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_ te® CHRONICUS Strives To Be s Clesa News* iwper, Conplete, Newsy, sad Rriisble. If too Dso’t Rood THE CHRONICLB Too Don’t Get The News. VOLUME XXXVIII CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1938 NUMBER 17 UYMEN FIGHT CHURCH Opponents of Merger Begin Drive Against Proposal. Sepa* rate Church For Dixie Metho dists Pledged If Plan Passes. Baptists Meet In I LaFoUette To Laurens Saturday Offer Program UnveilJ*ortrait At 'Six Are Held In Training School Annual Session of Woman's Will Sound Out Nation Next Employees of Institution Hold Andrew Brown Charged With Coun^Killmgj OUT 5. €. RACE Missionary'Union To Be Held At First Baptist Church. The thirty-sixth annual session of Week On Third Party Move. Hits Roosevelt and Hoover. Washington, April 25.—Gov. Philip Actual Deed and Others As Accessories. Birmingham, Ala., April 26. — A . ~ . i” ^jery with which he will sound the na-' church for Southern Metho-.l'eld at the First Baptist church determine whether s the Woman’s Missionary union of the'. F. LaFoIlette completed processing, Laurens Baptist association will a plan for economic recov-| Ceremony and Present Por-j trait of Dr. Whitten Symbol- uing His Yeare of Uve and il 25. — A coroner’s Labor For Institution. .jury Monday held Andrew Brown, Ne- separate gro, in the killing Saturday night of Employees of the StaU> Training j^hn H. Tribble at his home near O^’- dists was pledged today by the execu- Laurens on Saturday, April 30th, be-^ he should launch a national third ■ I school on Monday evening, unveiled' ings station. The jury also recom- tive committee of a group op'posing‘poking at 10:30 o’clock, merger of the Methodist Episcopal' Church, .South, with the denomina-' . . . tier., ath.r branches. The following program in Chairman of Democratic Party Upon Visit In State Says Com- / mittee ’*Hands Off” In All State Races. Doesn't Speak For'President. Columbia, April 26. — Genial Jim 'party movement. The theme announced for the con-^ He complettnl the fourth and last the administration building of the mended the holding of Tribble’s wife of the ! institution, a portrait of Dr. B. Negroes as accesso-l J Meeting two days ahead of the Master’ series of radio speeches last. ' sei^ei as e Thomason issui*d warrants against the will be nre-**’^^^ without disclosing the program' l^'bool’s superintendent since its open-j six, with Brown a.s the principal. The, ■but set April 28 as the date for a SeptemlHT, 1920. 'others, impllcatiHl by Brown in his: ^"iries to the murder, ('oroner .lohn a. ' Stages and national chairman of the Democratic party, received a cordial welcome when he arrived here n I,' I \v IK r I r ♦ I ' ' today after a motor trip from opening of the quadrennial confer- jiyn.- “We’ve a Storv to Tell to mass meeting in Madjson at tir. r. u » eoD, nuHiicai director | testimony as. having ativi-wl and.coti-rGa-itenia. ence, at which unification will be the' . Nations” I which he said he will announce a the institution, presidtnl over a spinal with him to “put Tribble out I.Arge grou^is swarmtHi about him principal issue, the leaders of the lay-j p/aver i “clear, untniuivocal jirogi'am.” iRrief ceix>mony attendinl by "aJl em-jof the way” yicludwl Newt Fully and to shako hands as s(K>n as he alight- men’s organization for PreserN’ation; rievotionaU Mrs C B Robo I invite the nation,” he said, “to pb'yees. Dr. 1^- Ih .lones, diit*ctor of his wife, Ophelia Fully, Jessie Lee of the Southern Methodist Church de-1 introductions ' * ' * ! help draft a co-operative recoveiy i activities at the sehotvl, i Tribble and E. J. Young. Dock McCoy, ^ ^ cided to “preser\-e the Southern Meth-! Uvmn for the vear- “Come Women P^'^K’i'am of increase<l production.” ^ sjuike in liehalf of the employees in J who is also held as an accesory, had'hotel room odist Church, regardless of what ae-l\viip Proclaim” ' '1 He continued his attacks against the presenUit ion of the portrait of Jlr.i only ^•arri(^^ Brown to Tribble’s house, I At the hotel door Farley stopped Glorifying Him in the I.ivirion.: ;ttu' Hoove.,- an.l Rm-sevvlt a.lmini»-|«hi«-’';- !<'■''»■' ‘-‘if®;'. »"<' •'a.l ha<l no part to nmak »ith momWra of th.. Colum- Mr., t u trations and criticized the New DeaL(liitKuitus in. vvnitKn has en-im the plans for the slaying of Tnb Second Hiviaion, Mm. Sloan Mahon. » poljcy^fgamtfd ■,^;r77 ’ Third Division* Mrs J H B>Td 'pioduce less. l ^•^e Tact that hi pioninriHi in this, Rrown testifiwl that he Report tendent Report (*d from his car and it was ^th dif ficulty that he nmde his "way to hia lion the conference may take. The action was announced as Dr. James W. Lipscomb of Columbus, Miss., president of the“ laymen’s group, said he helieveil “at leasL'500,- 000 members will withdraw if the had general conference approves merger with ttc Mrtho,liat Episcopal (North) t Fmnks! and Protestant branches, and the jii. i dicial council and the courts uphold! this step.” j aMethoiiism lists nearly 3,000,000 members in the Southern states. Un der the “plan of union,” to come be fore the general conference Friday, approximately 8,000,000 members of' the denomination would unite in “the, Methoilist church.’ j A spokesman for the laymen’s; group said definite plans for fight-j -ing unification on the conference floor w'ill be worked out later, Recommittal of the to the annual conference sought by the organization. A resolu tion calling for this step will be pre- senteii independently of the laymen’s group, and likely will draw* their sup port. Collins Denny, Jr., chairman of the legal committee for the laymen’s or ganization, said his group would con- j tend the general conference had no} jurisdiction over unification, because the North iMississipfii annual confer ence returned a majority against it. He prepared an outline of the com mittee’s contention that the union with other branches will change one section of the articles of religion, a} step which may be taken only after} "each conference” has approved by) majority vote. I C. J. Steward, Augusta, Ga., mem-1 her of the laymen’s group, circular PIirvLTV-inoin.r ♦ k'irt» i to speuk of oup piHiplc u.s ‘ill fwl, ill '« ‘‘'^'est cmidoyeo in point of | about the nJ^Mr^ r I^W clothed, and ill housi-d,’ and then con-<»<■ service, divw the cuiTain that that ther cIL^SoI I dude that the nation ‘is in trouble i »»''ejl‘‘'i the porti'ait. Dr. Whitten n>-! with som< duct ion. It does' not .seem reasonable '^’•t-h the institulTbn for. 17 years and' ble, he said, did not know anything bus (Ga.) Sally league baseliall team who were departing froniTTu“ hotel in uniform for a night game. He re- markid that “if you neiNl a pinch- hitter, call me.” In his room, Farley, the top of his ■head a bright red from too strong~ir dom tElise 1 because of over-production.” j spomliHi briefly, expressini^ his di'cp the proceeils of the policy. Young Qff ■ •ic'aa. j examples of the need ‘M’Pr^iation of the tribute on the part'was to get $50 and Newt Fully $15 Pmivot- A/li/knm broadening distribution could be ‘’f his co-workers. j jmd Brown the balance, he Announcement^ Prayer. Adjourn-railroad field. | The portrait. iKiintiHl by M. Rae, an'p„s«vd.” ^ AftjirnoAn Setwinn ' "'' hy don’t the laili-oails mmlernize «dist of New ^ork city whose jwork Solicitor Hugh Beasley, of Green- Hvmn oe*ion themselves ?” he said. “Because they: >« well known in America, was pre- ^ are plastered from cellar to garret the more thmi one hundnsl dose of sun iluring his day’s appear- IMilicy. He further testified, unce.s in several towns, relaxed an<i there had bicn ah ag^oment | answereil questions of newsmen be- some of the others to diviile up fore preparing for the banquet given in his honor by the South Atlantic Regional (.'onfenuiei* of Democratic “sup-1 W'omen. To a question if the national admin- Devotional: Rev. P. E. Sisco. Fifty YMrs of GlorityinsthcMas-l*'"'. -"Ortilfago, with bonds ropro- employees of the institution, to b<* woixl, eonductiHl the hearing. I ter,’ Mrs. J. H. Byrd. Youth Glorifying the Master: sentiiig values that have largely dis-;h^*’*f j-he hall of the ^Iministra-■ ■ * .V... au .i-tinn biiibiinor ua nn <>Yikri‘SHiAn aT Iav’i* I Students Pay Spencer Honor 1 aAiwn I lAriTanwifi- rno vi«=Tor- appearixl. A govemment that saw the|^'*’^ huihling as an expression of love plan of union! » Rand-NpIIp Problem and had the courage to act,'*"*' loyalty to their .supiM-iiitendent. mce is being ’ }could cut through the red tape in a: ''hittiMi openid the .school in rpi iQQfi PnC KnU nf PrpuhvfA- 11>20, the act establi.shing it having * I ilL-naL Ol I resoyiC- 8on. In R. A.: M rs. Uda Yeargin. In Y. \\\ A. and G. A.: Mrs. John L. Bobo. Pageant, “One Woman’s Vision,” W M. S. of Cross Hill. In Memorian: Mrs. W’alter Ranvage. Election of officers. Hymn. Prayer. Adjournment. through few months. Leaders Named ~F6r Young Group “First, reijuire an engineering sur-1'^en passeil by the state legislature! vey (not a banker’s, but an engin-!^w" years earlier, ami has servixl con- eer’s) to determine w*hat is needed ** directing siiw give our country the most efficientDuring his administration the world, '-'^e school has grown until it now ti’ansportation aystem in Next, order that it be done. Then, a judicial proceeiiing permitting the new capital financing it to step in ahead of the old bonds cares for more than 700 indiviiluals and extends iLs service to many out side. Dr. Whitten is recognizcMl as a rian Collej^e Dedicated To Dr. A. E. Spencer, Dean of Fac ulty. The 1938 Pa<T-SaC, Preabyterian college senior annual puhlk-ation, will Ik* ihKlicated to Dr. Almon Edwin Spencer, acconling to an announce- leailer in this fiejd and has been hon Thus, we would create millions of | many times by his colleagues. At|jn_chi^f^ Mialcolm Hemphill, new jobs, and when done we would j present he is the retiring president} i>r. Spencer, for the past forty- have something real to show for our First Pioneer Conclave of South Carolina Presbytery Held Here Friday With Lari^e At tendance. money. This would not destroy the old bonds—they would have just what istratiori would Uke a hanil in the coming >8outh Carolina .senatorial race, Farley said the national execu tive commitU*e did not intertere in local contests. “But,” he addeil, “after a candidate is nominated, it is the iluty of the committee to help him get elected.’’ Aakid if the president himself would take an interest in the race, Farley sakl “1 can’t .speak for the president.’ He said there was no sig nificance in the fact that Governor Johnston was askeii to follow up the president’s recent fire.side radio ad dress. “A number of governors were called upon to make such follow up address^" ment made yesterday by its editor- es. No, I would say then* was no sig- , . , nificance attached to the request.” of the American Association on Men-|„(.vcn years, has been professor of j Farley .said he helieveil Presrdent tal I)eficiency, which held it.s annual ^i^eck and French at the college. Be-j Roosevelt “is as popular now as he j meeting the past wei*k in Richmond,' 300 and 400 Pn*sb3rterian min- was in 1936 ami if an election wero Attended by 126 intermeiliates, the ized convention delegates today with Pioneer t.ondave held Friday a folder i^ewing arguments of his! *f^ernoon at the. First Presbyterian organizati^ against the merger. church of this city was featured by He also raised the question of addresses, election of offi- gro members, placed in a separate ju- eers, organization of a permanent they had, before. But in place of idle men and idle money we would have working men and working money.” risdiction by the “plan of union. “The interpretation of the North ern church is entirely different from the interpretation of the Southern church, ^th cannot be right,” he said, explaining that Northern mem conclave, and a program presented by CTinton pioneers. The program was presented during the afternoon and evening under the Final Date To -■ Sign Work Sheets Virginia. listers have rt*ceive<d their training in-held today he would carry the same B<*neath the portrait, embwlded inI(;r,H.k under him. LsUtes as in 1936. J'resklent Roosevelt roses, were burning 18 r<*<l candles at' Also, Dr. Spencer has been connect-' is popular with th4*4masses . “ the unveiling, symbolizing the years ^he administration of the col-i The , iwkstmaster general arrived of love and lalM>r Dr. Whitten has <le- vott*d5-tb Ihe institution. His office lege thniughoiit this time. He is now' here in a car accompanied by U. .S. vici* pn*sident, an office he has held 1 District Attorney Ulaud N. SapjJ, was di*corat«‘<l with a profusion bf i;)04. He is 8i*cretary and treas-l State Senator Edgar A. Brown of County Agent- C. B. ('-ennon an^ nounced yesterday that he has re ceived instructions from Washington designating April 30 as closing date for accepting work sheets to make farms eligible for payment under the 1938 agricultural conservation pro- ! flowers gn)wn on the campus, and here he reci-iveil employiH*s iluring a hapi^y .social hour. leadership of the young people’s coun cil of the Presbytery of South Caro-}gram. This means, Mr. Cannon states, bera had been informVl by Biahop Ed-P farmers who have not already win H. Hughes of the Northern com- Dorothy Simpson of Whitmire,! signed to get their acreage allotment Electric Organ Given Orphanage Barnwell, ami Alva M. Lumpkin of Columbia. He said he hail stopped at and “sh(M)k hands The Thomwell Memorial church has been presenteil a Hammond electric mission on church union that ‘the Ne gro jurisdiction provision . . . can be changed simply by a majority vote in any general conference.” organ by Rev. and Mrs. E. L. Hana- , e'hurch of this city, a member of the gan, of Clover, as a memorial to their , , , • -.1. . Kiwanis club, ami identified with oth- Erskine college student, presiding. 1 for 1938 growing cojton must do so, She was assisted by Cresswell Flem-j before this expiration date. Those who '>tHe son, Ijacy. -,1. ' er interksts of the church, erty and The organ was installed during the » * ' urer of the lM>ard of trustees of the college, ami on two occasions has servisl as its pn*8ident. He has signed Winthrop college every diploma issu(*<l by the in.stitu-i with 2,(KM) girls.” tion except the first fifteen. I As a gift for his daughters, Farley Dr. Spencer holds the distinction of | was pre.sented by .Miss Ruth Wilson being one of the three laymen who |of I^ncaster, ilaughter of <k>l. J. .S. have serveil as moderators of the I Wilson, superintendent of the state Presiiyterian synod of South Caro-1 penitentiary, with two cmiar chests — lina. He is an elder and clerk of the}made of “Andrew Jackson” cedar sisssion of the First Presbyterian'from wood on the land in lanca-iter county when* Jackson was born. ing, Laurens; Bessie Fortner, Clinton; 1 have received acreage allotments or Genevieve Watkins, Jo Taggart and;who have already filed applications week and was used in the services state. steward aaid Southern Methcdiata 1 Dr- K- C. Lon*, of Greenwood, all 1 will not be requir^ W .ign under thi. Bu;^y /or the fiint^ fillip would have only 28 per cent of the members of the council. regulation since their blanks are now delegates to the general conference uunder the unification plan. Meanwhile, delegates began arriv ing here with both, foes and propon ents of unification agr^^cing that a Officers elected to serve one year}filed in the county agent’s office. are: Martha Lou Blakely, Clinton, Farmers who have failed thus far to Lytle, of Columbia, a student at Co- lumbi'a Biblo colloge and oriranirt ati;®™/" '•'io'' th/ Profeaaor ia held Araenal Hill Presbyterian ehuneh, ^''t'‘""t‘"= ‘be eol- Swinging southward into South Carolina from North Carolina, the postmaster gi*noral .stopped briefly at 'The dedication of the PaC-SaC to! York where he was introduced by him is an indication of the high es-1 Repri*sentative Richards as “one of the greatest men in the United president; Billy Greene, Greenwood, vice-president; Buzz Purcell, New berry, secretary, and Dorothy Ann apply for their allotment must do so between now and Saturday, the gov ernment order states. majority of the 472 elected would Holloway, treasurer. ’The officers vote “yes” if a final roll call on uni-'^ere installed by Dr. Long, assisted, ficatmn were taken today. A two- j following pastors who were / thir^ majority is necessary for en- pre*ent with their intermediates; Dr.) ID. J. Woods, Clinton; the Rev. Fred, T. McGill, Cross Hill; the Rev. David ' School Session Closes In May was here to serve as organist. At the lege. s. c. delegates Commencement exercises proper of IE. Boozer, Goldville; the Rev. C. A.!Clinton high school will be ushered in afternoon service Mr. Lytle gave ai recital which was enjoyed by the or phanage family and a large gathering of friends from the city. The gift of Mr. and Mrs. Flanagan will fill a long-felt need at the church and is Smith Is Speaker For College Finals Senator Ellison Durant ibnith of deeply appreciated by the officers South Carolina, will deliver the Pre^ and children of the institution. Columbia, A^ 26.--More than a Cakote, Newberry, and the Rev. C.|on Sundky evening, Itfay 22, at thelSDeRkcrS N&Iliecl score of South Carolina Methodists i J, Matthews, Smyrna. The installation • First Presbyterian church when the m ^ ^ have gone to Birmingham, Ala., as official delegates of the two confer ences in this state to the general conference of the. Methodist Episcopal Church, South, which opens Thursday. The South Carolina conference services were concluded with a circle' baccalaureate sermon before the grad- of prayer engaged in by the new of-|uating class will be preached by Dr. ficers and those assisting in the in-jO. J. Woods, pastor of the church, stallation. (This will be a union service in which The program was concluded w'ith ajthe churches of the city will unite, atory of consecration excellently giv-; The graduating exercises will be elected 10 delegates at its annual en by Helen Frady of the Greenwood held on Monday evening, May 23, meeting last fall, and the Upper pioneers. Mrs. D. J. Brimm was music' with the literary address delivered by South Carolina conference 12. ; leader for the meeting. . D|._ Roswell C. Long, pastor of the Delegates are choMn on the basis! jijjg conclave will be held at First Preriiytexian church of Green- of membership of the conference kflAveleigh .church, Newberry, in the wood. Diplomas will be presented by a ratio of about one lay and one cler- ■ spring of 1930. (W. G. Oxley, chairman of the local ical per 15,000 members. L____ Keen interest has been evinced in in ^ ^'iwclass is composed of 52 members, Thomwell Closing byterian college commencement ad dress on the morning of May 30, col lege authorities have announced. The baccalaureate sermon before the graduating class will be delivered in the First Presbyterian church on States.” He said that , the presence of the approximately 1,200 persons there to greet him was a tribute to the national administration. In speaking of the heavy South Carolina Democratic majority he said: “I hope you will continue to ad vance the intere.sts of the Democratic party for in oo doing you advance the interests of the nation.” He .spoke next at Winthrop collegi*. Rock Hill, where he told 2,500 stu- den|ts, townspeople and others: “I know of the great work that has been done -by Dr. I), B. Johnson (col- The Rev. Flournoy Shepperson, j Marahall, iiastor of New York Ave- D. D., pastor of the Second Presby- nue Presbyterian chur^^ Washing- terian church of Greenville, will' ton, D. C. preach the baccalaureate sermon be- j Sixty-five seniors are candidates fore the 'Thomwell orphanage gradjj-jfor bachelors’ degrees. ating class on 'Sunday morning, June; - 12th. The literary address before the graduates will be delivered on Tuee- Sunday, May 29, by the Rev. Peter founder) and I know that the Standing Through Saturday Won Loot 2 2 3 t)>e general conference in Methodist circles of this state because of the question of unification of the three branches of Methodism—the Southern and Northern Methodist Episcopal and the Methodist Protestant. The Northern Methodist and the'Carolina 5 Prote.stant divisions already have ap-[Clemson .... .... .... 5' proved the proposal, and ratification} Erskine 4 by the Southern Methodist conference, Wofford .... .... 3 w’ould make it final. Some opposi- Furman . .. 2 tion, however, has developed. ♦ j P. C. 1 .... 3 The question is expected to be * con- : Newberry 2 sidered on the opening day of the The Citadel 1 Birmingham meeting because other business will be affected by whatever action is taken. The South Carolina conference, which embraces the Eastern half of the sUte, voted 141 to 70 in favor of (Continued on page eight) day evening, June 14, by Rev. John' board of trustees. The gr^uating w. Melton, pastor of the First Pres- (byterian church of Rome, Ga., and Oa a li inn I * recently elected by the Georgia synod St&tC DASCbSlll lvSlC0' CLUB TO HOLD BANQUET < ^ ^ member of the orphanage board i;/~jt- Ijii ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ f Ministerial club at Presbyte- ^ trustees. 3 2 5 5 4 rian college will hold its annual ban quet this evening at 8:30 in the Ma- Pct.j sonic Temple building. .833, The guest speaker for the occasion .714: will be the Rev. W. N. Elliott, D.D., .671 pastor of Druid Hills Presbyte^n .500' church, Atlanta. 'The newly elected .500 president, D. M. Morrison, and other'del, Wofford, Newberry, Erskine and .375: officers pf the organization will be' Presbyterian college track and field •286 installed. ) teams will compete here on Friday State Track Meet Here On May 6-7 Cilerfi.son, South Carolina, The Cita- .200 Menu For Remainder of Week: Thursday Wofford at P. C. * Friday Fomuui at P. C. TO ADMIT LADIES FREE Two college 'ball games are to be played in Clinton this week, Wofford this afternoon, and Furman Friday! championship events will -be held onj and Saturday, May 6-7, in the annual, South Carolina intercollegiate meet. Varsity preliminaries in the field events and dashes, and the freshman afternoon, against P. C. Coach Gallo way has announced that all ladies wHl be admitted free to both games. Friday. The varsity finals will be run off Saturday night under the Johnson field floodlights. DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! So Far This Year There Have Been 3 FATALITIES from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY Let's Strive To Make ' 1938 a Safe Year Oo the Higrhways. ’This date last year, t. ime work is being carried on in the same manner by Dr. Shelton Phelps (college president).” He stopped in^ (’hestor where he was welcomeil by a large crowd and where ^stal employes presented him wkh a home-made pound cake. College To Honw Five With Degrees } Presbyterian college will confer five honorary d^rrees at commencement I exercises May 30. The recipients will !be: I Gerrish H. Miliiken, New Ybrk cot ton broker, doctor of law.s. ' j Robert 'T. B. Steven.s, commission [merchant and former NR.\ official, I doctor of laws. j Samuel Erj’le Howie, director of I public relations of Southwestern uni- j versity, Memphis, Tenn., doctor of divinity. The Rev. Peter Marshall, paste*- ' New York Avenue Preabyt* <Aurch, Washington, D. C., doct< • ot divinity. The Rev. Joe H. Carter, pastor of Central Preabyterian chuiieh, Anuor- son, doctor of divinity. \ J ''4