The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, September 04, 1924, Image 1
/
/
.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-