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1^7 \ \- ■ i- * k m . *.-. %. _ -.- • :. \ . ,'•• % J • ;. • *» m If” YoV Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE * * .You Don’t Get The News. ;. ' THE CHRONICLE StriTes To Be a Clean Ncr , paper. Complete, News: and Reliable/ VOLUME XXV CLINTON, S. C.i THURSDAY, JUNE 25; 1925 NUMBER 25 t BIG SHAKE-UP IN DRY FORCES LINDLER FREED OF MURDER CHARGE Way Paved For Radical Changes In [ the Prohibition Enforcement Machinery. 4 t "Washington, June 23.—The biggest shakeiup in enforcement machinery since prohibition was established in the United States has been'ordered by the treasury department effective August The new program under which as sistant Secretary Andrews will seek to make the country dry was an nounced today and the way was paved for radical changes in the personnel now engaged in the work. Only the broad outlines of the pro gram were made public but Mr. An drews turned immediately ‘to the task of working out its details and to a survey of the fitnfess of those how on the job for reappointment when it is put in operation. State lines will be abolished, federal directors for each state- will be elim inated, new districts bounded wholly on lines bounding federal judicial dTs- tricts will be created, and a general decentralization of authority will take place, in the - reorganization. ■* Neither Mr. Andrews nor other treasury officials would discuss the probable changes further than to say that only those with ability would be retained. The weeding out of unde sirables will be accomplished with out haste since Mr. Andrews has no intention of filling the entire list of Former Clinton Chief of Poli6e Ac quitted by Spartanburg Jury After 12 Hours Deliberation. ^Spartanburg, June 20«- f ‘Not guilty” was the verdict returned by the jury in the case, of 0. S. Lindler, former Clinton police chief, charged with the I murder of George Tucker during a 1 liquor raid in the Burnt Factory sec tion of the county in November, *923. The jury deliberated frqm Il:45 yesterday morning until 11:15 last night, approximately 12 •♦lours. When the jury announced that it had reached a verdict last night late, Judge T. S. Sease, presiding over the court of general sessions, was sum moned. Court was reopened anlfr the verdict read by Ernest Miller, clerk of court. A straggling crowd was scattered about in the court room, with the defendant in the midst. When the verdict was read, he was seen to give a sigh of relief, although he had appeared perfectly at ease during the course of the entire trial Following the reading of the ver dict, Judge Sease adjourned the court sinendie—— — - Judge Sease irr^hts ‘address to the jury impt-essed upon them the impor tance of weighing the evidence and returning a fair verdict. He pointed out to them that a person possessing or attempting to transport liquor is guilty of a misdemeanor. 0. S. Lindler, the defendant and for mer chief of police of Clinton, was places immediately and latter finding charged with the murder of George ti 1 • . v * ' • *he has appointees with whom be is not satisfied. The Washington headnuarters. . , where authority has centered since the AP ri l> 1- 24, on this charge, but a mis- Tucker during a liquor raid in Ihe Burnt Factory section of the county in November, 1923. He was tried in Volstead act was passed, w’ill be con ducted under the same officials as at present but their duties will be more of a supervisory and less of an ad ministrative character. They also will * have a greater opportunity to spend time • in the field and to work more L closely with the prohibition adhvin- istraters, 22 of whom will be named to have chal'ge of as many administra- ^_tive districts in the United States, trial was ordered. The case was opened for the second time Thursday morning in the Court of General Sessions, the entire day being devoted to the examination of witnesses and a portion of the argu ments. with two others in Hawaii andd Puerto Rico. Each of the district officials will have two assistants, one of whom will have charge of permissive work, or CHURCH BUILDING TO BE ENLARGED Laurens Baptists to Spen<T $50,000 In Improvements and Nc*w A Equipment. WILLIAM P. ANDERSON,* OF GREENVILLE Member of Board of Trustees cji\1 L fe-Lon^ Friend of ThornWell Orphanage. V i Little Willie Anderson, Who gave the first fifty cents 5.0 }ears ago to Dr. Jacobs, to start the Orphanage. . "S n S n fSlSI conditions in BOB LAFOLLETTE, , g™. mm . Persons From Every Walk of Life Pay Hofhage to Dead Senator As lie Lies in Slate ^n Capitol. , .. ' Madison, Wis., June 2L—Wisconsin j paid impressive tribute Ibday Lk Follptte as his ^>o4y lay in state under the great valubed dome of the capitol. ' From high noon until The Reaction Follows Chinese Situation. Marines Use Machine Guus On Mob. San Francisco, June 23.—Conditions » jp ; China today took a turn for the vtor$e. - * ' TbiTreaction aboard as well as in . ..... rrom nigh noon until me lengthen- foreign centers in China was qaickl^ip®^ ing shadows of night had wrapt fiis fMt/ The New York stock exch:uv • homeland, persons from every walk of noted the di«rturbances; shipping corn- life, the humble shoulder to shoulder panics' in Manila hastily revised their schedules; while missionary societies and others interested in the Far East sought more complete reports of the welfare of their representatives. Attacks against Japanese featured the day’s dispatches. The present wave of anti-foreignism has been di rected principally again.it the Japan- V jese and British, so that \>hase was nit. * Only the slow shuffling of feet and unexpected. Reports of assaults, on now and then a sob disturbed the Japanese came from four Chinese with the mjghty, came for a last look upon the features of the man who had dedicated his life to their service. In the never-ending line that mdunt- ed the state house steps in columns of tw.Os and parsed single file on either side of his bier, were men and women, old and young, children , end even babies in arms. „ Ivaf« a W silence as t^e tide of humanity flow ed throygh the majestic rotunda.- Many of those who came- hkd to wn:c an hour or even more under a blazing sun before they might reach the state cities—Wuhu, Chinkiang, Chuhkiar.g, and Wucho—all interior points, al though Chinkiang is close to ti e mouth of the Yangtze river. Other dkurdera- mrc - right'-4mm- house steps, but there was . never aiNingpo, a city in Chekiang province, show of impatience. Neith’er pWlice south of Shanghai. A report bv wav nor guards directed them, the peoplej^f London said disorders also had themselves maintaining' the column j broken out in Manchuria. The report formation which stretched •round j did not include details. Diplo .l.tie Capitol Square into the be yond. * t Unashamed tears coursed the cheeks of many, men as well as women, as they looked upon the face of the sleeping senator. Peace was written exchanges hearing on the unseukd situation continued. The diplomatic corps at Peking answered the central government’s latest note witb anolher in which responsibility for delays , in effecting a settlement at Shanghai there. The only lines were those of was disclaimed. The Peking govern- NEVILLE SOON TO LEAVE FOR BRAZIL WEEK’S PROGRAM COMES TO END Former Clintonian Given Farewell Entertainment Before Leaving ^ For Mission Field. Clifton, June 18.—A farewell enter tainment was given here to the Rev. a gentle smile. The casket rested underthe spread ing rays of a subdued light that stole down from the narrow glazed windows ment also was accused of presenting a garbled s^ersion of happenings at Shanghai. In the meantime the Japanese cabi- set high in the curve of the dome. A ne t meeting at. Tokyo,vwas told that bank of palms ^and flowers was its a ]i Japan could do for the present was Young People's Conference Closed ’ Tuesday. Number of Prominent Speakers Heard. The Young People’s Conference, in annual session the past week at the and Mrs. W. G. Neville, who within Preshyteian College, came to a close the next two weeks will sail for Brazil Tuesday morning. There were 225 where they go as missionaries sent boys and girls in attendance, their en* put ’by the Southern Presbyterian Icrtainment being provided for on tlte church. -For the past three years, the)college campus. Every Presbytery in background A large American flag covered the cooperate with the other powers. Europeans were most directly af- foot of the plain casket and two ! fected by events today at Canton others hung from a marble balustrade where the anti-foreign agitation was which blended itself into the bower of palms and flowers. Flanking these late starting due to a civil war be tween Chinese factions which appar- on each side were Wisconsin state ently took precedence in the Chinese . mind over anti-foreignism. i Jesting at the head of the coffin! A demonstration was held, with a was a basket of Wits, roses and ( parade, 6n the banks of the Pearl gladiolas, the remembrance of 1 Calles of Mexico. Rev. Mr. Neville has been serving the the Synod was represented and a fine . . . ( , Laurens, June 22.—The congrega- Presbyterian churches at.Cliftori, Lan-* spirit was in evidence throughout the r , 0<) ' <ls a " rL ‘ a 1 the control of permits and distribu-*4i on of the First Baptist church last:drum and Campobello. week. tion while the other will devote his! Sunday adopted the recommendation! The occasion was presided over by| MifesdSarah Townsend, of And’rson, efforts to enforcement. v The district I of a special-committee in the matter j Prof. G. B. Frick, of Clifton, who talk-1 was elected president of the student officers also will have a t-hief chem-j.of enlarging the church building, amled of the good work done, by Mr. ‘ body; Mrs's Prances Wanamaker of St. ist and a councel, eliminating the ne- A- is expected that the contract will be j Neville as pastor at Clifton and pfe^TMa4thewsv‘-*secretary. / On the play- cessity for transmission of thousandswithin the next few weeks. Plans .sented him in'behalf of the members ; ground and in the gymnasium, Lonnie from Pres idem of cases to Washington. Mr. Andrew's is convinced ..that a for . financing the' enterprise were , of the Clifton agreed upon and -a membership can- bers of the state legislature stood as a'guard of honor—motionless through out the hours. . \ When at-last the huge bronze doors substantial saving in exrienditures will j vcss is to be put on, probably n be effected under the new schedule. y He said he had not been able to cal- curhite the total cost of carrying on the work under the system, but be lieved a considerable reduction in per sonnel would result. He already has begun consideration of the question of better pay for the fere of the Clifton Presbyterian church iMcMillian arA *MLs Elizabeth Cald-j.m’the. one open entrance to the-state j .•, t: ‘ r •' "..••uet-n. in. .an-! with a Substantial purse. Prqf, Frick iwoll directed the recreational a-tivjb house had been swung shut, the body * 1 hausamN , r s: iLX.t |called for volunteer talks., ami .after jtiv-.,, wh:"!! vx,re entered intoToy prac- was irvoved. back to the governor’s f -“**.. n I >i«. ia number of these the meeting was ' ffally all ;Tcv young people. rc c-ntioh room to remain until Ihe P‘ ira 10 i>!! ' , , ... . .. . .. i . ... . .... * _ *i... >•:..» . i • i Sunday. It is estimated that the improve-! closed with a talk by the Rev. J.‘D. Saturday night was •“'stunt night, (hour of the funeral—-one o’ Irk .Mi ’moon. ments, together with new equipment, j Henderson, pastor of the Second Pres-; at which time each Preshvtery pi t- will .cost pomethingf like’i$50,000. * byterian church, Spartanburg. The seated a pumber-of clever stunt: and ! . . ; The plans call for an extension of : Rev. Mr. Henderson and the. Rev. Mr. features. . (Op, Tuesday the conference! XTTK7 Arp twenty feet to the east end of the Neville were students at the' same cuf* was gwaide'd, this honor going toll , oO I o^lOW A I main auditorium, with a balcony; the , time in the Presbyterian College af [the Presbytery making the best show-j ri \ P MrC’I 1?| I / extension of the Sunday school at the j Clinton", from which the latter grad- iirg‘in attendance and other conferenci j //' j j administrators qnd their two assist-1 north side, with a balcony; the addi-1 uated in 1919, going^o the Presbyter- activities. ants. -' Hi^ thought is to make the job attractive, financially, to valuable tion of two large rooms-on the east, ian seminary, from which hg finished! On Monday, the young people, mo- side of the Sunday school room, to,in 1922. men, and he has asked Comptroller extend almpst to the strget,~ and the General McCarl for a ruling on the i rearran g en H >n l °f several of the P re ^~ j salary question. It was reported that en ^ c ^ ass rooms, as well as the heat- he intended to establish salaries ak high as $10,000 a year for the ad ministrators. A centrally situated city has been designateefas headquarters for the ad ministrators in each of the 22 dis tricts in the United States. These cities with the territory to be .admin istered from them, include: Baltimore for Maryland, District .of Columbia, Virginia and Delaware; At- . lanta, for Georgia, North Carolina and .South Carolina; Tampa for Florida. ing and other equipment departments. When remodeled, it is said the two auditoriums will seat twelve hundred, and that the Sunday school quajtg^ NOTED AT CAMP tored. out to Lake Thomas for an afternoon’s swim, transportation for Ihe trirr being provided by a number I of Clinton cars. Tuesday the dele- will care for a similar number.- SPECIAL MEETING AT CROSS HILL KIWANIANS GO ‘ TO NEWBERRY 1 Physical Standard of R. T.' C, ^ Students af Camp McClellan, Ala., Raised. , Special to The Chronicle. * Camp McClellan, Ala., June —A marked improvement in the physical standard of students entering the R. O. T. C. camp here this year is shown by the results qf the medical 'exairri inations, whith havg been completed for 788 students. Of this total, only -»r—' Local Club to Have Charge of Inter- City Meeting in Newberry r-, . Tomorrow Evening. The third inter-city Kiwanis meet ing of the Union-Newberry-Clinton clubs will be held at the National hotel in Newberry Friday evening at 7:4.5;. The entire membership of the three clubs is expected to be present and an evening of pleasure is anticipated^ \ The program for the occasion will be in charge of the Clinton club. The members* will leave at 6:30 in. a body Three Churches Tp United in Evange listic Services During Month of August. Cross IJjll, June 22.—^The people 0^26 were unable to pass the minimum Cross Hill are preparing for a series j physical requirements. This is con- of union evangelistic services to be^sidered a remarkable improvement held in that town during the month j over last year when 61 out of 765 of August. Committees have been ap-|were rejected ajld 41 admitted as pointed by the Presbyterian, Metho-j waivers. dist and Baptist churches of that j The sharp reduction in the number place and the plana for the revival [of rejections for this year, which is have already been laid out and work! more than 50 per cent, is believed to on the preliminaries begun The committee has secured the ser vices of Rev. Mr. Taylor, who recently Conducted a successful meeting at be due to the elimination of the basic or first year men from this year’s camp. These younger students usual ly show a greater percentage of de- Grebnwood, to do.the preaching, ancf fects due to their limited military ser- it is expected that arrangements will soon be made for a choir leader to conduct the song services. According to tentative arrangements the meeting The committee in charge of the trip'will be held in the McSwain ware- composed of Kiwanians B. L. King,' house, since none of the churches Pet B. Adair, and H. D. Henry. [could accomodate the large congrega- gates left on the mid-day trains for their, respective homes, all pronounc ing the event one of the most enjoy- airte a n rt~p r tffi table yet he Id R. O. T.«C.lUnit of Presbyterian Col lege Sees Bright Prospect During: Training. -river, just opposite the island of Shanvt'n, (he Canton foreign settle- * mont which has been extensively far- tified against emergences. She;, ng finally ’ resulted ami a- Fn :ch mcr- chant-, J. Po^tpiier, w ns 1 killed. British and French marines fmafjy. u- ! ;ii nui hii. : uns to c’ .ar away the '■demon.-.trators from • • bridge's en- ter ing hhameon. ir.j.; ng 'several. » Th Hids f 'ms. woilcr'.on,— citizen:-; an 1 ioldierw «6k part in the para.ic an 1 demon,‘•t . 'or. Opr' ite the Victoii:. be tel in e TP'tirii con- i;cssi >n firing broke 1 it. The ’ h ai. 1 French marines replied 1 ■ diately and .he firi lasted 20 m'u- 1 ales. | .Chine o "T-ridiers f ' ed from the ;western side-of the • lui d. ~t*A Ih en* h inerchun J. Pacquler, ] was killed and the wl ite commisu.'n- i er of customs, Ar; . ur’ Edwards, a British mariPf-, a rut .vck-civil The following widely known persons' mediately were started on the way had charge of the week’s program: [to be a soldier.' With all men present Special to The Chronicle. •. 'wounded. Camp McClellan, Ala.,-June 22.— f All the evidence, it is declared in- Xhe R.-O. T, C. uniCof the Presbyter- duated that the fir<< werj.* fired by ian College is now eneamped-at Camp Jhe Chinese .from the Bund. McClellan, Anniston, Ala. The unit! The troops of the elder (ThangMinve arrived here on last Friday and im- ! T>een havering on the borders of the Shanghai foreign settlements for some days. There was some specula- Dr. M. ft. Turnbull, of Richmond; [with two exceptions, the outlook for tion whether the martial law proela- Dri R. E. Lapsley, Jr., of Columbia;, a winning unit is perhaps better than mation was only another move in what Charles B. Chapin,«of Chicora College; it has ever before been at camp. The'; appears to be a campaign by Chang Dr: Dudley Jones, of Clinton; Ben R. unit is now 27 strong, and when H. K. to secure control of all 1 .China by him- Lacy, Jr., of Atlanta; the Rev. John McSween, of* Anderson; Dr. R. A. Lapsley, of Richmond; Edward B. Grant, of Nashville; Miss Charlotte Jackson, of Louisville; Dr. Melton Clark, of Columbia; Miss Margaret Crouch, of Charleston; the Rev: Wilkes Dendy, of Seneca; senior councilor for girls, Mrs. D.’W. A.'Neville, of Clin ton; and'for boys, Rev. A. W. Dick, of Oswego. * Charleston Young Peopleat Conference Headed by their, pastor, Rev. G. A. Nickles, of Westminster church, Char- vice and the fact that they have not!. . „one through the weedine nroeess 0 f| 1< * t0 "< the following young people gone tnrougn tne weeding process ot j attendance at the Young Peo- the advanced men who are subject to' conference ht , ld here during i he annual physical examination. About week: Mi38es Su8ie Kahra , Effie an (Orphanage Children tions that are expected to attend Seats, similar to the ones used-in the 100 students are yet to arrive but it is not expected that they will materially change the percentage of rejections. With the processing of the students completed last Saturday, the camp is! Ham-Ramsay meeting in Laurens, will well on its way to being.one of the Leland, Eugenia Wall, Marie Shier, Corinne Spruil, Nellie Tarkibgton, and Messrs. Joe Whitsitt, Randolph Davis, John Gayle, Bill I*etit, Harvey Witch- en, and Joe Miller. be provided and other interior nr-[best R. O. T. COntlllL ou uaj' rangements made to proVide for the of the corps C. camps, in the history area. The students and . Mr. W. D. Roberts, superintendent j t j mie se t v f or the meeting to I 1 of the Epworth Orphanage of Colum- G - n j s ^ August and it is w \ 1 \ Kvir'rr u of children from ' , j accomodation of those who attend. [the instructors are y.ery enthusiastic £ bia, will bring a team oa children from |pi anne( j for'it to continue three weeks. ^ his institution to Clinton next Sun-' comm ittees are expected to make and have set to work with a vim and zest sufficient to overepme any ob stacles.* Morning Service in Charge of Children Next Sun’day morning Will.be “Sun day School Day” at the North Broad x t x- Sufficient recreation facilities have ucroa « day to have charge of> the program f urther announcements before' the been made available to occupv the Street Met h»dist church. . A special at the 'evening service at the North j hegma. - i [mind and the time of the students th . c pro f arn ch » rgc Brqad Street Methodist church. The\ . - - ✓ . - - Lw . aild the children, have been quite hus> program will be entirely in the hands of the EpWorth boysAand girls and a i when they are not actually at work. Mrs. George Odiorne, Mrs. Rex W. cordial welcome is extended the public Phillips and Miss Annie E. Hatton this wfek practicing and getting ready for their special exercises, which will * MissrJEioise Bond of Bosom Springs, occur at 11:15 a. m. A cordial invi to be present for this special occa- were visitors in Spartanburg on Tues- Ky., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. L. tation is exTended i the public to be \ - day. * " X. ^ ^ l P. Rnrt/l / ^ ™ _ aion. \ - |C. Bond. h ifiresentj.to greet the young people/; A Holland repoYts to camp, the unit will, Self be complete with a membership of ! * \ —— —r • , ^ men Red Men to Meet At a meeting of the P. C. men held [ - v *v prp nn Got,i rr lj|V recently, L. L. HolladayroTCompany | " .«ere OH adllirUdy L, was elected 5president of the tern-1 ' i J ; porary Presbyterian college organza-j distriit con\ention tion. W r ^ J. Macfarlan was elected press organization. The unit has been ribti fied that within local hostesses Im- ffarlan, Company D,; Order of Rtd Men, will meet 7 $8 dispatcher of the/ n 01intqp,.,.on Saturday, June 2., at re unit has heen rhrti-! ^ ® clock. ' The afternoon session, in ithin the neaf future, the[^ b * cb several pronrnent speakers aro s is will have South Caro- expected to take “part, Vs HI be open - lina night, and with the above named ,4° the public. . . men looking after the local unit’s) ^ I ar P<? number of \isitors is ex interests, they feel sure that the flight P et ‘ted, the district including all tribes will be a success. * - J the orxlcr. between Clinton and- The assignments of the Presbyter. t() thf Me wj|| aUo be ran College men by companies is as'^ r ■ . r follows: Company L: Blalock Dcndy.j ^ Wil , ^ SPrV( . d , the visitin g erguson, o a ay, ’ " nl ' p n ^: members in the banquet hall of the I: Brown E. Walker, R. Walkerf-Wal-, Ma£onic Temple. ’ • : lace, Wilson; Company A: Kirkley,U — * ■■ % ■* Mciddcn, Martin^ Hov^Itzcr ^ Company: Clotfelter, Simpson, Wood-jJ' , . ‘FIRST COTTON BLOOM side; Company D: CuTiningham r Hun-| •' ter, Hughs, Macfarlan, McFall. Per-1 The tirst co tton Uoom of the sea’son kina; Company B: Rhame, Robin«»,l t# n< , chronicle office, came Smith, Sumerel. • | , ast wetk (roM D T p irtSi ot ttear The entire unit is enjoying them- Clinton. A second came Tuesday selves under the hot sun «cf Alabama,' morning { rom j h. Bobo of route although-each man is glad to feel thei thre ^ Laurens, with the notation,.- cool bYeezes of evening. All men are .. t h a t' p0 od cotton will bloom in dry in good health and are looking for-1 weather »• a* third was handed in a ward to their six weeks with pleasure.! few hours later by Parrott Mi Ufa. — — ri • . v OFF QN VACATION A L)r. L. Ross Lynn and v fanRby.^and left early Tuesday morning for Mem phis, Tenn M for a two week’s vacation. f 0 . AT THORNWELL MEMORIAL Dr. Dudley "Jones will preach for Mrs. Lula JamisonVo£ the orphalTagfc>-the Thornwell Memorial congregatioa next 'Sunday at' both morning and afternoon services. w . 2—^ S *%. 7,.