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I / I THE CHRONICLE Strim T* Be • Cleea-Newe- CoMplcte, Newej, ead RelUbl^ If Ton Doa’t Reed THE CHRONICLE Tea Doe’t Get The Newe. ■1 VOLUME XXXVIII CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1938 NUMBER 23 SOUTHERNERS YOUNG PEOPLE SCORE IN FIGHT TO MEET HERE Bloc Wins In Wage-Hour Bill Intermediate and Young Peo- Battle By Scrapping 40-Centi pie’s Conferences Open At Pay For a Sliding Scale. Ap-j pointment of Industrialj Boards Provided. CLINTON VOTES TUESDAY FOR MAYOR, COUNCILMEN Polls In Municipal Primary Open At 9 A. M. TVo Entries In Mayor’s Race and Eleven In Aldermanic Contests. All Members Presbyterian College Tuesday! Present Administration Seeking To Retain Their Seats. For Two Weeks* Course of 16 GRADUATES AT THORNWELL GILLETTE WINS IN IOWA RACE Washington, June 7.—Administra- ^ . Clinton voters will go to the polls Study. Faculties Announced. ! Tuesday to cast their ballots The Intermediate and Young Peo-i^o*" « aldermen to serve I , . , ,, ,, j I for a period of two years, beginning tion forces in charge of- the | September first. . hour bill tentatively capitulated today I au.«pices of the synod of South j There are thirteen candidates in opposition. feiing for re-election. He is opposed by Posey W'atts Copeland. In ward two, P. B. Adair, oldest member of council in point of ser vice, is seeking re-election without Orphanage Commencement Be- Wear in, Backed By Hopkins and gins Sunday Morning With| Jimmy Roosevelt, Concedes Baccalaureate Sermon. Grad uating Exgrcises Tuesday Evening. Senior Play To Be Presented Monday. Defeat. Interference By New Qeal Officials Resented. Move To End Partisan Strife. Des Moines, June 7.—Iowa Deino- The sixty-^hird commencement ex-jcratic leaders tonight' looked to Sena- jercises of Thornwell orphanage wll tor Guy Gillette to heal scars as Rep- ^ o .u ui r- w.- * \ _ Carolina, will open at Presbyteriani the race—two for mayor and eleveni In ward three, J. F. Jacobs is un-'i_ n w i i... to a Southern bloc fighting for lower ^ , j • I j ushered in next Sunday morning l esentative Otha D. \\ earin brought wage minima m Dixie than the! » S weeks ^ritl ^ the city proper, little interest has! In ward four, F. M. Boland is un- *^^ ^ Senators engaged in the delicate ! The date for the Intermediate con-shown, with few candidates of-1 opposed. • ^ ^burnov I lofllference is June 14-21. The Rev B S faring. In the two Clinton Cotton I ln,wai*<l five, Ralph Riddly is seek-j * tathtnl by the Rev. Flournoy Woarin .sent a telegrAm of con- •'u nogo la ing a c<^^m ' f Union is director for the^*^^* w’anis, five and six, .there are'ing re-election. He is opjMistsl by R. ‘ eppeison, I .1 ., pastor of the Sec-1 ratulation to the senator as unoffi- with the house with the South ap-, oirector lor me, ^ . ^ ; M. C Bouknight, L. M. Kvans, and J.'‘*“*‘ I’losbyterian chuixh of Green- jville. The regular morning services in with the house with the i>outh ap-, me i • . . • -i prove.1 . payroll formula appareatly '; ‘-b; .Mary Agn^ Crewa. _-o-| ---I -I-'- » - - » m as a victory for Southerners. i —^ - > , . . - ., . j • • Undrr tho proposal, both .North ,„dKounaellor for girls; Rov. C. A. Cal- s'x of the prosvnt adm.n.a. South would be trealW alike the tor boys; Mr., trrtion are .tandmg for^re,el«tlon. ^ retary; Miss Cornelia McLaurin, chief! with chief interest centered hert>. All Furman Davis the chuiThes of the city will be with in ward; six, J. W. IhMlspeth is j^awii in order that the entire corn- seeking re»eleet ion. Considerable interest is centere<l in (- Uannon. munity may accept an invitation^ would, 'Id——Davis, pianis^ Rev. ^ i , /r i• cannon. i institution to unite for this spec- be 25 cents an hour the country over j FramptonT^StRIetrc dir^torp and Rev. ^ 1—The polls will open-^at 9 a. m. and ial occasion in the Thornwell Memo-^ cial tabulation of the primary vote neared comiiletion. With only 103 of the s<tate’.s 2,447 privincts still un- ri'portANiL Gillette had polled 77,718 the first year, and 30 cents the sec-i*^* l^vis, song leader and vesper ond. However, in succeeding years, advisory hoards for each industry speaker. votes, nearly .5,000 more than the combinofl total of his four opponents. two aspirants. Mayor Silas Bailey, who has held close at 5:30 p. m., J. J. Cornwell, j rial church. Wearin tr^led in second with 41,- si*cretary of the Democratic club, an-: j,, the afternoon at 3:30 a special would fix the minima. The boards i of leadership, the con- would merely bt' instructed to push j ^^rence is divided into “tribes,” each the figure up to 40 cents an hour as i Indian name. The morn- soon as “economically feasible.” : will be filletl with class This tended to comply with de-jWork, with the afternopns given to For purposes of admi^stration and ^he office for four years, is standing y^.^tenlay. The eh'ction will communion service will be held. for re-eU'ction. Ho is an official of , . , .u / n ; „ i .. . / « , , , be in charge of the following mana-| Monday afternoon at 2 o clock, the gers 22!I, while three other candidates shartnl the rest of the estimated 150,- 000 total vote .volume. Woarin, who was supported by Uiiniuil meeting of the alumni associ-■ Hari-y L. Hopkins, WPA administra- tho Clinton Cotton Mills and is con nected •with other business interests in the city. I). Craig, who is mak ing his first venture in city politics, man.1, of South.-rnPr. riiffpron'; rpcryation. The evening p"rogr.m. « proprietor of the Clinton Motor tial. for certain imiu.trie. in their;»«‘“r^ in.piratlon. fun and l.y'lu'atWrbyVj. liVsi-ay.’.l. i"slil>'tion will pivsent their, 'City box at city station: Hugh Kay.';ation will he held, ,presidiHl over by; tor, and had the inferential backing W. aS. Den.son, Frank Miller, Aldine its president, George M. Cartletlge | of James KcMwevelt. the president’s Blakely. ’ ' ]«[ Augusta, Ga. In the evening at 8 son. would not eminent totlay when Clinton <'otton Mills l>ox: Mrs. Dai-' ”meinlHu s of the senior class j ^-hether he wmil»l assist irt tho sector. They argucsi that living costs The^ enrollment last yi‘ar ex in the South are Tower, and freightaccording to J. H. rates are discriminatory against their Bunter, college business manager, section large a matriculation is ex- Under a previous proposal, to which this year. , several Koutherners objected, a rigid faculty and cour.ses follow, counti'y-wiile minimum of 40 cents j • Piont*eiing the Upward would prevail after seven years. !”*y- Today’.s action by the senate con-i Firat lear 12) ferees was tentative in the sense that, Bible Heroes Rev. \N. S. Patter- it was taken on a 4 to 3 vote and that the senate lal>or bloc was working' Missionary Heroes Miss Irene for its recon.Ntruction. On the other Hudson, GreenviHe. In wan! one, Dr. T. J. Peake is of- mire, P. V. Martin. , annual jilay. • Tue.-^day afteriKMiii at 2:30 the an nual meeting of the Isiard of trustees will be hebi, with ('hainnan Martin F’. in Scott’s New Store Baptists Conduct T« RSkl.. 'V-”'''': <!"-.'iivillc pi-sidhig. At cum'paiin I O vjpen rndayi tSlblC OCnOOl this time fporis of Uu- presub-nl and i,vo y,.ars ago. won handily over R.-p- the fall. “I may have a statement in a few days,” he told inijuirers. Former .Senator L. J. Dickinson, _ eomimUees will be heard fur the year. ,.,.:A,.ntative l.lnyd Thurston in the Re- Modern Department Store, At- Vacation Schwil To Continue I ues.iay evening at 8 odock, the ,,i,i,iican senatorial prunary. Dickin- tractivelv Furni.shed, Sets To- Two Weeks and ('lose^ With |f'|*duating exercises proiM*r will [>»* son lailied 130,8.5.5 votes with 1I7 pre- held, at which time ihplomas will he in..stly in rural an-as. still un- presenteil and medals and inizes reporte.l. Thurston’s total was 1(11,- morrow and Saturday For (ommenceinent Program. Formal Opening. The First Baptist church opemsl its awarded. The address lH*for«‘ the , .5.50. 11 How We Got Our Bible—Rev. S. J. hand, however, the administration ^ leadership, with an eye to the ad-* ^ ^ ^ joumment situation, was reportedly j Second Year (Age 1.1) Scott’s new .V ami 10c store will vacation Bible school Monday morn- ^^e First grailuates will be .l.divered by Rev.j cjn,.,,.. ...aj,, n•pereu^sions from the open its d«H*rs for busine.ss in Clin-1 h:30 o’clock with an enrolliiuipt |•r^‘sbyt4Tian chureh, ’ Rome,' (la! pnmary campaign formed “no oex a- ('hriirt and His Friends — Rev. F'. ' Ray Riddle, Columbia. working to have the conferees stand by today’s decision. , ^ However, Senator Borah (Republi-| St«-wardship - Rev. J. G. Walker, can) of Idaho, one of the conferees, dissented vigorously from the com-1 The Meaning promise. He objected to the failure •"'P field. ton for the first time F riday mom- sixty pupils and workers. F'our <10-, all of the closing exercises the public don for res<-ntim*nt against any par ing, according to a <louhle-page an nouncement in toxlay’s paper. partments are being con<lucte<l with cordially invited. The high school will close a suc- The hamisome new store, 47x130 cessful year’s work tomorrow. The son. “But I join in the resentment of tho people of this staU*,” he add«*il. He said the pnmary results will give to specify a definite time at which I feet, has two fronts opening on North, the ages of four to sixteen inclusive, pnmary and elementary grad<% closed ...u-. |,.f, h’”!. 1 r‘. T:r r:‘ irrorth*; H. P. J. L-heureux, Kdge- constructed <.f the advance! type has Wen most satisf^-tory The graduating clas., is composed ,„„„inaiion in IIMO. a very great in- the 40-cent scale would take effect. | "It seems to me,” he said, “that if a workman were looking forward to getting 116 a week with which to take care of a family, and the employer who was to give it to him was un able to promise definitely to do it until he had decidtsi it was “economi cally f<*asible,” the workman might , u justly conclude he didn’t intend to do *ham, WaJterboro. it at all ” Personal Proiilems Senators LaFollette (Progressive) Hutcheson, Midlins. , , . of Wisconsin, and Walsh (Democrat)' . I/«;»<l"sh>p in Young Peoples Ac of .Massachusetts, other conferees,, also announced they would not sign similar to that s{>ecified by the Scott organization which operates through out the Mid<lle West and in the South. The store is attractively e<juipped TkM Tesr (At« 14) Bible Geography—Rev. G. A. Nick les, Uharleston. The Choice of a Christian — R<*v.' with fixtures of the mo.st Fred J. Hay, Dillon. The Chivalry of Serv’ice — Rev. L. «re lM>th novel and unusual, with a N. Edmunds, Aiken. imodifud modernistic note prevailing Foarth Year (Age 15) throughout. The woo<lwork is of F,.vangelism — Rev. R. G. Wicker- cherry color, ^tccentiuttsl by the background lii-corations of three and the school aa a whole promises “T the following sixteen girls and centive to stop and think things 1 boys: over. Rev. R. G. The Second ('onference to he very successful. .MemWrs of the faculty are: J William Alfn‘<l Mc.Millan, Marry CiUctte will head the Ih^imtcratic Beginners’ department, ages 4 and * leveland Rogers, Allen < leveland Ja- ticket in the fall. I*arty leaders, there- , . , .u , 5; SuiM'rintendent, .Miss F'runces Bar- Rh<Hla F.truly Bagwell, Helen anxious to smo.dh and improve«l type the dworations associates. Miss ElizaWth Bar- ’<'y ^^race Annette Roger, ,.„ugh .spots which might endanger nett, Mrs. G<*orge Holman. Mitchell Jacobs, Martha .Mae jj,,. success, not only »»f the senator. Primary department, ag»*s 6 to K: Monroe, Fl^lward II. Simpson., dames ,.|,.<.tivc «tati* official a.s SurM-rintendent, Miss Mary F'.lla B«i- Blake, Sara Jean EuLsIer. Mary ley; as.-oK-iates. .Mrs. W’. Johnson, Aline Jones, Jo-eph B. .Milain, Kath- Wearin also would not comment to- Miss Alelhea Barnett. J‘»hri C. ,,„y p„^,i|„|,ty ,hat he might shades of yellow and silver. The ar rangement of fixtures, nice wi<le aisles, an air-cooling system, the lat- Junior department, ages 9 to 12: Elliott. SupiTinternlent, .Miss Annie la'c Jack- seek the .Seventh Iowa district dui- gres.siitnal nomination. N«»ne of tho six Democratic caixiniates for tho , , . , json; associates. Miss Sara Zee A WflcrKf est type of show windows, and an Wright, Miss Eleanor (’s.Hand. 01015 xk 1 » / -11 lighting syrtem which will Intermesliate department, ages 13 VVf when he entered th«’ senatorial wars The younr people. conference w,ll,fl„«i the .tore with li«ht. make .t .Suiwrinlendent, Mma Kmm. WaieFIOO p«»st given up by the representativo the compromise. i . . , . ■ *”• .Tuire-imuinirm,, .ra..-* Informed U-gislators said that on June 21, at the conclusion of [ easy for shoppers to select and buy j associate. Miss Paul soon as the wage-hour fight was set-j^be intermediate, and will be directed with ease and disjiatch, and add muchj^rts. tied congress could quit and go home.; byJ^v F. B. Mayea of ^ufort. to its artistic appeal. j ^.jjj At least, however, it was apparent, /h® ^beme will Christ Every- includes twenty- that this could not be done by the end ^"ing, tvepnshere. — A 1 * # av ^ iA V J different departments, handling of the week—the original goal of the ^ of the faculty members | merchandise from 5c, lOc, and 25c, leadership. I courses to be offe^, follow^: specializes in merchandise in the The senate spent today passing Inspirational Addresses—Rev. Wil- minor bills and discussing in the cloakrooms the renomination of Sena tor Gillette in yesterday’s Iowa Demo cratic primaries, over the opposition of several influential administration aides. The house meanwhile debated a 1272,000,000 deficiency appropriation bill. 'The passage of such a measure 10c price range. .Hucc«‘*-d«Ml in getting 35 |H*r cent of ine Kob-i i^ureriM, June 7.—A. Wright Sims,'*be total vote ca.st for the noinina- '89, <’onfe<lerate war veteran, die<l. yci'terday s primaries. .Monday at his home near Waterloo, law rixtuires a decision on the and will close with a commencement illness of several week.s. i nominee by a district convention w hen program Sunday evening, June 19, in w.*rvice8 were held at the ^be leading candidate fails to get the which the boys and girls will use Tuesday afternoon at 3,''®0uirwl 3.5 per cent. Conventions are worship hour to show some of the m the com- limited in their choice of can-li- things they have accomplished dur ing the two weeks. The public is in vited to this program, at the close of which the ordinance of baptism will be administered to several candidates. Services Sunday Evening supplying money for needs not fore . r o.* i » seen when the regular appropriation Bible—Miss Lucy E. Steele, Peace hill were enacted is always one of the collie Raleigh, N. C last acts of an adjourning congress, j ^ Among the day’s activities in the. Clemson College, senate were: | Building the Christiar Approval of a conference report onjB-C. Long, Gi^nwo^. a $450,000,060 appropriation bill for Religious Life of Young Peopl came herefrom Tuscaloosa, Ala. Man-1-will he no worship service Sunday ager Sublett states that it is the com- morning because of the baccalaureate the military activities of the war de partment next year. w xi Passage of a hill requiring that! Mairton, N. Iresbytenan Youth Program—Jvev. limm M, EIlKrtt Jr., Druid Hill. Prr.- .tor. i. headed by A. C. Sub- bytorimn church, AUmU. ,, manaier. Mr. Sublett ie by no Athletic Arortor-X-oach WaHer A. , ««ngcr in the .South, hay- John«>n, PreebyterlM collejre. , j Hymnolw and ^ic DirectorKentucky, and 1. a graduate of Jame. «• Sydnor. profe^ of -Kiy-llth, Univeniity of Kentucky. The ae- 'Richmond^*!! ^ raining *®bool,Imanager is W. E. Jensen, who,day evening, June 12, although there Stewardship — Rev. B. K. Tenney, .tewardahip department, AtlanU. people and that the selection of their salesforce soon to he announced, will be made purely on a haais of fitness n . .• ay the work. "I atti happy to have Building tlie_^ri.tian Home-Rev. | appointed manager of our new Clinton 'store,’* ne s'tated yesterday, and “the people have been most hos pitable to me since I arrived here.” Tomorrow and Saturday have been munity graveyard near his home. jdate.s to a.'tpriants who run iu the Mr. Sims enlisted for service in the | The congres.sman, thi*re- ConfederaU* army wrth Company D,!^"'®* ®‘’“bl U* nominated for his pre.s- ' ent office again even though ho sought to wrest the senatorial nomi nation from Gillette instead of try ing for re-election to the lower house. Third regiment state troops. Most of his adult life had been . ... y y ij o spent as a farmer. However, in 1890 Regular services will be held Sun-jj^^ ^ commis sioner, and for a number of years he Wearin’s telegram to Gillette was service at the orphanage. had served as a member of the Lau-. ^ one-sentence greeting, rens county board of registration, a: ^ ongratulations, <iuy. position he had continued to hold un-1 said. 'F.xtend my best regants the mes- Rev. Edward G. Lilly* Charleston. Science and Religion—Rev, James Clinton Boy Drowned In West til his death. The board met Monday ^ Rose (.Mrs. Gillette) and Mark (tho ifor a session, but adjourned before I * •‘’<^n). I midday out of resfiect 16 Mr. Sims. Mr. Sims is survived by two daugh-1 f 30^ Foi* Gtis E. Baker, 27, of this city, a fhemher of the United States regular ters, Mrs. Flugene Smith, Columbia, j and Mrs. Fleming Smith, Waterloo;; five sons, Henry C. Sims and W. j Brooks Sims, Waterloo; Joseph Sims,' County Candidates army, was browned in California on ■'J'"’, ’.nT a;.Tw.' ‘f’’' itinerary for the oarau t.„-:..e.'('»'eenwood; Lee Sims, Columbia, and i set aside as big opening sale days by'March 2Kth. Following an extensive *^1,0 speaking cami>aign of laaurens county specified minimum labor standards! rreaoytenan louxn^rrogTam—^wv. store, which everybody in the (.search, his body wa.s found on April „ 'u,* candidates was adopted last week by be observed by firms holding ^2,000 !! rf. cordially invited tojlO, though particulars in r^ard toj ^ '’ . the county executive committee: contracts with the government, houtn Carolinapj.^^ souvenirs will he given the tragedy have not yet been re-j Walter Todd and W. P. Jacobs, HI,; Monday,"ATTgusf TTiTIrjiorning, stead of $10,000 as provided by ®** j * r*..fa«_ tto those who shop at the 3tore on Fri-jeeived by the family. Heft Monday for a six weeks’ train-[terpoint; night, Clinton Mills. isting law. I «• ' day. the manager haa announced. Paaaage of a hill broadening thelJf^oDv* Rotary foreign misiiona.i aecretary of agrieulture’a power to; ■ """• X»va • \/(«ttnf>> regulate liveatock marketing ,gen-l Ves^r Programa - Mrs. 1 CXaS VlSllOrS . I G. W. Brown, Anderson, cies < ' .Meanwhile, the joint committee in-l vesUgating TVA indicated it might'“<* Offieera-Mra. F. B. Maye», ask an additional $l00,00t) to finance Beaufort, its work (it was originally provided! The body arrived here on the vesti- ing course at F'ort McClellan, Annis-' Tuesday, Aug. 16, morning, Clin- bule Tuesday from San F'rancisco, j Calif., and was removed to the home of his, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Here This Week '*'"" Funeral services will be held from ton, Ala. with $50,000), and discussed the ques-1 0&tC8 tion of appointing committee counsel ’The names df Judge Samuel Seabury of New York and C. Roy Smith, head of the public utilities division of the SEC, were among those mentioned for the post Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Halley and Mr.rthe residence ^this afternoon at 3 and Mrs. L. W. Rose of Corsicana, I o’clock, with interment following in Texas, were visitors atpthe orphanage I Bosemont cemetery. Besides his pa-j 'the first of the week. h’®nts, the young man is survived by| Bailey is superintendent of the brothers and sisters. —. | r IJkCU M vA/Ufliy, gtate orphanage in Texas with 700 Ford Agency .... a, I children. Mr. Ross is director of boys i DAVIDSON ALUMNI AcMrding to<he recently announe-'institution. The visitors, ELECT DR. McSW'EEN ed rtmerary of the state office and;^^,. makingva trip in the Eart visit ages. senatorial parties, the campaigners for state offices wlil be in Laurens on Wednesday, August 3, and the.sen- atorial candidates on Tuesday, Aug- Here k Closed June 14 at Lexington and Sumter. ing a number of the larger orphan-i David.son, N. C/., June 6. The Da vidson College Alumni associaticKi at M'hile in the city Mr. Halley was!’^* annual session here today elected guest speaker of the Rotary club on ■ Dr. John MeSween, pasto^ of Purity Presbyterian church, Chester, pre.si-t The Hollingsworth Motor company of this cky, Ford dealers, went out of business the first of the month. JACOBS GIviBN DEGREE M’illiam P. Jacobs, president of This concern was opened here a year, Presbyterian colloge, on Monday re- ago bjr W’. O. Hollingsworth of Green- ceived'tbe honorary degree of doctor wood. In returning to Greenwood Mr. of laws at the commencement ^xer- Hollingsworth has taken over the Pontiac agency in that city. cisqa of Soathrweatem. university, at Memphis, Tenn.> CHAMBER MEETS TUESDAY NIGHT dent. Judge Arthur L. Gaston of Chester, spoke on Davidson’s contribution to the world and the value of a college The June meeting of the Chamber j education. Other speakers included of Commerce will be held next Tues-| Judge F. L Fuller of New York, Dr. day night at 7:30 at Hotel (Hinton, 'S. W. Moore of Bluefield, W. Va., and with all members invited to be pre*- ent. Dr. Walter L. Lingle, president of Davidson. { DRIVE CAREFULLY ' SAVE A LIFE! 3 DEATHS from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY 1938 Let’s Strive To Make This a Safe Year On the Highways. This date last year, 2. (ton; night, Goldville. , Wednesday, Aug. 17, morning, jOo.s.s Hril; night, Lydia Mills. * i Thursday, Aug. 18, morning. Hick- 'ory Tavern; night. Watts Mills, j F'riday, Aug. 19, morning, Poplar Springs; night, none, f Wedpesday, Aug. 24, morning. Gray Court; night, Woodville. Thursday, Aug. 25, morning Youngs; night, Laurens Mills. I FH-lday, Aug. 26, morning, Laurens 'court house, closing meeting. The interim between August 19 and 24 was allowed on account of the sen- • atoi'Tal campaign meeting in Laurens jOn the 23rd. t . Wednesday, July 20, at noon, was fixed _as th*e laSt day for filing of pledges. j The committee also adopted a reso- ^ lution instructing the chairman to in clude in candidate’s pledges an addi tional pledge that they would not speak at “wild (:at” meetings. Miss Mary Net Henry of Green wood, is spending the week with her aunt^ Mrs. Olin Sheaiy, Jr.