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MT' • ^ k Tl ■ 'tr: 4# IVHnMH(nM| £i' Vr V ' If T«c Ooul Rm4 ' THE CHRONICLE Ton Don’t Get Thn New*. \ VOLUME XXV CLINTON, S. .C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 27,1925 NUMBER 34‘ t cmr schools OPEN MONDAY * Wi Fncaltv Announced For New Seeeion. Florida Street Building to be Used For First Time This Year.* 4 * 4 t 4 A. * e> I As previously announced, the Clin ton Public schools will open the new session’s work next Monday morning, August 81st The schools have had s handsome addition during the summer in the ^completion of the new Florida street building that will be used this year for the first time. All of the buildings have been put in good con dition during the summer, and every thing is now in readiness for the for mal opening. The faculty has been completed and includes several changes from last «year, particularly in the lower grades. Supt. Witherspoon stated yesterday that all teachers had been notified to be in their respective buildings at 9 a. m. next Saturday morning to con fer with parents and give examina tions to pupils desiring to take them. Pupils will report to school next Mon day morning at 8:45 with their text- boqks, prepared for work. A list of textbooks for immediate use by the various grades, is published in this issue. Pupils from the first to the fifth grade inclusive may take their choice between the Florida street and Academy street qchool, it is announc ed. The complete faculty, covering the three schools, follows: High School Kenneth N. Baker, Jr., principal. English, Miss Olive Tuck and Miss Sarah Hunter. Latin, Miss Bertha Gray Gallman. French, Miss Lucile Hamilton. Science, Kenneth N. Baker, Jr., and Miss Robbie Parks. History, 0. W. Lever. Bible, Miss Kathleen O’Neal. Florida Street School Mirk Pearl West orincioal Seventh grade, Miss Pearl West and Miss Theo Liles. Sixth grade, Miss Kathleen McGee and Miss Sarah Sheridan. Fifth grade. Miss Mattie Lee Riddle. Fourth grade, Miss Sarph, Pitts. rv Third grade. Miss Nancy Owens. Second grade, Miss Katherine Mc- ’Swain. • . First grade, Mrs. Raymond J. Pitts. Academy Street School Miss Myra Leaman, principal. Fifth grade, Miss Alline Newson. Fourth grade, Miss Ruby Lipscomb and Miss Paul Vane Elrod. Third grade, Miss May Owens and Miss Cornelia Bethea. Second grhde, Mrs. Lee Add Blake ly. • 4 First grade, Miss Myra Leaman and Miss Josephine Brodie. Providence School Mrs. H. A. Copeland, principal. Fifth grade, Mrs. H. A. Copeland. Fourth grade, Miss Margaret Blake ly. Third grade, Miss Nan Copeland. Second grade, Miss Elizabeth Trib ble. First grade, Miss Helen Bailey. Friendship School (Colored) J. M. Johnson, principal. Misses Althea Anderson, Ida Bolt, A. H. YORK PASSES NEWSPAPER BACKS AT RIPE AGE OF 82 Father 6f Mrs. Hubert Pitts and Mrs. Rhett P. Adair Ansgrera Death's Call. % £RYAN MEMORIAL «'"-r Louisa Reese, Jervine Keitt, Clara Wright, Claudia Dorroh, Rhudine Pat terson, Lula Ma Lilliewood. One high school teacher yet to be elected. Hubert H. Evans Dies At Newberry * » Newberry, Aug. 20.—Hubert Henry (“Hub”) Evans, long a prominent figure in South Carolina political af fairs, died at his Home here last night after an illness of four months. From 1896 to 1906, Mr. Evans was a member of the state board of con trol during which time the board was under fire ,in connection with ithe state dispensary system. He served three terms in the legislature as a member of the Newberry delegation, and in recent years, although not a member of the general assembly, he was in frequent attendance as a spec tator, making a picturesque figure in his white waistcoat. Mr. Evans was bom May 22, 1855 in Charleston. county. After attend ing Newberry College, he read law in the office of the late Chief Justice Pope and was admitted to the bar in 1882. He settled in Laurens about that time, and in 1877 he married Miss Sarah Allen Huntef of Clinton. The friends in the city of Mrs. Hu bert Pitts and Mrs. Rhett P. Adair will learn with genuine sorrow of the death of their father, Mr. A. H. York, which occurred last Tuesday at his home in Rockmart, Ga.. The Rock- mart News carried the following ac count of his death: “As the shadows lengthened with the setting sun on Tuesday evening, Mr. A. H. York, 82 years of afte, widely known and highly esteemed retired farmer of Rockmart, passed away at his home, at which place his funeral service was conducted'Wed nesday afternoon, followed with inter ment at Van Wert cemetery. a “A little more than 82. years ago Mr. York was born here and has re sided here throughout his entire life, In the latter years of which he has been in poor health. He was a mem ber of John C. Crabb Camp Veterans, having served throughout the War Between the States. He was a mem ber of the First Georgia Cavalry. “Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, W. T. York of Cedar- town, and James B. York of Birming ham, Ala.; seven daughters, Mrs. Louis Barrow of Columbia, S. C., Mrs. Hubert Pitts and Mrs. Rhett Adair of Clinton, S. C., Mrs. Acton Sewell of Rockmart. Mrs. Warren McConnell of Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. Buell Stark of Dalton, Mrs. Kenneth Bur dette of Savannah; twenty-six grand children and four great grand-chil dren. “Rev. E. Dobson of Gainesville, as sisted by Rev. George Barrett, con ducted the funeral service. The pall bearers were his great nephews, Charles, John, Ernest and Roland Campbell, of Rockmart, and Steele and John York of Atlanta.” Philadelphia Record Takes Lead In Forming Committee to Raise Money For National Shrine. COTTON FORECAST |ASK EXPLOSIVES SHOWS INCREASE! IN HOPE FOR RAIN Estimate Given At 13,900,000 Bales, McSwaih Makes Request of Govern An Increase of 424,000 Over Last Report. WANTS SHOALS POWER UTILIZED Philadelphia, Aug. 28—The Phila- delphia Recbrd tomorrow will take the initiative in forming a committee to finance and erect a national memorial to William Jennings Bryan. The Re cord solicits the support of citizens and newspapers throughout the na tion and names as the prospective chairman of the committee Josephus Daniels, publisher of the Raleigh News and Observer, secretary bf navy in President Wilson’s cabinet and a firm friend of the great Commoner. The Record says: “Mr. Bryan will be remembered, without any formal reminder of his achievements for his influence upon the lives of his fellow citizens; for his long, Ardent and untiring defense of the rights of the common people against the encroachments of privi lege; for his vigorous promulgation of the society precept finally embodi ed in the eighteenth amendment;; for his earnest advocacy of peace, and for his militant stand at the climax of > life fraught with critical moments in behalf of Christianity as he interpret ed it against what he conceived to be the attacks of science. | “These things will be recalled, we say, long after his oratory has been forgotten. The influence of the man, his earnestness ot purpose, his mira culous sway over some millions of his fellow citizens, are some facts that must be recognized even by those who do not agree with his political or so cial theories of entertain his religious cial theories or entertain his religious can. , « r- “The Record has observed reports from Tennessee of a movement to found there as a memorial to Mr. Bryan a college dedicated to opposing the theories of evolution. “Such a movement, unless it is in tended to be merely of local character, would be a mistake. “Unquestionably, the services of Mr. Bryan to his countrymen should be recognized by the erection of a na- Washington, Aug. 24.—An increase of 424,000 bales in this year’s pros pective cotton crop was announced to day by the department of agriculture in its semi-monthly report, which forecasts . production at 13,900,000 equivalent 500-pound bales. The condition of the crop on Au gust 16 was estimated at 62.0 per cent of a normal, indicating an acre yield of 144.1 pounds, compared with 189.8 pounds on August 1 this year and 64.9 per cent on August 16 last year, when the final yield was 157.4 pounds. The condition of the crop improved in the half month in all states except South Carolina, Alabama and Arkan- ment For Greenville and Spar tanburg Counties. Former Senator Dial Urges That Big tional memorial—not to Bryan the Plant Be Turned On Soon As Poe- siWo To Aid Mills. Laurens, Aug. 14.—Former Senator N. B. Dial today sent a telegram to the Secretary of War urging that current be turned on at Muscle Shoals as soon as possible in order to supple ment power companies east and west that are handicapped because of the low water situation. Power is badly needed to keep the machinery going and labor employed in several states, said the senator to the secretary. Many plants are shut down and the cotton ginning season is on hand. Mr. Dial, who is a member of the Muscles Shoals commission, says the machinery at the power plant soon will be in operation, not to its capa city, but sufficient to furnish tempor ary relief by relaying the current through agencies to the Alabama Power Company, which has a lease on the output. Senator Dial had planned to gp to Muscles Shoals immediately but he has postponed the trip for a few days. The situation has become so acuUr tn the matter of inadequate water sup ply he feels that some relief can be afforded as suggested. Mrs. Ferqueron Leases Musgrove Tea Thornwell Family Enjoys Lake Trip The children of the Thorywell Or phanage greatly enjoyed the swim in the lake at the Bois-Terre club last Friday. They would thank the club for the gracioif invitation and ex press their appreciation to all the friends who assisted in taking them to and from the lake. The well known Mary Musgrove Tea Room, successfully operated for the past year by Mrs. W. B. Owens, Sr., and Mrs. M. A. Hays, has been leased by them to Mrs. M. J. Ferque ron, who will take charge on the first of September. Mrs. Ferqueron is no stranger with the Clinton public, hav ing successfully managed a large boarding house here until recently. She is well equipped for the work she has undertaken and her friends unite in wishing for her every success. A. R. P. Pastor To Arrive Soon The Rev. t. B. Betts of Troy, who recently accepted the pastorate of the local A. R. P. church, will arrive in the city the first of September to enter upon his new duties. Mr. Betts will preach both mornihg and even ing on the first Sabbath in Septem ber and a cordial invitation is ex tended the public to hear and welcome him. ^ • BACK FROM MARKET Mr. Ralph Blakely, buyer for Blakely Bros. Company, has returned from the Northern markets where he purchased fall goods for their well known firm. Mr. Blakely states that fundamentalist, to Bryan the prohi bitionist, or to Bryan the Democrat, but to Bryan the fearless crusader, to Bryan the stateman. It should not be a narrow, bigoted tribute from any group, clique or clan; it should be an expression of the sentimerit of the country, to the financing and erection of which all Americans big enough to recognize strength of character, ex ceptional ability and dogged persist ence in obeying the dictates of con science, whether they be political friends or foes, may contribute.” CONVERSE PROF. COMMITS SUICIDE Professor Hutchinson Found Dead In Pool of Blood By Wife and Neighbor. Spartanburg, Aug. 22.—Professor B. O. Hutcr linson, instructor of chem istry and biology at Converse college, was found dead in his private office in his laboratory at the college this afternoqjOL at 6:30 o’clock by his wife and a next door neighbor with a bul let hole through the center of his forehead and a .38 calibre revolver lying near him on the floor as he sat . South central drought area has re at a table. That the dead man had committed suicide was the opinion of those who discovered the body, and of Coroner John S. Turner, who immediately con ducted a personal investigation. He will not hold an inquest^e said. Professor Hutchinson was known to have been in bad health for more than a year. Dr. O. B. Wilson, who accompanied Mrs. Hutchinson to the college to look for her husband this afternoon, said that Mnu^utchinson telephoned him shortly before 2 o’clock to ask him te look for Professor Hutchinson at the college when he had finished his wonc for the day. Her husband had gone to his lab oratory in the morning, Dr. Wilson said Mrs. Hutchinson tolfr him, and was to have kept an appointment with her at noon. When Dr. Wilson and Mrs. Hutchin son reached the college, Dr. Wilson said, he found it necessary to force the lock to the instructor’s private office, when the body was discovered. Mrs. G. C. Odiorne To Join The Chronicle all marked at prices that will interest the public. Mrs. G. C. Odiorne has accepted a position with The Chronicle Publish ing Company in its stationery depart ment and business office, and will en ter upon her new duties next Monday, succeeding Mrs. James R. Copeland, resigned. Mrs. Odiorne is well known in the city, possessing as she does a large circle of friends and acquaint ances. In her new~connection, she ex- they are offering an unusually at- w tractive line, of fall merchandise and tends a cordial welcome to her friends to call and will take pleasure in serv ing them in every way possible. , Drought continues in South Caro lina, Northern Georgia and South Central Texas, the crop reporting board stated, and smklf-sized bolls are reported from those sections. In Arkansas the crop had suffered chiefly from insects and diseases. Condition of this year’s growth gin ned prior to August 16 totaled 577,921 running bales, counting rourft as half bales, the census bureau announced in the joint report. Last year 135,- 901 bales were ginned prior to Au gust 16. 1 The condition of the crop on Au gust 16 and the forecast of product ion (in bales of 500 pounds gross weight), as indicated by the condition by states, follows: Virginia, condition 79 per cent and forecast 52,000 bales; North Carolina, 75 and 1,180,000; South Carolina, 53 and 865,000; Georgia, 61 and 1,000,000; Florida, 78 and 28,000; Missouri, 81 and 285,bOO; Tennessee, 82 and 501,- OOQ; Alabama, 70 and 1,002,000; Miss issippi, 77 and 1,322,000; Louisiana, 65 and 560,000; Texas, 46 and 3,769,- 000; Oklahoma, 74 and 1,693,000; Ar kansas, 79 and 1,476,000; New Mexi co, 77 and 50,000; Arizona, 92 and 88,000; California, 93 and 102,000; all other states, 92 and 17,000. The ginnings by states to August 16 were: Alabama, 36,954; Florida, 3,544; Georgia, 80,808; Louisiana, 65,189; Mississippi, 23,374; Texas, 363,003; and all other states, 5,049. Round bales included in the report numbered 8,861, compared with 3,227 for 1924. In its comment on the report the crop reporting board said: “In Texas the final outturn of the crop still is extremely uncertain. An improvement in condition is noted in the northwest district, which has had good rains over most of its area and in many countries in the West and West Center. Other districts have practically held their own, except the East and Southeast, which recorded a decline of four points each. Only the Southeast reports moze weevil present than at this time last year. Damage from this source has been slight thus far except in portions of the South and Southeast. Boll worms and leaf worms are present in scat; tered localities. Fully 2,000,000 acres have been abandoned since June 25 or have stands so poor that they will not be picked. While rains have helped the crop in many sections, the ' Greenville, Aug. 26.—As a resort to secure rain in the Piedmont sec tion to break the almost unprecedent ed drought which now grips this belt, high munitions which can be exploded in the motntain districts above Green ville and Spartanburg have been re quested of the war department at Washington by CongVessman J. J. McSwain of the Fourth congressional district. The congressman is acting in the suggestion of Andrew A. Man ning, attorney of Spartanburg, he says, and neither knows what success may attend the experiment. No word has yet been received from the de partment as to its disposition of the request. Mr. Manning, who is a World war veteran, told the congressman that he had noticed that rainfall always Yollow^d heavy bombardment in France, and that he with others was then of the opinion that the showers were precipitated by the explosives. The idea then occurred to him th^tdf heavy explosives were set off in the upper sections of Spartanburg and Greenville counties rainfall might fol low. In behalf of the people of the two counties, and others below, Gohgiess-^ man McSwain wrote the war depart ment explaining the situation. He followed this by a telegram when no immediate reply was received. High explosives were asked for the experi ment, either free of charge or at a nominal cost. “I had no assurance that the ex plosives will be furnished, and if they are furnished I do no tknow whether or not the purpose of the experiment would be achieved,” he explained. “I am acting upon the suggestion in be half of the people of the two coun ties.” / . ■ If the experiment should prove sue cessful, he points out, the rivers of the section would be swelled and re lieve the present water and power shortage and the crops would ' be somewhat benefitted. He remembered some ten or fifteen years ago some such experiment was made in Arizona in an effort to bring rain but does not recall the final result. Whethen the rainfall that followed the bom bardment in France came as a coinci dent or whether there is a meteorolo gical connection with the shaking of the atmosphere, tieither Mr. McSwain nor Mr. Manning are prepared to say. ceived very little benefit. As a re sult early ginnings have been prema turely opened and undersized bpllsc* “Oklahoma has had ideal weather in the southwestern, western and cen tral portions of the state and plenty of subsoil nioisture for this time o* the year in the eastern and south eastern parts. These conditions l ave more than offset increasing weevils, boll worms and leaf worms, the de predations of which are reported to be serious in many counties, damage from the boll worms being most fre quently mentioned by reporters. “Outside qjf the drought-stricken northern part of Georgia, the re mainder of the state has a good crop that is believed to be practically safe with a larger indicated acre yield than on August 1. “The Mississippi crop has not de- •clined in condition as much as usual since August 1, and consequently has relatively improved. There are wide spread complaints of rust and wilt and of increased weevil activity, and some small damage from army worms is leported. “Although dry conditions in South Central North Carolina have resulted in small, although well-fruited plants, tl^ prospects in most of the remaind er of the state, where much cotton is raised, are for a good crop. Weather favorable for weevil develop ment might materially reduce the present outloo^. “In Missouri picking will be general I by September 1, or nearly a month J earlier than last year.” Celebrates Opening of Jacobs Highway In celebration of the opening of the Jacobs highway, from Clinton to Bel fast, south of Clinton, a good roads barbecue was given last Thursday at Mr. Jesse Young’s place, located on the roult^. The barbecue was given in honor of the opening through Lau rens county of the Jacobs highway, and was intended as a general good roads meeting, with the specific idea of promoting the plan of taking over of the new highway by the state sys tem, and a number of good roads talks were made. SCHOOL BELLS TO RING AGAIN Vacation Period at Thornwell Orphan* age Ended Yesterday. New Session Begins Monday. School bells on the Thornwell Or phanage campus, silent for the past two months, will herald forth'the opening of a new school year next Monday morning. During the sum mer the children have been scattered far and near visiting relatives apd friends, but with the in-coming trains the past two days the large family is now “back home” and all preparations are completed for the ten month’s term. A full corps of well trained teachers will head the work this year. The standard of work has been raised' to the extent that the twelfth grade has been dispensed with, the state depar- ment of education accrediting the in stitution's high school as a standard school on the basis of eleven grades. The schools are again headed by Prof. S. B. Hayes as principal and in- si ructor in Mathematics and Physics. 'He will be assisted in the high school b> Mrs. S. B. Hayes, English; Mrs. Anna Cary, Latin; Miss Mary Scales Miller, History and Bible; Miss Jean Lindsay, Domestic Science. The grammar and primary grades will have the following teachers: Mist Eunice Patton, Miss Katherine Latti- mer, Miss Evelyn Arledge, Miss Nell Reardon, Miss Cota Wilson, Miss Mil dred McLaurin, Mrs. D. W. A. Neville. Miss Mary Steele will again have charge of the music department. Vacation closed at the institution yesterday. The matrons and present family of children are alt back in their places. The new children to be ad mitted will arrive the last of this week, bringing the total to 880. For a lack of room in the institution, many applications had to be turnpd away. j* FLAMES THREATEN TOWN OF SALUDA Large Amount of Lumber Destroyed By Lawson Leaves Large Amount to Charity Chicago, Aug. 25.—Virtually three- fourths of the estate of the late Vic tor F. Lawson, noted editor and owner of the Chicago Daily News, was left to benevolent purposes. The news paper and other property was left to the management of the filinois Mer chants Trust company as trustee. Specific bequests totalled $4,775,000 of which more than one-half, of $2,- 505,000 were benevolences. A specific bequest of $200,000 was left to his long time friend and co worker in journalism, Melville E. Stone, of New York city, now coun selor and formerly general manager of the Associated Press. Fire. Low Water Premure Ham pen Firemen. Saluda, S. C., Aug. 24<-—One and three-quarter million feet of lumber, valued at more than $33,000, were consumed by a fire that- broke out at the plant of the Etheridge Lumber company here this afternoon and raged for four hours, threatening to sweep the town before it was brought under control. Fire equipment from Columbia, Au gusta and Aiken were rushed to Salu da to assist local firemen, who were handicapped by low water pressure as a result of the long drought. One residence, that of Mrs. M. B. Dowling, situated adjacent to the lum ber pile, was burned, and a nufrfber of small outhouses in the path of the flames, which were fanned by a stiff breeze, were torn down to prevent the spread of the fire. The flames got their start about 1 o’clock in the shavings pit of the lumber company. By 5 o'clock the blaze was regarded as under control, although some of the lumber was still burning. Greenwood was asked to send as sistance, but the city officials felt that the fire situation there was hazardous because* of the short water supply, and as a result they feared to send any of their apparatus to Saluda. Checking up of damage was begun this afternoon by lumber company of ficials. It was estimated that three- fourths of the 2,500,000 feet of lumber on hand at the plant was ruined by the fire. / CONESTEE MILLS FILE COMPLAINT Misses Alice Ruth Hollis and Alma Ruth Cooper have returned from a ten days’ visit to St. Matthews and Folly Beach. ' Mias Annie Milling* of Greenwood, has been visiting Miss Almena Mill ing. . ‘ / ADVERTISING DID IT Wrigley, the chewing gum man, has explained how he built up a business of millions of packages a day. - . He has done it by sticking to his one line and advertising it. He spends over a million dollars a year in baying newspaper space to tell the world about 5 cents chewing gum. He has educated people to chew gAim and to chew Wrigley’s. He did not stop shouting as soon as he attracted attention. ^ He says you must Weep it up or the buyers will forget you. Wheth er yours js a 5 cent or a $50,000 business, keep telling about it. Sue City of Greenville For Uonsrtact- ion of Modern Sewerage Disposal Plant. Greenville, Aug. 25.—The Conenteo < Cotton mills, located along Reedy river ten miles south ef Greenville, asks $100,000 alleged damages, and an order to force the city of Green ville to construct a modern sewerage disposal plant and to prevent further dumping of raw sewerage in the Reedy unless the plant is built, in liti gation started here today. Judge M. M. Mann, presiding over sessions court here, signed an order for representatives of the city to ap- year before him or before the judge of the Thirteenth judicial district Sep tember 5 to show cause why the re straining order should not be granted. t The matter of damages, said by ' Thomas I. Charles, president of the Conestee Mills to have resulted from sewerage passing down the river, will be left to a jury in civil court. The plaintiff concern claimed in its summons and complaint that the health of its employees as well as the’ operation of the mill itself, have been seriously interferred with by the erage rituatuai. 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