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Volume XU
Clinton, S. C., Thursday, May 29, 1941
Number 22
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Exercises Are Held
Lirge Graduating Cjoss
First Honor
0r«^duates
Seventy^one leiiiorf-—41 boys and
30 flrts — raceivfd thair dlplomiit
Monday emdng at tha gradukttatf
exerciafsi of Clinton hiiih adiool Ik^
in Flo):^ Straet school auditorium,
with Sujpt W. Monts presiding.
—The ex««l8#s were attended by a
large aud^ce of parents, relatives
and had. galhem the
final, chaptw in the *41 ootnnienoe*
ment program. The graduates, robed
in caps and gowns, occupied reserved
seats in the front of the auditorium.
FoUo^iring the processional by the
senior cla^ “America" was sung
by the audience, after edddi die in
vocation was offered by Rev. W. N.
Long, pastor of the First Baptist
chiuxh.
. The salutatory address was made
by Simeie% second honor
graduate.
The class president's address wss
givoo. by Harold Pitts.
Betty Hunter, the first honor grad
uate, delivered the valedictory ad
dress. .
Annette Moorhead gave a vioUn
selection, “Largo," by Dvorak.
J. B. Gentry, Jr., principal of die
hi^ sdiool, awarded medals and an
nounced wbuiers of other awards for
the year. Supt Monts deliverad di
plomas to the graduates and made
several announcements pertaining to
the year’s work.
The sini^ng of the Alma Mater by
the class, and the benediction by Mr.
Long brought the year’s exerciies to
a close.
Awted af Medab and Priaea
G«Mral scholarship senior medal,
Betty Hunter-awarded to the vale-'
dktorian of the class, who has the
highest average during first three
years and 30 weeks of high sdiool
course.
Declamation medal, William Milam
—gwarijted to thsk ydnaer of tha
meStoBmikm gptBMMs who
Clinton hi^ in dis
tract contests.
Expression nwdal, Jean Copeland—
given by J. B. frontis, Jeweler, to
the wiim«r of the sdiooTs exiM*essioQ
contest, who represents Clinton high
in the district contests.
Athletic medal, Charles Burnett —
awarded to that athlete who is ad
judged by the coach as the best all
round athlete of 1940-41.
Spelling prixe, Billy Cooper — a
cash aw^ tq^tpe best student in
spelling, given personally by L. W.
Rawl, manager of Roae’a. Billy also
won top honors in the state spelling
contest.
D. A. R. history medal, Vlrgiida
Sumerel — giv«a by the Musgrove's
chapter, D. A. R., to the student do-^
ing the best work in American his
tory.
U. D. C. hirtory madal, Lillian
Dillard—given py the Stei^cn D. Lee
chapter, U. D. C., to the studoit in
grammar sdiool who wrote the best
essay on the life of Jdm C. Calhoun.
AcUvtties medal, Betty Hunter —
awarded to the student who, in the
judgment of die entire faculty, has
bpgg moat useful and has made the.
largest contribution to the activities
of student life during the year. (Val
edictorian of class; editor The Smti-
nel, member student council, mem
ber tennis team). Second place hon
orable mention, Virginia SumereL
Oentral scholarship medal, Louise
Singley, with a grads of 97 2-3—giv
en by the Clinton Kiwanis club to
the student in the entire sdiool sys
tem who has the highest average
for the year. Louisa % m«nbar
of the aeyanth gre^if et
achooL
Other high gvaragaa were; Provl-
dance school, Jfaanndtte Bridwell, 92;
Acada^ ^4rry Tnun-
O^reai
3tc^
mail, 97; Fio^ adt^iol, Vir-.^j^^ ^
ginia Qnjf Mi h^ M^l# —
Johnaoa, im, Leamaa J<mes. Vfa>i.i.i.#.ii
Appiogrigtioi tnergased
for Road
improveinents.
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The Laurens county suiHfily bill lor
1941 as passed by the house and
amended in the sepaie, amounts to
$j33,4Sr.09, an increase of $6,000 be
ing added '.by ttie senator and house
meinl^rs for sponsolrship of WPA
work on county roads. 7^ bill, as
publidied in The Chronicle several
weoks ago, called for a total appro-
psiation of $196,867.09. The net
amount to be raised by taxation un
der the bni was increased from
$86,157.09 to $91,797.09. This figure
tot 1940 stood at $77,947.44.
The roads to be improved under
the a^4d q;8;ffO|iriation are to
desii^ted by a majla^'of the I^u-
rens delegation, including the sena
tor, the act q;>ecifiet4 Several other
minor amendments were made to the
bill by Senator O. L. Long, and con-
cufred in by the house members.
‘ Two amendments increased the
salaries of the judge of probate and
county supervisor from $1,500 a year
to $1,800.
MRS. W. D. BOYD
DIES AT UURENS,
RITES AT BUSH RIVER
Mrs. W. D. Boyd, 84, died Friday
night at the hmne of her daui^ter,
Mrs. F. W. Culbertson, in Laurent
following failing health for the past
several years.
The funeral services were conduct
ed Saturday afternoon at 4:30 from
tha graveside at Bush River Baptist
diur^ with a large gathering of
friends present to pay their last trib-
uta of retpect Tha aarvices were in
'charga q$ Rev. B. Kfmr, _
of Uw Fini Baptist ehurdi of Lau
rens, the Rev. J. H. 'Simpson of
Woodruff, and tha Rev. W. Ray An
derson of Laurens.
Active pallbearers were: Paul and
Diarlea Boyd Culbertson, Richard
Workman, Randolph Dai^, H. L.
Kennedy, Jr., and L M. Smith.
Mrs. Boyd was the widow of W. D.
Boyd, well l^wn termer of the
Hopewell secuon. She vas bom in
ClintMi and h^ lived moat of her
life in the lower part of Newberry
and Laurans counties. I9ie was a life
long apd thb oldest living member
of Bush River Baptist church. Aftar
living f6r twtlve years in Woodruff,
me movea a yew ago .to Laurens
nmerc she had made her home with
her daughter.
Surviving are two diildrtn, Mrs.
Culbertson' of Laurens, and P. Clair
Workman of- Kinards, and twMve
grandchildren and two great-grand
children.
OUZTS ACCEPTS
HIGH SCHOOt POST
J. B. Ousts has returned as princi
pal of Aeadamy Street acbool to be
come princUMil of the Pendleton high
school for the coming year. Ha will
move this week to hia new home but
will spend the summer at Duka uni
versity summer adiooL ^
Mr. Ousts, a native'of Edgefield,
came to Clinton two years ago as
principal of Academy Street school,
succeeding H. F. Harris. Dbring his
raaidenca here he and Mrs. Ousts
have ma^ a wkle circto of friends
who regml to leam th^ are leaving
toa city, and whota best ptehas will
toUow them. "
No axmounoement as to Mr. Ousts’
succetsoi: has made by the
tnurteta.^
BETTT HUNTER
Valedleto^ Clintan Hteh Schoel i
Giegnatlng Cltaa.
WCONIA SUMEREL
Salntatarian Oradeattng Ctass
HEAD LIONS CLUB
The Clinton Lions club at its reg
ular meeti^ Friday evening, elects
the following officers,to lead the or
ganization in its activities for the
cominx year:
T. Heath Copeland, president
H. E. Sturgeon, first vice-president.
H. D. Iteyne, second vice-president.
. W. R. P^, third vice-president.
B. Hubert Boyd, secretary.
R. G. Watson, treasurer. .
Carroll Spencer, Lion tamer
J; B. Townsend, tSil^wister.
Directors for three years: J. B.
Hart C^de Lankford.
Mr. Copeland, the new president is
a well Imown young business man
of tha city and has baen activriy
identified with the club for the past
several years. He succeeds Hugh L.
Eichelberger.
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HI BRITISH AID
President Sa^ What-
tever Metlio<» Necessary
Will Be Employed.
Washington, May 27.—Proclaiming
the existence of an “unliipited na
tional emergency,” President Roose
velt said Tuesday night that the j
United States would do whatever i
may be necessary to assure the safe
delivery of war supplies in England,'
and served notice that it would “ac
tively resist” any effort by Hitler to
gain control of the seas.
Bluntly, he accused the fuehrer
and his Axis partners of an intent to
conquer the world and “strangle the
United States of America," asserted
the war was “coming very close to
home,” and warned that “we will not
hesitate to use our armed forces to
repel attack.” '
These thteigs, together with a r4-
assertion of “the ancient doctrine of
freedom of the seas,” were included
in his long awaited diat.”
delivered temn the glittering East
Room of the White House, before the
entire diplomatic corps of the'West
ern hemisphere.
Previously he ran over the perti
nent passages of hia addins with
congressional leaders of both parties
at an extraordinary White House
meeting. Speaker Rayburn, who was
among them, later told reporters that
the address had his fbll approval, but
that he could not speak for all who
were present. These included the
Rej^blican senate leader, Senator
4 *cNary of Oregon, and the chairmen
oi the house and senate foreign af-
faL committees. Senator George of
Gea gia, and Representative Bloom
of N* W Yoric.
Then, in his proclamation, the
president predicted the declaration of
a state of full emergency upon state
ments that:
The objectives ot the Axis beUl-
gerents “include overthrow through
out the world of existing democratic
order, and a world-wide domination
of peoples and economies through the
dasfmctiMi of resistance on land, saa
” ‘ to Rmilr."- " ■■■'■ "*■ •
He continued he was declaring the
existence of an emergency which re
quired that the .nation’s ‘Military,
naval, air and civllian\ defenses be
put on the basis of readiness to re
pel any and all acts or threats of
aggression directed toward any part
of the Western hemisphere.”
Closing Progrfim At
College Begins Sunday
TO SPEAK HERE
D*. WBN mtnjt GBAVM, n
CcmmencemeBt Day Speaker at
Piesbjrterian CoUega Next Mon
day.
Baccalaureate Sermon
By Anderson Pastor.
Graves to Speak. Fifty-
Six to Groduate.
The sixty-first annual commence
ment exercises at Presbyterian col
lege, in which 56 degrees will be
awarded, will open next Sunday and
continue through Monday morning.
First of the events ih connection
with the graduating exercises will be
the baccalaureate sermon which will
be delivered Sunday morning at
11:15 at the First Presbyterian church
by Rev. James Appleby, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church p£ Ander
son. Morning services in other
churches of the city will be with
drawn to give the people of the com
munity who so desire, an opportunity
to attend this special service.
The Young Men's Christian aaao-
oiation will hold open houM Sunday
afternoon between the hours of 3 and
5 p; m., followed by vesper services
Rhame Gets
Call To Duty
Clinton Physician Or
dered to Louisiana
Comp for Training.
Dr. Delmar O. Rhame, Jr., of this
city, first lieutenant in the medical
corps. United States reserve officers,
has been called to a year of active
service effective June 15, to be sta
tioned at a camp near Alexandria,
La.
Dr. Rhame is a graduate of Presby
terian college, clau of 1926, and an
M. D. graduate of the College of
Phyaiclana and Surgeons, Col^bia,
TteTteteRy, Itew YSk, ht 199R Ite
served his internships at the New
York Poljrclinic hospital and Kings
County hospital. New York, and for
a year was resident surgeon on the
staff of the latter hospital.
In February, 1933, Dr. Rhame lo
cated in Clinton to be associated with
gtota Sumerel, Bftty Hwrier, Marcig
QeUoway, Anita Cesseiiove, end Jeae
LttOe^ 9g. I
Monts bloddhg trophy, James
Rhodes—awarded to the player op
the 1946 tooth|R tfem who has begkV
judged by , c^ as Oi? best!
blocker. I
State high sehdol music contests—'*
irginle Sumere^ sopertor rating in
clarinet solo.
‘ ^ State inental cooteat wtonox: short
story, BkUay Owens; speUing,
Billy Copper; scim, t^eemen Jones;
Viri^hie Swnertl; shorthand,
Vlrginie Smnanl; typing, Virgtoia
Sumerel; junior L|Un^ Jolm Morns.
The following pupib were mem
bers of the hoitar W every mohtS
during the idiool fear;
Eighth grade: f nititan Jones, Billy.
CoopM*^ Hugh CInne, Frank Oakl»,
Vivian Alford, Betty Ann Bolaiid,
Ann McMiUlan, Ruth Rumph, Nancy
Neal, Elinor Shaw.
Ninth gn^: Arm Blakely, An^
(Contin^ <m page eight) |
DRIVE CAREFULLY
SAYB 4 UEE
SO PAR TBIi TEAR THRRR
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FATALITI^
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AUtKtMOBILI^
AUCl|>tENTS
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LAURENS COUNTY
Le(*g Sirlvp Te Make
1S41 R Safe Yw Or
the Hishwaya.
This dale laat year, f
Dr. S. C. Hays, physician and sur-
T6 further the general objective | geon, in the operation of Dr. Hays
he called upon manufacturers to give j hospital, which was later changed in
precedence to the products that the [name to Hays hospital,
nation needs and “upon all our loyal
workmen as well as employers to
merge their lesser differences in the
larger effort to insure toe survival of
toe only kind of government which
recognizes the ri^ta of .labor or of
capital.”
He referred to the labor problem
in his speech as wcU.'
on toe Plaza with President W. P.
Jacobs as guest speaker.
On Monday morning open air grad
uation exercises will be held on the
campus at the left of the YMCA
building, at which time the com
mencement address^ will be delivered
by John Tetnple Graves, II, member
of the editorial staff of the Birming
ham (Ala.) Age-Herald and distin
guished Southern editor, author and
lecturer.
There will be no valedictory or sa
lutatory, college authorities have an
nounced, but competition for first
and second honor graduates lies be
tween Hoyt Crenshaw of Martin, Ga.,
Miss Clarice Wells of Mount Holly,
N. C., Donald Draper of Wilkes-
Barre, Pa., and Miles H. Ferguson of
West Point, Ga.
Receiving honorary degrees will
be Rev. Sam K. Phillips, jArtor 'ojt
Arsenal Hill Presbyterian church,
Columbia, and Rev. Harold McQ.
Shields, pastor of Gordan Street
Pre8b3rt«rian church, Atlanta, doctor
of divinity; H. A. Reed of New York,
Here are some passages from
President Roosevelt’s broadcast:
aiNTON LOSES,
JOANNA WINS
♦
Newberry scored four runs in each
toe seventh and eighth innings Sri-
urday and easily_defeated Clinton 12
to 2 In a Mid-Carolina league game
played at Newbertry.
Joaima, behind Castlebern’s
steady pitching, Uxdc a 10 to 3 vic
tory over Watts Mill at Goldville.
OaaMa lar Satawday
Newberry at Clinton.
Joanna at Watts.
Haw They Man4
W
Joanna 5
Watts 3
Newberry .... .... 3
Clinton-Lydla .... 1,
BOARD CALLS
TEN NEGROES
Tan selective * service registrants
(colored) from Clinton Board No. 59,
ware calVad yeHarday 4o- raport lyr
induction at Fort Jackson on M^
29. Tha list follows:
Caiariea HiU, Harvey Lee Young,
James Isaac Johnsmi, Willie Janma
.. Adell Adasns, WUlit He^
James WilUt Pitts, Jimes Tay-
German Burnas Johnson, ami
Thomas Woodrow WUsoo.
/ “It is unmistakably apparent to all
of us that, unless the advance of Hit
lerism is forcibly checked now, toe|
Western hemisphere win be within
range of toe Nazi weapems of de
struction.”
“The Nazi world does not recog
nize any God except Hitler; for toe
Nazis are as ruthless as the Commu
nists in the denial of God.”
The war is dbpniaching toe brink
of toe Western hemisphere itself. It
is coming very close to home.”
Two Clinton Boys
Ckosen For Study
B. C. Ferguson and William John
son, Clinton members of the Laurens
Medical Eietachment now stationed
at Fort Bragg, have been selected to
study a four to 12 weeks course in
medical and surgical technique be
ginning June 1 at Walter Re^ hos
pital in Washington, D. C., according
to an announcement of the past
week.
Ferguson is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. W. Ferguson, and Johnson
toe son of Mr. and Mrs. Thad John
son, Sr.
Three Laurens privates are also
included to take this training course,
Edgar Blakely, William Roff and Coy
Lee Bass.
“The present rate of Nazi sinkings
Boyd Brooks Arm
in Fall At Home
B. H. Boyd bredm his left arm Sid-
urday aftenKion when be stumbUd
and tell in his bade yard, and
then has been confined to his
tidfering much pain. Mr.
many triends in tte city will be
to know he was resfing better
torday, and hope he wiU aooo be eble
to be out again.
Presbyterians Elect
Additional Deacons
At a congregational meeting of the
of merchant ships is more than three' First Presbyterian church held Sun-
times as high as the capacity of Brit-1 day morning, J. J. Cornwall, H. L.
ish shipyards to replace them; it is Eichelberger, P. S. Bailey and John
more than twice toe (XHnbined Brit-jW. Little were elected as deacons,
ish and American output of merchant! The called meeting had stated that
ships today.”
^‘It is time for us to realize that the
ten deacons would be elected. Twelve
additional nominations made Sunday
will go before the congregation next
satety of American homes even in < Sunday, toe six of the group r4ceiv-
thweenter of our country has a defi-ling the highest votes to be declared
nite relationship to toe continued elected
safety of homes in Nova Scotia or
Trinidad or Brazil.”
Our patrols are hiding now to
inEure d^uvvry tM MCdra sq|!k
plies to Britain. All additional meas
ures necessary to deliver toe goods
win be taken.”
“Collective bergaining will be re- ^
tained, but toe Americim people ex- I'Associate
pect that impartial recMnmmdations
of our government services wiU be
followed both by capital and by
labor.”
it.
Tkomwell Church
Elects Officers
At a congregeticmal meeting of
Ihornwell Manorial Presbyterian
church held Sunday morning. John
M. Hudgens was elected as an add!-
tionel elder in toe church, and Wel
ter Beeinen end Benny Hinhouae,
edditlooel deacons.
Thornwell Choir
Af A. R. P. Church _
The ThoipweU orphanage choir,
under toe direction of Mbs Luve
McDonald, will give e program of
sacred music from the Psalms Sun
day night, June 1, at • o’dock at the
Reformed Preebyterian
church. The public is cordieUy in
vited to worshiif with toe congrega
tion at this hour.
Miss Frances Sproff
Af Home From Brozil
Miss Frances Spratt, who holds a
position with the United States em
bassy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ar
rived Saturday for a two months’
visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Spratt. Miss has bera in
Brazil for the past four years and
this is her fizit visit home.
and Cleveland E. Dodge of New
York, doctor of laws.
The only living member of the
graduating class of 1891, Samuel
Gladney Harden of Anderson, will be
honored by the award of a special
parchment scroll at these exercises
for 50 years of distinguished service
as an alumnus of the college. Mr.
Harden is now a private tutor in
Anderson.
Award of commissions as second
lieutenant reserve officers in the
United States army to young men of
the graduating class who are mem
bers of the R.O.T.C. \uut,.will 1>e
made by Lieutenant-Colonel Alexan
der H. Cummings, professor of mili
tary science and tactics at the college.
Candidates for the bachelor of
arts' and science degrees, together
with their home addresses, fpUow:
Baehetar ^ Arto
Grace Bozard, Goldville.
Tom Brooks, Waynesvillc, N. C.
Nora Cannon, Clinton. ^
Roy Coker, Commerce,” Ga.
Willie Earle Davidson, Clinton.
Dorothy Dillard, Whitmire.
Miles H. Ferguson, West Point, Ga.
James £. Freeman, Clinton.
Bessie Fortner, Clinton.
Powell Frazer, Brunswick, Ga.
Fred J. Harmon, Kinards.
Hugh Jacobs, Clinton.
Robert Jones, Clinton.
W. T. King, Orlando, Fla.
James MacLeod, Lumberton, N. C.
Richard Meisky, High Point, N. C.
Felton Moore, Rome, Ga.
Matthew Moore, Chtf leston.
Harvey Norville, Rutherfordton,
N. C.
Edward Overcash, Charlotte, N.C.
Tench Owens, Clinton.
Louie Porter, Thomasville, Ga.
Walter SomerviUe, Jr., McCon-
nellsville.
Roy Spratt, Charlotte, N. C.
Elizabeth Tucker, Clinton.
John Weldon, Bishopville.
Clarice Wells, Mt. Holly, N. C,
Robert Wysor, CoUege Park, Md.
Baehetar af Setanoe
Edward B. Beard, Camden.
Daniel Bird, Colvunbia.
Lewis Bogff, Pidwiks.
J. C. Coleman, St. Simon’s Titianrf,
Ga.
Lacy W. Corbett, Fayetteville, N. C.
(Continued on page eight)
GODFREY «)ES TO
FORT SILL, OKLA.
Lieut.-Colohel Ansel B. Godfrey,
accompanied by Mrs. (Godfrey and
daughter, Joy, left Sunday for Fort
Sill, Oklahoma, where toe officer has
been assigned for the next three
months to take an advanced course
at this U. S. Artillery Field school.
Mrs. Godfrey and Joy will reside
at Lawton, Okla., near Fort Sill.
Lieut.-Colonel Godfrey, command
er 1st Battalion. 178to Field Artil
lery, has been stationed at FOrt
Bragg, N, C., since early in Janujory
undergoing a year of active training.