scholarship medal to the valedictorian of the senior class, alum- ]|,nl medal to the P. C, representative ' to the state oratorical contest, ^debat er’s medal to the best Oebater, and the Pi Kappa Phi scholarship cup, to the member of the freshman class who holds the highest scholastic standing. The following is the list of those who will have completed their aca demic requirements for diploma: Isaac McDonald Adair, Clinton, S. C. Joe .Abner Babb, Owings, S. C. B William Townsend Barron, Man ning, S. C. METHODISTS TO GATHUyODAY Greenville District Confvence To Convene This Morning With Broad Street Church As Host. Many Delegates Are Expected. The above is an illustration of the proposed new Gothic structure, the construction of which w-ill shortly be gin in Clinton for the First Presby terian church. The plan and program of rebuilding were submitted to the congregation last Sunday morning and enihusias- tically approved. It will have an audi torium that will seat over 600, and a 4 Sunday achool that will care for over 750. The church is Gothic in structure and will be of granite and a "ory ma- j on the subje -jaatkei. building, a credit to the town. Thh Sunday school has seoarate de partments for cradle roll, beginners, primaries, juniors, intermediates, sen iors, as well a.s the adults; church par lors, kitchen, kitchenette, pastor’s lina avenue, South Adair street and the completion of the building. Owens street. The new building will The feature of the program of fi- displace the old granite structure announcement that the which was destroyed by fire on De-^ , . , . , ctmSer 22nd, li.29. The .R-hiteot i. -i*'"''''*'''". •"'< irr.ndeon of Mr. the firm of Willis Irvin, Augusta. Ga. S. Bailey, for many years until his The committee in charge of vo- death, one of the chief supporters and building and financing is C. M. Bailey,' most beloved members of the church, chairman, Wm. P. Jacobs, W. J. Bai- have together contributed a sum suf- ley, Jack H. Young and W. D. Cope- ficient to build the Sunday school land. The plan has been completed after a consul part of the church as a memorial to Mr. Bailey. A bronze memorial , will sultation jvith many authorities he placed in the Sunday school in his e subject over a period of four memory, and the Sunday school build- months and will probably cost a total will he known as the “M. S. Bai- of $100,000 equipped. The cost of the ley Memorial Sunday School." building involves a campaign for' -It is believed that this atttractive funds in this direction in the amount. building will he in keeping with the of $.50,000, $32,000 of which has al- j position of the church, which is one of leady been raised by the budding com- leadership in the denomination in the leaving a balance and program which has henm author ized. The pastor of the churclj^is Rey. ,D, J. Woods, I). I). Ur membership is over 400. It was founded during the Civil war by Rev. Zelotes Holmes, who .served as supply for several years. Rev. Wm. Plumer Jacobs be came its first pastor and served it The conference for Greenville dis trict of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, will convene with North Broad Street Methodist church of this city, this morning at 0:30. liie district includes territory in Green ville and parts of Pickens and Lau rens counties. Its memher.ship is com posed of thiryt-two traveling preach ers, a dozen local preachers and one hundred ex-officio and elected lay delegates. It is expected that 1.50 del egates will he in attendtince for to day’s sessions. The conference will he calle<l to or der this morning- at Ot.'Or a. m., iih Dr. K. E. Sta; khouse, presiding elder of the district, presiding. Thi.s is the body in the MtOhodist ehureh that li- cense.s young men to preach and rec- opiniends candidates for admission in to th? mini.slerial connec- tirth. It also vevdeAVs the labors'arid passes upon the character, official and moral, of all local ministers. Reports are to be received from pastors on varLous items mf church work during the year, and the conference will be featured by committee reports and live discussions of such topics as evan gelism, Sunday school and Kpworth Ijeague work, missions, Christian ad- ucatioTi and other phases of the de- continuously for 47 years. He was! nomination’s activities. also the founder of the Thorn well orphanage and Presbyterian college, while pastor of the First Presbjrterian church. He was succeeded by Rev. Frank Dudley Jones, now professor of philosophy at the Presbytesian col lege, Dr. Jones in tum was succeeded hy the present pastor, Dr. Woods. The committee expects to have a conference with the architect this of only state. The First Presbyterian church. W(H*k and authorize him to proceed j study, secretary’s library, and many j miitee, Robert Samuel Beckham Sumter modern conveniences that go I $18,000 to raise. Canvas.sing commit- is the mother church of the Thornwell {with the completion of the plans, and ’ ’'with an up-to-date, complete, ideal Uees of the church have been appoint- orphanage and the Presbyterian col- it is anticipated that within three or church equipment. ! ed and are now working vigorously to lege of this city. It has always been four weeks bids will be receivisl on The church will be located in the complete the subseriptions, and it is a prominent church in the denomina-. the church an(| the contract placed in ^ tihoi*! time ‘Tt;—kt.h''iirs TTie^f^Hs’ wiTT have been S. C. Dill Decatur Beckman, McGlejlan- ville, S. r. Riobert Brice Caldwell, Jr., Ches- . center of the lot owned by the I*res- ^ hytertaTT Thuhth .hgtWt^trTTasf Taro" anticipated^haHn ^ short time -of 1 tipiL..And thia>faftor hfui -imicK^to-4^1 ion.-Ii-4» expected thatits raisedforTwlth the .selection of the ideal plan j erection will require 8 or 10 months. Neil Pre.ssly Clinton, Roc'k Hill, S. C James I^Fayette Cooper, Jf., Laii ren.s, S. C. ! Robert Strieker Crawford, Chester, j S. C. ' I Jack Styles Dendy, Walhalla, S. C. William Clay Denry, Seneca, S. C. Tully Gray Ellis, Richburg, S. C. Carlyle Devon F'loyd, Mullins, S. C. Richard Thomas Gillespie, Jr., De catur, Ga. COUNTY SCHOOL CHILDREN HEARD iSUN’S ECLIPSE I HIGH SCHOOL ^ SEEN IN west' FACULTY NAMED CINDER MEN TO GATHER HERE 600 Selected \ oices In Recital At Laurens H!gh School Last Friday Night. Rare I’henomenon V iable In North-1 One Change .Made In Next d ear’s, State Track Meet At I’. (. Friday and western States. .Shadow Traveled At Rate of 1200 Miles An Hour. Teaching .Staff. New .MemlHT Add ed In Commercial Department. I..aurens, .April 27.—Six hundred fp- lected school children, including seven Cornelius Warren Grafton, Haichow, 1 clubs, were heard m 'a brilliant musical recital Friday Wliiiam James Hazelwood, Wood-1 ruff, S. C. Kenneth S. C. .San Francisco, April 28.- The rare j IJie faculty of the Clinton high phenomenon of a total eclipse of the j school for the 1030-31 session has sun was witnessed over a narrow been completed an<f wa.s announced Henderson, Little Rock, ditorium, the occasion being the an nual county-w’ide public school con cert. The recital was given under the auspices of the department of educa tion and the teachers of the county, and for many weeks preparation for the event moved in clock-like fashion, with the assistance of Otis Ham. mu sic director of the Laurens city school .Arnold Osborne Jack.son, Mattituck, New York. Erskine Lewis Jackson, Marion, Ala. William Eugene Johnson, Clinton, S. C. Inglis McQueen Keels, Jr., Colum bia, S. c. y Louis LeMaire Lesesne, Greelyville, t faculty, and different glee club.<. S. C. j The singers were massed on a Walter Benton McCall, Jr., Marion, j grand stage erected on the auditorium S. C. rostrum, and the setting was pleasing John Wilber McQueen, Fork, S. C. i and effective. Director Ham was id Charles Jennings Martin, Mullins,, charge of the recital program, being S. C. J assisted by the toy band, led by Mi.iS Edgar S. C. Fleming Mason, Clinton, Earnestine Gardener of the I.gujren8 high school glee club. The piano ac James Edward Means, Jr., Green-1 companiments were played by Miss ville, S. C. I Sadie Riddle, also a member of the James William Milam, Jr., Clinton,; local glee club. . w,. -i 1^*** concert pf-ogram was opened James Frederick 0 Daniel, Clinton, ^ chorus, "Sweet and Low,” fol- swath across northwestern United States Monday and in addition to be ing a spectacle of much interest may have brought to astronomers new in formation regarding our chief source of heat, light and energy. As a spectacle the eclipse brought countless thousands of persons in north California, Nevada, Idaho and Montana out into the open with smok ed glasses to witness the sun’s occlu sion by the moon. 'The path of to tality was both narrow and relatively short. Starting at a point in the Pa cific ocean west of San F’rancisco about 9:36 a. m. (I*ST) the moon’s shadow moved northeastward at a rate of 1,200 miles an hour, entering Nevada at Honey Lake, Cal., and pass ing onward into Idaho and .Montana, where it left the earth. yesterday hy the board of trustees through Supt. Witherspoon, as fol lows: W. R. Anderson, Jr., principal, FL M. Shannon, W. C. James, A. L. Duck ett, Miss Olive Tuck, .Miss Azile Liv ingston, .Miss Gladys Stilwell, Miss Louise Sims, Miss Marie McLean, Miss Ansie Kirven, Miss Lily Mae Werts, Mis^ Eunice Robertson and .Miss Louise Tribble. One change is made in the teaching staff over the present session. Miss Louise Tribble takes the place held the past year by-Miss F^lizaheth Dowl ing who did not stand for re-election. A. L. Duckett is added as a new mem ber of the faculty in the newly cre ated copimercial department. The faculties of Providence, Acade my and F^lorida Street schools have Saturday. F'ive Teams To Enter With Prei*byterlan Flavored. I’lans are going forward for the, sixth annual track meet to he held on Johnson field at Presbyterian college F^riday and Saturday, May 2 and 3. In the past, this meet has been rep- reaented by only four colleges of the state, namely, Presbyterian college, Clemson, F'urman and Carolina, hut Various church ifiter^stfr in the dis trict will be represented today by ac credited representatives. Among pror:- inent visitors expected will be Dr. li. H. Bennett of Lander college; Dr. J. C. Guilds of Columbia college; Dr. E. O. Watson of the Southern Christia Advocate; Supt. W. I). Roberts of t-.e Epworth orjihanage, Columbia; Rev. L. I). Gillespie of the South Carolina Summer school f<»r pastors; Rev. ’. W. Speake, eonference secretary for industry; Mrs. T. 1. Charles, president of the conference’s Woman's .Mission ary society and (>th< ins. ^ 'A"'^ery^TntereRtrng anwl Important feature of the conference meet wilD-e the election of lay delegates to repi/■- sent this district a; C'e se."*i( n of tin* annual conference fo be held at the Central church, Spartanburg, next No vember. Rev. 0. M. Abney is the beloved jia.'tor of Broad Street vhurch and is now on his fourth year here. He has steadily grow-n in favor with his peo ple and the church under his leader ship is in excellent condition and will give a splendid account of itself on all lines of endeavor at the meeting. The ladies of the church w'ill st>rve dinner at 1 o’clock to the conference and its visitors. It is .safe to say that the proverbial Clinton hospitality will thi« year there will be a fifth eollew .Metho,li« repreaented, Erskine having decided r„,. ih.!. ,l.liK. brethren gather here for their delib erations. Cotton Mills Will Curtail The path of totality was aboul?-'3;(K)0 j appeared in The f hronicle. feet wide. Each direction from that path the percentage of"totality dimin-j occasioned by the eclipse was of an ished until three or 400 mile.s away | eerie sort, li^ke that in a graveyard at there was little to see. The darkness [ twilight. S. C Ro^i 1 lowed by many numbers by the cho- ert Earl Perry, Kershaw, S, C. j school glee club sing Elliott Richard Rhodes, Lake City, S. C. Charles Samuel Rigby, Jr., Man ning, S. C. Philip Allen Roberts, Carthage, N. C. Charles Arthur Senn, Jr., Laurens, S. C. Samuel Guerry Stukes, Summerton, S. C. ers, and the finale was « chorus "Flag and Stars.” Dainty parasols, tiny flags and other properties were used effectively in the rendition of several brilliant numbers. Veterans And Widows Get Pension Checks George Brown Telford, Abbeville, S. C. Fant Hill Thomley, Clinton, S. C. Atticus Grandville Chester, S. C. Earle Eugene Wade, Timmonsville, S. C. Walter' Eugene Walker, Columbia, S. C. Louis Rembert Williamson, SunJer, S. C. David Lorenzo Wood, VaIdo»ta, Ga. TO ENTERTAIN BOYS The Kiwanis club will meet this avening at 7:80 at Hotel Clinton. The club will have aa Ha fuesta, the b<urk who are members of the bi|^ school and orphanage graduatrag eiaasea. The annual pension quota for Lau rens county veterans and widows, Thornton Jr., smounting to $28,320, is being dis- j bursed from the probate judge’s of fice. A large num^r of checks have been diatributed to theT beneficiaries, but quite a long list remains uncalled for. it was announced at the office a few days ago. The roll this year contained 32 vet erans, who receive |240 each, and 114 widows, who are getting |160 each. In thia connection, it may be stated that the pension fund for Laurens county Negro beneficiaries has been received at the office of the probate judge and will be paid out as in the cmmS td veterus and widows. There are only seven Ni^^ pensioners list ed and to each 317 is alloted.' Goldville Will Show Population Gain Of Over 1000 Per Cent To Goldville goes the distinction of j by the Oswego Shade Cloth company being the fastest growing community in the spring of 1924, to enter a team for the first time. Plans are going forward to make this the best meet held at P. C. and by the looks of the entries it will, in all probability, be the best. Although there have be<m no records/iroken in the pa.Ht dual meets there have been plenty of indications that a good A number of cotton mill.s in the many of the records will fall before' Piedmont section will begin their cur- the final event is held FViday. 'The j tailment schedule next .Monday, a plan ruling of the State Track association j being worked out, however, by whirh concerning records is that no record'all will not shut down at the same is considertnl a record unless ma<le at time. the state track meet. i The (Jinton Cotton mills are run- in relation to the .strength of the i full time this week, but will close teams entered, the Presbyerian c .'.'.ege I the entire of next. week. No fur- team looks at prc3<*nt to In* the t»her than a two weeks announcement strongest, having gone through this , has b<‘cn mmic by the officials. ^ . season without a single defeat at the! The l.ydra,Cotton mills will hot cur- hands of a South Carolina team and I taU during'^the months of May and lo.sing by 18 points a close dual meetM^ne, but will make curtailments bc- to the University of Georgia earlier : K'inning July first, in the season. Coach McMillian will | It was stated yesterday by the Jo- pin his hopes mainly on his sprint | ("Litton mills, Goldville, that the stars. However, the team is much; ^^I'll’s output has been sold ahead to stronger in the field events than it.'l^ly f'r^t an^d no curtailment is an- has been in past years. In Ritchie, j I’ripated before that time. No fur- Green, H. Wyatt and Chapin, Coach!'^her statement has been given out. McMillian has a group that will bear! The plan of shutting down the mills watching during the coming meet. j of this section every other week during Furman and Clemson both have good weight men as well as several I'" emergency measure m the hope of ^ sprint men. Clemson, the defend- l^Provmg textile conditions during ing champion, seems, however, the time. in the census district ef Greenville and Laurens counties, and it is doubt ful if its record will be surpassed in the entire South. The population of this unincorpor ated comthunity ten years ago was 185. Its census which is now being taken, is exp^t^d to reach approxi mately 2,000, .showing an increase of over 1,000 per cent during the past j it ranks as one of the largest mill Ten years ago the Goldville plant stronger of the two and should be the had 14,224 spindles. That figure has (Continued on page four) been increas^ to 68,312, with 51,0001 in operation at night, or an cquivelcnt i VAfl»r« of 122,312. The looms in 1920 totaled' 362. Today there are 1472 running day and night, or an equivalent to 2944. This enlargement has steadily in creased the Goldville population until Story Contest At Lydia School I I '' Name Officers! The annual itory ' telling’“contest was held at Lydia school on last Wed- decade. Goldville is now recognized as one of the most attractive mill villages in the Piedmont section. ’The phenomenal growth there hat been due to the ex pansion and development of the Jo anna Cotton Mills, formerly known communities in the state. H. W. Hack of Shorthills, N. J., is Jacks township Democratic club: nesday afternoon, Mrs. John W. Little, met at Renno Saturday afternoon for j Miss Irene Workman and Miss Floy the purpose of naming officers and i Owings acted as jCTdges. There were electing delegates to the county con vention. The following were elected: president of the Joanna interests. W.jJohn H, Bell, chairman, R, B. Fergu- A. Moorhead is the local manager and son, secretary-treasuurer, I. B. Cope- haa long been identified with the life i land, executive committeeman. Dele- and growth of the Goldville commu nity when he it held in the higheat at the Banna millt, until porchated; ettetm. gates: John D. Copeland, Edgar John son and John H. Bell, with Tan M. Ray and Watts S. Dean, alternates. '* five contestants, one from each of the five grades of the school, who tried for the prize, which is a two dollar and a half gold piece given each year by Mr. C. M. Bailey. Sybil Shumake of the fourth grade, was the winner, with 0. C. Harris cf the fifth grade as second. Vi ■1 ■‘-J *• fs'