The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, May 02, 1935, Image 17
Sev«‘al Trustees Have Been Monbers
Of School Board For Many Years
Others Have Been Appointed In Recent Years. Representative
Group Directs Development of Local System.
SPURGEON W. SUMERBL
By Louise Bailey
Spurgeon W. Sumerel, one of tbe
truste^ of the Clinton public schools,
was Ocotber 20, 1886, in Clin
ton. He attend^ the Oiinton fraded
ecAiools and graduated from Presbyte
rian coUea^ in 1906. After finisUng
P. C. he taught at Coronaca for one
year. _
From 1907 to 1910'he was a mer
chant with his father.. Then ^r. Som-
erel held the position of town clerk
and treasurer from 1910 until 1918.
Mr. .Boyd married Miss Corinne
Huggins of Dariitigton. They have two
sons, Hubert and Hansel.
here for long period of years. He
Dtiii lOlV'hi'iiJ^id'in thi’ amy^“*«» Pr^^ri-
Upon his return home he went into
the mercantile businees as the head
of ofM of Clinton’s leading eloihing
stores. In 1925 he became local repre-
aentatiye for the Aetna life Insurance
company, in which e^paeity he haa
'made ma potataading record.
addition to hia bnsinees life, Mr.
Smaerri takes an active .past in any
enterprise in behalf of the communi
ty’s welfare. He it a member of Che
American Legion, Chamber of Com-
mmee, Rotary club, a trustee of the
Clinton public schools, a deacon in the
First 'Baptist church, and the super
intendent of its Sunday school. Mr.
Sumerel can be counted upon to do hie
part to make the community a suc
cessful and happy town.
In 1923 Mr. Sumerel married Mfsi
Marie Vacu^n of Belton. Their fam
ily consists of two daughters, Virginia
and BeUy- Jean. . -
BUTLER HAMPTON BOYD
By EUi<^ Dobbins, and Mae Dicus.
Butler Hampton Boyd, chairman of
the^ board of trustees of the Clinton
echools, was born in the Hopewell sec
tion of Lanins county, the oldest of
W. W. HARRIS
By W. P. Baldwin '
A native of Clinton, Mr. Hams is
the only son of the late Dr. William
Richard Harris, and Carrie Booser
Harris, and also a grandson of Dr. J.
J. Booshr, one of Clinton's pioneer
citisens and practicing physicians
«,"r. of th« city iihool..
WaUaee Boyd. He attended the Wads
worth aoho^ through grammar and
high school. Then he entered Wofford
college and graduated with an A. B.
degree in the class of 1900. After hay
ing saeeeasfuUy taught in the public
schools of the state for several y^rs
he came to Clinton in 1906 and ac
cepted a position with M. S. Bailey 4c
Son, Bankers. Later he was president
of the First National bank of ^is city.
He served on the board of trus
tees of the city schools as chairman
over a period of tweirty years. At the
time he began serving on the board
oi trustees there was only one schdot
building in Clinton, now known as
the Academy Street school. Stnee mak
ing dinton bis home he has been ac
tive in social as well as school ^atrt.
He it a member of the KiwmnM dub,
Knights of Pythias, Chamber of Com
merce, Masons, and has also taken
quite an ,active pait in the North
an ancestry and is a member of the
Thomwell Memorial church.
Mr. Harris entered the Thomwell
orphanage in 1902 and received his
early education there and at Presby
terian college.
His first position was with the Lau-
nns Advertiser at Laurens. After, a
short while he returned to Clinton as
manager of Tha Clinton Chronicle.
Shortly afterwards The Chronicle was
purchased from Hs owners by Mr. Har
ris, H. D. Rantin, Arthur and Allis
Lee of Laurens. In 191*6 he became
sole owner of The Chronicle and since
that time has operated The^ChronicIe
Publishing company, puUisWrs of The
Chronicle. • ^
In 1926 he married Miss Cornelia
Bethea of Dillon. Mr. andjfrs. Harris
and their daughter, little^domelia Be
thea Harris, jirs now' living on Cen
tennial strwt.
He has served as president of the
Chamber'of Commerce, Kiwanis club,
member of the county board of educa
tion and jpfietnber . of city council
for several terms. He is now a mem
ber of the board of trustees and ex
ecutive committee of the Tborawdl
oiphanage and a member of the bojsrd
president^ of the Laurens County Med
ical society, and he served three terms
as ah ofheer in the State Medical
association.
Dr. .BaUey has served the Clinton
public schools as a member of its
bo%rd of trustees for twenty yean,
being secretary of the board the great
er portion of this time. He has always
shown great interest in the schools
and bas been a large factor in the
growth of the system. He liTa member
of the First Baptist church of Clinton
and has been a member of ks board
of /leacons for 27 yean. He was a
charter member and one of the first
officen of Clinton Lodge Knights of
Pythias and is also a Mason. He has
always taken an active interest in the
civic and religious activKies of Clin
ton and laurens county.
Dr. Baiiey married Miss Julia Mc
Neil in 1900. She died in 1907, leaving
three children: Agatha, Lewis and
Walk^. In 1910 be marreid Miss An
nie Drummond of Lanfocct Their six
children kre Drummond, Mary Ella,
Fmnees, Julia, Aimie Rogen and
Frank. .
CHEMISTRY CLASS llAKES ANNUAL Good Conduct In
VISIT TO LAURENS GLASSFACTORY
Local High Students Journey To N^ighborins: City Where They
Learn Much About the Manufacture' of Glass. ^
School Is Stressed
By Louis Murphy
Every pupil of Clinton High school,
the mem^rs of the faculty, and many
By Margaret Hughes itric cutter which cut the thick liquid!®^ people that visit our school
For th. p«t y».r, the chemU-1 in the ri,ht proportion. I f ^
tr* C1.M <5 the Clinton High nchooh In the firet moW thereeeived ^
has looked forwiKnl to and enjoyed
The 'ChromePT is published weekly
and has a large civeulation in Clinton
a|^ this section the county. Those
employed on the paper are H. C. Lay-
ton, J. R. Holland, E. L. Holland a^
Miss Faye-Adair.
CASSIUS MERMBR BAILEY
By Tench Owens
Cassius Mercer Bailey, son of Mer
cer Silas 3ailey and Mrs. Rosanna
Lydia Bailey, was bom November 22,
1876, in Clinton. After attending Pres
byterian college, he graduated with
an A. B. degree from Davidson col
lege, North Carolina, in 1896.
In the Mme year Lydia Mill, named
in memory of his mother, was estab
lished by his father. He became treas
urer and manager, and in 1926 became
president and treasurer and continues
in th^ position today. ..
He married Miss Eloise Davenport
of Norfolk, Va. They have three chil
dren: Corinne DavenpoK (Mrs. Brew
er Dixon), Lucy Eloise (Mrs. William
Marshall), and Florence Jacobs.
Mr. Bailey has lived in Clintoq prac
tically all his life and has always tak-
sn an active part in ihs^. ciyic life of
the town. He is a former pr^sicient of
the Rotary club and the Chamb4T of
an annual visit to the Laurens glass
factory.
At the time the manufacture of
gllws is taken up in class, the trip,is
amtnged, which makes this particular
patr;t of the ^rk more interesting and
practical.
Upon arrival at the factory, we
were intmduced to the superintendent,
who acted asvour guide. Due to his
knowledge of the process, the expla
nations were more iikeresting and
easier to' understand.
We were first taken to the ware
house where the raw materials are
stored and mixed. Here we learned
that 600 pounds of sand, 284 pounds
of sodium carbonate (soda aeh) and
75 pounds of lime were weighed out
in a larf6 btrrel, whidi was wheeled
upon a pair of scales.
After the oorrecit measurements
were made, the materials were dump
ed into a huge pan, where they were
it, .h.p.. and th,ii it wa. «lea»d.by **'1?^
^ in the halls and on the .stairs. Much
the automatic openingbf the mold.
' Next, the bottles ate taken by elec
tric automatsJinto a mold wh^ the
letters and Writing ate impressed.
While in this '^old three blasts of hot
ah’ are turned on them.
When bottles are released from this,
automatic arms pick them up> and
place them upon^the moving^^elves
while they are red hot.
The bottles are slowly passed into
a temporary furnace from the shelves
and from there they go into the “an-
confusion is aroused by the conversa
tion that is carvi^ oh there. Surely,
the groups that gather here do not
mean to be rude and interrupt those
in the classrooms nearby. Not only in
the morning do we find this but also
at recess and between periods. If we
must carry on our conversations could
we not just as well carry them on out
side? If the weather does not pemdt
this we should be more ordfrly about
it. . ' " ’v
Everyone as an individual should
nealing procese.” This process is noth-1think of this question: “Are w'e mak
ing except a long oven where the hot
ties are tempered. When they first
enter the o\en the temperature is 1050
degrees and after staying in there for
seven or eight hours the bottles come
out at a tenuperature of 220 degree's.
When this. process is oyer the bot
tles are completed as far as the mik
ing process goes. They are inspected
by boys four at a time, und|r puarple
thoroughly stirred and mixed. If the • lights called mercury vapor lights
glaes was to be ccriored, the necessary
chemicals, whkh were irf^the form of
a powder, were added. This large mix
ture of materials is called a “batch”
and pQodu^s 12 ordinary coca-cola
bottles. ' *
The batch was then poured into a
huge construction called a mixer.
Hd^e the materials were again qiixed
by a stronger pressure, after which
the main part of the. work begins.
The “batch” was conveyed from the
mixer on belts to a huge cement fur
nace, which had a temperature of 2800
deigns centigrade. Due to the fact
that ordinary coal does not produce
enough heat to give that temperature
Omimeroe. At present, be is an elder 1 to the furnace, the factory manufac
^ ^ tanooga, Tenn.^ gnahiating aa an
Broad Stieat MatMist church, aerv-4-M. D. in 1898. Ha returned to hit na-
ing for a number of ydars as super-
intaadent of the Sunday aobooi, and U
DOW <m die board of stevanls.
ICr. Boyd is aeeretary and treasurer
of the Citiaeiie BnUdhlg and Loan as-
eoeiatiOQ and preiddent of the Peoples
Bonded Warehouse of this city.
During his resideiite here fie baa
always been one of the ci^’s most
oulataaAng cidxens, ahmya taady at
any timalto contribute his part in any
thing pertaining to the wrihua of the
dty a^ eommnni^. .
DR. T. L. W. BAILEY
By Frances Simpson
Thomas Lafayette Walker Bailey,
M. D., was bom near Clinton, August
9th, 1870, a son of the late W. Frank
Bailey, a brave- Confederate soldier
who was wounded Hve timea in the
battles of t^'war. His mother was
Agatha Trances Walker Bailey.
Dr.- BaUey attended fiivt an old
field school in a log house with slabs
for benches, later going to tuition
sdiools at WaCerioo^ and Clinton. He
acquired his early medical 4^tlcatton
in the U. S. Grant oniveisity at Chat-
dve community and began the prac
tice of medkine at Clinton. He was a
post-graduate student in the College
of Physicians and Surgeons in New
York in 1899, in the Battinifore College
of Physkians and Surgeons in 1903,
and in the New York Polyclinic in
1915 and 1918. He pracriced his
profession at CSinUm eontanuoasly
since 1893 and through ail these
years has served faiithfiUly the sk^
and suffering of the eommunHy. He
has'^been honored by being elected
in the First Presbjrterian ohurcK, and
a ilwmUl^r of the board of trustees of
the Clinton public schools, Thomwril
orphana^^, and Presbyterian college.
He has been a mepiber of the board
of trustees of the schools for twenty
yeir^ and has always had the best
interests of the schools at heart.
Mr. - Bailey is loved and respected
by the citizens, among whom he has
lived practically ali bis life.
Local Students Win
In County Contests
By Christina Sowers
CUnton Hi|h took her share in the
county eonteata’ held this year. The
winners of the various, contests are
as fpHows:
Debate: Adelaide Robeys and Bill
Wade. '
Algebra: Roy Johnson, W. P. Bald
win and Tendi Owens.
Biology: Elliott DoUmds, -W. P.
Baldwin and Ernest Hipp. _
French: Sara Frances Baidwinr. .
We two pupils to enter the state
seWari^p eont^ Madeline Caasa-
nova and Louise Cumbers, lliere are
four membera entering the commer
cial contest: EbrUne Copriand, Mar-;
caret Hughes, Modeene Finney, and
(ThrUrtina Soimrs.
ures its own gaO to do this work.
The gm is made in a large brick
furnace by heaing soft coal with a
limited supply of air. The various
colored jjrases issue through the floors
and fill the air with a burning odor.
Colored men are envployed to carry
on this work of making the gas and
tending the furnaces as the heat and
work 4s so intense, an ordinary man
could not stand the strain. ^
The air used to make the gas must
be superheated before it'Is conviyed
into the furnace.
'After the materials are finally put
into the main furnace and everting
is in readiness, the “batch” is.hnime-
(ttately melted and forms a red hot
liquid.
The class was closely observing the
inaide of the furnace when W. C.
Baldwin nudged Archk Sam Adair
and remarked, “Say, Archie, I won
der if its this hot down ’yon^r’; if
it is. I'm sure going to live-better.”
Which, of course, was a good ?resolu-
tion for “Dub” to make.
To go on with bur observation: We
descended a pair of stairs and made
our way ..to * position practically un
der the furnace. Here was an im
mense mold, into which poured the
red ho\ liquid (whkh is nothing but
melted glass).' Only enough glass to
make one'bottle was allowed to enter
a mokL This was cared for by an elee-
' ^ , \. ■■
Later, they are givei^^e “hot-shot”
test. This means,they are tested by
plunging them into boiling water and
then into col^ water. The difference
betwetjh ilw^temperature of the kinds
of ^ateV^s 72 degrees.
Nex^tbe bottles are given the pres
sure test, which gives them a pressure
of 1000 pounds. Although the Coca-
Cob| company only exposes them to
45 pounds of pressure the factory
must take every precaution.
After all the tests are completed
the bottles are packed in boxes and
placed into waiting cars which usually
hold from 240 to 890 grosses. 240
grosses ^equal 32,500 bottles. This
many bottle^ ^y fiWs half a car box,
but the restriction is placed on the
number by the railway company,.
~ ^^ter seeing the bottles readj^ ^
carried away, we visited the wire-
house where the bottles are stored.
Here there was nothing but boxes up
on iboxcs of bottles and jar.s of every
shape and size.
All the jars and bottle.s arc made in
the Same'way but while we were there
they were making a batTfh of coca-
a)Ia bottles. The-only difference in
tha making .of various kinds of jars
and bottles is the composition and the
md<k they are shaped and lettered in.
ing a favorable impression on the vis
itors that coma to our school?” To
many of them we do no-t. Every vis
itor that tTOmes to Clinton High leaves
eFther.-vnth a gopd or bad impression.
In^bapel are we showing the proper
pect to speakers? When we have
visitors- is when we should be on our
best behavior. Do we like for anyone
to go away and say that the pupils of
Clinton High are rude? Let us re
member that at any time, if you are~
rude, other people get the impression
that yqu have >had no good home
training. Do wa wish for our bad
deeds to be reflected on our parents?
' Each of us as an individual should
resolve^ to conduct him.self in a more
orderly and well-behaved manner bolih
in school and in life.
Did You Know That
^ By Margaret Brice-
'While we kre mentioning outstyhd-
ing4>eople and events we have a pe
culiar honor to call to your attention
—that of having the largest families
represented at high school. This
singular distinction goes to the Barnes
and Adair families, who tie for the
honor with three each.
From the Barnes family there are
Elizabeth, in the' eighth grade, Car-
roll, in the tenth, and Kohn, a dis
tinguished senior.
The A<kir8 are represented by Bob
by, of the eighth grade, Dorothy, of
the tenth, nnd Forrest, of the eleventh,
errOnd-boy f5r~'oa]t principal.
Y OU never know
when you’re going
to get it in the neck...
and be laid up for weeks.
i«TNA-IZE
Our Ideal Aeddeot Policy pays
off doctors and hospitals and
pays yon a weakly incoma too.
S. W.. SUMEREL
Ajetiukizer
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Phone 80