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The dead man’s father was seated on the front porch at the time and had been conversing with his son, following his return from Clinton early in the morning. They had been talking of their crop outlook and Cunningham’s ill health. He advised his son to go to his sis ter’s for a visit of a couple of weeks in the hope of recuperating, stating that he would look after the place in his absence. To this Cunningham agreed and was making his plans to go this morning. One of his daugh ters was in the kitchen at the thne preparing dinner, his other two be ing away at the time visiting rela tives. Cunningham got up without any intimation of his intentions, went up stairs and in. a moment fired the fatal ihot that instantly wiped out his Kfe. f Neighbors wens on the grounds in a few minutes but to no avail, only to find Ids head body lying on the bed in his working clothes ip a pool of blood. Horrified by the ghastly find, the alarm quickly spread in the neighborhood and a large rd assembled on the scene in a minutes. Sheriff. Reid answered the call and arrived a short time later for an investigation. He ordered the body removed to D. E. Tribble Compapy’s undertaking establishment where upon the arrival of Coroner Owings, a further investigation was made and the decision reached that the deceas ed came to his death by wounds- in flicted by a shotgun in his own hands. While Mr. Cunningham had given no one any intimation*of ending his life, or left no note or message to throw tight on the tragedy, cireum stances point to the belief that hia despondency of several weeks over continued ill health prompted him to end it all, the brooding leading to temporary mental aberration. The shotgun was found lying by his side and in the barrel wa* found a fresh ly exploded shell. Mr. Cunningham had made his home in this section for a number of years and had a large number of friends and acquaintances who were shocked and grieved by his untimely death. In addition to his aged father, the deceased is survived by three daugh ters, three brothers, John, Larry and Casper, and one sister, Miss Blanche Cunningham of Greenwood. The funeral services will be held this afternoon in Laurens. NATIONAL BANK ^ BUYS SCHOOL BONDS The $80,000 school bonds offered for sale, by Hunter school district No. 6, wen purchased Tuesday by the First National Bank of thia city at par. Several bids were submitted, the local bank, however, being the only one offering par for the issue of bonds. CLINTON COTTON MILLS CLOSED THIS WEEK The Clinton Cotton Mills clossd down last Saturday at dinner and will dot resume operation until next Mon- 4ay morning, July 7th. The Fourth of July coming during this period) the mill operatives will have a full week’s yieation in addition to the celebration ef the national holiday. . ANOTHER COTTON BLOOM second cotton Jbkxwn was brought The Chvenicli office yesterday ig by R. F. Adair, ft came few minutes after the one in by Mr. Jacks, so it is ad- DOUBLE TRAGEDY CLOSE TO SWITZER Fanner Kill, Wife With Butt of Shotgun and Than Hangs ■Self in Bern. Spartanburg, June 27.—Believed to have been driven insane by pro tare ted ill health, Perry Thompson, 72, wealthy and well known farmer, re siding near Switzer, crushed the skull of his wife, 66, with the butt of a shotgun after the load in the gun had been fired into the pillow upon which She slept without striking its target and then took his own life by slashing jiis throat with a pocket knife and hanging himself In the barn, where he BANKS AND MILLS PAY DIVIDENDS July First Brings Usual Distribution Of Dividends By Clinton Concerns. The semi-annual dividend disburse ments of cotton mills and banks of the city, have been declared by these institutions and distributed among the stockholders on July the first The compilation follows: Clinton Bonded Warehouse, 10 per cent annually on capital stock of $10,- 000. : The Clinton Cotton Mills, -4 per cent semi-annual on $350,000. capital stock. Lydia Cotton Mills, 4 per cent semi throat. The double tragedy was enacted last night, Mrs. Thompson -dying in the hospital in Spartanburg this morning^^ Fred Thompson, son of the dead couple, was called to the home of his sister shortly before $ o’clock and re turned seme time later to find his mother lying in hdr night clothing upon the floor of her bed room in a pool blood, according 4o the story he told officers. He quickly spread the news snd Sheriff Miller arrived soon from Spartanburg to investigate. He started a search for the assailant. He found a pocket knife lying open upon the dresser with splotches of blood upon it. Bloody tracks led out of the house to the barn. Passing through the open gate to thef lot and the open door of a cattle stall, tha sheriff came upon the body of Mr. Thompson, covered with, blood, hang ing from a rafter, He had cut his Ahroat from ear to aar before hanging himself. / t Officers balieve. that Mr.' Thomp son, who had bean in ill health, for months and had growii despondent, suddenly became erased and fatally wounded hia wife and took his own life. The shotgun used in beating Mrs. Thompson was found lying near her with the barrel broken from the stock as if it hid beerf hsid in dealing ter rific blows. Fred Thompson, the son, declared that his parents had retired when he was summoned to hia sister’s house. He said his mother rose from her bed snd locked the door after he went out. The tragedy occurred within the next half hour, he said. No inquest was held as Sheriff Mil ler and Coroner Turner were con vinced that it was murder and suicide. The First National Bank, 4 per cent semi-annual on capital stock ol $100,- 000. The Commercial Bank, 5 per cent semi-annual on capital sto:k of $50,- 000. M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers, being a privte bank, does not pay a divi dend following its usual custom, though it is one of the oldest and strongest banking institutions in the state. LAFOLLETTETO HEAD THIRD PARTY Not Satisfied With Democratic Plat form and Will Go Ahead Regard- leu of Nominee. Washington, June 29.—Senator Robert M. LaFollette and his advis ers and supporters are entirely dis satisfied at the platform adopted by the Democratic national convention. Now that the Democrats have shown their hand and outlined their policies, Senator LaFollette will rush his plans to head the Third party movement. ^ • r -r~ He was busy today putting the fin ishing touches on his declaration of policies and principles, which will be to- this confirelift ABSENT VOTERS MAY TAKE PART FARMERS ENDORSE MARKETING BODY Cotton Association Receives Resolu tion Recommending Full Support To Cooperatives. Columbia, June 28.—The South Carolina Cotton Growers’ Cooperative association yesterday received a copy of a resolution passed by the South Carolina Bankers’ association at its annual convention in Charleston Wed nesday indorsing cooperative market ing. The resolution, which was in troduced by the resolutions commit tee and unanimously passed follows: “Resolved, That the bankers of South Carolina realizing the abaolute necessity of cooperation on the part of states, cities and individuals do heartily recommend and indorse the cooperative associations established in South Carolina and urge each member of the South Carolina Bankers’ asso ciation to assist in every way these valuable aids of our people.” R. I. Woodside, of Greenville, retir ing president of the association, in his annual message to the association, also commended cooperative market ing to the bankers. “When cotton and tobacco coopera tive marketing associations were in their experimental stage,” said Mr. Woodside, “many planters doubted cheir worth, but today everybody rec ognizes these associations as being the definite influence in increasing the value of these products as well as pro viding a more orderly, economical method of marketing. As long as these cooperative organisations are operated along conservative lines snd are well managed I urge every bank to continue supporting them with their credit as well aa with their re sources. Let’s show our interest in South Carolina’s cotton growers by giving them such full measure of co- >peration that they will not find it necessary or advantageous to go out of the state for Voters Who Are Absent Because Of Business or Sickness May Cast Ballots in August Primary. Voters who are necessarily absent because of business or sickness may cast their votes in the Democratic primary by mail, aa provided by the near piles adopted by the State Con vention pursuant to ^he act of the General Assembly approved March 4, 1924. R. T. Wilson, chairman of the county Democratic executive commit* tee, explained that the siw rules are very considerate of the absentee vot er, and allow local officials a large amount of discretion in the matter of deciding who is eligible to vote by mail. According to the new rules any per son who is absent at election time may apply to his club secretary for authority to vote by mail and secure the necessary blanks. Chairman Wilson urges that every citizen enroll it an early date for the coming primary. No registration certificate, tax receipt, or any other document is necessary for a citizen to enroll on the Democratic club rolls, a plain case of i It is necessary, however, that all the spaces on the book, calling for full name and other information, be filled AH the women of the country are especially called on to enroll and vote in the primary. With the issues at stake in this election, the Democratic officials feel that every wife, mother, sister and daughter, who is eligible to vote, should do so. BANKS TO CLOSE The banks of the city will observe the Fourth as a legal holiday and will not open for business tomorrow. gressive political action at ita con vention in Cleveland, July 4. LaFollette and his followers take the position that the Democratic platform straddles all important is sues, deals largely in “glittering generalities,” and offers no con structive program for the solution of perplexing and vital national ques tions, such as agricultural relief, the transportation problem and “the in flation of the cunrency.” After a careful perusal of the Democratic platform LaFollette and his group are convinced that it ia no improvement over the Republican platform; in fact,' that in some in stances it is much weaker. Having reached that conclusion, LaFollette now proposes to go ahead with his Third party program re gardless of who is the Democratic nominee. Even should McAdoo be nominated, which to them now seems improbable, ha would not, the La Follette group believe, ba abla to hold in line the labor vote, or even the railroad men. LaFollette intends to offer these group planks in hit platform which will insure their support. Wliile he will. advocate lower freight and pas senger rates, be will insist upon a high wage scale. Close friends of LaFollette say the Democrats in New York are playing right into his hands, providing him with all sorts of good ammunition for his campaign. For instance, they point out the refusal to name the Ku Klux I^lan in the platform and the fight which developed over that plank despite th6 pronounced opposition to that organization throughout the na tion as a political menace. The La Follette program will name the klan and denounce it in strong language as an un-American and un-Democra- tic, say his supporters . On that issue alone make a nation-wide appeal and will be certain of much support in practi cally every state in the Union, hi? followers believe. CLINTON BOY KILLED IN WRECK L. Brady Simpson Found Dead Under Machine Near Rock Hill. Funeral Here Monday. L. Brady Simpson, son of Mrs. B. M. Dutton, of this city, was instantly killed last Saturday night near Rock Hill when the automobile in which he was riding turned over and resulted in the fracture of his skull. His body was brought here Sunday night and the ftmeral service was held at his mother’s residence Monday afternoon, after which interment followed in the Presbyterian cemetery. Rev. Edward Long conducted the services. Though Mr. Simpson had not made his home FIRST COTTON BLOOM The first cotton bloom of the sea son was brought to The Chronicle of fice yesterday by W. T. Jacks. It came from his farm on the Musgrove road near here and he expressed him self as optimistic over his outlook for a splendid crop this season. EVERY DAY RISES ON A NEW WORLD well known and Uked and his tragic death brings sorrow to a host of friends. The deceased is survived by his wife and three children, by his moth er, Mrs. B. M. Dutton, of this city, one half sister, Frances Dutton, one half brother, Braxton Dutton, three sisters, Mrs. V. D. Ramseur and Mrs. Tom Poe of Greenville, and Mrs. J. B. Kaufman of Wadesboro, N. C., two brothers, J. B. Simpson of Monroe, N. C. , and J. D. Simpson of Bishopville. The following account of the trage dy under a Chester date line, appear ed in The State Monday: “L. Brady Simpson, who up to a few years ago was manager of the Chester office of the Western Union Telegraph company, was almost in stantly killed about midnight when the automobile in which he was rid ing turned over on the Carolina short route highway between here and Rock Hill. “For the past few years Mr. Simp son has traveled, selling textile manu facturing supplies and was en route to Chester. He is survived by his widow and three children. His tragic death caused profound sorrow in Chester, where he had many friends. “Mr. Simpson was fodnd between 11 and 11:45 o’clock Saturday night approximately ten miles north of Chester, lying with his body partly on the highway and partly in the ditch, with blood streaming from his nose, mouth and ears, by Wake H. Myers, proprietor of Myers’ hotel of Ches ter, who was returning from a trip to Rock Hill. Mr^Jdyers said he saw the large touring automobile standing across the highway with the lights burning and at first he thought it might be highwaymen. He got out of his automobile and saw the body of some one lying near the automobile hfl could any help and was shocked to see that it was Mr. Simpson, and after reach ing him he breathed only once. Mr. Myers immediately summoned assist ance from a nearby house and he and another man went to a telephone, where officers at Rock Hill were noti fied and were quickly on the scene and the lifeless body of Mr. Simpson was carried to Rock Hill. Mr. Myers stated that there was no evidence of foul play and it seemed to him that Mr. Simpson had run into a small ditch and was endeavoring to pull out of it when his big automobile turned over at least a couple of time, pre cipitating him on the ground, automobile was badly wrecked.” WIH LANGSTON Opening Gun To Be Fired August 1L Itinerary and Assessments Fixed By Executive Committee. You may think that the world tomorrow morning will be exactly at it is today. Not quite. Fifteen per cent of the population becomes, of age each year. That means that more than 45,000 people probably have their twenty-first birthday tomorrow. Also, possibly as many as 30,000 people may die in the United States tomorrow’. Every day ia a new ,day—every day people get married and become prospects for furniture and groceries and a thousand and one other things. , Every day there are new faces in the shopping district—new pros pects for your merchandise. Every day some of your old customers may disappear—may move tafee -they Messrs. Charlie Douglas, of Ow ing*, and Karl McM array of Peadle- * Mr. and Mrs. J. the put away or take the last journey over the hill. The rising generation has not been reading your advertising- do not know you. Every day is a new day. There are few products as well known as Ivory Soap. Yet Ivory Soap is advertised y«ar in and year out Why? Because every day is a new day—every day there are people reading advertising for the first time—every day there are people who are keeping house for the first time—every day there are people who are spending their own- earned money for the first time. Can you afford to be complacent in such a situation? Can you afford to let competitors advertise in July, August and September, while you keep silent? A prominent writer says: “Real ambition is insatiable; it is a flame to be fed with fiesh fuel every day. You can always do better. When you succeed at one task, it simply proves thet you are competent to go higher.” Do you think that Marshall Field or John Wanamaker achieved suc cess by “resting”—by “waiting”—by shriveling up because the weather was a little warm? / Bruce Barton, New York advertising man, tells the story of a mer chant who met an advertising solicitation with the question: “Why should I advertise? I have been here for twnety years. There isn’t a man, woman or child around these parts that does not know where I am and what £ sell and how I do business.” The advertising man in the story answered very promptly. He said to the merchant, pointing acrora the street: “What ia that building over, there?” The merchant said to him: “That ia the Methodist Episcopal Church.” The advertising man said: “How long has that been there?” Tha merchant .aid: “Oh, I don’t know; seventy-five years probably.** “And yet,** said toe advertising man,' “they ring the church bell every Sunday morning.” THE CHRONICLE * “THE PAPER THE PEOPLE READ” The At a meeting of the Laurens coun ty executive committee held in Lau rens Monday morning, the itinerary of the county campaign was arranged, assessments fixed upon all candidates who file pledges for county offices, and other plans made to set the elect ion machinery in motion for the Au gust primary. The executive committee selected XSgust Tftlr for the~opehing“^ate of the campaign. The initial gun will be “fired” at Langston church and will be followed by meetings in all the townships, with special night meet ings to “cover” the cotton mills. Tha candidates will invade Clinton on Au gust 13th, speaking in the city in the morning and at the Clinton. Cottoa Mills at night. The following is the complete coun ty itinerary: Langston, August 11, 10 a. m. Lydia Mills, August 11, at night Renno, August 12, 10 a. m. Goldville, August 12, at night. Clinton, August 13, 10 a. m. Clinton Mill, August 18, at night Cross Hill, August 14, 10 a. m. Center Point August 15, 10 a. m. Poplar'Spriqg>>-August 18,10 a. m. Hickory Tavern, ■August 19, 2 p. m. Gray Court, August 20, 3 p. m. * Wallace Lodge, August 21,10 a. m. Lauren* Mill, August 21, at night Laurent, August 22, 10 a. m. Watts Mill, August 22, at night Candidates for clerk of court are to pay an assessment of $60 each; sher iff $50; state senate $80; house ol representatives $15; coroner $10; magistrate for Laurens township $10; magistrate for Clinton $7.50; all other township magistrates $2.50 each. These assessments are made to cover the cost of printing the tickets, pay ing managers, etc. The time for candidates to file their pledges will expire on July *29, at 6 p. m. This is the same time that the enrollment books close. After this date, no candidate can announce for any office. The meeting Monday was attended by the following executive committee men from this section: W. W. Harris from Clinton, J. M. Copeland of Ren no, and C. R. Workman of HopewelL BIG CELEBRATION Kiwanians To Hold Special Meeting Local Club To Be Visited July 15 By District Governor Harry T. Adams of Greensboro. A special meeting of the Clinton Kiwanis club is announced for July 15th at seven o’clock at the Clinton hotel. The guest of honor is to be Harry T. Adams, of Greensboro, dis trict governor for the Carolinas, and following the luncheon dinner, he will address the club. It will be Mr. Adams’ first visit to Clinton and it is hoped that he will be greeted by every Kiwanian in the city. Laurens Attorneys 4 * Preparing Appeal Glorious Fourth To Be Celebrated With An Intereoting All-Day < Program. The Fourth of July, according to a custom of long standing, will be_ celebrated at Lydia Mills tomorrow in true style. The celebration will be staged under the auspices of the Lydia Mills Athletic Association, headed by Superintendent R. E. Fer guson, and a program of interest has been announced. The various field” events will be staged at the ball park beginning at 8:30 a. m. There will be bicycle and sack races, 60 and 100 yard dashes for men and girls, cracker eating con tests, wheelbarrow races, nail driv ing contests, running broad jumps, snd numerous other events of inter est. In all of these entries, prizes have been offered the winners by various merchants and business hous es of the city. In the afternoon the big ball gams will be staged, Laurens Mill offering the opposition. The two teams art rivals of long standing and a thrill ing game in keeping with the Fourth is expected. Everything is in readiness for the big day and a record-breaking crowd is expected for the festivities. OPEN MEETING SUNDAY Laurens, June 27.—A statement was made here yesterday by W. B. Knight, one of the attorgieys in the ! case of the state against Mrs. Alice) Young and Miss Emma Stroud, found guilty of assault and battery with in tent to kill with a recommendation to mercy, that the appeal will be per fected and will probably be heard by .the supreme court in October. This statement seta at rest any specula tion as to the perfection of the ap- Sunday afternoon’s meeting of tot Billy Sunday club will be an open meeting to which visitors are cor dially invited. Each member of the club will extend an invitation to a non-member or friend for this spec ial occasion. The meeting will be held in the First Baptist church be ginning promptly at two o’clock. WITH NATIONAL BANK Mrs. Workman. Johnson is now connected with the lint National Bank ef this city as stenographer. She succeeds Mrs. Stanley Pitt*,- re-