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t k l t k l t i. THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable (Elitthm If You Don't Read • THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume LI Clinton, S. C, Thursday, June 8, 1950 Number 23 City Voters Go To Polls—Tuesday DIPLOMAS AWARDED jCLOSING PROGRAM L2( GRADUATES AT !AT ORPHANAGE COLLEGE MONDAY NEW INDUCTEES IN JOANNA 'OLD TIMERS' CLUB Largely Attended Com- - mencement Exercises Come to Close. Turner and Hall Are Speakers. Academic degrees to 126 seniors, honorary degrees to two outstanding Southerners and addresses by two leading Presbyterian ministers mark ed the highlights of Presbyterian college’s largest commencement ex ercises in history held Monday morn ing. Faith and Godliness in the face of i the present world crisis was the gen eral theme cited by both speakers Dr. Warner L. Hall, pastor of the Covenant Presbyterian church of Charlotte, delivered the commence ment address Monday after Dr. Her man L. Turner, pastor of Atlanta’s Covenant Presbyterian church, had preached the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday. Both were held in the First Presbyterian church. Receiving honorary degrees: the Rev. Ryan L. Wood, pastor of West Palm Beach’s Memorial Presbyterian Church and a Presbyterian College alumnus; and Owen R. Cheatham, of Augusta, Ga., internationally pro minent lumber industrialist. Two father-son combinations re ceived degrees Monday. Marion Wood, youngest son of the Rev. Wood, received a regular B.A. de gree as a senior graduate while his father was being awarded an honor ary degree. But the most unusual feature was the awarding of two academic de grees to senior Robert C. McKeown and to his father T. O. McKeown Sr., both of Blackstock, S. C. The latter came 33 years after McKeown had dropped out of P.C. just before the completion of his senior year in 1918 to join the Navy. In awarding him the degree, President Marshall W. Brown pointed out it was custo mary during World War I to award degrees to seniors under such cir cumstances—McKeown attended na vy submarine school—but an over sight had been made in this case. McKeown has since sent three sons to Presbyterian. • Dr. Hall, in his commencement ad dress, told the seniors the reason for today’s feanfulness is entirely a mat ter of faith. He said we have lost faith in our ideals. He cited five points in his code of faith which this flamsy world would do well to bear in mind: 1—The earth is the Lord’s. He has not abdicated his throne, and his purposes shall not, in the long run, be defeated. 2—The Lord is Holy. At the basis of life is the moral law of God—not the question of “left” or “right” but right or wrong. Dr. Hall said, “When God' has had enough of Bolshevism he shall lift up his hand and smite it down." 3—1 am a child of God—when backs are turned on this faith, peo ple lose all dignity and become less important than animals. 4—Love never failith, whereas nothing fails like worldly success. 5—God has put us here to serve one another and not ourselves. —Dr. Turner, in hi? baccalaureate sermon, urged meekness in meeting the great crisis of this atomic age. He quoted Christ’s statement: “Bles sed are the' meek, for they shall in herit the earth.” The ^Atlanta pastor ~ contradicted j the current fancy of regarding j meekness as a weakly thing. He said j it is actually strength grown tend-1 er—obedience .to God and ■gentleness j toward man. Dr. Turner said we must stop seeking peace of mind in this crisis *and seek peace of heart. He charged college men with a greater respon sibility toward preserving the good things of life than those who have not had the opportunity 6 atteild | college. Dr. W. R. Wallace of Chester, ) chairman of the board of trustees, ■ conferred honorary and baccalaur eate degrees Monday, and Academic Dean George C. Bellingrath award ed honors and medals. Reserve army commissions and ROTC awards were presented by Lt. Col. Powell A. Fraser, professor of military science. and tactics. Also honored Monday were Dr. Addison W. Simpson of Washington, Ga., who received the Gold P alum- , ni award for outstanding achieve ment in the medical profession, and the following students: Student Gold P awards-^Bill Har- per of Darlington, Ferd Jacobs of CUnton, Ed Campbell of McCormick,' Ed Kenney of Aiken, Neely McCart- ■ (Continued on page eight) BEGINS FRIDAY Baccalaureate' Sermon Sunday, Graduates' Ad dress Tuesday. Diamond Jubilee Celebration June 9-13 The seventy-fifth commencement, exercises of Thornwell orphanage will be ushered in Friday evening at 8:30 with the annual senior play in the chapel. On Sunday morning at 11:15 the baccalaureate sermon will be preach ed in Thornwell Memorial church by the Rev. J. B. Carpenter, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Holly Springs, Miss. Dr. Carpenter: is an alumnus of the institution and h Presbyterian college. Tuesday evening at 8:30 the grad uating exercises proper will be held at which time diplomas will be pre sented and prizes and medals award- | ed. The address will be delivered by! Dr. Louis C. LaMotte, also an alum- i m*s of the institution and Pjesbyte- ! rian college. Dr. LaMotte is presi- j dent of Presbyterian Junior college, i Maxton, N. C. j To the closing exercises the pub-' lie is cordially invited. This year’s graduating class is composed of six girls and seven boys as follows: Robert Eugene Bullman. Charles Edward Darnell. Hattie A.' Driggers. Florine F. Ginn. John Randolph Jordan. Wade Alexander Lucas. Jack Edward Maxwell. Martha Jean Maxwell. Betty Jean Mercer. Anne Odom. Eula Mae Owens. Jack Wheeler. Robert W. Westmoreland. Diamond Jubilee Celebration In connection with the commence- ^ „ , . „ _ ment season the institution will cel- Thirty-eight Old Timeis and ’S. Brannon, W. N. Brazel, C. J. ebrate its Diamond Jubilee during t* or ^ completing twenty I Campbell, A. G. Coleman, W. J. the period June 9-13 with alumni iy ears service at Joanna Cotton .Dunlap, Louise Farmer, J. L. Felt- invited back on the campus for the MM* Company, were honored last man, G. H. Frady, J. T. Fulmer, Jr., 75th birthday celebration. It is ex- Saturday evening with a gala ban- Fay Gaskin, Jeanette Gaskin, C. H. pected that several hundred grad- Q uet given by the Company in the Godfrey, Clarence Guyton, J. B uates and former students will at-> i )a li roorn the Poinsett Hotel in Humphrey, E. H. Hunnicutt, J A. Front row, left to right: Corley Wells, Mrs. L. E. Prater, L. E. Prater, row: Gus Gary, E. C. Abrams, Rolfe Clark, G. B. Craft and B. C. Flow. IOANNA EMPLOYEES PRESENTED GOLD WATCHES AT GREENVILLE BANQUET t Group Reaching Twenty-Year Mark Given Recog nition for Long Records With Company. Ten Mem bers Inducted Into 'Old Timers' Club' With Service of Twenty-five Years. MAYOR AND SIX ALDERMEN TO KOMINAJED Three-Cornered Mayor's Race. 16 for Council. Polls Open ot 8:00 A M. and Close 5:00 P.M. , Clintonians will go to the polu* -[ next ,Tuesday between. 8. a. m. jin i 5 p. m. to nominate a mayor amT ; six aldermen to run the city’s gov ernment for the next -two years - - -ginning in September, j There are 19 candidates in th» field—three for mayor and 16 for ! de r man. ? Keen interest is centered in thi ~| three-:ortiered mayor’s- race. May- j or L. E. Bishop who has held the ! office the past four years, did not i seek re-election because of h-A ' heilth. The candidates .are L. B. Dill- | ard. Joe P_ Terry and. CM R. E Wysor. All .^x members of council are seeking re-election, with opposition. in each ward. The enrol Iment book -—have been c:rcula!e-i in all wards seeking a fiMl airoihr^nt. The Chronicle is not able to give the enrollment by ward? j.«in e the evecutive committee stated [yesterday that a hrral checking is be- ng made. The polls will open at 8 a m. an I 'close at 5 pm, the executive com- Mrs. J. L. Clark, Jack Leake. Second mi::ee has announced The elec- ^ . (tion will^ be in charge of the follow- ______ , i ing managers: j - City box at c:ty hai' i Frank E. Mirier, John Ij. Aldine Blakely. I Clinton Mill box at Greasy Cor- tner: Bob Yarborough, .! F. Wier, | Mis. Grady Smith anu Mrs. Editn Mrs. Pearl Nabors Adair, 68, wi- | daw of the late W. Taylor Adair, died at an early hours yesterday morning at Hays hospital after several years of declin.ng health. The funeral services will te held) ^ or Mayor—L. B. Dillard, Joe P, this afternoon (Thursday) at four Terry, Col. R. E. Wysor. - o’clock from the Gray Funeral home, For Aidernuui with the Rev. J. H. Darr in ebarge. Ward One—iH D Rantin, Hugh C. Interment will follow in BosoniQnf Ray- cemetery. i Ward Two—L. L. Copeland, Sr, The following nephews will serve L. Plaxico, S A. (Chick) Pitts. Last Rites Here This Afternoon For Mrs. W. Taylor Adair J J. Clark. Norris ani Hancock. List of C&othl.teo The complete list of t-ndidates for mayor and alderman r.s qualified with the secretary-trt*.-urer of the City Democratic club, follows: tend the reunion with their enter tainment provided on the campus. On Saturday evening the alumni banquet will be held with Graham Miller of New York City presiding and Dr. Thornwell Jacobs of Atlanta as the principal speaker. Others on the program will be Garvin Daniel Of*Hunnicutt, G.,S. Lewis, O. J. Lewis, ,ne C. A. Montjoy, C. A. Morgan, G. W. Greenville. Wives and husbands the honorees were among the one hundred and fifteen guests present ; Morse, Katie Morse, W. C. Murphy, for the occasion. O. F. Murphy, T. G. Murphy, F. L. Dr. John McSween, pastor of the Phillips, G. W. Price, J. M. Ross, Fourth Presbyterian church in ^ 5'' ^ owe ' Mary Rowe, J. J. Sea- Greenville, addressed the group. Us- WT *£ht, E. L. Stewart, Sulie Stew ing as his subject, "Keeping Our ar * ^Stores), Maggie Sulton, S. G. as pallbeireri: Mason Simpson, Lu j ther Nabors, Keith Adair. Wrcford 1 Nabors.'Hugh Denson and Guy Tum- ) blin, Sr. Mrs. Adair w r as a native of this Ward Three—Jiarry C. Layton, Billy McMillan. Ward Four—Arnold M. Cannon, Lynn W. Cooper. W M Walker. Ward Five—Carl Campbell, Walk- community -.vhere her entire life was|er L. Gregory. Roy Thomas, Wood- spent. She was the daughter of the [row Wilson, late John Henry and Susie Copeland Ward Six—Marcc of Birmingham, Ala., and H. J. Winn g a j ance .. j} r McSween spoke to Sulton, B. D. Summers, of Greenville. ‘ - ’ - - - — Henry and Susie Copeland i Nabors. She was a member of the'Janies Craine. Hu-rrearfe Baptist church. I Mrs. Adair possessed a kindly dis-! £ if jzenS Federal position that endeared her to all who :el! tNub) Barker, - - Ilhe assembled guests on the impor-! The following were inducted into,*"'" 1 p r , T p On Sunday afternoon a common- , ance of k j me - s J , he .. 0!d Timf „.. dub 0 -g anuJ . were privileged know her. Her B. L. lO POy ion service will be held by Dr. L. the midst of a troubled and uncer . tion limited t0 Joanna employws R. Lynn of Tallahassee, Fla., and in the evening there will be a ser mon by the Rev, Clarence Piephoff of College Park, Ga. On next Tuesday afternoon the new gymnasium will be dedicated as the gift of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Hart- ness of Spartanburg. On Monday evening at 6:30 there will be a bar becue on the campus. Home Opened In 1875 The orphanage opened for the re ception of children on October 1, 1875. It was founded by the late Dr. William Plumer Jacobs who headed it as president for 42 years until his death in Sept. 1917. Dr. Jacobs was succeeded as pres ident in 1918 by Dr. L. Ross Lynn tain world. Interspersing his serious with twenty-five or more years of statements with humorous incidents service: and jokes, he captivated the crowd E. C. Abrams, Grace Clark, Rolfe with his homespun humor. C’.ark, G. B. Craft, B. C. Flow, Gus John Holland Hunter, master of Gary (Stores), Esther King, J. R. ceremonies, led the group in the Leake (Stores), L. E. Prater, Lillie singing of familiar folk songs an^ Prater. Corlev Wells, with an ever ready supply of ;okcs The initia'ion corerronies for ‘be and stunts, set a jolly keynote for new “Old Tuners" proved to be an the occasion. interesting feature of the meetine. Beautiful watches in solid gold V^h^ Rolfe Clark and B. C. Flow cases and increased ($2000) free life selected ihe dubious honor of insurance policies were presented representing the induciees. i.icsv by Walter Regnery, president of thtv’fef. * ates contributed to the roun i- mills, to the employees reaching the '^n* occasion by sinking a twenty-year mark. J. B. Hart, treas- ^ ue L threading a needle with one urer of the mills and himself an e >' e closcd - an d acquiring one thor- vOld Timer”, presided over the ou g hl y backed eye each, of Jacksonville, Fla., who served induction of the new members into The Old Timers elected the fol- as its second president for a period the ..Qj d Tj mers " c i ub anc j present- | owi ng officers to serve for the com- of 25 years until his retirement on ed j m p ress j ve certificates to all y ea f' Robbie Francis, president; July 1, 1943. For a fourteen months mem5 ^ rs J. L. Clark, vice-president; J B period until September 1, 1944, W. ; , . ' ,, o Hart, secretary-treasurer. W. Harris was acting president of * n ^ 1S address of welcome, Mr. A delicious dinner was s.-rvid the institution. In June 1944. Dr. Regnery was high in his praise of featuri shnmD cotktail gene-nn* M. A. Macdonald was elected pres- the faithful, loyal service of those portions^f' not^roast of ident by the board of trustees and, gathered at the banquet. He said in ^getabJes, chef’s salad, and straw- assumed the postion Septemioer 1, Part. , shortcake 1944. He came to the work from! "We have been most successful - 7 ' , the pastorate of the First Presby- in selling our production and have _ terian church at Moultrie, Ga^ ’experienced much less curtailment L-OmmcnCSmcnt rrogrom J— of operation than the average for ! By Bible School the industry. One of the main fac- j ' # tors contributing to this success is I The Vacation Bible school of the the high quality otour production. First Baptist church wiI1 hold its an _ We must lead the industry in this nua i * commencement Tuesday eve- perfection if we expect our future n ing, June 13, with the public cor- to be as bright as our past. It is, dially invited. The school will be you older members to whom we 1 opened for inspection at 7:30 pm. look to keep us on this path. There- and the program will begin at 8:00. fore, it is most fitting and right that Parents, relatives and friends are we should honor you members of cordially invited, the older group tonight. We want, —■ (you to know in this way how much Simpson Announces we appreciate your past services and _ ,how valuable you are to our whole jrOr Commissioner lorganization in facing the many problems in the future.” | Joanna employees with twenty years’ service, who received watches this year are: Evelyn Atkins, Katherine Blake- I Christian character was marked by the highest integrity and sincerity, and there are many who will .earn with sorrow of her pass.ng. She is survived by one son. Grady Adair; two daugnters. Mrs. Fred W. Ox ey and Miss Florence Adair, all of this city; two brothers and three G. C. Nabors, J. Harrison v a rs, Mrs. Lola Simpson. Mrs. i Bessie Adair. Mrs. 'Sidney Denson, all of this city, and six grandchii- idren. S. j. Hunt Dies Near Mountville READ tHE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULARLY EACH WEEK It will pay you. It’s thrifty to shop first to this newspaper, then In the stores as prtcef change and new merchandise is received and displayed. BE WISE— READ THE ADS Usuol Dividend A dividend for the six months pe riod January 1 to JUne 30, payabl-a | July 1, on the basis of 3 per cent per ‘ annum, was authorized by the board iif directors of the Citizens Federal Savings and Loan association at their regular monthly meeting held Tuesday night. The dividend applies to both classes of stock, investment and savings Citizens has been in operation for 41 years and js the largest and old est association in the county. Since its organization it has made it pos sible for hundreds of families to be come home-owners. s I Hunt, 68, well known citizen I The association is headed by the of Laurens county, died suddenly following off ce-s and directors: B. this morning at his home near Hubert Boyd, president; J P. Pra- MountvUle. j ther, vice-president; J. Sloan Todd. A native of Greenville county, he secretary-treasurer; Mrs. Henry was a son of the late Thomas R. and , Hunter, assistant secretary-treasurer. Sarah Roe Hunt. He had made his. Directors: B. Hubert Bovd. J. Sloaii home n Laurens county since 1931. Todd, J P Prather. VV W Harris. For a number of years he was sales J. W Finney, Sr., J B Hart, T. D* manager tor Wyard Plow company | Copeland, T H Copeland and R H. of Batavia, N. Y He was a member McGee. of tre Baptist church of Mountville, ^ where he served as deacon for a * i c * C » number of years and was also on the' ^0 jCrVICC JUnday board of trustees", of the Mountville Af Fir«t Prochi/torinn school. He served as a member of rresoyierian Laurena^county’for*one 3 te’ -n ‘"“I * »• -iuln, worship He is* survived by hi^widow. Mrs, i tfffrfh c*' ? rs ‘ Frances Smith Hunt of MQuntville; ‘ da ^’ ^ th 5 one daughter, Mrs. Robert VV Carr w0n ® re * at,on 15 ,nv,ted t0 attend of Mt. Pleasant, Mich; one brot^i ^T® ncerne, ; t K CX TT 1* Thorn - and one sister, Dona B. Hunt and Memorial church Sunday school Mrs. Sallie H. Thomas, both of wid oe held at the regular time. ly (Schools), C. A. Brannon, Jimmie nity. J. Algie Simpson places his an nouncement in today’s paper as a candidate for commissioner in this summer’s primaries. Mr. Simpson is a well known farmer of the Gray Court commu- SiTnephews^ 3 number ° f nieces ATTENDING SI MMER SCHOOL Funeral services were conducted’ R L Wood ’ of ^ Fur- at 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon from mr ‘ n Umvery ^ ‘a™tty. who resides the Mountville Baptist church by ne ‘* r ?he c tv ha * to Cha ^ the Rev. Ware Madden Interment * N C ’ where 15 studying for followed in the •Mountville Presby- s uTn*ner terian church cemetery. WINTHROP GIRLS AT HOME The VVinthrop college students from the .city and community have return- ed to tlyjir homes for the summer, .just ended ON DEAN’S LIST Miss Arlene McCullcugh of this city, is one of forty-four students announced on the Lander college honor roll for the second semester