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' CWNTON, s; C., THURSDAY, JUNE 13,1935
NUMBER 24
JACOBS TALKS TO LOCAL^UBS
ON COLLEGE NEEDS AN^LANS
Acting Head of Institution Addresses Lions, Rotdry and Miwanis
Organizations On Financial Condition of College and Plans For
Enlarged Enrolment. Get-Together Supper-Meeting Tonight’At
College With Large Attendance Expect^.
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On last Friday evenikr the Kiwanis,
Rotary and Lions clubs of Clinton met
in joint session at the Clinton hotel to
hear from Acting President William
P. Jacobs the full, story of the serious
problems facing Presbyteriah college.
A. W. Brice, president of the lions
club, presided, over the meeitng. Mr.
Jacobs, chairman of the board and now
acting president of the college, told
the gathering of the needs of the col
lege, immediate and foi^ the future.
Mr. Jacobs explained that the col
lege is without funds with which to
operate thi-ough the summer, yet is in
need of money with which to Tinance
an unusually vigorous campaign for
students which he has already insti
tuted under the personal direction of
Marshall ~W. Brown, dean of the col
lege. He explained also the need of an
underwrtiing fund to enable the col
lege to balance its budget, pay its
floating debt hnd thereby retain the
sanction of the Southern Association
of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
He reported progress so far in
working out some of‘the college’s dif
ficulties but Stated it is far more than
a one-man job nnd called upon Clin-
two
summer
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confer-
New School
Board Named
ton citiiens to rally around their be
loved institution and help assure its
permanency.
The joint meeting decided to hold a
supper this evening'at the college din-_
^ng hall to which several hundred
Clinton citizens will be Invited. It will
be served by Mrs. Myrtle Hunter and
the college will be the host. At the
,6upper Acting President Jacobs aiid
btiwrs will give a full picture of the
work of thel: college, its accomplish
ments land its needs.
The faculty will be invited to attend
as will the rajnistera of the city, of
ficials of the Thomwell orphanage
and State Training, school. It is ex
pected to be the largest and most rep
resentative gathering dl Clintonians
held in many years.
The members of ~ the three Nfervice
clubs pledged themselvee to secbre'a
full attendance of representative Clin^^
tonians at the supper this evening. ^
he had remained. He has started us
— Clintonians have been much inter
ested in the ^noblems of~the college
and have manifested a spontaneous
desire to back Acting President Ja
cobs in putting it on its feet and en-
caring'for the
encbs.
The college''has more representa
tives out soliciting students than ever
before. The solicitiing staff under the
dean are Messrs. Matheson, Osman,
Johnson, McMillian, Bolick, Wilson
and Mrs. Arthur Oopeland.
AcUpg President Jacobs has con
ferred with manw individuals through
out the state and has been assured of
their support and cooperation in the
effort to put the college on its feet
permanently.
The future of the college is bright.
Dr. MoSween left it with the finest
spirit it has perhaps ever enjoyed. The
students left for'their homes'in high
spirits and confident of a rosy future.
Mr. Jacobs in speaking of the re
markable work of Dr. MoSween said:
“Dr. McSween carried the whole load
of the college and bore the whole bur
den. It depressed his spirit and would
have seriously impaired hii^ health if
he had remained. He has startde us
wonderfully on the road to greater ac
complishments. From now on, how
ever, it must not be a one man’s job.
It will kill any one man. We all in
Clinton mi^st halp share the responsi
bility. It is our own college. It is ab
solutely essential to Clinton. It must
continue and it must grow. In this
hour of emergency, I hopefully and
confidently look to the future and call
upon ievery man, woman and child in
Clinton to help me carry this load and
press on in the noble work so ably
done by Doctors Neville, Douglas, Mc
Sween and the other sainted men who
have given their lives to the ideals of
this great institution. I wish this gath
ering of Clintonians because I wish to
pour out my whole heart to them and
bring them all face to face with the.
inside story of the college.”
It was believed by many present
that the meeting this evening may be
the turning point in the college's af
fairs.
Opposition Ticket Put In Field
Won In. Tuesday's. Primary
With Landslide Vqt^At Lydia
and Clinton Cottonl^ills. Cit^
ecinct Carried By Present
d. '
Smith Pudhes i
' Market Probe
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Seeking To Find Reason For
Recent Toboggan Ih Cotton
Prices. Report Coming Soon.
Washington, June lO,-—Senator E.
D. Smith returned today from a weet-
end viwt to New York | where he per
sonally went ovei: the work of Senate
COMMENCEMENT SEASON
CLOSES AT THORNWELL
Proipraih of Interest Marks Em^of Year’s Work At Orphanage-
baccalaureate Sermon and Graduating Address By Sons of In
stitution. Eleven Seniors Received Diplomas At Exercises Qn
Tuesday Morning. Program Featured By Grand Rally Reunion.
In the jiibnary held Tuesday to elect
five trustees ^r Hunter District No.
5, an entire neVr board was elected
consisting of W. C. Oxley, C. N. Mau-
ney, C. H. McCrary, S. C. Hays
and W. Elwood Dillard.^]
' Four members of xhbv present
board offering for electionisi^B. H.
Boyd, Dr. T. L. W. Bailey, S. 'VVv^m-
erel and W. W. Harris, were defei^d.
C. M. Bailey, the fifth member, did
not sjkand for election on account of
ill health.
There were two tickets in the field,
one composed of four members of the
present board with E. D. Craig as the
fifth member. The opposition ticket
was composed of W. C. Oxley, C. N.
Maunoy, Dr. S. C. Hays, C. H. Mc
Crary and W. Elwood Dillard as re
vealed by a circular bearing their
names and distributed in the district
before the election.
Wash M. Pitts, the eleventh man in
the race, stated on his announcement
card that he was running as an inde- amendments? I
pendent candidate. ,
The city precinct was carped by the
former hoard ticket. The boxes at
Lydia and Clinton Cotton Mills were
overwhelnTingly carried by the oppo
sition ticket. .
Members of the new board; which
will assume office at once are well
known in the city and district. Mr.
Oxley is secretary of the Clinton Cot
ton Mills, Mr. Mauney is manager of
the Lydia Cotton Mills store, Mr. Mc
Crary is a member of the mercantile
firm of McCrary & Holland, Mr._ Dil
lard is ah attorney of the city, and Dr.
Hays, local physician and surgeon.
The result of the election follows:
The graduating exercises of the
Thomwell orphanage high school were
Agriculture committee li.ve.ti».tora | momin*, .t which time
who pr^mg the .ctivitiee of thoL,„^„
New York Cotton e:^enge with t^ diplomes as ,jmbol. of the fact that
view of determining the cause for the
sharp break in the eotton market
about three months ago.
At the time Smith charged the
market had been rigged by specula
tors and the Senate passed a resolu
tion offered by* the South Carolina
senator calling for a thorough investi
gation.
Smith said he ^as we'l satisfied
with the work of his investigators
they had completed the required four-
year course. The exercises were pre
sided over by'Dr. L. R. Lynn, presi
dent of the institution.
The salutatory address was deliver
ed by Ruth Tucker, with the valedic
tory honor falling -te Robert Camp
bell.
The diplomas were awa/xled the
graduates by Dr. Lynn. He also pre
sented a copy of the Bible to each
and wimm a *hort time some I graduate, a custom followed since the
sational fa^would beexpos^ reprd- founding of the institution sixty years
mg the suddeXdrop m the price of cot
ton. He declinM to amplify his state-
'Wait for the re-
ment merely sayi
port.”
The senator .said the agriculture
committee, of which he is chairman,
will not consider the amendments to
the agricultural adjustment a^ until
the House has iicted.
“When the House has passed_t
i pqqor Constable
I>aurens, June 'S, —Fred W, IJttle,
abling it to carry on in a constructive former county gam^xy^arden and fre
way. The members of the faculty have quently^ called on by the sheriff for
displayed a cooperative-spirit by vol- special duty as a peace officer, began
unteering to remain/ in Clinton service .Sati^rday i^s a special liquor
through the summer to assist Mr. Ja- constable for Laurens county. Phil D.
cobs in working out his program. -Huff, member of the delegation, stated
Dean Brown is busily engaged in that Mr. Little was .selected for the
directing the campaign for new stu-!job by unanimous vote of the delega-
dents and serving as assistant.to theltion and that he was instructed to en-
president. He is aided by Mrs. Brown, force all .state laws but to give his
Dr. A. E. Spencer, in the capacity of e.special attention to the Jiquor stat-
vice-president and treasurer, is assist-jute. His salary was fixed at $100 a
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426
1 122
27
574
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Boyd
375
74
21
470
Craig
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98
23
669
Dillard
185
348
164
607
Harris—
407
94
26 ] 626
Hays
196
334
172
702
Mauney
199
333
185
717
McCrary ] 225
347
181
If.
I 236
i 345
178
Pitts
45
1 47
16
108
Sumerel
487
i 111
38
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will call my commit- XMembers of the graduating class
the reaving diplomas were: Robert
legislation in light of the Supreme
Court’s NRA decision,” he asserted.
“We will call Secretary of- Agricul
ture Wallace, Chester Davis, chief
AAA administrator, and members of
the department’s legal staff and be
assured there is nothing in the amend
ments contrary to the court’s decis
ion.
Smith announced that he would bit
terly oppose including the Jones bill
giving the federal government sweep
ing powers over commodity exchang
es unless the cotton exchange is ex
empt. He^prefers to hh've the cotton
exchange regulated under the method
r provided in the cotton futures
Mgo.
Medals and honors were delivered
by the president of the institution.
The winners were:
N. F. Garland, Bible; Sam Ander
son, dwlametion; Eleanor Wilkes, ex
pression; Pat Cook, shop; Charles
.Smith, printing; Ix'on Sistar, dairy;
Lewis Tucker, iwultry; J. L. Worthy,
fai-m; Geneva Moore, monitor. •
P. C. Students In
Summer Training
C. UnitTo Camii)g_ F®r Six
Weeks IVaining. —
Thirty-oiie members of the Senior
Campbt'ft; Ruth Tucker, Pat Cook,
Shannon Simpson, N. F. Garland, !»-
rene BriggSv Marvin Land, Catherine
McKee, Riclia^ Eutsler, Estaline
Cajips, Charles Smith.
The address tbefbre the graduating
class was prepared byx^seph Gralham
Miller, meifvber of the N^ York city
corporation counstd, and a graduate of
the orphanage and Pre.S'byterian col
lege. Mr. Miller was unable to be pres
ent on account of the critical illnbss
of his wife, his address being read be
fore , the large audience by the Rey.
Louis C. LaMotte of Waycross, Ga.
He admonished the young gra(|uates
to strive for the. highest attainments
in life. “You will have to say good-bye
to those whom you have come to love
and honor while here at 'Thomwell,’’
he said, “but you won’t have to say
goodbye to God, nor could you. You
will find that He will ever be pre.sent
not a problem you will face but that
He will be there* to guide and influ-*
ence you. As you form your philoso
phy of life and mold youp being
around it, build a strong structure,*'
Mr. Millei* admonished the 3roung
graduates. “Let the economic and
moral and financial systems fail and
go to pieces, but hold fast to the
teachings and principles of Christ and
faithfully discharge your responsi
bility towards bettering the world for
humankind.”
The .baccalaureate sermdn was
preached Sunday morning in the
Thomwell/ Memorial 'church by the
Rev. Clarence E. Kephoff, pastor of"
.the Monaghan Presbyterian church of
Greenville, and an alumnus of the in
stitution. Regular morning services iii
the city churches had been withdrawn
for this occasion, and the large con
gregation, augmented by several hun
dred Thomwell .sons and daughters
attending -'the grand rally reunion,
filled to overflowing the entire seat-
ing_capacity of 'the auditorium, Sun
day .school department and gallery.
Mr. Piephoff selected as his theme
the Slst and 32nd serves*of the 8th
chapter of John, emphasizing that
truth frees mankind froTrT sin and that
freedom may not be found in facts.
“You will do well to remember,” he
said, “that the field of education, sci
ence or medicine does not offer free
dom from the malady of sin—sin goes
out only by GoH’s word of truth. This
freedom,” said the speaker, “4s open
only to those who believe in Christ.
You need to know now in your youth
that salvation through faith in Chri.st
is eternal life.^’
n Saturday evening the senior
presented a play, “Welcome To
the Old Town” before a crowd that
taxed the acting capacity of the large
auditorium.^.-
Monday night was “exhibition
night,” the pupils 6t the schools giv
ing a patriotic pagebqt* “The Thirteen
Colonies.” Both of uim« entertain
ments were highly creditable and en-
cla^
There is not a decision you will make, thusiasti^ally received.
Trustees Hold
Annual Meeting
Tonighit To Be ,
. College'Night
Cx)lumbia, June lO.^The sweeping
insr in^lN. reorgttizatio^ of the en.lmotith with »25 a month t™volin* e«-j, ro“u!“brcontinu“
I be paid out of the liquor . n i_„.
Asks Dismissal ^
Of Liquor Cases
dowment fund. Coaches Johnson andjpense to be paid out or tne liquor enactment of the new liauuor law
McMillian are out on the road solicit- revenue coming to Laurens county. ^
ing students in Georgia, South Caro-'
lina and North Carolina. H. E. Stur
geon, John H. Hunter, and Dr. F. D.
"Jones are helping with the business
affairs of the institution. Willard
Jones is handling the publicity. Pro
fessors Coe, Huntley, Spencer and
Sturgeon are teaching in the summer
school which began Monday. John H.
Hunter and Mrs. Myrtle Hunter are
Session Closes
— At Cross Hill
County Liquor
Cases Continued
wah raised todays
court. I
in the supreme
Dr. Roswell Long,
Minister, Is the
ment Speaker.
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Cross Hill, June 6.—The commence
ment exercises of the Cross Hill high
school began Friday evening in the
aebool auditorium when the seventh
grade had their graduating exercises
in the fonh bt a^play, “A Trip to
"liars.” Supt J. H. Shealy presented
certificates to 12 girls mid boys. Med
als were presenetd to Sara Ida Boaz-
man and Jack Smith.
The commencement sermon for the
graduating class was preached Sunday
morning hi the school anditorhim by
Dr. Roswell'Lpngt pastor of the First
tbs Rev. Mr. Cc^r of Greenwood. The
final exercises were hrid Monday eve-
ftiay in the school atMktoriam with
Predbyterian church of Greenwood,
the address to^^he'dass. 'Die
welcome was given by.-.Vitginia Hill
and Mary Ellen Adams gave the fare
well J. B. Pinson read the awards for
the highest averages and perfect aU
tendance. . Prof. J. H. Shealy deii^
ered ^plomas to, the following: Mary
Ellen Adams, Janette Black, Daisy
Coats, Sara Denny, Virginia Hill, Sara
Noffz, Elizsiieth Pinson, Elizabeth
Teai^, Locia Workman, Domoqd
Perry, and Clayhome Hipp. The jpn^-
uating elaas presented the school with
books for the IRnrary.
Greenwood
Commence^.'^triRurned against five>Iegroes in three
cases. A “no bill was returned in
case John Steiobeigen, Pnesbytezian
college student, charged with involun
tary manslaughter.
Laurens, June IjO.—With Judge C. C.
Featherstone, presiding all prohibition
violation cases were continued in cur-
cuit court here today pending decision
supreme court.
True bills by grand jury, „B. L.
Clardy, foreman, included Coley Dun
can charged with criminal assault and
Archie Thompson murder in connec
tion with the slaying of a Negro con
vict. Capital indictments were also
Counsel for Grady Spencer, convict
ed of possessing and transporting U-
quor in Cherokee county, asked the
court to dismiss action in a motion
said to raise* a precedent applicable
to 200 to 500 pending cases.
C. T. Graydon of Columbia, repre
senting Spencer, contended his convic
tion and two year sentence should be
set aside as a “matter of public pol
icy to carry out tha direct mandate of
the legislature.!'
The court took the question under
advisement.
HEAVY DEATH TOLL
Training Corps left Thursday
for six week.s duty training. Twenty-
nine went to Fort McClellan, Ala.,
where they will again comiwte for (he
General Efficiency f'uji, won by P. ('.
five times out of the past twelve en
campments. Units from colleges and
universities of t^e eight states of the
Fourth Corps Area will be at Fort
McClellan.
P. A. Adams, Dublin,.Ga.; L. E.
Anderson, Moore; J. B. Bradley, Chic-
amauga, Ga.; C. G. ('hapman, and J.
H. Chapman, C-olumbia; R. W. Fore-
hjTnd, Allendale; J. L. Freesland, Dil
lon; M. D. Gillis, Fayetteville, N. C.;
F*. M. Gregg, Florence; A. I). Guerard,
Clinton; P. K. Harmon, Milledgeville,
Ga.; J. F. Holliday, Witllam.ston; W.
S. Horne, Charlotte, N. C.; C. M. Hud
son, Greenville; C- Johnson, Cx)lum-
bus, Ga.; A. W. I^evi, Charlotte, N.
C.; E. R. McAlister, Richmond, Va.;
James McClary, Georgetown;. W. J.1
Millsap, Gable; E. K. Pitman, Black-
shear, Ga.; Tom Piaxico, Sharon; A.j
J. Plowden, Jr., Summerton; R. R.
Potter, Atlanta, Ga.; L. S. Quarter-
man, Charleston; J. F!. Ratchford,
Waxhaw, N. C.; T. T, Upshur, Sum-
tar; T. P, VaJley, Pickens; R. A. Wil
banks, Clinton; andvJ. K. Wyatt, Men-,yjHg ^
lo, Ga., will report to F'ort McClellan. ‘ ’
For PaHt Year Considered. All
Officers Re-elected.
The annual .meeting of the board of
trustees of the Thomwell orphanage
was held Tuesday afternoon with F^x-
Governor Martin F’. Ansel, of Green
ville, chairman of the board,'presid
ing. Sixteen members from the con
trolling synods of South Carplinn,
GiH»rgia and F’lorida were present.
Dinner To Be Served In Institu
tion’s Dining: Hall At 8 I*. M.
All Interested Friends Invited.
This evening at eight o’clock in tho_
Presbyterian college dining hall, sup-
)K'r W'ill served under the super
vision of Mrs. Myrtle Hunter. Plans
[for th<' event wej’c announced last F'ri-
day night at the joint rpeeting of the
three service clubs of ' tht~ city at
which time Acting Prcsi<ient W, P. Ja
cobs gave a completi- story of the
The annual report of the president,
ex(*cutive committee, endowmt^nt com- problerns now confronting the college,
mittee and treasurer were ptesentei Committees at 'this meeting were
and approved. A number of matters ajipointed and furnished lists of citi-
of business were before the board, rec-j J'-cns which-they are invited to bring
ommendationi* of the executive -om- with them to this evening’s dinner. It
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Jozuuz .... .... .... .... 7
Ware Shoal* 7
Mathews .... 6
Ninety Six .... 4
Greenwood 4
Watts 4
^ylinton •••• .•••«....... •... 2'
Laurens .... 2
Pet.
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777
555
444
444
444
883
222
Where IWy Play Saturday
Watts at Goklvtlle.
Greenwood at Mathews.
Clinton at Laurens.
Ware Shoals at Ninety Six.
At least 62 persons were killed in
auto a<M;idents in the United States
over the week-end and 11 were killedfsenal, Md.
in plane crashes.
In four auto accidents alone/II were
l^illed and two seriously injured.
mittee and president adopted, the l)st
of workers for the ensuirig year pre
sented, approved and all salaries fixed.
Officers re-elected to .serve for the
new year are as follows:
Chairman of <board: Ex-Governor
Martin F. Ansel, of Greenville.
Vice-chairman: Robert McMillan,
of Cartersville, Ga.
.Secretary: W. W. Han-i.s, of Clinton.
Treasurer: Dr. L. Ross Lynn, of
Clinton.
Attorneys: M. F. Ansel of Grcen-
C. Todd of Greenwood.
Executive committee: W. W. Harris^
is expected that there will he a large
rejiresentative attendance from the
community with a college program ar
ranged including several local speak
ers,
A cordial invitation is extentled the
business and professional men of the
city to ^ttend this evening’s gather
ing.
Ministers Plan
Union Services
Henry—M. Wilsopi. Brooklyn, N. f «;tone, W. 1). (’ope-j The ministerial union has arranged
went to Fort Washington, dttft;' Joseph
P. ToddrX'linton, went to the Cheml
cal Warfare .section, Fkigewood Ar
land and L. B...Lynn.
Dan Hollis of Greer, vi»it5d friends
here the first of the week.
College Enters Coeducational Field;
To Enroll Girls For Next S^ion
Boardiof Department To Be Opened In Fall For Voting Womens
CoHege Honors and Extra Curricula Activities ~
.Open ^o Women As Well As Men.
Endowment committee: A. C.
of Greenwood, chairman'; C. M. Bailey
of Clinton, H. J. Winn of Greenville,
and C. G. Rowland of Sumter.
Building committee: W. D. Cope
land, chairman; C. W. Stone and W.
W. Harris of Clinton.
Audit committee: Chas. M. Turney,
Jacksonville; Fla., chairman; Dr. T.
Ellison Simpson, Darlinrion, Rev. L.
C. LaMotte, Waycross, Ga.
4e-veniflg services for the ‘mont h Of Jifne
Todd hegnmiTTg next Sunday evening.
Goodman Heads-
Rural Carriers
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BIG SIX
LBAGUE
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Lydia -
4
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Mollohon
8
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Goldville
2
2
500
Newberry
1
3
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Watts
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Laortna ....
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Presbyterian college has definitely
launched into the field of co-education.
Acting President William P. Jacobs
has announced that the many advan
tages shown since permitting girls to;
enroll as day stiklents in 1931 has led
to this new policy.
For the 1935 session, opening next
September, the college will rent for
the girls a commodious home near the
college campus. This* home will be un
der the supervision of a competent
matron. Plans were made to use as a
girls’ dbrmitory the residence fomwfr-
ly oocupM by President John Mc
Sween. Tm plan was changed because
Wna. P. Jacobs, now acting president,
seid that he did not want any arrange
ment made which might interfem with
securing a, permanent head for the
college.
Another inovation i^ill be the eli
gibility of girls to all college honors,
awards, valedictory scholarships (of
fered to valedictorians of all fully ac
credited high schools in South Carolina
and Geor^) and student offices. Un
til this time girls have had no part in
the extra-curricula activities of
campus. There will be special classes
in physics! education for ".youiig
women. ; ^
Laurens, June 7.—At its annual
meeting the Laurens County Rural
Letter Carriers’ association elected
new- officers for another year and
named delegates to the state conven
tion at Newberry, July 16-17.
S. Brooks Goodman, of Mountville,
is the new president. He succ^ds
Glenn C. Abercrombie, who recently
retired from the postal service. Niles
C.- jClark, of Waterloo, was named
vice president, and H. D. Rantin, of
Pinion, was continued as secretary-
treasurer. Mr. C!lark and Joe W.
Leake, of Clintoni were elected dele-
gftea to the meeting.
The fir.st service will he held at
.North Broad Street Methodist church.
Dr. D. J. Woods, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, will occupy the
pulpit. On the evening of the 23rd the
service will be held at the A. R. P.
church with Rev. Edward Long, pas
tor of the First Baptist church, as the
.speaker. On the 30th the service will
be held at the First Baptist church
with the Rev. C. Bynum Betts of the
A. R. P. church as fhe guest minis-f
ter. All of the services will begin at
eight o’clock, with a cordial invitation
extended the public. __
Laurens To Sedc -
PWA Street Loan
Columbia, June 7.—The^State says
^urens, Chirlington and Greelyville
wilt “make application to the public
worlds administration soon for funds
with which to finance large projects.”
-The paper says Laurens will seek
approximately $60,000 foF street
provements; Darlington, $60,000 for
sewer system improvemfnts, and
Greelyville ^5,000 for waterwoika
system.
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