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* ' - ‘ ■■ / , ■ '. : ■. ■■ ' ■ Olbrnmrlp If Yoa DonH Read THE CHRONICLE Yoft DobH Get the News CLINTON, & C., THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1940 NUMBER 21 CLINTON AREA ASKED FOR $800 ~^-r I \ ^4 k’ ■^.5. ■' IT m R<kl Cross Issues Call Fw $1600 PitHn Laurens County For^Re- lief of Foliation In War Areas of Europe. J. B. Town send Chainnan of Local Drire. The Clinton-GoldviUe area and vi cinity has been called on for a contri bution of ISOO.OOO toward a minimum of 110,000,000 national relief fund for relief purposes in the war-strick EkheHbergwr To Head Lions Chib A new slate of officers was nomi nated and elected by acclamatkm at Uie last meeting of the Lions chib, heeded by Hugh L. Ei^lberger as president, vdio will lead the club in its activities for the ensuing year, beginning with the first meeting in June, Other officers elected are: Heath Copeland, first vice-presi dent. Claude R. Trammell, second vice- I»esideat. en areas of Europe, it was stated yes- • Eugene Johnson, third vice- presi- terday by J. B. Townsend, chairman' dent. of the Clinton chapter of the Ameri can Red Cross. No personal canvass .will be made at present, said Mr. Townsend, but contributions may be made to him, W. H. Simpson, treasurer of the lo cal chapter, or to any of the drug •tores, which are assisting in receiv ing collections. A generous response on the part of the public is requested, and contributions will be forwarded immediately,' Mr. Townsend stated. Charles F. Fleming, county diair- man, has been advised that Laurens county has been requested to give $1,600 to the relief fund by Norman H. Davis, national Red CroM chair man.- In a telegram to Mr. Ilfmingt explaining the reasons for the call md stating that contributions would be accepted at once, Mr. Davis said: “With the invasion of Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg the war has Altered a phase which will in evitably and at once bring wide spread and appalling suffering to millions of helples men, w(xnen and children. In order to inaugurate widespread relief measures the American Red Cross is at once launching a cwipaign for a minimum war relief fund of $10,000,000. Your chapter quota is $1,600. Please at once mobilize the entire leadership of your chapter and community in order that your quota may be raised and exceeded without delay.” Fanners To Make Tour H«re Friday ^ I, A see and learn farm tour in this area has be«a arranged for Ftiday >un^ agent Tom Plaxico, secretary. . R. G. Watson treasurer. Carlisle Nefely, tail twister. Willard L. Jrnies Lion tamer. J. J. Cornwall, director, for term expiring diis year. ■ i Gentry Named District Head Hich School Priodpal Elected Prcsideiit of DMrict Two, Conprising Four Coantics. ‘ John B. Gentry, Jr., principal of Clinton high school, was named pres ident of District $, South Carolina High School league, at a meeting of ttie member-schools "in Clinton last week. District 2 ccanprises all high schools in Laurens, Newberry, Un ion, and Cherokee counties. Siipei*- intendent R. C. Lake, of the Whit mire schools, is the retiring presi dent Other officers elected at the meet ing were J. K. Derrick, principal of Laurens high school, vice-president, and D. G. Evatt, superintendent of the Jonesville schools, secretary- treasurer. Two other members of the executive committee were ap pointed, Mr. Lake, and R. M. Monts, Jr., superintendent of Prosperity schools. The five men named con stitute an executive committee which plans all interscholastic activity in the four counties, including football, basketball, track, baseball, tennis, puMie^ speaking, expressitm, debate, and the ten contests in school sub jects. Spartanburg county was for merly °in District 2, but is now a Cannon, coun small grains, beef cattle, pasture and soil conservation work will be ob served. « The tour will begin at the Thomwell orphanage dairy bam, Clinton, at 2 o’clock with a demon stration given by J. R. Hawkins, ex tension animal husbandman special ist, Clemson, using bUrdizzo castra tion instrumoit. Following this Sloan Aimounces For The House James P. Sloan, member of the Clinton high school faculty, today ^ announces his candidacy for the demonstration visits will be made to house o# representatives frwn Laur- Exercises Tomorrow Night Class Night Prognun Initiates Chmiag Prbgnun of High Betty Hunter Heads ’40*41 Sentinel Staff Publishing Group For High S^ool Paper Named. Jane Utiiofe the farms of Mrs. Hayne B. Work man and Ryan Lawson in observing small grain; S. G. Dillard, beef cattle and pasture; C. W. Stone, small grain; the county home, pastiure, soil ens county in die August primary He is the first candidate to formally aimounce for the house. Mr. Sloan, a son of Mrs. E. B. Sloan and the late Mr. Sloan, a for- conservation work and first and sec- mayor of Clinton, is a graduate ond year kudzu. H. A. Woodte. Clinton high school, and received agronomist of Clemson, and L. B. A.B. degree from Erskine college Massey, district agent, will be.pres-^^*' ent on the tour. Mr. Cannon further! year, i^^ivihg ah EOT. stated that the tour would not be taken up with speech making and hopes farmers throughout the county will join the party. Poppy Day To Be Hc4d Here Saturday ‘*Poppy Day” will be observed in Clinton, as throughout the nation, pn Saturday, May 25. On this day all Americans will be asked to wear memorial poppies in tribute to the World war dead and to aid the livii^i victims of the war. The little red memorial flowers will be distributed here by members of the local Amrican Legion Aux iliary aided by a number of high 6chD(d girls. All contributions re ceived will go to the) Auxiliary wel fare work. ' Jury Hidds Woman For KEing Man In a homicide Thursday morning on the G. F. Boibrd hurm, seveni miles from Chatou, a cbmnee's ^tfy held Sarah Howard in eoanietton with the death of L. Z. Oary. 19 an other farm hand ou tba plaoe. The killing occunred In a cotton field shortly after funrlac. and, ae- corditof to tesUmoKy at the Mquast ^ County Coroner Jdha A. Thomson, Gary wat ehot in tte baek^ by the wooaan at lie waa la the aat of turning Uf plow nuda at tha of a potion row. » A warrant was ianied agakist svomaif and die w^ placed county jaiL aatkMi Ceremonies Monday. Commmcement exercises of Clin ton high school will get underway to morrow night at Florida Street school when the senior class presents a program including a playlet, class history, statistics, poem, and proph ecy. The baccalaureate sermon will be preached Sunday evening in the First Presbyterian church by Rev. LaGrande Mayer, pastor of St. John’s Lutheran church of this city Music will be furnished by the Presbyte- Leading the staff of The Sentinel, Clinton high school newspaper, for the 1940-41 term will be Betty Hunt er, who was nameed editor of the publication during the week. Head ing the financial operations of the paper will be Jane Little, who was WPA DIVISION INVITES PUBUC Professional and Service Pro jects HtfldlnK ^Opn House’" This Week. Su^r Held Here Monday Night. Activities of the professional and service division of the Works Prog ress administration in Laurens coun ty are being portrayed this week. Beginning Monday and continuing through Saturday, the period has been designated is “This Work Pays Our Community Week.” Members of the county committee stated yes terday that response to the move ment is general over the county, and I that,.the public is invited to fontintie visits to the projects during the hours from 10 to 12 in the morning and from two to five in the afternoon. Similar programs are being held in counties throughout the nation, it was stated. The week got underway here Mon day night when a group of 50 work ers of the sewing room and friends, under the supervision of Mrs. R. Lee Hunter, gathered for a supper in the room of the project. Mayor P. S. Bailev was the speaker and explain ed the purpose of the work - and iwhat it means to the community. The supper was prepared and served by the State Training school. A gnatp-Jut-NYA-Jiamc girja. under the, direction of Mrs. lone Wallace, su^ pervisor of the local center, ren dered several mu.sical selections and recitations. The group lisitened to the radio address of President Roosevelt. Mayor Bailey had^ previously is sued a proclamation designating the week as “This Work Pays Our Com munity Week,” and called upon the public to support, the effect and en ter into the spirit of the movement. Members of the county commit tee directing the week’s program are Sen. C. A. Cromer, H. Douglas Gray, Mrs, T. Lane Monroe, Mrs. H. L. Kennedy, Mrs. James H. Sullivan, 'Miss Jennie Coleman, Mrs. Lois Fra- |dy, Mrs. Lee Hunter, Mrs. Mabel ! Little,. J. Leroy Bums and Dr. B. O. Whitten. Open for inspection here were li- Georgia Minister and Coker Col- lege President To Dt^ver^ Ad-1 ^hools, the sewing room and nrerea- 4- - dr—oMi- 4Pi»e H—ofury De-' tion pro|«cts. Open for inspection in Laurens are the sewing room, housekeeping aid and adult education projects, , „ . „ „ I the library, recreational projects, in- of Coker college, Hartsville, will de-1 studio, tennis courts. College Finals , Begin On June 2i; grees To B!e Conferred. Dr. C. Sylvester Green, president liver the principal address at Pres- j playgrounds and Laurens Mills cen- selected as business manager. The staff will assume its duties byterian college’s sixtieth commence ment exercises on Monday morning, June 3, it has been announced. ’Hie baccalaureate sermon will be preached in the First Pre^yterian with toe openir^ of the new school ^ Sunday morning June 2, j WACk ^ AMn Wo ... & «■ . .... _ v v —— * ^1 * ter; historical records in toe vault of the clerk of court’s office; health center at the public health depart ment; libraries at toe Laurens city school, Ford high school, Garlington street school and Watts Mills corn- year in September Other staff members are; Marcia Galloway, associate editor; Jack Barnes, sports editor; Marjorie Mill- degree in 1938, his study being in the field of history and government. He taui^t government and economics for one year at Georgia Military acad emy, College Park, Ga., and for past year tjught history and gov ernment in Clinton hl^ school. Mr. Sloan is active in churdi and civic affairs of the city, being af filiated with the Associate Reformed Presbyterian diurch and superinten dent of its Sunday sttoool. He is a monber of the Clinton Klwanis club, and secretary of the Clinton Demo cratic club. Negro Child Bums To Deadi Tuesday A three-year-old Negro boy was burned to death here Tuesday after noon when a house in the Bell Street section was destroyed by fire. The child, the son oi Lewis Burnside, was vtsitlng at the beuse when a gasoline iron exploded ^veloping the house in flames. Other oocapants of the house escaped. The da^eBing wgs occupied by James Dnolapfs* fatnily, and was owned by D- E. Treble and C. VT. Steue, ’die child was a grandson of Jim Bumidde, wen knoam garage woik- er of the cfly. rian dioir. Graduating exercises will be heldjer, feature editor; James Von Holl- Monday evening in Florida' Street jen, assistant feature editor; Mary acbool auditorium. There will be not Bailey Owens, society editor; 11a address to the graduates as has been!Curry, news editor; Bobbie Jean by the Rev. Albert Gi^y Harris, Also open for inspection are eleven pastor of the First Presb)rterian. schixil lunch, canning church, of Macon, Ga. Ujjjj gardening projects as follows: Monday morning will see the pre-1 Barksdale-Namie, Central, Cross sentation of commissions as ^ond Hickory Tavern, Mt. Gallagher, the custom in previous years. Short addresses will be made by Cecil White, valedictorian; Miss Grace Maj:tin, salutatorian. and Miss Ruth Boukniidit. presktent of the cla^. Superintendent W. E. Monts de liver diplcxnas to the gradates. Med als and other awasds will be pre- iented to a number of students at this program. The time of all three programs will be 8 o’clock. The senior class is composed of 73 members, 39 bcqrs and 34 girls, the list having been publi^ed in The Chronicle last week. Bottling Plant Begins Bumess Clinton’s newest business concern is toe Dixie Beverage Co., Inc., which began operations during the past few days on Enterprise street. ’The con cern occupies a new building con structed for the firm by J. J. Com- ‘Wall. Tom Addison is manager of the Imstneas, having recently moved here from Rock Hfil The firm will bottle soft drinks. WiNrkeni V^untoer wq^kkn at flie Cliaton ist*the<Cottim Twuiknunltjf have baton in tha constructkH dfsmns feouae of tdh4> tor t|u fOl^lWiatiMi of Cl Baptist di< lor flie bi was tarokan wedc when ATBNDING CXHfTSNIlON |lor flie buQdlng last Dr, M. O. Whitten, suparlntandantt members of tlaa ahtnreh assembico at of the State TValaint sduxrf, is) the site under ImderdUp of the pas tor, Bav. Bal^ D. Huglm. t Subacrhitiona Ura bting receivadi spaodhig^^ week in Atlantic City, N. J,, attending the annual convmi- tkm at tile American Asaodatkm for the study of'Mmta! Deficiency. ■bln m ABBtVlLLE Prttf. Benuw*JiRqprd Of the col- Wright, Carr, exchange editpr; David Bol and; assistant business manager; Mayer Johnson, circulation manager., Atlanta Friends Visit Thomwell A group of 45 members of the Pryor Street Presbyterian church of Atlanta, were week-end guests on the 'Thomwell orphanage campus. The group was accompanied by their pastor, Rev. C. E. Piephoff, a gradu ate of toe Thomwell schools and Olive^. _Long Lanford and Mountville. Library projects, in addition to those at Clinton and Laurens, include Gray. Court-Owings,- Jones’- Store, ^ Hickory Tavern and Cross Hill. lieutenants to the seniors of the Re-! pj^nlar Snrincs Mt serve Officers’ Training ^corpsrof-the college, and the awarding of the saber given annually to the captain of toe best-drilled compariy. Following this the commencement exercises for the college’s sixty- eight candidates for bachelor’s de grees will be held, and toe honor ary degree of doctor of literature will be conferred upon ICev. R. C. Long, pastor of the Greenwood Pres byterian church; the doctor of di vinity degree upon the Rev. Louis Cossitte LaMotte, president of Pres byterian Juqior college, Maxton, N E. F. Anderson For Commissioner E. Frank Anderson, of the Mus- grove community, this week announ ces his candidacy for county com- C., and upon Mr'. Harris, of Macon, . , The degree of doctor of laws will!'T**®*®"*’’ of Laurens county. Mr. be conferred upon Joseph Emory | making Presbyterian college, who- occupied Sirrine, industrial engineer of | the pulpit of Thomwell Memorial ville, and upon Jefferson Choice Ev- P ^ if e ected church Sunday morning. j ins, president of D. E. Converse , Also here Sunday were Rev. and and company, of Spartanburg Mrs. L. A. Davis. Mr. Davis being a former pastor of the Atlanta church, now connected with Flora Macdonald college. Red Springs, N. C. He led | the afternoon service at toe Thom-j Word was rceived here well church. Itemoon of the death terests as if they were his own. Mr. Anderson made the race for the same office four years ago and only lacked election by about 100 by Mr. Hui^ms In purdisss mstarUU fbr the construction of the new buUdlng. ‘ Deacons of the churdi are: D. V. chairman of the board; lege faculty,, ddivered the baccalau- L. A. HaU, ticaeurer; JS. O. McCul- reate sermon to the grqdtiettnrclast kmg!^ •eceetaiy; Pruitt Oakley, of the AbbenfUk high $diool on Sun- Clarence Odtiey, R L. Power, Crooks day eventng. .DunatNy.And Ralph Riddle. WHO WORKS WHERE? BLAKELY BROTHERS SEED Slt)RE Raldl R. Blakely J. AIMw Blakely R. UbIiu BMkely ReksH Teuuf (Oelesed) * This ftnn snipleys 4 SsTcnty-ene piewlausly re- parted firms easpleyed .... 5ti Trtal. .196 It Pays To Trade IN CUNTON ■jp:' At a board of directors meeting Tuesday evening at Hotel Clinton, the Ch^ber of Commnee set aside Tuaaday, May 28, to begin a m«nber- ditp drive to increase the^roll to 100. Thr pnpscnt enrollment is 78. Offlcm of the cluD seek the co- opisptifln of bustaeas houses and citi-1 zens in the drive In an effort to «ri-j llargt the cldb and benefit the city] I by its undertakings. A member ofj the memberdilp committee will call on various citizens throughout the town scfficitinc theil afflliation with i the club. FORMER RESIDENT tlUoPAINlJTy^^^gg jf, town of Clintqn, where c . - I he i.s best known, he polled 500 votes sunaay ai-j highe.st candi- Ikji, date, and carried his own b«ix where ! Brannon of Statesboro. Qa- Mr ^ * js J jj ^ ^ Mr. Anderson live.s on a farm six *«l„idature,dirt.udd^atno<m|„|,„ ^ ,ngag«l Sunday from a heart attack. He is::- .....ir - c. Kirvivil by hi. wHa tb. «om.er Mte ^“w, Mtoni* UtU», o« thi. city. ! rnmnwriffl GrOUp Seeks Membm Senior Bpys To Be Guests Klwanis Chib " ■ —• The regular meeting of the Ki- wanis clvto will be held this evening at 7:30 at Hotel Clinton. The ehib will have as Hs guests the senior boys at CUpton high sdiool and Thora- weQ. Dr. J. C. Kinard, president of Newberry college, will be the guest speaker. ' DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A UFE- Su Far Thia Taar Tbcrt Hw 9 FATALITY AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS tai LAURENS COUNTY Let*! Strhra To Make 1940 a Safe Tear On the HifhwaTa. ThIa dale Iasi year, 11., years he was in toe textile business and was overseer of carding {at the Clinton and Lydia Mills for ! around 20 years. His wife is the {former Miss Mary J. AbeiHrrombie. daughter of the late Jk H. Abercrom bie, and they have four children, all of whom •live in or around Clin ton except one. ^ Mr. Anderson said he stands for good roads gll over the county and ix in favor of maJurig the county home self supporting as he advocat ed four years ago. i ADDITIONAL FIRMS TO TAKE HALF HOLIDAY The following automobile dealers jand garages, in addition to other I business houses of toe city that have been taking a half holiday since ■ May 1, have agreed to close their doors at 12 o’clock, every Wednes- d8]f from now until toe 1st of Sep tember. W. C. Baldwin Motor Co., Mc- Millan-Cooper Motor Co., Chandler A Cooper Gargge, Sowers Gkrage, C. W. Cooper's Garage, Clinton Body Shop, Bill Henry'.s.