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n o -T '• If Vou Don’t Read : THE CHRONICLE You Don’t Get The Newa. - ' • VOLUME XXXIV CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 24f 1934 ^ j ' THE CHRONICLE | • Strives To Be a Clean Newt-1 I paper. Complete, Newsj, { and Reliably I- NUMBER 21 INTEREST IN SUBSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN IS RUNNING HIGH The Field Is Rapidly Narrowing Down To the Real Workers. The Race Will Be Exciting. Master Halsell Roberts Heads List This Week. Veteran Carrier Will Be Retired The race for the five hundred dol lars in cash and the other valuable ca^h prizes The Clinton Chronicle is giving away as awards in its big prize distribution campaign is now in full swing ~ James P. Coleman, Cross Hill’s Pioneer and Only Rural Mail man Since 1904 Quits Service. Laurens, May 16.—James H. Cole man, pioneer and only rural letter carrier Cross Hill has had since thei "T", * '*!,* service was established there, will au-i . But few, however, of the small tomatically go on the retired list the list of nominations as publ^hed this appointed to week are actively at work. There has 27.mile route and entered in the not ^en sufficient time to hear from service' June 1, 1904. Because of the all of. them, but it is presumed that of the route, a morning and those who really mean business will a|-ternoon trip service was installed step into the work now and make an been maintained through the effort to get their hame.s up toward the top of the list. -- - All those w’ho have tried and made an effort at all to .secure subscriptions for The Chronicle will now be able to go ahead jand coiui^te for the big prizes. It is our purpo.se to remove the inactive workers’ names from the list just as soon as we find out they are weakening and are not making an effort to protect their names and in terests in the campaign. It will not he many days before the real workers will come to the front with a hand some percentage allotie*! to them, for their activity. Has Public Approval The stamp jof public approval has already been placed upon our cam paign. Nothing hut words of commen dation have come to this office on the liberality, fairh^s and s<iuareness, of the whole proposition. We are .sure that as the/campaign progresses the < jH-ople will willingly .support their fa- vorite candidates by giving them a ft takes 30 years of Mr. Coleman’s tenure. The first month Carrier Coleman re ceived $49. .\fter that his salary was on a parity Vith other free delivery carriers. .As showing a good health record, Mr. Coleman was notified th^ last of January that he had the equiv alent of three and one-half months ac cumulated “sick leave.” Before adopting the automobile, seven horses apd that number of bug gies were “used up" in *he service. •Miy Coleman has stated. a<l<ling that seven or eight different car's'had also gone into the service that he is now bringing to a clotee. Among the origi- ^ L,4 SCHOOL YEAR |42 SENIORS TO ENOS FRIDAY GET DEGREES Baccalaureate Sermon On Sun day and Graduating Exercises Monday Evening. Forty-three In Senior Cla.ss. Florida Street Pupils Give Program Tonight. Presbyterian College Commence ment Program Opens Sunday With Baccalaureate Sermon ' By Atlanta Minister. Gradu ating Exercises On Tuesday. _ Two thousand pupils in the cityj The fifty-third annual corpmence- school .sy.stem will turn their back.s.on | ^ent exercises of Presbyterian college class rooms hMday as the session j.-,, u • . j . c j comes to a close and the schools hold . ^ their closing exercises. [morning at 11:15 when the baccalau- T,, u- 1 . 1. r I reate sermon will be preached by the The baccalaureate sermon before d e. d i u . the graduating class of the hiirh school - tne graduating clash oL the high schMl Central Presbyterian church of iWill be preached next Sunday evening , r- a . . * . . ^ r . • . ; , , , . t- J, i, Atlanta, Ga., and a prominent minister .at e,Kht oclock a 1 of the Preebyterian denomination. The tenan church by the Rev. C. Bynum ^ Betts, pastor of the Associate Re- . . ; u u i r n i f 1^ I . • u 1. rr,- bytenan church, and following a long- formed Presbyterian church. This will , , ,. . L- L iL 'established custom the morning, wor- 'be a union service in which the u u > .u . n i , , f .. •. •. .ship in the churche.s of the citv will be chuix-hes of the city will unite, ' , . , .1 ... * T,. , ^ fv . , 1 withdrawn in order that the cominu- • ' The graduating exercises will be' .. • .1 ■ ■ i c. u niay unite in this spitcial occa.Mon. I On Monday afternoon at 3:30, the executive committee of the board of .Mr s. nal patrons who still live on the route, the retiring carrier mentions Mr. an 1 .Mrs. R. W. Browji, Mr. and Mr.s. W. G. Boazman, '^Ir. and Mrs. .S. H. Gog- gans, Mr. and Mrs. E. .\. .Adams, Mr. and 'Mrs. .A.. F. Coleman. Mr. and I.. W. Reeder. Postmasters at Hill for the 30-year period jn- clude: R. G. Crisp, E. ('. Chapman, J. Y. Matthews, William Wharton, H. Mc.Swain, John W. Hanna and (^^n- way Dial. Mr. and .Mrs. Coleman have reared a family of seven children, the yoting- est of whom is a pupil. Two of his Saving For State Of S2,000,0 Officials See Possibility of Refi nancing , Roth Deficit and Highway Bands. man and James H. Coleman, Jr.j have} served as substitutes from time to .time. Mr. Coleman has been a loyal member of the R. F. I>. association. The Cro»4lUI route will be contin-bonds at low d intact. J. Herbert I’owell will be c . "subscription to tht^* T»*P«*r. "hartHwfirk on _^the part of the contest-- ants to arouse interest in their behalf, but if they will jiist get out and put pep and ginger into their campaign they soon will find out that it is not so har<l to get subscriptions to The Chronicle. Yet some people can get busine.ss when the other fellow says theie is nothing doing. If a worker <k>e«n’t believe in himself it is alm(»st impossible to make others believe in him or her. Real Race Just Beginning it takes a Tot of character and self- confidence to put over anything worth while. It will take these qualities to make a successful fight for one of the ten cash prizes that will l>e given' by this paper. Those who finish in the big prize winning class will have ’o overcome a lot of discouragemeni. But the reward will be worth the price. “.A (Quitter Never Wins” Getting ahead iii a subscription cam- „rai)le discharge, he wa.s a student at paign is the result of the same, pi in- Ixindo’h'university for four months ciples that determines succe.ss in any taking vocational training, other kind of business. “A quitter ;yj,. succeeded W. Y. Mc.Veil, never wins and a winner never quits.” became postm:is>r and still holds who Columbia, Alay 21. —'Pi‘Ospects of •aving the state of South Carolina $2,(M)(\0()0 in interest over a period of time were made known tonight by senior high school t'omptroller Gimeral A. J. Beattie an<l ons, hred T.|Cole- p. MilK*r, state-treasurer. ued transferred from Waterloo, route one,' to succeeil Mr. ('oleinan, Waterloo routes Nos. one and two, have been consolidated and. b«*ginning June 1,^ will be serveil by Niles C. Clark, who/ been carrier on route two since September 1, 1919. He had, however, received api>ointment, and .seiA'ed one month, June 1 to July 1. 191b,, when he enlisted for service in the World war.-He served overseas With a signal corps, anil before being given his hon- Miller and Beattie returned from a i jtrip to New A’ork to .<ay there were I possibilities of refinancing both the I general state deficit l>onds and ^ate er rates of in tere.‘!t. The two state officials ri*cently re financed s'l.Ooo.lMki in -late teachers’ notes and •SKT.'i.OiMl in RF'C notes .saving of more than $.‘dMhK) interest. With this transaction as a itarome- ter of the money market, they con ferred with financiers in New York on carrying fonvard at lower rates the $4,230,000 outstanding in state deficit bonds, ^.’I.OOO.IMMI in 'state highway iKinds, and approx innately $2,5(m),000 in state highway contractors’ notes. The .state now pays ♦» per cent in terest on the entire group of lainds, amounting to nearly $12.04M».(KM). The state finance committee, consisting of overnor Black wooil. Ileal tie and Mil-! held next Monday evening at 8 o’clock in the Florida Street school audito- iiium. Dr. R. L. Robinson, a member of EiMkine college faculty, will deliver the literary address, after which di plomas will be presented to the gradu ating cla.s,s. Following is the program for the closing,exercises: Pi ocessuiftal. Invocation, Rev. (’. Bynum Betts. .Salutatory, Klizaiieth Harris. .'song, “On the lAgoon,” Brahms— high school chorus. Introduction of speaker. •Address before graduating class — Dr. K. L. Robinson. Song, “Summer Winds, Blow,” Strauss. Valedictory, Elizabeth Buzhardt. .Announcements. . * Presenlatioh of -dipTomas and cer tificates, Supt. .1., llarvey Wither spoon. ( lass Roll Eaurens, iJbty 20.—Plans have about The list of this year’s senior class, been completeiiT^ir the formal opening including tvvt*ntV-two girls and Friday of a government eon- twenty-i)ne-l>oys, follows: structed airport near the city of lau-' .Aija Sue .Allen, Helen Bobo, Lizzie rens. (’ongressman John J. MeSwain, Bell Ibslie, .Adeline Bolanil, Evelyn representative from this district, and Boozer, Elizabeth Buzhardt, Sara Senator Edgar .A. Brown of Barnwell, Ularke, Sara Kae (’oleman, Beverley have''been invited to attend the gala Davis, Florence Davis, Bidie Dillard, (lay event and be guest speakers of the Elizabeth Harris, Ruby Johnson, I.aurens Busim*ss leaguo ami other.-Fi-ances Joni sponsoring interests of the celebration , O.shorne, .loyc program. ; .Margaret Sanqile, Ixiuise Trammell, The airport is located on the crest, Vivian Waite.s, .Nancy A’oung. Laurens Opens Airport Friday CoRgressmaiv M(rSwain—Invited TtrTake Leading Part In Ded icat Exercises. trustees wMll meet. .At 1 j). ni. Major John T. Rhett, the T’nited States army, will deliver commissions to the graduates of the Reserve Officers' Training corps. H.i.s lyldress will be followed by a dress parade on the col- ilege plaza by the entire cadet corps. •At the conclusion Of thisi., colorful ‘ceremony a reception for the niemliers |of the graduating class, their families land friends, will be given at the home of President MeSween. I The gj-aduating exercises pr'opeO will be held Tuesday morning, .May 129th, with the academic procession forming at 10:30 and marching to the- Icollege chapel. The Rev. Henry Wade DuBo.se, D.D., jiastor of the First iPresbyTefian church ’of Sfiartanburg, and chairman of the college board ( f trustees, will preside over the exer cises. Dr. DuBose will present diplt*- mas to the forty-two giaduates and the farewell address will he~given by^ President MeSween. J The board will award two honorary d(*grees: To' Prof, .lames dleiWey Thornwell, ^ Jr., suiierintendent of schcMils, Hartsville, the degree of doc tor of literature; to j1ie~Kev.. A- H »>•*■ ,, , ,, .-.Miller, missionary. .Mutotb, Pong » •s, Aayn . rai y, . ari, Africa^ the degree of doctor of ■ce Pitts, Elizabeth ,jivinity. 1 To all of the closing exe cises, Pres- , L-,. L r u • I . . ii' ir M 'ident .MeSwben has extended the pu'i- of a hill three miles west of the city .1. E. Ahrams, 'V'l >am .Abrams, Tom ^ cordiannvitation. Newberry and Addison, .lames A.ldy, branCKS Bla-, (-.^ndidates for the bachelor of arts IfiaiMens railroad and state highway loc*k. .Alfred Browning, E. H. David- nuriiher two. The site of the airport son, .John Davis, .Joe. Ihinnan, E<lward j wa.s secured through the efforts of the Ferguson, (’harles Hall, Roger Henry, j business league and plarus for its eon-f James Hitt, WiRiam Johnson, Eugene Istructipn were di'a\vn by government Knox, Harold .Murphy, Ryan Mc('rary, jengiileers. The work, which hail been Guy I’itts, Jack Witherspoon, Hayne Workman, William Workman. Class Day Exercises I On .Monday niorriing at 9 o’clm’k, in 1 the high .school auditorium, the grad-! Hating class will jiresent its annual (lay exercises as follows: I and prayer — | (andidates will encounter at all .«tages nosition Mr Powe 1 who .soon , , , , ■ i j . r , , 1 posmon. .wr. i -the financial condition of <f the camiraign rumors and di.scour- _ *„ .u„ o,ws Hill route came to . 1 1 ,• L c „ll 1X„1- ^ ' ro.>s nil! louie, taiiie xu conditions aging reports of all Klnd.s. These are ^he R. F. D. service at Waterloo from Circulated largely for one or two rea- Htmnett.sville more than 19 years ago. sons, both of which brand the reooit succeeded Colton Chase, who had hence no as being prejudiced and w'orthy of belief. The majority of tho.se who are ac tive have been slow in getting started, and conse<iuently, those interested in ■sharing this generous prize distribu tion start now^ without any serious handicap. Indeeil. an active worker, beginning now in any part of the ter ritory could in a few hours’ work equal if not .surpass anything that has been done by the present leaders in the race with a few long term sub scriptions. Real Work Still .Ahead ■ The real work of the campaigrTls ^till ahead and the effort that' will been appointed on route one as suc cessor to H. ('. Fuller. I^aurens coun ty’s first rural carrier. Becau.se of in juries received in an accident. Mr. Pul ler was retired by the department about 15. years ago,/being the, Hrst in Laurens county to be given the retire ment status, ./ * J. W. Petorson Near Here state at thi.s time generally warrant a lower rate of in terest than that now being paid on some of the state’s obligations.” I Con^ptroller- General Beattie said they estimated might be saved for the .<tate. a- the highway bonds are of a twenty-year issue and the deficit bond' average three and one-balf yeai'.s. % i “.After several individiYal contacts •in New A’ork,” .Miller and B«*altie .said, “we were called into conference by two very 'trong groups to discuss in detail the financial condition of the state and rt.s needs. '*‘AVe have tentatively agreed on in progress for several months, was done by CW.A workers under the gen eral supervision of B. .M. ('unningham, with a crew of foremen. The field is provided with an X-.'haped runway, till* longest arm Iwing 3,«»(HI feet, a class concrete circle and ample hangars.- Scripture The facilities of the port will permrt Helen Boho. the landing of lai'Ke airliners, and al- Hymn—Audience, ready lighter eiaft aie employirig the Welcome—^Edward Ferguson, presi- field at frequent interv’als. “The. dent of the class. reading Barksdale .Airport’’ is the name of the new field, in honor of 1.. ('. Tfarksdale. secretary of the l-aurens Business league, and the prime promoter in the enterprise. Congress Likely . Quit By June 1 Washington, houses congressional .May 19. — While both .Song, “Sailing’’—^Senior cla,ss. History of the’C'las.s—.Sara (’huji^;_^. Gharacter Sketehe.s of the (Mass — Alfreil Browning. {songs—High school chorus. Class J\)em—Ada Stie Allen. Prophecy of the (duss Irene Dill ard. Song -Senior clas*?. Class W'ill---.JacM W'ith-rspoon. , I .Alma Mater—Audience. ' Announcements — W". Ji.., Anderson, .Laurens, May W. Peterson, 21.—J’inal rites for- weil-known Laurens county citizen who died Sunday morn- determine the pr.ze winner is not that jn ih,; Sandy .Springs reoessed over the week-end, jn'incipul. chietralTfs today sur- Florida Slretd (lowng the work ahead of them and Closing exerci.ses at Florida Street a good chance for -'School will lx* held this evening at we believe ifciC pfOvi.siftn" for adjournment by the end of the fTr.st~<in the s<'hool aiiditorium, and of ap- 'y<*^**^ June. • . repeated Friday morning at the same With a senate vote on the tariff idace at The entertainment is en- veyed plans and within the next .‘«ix or eiglit agreed there ^as months a saving of intere.st charges ol ap proximatel'y is * not, only ' of the of t he best stalling qualities, but that community, were *e?t sticking qualities. afternoon from Sandv S held Monday Springs Meth- Now Ik the Time odist church. The .'ervices were con- There is plenty of room for more of ^y his i»astor, the Rev. J. W’. those active, ambitious perrple in this McElrath, and the Rev. .M. W. Lever, section to enter the campaign and get ^ formei* pastor o£ Sandy Springs. possible but p.riJ'able.” their share of the wonderful prizes (Continued on back page) Mountville School Closes May 31st Ml. Peterson, who was born April 3,* 1H49, in Youngs township, was a son of Hiram and Elizabeth Gray Peterson. The family later moved to the Sandy Springs section. Mr, Peter son married Miss Janie Donnan of the community, and for more than sixty Gold ville Youth Dies Of Injuries .1 Howard ^iMK'iillough Knocked | bill in pro.-;pect. and evidence of an early settlement of the dispute over silver legislation. Pre.'ident Roose velt’s leaders on Capitol Hill forecast clear sailing ahead unless ^he admin istration housing bill stirs up a storm. These were the three major legisla- irivon live problems r^aining, though a nunuber of_.J«wrnnportant measures Off Bicvcle Bv Auto l.asrSun- that have been placed on the program day. Funeral Y'eslerday. were still awaiting action. The program for the closing exer- ci.ses of Mountville high school, of which R. W’, Boland, of this city, is principal, jhas been announced. The baccalaureate sermon will )>e preached by the Rev. F. T. McGill, of -Howard McCullough, 15, died at fhe I local hospital Tuesday morning a.s a WClODer IVeVlVai years the family had lived on the same injuries received Sunday ; Cross Hill, next, Sunday mominif >" c^e^n farm. .. He is survived by one son, J. Wil- ,liam Peterson. Greenville; seven daughtevK, Mrs. T. M. Groce, Greer; -.Mrs. T, O. Garrett, Lanford; Mi.ss Lida Peterson, Charleston; Miss Lillie Services Planned Ml .Alma Pi rs. P. K. Al>er- crombie, Mrs. .Ariha Pryor and Mrs. Marvin W*. Sanders, all of Samly Springs. the Baptist chufcHI : Tlfe grammar grades will give a miscellaneous ‘program the first part of copimencement week. « Graduating exercise> will be held cixitaIa d’TXiriAV next Thursday evening. May 31. Dr. lU ol EAK aLIMUAi R, C. Grier, pre.sident of Erskine col- Rev. Stuart R. Oglesby will speak lege, will deliver the literary address, at the Thorn well Memorial church at which time the a^rding of plomas and presentatio'n of t will be a feature. when knocked from hi.s bicycle by an]. automobile on the outskirts of Gold-j ville. He was riding on the highi^ay lauren.s. May 19.—It has been an- when struck by a car driven by John nounced by the Rev. W. D. Spinx, pas- Davis of the Hopewell section of the.tor, that plan.i have been arranged for county. A coroner’s inque.st .held here [holding a special .series of revival ser-i Tuesday returned a verdict that the vices with the First Bapti.st church titled, “Snow W’hiti and the Seven Dwarfs,” consisting of four scenes. Ciioruses will be gjxen between the acts, “Cookie Soldier .Song,” “Shang hai Eil,” “ClfK-k Song,” ‘'Honeymoon Htitel.” 'I'he opening chorus will he b>' the. fifth and sixth grade.s, with the Intioduclion to the play by i Betty Hunter. ' (’ast of charade IS will consist of; Snow White, Virginia Sadler; Prince, Bill Bouknight; Quixm, Frances Simp-, son; Carl, Hugh Thompson. Dwarfs:! ('harles Campbell, Harry Baldwin, Faille Harned, Frank._ Bailey, Pringle ('opeland, f'hris .Adair and Hari'y Wilke.s. and science d(‘grees, together \vi their home addres.'cs, follow: .Norman E. .Andrew's. SiiartanbtiVg. Georgia BVe'TH'ik-ely, Clinton. ! .Allen Watson Collins, .Monroe, N. C. i .1. Walker Comlis. .Jr.. Coving* >n. iGa. Carol White ('oi)olan(l, Clinton. I .Sarah Elizabeth Copeland. Clin;.m. Kennerly Raymond (.'orbett, Wug- jner. William Henry Cranford*. Sharon. Moultrie Powell IricniaM, Clinton. Edward Calhoun Gil'iu ••. .Vndt‘r-,»n. .Moses Elmore Gregg. Florenc'. Joe Ward Haney, ('aihoiin. Ga, ■ John Francis John ton, Nmci'.is'. (lU. Margaret Jones, Ciin .m. Henry Lynn Kemp, Mai 'elt i, Ga. Claude .Al. Lawson, Clinam. Robert DeWese l.ynn. ( linton. Dos.scy Howze .McFaddert, ('linton. Thoma.s Bart .Mc'l'eer, I;.. Early Rranch. Henry Juiiiu.s .Montgomery, B.-hop- ville. <, , V Ixiu Belle .Neighbors, Clinton. Bascomb H, Redmond, Voi'k. Boggs Alexander Robinson, La ley. jCarrolI Walker Sessiftn-^, .Mc( lellan- ville. ~ Agnes Shealy. Clinton. 'Thomas" Idn^olh' ShTfinlnck, Beloit, Wisconsin. Robert Erwin Sim.-, Jr., Rock Hill. Elizabeth Speake, Kinards. \ Almon Mortimer Toinmins, .Savarve nah, Ga. James Harvey V'iser. Jr.. Greenville. •Jack (/’unningham White, Rock Hill. Webbj.Nisbet White, Rock Hill. Ansley Plumer Wilson. Clinton. Harlette Dean Wilson. Laurens. Herjihel Woodrow Wilson, Laurens. JaniS^lewlette Wilson, Fayette- N. C. villd James Lloyd Wil son. Bowling Green. Thomas Herron Wingate, Charlotte, N. C. J-. B. Wood, I-aGrange, Ga. Mary Flllen VV'orkrnan," Clinton. Ha.stings Wyman, Aiken. - ‘ Clever Play At Lydia School Farmers Of State Borrowing Millions accident was unavoidable. .early in October. ^ > The deceased wa.s m member of the The Rev. Marshall .Mqtt, pastor of A play, “In Little Folk.s Town, the Columbia, May 21.- sixth grade of the Goldville 5»chool'the h'irst Baptist chupch, ^Spartanburg, closing commencement program for oug'h, general agent and members of hi.s class served as'has accepted the invitation of fhe Lau- (he Providence school, was presented administration ^ pallbearers and flower girls at thefren.s church to conduct the pyeaching in the au(litoriu:n lue.sday evening ny South Carolina faemers funeraj service-yesterday afternoon aervice.s. The meeting will open Octo- from the (ioldville church, di- next Sunday afternoon at f<^r o’clock.' M. K. Medlock, pastor of J. H. Scarbor- for ihe Farm here, said to- a’teaJy the pupils of the school under the ,di-, j-j^ve received $12,740,925 in federal The Rev.'ber 8. On the day of the conclusion of rection o^.the principal, Mrs. Arthur and. may get $9,334^000 more the Gold- the protracted .services, date to be de- (opeland, and her corps of teachers, lender additional applications, honors Dr. Oglesby, who will be/m the city ville church, wa.s assi.stediin the ser- termined later, it is now planned to .All of the children taking part in j The federal land bark and affiliated •to preach the college X»c<^>daureate vice by the Rev. Ray Anderson Of hold centennial exercises, marking the exercises did their parts iri a here madif the loans to S*ate hi/rh school diplomas will be sermon, is pastor of thiS Central Pres- Uurfens. Interment followed in Rose- ,100th anniversary of the church. Spec^ i(»hle manner and were greet^^by a stimulate farming in this section. . the foUowiM giaduates: I byterian church of Atlanta, which mont cenjetery of this city. jial committee.s are being named to large audience of patriots and friends. | ‘«Thi8 money has unquertionably dirtmttitm Shrine (hf hy his mother, |prepare Ae program and to arrange -"b ^ . |beeii felt in every line <rf ibutor to the.arDhanage in Mrs. Fanny McCuUougii, and one sis-1for the compilation of the church’s! Mrs. A. J. ^prolcs is ▼isiting rela>’degror,lB South Carolu^d^ Scarbor- * / awarded Ifinnie Adair, Tn>y .JIitfonL,.M^ SytnUa^ AUeen^est the contributor {Sc tfii^ "^t4Sr,- HUatory.