The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, July 31, 1919, Image 4
A PPm BOARD
SAYS FINDINGS OF VALUE 6P
LANDS NEAR CHARLESTON
IS A GRIEVOUS WRONG. -
THE C|SE WILL GO TO COURT
Prop«rty Mainly in Question has Ap
proximately Eight thousand Fast
Frontage on the Water.
Charleston.—R. O. Rhett, commsnt-
tog upon the finding oe the government
appraisal board, headed by Col. R. W.
Dongee. as reported in a dispatch from
Washington, as to values of certain
lands at North Charleston requisition
ed by the government, and over which
. ffefiDLlLJi marked difference between
option prices and prices awarded by
tb* board, said:
“The fact is the price fixed by Col
onel Donges is a grievous wrong to
the owners of the property, and mors
than that, it is a grievous wrong not
Only to the people of Charleston but
to the people of the whole stats, whose
chief seaport he disparaged and be
littled”
Mr. Rhett went on to say that the
matter would be settled in the courts.
The land in question mainly is about
1,000 acres belonging to a farm cor
gwratlon and nearly 8,000 feet of wa
ter frontage (some 423 acres) belong-
to the Fllbl nCompany.
Mr. Rhett points out that the ap
praisal board considered tbe cvslne of
the land at what it was apparently
worth several years ago, before many
salllkmi of dollars were ecpsntod
through the efforts of the Nort^ Char
leston interests to develop this
Into an Important Industrial,
mere 1 ml and residential enterprise *
Charleston.—A letter fees been tm
salved from Secretary Tumulty ac
knowledging the invitation of the city
council of Charleston to President
Wilson to visit this city on his tour
of the country hi the interests of ..the
league of nations, and stating that Ike
Invitation would be borne In mind.
CO-OPERATIVE PLAN PLEASES
Laurens County Agent Relates an In
stance of Benefits Derived From
New Plan of Marketing.
Clemson College.—Recently.
rens county shipped a carload of hogs
co-oplfc-atively for farmers. The coun
ty agent and the animal husbandry-
men of the extension service helped
the farmers with the shipment, and
now M*. D. Moore, eounty agent, in a
lecent report gives an instance of the
effect of this co-operative marketing
on farmers.
"One of these men shipped hogs In
our first carload shipment, April 7.
Recently he eaid: ‘Moore, when you
asked me to ship hogs In April I had
fully made up my mind to stop grow
ing hogs for market, for I was ti
of begging local butchers to bu
hogs, often at a I find
this o^rload plai gs is
what we need a d my
mind and shall ogk I
can.’ “
.ChaiOeAtojL= = A.hjmt,
young men
from this state, of whom a score are
-from Charieston7~have gods to tho
wheat fields of Kansas to-work this
summer.
SELLING THORNHILL
WAGONS.
The Farmers Mercantile Com
pany of this city is beginning an
extensive advertising campaign in
today’s /paper for the famous
Thornhill Wagons for which they (
are exclusive agents in this terri
tory. This is one of the most sub
stantial and popular wagons on
the market and the local deale
report splendid sales for the
year. They have jifc red a
carload of the old stan 1 inch
track.
GON O MILWAUKEE.
Layton, foreman of the
Thanage printing office, left this
week for Milwaukee, Wis., where
he will spend several weeks attend
ing the School for Stammerers in
the hope of improving his talking
ability by overcoming his stutter
ing affliction. Harry is a clever
-chap-awtV quite a favorite-.at.Jhc
Just Received
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Washington—Information wari made
public at the -war department here
showing that the Forty-eighth Regi
ment will not be removed from Camp
Jackson.
Word was received in Columbia of
the death in Colleton county of J. M.
Ackerman .treasurer elect. Mr. Ack
erman was elected last summer and
was to have taken over the office
July 1. Because of illness, R. E.
Jones continued the office.
TortL-Bsc—« there ware no cages
ready tor trial, the court of com man
pleaa fur Tark county adjureed etas
die shortly after convening.
Beaufort.—Orders have
eeived at headquarters of the marine
training station at Parris Island te
demobilise all marines who enlisted
ter the deration of the war.
TTnlon.—Capt. Arthur P. McElrey,
Medical corps. United State# army, U
spending in Washington part of a IS
day leave, perliminary to reporting at
Camp Jackson for dlscharga. Capt
Me Elroy is a graduate of the Citadel
and has been in private practice at
Union for 12 years. , -
Columbia.—At meetings of the
board of directors and of the stock-
holders of the Lutheran Survey Pub
lishing Company in Columbia, Dr. W
H. Oreever. the manager of the 9ur
vey, submitted a report which showed
a gratifying growth in circulation el
The American Lutheran Survey.
Bennettsville^—A meeting of a num
ber of representative farmers of Marl
boro county was held at Bennetts
ville. F. B. McLeod, state manager
and A. A. Protzman, state organiser,
were present and set forth clearly
and pointedly the objects and pur
poses of the American Cotton Asso
ciation and also a plan for organls
ing the state and county associations
Anderson.—James J .Baldwin, archi
tect, has been commissioned by a
board of Ckhdler county, Georgia, tr
prepare plans and specifications tor
a new fire-proof court house. This is
tbe third Georgia court house which
Mr. Baldwin has secured in the past
six weeks.
Chronicle office where it is hoped
that he will be permanently bene-
fitted and soon able to return home
talking hi high gear.
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FOR SALE at bargain prices, all
buildings, lumber, doors and windows
at North Camp Jackson. Also’ two
oO.OOO gallon water tank; four 12-
horse i>ower gas engines; two Worth
ington 24-inch stroke pumps; one 2f>0
gallon Bowser pump and tank.
Address Lewis Roofing Co.
Columbia, S. C.
Orangeburg. — Probably the first
bastaess trip made by a South Caro
lina commercial traveler by aeroplane
was nude by Charles Moore of the
Caroltes-POrtland Cemeftt Company
of Charleston, when he reached Or
angeburg about 10 o’clock to call -upon
a builders’ supply house.
Camden.—Jim Sheorp, the white
man who was shot to a raid upon
an Illicit distillery, seven miles east
of Camden. In.-which F. E. Bateman,
state constable was mortally wound
ed, came to Camden and surrendered
to Sheriff Welsh alter spending the
night in hiding to a swamp.
Fruits Stand First
* Fruits have the honor of being moat
widely diffused geographically, grown
with the kindliest care, and of being
first used by man as food. They still
enter largely Into the regimen of the
cultivated nations, and are the fairest
of dyillzera.... The use of them is of
such universal Importance that we can
not subsist In any plenty*or elegance
without them. And everywhere be
side the cultivated man grows the or
chard, to intimate his refinement in
those excellences most befitting his
race.—A. Bronson AlcotL *
^ Unfortunate.
Nurse—“Oh, dear, ma’am, the baby
has Just swallowed that whole pa pvt
of tacks.” Mrs. Suffrage—“How un
fortunate ! Now I will be obliged to put
up all those suffrage postern wttfc
THORNHIU.
WAGONS
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W E HAVE just received a shipment
of a car load of Thornhill Wagpns
—the wagon made in the heart of the
hardwooxl region of. ..tough highland oak
and hickory. ' r- ^
These arc the long wear wagons with
many patented features. Made with the
old standard track.
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Not the lowest priced wagons but the best and in
the end the cheapest* t6U . Nl
CUNTON, S. C.
Laurent.—Hastings Dial, a son #f
Dr. W. H. Dial, and a nephew of
Senator N. B. Dial, left Laurens tor
Washington to report for assignment
to the United States marine service
as cargo inspector for the govern
ment. His rank will be that of lieu
tenant commander and his duties will
take him to all parts of the world.
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Coltunbia.—Stamp sales for the
first half year of 1919 amounted to
H7fi.7fil.ff at the Columbia postoffice
which is a decrease of 157,011.59 for
the same period of 1918. This fall
ing off in the tele Of stamps is large
ly due to the reduction to the person-
tael of Camp Jackson and many war
workers leaving the city.
Laurens.—In line with its policy d
providing helpful convenience foi
residents of the village, the Laurent
Cotton Mills Company has bought the
Mrs. Jane Todd Clark home place to
gather with about 40 acres, the main
Newberry.—The eighth session of
the Lutheran summer school for
church workers has been conducted at
Newberry College during the week
with greater interest than has been
manifested ft any former meeting.
The enrollment was the largest in
the history of the school. Fifty-eight
congregations were represented with
a total enrollment of 259.
Copeland-Stone Co’s. Dry Goods Department
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We‘ invite your inspection of our Dry Goods Department as
often as your needs permit, as wef are getting in new goods daily.
Just received a new shipment of CREPE FAILLE for Skirts and Dresses, the newest to be had,
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~ — all colors, 40 inches wide at $3.50 the yard.
Spartanburg.—The ten-day strike of
the street railway employee! of the
South Carolina Light A Power Com
pany reached the stage of violence (
here, when C. C. Crouch, a motor-
purpose of the purchase being to se j man, who had not Joined the strikera,
cure adequate pasturage for the cowi
belonging to the people of the mill
community.
J. Fletdher Bateman Burled.
Camden.—The funeral of the late I
IHetcher Bateman was held from th*
Camden Baptist church in the pres
ence of a large concourse of relatives
end friends. Gov. R. A.. Cooper, whe
was a close personal friend of Mr
Bateman, was here as an honorary
pllbearer, and made a few remarks
telling of the close frieudship existing
Between them and in what high es
teem he had always held Mr. Bateman
The burial was in charge of the
Woodmen of the World.
taken from his car and badly
beaten by parties as yet unknown to
the authorities.
Live Stock Center.
Dillon.—A representative andlenea
of business men gathered in the andi-
torium of the^court house to hear an
address by George R. Wheeler, mana
ger of tbe South Carolina Land Own
ers’ Association. * *
During hia talk the speaker stated
that South Carolina will In th$ course
of ti|ne become the center of the live
stock Industry of the United States
an£ pointed out certain steps neces
sary for tha lan downers, bankers and
business men to take to hasten the
day.
Building Now Active.
Greenwood.—Coincident with tbe an
aeuncement that work Isto start at
once on a three story addition to the
People Bank building under tbe dl
rection of Thomas W. Cothran, arpht
ect and builder, comes the announce
ment that the plan* for the six story
building of Commercial Bank have
Been accepted and the contract will
be awarded shortly. The People
Bank building has four storlea now,,
the addition win make a seven story
building with a capacity of over IOC
Up In the Air.
Anderson.—Six Andersonlans
given a thrill when Lieut Jesse Simp
son took them up in the aeroplane.
Those to whom Jhls privilege was
granted by the government were G.
Pierce Brown, Jr., representing The
Daily Mail; Paul BroVne, The State;
Mrs. C. McC. Patrick, the Greenville
Daily News, and Mias Margaret Olds.
Spartanburg Jerald. Each passenger
was given a spin of 80 minutest In the
air, and these SO minutes were crowd
ed with visions never seen before,
and were full of thrilling sights.
New shipment of SPIRAL CREPE in White and Copenhagen for Skirts, 4J0 inches wide at
v $5.00 the yard.
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We have a full line of NEW GEORGETTE WAISTS in all colors at $5.00 to $10.00 each.
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Come and get your size before its gone.
A full line of REEL SULK Shirting in assorted stripes, 36 inches wide at 90c the yard. Some
thing real new.
Keep in touch with us, as we have a new showing continuafly arriving.
YOURS FOR SERVICt,
Just received a
new shipment
of Bath Robes
$7.50 to $12.50
Phone 47
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