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VOLUME XL
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12,1940
NUMBER 37
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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
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441
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33
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79
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238
156
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89
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151
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190
196
20
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121
46
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79
33
54
11
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10
26
36
33
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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
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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
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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.