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VOLUME XXXII
CLINTON. S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1932
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NUMBER 35
COUNH RESULTS CALL FOR
TWO RUN-OVER CONTESTS
Nance Elected Senatcr, Sheriff Owens attd Coroner Thomason Re-
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elected. Power Named County Commissioner. Second Races for
House of Representatives and County Commissioner.
County
U. S. Senate Race
College Facing
Bright Year
Smith Leads Race
Complete returns gathered Tuesday night by The Chronicle, revealed
Several exciting races. There were only tw'o undecided contests, the house
representatives and county cornmjsgipner. The, aecopd - primary-ttf decide
these contests and that of U. S. senator between Senator Smith and Rlease,
will be held on Sept. 13th.
Nance Named Senator
Carroll D. Nance of Cross Hill, former member of the house and chair
man of the ways and means committee, easily gained the state senator’s seat
by' a sensational come-back that swept Senator Cl. P. Goodwin from office
and defeated his second opponent, W. C. Wharton of Waterloo. The vote
stood: Nance 4R70, Goodwin 1638, Wharton 1520.
Cnoppofied Races
Thomas W. Bennett for clerk of court, and H. S. Blackwell for solicitor,
were unopposed. ^ *
The Sheriffs Race
Columbus L. Owens won the sheriff’s nomination on the first ballot over
three opponents, thereby hbreaking an established precedent of being elected
for^a third term to this office. C. W. Weir, popular member of the Clinton
tpolic^force, came second. The vote stood: Columbus L. Owens 4,232, Weir
16.57, Hicks Owings 1418, Peden 768. '
j * • ('oroner Re-elected
J. A. Thomason, incuml)ent, walked away with his three opponents and
was re-elected by a landslide majority. The vote stood: Thomason 4903,
.\dams 825, Good 720, Whitlock 1550.
County C'ommissioner
In this race J. Herman Power was elected on the first ballot. H.
Barksdale of Gray Court, and Ix'e .■Xdd Blakely of this city, both incumbents,
enter the second race. The vote of the three highest contestants stood: Pow
er 4205, Blakely 3616, Barksdale 3052.
yHouse of Representatives
In the race for the house, with eleven candidates in the field, Cook led
the ticket, but no candidate received a majority thereby making election im-
fMjsaible. The six highest in this race, in the following order, will run over:
Cook 3,da4, Nash 2,567, Huff 2,330, Witherspoon 2,323, Lanford 2,105 and
Culbertson 2,046. .. /
I’. S. Senate Race
In the United States senate race, former Senator Cole L. Blease led the
county with 3,013 votls. Senat<)r Smith, seeking re-election, came s«*cond
with 2,325. Ihird place fell to Harris with 1,507 votes, and fourth t«» Wil-
^ liams with 881. '
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■ New Term Boon To Open. Two
New Faculty Members.
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Union Services
Come To Close
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the churches of the city during .luly
and -August came to a close last Sun
day evening in the Thornwell Me
morial church with Dr. Walter L. Uin-
gle, president of Davidson c(dlege, «k‘-
< pying the pulpit. Dr. I.ingle was in
the city as the guest preScher at tlu*
n’irn'ng .«ervive at the First Presby
terian church an<j was extended an
invitation to speak in the evening
whiyh he gladly accepted. .\t b«»th
sei'V'iios he was greeted with large
congregation.s and delivered strong,
appealing gospel messages that made
a profound impression upon his hear
ers.
Announcement was made that be-
.ginning next Sunday regular services
will be resumed in the city^churches
and continued throughout the winter
without interruption.
NEW RECiULAnONS
FOR SWIMMING POOL
.Announcement is made by C()ach
Walter .A. .Johnson that the college
swimming pool will close to the public
on .Sept. 1st On .September Idth it
will re-open to the public on Tuesday
and Frwi.iy of each week, between the
hour.s oF-3 and 7 p. m. .
Orphanage Schools
Opened Monday
The Thornwell orphanage .schools
opened their new session Monday
morning w'ith a full quota of teachers
as announced last week in The Chron
icle, only one change in the faculty
having been made over the previous
year. I^essoms were assigned at the
Opening hour, books distributed, and
regular class room work s^arted7The
.schools are again headed by B, S. Pin
son as superintendent. The children of
the institution, after being scattere<l
on their .summer vacations, are all
back as well as the teachers and mat
rons, with indications pointing ahead
to a successful year’s work.
Presbyterian college is preparing to
open its doors on September 13th to
another full capacity student body.
Room assignments and applications
exceed all previous” records at thi^
date. Three of the four dormitories
have already been filled and only a
Tew vacafflt room.s remain in the
fourth: * __
Prof. Roger U. Co^ of the depart
ment of education, Received the degree
of doctor of philosophy from George
Peabody college, Nashville, on August
23rd. Dr. ('oe was awarded his M. A.
by the University of Virginia. His un
dergraduate work was done at Pres
byterian college. ^
There will be two new members on
the faculty, Dr. Stephen McQuetn
Huntley and Capt. William U. Blan
ton. Pr. Huntley will be the ne\!^. head
of the department of romance lan
guages. He is a native South Caro
linian and^was in the A. K. F. His
A. B. and .A. .M. degrees were receivwl
from the University of South Carolina
and the Doctor d’universite from the
University of Toulouse, France, where
he finished with highest honors. Dr.
Huntley’s dissertation was “Ues Rap
ports lie la France et la Confederation
Pendant la Guerre de Sijcession."
Capt. Blanton is a native of Florida.
He has been transferred from David
son college to be an assistant in the
R. O, T. C. at Presbyterian college.
He saw much combat service during
the World w-ar and was cited for gal
lantry.
The librarian, Willard L. .Jones,
completed the requirements for a B.
S. degree in library service at Colum
bia university, New York, during the
summer.
Prof, T. E. lx)thery has been study
ing at Cornell university and Prof. C.
W. Grafton at .Northwestern univer
sity.
SYNODJIEETS
HEREjrUESDAY
Annual Sessions of Presbyteriaii
Body To Be Held At Collefv.
Opening Sermon By Rev. G.
M. Telford, Retirinii: Moder-
ator. Session Open To Public.
‘ Senator Ellison Durant Smith led
his oppi.nents Tuesday in his race for
re-election to the United States sen
ate. He will run over on Sept. 1.3th,
with former Senator Cole L. Blea.se.
who came .•‘•econd. Williams was third
and Harris fourth.
Foi||Magistrate
At Clinton
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Clinton Mill
Lydia Mill
Goldville
Mou ntville
Hopewell
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Hort.s .M. Lynn leaves today for
Rome, Ga., wherelhe will be a member
of the faculty at Darlingt<»n .School
for Boys.
Young People
Enjoy Picnic
The Bethany church .Sunilay school
held a mo.st enjoyable [liciiic last Fri
day afternoon at .Musgrov<-’.s mill with
about sixty present. The afternoon
was given over to a viinving of the
construction of the new' bridge, chi!-
ilreti’s games and songs and a Jxiunti-
ful lunch spread .in picnic style.
Hob Moore of Mullins, spimt the
week-end with fiiends here.
Run-Over Race
For Magistrate
Magi.stiate W. Roy Pitts and B. R.
Fuller " will enter a second ra"e for
Magistrate of Hunter township at
Clinton, the third contestant. .John D.
Glynn, havin;; beiMi ehniinated <»n the
first count.
Magistrate Citt.- led by a suJ)stati-
tial niaigin, leceiving l.DG Votes,
Fuller came second with 691 votes and
Glvnn third with .599. J’itts carried
• ’linton City, Clinton .Mill anil (lold-
ville. Fuller carried llo|K‘well and
.Mountvilli', and Glynn won his pre
cinct, I ydia .Mill.
The- tisynfnl of -t>frath—i' amlma
convene in the First Pre.shyterian
church of this city at 8 p. rn. on next
Tuesday, Sept. 6th. and Rev. Gea'^ge
M. Telford, retiring moderator, and
pastor of the .Abbeville Presbyterian
church, will preach the opening ser
mon.
The organization of the synod will
be effect'd by the election of a new
moderator and an assistant clerk. Rev.
F. H. Wardlaw, of Spartanburg, l>e;ng
the permanent clerlrwho reconl - the
acts of synod.’
Nothing more will be done at the
night session except to make an
nouncements of the times and ord?ni
of the meeting for the next day.
On Wednesday morning the syn >d
again will assemble in the Pre.shyte-'
rian church and the business se.vs’ons
.".s well as the popular meetings will
be held there.
Perhaps the most imfxirtant matter
before the synod for consideration will
be the report of the committee n
I rayer and evangelism, to be made by
Rev. J. M. W’ells, D.D., of Sumter. The
church seems to be aruuseii as never
before for a score of years to its duty
and privilege of soul-winning, ami a
concerted effort is uniku' way to cov-
'er the entire Southern church of wh ch
the Synod of .South Carolina is lo
small part.
There will be repoits from all a.<e j-
cie.> of the genera! as.seinbly. foiesgri
missions, home missions, Chri^'^i-i.'i
education and ministerial relief, ikI
the .Sunday school and young peoj; c’\
work.
South Carolna synod, through tue
leadership of Rev. .J. H. (Th1c9)\
stand.s in the forefront of work am.' g
young jicople. The leader.- of 'hn
work will no doubt* bring msp.; ng
messages to the synod. * 1
The committee on synod’> wori. .>f
which the retiring moderator is t'W
chairman, has the business of p’ n-
iiing for the major wo.Hi of thi* s\ o*
This emhiace> the young peo;.
work, the home mission work ar
budget, or fmancial plans of , «
synod.
'ihe .synod is also calbd to fa • It
this meeting the indebtedr’e-s •'
whi: h it made it. eit liable w he t
'endered non-produ» ti\e the qua ?:r
(if a .million dollars worth of prop tv
(Continued on page tw’o)
LAURENS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY ELECTION, AUGUST 30, 1932
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