The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, April 18, 1929, Image 7
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THURSDAY, APMuSs, 1929
THE CUNTOS CEIl0NrCL8,''fiOll}tdJf, S. "C.
FORMER TEXAS
SENATOR DIES
Joseph Weldon Bailey, Once Fiery
Solon, Succumbs In Court Room.
Typical Southern Orator.
Sherman, Texas, April 13.—Joseph
Weldon Bailey, former United States
senator from Texas and one of the
last of the state’s oli-time silver
tongued orators and fiery political
campaigners, died in the district court
here today in the midst of a law suit.
The echo of the concluding words
Mr. Bailey had addressed to the court
in a plea for the transfer to federal
jurisdiction of a toll bridge case had
frage. He held out against them, he
frequnetly said, not because he re
garded them as evils in themselves,
but because he saw in them an en
croachment on state’s rights, his fun
damental political principle.
After resigning his senate seat in
1912, he devoted his time to the pri
vate practice of law, a son, Joseph
Weldon Bailey, Jr., being a member
of his fii^m in Dallas.
School Calendar
Dates Are Fixed
A meeting of the county school prin
cipals was held Saturday in Laurens
scarcely died away when his head was j at which time several matters were
seen to fall to his chest as he seated I considered. It was decided by the con-
himself in a chair. jference that all schools in the county
A hurried examination revealed he} wdll open their 1929-30 session on
was unconscious and within a minute ; Sept. 2nd, close for the Christmas sea-
he was pronounced dead.
Dr. A. H. McKinnon said death had
been caused by a clot of blood in the
heart.
Marked by his picturseque dress as
well as nationally noted^ for his ora
tory, Mr. Bailey W-as at one time the
son on I^c. 20th, and re-open after
the holidays on Dec. 30th.
By AiUinr Briabana'
WAR BILL IS
24 BILLION
The Chronicle does not necessarily
,'ndorse or commend all of Mr Bris
bane’s >news and conclusions. Hi'- ed
itorials are published as expn s^i-.n.s | contnents carefully guarded, but
Reparations Experts Reach An Agree
ment On Minimum That Germany
Must Pay the Allies.
Paris, April 13.—The Allies’ bill to;' ►
Germany for damage* done in the
world war was ready for presention i < |
to Dr. Hjalmar Schact, president of ^
the Reichbank, today.
The bill, the outcome of nine weeks
of dogged labor by' the reparations ex
perts here, represented the minimum
the allied nations were willing to ac
cept in settlement of its war claims.
It was contained in a brief,. note.
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FURNISHINGS - ALL NEW
WITH THE SEASON
18 CHILDREN IN 9 YEARS
THE PRESIDENT WILL BOSS
STRANGE OLD CHINESE
M-NARY ASKS ADVICE
In our showing of Suits—you will
find the season’s newest colors,
styles and patterns.
When it comes to Straw Hats, Felt
Hats, Oxfords, Shirts, Neckwear,
Sox and Underwear—we want you
to see our display.
Let ladies who feel they really
“can’t afford more than two children
with everything so expensive,’’ con
sider Frau Alfred Voellner, of Dem-
min Germany. Twenty-eight years
old, she has eighteen children, all un
der nine years of age. She had a boy
in 1920, a girl in 1922 and four sets
of quadruplets in 1923, 1925, 1927 and
1929, sixteen children Mn four births.
All are alive, ten boys, eight girls.
said to fix a total in the neighborhood
of 100,000,000,000 marks — approxi
mately $24,000,000,000. This, some cal
culated, represented a present claims
value of only $10,000,000,000, boosted
to the greater figure by'reason of its
being spread over a period of 58 years.
Of the total 70,000,000,000 gold
marks, or nearly $17,000,000,000,
was said today to ve payable in gradu
ated increasing amounts during 37
i'ears, at the end of which the annui
ties were to revert to the first low
total and to be paid in the 21 years j
following. !
Unless Dr. Schact chooses to make j
the exact figures contained in the note j
public the secrecy surrounding its
contents was believed likely to be con
tinued, since it ^was believed undue
publicity might be damaging to the
Our Motto — “Own Your Own Home”
THROUGH OUR
It was said^ here during the-war that _ , , t • *.
Keciuse conWrSr'sTW-Wger dfaggea^««^ negouat.an,. looking ,to ita ac
women away into slavery, Germany
would soon recover.
Frau Voellner confirms that.
ceptance by Germany
The presentation of the bill came
after nine years of bickering as to its
size between the allied creditor nations
and Germany, the debtor. It represent
ed a reduction, was believed of near-
... ... .. , . ly $100,000,000,000 claimed by the Al-
He might well, ainee it gave him 22,- ^ Versailles conference.
Washington says President Hoover
intends to be the boss of his party.
000,000 votes. Republicans of the
South are told the Republican party
must be reconstructed there on a
sound, permanent basis, on the as
sumption that the war is past and for
gotten, and that the South will join
Republican prosperity, politically, if
the Republicans behave themselves.
Selling federal offices to the high
est bidder is ‘to be stopped.
§,qme congressmen insist that Presi
dent Hoover must write a farm relief
bill and let the party pass it. The
The German delegation, headed by
Dr. Schacht, appeared promptly at
11:30 a., ni., for the meeting in the
tea room. There was about them all
the grim solemnity of the opening
session of the reparations conference
on February 11.
As they entered the tea ,5ftom' and
the door closed behind ffi'eni'the ante-!
room buzzed with Ulk that they were!
already aware of the amount of the,
claim and would re.iect it. Through
courtesy to the allied delegates, how-1
April Series
Now Open
to go
XT I ‘ ever, they were expected tw
^president wdl probably say, No you ■
' write It and pass it. If it isn t too ,
foolish I will sign It. .
It is not easy to confer to a disor-' version of the bill cunent as it
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Stop Dreaming—“Own Your Own Home”
A very old Chinese statesman
named Wu Tze-Hui was one of three'
! that, on their word of honor, guaran-1
!teed the life and safety of Li Chai-sun,.
' governor of Canton.
I Li Chai-sun was executed by the |
Nationalists, in spite of the guaran
tee. The aged Wu Tze-Hui considered
himself disgraced and killed himself,
; although he had nothing to do with
was being presented was that it j?n-
taikd annuities rising progressively
from 1,000,000,000 gold marks (about
$450,000,000) to 2.400,000,000 gold
marks (about $000,000,000) at the end
of 37 years when they would fall to ^
the stationary 1.700,000,000 marks
(about $425,000,000 f-ir the remaining
21 years.
The present Dawes plan annuities
are about $650,000,000.
Many men “up in the world” began by making an
investment in
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See our assortment of size.s and pat-
the execution of the man guaranteed, j terns in “Gold Seal” Congoleum,
Many Westerners will find it difficult squares,
to understand that suicide. i
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.-I I We have just opened a new ship.- ■
Senator McNary, head of,the com-^ ment of Ladies’ Hats—many pretty ^ J
BUILDING AND LOAN.
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Citizens
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B. H, Boyd, Sec’y-Treas.
At First National Bank Clinton, S. C.
mittee on farm relief, asks John D.! colors—and styles to suit you.
Rockefeller, Jr., Henry Ford, Charles,
M. Schwab, J. P. Morgan, Paul M. Broadcloth Shirts with attached
Warburg and Owen D. Young to give collars and neckband styles. Get your
advice, -i. ; supply for the hot weather.
That interesting collection of farm- —^
ers would probably tell the fanuers Ladies Dresses—in color, patterns
first of all to Organize their business, and style—to please you.
eliminate lost motion and time, in-
eluding an hour and a half for the Boys’ Suits, Shirts, Blouses. Caps,
hired man to harness and unharness Underwear, Oxfords and Tennis Shoes.
'he team. But Rockefeller, Schwab
and Young decline to advise, Morgan Ladies’ and Men’s
Hosiery—in dll
s in Europe, The fanners will have the new and pretty colors.
:o-.vvork out their problem.
Aden's Union .Suits—$1.0tTTach.
Sir Hubert Wilkins plans to cross —
-he Arctic in a submarine, under the New color.s in
! ice, to map out the depth of water, and cotton shirts.
' shape of the basin containing the
Arctic, etc. Straw Hat time has come
Sh'.'r:s with rayon **
-come in
The U. S. A. is only a
few minutes wide
He would follow cracks in the ice, and let us sell you today.
i coming up every twenty-four hours to * '
recharge batteries. New showing of Ladies’
i Footwear.
Novelty
Thus, for thousands of years, the
seal and Walrus have explored Arctic
and
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THE Bell System is ever busy reducing the width of
America and the distance between cities. For ex
ample, in the last five years 850 major improve
ments, as well as thousands of others whose aggre
gate importance mounts high, have been made ill
telephone central office equipment.
Improved operating practices have eliminated the
necessity of yotir “hanging up” and being called back
in 95 per cent of out-of-town calls, adding new speed
and ease to your long distance service. You hold the
wire and the operator does the rest.
Since New Year’s Day, 1927, the average time for
completing all out-of-town calls has been cut 35 per
cent and at the same time the per cent of -error haa
been further materially reduced.
There is no standing: still in the Bell System. Bet
ter and better telephone service at the lowest cost
is the goal. Present improvements constantly going
into effect are but the foundation for the future*!
greater service.
Ycur.g Men’s Oxfords in ta,n
and Antarctic seas. They have known black leathers—$5.00 and $6.00.
how to keep holes in the ice open all |
through the winter, for breathing and | gee cur $25.00 Suits—in blues and
observation. The lower animals show niixtures—before you buy.
us; we improve on their methods.
Deputy Killed
. Making Arrest! Phone 47
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Sumrajerville, April 13. — Deputy
Sheriff Creighton Pointel of this
place, was fatally wounded while-at
tempting to arrest George, alias Dolly
Grooms, about 1 o’clock Saturday, It
is reported that Deputy Pointel had
caught Grooms in the woods with
whiskey in his possession and at
tempted to arrest him. Grooms resist
ed and escaped to his home, about
three miles from Summerville on the
Stands Bridge road.
Pointel approached the house and
called to Grooms to come out but was
shot from the second story window
{with a shhtgun, the load of shot mak
ing a fearful wound in the side of his
head and face.
A brother of Grooms brought the
wounded man to the Summerville in
firmary where he died,about 5 o’clock.
Grooms was arrested in the afternoon
and it is reported he confessed that
he fired the shot. Pointel is also said
to have name'd Grooms as his assail
ant.
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