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s 4 A If Tm Dmt Rm4 THE CHRONICLE Yoa Don’t Get The News (ilk CliJtlim : THE. CHRONICLE f • Strives To Be a Clean Newt- | • • S paper. Complete, Newsy, S • and Reliable • VOLUME XXX CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1930 . J NUMBER 23 PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE BRINGS CLINTON VOTES TUESDAY ^COMMENCEMENT-GRAND RALLY SUCCESSFUL YEAR TO CLOSEj FOR MAYOR, COUNCILMEN BEGINS FRIDAY EVENING Members of Graduating Class Received Diplomas Tuesday Morn ing. Baccalaureate and Literary Addresses Heard. Honors for the Yrar Awarded With Auditorium Packed To Doors. Many Visitors In City for Exercises. Polls In Municipal Election'Open At 8 A. M. Enrollment Shows Increase Over Two Years Ago. McMillan Withdraws From Mayor’s Race. Heavy Vote Predicted. That Presbyterian collegre is an in stitution holding a firm and warm place in the hearts of the people of this community was well shown Tues day morning when an audience packed the college chapel to the doors to see the young men of the graduating class receive their diplomas and to witness the bringing to a close of a success ful year’s work. - The commencement day program was presided over by the Rev. John McSween, president of the institution. The opening prayer was offered by! by, Jr., Charles Arthur Senn. Jr., Sam uel Guerry Stukes, Fant Hill Thom- ley, .Atticus Grandville Thornton, Jr., Walter Eugene Walker, Louis Rem- bert Williamson. Bachelor of Science—Arnold Os- borfte Jackson, magna cum laude; George Brown TelfortL cuuk laude; Jack Sty 1m Dendy. / j Hohor Roll The following students in the order named attained the highest grades in the senior class: .Arnold Osborne Jackson, Mattituck, Dr. H. W. DuBose of Spartanburg, N. Y. chairman of the board of trustees, af- Cornelius Warren Grafton, Haichow, ter which the welcome address was de- China. , livered by Walter Benton McCall, Jr., of Marion* S. C. The class address was made by Richard Thomas Gillespie, Decatur, Ga. - The literary address was delivered Walter Benton McC^l, Jr., Mar ion, S! C< Richard Thomas Gillespie, Decatur, Ga. Herbert Strieker Crawford, Chester, ■ „ ENROLLMENT BY WARDS Ward On'e 136 Ward Two 328 Ward Three 331 W'ard Four . 213 Ward Five 481 Ward Six 434 Total 1923 by the Rev. James , Wyly Jackson, of S. C. GreenWdbd; Who used as'llie subject of his praetical and scholarly address, “Keeping in the Middlej of the Road.” One of the great purpdsesjn'life, he said, is to‘be well rounded and ito strive with poise and patience to at tain a set goal. He spoke of the invi tations that are prevalent to attract young men from the middle of thejtur, Ga The following students, on the basis of scholarship, activities and honor, were'announced as elected by the fac ulty.to the honorary fraternity of Sig ma Kapdh Alpha for the year 1930-.T1: ■' To the Senior Order Walter I.uimah Plaxico, Sharon, S. (^ James Benjamin Green, Jr., Deca- road into dangerous ditches that should be avoided, namely—that of being sophisticated, of setting up ex cuses and alibis, and self-expression of the wrong tyj>e. He told the young graduates that to keep in the middle of the road is in keeping-with the spirit of America today. .Since Jesus came, the speaker declared, man has ever been trying to lietter condition.s, and he admonished bi.s hearers to make no little plans since we are the sons of God. Dare to dream, to see visions, to establish and pursue a lofty g^ial and to stay out of the Orell Alva Dunlap, Rock Hill, S. C. James William Walkup, Waxhaw, N. C. To the Junior Order George K. Smith, .Middletown, M»l. Rictiard Butler Ferguson, Jr., Ren- ilo, S. C. — Robert Hall Gillespie, Decatur, Ga. William Pratt Ferguson, Sharon, S. C. Thomas l^ee Boyd, Gray Court, S. (L Egbert Vernon Anderson, l^iwrence- ville, Ga. To the .Sophomore Order James Robert Horton, Mountville, Citijsens of Clinton will go to the polls next Tuesday to cast their votes for a mayor and six aldermen to serve for a period of two years, beginning September 1st. Th,ere are thirteen candidates in the race—two for mayor and eleven for hlderman. A third candidate in the tnayor’s ra^c^^VV’. M. lAc.Millan."-with-, drew Saturday at’the closing hour for filing entries. Some of the candidatea are new to the political field and some of them are experienced cam paigners. The campaign has been un usually ijuiet with little public inter est manifested. It is expected, how ever, tl>at the few remaining days be fore the ‘‘battle of ballots” will see an added interest as to the final out come. Secretary W. D. Copeland’s books at the closing hour Saturday afternoon, showed an enrollment of 1,923, an in crease of 197 over two years ago. A small increase has been made in all the wards. cording to the rules and regulations, no tickets will be given out in ad vance but will be furnished to each ''.voter as he or she presents themselves w vote. A majority of the votes cast will be necessary to nominate a can didate for either of the offices. Chief interest is centered in the mayor’s race for which seat there are two aspirants. The incumbent, Jack H. Young, is offering for re-election after having served for the past term. He-is opposed by J. C. Cannon who is making his first entry into city poli tics. ^ In the aldennanie field, there is an unusual interest in evidence with many friends working for the success of their favorites. Two members of the present council, J. C, Wilson in ward five, and J. P. Carter iq ward six, are not seeking re-election. Aider- men .^jiiatJUAdair, Diihcan and Har-v lis, are seekmg re-election. Aldermjpi Harris from ward ‘four, is "'the' only candidate who is without opposition. The managers of the eliHrtion for the two voting precincts have been appointed by the city executive com mittee and the election will he held in accordance with the constitution of the City Democratic club and the Acts of the General Assembly regulating primary elections. The managers are: City box: R. J. Copeland, W. N. Den son and John W. Little. Clinton Mill box: F. C. Pinson, J. H. Whitmire and Clyde Blgby. Program of Interest To Mark Year’s Work At Thornwell Orphan age With Baccalaureate Sermon Sunday Morning. Many Alumni Expected for Grand Rally Reunion. PAVING ADOPTED FOR ROUTE .56 Highway Department Includes Spar- tanburg-Clinton-Chappels Route In Paving Program. I^aurens, May 30.—An important de velopment affecting state roads in Laurens county took place at the meeting Friday of the state highway commission when a resolution was adopted transferring Route No. .'id. be tween Pauline in Spartanburg county, and Chappels via Clinton, from the soft-surface classification to the hard- surface class. Provision was also made for the erection of a modern bridge over Enoree river at Musgrove mill on the same highway. Information as to the highway and the bridge Was The commencement exercises and fifty-fifth anniversary rally of the Thornwell orphanage, will begin Fri day evening in the chapel with the an nual declamation-reading conte.st, with W. P. Jacobs of this city, as the presiding officer. Satur !ya evening at S o’clock a music recital will be given with Miss Bessie Dunwody of Atlanta, presiding. The baccalaureate sermon will be preached Sunday mornitig at 11:1,5 in the Thornwell .Memorial eharch by the Rev. T. Flllison Simpson, pastor of the First Ibesbyterian chuveh of Darling ton. The regular morning services in the churches of the city, following a long standing custom, will be with drawn in order that the entire city may nnite in this special occasion., Sunday afternoon at A o’clock a com munion service of the orpha,nage fam-^ contained in an interview with C. 0 IIearoh,'Welb'ber of the commission, in j ily and the large gathering of former <>i-»^d^y’s edition of The Spartanburg [ pupils be rh the (.-ity for-the Herald. . i j rally will be held in the church with Route No. .'if), according to the high- Rev. Arthur Taylor of Marston, N. way map, leaves the Spartanburg- IJnion highway at Pauline and passes through Cross Anchor and Clinton to and Rev. Clarence E. I’iejihoff of Greenville, as the officiating minis ters, (lhappels where it taps highway No. j Dn .Monday morning at 10 o'clock, 3t>2 to Saluda. At Saluda 392 merges i the annual meeting of the alumni as- with Route No. 19 for Aiken and An- soeiation will he held. Dr. L. K. Lynn, gusta. Paving of bfi from Pauline to' pi’esident of the institution, will de- Clinton, st.ated Mr. Hearon, will give I liver the address of welcome, and the Spartanburg a fourth all-weather I »'i*sponse will he made by .Allan highway from Spartanburg to the'Lide of Elloree, after which the an- .state capital. In addition, he said, ,')6|nual business session will he held. At will eventually be the shortest route} 11^ o'chn’k noon, a picnic will be en- ifor mayor and alderman, as qualified The city election will he held at theiwith the secretary, follows: ditches so inviting td lead from Abe^g, C. middle of the road, he told the young j Herbert Hambright Ferguson, York, graduates in closing. : g. c. Following the address. President! John Calvin McCaskill, Liberty Hill, deliver^ the diplomas in aj.g. c. few impressive words. He then award- I^w.son Samuel .Abrams, Clinton, ed the various medals. The highest scholarship medal covering four years Freeman Benson Parker, .Macon, Ga. \vork was-won . by Arnold Osborne|. Bothwcil Grahamrin, Ctinton, S. C. Jackson of Mattituck. N. Y.; orator’s! Harold Clark Johnson, Kinards, S. C. medal, T. .M. Johnston of Jeffer.son. | Furman Barratt Pinson, Jr., Con-1 Ga.; declaimers’ medal, l.awson .Ab- estee, S. ( police station and the (’linton Cotton .Mills box will be stationed at the band stand. The polls will open at K A. M. and close at A P. M. Tickets in each ward will contain the names of the candidates'for alder man in that particular ward and the For Mayor J. (’. Cannon Jack H. Young For Alderman Ward One—Wister A. Henry, H. L. Eichelberger. Ward Two—Pet B, Adair, H. J. .joyed at Riverside cottage, to be, fol- i lowed at (5 o’clock with a lawn party names of the candidates for mayor, i Pitts. The voter will strike out the names Of the candidates, both . mayo/^nd alderman, he or she does not wish to vote for. Leaving unucratched on the ticket only the name of their choice for mayor and the alderman in the ward in which he or shi* resides. Sec- ret.nry Copeland announces that ac- rams of Clinton; alumni modal, T. (i. Ellis of Richburg, S. C.; debater’s The commencement program began Sunday morning with the baccalau- medal. Geo. G. Palmer of Ridgeway; | sermon in the Thornwell Me- freshman scholar.ship cup for the niorial churuch with the Rev. John highe.st average, James Robert Hor ton of Clinton. Four honorary degrees were award ed by the board of trustees and the awards made by Dr. DuBose, chair man of the board, as follows: Doctor of divinity on the ftev. James Wyly Jackson of' Green-wodd^S. C.; doctor of divinity on Rev. .Lewis Holladay Lancaster, missionary to China; doc tor of literature on Mrs. Wilhelmena Corby Byrd of Columbia, and doctor of laws on James Alexander Stoddard of Columbia. President McSween closed the com mencement program with several an- ncuncements pertaining to the next session and with acknowledgments of several gifts made to the college dur ing the year. He stated that the eiw- MeSween, president of the college, presiding. Robed in black caps and gowns, the graduating class followed by Uie faculty, entered the church and occupied reserved seats in the center of the auditorium. The morning ser vices in the respective churches of the city were omitted and all denomi nations united in the special occasion. Special music was rendered by the college glee club and the large audi torium was filled to over-flowing with Clintonians, and friends and relatives of the young graduates. The Rev. Henry W’ade DuBose, D.D., pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Spartanburg, preached the baccalaureate sermon. He used as his text, Proverbs 29:18: “Where there RULES OF PARTY GO TO COUNTIES The complete list of candidates, Iwth i between Spartanburg and Augusta, In addition to the provision fori hard-surfacing route No. 5(1, time for :>?iven in honor of the uJunini hy .Mrs. which was not definiUdy fixed, thelW. J. Hailey at her home mi South ; highway commission also selecteil the Broad street. .At eight o’chtek the Fountain Inn-Laurens stretch of high-1 ulumni han(iuet will he given in the way No. 2 for early paving. Selection I Masonic Temple building with covers of the Laurons-Princeton highway for > luid for several hundred guests, early paving was announced at a Tuesday morning at 10:30 th*' meeting .several weeks ago and con-1 grailuating exeirises will he held at I tracts for paving of the Princeton-j'Vhich time diplomas will be presented. Duncan, R. E. W'are Shoals road and the Ora-Enoree-1 ^lud medals and prizt-i awarded. The WoodruffiSpartanburg highway were , address of the (H casion will be deliv- let at Friday’.s sitting. Work on the I'.v Rev. J. H. Clarke of For.>ylh. latter two projects will be.started as Ga. soon as e(|iiipment and material can lx | Dn Tiie.sday afternoon at 2:30, tiie j assembled, it is generally assumed. annual meeting of the board of triis- .VVjl-L __—^— I tees will l>e lield with Chairman Kx- Goverrior .Martin F. .Vrisel of Green ville, jiresiding. .At tlii.s lime the pres ident’s annual ri'porl will he read and the Work of the institution reviewed f r the past year. In connection wiili the commence- Wunl Three Sadler. Ward Four posed). Ward Five Buchanan. Wuiil Six I’hillips. W. J. W. W. Harris (unop- Fred Burnette, W. .A. 11. Y. Abrams, R DR. R. T. G1LLES1‘IE DIES IN VIRGINIA BATSON TRIAL IS SET THIS TERM Sccrelary „,(fibbes .Sends Oul .Many ! President of Presbyterian Seminary Copies To All Sections. Few ' At Decatur, Ga., Is Pneumonla- throughout the synod. He paid a high tribute to the work and loyalty of the college faculty and announced two changes for next year. Dr. James C. Koehler, Princeton graduate, will head the department of physics as a auccessor t»Dr. R. C. Seeger, who will not again be with the institution. Dr. John Henry Davis will be added to the faculty to take the vacant place in the department of biology caused by Dr. Hoy’s resignatiofi more than a year ago. Received Degrees The following graduates received degrees: Bachelor of Arts — Magna Cum -Laude; Robert Strieker Crawford, Changes Are .Made. Copies of the rules of the Demo cratic party of South Carolina were mailed out Saturday by J. Wilson Gibbes, secretary of the state execu tive committee, to chairmen in all counties of the state, 46 packages, all told, being placed in the mails. The rules this year show- but little change from this of other years—in deed there is but one of any great im portance. This change has to do with the elimination of the third primary, the amended rules providing that in case of a second primary, the candi date receiving the largest vote shall be declared the nominee whether or not he receives a majority of the vote jiaaL Of courae in case of a tie other election would have to be held Victim, Funeral At Rock Hill. Si "MOP'; Cmirf To Convene In Lau rens Next Monday Jury for Week Is Drawn. ment exercise.s, a grand rally reunion laiurens. May 31. — The petit jury of the alumni willlie held and it is venire for the .June term of general exfiecled that .'cveral hundred vi.sitors IS nd vision, the people perish." p.ir, to re-li,**. th, oollore of iu pro.- After eipre..ini hi. pl...ur. in be- "VI" ""7" 7"'?. 7","'‘“; ent debt would be resumed in the fell ing preMnt. Dr. DuBom dectnred »t . * .^7,’ .* 17 ,* , '1 • primary, will, it is thought, tend to cut down considerably the cost of holding elections. the assembly that he was showing de cided improvement. His death Friday was unexpected. His body was shipped from Char- . ,. Tbttesville last night to Rock Hill, S. the outset that the foundations of all things are invisible, this being true in science, art,'social progress and hie- tQ^. If this world is to approach the dreams of God he said, if it is to be come a warless world, one in which ■brotherhood reigns, one into which every little child born shall have a chance, it will become possible by men The packages sent out Saturday varied in number of copies of the rules they contained — some contained as few as 25 copies and others as high as 200. The time for filiWfc pledges to enter who dream dreams and dedicate them-j the races this summer expires June selves to the Master’s service as those! 16. The campaign meetings will begin who see the invisible. Christianity is a vision religion, it is a religion that opens to windows and let’s God’s light and love come flowing through, it is an infinite hand reaching down to help men. Unless there is this vision, the people perish, they are cast off in re- Richard Thomas Gillespie, Cornelius straint. The speaker cited the fact Grafton, Walter Benton McCall, Jr. Cum Laude: Joe Abner Babb, Wil liam Townsend Barron, Robert Sam uel Beckham, Dill Decatur Beckman, Charles Jennings Martin, Philip Allen Roberts, Earle Eugenb Wade, William that multitudes of men and women today have forgotten God and are dis posed to cast him aside as America’s most disturbing factor, bad as others may be. Addressing the young graduates, he j asked, “What’s your vision to be?” Tuesday, June 17, with the two cam paign parties visiting each county seat in the state. The entrance fees, as fixed by the state executive committee: For gover nor, $400; for lieutenant governor, $150; for all state offices, $200; for solicitor, $200; for United States sen- Chai lotte.svillc, Va., May 31.- Dr. I court, beginning on the second will be in the city during the week. A Richard Thomas Gillespie, president of Columbia Theological seminary, a Southern Presbyterian institution at Decatur, Ga., died here Friday after noon from jmeumonia. He w’as fifty years old. Dr. Gillespie came here .Monday morning to attend the annual meeting otf the general assembly of the Pres byterian church and was stricken a few hours later. His condition was Monda.v, .Mine 9th, has lM*en drawn by; !>rogram of interest lias been arranged the commissioners. The list is as fol low .s: Laurens township — P, E. Cannon. J. T. Anderson, B. M. Owings, ,1. W. Word, J. B. Ix'wis, J. S. Martin, E. T. and all who are to take part on the week’s program are former Thca-nwell orjihanage boys and girls. The school.s are dosing a succes.s- ful year’s work under tlje leadership Wardell, W. L. Stone, R. FL Thomp- j f»f Prof. B. S. Pinson. The graduating son, E. H. Shell, J. Earle Owings. i class is , composed of io members, Dials—C, M. Curry, Haskell Gray,'three boys and seven girl.s as follows: W. I). Owens, Zeb Vance, A. W. Bobo. Robert DeWese Lynn, .Milton Har- Waterloo—W. L. Terry, George C. said to have been serious Tuesday, but hooper, George W. Culbertson, Carl the following day it was announced at Gulbertson. John' Youngs — R. M. Parsons, Franks, C. W. Meintire. Sullivan—G. W. Washington, E. A. j Theresa Patrick Pitts, F. A. Boyster. Cross Hill— vey, Ansley Plumer Wilson, I.illian Lucile Hedden, Margaret Corrie Mc- Kain, Dorothy Norwood Whitlock, Elsie Barbara Painter, Margaret Mc- Quiston, Helen Irene Martin, Edith C., where funeral services took place D* R- Chapman. Rasor, Conway Sunday. Accompanying wer^ his wid- Hunter-J, J. Clark, B. F. Sample, ow, who was with him at death, andt*^* Wright, N. T. Holder, W. C. the Rev. and Mrs. H. B. Blakely of Baldwin, Geo. H. Ellis Staunton, Va. Mr. Blakely until re cently was a member of the faculty at Columbia seminary. Besides his widow, Dr.. Gillespie is < Scuffletown—0-. L. Hunter. The ca'se of the state against O.scar C. Batson of Greenville, charged with assault and battery,with intent to kill, Medora Browning Keeps On Winning surviv^ by two sons, Richard T., to come up at the June members of the graduating class at Presbyterian college, and Robert, a sophomore at the same institution; and one daughter, Mary Caroline, of De catur. His mother, Mrs. R, T. Gilles pie, Sr., who lives at Fort Benning, Ga., and three brothers and tv^o sis ters also are among the survivors. session, having been continued from the February term. Batson, it is al leged in the commitment Warrant, se verely punished his wife on the oc casion of a visit to her in this city last fall, striking her with a pistol and inflicting cuts and bru bes on ifer In the Cotton Co-op essay conte-t held in Laurens bViday morning, Miss Medora Browning of the Clinton high graduating class, won first place, and Nash Gray of Gray Court-OwingSi came second. Prizes to the winners of $15 and $10 were awarded. 'tiie money awarded was contributed by Watts mill, Laurens mill, Laurens O'l mill, Lydia mills. First National Bank of Clinton, The Commercial Bank of Clinton, and McDaniel Vulcanizing head and body which caused her to be ! ^®5.*** Miss Browning will represent Lau- Dr. Gillespie was a native of Tirzah,! ^*^®**^*^ ® hospital for several, : ,1, r ♦ • ♦ » - S. C.. and waa educated at Davidson, ■)«>">■ «'■>• Batson and her children I 7 college, N. C., and the seminary at home in Uurens with the ^''i' Decatur. He was recalled to serve his P-rents. tomorrow. She made a highly credit- Eugene Jobnson. Isaac McDonald Adair, Robert I Will it be one of gold or of God? He Brice Caldwell, Jr., Neil Pressley Clin-! discussed the lack of idealistic lead- ton, James Lafayette Cooper, Jr., Wil- i ers in the political life, the lack of liam Clay Dendy, Tully Gray Ellis, Carlyle Devon Floyd, William James Hazlewood, Kenneth Henderson, Ers- kine Lewis Jackson, Inglis McQueen Keels, Louis LeMaire Lesesne, John Wilber McQueen, Edgar Fleming Ma son, James Eldward Means, Jr,, James WiUiam Milam, Jr., James Frederick O’Daniel, Robert Ebrl Perry, Elliott Richard Rhodes, Charles Samuel Rig- vision in the educational realm, and admonished the young men that life is to be measured by vision and em phasis on iqiiritual things, declaring that the material vision and life will prove a useless farce. 'Rie vision of God was the rxU he set before his hearers, an opportunity to love, to dare and to do, to put Jesus first and jLContinued oo page fonr) ator, $600; for United States repre-' alma mater as president in 1925 after sentative, $300. { having held pastorates at Florence, ^ June term. S. C., and Louisville, Ky., his last Judge C. C. Featherstone will hold Lander Girl Wins $100 Prize charge before .becoming head of the| McMillan Quits seminary w^s the First church' at 1 »» 9 Louisville I Mayor’s Race able showing in the county meet an.i her friends will watch the Outcome of her effort F'riday with keen interest. Miss Lurene Yarborough, student at! Fashion Show Lander college, recently won the $100 gold piece offered by John Gary Ev ans for the best history essay. Miss Yarborough is a, niece of Mrs. C. D. Yarborough and Miss Lily Yarbor ough of this city. She formerly at tended the local high school and has many friends here who will be pleased to know of the handsome prize she has recently won by her meritoriill work. W. M. McMillan, candidate for may- approaching felection, with- At LyClia Mills! drew from the race Saturday night shortly after the final hour for filing A fashion show was held last Mon- ■ pledges. Mr. McMillan’s decision came day night at the Lydia Cotton Mills in which a number of people partici pated. Thirty-nine cotton dresses were exhibited, all made by citizens of the community from cloth manufactured by the mill. Prizes were awarded for the most original dress, the prettiest, and the best sewing displayed. as a complete surprise to the public since it was generally conceded that he would be a strong factor in the three-cornered contest. With his with drawal aiKl time for entries ex pired, there are only two aspirants for the office. Jack H. Young, the incum- :bent, and J. C. Cannon. Whitlock Enters Magristrate’s Race W. Hampton Whitlock tos.scs nis hat in the ring today as a candidate in the approaching election for mag istrate of Hunter township at Clinton. Mr. Whitlock has resided in Clinton for a number of years and has many friends who will he interested in his race. He is the second candidate to formally announce for this office, the incumbent, J. G. Pitts, having an nounced his candidacy for re-election several weeks ago. $