Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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/ ji ■V' y< rAGESDC i /' ~^rr-/ • V. j: -t*. I /■ ■ 1 ■ i . THE CIJNTON CHROIOGLE. CUNTON, S. C. -r r, • • :.,J ■/ 'ji Mi THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1995 r High Sdiool Representatives Ifi State Conte>tg FUTURE RALMETTO FARMERS v \ Front row: Loft to right: E]Iiotte Dobbins, Biology; Katfierine (iraham, I^atin and History; Sara Fran<^P* Bald win, Latin. French, Debate; Adelaide Roberts. Debate an! Expression; JHadeline Cassanova, (leneral Scholarship, History, French and English; Louise Chambers, General Scholarsshijx, Latin, History .^English and French; Thelma ' Tayloi^, (Jeometry. - .Second row: Ernest Hipp, Biology; Roy Johnson, Algebra; Marion Chaney, I>ebate; Lawrence Hall, Geometry; Bill Made, Debate and TennisrHtnry Finney, Geometry, Tench Owens, Algebra and Tennis; W. I*. Baldwin, Alge bra and Biology. First Tow: Rutledge Holland, Harold I>awaon, Houston Ellis, Frank Brown, Alvin Stone, Marion Nabors. Second row: Theodore Todd, H .M. Chaney, James BoJie, Marion Brown, Roy Johnson, Harold Home," Carroll Barnes, William Boyd, Butler Black. , ‘ - 4^ Third row: W. B. Perry, Teacher, Charlton Benjamin, Boyd Holtzclaw, Irby Ferguson, James Brown, Kohn Barnes, William Horton, Frank Boland, Roy Burgess, Joe Dcnnan. Two High School Students Visit Scenes HIGH STUDENT'S Of Historical Interest In Lower State TAKE PLACES IN STATE CONTESTS Laetitia Jones and Katherine Graham Visit Churches, Tombs, . Parks and Plantation In and Around Charleston. By Laetitia Jones The lower part of South Carolina has some most historical and beautiful places. 'In order that these sites and ^scenes become fixed in our mind, “ Katherine Graham and I were, fortu nate enough recently to visit^ some of the notable ./scenes and places of in terest in the histoiy pf the state. After leaving Clinton our first s^op was at Statesbunlf. In the Episcopal church-yard, ,.afe found the resting place of aTtumber of prominent Caro linians, ^ Among those were Joel R. Poinsett and General William Wallace Anderson. Nearby is Hillcrest, one of xihe few colonial homes of South Caro lina still standing. Here was bom two notable confederate officers, Surgeon William Wallace Anderson and his brother, General R. H. Anderson. In the new biography of General R. E. Lee, General R. H. Anderson i.s men tioned fre<juently. He was one of the seven Lieutenant Generals of the Cbn- federacy, Wade Hampton being an other, the highest military, rank in the Confederacy:. On the north side of the Cooper River, stands the oldest house in South Carolina bpilt in 1687.* This was the plantation and burial ..place of the first Thomas Smith, Landgrave and Gov ernor who died in 1696. Still further down ae we approach ed Charleston,* we found the oldest church erected in 1712. Many histori cal personages and associations are commemorated in this house of wor ship. _ -- In Charleston we not only saw things of historical interest, hut also heard them. Prof. J. H. Eastedby of the College of Charleston, lectured on the beginnings of the eariy col leges of South Carolina and the cul ture of lower Carolina. At the City Hall of Charleston the ibajror graciously received us. In the Council Chamber portraits of noted South Carolinians were displayed. Also the priceless portrait by Trum bull of George Washington is there, a million valued at one quartw^of dollars. ^ The noted South Carolinian John C.. Calhoun rests in Str Phillip’e About fifteen miles from Sumter is (churchyard. However, We (splendid the grave of General Thomas Sumter,' monument is on Marion square, one of thi-ee gregt partisan generals at j Colonel William Rhett, the captor of the close of the American Revolution. Stede Bennett, is buried beneath the There was also the tomib of Nathalie De Ix)ge, daughter-in-law of General Thomas Sumter. She is buried under her private Catholic chapel wbei*e she woi^shipped. She was a member of the French nobility. , We visited the beautiful park of Eutaw Spring.*^. Here was fought the last' important battle of the Revolu tion in South Carolina, commemorat ed by a monument. Further down the river, leaving un- vi8ite4 the giave of Thomas Walter, th^^outh C/arolina botanist, and af- ^er crossing the Santee Canal, we came to the Belle Isle plantation. The home of Gabriel Marion, where lies buried his famous brother, Gen- eml Francis Marion. ' Some twenty miles further South bn the South side of the Cooper River is Mepkin Plantation. Henry Lau rens, one' of the greatest Americans and his gallant son John lie buried there. Laurens county was named for Henry Laurens in 1785. side w^Ik. The French Huguenot Church on Church street is^the only French Protestant church in Ameri ca. Services are still heW^here, but are no longer delivered in French. Win First Places In Debating, and Algebra, and Second In Biology At Columbia. ( Agricultural Department Prepares High Boys To Be Successful Fanners Varied Assortment of Tasks Performed and Objectives Reached “- Under Leadership of W. B; Perry In Vocational Work. By Charles Sullivan At the 23rd annual High School Week, held in Columbia the week of April 21st. through April 27th., Bill Wade and Adelaide Roberta defeated Darlington's negative team in the Eu- phradian Hall of the University of South Carolina. Opposing them were Henning Cohen and Paul Sansbury of the Darlington negative team. This was the quarter finals and these two schools were to compete in the finals. Presiding over the quarter finals was Miss May C. Marshall and those act ing as judges were Miss Mary P. Wheeler, C. M. Ferrell and R. W. Mor rison. Presiding over the finals 'was Dean F. W. Bradley of the University of South Carolina and the judges were Professors S. M. Derrick, George Ol son and J, K; Frier. Helped by the capable teacher, Miss Tuck, they daily practiced for their debating before the finals in Colum bia. The Clinton Hi students heard them speak twice and were not afraid to say that they were the best in the state. The query for the debate was, Re solved: That South Carolina should adopt the General Sales tax. Much time was spent in preparation to put down all possible openings of their op ponents. Clinton won first place in-the Al gebra contest held at the same time. The Charleston Library society and Tench Owens "won first, Paul Sans the Charleston museum are among the oldest institutions of their sort in the United States. Each have most in teresting and valuable collections. We saw where the first settlers made their first home in 1670. We looked from the battery out upon Fort Sumter and Fort Johnson so import ant in two wars, viewed'many a*ptace, jead the inscriptions, on monuments and commemorating tablets. We visited so many notable places marked by monuments, or showed in scriptions of each decade from the be ginning to the present, it is not pos sible to tell it all. Since South Carolina contributed wonderfully to the making of a na tion, it is interesting to know and see the beginnings of our beloved state. bury of Darlington, second, and John McLucas of Latta won third. Those acting as judges were some of the University faculty of the department of mathematics: Added to these honors was the win ning of the second place in.the Bi ology contest. This will won by W. P. Baldwin, one of the school’s honor stu dents. . Senior Girls Form High Social , Club Legion Sponsors Junior Baseball By Clyde Smith The^ocal league composed of Clin- tony Clinton Mill, Lydte andTioldvilTe^ have been playing good baseball which gives evidence of later success against any other Junior League team. Girls Trained In Home Economics This Department. Practical Course Is InterestIur.- Kappa Epsilon, Under Direction of Miss Nella Long, Has Social Events For Students. By Mary Stone The Kappa Epsilon Sorority was organized in October, 1934. The girls of the Senior Class of ^Clinton High school, asked for a social club with Miss Nella Long as faculty sponsor. Miss Nella Long Is Teacher In.The club was organtzed^with the By Mildred Cole Seven years ago a course in Home Clinton Mill ha. a alight lead over|j^ U,, the other teams, winning five out of five. Trammell-’ has been pitAing a!'""'.»f fine brand of baseball with excellent I •> inatrurtor. D.m backing. Lydia has wo'n* two out of four with a rained out game against Goldville Btill to be played. Kirby ""is probably the best bet for this team. Clinton with a young inexperieni team i (Abraims, a southpaw, pitch ing) has won two games out of five trie* td" their credit. ' Th6 boys on all the teams have been fighiing hard for a position on the final team which will be picked from tba whole league without any prefer ence and are sure to represent Clinton againet any opposition. s^Tbe probable team picked by the faRkful fane is as follows: catch- or Smitlf; pitcher, Tram- .Abnma; let. base, Cranford f a. a.t Miller or Rtone; left field, t; rigm field. Heat; ing the three years that she.taught materials were brought from homer by the girls. “ . In the fall of 1931 Miss Nella Long succeeded Miss Robertson. At this time the school began requiring the name Kappa Epsilon, fron^the initial letters of Greek words “Skirt Club," The motto chosen was "We giggle and chatter.” The club holds meetings every two wedks at the High school building. There have been several socials, including a “Candyrmaking party," and weiner roasts. Sorority pinlf have, been ordered for the charter members, and also the new junior members who were recently in itiated into the club. Those composing the club are; President, Mary Anderson; Vice-presi dent, Mary Stone; . Secretary and student to pay a fee of fifty cents a _ month instead of bringing material! H^ml^on. from home. The advanced foods class planned. Members: Margaret Hi^hes, Ruth Smith, Sarw. Afiderwn.^Ehrline Cope prepared, and served the fathers and sons banquet given by the agricul ture cla^s. This gave the HonielEco nomics grirls excellent training in serving a large number of pe^e at|^ Sprunt, Agatha Jones, ^ris Bolt, one time. 9 „ In the eighth and ninth grade Rome Economics classes the girls team to make themselves more attractive; how to be popular; how to.inake becoming clothea; how to select suitable roate- liftlf aad^eokm for the iadividu^; hoir' f tf0> a^ect foods and plan aad prt- la^, Emily Ferguson, Ida Belle Poole, Faye Cauley, Gertrude Canmni, Fran ces Bouknight, , Ehie Neighbors, I^uise McCrary, Jane Sturgeon, Peg Dorothy Adair, Dorothy Taylor, Ade laide Roberts, Martharene Pitts. pare breakfast, school lunches, din ners and party refrei^menta; methods of cleaning; renovation old clothes; dyeing and malong qttraetive gifts from things at homfithit would ha of no nae. i By Kohn Barnes The Smith-Hughs act in 1917 pro- >^ded for vocational agriculture to be taught in the high schools of our coun try. However, it was not^ until 1928 that the first class was started in the Clinton schools. At this time W. C. James was selected as teacher, and the first Future Palmetto Farmers society was organized tihat year. Robert Win- go was president of this first organi sation, and there were twenty-threej members on the roll. Agriculture was taught until 1931, at which time it was omitted from the high school curriculum until the fall of 1984 when W.' B. Perry came to Clinton as the new agricuHural teach er. ^Immediately upon the arrival of a new teacher the I^ture Palmetto Farmers club was ieorganised and work begun. The officers for this school year are Kohn Barnes, presi dent; Joe Donnan, yjee-president; Roy Johnson, secretary. There are twenty- eight members on the active roll. The accomplishments of this grreup of progressive young farmers have been as follows: * 1. A three-day edu6stibnaT“ trip through the Piedmont section of the two Carolinas. Twenty boys enjoyed this trip. 2. An up^o-date library with mod ern reference books, agricultural bul letins, and fifteen current publica-^ tions coming regulariy. 3. Two acres of land for class pro jects were- rented and planted to ap propriate winter hay crops, all work being done by members of the F. P. F. society. 4. Two female hogs were bought by the chapter and distributed ^ winners on a competitive basis. 5. Pure oat seed were bought and distributed to winners on a competi-. tive basis. Enough pure seed were se cured to plant two acres. Those win ning the pure seed will return to the chapter next fall two bushels for each bushel won. ^ 6. Farm and home improvement con test which was entered by every mem ber of the chapter. 7. Senrthree delegates to Clemson to a state leadership conference. 8. ^nt five delegates' to attend the agricultural fair at Clemson college. ■" 9. Entire chapter visited the state fair in Columbia. 10. Two visits^ the soil erosion project near Spartanburg. 11. E^ery home orchard was pruned and treated for borers last fall. 12. Every student had the 'home- planted grain treated for smut. 13. Father-and-son banquet held. IL Sowed‘grass seeds ott school „*t1trounds. __ _ 15. -Every student has projects and notebooks up to date. 16. ThrM evMNng class centers su pervised by teacher of agriculture. 17. Organization of ont.-of-town •young farmers with twehty-ilve mem bers. 18. Every student entered the state essay contest. 19. Several students entered state crop contest. Some of the aims yet to be accom plished are: 1. Beautiful school grounds, — 2. Carry out forestry project. T-t 3. Conduct soil erosion experiment. 4. Enter national chapter contest. 5. Eklucational tour this summer. 6. Bulletin board for town. 7. Enter stat4 judging contest Three students taking agriculture this year are now entitled to the degree of State Fanner.'These are: Kohn Bams, Roy Bargeaa and Wil liam Boyd. 1^ Schools Institute Savings System Deposits Accepted Oh Regular Days To Teach Pupils TVt Be Thrifty. Sum Already Large. By BlUy Pitts We are . glad to announce ttiat the schools of Clinton have adopted*"i spe cial ^School Saving System* A plan has been adopted by which the school ac^ts deposits from the pupils and sends them at once to the local bank, M. S. Bailey A Son, Bank- where an account is opened in the pupil's name. Deposits of any amount from five cent* up, may be made. A pass book has beew issued to each depositor. One day each week, Tyeeday, a short period at the begin ning of the day ie devoted to receiv ing deposHe. Deposits can be ma^ only on the regular saving day. The money may be'withdrawn at any time. This is an excellent plan for an‘ex travagant chiirto bec^ thrifty. For many it is the only road to good food and warm clothing; for others, it leads to a^oHege education or an automo bile. - . .j A banner is given each week to the room which has the largest peroent- age of depositors.'" Up to the present time the 10th grade, section A, has won the banner every time., This system has been working jn the schools for over a month. There Physical Education Is Not Neglected By ElizabeUi Nicholson _' When the bell rings at 8:45 each Tuesday and Wednesday morning the pupils of the Clinton High school- march out of the building and remai in their respective class lines un ‘1 t.r~ they hear the command “Fall Out.| Then the different grades form group^ and each teacher takes charge, of her group. As soon as each division has reached its section of the school Aground or of the street the work begins. Activi ties are directed by the teadier in charge. At x>ne time there are ex ercises that develop the museles. At another time there is drill that makes one think quickly and acjcurately aad that teaches one Co obey commands. At ^:15 the bell calls and all marsh bMk to the building. Here the groups are dismissetf separately. So<m every one is on the way to class. Thus a pe riod during which both mental a^ physical training are. received brought to a close. IS BALDWIN CHILDREN MAKE FINE RECORDS Congratulations should be givea the Baldwin family for having firs members who have made the Honor Roll frequently during their school careers. The two high school repre sentatives from this family are Sara Frances and Walter Paul. Those in gr^mar school are Mary Elizabeth, Alice, and Catherine, has been excellent spirit shown • by teacher and pupfls. They have Mved already $269.50 and are still saving. SUBSCRIBB TO THB CHRONICLE - , i t Hugh L Eicbelber^r I NEW YORK LIFE MAN IS Years Experience Professional Insurance'Information • Furnished Free Member — The-National Association of Life Underwriters, * / Batter SPECIAL withMy IIJI. JAlfBS W. CALDWIU Cl'. — From o D. E. TribUe Co. TO CLINTON.HIGH SCHOOL i ON YOUR EFFORT. WE WISH YOU EVERY SUC<^ i: IN YOUR WORK. - \ \ A- Vv 4 .V ^ KaL.':- ' A ’■ 'A- 'V v: