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f >. • r v I i i f VOLUME XXVII CLINTON, S. e, THURSDAY, APRIL 21,1927 NUMBER 16 SOLONSHEAR INCOME BILLS Report On “Omnibus*’ and In come Measures Fail To Solve Problems. GEO. W. YOUNG DIES SUDDENLY Cotujnbia, April 19.—The state’s revenue situation for the year 1927 was still far from clear tonight, de spite the announcement of free con ference reports on the income tax measure and the “omnibus’* revenue hKyy • The income tax measure agreement precludes an additional revenue from that source this year, and the omnibus bill as reported by the committee does not produce very much more revenue than it would have in the form in which it left the Senate. It seemed to be the view of well posted members of the Legislature that additional sources of revenue are still needed and it is generally said that the free conference report on the general appropriation bill, which is expected tomorrow, will have to con tain some revenue raising proposal if the amount needed to run the state Heart Attack Fatal To Prominent Clinton Business Man. Well Known and Loved Here. SACRED CANTATA WELL RENDERED Clintonians were shocked and grie- Choir of First Presbyterian Church Presents Easter Program Before Large Audience. Singing of the beautiful sacred can- ved last Friday morning to learn of I tata, “Olivet to Calvary,” written by the sudden death of Geo. W. Young {J. H. Maunder, featured the Blaster which occured a few minutes before j music program at the First Presbyte- twelve o’clock at his home on South Broad *ltrdet. ‘' MrV ’Toung was appar ently in his accustomed health and was engaged in his usual duties on Thurs day. Early Friday morning he suffer ed a heart attack from which he never recovered until the sad end came a rian church last Sunday evening. The cantata was presented under the di rection of Mrs. J. F. Jacobs, Jr M or ganist and choir director, and the pro gram was one of the most impressive and enjoyable ever offered a Clinton audience. Th^ seating capacity of the NOTED LECTURER TO APPEAR HERE Tom Skeyhill, Brilliant Young Aus tralian, To Speak On “Mussolini and the Blackshirts.” MOUSE APPEARS, ELEPHANTS RUN “With Mussolini and the Black shirts,” Tom Skeyhill’s great lecture which will be featured at the coming Redpath Chautauqua here, paints -i* vivid picture of the compelling world- figure, the mighty “H Duoe.” At last we are to hear it—h thrilling, first hand story of Mussolini, one of the most picturesque and discussed states men in the world since Napoleon Bonaparte—told by a trained student Three Beasts Go On Stampede On Busy Corner. \ Woman Killed and Man Injured. Panic Caused. this year is to be met. Just what this i The floral/efcferings were many and proposal will be is still clouded ip un-, beautiful few hours later. The news rapidly auditorium and Sunday school rooms of world affairs, a great orator, one spread over the city and brought forth many expressions of sorrow from his many friends by whom he was highly esteemed. The. funeral service was held Sun day afternoon at four o’clock in the First Presbyterian church of which he was a life-long and devoted mem ber. Dr. D. J. Woods, his pastor, had the services in charge, and he was as sisted by Dr. Dudley Jones. Inter ment followed in the family burial ground in the Presbyterian cemetery’ certainty, though reports are current that it will be a tax of one cent a pound on sugar, a proposal defeated in the Senate a few days ago. The omnibus revenue bill which tax es cigarettes, drinks, admissions, can dy and other articles, contains only* a few new items as reported from the free conference committee tonight. Chief among the neto items are the ten per cent tax on cut glass, etched glass, and art glass, the tax of ten per cent on sportihg goods, such as footballs, baseballs, etc., and the bus iness license tax upon contracting con cerns. The latter is similar in a gen eral way to the provision in the occu pational tax measure which was killed by the House several weeks ago. The free conference report leaves out, however, the tax on chewing gum, as well as on motor lubricating oils, which was counted upon to pro vide something like $200,000. It also leaves out the two per cent tax on the sales of new automobiles put into ser vice in this state. The report retains in Its essential form the proposal adopted in the Senate to require wholesalers to stamp cigarettes and other such articles within 72 hours af ter delivery of goods within this state, and to allow them ten per cent dis count on purchases of stamps to the value of $100 or more. It is a current report around the capitol that the free conference re port on the general appropriation bill will carry totals under $10,000,000 which would make it approximately the House bill, and a lower appropri ation bill than the state has seen in several years. Yet to meet that, more The following served as active pall bearers: L. B. Dillard, W. W. Harris, H. D. Henry, W. P. Jacobs, F. M. Bo land, J. H. Witherspoon, John Spratt, Corinne Bailey. J. Will Dillard, W. H. Simpson, R. C. Adair, John T. Little and Jack H. Young. The following were honorary pallbearers: Dr. G. W. B. Smith, Dr. A. E. Spencer, Dr. D. J. Brimm. Dr. D. M. Douglas, Prof. A. V. Martin, Dr. J. Lee Young, J. C. Copeland, Dr. Frank Kellers, R. H. Hatton, R. J. Copeland, Gus Ramage, V. P. Adair, D. W. A. Neville and Dr. L. R. Lynn. Mr. Young was in his 60th year of age and a life long citizen of Clinton. During this long period he had been* prominently identified with the busi ness life of the community? and by dil igence, energy, sound business princi ples and clear vision he continually forged ahead. He was one of the most successful farmers in the county and one of its largest property owners. He was vice-president of the Commercial bank, president of the Clinton Build ing and Loan Association, developer of College View, an attractive new re sidential section, and was identified with various other business enterpris- Mr. Young loved Clinton Xnd al- was taxed to its capacity with ad ditional seats added in the aisles. The church was beautifully decorated and was quite expressive in supporting the Easter theme. The solo work and the choruses were well sung from the opening cho rus to the end. The service was pure ly musical and quite inspiring in pre senting the Easter story. Members of the choir who present ed the excellent program were: Organist and director, Mrs. J. F. Jacobs, Jr. Sopranos: 1 Mrs. W. P. Jacobs, Mrs. Marshall Brown, Mrs. G. W. Gignilliat, Mrs. A. W. Brice, Miss Clara Duck- ette. Miss Norma Hallett and Miss Altos: Mrs. B. O. Whitten, Mrs. Ol iver Burroughs and Mrs. Gary Martin. Tenors: B. O. Whitten, J. B. Par rott and H. G. Prince. Bassos: Jno. D. Holt, T. D. Jacobs, C. J. Killen and W. P. Jacobs. CLINTON PEOPLE SAFE ON SHIP Tom Skeyhill revenue appears to be needed than is I 7, . . . ■ . (taking his place in the community i provided in the reports mode tonight. | neighbor, that crkWto v-ttivro- ° Of es ways had a good word to say for his town. By his influence and wealth, he was w’orth much to the community and held the absolute trust and con fidence of his fellowmen. He was a member of the Commercial and Ki- wanis clubs, and of the board of trus tees of the Thornwell orphanage. Mr. Young loved his friends and in his friendships he was always sincere, i He was a gentleman of the old school, | unassuming and reserved, but quietly as That fact indicates that some reve nue measure will likely be carried in the appropriation bill. n The reason for putting such a pro vision in the appropriation bill and not in the omnibus bill, it was said, is that either house may strike out any section in the appropriatoin bill with out killing the whole measure, where as in a general revenue bill, the Legis lature must accept or reject the report as a whole. If, therefore, a sugar tax is carried in the appropriation bill, either house may vote it out without jeopardizing the appropriations as a whole. In that case, however, it will be a problem as to where the addition al revenuo will come from. Legislators are wondering tonight whether or not it will be possible to finish up this week. It is easily pos sible that complications may arise that will throw the session in next week. Newberry To Observe Better Homes Week devoted husband, and a good citizen. His was a personality so winning and so lovable that all with"whom he came in contact remained true friends and were devoted to him in an unusual de gree. Highly respected wherever known, his death has caused much sorrow and the city has sustained a loss. Besides his widow, he is survived by one sister, Mrs. Callie Copeland of this city; two brothers, John H. Young, of this place, and N. A. Young of Columbia, and by a number of nep hews, nieces and other connections. Clinton Has Perfect Easter Newberry, Xpril 19.—Newberry will observe Better Homes week. April 24- May 1, with a program filled with in struction and interest, and with, many of the phases of better homes discuss ed by men and women prominent in community activities. Not the least interesting part of the program is the demonstration of a bet ter home, furnished inexpensively and tastefully by a local furniutre store. Each day some phase of the making of a better home will be discussed at the demonstration home at 4:30 p. m. The public in the vicinity of New berry is invited to visit the better home during the week. A day of perfect weather marked Blaster in Clinton. It is doubtful if there have been many more beautiful Blasters here. New spring styles were in evidence on a|l sides and a number of men ventured out with the new straw hats. The churches were crowd ed, and as usual, the day was observed with special Easter music and themes. In the evening at the First Presbyte rian church a sacred cantata, “Olivet to Calvary,” was impressively sung and heard by a congregation that tax ed the large seating capacity of the auditorium and Sunday school rooms. Now I’ll Ask You One 1. What was the name of General Lee’s horse? 2. Who is manager of the New York Giants? 3. Who is known as “II Duce”? 4. May a man who is not a lawyer !defend himself in court? ^ * 5. How many men make up a grand Presbytery Meets Near Abbeville;jury I 6. What is the shape of Italy ? South Carolina Presbytery, embrac- j 7. Which city has the greatest pop ing the counties of MaCormiek, Green-* ulation in the world ? wood, Abbeville, Laurens and New berry, will meet on April 26th with the Lebanon church, near Abbeville. spring mftting will be attended . hy a number of Clinton ministers and 8. What is the slang expression for an English shilling? 9. Who was the author of grim’s progress”? 10. What is an aviary? Answers on page eight. Lancasters and Children, Stationed at Nanking, Now On Board Pres ident Pearce. A cable message was received here Thursday stating that Dr. and Mrs. Lewis H. Lancaster and children, who have been stationed at Nanking, Chi na, are safe and on board the steam ship President J’earce sailing for Se attle, where they expect to arrive on April 25th. Mrs. Lancaster is a daughter of Mrs. W. G. Neville of this city, while Dr. Lancaster, a native of Richmond, Va., has been professor of theology at a mission university in Nanking. Fears were entertained for their safe ty for some time, but it was learned ir. fragmentary messages that they had escaped without injury at the out break of the anti-foreign disturbances and gone to Shanghai. They, with a number of other mission workers are returning to this country to relieve the congestion at Shanghai which has-re sulted from the concentration there of a large number of foreigners who are refugeeing from the interior of China. who knows Mussolini and was in the thick of the Fascisti revolution. It is the most up-to-date and thrill ing story on the platform today. It is like a chapter from the Arabian Nights. . Mussolini is a dramatic figure. He is like the hero in a new opera by his fellow countryman Mascagni. Mr. Skeyhill, who tells the story on the sixth night of Chautauqua, is a trained dramatist and an exceptionally dra matic speaker. A great combination— the most* dramatic statesman in the world today, discussed by a dramatist whose plays are to be presented on Broadway and who is himself a great dramatic orator. Mr. Skeyhill’s story of Mussolini can scarcely be called a lecture, it is a drama—an epic drama, as thrilling and interesting as a stage play. MAGICIAN AT HURRICANE “Allan” the magician, will appear at Hurricane school house next Thurs day night, April 28, at 8 o’clock. The celebrated magician will give a clever program to which the public is invit ed. The proceeds will go for the ben efit of the Hurricane school. New Trustee Named On College Board At a meeting of Bethel Presbytery held last week in York, R. T. Fewell of Rock Hill, was elected a member of the board of trustees of Presbyterian college as a successor to Dr. Alexan der Martin, resigned. Mr. Fewell is a graduate of the college and is pleas antly remembered here- by a number of friends. Dr. Martin has served as chairman of the board for several years past and is also well known here. @r mi / A MacGrath Story— Bound to the North Exclusively In The Chronicle For twenty-eight years one of America’s most popular authors, Harold MacGrath needs no intro duction to the readers of THE CHRONICLE. His new* serial, “Bound to the North,” which starts in this issue, teems with action, mystery, romance— and the desperate risks of war. Courage of the en emy is a thing which Mr. MacGrath makes you see and admire. A winsome, clever, courageous miss from Virginia carries on. There isn’t a paragraph you w’ill want to miss—if you start this week to read this great story. Harold MacGrath writes nothing but “best sell ers.” He is the author of such great books as Arms and the Woman, The Man on the Box, The Carpet from Bagdad, The Ragged Edge, The Green Stone, The Sporting Spinster, Yellow Typhoon, and The Voice in the Fog. Start this week—and read “Bound to the North,” then every week, exclusively in THE CHRONICLE. Turn to page seven and begin with the opening chapter. . . ■Newark, N. J., April 18.—Proverbs came true in a couple of minutes of nightmare wildness today when three trained elephant*, ordinarily models of gentle behavior, were thrown into a panic of fear by the sight of a mouse and bolted out of control into dense shopping crowds at Market and Wash ington streets. An elderly woman was trampled to death and a man was knocked down and injured, while scores of persons had narrow escapes from death before the terrified beasts were quieted. The accident happened just a block from Broad and Market streets, often described as “the world’s busiest cor ner.” The three elephants—Maude, Trixie and Cutie—belong to the Weir Amusement company, and with their trainer, Don Darragh, were opening a week’s engagement in their dancing act at Proctor’s theatre, Market street. They are billed as baby elephants on account of their small size, but actu ally are seven, eight and nine years old. For an hour or more the docile ba bies had been exhibited in the theatre lobby, while crowds gathered close around them and children fed them peanuts with the traditional freedom. The ‘act ^was billed for 3:30 o’clock, and shortly before 2 o’clock, Trainer Darragh and the two keepers, Mark Harnett and Fred Comstock, closed the free show in the lobby and march ed their charges down Market street tc Washington and up Washington to the little alley, Campfield court, which leads to the stage entrance to the theatre. Here the group halted, wait ing the signal to enter, and everything was quiet as usual. Suddenly, and without warning, Maude, seven years old, the temper amental member of the trio, let out a sharp trumpet note of fear and made it clear that she was going to get out of that alley without delay. There was a pile of packing cases and litter not far from where the ele phants stood, and Darragh, who had noted a cat hovering, about about a minute before, is convinced Maud had spied a tiny mouse dart out of the heap for liberty. At any rate, the lumbering baby broke away, frightert- ed out of her wits, and Trixie and Cutie, catching the contagrion, instant ly followed suit. Out into Washington street and up to Market the three animals fled, two of them hobbled with chains, but all uncontrollable, while passing motor ists zig-zagged fantastically*, women shoppers shrieked and pedestrians dodged and ran in all directions for their lives. On the far side of Mar ket street the trainer and keepers, fighting and jabbing mercilessly with their elephant hooks, brought them to a standstill. The elephants were quiet now. The terrible minute was over, and nobody was hurt. But now a second prover bial saying unexpectedly came true— the old one about the elephant’s te nacious memory for whatever has dis tressed him. Maude, Trixie and Cutie meekly fol lowed the men back down the street « mftrm ohinp up which they had just bolted-and 1 moon8nine the dancing act was still scheduled for 3:30 o’clock. But as soon as Maude’s eyes fell on the mouth of that alley, up which the tiny mouse was perhaps still waiting for her, she trumpeted and bolted again, and the wild scene of a moment before was reenacted. This time the big beasts’s fear com plex had fatal consequences. One of the elephants—“not Maude, for I had hold of her,” says Darragh, but wheth er Trixie or Cutie, nobody could say —dashing across the ' skiewalk and through a space between two parked cars, plunked directly upon a woman about sixty years old, not yet idenfi LOCAL SCHOOL TO RECEIVE AID ' < Provision Made For Two NeW Dormitories for State Trails' ing School of This City. Information was received last that the State Training .school here* is included in the state sopply bill for $67,000 for two additional dor* mitories and equipment. It is hanfly likely now that the item will be change ed or stricken out on the even of dm legislature’s adjournment. Of the amount of 907,000, it ia vided that $37,000 be included in tfc# present appropriation bill, and that an additional $30,000 be borrowed by th* state finance committee to be carad for in next year’s bill. Of this amoont* $7,000 is to be applied for the equips ment and furnishings of the ne# buildings which are soon to be erect ed. Following the death of the capita tion tax, which would have provided the local institution funds for thg erection of the contemplated buildings, it was feared that the school would not be given the aid this year that It so badly needs to accommodate It* fast growing population. Friends of the school, and the state hospital a* well, succeeded in having provisiot* made in the bill for their needs and it is now practically certain that the funds will be provided. The appropriation of the school foC maintenance for the coming year i* $104,000. This appropriation, togeth er with the building and equiptneoi- iterns will bring the total amount to $171,000 to be received this year by the local instiuttion. Dr. B. O^WbR- ten, the superintendent, expressed himself last night as highly gratified over the committee’s action which will add to the comfort of the present oc cupants of the institution and provide room for additional applications tha& are now pending. PHOTO-ENGRAVER HIS OWN MINT fied, who had just crossed Washing ton street, and was stepping up to the curb. According to eye-witnesses, she fell in attempting to run. The beast trod on her. She was instantly killed. Henry Manhoff, 33, was bowled over and suffered superficial injuries. This time the elephants did not suc ceed in getting entirely away from their keepers and were more quickly subdued. But it took nearly forty resreve police to restore order in the huge crowd which had gathered and get traffic moving as usual. The elephant act was cancelled at the theatre. Trainer Darragh, who was visibly shaken by the disaster, Veteran Learns Trade At Govemmcnf School and Proceeds To Manufac ture Half Million Dollars. - St. Louis, April 18.-—John H. Mayes, crippled war veteran, who learue<f photo-engraving at a soldier’s voca tional training school at Effingham. 111., admitted to Federal authorities here today that he had made tlur plates from which more than half a million dollars in counterfeit $5. $2(L and $50 bills were printed. He was arrested last night.in a cot tage in Murphysboro, 111., where be siad he had been hiding for weeks witb his wife and three children. Mayes had not lost time in hufiug'' In the cottage was a complete coun terfeiting outfit including press, cam era, inks and copper plates for $20, $5, and $50 bills and a small quantity of counterfeit money. Like all Mayes' handiwork, the bills were remtttfkabkr imitations, and Mayes boasted that “they’re just as good as they turn out in government workshops.” , “ Associates of Shelton and Birger guerillas of “bloody” Williamson county, 111., went to Detroit sevaral months ago and bought Michigan whiskey with Mayes' “moonshine” money. The Cal Morgan' gang of Terre Haute, Ind., five of whom are now serving sentences for passing counterfeit money, used platen made by Mayes. Counterfeit money was seized in their workshop at Uni versal, Ind. s Authorities also arrested 1 Frank* Blocker, negro proprietor of a St. Lo*- uis printing shop, last January, fol*’ lowing discovery of plates from whicl? an estimated $290,000' in counterfeit money had been m^Mle. Blocker atuf six associates are facing trial. Mayes had been trailed for thous ands of miles the last year. He is- listed on the books of the Veterans Bureau at Chicago for $50 a month for the loss of his right foot in the World war. He weighed 170 pounds when be disappeared. Now he weighs 230 and has a moustache. i t Isaac Copeland Continues To Win The local U. D. C. chapter offers a medal each year to the pupil of the 11th grade who prepares the best pa per on the “War Between the States^* The medal has been won by Isaac Copeland. Second place went to Ts J. Blalock and third to Janet Leake, explained that no power could induce! The questions for the contest wer*? the Weir trio to enter that alley again, either this week or ten years ^from now. * • ■. J EASTERN STARS TO MEET prepared by Dr. W. C. Mallahen. head of the history department at Wintbrop college. The papers were graded by Miss Virginia Neville, instructor of Bible in the orphanage schools. ■■m3 ' vi ♦J . S .