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& / 1 • r ; THE CHRONICLE , StriTes To Be a Clcaa Now9> paper, Coaiplete, Newaj, ^ aa4 Reliably VOLUME CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 23,1935 NUMBER 21 GRADUATES TO GETDEGREES Pre8b3rteriaii College CoiUBeiice- meiit Program Opena Sunday With Baccalmreaie Sermon By Dr. Darby Fulton. L&t of Graduates Given. X Tlte fifty-fourth aimoal ooniinence- ment exerciaeo of Presbyterian college will be inaugurafted next Sunday morning at 11:15 when the baoealau- \Mte sermon will be preached by the Bey. C. Darby Fulton. D.D., Nashville, Tenth, executive secretary of foreign missions of the Southern Presbyterian church. The service will be held in the First Precd>3Kerian church, and follow ing a long established custom Oie nooming worship in the churches of the city will be witMrawn in order that the community may unite in this special occasion. On' Monday afternoon at^ 5 o'clock, Cbl. T. E. Moormaii, head of the Clem- eon college R. O. T. C. unit, will de liver commissions to the graduates of the Reserve Officers’ Training corps. At the cpnclusioni of this colorful cere mony a reception for the members of the graduating class, their families and friends, will be given at the home of President McSween. Tlie graduating exercises proper will be held on Tuesday morning at 10:30, with the academic procession forming at the library and marching to the college chapel. W. P. Jacobs, of this city, chairman of the board of trustees, will preside over the exer cises. Diplomas will be pfesented, prizes and medals awarded, and a farewell address given to the gradu ates by President McSween. The valedictory honor has been won by Paul Todd' Of this dty, ion Irene Todd. W. F. Guess of Rock Hill, is the second honor graduate, and C. B. Elliott of Gainesville, Ga., third. Candidates for the bachelor of arts and science degrees are: Doris Oleen Abrams, > .>^.'Van Munroe Arnold, Sylacauga, Ala. Norwood Fleming Baskin, Dalxel. ' Stella Viola Beckham, Goldville. Frances Drucilla Butler, Clinton. Henry Drayton Dillard, Clinton. - — George WillMdte Dunlap, l^k Hill. Leooawt/iOaear Elmore, Rock Hill. James ^ward Graham, Rock Hill. William Francis Guess, Rock Hill. Robert Pickett Hamer, Eastover. William Ralph Holcomb, Tate, Ga. Annie Lee Jackson, Ciintoh. James Carl Johnson, Ciintoh. ' Furman Ezekiel Jordan, Clinton. Lemuel Allsobrook McCall, Jr., Florence. Jack McCaskUl, Clinton. Chalmers Fraser McCutchen, St. Charles. ^ •Elizabeth Tolbert Milling, Clinton. John Rhodes, Clinton. -John Angus Smith, North Sydney, Nova Scotia. Virginia Aiken Spratt, Clinton. Mary Bonds Workman, Clinton. Charles Watson Anderson, Clinton. James Blake, Anderson. Doyle William Boggs, Liberty. Harry Edmund Bolick, Jr., Charles- ton. Thomas Frank Carothers, Fort Mill. Charles fklgar Carson, Atlanta, Ga. William Jones Clark, Union. Cecil Benjamin Elliott, Gainesville, Ga. Robert Hannah Fleming, Jr., Lau rens. Robert Denham Hannah, Newnan, Ga. ' Alton Wright Harrison, Cairo, Ga, James Gregg Jeanes^ Clinton. Furman _ Alexander McCracken, Bamberg- Robert McCall Perrin, Unipn. William Doyle Reeder, Waihalla. James Monroe Seagle, Camden. Phillip Murry Tiller, Jr., Mayesville. Woodrow Tisdale, Bishi^viUe. ^ Joseph Paul Todd, Cfinton. Paul Wilson Yearout, CWeamauga, Ga. --S' _ Beatrioe Highsmith, Clinton. Malcolm John McDonald, Little Bock. , Herman C. Qnantx, Rock Hill. The board will confer four honorary degreea this year:, to Prof. Willis D. Magkmie, A.B., M.A., of the Winthrop c<dlcge faculty, the degree of dottor of literature; to Rev. William Huck, A.B., B.D., Phi)., of AUanta, Ga., the degTM of doctor of divinity; to Rev. George Andrew^ NidElee, A.B., B.D., of Charlcaton, S. C., the degree of doctor of divinity; to Rev. Edwacd CaMwell, of Tallahaasee, Fla., the dagrae of doctor of divimty. Other awards to be made are the goM and the declamation awarda. The gold "P" watch charms will be awarded to Hve of the ootstandii^ members of the student body this ysar: Doyle Boggs, Van Arnold, Frank Guess, George Dunlap;-and H. M. Wil- . eon, Jr. The Chi B^ JPhi scientific fraternity scholarship key will be awMTded at this time to Paul Todd. Farewdl Service For Dr. McSween Churches of City Unite In Ex pression ff Appreciation of His Services Here As (Presi dent of Collefe. A xmion coi^rsgation that taxed the entire seating oapaeity of North Broad Street Methodist dhureh gath ered last Sund^ evening for the fare well service ansmged by the loeaTmin- ietmrial union in honor of Ihr. John NANCE AND WITHERSPOON CRAVE POWER IN SCHOOL AFFAIRS RepreMntatives Huff and Hunt Lose Fifirht To Have Laurens County Removed From Special lPx)vi8ion of School Law. Rep- resentlitive Witherspoon Fights To Table Colleagues’ Amend ment. Matter W^ent to Free Conference of Which Senator Nance Was a Member. Senator Carroll D. Nance and Rep resentative J. D. Witherspoon, accor|^ ipg to records of proceedings in the college, who leaves Clinton the fliat retaining control of of June to accept the pastorate of the Purity Pr^yterian <^urch at Ches ter. . The ministers <d the city were seat ed on the rostrum and took part in the service. The pastor of the church, Dr. J. C. Ro)>er, presided, welconied the congregation and expressed the Methodists' pleasure in having the service held in their ohun^ Special music by the choii*, under the direc tion of Mra. Janves Pitts, added to the impressiveness of the occasion. In behalf of the ministers. Rev. Ed ward Long, pastor of the First Bap tist church, spoke of Dr. MeSween’s work and residence heie, and express ed the genuine regret of the commu nity in the leaving of the McSween family. He spoke in the higbnt terms of tlje work and contribution of Dr. McSween to the coile^ during a most trying and difficult eCQ|wmic period. Dr. McSween, in responding, ex pressed his wann appreciatksn for the service arranged in his honor, and spoke of the fine spirit of loyalty on the part of the community toward the college during the seven years he had served as its president I cannot ex press the feeling of my heart, at this time, he said, and as we go to -our new field of labor we will always cherish the years spent in Clinton and be profoundly thankful to God for having led us here. Dr. McSween delivered an impress ive and thought-provoking sermon, us ing as his text the 36th verse of the 8th~chapter of Mark: “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?'' Christ never made it easy to be his follower,'he said, Christ insisted that it coats to be his diaeiplas. it maans self-denial, self-sacrifice, self-surren der to be a Chri^an, H takes all of self and service. The stamp of value that God has put upon the human soul is above ever^hing else in the world, the isoul is the most precious thing because it cost the blood of-God’s only Son. It is so valuable, he said, because God breathed life into it and made it divine. What does it mean to lose one’s soul, he asked? It means to be sub merged in selfishness and sin. The process begiiu here and faces its ulti mate doom in eternity. The gain to be ma4c here is temporary, the loss eternal. ^ How can we lose these souls? hc asked. By unbelief, pride and indif ference. What from the' other angle does it mean to save these souls ? he asked. It means to accept redemption provided by God, that men and women are saved bemuse Christ paid the penalty in their stead and His pre cious blood can and will saye and cleanse the most vile soul. Christ has made intercession for us, he said, he has delivered our spuls from the pow er of sia, he has given us a Gospel of hope, happine.ss, joy, and peace. Russia Beaodrot and Dolly Ihni^ of Greenwefod, waak- and with than* gtandmother, Mia. Mary Prathar. — handling school funds in Laurens county. The general school law passed by the house was amended by taking Laurens county out of the special pro visions and placing county school mat ters under the general provisions of the Act. The senate refused to concur in the amendments and the bill was returned to the house where the mat ter in reference to Laurens county came up on Saturday, May 11th., Rep resentatives Huff and Hunt propos^ an amendment to stjrike Laurens coun ty out of the special provisiods and place the county under the.generiil proyfSiioija. Representative Wither- spodn opposed this motion and spoke against the amendment of Messrs. Huff and Runt. He then endeavored to have the amendment killed by a motion to table. He failed in this move and the Huff-Hunt amendment -was passed by the house. Since there was a lack of concurrence on various phas es of the school bill between the house and senate, it went to free conference. General Assembly Ends Long Session 1 Recofd Meeting of 131 Days Ended Saturday. Workmen’s Measure Survives Stiff Fight. Columbia, May 18.—The South Car olina legislature adjourned sine die tonight after a record-breaking ses sion on 131 days. The house adjotimed ft 11:50 upon motion of Represbntative Sawyer of The amendment pro{>o«ed by Repre- poorgeto^, and the senate at 11_:52 sentatives Huff and Hunt was noti!?P®® motion of ^nator George K. sustained by the free conference and as a result, Laurens county is still under the sp^ial proviso of the state school bill which gives to the senator and half of the members of the house power to regulate school levies add the matter of handling school funds. Senator Nance was one of the confer ees from the senate on the state school bill.' " The general provisions of the state school law place power in the local board of tru.stee8, the county board of education, the senator and half of the members of the house from the re spective counties to" r^uce special levies when it is deeme<l advisable. But the, special provision under which Lau rens county is placed provides that the “Senator and at least half of the members of the house shall have pow er to regulate special district levies, the method of handling school funds, and to provide a uniform-ntttlage for financing the schools in said county.” Thomwell Rally iGold T' Wumers G>ine8 In June Program of Interest Announced Fdr^ Home-Coming Reunion June Ml. Eleven To Graduate. Athletic Association Names Its Officers The P. C. Athletic AMOciation elected ms its head Prof. H. E. Stur geon, and named as student officers Buddy Chapman, vice-president, and Erosat Evans, secretary. At the same mssting the. Association also elected managers of the various athletic teams for next year. CENTRAL CAROLINA LEAGUE T^m ' W L Pet. Joanna $ Ware Shoals 6 Clinton 8 Ifatlis^as .... .... .... .... .... 8 Watts .... 2 Ninety-Six 2 Laurens *.. 2 Greenvrood .... .... .... .... I 0 1 8 8 4 4 4 5 1000 684 600 500 888 888 888 166 Where They Play Saturday Clinton at Ninety-Six. Greenwood at GohiviUe. Ware Shoals at Watta. Laurens at Matthews. BIG SIX LEAGUE Team , W Newberry ;. 1 Laurens Lydia .... GoHvine Watts .... M^oboa 1 1 0 0 0 L 0 0 0 1 1 Pet 1000 1000 000 -000 000 F. M. Stutta, secretary of the Alum ni association of Thomwell orphanage, has announced an interestisig program for the grand rally of the sons and daughters of this institution to be held on the campus during commencement week, Jims 7-11th. Mr. Stutts states that letters received from all parts of the country indicate a record-breaking attendance for this home-coming o^e* bration observed every five years..A number of alumni chapters have been organized in this end other states and are expected to be well represented at the Jun^B reunion. Among those who will take part on the program during the week are: Rev. L. Ross Lynn, D.D.^ president of the orphanage; F. M. Stutts, secre tary of the alumni association; Thos. E. Dunwody, of Pressman’s Home, Tenn.; Rev. A. T. Taylor, of Marston^*^ N. C.; Rev. W. C. Sistar, of Fort Val ley, Ga.; Rev. Matthew Lynn, of Cole man, Texas; Rev. T. Ellison Simpson, D.D., Darlington, S. C^; Rev. John Wil lingham, Laurens, S. C.; Dr. Herbert T. Brooks of Pasadena, Calif.; Miss Bessie Feebeck of Atlanta, Ga.; Rev. C. E. Piephoff of Greenville; Dr. J. Dillard Jacobs of Atlanta, Ga.; W. W. Harris of Clinton; Miss Martha Hel- lams of Columbia; Rev. L. C. LaMotLe of* Waycross, Ga.; Judge M. F. Ansel of Greenville; Hon. Joseph G. Miller of New York,! N. Y.; Wm. P. Jacobs, president of the Thomwell Alumni as sociation, Clinton; Charles E. I.ayton, Waycross, Ga., all of whom, with the er'jption of Judge Ansel and Dr. .ynn, are alumni of the orphanage. . An interesting program has . been arranged, including the usual ’Thorn- well commencement exercises, plays, datamation and reading contests, bac calaureate sermbn, addre.sses, etc., as well as the banquet for the alumlii at 5 p. m., Saturday, June 6th; annual meeting of the alumni association aj^ 2 p. m. Monday, June 10th; lawn party for the alumni at 5 p. m. Monday, June 10th, and a picnic at Riverside for the alumni on 'Tuesday, June llth, at 2 p. m. Eleven To Gradnate 11111 year’s graduating'class of the high school consists of eleven mem bers as f<dk>ws: Lorene Briggs, Robert Marion Campbell, EetaUne Cappe, Russell Patrick Cook, Richard Wl^man Euts- ler, Newton Farr Garland, Marvin Miles Land, Made Catherine McKee, Charlee Evans ffinith, Katberiaa Shaa- aon Sinpaon, Ratk Tucker. • Are Announced BoRgs, Dunlap, Guess, Arnold and Wilson Rewarded For . -r Outstanding; Service. On last Thursday morning Dr. John McSween presented Gold “P” certifi cates to five members of the Prpsby- terain college student body whom a committee had chosen as the outstand ing individuals in school this year in non-athletic activities. These men were: Doyle WUlard Boggs, for his work on the student council; George Williams Dunlap', for his work as edi tor of the Pac-Sac; William'Francis Guess, for his work as editor the Blue ^B!^king; Van Monroe Ai^old, for his a^>rk as president of the Y. M. C. A.; and Henry Marsden Wilson, Jr., for his work as ^ member of the de bating team. " Doyle Boggs of Liberty, S. C., servr ed for four years on. the Student Council, being secretary^of the Stu dent Body his Junior yeaK and Pres- Laney, "of Chesterfield. Governor 01m D. Johnston in a final message said “this session has been marked by a great deal of worth while legislation. The rural electrification bill, the act creating external trade, the education act, legalizatioH of li quor, all are of tremendous impoii- ance to the people of this state.” He extended his best wishes for the health, happiness and prosperity of all. The regular business was finished late this afternoon but adjournment was delayed by the status of several local measures. The senate rejected, 20 to 8, a mo tion of John Williams-»to continue the workman’s compensation bill until the 1930 session on grounds that it devi ated from labor’s wishes. The bill—first of the kind passed in J3outh Carolina—was then enacted by a viva voca vote ami ratifieil. Williams, Thurmand, apd Pruitt maintained to the end that the meas ure was unfavorable to labor and out of line wit)i the bill agreed upon by capital |ind labor. Senators Harvey and Means, mem bers of free conference that wrote it, replied the compensation and bene fit provisions were identical with those appri)ved by labor and that exemp tions, while broader than labor wished were fewer than either legislative branch had approved independently. The house upheld Governor John ston’s veto of the bill combining $3 auto tags the governor had advocated and provisions to have commissioners elected by delegations instead of ap- pointe<I by the governor. The vote was 54 to ^stain and 60 to override after the governor in a scorching message termed the bill a “hybrid act politically n>anipulat«^ to embarrass not only the governor but this honorable body rathe;- than to serve the best interests of the people.” He said if the legislature would en act a $3 auto tag bill he would sign it. Suspending a rule against “bob tailed” bills, the repre.sent^tiVes con curred in senate amemlments to a mi nor house bill by which $37,000 would be appropriated for county health ident his Senior-year. He has also j work, been a member of the varsity football j The free conference had slashed the team, a member of Blue Key, Chi Be-!amount from the state board of health CLEMSON OFTiCERS NAMED Ltureos, Magr 16. — ’Ilie ximual meetinc of the Lmurens County Cl^- son ColI^_^AIoinni iMoeimtion wm hriel in Ibe city ‘Aiaeduy nifiit, with Thornwell Dunlap, of Clinton, presi dent, presiding. Following a rotmd of dieeueMon of routine matters, new of ficers were named for anther year: C. B. Owings, preaident; Roy De- Shields, vioe-precident; C. P. Roper, secretary, and C, B. Cannon, ireatbrer. lOOQ,^ The association also elected three delegates to the annual alumni meet ing to be held at demebn college in connection %kli comm^ement week. The iMegates are C. B. Owings, Ross D. Ypnng and C« P* Roper. ta Pht7 and Pi Kappa Phi. George Dunlap of Rock Hill, S. C., has done outstanding work on the* Pac- Sac and served as president of the Pan-Hellenic Council. He is a member of Blue Key, Sigma Upsilon, and Kap pa Alpha. Van Munroe* Arnold of Sylacauga, Ala., has served four years on. the Y. M. C. A.., is president of Delta Chi Alpha, national Christian leadership fraternity and a member of the min isterial club. Frank Guess of Rock Hill, S, C., has served on the Blue Stocking staff for four years, l>eing editor this year. He is a member .of Sigma-Kappa Al pha, Sigrma Upsilon, and Pi Kappa Phi. Hank Wilson, Jr., of Brooklyn, N. Y., has served on the debating team for three years and has the unusual record of never having lost an inter collegiate debate. He is a member of appropriation in writing the general measure. 'ITie "bob-tailed” bill restoiied it^X- ' ' -y^ . A nill by the sena.te fikh, game and forestry committee to create a statu game and fish commission of six, one from each dmtrict, was enacted at the SCHOOL YEAR ENDSJRIDAY Baccalaureate Sermon On Sun* day and Graduating Exercises Monday Evening. Lutheran Speakers On Program/^rty Boys and Girls In Senior Class. ■Nineteen hundred pupils in the city fichool system will turn their backs on eiaiNl^^1*0qins Friday as the session conrnjto a cloee and the schoolsjioki their dosing exercises. 'Hie baccalaureate sermon before the graduating class of the high school will be preached next Sunday evening at eight o’clock at the First Presby terian church by the Rev. M. R. Win- gard of Greenwood, pastor of St. John’s Lutheran church of this city. Announcement has been made by the ministerial union thatX^'s will be a union .service in which the churches of the city will unite. The graduating exercises will be held next Monday evening at 8 o’clock in the Florida Street school auditori um. Dr. P.'D. Brown, pastor of Ebe- nezer Lutheran church, Columbia, will deliver the literary address, after which diplomas will be presented to the forty members of the graduating class. F'ollowing is the program fot the closing exercises: Processional, “Festival March,” Ho- gi-avih—Dvk), Louise Jacobs and Fran ces Simpson. Invocation—^Dr. L. Rosa'Lynn. Salutatory—Sara Frances Baldwin. High School Chorus—“Bells of the Sea,” I.amb-Solman; "Night Winds,” Godard. , , Introduction of speaker—L. L. Stil ler. _ Address before graduating class — Dr. P. D. Brown. Music—Billy Johnson,.Hugh Jacobs, Mrs. James Pitts, Jr., accompanist. Valedictory—Louise Chamliera. High School Chorus — “A Perfect Day,” Canie Jacobs Bond. , Announcements. Presentation of Diplomas and Cer tificates — J. Harvey Witherspoon, Superintendent. Recessional, “America’s Triumphal March,” Rolfe — Duo, Loui.se Jacobs, ■Mrs. J. F. Jacobs,,Jr. Class Roll The-list of this year’s senior class, including twenty-eight girls and twelve boys, follows: . . Kohn Barnes, Joe Donnan, John W'. Finney, Faye Anderson,-Mary Ander son, Sara Anderson, Sara Baldwin, Madeline Cassanova, Ix)uise Cham-” bers, Erhline Copeland,.Elizabeth Dob bins, Kmily Fergu.son, Katherine Gra ham, Booker Henderson* I^aetitia ..Jones, Elizabeth Nicholson, Martha Ramage, Christina Sowers, Margaret Sullivan, Archie Adair, Forrest Adair, W, (’. Baldwin, William Boyd, Roy Burge.ss, Lykes Henderson, Louis Murjjhy, Walter Todd, Mary Brock, Mildred Brown, Faye Cauley, Olive DeYoung, Modeerte Finney, Margaret Hughes, Gaynelle Kartning, Ruth .Smith, Mary Stone, Hazel Strickland, day session. ’The commi.ssion, to aetj Mildred V'oung, Mattie Anderson, Da- in an advisory capacity to the chief! yid Dixon, game warden has be^n sought for the past few years by the South Carolina game and fish as.sociation.— ClaHs Day Exerciser On next Momlay morning’at nine o’clock in the high sch(K)l auditorium, the graduating class will jiresent Iheir annual clas.-? <lay exercises as follows: .Serii)ture reading and 'prayer—Ix)ui.s Clinton-Mill Team! p, n„, ,0 (1,,,-! - »u,ii..nce, . —' I Welcome — VValtei* Todd, president Galloway Heads “Chick” Galloway ,of this city, has I of the class, assumed the management of the Clin-j Song,-“Santa Lucia” ton Cotton Mills ball team, in the Cen-I History^^of the Class tral Carolina league and is whipping! ney. into shape one of the strongest and fastest teams in thi^ loop, composed Sigma Upsilon and Alpha-Lambda^ of eight members. His team now holds Tau. Wilson i« only a Junior thi« year which makes his receiving of the Gold “P” doubly unusual for this is the first time in years that a man has received it for debating. Betts Chairman Ministers’ Group At the spring meeting of the Pres byterian-Associate Reformed Presby terian ministers’ conference held re cently, in Greenwood, the Rev. C. By num Betts of this city, was elected as chairman for the coming year, the Rev. W. C. Kerr of Abbeville, vice- chairman, and the Rev. W. L. ^e^sly of Greenwood, secretary. The program oonmittee for the year will consist ef Dr. R. C. Long of Greenwood, Rev. F. T. McGill of Cross Hill, and Rev. J^ R. Hooten of Greenwood. ’The general topic for study for the eight meetings of the coming year, be ginning Oct. 1, is, “What the Bible Teaches’^ and the conference has chosen 34 topics, concerned largely with Christianity in the present social -Senior class. -Mo<leene Fin- general head. For the first fall meet ing, mider the leadership of Dr. L. R. I^n, of Clinton, the subject will deal inth the Christ&n’s amusements, use of time, Sabbath observance and al- lied interesU from the standpoint of the Bible’s third place in the percentage column and promises to be a strong cbntender for the championship as the sea.son progresse.s. “Chick,” one of the world’s greatest shortstops during his career in the big league, headed the P. C. team during the season just closed and was a contributing factor to vis success. Ht» friends are interested to know that he is now associated with the Clinton team and predict that his club will steadily climb the league ladder during the next several weeks. C-'hkracter .Sketches of the Cla.ss—• * Madeline Cassanova. ” ^ Sonjrs—High Schwil Chorus. Class Poem—Katherine Graham. Prophecy of the Class — Kohn Barne.sr .Song—Senior .Class. Class Will—Laetitia Jones. _ Songr “Farewell to ’Thee” — Senior" class. • . . Announcements — W. R. Anderson, Jr., principal. Alma Mater—Audience.- County Advisory Committee Named National Pays 15% Dividoid Announcement has been made by S. B. Sexton, ERA administrator of Laurens county, of a rural rehabilita- , , , j 1,. tion adviwry conunltt*., compoMd of “ I*' A 15 per cent depositors’ dividend, amounting to $31,686.91, is being paid this week by W. Scott Farley, receiver of the closed First National bank.’’ This makes the sixth dividend the Mr. Sexton and the following: C. B Owings, supervisor rural r^utbilita- tion; R.‘'T. Wil8<m, representing busi ness men; J. Warren 'llnsley, farming interests; C. B. Cannon, county agent; Miss Jennie Coleman, home demon- st^tion a^nt, and -Fred-W. Taylor, <»der» to be ^nsidered under thtrfngricultural ieadier. The'Committee was named on in structions from the office of the state administrator and has as its functions to confer with and advise the Laurens administrator and rehabilitation su pervisor relative to needs peitaining to the rehabilitation program. X to all cred^rs who have proven claims. The tmnk closed on Jan. 22, 1931. RENNO PROGRAM FRIDAY The pupils of Renno school will pre sent their closing program on Friday, May 24, beginning at 8 p. m. This in teresting program consists .of short plays, readings, songs and dances in attractive costumes. A small admission of ten and fif teen cents will be charged for churoh benefit.