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f -A.: THE CHBOMCLB StrlTw To Bt a Ctou Nfwipaptr, Complfto, Vtmtj, and Rattaldt, VOLUME XL If Too 1^’t Eaad THE CHRONICLE To« IWt Get tiM Newa. 1 J CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 18,1940 NUMBER 3 STATE MONEY ^ BULREPORTED WAR BULLETIN > BOARD Dedfeatory Services Held Sunday For Historic First Presbytoian Church Ways and Means Measai^ Totals il2»900;Z93, About Same As Last Year. No General Tax Lery LMed. — m r Golunirfa, Jan. 16.—The ways and means oommittoe reiMrted out a fen- eral appropriation biR totaling $12#* 900,298 today. Chairmaa WincheatMr Smith said the measure was 'SrsR within the eothnated revenue." The bSl, in printed form will be plaoed on the desks of members of ^e house of representatives when they resume work at noon tomorrow. Smith said the ways and means bill followed cloeely the recommendations of the budget commission. In its sn- Dusl report that group shggeeted ap propriations 'for the year 1940-41 of 118,648^. As fast year, the .carried no proviskm for a tax 4evy for feneral state jMffpoaes. It <hd provide, how- vOT« PaubUag the tax on wine. Increasing the cost of wine makh^ permits froas 8R |I0. Daeiearittt the' disoomit allowed buyert of aofit drhik 'crowns from 10 to sersB psr cent. “‘l^Msa small increases permitted us to halsnoe the budget and have a little left over," ShaHh said. He estimated that the surplus for the year would run around $60,000. . The wine increase, he erihnated, would bring Jn $450,000, vdiile the change in the crown discount would net the state $160,000. He pointed out that the bill carried inereases in anybody’s salary and no salary decreases." The measure, Sntith declared, fol lowed the budget commission’s rec ommendations that apioopriations be fixed at such an amount that defi ciency appropriation measures would not be neoessary in the futors. Under the law tbs revenue from al- oeholic beversges goes to support of sdfbok, Starith exididned. After doub- teog the wins tax, the ways and oMans ooasmittas made a decrease in tbe al lotment from the general fund for LONDON.—4 Britaih smothers war caltkiet crisis ovm: former War llhds- ter Hora^Beliafaa’s resignatioa hi par- Ihuhentary unity; Biitidn^. edgss hws of three sdbiiiiariim*- WITH FQNNISH FOBOBS IN RU8- SlA.-^F'hdand’s ski troopa force Rus sian army from five to ten miles in- side Russia, eriaMish outpost on So viet aril. Large Consftegation Present for Impressive Occasion and Unvril- of IHIemmrial Tablet. Sermon By Pastor, Dr. D. J. \l^oods, and Historical Sketch on Founding of Church By Dr. F. D. Jones, A Former Pastor. 1 Mrs. J. HL Motes Killed hi Wredc Moontville Woman Dies In Car Collision Near Kingstree. Fn- nenl Held Tuesday. * Mra. J. a Motes, weU knoan MountvRle rssidsnt, was kBled 9aa- day aftethoon in a collision of two a£ SOLONS DISCUSS LOCAL AFFAIRS Delegation Holds Extended Ses sion On Fiscal Matters. Ap proval Given Rood Program. Laursns, Jap. 18. — At a meeting Monday that extended into the after- aatomriittea on highway 62 a€ the noon, the Laurens county legislative Black river causeway, a asHe and a half wsat of Kingstree. driegatkm members dincussed many fiscal matters, k>eal and state-wide. and A large congregation, including ajplan. He found himscM in a short njBmber of foimer members and visit-1 while at the Presbyterian Theological ing guests, was prstsmt Sifnday mom-1 seminary at Columbia, South Garo- ing for the interesting and appropri-j lina, at the age of twenty-four years. ^OTaSINM. - RuMiM driictor, of th. rfrrti Mt.r th. .nd <rf the uu.1 i-T><>rt. «■ rtnk. wini c°«iP»°'»»tPr«d)7t.riM. ohordl. |„.r Urm h. paduaU.) in . dM.! j*? .»?«?<”“owr tb. n.. — wy ^lU, . ! The speciM .Kcereiiee ...r. presided laHh E>r. D. N. Frieiaon and Dr; Por- f^^oX|Uii«i cboieh of aiiieh PA!BJS.—(Chamber cf deputies votes i to oust former Communieta from par Uament and peWlc offloe. ^ Exalted Church." Special j ordained by South Carriina presby-1The delegataon session was priiki- musBC wais furnished by the choir. Dr. tery at Nazaipth church, of wthich he «*“**/**«][^'^ . „ . 'ied over by Senator C. A. Cromer, whs F. D. Jones gave'the historical sketch, became pastor in 1844. At the same *• T- lietiBl and Kev. j. M. ayrd. in-i,,„j ^ j — As a part of the service, a bronze time, from 1842 to 1844, he began to ibi^eiM, iiiMP irr-w year -m.i requcsts from county of- over by the pastor, iDr. D. J. Woods, | ter who were afWward notable men ™***J*** • Cevoeeq ^menmer^ ““fficiala in connection with pay in- who driivered an impressive sermon in the Presbyterian church- He was, ieu*^vu>g e°f~ j **“ “The Exalted Ohurch." fecial|ordained by South Caroiina jireriiy-1ineods. ine,servioet wers m, Roy A. Little Dies In Columbia FonneT Clintm Citixm Suc cumbs To Heart Attack. Fun eral In CoinmUa Tuesday. plaque was tmveiled carrying the' preach for the people of the Sipartan- tenn«>t f<*>.»l in th. ^ uJS" meeting at the court bouse Monday. t Columbia, Jan. 16.—Roy A Little, iHrid deputy fwr the coUeotor cf intsr- nal revenue for South Carolina, died auddenly at fals home 223 Waeeamaw avenue, at 8:45 Monday morning. thnwral services were held at'll:80 Tueeday morning alt the First Pres byterian church of .which he was a deacon and a devoted member. In terment followed in ilSmwood. Mr. Little, who was 50, was bora in Clinton, October 16, 1889, hut was reariri in Laurens. He was the son of J. 'Ban and 'Mary Boozer Little, both of whom pre-deoeased him, has moth er dying krt year. He is aurvived by his wife, who was Mass E)dyce Dykee; a eon, <Roy Little, Jr., who is 13; one eiater, Mrs. 'Boderick H. Mc- DtMUkld; two brothers. Job Little and Randolph Little, aN cf Columbia. lir. little’s death came as a great ebook to, family and friends. He bed apparenitly been in good health un til strieken suddenly in the eeazly hours of iMcodsy morning. A physi* dan ruMitd to his aide, but he* had paassd asmqr* Be was a man of un- unoaBy fine .qnaHtice, tqMigbt and in tha rtsaMh; a 1 I tax bopat. The m provided fl,600,000 for the frdli; weftCaire department compared wA $1,787,266 appropriated for the dmant fSaeal year. AAotWh the budget commission bad recommended only $10,000 for the rural shatrification authority, the ways and means bill carried $26,600— the same aasotnt aa aborted this year. A budget cmnmission reoommenda- timi for a $230,000 expansion pro gram St state huititutions was not in- duded in the committee bill. There was no indication when the money bin would reach the floor of the house for debate. Customarily members art given angde apportimity to study the measure before it ie brought up for passage. name of Bav. Zelotes who founded the cGurch names of the Ihree pastora of the diQreh, Rev. William Ploraer. Jacd>s, DJ)., LLD., Rev. Frank.Dudley Jones, DJ)., and Rev. David Jmdem Woods, D.D., the present pastor. Abo a Hat of all eklm and deacons wh<r have served the church since its organiza tion, and the names of the buBding committee, arehiteet and contractor. The tablet was unveiled by Mrs. Jack H. Davis, Sr., a granddau^ter of the founder of the church who wotdd never accept the pastorate but served the mngregatkm as supply pastor un til 1664. W. D. Copeland, for the building committee, present^ the keys to the trustees, the acceptance bdng made by W. J. Bailey, recently elected a member of the trustee committee to succeed the late John H. Young. . On May 28, 1864, Rev. WHHam Plu- mer Jacobs was ordained and inrtalled as the first pastor of the diarch. In Lee Holmeavlburg community which, like so in 1855, thejemirt bouse centers of this state at that period, began to develop into a growing village. As s result he or- gwiized here in 1843 a Preribyterian group whkh is now known as flw F^rst Presbyterbn chhreh of Spartan burg. This work was f(^owed by a pastorate of the Lsursns chmvh, which had been foimded in 1832 by Rev. Mr. Lewers. Hb stay at Lamena was followed by a period as stated 8tq>ply of Rodey Spi^gs church. He aim preached for Duncan’s Oeek congregation. Indeed, during these and the many years that followed he extended his wide ranging and con stant preaching not only on the Sab- Ifce «f rrotaMe hcMMir. Boy Scouts Meet Today At Clmnson A vrteran of long service in tbo* World war, Mr. littki went to the FHrst Offiom Training oapap at Fort Oglethor^, Ga., in May, 1917, and was in ibhe army until September, 23, 1919, a total of about 26 months part of . which was spent ovasaeaa. He 'was first commissioned in the in fantry, and was with the 328nd of the Eighty-first divbkm of Camp Jackaon, but he trahafeiyed Co the air corps at Belfridge fMd, and was in that hraaoh for the rest of his war service. Mr. Little was an expert in Us field. He waa with the South Caro lina tax omnmission for many yean before joining the federal internal fevenue office. Prior, to hb govern ment cerviee he' waa with tha South ern railway.,. dent, Mrs. Motes, with memben of her family, were en route to their home.' Her aon. Fuller Motea, who WBa,.driviag, and her daughter, Mrs. Jake Baser, suff«ed.jsevere i^uries and ara now patients U the Lake City heapital, where tl^ were rushed fol- kari^ the collision. They were rc- I>ort^ yertsrday in fair condition. The eoHision, according to repot^ occurred in the rain when tha Motes car, going west, swerved to the shoul der cf the road to avoid striking an easthonnd car hearing seven Negroes. The Motes car crashed into the center of the other machine whkh was skid- Views of the taxpayers on vanotm. were desired ki connection with the preparatioa cf the Laureih county supply biU for thb year. However, there were no special suggsations brought forward from without. Tha delegi^on itself discussed the aka of ehanging tha county’s fiscal yaar to confoim to tha state’s from July 1 to Jrnie SO, but no definite action waa taken on the question. Requests for salary raises were received from the olfieeo of desk of eourt and soperin- tendent of education. Approval waa given certain road programs, curretb and projected. tfarformed that arrangements would be necessary in providing quarters for 1911, after a ministry of 47 years, be ffonnded Dorroh and perhaps other resigned the pastwwte to be succeeded by Rev. F. Dudley Jones, *D. D., who came here from Charlotte. Dr. Jones served the ehnreh for nine years, resigning in 1920 to ac cept a praftoaorataip at fteabytorian coUege. Ha in tom waa succeeded by Rev. David J. Woods, wito.caaw to Clhiton in 1920 from Plachibnrg, Va. ding after it had turned suddenly, aC' _ . bath but during the week and served j cording to the cononer of the county. I the ‘bokli^ of ^ Febniary terra of most of the churches in Laurens coon-1 Mrs. Motes died en route to the bos-!court because of the remodeling work ty at one time or another durmg hhi!pital at Lake Oity. One of the Negro'now in progress in the county court life time, and at a meager salary, for jooeiqMmta of the second car was kHtodiroom, the dolngsirtan left that detail he supported himself by farming and instantly, another died of dieat in-jto the supervbor, the sheriff and etr- jurics whila tMeing taken to a Florence' eoit court sohritiMr. hoqiHtaL A Negro woman in the ear| Inquiry by delegation members into died in tha hospital Monday night, some of the facts surrounding the rs- Also in the hoaibtol with touken kgs cent' anaounoement that certain read the labor of bis owii hands. He gath ered, a large group into a formal or- ganizatiem at Sba^ Grove and later Presbyterian ehurcbes. Everywhere he waa a suocesaftd evmngdist and gathered many converts into the eburoh without flashmg or senaationr aJ manoeuvers* As he waa wsU-trsibed in mathe- matks and seknee, he was caBed to teach in that first-rate college, the Laurensvffle Female academy, a^ at a nnwh b^ tkna aarvad in tha eri- hi 1929 the granite chuveh, buBi $i 1901, during pastorate of Dr. Ja cobs, was destrogM $7 fiiw. In 1980|and teacher, Mr. Bile Ridge Cornell To RfUy For ' Annual Affair. Abit Nix of Athens, Ga., To Speak. r Tha sixteenth annual meeting of the Blue Ridge CkFuncH, Buy ffeouts of America, wRl be held at demeon eol- kge today and wiH attract mors than 400 parsons from tbs eight counties it anabcaces in tha Piedmont section, in- rinding Lauraoa county. C3v4c dribs through^ the council have been extended an farrital^ to attend the coiriepance whkh promises to fca one of the ootstanfUng scouting events held daring IMO. The .eominittoe on attendance from the CUtttoa <^Btrirt is riwipoeed of R. 'C. Adair of this dty, and Bruce Galloway of Goidville. The- rtceeuttve board of the council will meet at 4 p. m. when a bnainess ^ esasion wffl ba hrid. Tba meeahars wBl great ril aeonton whan they anriva for the regular eonfaranoa to hagio *t the preaent building waa completed to take its placa. Sunday waa the >(»g-loohad-f<«ward-to dedication day, the remaining financial debt on the proper^ having raomtly bean paid in foH. Skotch by Dr. Janes The following interesting historical sketch on “The Founding of the Churrii’’ was given by Dr. Dudley Jones, a former pastor: Mr. littk hpd many personal friends in Clinton who wiU regret to learn of hk untimely death. He was known by a number of local business man with whom he came in eontart. in bis week both with the state tisx comoiksion and office of orileetor of interna) iwvenoe. Ha was a grandson of the late Dr. Job J. Booiw of this dty, a nephew of Geo. fW. Bailey, and a cousin <d W. W. Han^. A OSMANiiolipBAK HERE SUNDAY 6 p, Ws eooferanoe wllPbe opened by a wsMife from the ffftaid^ of the cflunril, Dr. Roawell*' C. Long uf Oroaavteod, who will piesida at 1m altamoon and avaniag esmiona. AMt Mx, Athano, Oa., 'attemay, era ha Iba prtodpil gpiahar at tha oanqnat ax a vcwcx aonigns. - Varteua dlatrtate will adbaalt thakr t John E. Otman, atudent at Unkm T^mlogical Seminary, Richmond Vir- gMa, wiK oocupy the ptdpit of the ThornweR ^tmorial church Supday. Tha moniii^ •worahip hour wBl te 11 .o^dorii and the afternoon service 'wiH be at 8:80. Mr. Osman, a graduste cf Prsribyte- rhrt eoikge, was oonoected wiUi the matitution aa field! rsprsaentative for fsara, sod haa many firianda who win ba interarted to iaairi ha k to apeak Sunday. ' wiH fcatofa natWtka. 78 sf Ooldville, wiM ha tha soiw ■mhsris is being fiTon Sfr of the wtvan it the .A thk nflSahr whkh'wttl ha WHO WORKS WHERE? GEORGE A. eCMPELAND 4 SON G. JL Bnrtan J. J. Csmwall A. A Beniag%’Jr. thia ffarm amplayt fVty-tlues pravianily re- ...A98 it Rfqra To Trade ffiCtOfTON W. P. Jaedba in 1880. iBeaMes hk activities sa a mipistar Hdmes erected, noMh n ig other buildings, two Itegs, the octagonal house on the terin Negro giris. Two other Ne gro chfldien in the car were not in jured. An inquest haa been set in the case at Ungstraa for Friday at 7:30 pju. Mrs. Motes k snrrivad by two danghtars, Mia. Jake Baser of Mount- vBla, and Mra. H. L. Wflaon of Kinca- tres, whaus rite had been viaHing aral weska; four aona. Fki^ into tha aagmenta had been token atato highway ayetom, it by Rapeeaeotative R. C. ^ ha had endaraed the taking over of the proposed road from the Marna highway to a point on the Priaeaten road SMar tha vWlagv of Tha prepoanl, ha eaid, k to a new road and hri^a over Beady river, tha tfaae of aadh work being a of tba summatk>n of tha saave, one or The First Preebytarian church o( Ctinton, South Carolina, was founded by the Rev. Zelotes Lee Holmes in the year 1855 before Clinton had giwnu into a village, for this ssctkm of the plateaa beriveen Duncan’s crack and Little river was up to that time rath er thiidy settled. This oongregatkm ‘was one of a number inaugurated by this truly great and worthy o«rvant of the Lord. Lf a name is prophetic and if his character were the fuJfilhnaot of a prayer at birth his name waa wril chosen, for he was indeed a sealout Christieoi leader and a varioualy tal ented man whose activitks mn^ in many directions. In all of thsaa eon- eerns and accomplishments his seal as well as faithfulness, waeo vary marked. Besides his labors as a ndn- kter of tha gospel, he waa a flrst- zate teacher, an arriiitoct and carpen ter, a builder of bousce and a farmer. Zelotes Lee Hofanea wua bora in Chautauqua county. New Todi, Jax- nary 8, 1818, and pasted from earlb to heaven in Laurens county, South Oarrikta. His father died whan tbh boy was thrsa years old and he was berefl of his mother when ha was Xt the age of twelve. The family care aid reaponsibility devolved upon the oldest brother in the fhndiy. As theea seemed to appear some differsooe be tween. thk older brother and Mmsrif about the lattor*t tatsotion to aaeno an education in order to kntai^ Ihp right band side cf the street aa one enters Lauzens from Clinton, and an other home near Lisbon Presbyterka riuuxb. This octagonal buiMtag k striking not only for its form and shape but for Hs use of concrete and for other reasons. It has been visited on many occasions since it was erect ed out of concrete, the first used for ai dwelling house. Mr. Holmes married Miss Kate N. Nkkles in 1844. Shelves the daugh ter of Dr. John Nickles, a notable physician of Laurens county. These two reared a family of eight children and gave each an excellent education, it is difficult to sec how, during the Reconstruction period 'here in the South and the days that followed, he was able to send one son to the Uni versity of Edinburgh and another to Cornell. All of the sons and daui^- tors of this famaly, and many others in the suoceecHng generations, display gifts and services that are cred itable and ’humanly helpful. Rev. J. N. Holmes, one son, was a great man and minister. Mum Roee Lee Holmes, the youngest daughter, gave her life to earing for those unfortunate daughters of whom Jesus said in hk gracious compassion, “Go, and sin not." 'Dr. Joseph R. Hdmes, another son, after graduating at Cornell, be came professor at the University of North Carolina and was in chazge of the Urated States bureau of mines when he died, and in his connection with that department of the federal government had created the great too Motea, Haw Bsra, N. C, lieoi Imm H, Motes, Jr., of the United States wvy at Sao Dkge, Ori.; a skbv, Mrs. J. H. Teague, of |beeaaae of its rriathe unhnportanee Lasxeas, and a brother, B. B. PqBor, of 'thui dty. The solons expressed renewed ap proval of the eoart houee 100-Year-(Rd Hmne j$6,000 has been i^rcHiwiated tawwd In County Laurens, Jan. 16.—The Amlnroae H. Martin two-story dwelttng oa the Princeton road, four mMes weot of this city, .burned Saturday evening, thus razing one of .tbs kadmaiks of the Trinsty Ridge aectkei. The residence was said to have been 100 yeans aid, end had besa the i home of the late Ifr. Maitin and fam ily for a long period of years. In reesni yean the Albert Diwwn family had lived there and had only moved away last week. Osrl F. Jhef- fUt of MoantVilk, was preparing to occupy the bouse and had placed soom of hk briongings there the .day be fore the fire occurred. It was under stood that the dwcUhag was partly humred. Ctmunorcial Bank To Pay. additteaa) funds would ba amde available, if tba program called for more extenmve improveaMBt in order to tranafens the temple of justice into a modern court room and office arrangememt J. O. Stribling, superintendeat ef toe county hoanand farm, who caSed in to give a lepoit ef last year's ae- tivkiss, was highly commended fsr bk extent sheering errto operathme and hnprovament of premiseo geasraBy. TBs .d^ said ha had opetated on the nual appreprintidn, inching U $50, whito he eakt would be res Heed soon. Gonskknbk quantstke of een and .wheat from last year’s crop had been transferred to county chaingamg casapuB, which more than balanced hk budget, if counted in dollars and cents, it eras agreed. Announcement k OMMk in today’s paper by B. D. Henry, conaeivator of The Commercial Bank, now la H- quidatiem, that a dividend ef 4 per cent erill he paid its depositors begin ning January Tax Collectkms Ahead Of 1939 County TrcteMDwr Expects crease Over Last Year. Already SWwn. Thk dividend now brings | << for miMT.. «• « P« ««« •!»» «>• are some of the distinctions of a fam- * * - ily reared and given opportunity in ; difficult times by thk devoted ser-' vant of God and his wife. The church at Clinton continued m toe infonnal but careful, aealous care of Mr. Hoknes for nine Tears-after the >Bbordh was founded. In 1864, a yoong man came to CBnton whose gospL'l minUtzy, young Belmea 4^ tecmlned to attain hk end apua lle.i ^ . own fiiiandal reeponsIhlMtiy. He wds *15****^^?**^* known to able to finish hk achooltng loir Art ^ purpose mainly by eeM-lMlp and rt Dr. Fardhmad Jacobs, who small schriarsh^ whkh he ly rcintid vokmterily. AXtuv- praparetSon to Che aebori to his co'•muntty be want to MeadriBe, Penn.-ytvania, frr hit eoOega tkm. ' J he davriopsd Bl-Jx'; . Jrt was dstaaBdaed to the rr ir mial dtmnte «d At Bootlk ri'i-ti wHh some frteidte to 1BI> hot aob 't'hr a whBs, wInN ht baBl M small boat to whidi ha totaadsd to Dot down the Ohio aad Mteaiariiii rlvmrs. Uka John LavwiOa, wha wail down to tbs Londoa darin eaa day fti the yaar 1700 aad adthort tlon sat safl, yeaac Hahaai a hrat saady ta whaid to ga aoutowrard. Ra irtd at that time dircettog the Woman's cflikga at InurmM. Thk young man became the pastor here in 1864 and contfaosd so for neariy fifty yaan. Rk great week 4n thk community. Mr. and Mm. Jack Red of Laurons, were guerts Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Anderson. whkh it largriy a zadisetion of hk dmracter and rtHl bears the impress of hk peraonaltWt kk opening of (Coirtinued on paga tme) pR. TAYLOR TO 8PRAK Rev. Karr Taylor, DJ)., of Noali- viUa^ Tanh., wiB eccopy tha pulpit of torn Tint Frsabyteriax rintoeh neat bdik mortriag aad awsitog, of 8ha ahnreh kaa aa- Jhr. Tiylar k a mamhar af DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A UFE- So Fbr nil Yav There Hm o PATALmET AimmOBILB ACemENTS '1R LAURENS COUNTY Lel% Strive Ts Make l»a a Safi Tear Oa the Highvaya. Laurens, Jan. 15. — Ikjtnent ef county taxes through the end of De cember, aad before the apidkation of toe one per cent penalty for Jxnaaiy. was 4.5 per cent ahead of last year at the same date, it was stated doriag toe week by County Treasurer D. R. Simpaon. Actual ^coUertkms in doham and ceota was a little over $7,000 behind those of last yaw at toe same date, the treasuiw said, citing as the son toe removal by the last tare of She three mil] property aad otoer aperial kvies.. HoWrar, he pointed out, whaiMM at the end ef IMP enly 68 pw oemt cf had been paid, at the eame time 78.5 per cent of the taxes TIm were $879,465 by January 1, aa compared adto 1872,363 by' Janaazy- 1, INt. I <toa par seat penalty went into cf- !fsrt aa Jaaaacx 5, the freasiuar aaML cent penally go into effect on fVbraary 1. _wrt a kalian ef Mid. !anaf AAA k af to toa