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/ I t ' .. /• J. r r ly ifas CHRONICLE SIriTM To B« a dflatt Nowspapcf, Conidetf, Ncfwajr, and Rciiabla. ■OB BOBS Olhrotttrlf L If Toa Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE Ton Don’t Got Um Nows VOLUME XL CUNTON, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1940 NUMBER 35 ■BseaBOB NANCE, LONG TO RON OVER FOR SENATE Wasson, Milam, Huff, Martin In Second Race For House COUNTY HORSE SHOW SET FOR FRIDAY NKHT LIONS EVENT TO DRAW CROWD UFOiR LIGHTS Eighty H<»aes To Compote For TroplUcs On Johnson Field. Fourteen Events On Program. Women and Children'Vie For Hinaemanship Homurs. Champion In Show Everything is in readiness for the filth annual Laiu«ns County Horse {how to be held in Clinton Friday night at 8 o’clock. The show will be held on the athletic field of Presby* terian college, which is adequately lighted, Hm event, as in former years, is sponsored by the Clinton Lions club. More than S200 in prizes will be awarded to winners in the various events. The grand champion will re ceive a large silver loving cup, first place winners in each event will get silver cups^ secend place winners will be presented halters and leads, i/bOt thirt place winners will re ceive rjdiiui csopa. la {Addition, the usual ribbons will be given all win- Yfens. Hm! yaungtst rido: in the show also gfit a trophy. Interest in the show is widespread, uavntag gir metktMr of me couMy. R is estli Duhity estimated, that eighty horses will he entered,' some of them being cap able of oonapeting in any show, even the largest and most fashionable events in the Sceith. Besides events judged on quality and performance of the horses, there will be evmts for horsemanship, and the county’s best riders will compete. A special event has been arranged for women to exhibit their horse manship, and also one for children. Of approximately eighty horses to be entei^, members of the arrange- m«its committee state, about twenty have never before been seen in the ' “SBIAET ALEX** With R. H. Beyd, ewher, whmer in the lift shew, win defend his laivels fai the lacal ctag Friday al^ SLOAN ELECTED ON FIRST BALLOT; FIVE RACES UNDECIDED TUESDAY Sheriff Wier Re-elected, Cannon Elected Game Warden, Bargess Coroner. Second Races For Senate, House, Supervisor, Treasurer and Commissioner. Unofficial returns gathered Tuesday night' by The Chronicle revealed close contests. The races for sheriff, game warden and coroner were de cided on the first ballot, while the contests for the senate, two seats in the house of representatives, supervisor, treasurer, and commissioner will be decided in a second primary on Tuesday, September 10, Heose sf Bepceseatatlves In the race for the house, James P. Sloan of this city, led the ticket and gained the distinction of being elected on the first ballot. The next four receiving the highest vote who will enter the second race are. Wasson 4,315, Milam 3,992, Huff 3,860, Martin 3.800. ' Senate Race C. D. Nance of Cross Hiil, and O. L. Long of Laurens, will run over for the senate, the incumbent, C. A. Cromer running third. The vote stood: Nance 3,757, Long 3,026, Cromer 2,777. A second race for supervisor will be run between Robert L. Teague and Lander B. Stoddard. Their vote stood: Teague 2,176, Stoddard 2,031. The race for treasurer was a done one with a nm-over between T. Lane Memroe and Frank B. Waldzep. The count stood: Monroe 2,5M, Waldrep 2,405, Lcaman 2,398, Kennedy 2,091. E^enkOf McSwain Camp To Be Held The fourth annual picnic of the John J. MeSwain camp, NoT 20, United Spanish War veterans, aux iliary and sons of veterans will be held at Bramlett’s Spring near Barfcsdale-Namie school Saturday, August 31., Veterans will furnish barbecue hash. There will be speak- ing and music. Membere of various groups over the state have been in vited. Composing the 'committee in NptkMial Gffidal '^^ts Ckambo* L. P. Dickie, national secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, was a visitor in Clinton during the past week. Mr. Dickie, whose headquar ters are in Atlanta, was on an of ficial contact tour enroute to Green wood where he spoke before the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Dickie complimented the local organization biter-City Meet A largely attended inter-city Ki- wanis meeting, with the Clinton, Greenwood, Laurens, Spartanburg, Newberry and Rock Hill clubs par ticipating, was held at Hotel Clinton Thursday evening. The meeting was presided over by F. C. Pinson, presi dent of the local organization, with representatives from the guest clubs In this race with seven in the field, there was no election. The four high est to run over are: J. Hannan Power ijat, JL Frank Aoderson 3,909, J. Martin IJSS, A. Homiif VMaa, LItt. In a three-cornered race for magistrate at CUnlosi, no election was de clared. B. R. Fuller and C. H. McCrary, incumbent, will run over, J. H. Seay being eliminated by a few votes. The tabulatloD in this race will be found elsewhere in the paper. — — J. L. Dickert, magistrate at Mountville, Hunter township, was re-elected without opposition. I charge of arrangements are E. G local ring, and of that number about BramlettE. C. Cromer, Joe L. Ohaft::. ‘ ey and R. L. Teague. fifteen are animals purchased dur ing the past year. This indicates the .rapidly growing interest-in horses among Laurens county people. A regulation riding rii^ has been constructed on the field which will show the h<Ncses to better advantage since most of them have been trained under such conditions. ’ The committee states that the show wjU be bigger and better dian any heretofore preaented and with good conditions pmvaiUag ai- lendanee Is expected to surpass pra- vknu marks. 'Die show it.a Laurana oounte; affair, all aptriai, ridan and Dorses,' being cmifbiad to the county. ' Forty stables near the field are available for ttic um of exhibhort. Fourteen events are on the sched ule. Promoters of > the affair have been untiring in their efforts to gipie a show that will satisfy hone- Joven And furnish an evening oi high-grade entertainment to die ptfoUc. Net preoeeds o( the Mmiw are to be used for the charitable work ef the Lions club. O. T. Fowler, of Winston-Salem, N. C., widely-known horM breeder and trainer, will act as Judge. Riiig master will be Finley Jamlion, of Gkeenville, and J. D, Mi^pwy, of Greenville, announcer. J. J. Cornwall is chairman <of the eommlttce on arrangements, and ha Is assisted by Jamas Ad#mn, Hubert Bbyd, Heattt Copehmd, IHward Hin- Rynn Lawson, Jack H. Davis, Jr., Owens, P. S. Batey and fde Lankfosd, Grand champion of the 1938 show “Smart Alex.** owned by B. H. HuD Dedareii Dangors Real Washington, Aug. 34.—Secretary Hull appealed to the American peo ple todM’ for united support of “full and adequate preparations’’ to de fend the western hemisphere. In a statement, the State Depart ment heed decland that “the pos- tibilHiai of ;<dang«r 4o the American vapukw a . are reaL' > “The cohclusion is therefore ines- ciqMible that full and adequate prep arations for hemisphere defense can not be completed too soon,” he add ed. “I desire again to ai^al for fullest possible measure of un ity on the part of our people in suiHport of su^ program of (fofense and of related ioreij^ policies." on its enlarged membership and the! taking part on the program, securing of a full time secretary. Mej The address of the evening was requested the club to appoint a com-1 delivered by Rev. J. LeGrande May- mittee on national legislation as welljer of this dity and a member of the 'ma a defense committee to cooperate j Clinton cIub~'who used' as'lhe ’sub- with the national and state defense ject of his interesting talk, “What .jKlwmisJiMJlfe-Offeg/L. iLaurent Alan Killed In Crash SUMMER HOL1DAT8 END The merchant’s summer half-holi-j days on Wednesday, after contin-; uing the past four months, came to' a close yesterday. The full six-day schedule will be resumed next week Laurens, Aug. 21.—Fred W. Mor- and continue without ^interruption. | ris, 24, of the Princeton section, was killed last Wednesday when his auto- MIm Mae Oicua haa u her Piest j hi'.Tw.’T" HallM at goet Hill. ■ ' ^ *** P"”"***" highwijr. TicIcMt IMpipPHipVk m. MililV% WpB M>yd of Clinton, and runDpr-up wu r^itty Puvine,” oWMd by J. J. ipnmwall. The schedule of evmits hat been ipnounced as foUowa: 1. Draft brood mart, undw haltwr. 2. Best colt, either sex, under one f^ar of age, saddle bred. t. Beit colt, cither lex, over one itur and under two, sadkila brad. 4. BMt colt, either sax, ow two and i«der three, saddle bred. -f. Pbiiy claas, undw 14Ji, to be ihown at walk, trot, and eantar. % 4. Children’s horsematuhip (18 years and under), walk, trot, a^ canter. ' T. Ladies’ horsamansbip 07 yaars ^ ai^ over), walk, troL and canlw. Jl^la-or rldfaiiL handling and can- HOW LAURENS C(XJNTY VOTED TUESDAY FOR STATE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PflBONCTS state Senate k 1 2 ' < 1 ci 8 J 1 6 d « u House of Representatives b k m s > a 3 CO u t: P. Sloan, of ffkis city, in a field of sevin for the houae of rep resentatives io Toaeday’a primary, was the only candidate elected on the first baUot His unofficial vote was 5,086. Mr. Sloan, a jmn of Mrs.. E. B. Sloan and the late Mr. Sloan, is a memher ef ipe local hitft s^moI focuity. 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Bur ial followed in the church cemetery. S3mod Aieets Here On September 9th The Presbyterian synod of South Carolina will open its annual meet ing in Clinton on the evening of September 9th. Members of the bo^ will be entertained at the syn od's expense at Pred>yterian college. The sessions are exp^ted to con tinue until Wednesday afternoon. Tbe opening sermon will be pneached by the retiring moderator, iRev. John C. Bailey of Rock HtU, after which a new moderator will be elected. Orphanage Schools Opened Tuesday The Thomwcll orphanage schools opened their new sessioo’s work on Tuesday with all children, teachers and matrons back on the campus af ter their summer vacatioo. The teaching sUtt composed of eleven members, appeared in The Chronicle last week. TAHLE SHOWING tmLTt OP OTHER RACES WILL BB POUND ON PAQB t NAIgnU AS OBACON W. R. Anderaon, Jr., known to his wide circle of Clinton friendh ns “Ned,” has been elected a in the first Baptist church a| ruff, for the coming year. kb. erson before going to WoodrMK year as siqperintendcnt of Bm schools, held Bm position of cipal of CUnton hi^ ssebool for' ci^ years. --iS.j. ■ J' . A r V