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V n .1 If ■' ;'v r r: • 7^^ iTi^ ■ ^ l. tHE CHRONICLE • •* 4" * •iStrives To Be k Clean News- • • paper. Complete, Newsy, • and Reliable. ! ........ If Ton Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE 4- Ton Don’t Got Tbe Newsi. VOLUME XXXII CLINTON^ S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1932 NUMBER 39 cm REVIVAL City-Wide Evangelistic Meeting Begins Oct. 19th, With Rev. R. C. McQuilkin, Outstanding Preacher and Bible Teacher, As Leader. A union evangelistic meeting of all churcihes in the city will be held here next month, Oct. 19-30. Rev. R. C. Mc Quilkin, president of, the Columbia Bible college, Columbia, and an out- standintr preacher and' Bible teacherr ~ is to lead the meeting. His coming is! egaerly awaited by all who have ever heard him and no doubt the whole series of services will be a spiritual feast to all whb atend. Mr. McQuilkin had the Bible hour at the Young People’s conference here at Presbyterian college two years ago, and in announcing his coming the pro gram committee said they considered themselves “forturj^te in having se cured Mr. McQuilkin, who is ofie of the outstanding Bible teachers of Amer ica. Laurens Women | Prayer Meetings In Fall Session Planned For City Farm Council Hears Excellent Reports From Clubs. Meeting Held In Laurens. Laurens, Sept. 26.—Meeting in the Preliminary Services To Be Held Preparatory To the McQuilkin I Evangelistic Campaign. DID YOU KNOW? MANY DEAD Extensive preparations are being audiorium of the city school b^lilding, j,made for the union Evangelistic meet the I.aurens Council of Farm Women ing to be held in the city next month, held its fall session here Saturday, announcement of which is made in an- with all the clubs represented and ex- other column. The. following is the cellent reports sent up from each. [schedule of prayer meetings and oth- Miss Minnie M. Floyd, of the Win-ier services as preliminary to the evan- throp college extension service, wasjgelistic effort under Mr. McQdilkin’s leadership: DID YOU KNOW —That the Clin ton Public JXbrary deserves the "sup port and intei'ost of every Clinton citi zen because of its splendid service, in , the face of great difficulties, to you { and your children? As early as 1865, our citizens rec- Puerto Rico Devastated By Ter rific Hurricane. Hundreds Die, Millions Lost In Property. Crops Ruined By 120-Mile W’ind. Relief Efforts Begun. ' Si guest of the club for the day and ' gave a comprehensive outline of the work of the nutrition department which she represents in the state. Mrs. L. C. Taylor, as president of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Sept. 27.— A hurricane swirled through Puerto ognizod the necessity of a public Ti-j lumbered on. leaving brary^ The records of the‘present li- probably wiR mount _ _ ^ brary tell of Dr. W. P. Jat^s saying 1'”^° hundreds, and property da.r.age Oct. 3—Meeting for Sunday~schobThhat ff small tibrary-was 'orgarrizedt teachers and officers and leaders and'‘luring that year, which laste^ about millions of dollars. officers of the various church auxil-i 19 years. Dr. Jacobs was actively in-i Crovernor .James R. Beverley tonight the council, presided over Saturday’s iaries of the city. (Baptist church, lu a library for Clinton, and j estimated the dead at more than 200 7:30 p. m.) contributc<l materially to the present aud the injured at 1,000. session. At one point in the program Oct. 6—Meeting for church officers. I library in gifts of books. Other liberal; It was the “storm of San Eusepic,” a council member announced to the i (Bapti.st church, 7:30 p. m.) contributors, who are greatly missed, j named on the fea.st of that saint laat assembly that their president, Mrs.j Oct. 7 — Meeting for officers and; were Thos. C. Scott and Mrs, William Monday, when the dread winds first Taylor, had recently been signally | leaders of the young people’s societies (J. Bailey. j started their relentless northwest- i honored at ,\nderson by being elected | in the various (‘hurchea. (.\. R. P. | At the organization of the present' ward course out of the eiiuatorial At- director of thp Piedmont district.' church, 7:30 p. m.) which embraces sixteen counties. Mrs, ■ Tavlor has been elected for a three- Oct. 10-14'—(’ottage prayer meet ings over the city, to be arranged by library, in November, 1910, Dr. W. S. lantic. Bean stated, as recorded in the min-j Tonight all was over, and much of utes, that a public library was the' the island was devastated just it Mr, McQuilkin, besides his duties as president of the Bible college in Co- lurVibfa, is also editing the comments on the Sunday sc-hool lessons in the Sunday .School Times, Philadelphia, and “The State,” of Columbia, had | this to say when it was announced] that he was to write the lesson com ments: “.\ signal honor has come to Colum bia in the recognition of one of its ministers as an outstanding scholar and teacher. The Rev. Robert ('. Mc Quilkin, president of Columbia Bible college, has been appointed by the Sunday School Times to* treat the Sunday school lesson w'eekly in that widely read periodical. This weekly paper has a subscription list of ap- RBV, R. c. McQuilkin Noted Bible Teacher of Columbia, Who Will Conduct City-Wide Evange listic Campaign In Clinton, Ort. 19-30. I year term as district director and will' Mr?. T. L. W. Bailey in cooperation I fi’owning system of public-education, i was by the storm of San Felipe in T Fifty Freshmen Answer Call take office next June. She succeeds ] with the presidents of the various l and he stressed the idea that it devel- Mrs. J. Wesley Welborn, of .Anderson, w’omen’s organizations in the different i‘>ps n h’ve of reading in the young. The Youngs club won the prize churches. ! Any or.e engaged in educ^ional work Oct. 12—Union prayer meeting at i will agree that the reading of good Baptist church, 7:30 p. m. Saturday for having the largest at tendance of delegates to the Laurens meeting. literature is essential to a good edu- Oct. 16 — Union .service .Sabbath, cation. On Thursday, Sept. 15, Coach Lon nie McMillian sent out a call for fresh-^paniments by Mrs. M. L. Roper and nmn football men'and the call w’as answered by nearly 50 men, including some of the best prep players in. the state. With a week of practice b<*hind them, some of the mert are beginning to stand out.'Horn, although excep- The mu.sical program, always an in- night at Fir.rt Presbyterian church. A service of praise and prayer, 7:30 o’clock. Oct. 17 — Union meeting at First Methodist chuix'h, 7:30 p. m. Oct. 18 — Union meeting at j teresting feature of the social council meetings, included .social solos by Mr.s. H. K. Aiken and Mrs. R. Wood and piano selections and accom- proximately 100,000, and is sent to.tionally light, has the makings of a every state of the union and to prac tically every country in the world. In fact, the .Sunday School Times is said to have the largest circulation in the world of any strictly religious inter denomination paper. good center. Correll is also showing up well at guard. The line this year is very light in all positions, but the men are scrappy and fast and will make up for the lack of weight. First 'BaptBT church, 7:30 p. m. Miss Mildre<l Richards. Miss Jennie .Coleman, l.Aurens home demonstration agent, announced her program of activities for the fall and winter in cooperation with the club organizations. The spring .s<*ssion of the county council will be held with Trinity? Ridge next April, at which time ticers for tho now term will be elected, >933 house of representat.ves In 1928, the library was mpved to the high school building, the high 1928, when hundred.^ lo?t their lives and many millions in property dam age wa.s wrought, (lovernor Beverley lost no tin'e in, starting relief machinery and late to day had formed an emergency om- mittee and given it insti uctio" s to find shelter and food for the many school library and the public scool; thousand.s of destitute arni homelc 'S. library being united under the man agement of one librarian. It now siTves 250 high .school students who have access to all of the books of the combined libraries during the school | Farmers An^ Lawyers Lead He pnimised insular funds wou;d be placed in the committee^ hand' to morrow, pending a definite relief nr>:)- gram. , > The governor’s couriers, sent o to year. They are thus provided with all' gather information on the hurricine, books rtMjuired for their parallel read-1 brought him hack informaion upon ing, frt'e of charge. which he based his e.stimate of the At present, the library is supervised and operated by the library committee Columbia, Sc|>l. 21. - Uwyers and 1 of tbe Womna’.a club, of which Mrs. 'Vlfarmers will mike up exactly half ofj.S. Gary Dillard is chairman. Mrs. erxn., , /■ a-s; • Ti*hv Hir Irby Hipp is the experienced and ef- dead a,nd injured. He said this esti mate undoubtedly would he re. upward. 'Because of broken communication line.s there was no,way iif telling i >w I The backfield weighs as much as it ‘During practically the whole life ygynUy Joes, with Denny showing up of the Sunday .Schooi Times the Sun-j at fullback. Coach McMillian has un- .da,v whooj lesson_itepaOo^.l':^t-.|,B„„j two good passers 4w-tkmNinksl ed by one of Knelands greatest Bib-, Holladay. It looks as if the of-,‘olleKe has chosen the student offn I'.cal scholars. During the life tune Of, . ^ ' 4IM'4»y TruinbtHl-HieIe?wn-was year will be built-awmmi- en by the famous Alexander McLaren.! PaVses on account of the light line. Battalion Officers Are KnoMm membership of 124. ficient librarian. The Woman’s club ^lanv dead there were.. Rafael Veve, Jr., assi.stSrit gerieriil A list compiled bv J. W’ilson Gibhes. * .fontrihutes annually to the support of clerk of the house, shows 36 farmers! the library from funds raised from; „,a„ager of the Fajardo Sugar -o::,- and 26 attorneys were elected to that' benefit parties, serving banquets, etc.jpany, arrived in the capital late t-v- legislative branch in the recent pri- One of the hook ^ j‘»««7icy of ? xht maries.i Practically every profession or call- The military staff at Presbyterian ■ jny represented in the meml>ership. cers of the battalion. They are tm- !n reient years the exposition has | The full 8chi*dule include.s five nounced as follows: To,be Cadet .Major: Carl W. Adams. iKcn made by W. H. Griffith Thomas, yames: . ^ X.''' "rt' D.D., Graham .S< r{)ggie. D.D.. and Friday, Oct. 21—h>skine at Clinton;; • A. Howell, (i. >V. E^MngJ^ . . Russell Hnwden, D.D., all of thWn..j Saturday, Oct. 29 — Clcmson at i (battalion adjutant), well known Britislv-theologians and' (^igmson, 1 Cadet First Lieutenants: J. ♦eachers of the Bible. The appoint-] Thursday, Nov. 3. .Newberry at’H. xStamp.s, J. B. Copeland, H. S.-El- Tuent of Mr. .McQuilkin Vs the re. cived by an American for many Veai'^. — — “In its announcement the Sdnday j .'school Times says: * i ♦ “ ‘.As president of Columbia Bible 4 college, Columbia, S. C., Mr. McQud- j kin is doing a new work, his scho >1, being the only one of its kind m America authorized by state legisla-, Pm r. ^ f to confer the degree of bachelor | A rOlHOuOll Artaean club, provides an annual from Fajardo, only 30 ’ Iva There € an xetail-Ahri lawy five membership in the library for each of away. its members.; and other clubs could he j towns between Fajaid - a. •!_ .re 11 merchant-farmers, seven , "^sistance-if tbey~-w<>uld , carolTna. mon' tbntr half the di~ - e Pherchants^-fW^Jawl JAUidonts,! Hdopt thi.s policy, or contribute their t,, the capital, were lev> lied.’’, Wve_ wyer-farmers, two physicians, 1 <*luh hooks. - . Tsaid. “AlFtRe plantation h .uses v.c-e two extile operatives, three newspapei ; - - .. ... editors and two civil engiiuMU-s. ! utility,-rendering the finest possible, ••Theie were 39 d<:ui at l a The Clinton library is one puhjic ,|<.siiovecL Friday, Nov. IH jtanburg. Thursday, -Wofford ai .Spar- liott, F. B. Parker, J. O. Woods, A. D. Ferguson, W. H. Touchberry, J. C. ti Also included are: A-martician; den-' public service, which has not received i when I left at 8 a. m., and 1 saw a. - ;t rt, minister, physician-farmer, farm-, uny increase in appropriation fr(.m .|(,„ between Fajardo and < ■- .Nov. 24 — Citadel at er-banker, farmer-lumberman., farm-' luhlic funds .'ince its organization. As, i well nn:igine tjhoU'-^i.s er-teacher, farmer-minister, locomo-! ‘ a« ly us 1912, the city couneil made the distriels I-traversed.’’ • live engineer, insurance agent, lumber! an appsopriation to the library, con^ “Starting around last midnig",', a dealer, railway mec hanic, real estate' trihutvng to its support the same ^ i op-mile wind la-hed San Juan ;ir:J dealer, schoorteacher. cotton mill ex-! atuount which it contributed this, the hinterlaml. wrecking huild ngs, McCa.skill, J. T. Neely, F-. B, I’inson | gcutive, cotton mill outside overseer, .V‘‘ar. The assisance received from the npping the roofs from houj^es. and only a portion of the juitiing valuable citrus fruit and 'i- fee crops. Methodists Hold ture of arts in Biblical education for com-j pleting a four-year course centering, in the Bible. Promotion day was observed la.st Himself a university i gynday at the Broad Street .Metho- duate and a graduate in theology,, dist church. This is an annual event he 4ta.s become by his own tiit-lesp which takes plage at the close of the f the Wore! and devotion to the j gchool year. Pupils were pro- the Bih^e, one oT the ablest j ^loited Trom class to class and from ^udjr Christ ^ Bible teachers in America. For fiv« j department to department. Those pu years he v^s asscKiate editor in the pijg going from one department to an- office of thV Sunday School Times, ly^her were furnished with attractive having done brilliant work while here; certificates. In the last two he has the .spiritual and intellectual ygm-g Broad Street church has corfl (staff). To be Cadet Second Lieutenants: B. W. Covington, C. J. Barrett, J. E. Burns (staff C. W. ,S.), J. E, Greer, J. F]. Osman, B. Graham, J. F.' Davis, V. S. White, H. H. Ferguson, N. G. Barron, H. L. Nettles, T. C. James, J. W. Odiorne, B. A. Lowry. The following named cadets of the junior class are appointed a.s Cadet Non-Commissioned Officers and will take rank as listed below: To be First Sergeants: R. E. Sims, C. N. Plowdeh, M, P. Tree man. To be Battalion Sergeant Major: R. D. Lynn. To be Color Sergeants: J. L. Wilson, B. A. Ro)l)in8on. cotton mill service mantf>!^er, broker-auto dealer, bai+H‘r, auto sales man and a wholesale merchant and manufacturer. cotton ‘■'>^"‘•>1 ... small amount paid for the librarian s Mrs. Floyd Hitt i Loses Fatherl laiss in the fruit crop alone wa-> e---' timated at $7,U(>9,0<M), .After a pe.-- sonal inspection of part of the* .j;.''.- a.stated area, (lovernor Jame.s R.’B?.*,- and doe.s not leave anything for buying new books, paying maga zine suh.scriptions or replacing old and worn-out books. - A membership in the liblrary costs]erlcy said damage to the coffee cDp only SI.00 per annum, and IxM^ks and I would be greater. magazines are available when the li-! When the storm left Puerto lli *0 1 brary is open on Mondays, Wedne.s-j and headed westwanl toward San Do- Cross Anchor, Sept. 22. V\’il"am | day.s and Fridays of each week. The mjpgy communication.s in the is.ands Harrison Simm'on.s, 53, died at hi.sjtwo combined libraries have over had not been restored. It appeared home at Cross Anchor last Thur-nJay ' h.OOO volumes and subscribe to over | probable that when all outlying points night after several weeks illness. *30 magazine.s and periodicals. In no' had been heard from the death toll Funeral sefvit*ea were held Satur?| ’ other way could you secure access to j would be considerably higher. day afternoon at 3:30 o’clock from the ] so much interesting and beneficial New Hope Baptist church in Cross I reading material at so small a cost It was estahlis Th'Ba 'f'.osT i.n Anchor, conducted by the Rev. Dewey If you are interested in economizing background of this paper and is | pitted its departmentalizing and grad- To be Line Sergeants. D. H. McF ad-j , wholeheartedly identified with it? jng throughout the entire 8t‘hool, ac-}^«”» Redmond, J. W. (^ombs, J-j^he adjoini I Martin, assisted by the Rev. (\ B. i Prince of Union, and the Rev C. L. Woodruff. Interment was in adjoining cemetery. this year, and also in helping your community in supporting one of its most worthwhile iistitulions, enroll a.s a reading member of the Clinton Pub- ideals and message. cording to the denominational stan-: H. Viser, T. H. Wingate, H. Wyman, Junior Order had charge of the; lie library. sevices at the grave. Mr. Simmon, wax a weii K" ;:lFederal Aj^ For •The Sunday School Times has' established by the last gen- C. W’. Copeland, A. P. Wilson, W. H. now asked Mr. McQuilkin to *^* .eral conference of the church. In this j Cranford, H. C. Quantz, E. M. (iregg, world-wide fam11y~in their evefy'^'eek| jchboV will how be found graded wor- J, W. Henry. lesson study by writing the leading! gjjip and instruction for all the young To be Corporals: W. N. White, H. lesson article in each issue. Mr. Mc-jj^opje jhe church. .Next Sunday is j) wiUon, F. Johnston, C. M. Law-l and the Horshoe Robinson Junior Or- (fuilWin is working constantly among jt^e beginning of the new. Sunday! j c white, H. W. Wilson. I der council, people and Sunday school g^hool year and it is expected that a' ’ farmer of Cfbss AnChTir and a ‘xnf*»-, ber of the New Hope Baptist church 14 were dead, fn Sabanallana fou Catano two, and in Rio Piedras IC. Other reports .said the death toil ;n Rio Peidras was a.s high as 40. .A re port from the little town of Carolina said 10 persons had been killed, and i at (’agua? a native was elccti\ :'.::cd , by a live wire. i Police officials detailed a squai of motQ-r4;ycle men—tai-the towns a'. -n2 Calhoun Highway large crowd will be present. All mem bers and new pupils are urged to be I on hand promptly at 10 o’clock. young . . teachers and his new lesson article, therefore, will be intensely practical and vital.’ “Mr. .McQuilkin has become recog-j nized as* one of the greatest Bible ^ « • H ttacher. in America. For xeverai year, j OpeiUIlg FOOtOall (Continued on page two) Chamber Plans Rally Night } He is survived by his widow, who | Contr,ac t.s jfor hard-surfacing thei I before marriage was Miss Lola Wil-j Calhoun highway from (’linton to the'under way in such confusion it ’ impossible to determine how high t;.* the north coast with instructions to ha.sten back with a full report o". the dead and injured. The work of relief and repair g t i son; four sons, William B„ Roy L.,' Saluda river via Mountville and Cross and W’oodrow Simmon^ bf Cross An- ^ Hill, will be let in November by the chor, and Paul E. Simmons of I.au- .state highway department, according rens; one daughter, Mrs. Floyd Hitt to information ahtained recently by a of Clinton, and two sisters, .Mrs. .Min-v Clinton delegation, together with Sen Farm Women Dect Mrs. Taylor Ckune Saturday Rally night for the Chamber ^ie Putnam of Woodruff, and Mrs. ator-elect C. D, Nance, who appeared At the annual meeting of tht Pied mont District Council of Farm Wo- meh, A nderson, Mrs. Saturday m The opening football game of the season at the college stadium will be played next Saturday afternoon at Johnson field, beginning at ^ three o’clock. The P. C. opponent for the initial encounter will be the Lenoir- L. C. Taylor, presi dent of the Laurens County Council of Farm Women and a member of the Brewerton club of this county, was Rhyne eleven of Hlikory, N. C., *nd commerce will be held on the night Littlefield of Enoree October 11th, the next regular meet-j ing date of the organization, it wasj^ wj j announced yesterday by President OlUFSCOfl filCACiS Blakely. It is the intention of the officers to make a special effort to have a full number of injured would be, hut it w;u apparent hundreds had been hurt. Thousands of persons were left homeless. The storm put San Juan’.- water and light facilities out of commission. Tie manager of the power company la.d attendance of the men\bersh)p at thei before the commission for a hearing. The work is to be done, it is stated, with funds appro'priatcd by congress ] it would be impossible to re?.ore at its last session and turned over to (either service before Thursday. .\ ^>*v this .state in the form of federal aid. | transmission line must be built hcfa.'e Under the federal aid system this, power can be furnished for pumping state was recently allotted one million I water six miles from the reservi;:i*. At the regular monthly meeting of dollars for road building and the con- j Arrangements for a temporar> - ^ ^ —A— *-J 5 1-., . 9—TT—-—w ' -t—r—T—-jTf ^Vr Legion Post; nin* the pUy, of the North Cmrolin.! team against the local varsity and Ihe October rally, wlt)Y an interesting pro-local American Legion post last' <»truction of the incompletecfX^th^^ water supply, imperative for reasons gram arranged for the occasion. “Ev-jnjjjht, Harry K. Sturgeon, j highway section in this county, i^ of sanitation, were being rushed. volving about twenty miles, has been San Juan was left a nightmare of, a fast, interesting game is expected. , , , , The lerulM.are bu,y thi, week run. ery member preMnt i, the elogan | ^^^^er of the college faculty, wa« £3' Vv elected director of the Piedptiont dis*-] dummy practice and scrimmages will trict. She|Will be installed hi her new be continued in preparation for Sat- offke in the spring. urdasr’a game. The P. C. tea^ is in Mrs. Taylor was one of the moving j excellent shape following the Clemson elected commander for the coming year. Prof. Sturgeon, who is keenly spirits in the organization of the Brewerton Home Demonstration club in Laurens county three years ago, and became its first president. Two years ago she became president of the Laurens county council. She has taken an acitv^ interest in the home dem onstration work daring the relatively short time since it has been organized in tlie county. battle last Friday. It will be noted that a substantial reduction in the price of tickets has been made for the games to be played this season on Johnson field. The ad mission has been placed at $1.00 with tax included, and it is hoped that a large crowd will be on hand >vhen the whistle sounds Saturday afternoon for tbe kick-off of the home se^i^n. Increase Made In EnroHment undertaken after the November let- interested in Legion affairs, served j ting. during the World war as an officer] As.hurance has al.so been given Mr. in France and the army of occupation! Nance and the committee that as soon in the chemical and gas department. as funds are avalFble work will begin designated as the first project to be wreckage. The great stgel towers of radio sta tion KWAQ, which was broadcasting during the early part of the storm. lay benUand twisteiLin the streets. eiL,ii The enrollment of the schools at the close of the first month ending Sept. 23rd, has reached a total of 1^42, divi^^ed 1,181 white, 361 coL ored. In the high school, there are 275 Other.officers elected were: G. W. Clinton Hollingsworth of this city, and Jesse Thomas of (Joldville, vice-command ers; Joe L. Davidson, finance officer; W. H. Simpson, historian; W. P. Bur dette, adjutant; Julian Coleman, ser- A concrete wall of Tres Banderas, on part of the Musgrove road via!a popular movie theatre, was blown in Musgrove mill, and on a portion i and debris wa.s strewn over the seats. of route 392 extending to the New berry county line. _ ... Miss Jeannette Crawford leaves j^upils; Florida street school, 412;!geant at arms. An additional vice- this week-end for the University of Academy Street, 320; Providerice, 174. In the colored schools Bell Street has 332 enrolled, Bethel school 29. commander and a post chaplain will be selected at the (Jetober meeting, It is announced. Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where she will work on her master of arts degree. Numerous small craft along the waterfront were stove in and driven aground. Several of the^iers were left roofless. Miss' Mary Jo Rheney of Augusts, Ga., is spending two weeks with Mios es Helen and Fay Adair. ' \ A.\ I.- i