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VOLUME XXXIX
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1939
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NUMBER 22
GRADUATES TO Britiah Doctor
GET degrees!
Presbyterian College Baccalau
reate Sermon To Be Delivered
Sunday Morning By Spartan
burg Minister. Prominent Ed
itor To Address Graduates
Monday.
Dr. Roberts of Bristol, England,
Visits Training School. Enter
tained At Country Club By
Dr. and Mrs. B. 0. Whitten.
Large Number Business Firms Enter
Clinton 'Business Booster Campaign”
City-^ide interest by local business
firms is bein^ manifested in Clinton’s
“Business Booster Campaign” which
will open June LSth and continue for
a three months period. The abject of
the caimpaig<n, as previously stated, is
to stimulate local retail business and
Dr. J. A. F. Roberts leift Monday
for his hotne^ BnstoLEf^land, af • ^ buying public of this
„ ...I ^ !?? !'«*“" th' xivantag®, M be derived
The fifty-ninth annual eon»ne«e.,,„ ,„era] day, a, the r»«t «f ,hoppinir in S.n. Under the
ment exerewes of Presbytreian collage superintendent. Dr. B. O. W'hitteti. He
will be inaugurated next Sunday June 14.
momin* at 11:15 «ben the d,.. R(*ert,, -who hold, the decree,
aureate sermon will be preached by|. vpep
n AW TW.lr rtf M.A., 1/r.oC. r atv.o.Ci., irom ^ iJ^bnwvm nws vui'VUHtwu ill 'hk:
• * V ’ e c ,Knsrli»b institutions, is head of men-.city during the past week inviting all
IPn*bytenan church of^^a™nbu2;-|„, rercarch trurt buituiu «f England. I bosine,, firm, W juiu in the omu-
cash prixea will be awarded
weekly, and on the closing date an
automobile will be givw away free.
A petition ha® been circulate in the
LegisIatmeTo jFRANCO SEES
The service will be held in the First'
Presbyterian church, and followring a
long established custom, the morning
and also a special lecturer in genetics j paign. The following sixty-seven had
at the University of Bristol. His four
weeks stay in the United States was
*' 'i! for tho purporc of doin, rcaeairt
.work. Having met Dr. Whitten in
Chicago recently at the annual con
vention o<f the Amerkan Association
on Mental Deficiency, and being al
ready nrfomied of the type of work
being done fay the inatitution here, he
included Clinton on his itinerary in
will be withdrawn in order that the
oommunity may have an opportunity
to unite in this special service.
At 10:30 next Monday morning the
graduating program proper wiH be
given in the college chapel, arith Pres
ident W. P. Jacobs presiding. The ad
dress to the fifty-seven graduates willj^j,^ South,
b. deliv^ lor ^ ^i.n ^ p,
editor of The Charlotte Observer.
Class honors for the year will be an
nounced by Dean M. W. Drown. The
valedictory address will be given by
Mbs Laura Aylett Fleming of Lau-
rcu,. and th. •’J'iUkwi.'cuurTii 'vl*
Bonnell Jarrard, of Soperton, Ga
On Saturday aft«*moon, June 3rd, at
4 oVlork, the R O.T.C. senior officer*
will receive aecond lieutenants’ com-
mi»*ions in th«* Officers’ Reserve
At five o’clock the senior* will
be honored at a reception gi\wn in
Sbeir honor at the home of President
Jae^^.
< aiiJidate* f'tf tHi- hirhel&r of ar*‘
■ r. 1 * =.•*5" '**• *- t,^eth«T »i*.h
Ihr r h*'me
lUchrlor mt Irl*
i»)f Hamm<>ri<l Adam*. Jr, * har-
‘n‘*e. N *
>.*e BaTvauJ- . I num
WlUtaia fokr BaMvin, Jr, t'lintuo.
Rnheft ti ack York
Wiiham iUarkaa.L Ki
Jvmi AJvm <lia|Hnan
AykiU t
HaHaa Oilmors Jr.. Atlaata
liMtis Oray Hsakb. Kart Valter. Oa
l^dlea Shs^oa H»ad«-saa. tliaton
t'ather.a* t'sbe' Hler*. Laorew*.
Veraa McI.jHid Holasaa. tTi
ItoniwL «'har>« Jarrard
(Wi
Ijtenitia Ksjr Jones. ( li
•^satiel < neste' McAdams. Iva
< ari M M*«*n Met udy, , Sbaron
ilBTKi MeSah Mneriaan, Mfstollan-
vide
Kibii ri 4'lriaWJe Rfdber*.*. < iinton
Riih»r-. Tujwnrend Ibwrr*. ItlenKeaa
\ sr’l Ma<diingt(rfi St Jntm. i har
latte < r*art House. \ a
Kathefine Shannon « lin-
too.
Walter B.akely T'«y. < Lnton.
John .*^uei W'alkap. Monroe. S. <'
Mary WOma W>aas. Laarena.
■achelar ml Jteteare
< Karhe Hampit-n Atkin*. York
Oiies Olen BtSrnek.'. Jr.. Eaien-
ton. (ja.
John Calvin Bonner, Pac«l«d.
Jaiasa RuKe Booth, SunvUr.
Rrdwrt Lamar Bomreli, OreenMdorD.^
Ga
t on] b. Buffkin, Mullins.
Robert Alford Burgess. Jr., Sumter.
W’hitten and
others, he visited Charicaton and
many point* of interest in the low
country.
On Friday evening Dr. and Mrs.
Whitten eeitertained with a picnic at
in honor of
Dr. R«d>en*. For the enjoyable event
a number ««f Clinton friend* Vere in
vited to meet their di*tingui»ht'd
guest and to partake of a bountiful
picnic dinner •erved on the law*n of
the club ground*. laUr the gue*!*
assembled on the clidi porch where a
sucuil hour wa» enjoyed, and punrn
at
» -neU du ifig the evetiing.
tin rhe arr.al of l^r K,Jh
T's.'i;ng Is-l Ftid»y aftr-? •
a !• •x-sn sa- yiv.M :n h -
*■"» Lv ^:r . afMl !•••> • <fn th,- get;
r'Tii )*¥*•. ’f achn-. I nv,’»■ fnmi
grfiil. • nr*«‘ thr High M-ven
W hiUeii, who ha* kof-r-
inten«Jent «d the arhorpi sinr** it W»«
fvlaidisWed nearly J2 ywmrm ag«i. 'hm
look Ilr. Rabatta on a tour of '.ae m
at Italian, in mhtrll he •hew
signed the agreement when The
Chronicle went to pres® last night.
Sadler-Owens Pharmacy.
J. B. Frontis.
Smith’s Pharmacy.
Gsdlowmy’s.
Western Auto Associate Store.
Blalock's Grocery.
Hipp stkI Chandler.
Kellers Drug Store.
Chronicle Pvdilishing Co.
Royal Cleaners.
Giles Chevrolet Co.
Ttirnnerman Motor Co.
AndersonW 5c ft 10c Store.
Adair’s .Men’s Shop.
Belk’s lK*psutment Store.
Woodruff’s Auto Service.
Yarborough’s Service Station.
L B. Ihllard.
J. I. Copeland ft Bro.
Young’* Pharmacy.
Chaney’s Dn*** SItoppe.
luMJie*' ReadyUo-WVur Sht Jipit
Scott’* St«»rv.
Chntuii Khmer Shop.
Carolina Sirvirr Station.
Ji***» K.iw»i S,*r\ K-«'
I a«■ -1<{i (f f^'. iih,*.1 '<
N .1 'i. ■. • ir 11 >
^ I ’t .artI a .S I
\ • iiig I I.
I hapfnar • Slat <>0
J \
W J Htpujaimn .'-w r> ir* S’»*i€ n
Serv^^-r Sutior
Casino Theatre.
I. C. Boland.
Prather-Simpson Furniture Co.
McMillan-Cooper Motor Co.
W. C. Baldwin Motor Co.
Buchanan’s.
Louie’s Place.
McDaniel Vulcaniring Work*.
Purol Service Station.
Chandler ft Cooper Garage.
Blakely’® Liquor Store.
Sumerel’* Department Store.
Abrauns ft Geer Beauty Shop,
Ideal Bakery. 1
Argo Food Store. 1
Blakely Bros. Seed Store.
Payne’s Credit Jeweler.
Clinton Sen'ice Station.
D. E. Tribble Co. (Builders Sup
plies).
Clinton Body and Fender Works.
Copeland’s Meat Market.
Pitts Service Station.
Page’s Beauty Shop.
Clinton Hotel.
Copeland-Stone Co.
McIntosh ^oe Shop.
Clinton Mercantile Co.
Holland Cash Grocery.
Clinton Builder’s Supply Oo.
L. L. ('opeland’® Market.
J. E. Benjamin ft Sons.
City Sales Co.
Rose’s 5c ft 10c Store.
It is expected that there an* others
wh<» have not been seen who may de
sire to join in Uh* cam|>aign which
SetNjw Record; WAY TO PEACE
Outlook Now Is That Meet Will
Run Beyond June 6 For Long
est Session.
Columbia, May 30.—With no indica
tion as to when a report from the free
conference committee on the para-
Dictator Will Not Go Into Any
Imperialism Soon. Plans To
Arm Only To Assure Peace
For Iberians.
, 1 • X - , Madrid, 'May 30.—General Francisco
r";!!!.?!;!™' *>■“ T," F«nc. .rprL«i th. d«ir.
returned to .-ork ywtord.y with pr«. 1S
certainty of srcmK th. i wU, fc, ,t,|, to .ssurc h«-T«...»
I extended beyond the record one
11936.
of
, ‘I want Spain to become a fortress,
.1: -.i; _ * *u want her to become a
came June 6. | fortress to plunge herself into
any
a . ’ a a- J !a<iventure8,” he assented after 11,000
A perfunctory senate meeting de-
voted only to local matters—^the house
took a full holiday—mariced the 141»t
calendar day and the beginning of the
21st week of the session that began
January 10. The number of calen^r
days of the 1936 session wa* 145.
The conferees on the pivotal money
measure — the atunvbling block that
women falangists (fascist®) in blue
and red uniforms conducted a victory
parade. The women marchers were
viewed iby 50,000 persons, including
high officials, foreign representatives
and the German, Italian, Portuguese
and other envoys. ^
And while approximately 23,000
has made the session so long — will I fighters in the Spanish civil
also get back to work after quitting 'were preparing to sail for home
last Friday for the week-end. None
has made any statement as to the
progre®* of the committee nor when
a report wa® likely.
Lf the committee did report this
wt*ek, however, and if the report were
this week from Cadiz, General Franco
■was speeding up the wrr.ic of recon
struction.
Thousands of republicun prisoners
and demobilized nationalist soldiers
were being put to work on big public
ailnpted imm«diately by both house®,!every available ship
adjournmi'nt could not come at oncel]^’** being included in plans for build-
because the annual deficiency bill that Imerchant marine,
carries expeiiM** «rf the sessions hasi^^*^ thousand* of technician*, engin-
being spimsored by th«* (YiambiT of '’ot ****»*" intnulucid. h axiuld Uke • •‘’•<*‘«*'’'^'vilian worker* have
( tmifnerce.
If m>, th4*y are asked *'• '• through regular chan-i assigneil to rebuilding war-
communicate Mnimdiaitely with
Gilt*, president, or Dr. D. O. Khame, Fin»t work facing lh«- house tomor-
Jr., *em*Ur> of the organization. '***• or rejeclHin
Meeting T# Hr Held Tonight conferenr,
damageil port*.
I’llar i‘Mmu «le Rivera, leader irf
nationalist w-ianen, urged the wnmen
report on a bill!'*^” parade«l in .Medina <lel t'ani|iu Ui
A n,«Kmg of all i^hinu' ami that would adi t.UOO mil.** of countythe tasks of
men who have entenvj the to the *tate highwray »>»teni
Hi*—'.* r t ampaign ha.> b<'»Mi caiU**! for I^iJsile ws- si-*' -. hf*! i!«-tj to lx- m-
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tr \ I ' ti-
U't Jljlt-I
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ISJnte WS'
,1 ' iiiio-d ••ti a
III? *»**it if
.-Jo Jt-"
' Presbyterians
Debate Union
3* Uw high
h-ve -Igti.il *J|«- {W
•0 u't urgfl t.y th«' fioii'iK’,;i>( i«»
pi «. nt :• gam full inrormatiori
• :•» ‘he pm |~*«f an«l <b tail« of tlw Th«' iiii'a
rTpari-Hm driw, whirh will ^*** taxati«-i
:>«• adioHjitr-ti III the advfrti*ing riJ- “toir* »>•>' > 1
1 anil* -tf fieXt Wf-elk'- |Mlf>er * br atale T h.
■ —■ U-vw<l agsm**
iK Nv lib- iii,-M hkii'« and
•MlIII * '• 1 .'lljM... a
i* 3 I «a‘ • ; .1 \ f na. •!
A .1 il.j t ia** .f, »iia
I tne lia*:» c»f al! h« ir
'.he •KM— <>|i(rat*^] m
pr ta« lie
fat h aith.n the
«:a'e <01 ’hf gia«lualr*J tcaJi- ilrtrr-
m»ned by tbe total namber of storeik
iW rmm^m Dr M bit. 1
med hi* pUn of n4ofittaitM®i ...
•t. give .eWtAl groof-s the T» Drof I RifkatMii Ih»- 'Sga Forre N»w Able To ( opi
mf esant'T hMe life, aad, cwmiom la V«(t4 Dowii At] Wilk .ftiiy Tkr««t T« Tkia Na
U. S. Navy Ready,
Leahy ProclaimsV.. '
: Kiwanians Honor
Harris, Anderson
potfuled mil 'hr maay m
and ewnstrwtive pro>(<«* u:
by th® in*:it.*ia»e wtihovl
out»>d® ialM>r gmermj
tithvr faals Wought T«f rmi the tiiur
I li««, A^MiiraJ Says.
in
wet-
men!
th » *
i..*ai of
e mstrtutM^’* t*4al evimll-
TJW with m.of I xpactrd
the gn>MSwl« mvrr a
I.tW ac'-«*, tlwprr *r* It dor-
'•ith a fifteenth ‘und®* ‘‘oa-
•ifurtion; th»r» are vai >**«*• othe:
botlduvg*. ifw’ljdtr.g an 'dfiee huiniing.
•rhool, mess hai. ami h'-urticti, and a
3tr-ihrd
llr Roberts apprwrrd inteftsely in-
tarratad m ’.hr farditim, pattenla, and
Work of th® .iMeUtuloin, and hJghiy
praiMd th® mfiottB and areewipjiwh-
menu ^ Dr. Whittaa ami his **a''f
iialay • prup*»*a. tha
'•If an HOI a.th
rhurrh kitmretl
It !Ht t.
'.-rirA th* 41
New Principal At
MMilrmt Mcetlfif.
Mnntr-at, N t May JO—Tbr ‘»th Washington, Mav 3« Admiral Wil
•£ th® f i.ani (' tswhy. Mom rcWire a* chief
1 nilr*i S'a**~» ’.•h) d i^o-rat <in>. reporici piwmily to
(i.>wn Vialay • prup*»*a> the* ih. mov* nght that h* rviwnding i»av> hml
wen' f-if uriHoi a.ih il»* '»■ r*lierii a |Hiir,'. iif •dYH'itncy, di-« 1
P .ne are! m.gtit rnaMiiig ti> *<4®
It A as rnti • T.; *e’' • by h s’.y uhf'-a*. to ihi« rouriiry
tom of whetfx-r V. V ha-c B navy huiK. hutid.ng.
maiH nt t iwtmHi®* on and •'**! auth*aiie«l that will keep any
on*un ahaokl hr ahalished as wi*h®d • ngi® naiion from making an attack
by the ififwairnt* of un*or. .m *h<>uid force against the cuntinrirta! Unit
be kept for fuithac Pfudv (®d .‘'late*/' hr a»ni .n a raUKi aitdriw*
Although It •'JMap-:ed a r^tr* ttm- -There vouid hr wane dtffiruhy in 4,y t»w membri«hip
tamtrgr th® grtwral pnnr pie* upon guarding Asnenca * Bra frontier* -fii,. pre,nirnt. Dr K. .'spt ncri
which it aaid th® Njw'thrr-i chunch again*! pnaaikie combinations, but the announced 'hat the nest me«-ttng on
would r<mtidrr favorabiy a pian foc)mivy indolg®* in a h*^ that it w<»ul«i j^me Hlh wouhI t»r an inter-city meet
reunion, Uo- r.mwntUer dni rro’. nak® be aM® to provid® a smiaaf-jl dr- the t hivton ami .Newberry
Bf-y mr<wnmendation. ferw® against Bome pusBibie oatibina rJub* to be held at Joanna Inn. Gold
in aaking that the m-'-vemeiK for tion*. vilje, up«»n the invilatum of Kiwanian
union b® sitenead. Judge M* M. Ev- The mam fleet on Mi® 'M'ewt coattiw A. .M<»orhead.
The * .in'oo kiwani* rlui> ai li* reg
ular meeting Thursday evening, prr
•enw.l a "fBirwrll" priwcam f*if i»**
• if l« (>■•1'< *' I
Harn* BO'i VV R tiv.|«'r»..n. J- .
an • «,f. • > 1. «I < I 'tn;«*n \l ’ IIb'!**
fg - • ! I la W in I ** h« « <t! lewd
’.ht K|rs..»' '. ■•■p^tanage m h i**!**, and
d' k’Hl«W*H«lruff a* -iiiH-f
mt.rHl«rit \tt» iilv ■rh<Hti» T
taking |wrt on in«- p'ogrmm »|H*k«
tie- vaJiiaMt- ••• .re« renuere.1 tn*
hy th« two Kiwanian*. arwi «d the
h gh » ••**-!« :n which they ar*- he.’«l
t«<construt'tion a* they showed in help-
ng * iIiImtw flunng the war.
(eH' ia! I ranen dt-cSari-d:
who ih.nk that armaments
.»• .1 at> -aff>€i«-ii' :■> w. i
a wa’ aif nii*tak»oi Th. nev. sa -
g >ing to U- mor«- t.Trili,r t han any
.iiagination could fancy
*'4 future war wiIJ hr direcie.!
again*! the vital |w»ir»t* ol a countiy
factorir* and central arwi iinp.irtant
place* *0 that destrurtM.n wtil tie
<|uickrr, and then you wvamoi will hr
til It.
“i! fur an army diartpiinr is r*««-n-
.lal. you may figure out arhat a dt*
riphn® and what a senav of patnotiwn
on '.he part of you anamn anil be
neetied in the rvrat of a arar I want
Vou to work for peace ami hr the flag
lieutenants of peace
"i want h*'r l.spao. 1 to iHsrom. a
• .it r*. f..r f'acr Mar gs • fa? aiui
i\o!»r. th. Weaker c o.jnt r )•«. . wsr
|.«r'. • h. .iiong, .,0(1 I wan’ ''paiii
'<• •ti'.ng •• .ii. w.j, Im al.i> *'•
a ' ■ I'. h. r fw ar.
Traffic Mishaps
Take 47 In April
Total For Month Ih Tkirtern
More Than lor Shme Period
Year .\go.
Acftd^rny School Atlama, f«n»er Tn'-leraua,,**** in a bighly satisfactory condition Three new member*. D. nru* g
^ cited the aaacanbly’* action m aj.prov-j uf reailineas.” lawhy said. .^rwer*, R<d»ert Lynn smJ Rev. J, L.
P Rotinaon. for the paat five a rlenominalion-wide evwrgv-ijalg Praising flyer* and planes trf the May^r, were receiverl and conlially
David Milligan Uaraon, Newnan,Ga. 1 y^ra principal of on® of th® grammar *^'*‘*’ *•» au-'navy’s air force, h® noUsl that in th®! weJroine.1 inu. the club.
William Kyi® Cox. Woodruff. arhnnls at Woodruff, has bwi ®lfxt«l ^»»®"*«*‘ problem in th® f'ariibean
‘ ■ ‘I when .mO plane* did much night ami'■ I Cl
Horse Show Plans
James Lewis Tulp. Rock Hill. Iby th® local hoard of trustee* as pnn- Kverett said the pn5HaK-d1“wben MO plane* did much night ami I
Jamea J. Dennard, Tallahaaa®®, FU.!e,pal of Academy Street school for ^ ^ unTeiK|day flying far out at aea, tluTe was
Joseph Davidson Donnan, ainton. ith® coming year, succe^hng H. F.. 'wt ®n® casualty to i^rsonnel.
Walker Williams Evan*, Bennetts- Harris, resigned. Wallace of .Mexico, Mo..| As to di.scipline, he citeil that onj
vill®. 1 Mr. Rob.naon is a native of Lan-i^*'^- Murphy of Booneville, Mo., tihe recent visit of the Atlantic squad
Henry Ray Fenn, Cordel®. Ga. j caster county and wa* gmduated from ^ Sikeatofi, ron to the -worlds fair at New York,
Louis Bates FoUey, Sumter. j ErHrine oolieg® in 1930. He has taken ' favored the pK^iosal
John Boyd Gibbs, Ivanhoe, Va. j post-graduate work at W’inthrop col-1^**^***^ <jf the problems of border
James Boeworth Hafley, Atlanta, I lege, Duke university and Wofford '^7'’
►re going to Woodruff he ^ Austin, Texas.
Going Forward
I -tiumbia. May 27 .kutuimdiilv at-
«;«l.-n!*, inriudtng hravY pedeVnai, ^a-
TaJi:ie*, tn*di flirty tivrn Iivi*. in
S-.ulh <'an.ltiia in .4pt .l. thirtn n more
than in .\pril, lU^Ui, liKisti-r Wilbur
.*' .Nmith, «if the traffs' engineering
.livisuin of the *ta:e highway depart
ment reportiil tiMlay.
.Sixtii n, apjiroximately une-thiid, of
the* victim* Were pevk-stnans c-mi-
t-i i-Iev.-n |N*l«**trian* killed in
the month a year ago.
Thirty-one du*l in other tyin* acci-
ilents, eleven of them in two cra.'vhes.
Ga.
college. Before going
Robert Augustus Harpfr, Waycros®, was auperintenderit of the Gramling
Ga.
Cornelius Barnwell Holcombe,
Charleston.
Lester Holden, Nelson, Ga.
Dlbert Jordan Home, Lawrenceville,
Va.
Charlton Ellerbe Huntley, Aber
deen, N. C.
Thomas Quaite Jones* Jr., Gaines-i
ville, Ga. i
William Huntef Jones, Seneca.
Edwin Gibbs Leirtbright, Bruns-'
wick, Ga. *
Alva Gene Lindsay, Brunswick, Ga.
William Crews MeSween, Chester. 1
Marion Moore, Bock Hill.
(Wendell) Eugene Pope, Attapulgus,
Ga.
Morri.s Rea Rrlch, Jr., Charlotte,
N. C.
Lofton Dunklin SuUivan, Laurens.
Lewis Hayne Taykir, Jr., Laurens.
Artemus Keitt Darby, Fort Motte. '
schools in Spartanburg county, and
principal of the Clover sc hods
Mr. Robinson is married and has a
The assembly voted to join the
World Council of Churches and nanned
Dr. J. R. Cunningham of Winston-
Salem, and I>r. Homer McMillan of
The IjHurens county hor>e show, .4 total of UiJll accident.* were report-
“there wa* not one single offense | *p<»n*ored annually by the local I.dons ed, the .-uune numlier as in Aiiril, 1938.
brought to the attention of the .New.club, will be held thi* year the latter; The .April report brought the num-
Yorii
“tay ,
“It is-believed that there has never .'der the c<illt*ge flo<»<llights with a again.-^t 159 in the .same period last
^ w w a»i*w ga wva. irvr\/ii ^ ... ....
police during the seventeen days’! fuirt of Augast, it wa.s learned ye.ster- ber <if highway ileaths for the first
of 11,(HK) men.” jday. The hig event will be slageil un-!four months of the year to 167 a.s
four^ear old daughter. He expects representatives. It urged
to'move his family to Clinton early Proteetant relief in Eu-
in June.
irt^e.
!
ON DEAN’S HONOR ROLL '
Miae Elsie NeigUbors of this city, is |
mcloded on the dean’s honor roll 'at;
Coker eoBege, aoconfing to an an-^
nouaceiDenC made at the commence
ment eaercise*. Mua Ncighhofi haa,
jimt eomplatiad her jnnior yaar at this |
inatitntxm aehera she ia making an'
outetanding record. |
DRIVE CAREFULLY
SAVE A LIFE!
So Far This Year There
Hare Been
11
Crisp To Re-enter
School For Study
Bill Cris-p has resigned his position
been a higher state of efficiency in
the fleet than at the present time,”
he asserted.
»Soon to become governor of Puerto
Rico, which under army and navy
plans will he a Caribbean Gibraltar,
Leahy said that naval 'bases were
needed in 'both the Atlantic and Pa
cific. He noted that cor^ess already
has appropriated for a dozen consid
ered most urgently needed.
large nuTrtbi-r of entria* from all |>art.s year. Accident.* in the four-month pe-
of the county. -Detail* as to the show liod this year increa.sed by eighty-
will be announced later, the committee nine comf»are<l to the jieriod a year
states. iago.
FATALITIES
from
AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENTS
in
LAURENS COUNTY
Let’s Strive To Make
1939 a Safe Year On
the Hifhways.
Thk date lart y«ar, L
at the local postoffice effective June Gentry Elected To
7th, at which time he will go “to the 1 »• 1 g* 1 1
Y..MX:.A. graduate school, Blue Ridge, Hiorn SchOOl 1 OSt
N. C., for .summer .study. F>ar]y in the ® ^ /
fall he plan.* to entegr the ^iouthern j B. Gentry, Jr., ha« been elect-
Baptist Theological seminary, I>ouis-,p,j the board of trustees as prin-
yille, Ky., where he will be a student,Clinton high .‘ichool for the
in the field of religious education, Mr. year, .succeeding W. R. An-
Crisp Ims a number of friends herejj^^^n^ resigned.
,who will regwt to learn that he
soon to leave the city.
IS
GRAVES ARE DECORATED
I On Tuesday, May 30, Memorial dajfi
,the graves of CJinton World war vet-
'erans Were marked with an American
'flag in memory of thehr loyaMy and
aenriee to their country. The derorat-
big waa under the auapiees of the
.^nurtcan Legion auxiliaJT, with Mr.
and Kn. R. P. Omianan in
Mr. Gentry is a native of Greenville
county, a graduate of Furman univer
sity, and bas done poat graduate work
ait Duke university. For the.paivt two
years he has been principal of the;
Bateeburg-Leesville high odKxri, and
for the preceding five years held a'
similar position with the ShnpsonvUle;
aobocHa. j
Mr. Gentry ia marrisd and will -
move here frm Bste^mrg during the
WHO WORKS
WHERE?
TIMMERMAN MOTOR CO.
E, M. Timmerman, Prop.
S. A. Pitlj*.
a
B, B. .Snelgrove.
Jim Burnside (Colored)
Jim .Mars (('olored)
This firm employs 5
Twenty-one previously re
ported firms employed ... 122
ToUl 127
It Pays To Trade
IN CLINTON
SHAFT TO MEMORY OF
I THOMPSON HNVEII.ED
i I.aurens, .May 28.—A shaft to tho
menioi-y of the late Proftiate Judge
I Oliver G. Thompson, "was unveiletl by
I.,aurens Confe<lerate veterans at the
New Prospect Baptist ohuivh near
here.
The program was conducte<l under
j the au.spices of the Oliver Thompson
chapte.- of 'the Upkeil Daughters of
the Confederacy. Ad<lres.«es were
ma<ie by the Rev, W. A. Baldwin and
James H. .Sullivan, Laurens attorney.
Judge Thompson diet! in 1931.
' GIVES UP BOARDING HOUSE
Mr. and Mrs. JE. R, Kno; have mov-
led during the week to their home on
.East Carolina avenue. In their former
'location .Mrs. Knox for a number of
'years conducted a popular boarding
house. The reeidence they have va-
’cafted will be occupied in tb® next few
dajrt by Mr. and Mrs. Jobn D. Davia
and family, wkh Mrs. Davis auoeeed-
ing Mrs. Knox in th® op®ratioa of tba
boarding bouse.
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