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VOLUME XXIV
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 27,1924
CITY KIWCIUTIC
CLUB DUYED
On Motion of 1. F. Jacobs, Sr^ Meet
ing Goes On Record As Being In
Favor of Doing Away With
City Primary.
The Clinton City Democratic Club,
as had been announced in previous
issues of The Chronicle, met on
33HHrsdnY evening of last waek at
7:30, for the purpose of electing of*
fleers and standing committees. The
meeting was held in the Commercial
Club hall and was presided over by
Dr. D. M. Douglas. There were
slightly over one hundred in attend
ance at the meeting.
A resolution was offered by J. F.
Jacobs, Sr. r to discontinue the muni
cipal primary. This motion was car
ried by a vote of seventy to forty.
As a result of this motion, there was
no necessity of going into the elec
tion of officers of the Democratic
Club, since the management of the
general election is prescribed by law
and is in control of the City Coun
cil.
The constitution and by-laws of the
City Democratic Club, now disorgan
ized as a result of the meeting on
last Thursday night, provided for a
primary election to elect a mayor and
six aldermen on the second Tuesday
in June. The regular city election,
which is a general election, is held
in Xugust.
House Favors
Relief Fund
Measure Provides Appropriation to
Destitute German Women
And Children.
Washington, March 24.—Disre
garding party lines, the House to
night adopted a resolution to appro
priate $10,000,060 for the purchase of
food supplies for destitute women
and children in Germany.
Sent to the Senate by a vote of
240 to 97, the measure stipulates that
the foodstuffs are to be bought in
the United States and transported to
Germany in shipping board vessels.
Three hours were devoted to de
bate after which a score of amend
ments were offered. Only one, by
Representative Jones, Democrat, of
Texas, which provides that the sup
plies should be purchased wherever
possible through farmers’ organiza
tions, was adopted 165 to 68.
An amendment by Representative
Fitzgerald, Republican, Ohio, would
have sought to prevent expenditure
of any of the appropriations until
a soldier bonus bill is enacted into
law. —
It was thrown out on a point of or
der, while an amendment by Repre-
sentative Underhill, Republican, Mas
sachusetts, to withhold the appropxf-
ation until the German government
spends an equal amount ' for the
same purpose, was rejected, 198 to
85. Amendments rejected by viva
voce vote included one by Represen
tative Burtness, Republican, North
Dakota, to confine the supplies pur
chased to wheat, and another by
Representative Weafald, Farmer-La
bor, Minnesota, to increase the appro
priation to $20,000,000.
Representative Fish, Republican,
New York, author of the resolution
and a former service man, led the
fight for adoption while Represen
tative Connolly, Democrat, Texas, di
rected the attack against the mea-
THIRTEEN TOWNS
% WOULD FIGHT RAT
Recent Richland . County Campaign
Branches Out Into Other Parte
- of South Carolina.
The rat campaign, which was re
cently staged in Richland county has
branched out into 13 towns in South
Carolina, according to J. Rhett Clark,
farm demonstration agent.
Several of the communities have al
ready begun to fight the pests, while
others have written to Mr. Clark ask
ing for information concerning the
manner of “warfare.”
Following is a list of the interested
communities: Ridgeway, Sumter, Mar
ion, Mullins, Manning, Newberry,
Bishopville, Lancaster, Charleston,
Florence, Georgetown, Chester and
Greenwood.
Several of these campaigns win be
eountywide. Mr. Churl^ Mid, while oth
ers will be confined to the towns.
PilTRYMEN PUN
MARKETING CAMPAIGN
Cooperative Carload Shipments Mean
More Profits, Says Specialist.
Clemson CoUege, March 24.—“A
statewide poultry marketing cam
paign will be put on in April and
May, which will offer a fine oppor
tunity for the poultry raisers of the
state to market their poultry co-
H. Hall, Extension Poultry Special
ist, in an announcement made today.
“The poultry folk of the state,”
Mr. Hall adds, “Are showing mark
ed interest in the proposed campaign,
and many interested farmers intend
to dispose of marketable poultry dur** system of state hard surface and top
soil highways.
Bill providing ten million dollar
bond issue for permanent improve
ment at state educational, charitable
and penal institutions, and a loan
fund for public schools.
Joint resolution eliminating the
three mill levy on property for school
purposes.
Bill providing six months term of
the public school guaranteed by the
state and an additional month to be
paid for by the county or school dis
trict.
Bill increasing pensions for Con
federate veterans and their widows
from $600,000 to $750,000.
Bill eliminating fractional revenue
stamps.
Bills amending the income and in-
ing these two months. We are plan
ning to start this marketing cam
paign in South Carolina during April
and May, because at this time we
find a good number of hens.on the
farms that will be through laying
and should be placed on the market.
This will be a good chance for farm
ers to get rid of their mongrel flocks
and start in with purebreds.
“The market for hens will be good
during April and May, but the price
will decline during the early part of
June. You will not be able to mar
ket your hens to advantage alone, so
you should cooperate with the coun
ty agent and ship your poultry along
with others, in car lots. By shipping
in car lots you .are paid at the car
door and you have the Northern mar
ket brought to the farm door. A
carload of poultry shipped out of the
county means that about $5,000 of
outside money will be brought into
your community. It also means bet
ter local prices.
“The cooperation of every poultry
raiser is needed to put the campaign
across successfully, which will mean
more profit on your poultry.”
AntitCigaEette
Butt Ordinance
Council .^sked to Curb “Stump Shoot
ing” Habit.
Washington, March 24.—A consid
erable portion of the last session of
city, council of Alexandria, Va., just
across the Potomac from the District
of Columbia, was devoted to discus
sion of a petition presented by the
Parent-Teacher Association urging
council to pass an ordinance making
it a misdemeanor for a smoker to dis
card the butt of a cigarette or cigar
without first extinguishing it.
The petition set forth that the habit
of “shooting stumps’* was growing
among even the school children, and
had reached a point where it had be
come a public menace demanding
prompt attention.
The council refused to pass the or
dinance suggested, however, because
of the impracticability of enforcing it.
Inadvisability of subjecting tourists
to such unfamiliar restriction seem
ed to be the clinching argument.
Work Has Started
On Club Building
Contractor Hopes to Have House
Ready By June First. 4
Work was started last week on the
rebuilding of the Bois-Terre coun
try club house, which is to replace
the club building recently destroyed
by fire. The location of the new
building is across the road from
where the old building stood, front
ing on the lake. This will be quite
an improvement because it eliminates
the necessity of crossing the road
when going from the. club house to
the lake.
The structure is to be practically
the same as the one destroyed by
fire, with possibly a few changes.
J. R. Tucker, of this city, has the
contract and he states that he hopes
to have the building ready for 00*
cupancy by June first.
COUNTY TRACK MEET
HERE APRIL FOURTH
The various schools of the county
will coma to Clinton Friday, April
4th, to contest in track on the col
lege grounds at 2:30. At 8:00 p. ra.
a boy and a girl from each school will
be allowed to speak for medals.
NUMBER IMPORTANT MEASURES
PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE
Columbia, March 22.—The follow
ing were some of the important
measures passed at the session of the
General Assembly just adjourned:
Joint resolution providing biennial
session of the General Assembly.
Joint resolution providing for bi
ennial assessment and collection of
taxes.
Joint resolution providing for qua
drennial elections, of governor and
ve constitutional state of
ficers.
Joint resolution providing method
by which ^ extraordinary sessions of
the General Assembly can be called
by two-thirds of its members.
Bill providing a “pay as you go”
herit&nce tax laws, but not increasing
the revenue derived from them.
Bill providing a school code to eli-
minate fire hazard and prevent stam
pedes.
The following measures were either
rejected or were allowed to remain
oa the calendar to die at the end of
the session:
Bills providing a land settlement
board and establishing land settle
ment mortgage associations.
Bill providing for revaluation of
property of state on 100 per centum
basis for purposes of taxation.
Bills providing various revenues, in
cluding that providing a general sales
and occupational tax.
Joint resolution amending the con
stitution so as to give the General
Assembly larger powers in equitably
assessing and taxing the property
of the state.
Bill providing for a board of chi
ropractor examiners.
Bill providing for $40,000,0po in
bonds for hard surfacing the high
ways of the state.
Bills establishing a state printing
plant and providing for the printing
of text books used in public schools
of the state.
Joint resolution providing for a
constitutional convention.
Bill providing a physician’s certifi
cate for males before they can con
tract marriage.
Bill requiring the auditing of ex
pense accounts of state employees.
Cotton Ginned
Shows Increase
Figures Made Public for All Coun
ties in Department Report.
The Department of Commerce,
through the Bureau of the Census,
announces the preliminary report on
cotton ginned by counties, in South
Carolina^ for the crops of 1923 and
1922. The totej for the state was
made public at 10 a. m., Thursday,
March 20th.
(Quantities are in running bales,
counting round as half bales. Linters
are not included.)
County
1923
1922
Abbeville .... .
.... 12,876
8,917
Aiken
<
.... 26,672
14,325
Allendale
.... 10,964
6,296
Anderson
....
.... 43,529
39,622
Bamberg
....
.... 13,519
5,710
Barnwell
....
.... 19,253
8,475
Beaufort ....
-"777-
. v, 1,166.
\ 995
Berkeley
....
.... 2,839
■ . 602
Calhoun
• •••
.... 13,468
3,668
Charleston ....
....
.... 1,476
477
Cherokee
....
.... ’13,379
12,139
Chester
....
.... 22,156
17,965
-Chesterfield ....
....
.... 30,045
19,167
Clarendon^....
••.
—. 12,743
4,133
Darlington ....
....
.... 23,970
11,983
Dillon
....
.... 27,099
14,314
Dorchester ....
....
5,188
1,975
Edgefield
.... 12,773
5,927
Fairfield .... ....
....
.... 10,734
6,927
Florepsp .... ....
....
.... 13,865
6,534
Greenville
.... 38,916
32,968
Greenwood ....
....
.... 11,707
6,404
Hampton .... ....
....
.... 5,584
4,625
Horry
.... 1,687
. 656
Jasper ...
....
.... 1,272
1,621
Kershaw .... ....
....
.... 21,514
12,344
Lancaster .... ...
.... 15,142
12,031
Laurens
....
.... 23,723
18,584
Lee :... ....
....
.... 25,889
13,825
Lexington
.... 16,229
6,427
McCormick ....
....
.... 3,622
1,723
Marion
.... 7,796
4,074
Marlboro
....
.... 44,258
32,278
Newberry
.... 17,788
11,406
Oconee
....
.... 12,134
15,065
Orangeburg ....
....
.... 39,954
14,888
Pickens
.... 16,098
17,217
Richland
.... 14,467
6,152
Saluda
....
.... 11,927
6,124
Spartanburg ....
....
.... 61,373
56,065
Sumter .... *...
...»
.... 25,374
9*914
Union
.... 12,536
10,966
Williamsburg ...
.... 10,877
2380
York •••• •••• • • -•
....
.... 29,832*
26,123
Total
793,025
517,464
All other ....
—
.... 1,269
107
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The ex-kmiaer is making ready hit
yard and garden for spring planting.
eH works among the rose bushes and
other shrubbery, cutting away the
Tinea of last mason to make space
for the blooms of 1$24.\
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vance basis and at! subscriptions
not paid or arranged for at the
office.will be discontinued April
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Lyceum Attraction
On Friday Night
Last Number of Season Said to Be
Excellent Entertainment.
The last of Clinton’s lyceum at
tractions for this year will be pre
sented at the orphanage chapel Fri
day, March 28th. This entertain
ment is said to be unique in every
partinriar and is one of the finest
musical numbers in the country. The
Harp Ensemble Company is a quin
tet which for perculiar beauty of or
chestration has seldom been equalled
by any five-artist company. Three
harps, a cello, and violin permit
stringed instrument ensembles of
truly exquisite tonal effects and
many other instrumental numbers,
notably trios and quartets.
The Harp Ensemble Company is the
product of the expert coaching of
Clara Louise Thurston of Chicago,
one of the most gifted harpest in
the country and an organizer of ex
ceptionally successful experience.
Under Miss Thurston’s direction this
company has built a program of
classic and semi-classic numbers
whose musical charm and tunefulness
aid wonderfully in creating popular
appeal. The Harp Ensemble Com
pany is one of the, big” successes in
the Lyceum field.
Lyceum audiences and the press
everywhere are unanimous in their
praise of this truly exceptional or
ganization.
Teachers Resign;
Others Elected
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Monck’s Corner, March 25.—State
Superintendent of Education James
H. Hope and Mr. Jas. D. Fulp, State
High School inspector, were here to
day in regard to the teachers’ strike
in the local school. It is reported
that the resignations of the teachers
and principal of the high school have
been accepted and that school dis
trict No. 10 has withdrawn from the
arrangements. It is hoped that set
tlement with the teachers of the
grammar school will be arrived at.
It is reported that a new principal
for the high school has been elected
by the trustees.
LAURENS HOME BURNS
Laurens, March 25.—The home of
M. H. Hunter, merchant, located on
north Harper street, was destroyed
by fire today, entailing a loss of
$7,500 with insurance iff $5,000 on
the property. The fire originated in
the roof of the dwelling.
DAVIS COLLEGE BURNS
Columbia, March 25.—Fire of un
determined origin tonight consider
ably damaged the ceiling, a section
of the walls and the second story of
Davis Cottage, the largest class room
building at toe University of South
Carolina. No estimate of damage
could be made tonight, ’university au
thorities stated.
mm MEETING
CLOSES SUNDAY
PROMINENT CITIZEN
CLAIMED BY DEATH
• »
Big Tent Is Crowded At Every Ser
vice and Many Are Uniting
the Chnrch.
The big tent meeting being con
ducted by the Taylor-Jenkins party
is now in its third week, this being
the last week of the revival. The
weather has been favorable and large
crowds ere hearing Dr.- Taylor^- the
“Truth Cobbler” evangelist, deliver
his search messages every evening at
7:30.
' ..The.big choir of one hundred voices
is a special feature of the revival,
and special music is being rendered
every night by quartets, duets and
solos.
Dr. Taylor has been drawing in the
nets for the past several nights and
many have been going forward for
prayer. Already over fifty names
have been handed in for membership
in the various churches of Clinton.
Several services have been planned
for this last week. Tonight Dr. Tay
lor will preach on the “Home,” and
every parent in Clinton is requested
to hear this message. A special ser
vice was held last Sunday for chil
dren and was led by Mr. Homer Jen
kins. Many of the children gave
their names for membership. An
other service is being planned for
them the latter part of the week.
Sunday, the closing day, will be a
big day at the tent. A special ser
vice for men and boys will he held
at 3 o’clock, and every man and hoy
in Clinton and the "surrounding com
munity is urged to attend this meet
ing.
Literary Society To
Hold .Open Meeting
Interesting Program Arranged for
Monday Evening.
An open meeting of too literary
society of the Clinton high school
will be held on Monday evening,
March 31, in the Central graded
school building. The hour is eight
o’clock, and the following program
will be carried out:
Music and march, Mamie Lee
Wright.
Invocation, Dr. D. J. Woods.
Address of welcome by the presi
dent, Odyss McIntosh.
Readings: “The Minuet,” Ada
Holmes Davis; “Laddie,” Willie Put
nam. ~7" ^—
“A Telephone Conversation,” Se
lina Cozby.
Piano duet, Nell Clapp and Mamie
Lee Wright.
Orations: "America,” Ansel Ben
nett; “Does Education Pay?” Rupert
Fuller; “Character,” William Blalock.
" Vocal solo, Grace League.
Debate: “Resolved, That federal
aid should be sought to equalize edu
cational opportunity in the various
states of the United States.” Affir
mative, Edward Martin, William
Adair, A. W. Blumberg, Jr; negative,
Ellen Copeland, Margaret Finley, and
Benet Godfrey.
Negro Is Held
Up By Gypsies
Salt Wadsworth, colored driver for
Dixie Ice A Fuel Company, was held
up and robbed of a few dollars by
a band of Gypsies between Clinton
and Kinards Tuesday afternoon. He
had been to Kinards with a load of
ice and was on his way back to Clin
ton when toe Gypsies blocked the
road and a man held him up at the
point of a gun while the women in
the party searched him.
COOUDGE LEADING
IN 9QUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls, S. D., March 25.—
President Coolidge was leading Sen
ator Hiram Johnson, of California,
by nearly 2,500 votes for the Repub
lican presidential preference in re
turns availagle at midnight from to
day’s state-wide primary in South
Dakota.
Only meager returns had been re
ceived on the Democratic presiden
tial preference contest, in which Wil
liam G. McAdoo was opposed by a
faction* seeking to elect and unin
structed delegation to the party’s
national convention.
Dr. Jas. R. Copeland, Fenner Mayer
and Merchant, Closes Useful Life.
Funeral Services Were Held
Monday Afternoon.
Clinton mourns the loss of an ex
mayor and beloved citizen, Dr. James
R. Copeland. For almost a year- be
had been a sufferer Irom enlarge^
ment of the heart, hut he was only
confined to his room about two weeks
before his Heath.
Dr. Copeland was a member of one
of the oldest families of.South Caro
lina, a graduate of the Presbyterian
College of South Carolina, and also
a graduate in Denistry from the Uni
versity of Maryland. He was 50 years
old at the time of his death, and
was a member of the firm of J. H.
Phinney & Company. He was for
four a half terms mayor of Clinton,
and during his able administration
Clinton made tremendous progress.
He gave to Clinton an honest, pro
gressive and clean administration,
making improvement in public work
and administering all of the affairs
of the town in a most economical and
efficient manner.
Funeral services were held at his
residence on East Carolina Avenue,
and at the grave, Dr. Darby Fulton
of Darlington, S. C., a life-long
friend, offered a prayer which'was
followed by a male quartet, “Beauti
ful Isle of Somewhere.” The casket
was followed to the cemetery by a
host of friends and relatives where
it was interred. Dr. D. J. Woods
conducted the services at the grave.
He was assisted by Dr. Darby Ful
ton of Darlington, Dr. D. M. Douglas
and Dr. F. D. Jones of the Presby
terian College. Dr. Fulton told of his
life-long friendship with Dr. Cope
land and how his life had been an
inspiration to him. He stated that
their friendship was like that 6f
David and Jonothan, that when he
was most discouraged in his study
for the ministry and also ii| his
greatest trials and distress he went
to Jim for comfort.
Dr. Douglas told of his association
and friendship yrith Dr. Copeland and
of the depth of the man. He stated
that Dr. Copeland had always stood
in the vangard for every movement
that had for it ultimate object the
advancement of the interests of his
beloved city and state. —
Dr. Jones offered a prayer, and as
the casket was lowered in the grave
the quartet and choir softly sang his
favorite hymns.
The immense throng of people that
gathered around the grave and the
many-flowers Were an expression of
the esteem 'In which- Dr. Copeland
was held, not only by Clinton people,
but by the people from more distant
points. -
The great moral and civic move
ments which were fostered and suc
cessfully carried out by Dr. Cope
land during his administration as
mayor will stand as an enduring
monument to his memory.
Dr. Copeland is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Mayme Little Copeland,
a sister, Mrs. E. W. Ftrguson, and
two brothers, Geo. A. Copeland and
T. D. Copeland of Clinton, and a
half brother, Joe H. Phinney of Lau
rens.
Triangular High
School Debate
Woodruff and Greer to Debate Here;
Clinton at Woodruff.
Clinton, Greer, and Woodruff will
meet in a triangular debate at 8:00
p. m. Friday, March 28th. Collie
Anderson and James Witherspoon,
the affirmative debators of Clinton,
will meet the negative of Greer at
Woodruff and Fannie Blakely and
Willie Putnam, Clinton negative, will
go to Greer to meet Woodruff’s af
firmative. The affirmative of Greer
will debate the negative of Woodruff
in the Graded school auditorium here.
' ON HONOR ROLL .
The honor roll published in last
week’s paper omitted the name of
Gaston Wilder. Ha is a member of
the third grade and The Chronicle is
glad to make this addition to the roll.
One giant redwood tree, recently
felled near Portland, Oregan, yield
ed sufficient lumber to build fifty or
dinary flve^room bungalows.
Two thousand, four hundred and
fifty-two men were killed by acci
dents in coal mines in the United
States in 1923.