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V* { THE CHRONICLE f • StriTM T« Be m Cleea News-1 I paper, Coaplete, Newer. | •ad Rdiable. • VOLUME XXX CUNTON, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1930 TAX MEETING HELDlNCmr NEW MINISTER GIVEN WELCOME Namber of Citizens Gather for Conference On State. County. City and School Taxes and Adopt. Resolutions Seeking Reduction In Expenses; Union Service Held By Churches of aty In Honor of the Rev. H. O. Chambers At North Broad. THE EMPTY STOCKING Fifty citisens of the town gathered in the Masonic Temple building Tues day night in response to a recent pub lished call bearing twentV-two signa tures for the purpose of considering the possibilities of reduction in taxes for city, county, state and school pur poses. The meeting was called to order by J. F. Jacobs, Sr., who nominated R. L. Bailey for chairman. Mr. Bailey de clined to serve, after which Mr. Ja cobs noihinated H. Simpson and he was elected. Mrs. Arthur Copeland was named as secretary. •Hie chairman then asked that some .janft.,zute. thf i>unwKL.ftl tJbift jpedanE that the object was to hold a confer ence on the ailbiect of taxation in the hope of bringing about a reduction. He further stated that he had pre pared and wished to present a pre- amble and resolutions for considera tion, in order to get a discussion be fore the house as a basis to work up on and to gain, desired information. He moved that his paper be taken up section by section for consideration, and the motion was adopted. The first section of the resolutions following the preamble, pertained to the mayor and city council and asked that the city officials take steps to reduce the operating expenses of the city to a minimum, while the latter part of the motion requested the sub- miMton to the people by the city gev- erament of the question of funding the floating debt of the city in order to reduce interest, at the same time sub mitting to the people. in referendum an ordinance prohibiting the spending of any funds in excess of the normal income of the city. .After a discussion of city affairs by Mayor Young, R. W. Wade, city attorney, and W. W. 'Harris, member of council, Mr. Jacobs withdrew his motion as to the lalter section and it was stricken from the reeokition. The section of the resolutions per taining to the members of the school board in Hunter District No. 5 and asking that taxes be lowered even if it means elimination of certain cour.ses added within the past few years, evoked considerable discussion. Mr. Jacobs moved the adoption ^ of that Clinton extended the gla|^ hand of welcome Sunday evening to the Rev. H. 0. Chambers, recently appointed to the pastorate of North Broad Street Methodist church of this city. The oc casion was a union welcome service held in the Methodist church and at tended by a congregation that taxed the full seating capacity of the audi torium and Sunday school depart-! ment. The pastors of the city were! seated on the rostrum and the special musical program was a pleasing fea ture of the service. The Rev. Edward Long, pastor of the First Baptist church and the old est minister in the city in point of service, presided. The opening prayer was offered by Dr. D. J. Woods of the First Presbyterian church. Mr. Long spoke of the fraternal feeling that ex; irti among tht loc«j daiomimitions. a?'.'TS5S"t55flnwrTnr?ig? mmfKicK iKn&vTT. BySuS mi of the A. R. P. church, was called up on to Wing cordial words of welcome in behalf of the ministerial union to the new pastor in whose honor the service was held. Mr. Betts spoke in behalf of the ministers and churches, and pledged to Mr. Chambers their unhampered, whole-hearted co-opera tion, and invoked Divine guidance up on the new pastor as he enters upon his work here. In a few well chosen and appropri ate woixls, Mr. Chambers responded to the warm welcome he received and feelingly expressed his appreciation of the fine fraternal spirit he had found in Clinton. He likewise pledged his cooperation and help in advancing^ the work of the Kingdom in this com munity. After expressing his appre ciation of the tbrdial welcome he had received, Mr. Chambers announced his text from the 4th chapter' of I John, the Rth verse: "In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that, we might live through him." He stated that th€ thought brought out in the verse is the sovereign love of God manifested by the coming Into the world of His Son Jesus Christ; a further manifestation of that love by the remaining here on earth of Christ to set up certain prin ciples and to res’eal God’s plan of .sal- * Laurens, Dec. 14.—Charles C. Rasor came to his death by pistol wounds from a pistol found on person of John W. Ropp from which all cartridges had been fired was the verdict of a jury at the inquest today in connei-- tion with the death Saturday night at Cross Hill of Charlie Rasor, 3.3, who.se body was found in a car on the streets of the town shortly after 7 o’clock. Ropp, who is chaTired with homicide, was transferred to the county jail this afternoon.from the I^aurens city •jail, to which he was committ.eed last night. He is 55 and is a well known commercial traveling man. His home is on. the same street on which the Rasor family lives. 0. L. l..ong, attorney for Ropp, ha.s HELI» THE COMMUNITY’S EMI>TY STOCKING FUND There are a number of children inidestitute families on the list fn whi.hibuto<l to this fund—rwoii’t you do so— will wake on it is hojied to carry Santa Claus and and do it real quick? Gifts of money, the heartbreak- happiness on Christmas morning into i be anurcciated and are badly need'r this community who Christmas morning to the heartbreak- happiness on Christmas rhoming into i be a{)|)rcciated ing tragedy of childhood—The Empty the lives of the.se little boys and girls ed who will not know it is Christmas un ices the heart of the community re-^ sponds. Mr.s. Galloway hopes to ro- ^ „ 1M u- . icoive additional contributions withm The Empty Stocking Fund,’ which',. , - , j .v . , . j V u tir • itht* next few days in order that n.;no Stocking—unless there is a response! to the appeal that has already been ' made and is again repeated today. indicated he w'ill apply fo? bail for his client. 'The iKxIy of Rasor was in R vpp’s car, which, according to testimony of witnesses, had been driven out of the back yard of the Rojip home to the side of the street a short distance from the house. He had been shot in the left temple, left and right sides of the body and in the left hand, testbfietl Dr. C. B. Mills. .Ml wounds showed powder burns, it is said. Rasor sat under th^ steering wheel, ami the window at his side had been .shattered by a bullet, it was pointed out by of ficers to reporters after the inquest. Officers found whiskey in the car and there was testimony that there had been drinking at the Ropp home during the evening, it is said. Mm. Ropp and other members (»f the fam ily were ab.sent. A. F,. Hitt, who had been at the Ropp home about 6 o’clock, had left only Ropp and Rasdr at the hou.se and did not know of th-.» "The Empty Stocking Fund’’ needs| shooting until some time after T. It money. How can the commuity turn; if faid that Ropp and Rasor wen* irj is being sponsored by the Woman’s a deaf ear to this appeal? Your gifts,! a friemlly mood, and had m. words or large or small, will help make some | while the witno.i w:u Relief club committee of which Mrs., Clarence Galloway is the chairman,' was started fqr just one purpose—to jof the poor and needy may Ih> nej<-i or girl sj end n happy and glad there, it was testifie<l. Rasor was >i-- ting in the car and Ropp on the liiioi Christmas. . , l l I porx’h of the home when the Here is an opportunity for you toj Humanity calls. Study Hhe uccom-i place, he sa'<l. inv unH hnnnin..s» ini,. tV... livp, thelimiiying picture. You have a com-. , ^ (Juthric. railroad agent, ^ ^ PP • s spirit of (’hiistmus. You can doifoi .■ible honje, well prepared meahs, ■ |{„pp (.;,,nc to his house and s by a small contribution to a<-ian automobile and money to spend, a |,.,,orteii he had ‘Shot two men’’ ar t vation; and l.atly,-of Hia witlirwocaa and heart, of the eommunity'. poor.|,^.^ ,„„,rihution to oalomohile ami money to spend, „ h, to go to Cidvary tojhe fwj»«nkmd.|A earefal mveat.«atnm by a .hlldien toj wanted Cntinie-to .■ Jesus came, he stayed, he died, to save I tee of several intere.sted citizens has' ^ r ' mui/.. lif,. vL-hil,. Pui u/tmt t-i. ♦ i ‘V,, u ’j u j 1 . . ... of gad or unfortunate man or woman., niaUe lilc woitn wnile., i.ut wnai i he witnc's scfuited .he men from sin, he said. How wondrous, j revealed several families in the corn- how matchless is that love, without ail the .-ahoi- I'f. i.!e:i limit or reservation.’His message was nninily where poveity and iirivation' certion of the paper pertainihg^o the earnest and impressive presenta- scbools but his motion failed to re- I'oti of the supreme love of God and relive a secon<t He then suggested as R* puwer to transform and save all a suftistitute, that B. H. Boyd, chair- their trust in Him. Brian of the board, and its other mem-1 At both morning and evening ser- bera, be asked to give the meeting allj'’**’^® Sunday, Mr. Chambers was avmUahle inrformation pertaining to ■ greeted with large congregations and the income and operating expense of 1 heaid with interest. He comes to Clin- tbe schools. R. W’. Wade then made a' from the Abbeville pastorate and ataiement that he would second the | made quite a favorable impres- firat motion offered by Mr. Jacobs in I **<>>'* many friends since arriving I order to get the matter before thej*^ city. He was given a most cor-' house for discussion. (dial welcome Sunday morning by his B. H. Boyd, chairman of the school • many remaining after board, stated that it has been the cus-1 conclusion of the service to ex tom of the trustees for years to pub- j to him a hearty reception, likh their financial statement each j July covering the operation of the SPECIAL MUSIC schools for the preceding year, and he | began his remarks by reading the last, financial statement as published in j the local paper. Mr. Boyd further' Choir of Broad' Street Methodist to the communi-'ubouL Iho^e who are not su fortunate? [pei'L-eived that Ropp w;i>. ,1 uiik.’i' ii I Are you going to let Christmas be said. Rrt]q) drew fi-oi.i h'- eoat pok ic-.* just another blue day for them? ‘‘The|a packet ot tde'od-stamed lettei-i aT '1 j would not let Guthrie have the •’ The appeal is one ty’s heart. prevail. In the.se homes theie will be fruRa. candy, toys. ..Mhi„K, wiH ^ ,Hc Kmpty Stochin,.’’ no "Santa Claus’’ unless those of us who care, help to mi^e it so. > ^^® Mr.s. Galloway st^es that a num- The time is short, andi Cbp the coupon on j.age two. Mail her of citizens'have re.sponded with 11’"®*’®‘ n your contribution today-—don’t de contributions already. There are 3l>|to act. Several have already contri- lay. College Makes Fine Showing 1931 Grid Card I Funeral Sunday Almost Completed; For L. R. Stone A President Mc.Sween and - Dean j Only one open date now remain.s on l uneral ser'. ices for L. R. Stone, thing.’’ Brown of Presbyterian college, have j the 1!)31 foo'.ball schedule of Presby-^ belter known a.s "Commodore,’’ were I Cyroner .John A. Thomason h-dd ‘.ha I returned from Atlanta where they at-1 terian college, that of (V-t. 3rd, With- hell Sunday afternoon at three o’clock, iniiucst at Cross Hill. Homer S. I tended the annual meeting of the in the past week CJiattanooga at (’hat- at the h: me of .Mr. and Mrs. H. L. !wel!, solicitor for this circuit, repr"- j Southern Association of Secondary tanooga, has been definitely decided King. 'I be Rev. H. O. Chambers wa.s seated the slate, while Mr. Long an- ' ami soon returned to the house wh'U? , he was found later sitting on th-> I fnmt porch and arrested by .1. 15. H:t:, ' chief of pidice, it was r<'lated. } Sheriff ('olnmbus L. Owens, who j brought Ropp to the city, testifi'* 1 ! that Ropp "was pretty drunk.’’ Tlie j sheriff quoted Ropp as saying he I would “talk at the proper time’’ and there was “always a reason for every- j Schools and Colleges. The convention ^ up in for (tct. 24th, making a total "f j was attended by leading educators and ' eij ht games now booked. The full FOR CHRISTMAS eolJege and university pre.sident.s j .schedule calls f« r nine garne.s, with throughout the South. , 1 three to be p'p.yed on the home It will he of interest to the many | ‘>unds. It now .stands a.s follows: I friends of Presbyterian to know that .Sept. 2G- •Cletrson a* Clemson. Oct. 10, went into a discussion (xf the school j •Chureh To Render Sacred Cantata situation, stating that the bonded in-t Next Sunday .Afternoon. , , jR Remains on the accredited list of debedness of $126,000 had been re-i The choir of the North Broad Street association. President MeSweeni duced during the past year by the re- j Methodist church will render a sacred | app<‘ared before the committee inves- ■ tirenient of $12,000 of bonds. He j Christmas cantata next Sunday after-j <^'Rating conditions of various schools showed by comparison that Clinton’s neon at 5 o’clock to which the jaiWic holding membership Jn .50 .Newberry at ( linton. is cordially invited. "The Holy Ghild”jt^® organization, and made a strong! Nov. 7—Wake kore«t at Wake Oct. 17- Oct. 2: .Mer tr at (’linton. -Wofford at .Spartariburg. ('hattanooga at tax levy is in line with that of other in the .sei'vice.'s being largely a Men led. VIembcr.s of the hical .Ma'<unic order of which the (iecfHsed wa.-i a most devote! niem- Pe', had ihaige of the jei vice'i at the (’hatta- grave. ! The active jiallbeaici s w;*re: .1. K. .Shockley, Hr. it! V*’. J< hnson, T. .M. n charge <f t!ie .service^, a.-:si.'<teil by pear(“(i as defen.'«e counsel. )r. 1). .1. Worlds. Interment followed i Ra^oj- js survived by his father, W- Pie.ibyterian ceine.ery, thej^' Ry^^ar, and three brothers, Henry l,;»th at the hou.ie and i and .lake Rasor, all of (’■ro.'j’s Hill, sad hiarle liasor of a Western state. j' Ropp Released On Bond Laurens, Dec. Hi.—John W. R »pp, .55, Gross Hill traveling salesman, wh • i was held by a coroner’^ jury in con- I neetion with the homieide of Charles se-hool* of its type in the county, dis- a chorus radiating life and joy, peace of his institution and the Forest. cirsaed the 6-G-l law and other regu lations as set up by^-ihe state ’ over and good will to all men, will be sung ^JPe work it is doing in the eduea- by sixteen voices and will be a Christ- tional field, which the trustees have no jurlsdic-1 nias story of unusual interest to music I . tion. He stated that the salaries paid lovers. The presentation will be given! direction of Miss Aline! 10 OtaFt N’ov.l3—Kr kine at Due West. Nov. 21—Citadel at (Clinton. the teachers were specified by the | under the state under the 6-0-1 law and that I Eden. the trustees were endeavoring to ,op-| The choir will consist of: Sopranos: erate the schools economically and Mrs. Maude Hampton, Mrs. Ethel had been endeavoring for the past PHts, Miss Norma Hallett, Miss Geor . Railroad Official ° On Calhoun Highway i To Address Club , , . . , , . . , , W. L. Stanley, vcie-pre.sidcnt of the IiK'luded in the next leUing of state ; Seaboard Air Line Railway company. auett, Miss Geor-; highway contracts, as announced from , in itianfa a,. y«r to nuk. . reduction in tke levyi«i. Brooker, Mix Eth. Thompson, Colnmbin, will be • sector of the Cal- .1' but could take no action until after ‘ Miss Lois Blakely, Miss Collett Grif- tbe convening of the legislature in or-IUn. Altos: Mrs. R. W. Wade, Mrs. B. di*r to aacettaiii what changesv if any, {H. Boyd, Hrs. Henderson Pitts. Ten-' AN to be made in the state laws. C |ors: Dr. B. O. Whitten, Rhett P. Bailey, also a mendber of the; Adair, A. T. Hope, T. G. Harris. Bass , ^copted an invitation to addres.s the houn highway from Greenwood to the chamber of Commerce at its intersection of the Waterloo and Clin- ' «i««Ung on the evening of Jan-.l ton roads in this county, a distance of 1 jgtj,. Mr. Stanley will discuss the ifub-j ject, "Transportation for Hire by Mo-| l/ttkfield, T. M. .Sca.-e, A. M. ifoung (!. Rasor, 33, al.so of Cro.s.s Hill, .-^at- I and W, .1. Henry, Ir. ' urday night, w'as today ailmitted to Mr. .Stone parsed away at the home bail after he had given lamd'in the I of B. L. King on the morning of Dec. ^um of $5,000. Hth, and at his reque.st his bexiy was' The bond holds Ropp for the Janu- ' held for burial until Sunday. He had a> y term of court which has been au- been a citizen of Clinton for a num-tthorized to be held in Laurens, begin- ber of years and leave.s a wide circle ^ning January 5. Sureties signing the of friends to mourn his death. A! bond with Ropp are H. K. Hitt, T. T. I sket h of hi.s life appeared in last] Hill, M. F. Workman, H. L. MeSwain, , w’cok’s paper. -Ir., and E. T. Workman. The order j Uor bail for Ropp was signed by Judge ' C. C. F'eatherstone at Greenwood last 8.759 miles. In the letting also will be bids for the concrete foundation Christmaas Program * night on the application'of 0, L. Long, At 'I’hornwell Church]' board, spoke of ttie school problemaiss: G. W. HolHngsworth, Thomas D. and superstructure of a 524 foot and substantiated what Mr. Boyd had slated. Py>nowing the information offered by Chairman Boyd, the original sec- tkoaa pertaining to the schools were j sliaabaited by motion of R. W. Wadc,i who sibred a substitute which was! Jacobs. City Schools To Close Friday jjy I There will be a Christmas program ,in the Thornwell Memorial church on bridge over Reedy river between Lau rens and Princeton. The bids will be opened December 30. tor Vehicles,' vs 'Transportation Rail President J, F. Jacobs stated yes-' Christmas eye at 8 o clock. This ser- terday that the address will be one ■ form ff a pageant i Community Tree For Little Folks lows; The Christmas holiday season for adopted and is ss fol>. the pu|Mte of the eity schools will be- jgin FViday and continue for a period To Give Cantata At Training School . .... . Plans for a community (Tiristmas of large interest to the membership' P*'®'®"^®^, tree at Goldville on next Tuesday— and he urges a large attendance to j ^un-■ night, are now being greet Mr. Stanley. • 1 :;;;mpleted. The happy celebration is — .At the close of the pageant white ^ being arranged Jor the children of the I gifts will be presented to the t hrist j^^nna Cotton Mills community ac- ‘*Tliait the boanl of,trustees of Hun ter school district No. 5 be requested to UM \b«ir beat efforts as far as is practicable to reduce the expeiKlitures of tlie <Bsti*at ia any maaasr and di- raetioa tSisy nuiy daem advisable to -•the and of reHsving property within ; ^(Contiausd bn page taw) of two weeks until Jan. .5th. The or phanage aehoolt will Ukewlse clone tomorrow for their holiday period. ClaM woih at Predbyterian college also terminates toiMirow and the boys win leave for thetr req;>sctive homes to spend Christmas with their parents.. ■ The choirs of the State Tra’ning school will jive a cantata, "Child Je sus," a unique arrangement of vari- BUSR RIVER CHURCH TO PRESENT CANTATA j whose bi;-thday will be celebrat- Her the direction of Mrs. W. A. Moor- ^d. Ever ■ one will be given an oppor-, tian/) nn/t Mrs Renii-i<«o fiinan 'I’k* given an oppor- j head and Mrs. Beatrice Sloan. The. A cantata-pageant entitled “The to share in this gift—-the offer-j t,.ge will beaar 700 gifts, one for every Manger Glory," will be prsented hy]’®^ to be used for the relief of the; h<jy ^^d girl in the village from six ous nistional carols, on Sunday even-j the qhqir and Sunday school schola’-.^ j this community. ing, Dec. 21st, at 7 o’clock. Dr. Dud ley Jones will have charge of the ser vice and all friends in the city of the school aN cordially invHcd. months of age through the seventh of Bush River" church on Thursday! The public is cordially invited toj grade. It will be the gift of Mr. H, night, Dec. 25th, at 7:30, at the |-ome and join in the singing of Christ-j W. Hack of Shorthills, N. J., to the chuich. The public is cordially invited j mas carols. 'The service will last less j Joanna children, with “Merry Christ- to attend this Christmas service. i than an hour. | mas’’ greetings. % f. j J J " fe