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VOLUME XXIV
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23,1924
NUMBER 44
DAVIS SPEAKS
JNSOUTH
Urgeo Voters To Go To The Polls.
Talks of Kind of Government
Concern to Farmers.
CONTRACT LET FOR
COLORED SCHOOL
Louisville, Ky., Oct. 21.—Winding
up his brief 'personal campaign in.
Kentucky with an address here to
night, John W. Davis, Democratic
candidate for president, warned that
the ballots cast November 4 would
decide the destiny of the country for
another four years and urged the vot
ers not to neglect on that day to “dis
charge the first and most solemn
duty of an American citizen.”
“It is in the ballots of this country
and the ballots alone,” Mr. Davis said.
"that ttr TUillHy PggTdSS TtW ff w
-are.false by absentation, by careless
ness, or by worse, we can not criti
cize the shortcomings of those who
take public office, we cannot com
plain in the years to come if disaster
comes to visit us.”
Earlier in the day at Franklin,
„ Bowling Green and Elizabethtown the
candidate had stressed the same plea
in speeches from the rear platform of
his car.
Discussing agricultural problems,
Mr. Davis declared the farmers made
up, to a large extent, the “bone apd
sinew of this country,” and had too
long beep ignored in governmental
affairs.
“I know of no man in the United
. States,” he said, “more concerned in
that <sound government) than the
farmers.
“We hear constant complaint about
a farm bloc in the United States, but
the farm bloc is nothing more than
the farmers’ answer to the fact that
this country has been ruled for years
by an industrial bloc, and there is no
more reason why it should be ruled
by an industrial bloc than by a farm
bloc. The great Democratic ideal is
that it should be ruled not in the
interest of industry alone; not in the
interest of the farmer alone, but in
the interest of all the people of the
United States alike.
“The great trouble with agricul
ture,” Mr. Davis said, “is that for
years the fanners have been compell
ed against their will to pay tribute
to others of their fellow citizens.
They have been compelled to sell their
products in a market open to the en-
' tire f ivilized world and to buy in a
market which was closed against
them by unfavorable and unjust
laws.”
At Bowling Green, Mr. Davis said
he believed the “time had come for
the American people to face about
and- get back on the good and sound
principle of equity instead of the
quagmire of privilege and to put in
power the only party in this country
that today is marching * in harmony
“and in unity.”
Mr. Davis spoke to a throng that
taxed to capacity t|ie seating acco
modations of the live stock pavilion
at the state fair grounds. He was
introduced by Samuel Wilson, chair
man of the State Democratic Commit
tee.
The candidate swung into a brief
discussion of the war reebrd of Wood-
row Wilson’s second administration,
asserting that none of the Republi
cans who now found fault with that
regime had voiced similar complaint
during the days when the great clash
was on in 1917 and 1918. Again he
recounted what he said was the seri
ousness of the-questions to be deter
mined by the November elections and
turned from that point to remind his
audience of the “scandals” which he
said, “ran all the way frqip Teapot
Dome to the veterans’ bureau and
back again.”
For those responsible for the situa
tion which grew out of the senate
special committee’s investigation, Mr.
Davis declared “condemnation that
could not be mistaken should be met
ed out.”
The Fordney-McCumber tariff bill
was assailed, the candidate calling
“upon the present nominee of the
New Brick Structure To Be Erected
On North Bell Street for Colored
Population.
The board of trustees of the Clin
ton schools let the contract Tuesday
for the erection of a new colored
school building. Several contractors
submitted estimates and the success
ful bidder was Contractor J. R.
Brownlee of Laurens, his bid being
^23,410.46. Mr. Brownlee is now com
pleting the Baby Cottage at the
Thomwell Orphanage and has also
been given the contract for the new
office building to be erected by the
institution.
The school building will be located
on North Bell street near the site
It will be of bnc
irick construction, con
taining twelve class rooms and an
auditorium. It ‘is planned to begin
work at onee and push the building
to rapid completion.
Changes Made At
Power House
O. T. Lawing Succeeds Guy E. Tumb
ling As Superintendent of Water
and Light Plant.
Guy E. Tumbling, for the past two
years superintendent of the munici
pal water and power plant, has re
signed his position and severed his
relations with the city. He is suc
ceeded by 0. T. Lawing of this city.
At the same time of Mr. Tumbling’s
resignation, 1. E. Adair, one oif the
plant engineers also tendered his. He
is succeeded by E. 0. Hentz. Mr.
Adair is now connected with the Clin
ton Oil Mill, and Mr. Tumbling with
T. C. Johnson, well known electrician
of the city.
Mr. Tumbling has served the city
for the past two yeazs as superinten
dent, succeeding B. B. Mills. In the
recent election of city officials by the
new administration, two names were
put in nomination for the position,
that of the incumbent and 0. T. Law
ing. It is stated that the vote fell a
tie, Messrs. C. C. Bailey, S. Gary Dil
lard and R. C. Collins voting for
Tumbling, and Messrs. L. R. Stone, T.
J. Blalock and J. P. Carter for Law
ing. Mayor Jacobs did not east the
deciding vote, but ordered that a civil
service examination be held, stating
it would be his intention to vote for
the candidate whose examination rat
ed the highest.
In the meanwhile Mr. Tumbling re
fused to stand the examination and
immediately resigned. Mayor Jacobs
then cast the deciding vote which
gave the place to Mr. Lawing. No
change has been announced in the
personnel of the other employees of
the plant.
S. C. Presbytery
Meets at Smyrna
Annual Meeting Convened Yesterday
With Historic Church of New
berry County.
The Presbytery of South Carolina
met yesterday afternoon at three
o’clock with the Smyrna church in
Newberry county.,. Dr. F. E. Harri
son, an elder in the First Presby
terian church of Abbeville and retir
ing moderator of the Presbytery, pre
sided at the^opening session. Rev. H.
W. Pratt, D. D., of Columbia, preach
ed the opening sermon yesterday af
ternoon. A popular meeting in the
interest of Foreign Missions was held
last night and conducted by the Rev.
J^hn A. McMurray, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Abbe
ville, and chairman of the Presby
tery’s committee on Foreign Mis
sions.
Rev. S. P. Fulton, D. D., mission
ary at Kobe, Japan, will address the
Presbytery. Dr. Fulton is one of the
church’s enthusiastic and successful
missionaries and for many years has
been.connected with the Presbyterian
Theological Seminary at Kobe.
Rev. A. Hal Key is pastor of the
Republican party for an expression at I Smyrna church, and through him, a
PIEDMONT SECTION
FEELS ’QUAKE
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Spartanburg, Amlerson, Greenwood,
Pickens and Others, R sport
Tremors.
Spartanburg* Oct. 20.—Thousands
sleeping in Spartanburg and Green
ville counties .were a#akened this
morning by an earthquake whose tre
mor were distinctly felt in the city
and at points within a radius of 76
miles from Spartanburg between 3:34
and 3:35 o’clock. The trembling of
the earth was felt only slightly here.
Hundreds of Greenville county resi
dents, awakened by the rattling of
their window panee and toilet articles
on their dressing tables, were agog
with excitement over the first earth
quake felt in this portion of the state
since file famoili
quake forty years ago, the
which reached this far.
The center of the subterranean dis
turbance was between Pickens and
Greenville, reports indicating the
shock having been felt more distinct
ly at the latter point. Residents of
the section were alarmed by strange
rumbling sounds and the jarring of
their dwellings and many believed
that dynamite stored in large quanti
ties at a stone quarry nearby had ex
ploded.
’ Guests in the Langren hotel in
Asheville, were awakened by the
shock, reports from the North Caro
lina city indicated.
Telephonic communication witlv An
derson, Greer, Easley and Liberty es
tablished the fact that the quake was
also distinctly felt at those points.
It was not felt in Atlanta. The
local dispatcher for the Southern
Railway immediately after feeling
the earth tremble, established com
munication with other points in an
effort to ascertain if any damage had
been done. He learned that residents
of Union had felt the shock. Reports
from Columbia advised that nothing
was known of it.
LAURENS WOMEN
PROMOTE SCHOOLS
WRITES OF EARLY
DAYS OF CLINTON
to whether he favors the continuance
of those unjustifiable rates.”
Mr. Davis declared those in charge
of the nation’s foreign affairs should
explain why they had not given to
the United States the position of
moral leadership to which he said the
country was entitled but had not re
ceived.
“We have had in Washington,” he
said,
and not of peace.”
“The United States stands today,”
he added, “either a leader without
followers or a follower without lead
ers. I don’t know which. Maybe
i>oth are trjje.”
very cordial invitation is extended the
public to attend all the sessions of the
Presbytery.
Stores to Close For
Tomorrow’s Battle
The stores and business houses of
a voice pf trembling and fear, 1,16 ci ^ T* 11 '>»“ ; <lmorro ” *«“:
noon at three o clock in order that
all may journey out to college park
to see the Presbyterians and New
berry clash in their annual battle of
the gridiron. This is the first varsity
game played en the home field this
year and for this reason business will
DR. STEVENSON TO FILL ! suspend for two hours in order that
A. R. P. PULPIT SUNDAY | there may be a big attendance on
hand to assist the P. C. boys in car-
Dr. R. M. Stevenson, of Due West,
will occupy,the pulpit of the y Asso
ciate Reformed Presbyterian church
at both morning and evening services.
Dr. Stevenson ha§ preached here a
number of times for the local con-
rying off the honors of the day.
LAURENS COUNTY GINNfNGS
The official ginner’s report for
Laurens county shows that there were
gregation aijd his coming is looked; 1,741 bales of cotton ginned from the
forward co with muchj pleasure. 1924 crop, prior to October 1.
Two Hundred and Fifty'- Gather To
Discuss Rural School
Betterment.
Laurens, Oct. 19.—-The rural school
improvement organization of Laurens
county was given a forward step at a
meeting yesterday at Trinity Ridge
high school when twenty-two of the
thirty local associations were rep
resented by a gathering of 250 women
of the county.
Miss Kate V. Wofford, county sup
erintendent of education, presided
over the exercises of the day, which
consisted of addresses by Miss Mat-
tie Thompson, state organizer of rural
improvement associations; Mrs. W. A.
Freeman of Conway, state president
and Dr. E. A. Early, of the state
board of health. “Higher Standardr
for Rtrral Schools” was the genet it
theme of the talks, and the gathering
of so large a number of enthusiastic
women interested in school better
ment, was highly significant of the
progress that is being made educa
tionally in Laurens county.
Trinity Ridge improvement asso
ciation was hostess to the county as
sembly, and following the admirable
address by Miss Thomas, and at her
suggestion, the Laurens County Ru
ral School Improvement’assocatin was
organized with Mrs. Bessie Hudgena
Smith, as president; Mrs. R. L. Gray
of Gray Court, vice-president, and
Miss Zelle Crisp of Mountville, secre
tary and treasurer.
After the address by Dr. Early, in
which dental cljnics for rural schools
were fullj) discussed, the county as
sociation indorsed a county wide
clinic and pledged the sum of $130
towards the support of the enter
prise. Dr. T. L. Timmerman, a local
dentist, went out. with Dr. Early and
gave his indorsement of the plan, as
he had done officially a few weeks
ago in the district dental association
as president of the society.
Mrs. J .S. Bennett, president of the
Laurens Civic league, gave the greet
ings of her organizaton and spoke
words of indorsement and approval
for the forward movement taken by
the'county department of education.
RURAL POLICEMAN
RESIGNS POSITION
M. B. Chandler, member of the
county rural police force, serving
this section of the county, has stated
that he will resign the position the
last of this month. Mr. Chandler
gave as his reason that the salary,
iiv view of the upkeep of an automo
bile, does not justify his remaining
in office. He expects to devote his
entire time to his fanning interests.
J. P. Phitson of Nebraska, Telia of
Early Boyhood Spent Here.'. Still
Lore* Hia “Sunny Home Land.”
In renewing his subscription to
The Chronicle, Mr. J. P. Philaon
writes s very interesting letter from
his hom| in Omaha, Neb., which we
nre ^king the liberty of publishing
because we know it will be of interest
to several of the older inhabitants of
this section who most pleasantly
remember him. Mr. Philson, at the
age of 10 volunteered his services and
left here to join the Fourth Batallion
of the South Carolina reserves, where
he did heroic service until honorably
discharged. Mrs. S. A. Philson, of
this "city, as an aunt of the writer.—
itftr , n Note.,-. —
Editor The Chronicle
Dear Sir: ' IJnr ' : '
My aunt, Mrs. S. A. Philson, has
been sending me a paid-up subscript
ion $for your very interesting paper
and now I think it has about ex
pired, so I enclose to you $1.50 for
renewal. I have enjoyed reading the
paper so much that I do not want to
stop it.
In the year 1860, at the age of 12,
my father sent me to live with my
Grandfather Philson, who lived seven
miles north of Clinton. That was
on November 25th. In April, 1861,
Fort Sumter was fired on, which
brought on a very cruel and unjust
war of four years duration, when
thousands upon thousands of the nob
lest young manhood of the dear old
Southland made the supreme sacri
fice by giving up their young lives
for love and loyalty to their beloved
country". '
At 16 years of age, when the 4th
Batallion of the South Carolina Re
serves were called out I volunteered
and went with them to .Charleston,
where we did service until Sherman's
March to the Sea. From there we
were sent to Florence, S. C., where
we took care of Union prisoners un
til the Third Regiment of South Caro
lina Volunteers passed through on
their retreat before Sherman. My
self, along with several others of the
Reserve boys, joined Company I,
Third South Carolina Regiment, on
their march and remained with them
until we reached Greensboro, N. C.,
where we surrendered to the enemy
and were honoraoly dischargd and
marched most of the way back to
our homes arriving there in May, just
one year from the time we left Clin
ton.
I have been told that I am the only
living member of Company I, Third
South Carolina Regiment, Capt. Thos.
Duckett, commander, and I loved him.
For a while I went to school in Clin
ton, which was then a small town,
perhaps of 250 inhabitants. But 1
got a position with Messrs. Phinney
and W’est in their store as clerk, and
remained with them one year, when
my father asked me to come home
and see him. The last visit I made
was 4886-1890. Clinton was at that
time, beginning to improve quite
rapidly, but up to that time I com
menced to read your interesting paper
its growth was phenominal. During
my last visit I clerked most of the
time for your very worthy townsman,
^lr. J. W. Copeland. During the past
34 years, very many of my old friends
have passed away into the Great Be
yond, one especially, M\\ C. Sum-
erel, who, within the past year, an
swered the call. To me (Thad, as we
called him) was indeed a friend be
loved.
But I hope and trust that I still
have many friends left in the pros-
TjWfeus and‘good old'tbtfh of Clinton,
S. C. I often think of them and long
to see them and talk, of the very
happy times we spent together in
the years gone by, but for myself,
along with them, the mile-posts are
passing swiftly by.
Now, Mr. Editor, I did not scrib
ble down these notes for publication,
but I just wanted to let you know
that I am an old citizen of Clinton,
S. C. Also that my love and loyalty
for the old Sunny Home Land is as
strong as ever.
I am, very truly,
J. P. PHILSON.
4817 Poppleton Ave.,
Omaha, Neb.
NASHVILLE CROWD
WELCOMES DAVIS
Speaking to Thousands, Nominee
Says Jackson’s Spirit Lived
* In Wilnon.
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 20.—John W.
Davis spoke at the Vanderbilt Stadi
um here this afternoon immediately
after delivering an address at his ho
tel to Washington and Lee alumni.
When Mr. Davis arrived at the sta
dium the crowd cheered and brass
hands stationed on each side of the
great concrete structure clashed for
supremacy as noise makers.
The candidate was brought on the
gridiron field in a decorated motor
car and rode around the cinder track,
standing with his hat raised and
smilingly acknowledging, the plaudits
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Police officials and those in charge be resum
or the gates, estimated that from
12,000 to 15,000 people had been seat
ed when Mr. Davis arnvfed. At every
gateway at that time, however, lines
were passing into the stands two
abreast and rapidly occupying the un
filled sections. The seating capacity
of the stands was said to be 22,000.
Mr. Davis was presented by Gov
ernor Austin Peay.
Governor Peay declared the elec
tion of Mr. Davis meant the end “of
privilege and corruption in govern
ment.”
Reference by Governor Peay to Mr.
Davis’ Southern ancestry and birth
was applauded.
Mr. Davis was again applauded
when he arose to speak. He said the
people of West Virginia and Tenn
essee were largely one people, with
one ambition, adding that he felt
when he crossed the boundary line of
Tennessee yesterday “he was coming
into his own.”
At the outset the candidate paid
tribute to Representative Cordell
Hull, former chairman of the Demo
cratic national committee. Mr. Hull,
the speaker said, had been requested
to discharge a special commission and
it was by his personal order that the
Democratic congressman was absent.
“He will certainly receive at your
hands a renewal of the commission
he bears,” Mr. Davis said, “and will
be in Washington to hold up the
next president, whose name modesty
forbids me to mention. «
• “Since 1 came to Nashville,” the
candidate continued, ^ “I have received
inspiration anew from a great citi
zen of Tennessee and bowed my head
at the tomb that contained all that
was mortal of Andrew Jackson.
“The thing that made Jackson
great was nothing but his stern cou
rage and honesty; his indominatible
will that flinched not at all and
brooked no master.”
The paralells that raj|i with life in
the time of Andrew Jackson, Mr.
Davis said, still continued. “I chal
lenge any man to read the pages of
history between 1913 and 1921. and
not say that Jackson's spirit lived
again in the frail form of Woodrow
NO DECISION .
FR0MCLEMS0N
Trustees Still in Session and Exami
nation of Students Continues.
Nothing Yet Said.
Clemson College, Oct 22.—The
board of trustees of Clemson college
in session here to consider the de
mands of the student body which
went on “strike” last week, adjourn
ed this morning at 2 o’clock without
having reached a decision. Col. Alan
Johnstone, chairman of the board, re
ported that “progress still la being
made” by the board but refused to
comment further.
The examination of cadets which
as been in progress alf night, will
in progress ail night, will
, eTTRImokThg al IocfiX'”
In the meantime a strict silence is
being maintained by both members
of the hoard and the students them
selves.
Vilson.”
Commercfal Club
To Entertain Ladies
SPOKE IN LAURENS
Dr. S. P. FUlton, missionary at
Kobe, Japan, now visiting in the city,
occupied the pulpit of the First Pres
byterian church of Laurens last Sun
day at both morning and evening ser
viced.
Plans are going forward for the
annual “Ladies Night” celebration of
the Commercial Club, which is to be
staged on the evening of November
4th Tn the club rooms. An enjoyable
program is being arranged for the
occasion which is always looked for
ward to as one of the outstanding
social events of the year. It is ex
pected that plates for 150 will be pro
vided.
Jackson and Wilson, he declared,
had been set up as great milestones
of American history because of the
qualities they personified.
As Jackson broke the shackles of
financial monoply, so, too, did Wood-
row Wilson build on new foundations
a monetary system that knows no
other equal, the candidate added/
Turning to a discussion of cam
paign issues, Mr. Davis asked his
audience to apply to them the Jack
sonian test.
“Call these gentlemen from Wash
ington,” he said, “and ask them, first
of all, ‘have you been honest’?” ^
Reverting again to his comparison
between candidates which he said
prevailed at the present time as well
as in the day of Andrew Jackson,
Mr. Davis referred to the Fordney-
McCumber tariff bill, declaring it
was the “most tainted statute ever
written.”
Mr. Coolidge’s Navy Day letter
was read in part and Mr. Davis ask
ed, when, if ever, did the United
Slates need a treaty to “maintain a
navy second to none.”
“I wonder if that is true?” he ask
ed, referring to the comparative
strength of the American, British and
Japanese navies.
Then repeating his question as to
whether this country needed treaty
asslnts of foreign powers to maintain
a navy second to none, the candidate
asserted: “I cannot believe that Mr.
Coolidge understands what he said.”
Mr. Davis said' the president had
commented in a way that he never
had dared to in speaking of the arma
ments limitation treaty. “The exe
cutive’s comments,” he said, “were
more disparaging than anything I
would have dared to say.”
Clemson College, Oct. 21.—Al
though no announcement of its find
ings had been made by the CTemson
college board of trustees late tonight,
and the session continued, indications
were that a decision is not fat off if
not actually made.
The senior class tonight was called
into the chapel, where a brief meet
ing was held, attended only by these
cadets, the trustees and the acting
president of the institution, I rof. S.
B. Earle. At the conclusion of this
executive session the students began
to pass, one by one, into the chamber
where the trustees have held their
sessions. With more 4han 150 cadets
of the senior class present, this pro
gram required several hours.
Clemson College, Oct. 21.—With de
mands of the student body before
them for action, the trustees of Clem
son college tonight were still wrest
ling with the problem created by the
walkout of some 400 students last
week in protest against the dismissal
of a fellow student and alleged un
satisfactory conditions in the college
mess hall.
The prinicpal demand of the stu
dents was said to be the reinstate
ment of those students who quit the
campus immediately following the
suspension of R. F. “Butch” Holohan,
senior class iJTesident md s*ar foot
ball player, who was charged by a
member of the faculty with drinkiag.
Another demand was for the installa
tion of a matron in the mess hall.
While students and relatives anx
iously awaited some evidence of the
probable result of the investigation,
the trustees entered their fourth ses
sion after dinner tonight. They had
spent practically all day four
hours of last night in ednsidering
the situation, but no announcement
was made of what took place
the closed doors of the con foresee
chamber, except the stateme.it that
some progress had been made.
It was indicated that some of the
members of the board expected that
it would be necessary to continue the
investigation tomorrow.
In the meantime, members of the
junior and senior classes ha .e been
granted the usual annual lea\e to at
tend the South Carolina state fair in
Columbia, and most of the slu.liHts
were preparing to leave here o.: ■! to
morrow to see their Tigers ba't’e
with the Gamecocks of the Univer
sity of South Carolina on the grid
iron at the fair grounds.
Most of the students who went on
“strike” as a consequence of . • ui .-
cipling of Holohan have returned to
4.the-campus pending-an adjustiurrttt 'of -
the affairs, according to college au
thorities. Many of them wc.e aa.d
to have been escorted back by their
parents. However, the entiie stu
dent body stands ready, acco Lug to
resolutions adopted at a ma s mat
ing, to quit the campus if the de
mands presented in the petition now
belore the trustees do not i^ceive
favorable consideration.
An atmosphere of tensene -
ticeable about the campus as
dents come and go in their u i
tire.
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KIWANIS MEETS TOMORROW
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THe Kiwanii luncheon will be held
tomorrow at noon at the Clinton ho-*
tel at 12 o'clock. All members are
urged to bq present.
FURMAN DEFEATS
DAVIDSON WILDCATS
A lone touchdown in the first quar
ter by Tilgham, Furman end, gave
the Furman Hurricanes a 6 to 0 vic
tory yesterday over the Davidson
Wildcats, the game being played in
Columbia as one of the State Fair
attractions.
Clinton Oil Mill Soon Te Be l.uni>'*ng
On Full Time. Lauren* .1
Named as Manager
The Clinton Oil Mill, recenil”
chased by the Kershaw Oil " N
within the next few days be c.,j • :
on full time, announcement • s
effect having been made during the
past week by the new owm i r
several weeks the ginnery
company has been in operation. The
plant will soon begin the man ,ii' ic v e
of cotton seed meal and hulls ai d for
the present has oh hand ample sup
plies manufactured at one of their
other plants. * ^ ^
Hayne B. Taylor, of Laurens, is in
charge of the properties as manager.
Mr. Taylor is an experienced oil mill
man and up until last week has been
serving the city of Laurens as clerk
and treasurer. ^
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