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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
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THURSPAY, JULY 10, 1924
LAD BATTLES IN I YOUNG COOLIDGE
VAIN FOR LIFE WAS VERY gUMAN
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Tisnal way and there were no visible
-signs that anything out of the ordi
nary was taking place. Hundreds of
war veterans are housed there and
sympathy was marked on every hand,
and silence was the order for all in
the building.
Only the physicians and the presi
dent’s personal secretary were au
thorized to give out any word and
their information was confined to oc
casional brief reports of the condi
tion of the boy, unaccompanied by
any details.
AnnoudJknent that death had fin
ally relieved the suffering of the frail
boy was made by Mr. Cla^k. He
walked slowly from the room and
those who were gathered there knew
from his demeanor that the end had
come.
Only the brief announcement of
death was made and soon thereafter
President and Mrs. Coolidge, grief
stricken over their first great sor
row, made their way slowly to a
-White House automobile -*nd-
driven away. Both were worn from
the long vigil.
, President and Mrs. Coolidge return
ed to the White House at 11 o’clock,
where the elder brother, John, was
were**i
awaiting them.
Was AH Boy
Washington, July 7.—Calvin Cool
idge, Jr., was a typical American boy.
mischievous and full of vigor, but in
public almost quiet and demure. He
was the first with a hearty laugh,
However, at the slightest provocation.
“He has a remarkably sweet dispo-
rition for a boy,” a close friend of
the family remarked recently, “but
make no mind about it, he’s all boy.”
Calvin was born April 13, 1908, at
Northampton, Mass., and went
through theygraded schools of that
city and then entered the high school,
completing the first year after his
father had come to Washington as
vice president in 1921. Both he and
his brother, John, who is 17 years of
age, the next year entered Mercers-
burg academy at Mercersburg, Pa.,
John being graduated last month,
while Calvin had another year before
hint- John is to enter Amherst, the
president’s alma mater, this fall and
Calvin was to have followed him.
An excellent student, usually-rank
ing high in his class, Calvin was
bright and studious but not a “cram
mer” in the school boy sense of stu-
dieusness. He also was a good de
bater and had qualified for the acad
emy debating team. He was interest
ed In athletics but his slight build
kept him from making any records
along that line, although he was an
enthusiastic tennis and baseball play-
Loved To Play Pranks On Older
Brother. ’ Worked All
Year.
Washington, July 7.—The death of
Calvin Coolidge, ’ Jr., serves to bring
forth the life story of a very human
boy.
Calvin was full of pranks. He de
lighted in harmless games at the ex
pense of his older brother, John. His
father’s entry into the White House
did not quench his spirits. Bdt both
of the sons were reserved to the point
of self-elimiation after Coolidge suc
ceeded to the highest office.
Calvin Coolidge, Jr., was born April
13, 1908, in Northampton, Mass. He
was reared in the unpretentious $35-
a-month house in which his parents
lived.
He was precocious. Finishing gram
mar school courses when only eleven
years old, he studied two years in
Northampton high school and enter
ed Mercersburg Academy, Pennsyl
vania, in the fall of 1921. He would
have been graduated from this colle-
/"preparatory school and have
gone to Amherst college next sum
mer. He was'an assidious student
and was always near the head of his
class.
Calvin did twelve months’ work a
McAdoo. At the close & the ballot
Smith had 364 1-2 and had lost his
veto power while McAdoo had regain
ed his.
The next ballot, however, the 95th,
found the McAdoo leaders elated over
the turn of their fortunes. They open
ly declared they would run Mr. Mc-
Adoo’s total up more than 400 and
somewhere around its former fight
ing strength.
On the first roll call McAdoo gath
ered in Kansas again and despite the
fact that a decided drift to Davis‘had
begun to set in, the end of the ballot
bund the McAdoo total up to 417.
At the same time the tide carried
Smith upward and left him at 366 1-2.
Thus a veto power was restored to
both the principal contenders and the
deadlock was made tighter than ever.
Getting Ready For
Boy Killers’ Trial
Laurens Concerns
Dividends
Pay
V
WRIGLEYS
Defei
In
JUNIOR ORDER MEETING
TONIGHT AT 8 O’CLOCK
The regular meeting of J. R. O. U.
d. will be held tonight, Thursday,
at 8 o’clock in the Masonic Temple.
All members are urged to be pres-
ent at-thia*meeting".
Summer vacations usually found
Cahrin with his brother John at their
- grandfather’s home in Plymouth, Vt.,
but last summer John attended the
military training camp at Camp Dev-
ens. Mass., while Calvin worked on #
farm in the Connecticut valley of
Massachusetts. - fir-war when
year. His “vacations” since 1921
were spent in farm work. He was
under contract with a Massachusetts
tobacco farmer, in August, 1923, when
President Harding died and his fath*
er became chief executive. The boy
worked out his contract.
Calvin was always frail. His
height was five feet, eleven inches—
putting him an inch .or better over
his father—his weight not more than
115 pounds. He had grown quickly
and his vitality was accordingly
sapped.
About the only sport in which Cal
vin engaged was tennis, the game
which indirectly brought about his
death. It was in-a spirited set with
his elder brother on the White House
courts when he developed the blister
which was followed by general bloor
poisoning.
Calvin was about to go to Camp
Devens, Mass., for a miliUry course
in the R. 0. T. C. at that place.
There are anecdotes about the self-
effacing Calvin that rival those relat
ed of the hilarious Roosevelt boys
while their father was president fif
teen years ago.
Calvin frequently “plagued” John,
who was his elder by nearly two years
and his attempted mentor.
The pair strolled down Pennsylvan-
ie avenue one evening not long ago.
Calvin interested himself in pulling
John’s “collegiate” felt hat over his
eyes. He got a bad calling down
after he had returned to the executive
mansion.
Calvin was a canny lad, and not so
seriously inclined as John. Frank W.
Stearns, the president’s intimate, said
while Calvin was in the early stages
of his illness:
“President Coolidge could ’josh*
ED STEVENS, Councilor.
Win Not Seek Delay
Freaks Case It Is
• Claimed.
Chicago, July 7.—Nathan Leopold,
Jr., and Rkhard Loeb will seek no
delay when, their case comes up for
trial on August 4. This was indicated
by Attorney Benjamin Bakarech to
day.
The youthful slayers of Robert
Franks were examined simultaneous
ly—Loeb in the jail hospital by Drs.
Ralph Hammil, of Chicago, and Wil
liam J. Healy, of Boston; Leopold by
Dr. Sanger Brown, who recently en
tered the case. Leopold’s examina
tion was conducted in the death cell
laboratory.
“If we are not to get our case pre
pared by the time of the trial we
cannot afford to go on examining the
boys separately and thus wasting
time,” said Attorney Kakarach.
“We are speeding up our prepara
tion of the case as we have less than
a month until the trial begins,’^-
Psycho-analysis is expected to play
a prominent part in, the testimony of
Checks Amounting To Over $50,000.00
Go Out To Stockholders of
Various Enterprises.
Laurens, July 4.—The corporations
of the city of Laurens, including the
Laurens Cotton Mill and the banks,
paid out the sum of $52,400 in the
form of semi-annual dividends as of
June 30, the checks being distributed
July 1.
The Laurens Cotton Mill paid 4 per
cent on its capital of $1,050,000, and
the banks of the city paid a like rate
on the capital stock, as follows: Peo
ples Enterprise Bank, $100,000; Lau
rens National Bank, $50,000; Farmers
National Bank, $50,000; Palmetto
Bank, $50,000; Lucas Bank, $10,000.
after tcvry meal
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that ov«r-
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the alienists and for that reason at
torneys appearing for the state are
taking up Freud and other modern
authors.
# “We are getting ready to foil any
insanity test that may be brought
formaxdJL Milton D- Smith, assistant
state’s attorney, who will take part
in the trial, declared.
She flavor i
WHAT ixr*^
P. S.
JEANS
DOT
EVERY DAY DURING JULY and AUGUST
WILL BE:
DAY
AT
CORNER STORE
ALWAYS THE UNDERSELLING STORE
Laces—Laces
White and ecrue, per
yard
5c
at this work after his father had be
come president, his employer said to
him excitedly: “So your father is
president of the United States,” and
the boy replied:
“Yes, sir, I suppose he is. What
do you want me to tackle today?”
He had taken employment under
contract and refused to break it to
come to Washington in the interest
ing days of his father’s assumption
of the chief magistracy, preferring to
complete the task to which he had
wet himself.
This summer vacation, however, the
boys came to the White House but
bod planned to leave in a few days
to attend the military training camp
at Camp Devens.
As the sons of the president, John
and Calvin had felt responsibility, but
$0 « casual observer they would have
appeared as any other American boys
ami this was the ideal for which their
parents carefully trained them. Ik
was the wish of Mr. and Mrs. Cool
idge that the boys be considered from
an Ntnofficial standpoint and as any
other boys. For this reason they di<
not permit official bulletins to be is
saed by the physicians on the condi
tkm of Calvin, and not until last
Thursday when his case had taken a
really serious turn did they make
known his illness.
A frequent visitor at the White
House has told how the president
quite often was given to joshing the
boys, but Calvin caught a joke usual
ly in the making and sidetracked it
with a laugh, finally lauding the
pn^ddent to remark to the visitor it
«aa no use trying his fun there. v
The president, however, believed
the boys should be brought up
good American way. A friend at
White House remarked recently
they showed no signs of “swell
i,” to which another friend
“No, and they hadn’t bet-
John, but not Calvin.” Calvin had a
wonderful disposition. He was a re&l}=js
American boy.
M’ADOO FREES
DELEGATES
Fast Color Ginghams
Blue, black brown and
Just received from the Center of
Fashion-—Imported Voiles, Spanish
Laces, Silk Crepes dnd Crepe-de-
Chine Dresses—very latest novel
ties from .... $1.98 up
Just Received
Latest Novelties, Trim
ming Buttons.
green checks, yard10c We receive from New York every
Men’s Union Suits
The best makes of
Men's Union Suits, Pals
= Fast Color Ginghahts
suceresive bumper harvest*
m tea industry of India have
4m laborers so independent that
Is reported there.
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le would do likewise. Mr. Roosevelt’s
statement in behalf of the governor
was made at the opening of the 20th
session of the convention as it was
going into its third week with what
delegates who remained weary and
worn and many of them broke.
When Mr Rockwell, Mr. McAdoo’s
manager, was asked what answer he
would make to Governor Smith’s pro
posal he replied:
■ “Nothing; except more votes.”
It was evident that the McAdoo
forces were out for a night raid. It
turned out that McAdoo himself had
given orders for it because he wanted
his sagging vote to be restored as
nearly as possible to its high water
mark before he quit the contest.
All through the 94th ballot, which
was the first of the evening session,
the McAdoo floor managers conducted
a terrific drive which swept Idaho,
Mississippi, Nevada and Oklahoma
back into the McAdoo column with a
good block from Indiana besides,
made possible by the new withdrawal
of Senator Ralston and the result was
that the McAdoo total at the end of
that ballot was 395. McAdoo was not
only back in the lead again but he had
recovered the one-third veto power he
lost in the terrific drubbing the coali
tion forces had given him the night
!*®/ore.
The remainder of that particular
ballot was erratic. Deleware after
having stuck to Saulsbury for 93 bal
lots, went to Senator Robinson of Ar
kansas to join what was expected to
be “a ride” to test out his strength
and capacities as a runner in the con
vention. It turned out that the eli
mination trial never materialised.
Idaho, which had been flying a kite
on Homer Cummings, returned to the
McAdoo fold; Indiana on Ralston’s
withdrawal gave asoee of her blue to
Plaids, all colors, per
yard 12 l-2c
week newest creations in Trimmed
Hats for women and girls. A new
line received today. Values up to
$7.98. All to be sold at $i;98 to $3.98
Broad Street, Haynes
and Topkis.... 48c to 89c
Homespun
Good quality unbleach
ed Homespun, 11 yards
for .. .. $1.00
We also have a fefo very pretty
Hats left from previous shipments
at .... 98c to $1.49
, Ladies’ Hose
Ladies' Silk Hose at per
pair 25c and 48c
Full - Fashioned Silk
Hose, pair.. $1 and .$1.29
Voiles—Voiles
Newest shades, latest
designs of American
and Foreign weaves, all
36 in., yard .. 19c to 59c
Satinette
To the Women and Girls of Clinton
and Vicinity—Yes, and for the
Men, Too—
Our Bargain Rack is full of Slip
pers and Oxfords worth up to $4.-08
a pair. Come in, try on a pair, and
if we can fit you take them away
at from 98c to $1.98
Men’s Dress Shirts
Men's fine Dress Shirts,
with and without col
lars 89c to $1.98
English Warp Satinette,
plain and shadow strpes,
all colors, yard .. .. 59c
Windsor Crepes
Best of all—Star Brand and Hamil
ton-Brown Shoes—values up to
$6.50 a pair; our Underselling Price
at $2.98 to $4.49 pair
Work Shirts
Men’s and Boys' Work
Shirts, khaki and blue
chambray .... 46c to 98c
Washandredde Windr
sor Crepes, plain colors
and figured, per yard,
from 24c to 29c
Just received New Boys' Suits, 7 to
16 years. Some with two pairs of
pants .... .' .... .... $4.98 to $6.98
Overalls
Best known makes —
Blue Denim and White
Drill. Also Men's Work
Pants—khaki and pin
checks at.. 96c to $L98
Crepe de Chines
39 and 40 inches wide,
all colors, yard....
Only a few Men's and Young Men’s
Suits left—will be sold at astonish
ingly low prices .... $11.98 to $15.00
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Curtain Scrim
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White and ecru, per
yard 10c
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