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CHRONICLE ▼m To Bo.a Cleon Newt* paper. Complete, Newsy ; and RolIoWe. If To^ DoaH Reid THE CHRONICLE Too Don’t Get Urn News. —- r OLUME XXIV CLINTON, S, C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1924 NUMBER 46 CALVIN ELECTED BY BIG MARGIN REPUBLICANS CLAIM A LANDSLIDE WITH NEARLY 350 IS RUNS SECOND. ELECTORAL VOTES. DAVJ FOLLETTE A POOR THIRD IN RACE. LA New York, Nov. 5.—At two o’clock Wednesday morning PresidenJ/ Cool- idge was maintaining his advantage in the East and Middle West and had established leads in the country be yond the Misoissippi which, if main tained, would give him an overwhelm ing majority ip the electoral college, with a total running pver 800 votes. John W. Davis had to his credit only the states of the ultra-Democra- th» Soufo. but was fading alpo in Oklahoma/Missouri andTennessee, a carried by Harding in the 1920 Re publican landslide. He also had a slight margin in New Mexico, but had surrendered the lead to Coolidge in Kentucky in a nip-and-tuck race. Senator La Follette was leading only in his home state of Wisconsin, although his managers insisted that •his full strength would be developed only after the still mussing vote 'of; the rural districts of the West had been counted. Iowa, -which La Follette had hoped to win, had beep conceded to Coolidge by. La Follette headquarters in Des Moines. In Minnesota, with only a small proportion of the vote reported, Coolidge was leading the Wisconsin senator by 10,000. The President also had a lead of more than 100,000 over both Davis and La Follette in Cali fornia, with about one-fourth of the state reported. CHANGES MADE IN P. C. LINE-UP New York, Nov. 4.—At midnight, with election returns still coming slowly and whole blocks of states with the deciding electoral votes yet to bej heard from, the results in the presi dential contest either by apparent trend or concessions by party leaders and newspapers stood this way: For Coolidge and Dawes, electoral votes: Connecticut 7, Illionis 29, Iowa 13, Kansas 10, Maine 6, Massachu setts 18, Nebraska 8, New Hampshire 4,'New York 45, Ohio 24, Pennsyl vania 38, Rhode Island 5, Vermont 4. Total 211. For Davis and % Bryan, electoral votes: Alabama 12* Arkansas 9, Flori-I da 6, Georgia 14, Louisiana 10, Miss issippi 10, North Carolina 12, South Carolina 9, Texas 20, Virginia 12. To tal 114. ^ For La Fallette and Wheeler, elec toral vote: Wisconsin 13. Total 13. Coach Johnson Preparing For Tomor- . row’s Battle With Erskine College. Since the fracas with Wofford the Blue Stockings have been going thru a period of rest. The victory by the Terriers was Wofford’s first triumph The Methodists have a good team this year and deserved to win. At a meeting of the football squad Coach Walter Johnson told the men that the game with Wofford was the first time he had ever seen a P. C. team play like that. In accordance with his belief that the team might have been stale last Thursday, Coach Johnson declared holiday for last Fri day and Saturday. However, classes had hardly ceased Monday *afternoon before the tolisome grill began and the menu served was not that of a light lunch. The team that started the Wofford game was shattered and sundrede. Parts of the line were sent to places on the scrub team while one or two backs were sent down the field to fill vacancies on another team.' One man formerly playing full was sent .to end, while another who played center on the second team was drafted for the other wing. Another man who has been playing end was posted at gtiard. In fact, lots of changes have been made and many more may be expect ed before the Erskine game here Fri day. The fans that see the game Fri day may expect any number of FINAL REPORTS FILED ON FUNDS Bor all Declares Beat Statement Con tained in Figures Which Speak For Themselves. Washington, Nov. 3.—Final pre election campaign fund reports of the Republican and Democratic national committees filed today with the sen ate coipmittee investigating cam paign expenditures showed that the Republicans had received $3,251,369 up to October 25, and the Democratic contributions totalled $618,311.97 up to October 29. The last report received from the La Follette-'Wheeler organization showed total contributions of $171,- 812, but John M. Nelson, La Follette’s BHUiage«v» hen- testified U> receipts of $245,009 up to October 10. Also in testimony before the commit tee in Chicago, William V.. Hodges, Republican national treasurer, said that total receipts up to and includ ing October 31 were $3,742,000. Chairman Borah 'declared today that the comihittee would not issue a partial report before the election on the testimony produced at the hear ings. The committee felt, he dectar- d, that the “best statement was in the figures which came in today , and which speak for themselves.” Other political organizations sub mitted campaign fund reports to the clerk of the house of representatives. The Socialist party reported that up to October 27 receipts totalled $6,205 and expenditures $4,388. The Asso ciation Against the Prohibition Amendment reported total receipts at $15,235 and expenditures at $13,351 up to October 31. The Anti-Saloon League of America reported an ex penditure of $677 between October 25 and October 31, while the Prohibition national committee reported receipts of $6,239 and expenditures of $4,628 up to October 27. RED CROSS DRIVE COMES NEXT WEEK Campaign to Bo Waged In City Under Direction of Mrs. J. Hnmp Stone. 4 List of Canvassers Given. The attention of the public is called to the approaching state-wide and nation-wide roll call of the American Red Cross. Through the American Red Cross every citizen has the op portunity with his small contribution, to lend a helping hand to the poor and suffering of our country and par ticularly to those who are the vic tims of sudden disaster. South Carolina is under special obligations to this organization this year, for our afflicted people have re ceived five times as many dollars as our state was one Of the greatest, sufferers from the tornado destruct ion last spring. ' The membership drive for the Red Cross wifi begin in Clinton Tues day morning, November 11th. Mrs. J. H. Stone, chairmap, requests the following committees to meet Tues day morning at nine o’clock at the woman’s club. This is to be a one day drive, so every member of the committees is urged to be on time. Ward one: Mrs. Ben Wilson, Mrs. A. E. McIntosh, Miss Julia Patrick, Mrs. H. D. Rantin. Ward two: Mrs. Blakely Tribble, Miss Nannie Young Tribble, Mnl. Geo. Watts Copeland, Mrs. Joe Leake, Mrs. Jack Shealy, Mrs. J., B. Wilder, Mrs. Robert Dillard, Miss Mabel Aldred. Ward three: Mrs. J. F. Jacobs, Sr., Mrs. W. P. Jacobs, Mrs. Carl Robin son, Mrs. Pringle Copeland, Mrs. Ru fus Sadler, Mrs. Goyne Simpson, Mrs. Raymond Pitts, Mrs. M. J. McFad- den. Ward four: Mrs. Barnie Parrott, Mrs. Chris Adair, Mrs. Jessie Sparks. Ward five: Mrs. L. V. Pinson, Mrs. P. S. Jeans. changes even to an entirely new line or backfield. Some men that did not even make the trip to Spartanburg may get into the line-up this week. Golden Rule Sunday ' To Be Observed Farm Lands Higher In Laurens County Prices Considerably Better Than Last Year From Sales of Officers. Laurens, Nov. 4.—Farm land prices in Laurens county are decidedly bet ter than a year ago, as was indicated by the official November sales by the cierk of court, sheriff and probate judge. A large number of tracts were offered, some for partition and settlement and others for the.purpose of legalizing the title. The estate of the late P. Mark Pitts comprising 2,043 acres in Jacks town ship, was sold in 12 different tracts and brought a total of $30,785.70. Tl^e next largest sale of the day Was that qf five-eights interests in 756 acres, formerly a portion of the lands of the late Jjohn D. M. Shaw, but sold as the property of J. H. Rasor, was bought by the Bank of Crosfc Hill for $14,260. The J. Miller home place in Waterloo township containing 164 acres was sold for $1,050, and in the same town ship 164 acres, known as the Dolly Madden place, brought $1,350. In Dials township 29 acres of the Put nam estate brought $3,100. These are a few of tne sales for the day, and show the range of prices for real es tate that is put on the block. Ward six* Mrs D W A Neville During the period from October «l:+ Mrs E; a Fuller, Miss Ruth Bailey.' Baptists to Meet v At Beaverdam November 16th Has Been Designated As Clinton's Day To Aid In Near East Relief Work. The question will be asked by some, what is “Golden Rule Dinner Day?” On this day all persons who believe in the Golden Rule are asked to provide their Sunday dinner with! approximately the simple menu pro vided for the tens of thousands of orphans in the Near East Relier or phanages. It is not a fast or starva tion meal, but it is a fare upon which a hundred thousand children have at tained health and strength with a i death rate lower than some of our larger cities in the world. Who are these children? They are descendants of the ancient civilized races.of the Near East. The Assyrian orphans are the descendants of the Assyrians who ruled the Near East thirty centuries ago. Their ancestors i founded the old Nestorian Christian church. The Armenians formerly oc cupying the center of Anatolia, are the remnants of the oldest Christian na tion in th world. The Greeks, Syri ans and Jews likewise are ^he inheri tors of the traditions and ideals of great peoples, and are destitute be cause of their adherence to these ideals. On the evening of November the ninth there will be a union meeting of the churches of the city at the First Presbyterian church, at which time Mr. John Malick Yonan, a na tive Persian, will bring the Near East cause before the Clinton people. Ev- erpone in the city is urged to at tend. Committees have been appointed from the different churches in the city, also from the Kiwanis and Ro tary clubs, the mills, Thomwell Or phanage, the College and the negro communities. to October 25, the Republican com mittee reported contributions of $421,- 481 and expenditures of $539,280. The Democrats reported contributions of $125,492 from October 21 to October 29, but a disbursement report was not included. The Democratic report also showed that the national committee had advanced $69,200 to Democratic state organisations. Today’s report showed that Repub lican headquarters at Chicago dur ing tip five days from October 21 to October 25 had received $198,940.25 and disbursed $314,479.12, while the New York office received $222,541.11 and spent $224,801.79. Of the dis bursements, the report showed that $100,500 was advanced to Republican organizations in Illinois, including Cook county, and $53,600 was advanc ed to the New York state committee. NEW STORE NCW OPEN TO PUBLIC Orphanage: Miss Caroline Dugan. Jacobs building: Miss Clara Duck ett. Business'section: Mrs. T. J. Peake, Mrs. P. S. Jeans, Mrs. J. W. Craw ford. Clinton mill: Mrs. Jackson. Lydia mill: Mrs. W. N. Bobo. LYDIA MILLS TO INCREASE CAPITAL VOTERS DEFEAT STATE BOND ISSUE IN TUESDAYS ELECTION APPARENTLY FAILS 'TO CARRY TWO-THIRDS OF VOTES CAST IN STATE. BIENNIAL SESSIONS OF LEGIS LATURE AMENDMENT ALSO LOST. AL SMITH WINS OVER ROOSEVELT X Democratic Governor of New York Seems Re-elected. By, Votes Of the City. New York, Nov. 4.—President Cool idge carried New York state by a big plurality, it was indicated wheh two- thirds of the districts, including New had been tabulated at 11 o'clock Tuesday luglitr Hffe'*Ka3“a commanding lead over John W; Davis in the normally Democratic strong hold of greater New York. La Fol- lettfe had shown a total vote in the same districts of 328,389. At the same hour Governor Smith had a good lead in New York city. Theodore Roosevelt, Republican can didate for governor, had a margin of 40,000 in the whole qtate. Smith’s plurality, in New York city was 262,- 809. Roosevelt polled a heavy vote up-state but the Democrats confident ly claimed the governor’s re-election by over 100,000 Republican leaders, in some instances, conceded the re-elect ion of Smith. The New York Herald Tribune, which had been supporting the candi dacy of Theodore Roosevelt, conceded the re-election of Governor Smith by 100,000 vote's at 11:30 o'clock Tuesday night. Liquor Found In Church Furnace Columbia, Nov. 4.—Defeat iof the $10,000,000,. {xind issue for state edu cational, penal and charitable institu tions, for -liufk of the necessary twe- thirds of .the vote, was apparent to night on the face of additional returns received shortly after midnight. The vote on the proposed consti tutional. amendments prpyided fi>r bi ennial sessions of the Legislature and four-year' terms for constitutional state offioers, which appeared favor- -ablaJ^the meaaurea. early tonight, changed' complexion in the light later returns. - . With the returns from ld9 out sf the 1,127 precincts received, the vote for the state bond issue was: Yes, 962: no, 3,884. / On the same basis, the vote on the biennial sessions measure was, Yes, 1,185, no, 1,508, and on the four-year term amendment, Yes, 1,132, no 1,912. Indications are that a comparative ly light vote had been cast in the gen eral election in South Carolina, the Democratic ticket receiving its usual majority and the constitutional amendments, of which there were- 51 in all, having been variously decided upon by the qualified electors of the state. , In the presidential election, the vote of John W. Davis, the Democratic nominee, as represented by the party electors, had passed the 20,000 mark shortly before midnight. Returns from 273 districts of the 1,124 gives Davis 20,008; Coolidge 857; La Fol lette 354. « There was no contest in either thd congressional or state races, as the Democratic nominees were unopposed for election. Cole L. BlCase, former The quarterly meeting of the Third Division of the Laurens County W. M. U. will convene at Beaverdam Baptist church a£ 10:30 a. m., Novem ber 15th. A good program is being prepared and dinner will be served at the church. The following churches are includ ed in the Third Division: Beaverdam, Bellview, Bethahara, Calvary, Clin ton, Cross Hill, Goldville, Holly Grove, Mt. Pleasant, Mountville, New Prospect and Waterloo. Mrs. Edward Long, president. Methodist Pastor ¥ Gives Last Message ERSKINE AND P. C. 1 PLAY HERE TOMORROW The Erskine aggregation from the world-famous A. R. P. town will in vade the city tomorrow to meet the i Presbyterians in the annual gridiron contest The game will be called at three o’clock and promises >o be a hard fought battle. v j Rev. Henry Stokes Soon To Leave Bethel Methodist Church of Chester. Chester, Nov. 4.—The Rev. Henry Stokes delivered his final message as pastor of Bethel Methodist Episcopal church Sunday before going to the conference at Laurens, and received six Into the church. Sunday, November 16th, after his return from the conference, Mr. Stokes will preach his farewell, ser mon, and on the night of the 16th, there will be a union service at Bethel church in his honor. . During his four year’s stay in Ches ter, the Rev. Mr. Stokes has greatly built yp Bethel church, and his pas torate will ahra$i be known as one of the most successful in every sense of the word in Bethel’e history. Blakely Bros. Throws Doors Open With Attractive Stock of New Fall Merchandise. Blakely Bros., headed by Ralph R. Blakely as president, and J. Aldine Blakely, secretary-treasurer, is now open for business with a brand ^ew stock of attractive fall merchandise. The new concern is located in the store room adjoining Blakely’s Gro cery and formerly occupied by the Adair Furniture Company. The owners are well known young business men of the city and will doubtless enjoy a profitable business in this community. Both have here tofore been connected with the Dixie Flour & Grain Company, but have severed their relations to enter busi-u ness under the above firm name. Mr. Aldine Blakely will continue in his present position until the first of the year, after which he will actively be associated with Mr. R. R. Blakely in the conduct of the business. Local Manufacturing Concern More Than Doubles Capital Stock. Authority has been granted by the Secretary, of State to the Lydia Cot ton Mills of this city, to increase the capital stock from $160,000 to $400,- 000. The $240,000 increase followed two meetings of the board held here laat month, y The first meeting was called by the directors for the consideration of a proposed increase in the common stock to $400,000 and the preferred made recently when a Gray Court merchant, acting as janitor and fire man, opened the furnace of the Metho dist church here for the first time this fall. - ' Inside the furnace door in the church basement was a one gallon tin cpn partly filled with whiskey. The merchant-fireman mistook it for kero sene and started to pour R on the fiames when he discovered that the a quart of whiskey. The can with its contents was car ried over town aad showed to a num ber of spectators. A rural policeman, to whom the discover^ was reported, said that virtually all chance of iden tifying the owner of the whiskey was lost with the removal of the fluid from the furnace. Had it been left there the owner might have returned for it and in that way as arrest made. Methodist Edifice in Gray Court Con tains Quart. Gray Court, Nov. 3.—Whiskey hid in a church furnace was the discovery govemar of South Carolina, was elect ed United States senator, while the stamp of party approval was placed upon the nominees for the national House of Representatives from the seven congressional districts. The seven congressmen chosen were: Thos. S. McMillan, first district; Butler B. Hare, second district; Fred H. Domi nick, third district; John J. Me Swain, fourth district; William F. Stevenson, fifth district; Allard H. Gasque, sixth can conta«*d not kerosene but about district; and Hampton P. Fulmer, sev- . enth district. Governor Thomas G. McLeod nomi nated 1 Sy tile Democratic party of South Carolina for a second term ta office afe chief executive of the Pal metto State, was elected without op position^ , So were other state offi- cfers. Greenwood Girt . _ Killed in Wreck stock to $300,000, it was stated in the j * application. Finding that a larger j Miss Annell Riddle Was On Way To Baptists Meet In ^ ^Laurens Tomorrow BANKS TO CLOSE The banks ^ the city will close on next Tuesday, November 11th, in ob servance of Armistice Day. amount of preferred stock would be required, the stockholders decided to call another meeting, at which it was Ninety-Six When Fatal Accident Occurred. Greenwood, Nov. 3.—Funeral ser- agreed to increase the preferred vices for Miss Annell Riddle, who died stock to $500,000. It was at the sec- i Sunday night as a result of injuries ond meeting also, that it was decided to increase the common stock from .$160,000 to $400,000. Directors of the corporation are: fiercer S. Bailey, L. H. Davidson, C. M. Bailey, J. A. Bailey, J. W. Leake, R. L. Bailey, and George Cornelson, Jr. M. S. Bailey is president, and C. M. Bailey, treasurer and general manager. $500,000 seven per cent serial gtlld notes, dated November 1, 1924, matur ing July 1, 1927, and annually ^here after until 1945, are now being offer ed by the company. HONOR ROLL OF PROVIDENCE SCHOOL First grade: James Bobo. Third grade: Virginia Gregory. > Fourth grade: Christine Whitman, William Bobo. THINGS YOU BEUEVE IN Belief haa tunneled mountains, fought diseases, canned tons on columns of air, spun advertisements, telephones, telegraphs, radios to web the world together. You believe in. belief and what it achieves. You believe in adver tisements, for they are evidences of belief. You believe in advertised goods, for they are the things other men believe in. When you see a widely advertised lace curtain, you see a curtain that hangs in thousands of homes. ... a widely advertised lead pen cil, a pencil that thousands carry. You don’t try advertised wares to test them. You try them to bring yourself fresh satisfaction. Read the advrtisements in these columns. They help you recognize wares that justify , belief. DON’T BUY IN THE DARK—SPEND YOUR MONEY FOR AD VERTISED GOODS. THE CLINTON CHRONICLE “The Paper Everybody Reads” received in an automobile accident Sunday aftemhon on the Greenwood- Ninety-Six highway, were held yes terday afternoon at her home in South ^Greenwood and interment followed in Magnolia cemetery. Miss Riddle, Miss ’Ruby Jennings and *Carl Koon, all of South Green wood ,were on their way to Ninety- Six to attend evening church services when the Ford touring car in which they were riding and which was driv en by Mr. KooiV ran on the wrong side of a sharp curve, a mile west of Ninety-Six, and turned over when the rear fender was struck by a car driv en on the right side of the road by H. E. Cox of this city. Miss Riddle is supposed to have been thrown against the top with such terrific force that several ribs were driven into her lungs. Mr. -Koon suffered only a slight injury on one finger and Miss Jennings also was only slightly injured. The accident was regarded by Miss Riddle’s family as unavoid able and no inquest was held. Miss Riddle was 23 years of age. She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Fannie Riddle, two brothers, Ralph and Edgar Riddle; one sister, Mrs. Hugh Whitlock, of South Greenwood; and the following half-brothers: L. J., J. H.., L. B. and W. E. Riddle, all of Splendid Program Has Been Arrang- ed-fMhlh« County^ Asaociational Conference. The Laurens Baptiat Associations! Conference will be held tomorrow with the First Baptist church of Lau rens, at which time an excellent pro gram will be conducted in the interest of denominational affairs. The com- mitee on program has received an ac ceptance from Miss Katherine Mal lory to be present to make an address and several others will also appear on the program. Miss Mallory, who is at the head of Baptist Women’s work in the South, has recently returned from a visit to several mission fields and her report of foreign work will be first hand. The business part of the meeting will be devoted to plans for finishing the 75 million campaign and for car rying on the denomination’s work next year. Each Baptist church in the associa tion is requested to send five repre sentatives who are askd to be present at the beginning of the morning ses sion which starts promptly at tea o’clock. Wall Street Reacts With Sharp Upturn New York, .:Nov. 5.—Wall str« first reaction to the Presidentiaf^leo tion returns, was a sharp umurn ia stock prices on an unusuall* hea^y voltiiqe } of trading. Total sales ia the first ‘fifteen minutes exceeded 1Q0.0Q4 shares with approximately Laurens; J. E. and C. R. Riddle, and, 0 ™ score issues selling a point or a half-sister, Mrs. Guy E. Mi|>rc, of m, ' r * nh Greenville. 1 COUNTY GINNING OFF The government report shov/s that there wete 9,766 bales of cotton gin ned in Laurens county to Octobr 18, as compared with ^6,383 bales to the same date last year. It was not^ex- pected that the report for that period would be as high as lait year for the reason that there was a continued rainy spell of about three weeks dur ing that time this year. more above Monday’s closing quota tions. . . ‘ Later return^ indicating that Presi dent (^’qalidge would probably have a working majority in both branches of congress brought about a fresh out burst of buying, particularly in the railroad shares, 12 of which soared to new high levels for the year. In dustrials which had lost ground os profit taking, came back strongly arousd noon. American Can touched 140 1-4, the highest ever recorded a? d a dozen others breaking through their plrevioos peak prices for the year.