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r ‘■ZcflS" —— : -—-r * ' ’ • . ■ ' ■ r . v • • • f T ^ 4 > . " ^ w _ ^ i. « ■ PACE FOUR THE CUNTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1924 am' (]Il?rmtirb PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE -fUELISHING <50. Judge Caverly for his decision, but his gravest error seems to have been v;orth $20,000 when you lose it, it is \torth $20,000_ when you use it.” No giving the youth of the murderers asrjury has yet fixed the price on the WILSON W. HARRIS Editcr aud Publisher Entered at the Clinton Post Office as matter of Second Class. Terms of Subscription: Ore year .... ■ ■■ $1.50 Six months - Three months - Pa} able in advancp .75 .50 Fornirti Advai1:*inn R'T>i--.ent»hve THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSiXIIATION T.te Chronicle seeks the cooperation of it‘s subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. Make all remittances to THE CHRONICLE FUBLISIUNa CO. Clurtou, S. C. CLINTON, S. C., SEPT. 25. 1924 12 PAGES h : s excuse for refusing to inflict the death penalty. This affects not only the parents of the boys, but it direct ly affects the whole of society. If criminals, guilty of as hideous a crime as these two boys are not given the extreme penalty, ihen what are we to expect from other youths and what protection is society to hope for? Viewing the Chicago case, there is only one remedy—the law must be charged so as to make impossible voice with the smile over the tele phone, but experience has shown that it is beyond price. That was some wedding Miss Ruth Masters of Winnebago, Minn., had last week.' She was married at St. Paul to Erline Maine during the na tional convention of the American Legion. The ceremony was witnessed by 50,000 guests, and a band compos ed of 3,700 pieces played the wedding Uncle Market he shifting on the shoulders of any j march. Think of the girls that envy one man a responsibility so great as Miss Rulh. that which beset Judge Caverly. THE CALL OF THE GRIDIRON What promises to be football s greatest season in the United States ha-’, just opened, and throughout the land from the small lad to the ma ture business man the call of the THE CITY AUDIT The Chronicle today carries a com plete and illuminating financial state ment of the Town of Clinton cover ing the period September 1, 1922, to August 31, 1924. The report is the work of John M. Palm & Company, public accountants of Greenville, by order of, the now city administration. The information it contains should be read and studied carefully in order that the. taxpayers, who foot thesbills, may gain an intelligent knowledge of the city’s financial status. As a whole, the report makes a very cre ditable showing for the city. The financial sheet shows city as sets in the way of notes, real estate, equipment, public utilites, etc., amounting to $208,838.52, as compar- e:l to $,157,738.12 two years ago, or an increase of $51,100.00. Permanent improvements of curbing, paving, etc., amounts to $255,119,63, making total gridiron will beckon tnousands until the climax is reached on Thanksgiv ing Day. Though a comparatively new game in this section, it has gain ed a powerful grip on the public and it is now a common occurrence for lovers of tl*e sport to ride several assets of $463,958.18, an increase dur ing the period specified of approxi mately $36,000.00. Liabilities cover ing notes and accounts payable and accrued interest, $42,520.85, an in crease of $8,643.06 for the two years. Bonds payable by the city amount to $300,000.00, added to the amount of hund ed miles to witness a gridiron j biu g an( j notes payable, brings the battle. In Clinton, football interest is be coming phenominal. The Presbyter ian College, Thornwell Orphanage, and High School teams all have their enthusiastic sponsors and face ambi tious schedules for the coming sea son. Their records of the past have been highly creditable and the out look is encouraging for strong teams th is season. Let us back our teams and mani fest a them. total liabilities to $342,520.85. The report goes into derail in each de partment of the city’s finances and at the same time includes several recom mendations calculated to materially Jean Gabriel Doumergus, noted French painter and scenic artist, who is said to have painted Jjme beautiful women than any other man alive, stated a few days ago that women were 100 per cent prettier fifty years ago than they are now. He tells of the scarcity of beautiful women and the cause, declaring that they are too pampered, take too little exercise, eat and drink tbo much, and the habit of having their way, particularly the American womet^. These habits have given their faces a peculiar peevish pout, the artist says, that is not at all conducive to beauty. This charge against the women will not be appre ciated. With the aid of cosmetics, they will continue to try to overcome the indictment. Home again from vacation, with a wonderful tan on our chpek; back— with renewed ambition which doesn’t play hide-an’-seek,—Back from the glad vacation—armed anew for the fray. . . . Supple In mind and-body, from a season spent in play. Ain't no fonic invented Ohat’s half so po tent or sure, as the good .old Amer ican mixture of sun-air-an’-water pure. . . . Troubles that seemed like mountains, dwindled to pleasant chores—due to a plunge in the fount ains of God’s great Out-o’-doors! Back again from vacation, with mus cles like Cardiff’s kid,—lovin’ our oc cupation better’n we ever did. . . . Leads to the calm reflection which in spires the soul to say, ‘‘When yer sys tem needs correction—shut up, an’ go out—an* play!” % Crop in Carolina Is Much Reduced E. Roy Stone, of Greenville, prog nosticator par excellence (in his own estimation) jumped right into the water' and right straight out when ne announced himself as an Indepen dent candidate in the United States senate race. Of course, no one took him seriously when he announced, and his hat being pitched into the arena proved only a flurry, a short-lived venture of little significance to the public, while to Mr. Stone, it cost his job with an insurance company with which he had been connected a num ber of years. The Democrats of South Carolina will not tolerate any attempt made by Mr. Stone or any other man to break down the Democratic primary. It improve the records of the city and to .... , , more nearly reflect its true statement mu ^ be t , r otecte J d ® nd ever >' ef / 01 : of operativn | made to safeguard the integrity of all City council is to be congratulated e , ;ections held under this system. Mr upon putting these facts before the btomj was a bolter, his action did not public. The taxpayers have a right " ieet w,tb th , people s approval and to know how their money is expend- he so °r ou }: candidacy community interest towards j ed and the audit furnishes that in- i as an Independent, died a-bornin ; formation, at the same time reflect-! :—■— ing the city as ^healthy, well-going TT J e sonv |l] e SYNOD MEETS HERE | corporation. It gives valuable facts J Unusual interest is centered in the' gaining to the past, present and approaching meeting of the Sourh future growth of the city that are Carolina Synod which is to convene easj to understand and should be here next month. This body, com prising the Presbyterian ministers Soon To Be Paved Expectation Based on Condition Falls i Off Some Thirty-nine Thousand Bales in State. Saluda, Sept. 23.—South Carolina’s expectation of a cotton crop is 39,000 bales less than it was when the month opened, according to a bulletin issued today by S. T. Marsh, junior agri cultural statist, as follows: “The estimated production for South Carolina's cotton crop declined 39,000 bales from September 1 to September 16. The condition Sep tember 1 was 52 and on the 16th 47 per cent of normal, indicating pro- Rump Roast Rib Roast Chuck Roast Pot Roast Pork Ham Roast Lean Pork Chops Round Steak Loin Steak Pork Sausage Best Stew Beef i s s 8 8 ■’4( ■ i NORFOLK SELECT OYSTERS DRESSED TROUT Every Friday 8 LITTLE S DENSON 8 8 50—Two Phones—54 Clinton, S. C. Parrott To Have Big Demonstration Parrot-Electric of this city, an- announce an electric range demon stration on Monday, Tuesday and ductions of 767,000 and 728,000°bales, Wednesday of next week. Mrs. Winn, respectively. I n <> te d hpme economist, will be in ' charge of the demonstration and will Special Services For Lydia People ‘The final yield, however, may be charge more or less, according to the weather conditions for the remainder of the season. The weather conditions for the past month have been such as to show the housewives of the commun ity the workings and advantages of electric stoves, beginning promptly at three o’clock in the afternoons. cause marked deterioration in condi- j About a year ago this well known tion. Boll weevil damage has been | concern staged a similar demonstra- serious in various sections. General. tion which created unusual interest rains for the past week have delayed ; am °ug the women. A cordial invita- picking and it is probable that a large! tion is extended all ladies in the corn- percentage of the cotton that is now m unity to be present for next week’s open will be off grade.’ event. BACK FROM ROCK HILL studied by every town. taxpayer in the •T-+ * + + + + * + + *+* ++ + ♦*♦* + ****<”• ♦ ♦ : En Passant ♦ and prominent laymen from^All over the state, will be the guests of the Presbyterian College. TheN delegates will take their meals in the college dining hall and occupy the handsome Smyth dormitory. President Douglas is to be the master of ceremonies and every effort will be put forward to make the meeting of Synod one of in'eiest and entirely profitable. The coming of this great church j __ _ body into our community will be a |‘hose the other Yellow pays, tremendous advertisement for the Definite Arrangements Now Under Way for Hard Surface Road From Tuxedo to Greenville Line. Greenville, Sept. 22.—The Cham- { her of Commerce has received letters from the Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce stating that the Commis sion of Henderson county have an ap- * W. W. U. J, pointment with Mr. Frank Page, -i"^^**'********-*********** , chairman of the North Carolina State Don’t take yourself too seriously.! Highway Commission^today, Jit which It will amuse your neighbors. i time 11 13 Relieved that definite ar- j rangements will be made for the pav- The least objectionable taxes are' in S of the road from Tuxedo to the city, the Presbyterian College and the Thornwell Orphanage. It will give »the members first-hand information of the progress and development cf these in .Lutiers and will bring them both into cl. ser touch, with the great church under whose control they are operated. Incidentally, it will afford the City of Clinton an opportunity to do some effective advertising. Let the whole city unite and help make the oynod’s meeting here an event long to be remembered. Let’s manifest towards our visitors, in bountiful measure, characteristic ’ Clinton hospitably. Greenville county line north of Trav elers Rest. The Hendersonville Chamber of B. Parrott, of Parrott-Electric, spent Monday in Rock Hill in confer ence with Architect Gilchrist relative to the lighting system to be installed in the new gymnasium at the Presby terian College. ATTENTION, SCHOOL TEACHERS Let me have your subscriptions to any School Magazines that you may need. JAS. W. CALDWELL Phone 243 Just received shipment Will rent—Nice room to Dr. E. P. Taylor Conducting Services Which Are Growing Daily In Interest. Special evangelistic services began last Sunday morning at the Lydia Mills and are growing daily in inter est and effectiveness. Dr. E. P. Tay lor of Batesburg,- is doing the preach ing and is being well received by his audiences. Dr.. Taylor conducted a similar meeting here* at the Clinton Cotton Mills a year ago, and as an evange list has won quite a reputation. He holds his services in a tent and ex tends to the public a cordial invita tion to take part in the meeting which will continue two or three weeks. NOTICE Elmers Fine Candies. Smith’s Pharmacy. two young men. Mrs. O’Daniel. 4tc Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will make application on or after Monday, September 29, 1924, to the Secretary of State to issue charter to Blakely Bros. Company to engage in general dry goods busi ness at Clinton, S. C. RALPH R. BLAKELY. J. ALDINE BLAKELY. Itc A thief stole a Bible the other dav. _ . , „ , _ He ought to be sent to jail and made , Con ^ erce J ^ chanenged^ GreenviHe to read it. It isn’t worth while to turn over a new leaf unless you keep it clean. county and the state of South Caro lina for the honor of reaching the state line first with hard surface. President Conyers has accepted the : challenge and it will be very interest- It is said that the world is becom-1 t 0 Henderson county in K more and more highly civilised, | ”f. :u Gr “." Vll ' e C0Unty S r0ild hut some tongues are just as long as ever and gossip just as mean. The prosperous filling stations over the iand account in a large meas ure for the big crop of hard-up grb- cers. JUSTICE COMPOUNDED BY YOUTH , -v. Judge Caverly’s decision in the Leo- peld and Lc.eb case stands out as a milestone in the march of criminal procedure in this country. Indeed, criminologists of note believe the de cision has dealt a death blow to capi tal punishment from which it will not long be able to survive. It seems obvious in view of the court s refusal to sentence to death these two assas sins cn account of their youth that Illinois cannot well hang young Ber nard Grant, only nineteen, who refus ed to plead guilty on promise of a twenty-year sentence, professed his innocence, went to trial and now stands in the shadow of the gallows as a result. Giant is poor. Leob and Leopold had command of millions. This built first. According to members of the loca’ delegation to the road to Travelers Rest will be paved in the immediate future and it has been hinted that an effort will be made to get the legislature to issue bonds next year in place of the “pay-as-you-go” bill, or in the absence of this plan some think that the Greenville county dele- gatiert will fumish the credit of Greenville county in order that the road toward Hertdersonville may be paved immediately and the bonds taken over by the state as rapidly as possible. This plan, according to those who have made a study of it, would be comparatively simple and not expen sive to the county in view of the fact that the State Highway Commission . ... , . • . has adopted the Columbia-to-the- Ae town and brings happiness to the niount!lins r , wd via Greenville as , t3 first hard surface project, due to the If you have bfeen at all observant you have noticed that, as a rule, the smartest men are those who say least about it. Another trouble with the world is Lhat so many parents are too lazy to bring up their children properly. Life is meant for work but you can’t make some folks believe it. The college boys back adds life to Kiris. An awful thing happened here a day or two ago. The wind disarrang ed a girl’s hair and exposed her ears. General Robert E, Lee, the great Confederate chieftain, regarded idle ness as a positive vice. He is quoted tremendous amount of traffic passing over it. difference of course meant nothing las saying, “A young man is always except that it enabled the more aris tocratic murderers to engage illus trious counsel, to pit the matchless reasoning power and the confound ing logic of a Darrow against the mentality of a Caverly, whereas in all likelihood Grant had to defend him only an attorney of average attain ment, certainly one far less able to analyze complexes, reflexes, mental reactions and other psychological fac tors that enter into loftier education and higher assassination. In the one ease the mentality of the bar seemed to rise superior to the mentality of the bench. In the other the reverse was the fact. The Grant case is now to be forced before the Illinois board of pardons. Consequently that body is face to face with a perplexing problem. Not to pardon "Grant would seem unjust. To pardon him on the ground of his youth would be to bid every boy in the land to enter a career of crime with out fear of punishment Much criticism has been heaped on doing something; if not good, then barm to himself and others.” There is a great truth in this, and it ap plies to old men and old women and young women alike, and even to chil dren. There is really no such thing as idleness. We are all doing some thing all the time. And those of us who have reached the years of discre tion and resopnsibility should make sure that we do good rather than harm. The value of a smile has been de finitely fixed. It has been emphasiz ed in the slogan of the telephone company, “The voice with the smile wins/’ But it remains for an impar tial jury to put a fixed value of a smile, a Kansas City jury having awarded little Jimmy Godfrey, aged thirteen, a verdict of $20,000 for an injury to his face, received from con-< tact with an electric wire which de stroyed his power to smile. Com menting on this, a New York paper said the moral is this, “If a smile is Sawmill Affray; Inquest Is Held Varner ar.d Bible Struck Simultan eously, Witnesses Say. Bail For Varner. Laurens, Sent. 23.—Bill in the sum of, $1,500 was granted this afternoon by Judge Shipp at Greenwood in the ^ case of the state against Marion Var ner, Laurens county man, alleged to have fatally injured John R. Bible at a sawmill ten miles northwest of the city. The defendant was represented at the hearing in Greenwood by. Jas. Li: H. Sullivan. rrH An inquest was held this morning into Bible’s death, with two witnesses testifying, E. G. Bramlett, proprietor =■ of the sawmill at which both men were employed, and Ellie Bible, son of the deceased. Both affirmed that the men apparently struck each other j at the same tinfe and dach was hit above the left ear. Varner used a' hand stick. Bible’s skull was fractur- j ed by a blow with a cant hook. He We invite any one needing a trunk of any size or make-up to come in * •*■ . and see what we are offering and note the exceptionally low prices y we have put on them, properly describe them in vertisement but we want come and see for yourself are second to no one in trunk val ues. W ardrobe trunks, Automatic- tray trunks and cheaper trunks. We cannot this ad- to you that we Fuller-Simpson Furniture Go. CLINTON, “THE HOME MAKERS” SOUTH CAROLINA A lived fpur hours, dying at the Lau- — , * rens hospital laat night at 8 o’clock. lllliiHIl^^ IIIIIHHHIU