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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
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Chamber Meets
Next Tuesday
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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.
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