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$ . PAGE TWO THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. <■*> THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1925 GET READY FOR EASTER RIDING Have your car gone over by us carefully from radiator to rear light, from steering gear to driving shaft, and have it put in first-class running or der. We examine the engine carefully for possible defects, hidden, but there just the same. EDWARDS AUTO SERVICE K>>< PRUNING KNIFE IS APPLIED TO BILL Get Ready for Easter We. Are Doing Our Level Best * * EVERY DAY OF EVERY WEEK TO LIVE UP TO OUR MOTTO: THE STORE THAT SATISFIES L. B. Dillard 4 1 Younp Hats I HE ONE PRICE STORE’* Ralston and 4 ► 4 ► $5.00 Clinton, S. C. Nettleton Shoes 4> < 4 Senator Goodwin Makes Reduction of Several Thousands of Dollars On County Revenue Measure. Senator 0. P. GoodWin has used the pruning knife on the salary list of county officials and employees, ac cording to reliable reports received from Columbia. The supply bill as sent to him from the lower house, has been reduced, several thousands of dollars. Rural policemen came in for the first cut by the senator. It will be recalled that the members of the dele gation cut the force from seven to six but allowed an increase of $200 a year to the six remaining. The senator agreed to the reduction in number of policemen, but refused to aljbw the salary increase of thosp remaining. The county superintendent of edu cation also came in for a reduction from the lower house’s bill. The in crease of $300 a year in salary for her and jthe increase of $300 for clerical assistance were both cut out by the senator. The superintendent’s salary remains at $1,500 with $300 traveling expense, while the appropriation for a clerk remains at $600. The provi- JURY FINDS CHAPMAN GUILTY don. in last year’s supply bill far the gave no evidence of emotion. as. the Jeans supervisor bT~coiored schools was not included by either the lower house members or the senator. For several years the lower house has gone through the motion of rais ing the salary of the clerk to the su pervisor from $900 to $1,200, only to have the raise cut out by the senator. The same motion was gone through again this year with the same result. The increase was not allowed. The senator also reduced the ap propriation of $2,500, made for pre servation of old county records, to June 25th Set By Judge As Day On Which Bandit Must Die On Gallows. ' Hartford, Conn., April 4.—Gerald Chapman, spectacular mail bandit, jail breaker and criminal extraordinhry, today was sentenced to hang in the Connecticut state prison June 25 in payment for the life of a New Britian, Conn., patrolman, of whose murder last October 12 h jury had convicted him less than an hour before. Chapman, the stoic criminal, whose flaming misdeeds have made him an international figure, did riot flinch or falter as his doom descended upon him. With his arms folded across his breast and his frail body held stiffly erect, he listened to the judge’s sepulchral words speel out his doom with only a flushed face to mark his emotion. Hartford, Conn., April 4.—Gerald Chapman today was found guilty of murder in the first decree for the slaying of a New Britain police last October 12. Chapman standing in the bleak prisoner’s dock in the court room, court clerk read the verdict handed him by the jury foreman. Chapman was convicted of the mur der of Patrolman James Skelly of New Britain on the gray morning of Sunday, October 12, 1924, in shooting his way to freedom after three police men had trapped him in the rear of ‘the department store of Davidson and Levanthal, where he had just “blown” two safes. Through Groehl, the seemingly un perturbed man, now face to face with the gallows, announced a few minutes New Prices for Washing Cars # * All Ford models $1.25 Cars with Disc wheels \... $1.25 Cars with Artillery wheels $1.50 • Cars with Wire wheels .7 . v $2.00 ’ ^ 0 ' Any car greased all over $1.00 J. K. HATTON “On The Square” LET US BAKE YOUR Daily Bread AND YOUR Easier Cakes and Pies < ► Clinton Bakery ii *300. This appropriation was asked | after the that ..j really did not think that I had a chance,” he added: “The prejudice in the minds of the jurprs was so great they didn’t con vict the man who committed the mur- for by a committee of women inter ested in the preservation of valuable records in the vault of the clerk of court’s office. The appropriation as made by the members of the lower house would have provided suitable , , , . , , _ „ equipment for the records after they j ^ er ^ they convicted Gerald Chapr had been systematized. ^ super-bandit and arch-cnmi- Among the increases over last nal * solel y on h,s P ast record ’ year’s appropriation which the sena- j The jury ha<j been out a few min- tor stood for was an increase in the i utes more than eleven hours when it salary of the judge of probate of. $200. He also allowed an increase of the announced it had arrived at a verdict. Frederick J. Groehl, chief defense dieting fee at the county jail from 40 ! counsel, previously had announced cents to 50 cents a day. On his own [that he would file an appeal if Chap-^ initiative, an increase was made in the man was convicted, appropriation for the county board of J The verdict means death on the gal- | registration from $50 to $100. This 1 lows for the colorful bandit, the man increase was made in view of the large who had the police of a dozen coun- tries searching for him when the state i of Connecticut sought him on the mur der charge, which ended in his con viction today. The Connecticut law i tn, increase in the labors of the board due to woman suffrage. The reports from Columbia are to the effect that the county affairs are' being handled very harmoniously as provides between the senator and the mem bers of the lower house. The amend ments to the supply bill by the senator will be agreed to by the other mem- at a person decreed guilty i of murder in the first degree must! be hanged. After dismissing“the eon- Easter Clothes for i Young Moo gratulating the jurors “on reaching bers of the delegation and for the first | this verdict, which I believe is a just time in years the supply bill will not vorHirt ” .TnHo-P Jennimrs recessed A Certain Sign of Spring Just as sure as the chirping of the first Robin is a harbinger of Spring, so is that busy delivery service of ours among the best families in town. * * We have so established the character of our cleaning, dyeing and repairing work among our patrons that season after season we are called in by the calendar to refresh, renovate and renew their last season's apparel and fur nishings. The best, most thorough and most intelligent service is what makes ours the most economi cal. V Have Your Hat Reblocked PROMPT, DEPENDABLE DELIVERY Buchanan's Pressing Club years trie supply be thrown into a free conference. Senator Goodwin made no changes in the appropriation for the Super visor’s office, which the house limited to $50,000, except to amend the bill requiring the supervisor to buy his supplies on a competitive basis. The proceeds'from the gasoline tax, which were used by the supervisor last year, were turne'd over to the county high way commission. Due to the increase in this tax from one cent to two cents a gallon, this source is expected to produce about $136,000. CUNTON AWARDED SECOND PLACE Telephone 28 j-± Young Peoples' Societies Awarded Olive Wood Collection Plates For Their Earnest Work. It gives me great pleasure to in form the people of Clinton and the community that we, the people of Clinton, have been awarded second place in the Near East Relief Cam paign. As a reward each of the three Young Peoples Societies have been given an olive-wood collection plate. These plates were made by the or phans in the Near East. This orphan work-shop is located just a short dis tance from where Christ learned to use His carpenter’s tools. Most of us may remember that Chester won first honor last year. Mr. Alexander, a young ministerial stu dent, was chosen to make a free visit to the Bible lands. H was at a con vention that a few of us boys were in spired by his address. We envied Chester for that honor, we were given such a short notice that it was impossible to do the required amount of work. This year Columbia was awarded the first honor. This is our first attempt, but let it not be our last. The Presbyterian College and Thornwell Orphanage helped us considerably. If we take this start and our last year’s success as a background, Clinton will be able to occupy the headlines of the United States newspapers. Permit me to thank you in the name of the orphans in the Near East and the committeemen for the spendid work and cooperation that you render ed us. The committee wants to thank most heartily the young people who helped us make the canvass. For the year 1925, there is a much more aggressive eoopemtion of the young people being planned. Let us :be up and doing. The next campaign 'we hope will not find Clinton as far back in the list as we appeared this year. With the effort of the commit tee and the help of the people Clin- {ton can make a .better campaign this year. * CLINTON N. E. R. COMMITTEE, By G. A. Black. ~ verdict,” Judge Jennings recessed court for half an hour, at which time ' he set for a hearing of defense coun sel’s motion to set aside the verdict. State Prosecutor Hugh Alcorn, who prepared and presented the state’s case against the mail looter, asked Judge Jennings to immediately pro nounce sentence on Chapman, but the judge said he first would dispose of the defense motion to set aside the verdict. “Chappie, I am sorry,” Groehl said to the prisoner after the jury had been dismissed and Chapman had returned to the court house to await further developments. The attorney, tears in his eyes, reached out for the con demned man’s hand. With an out break of the voice and a wavering of the cold blue eyes, Chapman squeez ed the lawyer’s hand and replied: “Oh, that’s all right.” ' V. ♦ FARM DEMONSTRATION ♦ ♦ NEWS ♦ ♦ C. L. Vaughan, County Agent * + ■ • ♦ ♦**++♦*♦**♦♦♦♦*♦**♦*♦♦*♦♦♦ Fertilizing Corn / Many have asked questions as to the best fertilizer for corn in this sec tion of South Carolina. Clemson Col lege Extension Circular No. 66 will answer these questions. You may write to me or to Clemson College for this cirttilar. Cotton planting time is almost here. Have you bought good seed? Have you graded your seed ? Have you had your seed delinted ? Your oil mill yrill This year be glad to delint your seed if enough of you will ask them to do it for you. Graded or separated seed will make you one hundred more pounds seed cotton per acre. % Poultry Industry There is a big future for poultry raising in South Carolina. We have I advantages over the West because we have short hauls to market and re ceive better prices. There are five sources of income frorii poultry. First, and best is breeding stock; sec ond, eggs; third, broilers; fourth, ca pons; fifth, selling old stock for meat purposes. The Southern eggs on the New York market are very lq,w due to the way they are managed by the average poultry raising. * The first 'thing to be considered is to have uniform breeding of poultry." Second, is to produce infertile eggs. Third, is to sell eggs often, that is, not to collect for a long period of time. Fourth, is to grade as to size, color and shape. We can produce eggs and poultry here better than they can in the North and Northwest on account of N eur long growing season for grain crops and grazing crops. >*■ 7* J These new spring Suits have the dash and style which young men demand in their Clothes. You can be well dressed in our Clothes without feeling overdressed. If you have never been able to get just what you have wanted in Suits before at the price you want ed to pay, our stock will provide it for you now. j /- Young Men's all wool English model, well tailored, popular colors— $14.75 Young Men’s Suits, newest designs in the popular light shades; blues, tans, greys, etc. Latest Col legian models— $19.75 Young Men's Suits; best tailoring; different models. These afe beauties— $24.75 • ' • V , . ' Schloss Bros. Clothing for Men and Young Men— none better. AH new models, new colors. Just received new shipment for Easter— $27.50 to $39.50 WE THANK YOU Adair’s Department Store ALWAYS ON THE JOB Clinton, S. C. ' Clinton, S. C. ’• • \' ■ ,• •' ■