Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

THE CHRONICLE Strives to be a clean newspaper, complete, nejrsy and reliable. If You, Don’t Read The Clinton Chronicle You Don’t G^rThe NfeWS YOfcEMB III -uL. CUSTOH, S. C., THUKSDAY. 1UL1 17th. 1919 NUMBER 2*> NAMED EDI JDDtESNIP Anderson Nan Nominated tor the Western District- Native of Laurens County. Capt. Henry Hitt Watkins, of An derson, prominent lawyer and citizen of the Piedmont section, will succeed the late Joseph T. Johnson as federal Judge for the Western district of South Carolina. According (0 Associated Press dis- * ""patches and S'pecIaT correspondence of t fie cfi fjir^c ci isniisscd from Washington to The News to The News yes terday the nomination of Capt. Wat kins as federal judge was sent to the United States senate by President Wilson. The nomination now needs only the formal confirmation of the senate, which will be given within the next few days, in all probability, and Capt. Watkins Will shortly there after assume the office. He will, in all probability, preside over the fed eral coart for the first time at the special term which is to be held in Oreenville beginning the first Tuesday in August « News correspondence from Wash ington last night was to the effect that Senator Dial has requested Chairman Nelson, of the judiciary committee, to expedite action upon ths nomination of Capt Watkins. Ordinarily the nom ination, with others received yesterday from the White House, would lie over until the next regular meeting of the committee, and then be referred to a sub-committee. By reason of Senator Dial’s request however, it is now very probable that the confirmation of Capt. Watkins as judge will take place with in a very short time. The nomination of Capt Watkins brings to an end a contest for the Judgeship which developed—shortly after the death of Johnson on May 8. Judge Joseph T. The names of a from various parts of the Piedmont section were proposed by their friends /nd admirers, and virtually every *40 community put forth a candidate for the vacancy. The appointment of Capt Watkins has caused very general satisfaction throughout the district and after the news of the appointment was received yesterday the opinion was very gen erally expressed that Capt Watkins would fill the position in a thoroughly satisfactory manner, and that his tenure of the office would be an honor to the district and a credit to him self. Henry Hitt Watkins was born in DRIVE TO DEFEAT SUFFRAGE BEGINS National Association Expects to Ob tain Defeat of Woman Suffrage in 13 States. Tells of Dangers in South From Suffrage. Washington, July 13.—The national association opposed to woman suffrage announced today that it had set out to obtain the defeat of the woman ‘ iiffrage amendment by at least thir teen states and issued aif open chal lenge to William - Jennings Bryan to piove statements that he was quoted as making in an address at Montgom ery, Ala., that ratification of the fed eral woman suffrage amendment would be a “sure guarantee of continued and lasting peace” and that “the forces of evil are lined up against the ballot for women.” In answer to the first statement by Mr. Bryan the association declared that Germany had been given “great con solation” by the woman’s International congress at Zurich, attended by a num ber of American suffrage advocates. Replying to the second assertion, the association said that there was no con nection between suffrage and prohibi tion as shown in Texas which defeated woman suffrage and approved prohibi tion, on the same day; in, West Vir ginia which gave prohibition a 90,000 majority and defeated suffrage by 98,- 000; in Ohio which defeated suffrage three times at the polls and adopted prohibition by popular vote, and in California which after adopting woman suffrage, has defeated prohibition three times. • ’ ’ ’. "We ask you and challenge you,” the statement said “to tell the Ala bama legislature and all other south ern legislatures just why you are so eager to. fasten anew the problem of reconstruction days upon the South, just why you want to put back the clock sixty years and restore all the race hatred, “carpet bag” rule Soldiers Tell of Cruel Treatment Washington, July 15.—Six for mer American soldiers testified to day before a special house commit tee investigating alleged cruelties to military prisoners in France, de clared that merciless assaults were committed without provocation on the prisoners by arrogant officers in charge of the prisons and camps.* Only one of the witnesses, all of whom were charged with being ab- • . . 0 sent without leave, was convicted, the others having been atequitted on “The Bastile,” the Stockade”, “Prison Farm No. 2,” and “St. Ann's Hotel,” also £nown as “The Brig,” were the places named by witnesses as the scenes of the al leged cruelties, which were said to have extended over several months in 191&. Some of the officers in charge of the prison camps, it was said, had been convicted by court- martials and others were awaiting trial. Lieut. “Hardboiled” Smith, one of the prison camp officers, was mentioned frequently, while oth ers named were Lieut. Mason and Went. -Sullivan and Sergeants Ball, Wolfmeyer and Bush. “Did they try the general in charge of the camp?” asked Chair man Johnson, who left his seat in congress to serve with the army abroad. “Not that anyone heard of,” re sponded a witness. “When Lieut. ‘Hardboiled’ Smith was tried at ours early this against him, and ,f he was convict- large *nmSr^<r 'ttSttfled Sidney Kempf -479 West 146th street, New York City, who was a corporal with Company F, 102d engineers, 27th division., “Fifty witnesses who I can name will testify and verify everything said here, and tell more, too,” as serted Kemp. Several of the soldiers testified % that in addition to being beaten, food in small amounts and of poor quality was supplied, and that the bedding was poor, sometimes the mattresses being in mud under a small tent.” “A prisoner was smiling and an officer says ‘Take that smile off or I will,’ ” A. II. Mendleburg, 1410 East Fayette street, Baltimore, who served with Base Hospital 42, tes tified. “The officer did so by roll ing the man in the mud,” ^endle- buijg added. “Did you get that officQr’s ORGANIZING FARMERS* TRIP TO CLEMSON COLLEGE Farm Demon srator Moore Hopes to Take a Large Party to Clemson Col lege Next Week. Laurens, S. C., July 16, (Special)— Farm Demonstrator D. M. Moore le arranging for a large attendance of Laurens county farmers upon the ag ricultural course to be given at Clem son college aext week. The week has been set apart as “Farmers* Week” at the college and the program will con sist of discussions of timely topics^ demonstrations of tractor plowing) stump pulling and other farm imple ment work besides addresses by prom inent speakers. Mr. Moore Is deslr- .pf haring, a large- mpresejitatlnn from Laurens county an<j requests the use of their cars by as many farmers as can do so. Those who do not have cars are asked to Join the party and pay a pro rata share of transportation expenses. The present plan is to leave Laurens next Tuesday morning at 7:30 o’clock and go by way of Greenville, returning Wednesday or Thursday afternoon. A valuable opportunity of seeing some fine farms along the road will be giv en. Mr. Moore asks that all those who will go to notify him at once. Among the speakers on the program are Editor Clarence Poe, of the Pro gressive Farmer, and Dr. Hunter, of the U. 8. Department of Agriculture. Dr. Hunter will talk on the boll Weevil. Expenses at the college will be |1.00 per day for meas and room. AFFIDATITS CHARGE BIG SPRUCE PB1UDS Army Air Service Division Accused of Misuse of Public Funds During War. Washington, July 13—Affidavits pur porting to show criminal misuse of public funds by the spruce production division of the army air service, col lected during the past year by the Providence Journal, have been iub- year, a hundred witnesses appeared Jmltted to the ipeclal house committee where there wao-ouch unvarying good the .safe entertainers doomed? investigating war department expen- feeling and sincerity. Titere diturea and m a subcommittee of which Representa tive Fre&r (Wisconsin) la chairman. According to a statement authorised today by Mr. Frear, the affidavits al lege that contracts for spruce produc tion and railroad construction on the Pacific coast were awaroed under the cost plus system to companies which had no practical experience in the work, with the result that great sums of money were /wasted. Dishonest methods were asm) by the companies, it is charged, Uy obtain larger fees from the government. ^ ~ - “Charges are ifcade," the statement says, “that the government was sub jected, under thei cost plus system, to a cost of practically |650 per thousand feet for spruce wJ»ea ^ir'vate concerns were procuring the same kind fof from 6130 to 6178.” -rr* name,'' asked Representative Flood (demoerut) of Virginia. “I’m too sorry I did not take' his name,” answered Mendleburg. When telling of poor food, Men dleburg said that “if you asked for an,extra piece of bread you were flat on your back.” Meals, he and others said, con sisted of a stew made from canned beef, one slice of bread and part of a cup of coffee. Sometimes only the stew was served, witnesses said. Charies Goldberg, 320 Central Park West, New York city, a cor poral in Company G, 38th infan try, 3d division, said that while at the “brig” he was knocked down by an officer and one of his teeth knocked out when* he refused ( to surrender his money belt. Drawing a blackjack, the officer and Gold berg fought a few minutes, but the witness said he was forced to sur render becitise of the pain he suf fered from blows on the arms. negro domination that existed In the southland from 1866 to 1880—and al so to state whether the former apostle of the,initiative and referendum now advocates that representatives misre present the people, “embezzle power" ind “soock their constituents” because suffrage than to defend local self-gov- enrnient?” CAPTAIN WILLIS SUCCEEDS RECTOR Governor Names Sheriff of Greenville County. Young Army Officer to PHI -Place Male Yseant by^Reeent Kill- lag In Moantain City. Columbia, July 15.—Governor Cooper last night appointed Capt. Sam D. Wil lis, of Greenville, to be sheriff of Greenville county to ill the vacancy created by the recepj^cllling of Hen drix Rector. Captlln 'Willis is only 29 years old and lr%os*K>ly~the young est man in the Spite to fill the office of sheriff. He was recently mustered out of the service* having served in France as captain of the Butler Guards, the Greenville company, in ^he-Th1rtie.th, JM vision—He -Also,saw. service on the Mexican border. There were a full dozen applicants for the place. Th|y %ere: J. L. Bal- lenger, GreenvUkjj-L M. Wood, Greer; E. O. Hoitzclaw,^Greer; J. W. Lit tle, Simpsonvilj^; J. Ben Watkins, Greenville; W. A. Alison, Greenville; J. H. Bagwell, Greenville; Capt. Sam D. Willis, GreJnville; J. P. Charles, Greenville; H./D. Capell and Dr. J. R. 1 T. Neal. J In connection with the appointment of Captain 'Willis, Governor Cooper gave out the following statement: “It is a Murco of real regret to me that it is f ecessary for me to dis- ther applicants, some of ’dose personal friends y one man could be ap- er. • ~ priate that I call atten- it in which the various conducted themselves, has said anything to other applicant, and very naturally and anxious for the office. whi v*» pfoperly 1 it has been theYule that each hag said. In effect, *1 waiH X ou t0 name the man who will be cif most value to the county, .lor that 1A the important thing.’ I do -not rl’call having par ticipated in any matter of this kind feeling and sincerity. There was not an applicant who. showedJUmaelf un worthy, and neither was there an ap plicant who would, in my opinion, have made a failure in the office had it been given to him. “In this connection I wish to add this word: An officer is almost helpless save where he is backed by public opinion. I shall, therefore, expect those men who have indorsed Captain Willis, and all other citizens as well, to create the kind of sentiment that will enable and inspire not only the sheriff, but all other peace officers to do their utmost in behalf of the hap piness and welfare of Greenville coup- ty.” “Once when I was scrubbing a floor a sergeant swung a club at my head every five seconds,” tes tified Goldberg. Paul Boggs, Baldwin, N. Y., 31 »th field signal battalion, said men at the farm were often so hun gry that they were “glad to o't? dirty potato peelings.” He said he dipped a tin cup in a swill barrel so as to get some grease that he would eat ‘with a relish.” “Instead of giving v command, it was generally given with a club,” asserted Boggs, who s;iid re .saw’ at least fiLy Men beaten Alvin Bates, 42 Hawthorne St., Brooklyn, who was wuth the head quarters troops, Second ,rmy, . e aid whenever “there was a formation a mfin was beaten up every five minutes” at he prison farm. He and Boggs said that Pole, serving poor boys and girls of the State who are 'not able to get an education. The lb- La Howe property, which has been used as a County Indus trial School foi under the provisions of the He La Howe will, is to be used as.the new school property. There are 1,700 acres of land, seven hundred in cul tivation and one thousand in vir gin forest. The contract has btfen lot for a $40,000 administration building, which will later be im proved at a total cost of $70,000. Plans have been laid for a steady growth at the institution, so that in the American army, was brutal-Uooner or later this plant will rival ly beaten and soon afterward the prisoner cut his throat with a razor. Medical inspection was a farce,” said Bates, referring to the farm. “You went in one door and were kicked out Another.” George L. Pallitto, 315 Walnut street, Newark, N. J., private in Company M, 113th Infantry, 2!Hh divisibp, testified that he beeime known as a “nut*patient after he had said that he did not like a nnrse. ’ ’ Pallitto also teld of a.my cruel ties in the prison "amps in France, and admitted that, he absent REV. J. B. BRANCH HEADS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. Mr. J. B. Branch, who recently resigned from National Headquar ters of the American Red (Voss, Washington. D. C., has been fleet ed to take charge of the He La Howe State Industrial School, which is m ar Abbeville! TheState of South Carolina ri'cehll^TTe^ided to build up a large school for the HOW WETTEST CITY IN U. S. WENT (DRY San Francisco, Cal., July 12.—The wettest city on earth is dry— dry amid the lamentations of-p»tHilat4<w trained to extreme dampness since the wild, wet days of *49. San Francisco, in whose 1,400 sa- oons and cafes more liquids have been absorbed than in any other American city, greeted the arrival of the Great tfide Drouth with a real celebration— some celebration! It was a wake that made old Frisco shake to beat the quake. ' It was no peaceful death for John Barleycorn. Just one mad delirious splash of booze 10Q per cent proof. John, diatLfoitlng ^itb was a “mourning of the bar” when John “put out to sea.” Not that the whole city took part- 000 celebrants, largely from Sierra mining camps and Sacramento valley farms. Hotel space was at a premium and property in brass-railing was worth a million dollars a front foot. As the *sun came up on the first dry dawn, 200,000 feet were carrying 100,- far from it. There were probably 100,- 000 headaches along the winding path to the last grim morning-after. The town began to go wild Saturday night. Liquor-stores remained open on Sunday, while newspapers rah dou ble-truck ads, “Buy Your Liquors Now.” They bought There seemed to be a conspiracy afoot to make San FVancisco dry in fact as well as by law, by the simple plan of drinking all the liquids up. The lid was tilted on the famous Barbary Coast. Chief of Police White, despite the fact that Federal officials took a somewhat uncertain attitude, decreed that everything should close promptly at midnight on June 30. On the stroke of 12 ftie historic palaces barred their doors forever. Now San Francisco is wondering; What of the future? Can the dance halls remain open without booze? Are Will the city of stepper-odts step out no more? —- . —'«** Booze is written with bid red letters in San Francisco’s history. The first pioneers in’the great gold rush of ‘49 came from the Western cities where whiskey, owing to trans portation conditions, flowed freely. Where grain could not be shipped, whiskey made of grain could be. The prairie-schooners crossing the plains brought whiskey. It helped some men stand up against the hard ships of the awful Journey; it made the weaker succumb. Those that reached California wqye the master- drinkers. Their ranks wove recruited by aris tocrats irom the Old South, who soon found that mint grew in California as well as in Kentucky. From that day until a few years ago; drink was welded into California’s ousiness * life, politics, social gaiety, art and literature. Of late yer’ - " nas been somewhat on' the w though there were many who did the best to keep up the'old tradition. It is this group that was responsible for ITEMS OE INTEREST EMM THE IllESE Two Now Professors Added to Faculty—Coach Johnson to Return-Prospects Good for Fall Opening. the riotous farewell to a day that has passed. President D. M, Douglas has just received word from Coach W. A. Johnson stating that he had landed in America and was at Camp Mills ready to be discharged. ton about the last of August or first of September and be ready to begin coaching his foot-ball team. Many of the old foot-ball players have reported that they expect to return to college this fall and the prospects are bright for the strong est team the college has ever turned out. Coach Johnson will have his old place at the Presbyterian Col lege as athletic coach and physical director. Dr. W. E. Hoy also reports that he has been discharged and hopes to get to Clinton by the last of Au gust in order to get his work in shape for the opening of college. Dr. Hoy is a Ph.D. of Princeton University and taught for three years in Rochester University. He then went into the service of the country and,joined a unit studying sanitation questions. He will have Charge of both the departments of Biology and Hygiene. Prof. H. E. Sturgeon has been elected professor of Chemistry. Prof. Sturgeon comes highly recom mended as a young man of unusual promise both ih'scholar ahJ teach er. After taking his M. A. degree from one of the best universities he was assistant professor of Chemis try in. the University of Arkansas. When war was declared he went in to scientific work for the govern ment, and spent much of his time at Rockefeller Institute in New York and at Havard University. He has now practically completed his work for the Ph.D. degree.. He was later sfnt to Europe and now ranks as Fir set Lieutenant in the Sanitary {Corps. The' excellent uni versity training of these young men. together with their practical experience received in the army, wiiynt tln'-m to build up unusually ong and practical departments in the eolleg^: ■ Fi&deriok J. dcRohan, in charge of the R. O-. T; €., is now at .Cauip-Lee,Hu. will return to the other State institutions, dem and Winthrop. Mr. Branch son will take charge of this work the first of August. His family, who have been visiting in Kentucky a few weeks, will come to I)e La Howe at that time. .Mr. Branch has been on a short visit to Clin ton, where he attended to some busi ness for the school. without leave, for which he was sentenced. The others said similar charges against them resulted when they were trying to ftuicn their units, and they were acquitt d cr the charge dismissed. LOCATES IN GREENVILLE. Mr. H. Y. Vance, one of Clinton’s splendid'young men who has been me hundred years j stationed in Columbia, has moved to Greenville to enter the wholesale tobacco, cigar, candy and specialty business. The new business will be conducted under the firm name of 1 Vanee-Clardy-King Company, Mr. Vance being president, W. J. King vice-president, and L. B. Clardy secretary-treasurer. Mr. Vance has been division salesman ; for the Duke branch of Liggett & Mayers Tobacco Company for several years where he made for himself a splen did record. Tie has many friends here,who are predicting and wish ing for him and his associates a great success in their new business. ATTENDING CENTENARY. Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Fairy of Gaffnjcy. formerly located here, where Mr. Fairy served the Meth odist church as pastor, are on a trip to Columbus, Ohio, where they are attending the Methodist centenary celebration. The trip was given Mr. and Mr^ 'Fairy by the mem bers of Buford Street Methodist church of which he is now pastor. Clinton about the last of*August. PlanA have been drawn for his home and the work given out to a contractor. President Douglas re ports that prospects arc unusually encouraging for a large opening this fall. Practically all old stu dents expect to return, and the Freshman class will he the largest in the history of the college. It is going to be necessary to erect a new dormitory in the near future to ac commodate the fast-growing stu dent body. B. & L. GETS CHARTER. The Liberty Building & Loan Association of Clinton, recently or ganized with a proposed capital stock of $500,000, was commission ed on Tuesday by the Secretary of State. The officers of the new or* ganization are: H. D. Henry, pres ident; B. L. King, vice-president; and F, M. Boland, secretary-treas urer. SELLS HIS HOME. .Mr. J. C. Harper of Greenville, formerly of this city, baa sold h\s residence on North Broad Street to Dr. B. O. Whitten, superintend ent of the State Training School for Feeble-Minded.