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V / THE CHRONICLE ♦ • Strives To Be a Clean Newa-j • paper. Complete, Newsy, • • ' and Reliable. • • • : If Ton Don't Read f THE CHRONICLE Yon Don’t Get The News. I : VOLUME XXXII CLtN'lt)N, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1932 NUMBER 42 City-Wide Evangelistic Services Began Last Night NORRIS URGES HOOVER DEFEAT Doing Their Stuff Now, By Albert T. Reid Veteran Nebraska Senator Calls) Upon People To Think Only of “Welfare and Perpetuity of Our Homes’" In Pleading: for Election of Roosevelt. I Philadelphia, Oct. 17. — Terminj!:! party regularity “one of the greatest evils confronting our government,” ■ Nebraska’.s independent Republican senator, George W. Norris, told a Pennsylvania audience tonight that. President Hoover cannot be reelected j except through the votes of ‘people; who do not believe in'him but who! vote on account of party.” ' "If the j^ople of this country,” he said, “will think only of the happi- nes.s of ’our people, the welfare and the perpetuity of our homes and fire- ^ sides, Governor Roosevelt will be j elected by a -Hnnaj^rity which will be nutre out.-tanding and more over whelming than the majority which put Theodore Roo.sevelt in the White ' House.” It wa.s the opening speech of Nor ris’ recently announced active cam paign on behalf of the Democratic candidate for the presidency. The .«enator sp<»ke in Philadelphia’s metro-! politan opera house, under auspices of i the Roosevelt independent state com mittee. Taking “parti, anship” as his theme, ‘ Noiri.s quoted Abraham Lincoln; ' “ ‘I will stand with any man who j stands right. I will stand with him as; long as he is right and I will part liom him whenever he goes wrong.’ " “The modern slogan of political bosses,” Norris said, “is, ‘stand by your party, right or wrong. Be regu lar though th^e government fails.’ And these same bosses try to teach the ris-: IXWOCVdl VKU 11^1 ing generations that party regularity i is the very essence of citizenship,! when, as a matter of fact, pairty reg-‘ GREAT CROWD HEARS OPENING . SERMON BY MR. McQUILKlN ' Community Revival Makes FaYurable Beginnin.ii: With Unusual Interest Manifested. Large Choir>To Lead Music. Two Ser vices Daily At 10 ,A. M. and 7:30 P. M. Democrats Plan County Drive Campaign To Be Launched To Secure Funds To Aid In Elec tion of Roosevelt and Garner. The Democrats of Laurens county ' will be given an opportunity next j week to a.ssist in electing the Roose- velt-Garner ticket through their con tributions. DTTTXong oT I,aurcns, has b€^~ap^ The city-wMde evangelistic- services in which all of Clinton is cordially in vited to unite, began last night in the orphanage chapel, witih a great con gregation present. The Rev. S, P. Bowles led the song service, which promises t«) be an outstanding feature of the meeting. .A choir of .'cverity- ' five voices will lead the congregatlon- 1 al singing, with Mrs. ,1. F. .Jacobs, Jr„ I as pianist. j The opening sermon was deli\ red i by the Rev, R. C. .McQuilkin of < .>- ' lumhia, and Vas'ka powerful messag** on the theme. “Meeting the Ma ter I Means a Miracle.” pointed to ^U'^'d the county as direc-1 .p. , ; f f , . . • 4 j! ihe morning worsh p hour.- wi; ‘e tor of f.nance and he will bt* assisted) , ... ,, ,, , devoted by Mr. McQuilkin to a ."Jt :dy of “Our Lord’s Parables, .Mira.ies of Teaching.” This moining at 10 able- o* Iv 1 1 by a counfy^wide committee. The ef-i forts of the committee will be co ordinated under the general direction, . , , , , of Mr. Long'. jThe county s quota has „ ,, , * 4 4 J -4 • 1. J 41- 41 tru* Fathers Heart, or What The meeting has already aroused j city-wide interest ad tn iica* ons 'point to a large attendance at e i.h service. Much preparatory work ti ' been set at $750, and it is hoped that. , ... , ,, , 4, . 4 11 u • J f4 of a B<Mng Is (lod. this amount will be rai.sed soon after 1 _ , the drive is launched. R. W'. W'ade is chairman of the Clin ton tenrritory and is now pl.anning a I campaign to he undertaken early next I week. Each rv*mmTat is a shareholder I in the Democratic party of the people and all will he asked to contribute to this fund to carry the campaign to a ! victorious conclusion. Bronze Roose- ! velt-Garner medallions are to be of- ' fered for sale and it is hoped that the ' response will he a generous one. I The committw appointed by the Democratic National committee for been done by the pastor^ of the .’Ity and laymen of the respective chur-tes in the way of cottage prayer m.*et- ings, laymen’s meetings and special prayer hours. It is hopefully and c >n- fidently expected that a great revA'al will he the result of th(= serie' of meetings. A^ city-wide invitation is extended to all, both church and non-church Gibbes Prepares Club Organized State Ballots ulafity is^ert ofteiT the-eoftcealme-nt-Y-,ttcal U4uipter Perfected At Col- Lxpe Heavier Vote In State of crime and debauchery—the cover ing up of evil and the robbing of the, people of their very fundamental; lights of human freedom. . . . “It puts party above country and, in the logical end, it means the de- ru ti61T“of democratic government. “Mr. Hoover today is the emhodi- lege. YounR Democratic Clubs Set Goal At 1,500,000. On November Years Aro. 8 Than Four Frances Willard Day Be Observed ., . . . J # 4U # 11 .. members, to attend the services to he this county is composed of the follow-,. ,, , ^ ^ held daily at 10 a. m. and 7:.l0 p. m. Alert and courteous ushers from the ing members: 0. L. Long, director. Allif l4.e. M. 1,. .Smith, I.. G. i .wIk.s have been secutwl II. 1). Gray, M. U Mote., R. T. WiUon i Schools of State To Present Pro srahis Tlbhdrtng: Temperance Worker On October 28. aTtd C. K. Wright, of [.aurens; W. W. Harris, J. H. Witherspoon, Dr. Dudley iJones, R,^ W, Wade and J. D. Davis, .'of (Minton; W. C. Wharton, Waterloo; Hill;. John Ro..», Goldville; Dr. W. T. Pace, Gray (’ourt. to look after the comfort and conven ience of all who come. ' ’The leader for. the revival, the Rev. * R. (L MeQuilkin of (’oluml^,. is an Bible teacher. .As head .D^NanLt^- (-rp_ss ^ndlege^ he has- Last .Monday noon a Pr<*shyterian ('ollege chapter of the Young Demo cratic club was officially organized, •lames H Columbia, Oct Gibhe.s, secretary 15. of the J. Wilson Democratic Columbia, Oct. 17.— Plans are going forward for the observance of Frances state executm* committee, was hard! Willard day, October 2H, in the puhlicj Galloway,, who is a ^.senior ment of that partisan.ship. Without its at the University of South ('arolina, sinister influence, he has no chance yad student head of the organization of iTcihg re-elected president. He must there, was present and per.sonally had he elected by people who do not be lieve m him hut vote for him on ac count of party, or he cannot win at work tiwlay getting the party tick ets ready for the general election No vember S. Ordinarily, on presidential election schools of South ('arolina, as provided by a legislative act. A program for honoring the meni- j acquired a national reputation and ({‘tudents come to (’oluniKia from all AXf P l>Hrts of the United States to audit ivirs. n.r, inomason^^.^ interesting lectures. He also-edits Claimed By Death the wmments—on the Sunday achuol- ory of the famous temperance I^-ader afternoon for Mrs. Wil- f4u I . 1 Ktmeral and educator has lieen prepared by the i*. Tho,mason, who died Thursday charge of the organization of the lo al tickets numbering about one- South ('arolina Woman s ( hnstian her home in the city. The las*t rites unit. Mr. finlloway was repre.senting i yf enrollment. This yimr the i Temperance union, ('opies are avail-'* le.ssons in the Sundav School Ti.me.s, I’hiladelphia. As a -jH-aker, he pre- Laurens. (Vet. 15.—Funeral s4Tvice8,j.,j^^ appealing (.ospel mes- were held from the First Baptistt.,j^j^y^ great power and effective ness. 4 The public i.s cor lially invited ’ tend all the services, (..rtinuing at- Hon. Robert M. (’onper, state senato^ ^ enrollment of the party for tlio pri-j able at the office of . 11., and financial director of the I>emo-j mary was more than 117,000 hut" it: state •uiierintemlen.t o “W’e once had a Roosevelt in White House and he stood manfully • ^ 4U /- i- i u i i 4U- u n for the rights of the people against campaign in South < arolina. was believed this heavy enrollment monopoly. He did not hesitate to cross' A large number of students assem-j was brought about primarily by dup- Ihe party line whenever he believed bled for the meeting. the welfare of the country demanded. \i ses.-ion officers for the local , „ .-4,. The politicians and the machines re-elected. Dr. John vie-* viled him—condemned him, and u.'ed president of the college, was all their power * elected honorary president from the lames H. Hope, were eonduett'd by the pastor. Rev. W. j lica*^’.ons. The vote east in the primary was around ! ures in m of edutation, f f i .services were concluded at the i teachers reciue.sting i morning, and running thruugh foi warding to u-ucnc s i ^,r»ve^ide in the Laurens cemetery. , Mrs. Thomason was the former' The program outlines ‘lenionstra-! yf ^he ! id 2(15,0(10. Bearing these fig-jtions and a pageant urging temper- B Bramlett of j iml. Mr. Gibbes plans to send ance and quotes slogans, an “Amen- p^yrens. She had bt^en a useful and' out ballots to about 40 pe rcont of can (’re<*d” and a temperance | active member of the First Baptist! the enrollment. i ment of George Washington. It f<‘n-1 faiUn^f health overtook In 1030 the priman" enrollment was tains statements by both Governor-r yj-^ several yeaTs ago. She and Mr. in which he believed He called approximately 306,000 and for the Blackwood and Mr. Hope. Thomason, who is a member of the meni in wnc ’ behalf of the faculty, and H. H. Fer- general election 155,000 ballots were! The law of .South Carolina Provides,; Furniture company, were mar- have another Roosevelt ^or the student body. Active, sent out over the state. Yet the, num-; the governor’s .statement points ou.t,ij.;^^ OcIoIht 11, 11)00. They had no stands for nractically the .same officers were also elected. Ben W'.iher of votes cast in the general elec- -“the fourth Friday in OcoIht in ‘ Covington, Jr., was chosen president; j tion was onljrabout 17,H00. This year ^ year New Prospect Is Host To Baptists cairying out the principles administration, Dean M. W. Brown in ■ • ^ '* He called who things; who believes in the same kind of government; wmo stands for the nghtal. of the people _ai_aiCli!ls|- il}?- overpowering ..domioation of w’ealth and political power. But he calls him self a Democrat. Are we groing to cast aside the things we want in govern ment simply bccaua? of the party • hall be s<‘t apart as France.<< J. B. Copeland, vice-president; J. F. Qi^man. executive committeeman: B. F. McLean, recording secretary; W’. Johnson Mc(!utcheon, corresponding secretary, and Charles N the vote may Ik* considerably heavier.' Willard day and in each public school a*. a_ Orangeburg county, with an enroll- of the state it shall he the duty of such ^ StuttR IveTlimE ment of ahouT 11,000, has asked that j .school Tir iirepare ancT render a suFl- 7,500 ballots be sent for .the general j able program on .said day to the end election. ; that the children of the state may h<* Plowden, tjeveral days ago, the question was ^taught the evils of intemperance.” From Hospital name s»» treasurer. , ruiged before the supreme court as j The collegiate Roosevelt-Garncr j to whether the ballot should carry the Vnrrls re'lted lo hU »udi«nce a so-| clubs woro first orfianlzcd at tho Uni. | names of all candidates for federal ries of statements by reirular Repub-.] versity of .South Carolina. They are offices - Democratic ^and licans from the time of the World war a part of the national oriranization of alik*—or only those of the Democrats. do“ toms, criticizinit Mr. Hoover., Young Democrats. Th-* ■.« ’ one going to the ealent of calling ! oct. 12. the following "" oP-mon having been handed down. him unfit for “responsible position of published from Raleigh, trust.” Be added: • ^ 'S C ” “For the sake of regularity, in the I* ‘ ^ • u name of partisanship, these leaders m, Taylor, of Raleigh, r^esi-, the party—these statesmen advocated | dent of the Young Democratic auhs' the election of Mr. Hoover to the high-, of America, today said a membership t^'office in the land, when, before jgpftl of 1.0(K).000 had been bettered Rasor Case Appeal Nears Completion F. M. .Slutts returned Sunday from the government hospital at Oteen, N. U,, where he has been a patient for the past year. Mr. StutLs’ friends will he glad to know that he has complete ly recovered from his illness and has .j been given a discharg<* from the hos- Laurens, Oct. 15. Attorneys jjg being most cordially wel Sunday At Duncan’s Creek es the nomination and before party a'l-jby 150,000, with 3,700 organizations tion, they had, each and ever>' one ci ijp 42 states and the District of Co them, condem^ned him as unworthy ^‘ijunibia. the office.” As previously announced, next Sun- both side.s, it was learned yesterday, have agreed on the case and excep tions in the appeal of Henry Rasor, Lathan Crisp and Eugene Crisp to the state supreme court from the verdict rendered in .their,jda.se at the May term of court when they were con- day, Oct. 23rd, will be observed as home-coming day at Duncan’s Creek Presbyterian church near here. corned 4)ack home after an extended absence. Laurens, Oct. IL I''ie ”6;'n a’vvj i! -.session of-tht*- l.aiureiis BjpU-sL ciation was held ihi.; '.\.ek with New I’rosptH't church, neai the city. The two-day , a.ssemldy cl *scil Thu’’- '.uy afternoon, after accepting t'ae nv:- tation of ('he.'^tnut Ridge chui i K tn hold the 11)33 session there, an.! ’"e- electing the officer.-* of the orgiv.' za- Dr. L. R. Lynn is spending the week in the Synod of (Borgia in the inter est of the orphanage. . j victed of the murder of W. C. Rasor, Henry Rasor’s father, and with the 1 recommendation to mercy given a life tion. , ^ * S. W. Sumerel of (’linton, \..e- moderator of the association, presided over the sessi(fhs in the ab.-ence of the moderator, ('. H. Bobo, of La'u* rens. A radical departure from old CU-’- torti Wa.s made by the a.-..sociation in the matter and entertainment anti rt- fre.shments for the association del • gates and other attt .idaiii'i. Hergafttr each church delegation will proviJ? own lunch basket, thus relieving the I hostess church of the custom of pro- viding the traditional luncheon spread each day of the session. .Speaking of the report on educa tion. as read by Dr. John H. Mitchell of Greenville, Dr. W. J. MoGlothliiit A goal has been set to increase “ sermon by Dr. John MeSweentnow TfTlhe hands of the priYiter-antF: 4. 1 I , .. ..... .44 Z4 I M_. ,. 4 4Z. z 11 o’clock sentence. MeSweenx^ now in t The transcript of record is p **^l?!‘.L’^aitiz'"of K«nit-“°lL.*Lz I mtmberiliip from 1.150.000 to 1.500.-j city. In the afternoon at 31 it la pozzible that the reeord „ ,4, I,’,, Senator WilHa ofiOOO by November 8. the date of the.o’clock. Dr. H. W. DuSSooe. paztor of completed in time for the ca FOOTBALL STATISTICS I president of Furman university, dis cussed the subject from the grammar school to the collegiate institutions of .South Carolina in relation to the de nominational 8cTiool^~“'' Foss and the late Senator Ohio; Senator Dickinson of case to be the First .^ Presbyterian church of Senator Glenn of IlUnois; former Sen-] “Xhe Young Democratic Club of H*| ator Goff of West Virginia, ^Repre sentative Will W’ood of Indiana. ^ “It is proper in this carapai^i continued Norris, “for the American citizen to rise in his might and ask these Republican leaders whether they told us the truth before the party whip was unleashed qr whei^r they are telling us the truth now.’* iosru; I general elections, he said ine luuiiK Ln:niw . *4 i.- u linoiz. with 225.000 member., i. the ■«nd »fternoon worship hour. l.r*e.t .t«te or».niz.tion. T.ylorl*","","'” I'!.“"r’.lY-!!'! said, but New York state, with 650 local clubs, w'as classed as a ‘close second’.” The purpose of the clubs is to edu cate the young people along ^govem- meiitel lines and to place in office and a large crowd is expected for the occasion. MEN’S MEETING OMITTED Norris said the "president and hisfthose nominated on the Democratic followers are now seeking to deny the i ticket. If, in the futu^, the Demo- The regular monthly meeting of the men of the First Presbyterian church, scheduled for Friday night, will be omitted, it was stated yesterday by. rank and file of the Republican party jeratic party is to be led by able men, j the secretary. The meeting has been “privileges which he (Mr. Hoover) kaa exercised himself.” (^MMihe first retoned to this country after an absence of more thiw twenty yean.” said the senator, he — A the young people of today must be withdrawn in order that the memben Uught the ideals and sUndards of the j of the organization may attend the party. Through the Y ung Democratic evangelistic services now . v 4i-’ • u • J II 4! being held in the orphanage chapel clubs this 18 being done in an excellent ^ ^ McQuilkin 'as w- '.am heard at the November sitting of the supreipe court. The three defendants, together with Ernest Hitt, Coot Richards and Lee Payne, also under indictment in the same case, are being held^^ in county jail here. General Standing HART IN HOSPITAL w South Carolina 3 Furman 3 Citadel 2 Presbyterian 2 2 2 * 1 0 ! Clemson I Wofford I Newberry Erskine - L 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 T 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Pet. .750 .750 .667 .500 .500 .500 .333 .000 Young Leases Gaffney Hotdl Clemson Furman State Standing W L . 2 ..... 2 J. B. Hart, secretary of the Joanna Cotton Mills at Goldville, is a patient in the Hays’ hospital where he under went an operation last Friday. His numerous friends will be glad to i South Carolina ... ... 1 know that he is now convalescing knd | Citadel 1 that his early recovery is anticipated, j Presbyterian ’. — 0 Miss Azile Livingston spent the | Wofford 0 M. F. Young, proprietor of Hotel Clinton, has leas^ the Hotel CaroL Gaffney, and took over its manage ment within the past week. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Hargrove and H. M. Smith, who have been associated with Mr. 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pet. 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .000 .000 .000 Young here, have gone to Qaffhey to assume the n^anagement of the newly acquired hostelry. Mr. and Mrs. Young will continue ^ operate the local hotel aa in the part \ Mkfv- J. M. Pitts ia vi^ng^hec. daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and .Mggpip \ .u. \r /A'' 1,J.: \