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1 . ' ■ i; r' ’^■''s ■rT^^jfn^-'-'''' V j ■■■ ■ yy / ; ,^''-T,'- 'S’ T 7 TBE CHRONICLE Strtres T» Be a CImb Newepeiwr, Complete^ Neenqr, ani ReHaMe. Wxs ffllintan ffibrnttirlp If Tea Doa't Read THE CHRONICLE ^Yo« DoB*t Get tlM News VOLUME 3fL CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JUliE 6, 1940 NUMBER 23 I* if I* I !' ■. .4 $200,000 School Constniction Pn^m Planned Clinton's Population ligure Announced As 5,680 PERIOD’S GAIN SHOWS ONLY 37 1930 Figure of 5,643 Thought To Been Too High In Lui^t of Discoverice Daring Surrey. Figure Rechecked By WingD*s Office. A 1040 population of 5^30 for Clinton was announced in a pre liminary population census state ment furnished The Chronick yes terday by Walter S. Wingo, district census supervisor. This represents an increase of over the 1030 censOs flguie which was 5,643, according to tiie report, k subject to correcti<m. Four of the city’s six wards show ed increases over the 1930 figures. The other two words, including the Clinton Cotton Mills vUlage, showed decreases, one of .them being al- i most 300 less than that given in the 1030 figiire, and the other being 99 less. i The Thom well orphanage, which appeared as a separate census area, showed a decrease of 28 in the ten- year pei5od. The 1940 figures for each ward compared with the 1930 figures fol- ZITOmDUATE ATTHORNWELL Bacchlaureate Sermon Sunday. - - - Hv R*v h T Tavlnr Ad-1®* colleges this year. They isy nev. a. i. layiur, au i were: John Rawls, Samuel Anderson, dress To Graduates Tuesday ! Harold Gilliam and James Terrell, at By Henry M. Fliedner. For- . mer Pupils To Return. THORNWELL PUPILS GRADUATE FROM THREE COLLEGES THIS YEAR Seven graduates of the Tbormvell orphanage schools completed courses ICOLLEGE ENDS 59TH SESSION PETITIONS ARE m CIRCUUTION CaU For Bond Issue of 3100,000. With WPA Grant To Make I p Balance of Cost. New High School Planned On South - Broad Street, New Academy Street Plant and Other Im provements Proposed. Presbyterian college; Martha Mae Monroe and Annette Koger, at Mon- j treat Junior college. Montreat, N. C., t and J. Edward Graham, at Columbia; Theological seminary, Decatur, Ga.; Mr. Graham has accepted the pastor ate of the Presbyterian church at Troy, Ala. Commencement exercfses of Thom- well orphanage will begin Sunday morning at 11:15 o’clock when the baccalaureate sermon wil be preach ed in the Thomwell Memorial church by Rev. Arthur j:..Taylor, pastor of the Presbyterian chur^ of Marston, N. C. Graduating exercises will take} plaee Tuesday, evening at 8 o’clock, when the address to the graduates will be made by Jurors Drawn For Gmieral Ses attorney of Washington, D. C. Di- • Sixty-Seven Seniors Receive Di-| plomas and Hear Address By{ Dr. Green Monday. Awards for Year Announced. Sermon The Clinton public school system D.. fx- undergo a $200,000 expansion By Dr. Harris Sunday. prog,,™ if pr.«nt __ ^ ,1 plans of the board of trustees ma- With the delivery of diplomas and i jure, it was announced this week. conferring of degrees on sixty-seven seniors, and an address to the gradu- Petitions are being circulated in Hunter school district No. 5, which eouNn COURT OPENS MONDAY lows: +Gain 1940 1930 —Loss 382 + 61 720 + 186 Ward One 443 Ward Two 906 Ward Three 77; Ward Four 964 , Ward Five 1352 1851 — 99 Waid Six .....987 1270 — 283 Thomwell i........ 357 885 — 28 Si + 121 -f 79 h' 1“ 5080 5643 + 37 Mr. Wingo^ in sta wkb the cimira flu I, 2, S; and 4 itiow normal gatna these gains are partially offwet by the apparent loss in Wards 5 and 6. IV town shows a net gain of only 87 for the decade between 1980 and 1940, and the'only explanation that I can make of this is that there must have been some error in the 1930 figures.” Mr. Wingo stated further: “After discovering that there was an ap parent loss in the population of Wards 5 and 6 as compared with the 1930 figures, and before making a preliminary aimouncement, I care fully checked the wyk of the enu-j merators in these wards. In this; check-up I had full'cooperation of the offlclals''o< the dty and of the Chamber of- Commerce.” The Clinton Cotton Mills, which village comprises the greater part of Wards 5 .and 8 according tp in formation available had 820 employ es on its payrolls in 1930, and 1,045 when the count was made for the 1940 census. Academy street school, which children from grades one to five in the mill village latten^, ac cording to school records, has fiad a considerable increase in enrollment during the period. About 25 new houses. have been built in Ward 6 during the past ten years, yet this ward shows the largest decrease of any in the city. , ■ JHIJL 9. ' Cadei tt^sen ef Mf: and Mrs. George uT TOHk ef tills city, Is amoag iiie 4i# akit.Pe|at gradn- ates whe win reegive .ttejlr dlgle- mas ejD TaMday. luift^l. Ellk is a gimdoate ef tlw Clteten high teheel and attended PreiUyytcriaii eoBege before enteripc tiw famous millknr sehoel. emr ELECTION NEH TUESDAY plomas will be predhsted ,and medals and other awards made. In addition to the above exercises the season's program includes a ser vice Simday afternoon at 2 o’clock when the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper will be administered. Rev. Sam HLighes, pastor of the Presby terian church of Inman, a graduate of the Thomwell Khools, vdll offl-.^^od presiding. The records at the ate. A meetmg of the alumni associ-' ates by Dr. Sylvester Green, presi- includes the city schooU, calling for . . , _ .1 issuance of bonds by the district in dent of Coker college. Hartsville, amount, of $100.000 to be us^. Presbjrterian college’s fifti^lnfh commencement pre^p'am came to a close Monday morning. The exercis es were presided over by Albert C. Todd, of Greenwood, chairman of the board of trustees. Dr. Green told the graduates and for the contemplated enlargement program. A grant from the Works Progress administration will suiH>ly the difference between the amount called for in the bond issue and the cost of the improvenr»ent program, it was stated yesterday by C. N. Mauney, acting chairman of the sions Terra Next Week. Three Murder Cases On the Docket. - J* * large assembly present for the finals, i inmees. Featherstone to Preside. ^ . . . .1 Heading the expansion program. __ I that “we must safeguard America, Mauney stated, is a proposed Laurens, June 3.—The June term and its ideals with an intelligent new high school plant, to be situated of general sessions court is scheduled!patriotism.” at the far end of South Broad street, to open next Monday morning with He said the rise of the toUliUrian J" opposite s^e of the street Judee C C Featherstone of Green- Europe, a distrust of spiri-^ comprises Judge C. C. Featherstone of Green column” . *5 acres and has been contracted ation of the instituUon is scheduled | ^ow that three mu^ for 3:30 o’clock. Mrs. Ada Taylor are due to be p^nt^ S. Bitiuy, Gunpletiaff Workman, of Marion, N. C., will pre side. Monday at 12:30, the alumni ban quet will be held. Dr. L. Ross Lyim, president of the orphanage, will wel come the returping former pupils, and Ein address will be made by Jo seph Graham Miller, attorney of New Ycnk. Monday evening at 8 o’clock the senior play will be givm. Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock the annual meeting of the board of trus to the grand jury, of which Achie aYING COURSE FOR LOCAL MEN Tliree Months* Instruction Available To Stipdents and Graduates . Any College, Begianlng June 15. Louis Speth, flight instructor for the Presbyterian crflege training pro- greUl, announced thk week that by autluirbEatkmvof the U. S. fovem- ment, a summer primary phase ci vilian pilots’ training program course WOUJ4 begin at Bafksdak field, Laur ens, xm Jpne ^ siyi contkue throMih September 15, with a Cmtativc quota set at thirty students. for this training, whidi is a part of the “preparedness” pro gram, are mik college ihideuts and coDege gradhjaietx between the ages of 18 and 36. Ground instruction will be by the ground echoed insthictors of Pres- byteiian colleik. with fUght instruc tion by Mr. Speth, who is with the Piedmont Aero service, and a new inkruetor, Hien Furtick, oi Orange- buprg. Mr. Speth announced that two new trainkg planes had been ordered and wentJeheduled for delivery June 10. He statai; that the quota of thirty was tentative, and if the applicants exceeded that number, the number of planes and instructors would be hicreased andr’tte quota raisdd to (CcQiiltock «u page aix). - -■ m *ffiEnnamnnn^Asmnn Aldcnnnnic Ponto. Two Pofl- inf Piuecs Provided. The biennial Clinton city Demo cratic primary will be held next Tuesday, June Ij, when 19 candi dates present themselves for nomina- ti<m as mayor and aldermen. A sec ond primary. If necessary, will be held the following Tuesday, the 18th. A mayor and six aldermen are to be nominated. Entry fists and regis- U’atkm books closed Saturday at mid night. Two candidates are seeking the mayor’s office, the incumbent, P. S. Bailey, who is completing his third two-year term, and B. R. Fuller, for mer magsitrate and postmaster. In .ward one^ three, candidates are in the field: J JJ. “Red” Owens, Pos ey Watts Copeland, and Hugh C. Ray. Copeland made the race for the same office two years ago. Owens and Ray are newcomers in the city political arena. They arc seeking the post made vacant by the death of Dr. T. J, Peake a few weeks ago, shortly after announcing his candidacy for reeketion. In ward two. Pet B. Adair, incum bent, is opposed by Weldon T. Jack- son. J. F. Jacobs, incumbent, in ward three, and F. M. Boland, incumbent, in ward four, are unopposed. In ward Yive, six men are seeking the aldermanic post: Theodore Queen, Robert L. Blease, J. H. Cranford, J. Vernon Guest, Clarence F. ’Oakley, and E. D. McCullough. In ward six, there are four candi dates: J. W. Hedspeth, incumbent, E. B. Davis, Lewis W. King and W. L. (Bill) Evans. . The polk will open at wa.m. and dose at 5 pjn. iSvo polling jilaces will be provided, one at the city hall and one at the Clinton Cotton Mill, at the corner of Pitts and BaikJ streeta. Vofera in warda one, two, three and four will vote at file city hall, arhik tboae in warda five and six will vote at the min box, it has been announced by oCficiak. Managera qf the election have been aMointad i» folkwa; City hall box, J. A. Chandkr, J. La Browning, Aldine Blakalr* and W* 6- Oraaon; mQl box, dai^ Halh^, J. H. Seay, lla. tkSty Heately, Mrs. Lottke Smith. mm, win preside. A feature of the commencement season this year wiU be the “home coming” of a large number of former pupils of Thomwell, and it is from this group that speakers for the oc casion have been choaen. *Mr. Taylor, Mr. Milkr, and Mr. Fliedner received their early educa tion at the institution, graduating from the high school and afterwards attending Presbyterian collegi^ Mr. Taylor, after receiving his degree at the local college, attend^.. Columbia Theological seminaiy, and for a num ber of years has been pastor of the Marston church. Mr. Miller also was- awarded his degree at Presbjrterian and took his law course at Columbia university, New York. Mr. Fliedner, following his studies at Presbjrterian, were grave menaces to the Ameri-K’^*’* Mauney stated. Mrs. Em- can way of life. Young Godfrey owns the land. The speaker decried the exploita-1 Th® building will be i^mmodious, tion of youth by the. apostles of, *”• Mauney said, allowing for ex- C. Owens, of Hickory Tavern is fore- j anarchy and declared that, “My m the future. It will con- man. [Country, may she always be right,® I®*’*® auditorium and a gym- Jurymen for the term have been but my country right or wrong,” *'“*“*"• Athletic fields and a sta- drawn at the clerk of court’s office, (Continued on page six) ^ium also will be .constructed on the and by townships the list follows: ; ^ site, aci^rding to present plans. Laurens: Sam Bagwell, F. B. Rop-j TVWV r< a included in the program. Mr. er, R. R. Garrett, J. P. Alexander, Frank Pope and J. H. Roland. Himter: James Lovelace, W. L. Gamer, Luther James Brock, W. J. Henry, Cecil R. O’Dell and W. L. UMinas Babb, B. E. Cook, John W. Darby, J. M. Babb, L. W. Brooks, H. C. Cur ry, John Butler and K. B. Cooper. Cross Hill: James R. Austin, Rich ard Davis md W. L. Gregory. Waterloo: T. E. Coleman, P. W. Bagwell, Guy M. Culbertron and Ralph W. Knight. DOUBLE QUOTA Mauney _ said, are plans for razing Academy Street school and the con struction of a completely new build- CLINTON AREA ing, using materials from the pres ent structure as far^as possible. This step, Mr. Mauney said, was taken *■ *-r i. on tlw advi^ of architects. The Fran Local CkapUr iHo $1600. Inew building will be otie story, he Connanity Canvass To Get , ,, .. ,T J ^ t . I Providence school (Lydia Mill), it Under way Inniedlately. ^3^ said, would be, included in the program for the addition of one room In view of the appalling destruc- to the present building, to relieve tion and distress caused by the war overcrowded conditions. in Europe, and the dire need of as- The present high school building, Sullivan: i^B. Pitta, D. T. Knight, hundreds of thousands Mr. Mauney stated, will be made a William Clarence Burton and W. Ad-I®^ men, women and children in the j junior high school plant, housing the ger Babb. , (areas that have been overrun, the 1 seventh and eighth grades. The Youngs: Clarence Burnett, T. r.-American Red Cross has doubled'ninth, tenth and eleventh grades Patton and B. M. Harlan. ^® quota previously asked of the will move to the proposed new plant Jacks: J. D. Copeland. LOCAL CADETS Laurens county chapter, which in on South Broad street, turn passed a hi^®r ,figure on to The petition.s. whick. Jaave been the Clinton chapter.. The ^Clinton- in circulation for several days, re- Goldville area is now asked to give quire the signatures of more than $1600 to the fund being raised for re- one-third of the freeholders and ACC TA A A purposes in Europe, it was stat- nisyre than Qne^lhkdJif the_ qualified Ull lU yesterday by J. B. Townsend, electors of the district before an elec- » (chairman of the local chapter. tion to issue bonds can be called, it WM RO.TX. Students] gf the board of truatSSSo ,«t .. Undergo Six-Weeks Train-, immediately. Mr. Townsend Stjfe'm-saditron to Mr.'^JSa-,.‘ •ff- A total of 2,563 nuAOt wert on the enroUmebf bo(du vff»en they 'cloaed Saturdiqr night Tbey ere divided by wank ax follows: Ward One — 155 ward Two 456 Ward Three 437 Ward Four r,.:.. 37$ Ward Five 646 Ward Six 588 —a—m**-**—>*"’"■ ■" LOSES FATHER Friends qf Mrs. J. D. tlwens will qnnpethixe with her in the death of her father, W. Parker Atkins, 81, which occurred at his home near Gseeawpod Monday, i ied law at George^town university. He is a practicing attorney and also connected with the government print ing office. The graduating class this year is composed of 21 members, 15 girls and six boys, as follows: Louise McCown, Atlanta, Ga. Anne Ckileman, Columbus. Ga. Daisy Carroll, Kershaw. Seavy Mae Linton, Society Hill. Jeannette Coxe, Moore. Jeannette Mayers, Florence. < Annie Mae Whitman, Bartow, Fla. Mary Moye, Florence. Elvira Craig, Norcross, Ga. Doyie Woodside, St. Petersburg, Fla. Margaret Baker, Columbia. Thehna Baker, Columbia. Catherine Owens, Greenville. Myrabel McMillan, Spart^burg. Lillie Mae Fortner, Greenville. Thomas Weller, Macon, Ga. Harry^Whitoker, Camden. Richard deMontmolOn, Jackson- vilk, Fla. Bennie Hillhouse, Willbom, Fla. Jam®s Pointer, CUnton. FgUx McLfUan, Hamer. Miss McCown has been named as valcdictorkn of the olaas. Ian, Anniston, Ala. ing Coarse At Fwl McClel- ^ud the solicitation is to be made C. Baldwin, C. E. Galloway, and (under the direction of Mrs. Town- w A. Johnson. The fifth member send, who has announced the names of the board. W. C. Oxley, died sev- ty . J a . a group of workers to assist her. eral weeks ago and his successor Seven students from (:iinton. mem- Those who will assist Mrs. Town- has not yet been appointed by the junior militai^ class at Raymond Pitts, Miss county board of education. Presb^enan college for the school sy^ii Burdette, Mrs. J. Hamp Stone, ^ year just completed, will join their Hugh Eargle, Mrs. Dennis Sow- xy/xfTAr^ rn cla^ates^ tomorrow at Fort Me- g^s. Miss Betty Woodworth, Miss YlillNl. PFllPl F Clellan, Alabama, six weeks of Magraret Hill. Miss Elliott Jacobs, * WlYU I Lsyfl LtLi mtensive trainmg. TTiey are. Jarnes Mjsj, Virginia Sadler, Miss Eli^beth TP/A RRCTT' 11I?IYT^ E. Freeman, ^est C. H>PP. Jr-[Barnes. Miss Marcia jGalloway, Miss 1 AVlLll 1 HriKK Hugh S Jacobs. Rotert E. Jon®s,, Marjorie Miller, Miss Jane Little. *1 lILiAEE^ Wilh^ E. Jones. William H. Light- Caroline Hipp, Tom Plaxico, and the local Girl Scout troop ^unierence* Mrs. Townsend stated that in ad-j dition to the above solicitors, work-; foot, and Tench P. Owens. Thirty-six juniors and one senior, the largest representation from the college in the history of the Reserve Officers’ Training corpj^ there, will attend the annual camp and attempt (to win the general proficiency cup ^ liberal resoonse on the oart of ‘ “‘~ iors missed by a fraction of a point 1have _ been announced by Dr ers will be selected to make thef canvass in the Clinton Cotton Mills; village and at Goldville. of l*re»b>tcrian Synod To Give Instruction During Two One-Week Pe riods This Month. Plans for the 1940 conference and P. Kisler Rimmh Ohnned By Death P. Kisigr ly last Tui^sjr 63, died sudden- n at his fiucm hoine ^pcar hef«. He w» a native of DorciMster county, but had been a resident of this section for 12 years. He was a son of die late David and Sarah Murray Rumph and a member of the Methodist church near Qxover. Burial was at Murray cemetery, Gro^, on Wednesday. Services were in charge of Rev. L. O. El- mbre ,of Goldville, and Rev. Camp bell of Grover. Surviving arc his widow, Cather ine Weeks Rumph; three sons, Wil ton, Ben Tillman, and Cecil Rumi^, of near Clinton; three brothers, J. N. Rumph, of Grover, W. W. Rtunidi of Savannah, Ga., and M. F. Rumph of St. George; one sister, Mrs. Nannie Snider of Grover. ftlH' iast summer. FrecL G. Allen, Jr. who had camp deferred last year,’ is the lone senior in'the,group. Also at the camp ,this summer will be Major Alexander H. Cummings, com pleting his third year on ROTC duty heft, the last two of which he has ai»n /or cont^mron, may ^er ol synoO's committed on re make their donahona to Mr. Town- „ ..doc^Km under whoae aua- send, W. H. Simpson, treasurer of pices the program.^ are conducted. the toe.1 chapter, or leave them at, any ot the dru, stores, it wes said.,„j„„ ,5 ^ -...V.. ... ..—.i.jrtMo ,TD ^.aatao I June 11-18 under leadership of Rev. been commandan# of the college's CLUB NAMES B. S. Hodges, Union, director, as- crack military unit, and Major Law-' HORSE SHOW COBfMITTEEl sisted by the following faculty mem- rence J. Fbrguaon. who has been as-; / ’■ ♦ ‘ bers: Rev. Fred T. McGill. Greer; J; J. Comwsdl will head the horse i Miss Eirene Hudson, Hartsville; show commEtpia of the Lions club in|tev. C. J. Matthews. Newberry; Dr. on' r. sistant professor of military science and tactics at the college for two years. Hoyt Crmshaw, of Martin, Ga., will receive training at Edgevood Arsenal, Md., b^auic of outstuiding ability in cheniistry. CUNTON UONS TO ATTEND AIKEN MEET A nundjer of Clinton Lkms club members will leave today to attend the South Carolina convention of Lions clubs meeting today and to morrow in Aiken. Several local men are members of committees named to carry on the woric of the convention. They are: Robert S. Owens, constitution and by-laws committee; Hu^ L. Eichelberger, Lions education; and Tom Plaxico, secretaries breakfast committee. "41^ ol t the presentitiOh of the 1940 edition'F. Rsty Riddle. Columbia: Rev. W. of the Laurens County Horse show IE. Bowipah, Columbia; Rev. W. H. to be staged here in August, plans' Bowmiin. Clover; Rev H. P. L’he- for which are already underway, itlwux, Greenville; Dr. G. A. Nickles, has been announced by club officials..Charleston; Rev. F. J Hay. Dillon; Assisting Mr. Cornwall will be Rev. L. N. Edmunds, Aiken; Rev. R. Heath Copeland, Hubert Boyd, Jack G. Wickersham. Watterboro; Rev. H. Davis, Jr.. Ryan Lawson, James J. W. Davis. Miss Domthy Simpson. Addison and Edward Henry. Whitmire; Ikr. S. H. Bradley. A colt class is among the new fea-; Charl^en; Rev. W. M. Frampton, tures to be added, and others will be j Greenville; Miss Cornelia McLaurin. announced later, it was stated. ' Sumter; Rev, C. A. Caicote and Miss 11^ I Constance Armfield. Newberry. LEAVES FOE VIRGINIA ! The first annual one-day leader- Mrs. F. E. Robbins, who has made' •bip «^ool for councils o< synod her home at the Presbyterian manse ^ and presbyteries will convene Mon- here for the pa.«t six years, left Mon-'*iay night, June 17, and will be ci>h- day to live in Salem, Va. During her stay in Clinton Mrs. Robbins was ac tive in church work and the social life of the community. She has many friends here ..who regret that she has gone elsewhere to makrker home. eluded the following evening under the direction of Rev. J. .M. Carr, Decatur, Ga. The young people's conferencew under the direction of Rev. F. B. (CoOBtioaed oa page Ms) I