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J VOLUME XXV CLINTQN, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15,1925 NUMBER 4] r COUNCIL NOW CONSIDERING ERECTION OF A CITY HALL Proposed Building Would Probably Cost $75,000 * and/Be Adequate for Town’s Needs. Lot Already Purchased on North Broadway, > * In a recent meeting: 'of the City Council the purchase of a lot on North Broadway was ordered. This lot, owned by W. M. McMillan, measures 65 feet front on Broadway. The back of the lot is 63 feet wide, and is about 100 feet deep. There is an al ley between this lot and J. I. Copeland &. Bro. store, fifteen feet wide. At the back of the lot there is a ten foot alley. Council made the purchase with a view of building: a city hall, and there was some discussion of the type of building and its cost. Varying opinions were expressed as to the cost of such building. The general idea is to have a large auditorium, which could be rented for theatricals and other public purposes, and serve as a public. assembly hall fqr the town. The building would also con tain a modern police station, and a fire department ample for the needs of nearby years, and to include the housing of present equipment and a 750 gallon pumping engine. The clerk’s office, mayor’s office, record er’s court will also be accomodate^ in this building. The present accomo dations are inadequate at all points. The clerk’s office is too small for council meeting^ where hearings in volving attendance of many citizens are required, and these hearings have been during the last year quite fre quent, and frequently attended by large numbers. The recorder’s court is now held at the police station, which is utterly inadequate for such a purpose. The polioe station itself is inadequate even for proper police department matters. The present prison is a disgrace to the town. The new city hall would probably be a fire proof building, with’steam neat, not and cold water, modern sanitation and adequate lighting. The highest figure mentioned for this building is $75,000. The lowest men tioned was $30,000. Council decided to postpone further consideration until a re-action from the public on the matter could be ob tained. The idea was to finance by long term building and loan payments as regards the building. The pumping engine can be bought on long term installments at 6 per cent interest on deferred payments. Benefit to the town would accrue in the reduction of the insurance rate, which would prob ably save $12,000 to $15,000 a year to those paying fire insurance premiums. The town having qualified, will come in for $400 or $50(ka year from the state out Of taxes paid on fire'pre miums to the state. There will be a raving of about $900 .in rentals r per annum. It is probable that the audi torium could be made to earn from $1,000 to $2,000 a year. The ampler accomodations for all departments, while they would not constitute a savi ing, would constitute a convenience and an advantage in operation of the city government from many stand points. The absence of a public audi torium' is quite a social handicap and a political handicap to the community. The lot on North - Broadway was considered extremely desirable, owing to the alley at the side gnd at the badk, affording better ventilation and light, and the fact that Ninth Broad way is a broad street, giving ample room for a fire engine house, and am ple space for rapid action on fire alarms. Practically all of the South eastern Underwriters’ requirements for qualification for a better rating of the town have been complied with. A proper fire station and pumping en gine are important factors remaining to be covered, and a partly paid force —ra night and day man always on the job. It is believed that a reduction in insurance rates would be from 22 per cent to 25 per cent by reclassifi cation of the town. The city govern ment has for the past year been gradually meeting the various condi tions of the Southeastern Underwrit ers for such a classification, meeting- seme twelve or fifteen requirements. If public opinion crystalizes in favor of the city hall, council will no doubt order its erection. The Chronicle about a year ago advocated strong ly such development, and it seems highly probable that it will be a popu lar measure. The city attorney is in doubt as to the legality of issuing a mortgage upon any city property, and a mort gage will be necessary if the building and loan plan of financing is adopted, unless the building and loan company would be willing to accept city notes as security instead of mortgage of property. The bond issue would be a less expensive method of financing, as interest would be lighter. THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME TO SMASH THE BOLL WEEVIL Extraordinary conditions have given the farmers of South Carolina the “chance of a lifetime” to deal the boll weevil a smashing blow. Throughout the State cotton is either out of the fields or can be gotten out of the fields in the next fortnight. If the cotton stalks are at once destroyed by running a cutter over them and plowing them under the boll weevils may be wiped out altogether. They will certainly be so greatly reduced in numbers that the infestation next season can be really controlled. a David R. Coker of Hartsville, estimates that universal destruction of cotton stalks in South Carolina ^IOW will be worth $50,000,000 to the State next fall. There is no organization to push this work of boll weevil destruction. If there were such an organization it could be accomplished. It can be accomplished even without an*or- ganization if public-spirited men'and women in every coip- munity will take the initiative to see that it is done. GREAT CROWD FOR BRIDGE OPENING KIWANIANS PLAN REAL BIG NIGHT Fall Social Meeting To Be Held On the Evening of November 6th. Semi-Annual Affair. Ladies night, always an enjoyable mid-winter event of the local Kiwanis Club, has bene announced for Friday evening, November 6th, at eight o’clock. It will be staged at the Clin ton Hotel, double-staged in fact, for at the given hour things will begin in the parlor and a little later will con tinue in the dining room. In addition to the Kiwanians and their wives- and friends,’ there will be a number of guests, and the occasion promises to be a most enjoyable one. The Kiwanians hold these social meetings twice each year with the ladies as their honor guests. September Honor Roll of Clinton High School ♦ Eighth College: Catharine Gaskell, , Almena Milling, Virginia Rheney. Eighth General: Ruth Carter, Ninth College: Rachel O’Daniel, Lil lian Burns Browning, Charles Ander son, Chrystle Woodruff, Richard Fer guson, Mary Johnson, George Smith. Ninth General: Virgil Abrams. Tenth College: Janet Leake, Mamie Ruth Holland, Odetta Mauney, Isaac Copeland, Jeanette Crawford, Betty Woodworth. Tenth General: Kate Robinson, T. J. Blalock, Watts Davis^ Grace Sayers, Frances Andersod. Eleventh College: Frances Steely, Katharine Glasgow, Elizabeth Cope land, Grace League, Alva Wilson, Margaret Copeland, Dudley Cozby; Ze- line Davis. f . Faculty Members Guests of Club CROSS COUNTRY TEAM AT WORK Presbyterian College Cinder Path Men Preparing For Games With Furman and Wofford. Captafti Moffatt of the Presbyter ian College track team, and his men are working hard to get into shape for their meets with Furman and Wof ford, both of which will be held on the college track at dates to.be/announced later. Those who are hard at work for berths on the team are: Captain Mof fett, Whiteside, Roberts, Wilson, Graf ton, and Blake. Styles Hughes, cap tain of spring track, is also out get ting into condition but is not trying for a place on the cross country team. While the dates ^or the meets have not been settled it is hoped to meet Furman here on Home Coming Day, just before the P. C.-Oglethorpe game. The date with Wofford will probably be the day that the Terriers play here, the meet also immediately pre ceding the football game. Well Known Firm To Quit Business McMillan’s, one of the city’s well known “stores for men” announces that/their firm is soon to retire from the ! mercantile business in Clinton. A Going Out of Business Sale, be ginning Friday moming, is to be in augurated, during which period evt erything in the store will be offered for sale at reduced prices that will attract , the buying public. The story of the big event, an interesting one to men, Will be found in the advertis ing columns of today’s paper. Dedication Ceremonies of Thos. W. Cothran Memorial Bridge An Event of Unusual Interest. Greenwood, Oct. 8.—Progress in education and transportation in South Carolina during the past few years was discussed eloquently and impress ively by several distinguished speak ers at the dedication ceremonies of the Thomas White Cothran Memorial bridge over the Saluda river, seven miles east of Greenwood on the Cal houn highway this afternoon. Fully 4,000 people from Greenwood end Laurens counties, including several hundred school pupils, students of Lander college and cadets of the Bai ley Military Institute, heard with in terest talks by United States Senator E. D. Smith, Gov. Thomas G. McLeod, R. E. Hanna, president of the Calhoun Highway association, Hugh McCrae, president of the Black Bear Trail, Congressman Fred H. Dominick, Chief Highway Commissioner Samuek Mc Gowan, and Keqneth Baker, la member of the South Carolina Highway com mission. Governor McLeod particularly em phasized the fact that in spite of busi ness no state had mhde progress dur ing the past four years in education, transportation and the development of its resources than had South Carolina and he pointed to the Cothran bridge as a testimonial to the progressive ness of the people of the section. He also stressed the importance of ad vertising the state, urging the. people Jtc boost their own resources and “quit boosting and bragging on everybody else.” Senator Sniith said that the govern ment now recognizes that communica tion among the people is the very bed rock of advancement and is lending a helping hand in bringing about im- provemets. Admiral McGowan dis cussed in some detail the work of the highway commission and gave Mr. Baker credit for playing a large part in the building of the new bridge. Other speakers paid tribute to the late Mr. Cothran, noted civil engineer and a member of the first South Carolina highway commission, and Mr. Baker spoke at length of his achievements both as engineer and good roads en thusiast. , ^ ' An especially impressive feature of the program was the unveiling of a memorial tablet to Mr. Cothran by his little six year old son, Perrin Chiles Cothran, following the addresses. J. F. Jacobs of Clinton, recognized as the father of the Calhoun highway presided and the exercises were open ed with prayer by Dr. William M. Vines, pastor of the First Baptist church of Greenwood, following which (Continued on Page Four) CONCERTED ACTION MADE IN LAURENS Destruction of Cotton Stalks Growing Among Farmers of County. Seed Being Bought Freely. Laurens, Oct. 10.—There is quite a general concert of action among the farmers regarding the destruction of cotton stalks. On every hand along the highways of the county may be observed plowed* fields, and the work has become more general this week. Small grain is being sown in consider able volume, and the cover crop idea is claiming usual attention. The deal ers here say that more seed rye, bar ley, wheat and oats and clover is being bought than in several years. The grain that was sown just after the recent rains is up to a good stand, and the r work of sowing plots and patches and fields is now well under way, while the green cotton stalks are being plowed under. It is said that there is considerable weevil infesta tion since the new foliage has appear ed on the old cotton plants, and for this reason the destruction of the stalks, not by burning, but by plow ing them out of the ground, is im portant. BIG BATTLE AT ROCK HILL Presbyterians of Two Carolinaa Meet Saturday In Annual Football Clas sic. Will Attract Thousands. Dr. Douglas On Two Weeks Trip Dr. D. M. Douglas was out of the city practically all of last week at tending meetings of Presbyteries in the interest of the college. He was also'a visitor in Sumter where he ad dressed the pupils of the high school. . The week-end of this week he spent ,at Davidson, college and from there he went to the University of North Carolina on Tuesday to attend the Centennial Celebration. While away he will also attend the annual meet ings of the Synods ;of Georgia and South Carolina, to be held respectively at Columbus and Rock Hill. News emanating from Rock I|ni is to the effect that the annual battle for the Carolinas’ Presbyterian cham pionship which is to be played there Saturday will be oqe of the most in teresting games played in South Car olina this year. The Frank Roach Post of the Amer ican Legion has the game in charge and is leaving no step unturned in or der to make it a success. The Post has extended invitations to Governors McLean and McLeod/ The 1,700 Winthrop College girls will b$ at the game which is to be played on the Winthrop campus. Davidson, as usual, plans to bring down a large delegation from her stu dent body. The Presbyterian sup porters of the Blue Stockings will also be present in largd numbers, the P. C. students having been granted a full day’s holiday in order to attend the game. In addition to the student bodies of the.,two institutions engaged in battle, and the young wonjien of Win throp, there will be several thousand rooters of both institutions in attend ance. The South Carolina Synod will be in session with the First Presby terian church of Rock Hill at the time tgid will attend the game in a body. The Blue Stockings have beat Gem- son and Erskine while the Tarheels have defeated Elon, Wofford, and Guilford and tied the strong Wake Forest team. It is expected that from 3,000 to 5,000 people will see the game. , Davidson and P. C. have engaged in six games. Of these the North Carolinians have won three, the South Carolinians two and one has been a scoreless tie. During the seven years the greatest margin of victory held by a team has been twelve points, Davidson having beat P. C. 15 to 3 on a muddy field at Asheville last year. The record by years i^ as fol lows: 1 1919— Presbyterian 0; Davidson 0. 1920— Presbyterian 7; Davidsop 0. 1921— Presbyterian 0; Davidson fe. 1922— Presbyterian 8; Davidson 7/ 1923— Presbyterian 0; Davidson 3. 1924— Presbyterian 3; Davidson 15, 1925— Presbyterian ?; Davidson ?. From this record it can be seen how easily the teams have been matched in the past, and this' year is doped to be no exception. Satur day’s game will probably be decided by either three or seven points. All roads will lead towards Rock Hill and a record breaking crowd will witness the battle when the whis tle blows for Presbyterians to meet. auB FAVORS , ROADPROGRAM Co A me re i al Organization Will Assist in Immediately Providing Election On $500,000 Bond Issue. Church Workers To Meet Here The annual conference of the Penta- costal Holiness Church of Upper South Carolina will convene this month with the Clinton church, the opening session to be held at 2 p. m., on Saturday, October 31. Delegates from practically all churches in the district will be present and an inter esting program has been arranged. Those who are willing to assist in en tertaining the delegates are asked to communicate with the Rev. R. H. Cause at 34 Jackson street. South Carolina Football Record Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cooper of Union, visited Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Adair last Sunday. SEPTEMBER HONOR ROLL FOR ACADEMY STREET SCHOOL The Clinton itptary Club had as its guests at their regular luncheon-meet ing last Thursday, the members of the Presbyterian College faculty. Pres ident H. E. Sturgeon introduced the visitors and several responded with happy talks that were well received. The meeting' was an enjoyable one \ and well attended. . Second grade: May McClendon, Mil dred McClendon, Mary Navy, j Third grade: Orell Woody, Horace Wright, Mijftnie Lee Hurst, Grace Kin T 1 ard, Gladys Whitmire, Vera May 1 Davis. Fourth grade: Coley Campbell, Ar- lee Huey, Paul Whitlock. Fifth grade: John Gary Whitmire,' Rachael Webb, Vivian Lawson. Miss Pearl West spent last week end at her home in Newberry. r/ ' YOU NEED A PILOT Every good ship, nearing port, takes on a pilot. Usu ally, the law requires it. The pilot knows the channel. With his capable hands at the helm, the vessel is safe. Without him, there is danger of the shoals. When you set sail on a shopping tour you, too, should have a pilot. Everybody needs one. And well-informed shoppers always have .one—advertising. Advertising keeps you off the rocks of extravagance and waste. It takes you straight into the port of econo my. It tells you plainly where-to go for what you want. It shows you how to save steps—and money—and time. By watching it carefully, each day, you are able to buy to best) advantage. Often, the advertisements will keep you frpm making an unwise purchase by pointing out just why one article suits you better than another. It points out for you the pick of the country’s market and the selection of the particular kind, shape, size and color that best suits your taste and fits your pocketbook. • It is interesting, instructiye and profitable to watch for the good things this newspaper's advertisements bring your way. 4 THE CHRONICLE “The Paper Everybody Reads” Furman ... Furman .. Furman .. P. C. .... _ P. C. Carolina .. Carolina .. Carolina .. Citadel .... Citadel .... Citadel .... Clemson .. Cleifison .. Clemson .. Newberry Newberry . Newberry . Wofford ... Wofford ... Wofford ... Wofford L Erskine .... Erskine .... Erskine .... Furman .... ’27 Newberry ....... 10 .... 20 W. & L 15 7 Citadel 0 P. C. ' .... 14 Clemson 9 35 Erskine .... .... 0 Carolina .... 33 Erskine 0 .... 0 N. C. .... .... 7 .... 7 N. C. State .... 6 Citadel 7 Marines 0 ... 29 Rollins 0 0 Furman 7 Clemson .... 9 P. C 14 .... 7 Auburn 13 6 Kentucky .... 19 Newberry » .... 10 Furman 27 .... 14 Navy Yard .... 0 .... 0 Marines .... .... 14 Wofford .... 0 V. M. I. 9 ... > 0 Davidson 7 ... 81 Piedmont ...... 0 .. .27 Erskine 0 Erskine 0 Carolina 33 .. O P. C •.... 35 .. 0 Wofford ‘*27 The October meeting of the Com mercial Club was held in the cjub rooms Tuesday evening and presided over by the president, W. A. Moor head. The dinner was served by the local D. A. R. chapter and was up to the excellent standard this organiza tion always maintains. After the receiving of reports of committees, several matters were tak en up and acted upon under the head of new business. A music committee was appointed to provide music and entertainment for “Ladies Night” to be held on the second Tuesday evening in November, as follows: W. P. Jacobs, C. J. Killen, E. Mood Smith, B. O. Whitten, and A. E. Spencer. J. F. Jacobs, Sr., reported several matters in connection with county highway development. Among these* was a report that the State Highway commission had taken into the state highway system the highway leading from Spartanburg to Augusta, and through Laurens county from Enoree to Belfast, known as “Jacobs High way.” Mr. Jacobs also reported that the meeting of representatives from the Commercial Club of Clinton, Lau rens Business League, County Grand Jury, the county delegation to the General Assembly and the County Highway commission at Laurens on Tuesday afternoon, went on record as favoring .a county bond issue in the amount of $500,000 for county wide road improvement. However, he re ported that the state senator and one member of the house of representa tive delegation was opposed to the bond issue without referendum. A . talk ,was made by Jack H. Davis in 1 regard to the proposed measure to issue $500,000 bonds immediately for. use in road development. After some discussion, a committee was appoint ed to confer with the Laurens Busi ness League in regard to the possi bility of having a joint meeting on Tuesday night, October 27, to ascer- taip if possible, and to provide means to arrange for a b&IToting by the peo ple of the county on the ’question of jsfeuing the bonds immediately, so that if the measure meets with the appro val of the voters, it will not be neces sary to wait for a meeting of the legislature and then have the referen dum. On this commutee was appoint ed: J. F. Jacobs, Sr., chairman; Jack H. Davis, C. W. Stone, T. L. W. Bai ley, H. D. Henry. W. P. Jacobs reported that a meet ing of the older noys of the Y. M. C. A. for fifteen counties in this section of the state, would be held here in the near future. It was unanimously voted by the club that Clinton extend to them an official invitation and a committee of one was appointed from the club to act jointly with similar committees from the Rotary Club, Ki wanis Club, College and Orphanage in making arrangements for the enter tainment of this meeting. J. H. Witherspoon was appointed from the Commercial Club. A motion was adopted that a com mittee be appointed to ascertain date and gather all information possible or. state tax matters and report such findings at the earliest possible date, sc that the club might be in a posi tion to make recommendations to the county delegation at meeting of gen eral assembly in 1926. The committee appointed was: R. W. Wade, W. W. Harris, B. H. Boyd, E. G. Fuller, R. E. Sadler, R. E. Ferguson, J. H. Davis and G. W. Addy. High School Pupils To Stage Carnival A carnival is to be held by the Choral Club of Clintpn high school on Friday night, Octobeff 23rd. They will have for sale red lemonade, candy, peanuts, pop corn and confetti. They are also to have clowns,’ cake-w-alks. music and side-shows to r surpass Ringling Bros. Watch next week’s paper for the place and particulars. Local Hi Defeats v Honea Path, 13-0 * . i.. . ■ Clinton Hi’s football team defeated Honea Path Hi Friday afternoon on the local field. The game was hotly contested throughout, and the specta tors were given a thrill in the first quarter when Blakely intercepted a Honea Path pass and raced 95 yards for a touchdown. . In the last quarter by a series of passes, Clinton worked the ball to the one-yard line and Adair carried it over for the second touchdown. The defensive work of Riley and C. Adair and the offensive work of Brown and (^opeland featured. Clin ton made ten first downs and Honea Path eight. Six Hold-Over Jurors Are Drawn DR. LYNN ADDRESSES SYNOD OP FLORIDA Dr. L. Ross Lynn left Monday‘to attend the fall session of the Synod of Florida, which convened in Clearwater on Tuesday night. /By request of the Synod, Dr. Lynn preached the open ing ser The following grand jurors were drawn just before the body was-dis charged last ’week to serve another year, according to the law governing the service of six jurors for an addi tional jrear: G. F. Buford, W. E. Grif fin, J.X. Cooper, W\ E, McGintock, M. L. Smith and L. E. Ball. Mr. Smith has served as foreman during the present year. i'T- ' m K m •r ■I MM 1 1 j ■ \ f Wtmm