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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
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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
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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