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VOLUME XXV
CLINTON, S. Q., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12,1925
NUMBER 7
MASS MEETING
HELD MONDAY
Meeting Approves City Paving Bill As
Presented. Council Refuses To
Recommend Its Passage With*
out Amendments.
The citizens mass meeting, called
for Monday night in the graded school
auditorium, was attended by approxi
mately one hundred people. Dr. L. R.
Lynn was elected chairman of the
meeting, and S, G. Dillard, secretary.
The meeting had been called for the
purpose of considering a resolution
now in the hands of the county dele
gation in the legislature asking for
the passage of an act authorizing the
iwn^oiUCiuaten ^.iesw-street" pav
ing certificates and sell same, pledg
ing the credit of the town therefor
and pledging the abutting property
assessments laid upon property abut
ting street improvements.
Mayor J. P. Jacobs read and ax-
plained the proposed bill which would
overcome the handicap of the present
law by which it is now impossible for
the city to issue street paying certifica
tes. He presented the bill as prepar
ed by Attorney J. N. Nathans of
Charleston, and urged the recommen
dation of its passage by the general
assembly now in session.
R. W. Wade, city attorney, also
made some remarks ( as to the legal
phases of the bill. After the preli
minary discussion, Mr. Wade moved
that the bill be taken up section by
section for adoption. At the suggest
ion of Mayor Jacobs, Mr. Wade read
the bill by section, after which he
offered several amendments which
were all voted dpwn and the meeting
went on record as favoring the pas
sage of the bill in its entirety as pre
sented. Each of the desired amend
ments were offered by Mr. Wade, and
the motion to reject in each instance
was made by Mayor Jacobs. The
meeting then adjourned.
Immediately following the mass
meeting, city council met to further
consider the bill with the mayor and
all six aldermen present. A motion
made by Alderman J. P. Carter and
seconded by Alderman R. C. Collins,
recommended to the county delegation
4.1.- „„„„„„„ . . .. °. , .Besides ner nusoand, wno is
Council w.r dlvidsd ^ ,0M *" d four d »"* h
several members being unwilling to
pass the bill without the amendments
as offered. The motion was killed on
a direct vote, Aldermen Carter and
Collins voting for its passage, and
Aldermen Dillard, Bailey, Blalock and
Stone voting against it.
The bill is now in the hands of the
county delegation for final disposi
tion. Whether it is to be enacted into
law or rejected, has not been announc
ed.
The full bill appeared in The Chron
icle last week. The amendments as
‘offered Monday night, and rejected,
follow:
Amendment to section 1, page 4, by
striking out the wh’ole of said section,
and substituting the following:
“That the corporate authorities ox
the Town of Clinton are hereby au
thorized and empowered to provide by
ordinance for the payment of the cost
of the permanent improvements of
any streets or sidewalks of said town
by levying upon owners of property
immediately abutting op streets and
sidewalks or part of either so improv
ed, an assessment in proportion to the
frontage of such property abutting on
such street *or sidewalk o* part of
either so improved of not exceeding
one-half of the cost of such improve
ment, provided: That no assessment
shall be laid upon the abutting pro
perty owners until such improvements
have been ordered pursuant to such or
dinance, upon written consent, signed
and filed with the town clerk, of not
less than two-thirds in number of the
owners of the property abutting upon
such street, sidewalk or part of either
proposed to be improved, and, pro
vided further: That the corporate au- 1
DEATH CLAIMS
BELOVED LADY
Mrs. Emily Watts Davis Passes After
Long Illness. Was Well Known
Over South Carolina.
Mrs. Nancy Emily Davis, wife of
John Calhoun Davis, died at her fam
ily residence near here last Saturday
night shortly before 12 o’clock after
an illness of many months, the out*
come of which had been expected for
several days.
..The funeral service was held Sun
day afternoon at three o'clock at Rock
Bridge, and was conducted by Dr. D.
J. Woods and Dr. Dudley Jones.
Interment followed at the Davia
^aYe^rd^ear^the-aldrJitatoric-PrtrP-
byterian church building. A large
concourse of friends and relatives
from all sections of the county were
present to pay a last tribute to one of
whom it could always be said, “None
knew her but to love her.”
Mrs. Davis was in her 80th year.
She was born October 31, 1846, at
Spring Grove in the lower part of this
county, being a daughter of the late
Col. J. Washington Watts and Sallie
Williams Jones. She was a woman
universally loved and was very active
as long as her health would permit in (
Christian service hnd in the national
society, Daughters of the American
Revolution of South Carolina, having
organized the Musgrove Mills chap
ter at Clinton, of which she faithfully
served as regent for 12 years. She
also served as state genealogist of
the organization and was known and
loved by all her co-wAkers in State
and local D. A. R. work.
Mrs. Davis was a consist&it mem
ber of the Rock Bridge Presbyterian
church and to its demands and those
of humanity she always gave an ear
nest response. Her disposition was
one of cheerfulness and kindness. She
could always sea the beautiful and
divine in all thingg^ibii those touch*
ing her unselfish liffc ‘were made bet
ter for her having lived.
Truly it can be said of “Aunt Em
ma,” as she was affectionately known
by many, “She lived by the side of the
road, and was a friend to man.”
Besides her husband, who is 93
ters. They are: Miss Agatha Davis
and Mrs. R. E. Jones of this city,
Mrs. Chris A. Walker" of Columbia,
Mrs. Charles Akerman of Macon, Ga.,
Jack H. Davis, Sr., W. Watts Davis,
James R. Davis of Laurens. She is
also survived by one brother, John
D. W. Watts of Laurens, and two sis
ters, Mrs. B. R. Fuller of Mountville,
and Mrs. Jim Wade Hill of Cross
Hill.
P Dabbled In Wheat [
JURORS DRAWN
FOR NEXT COURT
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Mrs. S. C. Durand, “dirt farmer”
and dajrywoman of Illinois, has
made a killing in wheat, cleaning
up nearly a million dollars, accus
ing to authoritive reports. Sh&ad
mils “dabbling in the market a bit”
and says:—“Wheat is likely to
reach $2.25, and I shouldn’t be at
all surprised if it went tct $2.50i
PUPILS TO HOLD
OPEN MEETING
SPECIAL SERVICES
AT THE COLLEGE
Week of Prayer Being Observed With
Dr. W. H. 'DtfBose of Spartan
burg, As the Speaker.
Following an established custom,
the Presbyterian College is observing
Prayer Week with two services being
held daily in the college chapel, the
first occurjng last night.
The Rev. W. H. DuBose, D. D., pas
tor of the First Presbyterian church
Members Woodrow Wilson Literary
Society Arrange Program For
Friday Evening. <
The second open meeting of the
Woodrow Wilson Literary Society of
the Clinton High school will be held
Friday evening, February 13, at 7:30
o’clock, in the graded school auditor-
iuni. The following program will be
carried out:
Invocation.
Music, Janella Boland.
Readings: “Bobby Shaftoes,” Lil
lian Burns Browning; “A • Brilliant
Speech,” Emma Little; “Where Ignor
ance is Bliss,” Katherine Glasgow. .
Music—Violin solo, Alice Todd.
Declamations: “South Carolina in
the Revolution,” Arthur Copeland;
“Citizenship,” T. J. Blalock; “Wood-
row Wilson,” J. W. Milam.
Music, Ethel Killen.
Debate: “Resolved,/That the Twen
tieth Amendment Should be Ratified.”
Affirmative: Ella Belle Wilson and
Elise Henry. Negative Wm. Brooks-
Owens and Carlisle Smith.
Music—Piano duet, Janet Leake and
Jeanette Crawford.
Decision of judges.
DR. L. R. LYNN TO
SPEAK IN GREENWOOD
Dr. L. R. Lynn, of this city, will oc
cupy the pulpit of the First Presby-
of Spartanburg, has been secured by j terian church of Greenwood on Sun-
President Douglas to conduct the, day morning. In his absence, Dr. D.
series of special services. By the stu
dent body and faculty alike, he is be
ing heard with unusual interest.
Next Sunday, the two services will
be held in the First Presbyterian
church instead of the college chapel.
Dr. DuBose will speak on both occa
sions and a cordial invitation is ex
tended the public to hear him.
word “upon” after the word “paid”, on
line 10 of said section, and substitut
ing the following therefor:
“Upon default in payment of any
J. Woods will preach for the Thom-
well Memorial congregation, his pul
pit for the morning hour being filled
by Dr. W. H. DuBose, of Spartan
burg.
FEDERAL JURORS
ARE ANNOUNCED
installments or deferred portion of
thorities shall have first made provis- ’ an ^ r asse88m e n ts, at the time and in
ion to pay one-half of the last of such
improvements.”
Amendment to section 3, page 2,
and section 3, and page 5, by striking
out the whole thereof, and substitut
ing the following:
“The assessment sail be payable at
such times and on such terms of pay
ment, and such rates of interest on
deferred payments, as may be pre
scribed by ordinance of the Town
Council, provided: That the final pay
ment or installment shall not be with
in five (5) years nor more than ten
(10) years next ensuing from the
date of the passage of said ordinance,
and provided further: That the rate of
interest charged the property owners
on any deferred assessment or install
ment thereof shall not exceed 5 per
cent per annum, and provided fur
ther: That .nothing herein contained
shall be construed to prevent any
property owner against whose pro
perty assessments have been levied,
from paying any portion or all of
•uch assessment in advance.”
accordance with the terms and condi
tions fixed by ordinance, such delin
quent payment or payments, together
with interest thereon, shall be col
lectible as town taxes are now collect
ible, and with such penalties and costs
as are now provided for the payment
of such taxes.”
Further amend the proposed bill by
adding thereto on page 7, before sec
tion 8, the following section, which
shall be known as section 8, and sec
tion 8, which is now on said bill shall
be known as section 9, as follows:
“That the provisions herein shall
not apply or become operative until
submitted to. the qualified electors of
the Town of Clinton by the Town
Council for approval, and a majority
of the qualified electors voting* at
said election on its approval vote in
favor thereof at any general munici
pal election or any special municipal
election (whether called and held for
that purpose only or not) when the
question of the said approval of said
law is submitted and voted on separ-
For the session of the United States
court at Spartanburg, beginning Feb
ruary 17, the following Laurens coun
ty citizens have been subpeoned: Jas.
C. Todd, Frank Little, D. H. Wilson,
and W. P. Sullivan, for the first week,
and W. J. Donnan for the second week
beginning February 23.
Miss Lurea Moore spent Saturday
in Greenville.
General Sessions Court To Convene
February 16th With Judge J. W.
Devore Presiding.
The county jury commissioners met
during the past week and drew the
grand jurors for 1925 and the petit
jurors for the term of criminal court
beginning next Monday, February 16.
They first drew six members of last
year’s grand jury, who are to serve
for another year. At the approaching
term of court Judge J. W. Devore of
Edgefield, will preside and it is under
stood that the docket is a heavy one
and will occupy the entire week.
The complete list of jurors drawn is
as follows:
• Grand Jury
•* (Pfrst ^ Hold-over?): ' W: ’ fe.
Brooks, Dials; R. F. Walker, Cross
Hill; J. C. Miller, Hunter; J. Wister
Cooper, Waterloo; 0. L. Hunter, Scuf-
fletown; J. M. Rhodes, Youngs; J. L.
Cooper, Laurens; W. L. Smith, Lau
rens; W. M. Henderson, Youngs; G.
C. Roper, Sullivan; B. L. Martin,
Waterloo; W. E. Griffin, Cross Hill;
G. F. Buford, Hunter; M. D. Milam,
Jacks; W. E. McClintock, Scuffle-
town; M. W. Woods, Dials; T. A.
Crawford, Sullivan; L. E. Ball, Dials.
Petit Jurors
Cecil P. Roper, Laurens; J. Ben
Hunter, Youngs; R. S. Bolt, Dials; Ef-
fie Owings, Dials; T. D. ' Farrow,
Dials; F. J. Bragg, Dials; James H.
Woods, Sullivan; Geo. T. Weathers,
Sullivan; A. B. Fuller, Waterloo; Eu
gene E. Simpson, Sullivan; E. F.
Workman, Cross Hill; Ryland F. Sum-
erel, Hunter; Ina C. Boland, Hunter;
E. F. Franklin, Hunter; R. B. Stead
man, Laurens; T. W. Donnan, Scuffle-
town; H. S. Hatton, Jacks; Thos. P.
Ware, Jacks; W. S. Smith, (>oss Hill;
J. B. O’Dell, Waterloo; J. F. Mitchell,
Waterloo; N. B. Woods, Sullivan; E.
P. Patton, Youngs; T. M. Burnett,
Youngs; S. M. Wilkes, Laurens; R. R.
Barnet, Youngs; F. M. Stutts, Hun
ter; John W. Ropp, Dials; W. N.
Gregory, Youngs; Joe B. Nabers,
Jacks; M. H. Kendrick, Laurens; R.
W. Brown, Cross Hill; J. Herman
Power, Dials; C. E. Wasson, Sullivan.
LEGISLATURE
DOING UTTLE
General Assembly Enters Upon Fifth
Week of the Session. Highway
Measures Up This Week.
Columbia, Feb. 9.—Having spent
four weeks of its session doing prac
tically nothing, the general assembly
is expected this week to take some
definite action upon the various
amendments proposed to the “pay-as-
you-go” road law, and maybe next
week to receive from the ways and
means committee the general appro
priation bill.
The house spent a whole day last
week killing . Ret
opmfiort^hd nlse
of bathing pools on Sunday. The sen
ate slaughtered a good many meas
ures.
Thursday the senate began its
slaughter with the rejection of the
finance committee’s bill to allow the
state sinking fund commission . to
spend $800,000 instead of $600,000 in
the erection of the proposed state of
fice building. The vote, taken after
days of debate, stood 24 to 18 against
the allowing of the additional loan.
The sepate at the same time recorded
its disapproval of plans to purchase
the Liberty National Bank building,
rejecting the resolution of D. E. Am-
ick of Lexington, to provide for the
appointment of a committee to in
quire into the feasibility of the pur
chase. There remains therefore un
decided the question as to whether the
attempt should be made to erect a
$500,000 building and this the sinking
fund commission is expected to recom
mend should not be attempted as no
such structure “to meet the present
and future office space needs as the
state” can be erected, it is said, for
this amount.
Thursday also saw the death of the
Jeffords bill creating a state depart
ment of mouth hygiene, for many
days a subject of debate in the upper
house and Friday, without debate,
killed the bill of R. H. McAdams of
Abbeville, to decrease the legal rate
of interest in the state by 1 per cent,
and the resolution of A. F. McKissick
of Greenville, and J. O. Williams of
1>I7<AT UTr» ATT/ ^ LI rill Pickens, -requiring » report from the
KJbiAjL tSlvir INlvrxll state tax commission on automobiles
escaping taxation. Both measures
had previously passed the lower
house.
Pending both houses, as has been
the case for some time, are measures
proposing amendment of the socalled
“pay-as-you-go” road act and in both
KIWANIANS PLAN
Annual Ladies Nigfil on Friday Even
ing, February 20, To Be An
Enjoyable Occasion.
Ladies’ Night, the second annual
midwinter event of its kind given
under the auspices of the Clinton Ki-
wanis club, has been announced for
Friday evening, February 20, at 8
o’clock. The affair will be staged in
the Clinton Hotel, double-staged in
fact, for at the given hour things will
begin in the parlor and a little later
will continue in the dining room. All
the Kiweens of Clinton are expected
to be present and an evening of fun,
mixed with seriousness, is being ar
ranged. '
The Clinton club has changed its
meetjn^hour from 12 a. m. to 7 p. m.
Last Friday evening the club held an
enjoyable meeting and the members
heard an excellent address from Dr.
Dudley Jones, who had the program in
charge. During the evening the fol
lowing six new members were re
ceived and cordially welcomed into
the membership of the club: Dr. L.
R. Lynn, Dr. W. E. Hoy, W. A. Moor
head, Gilbert Blakely, Pet B. Adair,
and L. E. Hatton.
CITADEL PLAYS HERE
ON SATURDAY NIGHT
FOOTBALL MEN
GUESTS OF CLUB
Monthly Meeting Commercial Club
Tuesday Evening. New Officers ,0
To Be Named Next Month.
The February meeting of the Com
mercial Club was held Tuesday even
ing in the club rooms. President J.
H. Witherspoon presided and the in
vocation was offered by Dr. D. M.
Douglas. The Methodist ladies pre
sided in the kitchen and dining hall
and this insured for the members an
excellent supper for which the “Wes-
leyites” are famous.
The club had as its guests the mem
bers of the football teauL okthe Pres-
The Citadel basketball team will
arrive in the city Saturday to meet
the P. C. five Saturday night in the
new gym. The game will be called
at eight o’clock and one of the sea
son’s largest crowds is expected to be
on hand. The Citadel team is one of
the best in the state and has a record
for the season that has been surpass
ed by few teams in the South. Lov
ers of the cage sport may expect a
real battle when these two rivals meet
and will have an opportunity to see
the mighty Weeks in action.
Amendment to sectioh 2, page 1, and ate,y and the ba ; Iot3 thereon de P os:t "'
section 2, page 4, by striking out all 1 od :n a separate box properly labelled
of said section, beginning with the and prowdad for that purpose.” «
NAMES
You meet Mr. Howard and Mr. Walters in a gathering. Their
names are to you but two of many you hear.
A few days later you meet Mr. Howard again. And again. He
becomes a friend, perhaps an intimate in your social as well as
business life. Mr. Howard’s name growsfto mean a lot to you. Mr.
Walters is rarely seen again dnd soon forgotten.
In this newspaper are other names—names of advertised products.
Week after week you see them. They are like old friends—to be
trusted. Their names mean economy, full value and integrity.
The unadvertised products—perhaps you see one in a store—or
in a friend’s home. Soon the name is forgotten—a stranger about
whom you know little. "3
Fill your medicine closet, your pantry, your wardrobe with pro
ducts whose names are guaranties of their integrity—advertised pro
ducts. Like intimate friends—you know what they are and will do.
Read The Chronicle advertisements to know the names that
are worth knowing in the market plkce.
houses—the senate Wednesday and
the house Thursday—these bills, car
rying reductions in the motor vehicle
license fees and proposing increases
in the gasoline taxes, will this week
be debated.
The Spruill-Jeffords highway bill
was given consideration in the upper
house last Friday and was one of the
few measures to survive the senate’s
sanguinary mood. The bill, amended
by the senate committee on roads,
bridges and ferries, provides for:
motor vehicle license fees of $9 on
vehicles of 2,000 pounds and less, and
for $3 for each additional 500 pounds
or fraction thereof, and gasoline taxes
of five cents a gallon, receipts from
four cents of which will be given the
state highway department, the re
mainder to the counties for the main
tenance and construction of roads not
included in the state highway system.
No definite action has been taken
on the measure, further debate and
consideration of the bill having been
postponed until Wednesday, when-Jt
is to be taken up immediately after
the consideration of third reading
bills.
The similar-measure now on the
house calendar 1 —the Keith-McMeekin-
Robinson et al. bill—has also been
set for a special order and will come
up for consideration Thursday after)
third reading bills* The bill, given (
the unanimous approval of the ways,
and means committee, would reduce
the motor vehicle license fees to the,
1924 level—$6 for vehicles of 2,000
pounds and less and $2 for each addi- ■
tional 500 pounds or fraction thereof (
and at the same time increase the
gasoline tax to five cents, the return,
four cents of which would go to the j
state highway department. Consid-)
eration of the measure before this j
date has been prevented by the object
ion of John B. Duffie of Sumter, who
will propose an amendment of the bill
decreasing the gasoline tax to four
cents and increasing the license fees
| to $9 for vehicles of 2,000 pounds or
| less and $3 for each additional frac
tion thereof.
The senate has passed to third read-
j ing the important measure by Senator j
i D. A. G. Outzs of Greenwood, to pro- |
j vide for uniform textbooks in the
' schools.
young men- were called upon for a few
remarks and in feeling terms they
spoke of their appreciation of the
courtesies and spirit of friendship and
helpfulness shown them by the people
of Clinton. Assistant Coach Eichel-
berger made a talk on athletics and
Messrs. Edmunds, Banks, McLaurin
and Wilson did likewise.
Dr. D. M. Douglas, president of the
college, expressed his appreciation of
the cordial relations that exists be
tween the town and college and spoke
of the ideals that the institution is
constantly holding up in advocacy of
clean athletics rather than winning
teams. Dr. D. J. Brimm expressed
his appreciation of the interest shown
in the college students by the club
and spoke of the intellectual work
that the institution is endeavoring to
do.
Prof. Kenneth Baker of the high
school, and Dr. L. R. Lynn of the or
phanage, spoke of the pleasant rela
tions that exist between the college
and the fine spirit of cooperation that
has always been manifested.
Dr. D. J. Brimm, as spokesman for
the ladies of the Civic Association,
called to the club’s attention the work
they are endeavoring to do looking to
tHe beautifying of the town and indi
vidual premises. He asked that the
club assist the ladies by offering
prizes to the amount of $30 to be of
fered for the best flower gardens, and
his motion was adopted by the club.
Dr. L. R. Lynn called tb the club’s
attention the recent action of Mr. J.
B. Duke in setting up his great edu
cational fund, and in view of the fact
that the Thomwell Orphanage of this
city is to participate in the fund, he
suggested that the secretary be in
structed to write Mr. Duke the appre
ciation of the community for the mag
nificent thing he has done.
City Engineer Johnson made a
statement relative to the danger of
the railroad crossing approaching the
new school building now being erect
ed, and suggested as its solution the
erection of an overhead steel bridge.
It was pointed out that the cost could
probably be divided between the rail
roads and city. A motion was then
adopted inviting the heads of the two
railroads to be the club’s guests at
the next meeting, at which time a
conference would be held on this pro
position along with the one now pend
ing of relocating the freight depots
and yards.
President Witherspoon announced
that in accordance with the by-laws,
the nominating committee to bring in
recommendations for officers for the
new year, was made at the February
meeting. He named the following
committee: J. I. Copeland, Dr. J. W.
Davis, R. E. Ferguson, Dr. G. W. B.
Smith and C. W. Stone;
Mr. J. F. Jacobs, upon the club's
request, made a brief statement cov
ering the activities of the county
highway commission and the present
status of road development in the
county. He stated that it is hoped
within the next mouth to have the
Mountville end of the Calhoun high
way open all the way through for
travel. He further stated that a con
ference was held Tuesday with the
state highway commission and the
county delegation in Columbia in an
effort to get reimbursements on the
state projects already completed in
the county with the end in view of se
curing available funds for the build
ing of the Belfast road in this sec
tion as well as several other short
projects in the upper part of the
county. While he could not state de
finitely the commission’s action, he
felt hopeful that their decision would
be favorable, thereby making possible
the building of the contemplated road.
Mr. James J. Lynn, recently moved
to Clinton from Chester, and Mr. P.
B. Bailey were present as guests of
members, and expressed their appre
ciation of the invitation.
WORK DAY AT HURRICANE
POULTRY SHIPMENT
BRINGS IN
CASH
There will be a general work day at
the Hurricane school house on Satur-'
day, February 14, beginning at 8:30
a. m. All who are interested in the
school are asked to be present to az-
sist in the work.
Four towns in this section, Four
tain Inn, Gray Court, Laurens, an
Clinton, participated in the fourth cs
lot shipment of poultry that was mad
last week and destined for the Ne
York market. The car consisted c
16,326 jtpunds of poultry contribute
by farmers in the respective territor
and-brought $3,288.11.
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