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THECHMNiaE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspoper, Complete, Newsy ond ReHoble QlUnton (Hbronirlf If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLI Clinton, S. C., Thursdoy, June 12,1941 Numbre 24 Commencement Season Closes At'Thornwell % Program of Interest End of Year's Work At Orphanoge. Awords Are Made. In digoifled final exercises, the senior class of Thomwell or phanage high schol received their di plomas Tuesday evening in the final 1^ chapter of- the sixty-sixth anniial commencemait program of the insti tution. The exercises were presided over by Dr. L. R. Lynn, president of the institution, and opened witii" prayer by Dr. T. Ellison Simpson of Darlii^- ton. Tbe salutatory address was giv en by Hilda Woodside, the class pro phecy by Chloe McClure, and the valedictory by Jean Curry. A solo, “America/1 Love Yoii," was sung by Effie McCown. Ts diplomas were awarded by R. S. Pinson, princ^Md € ■,v Tnislets HoM Annual Meetinf Thornwell Board In Session Here Tuesday, Reviews Work of Year. The anniuEl meeting of the board of trustees of Thomwell ori^anage was held here Toesday afternoon in the office building with Dr. T. Elli son Simpson of Darlington, presid ing in the absence of the chairman, Ex-Goveraor Martin F. Ansel of Greenville. The meeting was called to order at 11 o’clock, with intermis sion at 12 o’clock at which time the members were dinner guests of the ondianage fsonily in the. central din of the school, and a copy of the Bible |fa>g baR. Tbose-attending the meet- presented each gradual by Dr. Lynn, a custom followed since the founding of the institution in 1875. Prizes and honors were awarded. The winners were: Sdmlarship, Jean Curry; Bible, Chloe McClure; most efficient office work, Chloe McClure; monitor’s, Marjorie Darnell; printing, Charles McCown; dairy, Clifford Brown; poultry; James McDonald; shop, Sidney Rhodes, wood shop, Richard Allen. Several gifts to die graduating class were presented by friends. The list 9f graduates appeared in The Chronicle last week. Address By. HajM The address to the graduating class was made, by Rev. John J. Hayes, pastor of the First ~Presbyt«rian church of Laurens, who spoke on "The Secrets of Successful Ldving"? He told the graduates at the outset that how your lives are to end de pends on you, that it doesn’t do any good to educate anybody vmless you have a changed heart. Man’s real aim is to bxiUd, to create, man has the capaci^ to think, he has the moral imperative, the power to choose be- bSreen ri^ lind wrsng. In listing essentials to successful living, Mr. Hayes named as the firsV hard woric,.that it is a privilege to be highly prized that the American people can work unmolested. Another essential, he said, is to learn how to say no. There are times all through life when the young man or woman must have tiie courage to definitely say no rather than become a moral weakling. Lastly, he said, there must be right choices. Your lives will be filled with certain friendships and activities. It is up to you to get rid of the second best and to choose the best' without compromise. Whatever maytbe yo\u* position in life, be the best of whatever you are, hr said in conclusion. Baoeafauireate Semen Saniay The baccalaureate sermon was preached Sunday morning at the Thomwell Memorial church by the Rev. J. McDowell Richards, D.D., president of Columbia Theological seminary, Decatur, Oa. Regular ser vices in the city churches were with drawn for the occasion with a large cmigregation present The service was prmided over by Df. L. R. Lynn, president of the orptumage. A sp^al musical program was present^ by the ^oir. Dr. Richards selected as his text a part of the 24th verse of the 6th Chapter of St. Matthew: "No man can serve two masters.” He said at • the outset that life is a constant pro cess of choosing and that in facing all decisions there are two different ; courses of actUm, choices that ohee and for all must be made. Some things must die, he said, in order that others may live. Addressing the young graduates especially, he said, Jesus tells us you can have only one master. Dr. Richards spoke of life’s inevi table dioices, idlenen against ac- compliriuneht Stem labor to life’s task must be given, he said; num must learn to <^iplhie his body. If you would be a thinker the only way is by labor in whatever qgiere in life you may serve. You will succeed, tei said, in a largs| degree in proportira | to the way you wtMPfc. Continuing, he said there is the choice between good end evil that must be made by every IndividuaL Too few are willing to pay tM P^ce for nobility of character, he said. You can’t build both evil and good and have a character that«ls pure, true and permanent. He tp6k» of the ne- .. ce«ity of choosidg aright in the mat ter of-amusements and recreation. Cmtinuing, he said you can’t dio9ee the good and evil in your friendships, ^ for our friends become a part of ps and our thought and c<mduct hr ^;^-^Bound to be- influenced and dianged ttirough these friendships. iTou can’t take part in evil and^have clear, clean Uves—^you cannot choose purity and. impuifty, or bodi the false and die true. Is conclusion. Dr. Richards wpck0 of the choice of the way of setflih (Condnued bo page eight) PUNS UNDERWAY FOR HORSE SHOW IN AUGUST James Addison will head*the ar rangements committee for staging the sixth annual Laurens county horse show August 22, it has been an nounced by officials of the Clinton Lions club, sponsors of the event. Committes have been named by Mr. Addison, it was stated, and plans are already under way to produce a show up to the usual high standard, it was said. * Heath Copeland is secretary of the committee; R. G. Watson, treasurer; Clyde Lankford, chairman of the grounds committee; Peck Cornwall, advertising; Hubert Boyd, program; Brooks Owens, entries; Edward Hen ry, trophies; P. S. Bailey, James Ad dison and T. H. Copeland, Judges committee; and Tom Addison, re freshment stands. €0E ACCEPTS TEACHING POST IIIMESTONE COLLEGE ing fnnn the three controlling syn ods were: South Carolina: A. C. Todd, Green wood; Allan F. Lide, Elloree; Joel S. Morse, Abbeville; Rev. T. Ulison Simpaon, Darlington; James H. Thomwell, Hartsville; W. D. Cope land, Clinton; Rev. John MeSween, Chester; W. W. Harris, Clinton; Rev. L. R. Lynn, Clinton; C. G. Rowland, Sumter; Henry J. Winn, Greenville. Georgia: John J. McKay, Macon; George B. Hoyt, Atlanta; 'Rev. Har old McQ. Shields, Atlanta; George R. Coffin, Augusta; Rev. Richard T. Gil lespie, Thomasville. Florida: Rev.- A. R. Larrick, Plant City; Charles M. Turney,- Starke. A number of matters of vital in terest to the institution were before ffie board, for consideration. The an nual reports of tEii president; execu tive, endowment and building com mittees were presented and approv ed. Recommendations of tbe presi dent and executive committee were adopted, and the staff ol workers for the coming year elected. Two members of the matrons’ staff. Miss Cora Richey and Miss Mary Adams, resigned timir positions af ter being ensployedr by in^tu- tion for more than ^0 years. Resolu dons in appreciation of their effi cient and faithful services^ were' adopted by the board. Memorial papers were read and adopted on the death of two members of the board during the year. Dr Jack H. Young of this city, and A. E. Sheldon of Lakeland, Fla. The auditor’s report for the year showed total income of $117,528.85, with expenses of $113,902.62. Ibidow- ment fund assets were listed at $345,- 238.56, with total endowment and plant assets amounting to $1,317,- 020.91. The following officers were re elected to serve for die coming year: Chairman emeritus of board for life: Ex-Goveroor Martin F. Ansel of Greenville. I Chairman of board: Dr. T. Ellison Simpson of Darlington. Vice-chairmas; Charles M. Turney, of Starke. Fla. • Secretary, W. W. Harris, Clinton. Treasurer: Dr. L. R. Lynn, Clinton. Attorney: A. C. Todd, Greenwood. Executive commtttee: W. W. Har ris, diairman, W. D. C<H)Oleud. A third member of die committee to siwceed the late Dr. Jack H. Yoimg will be elected by the synod this faU. Endowment committee: A. C. Todd, Greenwood, chainnan; Henry J. Winn, Greenville; C. G. Rowland, Sumter. Auditing committee: Chas. M. Tur ney, Starke, Fla; G. R. Coffin, Au- gu^, Ga.; J. S. Morse, Abbeville. Dr. Roger L. Coe of this city, will head the department of ^ucation at Limestone college, Gaffney, for the coming year, it is annoimced by Dr. R. C. Granberry, president of the institution. Dr. Coe, a native of Cherokee county, holds a B. A. degree from Presbyterian college, M. A. from the University of Virginia, and Ph.D. from George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tenn. For twelve years Dr. Coe was pro fessor of education at Presbyterian tional Youth administration of South Carolina. On May first he resided this position to retiun to the teach ing profession. For the summer he is a member of die Asheville N. C., col lege summer school faculty. Dr. Coe married Miss Evie Shands, dauid^ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Shands of this city. He has a number of friend* and acquaintances here who will learn with interest of his YOUNG PEOPU OF SYNOD 6MHER HBIE rON ANNUM. MEET I nterme^te Confer ence Ogened Tuesday. Senior Group Comes Next Week. BIG ENROLLMENT BOY SCOUTS AT CAMP OLD INDIAN G. N. Foy of Goldville, camping chairman of Clinton district Boy Scouts, stated yesterday that he had received information from J. L, Whatley, chairman of the Blue Ridge Council camping committee that the second period of Camp Old Indian was completely filled and that the other periods were rapidly being taken up. Mr. Foy said he wished to urge all scouts in the Clinton dis- MUSOEHN DANES U. S. TO DEOARE WAN DN AXIS Italy's Dictator Says Formal Decaration Would Bring Totali-. tarianism Here. ^ Rome, June 10. — Premier Musso lini told his people today that the With-an over-capacity enrollment .... , * ^ , of 340, th. intermediate contormic! *'2, for Presbyterian boys and girls from]™®^^**^ their anplications. o. ♦ i * .u .. * ■ the Synod of South Carolina within* Th* program and* leadership SUtes i^ at war with the Axis the ages of 12-15, opened Tuesday {Camp Old Indian, stated Mr. Foy, is jin fact if not legally but that “Amer- aftemoon at Pre8b3rterian college and i^y^^.^f^, ®veiTr scout in tiie district j lean intervention” will not prevent will continue until next Tuesday. Supervisors of the conference are Dr. Charles H. Nabers, Greenville; Rev. I. M. Bagnal, Honea Path; and Rev. Raymond Wickersham, Waiter- boro. John Holland Hvmter of the col lege, is registrar. Members of *the staff include Miss Constance Arm- field, Newberry, head counsellor of girls, and Rev. F. M. Kincaid, Myrtle Beach, head counsellor for boys. The music is in charge of Rev. John J. , . j- . « w Hayes of Laurens, and Rev. camp director. Rob- Frampton of Greenville, will direct the athletics. Members of the faculty and legders of the worship activities appeared in The Chronicle last week. The program committee announces that the conference will be divided into tribes, as in the past, each bear ing an Indian name, with assignment to tribe and quarters made in ad vance -of the arrival of the young people. Senior Meet Next Week Continuing the 1941 program of the synod, the young people’s conference will convene at Presbyterian college QUITS HEALTH FOST Dr. H. R. Perkins, Laurens county health director, has resigned to ac cept, a position in connection with X-ray work for the state NYA. No announcement has been made as to his successor. ' tW EMW FOr Bible School •' - - ■ * Commencement Pro gram of Baptist Group Sunday Night. The commencement program the Vacation Bible school of the First Baptist church will be held Sunday evening, June 15, at 8 o’clock. The boys ahd ^Is imder the direction of their teachers will conduct the wor ship service, to which the public is invited. ^ The school began on Jiine 2 and has been operating each day lor two and a half hours, emphasizing Bible study, note-book work, character training and hand-woik. It has an enrolln^t of 80, with the following as teachers and workers. Beginners department: Miss Lou Belle Nei^- bors, Mrs. W. B. Ramage, Miss Grace, Barnett; primary department: Miss* Elsie Nei^bors, Miss Mary EUa Bai ley, Miss Marcia Galloway, Miss An nie Rogers Bailey, Mrs. ^tles; ju- nior-intermediste department: Miss Elizabeth Barnett, Miss Alethea Bar nett and Miss Virginia Sumcrel. A class in diurch music is being con ducted by Mrs. Leila Johnson for the older groups. Ihc school will go on a picnic Fri day at the close of the morning ses sion. Parents who can Arrange to do Iso are invited to accompany the group on the trip, Rev. W. N. Long, pastor of the chunk, said yesterday. Sbnpson Heads Orphanage Board Darlington Minister Elected By Trustees To Succeed Ansel. At the annual meeting of tiie board of trustees of Thomwell orphanage hdd here Tuesday, Rev. T. Ellison Simpson, DJ)., pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Darlington, was elected chairman of the board of trustees. Dr. Simpson for the past year had served as vice-chairman. The n^w chairman succeeds Ex- Govemor Martin F. Ansel of Green- ville, 91 years of age, who because of 4Kw Tiylar’of Nmk*HterT«nn, h«^th has been unable the througtr the 24ih Rev. L. P. Burney, director of re ligious education for the Synods of South Carolina and'Georgia, will be the conference leader. Dr. J. W. JiKkioir, pastor-of^^ First Presbyterian church of Colvun- bia, will be the Bible hour speaker. Other speakers and workers include the Rev. J. K. Roberts of tois city, Miss Nelle Morton, associate direc tor of young people’s work in the Southern Presbyterian church. Dr. John MeSween ot Chester, Mrs. H. Rev. Julian Lake of Rode Hi^ Dr. Hunter Blakely, president of keen's college, Charlotto, the Rev. J. J. Hayes of Laurens, Miss Rachael Wy lie of Spartanburg, Dr. J. M. Wag- gett of St. Charles, Rev. J. B. Mack of Georgetown, and Dr. F. W. Gregg of Rock Hill. should take advantage of the oppor tunity for a well-rounded camping program. Camp Old Indian will open June 25 and close August 20. It is operated in periods of one week each. The camp has a capacity of 125 scouts and leaders. Many improvements in the way of equipment have beoi added for the coming season. The camp is under the general di rection of Scout Executive O. B. Gor- mah. Assistant Executive Ernest Pitt- ert F. Black, assistant scout execu tive, Mrves the camp as assistant camp director. The staff for this sea son consists of seventeen leaders, all well qualified in the arts of camping and directing scouting activities. past two years to attend the board meetings. Mr. Ansel, who has been an active and devoted member of the board for more than 40 years, was elected cl^rman emeritus for life. Dr. Simpson is a graduate of the orphanage, Presbyterian college and Columbia Theological seminary. He Recreation will be in charge of j held several pastorates in this Powell Fraser of Brunswick, Ga., a state and North Carolina and is one recent graduate of Presbyterian col lege, and Miss Jane McKinnon of of the influential and hij^ly-regarded ministers of the South Carolina syn- Anderson. Miss Laura Fleming of identified with .Thomwell, Laurens, is dean, and members of ^ the synod’s committee to aid in the conference include Dr. Roswell C. Long of Greenwood, and Dr. Joe H. Carter of Anderson. These, with Dr. Gregg and Mr. Burney, constitute the conference committee. OFFICER ACQUITTED IN NEGROES DEATH Laurens, June 10.—^The June term of general sessions court, Judge C. C. Featherstone presiding, was ad journed Tuesday after a two-day session. than a dozen cases were of by trial and pleas of DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE 80 FAR THIS TEAR THERE -HAVE BEEN b FATALITIES AUTOINOBILE ACCIDENTB hi ^ LAURENS COUNTY Lfit’g StrlTe To Mako 1941 A Saft Taar On the HiffiiwaFS. Tkla iala Leo Burrell To Receive Diploma state Highway Patrolman Leo J. Burrell of Spartanburg, is a member of a graduating clasa of 29 policeman students who on June 14th will re ceive diplomas from Northwestern university traffic institute at Evan ston, lUiiiois. Mr. Burrell has been a member of the state patrol for several years. Before gol^ to the Evanston school he was assigned to Clinton and is pleasantly known here by a number of Mends. Wildor To Move Soon To Winnsboro Fewer disposed guilty. David and devoted to it by the closest per sonal ties, he was the unanimous choice of the board to succeed the retiring chairman. Dr. Simpson is well known here where he possesses a wide circle of friends. He is the brother of Mrs. Ruth Simpson Copeland, a valuable and esteemed member of the orphan age staff. Povrer, a city policeman, FIRE DESTROYS 4 FARM BARNS Fire of unknown origin Tuesda> night completely destroyed two large bams and two other buildings on B. H. Boyd’s farm near here, man aged by J. B. Dominick. The fire was discovered about 11:30 and rapidly'spread in spite of was acquitted of a homicide Cfalarge in the killing of an unruly Negro! efforts of Mr. Dominick and here several weeks ago. Testimony tatnOy and a large number of friends a Nazi-Fascist victory. In effect, II Duce defied the United States to declare war formally. He assailed President Roosevelt—calling him "Delano Roosevelt”—as an ex ample of "a dictator in the pure clas sic meaning of the term.” Further, Mussolini said that Amer ican intervention in the war would result in bringing to the United States "an authoritarian, totalitarian regime.” The occasion was observance of the first anniversary of Italy’s declara tion of war. II Duce spoke before a full dress session of the chamber of fasces and guilds, the Fascist-style development of what once was the lower house of the Italian parlia-* ment. The 50-minute speech was carried by loudspeakers to crowds gathered in public squares and by radio throughout the nation. All stores were ordered closed for the occasion. United States Ambassador William Phillips was conspicuously absent from the diplomatic gallery of the chamber. "It should be known that American intervention does not bother us ex cessively,” II Duce said. An explicit declaration of war would not modify the actual situation^ which is one of de facto war if not de jure. "American intervention, even com pletely employed, would be too late, and if not late would not change the terms of the problem. "American intervention will not give Britain victory, but will pro long the war. It will not limit the place of the war, but will extend it beyond the oceans. “It will transform thq United States regime into an authoritarian, totalitarian regime ccmipared with which the forerunner European re gime— Fascist and Nsai — will find themselves far surpassed and per fected.” Then Mussolini turned to Presi dent Roosevelt personally. “When it is desired to recall a dic tator in the pure classic meaning of the term, Sulla is cited,” II Duce told his countrymen. “All right, Sulla ap pears a modest amateur in compari son with Delano Roosevelt.” (Lucius Cornelius Sulla, a Roman dictator who lived from 138 to 78 B. C., was noted for a policy of “blood and iron” and was referred to by his enemies as “half-lion, haif- fox.” He was the first ruler in Roman history to post in the public forum a list of outlaws and public enemies, a famed "proscription” which launched a reign of terror). Sun-tanned and apparently in vig orous health, II Duce bounded to the rostrum two steps at a time, and he spoke vigorously, pounding the desk with his fist to emphasize his points. “By agreement with the German command,” he announced, “almost all Greece, including Athens, will be occupied by Italian troops.” Spain, he said, will be left to de cide whether she enters the war. of witnesses was to the effect that the defendant shot in self-defense, being attacked by the Negro after he ^^re had )>een placd under arrest. Thomas £. Workman, Negro, plead- and neighbors of the community who were soon on the scene. The mules all removed from the bams without injury, while Mr. Dominick lost three milk cows and a calf ed guilty to mansteughter on * housed under a shed adjoining one charge of murder in the aUeged slay- Uf the buUdings. The bams contained mg of another Negro. He was sen- between five and ten thousand bush- tenced to three years. CHURCHILL GIVES CRETE CASUALTIES AS 15,000 TROOPS i LOCAL LIONS AT STATE MEET between five and ten thousand bush els of oats arid other grain, all of which was completely destroyed. Mr. Boyd had limited insurance on the buildings but none on the contents, he said yesterday. The state convention of South Car olina Lions held In Charleston this week was attended by seven mem bers of the Clinton club: T. H. Cope land, president-elect; H. L. Elchel- bergeri retiring president, R. J. Pitts, H. Q.T*ayne, J. JB. Townsend, J. W. Finney, Sr., and E. M. Timmerman. James F» Daniel of Greenville, was, , elected governor of District 32-S and ^ United States and Canada E. S. C. Baker of Cxmway governor ^ attendance. Four days of business Kiwanis Convention In Atlanta June 15-19 The 25th annual convention of Ki wanis Intematlbnal will be held in Atlanta June 15-19, with more than 5,000’Kiwanis delegates and visitors Londoii, June 10.—Prime Minister Churchill declared today that Britain lost 15,000 men in killed, wounded and prisoners in the battle for Crete against 5,000 German drowned, 12,000 killed or wounded and 180 fighters and bombers and 150 troop carrying German aircraft destroyed. The prime minister made the charge that the Germans had driven British and New Zealand walking wounded before them in the Crete fighting. . He retracted his earlier charge, however, that German parachutists had worn New Zealand uniforms. The British losses recounted did not include Greek or Cretan casual- of DUtrict 32-C. Robert P. Wilder left Tuesday for Columbia where be will attend sum mer school at the University of South j school vriiich opened on Tuesday, Carolina. Mrs. Wilder will remain in; with Dr. John G. Barden as director. 44 Enroll For Summer School Forty-four students are registered for the Presbyterian college summer the city and their sxm, Donnie, has gone to Woodruff to qiend the stun- mer with his grandparents. The Wilders have given up their home on West Centennial street and in August will move to Winnsboro vdiore Mr. Wilder will be principal of tbe fa^gh school and athletic di rector for ttie coming year. Dr. Barden is assisted by Dr. H. E. Sturgeon, Dr. H. Earle Spencer, Prof. Kenneth N. Baker, Prof. Bunnard H. Boyd, and Edgar Stanton, Jr., of sessions and conferences are sched uled to plan 1941-42 activities for the 2,175 chibs in all parts of the North American continent. The theme for the meeting is "Vitalizing democracy through service.” The convention will be attended by President W. A. Moorhead, Dr. A. E. Spencer and W. W. Harris as delegates fTom the local club. AT HOME FOR SUMMER Miss Barbara Montgomery, student Clinton Womon Loses Her Fother Mrs. W. M. McMillan of this city, was called tp her former home Sat urday on account of the death of her father, Thomas Allen Nickob, 73, who had been in declining health for some time. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon fronS," the home with burial following in the Florence, who took graduate work at' the past session at Georgia State j Waterloo cemetery. the University of Michigan tb* past session. Courses to mathematics, commerce, Englidii, * Bible, and edu cation are beli^ offered. Woman’s college, Milledgeville, Ga., is spending the summer with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Mont gomery. Mr^ Nickob was a well known farmer and hi^ly regarded citizen of the Harris Springs community near Waterloo.