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ira CHSbKlCLB Strhrw T* Bb a Ckaa Nt(w» paper, Ca»p|«tai Nmj; aad VOLUME XXXVI If Tm IWt Baai THE CHSONlClJi Tm Dm*t Oal TktNmi CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24,1936 NUMBER 51 I Merry GhristiTjas ta^ Ovir Readersi • p \ %. 1 ..a FARMERS HOUr SOiyLEETING Activities of County Conserva tion Association Reviewed for Year and AU Officers Re-elect ed At Annual Session. W. Scott Farley I^es At Greenwood - ^ , Receiver of. First National Bank of This City, Succumbs To Brie^ Wn^. Skicere Caldwell Elected Blue Hose Leader Chester Boy Named Captdn of P. C. Football Team For 1937 :Season, i _ „ Greenwood, Dec. 18.—W. Scott Far ley died at hi« home on Durst avenue early Friday momina following: an illness of two weeks from a heart at tack. His condition showed improve- at the court houee Thursday, the priu- j r""* during the past few days, but he became suddenly_ worse during: the Laurens, Dec. 19.—The annual meet ing of the Laurens County Soil Con- eervation association was held here cipal features being: addresses by Er nest Carnes, Spartanburg:, state co ordinator of soil conservation, and Dr. T. S. Buie, Spartanburg:, regional con servator in charg:e of seven states and the report of the activities of the as sociation during the past twelve months. At the close of the meeting, the same group of officers and the board of directors whi^ have served the association during the past twelve months, were unanimously re-elected for aiKyther year. These officers are Jack H. Davis, Sr., Clinton, president; Fowler P. Childress, Laurens, vice-president; J. G. Ray, Laurens, treasurer; and C. B. Cannon, Laurens secretary. The board of directors is composed of Messrs. Davis, Childress, Ray and C. R. Bobo, Gray Court, and R. G. Wilson, Gray Court. Wallace L. Martin, of Gray Court, presided at the meeting and intro duced the speakers. Opening the pro gram, Mr. Carnes made a timely talk im which he streeeed the fundamen tal methods to be carried out in the coaaervation prognwn. ' Mr. Omii«b gave a brief outline of the set-up in the department of agri culture which is carrying on the soil eenservation I program. ‘*These three main ateps in the state program,'’ ac- oarding to Mr. Oameev are *‘thc dem. onatration projects, of whaA there are fivg in the state, the thirteen 1^' C. W. camps and the associations, me in number, located _wbere ' there /kre no camps.” / During the course of his t^, Mr. Carnes stressed the impormnee of farmers working out erosi^ control methods such as t^racas, outlets, crop rotation, gully co^rol, perma nent pastures, setting o^ trees, train ing personnel, etc. / “Erosion control, Jh ite entirety, is developing metho^ that can be in corporated in sif^ple farm practices,” Dr. Buie told ipmbers of the associ ation. He. po^tted out that Laurens county hed^^made an enviable record in the his^ry of South Carolina and called on^the faisnerS present to help keep t^t reowd by maintaining the fertil^ of the soil and the proper use tWeof. ^ E. King, superintendent of the lobal CCC ^ss introduced to the audience at the conclu.<»ion of Dr. Buie’s t^k. Mr. King thanked the members of the association for co operating with the camp and officials. “C^pliance with your cooperative amreements are essential,” Mr. King t)^ those present. “Your agreement is a complete working plan of your iarm designed to give ^e best pos sible results,” he continued. “Terrac- es cost money, and it is a plain busi ness-proposition for you farmers to maintain them properly,” Mr. King mid in concluaion. E. A. Adams, prominent Cross Hill farmer, and T. E, Jones, of Fountain Inn, were then introduced to the au dience, both making short and inter esting talks. At the conclusion of the discus sions <m the program, J. H. Talbert, assistant in soil conservation, gave his report on the work which is being done in Lsuivns county. Thjs report shows thgt the two county tractors, ^ioh have been in use since April, have operated 2, 219 hours terracing 3,248 acres of lend on seventy farms, which is the equivalent of 381 miles of terraces. In addition to the work accom- pKabed by the tractors, Laurens coun ty farmers have terraced 420 acres of land using their own equipent, he aaid.^ Ilr; Talbert gave the average cost per acre for tractor built temacM mb. $1.91. Mo figurea were available qii terracing work done by farmers -sdifa their own private equipment. Minutes from the lart anmud meet ing were then read by the sebwtery, C. B. Cannon, and adopted Beading of the minutesr gave the members luesent an idem the ^fogrees being made in eoil conservation in Laurens county. At the cooclusion of the pro- <gram, the waa adjourned the membra vieitorB present W^dted to the cpmmnnity hall where a lididieon waa aerved by the .Civic night and passed awaY at 6:40. He had not been in good health for some time. Funeial services were conducted at the home here Saturday morning at 11:30 o’clock by his pastor, Dr. Ros well C. Long, assist^ by Dr. A. T. Jamison, with the following serving as active pallbearers: Ray Dawkins, Saluda; JoeJDavidson, Clinton; Frank Hunter, -Newberry; Clarence Smith, W. W. Benson, Dr. H. L. Fellers, J. Dougjas Featherstone and Ernest R. Rosenberg. The body was sent to Opelika, Ala.^ for interment on Sunday. Mr. Farley came to Greenwood I about six and a^^^half years ago as re-| ceiver for the National Loan and Ex change bank and during his residence here had made many friends who are profoundly grieved over his death. In addition to his services as wf^celver for the bank here he also was re ceiver for the Planters National bank of Saluda, the Citizens National bank of Prosperity,/the First National bank of Clinton, Farmers National bank of Laurens/and the National bank of Newberry He a member of the First Presbywrian chur^ and-for several yeara/wad been secretary of the Ro- tary/chib. r. Farley was 48 years of age and native of Opelika, Ala., where he bom February 23,‘'1888. He was the son of John^ C. Farley and Louise Flake Firley^ He was a graduate of Alsbama Polytechnic institute at Au burn in the class of. 1907,- Surviving are hisi widow, the for mer Miss Bethany Hicksj one son, W.) Scot( Farley, Jr., and three brothers, John C. and Flake E. Farley, of Ope lika, and Douglas Farley, of Atlanta. Twenty centuries hro a guiding star ... a star of hope promising much to expectant mankind ... led three Wise I^fen to a lowly stable in the littjle town of Bethlehem. Twenty centuries, and today, as a world pauses, humble and shot with a glowing spirit of happiness, your newspaper comes to you asking that it may con tinue in its chosen course . . . tireless and unfailing service to you and your community. It is our wish that THE CHRONICLE, dedicated to the provision of news, and the sponsorship of moral and civic idealispi, be permitted to carry into your homes, not for this one time only, but for an entire lifetin^e, this same spirit of unselfish service to all. We consider Christmas an institution successfully serving an inner need, an institution based on old, well- founded precepts, as well adapted to the needs of to day as it was twenty centuries ago, an institution capable of fulfilling an age-old requirement . . . that of joy to mankind. And so, as this year draws to a close, in this spirit and in appreciation of the tokens of friendship from its readers and advertisers, THE CHRONICLE ex tends to all the compliments and felicitations of the season and wishes for you a Happy, Christmas and Joyous and Prosperous New Year. •5 When the 1936 lettermen of the ^Presbyterian college football squad met the past week and elected Steele Caldwell captain ^ the 1937 squad, they were choosing another of P. C.’s leaders that are small in stature and have a difficult task before them. Caldwell is an end from Chester. A member of the junior class, the major portion of the.ygor found him playing .second fiddle to a trio of flankmen larger in size. As the sea son drew to a close, however, he play ed more and more and proved to be a spJendvd defensive player, a good blocker and the past pass receiver on the Hose squad. — • His most spectacular play of the year was one in w'hich Weldon gained the glory. In the Wofford game, after the first Hose touchdown. Gladden of COUNTY OPENS Hospnm SOON New Thirty-Bed Institution To Be Thrown Open For Public Oh January Ist. Laurens, Dec. 21—The new Lau rens county hospital, completed last week at an approximate cost of $67,- 000, will be opene<i for service about January 1, it was announced yester day by E, D. Easterby, chairman of the board of trustees, on whose shoul ders have fallen a large share of re sponsibility for the building’s con- striKtion. A few days prior to the opening, said Mr. Easterby, at a [date yet to be decide<l upon, it is hoped to have a dedicatory program when the pub lic of the entire county will be inVited to inspect the building and contents. The decision, to open the hospital, he said, was reached at a meeting of the trustees Tuesday when Miss Hal- lie Howard, for the past seven years the Terriers had galvanize<l the crowd 1 Henderson, Ky., Ministerial Group Installs Officers Installation Service Held At First. Presbyterian Church, With Address By Dr. John MeSween of Chester*—T Christmas Tree At Mission School Ex-Irish Player To Guard FD.R. Qualters, Fortner Notre Dame Halfback, !To Succeed the ^t'e Gus Gennerich. A Christmas tree was provided Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock on the old Little place four miles from here, for the auxiliary Sunday school pf the First Presbyterian church of this city. Sixty boys, girls and adults of that community werp the recipients of gifts consisting of toys, fruits, candy, nuts and wearing apparel. Funds for the tree and presents were provided by private subscriptions and the men’s Bible class of^ the mother church. The occasion was a happy one for the boys and girls, many of whom would have known little of the Christy mas joy and happiness without th» act of interest and kindness on the part of those who have been <Hrect- ing the mission school since its or ganization several months ^o by Mrs. W. C. Baldwin was in charge of tho«6 who have bee: conducting the school: Mr. and 'ULift. W. C. Baldwin, Mr. and Mi% Li S. Henderson, Mrs. Gary Marti b and Miss Frances Blackr On iMt Thursday evening the Min isterial club of Presbyterian cotlsge was formally installed at an impress ive service at the First Presbyterian church. Dr. John MeSween, former president of the college and now pas^ tor of Purtty Presbyt^ian church of Chester, delivered the principal iul- dress. '/ ' / ' The college glee blub made it# first public appearan^ at this servjbe as it sang Reinecke^ “Evening/ Prayer” apd Shelley’s ‘/Hark, Hark,/My Soul I” Cliff Hill^cLeod, prwide/it.of the cluT), had <^wge of the/service. Wil liam P. Wcobs, presi^nt of the col lege^ ga^e a brief ami •fitting intro ductionto the Speyer. In/nii address/Dr. MeSween paid tribute to the club and the unique and Christlikc^dea behind it. He gave Sih inspired a^ress on the values x>f Christian Hiring and the significance of Christ’s having come into the world to take/up the flesh and live as a man. / M^. McLeofl then bestowed a cer- tifiebte of honorary membership in the Ministerial club to Dr. MeSween. ; The ^^ebratibn SMday afleraoon DR. LYNN IMPROVING / ' Friends qf Dr. L R. Lynn, who has been confined to his^ome on account of illness for the pMt two weeks, will be glad to knoa/mat he is now re covering and hmeo to be able to be out in a*few rr M^RY CHRISTMAS GREETINGS Your attention is directed to the “Merry Christmas and Hap py New Yeaj* Greetings” ap pearing in the advertising col umns of today’s paper. lliese-messages, full of beau tiful CfaristnuM sentiment and appreciation, come from a num- b^ of merchants axkl business firms of tbs community as a means of publicly expressing their thanks to their friends and customers for the patron- age given them during the year ‘now drawing to a dos^ and to extend the aeasonis greetings. First church, delivered the charge id the club, emphasizing to them the necessity of emulation of the Master whom they had pledged themselves to serve. Officers of the club are: CHff Hill McLeod, president; Virgil St. John, viee-^president; D. M. Morrison, re- cordhtf secretary; Merle C. Patter son, fraancial secretary; W. Chester Keller, chaplain. Other members are: William Bdm#, Hubert Wardlaw, R. C. HarringtohK Wayne Potter, Ralph Hughes, S. T. Li^ey, William Hart, W, H. Wilkerson, N|nd William Han- sell. Andover, Mass., Dec. 19.—Thomas £. Quajters, 32, state trooper^ tonight prepared to leave for Washington to bec^e the prelident’s personal body- l^rd. / A former Notre Dame halfback, Qualters weighs 185 pounds and is j five feet, 10 inches tall. ‘ - Qualters met the president while acting as bodyguard to his son James, dxiring the last political campaign. He * met him again at "the first White House dinner after the election and apparently made such a favorable im pression on the chief executive that he remembered the Massachusetta' trooper when death deprived him of his guard of many years, Gua Gen nerich. The president’sTnew guard is un married, “but he doesn’t intend to re main so,” his father, Richard J. Qual ters, said tonight. “They're not en- gagei^,” Mid the father, “but' he has a girl all right.” Qualters declined to discuss his yp- pointment, declaring .any comment must come from Washingfon. He was known to his superiors as an uaHy capable-oHicef, 5a^^,' ^ go^ investigator. with a ninetyyard run. At the kick off for the second half Moore received the ball for the Hose and reversed, it to Weldon, who 'thundered down the field with the Wofford safety man waiting on the fifty-yard marker to halt his touchdown jaunt. CaldweH was the man who neatly, smoothly and cleanly cut that man down and made the touchdown possible. He will be leading a team in 1937 which will be minus the services of 15 seniors. All-state Fullback J. B. Jacobs will be out in the World at tempting economic punts and domM- tic line-bucks. And out in the world wit$i him wiU be: Bill Thompson, Coon Weldon and Bill Degner, backs; Glenn Beeman, Furman Wallaoe, Vk Oorrell and "IHit Bird, guarda; Jim Collings ‘ and Raleigh ffiioiemaker, tackle#; John Steenbergen, Hawk Ev ans and Montague Jacobs, ends; an4 Claus Cappelmann and John Hutchin son, centers. jt Expected-to return .'as a nucleus tor the Hose team vririch will encoun ter Clemson, Georgia Tech, Furman, Citadel, University of South Oarolina| Emory and Henry, Mercer, Newberry, Erskine and Wofford in the hardeet schedule of Blue Stocking history will be: Blocking back June Moore, end Ralph Waldrep, tackle Macon Hipp, hain>ack Jimmy Dennard, guard W. Daxjs, tackle Walter be hospital, wa.s eU‘cte<l superintendent. The new superintendent, he said, was elected after a thorough investigation of her capabilitic.s, and the board feels very fortunate in securing her ser vices. Mies Howanl, he said, was highly recommended for her know ledge of X-ray and laboratory equip ment as well as her executive ability. Other members of the nursing staff, he said, will be selectc<l after the ar rival of Miss Howard in the course of a few days. The hospital and equipment waa made possible by a county bond is. sue of $30,000, together with a 45 per cent loan from the federal gov ernment, an appropriation * of $8,000 by the City of lAurcns and individual ipfte amounting to about $4,600. The building is erected on a lot on Farley avenue 250x300 feet, a gift of Ij. C. Owings, prominent citizen and former mayor of the city, dt is classi fied as a 30 bed hospital, 21 for white people and nipe for colftreil. In ad-_. dition to these it has a main and an emergency operating-room, delivery room ahd X-ray room, all modernly equipped and steam heatecL limited funds at its conrmand, Mr. Easterby, the hospital trus- have h#d to depend upon the tkerality of public spirited citizens to furnish a part of the equipment. In dividuals and organizations hiH>^ sponded very generously to appeals and Giles Bachelor, centem Bi^r:6x said, and it is hoped that and Lykes Henderson, halfba/k De- «<W>tional funds can be secured in I^eon Reynolds, Caldwell. and Oapt4in-elect' / unus- -7 Conununity Tree At Goidville NEW SUPERINTEN FOR, CO 'ENDE UNTT NT HOME Laurens, Dec. 21. — ’The county home, located a few . miles from ^ city, will soon be in charge of a new superintendent, J. O. Stribling, of Waterloo township, having been elect ed to the post at a recent session of the county commissioners. A. W. Chapman, who ha# servetf as auperin^fi, tendent for a number of years, is re tiring becaitte of declining health, it was pnderstood at t)ie time of his resignation. Blr. Stribling is an industrious fanner and trustee of ^0ie Center Point school districtr^He haiKako been connected with the eotton p^oetkm regulataon pn^ram in Iskuxeiw conn, ty during the last sevonl yean. I Plans have been completed for a community Christmas tree at Gold- villa Thursday evening at ' seven o’dock in the school auditorium. The happy celebration has been arranged for the children of th$ Joanna Cotton Milk under the direction of ,Mrs. W. A. Moorhead and Mrs. Beatrice Sloan. Ihe tree will be loaded with 400 gifts* one for every boy and girl in the vil lage of school age. Each gift to the children will bear a card with the happy phrase, “A Merry Christmas From Joanna.” iGwanis Bags To Oiiphanage Family Three hundred and fifty Christmas ba^ of fruits, candy, etc., will be de livered today jtoj ^the Tbomw«Jf'*'or- phanage as Santa’s remembrance to the boys and girls and \sUff workeni of the institution. The' gijK is pre sented by the Kiwank club df Clinton in the role of Santa CBaua to add cheer and happiness to the childrSn. at this i^ad Christmas time. ClintoTn Plains Quiet Yuletide Friday — (Christmas day— will,be generally observed in the city. The banks, cotton mills, postoffice, stores and business firms will be closed, with indications pointing to a quiet, happy Christmas sea.Hon, and a holiday spirit pervading the entire community. , _ • , -In addition to closing Ohrisimas day, a riumber of merchants and firms have signed a petition to close> Satur day ^'ploye^ days holiday. A second petition circu lated and signed by several firms, calls for the remaining open for busi ness on Saturday. ' __-r;— The spirit of Obri.stmas is now in evidence everywhere with crowds on the streets, buying and carrying gifts to loved ones and friends, receiving in turn other appreciations of love and friendship. Many Clintonrnns will spend Christmas out of the city visit ing relatives, while others have re turned to their homes here for the holiday season. this manner for further requirements. Twenty different corporations, in dividuals and organizations, he said, have supplied funds for the equipment of individual rooms. The.se rooms, Ije .said, will have suitable markers placed upon them indicating the don ors, ‘ „ He UsUkI Chose who have furnished roonus, as follow.^: Laurens GlaSs Works, l.,aurens Cotton Mills, Watts Mills, Joanna Mills, Clinton Mills, Laurens (k)ca (k)la Bottling Company, Mrs, Lucy Dial, R. E. Babb, Palmetto Bank, Mrs. M. L. Copeland, Rotary club. Business Women’s club, Ameri can Legion and Auxiliary, Kings Daughters and Junior Kings Daugh ters. In'addition Mr.s. J. O. C, Flem ing, Mrs. C. P. Roper and Mr.s. I'rank Caixm furnished one I'oOHt jointly; H. .D. Gray and E, 1); .Easterby the delivery room jointly. Approximately $350 has been tributed in smaller amounts, by other persons, said Mr. Ea.sterby, but this list is! not complete and will be an nounced later. : . ,i ■ ■ THIS WEEK’S PAPER A day earlier THE GHRONIOL£ ■■ pob- lished a day earlier this week than usual on account of Ohrist- mas, and to better serve its ad vertisers. The office and plant will be closed^ Friday .and Saturday in order to give our employees a holiday and ,an opportunity to spend two da^ with Uwir fam ilies. , v Regular puhllcatkm day^ of Thursday will be resumed next week. i Merry Christmas to me and *“• \ : - ■ ,( t Highway Revenue To Be Elight Million Columbia, Dec. 17.—The state high way copnnieeion today estimated its total revenue for the 1937 calendar year at $8,716,000, listed expenses for the year and authorized several addi-« tional ix>ad construction projects. In adopting the report on expected revenue and expenses, the commission complied with a state statute which requires an annual estimate. Listed under the total estimated in come was $7,898,000 from the five cent gasoline tax and $817,000 from motor vehicle licenses. Administration, collection of reve-” nues and payment of accident claims were listed at $375,0001 _ | Reimbursement payments,* covering /•oth principal and interest, were Ix^ ed at $4,300,821.66, while mkinte- nance and coastnjetion estimates'iyere $2,644,628.84. >- ^ T-r. J. B. Kennedy is in Yoxk/ Si’v-id the holidays with r«*iativst. ‘