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S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21,1935
AT GftEENVlLLE
CLINTONFOLKS
YOU K^OW
Borah And Hoover Clinton High
May Split G.O.P. ; • Tops Tliomwell
'One Killed, Two
Hurt In Wreck
Addresses, Sermons and Re
ports Take Up First Day of
Convention. Dr. Ellis' Fuller
Discusses Missiok Program.
Greenville, Nov. 20.—An- ad|[lress by
Dr. Ellis A. Fuller, of AtlanU, form
er pastor of the Earle Street'Baptist
church, and reports on several Bap
tist organisations featured the eve-
ninig session of the South Carolina
Baptist convention last night at thej
Pendleton Street Baptist church.
‘ More than 1,200 persons -attended the- -
“eessron, Thicludirig 415 official dele
gates.
Today’s progrram, 'opening at 9 a.
m., will find keen interest centered
in a discussion of the ^00,000 co
ordination of Furman university and
_Greenyille Womani^college, reports
on education and publications, and j
The election of officers. * !
Dr. Fuller, in reporting on the
Southern Baptist Home Missions
Supporters of Conflicting Theo-'Wins Over Orphanage l^ads In
ries May Contend For Nomi-
hation. Politicians Guessing.
ROBERT LAWRENCE PLAXICO
R. L. Plaxico belongs to the' city's
board said the finances pt the board
were better than they had been in a | younger group of business men and
number of years and. that the church j juring his eight years' lesidence here
building and loan fuT>d was also now i has been identified with the commu-
in good shape. Inity’s civic, commeicial and religious
"“We made an agreement with ourjiifg
creditors for a moratorium of five
ye«R on the princip.1,-’ he s».W- “All' ‘ Vy neVr-Vhe"t7»n“of KinKs'creck,
the b«k mterert h.« bwn paid how-1 ^ulia Borders Plaxico and
ever, and »,S,000 has been paid on,j„^„ L, ..
Washington, Nov, 16. — The possi
bility of. a Hoover-Borah struggle
over the'Republican presidential ndm-
ination and platform for 1936 has pol
iticians guessing. ‘
As the former president retun^d
I to his attacks on the New Deal to-
I night in New York, the impression
that he himself is a target of his
chief 1928 campaigner gained ground
in the capital. Borah .has not said as
much, but activities of Hobveritej(
plainly have a bearing on his plans.
The Hoover speech, one of a series,
dealt exclusively with principles. He
has been represented as believing the
party should put principles first' and
personalities second at least until the
convention meets in June. "
^ Presumably this would make
against intra-party strife in the pri
maries, and for key states such as
Ohio sending unuislxucte<l or favor
ite-son delegations.. The rub comes
where he arid Borah differ on some
fundamental principles,'such as mon
etary policy.
In the senator’s view, states should
ihave an opiwrtunity to express them^
Well-Played Game Friday
Night Under Floodlights.
.A hard-charging Clinton high
school football team defeated Thorn-
Miss Ruth Coker Dies of Injur
ies In Crash, Near Hickory
Tavern ^nday Aftemood;
Mr. Plaxico was horn in Cherokee .shelves on'; such important questions
the principal during the past year.
The debt has -been reduced $750,000
in the past six years.”
He said there was 247 missionaries
in the field today and that there had
as far as primary pos.sibiiitie« allow.
Then, he has contende<l, the conven-.
tion would (be more truly representa-
ents’ removal to Blacksburg he at- tive of the party rank-and-file. ,
tended grammar and high school j Kach man naturally personifies the
there, after which he became a !^tu-, expounds. It is this ax
dent at Erskine college.
iom, considered in the light of Borah’s
Laurens, Nov. 18. — Miss Ruth Co
ker, 13, was fatally injured; her
well Friday night at Johnson field j ^y. “I"*. *
for the second time in the history of >"*
the two schools. The score was 12 toSJ^'” Hickory Tavern late Sunday
6.-Last year the Clintonians whipped ,
Thornwell for the first time cro-ssing by a car driven i who estimated the enemy dead at
Th^ ainVon team preS«l thr« t-yi- L-H.pkin, Joiner Fork Sh«l. j .bout WO "
ITALIANS MAKE
BIG AIR RAD)
Claim 2;00i0 Etfiiopians Slain At
Makale In Fierce Pitched Bat
tle In Narrow Valley When
Planes ^Are Shot Down.
NUMBER 47
Asmara, Eritrea, Nov. 19.—A fierce
pitched battle between Italian pilots
and Ethiopian land forces was de
scribed today by jubilant Fascists. ^
diminutive but fast backs to score
a touchdown in each of the first two
peeiodrfti -KingT* Tram meH and ::6tone,
sniair but fast, ran Thoi nwell~end8
ragged in the first half. A pass. King
to Smith, was very effective.
Clinton .scored their first touch
down .after Trammell had it'turned
Malpasl’ punt to ThornweH’s 47-yard
line. Trammell gained 17 at right end.
A pass, King to Smith, netted 21, and
from there King .scored standing up
on an end run to the left.
A pass, King to Smith, netted Clin
ton a score in the second period after
Stone, Trammell and King had car
ried the ball to Thornwell’s 15-yar<l
stripe. ,
i Thornwell scored on a 56-yard sus.
Miss Coker, wiho was a high school
pupil in the Laurens city school, died
at 1:30 a. m „MpQdjy. j|jL.ftJUftUreiia.
hospital from concussion of tha haad.
Mrs. Coker received a pelvic injury
and Joe had a leg fractured. They are
at the hospital here. Mrs. Coker’s con
dition is “not so good,” according to
reports from the hospital this aftpr-
noon. *
• Child Is Saved
Miss Elsie Coker, sister of J. R.
Coker and teacher at, the Center Point
school near the Cxiker home in Water^
loo township, wl\p was driving, re
ceived minor injuries. The eight-
months old infant of Mr. end Mrs.
Cokpr wes thrown through a window
and wes miraculously .saye^l from pos-
. . . , . ,, , sible fatal injury by an alert Negro
lamed dr.ve, with M.lpaaa fiilll.m attendant, who caught
and Llpyd doing most of the bell
carrying.
In Clinton’s line Jones, Finney and
Smith were best. For Thornwell, Mi
lam and Jacobs played gieat games.
The line-ups:
Clinton Thornwell
LE-rSmith Anderson
been sizeable gains in receipts over position was as a rural j vague but emphatic reference yester-1 LT—Jones Milam
^ n rec p mail carrier, serving-the Kings Creek [jay to having an “objective,” which **LG—Furr -Worthy
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last year. He emphasized the place
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of the board in denomina^onal life
and said that ft is an ara to the
church in that it gotB4nto places the
church cannot go.
He emphasized the work being done
route. Tweyand a half years later he j little doubt among his hearers
accepted a positron with the Bank of
Blacksburg, where he was employed
for the next .seven years.
In Dec’ember, 19!^' Mr. Plaxico
moved to Clintop/At which time he
among the NogroM and farmers in connected' with the well
the South, the French in Louisiana,
the Spanish in Florida and numerous
others.
Dr. Fuller also urg^ churches to
assufne~-an~ attitude of leadership in
definite action tending to retard mili
tarism, to defeat materialization in
economic life apd lead to the right
use of machinery in religious organi
zations.
Waddy R. Thompson r^;K>rted on
the Baptist Brotherhood; F. O. Lam-
oreaux, of Newberry, reported on
stewardship; Dr. A. T. Jamison, su
perintendent o/ Connie Maxwell or
phanage, reported on orphanage
■work.
Dr. Fuller spoke here in place of
Dr. J. B, Lawrence, executive secre
tary of the Southern Baptist Home
Mission board, who was ill and un
able to attend the meeting.
A memoriall service, in honor of the
latp Dr. Z. T. Cody, of Greenville,
editor of The Baptist Courier, was
conducted at the afternoon session
yesterday, with Dr. W. L. Ball, pastor
of the Elarle Street Baptist Church of
Greenville, as prineij^ speaker. Dr.
Ball emphasiz^ the Christian and
gentlemanly qualitiee of Dr. Cody,
pointed out that his writings in the
Courier would fill 60 volumes of 300
pages each, and declared . that the
force of the man’s influence would
never die.
The ReVw H. C. Hester, of Wagener,
read the report of the committees on
obituaries after the Rev. J. F. Pit
man had Conducted the devotional.
The afternoon session was cut short
to allow the various committed of
the convention to meet and prepare
their reports, which will be submitted
later. ,
Preliminary w'ork to the convention
known firm of D. E. Tribble company,
undertakers, and dealers in building
materials. Following the death of
E. B. Sloan, a member of the firm,
in December, 1928, Mr. Plaxico be-
cime secretary-treasurer of the con
cern. Other officers are: D. E. Trib
ble,. president; W. B. Tribble, vice-
president. J. Roy Crawford, well-
known local contractor and engineer,
is associated with the firm in its
building department in the capacity
of construction superintendent.
Since coming to Clinton Mr. Plaxico
hks made many friei^ds and has liber
ally given of his time in promoting
the 'best interests of the'community
in a public-spirited manner. In his
work and all his varied affiliations,
he has proven himself a useful cili-
zen.. He is an active member of the
Chaipber of Commerce and Kiwanis
club, having ^efficiently served both
organizations as pre.sident. His church
affiliation is with the Associate Re-
formde Presbyterian church where he
is active in its work and is a mem-^
her of its board of deacons. In frater
nal life he is a member of the Free
apd Accepted Masons.
" On October 1, 1926, Mr, Plaxico
married Miss Elizabeth Tribble of
this city, daughter of Mr and Mrs.
D. E. Tribble. They have one child,
R. L. Jr., a member of the third grade
in the city schools. They make their
residence in the Tribble apartments
on North Woodrow street.
that he .was ready to enter the pri-
marie.s if it would help remold the
G.O.P. as he wishes. Washington
hears the Hoover mail brings more
and more pleas to run. Borah says
Hoover’s friends are “working.”
No hasty decision by either seems
likely, however. For the present, Bo
rah evidently plans only some Eaat-'
ern speechmaking and continued con
ferences with state and national
leaders. He does not have to show his
hand completely until March, when
announcement of intention becomes
necessary to enter the Ohio primary
in May. ^ .
The chan^ for such an a/inounee-
ment already had some key Ohio Re-
publicans concerned. Representative
.Marshal at Xenia, said today “if out
side candidates, including Borah,
came into Ohio it would be contrary
both to the wishes an<l plans of most
of the leaders.”
They want the delegation unat-~
tached, although Borah and Governor
Landon of Kansas recently polled
23 and 20 votes respectively as favor
ites of young Ohio Jtepublicans.
What the .situation amounts to is
that the independent Idahoan has put
the regular party leadership on., no
tice: “I am not a candidate—yet.”
If he and his views are ignor^, the
breadth of the Republican split next
year may depend to an extent on how
fully he “follows through.” Both par
ties are counting on their opposition
dividing.
C—Finney McMillan
RG—Lawson Haney
RT—McKee Dill
RE—Workman - Jacoibs
QB—Owens Gilliam
LH—King Malpass
^RH—Trammell Lloyd
FB—'Stone Rawls
Wallace Wants
National Stand
the tot in his arms as the .little boy
was hurled out from the car which
overturned.
Eye-witnesses attwted to the al
most unbelievable incident, and de
clared the child did not as much as
scrape the ground, landing unharmed
in the arms of the Negro, who was
Standing a few feet away when the
car overturned in front of a service
station at a road intersection^
Lands His Ship
With Engine Dead
Washington, Nov. 18. — Asserting
t|^ the time has come, to “shift from
an gmarfsacy baa|a into a long term
permanent aiM ^onomically sound
program,” Secretai^ Wallace today
ur|^ the farmers of the country to
regard the problem as national in
character.
“We have a man-sized job on our
hands,”-Wallace told delegates to-the
convention of the association of land
grant colleger and universities. “We
can’t-get ui first base unless the
farmer looks!beyond his Hue-fence to
his neighj)or,'to his^gion and to the
nation.
“Unless the farmers can Itmrn to
make the necessary mental and emo
tional adjustments, we are licked be
fore we start.”
The agriculture secretary then fore-
ca.st an era of regional agricultural
adjustment, and urged development
of county planning by farm leaders
during the coming winter.
Flying Cadet M. P. Freeman, for
mer Prevbyterian college track cap
tain, now stationed at Barksdale field,
Shreveport, I.<a., was sent up last
Wednesday for | the department of
commerce high altitude weather re-
poijt.
l^et Freeman made a three hour
and twenty-Jive minute ascension to
the height of 16,500 feet~tmd came
down with empty fuel tanks and a
dead engine in a neaHb3rcdtton.,patch,
the only landing place available. He
proceeded to get a new supply of fuel
from a neaaby .soui'ce, made a suc-
ce.ssful take-off over the rough field
ami returned to flying headquarters
Military experts said it' was the
greatest air engagement since the
Wflrl<Lswar,_th£L jnoiit. .important .battle.
of the current campaign and one o#-?
the strangest of modern times.
A force of more than 15,000 Ethi
opians concentrated in a narrow val
ley south of Makale wa.s routed, it
was officially announced. After the
fighting, bmlies of hundreds of tribes
men were scattered on the field pilots
reported.
The Ethiopians, employing rifles
and anti-aircraft guns, fought des
perately. When .some of the Italian
bombers dived as low as 100 feet, the
Ethiopian gunners, perched on crags,
actually shot down on the planes.
^ Hailed as among the heroes of the
engagement were Premfer Mussolini’s
two sons, Bruno and Vittorio, and his
.son-jn-law', Count. Galeazzo ('ianp.
' Ciano had to return to Makale
when his oil tank was hit by a bullet
apd {another plane was forced to de
scend. Bruno’s, plan was struck seven
times and Vittorio’s nine. One Italian
mechanic was seriously wounded.
A 26-plane squadron attacked the
huge encampment of Ethiopians yes-
terda.V just 'beyond the failhestltal-
ian southern outpost. Jhe odd battle,
believed almost unpiece<lented, l>e—
tween air and land forces laste<J for*
two hours.
“We saw the Ethiopians scatter
fast, but we got hundreds of them l>e-
fore they could take shelter; probably
we got more than 1,000: of them,” said
Ciano (official Italian repoi-ts esti
mated the dead at aroUnd 2,000).
Every Fascist plane scored an av
erage of a dozen hits, despite the .se
vere enemy fire, official reports said.
The squadron was commanded by
General Aimone.
Claim Surrender -
Rome, Nov. 19. — The . government
claimed tonight the sultanate of Biru,
in northeastern Ethiopia, had surren-
dered to the Italian northern army,
which also resumed operations on the
westem end of its front.
The Biru region, said anjofficial
with his dangerous mission accom-1 communique, extends from the pla-
plished.
Cadet Freeman holds the state javt
elin throw record established while
in college here. He is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. M. M/ F reeman of this’city.
Mrs. H. M. Young
Loses Famer
Club
Names Officers
In Laurens County Is Good Farming
Progressive Ideas About Soils, Seeds, Cash Crops, Livestock,
and Living At Home Are Yearly Taking Stronger Hold.
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W. R. Anderson, Jr., Heads Or
ganization For Coming^ear.
yWas taken up ut'-the opening session
yesterday morning. After the devo-j Associate Officers iVamed.
tional by Dr. E. M- Poteut, of Green-'
*ville, the Rev. Frank G. Lavender of
Fountain Iniv, reported on the order
WriUen for The Chronicle By A. h. Bryan, Agricultural Editor,
Clemson sCdlege. •
Friends in the city of !Mis, Henry
Young wiH~sympathize with her
in the death of her father, J. W. Fur-
queron, 82, which occurred Sunday at
the home of his son, J. W. Furqueron,
in McCormick, following a stroke on
Saturday night.
The funeral service was held Mon-
{day afternoon from .his .son’s home,
with interment following in the Mc-
C/ormick cemetery./Six grandson.s act
ed a.s pallbearers.
Mr. Furqueron-Was-a native of Mc-
teau southeast of Makale to the'Italo-
French border near Daddato. It is as
large as French Somaliland. (The lat
ter i.s slightly smallt*r than the state
of New Hampshire).
Chiefs of Biru-submitted to Italy,
the gov^nment said, and “asked to
participate in the operatioriT^ against
the Addis Abuba government.”
Italy held a protectorate over the
region in 1904 but was pushed outJby‘‘;
Ethiopia. f
U'ormick where most of his life had
Better yields and a greater variety jords for 1935 are not yet complete,
of crops from better soils and a;Pooh* made 3,19H,-poumls of lint on
been lived, though he was a resident
oi Clinton for several years.
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.Survivng are his widow, Mrs. Molly i was kept secret.
Emperor Leaves
Addis Ababa, Nov. 19.—Grave little
Emperor Haile Selassie left by air
plane before dawn today for a tour of^
Ethiopia’s battle fronts. He took off \
after expressing the conviction sanc
tions by league powers against Italy
would’not 'bring peace in East Africa.
It was the first time the monarch
had left the capital since war clouds
gathered over his country nearly a
year ago. He departed at 5:45 a.m.,
in a twin-motored plfuie, escorted by
two smaller planes. His <l<*stination
jgreatJer tendency \o self-^lustatining'five acres—639,6 pounds Iht acre, or
farming are easily noted on I.aurenajone and a quarter l>ales. His pure
'county farms, the depres^sion 4ind'se<*d of Colter’s Farm Relief g
gave
Edmunds Furqueron; two sons, J. W, |
Furqueron of McCormick, ^ind G W.
Furqueron of Henderson, N. five
Church Group /
Fights
W. R. Anderson, Jr.', prTfttfipal/of
the ’Clinton
of business. Dr. C, A. Jones of Colum-.-{-p^gj(j^j,^
bia, secretary of the convention, in-jf^^
troduced visitors and later intro-meeting Thursday evening- - - * - m.-_._ - :■ - -■ - ■ - i • r, . w ii m v fl
duced new pastors who are starting' jjj sQccc*ed J. H. Pitts,,Jr., the re-1more cpfips than cotton grown (cost showeil $213.43, which leaves a mick, anit Mrs. iienry M. young or
their work in the state ^nomination-president, at the beginning of but more crops are grown/or'^het returh“bT $318.30 on five acres, j Clinton; 33 grapdchildren, two great- j<><>pal Church, l^uth, reaffirnu‘<i its
al work.
Dr. B. D, Hahn, pastor emeritus of
1936.
[food an<l feed to save cash expendi-
Conway, Nov. 18.—^The Sooth Cari^-
lina conference of the Methodist Kpis-
Dickson, using Farm Relief also, Jframlchildren; one brother, G. P-j allegiance to the church’s traditional
Pendleton Street Baptist church, host
D. tC.
Heustess was elected first'll*’® for these things, and more effort j made j)06 pounds of lint per acre, lint j I’^orqueron of Mc(-ormick; one sister,: opposition to liquor today as one of
church to the convention, welcomed
the visitors and the response was
given by Dr. W. R. Alexander, of
Florence Dr. B. K, Truluck of Cow
ards, president of the convention, de
livered the annual president’s address
and Dr. Jones reported on the gen
eral board. Dr. W. C. Allen, editor of
The Baptist Courier, jpepoited on the
denominational paper and Miss Woa-
nie Lance of CMumbia, secretary/of
W. M. tj. work of the state, and Mrs.
J. B. Boatwright of Mulling presi
dent of'the state W. M. U. ^Organiza
tion, reported on the W. If;: U. activi
ties.
vice-president; R. E. Ferguson, sec-
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ond vice-presidOnt; and F. C. Pinson
was re-elected as secreUry-treasurer. prpdqcts grown for market. These
is spent in improving soil productivity
for economical yields and quality of
The followi'ng board of directors was
elected to serve with the officers; Dr.
J. C. Roper* C. C. Giles, J. H. Pitts,
statements are made or^ the strength
of what visits to farms and farmers
over the county reveal to a watchful
Jr., W. E. Monts, R. T. Dunlap, andjCye*
W. IFL Simpson. ^ j Cotton—Better Yields and Quality
/ Th^ new officers will assume office! To put the county’s first crop first.
and seed bringing $627.92. Production j l*<^rry ( othran of Greenwood.
costs were $205.73, leaving $422.19 as,
the difference between value and costs I ~~~ ! "
for the five acres ! Week S McnU
ak
after the annual celebration of “ladies
night” at Hotel Clinton on the eve
ning of December 12th.
Up-State Final
MEN TO MEET
T$)e Men-of-the-Church of the First
Presbyterian church will hold their
regular monthly meeting Friday eve
ning at 7 o’clock in the church dining
room. An interesting program has
been aivmnged -with an ,invitatidTi ex
tended all men of the congiegation to
be present.
one sees over the county better yields
per acre and one learns from various
fanners that cotton of longer staple
and better quality is rather common
and is coming to be the rule. First,
because soils are being made more
iprodilctive^nd fertilizers are being
wJolllC nClC lOCI&jriused more intelligently. Second, be-
■ • icau.se seed of better quality are more
Great Falls and Belton.high schools^'common. Third, because closer spacing
finalists in the up-statatclsss B high is practiced and other newer ideas in
school football chanopionship.' race,
will meet here this. aflernoon at 3
o’clock on Jbhnson field.>The coaches
of the two teams met st Garlisle Mon
day afternoon and decided to play the
game on a neutral field. A big crowd
of sui^rters for the twQ teams is ex
peetc^for this afternoon’s battle.
culture are bein^ used.
The five-acre cotton contests, farm-
From these and others in the cotton.!,
contests for several years .scores of|^
other I^aurens county farmers get the j Saturday
lessons of better soils and better seeds I Presbyterian vs Wofford at Spar-
and better cultural practices for more' tanburg. ^
economical yields of finer cotton. As Carolina vs Washington and Lee at
to good seed, County Agent C. B. CXn- Columbia.
non says that “Good cotton seed arei F>skine vs Newberry at Ware
now common throughout the county > Shoals.
Citadel, Glemson and Furman will
be idle from intercollegiate competi
tion thjs week. They .play their final
even among Negro farmers.”
Other Crops for Cash
For other cash crops many I^aurens
county farmers are not lacking. Peach-1 games Thanksgiving day.
es, small grains, lespedeza seed, bay! '
crop, poultry, some farm dairying, and | General Standings
some beef cattle herds.
chards produced 100 carloads worth
ers will tell you, have helped greatlyi5bout $55,000 in 1934; and in 1935, the
towards these ends. If instances are
wanted, here are some 1934 figures
from the contest pecords of E. J.
Poole, Enoree, and W. P. Dickson,
Clinti^n. Others might be cited. Rec-
county’s banner peach year, 142 car
loads worth $64,000 Besides culls
worth several thousand more. Seven
commercial peach growers produce
(Continued on pa^fe eight)
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T
Pet.
Furman 7
1
0
87B
Clemson 6
2.
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750
Citadel ...t 3
3
1
500
Wofford 2
4
1
333
Presbyterian .. .... 2
5
0
286
Erskine 2
5
1*
286
Carolina .... 2
6 •
0
250
Nea^rry 1
7
0
125
its final acts before reading of minis
terial appointments by Bishop F’aul
B. Kern brought the I50th annual ses
sion to a close.
By resolution, the conference en
dorsed the church law forbidding
drunkenness by its members and at
the same time called ujion .VlethHlists
to have no part in traffic in liquor,
either directly, or indirectly by leas
ing property for liquor establish
ments or otherwise.
Union Service
Thanksgiving
The annual union service of the
churches of the city on Thanksgiving
day will be held in the Thornwell Me
morial church at 10 o’clock in the
morning. The speaker for the service
will bq.ithe Rev. C Bynum Betts, pas
tor of the As.sociate Refonned Pres
byterian church. TTie public is cor
dially invited to unite in this Thanks-
giving service.
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