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: THE CHRONICLE • i Strives To Be a Clean News- • • paper, Complete, Newsy, • and Reliable. (Ehr OlUtttatt Qllirnntrlr VOLUME XXXI CLINTON, S. C., THUgSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, I9‘!l SYNOD MEETS HEREJUESDAY Annual Sessions of Presbyterian Body To Be Held At College. Opening Sermon By Dr. H. W. did you KNOW? Drinking Officials Eoys And Girls j Citizens Closes Hit By Smith Off To College; Splendid Year HOOVER SEEKS COTTON AID • • • • If You Don’t Read • • • • t • THE CHRONICLE • • • • • You Don’t Get 4 • • • • • • 'fhe News. • • • ♦ NUMBER 87 JudKe Says Many Hish I'p In l^arce Contingent of Clinton Stu-Annual Meelms of Building and ^ Councils of State Drink Heavi- dents To Attend Various In-' Ixian Stockholdere Held. AIIi .. ly and Are Hindrance To Law. .stitutions of State. . i Officers Are Re-elected. THAT — T. R. Owens, known and; DuBose, Retiring Moderator. “Uncle Tommie.” is a gentle- ' man of the old school, a member of a I well known family of this communi meet for the second consecu ne imi courteous, kind and upright with the Presbyterian college begin-, . Tommie Owens’' Th«t is , Quite a large number of boy.s and The annual stockholders meeting of liquorbj officii!; h'ah in Rovornmont irirU from Clinton nmi thb community >,.0 Citizens BnilO^ nnO l^in asso- The Synod of South Carolina will ‘““V enforce the will be in college thi-s fall. This list ciation of this city, was held last irie o>iitMi VI ouuixi vr jwell known family of this community, . -u-.- i Called Following New Estimate Figures. Presi dent May Favor Senators* Plan of Retiring Large Part c f l*resent Crop. ning next Tuesday, Sept. 15th. Enter tainroent far the 250 ministers an laymen will be provided on the in't’- tution’s campus. ^ Th'* opening: se.ssion Tuesday ev n- ing will be held at 7:30 in the First Presbyterian church, the sermon for the octa.sion to be preached by the Rev. Henry Wade DuBose, D.D., pa- Born in historic Jacks township in 1S59, he moved to Clinton as a young man in isyO and became a resident of Musgrove street which he proclaims in season and out. a.s the "fine.st place in the world to live.” In 1SS7 he was married to .Miss Mattie David.'^on, Wa.shington, Sept. H. — [’resident I Hoover today sought a way out for I A returned from a trip abroad in .'hiding the Hidy hand among other places visited. The ger. l al work of the Syiv. d ; on's Hnlladay man this week preparing their report,- with ...... , .. M Id T includes students who were previou.sly Thursday afternoon in the secretary’s prohibitum law. Mendel J' . M "atriculated in the state’s colleges, mffiee in the First National bank temhor^teVm\.7X’courrof g^^ ‘‘ntoring building. The meeting was presided | American cotton growers, buried un- ' name fami’dar to iieople who ^ -Vnderson county said this A- withld^.r the highest SentemlH r crop esti- ^ lived in Clinton from some years back Portly after the term of trials who are to attend Presbyterian a majority of the stockholders repro-, morning • .college. Many of the students have nl-,sen(e<i either in jamson or by proxy. | Kugene Meyer, chairman of tlie Fed- nf tR.i inris’ were made ready left for their work, while thej The first busines.s before the meet-^ inard, and William 1.. m the course of a talk to a youth who others will leave within the next few, ing wa.s^tho reading of the fitlan.'ia Iviulmg cotton nior hunt, .nth. cour.t ‘ ‘ days. Ther names, together with the report for the ye-ir by iVcretarv- jh,. White Mouse a.s tie ZT; Z'ZZaZLwtx to a violation of oolleges they, will attend, follow: Tiearu-er B. H, Iloj.l. It sboW“d the. Sept. n.ber e tiinate oi; IhcMe- '• I*-.'-,- I .’ ^ ' Columbia College association in exeellont coiuhtum wuh pacu’ent i.f agriculture forecast Ihe ju-ohibitioi la . ^ Buford. total assets of $29.5,."i 13.11. stock in, balosy- ^ “S me . o'c agi, said Judge Smith Converse (ollege iforce $lW.rL5,00. and a tabul:itien( , , ,...bevel tie p 'lent “1 attended a large reception and Alnuma and F.'lb.abeth Mill- sheet of all stock held in the twelve .j ■„ while there i reineinhcn .1 a young oo\ series now running showei ■‘'^ubstant"i' A ad'.in ed !v cue ti Lander ( elleee pi ofit,'. a.'riued. Seiie- I . v ..h Pin ,| ^ und*’!' wli ili tl'e g Vvc in "’it M s-es Ited c Peake and Fm'I, n shares aggregating $''-1.0.00. was an-^ ^ hr,,, ; .('-s Ch'unbcvs. nomu ed Ic the directors to maHuv om tor of the First Presbyterian char h I'”'I"'""’ i> L- . t n n n„o u., - ; .daughter of the lute Cieo. H. Dav.i sun. of Spartanburg. Dr. DuBose ha.s just , • I , . They have f ve ehih ren, two daugh ters and three sons. “Uncle Tommie” bears the liistinc- "’^o being held in jail for possess- ion of be'Ug the oldest clerk in i iin- "• -"mall (ic..int:ty of lipnor. Ther-' cierK in i ton in noint (if service, and tiu-ie a it were m- n tic le high of - ll in the gove , I t a urn „ lo, fill -nf Morion is (O'.aii-^^ **' •' • *’■>, .* Misses . ill.e- Uudd Fuller. .lanel aunurut w.M be. di,- rii'i’ed a nefig i . Sli .mr-i-.wlo. '■‘-"i-"- w!.,„ i.., I"' Uak.-, Kl„u.,v Muni,.. • Onn.h„l,r„r „nt.,r„v „ , „ th^ir ri-P.rl- willi 'I tl.v w,- . n-. flom., :i (Uli'K.. . 111.'«.,ni,.' 77 ni,.ntli,.'1 h,, r.,p...,t ■ '>», I'- I’''p " . ,veek pr, paring !> Taking un li.- rtc ideiue here b.e began fni'v'** th-', pr.drb.Bion laws i" .'-ouh n.uo,,. i,,.. -u-.,!-! n,.in Ri ■ ..f tV... 4.. '■•'‘’I'oo ho cciilt - u 1 r I.eakc. F-lmore .Martin. t lenv>. :i ( i liege Bobby .^teer, ,Ioe 'Workman, Pitts, Hampden-Sidney Venable .Martin. (luwns-Chicora -hareholdci's, the time for niat-irity o the s»Tie.'. lu'ing 77 month'-'. 'I'he repo-'t Ra,’ of the auilit'.ng cciumitti'e nanu'd to ,ex;imine ih<' hi.oks and assets of the association, 1. ji-u'te ! that its w.-rk had been eompbted and every item and detail found exactly as set uji in w'ords can express too highly the value ■ u i r 1 i-1 . 1 i- t - ... , ' *. ...iiv, a.„.p o attention to cotton weighing brief and di.l not deliv» r a general of this work to the synod with suen a , ■ • • ■ .. l 1 .1, , <. .1 . , , I /- n- 1 -.T until Jan. J, 1903, when he joiiKd tie eharg<*. but t.ild members of the gratul leader as ( ol. ( u.llinp. This kind o^ ,, , , ’ ., , , I I .... .„u= ..-.,1 J. M. Pitts store as a jury lie ni.glit p s.sibly have s nie r(>-' e or IS eumu Hi t - * clerk. For this long unbroken pi-riod marks to nrikc before court'ad onnied gains momentum as it P f ’28 years, he has retained his con- for the term and the jury was excn.se,1.! inves men o such flection with this firm, and during that .Judge Smith expre.s.-ed a di-terniina- the synod will in the end bring such , . , r i . i- e u r , ‘ . ... long time has lost only a few days turn to dispose of as much of the cnmi-; large returns as this movement, pro- ... i . i , , i ^ ■, v . , , . .u 1 ,.,i J.u-,,. from his work. Always courteous and na work as possible and he said he | vided the synod retains the lea^l^rship . •’ . • i .. . . -.u ^ • , „ , , , . . , , 1 considerate of the public, as straig-ht expected the court to run without in- of ( ol. ( Udhpp and his talented u.fe. ^ terruption. “1 don’t like continuances,” w o apsis . im \v erivir , ^ ’ built gotxlwill for the firm by which said Judge .Smith, calling att,>ntion to -IfH* -, , - , 11 , T:.... 1.. 1. Ti 'V . u AY.*' 7-.... „i ...1 „„„ Misses Fredna Shockley, Katherine th,- financial statement. and Margaret Jones. Duke University William Moorhead. Darlington School for Hoys Allen MeSween, Ned Sprunt. Mr<*enville Womans Uollege Miss Mary Ellen Workman, ('harleston Medical College It was nnnoutuu'd that the (’ilixens has Just eomjileted twenty-two yt-ars service to the coninuinitv and will open'',’ ' board, j<,in<'d in the a new S4‘nes on OctoiM'r lotli. , I Following the consideralion of th,' I financial rejioi t, the following hoar-l (if (lireelor.s was re-elected to serve I’.it >r Smiili, Dfinirrai. ol' S..u’,h iiiilina, who cciile'la i I'l'ienl'y u lfh ih,' p.< ideiit i,- k-i. wn !' 'C ir -u h a pla;.. m' , ara’ a., i».' - ■ ;i . iif .\ikan as, ca.iu !u ;c toda', :u p. sn. h a p; .'jio.-.il n ;en .’r, II 'Cv. ' .No a::nounceinent. h'W-.',!;. ''•■(s forthcoming froin li.c \\’h:;(' il wlu'i'c (Jt'i.ige K, .Lime of T' ■ i (', a mcmlu'c of thy - ('’t Icta! It wvi* cuefcrcccc ; !:.1 • in the (lay. .Another - ioijXH'tant matter--w ministers annuity fund. On .jcmunt oi ^ himself among Inith tinuances during his tenure of office; while and colored. "Uncle Tommie” IS n(AV as a circuit judge, and the.se only be 72 year.s cause physicians submitted certifi- conditions, the subscriptions to this fund were postpone<l until this f-’ll. This fund which is being collected form of insurance de.signed to provi ’ hut is still young and active and eate.s that the defendants in the.se . adequately^lor the ministry o.f the church wht-n they are unable longer to do active work. for the ensiling year: Prof. .A. V. .M:ir-‘ Miss Odelta Mauney, Dudley Jones, tin, R. I.. Bailoy, D. K. Tribble, T. D. KoherL Jeanes. ('opeland, B. 11. Boyd. W. A. Moor- PealMidy Cidlege ^h(‘H4i, W. VV. Harris, M. ,1. McFadden .lames Isaac Copeland. land W. .1. Duncan. Officers re-named by the directors are: Prof. .A. V. .Mar tin, president; R. li. Bailey, vice-jires- ident; B. H. Boyd, .secretary-treasurer. ■:i: sc I IT. (V- , he is employed and has made hundr«'ds the fact that he granted hut five con- • ■ - ' • '<• 1 ..,1. 1 i I Jmestono Misses .Mary I’inson and .Mary Ella Bailey. , . , „ , • , Winthrop ('ollego on the jah every day. He is a man cases could not come into court. | Todd. Mary Black. H, !- TrilAile and T. D. (•..pi'-and entirely without bad habits, temper- Cases of minor importance were l>e-Milam Eva Dominick R(vbertai ate in all things, and attributes his fore the court during afternoon and ‘ (’opeland, EOsie Little.!? | ^ ... A third matter i» the answer o( the >;•'»>«' »» “J '"'"f ^orninn, numernn. ideas „f anjlljr l,e. McCrary, Grace l.avls.b^OCal COmmittee n. WHIM i«t4, - , lie IS a life long member of the Meth- mg taken in case of mmsons held at ' synod to an overture comma fr .u. its interests. stated that he woiihl make every ef- In short -‘‘Uncle Tommie” is a nv.in fort to clear the jail as scon as pos- of solid worth, conirnartding the re- .sible since it has been over-crowded sped and admiration of his fellownien for a considerable period of tinv. in all walks of life. . ’ Under the .Smith-tkiniv.a. i'r. p tfie cotton farmer.s would he I'ina'- fur a share of this ye ic's surplus, th,' cotton next year anl taki the . . ference between prevailing low pi. es and the increii'^ed.price eMttdtU,lu.XiL-: suit next year from their r, ‘'ii.-iid ' > jilant new crops. Senator Carawav \v in: h:ivo th(‘ government put 8,00(1,000 bales at not less than eight cents a pound. He then lAian committee: R. L. Bailey, D. 'i. have this allocated South Carolina pre.sbytery which has In view the consolidation of presby teries. With the advent of the goo'l road and automobiles, limiting the size of preshyterial bound- on account of distances to be traversed has ceased to be a matter of any cnn.se,|Uen (. ()th'*r rt asons su, h as home m: -siun (|Uesti<in-. saving overhead extu'iises and *he like l.icjme the main Ibln;’: to le considered. Rev. J. M. Hollada,' is chairman of this cf-mniittee. There will Ih* «(•'.era) a(ldre'!..es of i;:'.<'re-t to tht general iiuhlii- a.s well ps to the .synod <ljririg the meetinirs, but as at this time none of the--e i • d(,initely ^sef.Ied, an announcement might be premature. The 1)1 nning business will hev'in at 8:30 with devotional exercises. Defi- n’to .nnnouricemeri's will he made at tht Tuesday night openuig meeting. Freshmen Come First New Bale Sold Saturday » — - _ ,1 ^ The f;i.-t bale of the 1931 cotton crop was ginned la^st Katurdav, Sejil. "‘7 " .5th, I>y ihe (jlintoii ('otton Oil com- ^ * ** panv, for Ben ('. Workman of the /’ H'lpewell section. It weighed o21 pounds, graded middling, and wa- S(,ld to (i. (’. Pitts, local buyer, for 0 cents' per pound. •An hour later in the afternoon, the -‘-ecorul hah gnnned for Virginia Kellers, .Sadie "Chandler. I/idie la'ake, Raehi'I O’Daniel. Pre.shyterian College (Oirl .Shidents) .Mis.ses A lilt* Benjamin, Annie I.,',* , Jaeksfpi, AgiU's .Shealy, Martha Moore, Helen .Adair, Oeo'-gia B. I‘ilaki"ly, Aflu- , wee Neighbors, Emmie Adair, Medora Biowning, .laniie Lillh*, -^loris Ah- lanis, Maib'lytK' .Adair, Fninc'.s .Mi- ln^t- dTursday to apnear lieforc* to tho.se farmers who agree not to plant next year, jiennitting the farmers to col lect the difference between eighT'cents ^ ^ ^ ® pound and the prospective higher Before Commission pnee in 1932. j “There ar<\ l(),(t9(i.( (id p '.i;.',. (i«.- Dflfgiation Rt*(|iiesls Improve- ( .-u- away. I hey (l'4in t buy any i.ng la t I year and they ean'l Iniy anylhing t'l s year. It is my belii f lh:'( ihi.-^ plan — - — would l,e just the kick to break th(‘ A local delegation went to (’olninbia jisychology of this depres'^ion. ('(‘I'^.'bn- thf ly it would start [a- ^ iie^ 'o • ment «f (’alhmin and Other Highways In ’I'his Section. ^ 1 'T«l 1 ranis, .Maildyne .Adair, Frances .\1:- 'ofo- imirMia.v lu apia-ar ucimi* uu' ly u IsCXl 1 nUrSOnY iam, Virginia .'''pr.if:, Mary’ Workman, state highway eoni'iiission asking f-i again. -• * »*1— 1.... ..r _A Beat l ie,' H .ghsniith, < B'lbo, Ft- th,' iiniirovcment of ei'rtahi high\v:iy Pre hvti.rian eoll.-ire will o*.'. ,• nn n lella Beckham. Mid,iy Coot, Hen rid t' in this S4.cl ion. The committee w is work next Thursday Jone.o Fmnee- Butler, the IpMor four “1^" >'.V representatives from The Sym d of South (’arolina is^scir ecnipariy. hut wa.s not sold. It Its n<'w year’s of the first year men upper C'lao rnen will follow on Monday, the 21.sl, w-th class room work laginning soon thereafter. The jieriod of orientation for fresh men will begin Thur.sday evening and continue through Saturday. For th(* , , I , opening cxereisi's a welcome .(crviee * pIac(Hl (in the mark(*t wui» . , - , , , J A 1 • u tv ha- lu'< n arranged in honor of the new lib.yd .Adair by the ( l.n'(^n being rhoinwell orfihanage g rb “World Series” Start At Goldville en’ertaining at this meeting, commi.ssione.r wdl nay $2 Ot) to cover _ the expense of meals, this to he paid ed id pounds, either in advan-'e by -he church renre- first ba.,' of last sented, or at the time of reg'strafion upon arrival. It will greatly assist those vino have chaige of providing the meals to know in advan”e how many approximate'y they may exp- : t to .-:eat at the tables. graded strict middling spot and year’s crop was ginned on .Sent, l.st and grown by John H. Lynch on the farm of H. McCrar? near Renno. It weiglu'd -582 pounds and .sold at Ititi ctnt.s per p .und. Tb(' world series of Ihe Mid-S-*.ate league wid ofien SaUirday a'‘ternoon min, t'lp'thcr with college n'ght, ‘‘P.'a, 3;:'.0 o’c'.u k in (’. blvilie a-nl it is (. yells and songs led by college ,.xj,,i (.na*. the initial ha'tle will cheer leader-. The enrollment for the ),<. wirries. id by a great crowd, fieshman class has shown an increase The cont4>n(i,'*rs in the season’s clos- of more tluu' forty iier cent over lug yxhibitions will he the fast J, anna year, with -tndeiit.- repre:sente,l fi.-m .\i,iis team, managed by Bruce Hallo- nine state.-,. way, vs the Mimarch .Mills ti'am of d.’nion. In the sea.son ju- t < losing, the A II 1^ Q* • Joanna team won the chamiiionship /\lI“Lc2ty for the first half, with .Monarch cxij)- 1 Governor Wants To Call Solons Fo Call Roll Next Sunday turiug thc title for the second period. A I 0|y[^Fftm OimClSlV The .series Salurdav wrtl de- ^ ‘ M'hittniri' and (’rps.- Hill in mailing the rettnests. It. \V. Wade acted as spokesmen he- fur(' the comini.ssion. The eornmitti'e nrg('(l the ininn'diate imfirovenient of route 392 from Chappells to Cross Hill, of route 7 from Saluda river via t'lintmi to Whitmire, and of the entire remaining unimproved link of roiiie .5(5. ,A strong appeal was made for these award - ami it was urged by the '•( nimitt('e tliat work he begun at once from revenue pi'uided through the state bond issue. VN'hile the pi'titioijs were referred to (he c'unmission for consideration, and rn^ statement v.'as given out, the committi'c returned to Refoi<i ex hanges were e! the city e.'xnsidcrahly encouragi'd and tnmoil w lich foHowc., ' ii feeling hojicful that the improvement< '^erld war m l'(l ' .sought may he included in the nvxt I""’' (’'‘n's. xju'cted in October. The highc.s. r(* -oriic.! pi ' prop. Th(‘ agrieiiUure depiirtiucnCs fp cast of 1.5,(>8.5,91)0 lia'cs was not un- cxpi'cted in view of the Aii'.'-n.-t f',re- las'i of 1.5..58^,000 bales and apimr'ii'- ly tli<‘ market was Itra-I'd for i . Th<‘ August estimate o'.'i r a m"' i bales h’gher on the avcr.-igc t’l.-in pri vate fore; asts, kn< <•! <‘d or! I’-oin under the slajile. 'idle p!cv i));' a‘e ) : '• (' fidbi'v'.'cd led too' ■ >• ' ica. h( (1 *o;!;iv. prices (|Uot(<J ,u * p were the lowcU re ' ( .ill .a sin e the ( .A HI icul' u; e <!c;i :rt ■ -hen th'it mi kiluig -I ri: : V . 1..,. '.c f war. c"' I'' 1 (O ci'iit- a p:»ui.:l 'I c r _ in %h4* I K't’ ;.i8" V ftoin liere atipeariog lM*fore few year.s pf extraordu.ardy fide the ( hampumship winner for commission, in thc matter wre: - s for the slajib* aft, t '.U ' ' ■ . imtire season. 'The second game wi 1 jj jj u,.[;;y \V. D. Copeland. W. W. was t ’,.7.5 cent- a pom c Jo' The S.m'.h I’" j Ih- played in Union, while the third, i. ^ VV. Wade, W. H. .Simp on. '•..niinen.ing uiien the f rc Imh will nu'ot witri lai ^ Annual roll call .Sunday will be oh- .M^-thodist (hurch next Sunday rnorn- .served at Broad Street Methodist ing at 11 o’clock for which a sp<*.'ial Savs Leiri.sldlcrc Will Meet Sood. -'T'*"" . ...... . . * , f 1* c« • r’ church next Sunday morning, at II program has been arranged Friends Fredict Session Call a, JU The name of each family of the Dr. John MeSween, pri'sidcnt Will Conte Ne.xt Monday. church will he caMed and the number Presbyterian college of this city, will from each family noted. The pastor speak at 2:30 p. rn. The committf'c in Ci Jumbia. Sepi. 8.—^Per.soii« t’.o e to wall use as his subject, “Home Folks.” jtharge^ sta’e.s that some of the best Joanna team G Miner Blu. lavood .'•aid late today The public is cordially invited. singers in the Carolinas are exirected: “ " n('C( ssary, will he .staged in .N'ewberr,. . 'I'he big game S.atui lay will tart promptly at 3:39. CorHidi-rabh* ii^ter- est is (-entered in the outcome of the serie.s with local fans “pulling” str..ng for Bruce Galloway and his sue •< E. I). Cra:g, H.' R. Fuller, H, Y. Ah- day, the agricultui. : 'U' l:ij I rams, K:,ss Blakely, H. H. Wiikm.i'n G. 1'. Buford, .lack H. 'rmiiig, C. W. .Stone and B. H. Bov'i. they believed the gove’-nor wjuld call the special session (if the general a.s-, jeNTH GRADE OFFICERS sembly to meet next Monrlay. This, it was pointed out. would give , , , . , ,, ^ , , , ' 1.,.,.,. In a class election held yesterday, SIX days of next week to pass law- r , u - V 4i Margarct Moorhcad (f Goldvi le, was fer limiting or outlawing cotton pro- -j * # .u . .u , ,u‘i9 dv president of the tenth grade of the Clinton high school for the coming year. Other officers named for the all-day event. The public i.s ' Miss Kathleen Garner of Rock H P, cordially invited to attend the exer- wa.s the guest Saturday (if Miss Rena Loan Made For County Expenses the 1931 increa-e of ltd 9 •() bnu - ' • thc .Au'fu.'it I’t port Wi' ( i.’c !;r , ■ ' b wer than av(‘:;i,.fc iiliuini" • ( ut ton. .Ano'her explanath n of whV th, ag- , ricultun* (lejiartnient expects tlu' crop to he 1,7.53,099 hales more than the 1930 crop is the condition figtiri? cises. Abrams. duction in 1932. and p-ossi dy elimin^i'e the necessity of mtc.ing beyond the week.' 'The governor, however, refused to make any definite statement, a.ssert- were: Patricia Giles, vice-president; Bailey Williams, secretary-treasurer. — given in today’s report. TTiis was I Trea-surer D. K. Simpson states that placed at t’,8 per c^it of normal, a.s the county has just i-ecured a loan of comparwl to .53.2 per cent on Scpteiv- $25,0000 at 5 1-2 per cent interest h"*- 1, 19.30, and a lO-year averii-ye of from the Pefiples-Enteniri.'-'c bank for 5G.4. _ general county puif,ose.s under the *1 department said tic di Pie ' CAD Dl ITD QTAPlflNr' Tr AM (>'J percent from the August cond;''•’> f |3 M V \Ji' i invited for another loan of $12.5,000 jp,^g the av'crage ye:it!y dc- — for school purposes, he said. Funds ^f 11.1 during August. R*' r i. HOPES NOW PICKING UP oeiinite Ntliceirirfiv, a.-Jotrs L- _ ing he was not prepared to set the class is compo.sed of s:xty-one defindte date. He gave assurance he ' would be ready to make th? extraor- ■“ " dinar>' session proclamation within —— the next day or two. He spent much of today examining responses of legislators to his ques tionnaire, and checking cn replies to the pledge wherein, legislators bind themselves not to extend the session ^ beyond 10 days, to receive opiy $5 a; day and limit discussion to the cotton > problem.. The governor said the cotton crop estimate loday “accentuated the ne cessity legislative action.” He characteriz’d it as “depressing.” Things Iiook Better At t’resby terian Than Indicated In Pre-Practice Gloomy Dope . Gus Constine, Dcland Leitch and Phillip Roland of Charleston, spent! the week-end here with friends in the city and at Presbyterian college. Going Away To College? If you' w'ant the Clinton news —have THE CHRONICLE ^fol low you. Its weekly visits will he “like a letter from home.” Special student’s and teacher’s rate of $1.00 for nine months. List your subscription today. The Chronicle ‘The Paper Everybody Reads” resby- ready been dealt the lim*, with the .loss from thi* latter loan, he .said would ^ “ n the f Rt^bmson a 200-poun,i tackle from he used in paying off about $3.5,000 in y*' Iv we.er, (.rf - • last yirars fre.shman team. Rohin.son pa.st due ehiiins, in retiring a !f’5 T.,, higher eondit n ^ suffered a brok, n .«houlder in nra note and to operate ihe .schools ’^’he amount rf cotton gi, ;ie,l : . f and ns not likely to retuni to the .squad first months. * Ihi.s .vear is .-urji.-i.cjno: ■ h,-,. ' .,..1.. r.c- 1 <•/, i.„i ..,,,1 .i£.ns At Greenwood Meet only .50.5 l.'IO liales a.- '•nmp.iie'l t> 1,879.91!) al this time la t year. Tex.as h.is ginned only 3.53.(it’3 hah*.- a.- ( om- pand to 1,129.125 la'^t \ear. 'rhe ,193I crop i.s later than that ( f — 1930, but observers lielieved that one though they present plenty of spee*!, A large number of Clinton Kiwan- re.a.s()n for the difference in ginning there i.s not enough weight an l va- laps were in Greenwood Friday even- Lgures was the reluctance of farmers riety to satisfy the needs. Still, in the ing for the inter-city meeting of the gather their crops at present prices, large bunch of candidates, a formid- Greenwood, Newberry and Clintigi t'oupled with the hope that something CTuits from junior college ranks, the 1 able quartet may yet he discovered. clubs. The meeting wa.s an enjoyable be done to remedy the price sit line appears to be as powerful as last! Scrimmage, starting Tuesday, gives open air event and held on the power year with a possible edge on the great an opportunity for the men to show house grounds where a bountiful pic-j An ironic factor in the cotton situ- 1930 forward wall. Losing only two j their wares under fire, and barring se- nic dinner was served to one hundred ation is that acreage was reduced .veterans in this department, Coach;riou8 injuries the squad should Ik* in Kiwanians representing the three (about 10 per cent this year but favor- 1 Johnson and Coach Eichelberger arejexcellent shape for the Glemson game clubs. The seimnd meeting of the se- able growing conditions promised the [finding little difficulty in replacing! which is only a little over two weeks ries will be held in this city on Oc- large.st crop since 1920 when 17,977,- [them. However, one big blow has al-'in the future. Itober 2nd with the local club as host. jOOO bales were ginned. After pre-.season gloomy predictions! this season, for the success of the 19.31 edition of Replacing G.'cen. R't -hie an:I Dim- the Blue .Stockings, hope.s are begin- lap in the rear works ha.- ti'rnid out ning to pick up as Coach Walter John-,to be th(* chief pro’olcm for thc coach- .S4-i ;-en.ds his squad of -15 men through'ing staff. A large group of good an l two stiff practices a day. Although'near good backs have reported and al- th'^ backfield is a rather large ques- j ‘tion mark, the team as a whole looks very good. Greatly .strengthened by three re .:ri. \