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PRESIDENTS TRAIN IS DYNAMITED Columbia, Feb. 13.—In sjlte a number of amendments, the state highway bond bill providing for the issuance of |75,0O0,(W0 worth of bonds for the immediate completion 'of the state highway system remains essen tially the same and will probably be discussed in the senate Thursday, the amendments, unanimously ..approved ,by the committee on rolds, bridges and ferries, being in today's senate journal to lie over for consideration tomorrow. ^ Prepared by an amendment commit tee, composed of Senators Joseph R at four o’clock Tuesday afternoon, the amendments were merely to “iron out the kinks and to make the bill accept able to the main committee.” The main committee met at 8 o’clock Tuesday night and after an extensive discus sion of the bill unanimously approved the amendments. ' Of course the introduction of-the amendments will not' prevent the in troduction of other amenri.ments and it is understood that Senater Bryson, Senator Qeorge B. Green of Anderson, and Senator W. C. Hamrick of Chero kee, are opposed to the measure and Senator Hill is favoring the reduction of the appropriation from $76,000,000 Jj*' Attempt Is Made On Life of Mexico’s Chief Executive. Flremap Killed As Engine Is Derailed. V— Mexico City, Feb. 10.—The provis ional preaident, Emilio Portia Gil, nar rowly escaped the fate of the man to whose place he was elected. The train on which he was retucning to the cap ital was dynamited, a fireman killed and two coaches and the engine de railed. Gen. Alvaro Obregon, ivho would have become president last De cember, was asaassinated last . July, and his slayer was executed only yes terday. The president was returning from the state of Tamaulipas, where he had f ormally .surrendered his office of gov ernor to his successor. The presiden tial special, one of the finest in the world, was within 150 miles of the YOUNG WINS IN MAYOR’S RACE Widl Known Busings Man Named To Fill Unexpired Term of Late K B. Sloan. Bryson, Tabor L.' Hill, Taylor H. „ . onfort and Rinconcillo, in the state of Guanajuato, when a terrific blast threw the leading cars from the rails. The dynamite had been placed on the track at a point where it ran over Jack H. Young, wefl known business man, was nominated mayor of Clinton in Tuesday’s primary to fill out the unexpired term of the late E. B. Sloan. He won over his opponent, W. W. Har ris, by a margin of 139, the total vote being 863 which was nearly 400 less than the vote in the regular primary last June. The vote stood: Young 501, Harris 862. There were two voting precincts for the election, one at the police station for city voters and the other at the Clinton Cotton mills for the people of that community. The voting being pro vided for in .one general box at each place, it is impossible to give tabula^ wwrdft^ CRIMINAL COURT CONVENES FEB. 18 Eighteen Grand JurarX and Thirty- six Petit Jurors Drawn By the 9ttry Commission Tuesday. The city ^ox wasTarrTed l)y Harris,iTTross Hill; W. K. PutliaiH,0Dliilsf The jury comanissioners met in the office of Clerk of Coiflk Bennett Tues day morning and drew a venire of 36 petit jurors to servs during the term of criminal court to convene in Lau rens February 18. At the same time 12 grand jurors were drawn in ad*- dition to six. holders to complete a ve nire of 18 to serve duHng the coming year. The docket for the term is very lightj aoeording to court officials, knd the term will hardly last over several days. The following are the jurors, the first six among the grand jurors be ing holdovers from last year: Grand Jury CLINTON LOSES GOOD CITIZEN A. C. Bennett Passes After Few Days nineaa. Interment Yesterday At Rocky Springs. A C. Bennett, 58 years of age, died at his home here on Tuesday morning after a week’s illness from pneu monia. The funeral service was con ducted yesterday afternoon from the residence* and conducted by his pas tor, the Rev. A. J^, Bowling. Interment followed in the family burial ground in the Rocky Springs cemetery. Mrs. Bennett was a native of Green ville county, a Son>of the late Dr. and Mrs. D. C. Bennett? He Came to Clin ton about thirty years ago and during his long residence here had made and held many friends who will learn of his passing with profound sorrow. He was a devoted Christian, a man of many C. L. Hairston, Hunter; Edgene E. beautiful traits of character, and rv 11* T 13l‘ ^ • .g.#* • » a A. A • ^ ■&mason...Sullivaiu,JuQ. .F. Griffi the vote standing 323 in his favor against 294 for his opponent-. At the Clinton Mill box, Dr. Young won by C. Roper, Sullivan; F. L. Donnon, Scufflctown; L?' E. Hatton, Hunter; W..L. Walker, Sullivan; A. M. Ow- s bridge. The fireman was killed In-! being 207 for him and 39 for Harris, stantly as the engine turned over. | Theprimaryover,thegeneral ele<-- The first car wax A Pullman contain- tion for its ratification will be held an overwhdming majority, the vote ings. Dials; O. S. Stribling, Waterloo; L. F. Hellams, Dials; W. F. Bums, f.aurens; W. S. Denson, Hunter; J. M. Ing several members of .the official party, and the second car was that of the director-general of railroads. Al though these cars were severely dam aged, none of the occupants was in jured. The president calmly descended from his private car farther back in the train and, accompanied by the sec retary of war, walk^ forward to in to $60,000,000. Several other senators i spect the damage. „ " .are in favor of changing the amount j portes Gil, when he saw the destruc- of the county’s share of the gasoline 'TToh,” merely shrugged his shoulders tax which would be pledged for the | and said, “The revolution is* in luck.” bond issue and others favor raising the tax to 6 cents d gallon. (The president is a member of the so- called Revolutionary party.) on Feb. 26th, after which the new mayor' will immediately assume of fice for the almost two-year term made vacant by Mr. Sloan’s death. a. Agricultural Teachers Meet In Laurens Hatton, Jacks J C. A. Senn, Laurens; E.- P. Patten, Youngs; Jake Rasor, Cross Hill; B. Johnson, Jacks. Petit Jurors Lafayette Henderson, Youngs; W. Y. Baldwin, Laurens; W. W. Harris, Hunter; M. L. Nash, Dials; J. D. Copeland, Jacks; W. F. Gaston, Lau rens; W. C. Arnold, Sullivan; C. T. .Latimer, I^aurens; E. B. Robertson, The supervised practice program of I Waterloo; R. W. Boajman, Cross .TTr gotm mei and a good citizen, he leaves behind to his loved ones a veritable heritage. Mr. Bennett was twice married and !s survived by his widow and the fol lowing children by his first marriage: Mrs. J. R. Sloan of tHis city, J; F. Ben nett of Newberry, Ansel D. Bennett of Atlanta, and Melvin Bennett, student the boys who are enrolled in vocation al agriculture ip this county was dis cussed at a recent meeting of the ag- ricultlrdl teachers^ of Laurens.county. The meeting was held in the office of Laurens Daughters ' preceded the presidential train, ■ Pay ‘Debe’ Tribute without, in. A scout locomotive, which, as al-]the superintendent of the l^urens Laurens, Feb. 11.—Homage to a de- of Dr. D. B. Johnson, late president Winthrop college, in a memorial ser- ' city schools and was in charge of Verd Peterson, supervisor of vocational pg- cident. Just as the locomotive and the first cars ran upon the bridge struc ture, it was blown to pieces beneath i riculture in South Carolina. The' fol lowing teachers were present: S. C. Gambrell, Gray Court-Owings; J. R. Hill; S. E. Elledge, Sullivan; J. Y. Taylor, Dials; Chas. D, Waldrop, Youngs; L. B. Dillard, Hunter; M. W. Word. Dials; Chas. Barnett, Youngs; H, I). Gray, Laurens; C. F. Mitchell, Hunter; B. E. Sorgee, Laurens; T. E. Todd, Dials; Geo. W. Culbertson, Wa terloo; H. P. Garrett, Jr., Youngs; R. D. Whiteford, Cross Hill; J. C. Cheek, Youngs; W. S. Hatton, Jacks; L. B. Stoddard, Dials; W. B. Tribble, Hun- parted leader was paid to the memory them. The remaining cars of the train j Martin, Hickory Tavern; F. W. Taylor, iter; «W. Wash Owens, Scufflctown; remained upright on the rails. 'Laurens, and W. C. James, Clinton, jj. M. DeShields, Youngs; T. H. Babb, ir-j Investigation after the explosion j C. K. Wright, superintendent Sf the i Dials; S. E. Williams, Waterloo; J. G. vice program Sunday afternoon at the i showed that another bomb containing j Laurens schools was also present. j Sullivan, I.aurens; G. W. Washington, nature. A got rood CA.RNES BEGINS SERm TERM Former Baptist Treasurer En* ters Upon f to 7 Year Sentence For MOUon Dollar Embezzle ment of Board’s Funds. Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 12. -Clinton S. Carnet, middle-aged former treas urer of the Baptist Home Mission board today .began a five-to-seven year prison sentence for embezzle ment of mlMion board funds. Accompanied by deputy sheriffs from Atlanta, he arrived at the state prison in mid-aftemoon and was reg istered and placed in the dormitory to await medical examination tomorrow morning. The class of work he will be called upon to do will depend upon the examination. . He was sentenced to serve from five guilty to one, of 20 ih3Tctm^ntB ing against him. It was stipulated in the court record, however, that were he to’seek release by pardon until he had served five years the pending 19 indictments would be used against him. Carnes maintained his usual (juiet and calm as shown since his arrest. at PrMbytenan colle^ Alao by the month, ago in Winnipeg when following brother, and aiaters: H. B. 1 Bennett of S,mp»onvillo, Mra. John T. I career, however, that he Blakely of this city, and Mrs. W. R. Blakely of Williamstoh. A brother, E. L. Bennett, died at his home in Foun tain Inn a month ago. « Chamber Holds Regular Meeting The February meeting of the Cham ber of Commerce was held 'Tuesday evening with President J. F. Jacobs, Jr., presiding. A motion was offered by R. A. Steer had heard prison gates clang after him. His first term was served in Clinton, Mo., in 1916, for misuse of the I mails and hisi*8econd in 1917 for the .'ame offense. the .second term was served at the Atlanta Federal perfi- tentiary. It was after his seeend sentence and release that Carnes obtained employ ment with the Baptist home niis.sion board and rose rapidly to a position of responsibility. At the time qf his arrest he had full authority to borrow money for the. board as treasurer. and unanimously adopted, urging the j t>r. I* R. Christie, pre.sident of the Laurens county delegation to work! home mission board, has announc^ and cooperate with the Spartanburg delegation in getting state route No. 56 surface-treated from Pauline to Clinton, and also to urge on the coun- that a complete report on the Carnes matter is now being prepared for the benefit of the Baptist denomination. With the report it is hoped, he said, to First Baptist church, imder the aus- j two sticks of dynamite had been fixed pices of the l.auren$ County chapter to the track but had not exploded, of Winthrrxp Daughtocf. Ths chyter j Ahn«t 60 yards frojm the Kene was members attended the service in a j found the remains o^ an open air meal body and included representatives of I and a receipt for a telegram filed at Winthrop classes from 1882 to 1928,' Tampico, from where the train had covering a perioJ of 36 years. This! come. A bottle of sulphuric acid also fact was referred to in her welcome | was found. E. Bramlett, Dials; J. H. Balentine, Jr., Sullivan. There are at present 95 boys study ing systematic instruction in agricul ture in I,auren3 county. The enroll ment of each school was given as fol lows: Gray Court-Owings 28. Hickory w PAiinfv Rnv<J Tavern 20, Uurens 28, and Clinton 19. | The discussion of what each boy is j TO Go TO ChBrlCStOn to have as his home project work i Sullivan; D. W. Copeland, Hunter; S. <l‘?lega'tion the surface-treating of, set at rest, criticism of the h:rht sen- that section of the Calhoun highway j tence Carnes received, from here to Belfast. L address, given by Miss Kate V. Wof-| Thy president was accompanied by! showed that the principal enterprises I According to Lieut. A. N, Taylor, ford, fonner president of the chapter, |hi» wife and baby daughter, and the! centered around such crops as cotton, j sub-district chief for the Citizens . who presided over the exercises. | secretary af war, Amaro, and Mrs. j com, oTits, npototoes, peanuts, and ( Training (^amp enrollment for Lau-1 order to gi^ ’ A. O’Dapiel made a report on his jiX QllAtif i trip to Calhoun Falls in cdtinection j OLItJUi I with the organization of the S. C.-Ga. j Piedmont Federation of clubs to adr : verti.'e the,Piedmont section. ! A motion was .adopted designating March 2()th as the next meelting time On Marriage The devotional service was conduct ed by the Rev. .1. R. T. Major, pastor of the Fir.st Methodist church, and the song service, including a solo by Mrs. R. H. Roper, consistect in the i singing of hymns familarly near and dear to Doctor Johnson. The accom paniments were by Miss Sadie Riddle, I rens countv, thv younK men neeepted oPPPrtunity to hear Dr. F. • temptol to learn his plan, for t for the €. M. T. C. camp from this'?' *“ .’I*' !"* -'<>*5 Anne ii^ncer M Amaro shared the private car. ; watermelons, and livestock, such as There was a large group of con-; hogs, calves, and poultry. |ior the i.;, .>1. i . t;. camp gressmen on the train, as well as: order to stimulate some compe-j county will spend their month in camp . „ newspaper men.^ ^ i tition among the boys, several con-[at Fort Moultrie', Charleston, instead! An immediate search for the perpe-, gj.p offered in the various enter-1 of going to the camps in North Caro-! enney ompany. trators of the attack was begun by the : prises to tho.se who wish to compete j Hna as last summer. This comes as ! A motion was unanimously adopted military escort Of the train, and fur-jf^r prizes. It was stated that prizes i welcome news to many as there are 1 i^^viting Mr. Scarborough of the South aviation,” the colonel s-aid liver a lecture on “Community Build- under the auspices of the J. C. Havana, Feb. 12.--Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, who arrived here today, w'as quite ready to jiscuss.«t!l d^Laiis of his flight but when reporters at- marry- orrow, daughter of Dwight W. .Morrow, Unit ed State.s ambassador to Mexico. It was another story. “1 will confine ail niv remarks T«> ther troops were sent out from Mexi-: offered for best result.s in cot-, organist, and David Burnside, violin-j co City. A relief train started to bring com,, potatoes and peanuts, and ist. I in the presidential party. jj, poultry and livestock. A ferti- . I company is offering prizes to Tax Commission 1 agricultural classes growing iV^Oni UOmin^ • given by the Cotton Co-operative association. A prize of $25, in a thrift The memorial addresses were made j by Mrs. Mary T. Nance Daniel of Greenwood ,C. K. Wright, superintend- j ent of the Laurens city schools, and! Ibr. W. J. McGlothlin, president of Furman university. Mrs. Daniel, native of Cross Hill, Ijaurens county, who is a member of The South Carolina Tax commission j contest,. is given by a life insurance announces that field agents of the de- company. i partment w'ill visit the various towns j g^rly date it is hopeJ to piib- the fact that the board of trustees of Winthrop. and cities of the state this year earlier i lighcomp^lete^deuns^of 'thesrcontestl 'many applic^i few more id&ally located places Cotton Growers association camp than Charleston with its won-'addr^'.ss the club at its April mcet- derfuJ natural facilities for water i ingr, and that representative farmers sports, and the charm of the city, it- jof l^is section likewise he invited to be self. ’ ; present. Lieut. Tavlor says that A. C. TodJ, * The president appointed the follow- know all about it and 1 have nothing the county C. M. T. C. representative! 1 ‘"K committee to bring in nominations ; -o say.” hopes to fill the Laurens county quota I meeting for officers and j The aviator indicated, howeser. that early in March; this early date for'coming year: W. H. he expects to fly soon to the Pacific filing applications has been .set due badler, D. J. Hrimm, I coast, when it would be a matter of When .shown copies of (kbles from the .Associated Pre.ss corre.spondent in .MexiOil f’ity, telling of the formal an- iiounccnieiU of liis engagement. Col onel IJndbergh said, “Well, then you spoke of the late president in relation ship to his work with the board; Mr. than heretofore, for the purpose of*as-, sisting the tax-payers iiv making their ‘here wftre over twice asj ^ and .Joe L. Carter, ions to attend the 1928! Ramage Decies Wright paid tribute to hi.s ex^utive ■ , ability as ob.serwcd by Mr. Wright | Taxpayers desiring to avail them- when he was officially connected withj^^,^,^^ assisUnce'of these ex-' the college as registrar; Doctor Me- department to! Glothlin spoke from the stondpoiftt | 1 Sumter of a college president saying that i convenient to them, and : presiding Doctor Johnson stood ouj uniquely as ^g. { Sumter an American college executive. I sigtance — The closing prayer was offered by} representative will visit Clinton Modern Trends ] camps than the camps could accommo-■ I'll* x „ -rij date, hence the late applications were, “**^^”* IcaillS Inot given appointments. Win And liose The camps this year will be held between June 13th and July 12th and the Rev. W. D. Spinx, pastor of the First Baptist church. on March and 8. T 6, and Laurens March 7 this morning, took a rap at “Young America” in his charge to the grand; jury this morning, and he also had a; fling at the bootleg liquor drinkers,! Lieut. Nimocks To Leave Bailey a .shun ilay's flight to .Mexico City. “My future plans are rather indefi nite,” he saidr“but 1 expect within the next .several days, to take a plane over the traiis-continentia! air line from I New York to the west. .1 will fly from The l^-al high school boys defeated Miami to New York on Thur.sday.” that he had not accepted an to be present at the inaugii- Hcrbert Hoover on .March professor of military science and tac-' played a part of the game. | i, and said that he would not know' tics, Presbyterian college, or at the t On Friday Bailey Military institute whether he would visit the president- office of A. C. Todd, Peoples Enter-! defeated Clinton. 17-11, un the Pres-! elect in Florida until he reaches prisei bank building, in l>aurcns. byterian college court. 'Miami. The Allowing named physicians of Monday afternbon the Clinton boys The delay in arriving here was at-' r -F'eh ~ Iiidc-e C J Rnm | application blanks, descriptive Htera- O Mountville boys | sidinK'o«r"se.«ions'.ourt fol and a.sisUnce will 1 tfinK “' invitation county, which convened here if bws. Ulnton s Mitiie team ,3,;,,,, Year’s Leave For Gignilliat I terming them “more culpable than the , ^ man who sold it, for without his de-i this ,city have offered their services j and girls went to Newberry to play tributed by Lindbergh rather to tho mand there would be no .sale for and will give the physical exanii|pation i the Hi teams of that city. The Clinton difficulty of taking off from the water ;and vaccinations without charge to all j girls lost, 16-13, in a clo.se game, while at Zoune Island than to the lized for survevs Prof. G. W. Gignilliat of the English j ^*^*^*”*^ Judge Ramage ref^rnal^ reckle.ssiC. M. T.' C. applicants w»ho apply:‘the local boys defeated their New iving on the publio'^'brghways as “a I Dr. J. Davis, Dr. T. J. Peake,'and ' berry foes, 16-12. the time uti- Crreenwood, Feb. 9.—Lieut. D. R; Nimocks, who has served acceptably I ^‘^Giiat oi tne j violation of the pro-1 Dr. C. B. Mills of Cross Hill. prof«sor of miliUry Klenco and hibition law. Every day we see where -.a 1 Will oxz-'oxr Trnw friga itzaTiriirmTl nn il > * ^ I . tactics at Bailey Military institute for j e ms i u ion on jj^^g caused by some fool, the past two years', will of necessity 0* unng e .session | pointing out the recent death of W. i be relieved of this duty at the end of j Montgomery near Columbia as an* the present session in accordance ^th been granted ^he recklessness of school) the policy of the war department to im in o er ® ® ^ boys, Judge Ramage stated that when , search work that has 'been his interest » Clemson Gets New Machine Tax Penalties Are Suspended ^ X Clemson College, Feb. 12. ■ By 4n order of A. J. Beattie comp-her^as recently installed waters were quiet.” “The type of ship I am flying easy to land in rough water, but diffi- ^cut to get out,” he explained. “When we took on our fuel shortly before noon today, we were forced to taxi completely around the block of tho The tex- island to an eastern bay where tho complete tours of duty in foreign ser-' f X"- he was a boy .children bed to be at I, u. oea.ue co up-, „ vice once every six years. Before com- home at night, but now they were out'Ihe approval of, typos of sprav prfnting' ,n ' o . ' T TT" ' ing to Greenwood he served in a aimi- « -"‘iff. d-ing at all hours on the public high-1 tiles. ^ ' Swcdenbcrg JoinS The .spray printing process is wide- College Faculty lar capacity for four years at Presby- Jis retuim and this announcement mil 3,, . county tares may be patd to March , tcrian college, Clinton. ■ bo one of .merest to his many friends. ^3 3^ ^3,333 ^3^116 without any penaty except thcj;,„ ,, ^ _ He has not yet received his orders, — ' »ome‘^ery important business which ,P“’''’“5 “''“dy been add- lyusedtn Europe bu^^ HPe rZ , I’il* ila'nir „ a.. ’ took them out at nightJ- ,, iaw provides that V pena.ty of 1 The faculty and cadets of Bailey re-1 LoSCS Fut^t per cent goes on state and county methods and appar^tus.are ustvi as m year, will be add^ to the faculty for ^et excecdinffly to give up IJeuten- j i ant and Mrs. Nimocks, both of whom j ... ■ . amendment Judge Ramage i property taxes January 1, an addition- automobiles and the school year beginning next fall. Friends in the city of Mrs. B. g ; there was much j percent on February 1, and then articles, except that for certain^ He will be connectel .with the-institu- are held in high.esteem not onlv by Wilson will regret to learn of the March 1, a penalty of 5 per centj^f^ects on textiles a stencil is some- tion in the capacity of assistant pro to^ Bailey fofk but by everyon, injdeath of her father? Samuel R. Pat-added, making the pen-' times used. fes.sor of English. Greenwood. c V ’ i rick,*which occurred at hisjhame at .^®’.^ cur® oli^'es^hTvrgone out of^ t*quipment required is Mr. Swedenberg was one of the.out- The war department has assigned | White Oak on ^Monday. Mr? and Mrs.-| ^ * examnle ‘ special very simple,, this proce.ss appears to standing students on the campus dur- Capt. Edwin T. Bowden, Eighth In- , Wilson were called home on account, - !^ax collector and the cost of collecting | offer po.ssibilities in America for piece ing his college course. SiiK’e his grad- I c v.ugfu whiskey being drunk fantry, Fort Screven, Ga., to succeed of his illness and death. The funeral; laentenan^ Nimocks. CapUin Bowden jof the deceased, a highly esteemed ‘ ^ a native of Tennessee, an A. B. merchant of his community, was held) Mrs. J. G lie added with the penalties. j goods as well as for the producthwr-of uation he ha.s been (*ontinuing his Ht- ; j By the order of the comptroller gen-' printed garments, draperies,, printed crary studies at Columbia university, Smith, moffier of Mrs.lerai, ail penaltie.s accruing’ up to! velvets, etc., and is particularly inter-1New York City. His friend.s here wi}! graduate of Sewanee and served four I Tuesday afternoon in the Associate j Lee Add Blakely, returned to her home | March 15 are suspended. On that date esting to the smaller mill.s where the learn with interest that he is -to re- •h-of that j in Milledgeville, Ga., on Tuesday af-; the 7 per cent is .added to the original * usual printing wjuipment might not turn to the-city a.s a member of the IS yean as R. 0. T. C. officer at Gcor- Reformed Presbyterian church-of gia M^iUt^ry academy. 1 place. ter spending ^verai weeks here. ' tax and the cost of execution. I be practical. college faculty.