Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Those entertaining delegates will Only be asked to take care of them it night and serve them breakfast in the morning. All visitors trill take dinner and supper at the college re fectory. The people of the town and com munity of all denominations are most cordially invited to attend all the ex ercises of Synod. The opening ser* mon will be preached in the orphan age chapel Tuesday evening, at 8 o’clock, by the retiring moderator, Dr. Alexander Martin, of Rock Hill. AH the other exercises will be held in the college chapel, and fcre open to |adj' the public. Synod will, adjourn Fri day morning in time for the delegates to get dinner at the collage and leave on the afternoon trains. On Wednesday afternoon, at 2 o’clock, the two new buildings, the r Smyth dormitory 1 and the LeRoy Springs gymnasium, will be dedicat ed. A large number of visitors will be present. There will be a represen tative from most of the colleges of the state. A number of honorary degrees will be conferred. The aca demic gown will be worn by the fac ulty and by those upon whom honor ary degrees are to be conferred. There will be an academic parade, -wMjbh will, tom at 2 e’dack in front of the Science hall, and march from there to the new gymnasium, where the exercises are to be held. Captain Ellison A. Smyth and Mr. John T. Woodside, large contributors to*the hew dormitory, and Colonel LeRoy Springs and his wife will be pres ent. The college would greatly appro-' ciate it if the citizens of Clinton would close their places of business Wednesday afternoon and attend these dedicatorial services, Dr. Dou glas stated yesterday. The people of Clinton have liberally contributed to the college, and have shoWn their in terest in many substantial ways. Their gifts and interest are deeply appreciated, and their presence will add. greatly to the pleasure and suc cess of the occasion. BAPTISTS HOLD ANNUAL MEETING County Association Met At Rabun Church. - All Officers of Body Re-elected. Jfhe Laurens Baptist Association, >sed of representatives of 34 les in this county, met with Ra- church on last Tuesday and Wed- ly in annuel session. A good egation attended each day and delegates were accorded a hearty ting and splendid entertainment the people of the Rabun commun- The annual session will be held next year with the Second Baptist church of- Laurens, an invitation' from that church being accepted. The associa tion^! sermon was preached this ses sion by Dr. Weston Bruner, pastor of Firat* Laurens church. At the con- chision of the meetin^ all the officers were re-elected as follows: C. B. Bobo, moderator; W. C. Wharton, vics-moderator; W. P. Culbertson and R*v. W. A. Baldwin, clerks, and C. B. Roper, treasurer. Several visitors took 'part' in the discuscions, including Dr. Dill, Dr. Watts, Dr. Jones, Dr. Ramsey and Rev. Whitesides, of the Baptist hos pital. The various reports read at the as sociation were enepuraging and the spirit of the meeting was good throughout the session. It was brought out in the discus sion of missions that the five year period of the 76-million campaign is drawing to a close. Arrangements to cloa* up the campaign and lay out plans for the year 1926 will be held President Coolidge throwing out the first ball Saturday that started the world series games between the Washihgton, American league cham pions, and the New York Giants, Na tionaL league winners. COUNTY TEACHERS MEET SATURDAY oa or about November 7, when a con- of Sr the churches will Kb* n all the churches will or- for the dual work. Initial Meeting 'of Teachers Associa tion To Be Held and Study Center Work Outlined. ' The initial meeting for the year of the Laurens County Teachers Asso ciation will be held next Saturday morning in Laurens. The cminty superintendent of education, - Miss Kate Wofford, has sent out th* fol lowing communication relative to the meeting and the work of the organ! ration for the year: * “On Saturday, October 11th, there will be held the first meeting Of the 1 Laurens County Teachers 'Associa tion, and the first meeting of fhc Study Center for the session 1924 1926. The meeting will be held in the court hotute, beginning *4 10 o’clock. “Last year one hundred^teachers enrolled for classes in the Study Cen ter and all of the teachers joined the State and County Teachers Associa tion. We must make every effort to match this fine record and to exceed it, if possible. “Every teacher in the county is urged to enroll for the Study Center and to attend regularly. Classes will be as follows: “Miss Hudson, Winthrop—Primary Methods 1 (subject matter); Primary Methods 2 (methods). “Miss Vaughn, Winthrop—Geogra phy (subject matter); Penmanship (methods). “Dr. Daniel, Furman—English 1 (subject matter); English 2 (meth ods). “Mr. Witherspoon, Clinton schools —History (subject matter, Ameri can); History (Methods). “Classes will meet twice a month for three hours and credit will be given for all work done. Teachers may renew their certificates for one year by attendance on the Study Cen ter, and all teachers taking the course are entered on the State’s Roll of Hpnor. “Your principal has been asked to act as chairman of the membership drive for the state, county and nation al teachers association, in your school. Please co-operate with your principal and be prepared to join all the associations on Saturday, Octo ber 11th. The membership fee for all three associations is 63.60, and for your convenience you may date your check into the month following your first month’s salary, and the check will be held for you. “In addition to the benefits deriv ed from membership in these associa tions you will’receive free of charge two professional magazines, The South Carolina Education and Na tional Education Journal.” CLINTON HIGH GOES TO SIMPSONVILLE FRIDAY and lint. R. E. Sadler and Wade (peat ; Wednesday The Clinton Hi football team will pack up* its belongings tomorrow and journey up to Simpsonville for a bat tle with the Simpsonville Hi eleven. The Fountain Inn squad met a de cisive defeat here last week by the local boys and all indications point to victory in tomorrow’s game. Fbj- ring this game, the Ointon Hi will ^through a strenuous work-out get* ting ready to meet the Thorn well Or- ; ,, Friday. 1 Mrs. Mr. and lira. Thomas Leake were guests Sunday of Mr. and lbs. W. G? iWffliaatsjsf Y<*a _ APPEAR DAILYg NEXT WEEK DURING MEETING OF THE SYNOD OPSOUTH CAROLINA CLUH HEARS { BOOSTER TALKS 1 CHROl next Wednesday and continuing through Friday, THE AWMkAtfhak 'mtm Mr Ik 11 a diem * citj 111 appear aa a morning “daily while the Presbyterian Carolina is in session here ss the guests pf the Pr«s- ». The coming of Synod is an event of unusual inter- of Clinton, to the' College, and io tke Orphanage. considerable expense, will be 1s- CHRONICLE, at a of ** in order to give complete, up-to-the-minute news s. Copies of rat paper each day will be put In the delegates free of charge. be issued Wednesday morning and will be a .-.w•.ThS first paper will .. _ . comprehensive edition covering all activities of the Synod andJPreeby- terian d * evening. church, and fi full account of the opening proceedings Tuesday ig. In addition, it will contain write-ups of interest pertaining town and its outstanding assets. \ Thursday'and Friday morn- all of the details and s actions. carriers to all city sub scribers early Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings. It will be found st your door upon arising. Don’t miss a copy. CONTRACT LET FOR SCHOOL BUILDING C. M. Guest of Anderson, Successful Bidder at $53,000. Work to x Begin At Once. The contract for the erection of Clinton’s new grammar school build ing was awarded Tuesday by the board of trustees to Contractor C, M. Gueat, of Anderson, over a number of competitive-bidders. The contract price is $63,000. Work on the building will begin at once and pushed to as rapid com pletion as possible. The successful bidder is well known in this section, having just finished the handsome Smyth dormitory at the Presbyterian College, and is now erecting the hew buildings at the State 4 Training School. He has made quite a reputa tion in thia section as a rapid builder and hopes to have the school building completed by the first of April. His company has just completed a build ing program at Cleipson College and the foremen in charge there has ar rived in Clinton to head the school project . The building will be two stories, of brick construction, containing eleven class rooms and a large audi torium. It will be located on the cor ner of Woodrow and Florida streets where the present dwelling stands owned by T. J. Leake and occupied by J. H. M. Young. The lot com- priaea five and one-third acne, af- desirable location.’ It Cost $7,000. Plans for the erection of -e new. school building for the Clinton color ed people have been completed and have been submitted to contractors with October 21st designated as the day for the award of the bid. The building will be one story, contain twelve class rooms, and in all prob ability will be of brick construction. It will be located on North Bell street. INITIAY ADVANCE BY CO-OP BODY October Meeting of Commercial Club Abounds With “Pep” Talks From Members and Visitors. The October meeting of the Com mercial Club was held Tuesday even ing in the club rooms with President J. H. Witherspoon presiding. Thf invocation was offered by Dr. S. P. Fulton of Kobe, Japan, after which the local D. A. R. chapter served a delightful dinner. In -opening the meeting, President Witherspoon called upon Dr. S. P. Fulton of Kobe, Japan a guest of Mr. J. F. Jacobs, Sr.* for a few words. Dr. Fulton responded in a happy and interesting talk that was attentively listened to %nd enjoyed by the mem bership. He spoke of his coming to -and remaining. BIGHAMCUii Florence County Man Convicted ef Killing His Brother. Sentenced To Die October Slat. Former Clinton Citizen Passes Dr. W. C. Harper, of Spartanburg, Dies at General Hospital Follow ing Two Weeks’ Illness. Many friends in the efty will be saddened to hear of the death of Dr. W. C. Harper of Spartanburg, which occurred Tuesday morning in the General, hospital of that city follow ing a two weeks’ illness which de veloped into pneumonia. The funeral service was held yesterday in Ander son, his former home. Dr. Harper was for several years connected with the City Pharmacy here and at one time was its owner. He left here ten years ago to go to Spartanburg where he was connected with Ligon’s Drug Store as one of its most excellent pharmacists. While residing here he was married to Miss Jane Kennedy and she preceded him to the grave in 1918, four years after their marriage. The deceased was highly esteemed here, and his death coming so early in- life, at the age of 32, 'is 9 sad grief to all who knew him. Association to Lend Larger Sum In Keeping With Higher Prices. Columbia, Oct. 1.—The South Caro lina Cotton Growers Cooperative as sociation announced tonight that it would increase its initial advance oh' short staple cotton from 12 cents a pound to 15 cents. The increase will become effective tomorrow. The association began the season with an advance of 16 cents a pound, but redueved it September 17 to 12 cents because of the sharp decline in the market. Now that the market has reacted the advance has been raised back to 15 cents. • In announcing the increase tonight B. F. McLeod, general manager, is sued this statement: “On September 17 we reduced our initial advance from IS cents a pound to 12 cents. This action was taken because there had been a decline since the opening of the season to Septem ber 17 of approximately 600 points. This made it necessary for the asso- cuation to reddee its initial advance or to raise a deficiency between the amount it was advancing and the amount it was borrowing on the cot ton of selling several thousand bales of cotton on very low and declining market which prevailed at that time. We felt that the price prevailing at the time was unjustifiably low. Cer tainly it fell below the cost of pro- action and that there wouW certato- ly be a reaction. That our position was well founded is evidenced by the fact that there has been an increase of approximately 400 pointi since September 17. We have accordingly raised our advance back to 15 cents. “Our initial advance on long star pie which has been 16 cents will be raised October 2 to 16 cents. There is a difference of one cent a pound in the advance on long staple and short staple, this extra' cent a pound being advanced on long staple because the association is able to borrow two t:en8 a pound more on long staple than it is on short staple. We have made a difference of only one cent a pound in the advances, however, be cause long staple paper is not as eas ily handled as short staple and we wish to allow ourselves greater mar gin on the loans secured on it. “Checks will be mailed out to mem bers for the difference of three cents a pound on the short staple delivered by them while the advance was 12 cents and for one cent a pound on long staple which has been delivered while the advance was 16 cents.” Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Cooper and children spent Sunday at Cross An chor where they attended home-com ing day at Yarborough’s Chapel., LUTHERANS PLAN COMMUNION SERVICES Special communion services will be held by the St. John’s Lutheran church next Sunday in connection with the tnonling hour of worship at eleven o’clock. The services will be in charge of the pastor, Mr. Wingard, and a cordial invitation is extended the public to attend. ATTENDING SYNODS Dr. L. Ross Lynn, president of the Thornwell Orphanage, has been out of the city for the past ten days at tending the annual meetings of the Synods of Georgia and Florida. IS YOUR STORE COMMONPLACE? Your store may seem commonplace to YOU. Because you are in it every day. • Folks who live near Niagara Falls fail to find a thrill in the beauty and grandeur of nature’s spectacle. There’s a clever story which could be told about almost every article in your place, of business. Try an experiment. Tomorrow morning go to your place of business as if it was your FIRST DAY on the job. Try to look at your establishment from the standpoint of a stranger. Get a fresh viewpoint. Then you’ll find your enthusiasm growing. ' Your store is NOT commonplace. You’ll probably find that your only need is newspaper advertising. An ENTHUSIASTIC merchant usually feels that he simply MUST advertise. , He feels an irresistable impulse to tell the men and women of his community about his store and his service. And when he gets his enthusiasm “over” to the public, they’ll nu^ke a path to his door. ' THE CHRONICLE A v - •*! / . , ;' v KmW. " until 1888. For the past 36 years he has been located in Japan as a mis sionary under the control of the Southern Presbyterian church. Dr. Fulton stated that during that period he had been privileged to return home on five furloughs and spoke of the wonderful progress he has notic ed, particularly the commanding posi tion -of the automobile, road improve ment, and the advancement • of edu cation. The next speaker was Mr. Lex Klutz, of Chester, for several years past engaged in Near East relief work. He told of the condition of the work today, in the East, particu larly among the thousands of desti tute and homeless orphan children, and asked Clinton to, join in with the other towns throughout the nation in the observance of “Golden Rule” day this fall. A resolution endorsing the idea and pledging the club’s interest was adopted. Messrs. Watts Davis and Tom Rob ertson were also presented as guests and expressed their pleasure. Several new members, J. C. Sparks M. J. Danziger, J. P. Carter, W. P. Putnam and E. E. Copeland express ed their pleasure in becoming affilia ted with the club. The president then announced that he had asked several members to re spond to short booster talks affecting tho work of the organization and the progress of Clinton. Messrs. W. W. Harris, W. D. Copeland, D. W. A. Neville, Dr. G. W. B. -Smith, Dr. A. E. Spencer, and R. E. Ferguson re- •pended, all - making withneiaettc talks pertaining to Clinton and he) future posslbilitiee. Several committees were called upon for reports on work entrusted into their hands. * J. F. Jacobs, Sr., reporting for the good roads committee, stated that the club’s committee had met with the Laurens organization and an investi gation would be made of the propos ed county program of road develop ment. He stated that $30,000 had been reassured by the state highway to be recovered on the Mouhtville to Puckett’s Ferry project for which the state highway has assumed entire responsibility. If there is a balance left of this fund, it is proposed that it be appropriated on the Musgrove road and petitions asking the county delegation to approve the county delegation to approve the county highway commission’s action in the matter are now being circulated and freely signed to go before the next session of the legislature. As mayor of the city, Mr. Jacobs ' stated that the city administration had passed resolutions asking the Southern Bell Telephone Company to put its city lines in conduit in order to avoid interference with contem plated paving and public improve ments. A similar resolution was adopted by the club, coupling with it a request that the city be given a modern phone service. Mayor Jacobs further stated that the city would soon ask for a bond issue for paving, lighting, and addi tional sewerage and water exten sions, involving approximately $230,- 000, $160,000 of which would be paid on the abutting property basis by the property owners on easy terms; cov- He furthA provements contemplated called for a “white way” for the town on the same basis as the paving project, this also necessitating the placing in con duit of electric wires. Mayor Jacobs after explaining the contemplated im provements, asked the endorsement of public sentiment as affecting the city and telephone propositions. It was announced that “Ladies Night” would be held on the first Tuesday night in November instead of the second as previously announc ed. * During the evening the reception of two new members into the club was announced, Messrs. Guy L. Tumblin and I. L. Koon. Conway, Oct. 7.—For a third timet Edmund D. Bigham, Florence county man, was sentenced today to pay the death penalty for murder in connect ion with the slaying of five members of the Bigham family nearly four years ago. A jury of Horry county farmers found him guilty of the mur der of his brother, Smiley, after de liberating two and one-half hours, and Judge Hayne F. Rice set October 31 as the date of execution. Notice of intention to appeal again to the slate WipWme court, give* bfA: 'ti ering a period of ten years at six per cent He furth^ stated that the im- REGULAR MEETING OF CAMPBELL LODGE The regulan meeting of Campbell Lodge, No. 44, A. F. M., win be held Friday night, October 10, in the lodge rooms, and all members are urged to he present King of defense counsel, will, how ever, automatically stay the execu tion' of the sentence pending action upon the appeal. “I am. innocent, gentlemen, as in nocent-aa a new.bom baby,” declar ed Bigham, who made a remarkable oration .to the court and to the mass ed ranks!<of spectators who crowded the little- court room to the overflow point. .The composure that had mark ed.his demeanor from.the opening of the. trial 12 days,ago, the iron nerve that, .enabled him tQ gaze upon the bullet scarred ahull; nLhtl niother, of fered aa evidence against him, did not .desert, the 39 year old .defendant in this latest, of. the crises that have marked his long legal battle for life. In. a clear.and- unimpassioned voice* he called,, upon God to witness hie protestation of innocence' and then charged Philip H. Ajrowsmith of Florence, associated prosecutor, with having bribed the state’s witnesses to bear false witness against him. Besides his brother, Bigham wan indicted for murdering his mother, Mrs. M.- M. Bigham, his sister, Mrs. Margie Black, and Leo and John Mc Cracken, adopted sons of Mrs. Black. The defense contended that the trage dy, which occurred at the Bigham plantation, near Pamplteo, in Flor ence county, January 15, 1921, was the work of Smiley Bigham, who, it was alleged, had shown signs of be ing mentally unbalanced. Edmund attempted to prove an aliib in his own defense. The jury returned its verdict at oVldelt. '* Bigham, sitting alone in the prisoner’s dock, looked toward the foreman as the latter handed the verdict to the clerk of court. “‘Guilty,’ signed ‘W. A. Page, foreman,’ ” read the cleric. A barely perceptible expression of surprise seemed to cress the face of the defendant, already chalky white from long months of confinement. There was no other reaction risible, his countenance returning quickly to the sphinx-like calm he had manifest ed throughout the trying days of the last two weeks. The wife and daughters of the de fendant who had sat with him during court every day, and who testified ia his behalf, were not present when the jury announced its verdict, having left the court room about an hour earlier. Neither did they return for the afternoon session when sentence was imposed. In the one and one-half hours between the reqdering of the verdict and the reconvening of court, Bigham went to dinner as usual, at the county jail, with a deputy as his escort. After his return from din ner he chatted with his attorneys and with spectators standing and sitting near him. The crowd in the court room feB into a deep silence^ unbroken except by the fretful crying of an infant in a nearby room when Judge Rice be gan to write the death sentence out in longhand. Women and children, many schoolboys and schoolgirls and some of tender years, were conspicu ous in the throng that gazed curious ly upon the doomed man, who sat un shaken as the judge’s pen scratched out the lines that blasted once more his hopes of escaping the penalty twice before passed upon him. While it was the third time Big ham had heard the death sentence im posed upon himself, it was the first time in Judge Rice’s experience of 13 years on the bench that he had im posed the extreme penalty. It was also the first time a man had been sentenced to die in the electric chair by a court sitting in .Horry county. In making his attack upon Attor ney Arrowsmith and the state’s wit nesses, Bigham referred to the law yer’s mention of a report that he had been suspected of a murder in Geor gia, continuing: “There’s a man in this court room who knows that I was not connected with that murder, and with your hon or’s permission, I will ask him now to get up and tell these good people of Horry the truth, letting God be his guide." '“Mr. Bigham, the time for that is over,” Judge Rice interrupted the de fendant, adding that if there was a man . present that could have helped him^he .should have spoken ..“Then Philip Arrowsmith' fore me the charge of A • IV* J • • • $./ <e 4 ‘A j ;.