Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

' fc: <-«t THE CHRONICLE Strives Te Be a Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable. i ■■■■■— If Ton Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE Ton Don’t Get The News. VOLUME XXIV CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1924 NUMBER 32 Committee to Go Before Highway Department and Ask for Hard Surface Greenville—Colum bia Road. Several Clinton citizens went to Greenville last Thursday along with representatives from Newberry, to at tend a joint conference relative to _ paving as early as possible the high way between Greenville-Laurens-New- -.-berry counties. The delegates were the guests' of “the Greenville Ghamber of Commerce at a luncheon given at the Ottaray hotel and. presided over by W. P. Conyers as chairman. A number of enthusiastic speeches were heard and the project was heartily endorsed and the advantages pointed out that would be derived from a paving program uniting the three counties with Columbia-Asheville. Following the conference, a commit tee was appointed to go before the state highway department on Aug ust 12th to request that body to have highway No. 29, running from the North Carolina line through the coun ties to the Richland county line to ward Columbia paved at the earliest possible date under the new Pay-As- You-Go plan of road building and maintenance. The personnel of the committee is as follows: Greenville county, J. C. Duckworth, B. H. Peace and W. P. Conyers; Laurens county, J. F. Jacobs, Sr., R. L. Gray and W. R. McCuen; Newberry county, W. B. Wallace, George B. Cromer and G. P. Boulware. The resolution introduced by Geo. P. Boulware of Newberry, and sec onded by Supervisor Watts of this county, was unanimously adopted as follows: “RESOLVED, That it is the sense of the meeting of representatives from the Chambers of Commerce, county delegations and road officials of Newberry, Laurens and Greenville counties held at the Ottaray Hotel, Greenville, S. C., on July 24, 1924, at one o'clock, that the chairman ap point a committee of nine, who, to gether with sub-committees from the county delegations and road officials of Hie three counties, shall go before Hie State Highway Department at 'their meeting on the second Tuesday in August at Columbia and ask for Hie adoption and construction of a paved road beginning at the North Carolina line on Route 29 and pro ceeding through Greenville, Fountain Inn, Laurens, Clinton, Newberry and ■" Prosperity to the beginning of the road already paved at the boundary line of Richland county, thereby con necting the capital city with the paved road which is already under construc tion from Asheville to the North Car olina line on Routt gS. ' “BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That ib is 4ho sense of the meeting that this road proceed from Colum bia to the seashore at Charleston just as rapidly as the State Highway Com mission and the counties concerned can bring about the construction of same.” Clinton was represented at the con- fegence by Messrs. J. F. Jacobs, Sr., A. B. Blakely, W. H. Simpson, R. W. Wade and J. 0. Barnett. Others attending the gathering * J were;— — ^ • » * . Newberry—J. P. Moon and Geo7 P. Boulware. Greenville — W. P. Conyers, J. C. Duckworth, B. H. Peace, W. H. Keith, A. .E^McKissick, Ira A. Gresham, W. N. p.bikshanks, H. P. Dill,' Walter Miller, C. 0. Allen, Wm. R. Timmons and C. C. Christopher. Laurens—Geo. M. Wright, Carroll Nance, John Watts, W. L. Gray and R. L. Gray. Laurens To Have New Postmaster Locust Valley, Long Island, N. Y., is to be the Democratic capitol this sum mer for there on his front porch sits John W. Davis, Presidentiil candidate. This new picture was taken there. INCREASE SHOWN IN ENROLLMENT Senator Dial Is Appraised by Post master General of Appointment of Stanley W. Crews. Laurens, July 28. — Senator N. B. Dial who spent the wick-end at his home here, today announced that he bad received a telegram from Post master General Harry S. New, saying that Stanley W. Crews had been ap pointed as acting postmaster at Lau- tMS* Mr. Crfews made the highest mark in thS examination for postmaster here |n thd civil service examination held llu»t fall. Mr. Crews is an ex-soldier, hud has been city clerk and treasurer | at Laurens for a number of years, Ha is a grandson of the late Thomas B, Crews, who was postmaster it Lau rens during Cleveland’s administra tion. .. ’ Sehatdr feihl' is gratified over the bPpoihGlWfct, which has been pending for sivbral months, as the tenure of tM present postmaster, James H. Sul livan, expired January 21, last. Mr. Sullivan waa not an applicant for re appointment. * ✓ The other two eligibles on the cer tified list* following the examination, ware W. Pinckney Sullivan and R. H. Benchoff. -Mr. Crews and Mr. Sulli van are Democrats. With returns not yet received from Renno, Lanford, Ora and Mountville, the total enrollment recorded by the chairman of the Democratic party for Laurens county is 7,438 as against 6,276 two years ago. ' The majority of the increase is in boxes at Clinton Mill, Laurens Mill, Watte mil, Laurens and Clinton. The women did not show much of an in crease in the other boxes in the coun ty. A few of the boxes in the county were smaller than in 1922. Less than 6 per cent made their marks. No accurate figures at hand, but it is believed, that less than one- third of the voters are wogjen. duplicate copies of each Demo cratic club roll in the county are be ing made, one of which will be filed in the office of the Clerk of Court. The club books from Renno, Lanford, Ora and Mountville have not reached the county chairman. -The enrollment by individual Jioxeg- was as follows: Barksdale-Narnie 86 Clinton 832 Cook’s Store 124 Cross Hill 290 Clinton Mill 464 Dials •........ •........... .... .... .... 85 Daniel’s Store 93 Ekom - 167 Gray Court 285 Grays - 57 Goldville — .... 195 Hopewell .... “IT. 90 Hickory Tavern 215 Laurens 1,336 Laurens-Mill ™ 376 Langston 81 Lydia ............ ...-............ .... ••••126 Mt. Pleasant 78 Mt. Olive .... .... .... .... .. .... .... .... 70 Owings 147 Princeton ......... .... .... .... .... .... 80 Poplar Springs 187 Pleasant Mound 77 Stewarts Store ....- 110 Shiloh .... .... — 85 Trinity-Ridge - 109 Thompsons Store 192 Tip-Top — 87 Waterloo 112 Woodville 207 Watts Mill 474 Youngs 187 BIG COTTON DEAL SETS NEW RECORDS Largest Ever Made Exclusively Among South Carolinians—Green ville Firm Gets 16,000 Bales. Columbia, July 28—A cotton deal— mention of which was made in The State of last Sunday without the use of names—has just been completed, which is thought to be the largest ever made exclusively among South Carolinians. Cooper & Griffin of Greenville bought from the South Carolina Cotton Growers’ Co-opera tive association, in round numbers, 16,000 bales. The sale is not only the largest ever made by the co-operative associatfon to a South Carolina firm but one of the half dozen largest ever made by the organization. The sale in round numbers totaled $2,500,000. Half of the cotton went from Co lumbia to New Orleans to be exported and the Seaboard Air Line railway, which handled it in three special trains, reports a new fast freight time between Columbia and tha t part. The cotton had to reach New Orleans for a ship leaving there July 25. It did. In a telephone conversation from Greenville yesterday, an official of Cooper & Griffin said he was highly pleased with the cooperation received on all sides in Columbia, which coop eration made possible the quick de livery that was desired. “The cooperative asaciation,” he said, proved that it could cooperate. The Palmetto Compress, through Mr. Kenna, showed the finest spirit of as sistance, running day and night, press ing 2,000 bales a day, which is an unusually large number. And the Sea board railway put on the finishing touch. Its representatives in Colum bia gave every aid and the result ia shown in the record time made by the three trains. Half of the cotton as has been said, went to New Orleans for export. The rest went to Southern and Eastern mills, leavinj; Columbia in smaller lots. The record of the Seaboard’s three trains to New Orleans is interesting. The first, carrying 57 cars, left Co lumbia Thursday night a week ago at 12:45a. m. and arrived in New Or leans Saturday 10:30 p. m. The next train, with 48 cars, left Columbia at 1:10 a. m. Saturday and r cached Now Orleans at 11 p. m. Monday. The last train, with 47 cars, departed from Columbia at 12:45 Sunday morning and reached New Orleans at 11:50 p. m. Tuesday, The route of each train was SeabdaFtT to Montgomery via Savannah ; Westem Railway of Ala CLINTON TO HAVE LONG-TERM B. & L. Long-Felt Need Met With Formation Of New Building and Loan Association Of Long Term. Last Thursday evening, a number of public spirited citizens of Clinton met and began the organization of what will be known as the Clinton Building & Loan Association. The association is of a long term nature, with stock, payments on a basis of 50c per share instead of $1.00 per share, and running over a longer pe riod of time than has been customary with other local associations. A report was made at the meeting that over 2000 shares of stock had been subscribed already. Since that time* more—than. 10Q£L. jnftre_ shares have been added, and it is confident- *ni rfiiiliTn'iTl7 i T 1 twily sane, tlm report set ly expected that the first series of ~~ Dr. Douglas Back From Northern Trip %• ’ - i ,• ' Dr. arid Mrfl. D. M. Douglas and Missfis Elisabeth and Margaret, ar rived on Monday’s vestibule from a six weeks Northern trip during which time they visited Baltimore, New York, BefVftr, Pa., Grand Rapids ap£ ed in Washlhgtofi for the bengrega- ed in Waafeihgidfi fot-thf congrega Hon of the Chliteh of the Pilgrim*. It will be recalled that two Weeks ago, Dr. Douglas and fattUy had a serious accident near St. John’s, Mich., which resulted in the complete loss of their ear and baggage by fire, the occupants however miraculously es caping without injury. The many friends of the Douglas family are glad to see them back home again and ell are profoundly glad to know that they escaped being hurt and are enjoying their accustomed health. A bama to Selma; Southern railway to Meridian, Miss.; New Orleans & Northeastern to New Orleans.- _ Fulton To Preach During August Missionary on Furlough to Supply First Presbyterian Church of Spartanburg. ^Spartanburg, S. C^-July 28—An nouncement has been made that Rev. C. Darby Fulton, D. D., will occupy the pulpit of the First Presbyterian church both morning and evening each Sunday, while the pastor, Dr. DuBose, is away on vacation. Dr. Fulton, who is the church’s repre sentative in Japan, returned home with his family on furlough several months ago. He is a son-in-law of H. E. Ravenel of this city. Since his return he has been heard with pleasure and profit on several occasions at the local church and by a number of organizations in the city, as well as a number of cities in the state. Dr. Fulton is a very gifted speaker, and this announce ment that he will preach at the First Presbyterian church for the month of August will be received with interest by his host of friends here. Strangers and the public generally are invited to attend the services and hear Dr. Fulton. stock may reach between four and five thousand shares, before the se ries closes, as the movement is meet ing with a very ready response and hearty co-operation of the Clinton people. . Another interesting announcement was made that a large number of young men have already applied to the association for loans for the pur pose of building homes. This is real good news for Clinton as home build ing among the younger men of Clin ton has been virtually at a stand still for a number of years, due to the increase in cost of construction, and small salaries. Unfortunately the young man or woman of moderate means in Clinton has been unable to satisfactorily handle a building ope ration, and has been afraid of build ing operations as a consequence, be cause of the fact that the most libe ral terms offered at the time, made the monthly payments too large to be accomodated by a small salary. There are at present organized in Clinton two associations, the Liberty Building A Loan Association, and the Citizen’s Building A Loan Associa tion, both of which are thriving and prosperous and doing a good busi ness. They will be of considerable assistance to the new association, and the new association will no doubt be of considerable help to the older ones in the stimulation of interest in build ing. The present associations, however, are on a shorter term basis, with larg er payments, thus leaving a fertile and excellent field for the organiza tion of a longer term association. The new association is offering to co-ope rate with all of the banking institu tions of the city, as well as the Build ing A Loan Associations and Fire In surance agencies. The association is not connected with any bank and uh der obligation to no Fire Insurance representatives. It is organized pure ly for the support of the younger men and women of Clinton, of moderate means, with a view to encouraging more building. It is thus meeting with a hearty response. Those present at the meeting very Special Services AT A. R. P. Church I Beginning ss wiH I nM Pr feVening, special the Associate esbyterian church con- through Sabbath morning. services Refqnri tinuihg Rev. G. L. Kerr, pastor of the Spar tanburg A. R. P. church will do the preaching, and a cordial invitation ih extended the public to attend the ser vices. - - UNION SERVICES AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The union services next Sunday wiH be held at the First Presbyterian church. Dr. Jonas will preach, and all congregations in the city are in vited to unite ia the service. zation. By-Laws were adopted pro viding for easy pay long term pay ments on stock, enabling the younger men to build at hardly more than the average rent cost per month. By- Laws were unanimously adopted and a very strong Board of Directors, in cluding the following men were elec ted: Geo. W. Young, W. J. Bailey, E. B. Sloan, C. W. Stone, J. F. Jacobs, Sr., Guy L. Copeland, J. W. Cope land, Sr M E. J. Adair. E7 J. Adair was elected temporary Chairman, and presided over the meet ing of organization, H. L. Eichelbei* ger serving as temporary Secretary. The Directors were instructed to immediately apply for a charter, em ploy a Secretary-Treasurer to make solicitation of further stock, increase the stock subscription to at least $5,000.00 if possible, for the first se ries. It is proposed to float a new series every six months, and it is hoped that each new series will con tain subscriptions to at least 1,000 shares of stock. At the meeting of the Board of Directors held immediately after the Stock subscribers meeting, the fol lowing officers were elected: Geo. W. Young, President, E. B. Sloan, Vice- President, W. P. Jacobs, Secretary- Treasurer, H. L. Eichelberger, Assis tant Sec.-Treas., R. W. Wade, Soli citor. A Loaii Committee was selected of: W. J. Bailey, E. J. Adair, E. B. Sloan. The new Organization has excellent officers. They are men of recognised ability, established character and have an excellent etanding in jthe community. They are to be congra tulated on their able leadership in starting this worthy enterprise, so necessary ot Clinton’s growth in the future. It is estimated that the three associations, in their combined efforts will have much to do With stimulat ing home building in the next few years, and that Clinton should rea- • sonably expect, under favorable con ditions, a home building boom that has never before been seen in the city. A full pec 9 advertisement, com pletely setting forth the Association’s features, appears elsewhere in this ALIENIST REPORT TELLS OF YOUTHS Leob Credited With Being Moving Genius—Leopold Acts Part of Slave —Both Fundamentally Sane. Chicago, July 27.—The Herald and Examiner tonight prints the report that two alienists made engaged by the families of Richard Loeb and Na than Leopold, Jr., to determine the mental state of the two boys who kid napped and killed their school boy neighbor, Robert Franks. The report, prepared by Dr. Carl M. Bowman, Boston, and Dr. H. S. Hulbert, Chicago, says that Loeb planned the crime in its most intimate details and that Loeb acted the part of a willing slave in carrying out the orders of his companion. Both youths forth At the age of 11, the psychiatrists have determined, Loeb first conceived of the idea of becoming a criminal. He would lie abed dreaming of being attacked and so became imbued with a feeling of self-pity. From then on he stole and lied, the alienists assert. He began with little things, such as telling his governess deliberate un truths when he knew they would get him out of unpleasant situations or help him to escape punishment. Loeb’s first criminal learnings, the report continues, were those of the ordinary boy, the theft of cookies and so forth. At the age of 15, how ever, he stole automobiles for excite ment, with the assistance of Leopold. The two planned to rob a wine cellar in a North Shore suburb but failed when they were unable to gain en trance to the house. While at the University of Michigan they helped themselves to students’ property at fraternity houses. Books Gave Start Loeb’s intense fondness for books was attributed by the mentality spe cialists as a principal factor in de termining his later course in life. A story of the criminal who kidnapped a little boy and held him in a pad ded room of the attic in the boy’s home, the alienists report, set the germ of the Franks murder in Loeb’s mind. The report quotes him as saying concerning that tale: “I think this started me off on the whole thing.” The two wealthy students first con sidered definite action in their kid napping plot when they were return ing from Ann Arbar, Mich. They de cided to make Richard Rubel, a Uni versity of Chicago student, their vic tim. Both liked Rubel, but because they feared the elder Mr. Rubels was too “tight” and so would spoil their chances of collecting ransom, and not because of their fondness for their intended victim, did they reject him as a possiblity. Talk then returned upon Thomas Loeb, 11 year old brother of Richard, and then they considered h1s father. PLEDGES FILED BY CANDIDATES Twenty-Six Qualify In Laurens Coun ty’s Field On Closing Day— - Campaign to Open at Langston. ■.vhen practical obstacles appeared. It was hot a matter of sentiment, the re port states, but the boys feared that their attendance at the funeral and other matters which would require them to stay at home would produce some flaw in their plans tq evade de tection. Other possible victims were consid ered, including the elder Leopold and also in a general way a young girl, the report relates, but their decision finally centered upon a young boy such Work When time expired Tuesday even ing for the enrollment and qualifica tion of candidates for county offices, twenty-six aspirants had filed their pledges and will compose the political field in the approaching primary. The incumbent officers all have opposi- tion and the campaign which opens at Langston church on August 11th, will find plenty of would-be office-holders seeking the suffrage of-the people. —In-thaJegulgtive ticket, three new entries were made at the eleventh hour. They were Jas. H. Sullivan, C. G. Jones and W. M. Nash. Twe members of the present delegation, Messrs. C. D. Nance and J. O. Bar nett are standing for re-election, while the third member, W. L. Gray, is seeking the county senatorial seat now held by O. P. Goodwin. The complete list of the candidates, together with the offices to which they are asking the 7,000 Laurens county voters to elect them, follows: House of Representatives—Jas. L. Browning, W. D. Owen^ J. 'O. Bar nett, C. D. Nance, C. G. Jones, Jaa. H. Sullivan and W. M. Nash. Clerk of Court—Toy A. Drummond, John F. Bolt, J. L. M. Irby, C. A. Power and Ben F. Copeland. State Senate—O. P. Goodwin, and W. L. Gray. Sheriff—F. Luther Riddle, C. D. Owens, S. C. Reid, A. H. Moore and D. D. Peden. County Commissioners—A. B. Bla kely, W. T. Jacks, W. H. Barksdale M. L. Motes and J. H. Atchinson. Coroner—R. R. Owens and L. Dunk Curry. Magistrate Hunter Township at Clinton—J. Calvin Templeton, WilHam N. Bobo, E. T. Richbourg, W. T. Put nam and W. P. Baldwin. The county candidates will speak ia Clinton on August 18th in the morn ing, mt the Clinton mill village in the evening, at Lydia mill on the night of August 11th, and at Goldville on the evening of tha 12th. PRESBYTERIAN MEN TO GATHER HERE Men’s Work Conference of South Car olina Presbytery to Be Held hi z Clinton August 6U1. A Conference of the men of South Carolina Presbytery, is to be held ia the Thornwell Memorial church of this city on August 6th. Its purpose ia to gather the men together to con sider their part in the activities of the church and to gain helpful know ledge. The ministers in the Pres bytery are also invited, and while in - iha-fity, the delegates will be the guests of the orphanage for dinner. The following one day program ha* been announced: 10-12 A. M., Devotional Song Ser vice. Address: “Soul Winning” by W. R. Barron, M. D. Response: “Win ning the Young People” by C. K. Douglas. Address: “The Christian Home” by Rev. L. Ross Lynn, D. D. Responses: E. P. Minter, A. B. Morse. Address: “The Men of the Church” by Rev. J. E. Purcell, Ex. Sec. of Men'* as Robert Franks. Blood Gave Thrill In describing the actual act of strik ing young Franks, Loeb said: “He was hit on the head several times. He bled ... 1 got great excitement, great heart beating, which was pleas ant. 1 was cool and self-possessed. I had quite a time quieting down Leo pold. “I cooled him down in five minutes after we got him (Franks) in the back seat, thinking him still aliva. “He bled. Leopold said: ‘This is terrible. This is terrible.’ I told him it was all right and laughed and jok ed, possibly to calm myself, too.” Loeb is basically a dreamer, the al ienists discovered. His reveries have pictured him as world , famous detec tive, a pirate leader, or successful, but extremely shrewd business man. He was never anything but the leader and always had plenty of onlookers to applaud him. * When he called Upon a woman ac quaintance shortly before the Franks murder, he told bar he was a boot legger and he showed her a bullet hole in hii ahirt that he had “received in a’shooting scrape in a saloon.” The tale was one of pure fabrica tion, the alienists declare. Leopold, on the other hand, is the dreamer’s slave. He is able to in vent unusual situations wherein he is to take the most dramatic parts, but always as the swaggering, brag ging handy man aided by the moral support of some one upon whom he could depend. These opposite natures of the two companions, brought to gether co-incidentally, first the pair to trivial crimes, te setting fire to ■hacks and to stealing automohtlea. “To see if their keys would work” and at last to the Franks kidnapping 2:30 P. M. Devotional Song Ser vice. Address: “The Bible in the School” by D. W. A. Neville. Address: “The Opportunity for Service by Lay men in the Presbytery” by A. M. Aiken. Address: “Looking Forward” by J. E. Pucell. Discussion and Or ganization. Marries With Bob After Hme Of life Mrs. Mary Sanders, Seventy-four, Weds A. J. Fuller, Ninety- Six. Eighth Husband Biloxi, Miss., July 27.—Having her hair bobbed for the ceremony, Mrs. Mary Sanders, 74, was publicly mar ried to A. J. Fuller, 96, in the pres ence of several hundred persons to day. The bridegroom was th« qighth husband of Mrs. Sanders. Both are inmates of the Confederate Soldiers' home here. Although well past half century, the bride set a new pace when she eager ly had her hair bobbed for her eighth matrimonial adventure, and local per sons have distinguished her as tha oldest bobbed hair enthusiast in tha United States. DR. HOY BACK Dr. W. E. Hoy, professor of Biol ogy at the Presbyterian Collage, hat returned from the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass., where he has been pursuing special work ia his department this summer. He was joined at Mount Airy, N. C., by Mrs. Hoy and little son after a visit there of several weeks with her people. and murder. Such, in the last analy sis, is the substance of the alienist*' report on the mental condition df tha confessed slayers.