The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, November 20, 1924, Image 4
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. 8. C.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1924
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be commuted then to life imprison- well, by doin* your Christmas shop-
ment.
I’CBLiSHCD &VF.RY TfttJKSiOAY
BY
The petition, asking: for clemency,
at-oc that fKa inrv trvimr tVip oasp
ping and planning early.
Should Children
, Be Allowed To
Drive Cars?
WILSON W. HARRIS
Editor and Publisher
Editor The Chronicle:
The writer's attention was attract-
states that the jury trying the case! There were 14 major football con-
# was misled by jlarreil’s inability to tests played in the United States last
THE CHEONICLE PUBLISHING CO.' incidents perUmtn* to hi* war ^‘ y ; T ht f| W ” e _^. toe "^ **
_ I record, and h:s recoixl is now made a o09,000 people, the biggest crowd be-
part of the petition. It further states’ ing that at the Michigan-Ohio State o linAlt , ..
that while the two men planned to; ganje at Columbus, 68,000 fans i am - j -
rob Major Mcl.eavy. they did not in-1 ming into the stadium. These figures
tend to kill him, ami that Harrell was show the tremendous interest that i« ™ th V . ERY . “I 1 , * h,1 dren).
not present when tne fatal shot was. being manifested in gridiron contests, dnven by a boy which I do not believe
- ' . . . . - . Li u^..* *u„ *-., Wonder how I wa8 more th an ten years of age, run-
Entered at the Clinton Post Office as
matter of Second Class
Terms of Sabscrlptlon:
One year ....
?ix months — —
Three months ,
Payable in advance
fired. It further sets forth the claim! throughout the country. . ... t . ,
that neither of the two men have been- many folks went to church in Colum- n,n S at a h, ^ h rat<? of 3 P eed -
$1.60 i afforderl in life opportunities of envir-
,75 ; onmcnt, training, education, etc., that
would lead them into law-abiding
paths. It further cites that because
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, Foreiijn Ai4veni*in* P'-T>r«»<!Wt«Hve
t THb AMERICAN P-U-SS ASSOCIATION \
bus the day after?
Another Thanksgiving season
upon us. It is a day that should be
of the crowds attending the trial, and thoughtfully entered into by the peo-
the excitement prevalent, the.two men P^ e . our nation. Thanksgiving, in
receive the extreme penalty when I its true meaning, is not what any-
under other circumstances they would body says or doe», but rather what
The Chronicle seeks the cooperation
<d it’s subscribers and readers—the
publisher will at ail times appreciate
wise suggestiMUi and kinder advice.
Make ail remittances to
THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO.
CUuton, S. O.
CLINTON, S. C., NOV. 26, 192i
he feels. And so it is, that all of us,
equal members in a free democracy.
have perhaps escaped with life im
prisonment. These are some of the
grounds of the petition by which some j are privileged to draw our inventories
loop-hole is sought to e - ade the car-1 together, u> total up the credit side
Tying out of the court’s sentence andj 0 * our ledger of life as one united
the saving of the convicted criminals P® 0 ?*® and to join together in a festi-
from the electric chair.
The'case now rests with Governor
McLeod, and he has it within his
power either to commute the extreme
jenalty or to turn down the appeal
Some
of the children were on the running
board. When they reached a busy
j & street corner they came near collid
ing with another car which was al&o
driven by small children.
Now the question is this: “Should
some parents care so little for the
lives of their children as to allow
them to take such risks, be allowed to
EDUCATION WEEK
How many people in Clinton know
that this is “Education Week,” a na
tional observance in which the entire
country is asked to participate? The
program, arranged to cover the week,
. one of interest, and each day is
set apart for some special line of
educational work and appeal. For in
stance, Monday was “Constitution
Day”; Tuesday, “Patriotism Day”;
yesterday. “School and Teacher Day”;
today, “Illiteracy Day”; tomorrow is
“Physical Education Day”} Saturday
la “Community ftay”, and tfce obser
vance is expected to end'on Sunday in
the churches and in the hjmes with
special emphasis on religion, moral
ity and education as the essential
foundations of good government.
Certainly, a campaign designated
for the sole purpose of striking at
illiteracy, should have the whole
hearted support, of all our people.
No one, especially a South Carolinian
will deny the great need for a wider
education within the limits of our
state. Therefore, the challenge rings
out clearly to all citizens calling us
< to do our part. Good citizenship is
founded upon education—with the
absence of education and enlighten-
memt comes crime and lawlessness
In connection with “Education
Week,” the following startling statis
tics on illiteracy in South -Carolina
are given. Read them. Study them
Then you will hang your head in
shame that such is our record.
“South Carolina stands 47th from
the top in percentage qf iilileraey.
^South Carolina stands 43rd from
the top in NATIVE WHITE-illiteracy.
“There are 38,742 native white illi
terates in the State. This is MORE
THAN THE TOTAL number of illi
.terates'in the following FIVE states
“Idaho 4,924, Montana 9,544, Neva
da 3,802, North Dakota 9,937, Oregon
9,317; total 37^2|, with more than
d thousand to s$%re. '
“There are 179,482 ILLITERATE
VOTERS in the State. .
“South Carolina has SIX COUN
TIES with OVER 26 PER CENT IL
LITERACY:
“Jasper 33.0, Allendale 32.4, George
town 29.7, Lee 26.9, Colleton 25.6
Berkeley 38.4.
“South Carolina has SEVENTEEh
COUNTIES with MORE JHAN 20
PER CENT ILLITERACY:
“Fairfield 24,6, Chester 23.8, Barn
well 23.8, Beaufort 22.6, Marion 22.5,
Dillon 22.2, Williamsburg 21.7, Edge-
field 20.5, Hampton 20.4, McCormick
20.4, Dorchester 20.3..
“The percentage of illiteracy in the
’ State ranges fiom 10.7 per cent in
Pickens county to 38.4 per cent in
Berkeley.
“In Berkeley, the most illiterate
couyty, only 23 5 per cent of the
children IG and 17 years of age, at
tend school, while in Pickens 43.5 per
cent of the children 16 and 17 years
of age are in school.
“'mere is ONLY ONE STATE
LOWER thin iivith Carolina .in per
centage of illit *racy—Louisiana.
“14o,226 of South Carolina’s illiter
ates are under 44 years of age.
“illiteracy in .South Carolina is
laigeiy a RURAL PROBLEM:
, “Illiteracy in rural sections, 196,-
'510. ilht*ia/y 'in i/urban sections,
2<,15.. Total n unber of illiterates in
% the State, 220,667.
’ “NO ILLI'l I RACY IN THE UNIT
ED STATES IN 1930! Will YOU
help?” >
endanger the lives of other little ones 1
who are unable to protect themsel
ves?”
Look on the streets of our city at
for what the past has yielded; to face
the future with a mutual hopefulness
in what it holds in store for us.
or clemency. He has given no inti
mation of his action, othej- than to
hat he might have time to study the
case and to consider all of the evi
dence that is now set forth by the atr
orreys of the convicted men.
King and Harrell brutally killed an
innocent man riding along the public
roads, attending to his own business.
They tried to evade the law, but were
'Ater apprehended, arrested, convict
ed after their own confessions. And
now, in view of all these facts, the
letition for clemency comes as an
eleventh hour attempt to save the
tlayers from the electric chair and the
governor has granted a temporary re
prieve. Why give these men corsid-
eration N after the law has taken its
ourse and by their confession, they
■stand convicted? What consideration
lid they show that poor, lonely trav
eler on the public highway? In re
urn fiy a kindness* snown them,, he
was willfully and brutally murdered,
md his body concealed away in an ef
fort to lose its identification, and to
give them time as they thought to
make their escape. ’
There are instances, of course,
where clemency ought to be granted,
but certainly, this is not the case. In
fact, the matter o< handing out par
ens has become altogether too com
mon and severe penalties no longer
hold th? detriment for those who are
accused that they should. There are
too many loop-holes, too many mis
carriages of justice.
We fail to see why there should
e any further investigation in the
ase. The officer was brutally mur-
iered, bis slayers have confessed that
- hey did it, and the courts have spok
en. If these two men db not go
co the electric chuir, capital punish-
nent in South Carolina should be ab
olished now and forever, and no fur
ther pretenses as to its practice
should be made.
This case not only affects Harrell
.and— but all of society.—If
criminals, guilty of as hideous a
’rime as these two men are not given
the extreme penalty, then what are
we to expect of others who would fol
low in their footsteps, and wbit pro
tection is society to hope for?
any time and you will see cars driven
Val of good cheer and hearty thanks by children not large enough to see
over the steering wheel, much less
old enough to think quickly in an
emergency. _ ,
Fellow citizens, let’s don’t wait un
til some of our loved ones are killed
to take some action. Tjet every one
streets pass some test and be issued
11 a driver’s license. The license need
9
The gentleman who remarked that,
“bobbed hair belongs to youth,” was
InJRiqikRgtojau^a*,
a record for short'locks Tias* oeeh
made. Mrs. Lueretia Alexander, 98;
her daughter, Mrs. Clara Buntyn, 76
,her granddaughter, Mrs. E. B. Skin
ner. 56; her great-granddaughter,
Mis. Ciarehce Mobley, 18; her great}-
great-granddaughter, Daisy Mobley,
nineteen months old, all have bobbed
hair, covering the period from the
cradle to the grave. After’ all, its
meieiy a matter of the individual’s
likes or dislikes, and not a moral
question, as some would attempt to
make it. Of necessity, bobbed hair
no more evidences frivolity or stupid
ity than long hair indicates brains.
Achievement, regardless of what
sphere it is sought in, is something
that we should all work for untiringly.
Mrs. Owen Adair, of Warrenton, Ore.,
has given the world a wonderful ex
ample of what can be accomplished
when an honest effort is made, back
ed for an uncompromising persever
ance. At the age of 14, Mrs. Adair
became a wife, a mother at 15, a wid
ow at 16, an illiterate at 18—but a
noted physician at 82. Unable to
read at the age of 18, she became
convinced that education was all-im
portant. She began studying to be
come a physician, she worked for and
J won three medical degrees, two of
them from abroad. She has also ac
cumulated a comfortable fortune. A
fine example she gives to the ambi
tious, youth of our land.
not cost anything, but it would have
to be obtained from a board of cen
sors who would be selected with care.
I might say just here that there
are some grown people that are now
driving car's that should not be issued
a driver’s license. However, they
could go out ni the section# where
traffic is not so congested until they
learn to haW.le a car, then after their
examination by the censors, if they
pass, they also be issued a license.
Let’s take sgme acton on this* at
once. What say you?
“A CITIZEN.”
COFFEE DEMONSTRATION
Saturday, November 22
UNDER AUSPICES LADIES HOSPITAL
ASSOCIATION
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We announce with pleasure an all-day
Defoonstratiori of LORD CALVERT COF
FEE at our Store on Saturday, November
22nd. The ladies of the Hospital Associa
tion will have the Demonstration in charge
and will be given the net proceeds to aid
in their work. All sales cash.
All Ladies Invited
LITTLE 8 DENSON
50L-=aTwo Phones-«54 —
Clinton, S. C.
College Represented
At Centennial
BOOST YOUR TOWN
Every citizen should help Clfnton
>y resolving—
That—you will talk and work for
i bigger, better, brighter town.
That—you will help to make this
» good town so that the town can
True friends, if you have any, are
valuable possessions. We should
never let one go out of our lives if
we can by any possibility help it.
They are too scarce. If slights are
given, let them be overlooked. If
misunderstandings arise, lot them
quickly be set right. Friendship is.
too rare and sacred a treasure to be
thrown away. And yet many people
are pet eareful te retain friend®.
Some lose them through inattention,
failing to maintain those little ameni
ties, courtesies and kindnesses whjch
cost so little, and yet are hooks of
steel to grapple and hold our friends
Some drop old friends for new ones
thinking they are making improve
meats. Some take offense easily at
imagined slights, and ruthless!? cut
the most sacred ties. Some become
impatient of little faults and imper
fections, and discard even truest
friends. Sqme are incapable of any
deep or permanent affection, and fly
from friendship to friendship, like
. STOCKHOLDERS MEETING '
There will be a regular annual
meeting of the stock-holders of the
Masonic Temple, Inc., of Clinton, S.
C., at Clinton, in the Masonic Hall, on delightful trio.
Friday, December 5, at 7:30 p. m., at
which meeting election of Directors
will be held, the matter of declaring
dividends and the disposition of de
linquent payments on stock will be
taken up, and such other matters as
may come before stock-holders. AH
stock-holders are hereby notified and
requested to be present either in per
son or by proxy.
Dated at Clinton, S. C., this the
12th day of November, 1924.
B. H. BOYD, President.
CARLTON F. WINN, See’y.
12-4-ltc
Dr. Dudley Jones Back From One
Hundredth Anniversary Celebra
tion at Medical College.
Dr. Dudley Jones spent last week
in Charleston where he attended the
Centennial celebration of the Medical
College of that city. The occasion
drew thousands of visitors to Char
leston, including representatives from
a number of colleges and universities
throughout the country. Dr. Jones
was the official representative of the
Presbyterian College, and reports a
THE PIPER
There was a piper
Who had. a pipe.
He played all day
And all the night. *
Now, ihen, guess with all your might,
Who this was that had a pipe
And played all day—and a(l the night.
You may hear, and you may see,
But never this piper, who sits in a
tree!
Who plays his pipe all day and night,
Twiddle—de-diddle de-dee!
—By John Wimbish, 6th Grade,
Thornwell Orphanage.
MR. BAILEY IMPROVING
The friends of Mr. M. S. Bailey, I
now a patient at the Columbia hospi
tal, will be pleased to know that his
condition is reported as improving.
He underwent an operation a few
days ago and stood it as satisfactor
ily as could be expected, his physic
ians slate. His many friends in the
city unite in wishing for him a speedy
recovery to his accustomed health.
J. B. FRONTIS
JEWELER
CLINTON. 8. C.
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That—you will increase the value of i birds £rom h 00 ** 1 40 b «t make
your property by improving its ap- no res£ £or * be ' r hearts in any. Some,
pearance. *
That—you will say something good
about the town every time you write
a letter.
That—you will invest and spend
your money here at home where you
make it. . .
Thai—you will keep your premises
rleaned up and your buildings re
paired as’a matter of both pride and
profit.
That—you will contribute as much
money as you can and as much enthu
siasm as anybody, to develop the re-
lOurces of thg, town.
possessing friends, never appreciate
them.
Honor Roll of
Goldville School
:En Passant:
W. W. H.
When a man thinks foe is safe, he
s usually in danger.
Ore does not always get what he
deserves in life—John W. D.avis and
the presidency, for instance.
Don’t be afraid to tackle big things
—a Packard is lots easier to s^eer
char, a Ford.
the Kit* . Harrell case
One cannot understand the persist
ent effort now being made seeking
clemency fer Fmtife Marcel! and Mor
timer .King, confessed murderers of
Major Me Leary, and under electrocu
tion sentence on November 21. A
petition, 'sign^ii by eleven members
of the jury/ tfo >t tried the case, as
well as se/er*} hundred Chesterfield
bounty citizen** Uis been placed in the A soft snap is hard to find, so don’t
governor s hnnl.s- by the convicted become chscouraged if you are still
men’s ^atborno/i. The governor has j hunting it.
granted them a reprieve for two! r
weeks in order to allow hint addition-1 The fellow who won’t pay his debts
al time for investigation and a furth- 1 ought to be kept out of the Amen
er consideration of the case. This i corner by the ushers,
automatically st «iys the death sen-
What’s the use to convict criminals
when the pardon boards are continu
ally turning them loose?
tenee of November 21, and gives the
Christmas will soon be here. What
* tw* louder lease | a thrill i$ bangs to the little folks,
on Me, awaiting the gbrarpory decia-! and grown-ups, too. You will do bet-
iv ^ «o wli Atier thc*.ir Tfcsntence will Jter for yourself, and for others as
First grade: Sam Dyson, Vernie
Mae Painter, Edna Hamm, Virginia
Baker.
Second grade: Sarah Clark, Mar
garet Stroud. . „
Third grade: Brooks Lanford, Mat-
tie Lou Puckett, Margaret Sample.
Sixth grade: Helen Purdy.
Seventh grade: Larry Smith, Elsie
Painter.
Hoarse,
Tickling
Throats
and Hudky Voice Try
NYAL HUSKEYS
They are pleasant tasting throat relief pav
•titles medicated sufficiently to produce re
sults. Huskeys dissolve in the moudi slowly
but surely, thus affording prolonged medi
cation. Smokers, singers, actors ana speakers
rtcocunend Huskeys for keeping the throat fit.
The package is convenient in rise for desk,
pocket or handbag.
Twcntyfvc Cents
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THE FRAGRANT, LASTING GIFT *
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Perhaps the bride-to-be may need one most of all;
but every woman of any age should have a Red Cedar
Chest. In it her daintiest apparel, her furs and woolens
and the many little treasures of her heart are alway&
safe and clean. For this is a real Cedar Chest—fashion
ed by master craftsmen from the finest cedar heart-
wood nature can provide, and cedar that is fully three-
quarters of an inch thick.. No moths, no dust nor damp
ness may enter it.
Our prices on Cedar Chests are considerably less than;
they have been .for years. Every lady and young girl
wants a Cedar Chest. Select one now and have us to
deliver it Christmas eve.
CLINTON,
“THE HOME MAKERS”
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