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.jdfc •r,. -V. *» t.-' TBS CHRONICLE StrfTM To Be a Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable. VOLUME XXIV POLITICAL HATS ALREADY IN AIR State Capitol Hears of Potential Can didates Being Groomed for Campaign of 1926. Columbia, Sept. 15.—With politics in the air the people of the state are talking it, past, present and future. There is even a considerable amount of speculation as to 1926, the next election year. Already names of a number of pro minent men are being mentioned in connection with races in 1926, nota bly the race ior governor, and also that for United States senate. There are no announcements this far ahead, of course, but at the same time it is regarded as an open secret in some cases that certain men expect to be candidates next time. Governor McLeod begins his second term next year, and as no governor holds office in this state longer than - four years, his successor will be chos en in 1926. Among those being fre quently mentioned as possible candi dates are Ben E. Adams of Charles ton, defeated this year in * race fon congress in which there were four contestanU; Ira W. Blackwood of Spartanburg, solicitor of Jthe Seventh judicial circuit; Eugene S. Blease of Newberry, member of the house, and brother of Senator Nominee Cole L. Blease; Edgar A. Brown of Barnwell, member of the house and chairman of the state Democratic executive committee; J. K. Hamblin, of Union, member of the house; Lieutenant- Governor E. B. Jackson of Wagener; George K. Laney of Chesterfield, for mer member of the state senate and candidate for governor in 1922; A. B. Langley of Columbia, member of the state highway commission; A. Foster McKissick, of Greenville, member of the house; Thomas H. Peeples of Co lumbia, former attorney general and member-nominate of the Richland county house delegation; W. A. Stuck ey of Bishopville, lawyer; Dr. Olin Sawyer of Georgetown, member of the house; Claude N. Sapp, of Colum- " s bia, member of the house; and Mayor Thomas P. Stoney of Charleston. Since the recent second primary, the name of Congressman James F. Byrnes, eliminated from the race for the United States senate, has also been mentioned as a possible aspirant for the governorship. There is considerable discussion also of the part the Blease leaders will play in the 1926 elections, when former Governor Blease, leader of the faction, will be in the United States senate. It is frequently said that the former governor woul<j hard- Jy take a hand in any race then. Whether his brother or some other follower will endeavor to take up the mantel of the former faction leader is to be seen. The name of Mendel L. Smith, of Camden, former judge and former CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18,1924 BYRNES CONCEDES BLEASE’S ELECTION house member, now representative ‘ nominate, has been mentioned fre quently in connection with possible ambition for the governorship and also for the senate. It is believed he would make acceptable timber for either. Special Services At Shady Grove Rev. A. R. Batchelor of Whitmire, To Conduct Meeting Beginning September 18th. Beginning next Thursday morning, September 18th, at eleven o’clock, the Rev. A. R. Batchelor of Whitmire, will conduct a meeting at Shady Grove Presbyterian church. There will be services on Friday and Saturday morning, Thursday and Friday nights. On Sunday there will be two services morning and afternoon. The Sacra ment will be administered as part of the Sunday morning program. A bas ket luncheon will be served. A cordial invitation to attend is given to all, especially to friends in Clinton and to people in the Shady Grove community. Dr. Dudley Jones, the pastor, earnestly requests the Duncan’s' Creek members and resi dents of Renno to be present. The friends in other denominations are desired also and will be given a hearty welcome. Issues Statement On Result of Pri mary. Very Close Totals, the Margin Being 2300 Votes. Columbia, Sept. 12.—All doubts as to the outcome of Tuesday’s nose and neck Democratic primary for the United States senate were removed to day when Representative James F. Byrnes, at his home in Aiken, con ceded the nomination to former Gov. Cojf T . Blease. The margin of the successful candidate, according to lat est available returns, was 2,300 out of a total vote of 198,000. Mr. Blease will become junior sena tor from South Carolina March 4 next, barring the unforeseen, as nomination by the Democratic party is equivalent to election. He will step into the place now filled by Senator N. B. Dial, who defeated him six years ago and was eliminated in the first pri mary this year. His elevation to the highest office within the gift of the people of his state climaxes a political career on the part of Mr. Blease that is un precedented in South Carofina annals. Beginning in 1888, he has been a can didate for some office every election year since that time, with one excep tion—in 1920 he did not seek office. Twice before he has sought the sena torial toga, having lost in 1914 to Senator E. D. Smith and in 1918 to Senator Dial. . Mr. Blease was first elected to a state office in 1910 when he became governor. It was his career in the chief executive’s office, filled as it was with actions out of the common place and marked by unsparing and unceasing criticism on the part of the anti-Blease faction in the state, that made his name known through out the nation. He served two terms as governor and was defeated when he ran for a third term in 1916. Prior to becoming governor, he had been a member of the house and a state senator from his home county of Newberry and had also served as mayor of Newberry. Informed that Representative Byrnes had conceded him the victory in their race, the closest statewide contest in this state for many years, the senator-nominee said he would is sue a statement later. He could not be located at his office or at home this afternoon, and it was reported that he had gone to Newberry. From his hoihe in Aiken Mr. Byrnes dictated the following statement over long distance telephone to the Asso ciated Press: “I have delayed issuing a statement until I could learn the result of the official count in the various counties. That count discloses that a majority of the voters of the state cast their ballots for Mr. Blease. I accept it as correct and cheerfully bow to the decision of the people. “Instead of permitting my thoughts to dwell upon the methods used to injure my cause in the closing days of the campaign, I shall think only of the loyal friends who so unselfishly and tirelessly labored for my success and to whom I will ever be profound ly grateful.” S. C. SECRETARIES GUESTS OF CLINTON Civic Organizations Here Entertain Commercial Workers With Elegant Luncheon at Clinton Hotel. The *$outh Carolina Commercial Secretaries, 35 in number, motored over to Clinton last Friday to be the guests of the Commercial, Rotary and Kiwanis clubs at a luncheon given at the Clinton Hotel. The meeting was presided over by J. F. Jacobs, Sr., who in a few appropriate words wel comed the visitors, after which greet ings from the Commercial club was brought by its president, Prof. J. H. Witherspoon; from the Kiwanis club by its president, Rev. Edward Long, and from the Rotary club by its pre sident, Dr. S. C. Hays. T. Frank Moffett of Sumter, and J. B. Hunter of Newberry, responded for the guests and spoke in the highest terms of the courtesies and hospitality shown by the Clinton people. William Lyfces, president of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, read an interesting paper on “South Caro lina’s Hydro-Electric Possibilities.” The pleasure of the occasion was ad ded to by a number of booster songs led by Barnie Parrott and joined in by the large gathering composed of the visitors and members of the three local organizations. After the luncheon, the secretaries were carried to Jacobs & Company’s plant for an inspection. Later they were given an automobile ride over the city and out to the Bois-Terre country club, returning to Newberry in time for the banquet given in the evening by the Chamber o£ Com merce of that city in their honor. The dinner was attended by several gen tlemen from this city. PRESBYTERIANS LOOK PROMISING HEAVY SCHEDULE FOR HIGH BOYS Walter L. Main Circus Coming to Clinton Well Known Circus On Its 45th An nual Tour, To Appear Here September 30th. Charles Bernard, advance agent of Walter L. Main Circus, was in the city yesterday making arrangements for his show which comes to Clinton on Tuesday, September 30, for after noon and night performances. Mr. Bernard has visited Clinton several times before and for the past thirty years has been connected with the Main Circus. His home is at Savan nah, Ga., and during the winter he represents Savannah hotels in secur- i ing winter tourists. The Main Circus is now on its 45th annual tour. Its program this year includes several new features, Mr Bernard states. OCTOBER MEETING DATE CHANGED To avoid a conflict with the South Carolina Synod which convenes here on the evening of October 14th, the board of directors decided Tuesday to change the October meeting from th; second Tqesday to the first. The date of the meeting will therefore be the 7th instead of the 14th. R. F. BLAKELY WITH ' FARMERS MER. CO R. F. Blakely ii now connected with the Farmers Mercantile Company of this Mity as salesman. In his new connection, Mr. Blakely will be glad to have his friends call and to serve them in any way possible. New Store To Open Saturday Sparks Ten Cent Store, headed by J. C. Sparks, will throw its doors open for business the first time next Sat urday morning, an announcement to this effect appearing in today’s ad vertising columns of The Chronicle. Mr. Sparks operates a chain of ten cent stores and recently moved here with his family from Beaufort. He is occupying the store room former ly leased by Whitlock’s and promises to operate a store that will prove quite popular with the buying public of this section. Clinton High School Eleven To Meet Several Strong Teams in the Piedmont Section. The football schedule of the Clinton high school has been announced and is an ambitious one. It comprises eight games, four on the road and the other four at home. The schedule follows: Friday, Oct. 3—Fountain Inn at Clinton. Friday, Oct. 17—Thornwell at Clin ton. Thursday, Oct. 23—Honea Path at Honea Path. Friday, Oct. 31—Laurens at Lau rens. Thursday, Nov. 6—Saluda at Saluda. Thursday, Nov. 13—Greenwood at Clinton. , Friday, Nov. 21—Woodruff at Woodruff. Thursday, Nov. 27—Newberry at Clinton. The following boys are going through daily work-outs as contend ers for a place on the high eleven, which is coached by Prof. Jodie H Hollis: * Line: Addison Neighbors, Odys Mc Intosh, Carlisle Smith, Claude Tram mel, George Moore, Hugh Brown, Lee Hunter, Melvin Bennett, Harry Davis, William McCrary, A. C. Copeland, Edwin Riley, Ben McCrary. Backfield: Mac Adair, William Adair, William Montjoy, Richard Copeland, William Brooks Owens. Center: Clifton Adair. High Hopes For Good Eleven At Pres byterian College This Season. To Fill Gaps. With only a few days of practice passed the outlook is good for a strong fighting team at the Presbyterian Col lege of South Carolina. Those who feared that the loss of much good material would relegate the Blue Stockings to a low position in the state race reckoned without the wonderful fighting spirit which Coach Walter Johnson has always been able to instill into his team. De spite the early season this fighting spirit is already in evidence and there is every indication that the Presby terians will again make a team fit to remain in the “Big Three” of South Carolina. It will be recalled that last year they won this position by de feating Carolina, losing one to Clem- son and Furman. Some of the men who are here and the positions they are trying for fol low: Halfbacks, Warner, a third year man and a great punter; Wilton, a third year man and a good half and quarter; E. Wilson, a second year half; Bailey, a member of last year’s freshman team; Clinton, a third year half and one of the most sensational players ever developed here; Moore, a freshman last year; Rhame, also a member of the freshman team of last year. Fullbacks, Robinson, last year a varsity end, will be shifted to full back; Kirven, Jast year the freshman fullback. Quarterbacks, Copeland, quartbrr back of the freshman team of last year; Hunter, varsity quarter of last year; Edmunds, a second year man and assistant quarter. Ends, Bailey, a second year man; Banks, a second year man; Gregg, end on freshman team of last year; R. B. Smith, end on freshman team of last year; R. Walker, varsity half of last year; Carouthers, last year’s fresh man end. Tackles, Griffith, last year a fresh man tackle and a wonderful player; Bomar, captain of the Blue Stock ings, a thrid year man and one of the best in thp state; Martin, last year a varsity man; Ricker, a substitute of last year’s varsity, a tackle on last year’s freshman team and a good man. Guards, McLaurin, the big fresh man guard of last year; Workman, a second year man; H. L. Smith, a mem ber of last year’s freshman team; Berry, a second year man. Center, Ferguson, a second year man; H. L. McLaurin, a third year man; Montgomery, a member of last year’s freshman team; Robinson, a freshman of last year. COURT CONVENES THIS MONTH Jurors Drawn for Regular Fall Term of General Sessions Beginning , September 29th. The regular fall term of General Sessions court for this county will convene in Laurens on the morning of Monday, September 29th. This is one week later than expected but is made necessary in order to avoid a conflict in the circuit. Jurors for the week have been drawn. Two homicide cases are on the dock et, that of John O. Powers for the alleged killing of Mac Brown near Watts Mill a few months ago, and the other will be the trial of Willie John son, colored. \vho is charged with kill ing another negro by the name of Mc Dowell in this county about twenty years ago. The following is the list of petit jurors drawn the past week: Laurens—E. O.'Anderson, K. F. Coggins, W. B. Brownlee, George N. Franks* E. G. Jessee. Dials—D. D. Brownlee. C. W. Aber crombie, Ludy H. Abercmnbie, J.,B. Owings, J. J. Hunter. Youngs—Charles Barnett, W. P. Patton, R. Z. Garrett, E. M. Riddle. Scuffletown—P. K. Abercrombie, W. L. Patterson. Jacks—Geo. E. Copeland. Hunter—J. I. Copeland, t W. E. Crisp, W. C. Oxley, J. I. Coleman, C. A. Moore, L. M. D. Young, J. R. Dil lard, P. B. Adair. Cross Hill—Joe L. Carter, J. M. Wasson. John H. Nance, J. P. Watts. Waterloo—J. Wofford Anderson, J. N. Jones, E. F. Fuller. Sullivan—W. Mills Pitts, G. Dewey Wood, L .H. Abercrombie, A. R. Gar rett. WILL BE SENATOR OF ENTIRE STATE Blease Issues Statement Thanking Voters. Offers Services to Demo cratic Committee. MISSIONARY UNION HOLDS MEETING Ministers Criticize Y.M.C.A. and Holmes DUE WEST MINISTER TO SPEAK SUNDAY Rev. E. B. Kennedy, D. D., dean of Erskine College at Due West, will occupy the pulpit of the A. R. P. church next Sabbath at both morning and evening services. The public is cordially invited. There are about 1,750,000,000 peo ple in the world. Chester, Sept. 15.-—At a meeting of the Ministerial association of Che:-. ( er, attended by the pastors of the Presbyterian, A. R. P., Methodist and Baptist churches, the association re fused to give its support of a specia! conference of the Y. M. C. A. on the ground that the organization retains such secretaries as John M. Holmes, the secretary at Greenville, who de nies the virgin birth of Christ. The ministerial association thinks that the evangelistic churches ought to withhold their support, moral and financial, until the Y. M. C. A. can give assurance that it is Christian in its doctrine. SPOKE IN CHARLOTTE Dr. (-Dudley Jones spent the week end in Charlotte where he preached for the congregation of the Second Presbyterian church of that city, both at. the morning and evening services. Annual Session Held At Laurens. . Mrs. Edward Long Named As Officer. The annual meeting of the Woman’s Missionary Union of the Laurens As sociation was held Friday with the First Baptist church of Laurens. The thirty woman’s missionary so cieties in the association were well represented and twenty-three of these sent in reports, all of which were very good. Of course, since the others are yet to be heard from, a complete fin ancial report cannot be given. The Young Peoples’ organization also made splendid reports. The State W. M. U. president, Mrs. J. D. Chapman, was present at the meeting and not only brought a splen did message, but added so much to the day’s program. The association was privileged to have with it three girls from the organization who enter the trailing school at Louisville this fall. They were Misses Martha Franks, Vera Balwwin and Mell George, each of whom made a short talk. A letter ”'ts r«ad to the association from their j own J. W. Watts and wife, who. with J. W., Jr., represent them in Pales tine. The following officers were elected: Mrs. C. B. Bobo, superintendent; Mrs. J. Will Henderson, secretary-treasur er; Mrs: Willis Yeargin, superinten dent of first division; Mrs. John Hun ter. secretary of first division; Mrs. Sloan Mahon, superintendent of sec ond division; Mrs. Guy Smith, secre tary of second division; Mrs. Edward Long, superintendent of third division; Mrs. John Little, secretary of third division; Mrs. T. N. Barksdale, mis sion study chairman; Miss Lucia Barksdale, R. A. leader; Mrs. E. V. Hudson, Y. W. A. and G. A. leader; Mrs. C. H. Roper, Sunbeam leader. The time and place of meeting for next year was not decided upon. ORPHANAGE GIRLS x » OFF TO CHICORA The following Thornwell Orphanage girls left Tuesday morning for the new session at Chicora College: Miss es Jaunita and Edith Rucker, Edna and Arline Daniel, Dessie Padgett, Margaret Williams and Ruth Mc- Quiston. FREE PARKING SPACE FOR MER CHANDISE? For how long a time are you willing to let merchandise have free parking space on your shelves. This question was recently asked by an efiiciency company ot Chicago. . , . # u Someone has figured out an amusing illustration of turn-oyer by discussing the automobile parking business. An analysis of figures showed that the amount of space required to park one car cost a cer tain dealer $200 a year, including rental and labor and other overhead. “A car parked here at the rate of 25c a day would bring in only $91.25 a year. No profit there. “But this man made $5,000 or $6,000 a year. He made it because most cars stayed in the parking space only a few hours and this same parking space was rented five or six times a day. “In other words, turn-over did the trick. The cars that made the short stay were the ones that* made a profit for the owner of the business. “The goods, Mr. Merchant, which make the shortest stay on your shelves are the ones which bring you profit. “Can you establish a parking limit on your merchandise? When you receive goods, can you fix a time limit and let the manager of that department know that you expect it to move by that time? “Note that the auto man has the advantage over the merchant in one respect. As long as the car remains in the parking space, he can collect the price agreed upon. The longer the merchandise stays in your store, the less chance you have of getting the price you expect to get.” 4 Advertise and move your goods. Then you will not be under the expense of giving them free parking space. THE CHRONICLE “The Paper Everybody Reads” Few Respond To Democratic Call The call for funds to assist in de fraying the expenses of the national Democratic campaign has^found very i few responses in Clinton. Last week j The Chronicle reported $6.50 as turn ed in at the office for this fund, and since that time only one dollar has been added, this coming from one of ♦he community’s staunch Democrats, “Uncle Robin” Copeland. As before stated, The Chronicle will be glad to receive contributions for this fund. Send in your subscriptions. Money is badly needed just at this time for the work of the committees. Columbia, Sept. 16.—Officially de clared the Democratic nominee for the United States senate, former Go*. Cole L. Blease today issued his first statement for publication since last Tuesday’s primary, in which he de feated Representative James ( F. Byrnes of the Second district. Simultaneously with his statement, in which he thanked his supporters and declared his purpose to be the Stomp Spring's Road Now Open —; : — * Through the efforts of Mr. R. B. Ferguson of Renno, the road to Stomp Springs has again been opened to travel. He hauled enough timber from the old Calhoun highway bridges to build a fairly good bridge across South Fork between Renno and the spring. This is the first time there has been a bridge across the creek at this point and it will prove quite a convenience to parties going to Stomps for water or camping pur poses. senator of all the people, Mr. Blease made public the contents of a tele gram he had dispatched to Clera Shaver, manager of the National De mocratic campaign, offering his ser vices in any capacity to further the interests ‘of Davis and Bryan. He also urged Democrats of South Caro lina to qualify for the November elec tion in order to pile up a big major ity for the National Democratic nomi nees. The former governor’s lead over Representative Byrnes, as formally certified by the state executive com mittee, which met here today, was 2,221 votes. Unofficial tabulations since the night of the primary had shown him nominated by about 2,206 votes, but Mr. Blease declined to make any comment upon the outcome until the committee had formally passed upon the returns from the. various counties. The following copy of a telegram sent by the senator-nominee to Cleia L. Shaver, chairman of the National Democratic executive committee, was made public here: “As the nominee of the Democratic party for United States senator from South Carolina, I will be glad to ren der any service that you may desire in behalf of the candidacy of the Hon orable John W. Davis for the presi dency and. the Honorable Charles VY. Byran for the vice presidency. (Signed) “Cole L. Blease..* Mr. Blease’s statement to the vot ers of South Carolina was as follows: “A majority of you having cast your ballots for me in the primary of September 9, I have been declared by our state Democratic executive com mittee as the nominee of our part/ for United States senator. “I take this opportunity and meth od to thank, from the depth of my heart, each and every one of the men and women of our state who honored me with their ballot. It is almost a matter of impossibility to acknowl edge the receipt of the thousands of letters and telegrams which have come to me, and I trust that those who have sent them will accept this statement as an acknowledgement of gratitude on my part to the senders. “I wish to say to those who saw fit to vole against me in the election, and yet who opposed me faiily and honestly, that I have no ill will to ward them and shall endeavor to show them that such is my disposition. I shall even try to forgive and forget those who sought to defeat me by methods which were not fair. “1 am proud of the campaign which I made and the manner in which my friends conducted themselves in their efforts to secure my election. I feel that the result is full reward for that campaign. “Above all and beyond all, I feel thankful to the God of justice who put it in the hearts of those peoplt to give their endorsement to the ef forts of all who joined with me in freeing South Carolina of a partisan: political campaign and appeals to fac tional prejudices. As senator from South Carolint it shall be my pur pose to represent the people of my state without regard to past political differences, and I hope to have the co-operation not only of all who were my political friends in the recent campaign, but those who voted against me. “It now seems that the chances are bright for the success of the Demo cratic party in the general election, in November, throughout the nation. There is^no doubt but that South Carolina flkdll cast its electoral vote for the Democratic nominees, the Honorable John W. Davis and the Honorable Charles W. Bryan. We should make the majority in our state a handsome one, and I urge all of our people to prepale themselves at this time so that they ipay be able to vote in the November election.” “Ladies Night” In November At a meeting of the board of di rectors of the Commercial Club hel l Tuesday’ afternoon, it was decided observe “Ladies Night” in November. The date will be Tuesday evening, November 11th, and the members will h^ve their wives and friends as their guests for this happy occasion which is always looked forward to with un usual interest. -■Ct J t 4