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•/ . / :k M "* i • THE CHRONICLE • • StnvM To Be ft Cleftn News* | • IMl^r, Complete, ^ewsy, jt i ftiid Reliftbl4. • : tf T«« DMt Umi TriB CHRONICLB Tog Doa*t Get ‘ The News, I f > I VpLUME XXXII sm HOPE TO RECOVER BABY Lindbergh Personally Directing ^ Hunt for Child. Many DeveL opments During Past Few Days Bring Cheerfulness. Hopewell, N. J., April 5. — Colonel ■ Charles A- Lindbergh’s personal ef forts to gw bftck his kidnaped son, ^ iiy^ich appei^ to be nearing a eUnutx, were forgotten for a few hours today while the famous flier helped beat out a brush fire that threatened Jiis hill top home. Armed/ with an evergreen branch and an axe, the colohed joined more than 50 firemen, policemen, neigh bors, reporters and j)ho{ographers in their stubborn fight against the flames, which at one time swirled within 15 feet of the house. Seen at close range by newspaper- ' men for the first time since the kid naping on March 1, Lindbergh ap peared in excellent health. His cheer fulness as he rested from his labor was interpreted as one more indica tion he has been making progress in hiv own recent endeavor.s to regain his 21-month-old son. -Other indicatipns that the climax, in the five-week-old case may be ap proaching were: The fact thaft the. colonel’s private work on the ca.se has reaShcd a point where he apparently wi.shes not only to dir^t the activity of those aiding him, out actually to work out the de velopments hinsself. ' The two mysterious trips he has made away from his estate within the last three days—last night’s trip by plane, apparently to Martha’s Vine-, yard. Mass., where he also was report ed seen in a plane during his absence from here Sunday. The fact that for two nights a light has been burning in the nursery from' which the child was stolen and Which has remained in darkness until this week. The prolonged unexplained absence from his Norfolk (Va.)»home of John' Hughes Curtis, one of the three inter mediaries who have held several con ferences with Colonel Lindbergh. .Meanwhile, there was no report of progTSs i^ the police invesitigation, wMeb has taken one of New Jersey’s state police officials to F.ngland. Colonel Lindbergh called the Hope- well vounteer fire department al 11 a. m., to say a blase' was spreading towaiM his house. Three carloads of nen.spapermcn who followed the fire :ip|)aratus found the flames eating their way rapidly through the “Indian grass’’ and small trees southwest of the.LindV»Kh es tate along Featherbed lane. Meanwhile, .'«n'eral unusual «ctivi- ties at Mw^tha’s Vineyard revived in terest in reports that the i.!iand is fig uring in the negotiation.s for the re turn c/f the kidnaped child. Five coast guard vessels we' e seen not many , miles off shore. An am phibian plane, similar to the one which fishermen said they saw Lind-, bergn piloting Sunday, fK w over the island of Nashawena at notin. A drag- ger, believed to be the .\lva, passed! Martha’s Vineyard at p. m. A civil-j ian was reported to have boarded this craft .Sunday, an occurrence which, was linked to the visit of the plane. | In Ixmdon Maj. Charles H. Schoef- fel of the Nc'W Jersey'state police, spent more than an hour at Scotland Yaed and then left for an unannounc ed destination. * ! Coi! H. Norman Schwarzkopf, state j police head, in a bulletin from thej Lind’oergh home, said a report from, Scotland Yard “shows there i.s no| criminal record of any kind of the! persons investigated; copies of finger-j prints of all the aliens were sent toj Scotland Yard, so we may take this j as authentic information that no ermi- inal records exist m F.ngland.” The word “aliens” was interpreted as referring to Betty Gow, the Lind bergh baby’s nursemaid; Mr. and Mrs. Ollie. Wheatley, Lindbergh servants, and Henry (Red) Johnson, Miss Gow’.s seaman-suitor. CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 7; 1932 vDID YOU KNOWl Session Cost j Oy^ $120,000 Col imbia, April 2.-4-The cost of the 1.932 general assembly carried in the general appropriation bill was $12:1,- 882.50. ' This inclutled $16,500 for senators’ salaries and $44,640 for representa tives’ salaries. The senators introduced 774 bills and representatives 866 bills. i » - _ ___ * Chamber Meets Next Tuesday * I The April meeting of the Chamber | of Commerce will be held next Tues day evening at the Mary Musgrove Tea Room at 7:30, and aU members are asked te be present. This will be the regular election of officers meet ing and the committee’s nominations for the new year will be presented and adoifted. , THAT — Marshall Walton Brown, dean and professor of history‘at Pres byterian college, is probably the most widely-travelled young man in Clin ton! In his eager min(Lj«tentive mem ory, and keen sense of humor, Profes sor Brown combines the qualities that make for attractive conversational powers, intere.sting lectures, and suc cessful administration. A further quality—foresight (together with itSi natural offspring, tact), makes of him a near-genius at what his friends call “doping things out.” By this term is meant that rare ability to wheedle a lucid and satisfactory solution out of the most formidable of situations. Marshall Brown was born in New- bern, Tennessee, on January 8th, 1900 —jus^ a w'cek too late to officially usber- in a new’ century. His father, B. W. Brown, sold wagons and bug gies at the time, and continued to sell them until changed conditions Ted him into the automobile market. After gleaning what education was to be had in the school system of” his home town, Brown entered Castle Heights Military academy, in Leba non, Tennessee. From this institution he graduated in 1918 as an honor stu dent, bearing with him an academic average of a trifle over ninety^-six per cent. From Castle Heights, the young man entered the University of Mis souri, where he took his first year of higher education. While there he w’as a member of tooth the S. A. T. C. and R. O.aT. C. organizations.'^ln the fall of 1919 he transferred to (3entr^ col lege, where he waa the room-mate of the celebrated “Bo” McMillin, the all- America football star whose name still glows in the memories of all fans. Here Brown’s brilliance and ap plication won him high’grades, while his ability as a leader brought him lecognition. He was a charter mem ber of the Centre chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa, national leadership fra ternity, a member of Beta Theta Pi, social fraternity, and was active in nearly all of the campus interests. Summer work at the University of Michigan supplemented his regu’ar course, and he graduated with honor in 1921, having completed the require ments in three years. The academic' year 1921-22, found the young graduate as head of the history department in the McCalJie school, Chattanooga, Tennessee. The following summer, together with Hen ry Lilly, a MciCplTie colleague who later became a professor of English at P. C. for several years, he went to Europe. It was the first indention of the pair to study at Oxford univer sity, in England, but byfore they had definitely settled down they changed I their minds successively from Oxford j to^ Paris, from Paris to Heidelberg,! and from Heidelberg to Vienna. It' was in this romantic old city that theyj at length determined to spend the! yiar. However, during the long vaca-j tions they set about a systematic tour of the continent • not as tourists go “rubbernecking” about, but as two young men interested, respe< tively, in history and English.'Together'they visited many obscure .spots, far off of the beaten trail. ^ The Chr'stmas holidays, especially, provided excitement and ic.teresting adventure. At this time they chose to visit Italy—an Italy still stirred by Mussolini’s very recent march on Rome. Venice, Milan, Florence, Rome Naples? Sicily — they saw all of the great centers so intimately connected with the history of the Roman em pire, the glory of the ItaH«n Renais sance, and the unificaflbnT of modern Italy. Nor did they miss Germany, where they visited evey town of con siderable size, without exception, nor Holland, nor Belgium, nor France, nor England. And in the meantime they carried on their graduate studies at the University of Vienna during stir ring and restless days wheir foreign embassies were guarded by machine- gun squads against possible Bolshe vist uprisings. In the fall of 1923 Mr. Brown re sumed his duties at McCallie school, and in 1925 he came to Clinton as head of P. C.’s history department. Early in the summer of the following year he married Miss Lillian Gross of Chattanooga, and the young couple departed for another tour in Europe. After the traditional visit to Niagara falls, they passed through eastern Can^a, thence to France, Belgium, and Holland, returning just in time for the opening of college. In 192* Professor Brqwn was ele vated to the position of dean, and in the foUowing year Mra. Brown be came registrar. Summer work at the University of Wisconsin earned the M. A, degree, and subsequent work at the same university has placed the doctorate in the not-too-di»tant fu- ture. « . Two Big Shows To Be Staged Lions Club Presents ”Uncle Hen ry's Wedding” Tonight and Friday. Is LauRh Sensation. Uncle Henry and Samantha Green will be wed tonight, and two other niH»tial ceremeniee wUi nsake the af fair a triple-threat laugh sensation. The event will be “Uncle Henry’s Wedding,” home-talent comedy spon- .sured by the Lions Club of Clinton, to be offered at the Florida Street school auditorium at 8:30 o’clock. The weddingjs bound to be a suc cess, it was revealed by the dress re hearsal last night, and for this reaiton the sb|||fiWill be repeated Friday night ^Pthe same place and at the jiame hour. Like all big weddings, it was nec essary to hold a dress rehearsal last night, to see that every detail will go off with no hiU’hes (except that of the bride and groom). The bride and groom, to be played by Miss Lucy Burns and Bob (ihvens, were a bit nervous last night but oth erwise the rehearsal spun thro^ugh like a top. Tonight the cast of approximately 125 local players is expected to offer a finished show that will pack a laugh to every thirty seconds. With this cast of prominently known dramatic artists, many of whom have brought rare entertainment to Clinton audi ences in the past, a ,red letter show is assured. Miss. Ellen Copeland is ac companist. Others in the main cast include: Jack Macy—^Hansel Boyd. Harris (Jack’s friend) — Heath Copeland. Ted (Jack’s friend)—Mac Adair. Mary (Jack’s bride) — Medora Browning. Virginia (Harris’ girl friend) — Georgia B. Blakely. MaHe (Ted’s girl friend)— Helen .Adain * ‘ Susan (Henry’8^|boyhood sweet heart)—Floy Owirl^ i. 1 Lawyer Brown—Frank Godfrey.j O’Flarety—W. E. Dillard. 7'- Mugs—Hugh Eargle. Two Chicago Bandits—Butler Boyd and Arthur Copeland. Rev. Turnipseed — Lonnie McMil- lian. Rastus—Julian Coleman. Eliza—'Mrs, Ben Townsend. Sister Sadie—Myrtie Westbury. Brother Jones—Bruce Galloway. Beaus and Belles of Grandma’s Time are: Jack H. Davis, Jr., B. H. Boyd, Sr., James L. Browning, Dr. T. J. Peake, Joe Pitts, C, C. Giles, Brooks Owens, Dr, F. K. Shealy, H. S. Finley, George Holland, William King, W. C, Oxley, R. W, Phillips, W. L, Jones, Arthur Harris,' Thumond Raynor, W. R. Pitts, W. D. Copeland, A, J. Milling, W W. Harris, W. A. Dicus, Hugh Elchelber- (Continued on page five) Salvation Army Soon R. L. Plaxico Heads Campaign To Secure Funds for Work of Permanent Clinton Post. School Contests Held At Laurens Elizabeth Buzhardt and Martha Lou Blakej^ of Local Schools, Uin-First Places. The Salvation Army appeal drive to secure funds for the opening of Sal vation Army Seork in Clinten will soen be under way. Adjutant W. S. Mac- Holdt, special effort secretary of the Army for North and South Carolinar is in the city and is opening an office on South Broad street, opposite Young Company. R. L. Plaxico has accepted the gen eral chairmanship for the appeal drive and the organization of workers will go foFW^d immediately. It is expected in a couple of weeks they will have a.dedicatory service in the auditorium where the Salvation Army will hold forth and .secure suit-, able quarters for relief depot for of ficers to live in. The names of chairmen of various committees will be announced in the next issue of The Chronicle. The extH utive committee of the ad- ’ Laurens, April 3.—Annual contesis in declamation, expression and spell ing were held at Laurens Friday af ternoon and evening by representa- tive.s from various schools of the county, sponsored by the Laurens County Teachers’ associattwi. - in the high school declamation con test, held in the auditorium of the liamens school building, the girls’ competition went to Miss Elizabeth Buzhardt, Clinton h'j^h school, first honor; Misk Eleanor Saner, I>aurens high, second place. “The Going of the White Swan” was the title of the Clinton winner’s declamation, and “A j Murderer’s Confession” was Mis.sr’,** “f Saner’s. Miss Bu’zhardt received the medifl given annually by the Laurens County Teachers’ association. Hilly Curry of tlie Gray Uourt-Ow NUMBER 14 LA'URQISKIRK ENDS 100 TEARS First Presbyterian ConRregatieo Recalls Century of Servieik MeSween Is Speaker At Ser vice Held Spnday. Laurens, April 4.—The founding of the Fitwt Presbyterian church of Laa- rens was commemorated Sunday in the celebration of the centennial pro gram; 'The memory of the sixteea charter members and the first pas tor, thd Rev. S. B. Lewers, organiser and leader of the flock for 18 years, was specially honored in speech, ;iray- er and song. Under-shepherds sinee Mr. Lewers and the men and women I who composed the church organization ' do^wiT lor'thTsr Jay were act'Owor-~ they commendation dnd praise for their steadfa.^tness and their progreaa under divine direction, towarJl achiev ing in the Master’s namer During the momlng service, which was begun at 11 o’clock, the Hev. E. D. F’atton, pastor of the church, ca'led attention to a modest tablet at the right of the pulpit that had been ded icated to the memory of the church’s first pastor, the Rev. Mr. l^ewers:, in 1880, and then asked the congrega-^ lion’s attention while he read the in scription and paid brief tribute to the I’lesbyterian leader of 100 years ago. The centennial sermon was preach ed at the morning service by the Rev. i John MeSween, D.l)., president of the j Presbyterian college, (Minton. Doctor I MeSween based his^discourse on the j text, “How Old Art Thou?” as record- i ed in Genesis 47:8. ! As a memorial to her distinguished father, the late Dr. J. P. Simpson and other Simpson kindred of the Presby terian church, Ml’S. John Fewell of Grt*enville, sent a basket of handsome fU)wers which wrjra placed about the chancel along with other ciioice floral contributions. In response to invitations issued to all members and former members new living elsewhere,/'many once-fanultar *faces in the congregation of the church were back home to unite in tne obsei’vance of the day. The anniversavy exercises were con cluded at ttie evening hour Of wor ship. For a part of the song service candlesticks as of 100 j;<;ar8 jago were used for lighting the church, and one hymn was lined-out by the pastor and led by Marvin Franks, who used an old-time tuning fork, thus giving a very real impression of the mode of worship at the time of the organiza tion of this church. ( oloind Henry Y. Simpson, elder of the church, grandson of a charter member and son of Governor William I). Simpson, read an intimate narra tive of the church’s hi.story for a peri- 80 years and a full .sketch of 'the 11 pastors who have scrvetl and many of the outstanding men and women and families who have constituted the membership of the church down through the century. visory board is pleased with the en-; ings school, won first i»lace in the - The Rev. Charles T. .S<piires, pas- thuaiasm of the prospective workers, and it is confidently felt the appeal drive will be a huge success. Local Citizen ^ Loses Father boys’ speaking contest for high school 'tor <ff the Fourth Presbyterian church honprs, and Rex Wilbanks (»f Thorn-1 of Greenville^ was the only former well orphanage, secotwl. (’urry won | pastor oT the luiuiens church present with “The' Ballad of Lucky^ Lind-; for the important anniversary occas- Friends in the city of Dr. ’M. J. Mc- Fttdden will .sympathize with him in the death of his father, Isaac Fadden, who pa.ssed away last at his home in 'Columbia after an ex- bergh,” and the. TliornwLJ] conte.stant ; _ ‘ Gleet mgs'Were received from Dr. .\. G. Wartllaw, of Miami, Fla., and with “1 Am Irtilocent of This Blood.”! To the Gray Court-Owings declaimer was presented the Garrison nieilal. Itt .. . . .... .. !• tx. 4' Tenn.. toe other living former pastors. IS a coincident worth remarking thut:_ o'.. the Kcv. ('. F. Raiikinr (»f Smyrna, the donor, ('harles H. Garrison, a| ; « iGreenville new.spaper man, is a native | y FriL »f '’■'■“V Court, the of the win.:'""Jf^tulatum wore rr ner of thi. year's orntoriral rontoat. “'f.. Both were unabk to come for the oc- The letters of greeting and ad by the p.r.^- announced tee receipt of similar letters from for- Han'ey I), and Sarah Culp .McFadden. He hail been married twice. His first jWife was Miss Mary Jordan ,of Ches ter, mother of Dr.'McFadden of this city. His second wife was Miss Cora RawlinSon of York county, who sur vives him together with four of their cbildren, one son, Rawlinson E. Mc- contest was held in the First Baptist laewers, 1832-56;, David rtiireii', wTltr 'Amleraon, .Ir.. of Hin-' "'■''-""i I’*?:!;?,’?' ''''pt!' ton, preaidinK. For .h.. Rirla' Rroup, J.r:*'',, law, ISl*0-t)5. (It was during his pis- Rev. L. K. Martin of I./)well, N. C, and Mrs. John F. Rivers of Colum bia. Fadden of Cleveland, Ohio, and three!'"■f" , daughters, Mrs. Robert F. Mann ’ “u'‘itarof “\rughtV Day ” ^^at the pre.-^ent handsome Columbia, Mr., L, K, Martin, wife of .^h,rd,^m^. rental of ^NaujtMy^l.ay^^ ^ Mounlville, Rot'iLp arore'with “.Aw,’ rated), Robert Ad^rt '“me neat. Shoot! Ma"; Harry, Baldwin, norida ^1' i Street achool, Clinton, came ,„.ond I-','"*;''->'W When he became ' with,-Another Piere,” and third ho„- lue'ulfut of Preab^ermn collie. He or wa. accorrded. Miles Hunter, ,lr., au.ceeded by t F.^nkm, who iOray Court-Owinrta, with “A l.ittle t?/ Outcaat’a Plea,” First hon.o winners hy C, T, Squtrea, lHlh-.4. i received medals, presented hv Mr. An-,The R'v- -Mr. Patton, present patter, derson. Woodruff furnished the com-1 Mr. Squiret. 1 L. B. Blackwell is clerk of the see- Anderson Heads County Teachers Friends In the eity of W. R, Andcr-, , , . , i,. n. n,«v»we.. 19 citriA VI wic T.: m the cian'iy.wide spelling con'est. -on “"i «•,r-.flo-hijtr “Ujmnntend- that he has been elected president of the Laurens County Teachers’ a,sBo- oiation for the next school year. He succeeds G. N. Fay, principal of the Joanna school at (I^ldville, held durinyflhe afternoon iwi.h in -nyi';;'' f ’J® Sunday «hool. The elden of the church arevH. Y. Simpson, P. Dean and'Mrs. Bro> n have entered heartily into the social and civic life of Clinton. The dean has for several years been a mender of the local Ro tary club, and was its president in U>2iL30. In the line of profi*ssionai in terests, he is a member of the execu- • tive committee of the South Carolina Historical assneiation. Mrs. Brown is a member of social clubs, and has been active in assisting and advising student organizations in decorating for entertainments, planning pro grams, and organizing dramatics. schools represented, Mi«s .Sophia Sul-G*‘ cnuixi . livan of they/aurens high seool, vvon ^* w FUm’ first place, and James G. Castor, i " r n ^ I Watt? Mills school, wa.s the v/inner J. W. T(^, R. D. Young, and If. Mr. Anderwin has faithfully served! ‘ ’ .p. B. (’ochran. Deacons: R. F. Jones, J. the Clintou hlRh «hool fur »v.r.l j^“1^,1.,. Ad.ms, A. N. Bramlrt*. W. R. Mr- years pastas principal, and is highlyf ® rirdtenH lamei H SjIH J- Mel). Moore, L, S, McMillan, r.te.nf!k in th« city. Within th« p..t wonurd 'J- R- B.vi., C F. Ptemln* .nd J. C. jmar he rwwv.d hi. m..fa-r of «rt. "offurd. degree from Emory university, At lanta, In the field of education, usfng Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Tisdale and lit-j Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Shealy uf LiU as his thesis, “The History of State; tie daughter spent 'Sunday in .Spar- tie Mountain, i?pent Friday with and Federal Aid to Education in South; tanburg with Mrs. Tisdale’s parents, I son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs;. Carolina.” j Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Waters. 1W. C. Shealy. '.iC .1