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VOLUME XL
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1940
NUMBER 28
THIRD TERM IS
STILL SECRET
Charter Givoi
Laurens
Gub At Banquet
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JF^ley Indicates FDR To Keep!
Silent On Intentions Until!Large Gathering Present For
CokNrful Installation C e r e •
monies. Organization Sptm-
sored By Clinton Clnb.
Convention Opens Monday.!
Gossip Buzzing. j
Chicago, July 9.—James A. Farley i
Laurens, July «.-'•Charter night”
« “bser^'^ Tuesday by the ne»ly
third term quKtion unUl the Demo-; Laurens Kiwanis club
°" " P™' when 175 Kiwanians and other guests,
gress next week. Carolinas district attended'
Farley, chairman of the party’s na-j3 dinner and presentation meeting-
tional committee, learned what the i gj t^e community haU here,
chief executive had in mind at a par-1 j^gy ^ Furr, of Rock Hill, lieuten-
To
Lutho'an Churdi Sunday
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ley last Sunday in Hyde Park, N.Y.,
but still declined to reveal it. But he
did hint that Mr. Roosevelt might
remain silent until the conclave was
^ under way when he stated at a press
conference;
' “I wasn’t asked to keep it secret,
but both the president and I thought
it be^ to keep confidential what we
said to each other.* It seems to me
that every one wants to read the last
chapter of the book first. We’re go
ing to have a convention here and I
, hope it will be an interesting one."
Later in the day. Representative
. Sabath, Democrat, of Illinois, report
ed after a visit to the White House
in Washington that the president was
not a candidate for a third term but
that he could not refuse ‘‘the nomi
nation that win be given him."
Developments only increased spec
ulation among early arrivals for the
quadrennial meeting, opening next
Monday in the Chicago stadium. Fig
uring in the discussions was Farley’s
own role. Asked whether his name
would .be placed in nomination, he
replied;
“My position remains unchanged.”
It was recalled that he had assert
ed last March that his name would
be presented to the delegates.
He has neither retracted the state
ment nor elaborated upon it in re
cent weeks.
Asked if he would consider run-
'ning for vice-president, he said;
“I think it Would be very foolish
of me to discuss the vice-presidency
before it was offered to me.
The national chairman also opined
that, nominating would begin ori
Thursday ahd that the deliberations
would end by Saturday ni|^t. That-
would mean six days of sessions. Of
ficials previously had counted on a
five-day convention. The possible
need _pf an extra-day / was not ex
plain^. /
While uncertainty prevailed among
the presidential handicappers, the
.major events on the early part of
the program were arranged definite
ly. Farley announced that Speaker
William B. Bankhead of Alabama
would deliver the keynote address
on Monday night and that Senator
ant governor of the Carolinas district,
acted as toastmaster and introduced
Dr. Charlw W. Armstrong, of Salis
bury, N. C., governor of the district,
who preseifked the charter to the *
Laur^
in^l^^tSI. the charter to the
new club’s pjQjMdent, James H. Sulli- ^
van. Dr. Arnwxoog citeQ iHreral fac-;
tors for which Ihie Kiwai^ Interna
tional stands ^and the Laurens
club to join with tlifc 77 clubs in the
ninth,.dtetrict in . tjtaching American
ism, helping to b^ler its community,
assist in civic ^airs, and to teach
school children the fundamentals of
the American government and to
shout “To hell with Hitler” instead
of “heil Hitler.”
Mr. Sullivan, in accepting the char
ter for the Laurens club which was
sponsored by the Clinton club, de
clared members of the new organi
zation are with the Kiwanis Interna
tional wholeheartedly in spirit, en
ergy and cooperation.
Rev. John J. Hayes gave*the invo
cation and a group of Kiwanis songs
were led by DuPre Rhame of the
music department of Furman univer
sity. Also appearing on the program
was William Miller, who gave a solo,
accompanied at the piano by Mrs.
John T. Wilkes. Herbert Henning,
secretary of the Carolinas district,
conducted introductions and a gift
of a gong and striker from the Clin
ton Kiwanis club to the club at Lau
rens was presented by W. W. Harris.
F. C. Pinson, president of the Clinton j
club, gave the welcome address.'
“America” and “God Bless America”
were sung by the Kiwanians and
their guests.
CMQcara Nawad
Officers Of the Laurens club are;
President, James H. Sullivan; vice-
president, Rev. John J. Hayes; secre
tary-treasurer, G. Miller McCuen.
Directors; Dr. M. B. Nickles, T. C.
Owings, C. M. Miller, M. J. Simpson,
William £. Hunt, Frank A. Dial, and
R. M. Brown.
Members are; R. A. Babb, R. M.
Brown, J. Leroy Bums, F. P. Chil
dress, M. B. Cochran, D. L. Dendy,
Frank A. Dial, Dr. F. F. Dusenberry,
V. R. Fleming, C. Watson Fuller, Rev.
Alben Barkley of Kentucky, the j. J. Hayes, Jack Hudgens, William
/president-chairman, woyld kpeak’oniE. Hunt, G. Miller McCuen, H. H.
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ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH
Pastor of Church
Special Program
For Church Event
*
I Dedication Schedule To BeR:in
I Sunday Morning and Continue
Through Monday Night. Visit
ing Ministers To Speak.
Guest Speaker
REV. J. LeGRANDE MATER
Guthrie
For Supervisor
St. John’s Lutheran church of this
city, will celebrate their 20th anni- ]
versary beginning Sunday morning*
and continuing through Monday eve-
1 ning.
j In connection with the celebration,
■ the church building is to be dedlcsit^^
ed v(ith appropriate services. All ih-
■jHcbtednaae on ttaa birildiag has
paid in full following a year's inten
sive effort by the pastor and congre
gation to reach their goal.
The services Sunday morning. to|
which the public is invited, will bej
in charge of the pastor. Rev. J.!
^LeGrande Mayer, who accepted the
p^^torate of the church in April, j ^
The guest speakers for the dedica-f Snpertotendent Evangelical ^ther-
tory occasion will be Rev. Thomas F.j »*« Synod of South Carolina.
Suber, of Columbia, superintendmti
DEATH CUIMS
ROY SIMPSON
i County Treasurer Passes .\t
j Hospital After Lengthy 111-
I ness. Had Served As Popular
4 Official Nine Years.
I Laurens, July 9.-0. Roy Simpsoa,
I 54, trea.surer of Laurens county since
11931, died Tuesday njight at the coun
ty hospital after a critical illness of
j four weeks. As county treasurer, he
had entered on his third term last
^luly 1. having been reelected in 1934
and 1938.
! He was a World war veteran, hav-
■ ing served overseas as a lieutenant
in the 118th regiment of the Thirti-
jeth division. He had previously gone
,to the Mexican border with the
: Traynham: Guards, “sr -Lt^itrens tmtt-
iof the National Guard, in which ho
I served as an officer for a number of
' years.
i For a long period of years before
' becoming treasurer, Mr. Simpson had
I been a store sale.sman and a bank
! clerk and bookkeeper. He was an ac
tive, useful member of the First Bap
tist church aKd Sunday school.
Though of a quiet, reserved demean
or, he was friendly and affable, cap-
able and efficient in the discharge
jof his duties.
■ Mr. Simpson was a 3on of the late
Thad R. Simpson and Mary Fowler
j Simpson of Laurens. Eleside* the wi-
'dow, Mrs. Florence Jones .Simpson.
‘^forinerly ' of Walterbo'ro, he is sur-^
j vived by one brother, Ray Simpson,
of Fayetteville, N. C.; two sisters,
Mrs. Arthur Owens of Laurens, and
Mrs. F. JE. Henderson, of Asheville,
N. C.; and a half-brother, U. B. Po«ile
> of near Gray Court, who is the fath
er of Ur. R. Frank Poole, president
elect of Clemson college.
The funeral .service was conducted
yesterday afterncKin at 4:.30 at the
Laurens First Baptist church, with
I the Rev. J. H. Kyzar officiating. Bur
ial followed in the Laurens cemetery.
The following nephews served as
! active pallbearers: Yeargin Poole,
! Niles Jackson, Fred Owens, M. C.
[Cox, Rabb Simpson, James Daven
port, Jr., Dr. R. Frank Poole and J. C.
; Stone.
Officers and ushers of the First
•I Baptist church and Laurens county
{Officials formed the honorary escort.
Tuesday night. The arrangements
committee was scheduled to meet
tomorrow to complete its plans.
Supporters o£ two definite contend
ers for the presidential nomlnatiop,
Vice-President Gamer and Senator
Burton K. Wheeler of Montana,
pressed their on-the-scene campaigns
at headquarters in loop hotels.
Paul V. McNutt, Federal Security
sdmtoistrator lifans cahaiaaira^f top
place on the ticket if-Mr. Roosevelt
decides not to nui, was expected to
arrive here Thursday. His managers
have rented rooms in the Stevens
hotel.
Meanwhile, the Congress hotel
housed a minor mystery. A spokes
man'^reported that “Democratic head
quarters in Washington” had reserv-
^ the presidential suite for next
iWeek. But he didn’t know who wqpld
occupy it.
County Baptists
To Aid Of
British Missions
RaUy
Laurens, July 9. —Churches com^-
posing the Laurens County Baptist
association ate being asked to con-jC. Heustess
tribute to this county’s quota *of $640
toward South Carolina’s allotment of
j$18,000 on the proposed gift fund of
$200,000 by l^utoera Baptists to
British foreign missionaries, who are
now without support from the Brit
ish Baptist Missionary society be
cause of the war situation. More than
• 400 missionhHes sponsored by tl^
British organization are presented
to be in dire need.
Instead of a requested loe^ the
Southern Baptist cimvention at its
recent meeting, in jS^timore> decided
to undertake to raise the aum of
^00,000 and present same as a gift,
the money to go direct to the misaibn,
.Seorkera without one cent of tnuns-j
Winion costs. i
‘ Pastors of county Baptist churdies
«Et a qjecial meeting here presided |
! oVer by Dr. A. B. Langston, moder
ator of the county Baptist association,
formed plans toe the purpose of rais
ing this county's anxhrtionmeht Each
church has been asked for a dedg-
nated quota, and the offering may be
taken on or before .Sunday, Jul^ 21,
it is announced by officials here.
The First Bcqlitist church of Lau
rens will make its offOrink to the
‘fund Sunday, July 14, ^according to
official anaoupcement.
McLaughlin, A. C. Miller, Jr., C. M.i
Miller, Dr. M. B. Nickles, Edwin C.
Owings, T. C. Owings, D. F. Patter
son, M. F. Reid, L. G. Roff, M. J.
Simpson, George Starnes, James H.
Sullivan, Fred W. Taylor, H. A. Tim
mons, Frank Waldrep and John T.
Wilkes.
Club presidents in the ninth dis
trict who were introduced with their
memBefi'm "aBendangp were; "XduST
W. Jackson, Anderson; F. C. Pinson,
Clinton; Elbert Snead, Greenwood;
George Ross, Greenville; Harry Dan
iel, Greer; D. W. A. Nevilleil New
berry; Dr. Paul M. Wheeler, Rock
Hill; Bishop Isom, Spartanburg, and
James H. Sullivan, Laurens.
Attend From CUnton
The following Clinton Kiwanians
and their wives attended the^ “char
ter night” celebration; Mr. and Mrs.
W. D. Copeland, Mr. and Mrs. R. T.
Dunlap, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Harris,
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hollingsworth,
Mr. and Mrs. A. Moorhead, Mr.
and Mrs. F. C. Pinson, Mr and Mrs.
J. Henderson Pitts, R. L. Plaxico,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Simpson, D. Q.
Sowers, ,Mr. and Mrs. J. Hubert
Todd, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Ferguson,
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Wilkes, Mr. and
Mrs. B. H. Boyd, J. P. Sloan and D.
Mrs. Carrie Donnan of Columbia,
was the 'guest Sunday of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Reed Todd.
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LAURIES COUNTY
Let’s Strive Make
1940 a Sale Tear On
the HifhwaFS."
Declaring that he was too demo
cratic to do else than abide by the
decision of the executive committee,
J. A. Guthrie, incumbent supervisor
by appointment of former Gov. Olin
D. Johnston, makes his formal an-
TOuncemept~*to~ succeed himself in
today’s paper.
In making his announcement, Mr.
Guthrie issued the following state-
Set For August 30
of the Evangelical Lutheran
of South Carolina. At the evening j * fcJIUJW
hour Rev. James D. Kinard, D.D., of|
Columbia, will be the speaker. {
The special program will continue'
Monday evening, with Rev. M. R j Several New Classes To Be Add-j tration, two” years under Gov. I. C.
Wingard, of Greenwood, a former j . New Stables Planned. En- Blackwood and three under Gov. Olin
paxu,r Of .he .oca. church, addrcaa-, ^ S«,n.
Huff Places Name
In Candidate List
Phil D. Huff, of Laurens, who last
week entered the Democratic primary
■ for the house of representatives from
Laurens county, this week has his
^ name listed in The Chronicle’s an-
’ nouncement column. Mr. Huff stated
ithat he intended to have it inserted
1 last week but was prevented by the
' Fourth of July holiday.
' Mr. Huff is a former member of
the legislature, having served four
years during the Richards adminis-
ing thb congregation:
The congregation on next Wednes
day afternoon will hold a picnic
somewhere near the city to bring the
epeelal celebration to «-close^ —
History of Church
In connection with the dedicatory
“By reason of this long service to
. like legislature,” said Mr. Huff. “I am
The fifth annual Laurems County | acquainted with the county’ll
Horse show will be held here on the, pyssibimjeg gnd needs and feel that
night or Airgasr'SO.'Tt has been-arr^T Tan tir^onsfmer^
nounced by J. J. Cornwall, chairman hkis tin^ of ^ress.
. .. . 1 The main issue in the campaign,
of the arrangements committee. “simply t.
’The show, sponsored by the Clin- eie^t the most efficient men.”
—
I am announcing myself as a
candidate for the office of supervisor
for the remaining two years of the.program, the following history of St.j'
unexpired term of the late A. Rhett'John’s church will be read with in-j ,
Martin. However, I hold a commis-,terest- 'ton Lions club, will be staged onj
Sion for the office of sup«‘visor fori “Infinite work among the Luther-1 Johnson field at Presbyterian college.j R/l 11 R^^mnKailCyVl
the term prescribed by law. Our hon-i an people of Clinton dates from the .Several new classes will be added;*"* *^*
ored attorney general failed to give a year 1912, Rev. James D. Kinard,!this year, it was stated, increasing!
concrete opinion on the matter and D.D., then pastor of Immanuel:the number of horses to be entered.]
the executive committee has seen fit!church. Greenwood, visited the com- Twenty stables were built near thei
to put this office in the primary, jmunity, and on July 21, 1912, con-j field last year and it is expected that Miles B. Bedenbaugh, 72, a native
Therefore, I bow to their decision as ducted the first Lutheran service In twenty or twenty-five more will be of Newberry county,-died suddenly
Claimed By D^th
Htti 4zto ImI y«sr, It
I am too democratic to do otherwise.
“I am proud of my work as su
pervisor. I have done my best to give
Laurens dounty a clean, honest and
efficient administration, feeling con
fident that the voters of Laurens
county will retain my services for
the next two years to the end that
1 can do a real job for our county
roads.
“I want |b state my position in no
uncertain terms. I believe in democ
racy, election by the people. Never
would I disobey the dictates of the
good people of Laurens county.
Therefore I gladly say; ‘People of
Laurens county, speak,’ and if by
your ballot you show that you wish
me to continue in office, I will be
deeply grateful. .If you feel that some
qther man should take this offkre, I
^all abide W your decision.”
rs fir
Wiiidh To Enroll
NOiv Lelt Voters
Persons who have not yet done so
have only 11, days left in which to
enroll to qualify to vote in the ip-
proaiching Democratic primaries.
Afain officials warn that persons
not enrolled will not be allowed to
vote in the primaries. Enrollment
prior to this year or a registration
certificate will not permit a person
to vote in the primaries. Registration
certificates authorize voting in the
general electimi only and a comi^ete
aew enrollment is being made this
year far the primary.
Clinton in the Methodist church, us- constructed in the next few weeks at his home in Laurens county near
ing a.s the text of his sermon, John'to accommotjate animals brought | Kinard late Saturday afternoon. He
6:40. Dr. Kinard continued to con-. here for training prior to and during had made his home near Clinton for
duct services in Clinton from time the day of the show. i forty years and was one of the coua-
to time during his ministry at Green
wood ,the last being held on May 19,
Elntry blanks will go out to ex- ty's most substantial citizens,
hibitors in the next few days, it was The funeral was held from
the
1918, Dr. Kinard having resigned to stated. All entries in the show are residence of A. F. Bedenbaugh, near
become pastor at Johnston on June 1
of that year. Most of the services
which Dr. Kinard conducted were
held in the home of O. I. Sheely.
Rev. A. J. Bowers, D.D., succeed
ed Dr. Kinard on May 1, 1920. On
July 11 of that year,'under the lead
ership of Dr. Bowers, St John’s
church was organized with 21 char
ter members. The services that day
were held in a hall above Kellers
Drug store. The followir^ Church
Council was elected; Captain Brooks
Swygert, Dr. F. K. Shealy, Messrs.
I. C. Boland, O. 1. Sheely, B. E. Wil
son, J. D. Boland^ R, O. Huffman
and O. H. Sh^ly. At the convention
of the i^th Carolina synod, held
in the fall of 1920, St John’s church
was received into the synod and a
parish was formed with Immanuel
church, Greenwood. On April 8,
1922, the congregation purchased for
$1,000, a lot on Hampton avenue tor
the purpose of erecting a church
building. Dr. Bowers continued to
serve the congregatioh along with
Immanuel church, Gr^Qwood. until
he was moved by failing health to
December $1, 191^.
“Dz. Bowers was succeeded by
Rev. M. R. Wingard, who became;
pastor of the Greenwood-CUnton
parish, January I, 1924. Early; in
1928, the congregation began to plan
for toe erection of a church biulding.
(Continued on page two)
confined to Laurens county.
Kinard, at 3| o’clock Sunday after
noon. The R^v. T. B. Wilkes offici
ated. Interment .was in the ceme-
CONE TO'NEW YORK aied. Interment .was in the
Sadler Love left last night for New 1^7.Methodist church near
York, where he will work for the]* ’i>peri y. ^
mopth or six weeks in the
next
Worth street offices of W. P. Jacobs.
WHO WORKS
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FILUNG STXnON
W. DON COFELAND, Prop.
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It Pajrs To Trade
IN CUNTON
Vacation
On At llicnmwdl
Vacation season at the orphanage
will get in full swing tomorrow when
practically all of the children on the
campus will leave for their homes in
this state, Georgia, Florida and else
where for a month’s stay.
Riverside Cottage, on Enoree river,
will also open Friday with Mrs. Lula
Jamieson in charge as matron. a»-
jsisted'by Miss Bertie McMahan of
{Anderson, and Miss Joan Canigaa
[of Fountain Inn, as counsellors.
The Thom well vacation sca.son wiH
j close toe, latter part of August.
AT TRAINING CAMP
First Lieut. J. A. Cheatham, now
doing a tour of duty at the Citizens*
Military Training camp at Fort Scre
ven, Ga., has been selected as adju
tant for the camp.
Mr. Cheatham is principal of Flori
da Street school.
Second Lieut. Charles W. Waima-
maker, of this city, is also an duty dl
toe summer camp.
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