The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, October 09, 1924, Image 2
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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-
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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 ?”
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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.
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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.
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Equal to
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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.
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ATTENTION,
SCHOOL TEACHERS
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