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VOLUME XXIX
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 14,1929
NUMBER 11
GOVERNOR NOW
HAS ^ BILL
Both Houses Adopt Free Confer*
ence Committee’s Report On
$65,000,000 Measure. Richards
Known To Be Favorable.
Columbia, March 13. — The road
bond bill has passed both houses and
is ready to go to the gbvemor, only
the formalities of enrollment and rati
fication remaining. And the governor
is favorable to the bill.
The house adopted the free confer
ence report yesterday morning after
debate. The senate passed it at 11:30
last night without discussion. Senator
Martin called up the report and it was
adopted without debate. Senator
Greene asked for a roll call ahd the
vote was 29 to 8 in favor of the meas
ure, which authorizes $05,000,000 to
build a hard surfaced, adequate state
highway system.
Senators voting for the adoption of
the report were: Arrowsmith, Brown,
Crouch, Davis, Dennis, DesPortes, El
lis, Findley, Gray, Greneker, Ham
mond, Harvey, Jeter, Jefferies, Jones,
Kirkland, Legare, Martin, Miller, Per
ry, Robinson, Rogers, Stukes, T.aylor,
Thompson, Ward, Weeks, West, Wil
liams—29.
, ’ Voting against the report were:
Bryson, Goodwin, Greene, Hamrick,
Hill, Hodges, McColl, Riley—8.
Paii’ed were: Campbell, voting for
adoption, with Ard, against; Nash fa
vorable, with Anderson, opposed. •
Resurrecting a bill which had been
tabled some days ago, by the house,
W. H. Keith, Greenville, last night of
fered as an amendment to the meas
ure, a bill which provided that the
duty of Avriting surety bonds for state
highway construction be devol^d up-
)rrfmi«
NOTED SPEAKER
TO APPEAR HERE
I
Dr. F. B. Short of New York, to Ad
dress Chamber of Commerce Mem
bership Next Wednesday Night.
Dr. F. B. Short of New York City,
will address the members of the local
Chamber of Commerce on next Wed
nesday evening, using as his subject,
“Community Building.” It will be re
called that he was scheduled to speak
here in February but was forced to
cancel hiS Southern engagements on
account of an attaek of influenza at
that time.
Dr. Short is to appear here under
CONFERENCE WITH
SECEDERS^UGHT
Laurens Business League Seeks Ad
justment In Diala-Youngs An
nexation Matter.
Laurens, March 8. — The Youngs-
Dials township “situation” with ref
erence to the alleged organized move
ment to aimex portions of the two
townships to Greenville county, was
brought to the attention of the Lau
rens Business League last Tuesday by
Sam R. Dorroh, who sufi;gested that
the matter be discussed with the view
of offering the good offices of the
league toward the amicable adjust
ment of any grievances or conditions
that exist relative to public roads. Af
ter a lengthy discussion, the league
adopted a resolution, offered by C-
F. Fleming and amended by W. L.
Gray, to the effecttihat the supervisor t
be. requested to put the roads in the
territory in condition, and that a dele
gation from the league arrange for
; a conference with the leaders in the
proposed annexation, movement for
the purpose of adjusting the things
that appear to be causing dissatisfac
tion as residents of Laurens county.
The president of the league was air^^^
thorized to name the members of the^
delegation. It is expected that the
sugge.sted conference will be planned
at once.
President Long yesterday announc-
ad the personnel of the special com
mittee, as follows :R. E. Babb, S. R.
Baseball Menu
P. C. ’29 Season
This is practically a complete
schedule for the coming season.
There will be two games added
with Furman and a return game
with Newberry.
%
April 1—Woffchrd at Spartan-
*burg.
April 4—Parris Island Marines
at Parris Island.
April 5—Parris Island Marines
at Parris Island.
April 6—^tadel at Charleston.
April 8—^Carolina at Columbia.
April 13—Newberry at Clinton.
April 15—Erskine at Clinton.
April 24—Clemson at Clemson.
April 26—Erskine at Chester.
May'l—Wofford at Clinton.
May 2—Cithdel at Clinton,
May *7—Clemson at Clinton.
HORACE A. MANN
DENIES AMBITION
Y. M. C. A. TEAM
HERE Friday
Greenville Gymnasts and Athletes To
Give Exhibition Tomorrow Night.
Varied Program Offered.
REVOLTERS HR
TERRIHC raAt
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Clinton people will be delighted to
know that authorities at the Presby
terian college will present the gym
nastic team of the G^reenville 'Young
Men’s Christian association in exhibi
tion on Friday night in Leroy Springs
gymnasium, the performance begin
ning promptly at eight o’clock. On
two other occasions these gymna^s
and athletes have attracted Clinton
people, and the'performance which is
given this year is said to be better
than those of previous years, It is
hoped that the young performers will,
be greeted by a big crowd.
An admission price will be charged
of 35c for adults, and 20c for children.
The team is composed of twenty
boys and njen, all trained in excel
lence in fancy costumed athletic and
gymnastic dances, expert work on the
parallel bars, high bars and spring
board. The work of the senior team
is far better than that ordinarily seen
in a circus. Interspersed with the
Mexicans Move On TfMtreon, for
Last Stand. Dramatic Tara In
North Outweighs Moyemento
of Calles’ Big Army.
* Mexico City, March 12.—Govern
ment circles were jubilant tonight
over the announcement that a fourth
of the Sonora rebels under epmmand
of General Manzo have surrendered
to the federals. It was said 1,200 sur
render^ today and 400 previously had
surrenaered. The local troops which
Manzo had under his command in
Sonora was believed not to exceed
6,000.
At the same time the government
announced that the rebels under Gen
eral Roberto Cruz were retreating
northward ffbm Culiacah and other
points in the north of the state of
Sinaloa. Thus, accordfng to the gov-,
ernment, instead of threatening to at
tack Mazatlan, the Cruz rebels have
begun a retreat before even reaching
the vicinity of their'objective.
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DR. F. B. SHORT
the auspices of the Publid Relations
on the state sinking fund confiitiission. departmer\t of the J. C. Penney Com-
The bill, in effect, was the same as
the Keith amendment to the $65,000,-
pany, and on the present trip will
speak in fifty Southern cities. His
000 road bonl bill. This amendment i mission is to render a special service
was adopted by the house, but was re- | to the communities he visits and the
jected by the committee on free con- j splendid testimonials received from
'ference on the road bill, and the re-! civic organizations all speak in the
port of the committee on free confer- highest praise of his work.
-Jil. Leaders Declajred Incorrect “ ■
By Hoover’s Aid.
Washington, March 9.—Horace A.
Mann, Southern manager for Herbert i
Hoover during the presidential cam-1
paign, issued a statement tonight de- j
Dorroh, L. G. Balle, W. P. Thomason i wished to control dis-1
and T. W. Bennett. Mr. Long as preai-; tribution of Southern patronage, as- j
dent is ex-officio chairman of the J verting that he had told the Republi-1
committee. ' | national committee that he intend-
It was the concensus of opinion that have nothing to do with politi
the citizens of Laurens should show
their interest in the alleged discontent
„ _ „ . group will be several clowns who will
Rewrts Following Meeting of G. 0. add merriment to the occasion.
ence had already been adopted by the
house.
Laat night the house membership in
a series of roll calls decla^a ft?
self in favor of this ahaendment.
After Mr. Keith had offered the
measure, he spoke briefly on it. W. W.
Smoak, Colleton, made a motion that
Dr. Short has gathered considerable
experience in discussing community
problems in the six hundred communi-
^^sf'he'has vrsiteiTtllTfiH'^the past few
years. He has a vital message and one
which every civic-minded person
cal patronage.
“In view of the widely published
of the people in the affected area and ! misrepresentations concerning my
seek to cooperate with the leaders in course at a recent meeting of the ex
bringing about a satisfactory adjust- ecutive pommittee of the Republican
ment. The people of this community natitm^^ommittee,” the Mann state-
do not want to lose any part of its ment “I wish to state that I at-
population or any portion of its terri- j tended this meeting at the invitation i
tory, it was voiced by several of the i of Chairman Work, that my sole par- i
speakers. Those taking part in the dis- i ticipation in it was to discuss the gen-!
cussion included, in addition to Messrs, [eral Southern political situation. So Mackey, physical director of the
The program to be presented con
sists of seventeen different numbers
as follows:
1. Russian Arkadsky dance.
2. Hollander taps.
3. Scotch dance.
4. Fancy wand drill.
5. Tumbling and acrobatics.
6. Dixie frolics.
7. The Jolly Tars.
8. Spanish dance.
9. Clown dance.
10. Parallel bars.
11. Free hand drill.
12. Flaming torch drill.
13. Farmer dance.
14. Low horizontal bar.
15. High horizontal bar.
IG. Springboard leaping.
17. Human pyramids.
The team is coached-by George W.
Dorroh, Fleming and Gray, R. D. far from demanding the passage of a
Young, M. L. Smith, W. R. McCuep [ resolution giying me credit for the re-
ifnd Mr. Lon^
It was brought out in the various
talks by the members, that about
$1,000 had been subscribed for ex-
Greenville Y. M. C. A., and is compos
ed of the following boys and men:
penses in carrying out the withdrawal
should hear. Hi^ ability as a speaker plan, and that a survey of thfe boun
, on community topics has been recog-
the bill be sent to the committee on nized throughout the country. His
dary^ line was about to begin. One
speaker felt that the section of Dials
topics are devoted entirely to the sub- township, said to be involved in the
he does not allude to or mention the
local store or the company in his ad
dress.
The following press comment is tak
en from a-'Missouri city in which Dr.
Shorf recently appeared: •
“The best platform -speaker before
a Brookfield audience in the past
ject assigned to him, and while he is
employed by the Public Relations de-
partment of the Penney organization,'"that there will likely be no further j gr, as titular head of the Republican
complaint from that quarter. With the
likelihood of better weather condi
tions, the belief was expressed that
the supervisor will be able by the em
ployment of his forces to improve the
road situation to the satisfaction of
the residents of the section.
ways and means. By a vote of 63 to
42 the house refused to take this ac
tion.
Then Olin Sawyer, Georgteown,
made a motion that the bill be contin
ued until next year. This motion, too,
failed of passage, the vote being 61
against to 43 in favor. The bill was
then advanced to third reading.
Launching a desperate but hopeless
last minute fight against the adoption
of the report of the committee of free
conference, opponents cf the measure | quarter century, was Dr. F. B. I A 1>T^C IVAlVfF’ri
in the house yesterday attacked it j This man makes addresses to organic [ lYiViTlIliL/
from various angles, but their argu-1 bodies wherever his mercantile con-
ments were in vain, and when the roll j cern has stores, but never mentions
call was taken, 60 members voted in ! his firm or alludes to it in any way.
favor of the adoption of the report j As an orator he reminds one of the
and 41 against. \ late and famed Bishop Quayle, only he
Arguments were male by Represen- j is more forceful, more dynamic. His
tatives Olin D. Johnston, Spartan-: aidress was an inspiration. He talks
burg; W. H. Keith, Greenville; S. T. | for good citizenship, for a broad toler-
D. Lancaster, Spartanburg; J. R. Cog-1 ance in religion, and for a common de-
geshall, Darlington, and W. J. Moore, j mocrafy. He was at times humorous,
.Greenwood. The proponents of the bill 1 and in the next sentence»most serious,
suit and seeting me up as a patronage ^^larence Fraser, Robert Bruce, Jim
referee in the South, I claimed and Bruce, Spot Childers, John Crnkovich,
asked for no crtdtt and distinctly | Bmet Carpenter, Jim Greene, Fox
stated that I intended to have nothing Beattie, Luther Marchant, Jr., Wal-
to do with political patronage.” . j Wilson, Bill Wallace, Elbert Al-
Reports had been circulated that!N™t»n Turrentine, John Brandt,
Mr. Mann had unsuccfessfully soupht' M^uen, Luther McB«, Jr.,
to have the national comoiittee adopt
„ „„4. _i__ a-iT. a.;. - Mrs. C. W. Johnson i.s the pianist. The
a patronage plan at the executive .. ,
movement, had been amply cared for committee session; that he later had j program of the team is given
in the present highway program, and j pfgsei^ted this plan to President Hoov-jmusic.
did not take the floor; confident of'giving weight to his logi^^ and the chairmen com-
their strength, they gave the debate! ful gesture. The address by Dr. Short,
over entirely to the opposition. ' ! with his powerful physique and mas-
After the house had adopted the re- ter mind, came in for expressions of
port, the Spartanburg, Greenville and appreciation from the crowd who 1
Darlington delegations sent up.to the heard him.”
desk their protests against being in
BY DELEGATION
CURTAIN FALLS ON
HEMBREE CASE
County Equalization and Township
Boards Appointed for Next
Two Years.
Upon the recommendation of the
Laurens delegation in the General As
sembly, the County Equalization board
and the Township Boards of Assess
ors have been named for the next tw’o
years. Each township board elects its
eluded in any road district without
submitting the question of entering
the road district to the people. One
section of the-foad bond bill provides
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Pan-Hellenic Plans
Going Forward
LEADER NAMED
FOR SERVICES
Rev. S. M. Glasgow, of Knoxville,
Tenn., to Conduct Revival for
Presbyterian Students
The annual revival services held for i middle section of Bmyth hall
the students ef the Presbyterian col- several chapero„ne» m attendance,
lege, wil)^begin on next Monday, the
18th, and continue through Thursday.
Two services will be held daily, one at ^ , . , , ,
12 o’clock knd the other at 6:30 p. m.,, C. K. Wright, superintendent .of the
pose the county board. Following is a
complete list of all the boards:
Laurens City—H. D. Mahaffey, R.
I A. Babb, E. 0. Anderson. •
Laurens Township—B. B. Blakeley,
S. R. Sloan, Z. R. Traynham.
Youngs—W. E. Bobo, J. Scott Hig
gins, J. D. Stewart,
Dials—L. W. Gilliland; D. D. Peden,
T:— , , , iJohn H. Wolfe.
Plans are now being completed for, Sullivan-Thos’. T. W'ood, W. I.
the annual Pan-Hellenic banquet to Freeman, Jas. M. Sumerel.
be given at Presbyterdan college on | Waterloo-.Troy F. F. Moore, W. L.
Friday, March 22nd. It will be served , hooper, W. Brooks Sims,
as heretofore in Judd hall, with a ; ^ross Hill Town-A. M. Hill, R. A.
number of speakers and honorary; ^^g^in, Conw'ay Dial,
guests present. The visiting young la- j ^ross Hill Township-Geo. M. Han
dies here for this outstanding social j Turner Pinson, John F. Griffin,
event of the year, will be entertained, Hunter-Geo. T. Brown, W. L.
SPOKE HERE MONDAY
Teague, J. L. Crawford.
Clinton—R. L. Bailey, Thos. J. Bla
lock, L. R, Stone.
Jacks—S. W. Dean, M. D. Milam,
Grover C. Neighbors.
Scuffletown—0. L. Hunter, Geo. W.
immediately following supper. All
Laurens city schools, and Miss Kate i Cunningham,, W. D. Glenn
W^offord, county superintendent of ed-
afternoon an-d were heard with inter
est-iMr. Wright spoke on “Professipn-
al Spirit,” and Miss Wofford on the
“Cleveland Meeting” of the- depart-
friends in the city are cordially invited
to attend the services.
The speaker selected by President
MeSween to lead the services is the
Rev. S. M. Glasgow, D. D., pastor of
the First Presbyterian chureh. of
Knoxville, Tenn. Dr. Glasgow is a man I ....
of unusual personality and ability, and i superintendence.
■ is recognized as one of the outstand
ing ministers of the Presbyterian
church over the Southeast. The faculty
and studeiJt body are pleased over
having secured this well known di
vine to lead the approaching revival
which is held each year at the time of
the week of praye/ for schools and
rSiinroutfarrsIn^^^^^ STATE^X PAYING TIME EXTEND^
TO MAY FIRST WITHOUT PENALTY
RURAL POLICE RE-APPOINTED
An order keeping open the tax
books for payment of 1928 taxes with
out increased penalty until May 1,
1929, was issued Monday by A. J.
Beattie, comptroller general, with the
approval of Governor Richards.
I The order states: “Whereas num-
churchp
e/ for schools and two years and are expected to re-
collegeil ip the Soutnem Presbyterian pceive ’thhir comittissiona within the
Geo. L. Ridgqway and E. B. Pinson,
members of the Laurens comity rural lerous requests have -been made for
police force, have been recommended | further extension in time for the pay-
by the delegation for another term of I ment of state and comity taxes be
yond ^arch 15, and
next few days.'
“Whereas the legislxture^ has indi
cated that such extension he made;
party.
In the statement Mann said he had
sought to have some officer of the
committee clear up the “misrepresen
tation” that he had been on the" pay- Coroner Closes Inquest Pending Sev-
roll of the national committee; that ^ral Weeks. Jury Says Origin
James Francis Burke, Counsel of the ' of Bire Unknown,
committee, gave an. “official opinion Official inquiry into the deaths last
to the effect that under the rules of 'Christmas eve morning of four per-
the coiumittee this could not legally I sons who perished in the burning
be done.” i home of Mrs. Lee Hembree, a few
He asserted that his call on the!"""'®^ Kinards in Laurens coun
president had “nothing to do with anyTuesday when Coroner
controversy with the national com- Thomason called the inquest jury
mittee.” together for the purpose of rendering
uci \ r J - .. verdict on a hearing that was held
So far from Jea.nnE now to act ife , December 27. After review-
a patronage dt.spenaer. he continued. |; testimony taken at that time.
I am voluntarily turning over my | ^
records o Chairman Work, havin,,f^^.j Hembree, her son, Taft
continued my work beyond the end of Hembree, her two year old grandchild,
the rampaign only at the request of ^
came to their death
the then president-elect. iestroyed the house.
He said there was absolute harmony ! the origin of the blaze being unknown
in the Southern organization that op-to the jury. '
erated under his direction during the j .Although it is understood 'that fur-
campaign. I ther investigation of the mysterious
^ j fire had been made since the first ses-
inquest, conducted by for-
^Olieg^e r ounaer , coroner J. F. BoU, no new evi-
To Be Honored I dence was presented at the final hear-
" } ing Tuesday. Sheriff Owens and
Founder’s day exercises in honor of|Baiph T. Wilson, attorney, represent-
the late Dr. Wm. Plumer Jacobs, will i the state in the absence of the so-
be held in the college auditorium Fri- heitor, attended the closing chapter
day morning at 11:45 o’clock to which ® case that caused a sensation at
the entire community is cordially in-1 the time of its occurrence. Of course,
vitedw The address of the day will be i the inquiry can be re-opened on the
delivered by Ex-Governor Martin F. I discovery of valid evidence, it has
Ansel of Greenville, a life-longf friend | been pointed-out, *but this is not like-
and orphanage co-worker with Dr. ^t is believed.
Jacobs as a member of the board of '
trusteus. The memorial service to-: Committee Named To
morrow morning, the date of Dr. Ja-1 ri 1 4- ITT" XT J
cobs’ birthday, is a custom that has' oeleCt WUlthrOp lleaCl
been inaugurated for the purpo.se pf j '
halting each year to do honor to the | Columbia, March 8.—The board of
institution’s beloved founder, I trustees of W’inthrop college at Rock
I Hill met in special session in the gov
ernor’s office here Thursday and au
thorized the governor, as chairman,
ito appoint a nomination committee to
select a president of the college. This
committee is.” to report at its conven-
Juarez, Chihaohua, .March 12.—
Revolutionary forces were mobilizing
toward Torreon, strategic city ofc cen
tral Mexico, preparing for a decisive
struggle with the powerful command,
of General P. Elias Calles, command
er-in-chief of the government army.
While a pre-battle atmosphere pre
vailed in the northern states of the
republic, where the rebel flag flys
over a larger domain, General J. Gon-
zalo Escobar, dictator j)f the rebel
movement, was reinforced in his Tor
reon headquarters by 14 cars of cav
alry and infantry from Juarez.
A battle for control of Torreon ap-
peare.i imminent to observers on the
border, but when it would occur was
problematical.
The peace of Juarez and its neigh
boring American city of El Paso was
disturbed early today with a gun
fight in which American border pa
trolmen repulsed 50 or more men plot
ting to smuggle-.arms and ammunition
across the border.
Federal soldiers interned at El Paso
mourned the death in the hospital at
Fort Bliss- of Col. Alvarado Reyes,
who died of wounds received in the
fighting at Juarez. Colonel Reyes was
a member of the Juarez garrison driv
en out of the city by the revolution
ists. 1
, Enlistments to the rebel cause in
increasing numbers were reported by
revolutionary headquarters, Avhich is
organizing forces, to be dispatched to
reinforce the command of General Es
cobar at Torreon. Advices to revolu
tionary headquarters from Agua
Prieta, opposite Douglas, Ariz., said
2,500 Yaqui .Indians were en route to
join the rebel movement. They will be
placed on duty at Torreon.
Rebel forces in Juarez took steps to
disarm all the home guard civilians
: who helped defend the city last Fri-
' day against the entry of the revolu
tionists.
Mexico City, March 12.—The Feder
al government today gave,,put ex
tremely meager reports qf the move
ments of Gen. Calles and ’ hiis army
which is moving on Torreon. Indica
tions continue that a decisive battle
in the central Mexican campaign may
be fought there.
j The noonday bulletin reported that
jthe secretary of war had advanced as
far as Rio Grande, state of Zacatecas,
^ where temporary headquarters were
I established while the staff checks up
j on the advance'of its troops and de
cides on a plan of action. The coni-
; munique indicated that movements of
' the Federal troops were considerably
hampered by railroad tracks torn up
I by the rebels as they fell back on Tor-
! reon from Canitas. It was at the lat-
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j Local High School •
To Name Speakers
The county preliminary contest for
the Clinton high school will be held on
Thursday evening, March 28th, at
eight o’clock, in the Florida Street
school . auditorium. There will be
twelve entries m the contest, the num
ber being equally divided between
boys and girls. From this group one
girl and one boy'will be chosen to rep
resent the local school' in the county
recitation and declamation contests to
be held in the orphanage chapel Of
this city on the evening of April 5th.
therefore, \
“It is ordered that the county treas- iience at a future meeting of the board,
urers’ books throughout the state shall i On tKe nominating committee the
remain open for the collection of taxes ' governor appointed J. E, McDonald of
without increase in penalty until the Winnsboro, W, J, Roddey, Sr., of Rock
first day of May, 1929, at which time Hill, Mrs. Geo. W, Stuckey of Bishop-
the books will be closed and taxes j inlle, Senator R. S. Rogers of Dillon,
shall ^ into execution with full pen- and R. E. Wylie of Lancaster,
aides added. ^ . j At present Dt. J. p. Kinard, for-
“This order is issued opder authori- ;merly dean, ts president of the,college,
ty of Section 851, Vol. 8^|Code of Laws, t«PPojnted after the death of Dr. D..B.
>1922, with the approval of the gover-> Johnson to act as president until a
Sor.” ^ I president could be selected. /
Prizes Offered ’
By Merchants
Merchandise prizes for the 14 ath
letic events for boys entering the
county'track meet will be aw.i|rd?d by
Clinton merchants. The iO events for
girls will be provided for by Laurens
merchants. The field day exercises will
be held here on Friday, April 5th, with
representatives present* from - all
'.schools in the county. . ,
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