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$ «p • • If Tm DmH Rm4 THE CHRONICLE Too Doat Get Tke News • , ^ / V • QlJtp ©linton Ollirnntrk : THE CHRONICLE I • Strives To Be s Cless Nows- t paper, Complete, Newsf, : and Reliable : : .VOLUME XXX CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 28,1930 NUMBER 35 CITY SCHOOLS OPEN MONDAY Year's Work To Be Entered Up on With Larg^e Enrollment. Only Few Faculty Changes. Assifrnment of Teachers Made. FOR MAGISTRATE AT CLINTON MERCHANTS MEET ' DISTRICT MEET TO ORGANIZE i COM ES FRIDAY Clinton takes on new life next Mon day morning—fresh, vigorous, and hopeful, when IGOO children will re enter school after a three months va cation period. The buildings have been put in excellent condition during the summer and all plans finished for the formal opening. The faculties of the respective schools have been complet ed and few changes of the previous year have been made. Supt. Wither spoon stated yesterday that immedi ate attention will be given to class room work and the new term entered upon without delay as soon as ar rangements of schedule, registration and other details incident to the open ing can be dispensed with. . The complete eorps of teachers, to gether with their home addresses and the subjects they will teach, follows; Schohl W. R. .Anderson, Jr.. Clintpn, prin cipal. geography and chemistry. K. M. .Shannon, (.'linton, general sci ence. W. r.'james^ (Ireer, agric ulture. A. L. Duckett, Greenwood, history. Miss Ixjuise Tribble, .Anderson, bookkec'ping, stenography and typc‘- writifig. • Miss Olive Tuck, Spartanburg, Kng- lish. Miss .Azile Livingston, Prosperity, algetira. Miss Louise Sims, Waterloo, bi- dTogy. Miss Marie McLean, Aiken, Kng- lish. * Miss Ansie Kirven, Sumter, Eng lish and French. Miss Gladys StiVwell, Silverstreet, algebra, geometry and trigonometry. Miss Lily Mae Werts, Newberry, l.^atin. Miss Eunice Robertson, Liberty, home economics. Floma Street School M rs.- W. R. Andersgn, Jr., Clinton, principal and seventh grade. Miss Anha Bell Hudson, McColl, seventh grade. .Miss Margaret Xfc-Gord, Hodges, seventh grade. Miss Irene Workman, f'linton, sixth giade. I Mj-?§ Ji’»ul V’ane,»l:llj:ad, Graeiiviii^^ sixth grade. PRECINCTS >, .4-1 v. s < OO •M ■ £ a O c is Clinton City .76 639 ”"21 n5 Clinton Mill 189 125 33 89 Lydia Mill 101 92 6 35 Croldville 75 133 109 108 Mountville 5 42 29 28 Hopewell 13 48 31 8 Total '4.59 1071) 201 383 Ix>ral Busines.s and Professional Men Hear of Campaign of Indepen dents and .Adopt Program. Conference of Croup 4 To Be Held With Whitmire Presbyterians, .August 29th. COUNH RESULTS CALL FOR FOUR RUN-OVER CONTESTS Twenty of the leading independent i The Whitmire Presbyterian church icity met Monday night for the pur- . once of district four of the Woman’s Orphanage Schools Opened Yesterday 35 i pose of hearing the plan of .Assm-iated ^ independents outlined by T. P. Saf- j I fold, managing director for .Associated Independents. Elevefi prominent citi- jzens of Newberry came up to Clinton! and attended the meeting. Several oft it hem expressed their confidenc’e in the I I plan, and stated that while the plan i I had only begun to operate in New berry, they were sure that it had al-' •Auxiliary of South ("arolina presby- Races for House of Representatives and County Commissioners Decided. Second Races for Supervisor, Treasurer, Judi;e of Probate and Superintendent of Education. Pitts Re-elected Majn^trate Complete returns gathered early Tuesday night by The Chronicle, rc- Kollowing is the program: ' . 1'‘‘‘'’'‘‘I exciting^ races. In only two contests, that of house of repre- lOidO Hymn and devotional,^Rev. ; county commissioners, were nominations made. T. C. Bryari. \ "Die Run-Over Candidates 10:45- Wel. ome, Miss Julia Irby, i f(fi" .supervisor, John D. W. Watts, incumbent, and .1. Warren Rc'spon.'^e. Thorinvell .Memorial church, j ^ enter a .second race oul of a field of five candidates, the vote of 10;50-Message of .Secretary of j‘he two leaders being; Watts 2,551); Crane 2,228. .Spiritual Life, Mrs. John Odioriie. I ‘ho race for superintendent of education, .Mrs. .Arthur (iopeland of 11 :0b--.Miion Study, Mrs. ,1. N. this city, topped the ticket with Charles F. Brooks second, and thev will schools begun to produce de.sireil re- The Thornwell orphanage ^ opened their new 11)30-31 session yes-j terday with a full quota of teachers, j Hal Kohn of Newberry, explained only a few* changes in the faculty hav- j Newberry’s interest in having other ing been made snice last year. Lessons ; cities over the state adopt the plan by were assigned at the opening hour, | showing that each city that adopted books distributed, and regular class the program, not only benefitted itself, room work will start this morning. but added to the strength of the whole The schools are headed again by B. organization. Mr. Kohn then intro- S. Pinson as superintendent. The chil- iduced Mr. Saffold, who stated that in drew ef th«- matitwtUm-aHeir'be^g4^¥ Scattered on thgir summer vacations, ^®t>on is vitally interested iri the pn>- are all back as w'ell as the teachers I‘t*ction of home enterprise, and indi- and matrons, with indications point-jinitiative. He stated llmt Ibe > ing ahead to a successful year’s work. ' Pf^'^'crvaton of the independent busi- MemlxTs of the high school, gram-; *i‘*ss of the nation was not a matter mar and primary faculties are: B. S.' for the concern of the small corner Pinson, Miss (’arolina Mauldin, Miss ifcotery store alone, hut directly, or .Annuity Fund, Whitmire r. Margaret Clary, Miss Helen Porter, Miss Caroline Caldwell, Miss Ele.n’n r Keels, Miss l,,ena McIntyre. Mrs. B. S indirectly, affected ev(‘ry irulepembrnt, whether he he lawyer, doctor, hanker, wholesaler, newspaper boy, or boot- Pinson, .Miss Martha R» ed Todd, Mrs, black, anil that the slogan of the As- Mollie Donnan, Miss Nell Reardon, ><"‘’'»ited Independents, which i.s “In- .Miss Pearl Branyon, Miss Kate Lati- ‘b*pendents Patronize Independents,” .McCord, . 10:.'U)—.Ministers' .Mrs. Paul Mann. , 12:00- Special music, j church. j 12:05 - .Missionary address, Rev. W. G. Neville. Collection. 12:45—Lunch. 2:00—Hymn and devotional, Mrs. W. H. 4'arwile. Irt ■ erf^ 'VtTtrnir Vople’s Conference, Mrss Irene Hipp. 2:30 Report of 1‘resident, Mrs. Carl Brainlett. .‘'•.00 Birthday paKJy for 1051, Mrs. H. E. .Sturgeon. 3:1.5 Open discussion, Mrs. .A. < 'opeland. 1.00 Report of legist lation c mittee. .Adjournment with prayer. enter the second race. The vote stood: Mrs. Copeland 2,'.»0t); Brooks 2,175. In the treasurer’s race, I>. U. Simpson and Ross 1). A’oung, incumbent, will enter the second race. Their vote stood: Simpson 2,004; Young 2.571. C. A. Power lacked only a few votes of being nominated as jialge of pro bate on the first ballot over three. He will run over with his closest oppon ent, Otis P. Huff, their vote being: Power 3,053; Huff 1,003. House of Kepresenlatives In the ra<c for the house, with five candidates in the field. Huff, Bahb and MH'ravy were elected, with Parrott running fourth aind Gedeist fifth. The vote stoial: Huff 5,08.5; Babb 5,048; Met’ravy 4..5.50; Parrott 3,015; Gjjd- M. Ul mer, Miss tiaroline Young, Mias Verna Hill, Miss Frances Black. is u matter of vital importance to the country, MeSwain Speaks In Hendersonville R. W. Wade was elected chairman Four-H. Club Boys At ^1 w * ygf I ; The independent business and pro- ^lemSOn l.iasi ^CeKifessional men of Clinton who were i present voted unanimously to adopt C. B. Cannon carried thirty-nine 4-H club boys to Clemson college last Thursday for the summer encamp ment. Club boys were there from sov- the program of Associated Indepen dents if it were possible for them to secure a sufficient amount of support from their fellow independents and eral other counties, and the three days > townsmen, who were not iiresent at allotted the I^aurens group were j the meeting. greatly enjoyed. The boys and their Kohn invited the independents leader returned Saturday night, ' present, and any of the citizens of County Commissioners — W. H. Barksdale, incundient, and Lee Add Blakely of this city^ wen* nom inated on the first ballot in this race. The vote stie d: Barksdale f 4,008; Blakely 3,807. lInoppoM‘d Races .1. .1. Mv'Swain for congress, and .Sam R. Dorroli foi' audi’.or, wcic iinoj)- posisl. Magisirale at Clinton .lohn (Irfilin Pitts, incunrlHOit, was re-elected i.n the firs; hallol as magis trate over three opponents by a margin of 3<» votes. M. A. ('aninJii at .M »unt- vilel, was re-elected over his oppotierit, W. F. Lynch, the v.iic standing; Can non 1,101; l.yni h 702. The com| \ ;e tabulation for all offices, both county and sla’c, .will bo i found in today’s paper. Swimmingr Pool' Hendersonville, N. Aiig. 23. Crop diver.sif,cation to the extent of planting only one-half the normal acreage in cotton was advocated as the solution of the southern farm prohlem hy Congressman .1. .1. Mc- Swain, of Greenville, S. in an ad dress today before 200 members of the Kiwani.s cluhs of North and South Carolina gathered to formulate a dis trict-wide agricultural program. Frank Graham, president of the University of North Carolina, advo- to be their 1‘■**^**^ **‘ addre.ss Governor Gard- I’. C. Boys (k) To Camp Perry Three P. C. boys, W, A. Weathers, H. W. Davis and W. M. Gosnell, all of L;iurens county, left last Friday foi Camp Perry, Ohio, where they will participate in the national rifle match- MeSween Speaks At Scuffletown i)r. John MeSween, prt.'-iilcnt of I’re.s'hyterian college, was the nrinci- ! l)al speaker last Wednes(la\ at the an- jnual reunion of the siirvivoi's of Com- I pany F. 14th .South Car'dina regi",'.ent. I Clinton who care to come, .. ^ -‘guests at Dm Newberry m ^ J {dependent.s’ party, to be held at the ;‘**^**'n*‘ l><?coming too localized 10 Ke U/lOSeCi i school auditorium in Newberry on Fri-j self-.sufficient, night, at 8:30 o’clock. There will e.s i ‘lay expert riflemen from every state in the Union, as well as teams from the The college swimming pool will close ! Im? a program of music and entertain-1 c»evi ni^-iiv< piizi sjairny, nayv, marine corps^^ jioluge the-puWie on .Saturday, ft was aTi^ 'fnfnt. al the close hf wBcKTTaud N,! nounced yesterday. Beginning Sep-1 Sapp, attorney and president of the M:.ss Hoy Owings, Gray ( ourt, fifth I tember Ifith, it will be re-opened to j Associated Independents of Columbia,*"^ atteni t is nu eting, ^^,'\o prize |the Clinton public on Tuesday andiwill make a twenty-minute talk on held at the Lang.^tnn Baptist church. They go as members of the South Scuffletown timn.diip near hero. Carolina civilian rifle team. : ». i, , I Atesugff M. Hanna, of < ross Hill, The -national rtfle matches rre enn^, {he only survivor of the Laurens <lucted annually and bring together I (’onfeilernte w ar company i.-i chairman reunion or- Boozer, Newberry, •Miss Benita fourth grade. Miss Agnes Davis, Clinton, fourth grade. Miss Nancy Owens, Clinton, third grade. M iss Ina Curry, Simpsonville, sec ond grade. Miss Lillian Brown, 'Belton, firat grade. Academy Street School Miss Alline Newsom, Hartsville, principal and fifth grade. Mrs. Teague Harris, Clinton, fourth grade. Mrs. Hugh B. Workman, Clinton, fourth grade. ■Mrs. J. Gary Martin, Clinton, third grade. Miss Martha Davidson, Clinton, third grade. Miss Lucy Burns, Sumter, second grade. Miss Ruby Carter, Fountain Inn, second grade. Friday of each week. ■Why Independent, .Should Patroniee i “j I!’'"'-'" attend this meeting, \No will have a value of less than one dol- ilf^be valued as high as five dollirs or hiore. This is the first time that P. ha.s lieen represented at these matches ■ participated in by mrany colleges. present for the day. He of the Langston church ganizalHm,- and raretr' meeting. The reunion occasion Wed nesday brought together a large gath ering of people of this seetion, and af ter the exercises of the day, a picnic dinner was serv^ed. grade. Mrs. John W. Little, Clinton, first grade. Mrs. L. *B. Dillard, Clinton, first grade.' , , . Prondence School Mrs. H. .A. Copeland, Clinton, prin cipal and fifth grade. Miss Margaret Blakely, Clinton fourth grade. Mis.s Melda von Hollen, Clinton, third grade. Mrs, W. H. Simp.sgp, Clinton, sec ond grade. Mrs. S. W. .Sumcrel, tSinton, first grade. Public Schmd .Music Miss Collette Griffin, Clinton. T’ne as.sijnment of teachers in the three elementary si hool buildings is subject to change in conformity with the enrollments, it.is stated by the trustees an4 superintendent. Jones Elected By Big Majority Columbia, Aug. 27.—On the basis of complete returns from Lexington county early today, C. E. Jones, chair man of the state highway commission, was assured a place on that county’s delegation to the house of represen tatives. His total of 3,753 was nearly a thousand larger than either of two oppnpents. La lurens Representat County C lem Trea locratic Primary Election, August 26, 1930 County Ticket - - ' . 1 1 i PRECINCTS 1 1 Con. House of ves ' Aud itor JC o ' k, o Q oi w ?urer Kupt. Education Probate Judge Supervisor *4* m iS. -J d- •-? (’ounty CominissioncM’ c '5 w c.^ s •-> *r» Xi < < u.* s S d ' '.a CL. > s bi M ■ C «« u U. 1 o u U 1 •g CL. .a ’c a OQ k 3 (i. to 3 a ca QQ ■o k o S-l c .3 K V Oi c o m a B OT d d u c 3 O >• d i w w o etc § u PD d w oe JC U ct 1 0 k. 3 x: ' t < n *- ■4-) JC U P /bC J > • CQ U 0 x> x>. c 0 *J 0) 3 0 X H VH P X U) •*-» 0 04 > 0 CL, ni 0 c 0 w u c IS 1/1 ca W 5^ "o CQ X 6 V 0 Of c 2 u c u 9$ c u 4-4 X Pi .< 1 E 1 « JC c >. eg k H d N 0; n -0 1 jji u ct OQ 1 • X is t i ”3 eg ; 5 ■v T3 c 0; 1/ J U 0 c ? i 0; 0 .2 'T’ 1 < c -A ~0 d Op P - Clinton City 946 616 385] 558 379) 776 ) 938) 338) 261 212) 360 1 135) 713 90 88 173) 5‘J2) 84)1 •22) 302 150) 25) 426 425 ' 762 225 233 120 Clinton Mill 460 i 79| 361 397 267) 233)1 463|| 43 64 169) 174 ) 99 ' 234 119, 1 10) 275) 156) 9]] 3 355) 5 Ol 90 1 801 315 266 - 110 91 1 Lydia Mill 239| 511 166 181 143 160)] 239)1 9 19) 50) 1^7)1 83) 117) 37i 1 4 72 153 _ H|| 4 164 26 101 27 ' 67, 170 128 61 2:» 1 GoldviMe 452 1 217) 221 326 1 314 210) 452 1 27) 84 113 227 160 ' 202 87'] 36) 165 1 207j 44 j 5] 260 39 5. 133 ) 151 320 90 164 108 Laurens City 1206 1057) 208 1058) 758) 454)1 1183 1 93 108 597) 406 371 1 392 431)1 7U 425 584 114) 35) 144) 169| 167) 666 1 « 690 416 344 .534. 271 Laurens Mill 351 || 2261 148) 302) 237) 100)) 351 1 14 25 245| 67^ 141 102 103 ! 33) 148 131 351) 6 108 81 90' 60 1 121 126 2(»9 90 119 Watts Mill 573'f 321 1 319 503 342! 178;) 461)1 53 98) 350) 67 V 187) 159) 220! 1 23) 201 221 ' 74;) 11 297 86 77) 88' i 186 240 461 8H 99 Gray Court 258 1 197 53 212 180 120 i 258: 1 14 14 172) 55 1 113) 70 73)1 146 ; 40 32) 20)1 0 r24 166 23) 41' 1 218 84 95, 80 29 ‘ ’Cross Hlil . . . ,..302 1 233 2231 -213^ 442) j '-308!f' ,:149i 35)7 12, 109 ] 127) 14ft '•--^32ti'— 6 , - 37 253 < 10) j ■ ' .Tft' oi 33' 176 8|: 109 56 Hickory Tavern 167 ) 131 86 94 146 '38 167; 1 16 261 87) 37)1 70 S3 62 1 25 42 55 43 , 18 31) 39 5' 721' 102 63 25 52 36 Waterloo 99 81 38) 84 51 42)1 96 5 89 j 3| 2 1 42 19 38 1 2 10) 62 25) 9 12) 14! 12i .57) 74) 67 15 23 17 Owings 153 1 102) 53 113 104 80)) 153)) 18 15) 28) 90 i 57 74 22 1 28) 8 112 3 0, 22! 87. 6' 35 140 82 9 59 8 Woodville 234 ' 1971 134 106 140 116)1 234i ■ 39 29) 92 73 i i 135 19 80 63| 19 97 55' 16) 51! 114) 7| 37) i 176 147 44 69 14 Ora 63, i 48 14 55 44 28! 1 63' 9, 5: 36' 13i 1 26 30 7 7 26 27 3; 2’ 0 38| 5, 171 50) 25 39 7 !■ ! Mountville 117 85 24 85 67 75 i 116)1 50 21 10 36 ! 56 44 14 3 181 69 26 4 13 411 5 53, 64 78 19 .50 15 Lanford 69 , 62> 1)1 65) 52) 20 69; 9i 5 251 30 26 14i 29; 9 7 47 6 1 2 41 4 21 561 12 20 > I n Princeton 60 ! 47 24 52 27 31 i 60: 2 10 29 19 26 9 25 9( 17 13 20 3 14( 9 12 22) 37 19 17 • )•» 18 1 [.Ukngston 30 13 33 27 17) 41 4 2 20 15 17 13: 11 1 11 19 10 9 2 11 5 13 21 2-1 3 1 Dials 1 85 61 36 50 70 ■ 36 j 82 0 1 46| 38 59 12 13 17 20 28' 20 •1' 18) 28 4 30 65 34 21 ;:■! 13 1 Poplar Spring.s ' 149 116 44 130 82 69 149 9 34 487 61 82 29 40 4 21 40 80 10 12' 21 28 74 108 6(( IS S ' ' 16 Gray’s .Store i 62 40 13 49' 32| 40 62; 6 7 21 24 9 42 6 3 17 29, !♦ 1 16) 12 0 29 45 13 31 / 2. 3 .Mount Pleasant 67 41 32 45 47 1^^ ] 67 7 38 11 11 14 30 0 6 13; 48' I! />! 26 2 32 48! •10 ly 2t'v 15 Cook’s Store 132 99 53 47 118j 64 132 6 9 90 24 70 63 27 13 2-1 89 2 0 61 39i 7 2.‘1 97 43 '7' 6'i Mount Olive i . 41 37 45 47; 1<? 67 7 38' 111 11 23 14 30 0 6 13 18 1 5 26 2 32 •18: 23 As 23 15 Jones Store i 10') 88 51 130 109 65 129 5 2 36 106 52 55” 44 4 10 129 4 0 F‘i*' — M 108 78 28 T' 20 Hopewell • Tii 65 5 59 31 61 75 2S 2 7 38 23 46 6 1 K 56 MO' 2 « 3 4 t 60 40 68 5 — 4 Daniels’ Store ' 69 60 19 48 17 24 69 14 15 13 27 15 1 dIf 0 r» 20 4 > 1 2-^ 43 1 19, 37 **-■ 13 ti Barksdale-Narnie 92 71 13 61 42 56 86 4 2 06 20 21 12 58 .] J 17 4 7 20 1 6 5 68 12 60 .37 1.5 e • »'i 1 Stewart’s Store ’ 124 81 6.» 74 97 50 124 9 44 62 30 59 34 19 11 70 24 0 75 39 3 6 78 74 40 23 21 Renno L 109 95 49 55 43 90 no 6 *> 14 85 21 54 32 .3 .21 fjOr. . ■' 78 6 0 29 13 4 68 58, 80 20 37 IG Mema 46 36 15 32 27 2-, 46 6 .5 17 18 30 9 1 10 9 26 1 1 9; 3 4 29, 28 29 1 31 3 Ekom 126 i 95 76: 94 85 31,j 126 3 39 57 26 34 37 53 0 25 20 7711 7 . 1 1) 39 1 75, 91 39 27 82 .8 Tip Top 46! 27 . 16, 42 35i 20 47 0 44t 0; 3i 18 6 23 0 6 10 30) 0 5 81 3, 30, - 14 w. ... 4, 24 11 Trinity-Ridge 76 58 12) 69) 59) 28, 75 13 ■ 4) 36 22 29 26: 26 4 12 47) ll'i 13 8i 8| 9 36) 53) 20 16 59 4 Shiloh 6911 57 24) 61| 39f 28, 69 3, 9; 40 18) 24 9 36 6 20' 23, 19,. 3 6; 26 23) 17) 47 27 26 •28; 7 Pleasant Mound 59. '41| 18! • 52] 39) 24 i 59,i 10 3| SO) 15) 21 6 33 L 22, 18, ■ 12 9, 4| 49, 0| 51 40 18 36! 18, 0 Youngs 134 102) 74) 110) 66t 501 134, 21 57) Mil 59 31, 44 16 35 64) 2i IL 124 IL- 102) 37) 50! 66, 9 7486|| 6048! 8008) 6686) 4669) 361&i| 73531) 1048, ^ • 940; 2904, 2574)1 2475 2909 2063|i 687) 19‘J3, 3653) 1078) 194 ) 2228) 1712) 677) 2559|i 4006) 3897) 2550; 2584, 1257 The State Ticket for County Will Be Found On Page Two. 'lftai7i tir" ' \ iiViaLif •5V ■ > 4..i ^ " {