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■‘- ) ! / / ■m >? « A. w'' TBS CHRONICLE Stfhw To Be a Ckan Newspaper, Coaiplete, Newsy, and SeUaUe. J ®k Qlltntan fflbrnnirlp If Too Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE Yon Don’t Get the News VOLUME XL CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12,1940 NUMBER 37 warn LONG DEFEATS NANCE IN SENATE RACE Martn And UNbin Named To Hm^ Teague, Monroe, Anderson And Power Win Migor W. A. Watts Dies At Laurens Confederate, Veteran, Retired Banker and Indnsirtaiist, Was 93 Years Oid. . Laurem. Sept. 10.—Major William Auguatbie Watts, 9S, Confederate war veteran, retii^ banker and in dustrialist, died at his home hire Tuesday after an illness of several weeks. The funeral was conducted yester day at 10 asn., at the residence here, with the Rev. B. A. Williams, pastor of the Laurens Episcopal chuKh, of ficiating. Burial followed in the Lau- resn conetery. Mkjor Watts, as he was known to his family and friends, was given the honorary title when Wade Hampton Barksdale-Namie Clinton City . . , Clinton Mill A native of this county, he was a Cross Hill J reorganized the state-militia and ap* pointed him a major on his staff. son of the late John Watts and Mrs. Elizabeth • Cannon Watts. He was bon^ at the Watts family home near Rabun creek, about eight miles wttt of Laurens. At the.age of 12, ^ family moved to Laurens and estab- ■Aed 8 bcDi* in* 1858 on Nordi Har per street. He had continued to live in the 81-year>old residekice with a sMer, Mrs. Sarah Watts SuUivan, by whom he is survived. A niece, Mrs. Bessie W. Royall, a daujditer of the late Chief Justin Richard Cannon Watts, also makes her home hwe. In .1864, youi^( Watts enlisted fw service in the Confederate army as a member of Company B, Hampton Legion, and served as a courier in General Mart W. Gary’s brigade to the cl^ of the wtur in April, 1885. Sub^uently he was .graduated from the Poughkeepsie Business col- Java a»d-4or nemwil ynen wa$con nected WtML...ik4hcsnti]e businoses County Votes • Dry In Referendum By Kg Majority Official Vote Was 7,034 To 2.4Sf. AH Prcscincts Are Agmjinst ligwoiN ^ By a majority of 4Ji83 Laurens county voters expressed their opin- icm against liquor in the recent ref erendum. Official figures show that every precinct in the county voted dry by a sizeehle majority. Following arc the results of the 39 precincts as tabulated by the county Democratic executive committee: ' Yes No (Dry) (Wet) -r142 641 393 205 loi 96 72 127 405 85 327 207 72 154 Cook’s fetore .... Daniels' Store Dials Ekcnn Goldvillfr Grid’s Gray Court Hickory Tavern Hopewell .... /.... Jones’ Store LanAord 78 Langstcm .... 73 Laumns Mills .... 363 Laurens City *.... ...T 1143 Long Branch 5$ Lydia MiU 208 Mount Olive .... 76 Mountvilk -.. 74 Movmt Pleasant 44 Menu) 47 Owings ....» 156 Ora PleeaeBi.. JUUnind Pofdar Springs ... Princeton Renno 78 197 no 47 23 86 78 here. Upop the mganization in 1886 of ihe Nattonel bank of Laurens, Major Watts' was elected cashier. | Grove .... Four years Mfler he went with the j Shiloh Peemics Loan and Exchange bank ml Stewart’s Store the same capacity, and on the death I Tip Tip 57 at the president. Captain Albert Dial'Trmity-Ridge .... 89 in 1898, Major Watts Was named Mills 485 to the vacancy. In 1924, he retired! 74 from banking. Major Watts was' also active in promoting the first textile plant here, the Laurens Cotton Mills, in the mid- Total die 1890’s. After the turn of the cen- he also assisted in building Af Whtts Mills, was named as a direc- ■‘JtllVVl w¥OlK tor and retained membership on the board until his death. Woodville ..., 173 Youngs 119 17 408 304 98 6 29 4 16 231 6 47 46 15 20 36 19 75 494 19 135 10 49 13 8 17 7 I wi 36 9 33 17 3 12 11 15 115 34 13 17 HOW LAURENS COUNTY VOTED TUESDAY FOS SENATE, HOUSE, SUPERVISOR, TREASURER, C»MMISSIONER Barksdale-Namie Clinton City Clinton MiU Cook’s Store i. Ckms HilL,... ... Daniels Store Dials Ekom Gdldville.... Gray’s. Gray Court Hopewell Hickory Tavern... Jones’ Store Lanford Langston Laurens City Laurens Mills Lydia Mill Long Branch k4ema. . Mt. Olive MountvUle Mt. Pleasant Ora...% Owings Pleasant Mound.. Poplar Springs Princeton....;. Renno Shiloh Slm(^.Grove Tip Tpp rpp ’Trinity Ridge .Watwloo 'WatU Mills. .. WoodviUe Youngs TOTAL. 4874 4175 «»> ’S ’ 91 441 296 45 » 70* 16 69 355 149 33 199 no 79 46 1058 238 156 51 41 25 7 18 29 89 50 151 118 24 61 , 30 53 22 74 33 280 . 99 101 68 622 385 50 28A 60 53 i 67 227 15 198 39 47 57 30 38 526 190 196 20 ' 17 53 121 46 44 79 33 54 11 30 31 10 26 36 33 64 213 80 21 state Senate House of Representatives Supervisor Treasurer t Commissioner t 'I- • . '■ t * PRECINCTS 1 g § d t: 3 X c 1 s •J u § s ' c o 8 (S U m - T> •g n iw A) 1 9 V H 8 1 • c 1 tJ 9 •S c < M C 9 C t « t 8 S i £ 9 i J o U o ♦8 J 1 ■§ d 3 %■ u hi > X X 6 9 u £ PB -r- o J! c: H he hi M *■». < 78 75 90 61 19 138 107 52 60 60 54 140 352 493 600 635 578 483 -470 592 820 402 207 545 245 352 432 278 322 358 189 495 449 356 144 338 26 53 38 71 35 59 10 85 59 54 28 49 198 207 109--444 215 101 1 484-- 418 159 210 74 120 20 23 58 69 92 36 25 131 75 26 49 43 23 22 20 48 62 7 19 10 52 57 37 73 64 96 72 65 100 37 33 109 20 57 136 298 408 310 233 345 231 347 398 234 196 323 7 11 45 49 13 42 41 15 29 19 35 27 202 223 112 133 138 207 232 115 148 95 189 260 15 35 57 36 37 35 50 23 44 31 27 39 43 37 187 209 99 141 174 66 138 115 126 103 ,/ 55 100 69 109 134 34 101 67 70 110 40 111 58 42 48 56 43 65 15 94 79 45 32 58 47 43 51 26 27 56 53 31 81 14 • 19 53 761 826 785 774 952 626 1067 529 752 720 792 884 242 240 217 137 145 280 230 198 238 121 234 245 151 202 183 161 91 260 142 210 244 158 101 195 40 38 28 34 32 39 45 26 60 42 9 29 3 19 48 51 47 — 17 45 IS 14 31 39 " 34- 46 , 64 19 . 27 22 54 . 42 36 v2g 74 IL 39' 80 84 41 47 48 78 98 30 75 54 32 93 37 44 26 19 4 62 44 22 26 -il.. 36 21 52 51 23 18 27 46 47 26 50 24 48 90 11S« 70 61 136 32 111 55 88 73 98 77 48 43 29 46 10 73 46 37 49 17 37 63 80 . 158 68 102 169 37 138 67 170 196 193 50 18 48 97 85 89 40 106 22 37 117 41 63 19 37 30 22 36 30 24 37 30' 16 23 35 31 52 66 / 26 69 58 33 56 23 41 84 11 18 33 18 13 25 17 22 28 11 17 20 18* 21 51 44 23 25 24 "f til L 22 1 57 11 - 5t 29 - 56 29 14 47 is 36 55 79 46 44 58 50 27 41 87 00 57 80 34 21 32^ \ 63. 81 18 34 79 49 36 291 243 192 262 153 241 312 180 264 201 207 267 52 92 107 109 158 22. 120 59 85 59 119 93 55 81 ‘ 39 65 * 43 77 66 25 45 41 81i 3885 4868 4601 4389 1 4386 4630 1 5h3 3944 1 4865 4240 3549 4900 7034 2451 Dr. Darby Eulton Addresses Synod jJoahi^ Laurens On Christianity Prestige In China' ToPIay Series FIVE RUN-OVER RACES SETTLED Coaaty Has New Senator and Two New Home Members. Wasaon Loses for Re-election - -Ih Home. Heavy Vote Cast In County. *" The five run-over county races m Tuesday’s second primary, on the face of unofficial returns, were de cided at 9 o’clock Tuesday night and announced to the public by The CTmmicle through a broadcasting system. The winners obtained early leads which they held until the final flash was given. Laog Elected Senater O. L. Ldoog, Laurens attorney, 'waa . elected senator in the runoff with Carroll D. Nance of Cro^ Hill. Mr. Long’s margin • of victory was 699 votes, the final tabulation showing: Long 4,874, Nance 4,175. Of the 39 boxes, Long carried 24, Nance IS. The third candidate in this field. Senator C. A. Cromer, was elimi nated by a smaU margin in the fu-st primary. Mailfai and MUaai Win In the race for two seats in the house of representatives, Charlie L Milam was re-elected and Walter L I Martin won the second place. Mr. I Martin led the ticket with 4,868 [votes, Milam was second with 4,681. 1 Robert C. Wasson, a member of the Idelegatioo the past four years, miss- jed re-election by a smaU margin. Fourth in the race was Phil D. Huff of Laurens. Teague Defeats Stsddsrd In the race for supervisor, R. L. Teague defeated Lander B. Stoddard 'by a margin of 244 votes. The count Istood: Taague 4AS0, Stoddard 4388. ; Stoddard for the past six years has J held the office of county commis sioner. I lisaree Is Treasurer t T. Lane Monroe of Laurens, ap- ' pointed treasurer for a part of the unexpired term of the late D. Roy I Simpson, defeated his opponent, - j Frank Waldrep, also of Laurems, by a margin of 1,169. The vote was: Monroe 5,113, Waldrep 3,944. Twe New Ceasmissloners E. Frank Anderson, of near Clm- ton, and J. Herman Power of Lau- chain-! rens, won as county commissioners Clint<Hi Hi Faces— Heavy Schedule Team Now Hard At Work Un der Coach Wilder. Opening: Game With Parker. For the past three weeks the Clin ton high, 1939 class B state cham pion “Red Devils” have been pre- jwring for their dpening date with the highly rated Parker “Gtelden .Tornado” in Greenville. Out of 35 hopefuls, Coach Bob Wilder will pick another hard fight ing Red Devil eleven. This year, however, the Devils are stepping into class A competition for die first time. Coadi WjBriar has only three «g^- lars bade Ann the 1939 eleven: Csq>-' tain cam Buriiett, Co-Cgptain Dusty RJiotfes and Harvey Foster, end. In uMition io the three returning regu lars there are eight lettermen work ing hgrd to gain a regular berth oq the first team. The backfield will be built around Captain Burnett, speedy triple threat, who will always be a menace to aiur opposing team. The line will be built around two lettermen who are all-state material, Rhodes, a guard, and Foster. Following is' the schedute: S^t 30—Baiicer at Greenville. Sept 27—OreehviUe at Greedville. Oct. 4—Union at Clinton. Oct 10—Nwbemry at Clhiton. Oct. 17—Laurteu 8t Clinton. Oct. 35->Eatlcy at Clinton. Nov. 1—Gaffney at CUntUD. Nov. 8—Greenymod at GUnton. Nov. 15—fionea Path at Hone a Path. Nov. a8-;Thornwall at Clinton. , LONG L 9BSSI0N Long Brmstr echool ppened S«^ tmbar '% prills a ftiUgit^Mdaoeu. A Training. School _ To Start Monday Supt. Whitten Announces Staff of Teachers and Vocationid Workers for Year. Only Two Chang:cs In Faculty. Dr. B. O. Whitten, superintendent of the State Training school nounces the opening of the formal training depaitment, Monday, Sept. 16, with|thc following staff: x ElemaiRary Workshop: Leader, Mrs. Ayliffc R. Jacobs, Clinton; teadiers, Miss Louise (3ox, Clinton, Idiss Pauline Hartsell, Brevard, N. C., j The Presbyterian Synod of South .Troops Use Dumdum Bullets,” “De-j The Mid-Carolina, league Carolina was addressed Tuesday' fenseless Japanese Women and Chil- pionship series, a fdur-best-out-of-their two opponents. Power ^ morning by Dr. C. Darby Fulton, of dren Are Victims of Chinese Ter-j seven affair, between \loanna and (headed the ticket with 4,900, Ander- • rorism,” “Chinese Bomb Intemation-' the Laurens Admirals, open second with 4,865. The new Goldville this afternoon at 4\o’clock. commissioners will succeed John H Wharton'and Lander B. Stoddard. ** Nashville, Tenn., executive secretary of foreign missions for the Presbyte- ■ al Settlement,” etc., etc. rian church, U. S. “If the Japanese people have bwn ) The second contest is scheduled to Dr. Fulton, Who is a graduate »» ® steady diet of false propa- be played at Laurens Saturday a^- *.»*!?“*** Tiunks # Presbyterian college, was bom and|ganda hke that for years and have noon at 3:30 o’clock. Present plahki the elation brought up in Japan and has a wide>»ot heard the true facts, it is easy call for games at Goldville on Wed-l^^*^ known, Senator-elwt O. L. I Uo see whv thev would lovallv seek ncc^av ona i Long, Commissioner E. Frank An- knowledgeof the Japanese language te see why they would loyally seek pe5clay. .andJUurenS-m Satuittey unr ^i^’^ and D^le. help their country fight this holy til the championship is decided. i Person .and Magis^ate Qyite H. Mc- Rudolph ^ater is likely to get the to come to the “mike” and address and prople. - ■ jj T-1 r..i4^ war of destiny’,” Dr. Fulton said.. Japan, he believes, needs Christian many enuren auaienees, one young 1 »aiwk couple hal decided to go to Japan.. pitther-outfielder.^.d his feeling was one of humility They sailed late in August. * * "21?? . .. gratitude and pledged his best To say that Christianity has failed *" hehalf of the electorate of .......on r'Koiotior.o in Tnnnr, ^ho JoBuna pock foc the champion- jhe county as their representative in > In commenting further on the con ditions in the Far East, Dr. Pulton said that he has recently received several indications of the fact that some Christian church members in this country alre developing un- Christian attitudes toward the Japa Miss Roea Keith, James Island. Miss Keith and Miss Hartsell are!P»toa—aU, Dr. Fulton said, are mak- necent Winthrop graduates employed at the school on the intern ba4is. Advanced workship: Mrs. M. R. Holson, Parksville, Miss Mamte Mc- Ilroy, Chester. Shop activities: Recreational as sistant, Harwood Nelson, Clinton. Physical education director, clubs, Ind recreation: Edward J. Bohan, New Hav^ Conn. Music, director of habit Iraining: Miss Mildred Clarissa Cummlni^, Schneetady, N.Y. Home-making: Mrs. Beatrice Sloan, Clinton. Elementary handwork: Mrs. Ben MilUng, Laurens. Habit training under direction of Miss Cummings: Mrs. Miriam Potcat, Cltoton. The out-of-town teacben/ arrived yesterday for a three-day tawtltute. Mrs. Jacobs was a stu^t at Win- thn^ college during the summer; Mr. Bohen, aside frott his duties ai assistant director at Camp Malloy, Mattituck, Long Island, N. Y., at tended Yale for a mort course; Miss Mcllroy visited New Yeik; and other |)oints in the Norm, ^obeervliu in AMMBMteation ad\ools;l Miss (Jum- BiiMN kas taken advantage of musi- through bombings and invasions, there has been less criticism of the foreign mission enterprise ^uring the Ittt three years than at any time i” because the Christians in Japan have w: nn^ninv vamo triHav his memory. kept their country from runningj ^ po ng g ^ y. ^the state senate. The ChrooK'le would Chinese government officials, the,amuck internationally, is unfair, Dr.l*.^ - , - have extesKied the same courtesy to Chinese people, analists of iritema- Fulton believes. So far, he s«iid,' l^MttOll ADDOUltCU winners in other races had they tional news and world travelers in Christianity has been at work onlyj ^ _ [been present ^ 75 years in Japan, and there is as! f«atTI#® lUrAlfH®!! yet only one Christian to 300 non- j Toy A. Patton on Monday was ap ing unqualified testimony to the fact XOat the conduct of the missionaries christiwis there. While these Chris- Auring this war in China has brought tians are exerting influence far be- 4^4.,, .. u .. % great increase to the prestige oflyond their numerical strength, it 'is ^vemor M^bai^ as OrUtiMlItjr. - not y4 possible lor theiST to Chri«-.““■«“ “untjr i^e WKto to fffl UMtize tl^policie. ol the mlllt»r7l»“} I John D. W. Watts. The term expires officialdom. * December 28 1940 Pointing to China, however, where ’ *'’®”***®®*^ Eichelborgor Makes Excellent Rec<»tl H. L. Ek'helbeiver. of this city, has i returned from White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., where he attended a long list of important governmental { Patton, who is a well known a meeting of the top 200 writers of officials are < Christian! Dr. Fulton i citizen of the FounUin Inn section, quoted a recent world traveler as I '^^as a candidate for this office a few saying, “Among all the nations_of *y®®cs ago. mm people rather than'reserv^jthe world, I venture to sey that the( R. I. (Bob) Burgess, nomiiuited in those anti-Japanese feelings for tbe one whose governmental policies and , the recent primal^ for coroner, has military madline upon vdiich the re sponsibility lAlonft. Dr. Flton said. is that of (Thina.” China has all the for instance, thal he had recentbr]niaking8 and a good start toward becoming a leading Christian de mocracy of th« world in Dr. Fulton’s principles are most nearly Christian! alto been appointed by the governor with the New York Life company Sm ■«»«» 8Wa » 4Wa ■ .^1^4 — HI ,J ^ TA -- al. ^ a. A received communications "inclosing checks for misskm work wtffi the stipulation that “not tme cent be|<vinlon. He points out that while us^ In Japan” and urging that the,Communists are making efforts to mission work be given up as a bad • influence China it is a mistake to for the unexpired term of the late Coroner John A. Thomaaop. the New York Life Insurance com pany and tbdse who had written over $300,000 of business in the peal club year. Mr^ Eichelberger. who has numbor M potrooa Mlii pcoMnt forieM activities In and around Naw Urn apmSag oxtmkmT Totk an4 M i^Uon studlad and ob- Teaeiicrf arar'^lK Albert FlekhL hi various institutions for her priDehMd* Iw IwF MeOanM ad wont in iwjtic and dhactoi’ of habit Mn. NreWB. TMpteairof 1M Mn. SliMP ottendad a p. W. CuimjnMterti. Bar- cmiM at Mbithtop tor 4-H dUb NPd Clapdo Ifhddan. vof^ job in the vdiole Far East More- uvec, of all the 148 aj^Ueations from proapactive miasionarias for the past Fear, be said, none expressed inter est in geiag to Japan. Dr. Fulton livad in Japan for many years. Ha knows the Japanese people to be Just as raipooslve to food training and just as q^praciative of high ideals as any other people. He maintaina, bowtvar, thet they are indoctrinated as puppets of the nUbtary machine In Japen and that Chrisbans muM tbsseforc guard against hatred of ttm pe«pls themselves. Dr. Fulton sub*- eermes to 8 jspaneae nevngMiper. He said the haartbritf the last tov yaars hove bssB bite ibaaa: “Chinaaa Bomh ——— . Tfiiffii Itnl ISHin ** conclude that China will inevitably become Communistic. Generalissimo' Chiang Kai-Shek, he said, is a great) CThristian leadef and is fighting Com munism by desperately trying to re-' move the causes and conditions in* which Commimism can thrive. Dr. Fulton is making repeated; pleas to his church constituency not to become so pre-occupied with the, war-horrors of the day that they lose light of the long undergirding movements that will outlast present- day tyrannies. Today’s tyrannies can not last, he'believes, for while many people may be held silent at the point of a gun today, it is impossible that their aestbing resentmmt and (Ckmlmaad an pagt taro) ) (toiiig Away To Coli^e or To Teach? If you want the Clinton news —bbve THE CnRONlCLR fol low you. Its weekly viai^ wUl be “like a letter from home.” Special student^s and teachnr's rate of $1.00 for nine months. List your subscription today' The Chronide for 19 years, had the ninth best rec ord the' pest year in the Southern department which covers tbe stahai of Virginia, North and South Caro lina, Georgia and Florida. His friends here and througtuHit the county will learn with interest of the enviable reewd he has made and continues to hold with his company. Clei^ Of Court Makes One Safe Clerk of Court Vic R. Flemiast made one land sale during biddnig at the court home on legal —fc|r for September. In the case of J. B. ’Towneeed vs. D. Workman Johnson, et aL seven acres of land located abiMit live miles southwest of CTUnton and Me lights to a natural spring near ttia line were sold for $550 to R. S. ings, attornsiy.