Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HAPf'Y KEUNION FOR LARGE FAMILY BUYS BUSINESS PKOBERTY CHRISTMAS EXERCISES AT TRAINING SCHOOL Geo. W .Young Purcha-ses Block of Bu»ineHR Property From D. E. Tribble Company. Negotiations have been under way Kin Folks of Mrs. Rachael K. Bonds ^oin In Celebrating Her Nine tieth Birthday. was a happy gathering of! the past few days by which Geo. \Y. Young of this city, has purchased the block of business property on the square owned by D. E .Tribble Com pany. The - pfoperty- eonaiwts-of-■ the- store rooms of Adair-Sumerel, Kel lers Drug Store, Workman Company, J. K. Hatton’s Garage, and Gaines’ Barber Shop, and is considered a- mong the most valuable and-well sit uated in the city. As soon as the details can be perfected, it is stated that the new owner will take over the property. J cere the kin folks of 'Mrs. Rachael K. Bonis on Sunday last at her home near Shady Grove church. This God ly yud. honored lady, who is in her ninetieth year had all her seven liv ing children present. Thos. J. Bonds and Mrs. Lou Hunter from Waco, Te*a$, Mrs. S. P. McCracker, of New berry, Mrs. .1. F. Workman of Clinton were present besides the three who are at the old home, Mrs. Joe Bonds, Kd Bonds and Miss Ruth Bonds. A bounteous feast was served by Miss Ruth for her brothers and sisters. Besides these and the sons and daugh ters-in-law there were present seven teen) grand-children and great-grand- chrMren. Mr. Mason Holland, who married a grand-daughter of Mrs. Bonds was also a visitor at her home having come from Texas to see his brothers and sisters near Clinton. It was a most happy occasion and it i? a. pleasure not only to Mrs Bonds’ family but to all her many friends to see her so cheerful and bright. She is a lovely and devoted Christian woman, a charter member of the Shady Grove Presbytomn 1 chur'h. Probably she is the oldest perron living in that section of Lau rens county. Every one that knows Mrs. Bonds honors her for her fine character and for her active and live ly disposition. She has quite a large cir« »e of devoted friends who congra tulate her and rejoice with her fam ily in her continuer! presence which it is hoped may long continue. Children of Institution Present Clever Christmas Entertainment Be fore Large Crowd. Santa Claus, arrayed in all of his glory, surrounded by the two hun dred inmates of the States Training School, together with a large number of - friends from the town, eirreTthln^ldTTs---^'T--carefcrtTy pfepar CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS INSPECTS SCHOOLS FOR FEEBLE-MINDED Dr. Wallace Finds Sanitary Condi tions Good and Few Cases of Illness. D . W. R. Wallace, of Chester, has submitted the following report on the School for the Feeble-Minded of this city to the executive committee of the State Board of Health: "l inspected the School for Feeble Minded on December 11, 1923. Dr. Webh made the rounds with me as Dr. Whitten was in Columbia on busi ness. There were 205 inmates at the institution of varied ages and mental conditions. “There were very few cases of ill ness at the time of my inspection. Dr. Webb reported that there had been a few cases of mild influenze. There are two cases of tuberculosis, one appar ently arrested and doing tine, the other an active case which is properly I isolated and kept in a well ventilated I shack. The death rate of the ipstitu- | tier has been remarkably low. One j of the needs at present is some ward I wheie the ill cases can he properly] isolated. ‘'The sanitary condition in the two! permanent buildings is fine. In fact, the conditions are good throughout, j considering the character of the new ] buildings. The food supply and pre- i paration seemed good. There is a lit- j tic shortage of milk just at this time. I “The idea of, segregating according] to age and mental condition in various ! buildings is good, but of course fire proof and steam heated buildings are needed as soon as funds are avail able f or construction. "The training given some of those commendable and with ample facili ties for training in the simple gain ful vocations may make some of these self supporting.’’ B. II. Bo>d Heads Local Billy Sun day Club for Coming Year. At the regular meeting of the Billy Sunday club held last Sunday after noon in the Broad Street Methodist church, the report of the nominating committee was presented and unani mously adopted by the membership. The newly elected officers for 1924 a re: ~ President, B. H. Boyd. " - Vice-President, Prof. B. Graham. a • Secretary, F.- M. Stutts, Cor. Secretary, Dr. G. \V. B. Smith. The newly elected officers immedi ately took charge and will serve for a term of six months. The standing committees in charge of the various activities of the organization will be appointed by the new officers. Prof. S. B. Hayes, the retiring pre sident of the club, was heartily thanked for his services and the ex cellent leadership he has rendered the past year. A rising vote of thanks and appreciation was extended him and the membership was unanimous in the belief that he has made a splen did leader for the club during his term of office. ELIGIBLES ANNOUNCED FOR LAURENS POSTMASTERSHII T. JEFF ( HANDLER IS GIVEN REPRIEVE Commission Has Presented the Names of Three Applicants for Selection of Laurens Postmaster. Laurens, S. C., Dec. 28.—It was an nounced from Washington last Fri day that the Civil Service Commis sion had certified three of the appli cants for the Laurens postmastership and their names were placed on the eligible list. The eligibles thus cer titled are: Stanley \V. Crews, \V. P Sullivan and R. H. Benchoff, their respective ratings on the recent ex amination being in the order given, Mr. Crews, who heads the list, hav ing been allowed a certain percentage for military service. Mr. Crews and Mr. Sullivan are Democrats. The former is city clerk and treasurer, a position he has held for several years. Mr. Sullivan is a cotton buyer, in which business he has been engaged for more than a score of years. Mr. Benchoff, formerly of Greenville, has been engaged in the mercantile busi ness here for several years. There has been no intimation as to when the appointment of the new postmaster is to be made by the Pre sident, but it is likely that the name of the appointee will be sent to the Senate early in January, or soon afti>r Congi ess reconvenes on January 3. ed splendidly dast Friday evening-at th is institution. A number of the boys and girls of the school had prepared a Christ mas entertainment and in a most cre ditable manner each of the young per formers did their part. The “story of Christmas” was well told in the play, and the dancing, singing, etc., showed that the young people had been well drilled by their instructors. The program was one of interest and well executed, and all who were for tunate enough to be present spoke in the highest commendation of the young folks’ efforts and the pleasure that was gathered from the occasion. In connection with the celebration, the Commercial Club presented the Training School a big truck of or anges, apples, candies, nuts, raisins, etc., to add to the happiness and en joyable thq holidays fyi; all the inmates. almost whimsical, a man, of instant ly spontaneous utterance of what ever comes into his mind. When Ford said he is in favor of Coolidge he didn’t »ay anything abqut McAdoo. But it would not be sur prising if (so far as Ford’s act was a planned one) he was moved by a wish to prevent McAdoo from being president. If one were on his part, would tjsnd to help Mc Adoo as against Coolidge; and that he’ made up his mind to avoid doing anything that would tend to lift Mc Adoo toward the White House. Ford doesn’t approve» McAdoo. There may be as much merit in that disapproval as there is in any one man’s personal disapproval of anoth- far as there is merit, there is also some degree of the utterly unreason able and uniformed prejudice that occasionally inspire^ Ford’s #£ts\and utterances. This is clearly p^ov a correspondence that passed kind of oblique indirection v Ford and McAdoo last suranwr.j correspondence, as regards t° Inqk, cm iarecT move one would * feel that Ford had veyed the political situation; that he had come to the conclusion the two candidates will be Coolidge and Mc Adoo; that he realized that any ef fort on his part to get a nomina tion from either old party, and es pecially any third party candidacy processes a man of moods, impulsive ivtarTr-ttuKrT?,’ p A Handsome Office Mr. M. S. Bailey, president of M S. Bailey & Son, Bankers, has just moved into his handsome new office adjoining the hank. The annex pre sents an attractive appearance both from the out and inside, and will serve as Mr. Bailey’s private “office home” where he is always glad to have his friends drop in to see him. But in addition to the merit, so jt, had only a restricted I • Matinee 2:00 P. M. Night f:00 P. M. CASINO THEATRE PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK OF JAN. 7TH Monday, 7(h—“Fools First” FORD OPPOSED TO M’ADOO AS WHITE HOUSE OCCUPANT Govruor Grant* Further Time For Mental Examination of Greenville Man. Co'umbia, S. C., Dec. 31.—T. Jeff Chandler, young Greenville man sentenced to die in the electric chair Friday, was given a two-weeks’ long er lease on life today by Governor Msl.e<>d, w ho granted him a second j 1 reprieve until January IK. The ex-j tension was granted to allow time I for completion of the mental exanii- nation of the condemned man, which 1 is being made under supervision of Ifr. C. Fred Williams, superintend ent vi the State Hospital, at the re quest of the governor. Chandler was convicted of the murder of Mrs. Rosa Bramlett, his mother-in-law, nearly three years ago. He was also indict ed for jjie murder of his wife. Chancier was originally scheduled to dje-any December 7, but was grant ed a re.pieve of one month by Gover nor McLeod upon representations be ing made that he defendant was of unsound mind. Rotary-Anne Night A Rotary-Anne celebration, known as “Ladies’ Night,” is to be held this evning in the Commercial Club rooms. The banquet w r ill be served by the Clinton Hotel and a large attendance is expected. The members will have their wfives and friends as their guests and a program of banqueting, song and oratory will mark the oc casion which promises to be a de lightful event. Self-effacing Announcement of Auto Manufacturer Will Help Cool- idge—Ford Man of Impulse He Speaks What He Thinks. Washington, Dec. 30. — Henry Ford’s announcement that Coolidge is all right was universally interpre ted as meant to help Coolidge. Un questionably that was its effect. In a moment I shall try to outline the changes in the political way wrought by Ford's self effacement. Most of those changes are immensely in the direction of helping Coolidge no less for the nomination than the subse quent election. Undoubtedly, also, Ford sincerely thinks highly of Cool idge. In addition, there is some evi dence that Ford at heart ha^ lean ings toward the Republican party, which are bred in the bone by the nature of his background and sur roundings as a youth. And yet it is doubtful if Fords announcement was deliberately plan ned or definitely intended to have po litical weight. (Of course, like all such things, it has the greater poli tical weight in proporton as it was not intended to have any.) All the circumstances show that Ford’s in terview was unpremediated. Ford is an impulsive person. He says what comes into his head. It is an odd fact that the man who has done more than any other one to bring the qual ity of set standardization to Ameri can business is in his own mental NOTICE The State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. In Court of Common Pleas. J. W. Leake, Plaintiff vs. B. F. Arnold et al. Defendant PURSUANT to a Decree of The Court in the above stated case, I will sell at public outcry to the high est bidder, at Laurens, C. H., S. C., on Salesday in January next, being Monday .the, 7th. day of the month, during the legal hours for such sales, the following described property, to wit: - * - —' — All that tract of land situate in the County and State aforesaid known as part of the Byrd, containing two hundred and forty-two and 8-100 (242.8) acres more or less bounded on North by lands of S. A. Philson on the South by lands of Mrs. Mary Lites, on the East by lands of Mrs. Mary Lites and on the West by lands of John Copeland and by public road leading from Cross Anchor to Clin ton and Renno. Benig the lands con veyed to B. F. Arnold by Thomas W. Williams by deed recorded in the of fice of R. M. C. for Laurens County in said State in deed book 40 page 240 on January 22nd, 1914. Terms of Sale: One-half cash, bal ance to be paid twelve months from date of sale; the credit portion to be secured by bond and mortgage of the purchaser over the said premises, bearing 8 per cent interest from date, with leave to purchaser to pay his entire bid in cash. Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. If the terms of sale are not complied with, the ] land to be re-sold on same subse quent Salesday on same terms, at risk of former purchaser. C. A. POWER, C. C. C. P. and G S., Laurens, S. C. Dated, this Dec. 17th. Featuring Claire Windsor, Richard Dix, Helen Lynch, and Claude Qillingwater—Directed by Marshall Neilai). Young men think old men fools, but old men know young-men are fools. You have seen wiclted men and fools, many of both, and I believe that both get paid in the end—but fools first. Also Pathe News,'No. 100. 10c and 25c Tuesday, Sth—“Love of the Service” With Gep, Chesebro in a North West Mounted* Police story full of excitement and action. • NOTICE We will, start episode No. 1, “THE FIGHTING SjyBPER’’ writh Frances Ford and Jack Perrin—We absolutely guaran-/ tee this serial to excell any yet ever been shown in this .town— Remember the day~-T— and 20c ^ Wednesday, 9th—“His Mystery Girl” With Herbert Rawlinson and Ruth Dwyer—Real thrills, real laughs and real entertainment. Also educational comedy, “THE ADVISER,” produced by Mermaid Comedy Co., and this alone will be worth the price. 10c and 20c Thursday and Friday, 10th and 11th “Three Wise Foote” With Elinor Boardman, Zasu Pitts, and William Haines— Produced by Goldwyn; directed by King Vidor. Laughable, lovable, dramatic, a picture play you will want to tell your friends about—a story of love and thrills that will capture your heart forever. The joy picture of the year. Thursday, Pathe News No. 101—Friday, two-reel comedy, “ONE HORSE PLAY.” Both days 10c and 25c Saturday, 12—“Riders At Night” With Big Boy Williams—Wild horses and western thrills. See Big Boy out-fight them all. Also Ruth Roland in “RUTH OF THE RANGE” No. 4 ,and one-reel comedy. 10c and 25c Coming Soon—“MIGHTY LAK A ROSE,” “ENEMIES OF WOMEN” “MAIN STREET,” and “ROBIN HOOD.” For excellent entertainment at a normal cost you will find it at the Casino. Nothing too good in the picture tine for you. We are at your service and are going to try and give you the best. :: :: ';-X-X-X-XX-XX-X->XX M XX-XX**XX-X-XX-XX~X-Xt**X>*XXK^~XX^<*4ll WE EXTEND OUR For Rent Upper apartment, consisting o t’ three large rooms, kitchen ette, breakfastroom, hath ; in best section of town. Kent rea sonable to desirable parties. Apply 108 S. Kroadwav. Lost—One Guen Watch and silver bracelet with P. K. A. seal. Find er please return to The Chronicle offie and get reward. Itc Very Best Wishes To One And All For Sale—20 shares of First National Bank Stock; 10 shares Peoples’ Bonded Warehouse stock. Apply at The Chronicle office. Reward—A liberal reward will be paid for any information leading to recovery of one small female Beagle hound—brown and white speckled, with solid brown head. Answers to name “Kate.” F. B. Fitzgerald, Clinton, S. C. or phone 143. 2tc FOR A Prosperous and Happy 1924 Holland Mercantile Co TRUCKS FOR MOVING HAULING ALL KINDS ANYWHERE - ANYTIME light Phone 371 : Day Phone 195 Prompt Attention To All Calls Clinton, S. C. XX—1—W—b-X'*X-+'X—X--X-*X-v-;--X-v'X;-*XX-XX*'4*-X-*hX!'*h-X*4—!**XX**5*'XF , M* , i* Club To Meet Tfce January meeting of the Com- mttrrial Club will lx* held in the club rooms next Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock. This being the first meeting of the New Year, it is hoped that tberc will be g full attendance of all members. The club is to have as it’s guests the members of the Thomwell Orphanage and CHnton High School football teams. AN ANCIENT BATTERY may run your car for a while but not for long. Sooner or later you will have to get a new one, and while you are about it look into the merits of our bat tery. It is right up to date in every respect. Edwards Auto Service “Oa Broadway” —1923— We desire at this time to thank our friends for the exceptional good business they have given us during the year that has just closed, and wish each of you a happy, prosperous New Year. —1924— « « Our New Year resolution is to give our customers “The Best Service Pos- sible” in our Repair and Sales departments. Let us serve you during the New Year. We appreciate your business. FERGUSON FORD DEALER