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* I I I • '" ’ ’ * • •• •• "^ "^ r f If Tm D«i*t Read w THB CHRONICLI Tm Dmt Get The News •••«••«• Site OUttentt Olljrntttrlf THB CHRONICLB • StrlTM To Be Veper, Coai|Hete, Newtj, and ReUaMe ! VOLUME XXX CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,1930 NUMBER 37 COLLEGE OPENS ^ NEW SESSION s *Treshi9an Week** Activities Inaugurate Year’s Work With Good Enrollment. Faci^y for Sesskm Announced. “Freshman week” at Presbyterian coUefce got under way Tuesday and yesterday as the fiftieth year’s work of the institution was ^eptered upon. The matriculation of the first year men was in progrress all through the day with the enrollment yet incom plete. Several of the old students, mem bers of the Y. M. C. A. and sturent council, arrived early in the week to assist the college authorities in ex tending the “glad hand” to the new students and assisting in adapting them to their new environment. The upper-classmen will report today and regular class room work is expected to begin as soon as the matriculation and other details are completed. Frealimaa Sckedale Tuesday and yesterday were given over to the new students. The pro^ gram to be,carried out for the orien tation peripd Mtefrsr ^ ; Jy Tuesday Coimty Voted lii Second Primary PRECINCTS, State'^Ticket Senate es 01 s u 'o D 0« c >, CQ BO 01 s M Governor X3 o o 0) e c , c n u € j: o *-9 Q c O County Ticket Treasurer c o M a E be c 3 O 05 06 C « w o 06 Supt. Education K o E QQ (ft 4 X U •? es i c U 3 X t t Probate Judire 3 K [Supervisor O' o Cu V c (0 u U 0 c 0I t CO Q Clinton CUy Clinton Mill Lydia Mill Goldvrllc Laurens City Laurens Mill Watts Mill Gray Court Cross Hill Hickory Tavern Waterloo 1 to 6 p. m.—Business manager’s of. fice, Addministration building. As signment of rooms. 6:30 p. m.—Judd,hall: supper. 7:30 p. m.—Collejre chapel: 1. Welcome addresses from Rotary, Kiwants'and Chamiber of Commerce of the city of Clinton. 2. Address: President MeSween. W’edneaday 7:30 a. m.—Judd hall: breakfast. 8:45 a. m.-—College chapel: 1. J)evotional exercises. 2. Introduction of faculty. 3. Introduction of Clinton ministers: Rev. Edward Long, Baptist; Rev. 0. M. Abney, Methodist; Rev. Bynum Betts, A. R. P.; Rev. L. Ross Lynn, D. D., Thomwell Memorial Preabyte- rian; Rev, D. J. Woods, D. D., First Presbyterian. 9:30 a. m.—Class rooms: Adminis tration building: Psychological tests. 1:00 p. m.—Judd hall, dinner. 2:00 p. m.—College chapel: 1. The Freshman Curriculum, Dean M. W. Brown. 2. Instructions for registering. 2:30-6:00 p, m.—Class rooms: Con-| ferences with faculty and registration. 0:30 p. m.—Judd hall: Supper. 7:30 p. m.—College chapel, Admin- ijrtratfcn .httildinitt by college q(Uartette. Yells and songs led by col lege cheer leaders. Short talks by Couches Walter Johnson and L. S. Mc- .Milhan. Thurtiday 7:30 a. m.—Judd hall: Breakfast. 8:45 a. m.—College chapel: Devo tional exercises.,, 9:00 a. m.—Group conferences with student council officers. 9:30 a. m.—Class rooms: Meeting of class sections. 10:30 %i. m.—Leroy Springs gym nasium: Measurement for uniform, physical examination, purchase of books. 1:00 p. m.—Judd hall: Dinner. 2:00 p. m.—Group conferences with* faculty advisers. 3:00 p. m.—Auto ride and visit to Lakeside country club. Friday 7:30 a^im.—Judd hall: Breakfast. 8KK) a. m.—Drill period. 8:45 a. m.—Chapel. 9:00 a. m.-12:40-^lasses, 1:00 p. m.—Dinner. 1:30-4:15 p. m.—Classes. 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YounR Goes Dimn In Defeat After Twenty Years of Ser vice. Power Easily Wins Judge of Probate Office. Brooks De feats Mrs. Co|>eland. Watts Re-elected Supervisor By Small Margin. Blease and Johnston Gel Big Majorities. The four run-over county races in Tuesday’s primary were decided shortly after the returns began to be received, the winners obtaining an early lead vThich they held until the tabulation was completed. The'Treasurer’s Race In the treasufer’s race, Ross D. Young, incumbent, was defeated by [). Roy Simpson. The vote stood: Young 3,521, Simpson 4,065. Supervisor , 'The race for .supervi.sor proved the closest and most exciting contest in the county. John D. W. Watts, incumbent, won over his opponent, J. Warren Crane of this city, by a margin of 274 votes, the count standing: WatU 8,918, Crane 3,644. Judge of Probate A decisive majority was given C. A. Power in this race over his opponent. Otis P. Huff. The vote .stood: Power 4,939, Huff 2,521. Superintendent of Education Considerable local interest was centered in this race iif which Mrs. Ar‘hur Copeland of this city, led in the first primary. Mrs. Copeland was defeated by her opponent, Chas. F. Brooks, the vqte sUnding: Mrs. Copeland 3,417, Brooks 4,132. The State Contests e- , In the race for governor, Olin D. Johnston carried LaurenSj county by a big margin of 2,300.votes, the tabulation+standing: Johnstori 4,962, Black wood 2,662. ' , J ^ In the race for United States senate, the-county easily swung into the Blea.se column by a majority of 1,205. The vole stood: Blease 4,404, Byrnes 3,199. The complete tabulation for all offices, both county and state, will be found in today’s paper. BLACKWOOD AND BYRNES WIN ' IN GOVERNOR-SENATE RACES With AlmoMt Complete Returns, Blackwood Has I.,ead of Over Tho^and Voles and Byrnes Six Thousand. Two of Closest Races In State’s History. STONE PLACED IN NEW BUILDING FALLING PRICES SCHOOLS OPEN Cornerstone Exercises Held By Firsi I'resbyterian Congregation. In- ferenllng Addresses-Heard. A large representation of the Firs' Presbyterian church congregation an other interested friends in the city, gathered Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock for the cornerstone exercises] of the handsome new.church edifice now under construction on East Caro lina avenue. Dr. D. J. .Woods, pastor of the church, presided, and the congregation united in responsive readings and in the singing of .several well known hymns. There were three addresses on the program in addition to the part taken in the exercises by Dr. L. Ross Lynn, president of Thomwell orphanage, and Dr. John MeSween, president of Pres-j byterian college. The first address was delivered b: Rev. J. F. Jacobs on “Mercer SiL Bailey,” for 43 years an elder of thi church and in whose memory the Sun day school is being erected. Dr. D. M. Douglas, president of thi University of South Carolina and for mer head of the Presbyterian collegi of this city, delivered an interesti: jO J9pU9ja()^ *' . mt of •U3 pjBOt^V fjnAi UaOA OX SDU diOHo uotduist(3 4^*- ‘<l«lan^ ».Rjo«o 'us|ug| 'a"4Sonwj'“VW''ev’''o j ■■■ ' u -JejioS poo» V S{ eq )nq X iraqxooj JO 4iJ»u j 40U PIP tUVUIOH ou Ibra C. Blackwood of Spartanburg, won tte mary in the governor’s race over his opj same city. As The Chronicle went to press Blackwood 118,240; Johnston Blackwood therefore had.4|i^ ^ missing boxes—3 in LexyMfP^ I ] leton and 2 in n ^ peeled to materii ‘ ' ^ ' him the gove: esday’s pri- 'n, of the '<all 1, aiq uo jaAsid ii6q;ooj poiro •W 'V aeuiy ,.01^^03.. *noxt; ;>r- eq) JO uoa ‘oSsoiqo jo sd’uiy G . uqof iwio^tip XesJOf oqx Joj' wJuiAwi-qnp V 'CJCI -1 •r»i AoppJoap ofoqM ‘qxicg i luotdcBwqo jnoxwBis KJ LOt-ALi O 1 XJM^Max ^ JI OFF TO COLLEGE ill- !h« laacMaiiad xtomaHT ’annuHajuiia ^address on “Rev. William Plumer Ji 8:00 p. m.—-Resident’s h<^me: Re-Uobs, D.D., LL,D.” first pastor of tl ceptioj by Y. w. C. A. and College! Church andTin whose memory the ai Dames in honor of new students. \ ditorium is bein|; erected. Faculty for Year ( “A Brief History of the First PreL *rhe faculty for the year is now qom-^byierian Church’l was_given by Dr. plete and is as follc<'Ars: Dudley Jones of the Presbyterian col- President—Dr. John MoSween. lege faculty, former pastor of the Vice-President and Professor of churchy and successor to the late Dr. Greek and French—Dr. A. E. Spencer. Jacobs. Professor of Mathematics—Prof. A, The laying of the corner-stone was V. Martin. ^ a most interesting part of the exer- Profesaor of Latin and German—; cises. The box was officially placed Prof. Bothwell Graham, Jr. i in the beautiful g^ranite structure by Professor of English — Dr. M. G. Misses F'rances and Florence Bailey Woodworth. | of Augusta, great-granddau|?hter8 of Professor of Bible and Religion— j the late Dr. W. P. Jacobs and .M, S. Dr. D. J. Brimm. Bailey. It bears the inscription, “Re- Professor of Economics and Soci- erected Sept. 9, 1930,” and just under- (Continued on page four) GOING AWAY TO COLLEGE If you want the Clinton nows —have THE CHRO.MCLE fol low you. Its weekly visits will be “like a letter from home.” Special student’s and teacher’s •ate of 11.00 for nine morths. List your subscription today. * THE CHRONICLE **TIm Paper BveryMy Reads’* neath it another stone was placed, carved from the granite of the old building, with this wording, “Erected in mem9ry of Rev. William Plumer Jacobs,. D.D,, LL.D., First Pastor of This tihurch,” Many preserved contents from the old cornertone laid May 28th, 1901, were redeposited in the stone Tuesday as follows: The Holy Bible, Manual First Pres byterian church 1897, Manual First Presbyterian church 1900, Confession of Faith Presbyterian Church, S. of America, program cornerstone cer emony,' 'May 28, 1901, Bible for the World’, 1900-101, minutes Enoree Pres bytery, 1900-1901, The Clinton Chron- (CootimMd M pat* f«vr) Texas, he “stated, it is reported the as-^ sociation is getting around 20 per rent this year, as compared to about 10 per cent in previous years, and increases are reported from other states In the belt. He anticipates a big inciease in South Carolina, whose crop'has hard ly started to moving yet. Mr. Harris pointed out that farm- I ers may pledge only one crop by ex ercising their withdrawal privileges. Any one interested in markef-ng their .crop through the co-op may get in I touch with Mr. Harris throurch the | county agent or addre.ss hun at flin-1 , ton. Fifth v^ade TouT. Providence School First grade Second grade Third grade Fourth grade . Fifth grade Total Special Services At Bethany Special prea< hing services will be j held at Bethany Presbyterian church ; beginning Sunday, Sept. 14. j Services will be conducted Sunday j morning at 11 o’clock by Rev. M. G. Woodworth, and Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at 7:46 by Rev. S. P. Bowles of the Thomwell orphanage.' public is very cordially invited to fthese ser vices. COLORED SCHOOLS Hell Street School Thirst grade Second grade Third grade Fourth grade y Fifth grade ... Sixth grade Seventh grade . F.ighth grade . .Ninth grade .... Tenth grade . Eleventh grade Total Bethel School First grade .... Second grade Third grade Fourth grade Fifth e-ade 51 31 33 29! 37 20 28 35 1 23 12' 17 316 Large Contingent of (Tinton Hoys and Girlo liCaving for VariouK Inati- Uitioni* of State. Approximately fifty boys and girls from Clinton and this community will be in college this fall. This list in cludes students who were previously matriculated in the state’s colleges, besides a number who are entering col lege for the first time. Many of the itudents have already left for their work, while the others will leave with in the next few days. Their names, to gether with the colleges they will at tend, follows: Columbia College Sara Buford, Elizabeth Speake. Gunaton Hall, Washington Florence Bailey. Converse Medora Browning, Almena Milling. l..ander Clajra Bobo. University fo S. C. Agnes Shealy, Isabel Wither.spoon, Willie Rudd Puller, Elmore Mar^, Edward Martin. ” __ Erskine .... ... Georgie B. Blakely. Clemson Bobby Steer, Joe Workman. Queens-Chicora Margaret Jones, Katharine Jones, Dorothy Wilson, Fredna Shockley, Betty Woodworth, Alice Benjamin. Greenville Womans College Mary Ellen Workman, Alluwee .\eighhor.s, Flmma Little. Charleston Medi<'al College Odetta Mauney, Robert Jeanes, Winthrop Hazel Boland, Ruth TmJd, .Mary Black, Helen Milam, Janella Boland, Katherine F'uller, Elizabeth Shealy, Janet Leake, .Jeanette I'rawfonl, Eva Dominick, Roberta and I’at.sy I’eay, Sarah Copeland, F'.l.sie fatlle, Ella Lit tle .McCrary, Grace Davis. GET LEtJACIES Thomwell Orphanage and Presbyte rian College Receive $f,f8€ Each FVom Means Estate. The Thomwell orphanage and Pres byterian college of this city, were named as beneficiaries in the will of the late J, Hugh Means of Moore, near Spartanburg, which was filed last FVi- <lay. Mr. Means was one of the promi nent farmers of his section and one of its largest land-owners. The Naza reth church near the Means planta tion, of which the decea.sed had long been a member, and the two Presby terian institutions located here, will receive $1,000 each under the terms of the wiM. The residuary estate, val ued at $35,000, is to V)e divided among hrs brothers and sisters, the former being named as executors. Mr. Means for a long period of years had been a devoted friend and liberal contri'butor to the orphanage. Clinton High Opens Football Season New Course At High School Toti^* In the new* commercial department added to the high school this session, fifty-one students have enrolled, twelve of whom are not regular pu pils. Miss Louise Tribble is the teach er and begins the year with an unus ually large class. Clinton high school opened its foot ball sea.son Wednesday, Sept. 3, when twenty-three boys reported for prac- j tice. A few more are expected to be I out in a few days. Coach .Shannon ha.s j been getting his men into shape for the first game on SepteiiYber 27. I Jeff Boland was eb'cb'd manager, 1 .No captain has yet been elected. ; Six letter men were Iji.'^t by giadu- iation; I’itt.s, Davis.Ott, Lawson, .Mc- ! Eadden and Wingo. .All these hoys i played regular and their absence will ■ he gri'atly fell, although new men are ' fast filling their pl.aces. The following 'letter and experienced player.s are hack in the line: M'Daniel, Hart, Ross, Nelson, Addison and F'rank.s. La.'t year’s player to r<'])ort for backfield position? are Ada'r, Boland, Cooper and Bailey. I’-xaerienced re- 1 .-ei ves looking for action this year are Williams, Pitts and Knox. .New men j to report are: R. Pitts, Oxley, Wither spoon. Hitt, Giles, Painter, Jeanes and Johnson. I Miss F71izabeth Chaney and Mrs. VVilliam Chaney spent the week-end ■ with the latter’s parents at Lanford J Station. "i