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.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.
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Croldville
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109
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Mountville
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Hopewell
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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.
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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
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