Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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■ ■ * ; A THE CHRONICLE Strive^ to be a clean newspaper, complete, newsy and reliable. 2fhp Clinton (Ebranirb If Yob Doa’t Ret* I The Clinton Chroniclt You Don’t Get The NEWS b — *r*-; 4 • h ! Jr— : .1 VOLUME XIX « MM* ■■ -r CLINTON, S. C, THURSDAY, SUTBlIRBR IStfc, 1919 —— a NUMBER U wrnmmmmmmmmmmmm TiHWATEK FLOODS OUSINFSS DISTINCT CiaiT€«ton Also Wlthont Ball €*m- ' Maieatton, tat People Accept Sit- . MtJon la Good Honor. BLUE STOCKINGS EXPECT GOOD YEAB the hay. flooding the business section of the city and the north side of the island with three feet of water. Huge waves broke harmlessly on the sea wall and there was no material dam age from the wind. Shipping in this vicinity weathered the storm. The wage nbridge across the bay was not damaged and tonight was open to traffic. • Two thousand feet of. track on the causeway and rmllroad bridge con necting Galveston with the mainland was washed out, destroying rail com munications with the outside world, but officials of the Gulf, Colorado 4k . Sante Fe Railroad said this would be repaired within 24 hours. - Water early tonight still stood be the curb in the streets for fire blocks from the bay. and residents want abaft , necessary business in boats, top books and bathing suits, accepting the situa tion good naturedly. Galveston residents apparently re garded the approach of the stem witth equanimity and took it as a matter of course when it struck. At mid night thews was a light wind and no rain, but the streets were practically deserted. Small crowds gatlserafl on the boulevard which skirts the sea wall, but they soon dispersed. Latter, when- 4ta~ water- bached-in from The hay, refugees began struggling throug) the streets, carrying bundles anfl ba bies, some of them in night raiment A number of refugees fount Shelter Jn^ office buildings. A few sightseers in top bents stag gered about in the wind mud. spray. * The tatiority of visitors tad Wft the ^ city yesterday on advice of besidh front i* hotel proprietors, a number Of whom emptiefi their houses. A small num ber of Galveston residents went with them. Water was standing in Market Street, center of the business -section, when some store were thrown open and emergency workers began -carry ing merchandise to top Hoars. The , work was finished before the water en- • tered the buildings. Wheat and ether jfrain stored in elevators wafting ex- ^ _ port ha^d been moving to the mainland , for two. days and It was said there was little left to be damaged. Wore than TOO train loads of wheat was hauled out yesterday. ^ When day broke the rain, which for a while had ceased, bega nto fall again. Pieces of driftage floated on the wa ters in the streets. A buggy and an ice wagon appeared and here and there a man waded hip deep In wa ter. S^pn a gasoline launch came up Twenty-second Street and hungry re fugees waved greetings from windows and called out eagerly but the launch chugged on. Before noon the streets were a car nival. Motor boats, sail boats, skiffs, wagons , and buggies passed back and forth and a number of negroes astride large timbers poled their unwieldly craft along. Boys pretended at fish ing, ducked each other, peddled their paper or turned somersaults in the streets. Men and women in bathing suits, some with raincoats, flying in the wind, straight back from their shoul ders, promenaded arm i narm. Women fastidiously dressed swished about in water to thei% waists. The rain fell in torrents. , t *r / Presbyterian College of South Caro lina Football Players Hard at Work. After about a week of preliminary practice the Garnet and Blue feptball squad i is beginning -to look like a State championship team to those who are following their afternoon work outs. Under the capable leadership of Walter A. Johnson, who has put out such remarkable teams for Presby- Galveston, Texas, Sept 14.—With a f5 mile 'Wind, high tides and heavy eeas, the tropical storm struck Gal- terian College in the past It is,now vestmr this- morning; tidewater will have the best team in the history of the school Many old men are back and are being hard pushed for their places by new men. There are several contenders for each place as there will be about 16 letter men back and each one de termined to play varsity football once more. At center is Kirven, who played such good ball for Presbyterian Col lege last year. He is showing up gooa, bnt -will be hard pushed by M. Wood- son, the bestqcqnter who has ever been to Presbyterian College. He has Just wired that he xpects to get out of the navy this week and will be on the cam pus soon. Oat for guards are Wilson, another letter man. Williamson, an &T1 State star from North Carolina, who hits the scales for about 200 pounds, while McKeowu^ all State i guard two years ago, will arrive this week for work. For tackle the two Blakeleys. Rush and Dave, are expect ed to give a good account of them selves. These two men are varsity players for several years and are go ing good. Wade, who played tacklfe for Brskine last year, is here and de termined to taiqke the team. tEichel- berger, all State tackle, will arrive this week and will continue to play his great game this year. A good many men are_out Jor the-positlon of end. Four varsity ends are out besides a good many freshmen. MacMillan, all State pnd, is going good, also Woodson, Neville and Thompson, all of whom have made their letters, and Kirven, a prep star great Sumter, y - : - In the backfield there will be men that are sure to make the State sit up and take notice. Fulton, the great quarterback, is back and is better than ever. Solar from Sumter is also show ing up well at quarter as is Jack Wil son, the hard hitting kid from Clinon. At halves are Durant, a star from last /ear, Hafner, wh ran all over Fur man ; Richardson, captain of the team, and Wilson. Several men are out for fullback- George Belk Is expected 4o do wonders back- there this year as be has done in the past. Besides all these men are a lot of freshmen who are working hard. So all in all the rest of the coHeges had better watch out for Presbyterian Col lege is going to get the State cham- piondbip or bust SCHOOLS MAKE PROGRESS. Tlie Ciinton Public Schools’ en- rollmeut is 5T8 which is a substan tial increase over last year and all previous y^ars. It might be well to note that the schools during the past few years have made many improvements, bo{h in equipment and course of study. In material equipment physics, chemistry and biological apparatus have been put in, and a handsome new high school build ing has been erected. In the coqpe of study it is with pride that the administration can point to a two-course curriculum instead of one single course required of all pupils aline, without regard to particular turn of the Students. Durir^ these years Clinton high school has risen from second class to first class as rated by the high school inspector. It now ranks among the best in the State. Grad uates from the fourth year of the high school can enter any high grade college without examination. TWO EElN RELEASED « WHEN RANSOM PAID DISASTROUS FIRE AT LONG ISLAND OFF TO FITTING SCHOOL. , James Pitts, Lewis Barrow, Glenn Fuller, Thomaa Stokes, Al- ■ Ben ’Stokes, and Silas Bailey left Tuesday for Spartanburg to enter jWtford Fitting School. ,, P' r-‘ BISHOP GUERRY TO SPEAK. * Bishop Guerry of the Diocese of (SoBth Carolina, will preach at the Fim Baptist church Friday ev ening the 19th at 8:30 p. m„ and the general public is cordially in- vited. ^ r- Mim Sara Rudd left ou Friday for her aohool at Orangeburg. *.4 Nlrh . > ' - Millions of Property Destroyed In Blase Resulting from Oil Explosion. 8 Firemen Reported KiHed; Many Hart. NeW York, Sept. 13.—More than 2,- 000 fire fighters, perhaps the greatest force ever concentrated in New York at one point, at midnight were battling with flames which not only caused damage to Standard Oil Co. prop erty in Long Island City amounting to millions of dollars, but resulted in injury to more than two score of per sons. Three men on one flreboat were reported killed, but at a late hour this had not been confirmed. g The fire starting early this jafter- noon from the explosion of an oil tank in the Stone and Fleming works, a subeidary of the Standard Oil Com pany, on Newtown Creek, spread over virtually the entire area of the plant, which covers 20 acres and thence to the Columbia Distilling Company’s buildings on the same side of the creek, the Peter Cooper Glue Works and American Agricultural Company’s plant across the water, and the Green Point bridge. At the same time, flames, carried across the stream by blazing oil, threatined the Platt works of the Standard Oil Company on the oppo site bank. Following a series of explosions this afternoon and evening the fire spread so rapidly that, in addition to a dozen fire boats and three score fire com panies, a signal was sounded and ev ery man who coal*! be spared in Man hattan was sent across the East River. When late tonight it became evident little progress had been made in checking the flames, Fire Chief John Kenlon, was recalled from hit Mexican Bandits are Paid 8M69 and Release American They Meld Prls- oaer. El Paso, Texas, Sept 74.—Six thous and dollars in gold was paid Mexicans late yesterday for the release of Dr. J. W. Smith, an American, and E. Mon- son (Munsen) believed to be a subject of Sweden, who were taken from train near Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, yesterday morning, according to tele grams received from Chihuahua City tonight They are expected to reach that city tonight Monsen, or Muneon, one telegram spelled the name, was released by the Mexlsans and returned to Santa Eula lia. where he presented the demand for ransom. The mone was deliver ed to him and he returned to procure the release of Dr. Smith. Paul Steger, a Swiss citizen, a su perintendent of a mineral company near Santa Eulalia and William Dwll- iy, a British subject, also were cap tured from the train yesterday, but were released after the payroll of the Duena Tierra Mine, of which Dwilly was foreman, had been seized by the bandits. The train hold-up took place yes terday morning *at Robinson station, nine miles east of Shlhuahua City and six miles west of the* town oY Santa Eulalia. The identity of the bandits has not been determined, although it is not believed here the band was a part of Villa's command. — ** ' Dr. Smith is physician fo rthe Potosi Mining company, a (New York corpor ation. — —— ‘ — An official report of the capture and demand for the payment of a ransom for Dr. kraith was made to the state department in Washington by the American consul in Chihuahua City. AUSTRIA DRIFTING / - V > TO CHAOTIC STATE Vienna Newspaper Finds People Be- moratied aad Bent ea Pleasure Only. Vienna, Sept 12.—Austria continues to drift toward an internal situation approaching the chaotic, and leading man and the newspapers %re beginning to voice opinion as to what may fol low unless a strong central govern ment can ffpld the country Into a more harmonious national whole. At the present time it is apparent that each regkm dr district is for it-; self and that all of them are against Vienna. At the bottom seemingly lie two principal factors—thq continued decrease in the value of/the crown, and fear/>f famine. The central gov ernment thus far seems to have been unable to cope with either. The Neue Tag remarks editorially today after saying now is the time for the people sternly to face the situation in which they find themselves. “In- sead we find a demoralized, spiritless, irresolute generation walking our streets seeking nothing but pleasure, and only to outward appearances are we an organized state.” * Dispatches described recently the expulsion of all visitors from all ru ral and summer resort regions by a decree of the provincial governments and in some instances of the village authorities, all in contravention to the state laws. In upper Austria which is the granary of the Wpire, the farmers and district officials have de cided, on top of this, that all grain shall be milled and stored in the dis tricts where grown and none export ed to Vienna and other parts of the state. This would mean actual star vation for the cities and less favored regions of lower Austria. A delegate sent to the upper Aus trian Diet yesterday made an impas sioned statement that if this decision were adhered to it means civil war. He declared that the people would invade the regions and seize the food. The Diet then issued a manifesto pro hibiting food hoarding and picturing to the people the terrible results that would follow but there is apparently no authority to enforce it SENATORS SPEAK AGAINST TREATY Op- Johnson and Borah in Chicago, posed to League. Chicago, Sept. 10.—Crowds tonight in vain besieged the auditorium* thea ter where Republican senators be gan their speaking tour in answer to President Wilson’s demands for un conditional acceptance or total rejec tion of. the peace treaty and the league of nations covenant Before 8 o'clock, the hour for opening the speaking, the theater was filled and thousands of persons were left* in the streets. The streets were so dense with peo ple who surged toward the theater entrances that police reserves were called out The block along one side of the theater building had been roped off but the throngs broke down the barrier and overflowed in Michigan Boulevard and Wabash Avenue or either side of the block closed to traf fic. Thousands within and without had come to hear Senators William E. Borah, of Idaho, Hiram W. Johnson, California, and Medie McCormick. Illi nois, the latter presiding at the meet ing. expound their views of the peace treaty and the league covenant and reply to President Wilson’s utterances on his swing around the couBtry. Senator Johnson spoke earlier in the day |at a luncheon* at the Hamilton Club, but Senator Borah did not ar rive until late in the day, and both de livered night addresses, formally starting their campaign of the West. While the throngs stormed about the various entrances after Jhe doors had been closed by the police, a parade was led by a soldier in uniform blow ing a bugle, along Michigan Boulevard. CLINTON ID IttVF i MASONIC Local H«oono Hold Entkual* astic Hooting Which ouroo tho Entorprloo. FITE KNOWN DEAD IN BOSTON RIOT CIVIL SERVICE EXAM. Announcement is made that a civil service examination for clerks and carriers to fill vacancies in the Clinton postoffice will be held on Sept. 27th, 1919. Fuji informa tion can be obtained by inquiring at the postoffice. tion. Despite the constant danger from explosions which they faced, the fire fighters stuck to their posts, re treating only when the heat became intolerable. In the front lines the men worked on 20 minute shifts, re fusing to leave the fire in splte'of sev eral burns. There were several hundred gal lons of burning oil which darkned the city by day and illuminated it by night. Hundreds of tons of coal at the plant caught on fire. When naphtha and gasoline explosions occurred the fire men were forced to fling themselves face downward in the mud and oily water. Turning their nozzles In the air, they laid down upon themselves a heavy water barrage tp protect them selves from the sparks. Inhabitants of the district retreated as the flames swept on. Various fraternal organiza tions hastened to provide shelter over night for refugees^ Miss Mary Bolling 1 Stokes left Tuesday to iWime her studies at vacation to take charge of the situa-jRandolph-Maeon Woman’s College. Some Success fn Quelling Riots At tended by Death and Injnry to Pop- Boston, Mass., Sept. 11.—Five per sons dead and a score wounded was the penalty paid up to noon today for the lawlessness begun when the great er part of the police force deserted their post Tuesday night. - Three men were killed in the rioting of last night. Margaret Walsh, wounded during .the . night in South Boston when, the state guard fired upon a mob, died this morning. Raymond Bayers, who wore a sail or’s uniform, dropped dead with a bul let in the neck when he tried to escape from soldiers who broke up a dice game on Boston Common. Men were gambling on the spot on the Common where religious services are held Sun days when the s f tate guards rounded them up. The gammers wer told to hold up thir hands but Mayers fled and was shot. The others were march ed past the state house to the city prison. Leo Emery, a member of the state guavd on duty in the Roxbury section, was beaten by a crowd of toughs and removed unconscious to a hospital. The hospitals treated many cases of broken heads while a far greater number nursed their wounds in pri vate. , The strong arm f the law had its sobering effect upon the hoodlums and criminals who ha4 terrorized the city until the state guards arrived last ■ night. During the day there were iso lated outbreaks of violence and toughs lost no opportunity to set upon a lone soldier or loyal policeman, but slunk to cover when confronted with any considerable force. Throughout the city the state guard did patrol duty over regular beats at street Junctions, directed traffic and iL-abor'Union, who were present at the TO TRINITY COLLEGE. Miss Fronde Kennedy of this city, after teaching for the past few years in Farmville, Va.. has ac cepted a position as Dean of women at Trinity College, Durham, X. C.. and left this week to take up her new work. ’ «, For some time Ike members o i the Masonic organizations of the city have been coosidering the ad- c . visability of the erection of a Ma sonic Temple. At a meeting hel^ Monday night definite plans were made in the organization and defi nite steps toward the erection of the building were taken. Committees had been previously appointed to shape the matter up and full reports of their activities were offered at the meeting.* Al though a tremendous amount of de tails is necessary in the preliminary preparations the reports of the committees were 'such as to en able the body to take definite steps. The committees who have worked faithfully ip. pushing the under taking were Lee intone, Jno. T. Young; E. B. Sloatf, Hays, J. D. Bell arid Jno. T. Rob ertson.. ''T !.ii M LsM-W. ,•::«*! The meeting Monday night form ed themselves into a body of stock holders and proceeded to . elect a board of directors into whose hands the plans for the temple are to fall. HT Several hundred persons were in line with banner* bearing such Insert*- ^ directors elected are: B. tions as ’’Welcome to the men who are bringing our boys back from Siberia and ’’We want pur boys back from Sl- perla* Inside the theater the vast crowd applauded and perspired in shirt sleeves. Senator Johnson spoke first, then Senator Borah. Both men were wfidy cheered and there were occa sional comments from the crowd. “No two men who wrote that treaty '*sn agree now as to what It means,” said Senator Borah, amid laughter. ^ "We in the senate want to construct that treaty, if tfiat is possible. The president says that the treaty assures peace. Well, In 1916 he said we must elect him, for he would keep us out of war. A few months later we were in the war. I don’t believe much in prophets. I don’t want to go into a league at all personally, but I didn’t make, the issue. Now I am particularly anxious to find a way out of it if we must go in. That is what the senate wants to do now—a reservation which will ypovjde.a,method, of withdrawal. ~"Do any of you want to go Into a league that you can’t get out of?” - All oyer the hall there were cries of "N^o, no." "Is there a man who wants a for eign nation to say when and where and how the Monroe doctrine shall apply?” went on the speaker, and there were cries of ‘iNo." Boyd, Dr. S. C. Hays, W. H. Simp son, E. B. Sloan, W. P. Jacobs, Ji D. Bell and Jno. T. Robertson. While no definite plans have heefl decided upon as tojhe size and style of the lemple, the original plans call for a 3-story building 90x100 feet with the Masonic halls on the third floor, an auditorium on the second. floor, and three Store rooms and an entrance on the first \. floor. The building will be mod ern in every respect and a credit to the city. The location of the build ing has not yet been determined. The committee is at work on the sale of the necessary stock and sat isfactory progress has been report ed. At the first meeting of the - 4 • board of directors the following of ficers were elected: .,**'* R. II. Boyd, President. J. T. Robertson, Vice-President. W. II. Simpson, Treasurer. Dr.^r€. Hays, Secretary. Clinton is proud of the progres sive spirit shown in the work of the Masons in the erection of their TemjHe and delights that the city is to have suehla handsome struc ture. kept the crowds moving. They car ried guns with fixed bayonets. In ad dition the volunteer police made up of private citizens from all walks of life continued to render excellent ser vice."” *, Out of a total of 1,638 police officers lnvthe v depatrment 338 answered roll 1 call today. * Mayor Peters ■ declared today he would not initiate any move at the present time to settle the strike. Governor Cooledge today asked the Secretary of the Navy-to have naval forces in readiness if they were re quested. The six regiments of state guards, totalling between 5,000 and 6,000 men now are mobillezd. The suggestion of federal aid is Hue to.the fear that certain unions af filiated with the striking policemen will carry out their threat to call sym- pathetic..strikes. The greater danger is that the firemen's union may strike. Late today Mayor Peters consented to see President O’Donnell and Busi ness Agent Jennings of the # Central FIRST NATIONAL BANK DOUBLES CAPITAL STOCK American Federation Labor conven tion when resolutions were adopted calling upon union organizations in Boston to meet tonight and vote on the question of going out in support of the striking policemen. Acting Secretary Roosevelt today instructed the commandant of the Boston Navy Yard to establish a naval provost guard during the polfse strike. The guard will be charged with keep ing order among naval personnel but will not have any police authority so far as civilians are concerned. Following a stockholders' meet- ing held List Tuesday afternoon. President B. II. Boyd of the First National Bank of this city an nounced th^ decision of the stock holders and directors to increase its capital stock from $50,(X>0 to $100,0000. This action is take,n to help take care of Ihe increased bus iness of this institution and to of fer facilities similar to those offered by other banks of the same capital ization. The First National Bank was .or ganized in 1906 with J. S. Craig as president. He was succeeded in this position in 1912 by Mr. B. H. Boyd and from its organization the bank has enjoyed a thriving and fast growing business. The officers are: B. H. Boyd, president; R. Z.-Wright and J. S. Craig, vice-presidents; Geo. W. Copeland, cashier ; W. P. Baldwin, asst, cashier; Board of Directors; J. vS. Craig, J. M. Pitts, B. H. Boyd, R. Z. Wright, G. A. Copeland, T. D. Copeland, Geo. W. Copeland, G. L. Copeland and L. H. Davidson.