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Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Volame XUI Clinton, S. C, Thursday, June 11,1942 3SS * ^ |$V ; £ ' r , Commencement Season Closes At Thornwell Program of Interest Marks Year's Work At Orphanage. Fulton and Lynn Are Speakers. Twenty-six graduates, 15 girls and 11 beys of the Thornwell orphanage high school received their diplomas Monday evening in the final chapter of the sixty-seventh annual com mencement program of the institu tion. The exercises were presided over by Dr. L. R. Lynn, president of the institution. The salutatory address was given by Chestnut Whitaker, 11 and the valedictory by Shirley Grube. The diplomas were awarded by B. S. Pinson, principal of the school, and a copy of the Bible presented each graduate by Dr. Lynn, a custom fol lowed since the founding of the in stitution in 1875. The class gave their alma mater song. - Prizes and honors were awarded by the president. The winners were: Scholarship, Shirley Grube; Bible, Shirley Grube; most efficient office work, Susie Mae Hart; monitor’s medal, Ossie Martin; farm-dairy, Clyde Breaty; wood shop, Donald Fraser; printing, Henry Rhodes; poultry, Albert Wallace; electrical work, Frank Dubose. The list of graduates appeared in The Chronicle last week. Address By FuheH \ The address to the graduating class was made by Dr. C. Darby Ful ton of Nashville, Tenn., secretary of foreign missions, the Southern Pres byterian church, and a grandson of the orphanage. His father, the late Holil Annual Meeting LYNN RESIGNS AS ORPHANAGE HEAD TO BECOME EFFECTIVE A YEAR HENCE Board Accepts Resignation With Sincere Regret ~ and Highly Commends Him for 24 Years of Outstanding Service. to Japan for almost a half century, was the first minister to go out from Thortwell. Dr. Fulton selected as his theme, "For what is your life,” a part of the 14th verse of the fourth chapter of James. After speaking of his pleas ure in being present and the tender ties of love that t?ind him. to the or phanage, he began his timely address by asking the graduates yhat is your life, why were you placed here—is your life the rofad to the top of the hill? He told the graduates, we cannot understand the meaning of life un less we consider it in Connection with others—we cannot insulate ourselves, either as individuals or as nations. Thornwell Board In Session Here Tuesday, Reviews Work of Year. The annual meeting of the board of trustees of Thornwell orphanage was held here Tuesday afternoon in the office building with the chair man, Dr. T. Ellison Simpson of Dar lington, presiding. The meeting was called to order at 11 o’clock, with intermission at 12:30, at which time the members were dinner guests of the orphanage family in the central dining hall. Those attending the meeting from the three controlling synods were: South Carolina: Allan F. Lide, El- loree; Joel S. Morse, Abbeville; Rev. T. Ellison .Simpson, Darlington; Janies H. Thomy/ell, Hartsville; Dr. L. R. Lynn, Rev\*«J. K. Roberts, R. E. Ferguson and W. W. Harris of this City; Rev. John McSween, Chester; Henry J. Winn and Henry T. Mills of Greenville. Georgia: John J. McKay, Macon; George B. Hoyt, Atlanta; Rev. Har old McQ. Shields, Atlanta; George R. Coffin, Augusta; Rev. Richard T. Gillespie, Thomasville. Florida: Rev. A. R. Larrick, Plant City; Charles M. Turney, Starke; Dr. James V. Johnson, Miami. A number of matters of vital im portance to the institution were bo* D. conslder * Uon annual reports of the president, ex ecutive and endowment committees were presented and approved. Rec ommendations of the president and executive committee were adopted, and the staff of workers for the com ing year elected. The auditor’s report for the year showed that the insUtution’s indebt- the endowment fund, and that since Jan. 1, 1942, an additional $14,198 has been added to this fund. The re port showed an income from all sources for the year ending Dec. 31, 1941 of $134,804.38, with expenses of $119,394.3L Endowment fund as sets were listed at $358,957.40, with total endowment * and plant assets There must be a pemonal and indi-, to $1,333,948.52. vidual relation with friends, he said. ^ foUowing officers were re elected to serve for the coming year: There is no place in life for a selfish person, the one who lives fbr self alone, estranged from other people You will need friends, he said, you ^, re<nvillc Chairman emeritus of board for life: Ex-Governor Martin F. Ansel of must meet your comrades half way for no feeling of unity or fellowship can live in a selfish presence. There are too many people, Dr. Fulton said, who have as their incen tive, what can 1 get out of life, what can I exploit? How much finer to adopt as your motto, he said, “What can 1 put into life?” Jesus Christ is the great ex ample of service, of giving rather than grasping. While it is often true, he said, that the wicked flourish and selfishness seems to win, the inevit able result is that selfishness sows only the seeds df dissatisfaction and remorse. You must spend your life to enhance it. Continuing Dr. Fulton said, we cannot understand the full meaning of life unless we consider it in full relationship to God. How can we; have peace and order, he asked, when there is no common reference point. The only true relationship point is Qod—you cannot understand anything unless you understand God. Men today, he said, are not holding Gold in remembrance— they want to live without taking God into account. He warned the graduates, you cannot succeed in competition with God. That man or woman, Dr. Fulton said. Chairman of board: Dr. T. Ellison Simpson of Darlington. Vice-chairman, Charles M. Tumey, of Starke, Fla. » Secretary: W. W. Harris, Clinton; Treasurer: Dr. L. R. Lynn, Clinton Attorney: A. C. Todd, Greenwood. Executive committee: W. W. Har ris, chairman, Rev. J. K. Roberts, R. E. Ferguson, all of Clinton. Endowment committee: A. C. Todd, Greenwood, chairman; Henry - J, Winn, Greenville; Henry T. Mills,' Greenville. Auditing committee: Chas. M. Tur ney, Starke, Fla.; G. R. Coffin, Au gusta, Ga.; J. S. Morse, Abbeville. Autret Accepts ' Government Work CHy Election A Quiet Affair Moydr Bailey Reelected Unopposed. Four Aider- men Reelected. Run-over Races In Five.and Six. If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get Hie News i ii i» Number 24 iMiMira) m STRENGTH POKED FOR UR6ER RAIDS Attack. Will Mak. Cologne Raid Look Like Zephyr, Air Chief Says. London, June 9.—The RAF bomber command tonight was marshaling its incalculable air strength for assaults The city municipal primary in which little interest was shown, was held Tuesday with a total vote cast of 93|. Mayor P. S. Bailey was renominat-1 _ ed for a fifth term without opposi-! on Germany s war industries of , the lion. i Ruhr and Rhineland which Air Chief In ward one Hugh C. Ray, incum- Marshal A. T. Harris predicted bent, defeated Posey Watts Cope-! would make the 1,000-plane raid on land, 158 to 73. ! Cologne look like-“a gentle zephyr of In wards two, three and Tour, P. » past summer. B.-Adair, J. F. Jacobs and F. M. Bo land were re-elected without oppo sition. In ward five, where there were six candidates, J. H. Cranford and "Uncle Bud” Owens will run over. The Ruhr, one of the chief citadels of the German arms industry, was battered last night for the fourth time in eight nights. This was one of the series of “medium” raids in which the- RAF is employing several In ward six, with three candidates, | hundred planes, .hut not so many as the incumbent, J. W. Hedspeth, and Roy Trammel will make the second race. Of the 931 votes, 637 were cast by wards five and six, and 294 in wards one, two, three and four. Ward one, which showed more inter est than any other ward, has recent ly been enlarged by the inclusion of in the earlier four-figure attacks on Cologne and Essen. The RAF’s raids last night also in cluded attacks on the Dieppe docks, and on railways and airdromes in France and the Netherlands. Eight een bombers were lost in these op erations, but the losses were believed to be well below the 10 per cent fig ure which makes raiding ' unprofit- one side of Elizabeth street and both sides of North Broad street. I a bk The second primary to decide the; Harris, commander in chief of the aldermanic races in wards five and bomber command, said in a news six will be held, on Tuesday, June reel that raidg soon would be REV. L. ROBS LYNN, D. D. Carrying out his retirement plans signature and then presented to Dr. previously announced to the board Lynn. of trustees. Dr. L. Ross Lynn, presi dent of Thornwell orphanage for the past 24 years, tendered his resigna tion at the annual board meeting .of the institution held here Tuesday af ternoon in the office building on the campus. On June Amt J>r.-LyMt had ad dressed a tetter to members of the board expressing his intention to re sign as president of the orphanage effective one year hence, July 1, 1943. In his letter he stated that “if spared until another orphanage year closes, I will have rounded out twen ty-five years of service at the or phanage and feel that I should be relieved of the heavy burden and re sponsibility. My earnest prayer to God, he said in his communication, is that Thornwell may continue a blessing to needy, dependent children so they may grow up to be a bless ing to the state and the church. If this is to be true, it must continue to be thoroughly Christian in its teachings and in its manner of Ufa.” At the meeting Tuesday afternoon Dr. Lynn insisted upon the board to accept the resignation and comply ing with his request, it was accepted to become effective one year hence. In accepting his resignation the board expressed its profound regret, and expressed its deep appreciation of the faithful, unselfish services he has rendered. A committee consisting of Dr. T. Ellison Simpson of Darling ton, John J. McKay of Macon, Ga., and W. W. Harris of this city, was appointed to prepare suitable resolu tions on his life, services and work, the resolutions to be forwarded to each member of the board for his The trustees later authorized the appointment of a special committee to make a thorough study of the in stitution, any changes deemed advis able in the by-laws, and to make a recommendation to the board as to a successor to Dr. Lynn. The commit- of Darlington, chairman, W. W. Har ris of this city, secretary, and A. B. Morse of Abbeville, representing the South Carolina synod; Char lee M. Turney of Starke, and Dr. A. R. Lar rick of Plant City, representing the Florida synod; John J. McKay of Macon, and Rev. Harold McQr Mayor— 16. The voting place will be at Trammel’s Lunch on the corner of Pitts and Bailey streets, with the polls open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The vote by wards for mayor and alderman follows: Ward One Mayor— Bailey 227 Alderman— ■ , ■ Copeland 73 Ray v. 158 Ward Two Mayor— Bailey ; 26 Alderman— Adair 26 Ward Three Mayor— Bailey .. .... ..— .... .... .... 27 Aldennaxv— Jacobs .... 27 Ward Fear Mayor— Bailey 14 Alderman— „ Boland — .... 14 Ward Five Shields of Atlanta, representing the Georjia synod. When the committee is ready {o report to the board a special meeting will be called to hear their report. Dr. Lynn assumed the presidency o^ the orphanage on June 11, 1918, coming here from the pastorate of the Springfield Presbyterian church, Jacksonville, Fla. He is a graduate of Southwestern and began his pas toral work in Darien, Ga., in 1895. He later accepted work in the synod of Florida where he held several pas torates before accepting the presi dency of the local institution. ing his administration the or- age has shown steady growth, plant has been enlarged and im proved, and substantial increases ve been made in the endowment.! th at the orphanage and in the* <jity Dr. Lynn is loved for his many i dmirable qualities and there is gen eral regret that his term of office as e directing head of the institution soon to terminate. Bailey .... 319 Alderman— < Cranford 72 Gregory 9 1 Evans 501 Owens 1051 Sumeral .« 37' Terry 49 Ward Six Mayor— ' Bailey ...; 318 Alderman— Hedspeth .... .... 128 Queen 60 Trammel .... 126 eclipsed by Anglo-American attacks which he predicted would hurl thousands of bombers against Ger man cities on suitable nights in an effort to win the war through bomb ing. : —, “Do not imagine we can yet put out a thousand planes a night when ever we please,” Harris declared. “That time will come. It may not long be delayed. But it is not yet. “Let the Nazis take good note of the western horizon. There they will see a cloud as yet no bigger than a man’s hand. Behind it lies (he whole massive power of the United States of America. “When the storm gathering there and here breaks in its full fury over Gehnany they will look back to the days of Luebeck, Roatock and logne as men lost in a raging typhoon and think back to a gentle zephyr of a past summer. “It may take a year, it may take two, but for the ‘herrenvolk’ (mas ter race) the writing is on the waU. “Some people argue that heavy bombing will not win wars,” he said. “To them I answer that it hasn’t been tried yet. When it is, Germany will be the experiment and Japan will be tjie confirmation.” FAVORITES TAKE WINS IN OPENER Prof. Jean Autret has resigned his work as instructor of French at Pres byterian college to accept the posi tion of translator w^htlie FBI j preparations are underway at the branch of the War department, and loca[ ^ lective Mrvice board for the Plans Under Way For Registration is now stationed at Miami, Fla. Mrs. Autret* and daughter are spending the summer with relatives in Texas. Prof. Autret early in the year vol unteered his services to the army, Burts Announces Fbr Gome'Worden Favorites triumphed as expected Tuesday as most of the first rounds of the Southern Boys and Juniors tennis tournament were played on Presbyterian college’s courts. At the same time the seventh an-, nual National Model Tennis clinic of the U. S. Lawn Tennis association got underway with individual in struction in fundamentals for the more than 70 persons registered from Harold Seymour, A.B., A.M., of the Southern states. Ithaca, N. Y., has been added to thej Instruction was by Director Bill Presbyterian college history staff, Lufler, Presbyterian tennis coach; Dean M. W. Brown has announced, i Welby Van Horn of Atlanta, Ga.; The new professor will report for Slim Harbertt of Miami Beach. F|a.; duties at the beginning of the fall and Skuppy Andrews of St. Peters- New Professor To Join College In Foil of to sqtectees W. M. (Bill), BurtS of Ldurens, announces himself in today’s\ paper of- as a candidate for epunty gamd war*- term in September and will take the vacancy in this department created when Dr. Lenthiel H. Downs was in ducted into the army several weeks ago. Prof; Seymour received his master of arts degree from Cornell univer sity in 1935. He is now seeking the burg, Fla. fifth registratipn ficially designated to start June 30, den in the approaching prima it was . stated yesterday by R. J. Mr. Burts ran for this office v two Pitts, chairman of the board. Un- years ago at which time he made a . . ,. .. . aiu, umeerea im u** wail der a ■Pecial memorandum issued, creditable showing. “I feel that I am who proposes to live his or her We navy and marinw. | from Columbia headquarters, the lo- weU qualified to fill the office," he without God places himself or her- vailed to Miami and given the impor- ca} board WM authorized to start said, “and promise faithful, cour- McSween Here For Lost Board Meeting self in an impossible position. i tant assignment he now holds. In his concluding remarks Dr. Ful ton said people are living in a fool’s paradteo—Vsy are attempting to ride the crest of what they call success. Let me plead with you young men and women to take the long view—to look out bn life through thff eyes of God. Keep Four eyes ever on the sun. he told the graduates. Be sure you break away the clouds and that King of Glory shines in and through your lives as you gp out from this institution, to take your place in life. ite sermon morning at the Sunday Thornwell Memorial phurch by Rev. Matthew Lynn, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Brownsville, Texas, and a son of Dr. L. R. Lynn, president of* the institution. The ser vice was preaided over by Dr. Lyftn, who extended the public a cordial* attend the DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE BO FAR TM8 YEAR THERE HAVE 3$BN O FATALITIES AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS tat LAURENS COUNTY UI*b Strivt To Mako 190 m Safe Year On wmM cal board was authorized to start the program on or about June 23 and continue it through Saturday at 12 o’clock of the same week* Pieces* of registration and other details will be announced later, the board states. Registrants included are those be tween the ages of 18 and 21. teous service I * if elected.” Show Travel Films . At Orphanage Tonight Auto Sfanips /Are Placed On Sole Federal auto use stamps for the fiscal year beginning July 1 and end ing June 30, 1943, went on sale at $5 each yesterday at the local post- office. Motorists must- have the use stamps to purchase r gasoline after July 1, it has been stated from Wash ington. UONB TO MBIT FRIDAY A meeting of the Lions club will be held Ittday evening at I o’clock at the dub house near here, it la announced by officiate of the organi zation. This evening (Thursday) at 8:30 to the orphenaSe chapel, two Thaw- jPnlter lor . j0> Jtruck Asia travel color films will be shown, men > one enti0ed “Laod Of ^fi^Mahark-^.-Saturday’s games will be played: Jato and the other “Stranfe Gods T Rlverdale „ Clinton « of India. The films will be shown under the auspices of the Esso Marketers, with the general public invited to attend. _ i The Rev. John McSween, D.D., of doctor of philosophy degree at the Chester, was in the,city Tuesday to same institution. . , attend the annual meeting of the - ' m 1 board of trustees of Thornwell or- ri i | phanage. It was Dr. McSween’s last i meeting since he is moving next _ week from the synod t>f South Caro- i lina. ' ’ ^ Dr. McSween was elected a mem- ! hereof the board twenty years ago, succeeding his father, the late John I McSween, prominent Timmonsville merchant and business man. The board taking recognition of his leav ing the state expressed its appreci ation to him for the spirit of love and interest manifested in the insti tution over this long period of years. Clinton, Joanna Saturday Winners The Clinton Mills team went on a batting spree Saturday to defeat Riv- erdale at Enoree by the score of 23 to 0 in the Mid-Carolina league. Down at Goldville, Joanna eked out a pulse-poundiyg 6 to 5 decision over Buffalo that was not decided until .11 innings had been played.' out ten AIR RAID SIREN ri TO BLOW TODAY The newly installed air raid siren Buffalo. Coe To Teach At . Oglethorpe University Dr., Roger L. Coe, a member of Limestone college faculty for the past year in the department of edu cation, has resigned the position to will blow this afternoon (Thursday) become a member of the Oglethorpe at 3 o’clock R. J. Pitta, chief of the' university faculty, Atlanta, in the Dr. McSween in turn expressed his sincere regret that his term as a member of the' board is terminating, and said he would always hold a warm place in his heart for Thorn well and the children. Boone Resigns College Position fire department, stated yesterday. The siren will be sounded to de termine if it is loud enough to ba heard through out the city in case it is used for blackout practice. The try-out of the strait last Thursday was not satisfactory it is stated. same department. Dr. Coe will leave Sunday for At lanta to begin teaching in the sum mer school, the Oglethorpe school now operating on a twelve months schedule. Mrs. Coe will join him a little later. Prof. Jack H. Boone, a member of the Presbyterian college faculty for the past few years, has resigned his position, it is announced by the in stitution’s dean. Prof. Boone has accepted a posi tion as editorial writer with Jacobs Press of this city and entered upon his work following the closing com mencement