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VOLUME XXIV
CLINTON, S. C., JANUARY 17, 1924
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NUMBER 3
JOINT CONFERENCE HERE
TODAY O&COMMITTEES
Colombia Agitators Would Novo Institute to State Park
For Enlarged Developement-Investigating Committee
From General Assembly to Hold Conference With Board
of Directors of Commercial Club.
Within the pa3t week, a jnovement
has sprung up H Columhfi to remove
.the State JTraining School 4pr
MRS. LOUISA CHINA
PNEUMONIA VICTIM
Minded from this city to Columbia.
The agitation mainly comes through
Claude N. Sapp of that city, chair
man of the ways and means commit
tee. Following the proposal a sub
committee was appointed to investi
gate the proposition and to make
an inspection of the two cites here
and at State Park.
Following this development, the
Commercial Club of this city immedi
ately became interested and volun
teered its services to help retain the
institution here. The president of the
club immediately got in touch with
Columbia and arranged for the spe
cial committee to come to Clinton
and get first-hand information on the
institution and its needs. The com
mittee will arrive this morning at
9:30 to make its inspection and will
held a conference with the board of
directors of the Commercial Club.
The president has sent out an urgent
letter to all members of the board
urging their attendance and if needs-
be, calling upon them to lay aside
their business for today and spend
their time with the committee in an
effort to get the question of the re
moval of the institution definitely
settled.
The commtitee will be accompan
ied from Columbia by C. D. Nance,
member of the county delegation and
of the ways and means committee.
Mr. Nance has offered his services
and has actively opposed the refuoval
of the institution from here to Co
lumbia. The members of the commit
tee expected here for this morning’s
conference are: Senator W. Fred
Lightsey of Hampton; Senator Geo.
W. Wightman of Saluda, and Senator
D. M. Crosson of Lexington; on the
part of the senate, and Representa
tive Cyrus A. Shealy of Lexington,
Representative R. B. Cunningham of
Allendale, and Representative Raven
L. McDavid of Greenville, on the
part of the house. The committee
will be carried to tbe .Training School
by the directors of the Commercial
Club for an inspection of the insti
tution, after which it will gather at
the hotel for lunch and a few short
speeches from various representative
citizens. Just what the outcome of
today’s conference will be is un
known, but the cluj> will make a
vigorous effort to retain the institu
tion and at the same time to urge
its needs for additional maintenance
funds and enlarged building opera
tions.
Following the presentation of the
institution’s budget last Friday, set
ting forth its needs, Representative
Sapp of Columbia began advocating
the removal of the school from here
to State Park in Columbia. He
took the position that if the .state is
going to train its mental defectives, it
should be done on a large and ade
quate scale. He urged the removal
of the school to a point where it
would be under the scientific direc
tion of the experts of the State hos
pital. Further Mr. Sapp stated in
his argument that the climate and
topographical conditions at State
Park, warm throughout the year and
a sandy soil, and the central < geo
graphical position of Columbia, made
the change from Clinton desirable.
Today’s conference is expected to
result in a definite recommendation
from the investigating committee
either to remove the institution or to
let'it remain here and to adopt a pol
icy of adequate support for its needs.
The city’s claim will be pushed
through the committee in charge and
nothing will be left undone to kill the
agitation and to lay plans for the
building of a great institution on the
state’s property here given by the
citizens of Clinton for that purpose.
C. L. ROUNDS DIES
SUDDENLY IN CAR
Well Known Contractor of This City
Passes Away Suddenly.
The community was shocked Sat
urday morning with the announce
ment of the sudden death of C. L.
Rounds, well known contractor of the
city, while • going in his automobile
from here to Union. He and his wife
W. A. GALLOWAY TO
GO TO ABBEVILLE
Purchases Adair’s Department Store
In That City and Leaves In a
Few Days For New Home.
W. A. Galloway, senior member, of
the firm, Galloway-Simpson Furni
ture Company, has hisposed of his
interests in this concern and pur
chased from E. J. Adair of this city,
: Ahft^-haainesa-'jgr: AbberiHg-foi marly
ing the Tylersville section near here,'
Death Stages Grim Finale to Sumter
Domestic Tragedy.
Sumter, Jan. 11.—Mrs. Louisa Da
vis China, widow of Dr. Archie China,
who was found shot dead in his bath
room last Monday morning, died at
the Tuomey hospital this afternoon at
3:25 o’clock of pneumonia, which de
veloped Wednesday morning, since
when she had steadily grown worse,
except for several hours Thursday af
ternoon and evening, when her condi
tion was considered slightly improv
ed. She took a turn for the worse
later Thursday night,.. and grew
steadily worse and early this after
noon all hope for her recovery was
abandoned. Her death came even
sooner than expected.
The passing of Mrs. China brings
to a close one of the most sensation
al and shocking tragedies which has
ever occurred in Sumter, for with her
burial here tomorrow beside her
late husband, will also he buried the
story of domestic unhappiness, which
may have been detailed on the wit
ness stand had Mrs. China lived to
come to trial on the charge placed
against her by a coroner’s jury
Wednesday.
Mrs. China was a native of Colum
bia, the daughter of Edmund and
Elisa J. Davie, one of the old and
prominent families of-the city. She
was the youngest of seven children,
being in her early 50’s at the thne of
her death. Surviving her are two
brothers, E. P. and F. A. Davis, and
two sisters, Mrs. P. H. Lachicotte and
Mrs. W. L. Williamson, all well
known Columbians.
She married Dr. Archie China, then
a young man with a bright future in
his chosen profession, in 1892, and
came to Sumter te live, where she
and her husband were for many years
euthusiastic leaders and participators
in all of the social affairs of the city.
Mrs. China was a handsome woman,
of lovable and loving disposition, al-
. ways anxious to make and see others
I happy, and to share with them their,
happiness. She was known practical
ly by everybody in Sumter, and
virtually all who knew her were her
friends. Even in.the last few trying
days there were few people in Sumter
who did not take her side in her trou
ble, and friends carried beautiful
flowers to her at the hospital to show
their regard.
Dr. and Mrs. China had no children
of their own, but about 11 years ago
Mrs. China brought a little girl into
their home, which they adopted.
This was Louise China, who is left
to mourn the sudden and tragic pass
ing of her “Daddy” and “Mama,”
and to whom the sympathy of the
community goes out in abundant
measure.
Mrs. China’s body was taken to the
Hurst Undertaking parlors this af
ternoon, where it was arranged for
burial and tonight it was removed to
her late residence on Washington
street.
The funeral service was held at
noon Saturday at the China home on
north Washington street and was
conducted by the Rev. W. V. Dibble,
D. D. Interment was at the ceme
tery in Sumter. .
his car. When Mrs. Rounds spoke
to him she found that he was dead,
never having uttered a word after
he fell forward and the car choked
down. Death is supposed to have
been apoplexy. The body was taken
to the home of T. P. Poole near by
and later removed here.
Sunday morning the remains was
carried to Laurens to the home of Dr.
J. H. League. The funeral service
was held early Monday morning and
conducted by Dr. D. J. Woods of this
city and Rev. C. T. Squires of Lau
rens. The body was shipped to Au
gusta for burial.
The deceased was 64 years of age
and lived in Augusta before moving
here several years ago. He was one
of the best known contractors in the
state and has had many important
building contracts in this section. At
the time of his death he had under
construction the building of the new
LeRoy Springs gymnasium at the
Presbyterian College of this city.
By all who knew him he was highly
esteemed and the news of his un
timely death was quite a shock to all
his friends and acquaintances.
He is survived by his widow and
two sons, Len H. and Charles H.
Rounds. Also by two sisters, one
residing in Kansas City and the oth
er in Louisville, Ky.
operated under the firm name . . of
.. he was-aotte«d^-*iW*wfr cew^ T%ar5neht^5fore;" Mr. Ifcl- W Democratic national com-
FAMILY WIPED OUT
IN WRECK OF CAR
loway expects to conduct a first-class
department store and will occupy the
same location in which the business
is now conducted.
Mr. Galloway is well known here
and ranks as one of the most popu
lar young business men in the city.
He is an officer in the Methodist
church, a member of the Commercial
and Rotary Clubs, and can always
be depended upon to do his part in
promoting the activities of the com
munity. For a number of years he
was engaged in the furniture busi
ness alone, and a few years ago form
ed a partnership with W. H. Simp
son. Under the firm name of Gal-
ioway-Simpson Furniture Company,
they have operated one of the most
successful furniture stores in the
county and it is with reluctance that
he has severed his relationships here.
He is one of the substantial, public-
spirited citizens of Clinton and all
who know him are his friends. He
and Mrs. Galloway will be missed
and the warmest, best wishes follow
them as they go to their new home
to enter their new line of business.
NEW YORK FIGHTS
FOR CONVENTION
Democratic National Committee Votes
for Metropolis in Interesting
Contest.
Washington, Jan. 16.—The Demo
cratic national convention will be held
at New York City beginning Tues
day, June 24, following the Republi
can convention at Cleveland, June 10.
56 years, wasvoted_the tp-
Columbin, Jan. 12.—The. 0Yer9h.ft.-v
mittee after a stirring combat with
San Francisco, Chicago and St.
Louis. It took three ballots and
checks for $205,000 to take the Demo
cratic gathering to Gotham, the final
ballot giving New York 57 votes,
San Francisco 40 and St. Louis 6,
after Chicago had been withdrawn
from the contest
Many of the Chicago and St. Louis
votes were thrown to New York on
the deciding ballot after the second
vote had given New York 47, San
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Six Out of Every Seven Dollars Fro*
Property Tax Goes to Counties
—Over $5,00#,000 From
Indirect Tuxes.
Francisco 29, Chicago 18 and St.
Louis 11. The first vote was New present n e” w methods."arc the income,
Session of ths
Legislature is* the question of tax
ation. This involves not only ths
present sources of taxatiop, but ths
modification of the methods that
have been in vogue for generations,
and whether or not the State should
undertake bond issues at this time.
It has been only a few years since
the State introduced a method of in
direct taxation, or, as it' has been
called, “painless extraction.” This
method of “painless extraction” has»
developed remarkably, and has been
largely responsible for the reduction
in the State levy. Included in the
DR. DOUGLAS IN NEW YORK
Goes For Conference With cJVnegie
Foundation Board In College’s
Interest.
Dr. D. M. Douglas, president of the
college, is spending this week in New
York in the interest of his institution.
Some time back he made application
to the Carnegie Foundation board for
the erection of a Carnegie library for
the college. He was requested to
Six Persons Killed at Bicknell, Ind.,
When Machine Is Demolished
at Crossing.
Bicknell, Ind., Jan. 12—An entire I *
family of aix paraona W aa killed, five;<W'» r b «» lre '*<■ ^
U them almoet mataatly, whea - the! Wediately for
! automobile in which they were ridiny i ^ ew Y ° rk 40 ™ ,he . »PP»>ntment.
! waa struck hy Chicago * Eastern lit | ™ e “" tcomc of h,s Tlslt . 18 not kn ° w '
i linoia train No. 92 at a croaaing near! b " t he “ »«* °P‘;n>«t.c and hopes
here today. The machine waa thrown th,t w.thm the near future
80 feet against an iron semaphore
tower and was hit a second time an<j i
the application for a Carnegie build
ing here will be approved. The
carried 50 feet farther before the niov ®naen.t be watched with in
train was stopped.
The dead are: Claude Whittenmey-
er, 34 years; his wife, and Helen, 16;
Mary 8; Lorene, 4, and Charles, 3
years old.
Mrs. Whittenmeyer was killed in
stantly and the others lived only a
few minutes with the exception of the
baby, who lived for an hour and a half
after the accident.
The Whittenmeyers, who
terest by all friends of the institution.
To Hold “Ladies Night”
The Clinton Kiwanis club will hold
its first “Ladies Night” celebration
Friday evening at the Clinton Hotel.
The members are to have their wives
and friends as their guests and an
enjoyable program is being arrang-
resided t ^ ie var ^ ous committees for the
occasion. The meeting will be pre
sided over by Rev. Edward Long,
newly elected president of the club.
York 39, San Francisco 23, Chicago
22 and St. Louis 18. New York’s
selection finally was made unanimous
upon motion of San Francisco’s
spokesman.
Party leaders of all factions said
the choice of New York and the bat
tle which preceded it, were without
significance on the candidacies of
William G. McAdoo, Senator Under
wood of Alabama or others for the
presidential nomination. Although
the McAdoo leaders had claimed that
a majority of the committee favored
his candidacy and several prominent
McAdoo workers had declared in fav
or of a Western city for the conven
tion and against New York, the “Mc
Adoo vote” in the committee ballot
ing apparently waa divided, several
voting fog.New York gqd others /or
San Francisco and St. Louis.
Some professed to see in the result
an indication of the reputed “Murphy-
Brennan-Taggart” hand, reported as
against Mr. McAdoo’s nomination.
George E. Brennan, Illinois Democra
tic leader, voted for New York after
withdrawing Chicago at the close of
the second ballot and the two votes
of Indiana, of which Tom Taggart is
national committeeman, also stuck to
New York, where Charles F. Murphy,
Tammany Hall leader, holds the Dem
ocratic political scepter. Some of the
McAdoo leaders said they had not ap-
McAdoo leaders said they had not op
posed the choice of New York and
inheritances _ gasoline,. corpora-ioa
license, and documentary stamp tax
es. The State will raise, according
to the estimate of Chairman Query,
over five million dollars for the year
1924. This, of course, does not in
clude the tax upon visible property.
The people of the State are natur
ally very much interested in the mat
ter of taxation. Nothing, it appears,
is more closely followed.
While the people of the State at
this time are giving a great aihount
of attention to the Sate levy and
Sate appropriations, it may not be
amiss to call attention to the fact that
for the year 1923 the total amount of
money raieed in South Carolina on
the property tax for State, county,
and school purposes aggregated $16,-
536,064.29. Of this amount $2,544,-
094.28 went into the State Treasury,
and the balance, about $14,000,000,
was expended and raised in the coun
ties. Of this amount $6,892,304.02,
was assessed for dire county purpw=
es, and $7,099,665.99 was raised by
the various counties for school pur
poses.
-It will, theveferei be seen that
there was raised for use in the
counties, as a result; .of property tag,
about six times as much money as
the State raised by direct property
taxation for all State purposes.
The county and city levies are now
getting to be quite an accute prob
lem. The' data for 1923 is not avail
able in published form. Through the
pointed to Mr. McAdoo’s personal kindnesg of Mr Rhodes, 0 f Comptrol-
telegram yesterday disclaiming oppo
sition to New York.
A BUSINESS CHANGE
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near here, were en route to the home
of relatives for dinner when the ac
cident occurred.
A passenger train and a freight
train were approaching the crossing Lutheran Pastor Please,
at the same time, according to wit- _ . , , ,
nesses. Whittenmeyer, who was * The Lutheran congregation turned
ing the car, waited for the freifcnt to | out en ma88e Sunday 10 hear and weU
pass and then started his machine come their new pastor, Rev. M. R
across the tracks apparently failing
to notice the approach of the pas
senger train.
More than $3,000,000,000 have been
spent by American railroads this splendid impression
year for materials, fuel, supplies and
maintenance of equipment.
Wingard, who recently came from
Plains, Ga., to accept the joint pas
torate of the Greenwood-Clinton
churches. The pastor was given a
most cordial welcome and made a
upon his con
gregation, all of whom expressed
themselves as well pleased.
Named Aa Secretary
J. P. McMillan, well known cloth
ier of the city, has been elected secre
tary of the local Kiwanis olnb for
the eneniaf year.
Viaited In City
Rev. J. B. Branch, superintendent
of the De la Howe Industrial School
at Willington, was in the city Tues
day as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A.
M. Copeland. Mr. Branch had just
returned from Columbia where he
presented the needs of his institution
.^before the finance committee ahd he
[ received a unanimous rcommendation
for (tvery dollar asked in his budget
for maintenance and further build
ing operations. This institution un
der his leadership is steadily beipg
developed and enlarged and has a
bright future ahead of it. It pro
vides for the support of the state’s
poor boys and girls and now -has
nearly two hundred children under ita
care. - „ -♦—-
TIME’S CASH VALUE
Modern methods and appliances have set a new standard for
day’s work. Time is the one big factor. This is true in the
factory, on the farm, in the home, or what not. 1
Time is money today. And anything that multiplies the
value of an hour is increasingly valuable.
Advertising is an annihilator' of time. It provides a short
cut between a manufacturer or merchant and you. It makes it
possible to tell you in a few minutes all you want to know about
services or articles you need.
A quick glance through this paper enables you to sift out
the things that interest you and in a moment you can know just
where and when to go for what you what
Figure how much valuable time newspapers advertising saves
you if you use it properly. Think how much needless walking
and talking it saves you and your neighbora.
Yea, newspaper advertising has a Mg value to yon
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ler General’s office, typical illustra
tions are given.
It is well to bear in mind that
the State levy for 1923 was six mills.
In Spartanburg County, by way of
illustration, the levy for 1923 was
thirteen mills for ordinary county
purposes; one mill for educational
purposes; twenty-one mills for spe
cial school tax for the city of Spar
tanburg ;three mills for constitution
al school tax; or, in other words,
forty-six mills were levied for State
and county purposes, of which six
mills were for the State.
In the City of Charleston, the State
levy was six mills; ten mills for
ordinary county purposes; six mills
for special county purposes; six and
a half mills for road bonds; three’
mills constitutional, and one fill for
Santee Bridge bonds. Independent of
the Santee bonds, the county levy was
twenty-five and a half mills.
In Calhoun County the ordinary
county levy was eleven mills; three
mills for constitutional school, and
the average school tax was about
the mills. - The State levy, of course,
was six mills.
In Richland County, taking the
City of Columbia as an illustration,
the county levy was forty mills; the
State levy six mills, and the City of
Columbia twenty-six mills.
In Greenville County ordinary
county levy was fourteen mills; the
A Business Change school levy for City of Greenville,
J. P. McMillan has purchased the; fifteen mills; special school levy one
interest of V. Parks Adair in the|rnill; constitutional school levy; three
firm of AdairrMcMillan Clothing mills, an aggregate of thirty-three
Company and the heretofore partner-! mills for the State.
G. Fuller Buys Interest In Well
Known Business Firm of City.
E. G. Fuller, president of the Ful
ler Grocery Company, has purchas
ed the interest of W. A. Galloway in
the business of the Galloway-Simp
son Furniture Company, Mr. Gallo
way having disposed of his interest
here to enter the mercantile business
in Abbeville.
The business in the future will be
conducted , under the firm name of
the Fuller-Simpson Furniture Com
pany with W. H. Simpson and E.
G. Fuller as owners, and W. H. Simp
son as the manager and directing
head. It will be the policy of the
new firm to operate a first-class fur
niture store as in the past, carrying
a complete line of furniture, stoves,
floor coverings, etc.
Banka Close Saturday
The banks of the city will observe
Saturday, January 19th, as a holiday
commemorating Lee’s birthday. All
business will be suspended for the
day following the general custom
which is observed throughout the
South.
ship i has been dissolved by mutual
consent. Mr. McMillan, now the sole
owner, will continue to conduct the
In Orangeburg, the county levy
was seven mills, special county levy
three and a half mills; road six and
business at the present location and' a half mills; constitutional school
under the same firm name.
Artificial silk is being made from
spruce wood. t , v •
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levy three mills. This does not in
clude the special school levy for
Orangeburg County as a whole.
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