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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. S. C.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER U, 1924
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publisher will at all times appreciate
wise suggestions and kindly advice.
Make all remittances to
the further general belief, whether
true or untrue, that a conspiracy to
defeat Dial existed between Byrnes
and McMahan, augmented by a stren
uous fight waged in Byrnes’ behalf
by organized labor forces out of
Washington, these enthusiasts going
so far as to broadcast the state with
literature urging Byrnes’ election
and making every possible turn to
defeat Dial. All of this helped Bkase
as we contended it would from the
start, and as everyone can now s?e.
There were further obsiaeles tha*
Mr. Byrnes had to overcome, and
campaign methods that many resent
ed. His having been roared early in
life a Catholic, was against him and
necessitated the continual flooding of
the newspapers with facts and en
dorsements establishing the truth
that he is now a member of a Pro
testant church. As eleventh hour at
tacks upon him, capital was made of
his early church affiliations which
contributed in a large measure to his
defeat. The campaign methods of Mr.
Byrnes, commonly termed by many as
“coat-tail swinging” was also against
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W. W. H. ♦
REFLECTIONS ON TUESDAY'S
RESULTS *
Well, its all over, thank goodness.
It’s now Evangelist-Senator Blease.
Elections are hard on everybody—
especially the poor newspaper devils.
From the mountains to the sea
shore, Blease’s name is now on every
tongue.
YOU NEED NOT FAIL
i> coai-tail swinging was aiso against
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THE ELECTION RETURNS
Again, The Chronicle, wants
thank all who assisted us in giving
the public the election returns Tues
day night. By this co-operation and
the office’s arrangements fo.r hand
ling the returns, we were enabled to
furnish the-best service we have ever
yet offered on election night. By
seven o’clock, with the exception of
one box, the county results had all
been posted and by eight o’clock the
missing box had completed the coun
ty vote and the nominees declared.
Bulletins on the senatorial race, an
nounced at intervals, also enabled us
to inform the large crowd present
and to let it be known early in the
evening what the final outcome
would be.
To the managers and those who as
sisted us in the office in the tabula
tions, we express our appreciation.
The Chronicle strives to be a newsy
paper and to render service in the
community.
cized for placing too much emphasis
on secret order affiliations, too strong
an effort to “play” to the Tillman
followers, ending in the conflicting
telegrams that appeared between be
and the former senator’s widow.
Then, too, he probably had too large
and expensive an organization in the
state, upon which the people flways
look with suspicion. Whether it was
true or not, there was a story going
the rounds that a political frame-up
made in Columbia called for Byrnes
as the champion to defeat Dial this
year. A. F. Lever, Byrnes’ campaign
manager, would be pitched for gov
ernor two years hence, and the report
whether true or untrue we are un
able to verify, further stated that
Congressman McSwain from this dis
trict had been “called” to contend
two years from now for the other
seat in the United States senate. All
of these reports had their effect
which hurt Byrnes and played to
Blease’s hand.
It was unfortunate that Byrnes
ever entered the race. Had he stay
ed in congress he could have con
tinued to render valuable service and
Dial, in like manner, would have been
in a position to render valuable and
intelligent service in the Senate, even
in a larger measure than heretofore
With a clear-cut issue between Dial
and Blease," the people would have
1HE SENATORIAL RESULT rallied tt> Dial, and in our opinion, he
The Chronicle was not surprised at could have won over Blease by a
the outcome of Tuesday’s election. | large majority as he did six years
There was a general belief over the ago. But with the anti-Blease peo
state that Blease would win, though pie divided as between Dial and
it was expected to be a close and ex-! Byrnes, Blease profited, and again
citing race. He has successfully : perches himself in the firmament fol-
come back, following heretofore un-1 lowing Tuesday’s spectacular come-
tried tactics in his campaign, and back
once more he has assailed the heights
Blease, like Ben Tillman before his
of glory in the political world, much death, had thousands of people vot-
to the delight and gratification of ling for him for the-Tirst time in
his thousands of friends and support
ers in South Carolina.
A discussion of Blease in these
columns would accomplish no good,
and our position is to well known.
We have never supported him in any
race for any office, because in our 1
opinion, he is far from the type of
man that should be placed in public
office, this conviction on our part
being arrived at through his past
records in office. Therefore, a dis
cussion of his record is out of order
and will not be divulged in by us.
Suffice to say. that now he is elect
ed, let us hope that he will use his
intelligence and do nothing to bring
shame and disgrace upon the state
in that great government body to
which he has been chosen.
There are several elements that
entered into the election of Ble&se,
one of the most noteworthy being the
new tactics he adopted in making his
race. He made a clean, clear-cut
campaign, avoiding all personalities,
repeatedly stating that to prove the
unfitness of the other candidates in
the field would not establish his fit
ness for the place. Though McMa
han occasionally made snears and
criticisms of the former governor, he
treated the campaign’s clown in ut
ter contempt. TTiis policy worked to
his benefit, and he played the game
skillfully and well as the big vote
now shows. His record was not dis
cussed by his opponents and the pub
lic, and this was in all probability a
mistake. But Byrnes and McMahan,
and their political managers, were so
bent on the defeat of Dial that they
overlooked Blease and he went right
along with his new methods of cam
paigning and profiled by the tactics
of his opponents.
Congressman Byrnes had a record
of fourteen years service in the low
er house, that on first impulse, one
would naturally expect to make him
a winner in the senate race. But
there were several factors that en
tered into his defeat and resulted in
the turning of thousands of anti-
Blease votes to Blease. JFirst and
most noteworthy, was the fact that
he let his ambition run away with him
and left his own job to try to take
Senator Dial’s after he had only held
the place for one term and measured
from every angle, had made a suc
cessful and conscientious senator, in
the opinion of thousands of people,
one of the most useful that the Pal
metto state has had in Washington
since the days of Calhoun. Mr.
■Byrnes in running for congress in
his district, had repeatedly stood for
re-election and never advanced the
argument of rotation in his office. In
this position he was inconsistent, and
the friends of Senator Dial,. those
who supported him for his real worth,
repentod the move on Mr. Byrnes’
part and the tactics he adopted in
the first part of the campaign against
the junior sengtor,' thM there vas
THiesday’s election. Byrnes, unfor
tunately, contributed in a very large
measure to the ’former governor’s
ascention back into power. A divid
ed. anti-Blease people can never win
in South Carolina.
OUR NATIONWIDE PRESIDENT
IAL POLL
Much public interest will center in
the test vote now being taken
throughout the country by approxi
mately 1,700 weekly newspapers, in
cluding The Chronicle, with a view
to giving to their readers the politi
cal thought now prevalent in the
country districts.
Politicians in the great cities will
watch this result closely, for they
have come to know that elections are
decided not by the cave dwellers of
tht metropolis but in the homes and
farms on the countryside where the
great majority of the American peo-
nle live and have their being, reflect
ing American thought, unmoved by
sinister influences, and uninflunced
by dramatic and spurious patriotic
appeal.
This test vote will be published by
all kinds and conditions of news
papers. Readers of these 1,700 news
papers will cast the ballots and the
taunt will be read by Republicans,
Democrats and Progressives alike.
Unless all precedent is meaningless,
the results are likely to cause con
sidcrable astonishment in several sec
tions of the country where the three
candidates for the presidency are sup
posed to have a one hundred per cent
strangle hold on public favor.
Not in years, if ever, has there
been a political situation afr compli
cated as that which exists this year.
The most astute of political students
are perplexed to a point where even
the strong partisans amongst them
freely admit they do not know what
will happen in November. Partisan
newspapers naturally publish news
agreeable to their cause, and there is
a sufficient amount of this kind of
news which is quite truthful to satis
fy the needs of ary newspaper,
whether it favor Coolidge, Davis or
LaFollette. The secret test ballot of
the millions living in the small towns,
however, is likely to give much more
of an indication of the way the wind
is blowing.
Laurens county has a new sheriff
in the person of Columbus L. Owens.
Mr. Owens is well qualified to fill the
office, having had a number of years
experience in rural police work. We
hope he will take a definite, uncom
promising stand for law enforcement
in the county.
Clerk of Court C. A. Power goes
back into office for another term.
His flattering vote is an evidence of
*:he people’s approval of his. record
and efficiency in office. His oppon
ent, John F. Bolt, is a good fellow
and made a creditable showing, but
he couldn’t get the Power to make
the grade. . '
Blease did some fine preaching dur-
ng the campaign. Continuing such
■actics when he gets to Washington,
he may be able^to lead some of the
senators to the repentence altar.
Byrnes finds himself in the same
position as Ira Jones did several years'
ago—a statesman without a job. His
ambition ran away with him, the two
fold effect being the loss of his seat
in Congress and the election of
Blease.
Blease received the largest majority
in the Clinton city box in his politi
cal career. Normally, his vote is
ibouL 85 in this precinct—Tuesday it
reached the high mark of 220. It
wasn’t that the people loved Blease,
but they were, mad at Byrnes for op
posing Dial.
I have told you so often about boys
with “no chance” who conquered diffi
culties and hardships and thereafter
rose to fame and fortune that it is
only fair now to tell you about a
woman who won success. She is Mrs.
Josephine Duble Miller of New Or
leans.
In 1908, when Mrs. Miller was
twenty-one, her young husband died.
Death had followed a long illness and i
in its wake came extreme poverty, I
large unpaid debts, the problem of
what she, sickly and weak and in-1
experienced, was to do, and a future ;
almost devoid of prospects. Mr. Mil- i
ler had been a locksmith. ;
During the same year of her hus
band’s death, Mrs. Miller determined
to become one of the most talked of
locksmiths in the world and to that
end she went to work as a locksmith’s
apprentice.
Marine locks were her specialty.
To get business she canvassed the
docks and personally interviewed the
masters of ships whose vessels dock
ed at the port of New Orleans. Re
sults of a paying nature were slow
and poverty was kedn, but she stuck
to her chosen work and during the
spring of the following year she en
tered a bid against a number of com
petitors to completely overhaul and
rebuild the locks of a steamship which
had put in for repairs. She was given
the contract. From that day her
fame began to mount. It became the
custo mof ship owners to send for
Mrs. Miller and place large orders
with her., Before two years had pass
ed she was employing a
Expert Meat Cutter
It is with pleasure that we announce that
Mr. J. H. Cato, an expert meat cutter of
several years experience, is now connect
ed with us in our Meat Market Mr. Cato
was formerly with Camper’s Grocery &
Meat Market* in Atlanta, and is skilled in
his profession. It will be a pleasure for
him to serve you with all kinds of cuts of
Choice Meats.
LITTLE 8 DENSON
An analysis of the Dial yote ih the
first primary in this county shows
that Byrnes received 52 per cent and
Blease 48 per cent in Tuesday’s elect
ion. Blease, like Ben Tillman in his
day, had people voting for him Tues
day for the first time in their lives.
The wonders of politics.
The Laurens city box showed its
displeasure with Byrnes by piling up
447 votes for Blease while Byrnes
got 543. The people over there are
“sore” on Byrnes and they showed it
with a battle of ballots Tuesday, not
that they wanted Blease, but they
were determined to register their pro
test against the gentleman from
Aiken.
Blease still has his followers in the
county, particularly among the mill
population. His boast of several
years ago that he carries their vote in
in his vest pocket is literaHy true
when you reflect upon such figures
is these: At Clinton Mill, Blease 313,
Byrnes 44; Laurens Mill, Blease 290,
Byrnes 16; Watts Mill, Blease 378,
Byrnes 67; Lydia Mill, Blease 92,
Byrnes 10; Goldville, Blease 118,
Byrnes 49.——
Out of 36 precincts in the county,
Blease carried 22. Hopewell and
Gray Court fell in the Blease column.
These are the two surprises of the
whole race.
LAURENS COUNTY FEDERAL
COURT JURORS DRAWN
The following Laurens county citi
zens have been drawn to perve as
jurors at the session of the Federal
Court which opened at Rock Hill yes
terday: W. T. Owings, Gray Court;
C. W. Owens, Owings; Frank P.
Drummond, Lapford; E. W. Copeland,
Laurens; J. F. Bryson, MountviUe,
and C. L. Waldrop, Laurens.
Everybody should feel relieved that
it’s all over.' For two years now we
can live in peace and give our respect
ive businesses some attention at least.
Let’s forget it all and begin to get
ready for a good Fall. The business
outlook is bright and everybody
should work and push and be happy.
Let’s begin now to plan our Christ
mas Shopping Early, and, to spend
our money at home.
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AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE
FOR THE OPENING OR EXTEN
SION OF STREETS NOW BLOCK
ED BY HOUSES AND OTHER
CONSTRUCTION.
State of South Carolina,
County of Laurens,
Town of ClinUm.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Town
Council of the Town of Clinton in
council assembled: i
THAT in any cases where it may
be regarded as advisable by the may
or to extend streets now blocked by
fences, houses or other 'obstruction,
the mayor is authorized, in case land
owners give free right of way for
such street extensions, to build such
streets as rapidly as funds are ob
tainable, and to remove such fences,
houses, or other obstruction to such
location as may be agreed upon with
the property owners, absorbing the
expense of such removals as a part of
the expense of opening said streets.
Done and ratified by the Town
Council of Clintpn, and their seal
(L. S.) affixed this the 5th day of
September, 1924.
J. F. JACOBS (Seal)
Mayor.
Attest: DORCAS MASON (Seal)
It Clerk A Treas.
ATTENTION,
SCHOOL TEACHERS
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Clinton, S. C.
GREAT NEEDS
TWICE-TOLD TESTIMONY
Clinton People Are Doing All They
4 Can for Fellow Sufferers.
Clinton testimony has been pul£
The Good Samaritans are having to v,j*uiun testimony nas oeen puo-
deal with a good many cases of dis-1 lished to prove the merit of Doan’s
tress. Having a number of cases of Pills to others in Clinton who suffer
from bad backs and kidney ills. Lest
any sufferer doubt this evidence of
merit, we produce confirmed proof
—statements from Clinton people who
again endorse Doan’s Pills—confirm
their former testimony. Here’s a
Clinton case:
>g a
pellagra treated in the mill commun
ity, besides having to furnish food
and clothing to several families in
distress. New cases coming up con-
number of, tinually. If anybody has any extra
helpers, had moved into a pretentious money they would like to contribute
shop and her net profits were hover- for assistance in this work send it to
ing about $7,000 a year. About four Mrs. W. B. Farr, treasurer,
years ago two large buildings, hous-1 Several families can not start their
ing the Canal-Commercial and the children to school because they have
Whitney-Central banks were erected.' no decent clothing for them. If any
Contract bids for locks for all doors one has children’s clothing, any age,
were let. Mrs. Miller won both bids, i for boys or girls, that can he used by P?j ns * n of my head. My
such children, take them to Mrs. J. ^, 1 “ ne L y s 1 act right at all. I
F. Jacobs, Sr., or phone her and she
will call for them.
D. J. BRIMM, President.
Today Mrs. Miller’s business is a
large one and she is called a special
ist.
Mrs. Joe Chandler, 61 Florida St.,
says: “The first symptom I had of
kidney trouble was backache. When
I swept, sharp pains shot down from
the small of my back and fairly drove
me wild. I was nervous and had
FIRST BALE OF COTTON
SOLD ON LOCAL MARKET
TO ALL PHYSICIANS
In all cases of lunacy, please ob
serve this rule: First, send one of
The first bale of cotton bought this
season in Clinton was brought in by
W. W. Cole, being purchased by the family, or friend, to this office. We
Clinton Cotton Mills at 24 cents a' are using new form of application,
pound. The cotton was raised by Mr. | P ; oceedings mU st begin at this of-
Cole on what is known as the Lee ‘ c* • * w * i
Hunter place, and owned by Cope-1 flce ’ Stnct observance of the rulfl
land-Stone Co. The bale weighed 539 wil1 8 * ve a11 parties. delay and trou-
pounds and was graded middling. - Me. O. G. THOMPSON.
also had dizzy spells and would near
ly fall. I heard about Doan’s Pills
and got a box. The first gave me
relief and two boxes cured me.”
(Statement given November 19, 1914).
On January 21, 1922, Mrs. Chand
ler said: “Time has not changed my
opinion of Doan’s. They cured me
of an attack of kidney trouble and I
have not been bothered since. I
gladly confirm all I said before.”
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