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i ' If Tm Do«*t Rea4 THE CHRONICLE Tom Dost Get The Newt •. I THE CHRONICLE j.Strivee To Be t Clciiii Newt- • paper, Complete, Newajr, * and ReUaUa i -V I VOLUME XXX CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1930 NUMBER 19 enr SCHOOLS CLOSE SOON Baccalaureate Sermon On May 18lh By A. R. P. Pastor. New berry Professor To Deliver Graduating Address. The present session of the Clinton city schools will come to a close on Friday, May 23rd. "nie commencement program for the high school graduates will be ushered in on Sunday Evening, May 18th, when the baccalaureate sermon will be preached in, the North Broad Street Methodist church by the Rev. C. By num Betts, pastor of the local Asso ciate Reformed Presbyterian church. .\ccording to a prevailing custom, this service and sermon rotates annually with the churches and . pastors of the THOUSANDS WILL ! GET EMPLOYMENT Chief Highway Commissioner Sawyer Paints Picture of Progress. 4,000 .Men To Be Employed. city .nd the A. R. P. minister wiif ■‘•"dard concrete paving «ill cost ap- proximately $23,000. Of the $23,000, .Mr. Sawyer said, “the only item not carrying some officiate this year. The graduating ir exercises proper will be held on Friday evening, May 23rd, at eight o’clock in the Florida Street school auditorium. The exer cises will be presided oy^ Supt. H.^^Witherspoon 1fcd there will Be the usual awarding of diplomas, priz Columbia, May 5.—The prospective letting of hard surface highway coh- traetj this month will give employ- j ment to over 4,000 persons in South | Carolina, Ben M. Savryer, chief high- j way eommissioner, told the Columbia Rotai-y club in an address today. In addition to this, he told the Ro- tarians the proposed construction work will give “indirect employment’’ to a “large number of people, prob ably much larger than the number directly employed in the construction.” After Iracing on a large map the highways to be hard surfaced, a total of 289.48 miles in 23 counties, Mr. Sawyer declared the average mile of charge of labor in South Carolina is the cost of cement at the mill of $4,200.” He^-summed;. up hiar remarks tiy,de-:j I claring “the total cost of materials de- « and other fe.tore, of intereat. The "ht repented by expend,- «Mre.a before the Kraduating claaa I'>‘^- .ill be delivered bv I>r. James c. 1''“"’“. J'"' P»v>nK plaM and Kinard, member of .Newberry college ibor, $1,300; for labor in South Caro- This year’s graduating class con sists of 39 members, 22 girls and 17 boys. Those to graduate are: WUl Allen Addy. Doris Aughtry. Georgia Bee Blakely. Clara Bobo. Medora Browning. 0! B. Bv^gess. Mayfield Copeland. Sarah Copeland. Grace Davis. Will Davis. Hugh Denson. Fula .Mae Holland. Lewis Horton. Olin Johnson. .Margaret Jones. C'aade l.AW9on. Pai.'y l.e<iford. Klsie Little. Klnure .Martin. ri... —'Dtk Milrphti*. - Rlla Little .McCrary. Dosscy McKadden. Marvin OtL — Joe Vance I’ilts. ■losey I’itts. Clyde I'ay. Lyde Kay. Carrie Lou Kf'Ss Robert Steer. "Agnes Shcaly. Klizabeth Speake. Sara Speake. Curti.s Taylor. Avanelle Templeton. Janie .Milton Todd. .Marvin Whitmire. Robert Wingo. .Mary Kllen Workman. Wilbur Workman. lina, including manufacture of mate rials and assembling and furnishing equipment, materials and supplies for plaat and operation of plant but not including any allowance on account of freight, $12,000; from this should be deducted some allowance for equip ment- and supplies used in producing materials within the state. "Applying the foregoing cost ana lysis to our hard .surface letting of 289 miles scheduled to be held May 20, we deduce that the 289 miles will cost approximately $6,647,000, which total estimated cost will represent $3,468,- 000 for labor and $3,179,000 for ma terials and plant. Any increase over this •estimated cost will in all prob ability represent labor altogether. To My Own DEAR MOTHER There’s never a day that passes by But my thoughts reach out t^ YOU— Never a joy that comes to me But I wish you miiiiht share it, too .... And somehow as years pass onward. And memories richer grow. More tender still the love 1 hold For the dearest MOTHER I know. METHODISTS MET HERE THURSDAY Greenville Conference Held With Dr. Stackhouae In Charge. Successful Year’s Work Reviewed. MEMORIAL DAY TO BE OBSERVED STATE BANKS SHOW GROWTH Inleresling, Program Arranged for Saturday By High Scho<»l Pupils. Graves To Be Decorated. Deposit Increase of Nearly $6,000,000 I During First (Quarter of 1930. j Fan! Gives Figures. I Columbia, lyiay 6. — Deposits in I South ('arolina^state banks increastni Clinton will pay tribute to her hon •‘Tn. u J * 1 ..1 J, ored dead Shturday mdfning when the I $•'>.800,90.3.74 from December .31, 1929, ITie Mrd surface letting for May-|-—j^p^norial day exercises will I to March 27, 11>30, according to a re-j At the recess hour J,he delegates With 150 ministers and laymen present, the Greenville district con ference of Methodist churches was held with the North Broad Street Methodist church of this city last Thursday. The sessions which began j at 9 a. m. and continued throughout the day, were presided over by Dr. R. E. Stackhouse, presiding elder of {the d’tslTO't. I The major interests of the church j were discussed and reports heard on evangelism, missions, e.luca‘’.cn. Sun day schools, Epworth league and fi nances. All of the reports were un usually good and a fine and options-, tic spirit was in evidence. Rev. R. F. Morris, pastor Bun combe Street church, Greenville, read a paper on evangelism, which was .«o .striking and forceful that its publi cation was retiuested ir^the confer ence paper, the Southern (ihrristian Advocate. Dr.‘ B. R, Turnipsced of RjKk HiHt ffjpokc fpr the superannuate endowment fund. Dr. R. H. Bennett and Dr. J. M. Ariail represented Lan- I der and ('olumbia colleges, respective ly. Dr. L. J. Davis represented the Southern Christian Advocate. Col. Risher appeared in behalf of Carlisle school at Bamberg. The F^pworth or phanage was represented by Rev. M. T. Wharton of Greenville, and Mrs. T. L. Charles read a paper on woman’s work. J A timely resolution was unanimous ly adopted by the conference express ing deep appreciation of the faithful and efficient servictvs the past four years of Dr. R. E. Stackhouse, as pre siding elder. With fwling and in ap preciative words Dr. Stackhouse ex pressed his appreciation and spoke of the great joy and satisfaction de rived from the work. H. D. Henry and B. L. King were nam«Nl as lo<*al lay delegates to the next session of the Upper South Caro lina conference to be held this fair in Spartanburg STATE MEETS VERYqUIET Prohibition Question Enters Se\' eral Conventions. Endorse ment Given Favored Guberna torial Candidates. be held under the auspices of the lo- .Jinited. port covering that three-month |K*ri<)(i j were all escortini to the Masonic Tern teleascdjiere today by Allierl, S.^^.'ant^.pli* liuilding wln^re-^ 4iBner, state bank examiner. ; the kind for which Clinton Methodi.sl 20 includes 27 contracts. Tho«e con-' tracts will give direct employment to . , - I Daughters of the Confeileracy. tract of direct employment in South exercises will ^hegin promptly Commenting on the report, which won en are famous, was served ( aro ina to a total of over 4,000 PtT-^ o’clock and will la* held in the- he chatactcrized us “orw of tin- health*' — —- sons. It should^ noted that this pro- street schew)! auditorium. The reports” he had ever issued, Mr. poatHi construction work will give in- program will be carried Fant explained that the large increase jdircs-t employment to an additional ;.,vas partially brought about l.y the large numlnT of ^people, probably ^ \Velc<>me Alfred Browning , addition to the state system of several much larger than the number directly y ^^ird ' national bank.s which had surrendered I employeii in the construction. ; ,h;„.;,.r.s to th. j ~ “M'omen of the Confederacy,” Em- ‘h<* currency. JURORS NAMED me Adair (Juartett, Virginia Sadie Chandler, Virginia' steady im rea'^e in total deposits. services were in charge Double E'uneral At Mountville FOR MAY TERM Judging Contest To Be Held Friday I Two M’eeks ('ourf Ik'gins On .May 12. ] Several liOcal Men Inclifd- ! ed On List. j Two venires of jurors have been drawn by the jury commissioners for I the term of the court of common pleas j which t-onvencs in Laurens on .Mon day, May 12th. .Names of the jurors are as follows: ^ First ^eek A double funeral siTvicc for Mr. coiuii. roller of lard Mrs. Sam 1). King was held Tues day at tin* Mountville I’resbvterian “l•'liminating these, however,” Mr. I‘■hu^eh and altemltsl l»y u large gath- Carry Me Back To Old Fant said, “tlate banks alone show a ‘‘ring of friemki and relatives. I'hcH 'sed Judge Mendel L. Smil • of Mr. Me- ^-’n'FYruir anj niTi7u^"7ru Kellers, .Margaret .Moorhead, Georgia B. Blakely. Reading, “Stonewall Jackson” —<'ar- olyn .Martin, Songs orphanage girls. Paper, “Confwleracy” — .Mar^taret Jones. Quartet—World war boys. Reading. “Origin of Memorial Day” —Nancy Young, ^Song, “Dixie”—by chapter. At the conclusion of the exercises. Columbia, May 5.—The proh'Uition question intruded itself into the dis cussions of strictly party problem? to day as couBty Democratic conventions were held over the state to name del egates to the state Dt. loc-.atic con vention in Columbia May 21. Wet.s and drys engaged in tilts in Hampton, Richland and Allendale counties, while most of the other coun ties devoted themselves to the busi ness of endorsing candidates .ind electing delegates. By a vote of 56 to 10 the Hamo, n county group voted to take a refer- emlum on prohibition in the county, an action which was expected to be brought up at the state-wi<le meeting. This resolution was introduced by R.JL Bowden, president of the Hamp ton Ixian and F7xt>hange hank>^ The iliehiand ' co'unTy '* resolutioh, which was defeated by a 99 to 56 vote, was that.‘he delegation go on record as favoring enforcement of the dry law by fe<leral officers, leaving the state and‘city officers free to enforce other statute.s. In Allendale a movement was made to initiate a state-wide referendum on the prohibition question, hut a motion to lay it on the table halted action on it. “l.,et’s see Haw many vote like they drink,” said Paul I). Black, Millett delegate, in presenting the resolu tion. Among the possible gubernatorial candidates who received voites of ap proval were 1. C. Blackwood of Spar tanburg; Robert E, .McCafslan of Greenwood; Edmund B. Jackson of Wagener, and Mendel L. Smith of Camden. The Spartanburg delegation, faced with two home-towm entries for gover nor, elected Mr. BlackwiKxl to head their delegation to ittrlumbia, and” failed to mention Olin D. .John ton, the of Tier candidate.^- .H. I Greenwood iX'mocrats endorsed Kobei-t fv .McCaslan, who has repre sented thetounty in ih«‘ .-late legis lature for eight years, an,! re(iiiest(‘(l hhn to run for jgovernor. .\t .Aiken, Edimuid B. .lackson, of Wagi'ner, wa.s I'li'lin-(d f.ir governor iml Slate Senator .John F. \\ illiamsof A'ken. was endorsed I’ltr ' ongvi’ss from the second di.s.rict. The Kershaw county delegation cn- Smith for .^iiiftb ahif' (Jovernor .loLin (i. Itit hards, who ul- A vocational agriculture students’! Sullivan town.ship: J. Frank Ilavis, judging conte.st for the fourth con-' Tumblin, F. H. Knight. Claud the procession will pass to the ceme- *' ■ ... i+ej-y Vr'here the graves of all veterans will be decorated. Flach Daughter of the Confederacy is asked to bring gressional dFs'trict will be held F’riday,' ^^®bon, H'.cks (,. Owings, J. F.. | .May 9, at Thornwell orphanage. The Carlisle, • judging will begin promptly at 10:00 Hunter township; H. J. Pitts, H. J, o’clock. There will be some twenty ^ V. Pinson, J. V. Edwards, two evergreen wreaths, teams of three each, representing the i Dinner will later Ik* served at the high schools of the district. I.»aurens township: M. Arthur Rid-1 ...... cl&S96S Rr6 to b6 HcfidcTSon, A. L, MAhuff^y, i wives^ And widows of v(:*tc*rtins. judged: corn, oats, peach trees, dairy ^ufininpbam, W* Copeland, cattle, hogs, poultry; mules, and Irish.Traynham, R. F. Fleming, potatoes. The two highest scoring! Waterloo township: J. Frank An- teams in the district m^t will repre- ^®*^*^”’ Harrison H. Pinson, 'H. F^. sent the district in the state contest H. AV barton, L. S, Ballard, “AnothiT healthy feature of the re- ^'*11 “nd Mr. Boatick, after v/hich in port,” he sai<l, “is that the total bor-j t‘‘i’ni<‘nt followed in the family l);ji iai 1Kershaw coimiy meeting, rowings of all state banks and their with many beautiful flor.il'i't l‘’‘"l their delegation, branches is only $2,059,(591.82.” tribute.s placed on the gravis tt)4)e-! Greenville had a harnionimi- meet- The report covers 141 state banks, i ^l'‘‘ak th<* affection in which lio'^h vere 'doing little beside ■ namirij; jier- one private bank and .53 branch banks.' held. I ‘Hanent off cei s and electing dele- The statement shows that on .March Mr. King died .Sunday ni/r.* and 1 2/, the.se banks had a total of $3,711,- following sihorlly triereafter \i. King 7he .Andt't'son (oii\ention was niaik- 7tf2.72 ea h on hanii with $16,130,-1 pa.s.sttd away .Monday night. Mr. King/'^ Ail -any uiiti-WBf4 due fr-<MW father banks. ha<i b(*<‘n connected with the I rain'ng ' ^harmony pievailing thiough .ut — ' school h<'re for the past two ve.us and IF mr.een (ielega.es were Laurens Man To l suffered a .stroke of paralysis a few -"t^Fe convi niion. I^durens man lO ^ ^ ago when he retume.l to bisL ‘ ^■'’"•'•“vorsial snbiecls uhul, Oppose Daniel Mountville home to bo with his wife ‘F'bate in who had been ill for several week.s. * har lesu/n, prohibition and the t i- Columlna, .May 6. James If. .Sulli-1 M*"- ‘‘id .Mrs. King were greatly 1,4.. |‘hi.-xsification (if firoperty for taxation. i van. member of the house of refiresen-j loved in their community and their j ^‘‘Fb'd ( ut of ( ourt. from laiurens county, an-1 passin)>- brings genuine sorrow to 1 . F>amb(Tg county advocated a change I irt rule 32, the bone of contention in for attorney general in the for their upright (ihristian eharneter j state convention. rhi.s rule I Democratic primary this summer. land many admirable traits. j has to do with the voter s oath that he I Representative Sullivan has been a. The de<ea.s«sl are survive.! ny the , J!.' nominees of the par- member of the house for six years, be-! following children: Mi.ss Ruby King ' * ’ ’ “ Uurens township: M. Arthur Rid-' high school to the veterans, their! « ‘‘a"' appreciated them Chamber Meets national, in the gen- B. G. Cooper. Tuesday Ni^ht ** member of the judiciary commjt- which will be held at Clemson.college, on June 4th and 5th. Judging teams will be selected from the state win ners to go to the National dairy show and to the American royal show. W. C. James and S. C. Gambrell,, agricultural teachers, and R. T. Dun-! Fincher, J. A. Cooper, lap of Thornwell orphanage, are in Cross Hill township: Olin S. Hill, charge of arrangements for the judg - .U- •. lit- r' 11 t> 1 eral election. Bamberg also advocated of this city; .Mts. Winfield Bf^yson,' f r ^ee for four years and of the ways Tamar Kingf Terrell King and ('harles * / aimei .. Th*> Committee for two years.; King, all of .Mountville. .Mrs.-King i« ! ^’K-orgetown, me Wr.rd-.^awy, r Jacks township: W. M. Hunter, H.lof Commerce will be held in the club'^^*” served five years as suiierintend- survived by two brothers, Jim Nelson I name applunl to the follow- M.Geer. I room, edu.-ation for Uurens county of this city, and Walter Nelson of ISenator .S. M. Ward ami Rep- Dials township: Sj. B. Owens, C. H.lintr thp wxrwmr n*f rlinnpr t’hn IS a member of the board ofyus- Elloree. Mr. King is .survived by 1,:^,'■‘‘«^"tati\e _(Bin^ I). .Sawyer, M.^ D., Kellett, J. B. Campbell. Youngs township; J. B. Cooper, E. ing contest. County Agent C. B. Can non, and G. P. Saye and R. L. Trent, agricultural teachers,*wil| act as judg es for the contest. « i ^ I f fl i X III V A Ax Vr Ca 1 A A * / A W# O F 1 J f# J business ^*Mion 'wilf'be^'held^anTfl^I University of South Caro- father, who lives in Cannon, Ga., and l"^’’ ignored in the election of dele- bus,ness session will be held and all ; ^ brother: K’ates to the state convention. AtUVrney General John .M. DanieF ]VIrs. Ayers of Georgia, .Mrs. .Shirley! Ihirchester county adopted a resolu- has’announced for re-election and Sam of Creenville, Mrs. Mayes of Hawkins-i asking that all magistrates, coun- .M. W’olfe, of Anderson, has also an- yille, Ga., Mrs. Starr and Jim King of: ty .‘'upervisors, the master and school members are urged to be present. Scuffletown township: P. K. Aber crombie, W'. Brooks Blakely. Second W'eek Road Meeting At Hurricane New Whioesale House Opens A good roads meeting has been an- j Uurens township: R. A. Babb, C. j nounced at Hurricane church Wed- ^ • Cromer, John L. Reid, L. W. Mar-^ ^esday aftemcKin at four o’clock, to .„ _ , Kendrick, James C. Todd,|^hich all interested citizens in the! Hays’ hospital following an appendi-, position of clerk . Gardy, James T. Ungston. community are cordially invited. Iritis oneration on Tiipsdav carr:er at the ( lin<ton nounced his candidacy for attorney i Cannon, Ga. general. The many friends in the city of, ^ KKRK'FAKRIEK fciXA.MINA1 ION Mrs. W. D. Copeland will regret to Hunter township: E. R. Knox, John T. Little, J. R. Todd, C. W. Stone, R. know that she is a patient in Dr. Hays’ hospital following a: citis operation on Tuesday. A U. S. civil service commission ex The Spratt Grocery company, whole-11" • Adair, sale grocers, has opened for busdness Cross Hill township: John B. Neel, I • in its new location on Main street John F. Griffin. ' GOLDVILLE’S POPUUTION 1,694 within the past few days. This con- Dials township: L. B.-Stoddard, E. H. Reevea, B. L. Gray, Jr., R. E, cem which-will-be affiliated with the Laurens firm of the same title, will i Burns. car^ a complete Jine of. groceries. ^ township: L. B. Burgess.' fnuts, produce, etc. The new bu^ness is headed by P. Prather as manager. Mr. Pratherj 7* .X'. has had long and succesaf ul experi-j Y. Golding, E. D. Madden, ence in the wholesale buaineaa and Sullivan townaMp: J. H. TumMin, is one of the city's well known andiJ*-bn F. Vaughn, W. I. Freeman, W. popular young business men. V. P. j M. Abercrombie. The^ population of Goldville has been officiirily announced as 1,694 by been announced. Appl c!o?e on June 6th, and' necessary blanks anri infoimation may be had by call'ng on the secretary of the civil service examiners at the Clinton po«t- tru.stees be elected instead of afipoint- e<l. Florence county adopted without a dissenting vote a resolution commend- ' ing Senator FL D. Smith, for his fight against the "robber tariff”, and Con- ■pMtoffi<o',"lia'x'f .;f thi- »ixih .licaUonx will <i.xlrirt an,l V„ator Ph.lh,, H. Ar- rowsmith of Florence, for their ser vices as legisla ors. .\gen.':e- seeking (Continued or| page seven) to the extensive expansion and devel-1 offi.e. opment of the Joanna Cotton mills! E.Godfi-ey Webster of Greenville. j This advance figure was due to a mis- understanding as to the territory to^ MR.S. FOWLER DEAD perviapr of the census for Greenvill and Laurens counties. New Candidate For Supervisor News has been received here of the; The announcement of A. Uhett Mar- be included in the Goldville territory. 1 death of Mrs. Thomas L. Fowler, 89, j tin as a candidate for supervisor ap- This is an increase qf 1,509 over jit was thought at first that a nuin-lwhich occurred at the home of her pears in today’s paper for the first A. — ^ U A. t_ — _A. xl. A. — L.^__ ^ M M ^ _ 1- .t I XM W a Ilk A mI ^ ^ ^ xl • ax' xa XMxa I ILf»• is A aawanaeAV* in Aduv' has also accepted a positioii witk tbe concem.and entered upon his duties. Youngs township: G. Winter Owens, W. T. Cooper, K. B. Brownlee, J. T. Burgess, C. C. Goz,.CaUea C. Jonss. that of 1920, the figure at that time being only 186. This is a gain of more than 900 per cent and ii is doubtful is this record will be surpass ed in the entire Sooth. It had been predicted that the Goldville figure would reach 2,()00 due (joldville is not incorporated aRd this fact in itself led to the misunder standings as to the territory to be taken in. ber of farms on which several hun-1 daughter in Charlotte a few days ago. time. Mr. Martin is not a stranger m dred teimants reside, were to be in-j Mrs. Fowler was the mother of Rev. politics, having made the race, for this eluded in the census. The town of C. Lewis Fowler and Fred F. Fowler,! office four years ago and being de- both former Clinton citizens, and isjfeated by a very small margin. He is pleasantly remembered here where! a well known citizen of the upper, pa^'t she visited on several occasions dur-; of the • county and has many friends ing the residence of her sons. [who will welcome his cand:da(;y. I- '-/jT- .*j.j ■.. j,...-''..'- .. w :■