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! I THE CHttQNlCLE S^Tcs T« B* a Cleaa Newt- ' paper. Ceaiplete^ Neway, Reliable. VOLUME XXXVI If Tea Doat Rea4 THE CHRONICLE Tea Dea*t Gat The Newii -Cr i ^—. CLINTON, i. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 16,1936 SHERIFF OWENS DIES SUDDENLY ? "■ i 'f* Popular OflBcer Succumbs To Heart Attack. Was Compiet* ing His Third Term and Up For Re-election. Last Rites Attended By Unusually Large Crowd From All Sections of the County. - Lattrens, April 13. — A treat con- oouBve of friends ia Launens and NUMBER46 To Hold Revival Services Season of Special Worship Wiit Begin Next Sunday With Rev. W. B. Garrett, of Greenwood, As Leader. Betinnint next Sunday evenint and continuint for ten days, a seriea of speoial evantelistic servicee will be conducted at jlorth Broad Street Methodist church of which. Dr. J. C. R912SL.i8 pastor. The pastor will be Laurens Mourns Leading Citizen Clarence E. Kennedy, Prominent \ Business Man,. Passed Away ^Saturday. Presbytery Meets Here Tuesday Laurens, April 12.—Clarence E. Kennedy, 72,. prominent business man of Laurens for many years, died at his home .Saturday*after a critical ill ness since Wedne^ay night, when he had suffered a sudden collapse. For approxinuktely'SITyears he had South Carolina Body, Compris ing Five Counties, To Hold Spring Meeting With Thorn- well Memorial Churdi. SoufUi Carolina presbytery will con vene with the Thomwell Memorial church of this city on next Tuesday morning, at 10 o’clock for its annual, spring meeting. I from surroundhig oountieB assembled here Tuesday for the funeral service at 11 o’clock, of Sheriff Columbus L. Owens, who died ^Saturday night, af ter a short illness. In charge of the Rev. W. D. Spinx, pastor of the First Baptist church, of which the sheriff had been a member for many years, the funeral rites were held from the home, followed by committal rervioes in ■ Laurens cemetery. The eulogy was, made by the Rev. ilodie A. Martin, l<mg-time frie^ of the family. The Rev. E. D. Patton of the First Presbyterian church, and the Rev. J. 0. Smith of the First Methodist church, assisted in the final rites. Daring the funeral hour all county offices and city stores closed as a mark of respect to a" widew ly popular officer* and citizen. Active and honorary pallbearers in cluded county peace- officers, county and city officials, the Laurens'legis lative delegation, members of the Laurens Bar association, including at torneys from Clinton; Judge C. C. Featherstone and other former Lau rens residents. Sheriffs, deputies and city police chiefs from Spartanbiarg, Greenville, Greenwood, Newberry and other ad joining counties were here to pay trib ute to the memory of a fellow officer and good friend. Sheriff Owens died at his honw Sat urday night, his unexpected 'death coming as a great shock to the coun ty. He had been sick Friday night and i^turday morning, but in the after noon visited his office and min gled with friends on the streets for a while btfore returning hon>e. He bad redined to rest when he suffered the fatal attack. - Ifltrttt Sheriff Owaiw had eeiwed county for more than 26 years as a peace officer. Prior to has .election in 1924 to the offioe of sbei^ ht had been connected with the rural poKce system, serving as chief of the force for several years. He'Was regarded as a fearless officer, which, with his detective diility, gave hhn a wide reputation as a sheriff. By hia re- e]<retion in 1932 for a third term he shattered a precedent '<^ 100 years’ standing, the custom being to give a eheriff two terms of four years each through the intervening century. And Sheriff Owens was planning to seek even another four-year tenure in the primary election this summer. It is expected that the governor will appoint a successor to complete the unexpired term of Sheriff Owens, or mtil January 1. Meaothne the o^ke will be filled by iwgular election. Sheriff Owens was-, a native of Young township, a son of Mrs. Ellen Owens and the late Turner Owens. He was twice married. Hia first wife was Miss Joaia Y^rgin, m^bdr of «the well-known Yeargin family of Lau- rena. Of this marriage one son, J. Oduior -Owens, Anderson, and one daughter, Miss Miarie Owens, Lau rens, survive. \ Hia eectmd wife, formerly Mn. Roaa V. Rogers Yeargin of Gray Goort, aurviwM hhn, toget^r with fasrwon; ^ficgenc- Yeaegh^ atadent at the South Carolina Mescal college, and two daughters of her second mar riage, Miss Katherine Owens, Coker college stndent, and llijM Joaephine Owens, LaarenB.1 He ia also suivivad by his mother; two sisters, Mrs. W. W. Yeargin and lb*s. John B. Owinga, Gray Court; three brotben, Arthur, and L. N. Owens, also of Gnj Court, and Earl E. Owens, Greenville. The Rev. J. W. Conyers, Presbyte- 4 been engaged in the retail- grocery I rian pastor at Ware Shoals, is the re- assisted by the Rev. W. B. Garrett, presiding elder of the Greenwood dis- drict. Services will be held each eve ning at 7:46. Beginning on Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock, services, will be 'held also, unless a change In the hour i8„ announced. Mr. Garrett is in frequent demand for holding evangelistic services and the pastor of the local church and congr^ration -have -exjHessed -their pleasure in being able to bring him to Clinton for this series of special services. He is an able wad effective preacher and the messages he will bring by his presentation of Gospel tiWh are expected to be of great ben efit to all nio attfad the services. His last pastorate, before being aaeigaad to a pTMidiag elikr poiat,. was Maia and genera>l supply business practical ly at the same storeroom stand near the northeast comer of the public square, at first under the firm name of' Kriinedy Brothers. The' other member of the firm was his brother, the late Hugh Kennedy. Sub sequently, a son, F. N. Kennedy, be came a partner in the business. Only a few weeks ago Mr. Kennedy closed out his grocery store. There was another angle to his business life. Almost from the time of opening the store, he and his bro ther added a funeral supply equip ment to the business and a little later C. E. Kennedy became the first pro fessional funeral director of Laurens after specializing in a training clin ic. Several years ago he and his son, F. N. Kennedy, who had also prepar ed himself as an embalmer, built a handsome mortuary on the southwest side of the business district." 'The funeral home had been operated un der the firm name of C. E. Kennedy and Son. In addition to thse business, con nections, C. E. Kennedy had served as director in two former banking in- whWh has the faigaat mepobcrship any of Ms denomination In .the atale. The paator and membeire of the church have extended a cordial invi tation to the general ptiblic to attend the services and to join in this effort to bring a spiritual blessing to this community and thus advance the cause of God’s kingdom. ^ Watts Named To _ Owois’ Place Governor Johnston Appoints Well-Known Laurens Miui To Fill Out Term of Late Sheriff. MeUiodists Hear Judge S.M.Rqper Jtidlge S. M. Eo|>er of Uneofnton, -N. C., apoke from hia father^ pulpit • at North Street Metbodiat eboroh Mat, Snaday night, on the ’’Trial of Jaaua of Nasareth.” The address waa heaid with keen interest by a deepfy appreciative congrega- tioa. Tlii biatiotical asttiag for the trial, togadinr -with a praaewtatinti pt the Benaa legri procedure that had much to ^ with PRata’a poRlWd attHode apad tha unfoldiiif of the lawa hg wMeh chuzch autboiftlea laetad arede an iastmetive delineattoa of Urn event was made maL Tha bt lodge Roper woe an iaaphtaf ekwe to a woadiKful Famar at Broad fitupet ohureh, witii . ^ hope that he will apeak 4io the anaigregatioB Ha ia a .. etaward aaR tnwtae of the tlnreia- tod'oiiardi aad trecher of tte BMB^l tiring moderator and will preach the opening sermon, after which his sue- cessor will be elected. 7 The counties oV McCormick, Abbe ville, Greenwood, Laurens and New berry comprise the Presbytery. The pastors and a ruling elder from each of the churches in the Presbytery are-j expected to attend tlra meeting. All delegates will be entertained while here on the campus of the orphanage. At the approaching meeting the yearly reports from each - church in the territory will be presented and reviewed. This is the 75th, or Jubilee year, of the existence of the Southern Pres byterian church as € separate body, since it withdrew from the Northern church in 1861. As this anniversary is observed every in^vidual member and Church ia called to a renewed loy alty and conaecratiori to the kingdom of God and its work. SpedaLplaT)is. are to be presented by the Diamond Jubi lee commrittee of "which the Rev, H. W. DuBoae, D.D., of Spartanburg, is chairman. The officers and standing commit tees of the presbytery follow: Moderator — Rev. J. W. Conyers, $349.00 Raised For Flood Relief Clinton people have contrib uted, $349.00 to the Red. Cross fund for flood and tornado dis aster. This amount has been turned over to. W. H. Simpson, treasurer of the local Red Cross chapter, and forwarded to head quarters at Washington. He re ceived a letter yesterday from the national organization ex pressing thanks imd appreci- ation for the ^fift and stating that the call for help is urgen^ wfth afotoid 387,000 persohs de pendent upon the Red Cross for relief. Mr. Simpson will continue to accept contributions from those who may desire "to/give to this worthy cause. ’ HIGHWAY BODY ACTIVE AGAIN Meets In Executive Session aiid Approves $7,000,000 Road Program for State With-Gov ernment Supplying Majority of Money. Senitment To End Controversy Gaihs Impetus. Road Question Yet Big Issue Governor Seems Likely To Veto Highway Bill Now Nearing Final Action. stitutions, the Bank of Laurens and, the Enterprise bank. He had also {^boals. been interested in several of the in- Stated Clerk and Ti^surer — Rev. dustrial enterprises of the c;ity. In a quiet way he had been one of the town’s ' "Stalwart “promoters, -safe; sound and progressive. He was a Mason and a member of the First Baptist church. His wife, M/s. Mittie Henderson Kennedy, died 40 years ag^ Two sons survive,. F. iNath^iel Kennedy and H. Laurenee Kennedy; one brother, Charles D.’ Kennedy of JkcksonvUle, IVxaa; a sister. Miss LilHan Kennedy, Poneral .services arere held from the home Sunday afternoon, eonduct- ed by his pastor, the Rev. W. D. Spinxi Rev. Matthew Lynn ■ Changes Pastorate Announceoinent was made Tuesday from the ofribe'of Governor Olin D. Johnston of the appointment of John D. W. Watts as sheriff of Laurens county to fill out the unexpired term of Sheriff C. L. Owens who died sud denly at his home last' Saturday night. The term of the ilsjte sheriff would have expired on January 1, 1937. - ^ Mr. Watts is a well-known citizen of the Trinity Ridge section and has a wide acquaintance throughout the county. For sixteen years he served as county supervisor, and before hold ing Jthat ofHoe served the unexpired term of Sheriff J. L. Owinga nearly 20 yean ago. Mn. Owens, widow of the sheriff, C. W. Web, member of, the' Clinton city police force, snd othen, were mentioned for the position before the appointment was made. A movement war starts in Laurens Monday to request the governor to i4>p<Hnt Mrs. Owens to fill her husband’s tinexpired term. - * Sheriff Watts will assume office immedii^tely. Since tha death of Sher iff Owens, Coroner John A. Thom- IsHwn has been in charge of the office. Prednet Odbs To Be Organized For the purpose of reoiganinfng Demo£mt>e elite in the county, pre- cinet nMctings arill be held on-&t«r- day, AprH 26lli, it has been annoi^- ed by &. T. WUson, eounty chaim^ Tte eoasty Dwnoezatie conventkm win be Md ia the court house at Lao- rena on Monday, May 4th. The state eanventioB wil also be tnld dtvfng the month May. The precinct meatinn ariU be called for tbs porpoee of eMcting offleen, membhn of the eouaty executive com mittee and delegates to the county eotTventioB. Ia appotetiar delegates lc|to tlte ewrention aasb ekd> is «»iNi|ad te one ddafUte for each 26 members ed en the BUBibef ef EB Ifiil biliiii# A iMriil fP, nti.- Local friends will be interested to learn that the Rev. Matthew Lsmn, who has been pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Coleman, Tex as, for the past five and a half years, has been extended snd has accepted s call to the pastorate of the First Pres byterian church-at Brownsville, Tex as, a growing and important port city of 22,000 popularion, strategically lo cated at the mouth of the Rio Gnmde river. The Lynns expected to move from Coleman to Brownsville the first of May. -- Mr. Lyim is a son of Dr. and Mrs. L. Ross iLynn of thar city, and has many friends and acquaintances here. He is a* graduate of Presbyterian col lege and of Union TheokgicaL,, remi- nary. IL"W. Pratt, Coliunbia. Trustees of Fresbytery E. H. Ministers’Group ’ ~ Hears Dr. Woods The conference of Presbyterian and Associate Refonned iSesbyterian ministers held in Greenwood ’Tuesday for its monthly study program was addressed by Dr. D. J. Woods, pastor of the First .'Presbyterian chureh.-.ot this city, on the subject, ‘IWhat the Scriptures Teach About the Place^ and Work of the Church.”^After a dlArus- sion of the topic, Dr. Woods intro duced the Rev. T. B. Stewart of Greenwood, who discuaeed the sifbject of •’’Orthodoxy,” as presented in the Scriptures; and the ^v. R. D. White of Calhotm Falls, made a presentation on ’’What the S^ptures Teach About Quacks.” It was announced that the next meetinf will be held in Greenwood on May 6th. Tboae who will epp<w on tha urogram will be the R^.' C. J. Mattnewa of Newberry, Rev. M. A Durant, ■ Abbeville, and Rev. W. L. Preaaly of Oreeoarood. Blake, chairman and treasurer, Green wood; J. M. Nickles, A. C. Todd, S. R. Dorroh. Central Treasurer of Benevolences —F. M. Boland, Clinton. Committees Predhytery’s Home Miseions—C. A. CaloQte, M. A. Durant, R. C. Long, G. M. Telford, J. W. Todd, D. J. ^ Woods. hlw f^rT. McOiH, Al J. Woods, a: f. do^, E. D. 'Fattpn, J. L <Shannon, M. A. Durant, G. Ml'T’eHord.. Foreign Missions—-D. J. Woods, B. R. Fuller, John McEachern, W. S. Porter, G. P. Haddon. Aieembly’s Home Miseions—M. A. Durant, A. F. Doty,‘P. H. Mann, E. F. Gettys. Christian Education and Ministerial Relief—E. D. Patton, D. J. Brimm, F. T. McGill, C. M. Gambrell, F. D. Jones, C. C. Stewart- Religious Education — R. C. Long, E. F. Gettys, F. M, Stutts, C, B. Ow- ens, C. J. Matthews, H. W. Pratt, R. D. White, J. S. Morse. Bible Caus4 — J. R. Hooten, G. C. Abercrombie, J, N. Gordon. Educational Institutions’ — W. S. Porter, M. A. I^rant,. H. M. Miller, J. N. Mc^rd. Woman’s Work—A.' F. Doty, A. G. Anderson, C. B. Evans. AssemUy’s Training School—C. J. Matthews, M.. G, Woodworth, J. V. Clary. Examining Committees Experimental Religion and Motives for.Seekfing' the Gospel Ministry-^-The Moderator. Literary and Scientific Course—M. G. Woodworth, G. M. Telford. Languagea — E. D. Kerr; H> W. ;Pratt. ■ X^ilqsophy, Logic and 'Theology — RHBNboagr F. I). Jones, E. D. Pattern. Esiglish Bible, Church Government, Ohurdh History, Sacra|Nnts — L. R. Lynn, D. J. Bri'mm, A. F. Doty. Columbia, April 13.— Legislative history of scant year ago seemed likely today to repeat itself^ at least in part, in the general assembly this week. A free conference report on a high way reorganillition bill, to be passed upon Iby -both branches, emibodies the essentials of a bill enacted by the leg islature and vetoed by Governor Olin Johrkston last spring. The governor, w'hile silent on his course, was expected by persons ejose to him to reject the present bill. The biggest question about it was whether the house, which sustained his veto by more than the necessary one-third vote, would do so again. Rep. J. M. Moorer, of Colleton, free conferee who 'haa support^ the governor in hia stand, predicted the representatives would override a ve to this year if one is forthcoming. Moorer was appointed to act for tte minority in the ihouse with two nteiAmra of* rnkjorityt -ax ia CM- tbmkry, and said he would' "ign the free "«pnferenc4 rej^^rt tomorrow. Details of two measures were merged in the final bill again this year, but lawyers in the legislature said there cOuld be no issue over the constitutionality of the move. Provisions vesting the removal of highway commissioners in the . cir cuit judiciary were\lncluded with the machinery for their election by legis lative delegations as a ^substitute for Columbia,, A^ril 14. — t^e state highway commission approved con- stroction and bUsinesj involving more , than $7,660,000 in federal, state, and local funds today; before Governor OHn Johnston could act against it for a third time. The road board met as soon as pos sible after reinstatement of 10 mem bers yesterday by the supreme court assured it a quorum, and hastened through its first session in six months. ^ . Governor Johnston, who ousted the comonissioners with troops last Oc tober 28 and again by quasi-judicial proceedings December 6, meanwhile said the court ruling “left the way open” for him to decide upon removal * cases against the 10. He pointed out that the court set aside his suspensions, but did not have the removal proceedings before it to pas.s upon. Three commissioners were removed last December in ac tions nearly identical with the pres ent ones and were reinstated by cir cuit courts. ' ' Eight of the 10 commissi oners af fected by the latest ik^cision ■will have served out their terms by tomorrow., The governor indicate<l he would ap point four new fnombers then, bring ing his appointees to nine of the 14. The senate has withheld connnnation pending enactment of a ofiw l^w which it approved today as j| fre^ conference report. _Chief Commissioner Ben Sawyer announced that the commission at an executive session this morning had authorized' him to let approximately $6,000,000 in federal hi^way pro-, jects, had proposed buying the Cooper river bridge for $1,500,000, and had approved road re-treatments this year to cost $684,648. 'It also voted to increase the pay of maintenance employes o\fir the state 10 to 11 per cent. Their pay scales would range ^from $140 to $150 a month for county superintendents to 41 to 46 cents an hour fur skilled la bor and 18 to 26 cents an hour for un skilled workers. A husih came over the commission ers, who were barred from their of fices by national guardsmen last fall, as several army officers in uniform approached down the main hallway in • military stride. The tension was easeil when they said they were regular / \ executive appointment. “ ' larmy officers seeking itiad informa- The 1935 bill, by Rop, E»^C. Lewies^ tionr~ I^^sbyterian Men To Meet Friday l%e April meeting of the Men-of- the-Chnr^ of the First Ihrilbyteriaa church w^l be held Friday night at 7:80 in the Sinday fcbool department tile chuicit^'Tlie oaqaJ au|iper will ‘Waerved by onejpf,^ diur^ circlea, aftef whidi i|B intorieting jivbcram riilll lia Mteriitad. AB Prerityteriaii peM uteloh iUMi tiiair tea mm hirited tQ ha pteatitt;’ Hospital Gmtest .Auiounced Hwe An essay contest, sponsored by the Chanter of Commerce, has. been an nounced in which all who desire to participate are invited to do to. Let ters to be sitenitted arf, to be writ ten on the title, ’’What the Hospital Meim To Our Community.” For the best e essay selected by the judges, a cash prize of Hve dolllars will be awarded. Rules governing tite mntest appear elsewhere in today’s paper. Children’s Day Program Sunday ✓^At the rieven o’ckick hour next Sunday at .North Broad Street Meth odist chmch, ths annual children’s day services will be held for tire pxr- poae of giving a proper program in the interest o;f and for the young people and ehUdren of the church. It Is anooumsed that the sarvioe will not taka tire place pf the regular Sunday Ifia. Morgan Todd returned to her hoaoe fin SimpaonviMe fiainrday after spandiag a days 'wKh ter inoliier, Mm. Eteana Uttk- \i of Anderson, co-author of t^he pres ent measure,, was amended by the senate to include $3 tags. The, gov ernor vetoed it as a “hybrid” which would deprive him of the appom^ ment of commissioners. \ A bill for $1 to $7 tags^ on^ a grad uated scale, is one of the measures pending before the. senate, while house concurrence ht senate amend ments to"an $8,000,000 highway con struction bill will become a question early in the week. ' Unless the two chamfbers approve the conference report tomorrow ail4 send the measure to the governor, he will be in position under the pres, ent Isw to appoint nine of the 14 commissioners, subject, however, to senate confirmation which has been withheld so Ihr. The senate planned to consider the report at noeh;”wnd return to debate of the appropriation bill at a night session tomomiw. Release Million Bales Of Cotton Apiplication Forms For Fanners Wishing To Sell Staple Are Mailed Out. Washington, April 14.—-Commodity corporation otficaala aahl today appli cation forms for farmers who wished to sell cotton held under 12-oent loans are in the mails and movement of 1,000,000 bales to markets should begin tomorrow or Thursday. Approximately 4,600,000 bales of the 1934 crop are hrid under 12.cent loans. The applications will be available at RFC loan agendee or county agents’ offices, officials said, and cot ton will be relessei^ under a policy of “first come first served.” After farm ers have a(pplied for the'release of 1,0(N>;000 (riles the release will auto-> matieally be stopped. To obtain releue o# cotton produc ers mutt pay a price equal to a quar ter of a cent a pound less than the average spot prte of cotton but not lesa/than 11.^ cents a pound.. The new construction program, con sisting of 190 projects in every county in the state, would be financed almost entirely wi^ federal funds. It included $2,020,000 under the works program, $2,065,000 in Works program grade crossings, $660,000 uh^r the national recovery program. an^$ $260,000 under. an Orangeburg county reimbursement tend prgoram. The commissoin autSiorized the highway \tepartmeirt to offer private owners $1,50 0,000 for the huge Coop er river brio|re at Charleston under terms of a 19^ legislative resolution by Senator Cotesworth P. Means, of Charleston. 'The state would pay $1,000,000 and Charleston county $600,000, subject to ratification by the legislature, if the proposal meets approval of the owners. Ah expenditure approximately dou ble that of 1935 for retreatrnent was necessitated primarily by the “unus ually severe winter,’’ the commission said, but waa partly due to normal’ re surfacing requirements.lTbe program would lay new tops on 403 miles of roads. ' The temmisslon also approved con struction of “forest” highways under federal ~p]an8, authorized a request to the United Stetes department of ag riculture for cotton fabric to .reinforce 50 miles of state roads, and appro priated $4,000 to match a like amount in federal funds to retain the federal geologfcal survey office here. Twelve of the 13 confirmed com missioners were present, R. J. Ramer, of Anderson, being the only one ab sent. _ _ Misk Helen Citeratd spent the Beet- at Enktee eoB^. Tiger Trackmoi Wallop Hosonen Taking tm first placri and show-^ ing a wellJbalanoed strength through out all events except vaulting, Clem- son's track team registered an 86 to 45 victorV 'over Presbyterian college trackstors Saturday -aftamoon at Clemtpoa while the Tiger freshmen nosed out the Preabyterian yearlings 67 to 64. , Bqb Carter placed first !n the high hurdles and Ugh jump, arid ewMnd tire low ic tead the siporinc with X$ piteU. te Rte HHose, wtei both .\ ^ X.- -• i, ; t . ■"( , :