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/ / .V . v. 4-,.- ;<v -SE*" v-i'd? ." r^. mp| ‘ T ■ l‘ / THE CHRONICLE Strive* To Be a Clean News* paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable. I I - T"- i I f * |v { VOLUME XXIV NEW COUNCIL ASSUMESOFFICE Mayor Jacobs and Aldermen Take Oath of Office. D. W. Mason Heads Police. Gay C. Pitts Recorder. CLINTON, & C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 • fT The new city administration, head ed by Mayor J. F. Jacobs, Sr., took over the reins of government Monday eventac, September 1st, at 7:30 p. m., when the first council meeting was held. At the request of the retiring mayor, W. H. Simpson, Mayor Jacobs was sworn in on Saturday afternoon, and in turn the aldermen took the oath Monday evening. Following the precedent of the old council, it was decided to open all council meetings with prayer. One of the first acta of the new administration was the establishment of a Repdrdar’s Court, which will take ‘ over/tne judicial work of the mayor, ordinance, in accordance with the iw of the state, was passed covering the details governing the court. Mr Guy C. Pitts was unanimously elect ed as city recorder. This position, according to the ordinance establish ing the court, is held for a four year period and pays a salary of $300.00 per annum. Appeal may be had from the recorder's court, either to the city council or the court of general ses sions. An increase from four to five mem bers was made in the police .force Mr. D. W. Mason was unanimously elected chief-of-police, and Mr. L. H. Bagwell was elected for police duty in the Clinton Mill village. Messrs. C. I. Smith, George Holland and C. O. Glenn were elected for down-town duty, the chief having authority bow er, on occasion, to order any police man to duty in an^ part of the town. Mr. J. P. Carter, alderman. from ward six, was elected mayor pro tem pore. Miss Dorcas Mason was re elected’ clerk and treasurer with au thority to employ an assistant if nec essary, the clerical work of the city haying grown to such large propor tions as to make it likely that an assistant will be needed. The mayor and treasurer wen au thorised to borrow $5,000, if so much be necessary, to meet eubrent expen ses of tfo towrn, payable out of the 1024 taxes. It was ordered by the new council that the Recorder’s Court be held every Monday morning, and on such other days as may be found to be necessary. Mayor Jacobs announced the ap pointment of the following commit tees at the initial meeting: Street committee: T. J. Blalock, S. G. Dillard, and L. R. Stone. Finance committee: C. C. Bailey, and J. P. Carter. Water and light committee: J. P. Carter, and R. C. Collins. Council fixed the assessment on personal property and real estate for the year at 25 mills, this being an increase of 5 mills over the rate of the previous year. This is made necessary by $100,000.00 of bonds re cently issued for water and sewer ex- tention, including filtration plant. Time of payment of taxes was post poned fifteen days. Books will be open for payment of taxes the 15th of September instead of the 1st, and will remain open without penalty till the first of November instead of the 16th of October. Mr. Frank Adair was elected as overseer of the street work. Mr. P. F. Pattdn, now engineer for the Lau rens County Highway Commission, was elected as city engineer, and will serve the city of Clinton for part of his time until he has completed his work with the Laurens County High way Commission, when his entire time will be at the services of the city. He will at an early date begin work on the sewer and water main extensions planned by the old council, and will be in general charge of engi neering for the city. The work will be done under gang system organized by Mr. Patton, who will not only do the plan and inspection engineering, but also handle the construction or ganization, with a view to economiz ing as largely as possible in con struction. Council went on record unanimously in expression of high appreciation of the services of Miss Dorcas Mason, clerk and treasurer. It was stated by Council that the work of her of fice has become enormous, and the members realize the importance of her services to the community, and urged her acceptance of the position^ to which she has been re-elected. No elections in the other depart ments of the city have been announ ced by the new administration. Mayor Jacobs succeeds W. H7 Simp son, who did not stand for re-elect ion after serving a two year term. Two of the present aldermen, Messrs. C. C. Bailey and S. G. Dillard, hold over from the oM council. Messrs. T. J. Blalock, L. R. Stone, J. P. Car ter, and R. C. Collins are new mem bers. ANNUAL MEETING CITIZENS B. & L. Reports of President and Secretary Show Association In Excellent Condition. • The annual meeting Of the stock holders of the Citizens Building ft Loan Association was held Monday afternoon in the secretary's office and presided over by the president, Prof. A. V. Martin. The secretary’s financial report covering the year, was read to the stock-holders and heartily endorsed and approved. Jt showed the associa tion in excellent financial condition with assets aggregating $155,941.74, and with splendid prospects for the future. The board of directors elected for the ensuing year is composed of Prof. A. V. Martin, R. L. Bailey, B. H. Boyd, T. D. Copeland, E. G. Fuller, Dr. M. J. McFadden, W. A. Moorhead, D. E. Tribble and W. W. Harris. At a subsequent meeting of the board, the following officers were elected: President, Prof. A. V. Martin; vice- president, R. L. Bailey; secretary- treasurer, B. H. Boyd. Loan com mittee: D. E. Tribble, R. L. Bailey, and T. D. Copeland. Missionary Workers Meet Tomorrow Annual County Association of W. M U. To Be Held Friday In Laurens. The annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary Union of the Laurens as sociation is to be held with the First Baptist church of Laurens, on Friday, September 5th. The sessions will open at 10 o’clock and a recess will be tak en for dinner at one o'clock. Mrs. C. B. Bobo, superintendent of the union, has prepared, an attractive program for the meeting. In addition to the features in which local people will participate, Mrs. J< D. Chapman, president of the State W. M. U., will speak some time during the morning session and Rev. and Mrs. I. N. Pat terson, who expect to go to the for elgn fields very soon, will speak some time during the afternoon session. One feature of the meeting whi is expected to prove highly interm ing wtll bea debate during thc alttn noon session between the Laurens and Clinton unions on the query, “Re solved, That there should be a Y. W. A. and G. A. in every church.” This debate will be a part of the afternoon program: Young Man Killed At Clinton Mill Clarence Bishop Loses His Life Fol lowing Injuries From Cylinder Head Blow-Out. Clarence Bishop, aged 20, lost his life Tuesday morning from injuries sustained when the cylinder head bjew off of one of the engines at the Clm ton Cotton Milk. The cylinder barely missed young Bishop, but his death was due to the escaping steam which completely enveloped his body. He was rushed to Dr. Hays Hospital where every medical attention was given but his body was so badly scald ed that he only lived two hours. Young Bishop is survived by his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Bishop, and two small brothers. Special Services Closed Sunday The special services at the Thorn- well Memorial church, beginning last Wednesday and closing Sunday even ing, attracted unusual interest and resulted in a number of accessions into the church. The Rev. W. A. Cleveland, pastor of the Springfield Presbyterian church of Jacksonville, Fla., did the preach ing, and his audiences were pleased with the strong and impressive series of sermons he delivered. For the union service Sunday evening, he was greeted with an audience that taxed the seating capacity of the church auditorium. CITY WELCOMES SCHOOL TEACHERS Representatives From City’s Organ!- xaliens Extend “Glad Hand” To School Faculty. A hearty welcome, coupled with the good hand of fellowship, was extend ed the teachers of the Clinton city schools on Monday afternoon. The occasion was a “welcome” meeting to renew acquaintances with the for mer members of the faculty and to meet and welcome the new additions. All in all, it was a happy occasion, permeated with a spirit of character istic Clinton hospitality. Supt. J. Harvey Witherspoon pre sided, and responding for the schools, Kenneth Baker, Jr., high school prin cipal, made a few remarks of appre elation on behalf of the gOeste oft mgHbotbail, the Presbyterians have honor. The following citizens, representing the various organizations and inter ests of the city, were invited to extend a few words of welcome: For the city of Clinton, Mayor J. F. Jacobs; Mother’s Club, Mrs. John T. Little; Civic Association, Mrs, J. Hamp Stone; Methodist church, Rev L. E. Wiggins; Baptist church, W. A. Moorhead; Presbyterian church, J. H. Hunter; A. R. P. church, R. F. Blake ly; Lutheran church, Ira C. Boland; trustees, C. M. Bailey, B. H. Boyd, and Dr. T. L. W. Bailey; Presbyterian College, Dr. D. M. Douglas; State Training School, Dr. B. O. Whitten; Kiwanis club, Dr. Dudley Jones; Ro tary club. Dr. Felder Smith; Billy Sunday club, Prof. A. V. Martin; Commercial club, R. W. Wade; Thorn- well Orphanage, Dr. L. Ross Lynn. Blackwell Wins By Big Margin Laurena Attorney Elected Solicitor of -Eighth District for Third Term. Homer S. Blackwell of Laurens, was re-elected in last Tuesday’s*primary as solicitor of the eighth judicial cir cuit to succeedshimself. He has com pleted his second term and the voters of the district gave him a third term by a flattering vote. The tabulated returns of the dis trict comprising four counties, gave B. V. Chapmxn of Newberry, his opponent, 7,180. The vote county by county, follows: Blackwell Chapman FOOTBALL WORK 1JIOW UNDER WAY Coach Johnson and Varsity Crew Now Working Out Daily. Strong Schedule Announced. Headed by Coach Walter A. John son, the contenders for the Presby terian College varsity team, began practice yesterday at college park and every afternoon from now until the opening game of the season the aspir ants for the team will be given work outs in an effort to whip them into shape before the opening clash with Davidson. Though several members of last year’s team are absent by graduation, some promising material comes up from the Freshman team to replace the varsity who were lost. Like all other colleges now play an ambitious schedule which includes games with all colleges in the state except Furman. It includes nine games as follows: Sept. 27—Davidson at Asheville. Oct. 3—Southern College at Lake land, Fla. Oct. 11—Clemson at Clemson. Oct. 17—Carolina at Columbia. Oct. 24—Newberry at Clinton. Oct. 30—Wofford at Spartanburg. Nov. 7—Erskirte at Clinton. Nov. 14—Piedmont at Clinton. Nov. 27—Citadel at Charleston. Large Enrollment For City Schools Total White and Colored Attendance Passes the Eleven Hundred Mark. The Clinton public schools, open ing the new session’s work Monday morning, have an enrollment of 1,114 pupils, 761 white, and 352 colored. This is the largest enrollment in the history of the schools. In the high school there are 216 pupils; the Cen tral graded school 458; the Provi dence school 88; and the Friendship colored school 362. The enrollment by grades, in the respective schools, follows: n-ade 7 8 9 110 -11' Abbeville 1,963 Greenwood 3,232 Laurens 4,393 Newberry 1,617 Boys Girls Total 23 27 60 20 23 43 16 31 47 . 16 26 47 ■zr 29- Totals ....11,205 961 2,010, 1,512 3,697 7,180 Total Central Graded School Annual One-Day School Saturday Trustees Invited to Attend Special Meeting. Dr. H. N. Snyder To Speak. Miss Kate Wofford, county superin tendent of education, has announced a one-day school next Saturday for the trustees of the county. A similar meeting was held last year and proved quite successful and helpful to the directing heads of the schools. The invitation this year is extended to every trustee in th county* and an at tendance of 150 is expected. Supt. J. H. Hope, of Columbia, will be present to explain the new 6-0-1 law. Dr. H. N. Snyder, president of Wof ford College, will address the trustees following the dinner hour. The din ner will be served by the ladies of the Laurens Civic League. Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 Boys 40 36 54 39 40 33 Girls 47 32 39 33 39 26 ...216 Tota’ 87 68 93 72 79 59 Total 458 Grade 1 Z 3 ..4- .. 5 ‘Providence School Total Work Progressing On Baby Cottage 4'' ■ii— i ii Mr. W. P. Bealer, architect of At lanta, was in theirity Tuesday to in spect the work now under way on the Louise Mayes Memorial Cottage at the orphanage. He expressed himself as pleased with the quality of the work and satisfied with the progress that is being made. The building is being built of granite and will be one of the most attractive cottages of the campus when completed. Another Store On South Broadway Clinton’s South Broadway continues to grow. The Farmers Mercantile Company, one of the largest concerns in the city, announces the opening of a department store in the room ad joining their present location. The building is now being worked over and will be put in excellent condition with an attractive plate glass front. Grade 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Total Boys Girls Total 10 4 14 10 11 21 13 10 2;. 9 7 if 7 7 14 iship Schoo!—Colored ... 88 Bovs Girls Total 29 15 44 12 28 40 17 31 48 21 15 36 13 40 53 21 31 52 11 10 21 4 17 21 5 8 13 3 10 13 11 11 ...352 OFFICIAL VOTE IN THE PRIMARY Executive Committee Canvasses Coun ty Returns From Election and Declares Results. For the purpose of declaring the nominees for the various county of fices and the candidates who will have to run in the second primary, the county Democratic executive commit tee met last Thursday in Laurens. The nominees for the county offices were decided by the committee in favor of the candidates, who in the primary Tuesday, received a majority of more than 50 per cent of the total number of votes cast in the county. O. P. Goodwin was declared the nominee for state senator; Japies H. Sullivan, 0. D. Nance', and James L. Browning for the House of Represen tatives; R. R. Owings, county coroner, and W. H. Barksdale and M. L. Motes, county commissioners. C. A. Power and John F. Bolt were ordered into a second race next Tues day for the clerk of court’s office, and S. C. Reid and Columbus I. Ow ens, for sheriff. The official vote for the county fol low :s For Congress: • J. J. McSwain ....5,974 For Solicitor: H. S. Blackwell 4,393 B. V. Chapman .... 1,543 State Senate: O. P. Goodwin .... 8,948 W. L. Gray 1,966 House of Representatives: J. O. Barnett James L. Browning .... Carroll D. Nance C. G. Jones .... W. M. Nash W. D. Owens James H. Sullivan .... For Sheriff: A. H. Moore 300 C. L. Owens 1,936 D. D. Peden 665 S. C. Reid F. Luther Riddle For Clerk of Court: John F. Bolt .... 1,366 Ben F. Copeland .... 402 Toy A. Drummond 805 J. L. M. Irby 548 C. A. Power 2,813 For Coroner: L. D. Curry ... R. R. Owings For County Commissioner: W. H. Barksdale 3,849 A. B. Blakely 2,821 W. T. Jacks 1,540 Mace L. Motes 3,199 Official State Vote Biease 2,358, Byrnes 830, Dial 2,631, McMahan 49, D'incan 2,092, McLeod 3,787, Jackson 5,767, Blackwell 3,841, Brown 1,114, Canzler 950, Daniel 3,- (»89, Spears 1,494, Winter 818, Car ter 4,623, Scruggs 1,179, Beattie 3,- 900, Sutherland 2,039, Hope 5,929, Craig 4,186, Frost 1,744, Dabbs 1,162, Harris 2,691, Shealy 2,076. President Douglas Attendance On Dormitory Randy. The new session of the Presbyter- . y ^ ian College of South Carolina WiU } open next Wednesday morning, Sojy tember 10th f at 10 o’clock. The jopteu S *, ■j m ing exercises will be held in the ci lege chapel, after which all necessary ‘ announcements will be made by mem bers of the faculty. The buildingk, grounds and campus have been placed in* shape for the opening and Presi dent Douglas stated yesterday ’to tea reporter that he is expecting the larg est attendance for the 1924-25 session of any of its predecessors. After the formal opening students will be enrolled and classified. Reci tations will be assigned on Thujpday. Recitations upon which students are marked will begin Friday. 7 It is there fore, necessary that all students be present at the opening. The enrollment for the last year, 1923-24, was 200. Up to the present time about 250 have applied for ad mission. The enrollment for next year will probably go over 250 Smyth dormitory is practically completed. It will be ready for attf- dents when they arrive. It is an un usually beautiful and well arranged dormitory: ^ The roof is now on the LieRoy Springs gymnasium. The building will not be ready for use when college opens, but will probably be compet ed about the middle or last of October. During the summer Prof. Wood- worth and Prof. Sturgeon attended Columbia university; Dr. Hoy, Wood’s Hole, the rendezvous for biologists; Prof. Fant, the University of Iowa; and Prof. Coe, the University of Vir ginia where he completed the work ....2,038 f or jjj 8 jfl ^ degree. ...2,183 . ...2,924 ...3,297 ...1,268 ...2,009 ...1,631 ...3,952 1 7% -J 956 with well organized military inst&u* v, • 1,076 ti0M ' ~* m ■‘t&rml i. to tfew llKt *■ "onzales Asks For , Aid of Democrats concrete Bridge Is Completed Cold Point-Mount Olive Road Now In Use Following Completion of Bridge. The Cold Point-Mount Olive high way is now open to the public. The finihsing touches on the approaches to the concrete bridge on Rabun creek were given a few days ago. The A complete line of popular priced bridge, which has been officially dry goods, clothing, shoes, etc., will! designated as the “Indian Mound” be handled. V. Parks Adair, one of .bridge, has been turned over to Lau- the well known and popular salesmen ! rens county by the highway commis- of the city, is now connected with the, sion Farmers Mercantile Company and will head the new store. It is plan- Dr. Felder Smith is in Florence ned to open for business by the first where he is attending a Rotary offi- of October. ’ cers meeting. PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR RETURNS TOMORROW Dr. and Mrs. T. L. W. Bailey spent Monday in Grtenvilla. Dr. and Mrs. D. J. Woods will re turn to the city tomorrow after spend ing the month of August at Salem, Va^ on their vacation. Regular ser vice* will be returned Sunday at the First Preabyteria neburch with Dr. Wood* occupying hi* pulpit CAN YOU BEAT IT? The Central New York Press Association recently offered a nice red apple for the best way to get a non-advertiser to advertise. Among the hundreds of answers submitted, there was but one choice for first place. This was it: “Shoot him and hia estate will have to pay for the notice to creditors at the legal rate. Please send the apple." THE CHRONICLE -THE PAPER EVERYBODY READS” Much Money Needed to Finance Pre sidential Campaign of Davis and Bryan. W. E. Gonzales, editor of The State, is heading the campaign to raise Democratic campaign funds in South Carolina. Mr. Gonzales is asking the newspapers of the state to assist him in the endeavor, and in the following letter to the publisher of The Chroni cle stresses the importance of liberal popular subscriptions to aid Mr. Davis and his running mate, Gov. Bryan: “Columbia, S. C., Aug. 27. “Mr. W. W. Harris, Editor “The Chronicle, “Clinton, S. C. “Dear Sir: “The Democratic National Commit tee is soliciting campaign funds in South Carolina, and at its request, I have undertaken to head the work in this state. In the name of Democracy I ask your active aid and co-opera tion. “Much money is needed and the be ginning is late, but with the hearty support of the press and that ener getic and personal activity on the part of the women of South Carolina upon wihch all of us rely, the expectations of the party leaders will be realized. “You will best know how to inter est your constituency in this matter, which is as important to our cause as it is to get ammunition to the front during a battle. Publicity, and a plenty of it, is the first essential. In 1912 it was found that following such publicity, personal solicitations by ! committees had gratifying results, as thousands of persons, who are ready to give small amounts, procrastinate indefinitely about mailing a check. Mr. F. C. Withers, Columbia, S. C., has been appointed treasurer. “Yours very truly, “William E. Gonzales.” The college is delighted wRh, th* record, the R. O. T. C. unit made »t , Camp McClellan. The students teak v third place. Two year* ago they Won * first place, and stood high last year; This is a wonderful record for a sm*fQ 1 college to make while in competRlau the R. O. T. C. unit next year will again be in charge of Col. E. L. Glas gow. He will have associated with him Lieut D. R. Nimocks and Sgt F. M. Hippert in the department. All of the professors have arrived in Clinton- for the session with the exception of Dr. Kennedy, Prof. A. T. Fant, and Prof. Lilley. They will be in by the first of the week in tim* for the opening. Two Candidates ^ Make Second Race No Election Yet In Magistrates Of fice at Laurens and Clinton. Candidates for magistrate at Lau rens and Clinton are to be elected in next Tuesday’s primary, a majority vote having l>een received by none of the candidates in the first election. At Laurens, John W. Wright, incum bent, will run over with Chas. W. Mc- Cravy. The second race in Clinton is between the incumbent, E. T. Rich- bourg and J. C. Templeton. In the other townships the follow ing elections were declared in the first primary; Jacks township, J. C. McMillan; Scuffletown, J. Wess Don- nan; Dials, P. M. Hellams; Waterloo, G. C. Hill; Town of Mountville, M. A. Cannon; Youngs, G. T. Cook; Cross Hill, H. L. McSwain. B. Y. P. U. Elects New Officers for Year HIGH SCHOOL TEAM ELECTS MANAGER At * meeting held yesterday of the high school football aspirants, Clifton Miss Maude Ellis of This City to Head Young People’s Organization Coming Year. Laurens, Aug/ 29.—The annual meeting of the ’ Laurens association B. Y. P. U. was held Thursday with the Baptist church at Cross Hill. The sessions of the union were presided over by Miss Kate Wofford, president and addresses were made by the Rev. Mr. Engle, Rev. E. B. Warren and Rev. Mr. Hudson, pastor of the church. Officers elected for another year are: Miss Maude Ellis, of Clinton, president; Miss Ruth Riddle, of Lau rens, vice president, and Miss Virginia Griffin, of Cross Hill, secretary. ORPHANAGE SCHOOLS OPENED ON MONDAY Adair’ waa elected manager team for th* casuiug ywr. The Thomwell Orphanage schools opened last Monday morning with all the homes filled to capacity with chil dren. All of the teachers were pres ent except Mr*. M. R. Kirkpatrick, who has been detained at Montreal for a few daya. . Prof. S. B. Hayes again head* th* schools as superin tendent and the outlook is bright for of th* n succuasful year’s work at the Uuti-