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/ V THE CHRONICLE Strires T» B« a Clean Newa* ^aper, CMapIcte, Neway* aad Reliable. > ^ ^ ' V - If Tea Don't Rpad. THB-CHRONICLB ( y Tea D«*t Get ^'■^Z-.Tbe Newa, VOLUME xxxvnv CLINTON, & C., THURSDAY; MAY 27, 1937 NUMBER 21 GRADUATES DEGREES Presbyitman Collet JBaccalau- reate Serinon to Be Delivered , Sunday Morning By Atlanta Minist^. Major Manning To Address Graduates ( Monday. Sixty>One in Senior Class. W. R Thomason, Laurens, Passes Member of Wilkes Firm Suc cumbs At Home After Illness of Six Months, a The fifty-seventh annual commence ment exercises of Presbyterian college will be inaugurated next Sunday morning at 11:15 when the baccalau reate sermon w'ill be pAached by the Rev. William V. ^rdner, pastor of Laurens, May 24. — William P. Thomason, 62, well known resident of Laurens, died shortly aftet 6 o’clock Mon^y afternoon at his home on Irby avenue, after an illness of about three-months. He was a native <rf^)the county, a lanta, Ga. The service will be held in the First Presbyterian church, and following a long established custom, the morning worship in the churches of the city will be withdrawn in or der that the community may unite in this special occasiohr At eight o’clock Sunday evening the sermon before the Young Men’s Christian association will be delivered by the Rev. John Bright, of Durham, N. €., a graduate of the college. The graduating program proper will be given Monday morning. May 31,4-111110:30, with the academic pro- ce.si|fl|pnarching to the Leroy Springs gymMslum where'" the .exercises will be held. President W. P. Jacobs will -preside over the exercises, and Rev. H. W. DuBose, D. D., of Spartanburg, chairman of the board of trustees, will present diplomas to the members of the graduating class. Class honors for the year will be announced by Dean Marshall W. Brown. The vale dictory address will be-given by Stu- art Camnbeli of Wytheville, Va.. and son of the late W. Poole Thomason and Aveline Mahaffey ^lompson. He wras a salesman with^^^nnedy brothers for several years, lb 1902 he went w*ith the S. M. and E. H Wilkes and company, a furniture firm here. Ten years ago he became secr retary of the company upon its being incorporated. Besides being a suc cessful and popular business man, he was prominent in church and frater nal circles, having been a member apd deacon of the First Baptist church for many years, a Mason and a past state councillor of the Junior Order United American Mechanics. Mr. Thomason was twice married, his first wife having been the form er Miss Bess Bramlett of Laurens. His second marriage was to Miss Da* vies McMurray of Concord, N. C% She survives him, together with an in fant son, W. P., Jr. He is also sur vived by two sisters," Mrs. James Snellgrove, Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs. C. M. Wolff,' Laurens; two*" brothers, Jefseph K. Thomason, Laurens, and J. Furman Thomason,! Winthrpp col lege faculty. Funeral services were held from the First Baptist church Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock, conducted by the salutatory address by Joseph Pat rick of Covington, Ga*. The principal address w the gradu- .ating class will be delivered by Ma jor W’yndham Manning of Sumter, a former candidate for governor in this * state, and one of ita. widely^known and prominent citizens. c \ . The faculty and board of tri^tees at this time will confer the honor|iry i degree -of doctor of laws upon Henry Smith Richardson; the honorary de gree of^doctor-of literature upon th^ Rev. Charles Haddon Nabers, arid the honorary degree of doctoe-uf divinity upon the Rev. William V. Gaidnar. Mr. Richardson is president bi the A^cks Chemical corporation and a /^^rnember of the board of trustees of Davidson college. Dr. Nabers is pastor of the First Preabyterian church of Greenville, th^ “PHStbr,"' the ^Rey.”-Wr“D: .^Spinx; Burial followed in ijxe Laurens ceme tery. LaurensVeteran To Be Honored Presbyterian College Finals Speakers opewell Citizen Dies Suddenly J. Asa Davis Succumbs To Heart Attack. Fiultl Ritra At Bu^h River Church On Monday; REV. W. V. GARDNER M.4J. WYNDHAM MANNING Rev. William V*. Gardner, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Atlanta, Ga., will preach the baccalaureate sermon before the graduating class on Sunday rooming in the First Presbyterian church)^ Maj^ Wynd-, ham Manning of Sumter, will deliver the literary address on Monday morning at 10:S0 in the Leroy Springs gymnasium.. The address before the Y. M. C. A. will|be given Sunday evening by the Rev. John Bright, of Dorham, N/C. . ^ General. Assembly Passes New Law Pertaining To Election Of Trustees Amended County-Wide Law Provides For Election of School Trustees When Desired By People of District. J. Asa Davis, 56,, died suddenly from a heart attack Sunday afternoon at his home in the] Hopewell sectiom While Mr. Davis had been confined to his home for the past few weeks, his death came as an unexpected shock to his family ands^many friends in this section who hel(rxhim in high regard. , ♦ \ Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 3:30 from the gravesi(|e at Rush River church and attended by a large numjiier of frien^ and neighbors who gathered to pay a last tribute. The services were in charge of the Rev. C. C. Vaughn, the church’s pastor, assisted iby’ the Rev. E. S. Jones of GoldvHle. Active pallbearers were: C. R. Workman, v Randolph Davis, John Earle Smitn> J. Roy Crawford, Glair Workman an<l Ryan Lawaon. Mr. Davis wag a m^n of many fine qualities and upstanding character who made friends readily and held them. In the community where his life was spent he was highly regarded and there are many who will regret greatly to hear of his death. Mr. Davis is survived,by his widow> Mrs. Sarah Featherstone Davis; four daughters, Mrs. Hugh Ronds Work man, Miss Gatheririe Tiaris of Boston, Mass., Misses Florence and Helen Da vis, and one .son, John A. Davis, of the home jdace, and one sister, Mrs. Jesse W. Boyd of Spartanburg. 50GRADUATES GET DIPLOMAS H i s: h School Commencement Program Brought To a Close With Graduating , Exercises and Address By Dr. F. K.,PmI of Furman University. At the recent session of the gen eral 1 a.ssembly an act was passed ameriding'lhe Ta~w“>S^5esi^^ trus- Movemeitt" Started By Fountain Inn Women To Erect Memo- rial-To Late Judge Thompson. ■ ♦ Laurens, May 24. — At a special S ting of Oliver Thompson chapter, X C., of Fountain Inn, held last rsd^y. a movement was set ori looi to raise by public subscription a fund \to erect a suitable memorial to the la\e Judge Oliver G. Thompson, of Laimns county, for whom the chapter V** named. , o *1. Dr. H.\B. Stewart /of Fairview, ■" *'’* C. a, PemW of Uuren.. and pr. W. Presbyterian church Mr. Gardner is an outstanding young itiTmileT arid' p^^ First Presbyterian church of Atlanta. He will preach the baccalaureate ser mon on Sunday before the final col lege exercises. On Saturday afternoon, May 2&th, at 4 o’clock, President Jacobs will award second lieutenant commissions in the Reserve Officers corps to the senior members of the college R. 0. T. G. unit. At five o’clock the seniors will gather for a reception given by the faculty in their honor. Candidate* for the bachelor of arts and science degrees, together with their home addresses, follow: Bachelor of Arts Glenn William Beeman, Clinton. Elmore Smith Buchan, Mulliiw. ^uart Bland Campbell, Jr.y Wythe- viBe, Va. — Claude Mitchell Cappelmann, Sulli van’s Island. George Lee Cleckler, Menlo, Ga. Wallace Leland Coe, Sarasota, Fla. James Kent OoUings, Atlanta, Ga. Victory Crosby Correll, .York. Adam Coleman Cross, Cross. William Evyin Green, IsuSeaater. John Douglas HughMj HomerviUe, Ga. William ChesteA Kellir, Greenville. William James..jpngston, Conway. .3en Warner Legare, Chi^estim. Franklin SacUer Love, Rock HBI. John Robert McAlpine> 8rd, Harts- "^^^^mes Parks Majors, Menlo, Ga. Odell Atwood Matthews, Jr., Ben- nettsville. Thomas Willis Newland, Kwangju, Korea. Laval Mklone Parham, Latta. Roawril King Porter, iQinton. Pauline^Roberts, Clinton. Julia Frances Shaw, Honea Path. Stewart Peden Smith, Fountain Inn. Frances Killian Spratt, Clinton. John Thomas Suggs, Darliavtoa. Sophia Elizabeth Sullivan, Laurens. --/^ Fuiman Virona Weathers, Gray Court Lawrence Davis Weldon, Dalsell. Walter Williaint; Clinton. Eva Sivils Witeon, Laurens. '"^'" Myra Long Wise, Trenton. > BacMMr ef ScicBce * Marion Wylie Bird, Columbia. Ralph Miller Caldwell, Gaffney. Robert Lake Clark, Union. William iMaarice D^er, Jr., Lake M91s, Wia. Ernest William Evans, Iva. J. Brgewne Evans, Jr., St Paid, NC. Henry (Mveit Garrstt Lanfor^ Harry Tltomton Harvin, Manning. (CoDtinued oa page eight) C. Thompgoi^, son of the late judge, WfCP. present \at the meeting by invi- tation and wm invited to assist In raising the fun^. A committee ■ from the chapter, composed of Mrs. Mary 0. Drum mond, chairman, Mrs. W. B. Childress, Mrs. M. 0. McGee, Mrs. P. A. Nelson and Mrs. Sam Drummond, was named to carry out the progn^m with the as sistance of the three men already named and others who will be asked to assist. Judge Thompson enlist^ in the Confederate armies at the outbreak of hostilities and served with distinc tion throughout the war. He died in i933 after having served as judge of probate for 33 years. Previously he had served in various .public capaci ties for about IR years, his record for continuous public service probably having been unequalled in the county. Judge Thompson was reared in Yaup^ township, near Fountain Inn, and in# Fountain Inn women honored him by namii^ their U. D. G. chapter after him a good many years before his death. ' Clinton Boy Wins Honors At Erskine James P. Sloi^ of the senior class at Erskine college,*^ and son of Mrs. E. B. Sloan "of this~city, has been choMn by the Euphemian Literary so ciety as one of its representative^ in the annual, inter-society debate for the Darlington trophy on Monday night. May 81. The debate is one of the most outstanding literary events of the college year. Mr. Sloan will receive his Bachelor of Arts degree on June 1. In addition to many honors bestowed upon him during his college 'career was the edi torship of the Elrskinie yeaibpok, ''The Arrow,” which was recently released and distributed among the student body. TO GRADUATE AT BRENAU Miss Vivian Parka Adair, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. Parka Adair of this city, will graduate at Brenau col- Jj^' oh. Monday, May 81, with an A>B. degree, Adair is a member of the math club and has served as treasurer of the Panhellenic council for the past year. She also holds membership in Theta Upsilori, nation al aocial sorority, imd has taken a prominent part i# varied eampp ae- tivHiea since her matriculation\four yean ago. < tees for the various school districts in Laurens county. The act. was- an amendment to the existing law in reference to the election of trustees. The la>¥ as amended applies, to all school - districts in the county except such districts as operate‘'under char ter granted by special act. It pro vides that the number of school dis tricts and the trustees of the“dis- tricts shall remain as now constitut ed until present terms expire and ex cept where changed as the result of an election held under the provisions of the act. Under the new law vacancies on any board of trustees may be filled by an election petitioned for to the county board of education under the terms of the act. The county board of education is required to call an ejec tion to be held on the first Saturday in July, 1937v or on the same date any year thereafter when a petition has.^n filgd requesting the election. The. petition must lie signed by at lea.st one-third of the resident white patrons and one-third of free-holders of the district; and must be filed with the county board of education at least thirty days before the time of the election. \ - ■ The actXis county-wide in its effect. It applies \to Hunter school district (Clinton) f^ the present year in so far as there' are vacancies occurring in the board of trustees of the dis trict. - . Under a special act passed in May, 1935, a board of five trustees was set up for Hunter school district with their terra .of office designated; two for two years' and three for four years. According to the act of 1936, the two members whose term will ex-, pire in June are W. E. Dillard and Dr. S. C. Hay*. The' recent election of C. H. MiCrary, another trustee of the district, as Clinton magistrate, brings up the question as to vacancytTft 'hi* place on the board. The recent act passed by the gen eral assembly folios: "Be It enacted by the General Ast sembly of the State of South Caro lina: “Sectioii 1. That subsection 1 of Section 6567, J/pl. II, Cude-ef- Laws of ISoutb Carolina, 1^2, be,- and the same is hereby amended by striking out all o^ said subsection 1 of section 6567, and inserting in lieu thereof the following to be knovm as subsec tion 1, of section 6567: " ‘Section 5567 (1) The number of school districts and the trustees of the several school districts in Lau ren* County shall be as now consti tuted and provided by law, pxcept as may be altered or changed under an election to be held as provided for in this section. The County Board of Ed ucation for Laurens Countyhere by authorized, empowered, and re quired to call an election to be held on the first Saturday in July, 1937, and on the same date etch year there after, in any school district of Lau rens (k)unty when it shall have re ceived a petition requesting an elec tion to be held in such district for the purpose of selecting trustee^. Provid ed, That said petition shall ^ signed by at least one^third of the resident white pqtrons and at least one-third of the resident freeholder* of the,age of *Jl>wenty-one years or more. Pro vided,^ Purthbr, That such petition be filed with the County Board of Edfir cJrtioft^at least thir^ days prior to the thne for such election. The coun ty board of education shall appoint the trustees ^'after the election herein provided,^fpr leriris^oT years^^ their discretion, bas«Kl upon the votes re ceived by the trustees in any election held hereunder. Only .qualified elec tors re.siding in the District shall have the right to vote in any elections held hereunder. The term of office of any trustee selected under the provisions of this section shall not be less than one year and not more than five years, and shall be so arranged that the terms of office of not more thah one trustee in any district shall ex pire in any one year and districts having only three trustees no term of* office shall exceed three years. The County Board of Education for Laurens County shall give at least ten day’s notice of any election to be held hereunder by posting notice thereof in Dtree public places in the dchool district in which such election to he die Id and such other notice is as the board may deem advisable, ap point managers and prescribe the form and furnish a sufficient number ignate the polling place or places,' and name the hour of opening and closing the polls, receive the_ returns in writing, file the same as a public record, declare the result and-notify the persons elected as trustees as pro vided for in this-section. The expense of such elections shall be paid from the current school funds of the school districts in which eleirtions are held thereunder. Provided, The terms here of shall not apply to School District in Laurens County operating under charter granted under special Act.’ ’ “Sec. 2. All- Acts or part* of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. - '^Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval by the Governor.” James H. Horton Dies At Augusta James Hampton Horton, 39, a na tive of CliritonT^dieil in an Augu.sta, Ga., hospital last WtMlnes<lay aftejr an illness pfL-three. weeks. Funeral ser vices were held at . the Curtis Baptist chureh in that city Thurs<lay after noon. ^ ■ Mr. Horton was a son of Mr. and Mrs." J. Was-h Horton of the Hurri cane section. He had been a resident of Augusta for the past 18 years and at the time of his death was manager of the Central Tire and Accessory company. He was bom and reared near here and had a number of friends in this seriTdn who regretted to hea r * of h i s death. Besides his parents, Mr. Horton is sur/ived by his widow, Mrs. Annie Evans Horton, three sj.stera, Mrs. Andy Young and Miss Ha'ttie Mae Horton, both of Clinton, and Mrs. Gus The graduating exerci.ses of Clin ton high school were held Monday night in the Florida Street school au ditorium at which time fifty seniors received their diploma.:j, and heard an address by Dr. F^ K. Pool, member of Furman university faculty. " The exercises, as in past .-years, were attended liy a laiire gathering- of parents, relatives and friends who had gathercnl for the final chapter in the commencement program. The graduates, robed in caps alid gowns, occupie<l seats on the stage. The processional was played by Miss Alice Gaines. The Rev. G. P. Lanier of Calvary Baptist church, asked the invocation. "'Morning” and “Will You Remember?” were ren dered by the school glee club, and the singing 'of the*-*lma -mater by the graduating class brought. the 'eve ning’s exercises to a close. The salutatory “welcome address” was made by Ernest Hipp. The vale- dictory honor went to Tench Owens. Diplomas were presented Jhe grad uates by W. C. Oxley of the board of trustees; Announcements were made by' W. E...Monts, superintendent of the city schools. The-list of graduates has already appeared in The Ohron- The literary address was delivere<l by Dr. F. K. Pool, professor of Bible -^-Furman-nniversity, who talked to the graduates of three great princi ples of life — courage, culture, an<l character. “The world,” said Dr. Pool, ^ . Traylor of North Augusta; three “will give you what you cut out of it. You’ve passed the awkward stage of -the early teens, and now yoi|'re rea<ly to go out into that world as . young men and young women.” With fre<iuent allusioms to the poets> ■« and with use of i 11 ust ratiV4>—aniec- dotes, Dr. Pool showeeb the necessity and desirability for courage. Richard the Lion-Hearted, said the speaker, possessed alL those finer points of courage for which youth should strive. Culture, centuries of accumulated knowledge /of life and living, like' courage, is essential for success. The man possessing, culture, added Dr. Pool, rises'head and shoulders above the multitude. Developing his third point, the speaker used John C. Calhoun, states man. of South Carolina^ aa an out standing: exainpJe .of .a. jnan/who pos^ ton,of Clinton, and Lewis Hbrton of’isesi^ed character to a high degree North Augusta, and a number of nieces and nephews. Road Projects For This County Link BetwWn Clinton and Car lisle On Calhoun Highway In cluded In State Program. B. & L. To Occupy Old National Baiik The Citizens Federal Savings & Loan association of this city,'lintil re cently federalized, the Citizens Build- jng & Loan association, has jeased the former location of the First National Bank and will open their offices in this building the first of June. For a number of years the office of the association has been maintained at the up-stairs office of fi. H. Boyd, its secretary-treasurer, _in the same building. With the growing business of the association and pressing need of additional space, the directors in sessios Monday night authorized the securing of the new ground-floor lo cation 'Which the owners are now put ting in first-cla»8 condition for occu pancy at an early dale. A two-year construction program included in which are 121 road pro- je^, and 11 bridges to^cost $12,250,- 000, the largest list of projects sched= uled since depression days, was given approval during the past week by the state highway department at its meeting in Columlbia. The projects are scheduled for construction during the period beginning July 1, 1937, and ending Jun« 30, 1939. In Thia Connty Included in the state*’wjd*.~^proflTam are three projects in Laurens county. Route 66—From Clinton to ^ Union county line, bituminous aurfaemg, 8.1 miles. This 'will complete the unpaved stretch on the Calhoun highway be- i tween Clinton and a point near Car lisle and shorten the distance between Atlanta and Charlotte iby 30 miles. Route 276 — From Barksdale to Fountain Inn, paving 9.42 milfs. Road on 9tate Training school grounds, Clinton^ bituminous surfac ing, 1.32 miles. ’ SELECTS ENGINEER ^ — FOR NEW BUiLDING W. Paul Williams, of Spartanburg, board of commissioners as the archi tect for the county’s i^rictdtural building to be erected in Laurens ad joining the jail. It is expected that bids will be opened for construction about -June Igt. AMONG GRADUATES X AT MEDICAL COLLEGE Among the graduating class this year at the State Medical college, Charleston, are Charley Pinckney Ro per, son ot j^. and Mrs. J. €. Roper, of this city, ai^ James O’Daniel, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. d*DanieI, also of Clinton. , . ■ " DRIVE CA^ULtY " SAVE A UPE! 1 DEATH from AUTOMOBILE ACaDENtS in LAURENS COUNTY LeUs Siriye ToxM^ke This a. Safe Year On the Highways. When Calhbiih, a.s a ^oung college .student, was asked to go on a fishing excursion with some of his friends, he refused, knpwing that the excur sion was but the excuse for a riotous party,” kaid Dr. Pool. “Years later John C. Calhoun presided over the greatest legislative body in the world, and his friends were forgotten.” The Baccalaureate Sermon The baccalaureate sermon* -was preached Sunday evening at the F'irst Baptist church’ by its pastor, the Rev. W. N. Long. The service was attended by a large 'union con gregation with members of the grad uating class occupying reserved seats in the front of the a‘uditorium. Mr. Long took as his theme, “The Quest For Happiness,” citing two passages Of Scripture, Luke 11-24, and Luke 15:12. In* addressing the graduates, he said: The heart of mankind is irv search for; the same thing. Though the quest may be, expressed in various ambitions and activities, beyond all its forma it is.a restless search for sat- i.sfaction, contentment and sovereign happiness. In his effort to fulfill the' feverish desire of-his life one man - f . t « toils amHsaves to accumulate-Wealth; has been selected by4, the county mother 'i* ambitious for pbliflcal power and fame; another'aspires-to military glory, the grandeur of the conqueror; still another labors to give melodious expression to the sen timents of his heart, while still an other trains hi* voice that he might charm his Hearers with sw-eeteet song. In all their strivings and en deavors as well as from books, art and travel, men are seeking satisfaction for a thirst after contentment and happiness. When, in his wild craving for life and absorbing curiosity about its experiences, the rebelioiis youth said, ‘^Father, give me the portion of goo^ that falleth to me,” he was planning an adventurous quest after happiness as ill-advised as his course of action provedXo be. After he'^d squandered his patrimony and was being driven by hunger, he set his face toward his father’s' house con-‘ sciously seeking food and uncon- .sciously seeking fellowship. This again was a quest for happiness. With these words of introduction let us emphasize the first thought. L The Quest For ^Happiness is Proper and Legitimate for Min The intense urg^ in the human (Contii^ed on pag^eight) \\ -- I ■V V