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" ■ PAGE TWO LAST WEEK OF VOTING IN NATION- - WIDE PRESIDENTIAL POLL Polls Close Saturday Evening, October 11. More Than 300,000 Ballots Cast up to October First Coolidge in Lead but Indicating Election May Go Into House for Choice. .This is the last call for votes in The Chronicle’s nation-wide'Presiden tial poll. Voting will cease Saturday evening, October 11th. Take advan tage of this opportunity to show your fellow voters in other states through out the nation whom we, here in South Carolina, want elected Presi dent next month. Mark an X before the name of your choice on the sam ple ballot printed below, then mail or bring it to this office before Satur day. It will be forwarded to New York City, where the Publishers Autocaster Service is tabulating the national vote for this newspaper. This poll is verifying the judge ment of those who wager on elections. It shows that those with an idea that the final naming of President will be in congress have a good bet. Wall Street reports many such bets. Fourth week of voting with returns received from thirtFsfir statfflrshowsr Coolidge holding his lead in the num ber of. popular votes. 303,043 votes have been cast, as follows: Coolidge, 126,228; La Follette, 90,438; ©avis, 86,377. Trend of voting gives majorities to Coolidge in 18 states; nine to La Follette, and nine to Davis. Elector al votes from these states would give 245 to Coolidge; 184 are divided be tween La Follette and Davis. How ever, leaders in all parties frankly admit that there are many states in which Coolidge registers a slight JAIL RESIDENCE IS RECOMMENDED Grand Jury Makes Its Final Present ment In Which Many Matters Are Considered. The Grand Jury, in making its pre sentment to the court last week, recommended that the first floor oV the jail be utilized for prison pur poses and that a residence be built nearby for the use of the sheriff. It also recommended improvements at the cdunty poor farm, besides touch ing on many other matters of im portance. It was ^3 follows: To the Presiding Judge: The Grand Jury reports by this, its final presentment for this term of court, that it has passed' on all bills ftnvdgd~1t-by the Solicitor. ^ - • The committees appointed at the first term of the court by this body, have all performed their duties and made their reports which have had our due consideration. We find through the committee on County Home, that there are being cared for in that institution twelve inmates, and that the conditions there are generally good with the exception of the quarters occupied by the color ed inmates. This house is in very bad condition and is unfit for occu- We recommend that suitable ° : pancy. popular vote lead, that are absolute-. q Uar ^ erg ^ provided for these unfor- ly in the doubtful column. j tunate charges of the county. We Ohio, for instance, is so fclose that • also that the inmates are per il can swing either way. Likewise, | mitted to leave t he home at their will, Oklahoma, Iowa, Colorado, and New Jersey. This newspaper’s poll shows Davis often remaining away for days at a time. We think this should not be permitted, but that suitable rules and much stronger than does many other j^gulations should be made and en- straw votes being taken, namely, The Literary Digest and the Hearst news paper’s polls. The Literary Digest poll up until September 16, with thirteen states heard from, gave Coolidge 162,473; Davis, 42,611, and La Follette, 63,- 524—the total vote cast at that time was 272,299. I The Hearst poll up to October 1 showed Coolidge 98,855; La Follette,, forced in reference to leave of ab sence of persons committeed to this home. The committee on roads and bridges report considerable damage as a re sult of the recent rains. We have no doubt but that the officers charged with the upkeep of the highways will repair this damage as expeditiously as possible. 0 no ion j r* • An coi ! The ground floor of the county jail, 9MS0, .nd 47 591. CooUd^. .' ^ ^ ould b. fitted tod over U toilette ,n e«hton of ^ cdu lor ’ ri » n .r. e, «rly ? X T?fb„n. In « possible and we recommend that token i” a;!“P> ■ h O” U Fo,le “* jS be tmpleted. We also loading Coohdgv. • , recommend that,a cottage be erected Twelve states are yet to be heard on ^ j a jj ] ot f or the occupancy of from in this newspaper’s nation-wide the sheriff. If necessary, in order poll. They are Alabama, Arizona, this work be done, to sell fome Deleware, Florida, Kentucky, Blaine, the jail lot, we recommend that Mississippi, New Mexico, North Caro- t hig be done if any of it can be spar- lina, North Dakota, South Carolina, ^ an( j an adequate price can be ob tained therefor, the proceeds to be used for the improvement of the Ire-, and Vermont. Of -these twwlve, Maine, Vermont, and Deleware will likely show Cool idge majorities. Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, and North and South Carolina are solid south states and likely will show Davis mapori- ties. North Dakota is in the very heart of the La Follette states— which leaves only two, New Mexico and Arizona where sentiment is un known. Following is the vote by state up to October 1st: mainder of the property as herein recommended. John Davis Tells Rhode Island Votera Man Are Diatraslfnl and Diaaatlafled. Providence, R. I., Oct. 4.—“I am firmly convinced that this is a Demo cratic year,” said John W. Davis, the Democratic nominee for* president, speaking tonight to a crowd that fill ed Infantry hall here and gave the candidate a noisy welcome. , ’ The reason I say this,” added Mr* Davis, “is that I have traveled as far as the Rocky Mountains recently and found a spirit of unrest as pervasive, clear and definite as ever before in American political history. Men are distrustful and dissatisfied. They feel that their government no longer func tions in their interest. A phenom enon so general must be founded on some substantial fact.” Mr. Davis was introduced by Pat rick H. Quinn, Rhode Island national committeeman. . Referring to the Republican admin istration/ Mr. Davis said there were claims that the party had been re organized. “But they are doing the same old business,” shouted a man in the au- — — 7" The nominee dwelt on the Republi can record since 1921, the tariff, the veterans bureau and the agricultural depression, which he attributed to lack of European markets consequent upon the Republican foreign policy. Mr. Davis criticised the Republi cans for exaggerating the importance of the Washington naval conference and accused them of having failed to maintain a navy up to the standard fixed in the treaty. “I am willing to accept naval in feriority to any power. The secre tary of the navy has confessed that the navy has sunk to a point barely above that of Japan?” “What have done to lead the world into paths of reconstruction and peace in the last five years?” asked Mr. Davis. “What contribution have we made to restore the econor mic life of those-across the sea who were in days gone by, and must be in days to come, our largest custom ers? “When I speak of the economic life of Europe I am not thihking only of our allies. I am’thinking also of our defeated enemies. We went into the war declaring that we made no war on women or children, that we made no war on the German or Austrian people, but upon their government as they then stood.” Mr. Davis referred to the Demo cratic party as one “not calling for any adjectives to describe itfe mem bership.” Then he enunciated with disapproval the administration of the Republicans, saying: - > “If President Coolidge is * Repub lican . I, dq hot know what Senator La Follette iqay be.- They both say they are Republicans. Is it any won der that a plain, ordinary Democrat has some difficulty in deciding just what a Republican is ?” ‘. • / f . >•.; •*. .y’. '* \ 4 New cars fully eqtiiped for hire to responsi by the mile, and oil. rties. Pay us We furnish gas You “drive-it” yourself. Ellis Motor Comliaoy Day Phone 357 v , r Night Phone 156 - Clinton, Sourh Carolina «il C. LaF. D. New York .. ..13,862 7,190 6,079 Maryland .. .. 9,354 7,297 10,259 Illinois .. .. .10,183 7,814 5,363 Wisconsin .. . .1,739 2,732 816 Washington . . 2,241 2,464 ^ 844 Mass A 4,637 2,951 2,701 California _ .. 7,225 ’ 9,568- .2,622 Texas .. 1,819 1,230 4,509 Georgia .. .. 1,111 1,207 4,106 New Hamp. .. 5,309 398 1,010 Missouri .. .. .. 1,939 935 3,325 Kansas .. .. 2,782 730 1,758 Virginia .. 2,799 882 3,691 W. Virginia .. V. 1,739 487 4,654 Penn 6,378 5,810 , 4,968 Montana .. .. . 1^18 1,467 1,054 Wyoming .. .. .. 1,389 1,759 • 1,269 S. Dakota .. •..12163 12,264 4,053 Nevada .. .. 1,083 1,276 1,053 Indiana .. . 6,925 988 4,200 Michigan .. .. 4,740 '1,259 1,888 Oklahoma .. .. 2,726 . 1,128 . 2.425 Conn 1. ff 2,442 '634 1,419 Nebraska .. .. . 3,633 3,957 2,745 Minn .. 2,380 2,880 230 Ohio .. 4,474 4,002 2,863 Arkansas .. .. 746 682 1,209 Tennessee .. .. .. 417 227 547 Utah 656 643 404 New Jersey .. - 4,152 2,157 1,874 Iowa .. .. .. .. 1,563 " 1,379 782 Oregon .. 895 642 361 Colorado .. .. 418 335 285 Louisana .. . .. 187 254 387 Idaho 643 618 412 Rhode Island .. 362 192 ’ 212 Totals 126,228 00,438 86,377 Thrf’ rural policemen and game war dens have made reports as requested in our preceding presentment. Most of the magistrates have also report ed. We continue this recommenda tion, that all persons charged with law enforcement in this county, to wit: the magistrates, rural policemen, and game wardens, continue to make reports to the Grand Jury at the fu ture sessions ^qf the court to the end that it and the. public may be kept in formed as to the conditions in refer ence to violation of law in the diffet- ent sections of the county. We wish to thank those reporting for their co- peration with this body in trying to uphold the majesty of the law. The sheriff has turned over to us two and one-half galons of whiskey seized, and same has been destroyed as required, by the law. We recommend that the widows of Confederate soldiers, residing in onr county, be pensioned by our county to the same extent and in the same man ner as such soldiers are pensoined. Our attention has been called to the j requirements that teachers in public schools have ard produce health cer tificates before, entering into the per formance of their duties. We regard this as a law of great importance and recommend that the County Superin tendent of Education and school trus tees see that this law is observed in COUNTY TEACHERS GET ACQUAINTED” Half lour county. The preservation of the health of our children, is of vital im- sn u portance and all saf&uarjls reason ably possible should 1 be thrown around them while in school. We wish to thank Your Honor, and all persons connected with the court, for their uniform courtesies extend ed us. S. G. DILLARD, Foreman. ENGRAVED GREETING CARDS ^jfor Corneas early as -convenient and look oven* ■ike new Christmas cards and ^ive as your or den. now while our service is at its besi. Be -sure io .ask to see ihe new HARC0URLCARD& This line is -exquisite. &■ i*,.. . CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. suttontty 74 Hundred Meet In Conference and Plan Year’s ^tudy Center Course. Laurens, Oct. 5—In response to the call of the county superintendent of education, 51 principals and superin tendents of the 64 white schools of Laurens county yesterday met in the city and held a ““get acquainted” con ference, at which time preliminary matters pertaining to the opening next Saturday of the study center course for teachers was discussed and school supplies for the current year were distributed. All but ten of the public schools of the county are now in session and none in the county will run a ses sion tyider seven months, it was stat ed by Miss Kate Wofford, the county superintendent, in discussing the meeting Saturday of the school heads of the county and the general status of the public schools. Many of the schools will run/eight months and a few nine. The conference was addressed by J. H. Witherspoon, superintendent of the Clinton graded school, and, at his suggestion, the members of the con ference agreed to make an effort to enlist every teacher in the county as a member of the county, state, and national teachers’ associations. The instructors listed for the study center course include Miss Hudson of Winthrop college, Miss Vaughn of Winthrop, Dr. R. N. Daniel of Fur-' man university, and J. Harvey With erspoon, superintendent of. Clinton graded schools.* Classes are to meet twiceVsnonth for three hours and credit will be given for all work done, states the county superintendent of education, who will conduct the courses as out lined in letters that are being mailed all teachers in the' county. By at tending the study center course and obtaining certain credits, teachers* certificates can be renewed for one year. Last year 100 teachers of the coun ty enrolled for classes and the en listment membership with the differ ent teachers’ association was 100 per cent. The goal this year is to match last year’s record. . / Equal to \ of Columbus kjr ftu exctUnt koatfc When you first discover for yourself the importance of saving a part of what you earn, when you learn of the many advantages which this sensible method of living opens before you, when you see the many oppor tunities for greater profits and comforts that a Sav ings Account brings to you—then you have made a dis covery equal in importance to you with that of Colum- bus’ great discovery. N ATTENTION, SCHOOL TEACHERS hare your sabmertpttoM U Magsrimss that yta The Fiat * A*~ '• “CLINTON’S STRONGEST BANK” • V-' v v;~ •V A- :>if Cllatem, 8. C. v • ^ f A* , ' ' J "'••• m-niXiUL