The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, August 04, 1927, Image 1
ENGINEERS’ REPORT SAYS
WATER SUPPLY INADEQUATE
Investigation Shows Beard’s Fork Too Small for
City’s Requirements and Recommends Exten
sion of Present Lines. Other Matters Before
Council
HOMECOMING
AT OLD CHURCH
Baptists of Old Columbia Church Near
Princeton, Hold Celebration With .
Bi r Crowd Present.
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City council held its regular month
ly meeting Tuesday .evening with the
mayor and all aldermen present.
The city’s water shortage, a question
of paramount importance just at this
time, was again before council. In
pursuance to a previous resolution
adopted by council, calling for the em
ployment of an engineer to fully in
vestigate the present water status, a
prelirrflnary report from J. E. Sirrine
& company, engineers of Greenville,
was heard.
The report which came after a re
cent investigation of the city’s water
facilities by two engineers, stated that
the present supply at Beard’s fork is
entirely too small for the city’s re
quirements and further recommended
that the water lines be extended to
1 Duncan’s creek to relieve the present
shortage. The report of the engineers
follows:
J. E. SIRRINE & COMPANY
Engineers
Greenville, S. C.
July 27, 1927.
Mr. W. M. McMillan, Mayor.
Clinton, S. C.
Dear Sir:
We wish to submit the following re
port and recommendations upon your
water supply, of which we made a pre
liminary examination this morning.
The stream from which your supply
is taken is entirely too small for your
requirements. Temporary relief might
be gained by constructing a storage
reservoir in the meadow near the pres
ent pumping plant. This would enable
you to utilize surplus water that the
stream might afford. The pump you
now have could be fed from this reser
voir, and a new low head pump would
be required to pump from the stream
to the reservoir.
This arrangement would in no way
be a final solution of your problem,
and we would not recommend it if
of supply.
We understand that the nearest
stream of sufficient size for your
needs is Duncan creek, which we visit
the city. To put the insurapce in force
76 per cent of the city employees must
voluntarily sign up for it and Mr.
Sumerel was given authority to pro
ceed in his effort to secure the neces
sary number.
Dr. J. D. Austin appeared before
council and asked for the privilege of
putting a shingle roof on his residence
on Centennial street, following consid
erable damages it had sustained along
with many other residences from the
hail storm. Alderman Harris offered
a motion, seconded by Alderman Dun
can, giving Dr. Austin authority to
shingle his house since similar author
ity had been given scores of others all
over the city. Council refused to
grant the request on the ground that
the house was in the fire zone, and
tha^the previous ordinance had been
rescinded, Alderman Blalock, Wilson
and Holland voting in the majority to
kill the motion.
Geo. H. Ellis, local real estate agent,
appeared before council with a prop
osition to sell to the town for a city
hall, the E. W., Ferguson garage
building on West Main street at a cost*
of $30,000. Mr. Ellis went into a thor
ough discussion of the question and
pointed out a number of reasons why
the building is well adapted for city
purposes and is an economical buy for
the city. No action was taken on the
matter by council, the position being
taken that the water situation is now
the issue of the most vital importance
to the community and that some decis
ion needs to be reached on this ques
tion bfeore going into a consideration
of the city hall question. The propo
sition of Mr. Ellis was therefore re
ceived as information to be acted up
on later.
A communication was read from the
newly organized board of health ask
ing for a hearty cooperation of the
city in the work it is atempting to do
funds are available for a new source and for th^ appointment of a police
man to assume the duties formerly
discharged by Chief-of-Police Mason,
who has been incapacitated for sever
al months. Policeman George R. Hol-
—-Laurens, Aug. 1.—Old Columbia
church, in the lower edge of Greenville
county, near Princeton, Laurens coun
ty, held a home-coming celebration
Sunday, with a great gathering of peo
ple of the section and from towns and
communities far beyond its borders
in attendance. A number of former
pastors of the church and superinten
dents of the Sunday school were pres
ent and participated in the exercises
which were presided over by the pas
tor, the Rev. W. A. Baldwin, of Rabun
Creek, Laurens county.
According to the records, the Colum
bia church was organized in 1814 and
is therefore one of the oldest Baptist
church organizations in the upper part
of the state. Among the ministers of
the denomination who served the old
church as pastors back in the time
frqpi 1865 to 1900 may be mentioned
A. C. Stepp, J. K. Mendenhall, Mike
McGee and others. Ministers now liv
ing who were former members of this
historic church and who were reared
in that section, are the Rev. David M.
Ramsay, D. D., president of Green
ville Woman’s college; the Rev. W. B.
McCuen, pastor of churches at Wil
liamson and that section, and the Rev.
Benjamin Davenport of Greenville and
pastor of a group of churches in the
Greenville association.
The exercises Sunday, commemorat
ing home-coming, were opened with
devotional services by the Rev. W. B.
McCuen of Williamston, a former su
perintendent of the Columbia church
Sunday school. Then followed talks,
mostly of a reminiscent character, by
Dr. J. O. Martin of Mount Olive, Lau
rens county; Rev. Jodie A. Martin of
Laurens, the Rev. S. E. Welchell of
Honea Path, all former pastors, and
John T. West of Belton, a former
member of the church, and John H.
Gaines of Honea Path, who served as
superintendent of the Columbia Sun
day school while a resident of the
community, this being his native home.
Dr. Ramsay and Judge Joseph A.
McCullough, who is also a native of
the section, were both on the program
for speeches, but neither could attend.
A sumptuous dinner was served-at
one o’clock from a long table in the
church yard.
DUE WEST COLLEGE
WORITIS PUSHED
Coordination of Erskine and Woman’s
Collett Receiving Attention At
Hands of Committee.
ed with you. This stream is amply ( land was designated to assume the du-
large for your present and future ties,
needs, and we recommend that you go
there for your supply
We are giving below a rough esti
mate of cost on what we would con
sider a proper plant for your needs.
The report of the police department
for the month showed 31 cases on the
docket, $394.25 collected in fines, and
180 days given in gang sentences.
The city treasurer’s report showed
You will appreciate the fact that we,cash on hand July 1st, $8,042.15, re-
have no data on which to compile an ceipts for July $4,236.41, disburse-
estimate, and would not advise you to
proceed with the project until you
have secured reliable information on
the subject. j"
22,000 ft. 10 in. pipe line
at $2.50 $55,000.00
Dam and intake structure 2,500.00
Pump house 2,000.00
22,000 ft. transmission
line at $ .50 12,000.00
Pump and equipment .... 2,000.00
Engineering and Miscel
laneous expense 6,000.00
Total $79,000.00
ments $4,951.95, with an August 1st
cash on hand and in banks of $7,326.61.
LINEMAN HURT
• BY LIVE WIRE
Due West, July 330.—Coordination
of Erskine college and the Woman’s
College of Due West is receiving at
tention at the hands of a committee
appointed by the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian Church of the South to
work out the details of the plan.
Both institutions are controlled by
the A. R. P. synod. Until the last
meeting of the synod these colleges
were operated as separate entities.
Two meetings have been held by the
committee in carrying out the mandate
of the synod to work out a plan of co
ordination. Details of the arrange
ment are now in a formative state and
another meeting of the committee is
to be held in the near future to discuss
more details. Erskine college is co-ed-
ucational.
Both institutions draw students
from over the South, which consti-
tues the bounds of the A. R. P. synod.
The committee on coordination con
sists of:
J. H. Marion, Chester, chairman; the
Revs. N. E. Smith, York; J. L. Oates,
Columbia; G. C. Parkinson, Due West;
J. W. Carson, Gastonia, N. C.; R. C.
Grier, D. D., president of Erskine, and
the Rev v R. L. Robinson, president of
the Woman’s college, of Due West; Dr.
J. R. Young, Anderson, and T. H.
White, Chester.
yoi SSd b saneS0UTH coming
Dr. Fred Williams Reports On Con
dition of Slayer of Woman Who
Is Now Under Death Penalty.
York, Juty 81.—McKinley Thomas
son, 16-year-old Negro, under death
sentence at the state penitentiary in
Columbia, following his conviction
INTO ITS OWN
Vanderbilt Professor Says Indus
trial Development Has Laid
Big Responsibilities on South.
Spartanburg, July 30.—To the sun
ny South has come the problem with
here of the murder of Mrs. Frances j which no country has up until the
Thomasson of Filbert, has been pro-(present time grappled successfully,
nounced sane and without evidence of
mental deficiency by Dr. C. Fred Wil
liams, superintendent of the state hos
pital, who has had him under observa
tion and study for some time with a
and in the South there is good chance
at success.
So Dr. Gus Dyer, professor of eco
nomics and sociology at Vanderbilt
university held in addressing yester-
view to determine whether he is men- ( day a limcheon gathering under the
tally responsible for his acts and con- auspices of the Spartanburg chamber
d uct - (of commerce at the Franklin hotel. Dr.
A copy of Dr. Williams’ report to
Judge M. M. Mann, of St. Matthews,
who presided at the trial of Thomas-
NEW INDUSTRY
FOR LAURENS
LAURENS YOUTH
KILLED BY BUS
G. R. Patterson of City Water-Light
Force, Narrowly Escapes Electro
cution Wh^lc Repairing Line.
G. R. Patterson, city lineman, nar
rowly escaped electrocution Sunday
night about eight o’clock while at
tempting to repair a high voltage line
Tips estimate contemplates one new, on Calvert avenue. H% suffered burns \
pump, leaving the pump you now have j on severa i parts of his body but ?s
a? an emergency unit. j rapidly recovering and was able' to
The 10 in. pipe line now in use would ji eave j) r Hays hospital on Tuesday.
have certain salvage value which j j n t i, e sem i_darkness, Mr. Patterson
could be credited to this project. thought he was handling a secondary
If there is any further service we Hne of 110 volts when it was 2200, and
can render you in this- matter, please ^ w h en he attempted to make the repair
do not hesitate to call on us. j w hile in a tree near the street curbing,
Truly i he became fastened to the wire and
J. E. SIRRINE & COMPANY, j was una bi e t 0 release himself. But
. G. Perry, Jr. .. f or t ^ e near ness of several children
After a general discussion of this! heard his cries for help, and the
report, it was decided that two or | promptness of the request for the cur-
three lines should be surveyed at once ren ^ ^ ^ t urne d 0 ff, the young hian
tp Duncan s creek to ascertain the dis- wou jd most likely have been killed,
tance, the most piausible aIM ? • Mr. Patterson came here recently
the estimated cost. T. R. Hoi and of f r om Hendersonville to accept a posi-
this city, was employed to make the ^j on w j^h the citv’s water and light
preliminary survey. department.
There was a divided opinion in coun- ;
cil as to the plan of procedure to fol- ’ j g* r'l x »
low if the water extension proposition L/ilDlOD BOy IjyCLS ( •
is voted favorably upon by the city j Citadel Award
freeholders in a bond election. Mayor 1
McMillan and a majority of council J , ~ .. » «»
members, expressed the belief that the T - J - BW «<* “ f th, “ SOTI " f Mr
Albert Leopard Fatally Hurt By Ve-
* hide Greenville Bound. Driver
Is Released On Bond.
Laurens', Aug. 1.—Albert, five-year-
old son of W. T. Leopard, Jackson
street, Laurens mills village, was fa
tally injured this afternoon when
struck by bus No. 1 of the Eagle Bus
corporation, Columbia to Greenville,
due here at 4:55 o’clock. The accident
occurred two and a half miles east of
Laurens.
The driver of* the bus, Guy Tumblin,
of Laurens, placed the lad in the arms
of one of his passengers and drove
hurriedly to the local hospital, but the
little fellow died just about the time,
the hospital was reached. Tumblin ar
ranged for the continuance of the bus
to Greenville, and then placed himself
_> in the custody of the sheriff. Later
Tumblin was released on bond.
Inquest was heUf Tuesday morning
by Magistrate McCravy.
It appears' that the youth and an
older brother were following behind a
wagon on the highway and that Al
bert ran out and started across the
road just as the bus was about to pass
the wagon team. Emergency brakes
were applied but not in time to save
the child, who was struck by the
bumpers and knocked forward.
E. L. Moss and W. G. Wallace, of
Greenville were passengers on the bus,
Greenville, were passengers on the'bus
and returned for the inquest.
work could be done locally by the
and Mrs. T. J. Blalock, has been
, . /.iitTxxno awarded the Laurens county scholar-
city l s-pre8ent force and added entzens u *
j ship at the Citadel as the result of the
at a saving to the city, and favored r T .
,.uch . plan. Aldermen Harris ^.d. «^t.U,e exam'aatwn JeM °n J “ly
Duncan took the portion that if u,, ;?«>!• Sevend 8*1. Khool graduates of
i, . . .x . . Jc 'the county took the examination and
enlargement of the water plant is un-.^ ^ to ^ ^ ^ make the
Clinton Scouts
At Camp Halsey
dertaken, after the preliminary sur- \ 7; * ^ ‘ ‘f 11 .
j a * -n ' highest average and thereby win for
veys are made, thatTl competent en- & au * . ,
• himself the four-year scholarship. T.
pneer should ^ . h “? “L J. was a member of the Clinton high
the project and that sch(K>l pmiuating class in May and his
should be invited on the work, and a * ^ . . , , , ,.
contract made with a thoroughly re- fn “ d8 are d «M>‘« d °* >»*
liable and experienced concern.
With the preliminary survey* soon ;
completed, the whole question will
; success in securing the Citadel award.
__ Dorsey Howze McFadden has re-
therT go back before the people for turned from a month’s stay at Camp
their endorsement or rejection in a Adger, near Pickens, where he made
bond issue. ~ / (the highest number of points in camp
& W. Sumerel appeared before activities *bat has been made there
council to explain an employees (roup since the establishment of the camp
insurance plan he is attempting to aell four years age.
Sjxteen Boy Scouts of the Lydia
mill community, under the charge of
Scoutmaster F. G. McHugh and as
sistant Scoutmaster J. D. Whiteside,
both P. C. students, left early Monday
morning in a motor truck for Charles
ton where they are spending two
weeks at Camp Alfred Halsey, the
Charleston Boy Scout camp.
The scouts were delayed upon reach
ing Charleston due to a punctured tire
Greenville Men Establish Ice Cream
Plant In County Seat Town. To
Begin Operation Immediately.
Laurens, July 29.—A modern fee
cream plant is to be established in
Laurens and work has already begun
to put things in readiness for opera
tion which is expected to begin at an
early date. Messrs. H. J. Ward and V.
O. Garrison, business men of Green
ville, will be the ow’ners and operators
and both have had considerable expe
rience in the operation of ice cream
plants, the latter now being interested
in a similar establishment at Hender
sonville, N. C.
A deal was dssed Wednesday >yith
Chas. Fleming for the lease of the
brick building on Laurel street near
the station house, and Mr. W’ard had
a force of hands at work there yester
day,_ A part of the machinery already
in the building will be used but a con
siderable part of hte outfit will be
new, making an up-to-date plant. .
A new freezing room will be built
inside the present building and a mo
dern refrigerator installed, as well as
other improvements made. It will
probably take two weeks to make all
the improvements, at which time op
eration of the* plant is expected to be
gin.
If satisfactory arrangements can be
made the milk used for the manufac
ture of cream will be purchased from
local people. In case this plan is
worked out it is expected that it will
add impetus to dairying in this section,
which, has already gained some head
way since the establishment of a
creamery route in this county.
son and whp issued the order that his
mental condition be studied by Dr.
Williams, was received here today by
Thomas F. McDow, who was one of
the three attorneys appointed by the
court to defend the Negro.
Asked after the receipt of Dr. Wil
liams’ report whether there would be
an appeal or any other step taken to
delap the execution of Thomasson, who
was sentencend to die August 12, Mr.
McDow replied: “Certainly not.” Dr.
Williams’ report is full and gives evi
dence of the most careful examina
tion and patient study of the case.
Dr. Williams’ report covers eight
pages and attests a careful study of
the mental and physical condition of
the Negro. The summarizing para
graph is as follows:
“The physical examination revealed
only a few minor defects which, in my
opinion, have no bearing upon the
mental status. The mental examina
tion, including the intelligence test, re
vealed no positive evidence of insanity
or mental deficiency.”
Dyer is visiting various. Southern cit
ies, speaking on the industrial develop
ment of this section. He was intro
duced by W. G. Jackson, vice-president
of the chamber.
By keeping socialism out and hav
ing industries untrammeled the South
might go a long way in meeting the
problem. ’And the fact that Anglo-
Saxons predominated was in the sec
tion’s favor—Anglo-Saxons were con
stantly getting into holes but they
were always getting out.
Not many people realized the full
significance of the development in this
sectipn of the country, Dr. Dyer said
in the opening part of his address. It
was one of those unexpected things.
No one had expected the South to rise
up so quickly.
There was one generally prevalent
but mistaken idea: the South was
asleep prior to the Confederate war.
Instead “the South has. been in the
very forefront of progress since the
very beginning. Since the earleist days
Southern people have shown a most
remarkable power of leadership.”
In the early days of the republic
this leadership had been in political
The crime for which Thomasson fields; industrial leadership is of the
weeks ago, when he was convieted of this adopted etntr of
New License Tags
Will Be Smaller
Columbia, July 26.—Automobile li
cense plates to be used in 1928 in
South Carolina will be considerably
smaller than the plates now in use,
according to Nat Turner, director of
the motor vehicle license division of
the state highway department. The
dimensions of the plates now in use
are 5 15-16 inches by 15 5-16. The
plates for 1928 will be five inches by
12 1-16 inches. The new plates will
cast 5.99 cents each; the plates now in
use cist 8.5 cents each. The first de
livery of plates is to be made in Oc
tober and will number 213,000.
The plates next year will have a
background of bright yellow with the
numerals in black. Underneath the
numerals will appear “South Carolina
1928.” The figure of the palmetto
tree, which the present plate carries
will not be on the plate for 1928
will forfeit his life was one of the
most revolting in York county crimi
nal annals. According to his own con
fession he first attacked and then
murdered by cutting her throat, Mrs.
Frances Thomasson, 78, white. She
was alone in her hemo near Filbert.
Captured next day, he was hurried to
the state penitentiary for safe keep
ing, where he was kept until the term
of general sessions court here a few
murder. By order of the court, he was
defended by T. F. McDow of York and
W. B. Wilson and H. M. Dunlap of
Rock Hill.
CORONER OWINGS
PASSES AWAY
Clerk of Court
Makes Two Sales
The following legal sales were made
by Clerk of Court £ ower Monday
and spent Monday night at the Sumter' T « •.
Guard armory. Earlier in the evening! * n t ^ ie case of W. J. Bailey, surviv-
they were guests of the Pastime " 1 * Partner of the firm of M. S. Bai-
Amusement.company at a motion pic-I^V & Son, Bankers vs Francis Garvin,
ture show, and Tuesday morning they et al » one ,ot ln town c,int ® n «
took a boat for their residence of the sold to F - p - McGowan, attorney, for
next two weeks. The Scouts earned $300.
the trip by passing certain tests pre-1 In the case of Mrs. Anna L. Martin
pared by their instructors. C. M. Bai- vs Thos. L. Hilton, 42 acres of land on
ley, head of the Lydia Cotton mills, the Princeton road, known as the Ken-
gave the boys the free outing at Camp oedy place, known more recently as
Halsey in recognition of their spies- the chicken farm, sold to A. C. Todd,
Esteemed County Official and Popu
lar Citizen Died Saturday at His
Home Near Gray Court.
Gray Court, Aug. 1.—The funeral
services over the remains of Richard
R. Owings, coroner of the county, who
died at his home near this place Sat
urday morning, were held from his
late residence Sunday morning and in
terment took place in Dials church
cemetery immediately following, the
services being attended by a large con
course of relatives and friends from
many sections of the county.
The services were conducted by his
pastor, Rev. J. E. Mahaffey, assisted
by Rev. F. D. Jones of Clinton. The
active pall bearers were six nephews,
as follows: H. F. Owings, G, C.
Gwinn, Wayne Stewart. James Kel-
let, Wright Willis and R. W. Gilliland.
The honorary pall bearers were W. S.
Power, W. H. Barksdale, C. W. McCra
vy, C. A. Power. J. D. W. Watts, L. L.
Templeton and R. M. Bryson. Among
the large number of . floral wreaths
was a handsome one sent by officials
of. the county.
Mr. Owings was a popular and
highly esteemed citizen of the county,
having served several terms as coro
ner and being elected in his last race
by a handsome majority. He was a
consistent member of the Dials Meth
odist church, having been lay leader
for many years. He had been in de
clining health for several months. .
Besides his widow, Mrs. Lidie Gwinn
Owings. he leaves the follownig chil
dren: Mrs. Pearce Thomason and Mrs.
James Stoddard, and the following
brothers and sisters: Frank Owings of
Greenville; Mrs. Ella Stewart of Foun
tain Inn, Mrs. L. W. Gilliland of Foun
tain Inn. and Mrs. J. B. Cook of De
troit, Mich.
new era. John Fiske, a New England
er, selecting the five men who domi
nated the early history of the repub
lic, named George Washington, Thom
as Jefferson, James Madison, John
Marshall and Alexander Hamilton—
four of the five were Southerners. '
At the outbreak of the Confederate
war the South was getting ready fop.
an indusrtial revolution, but the war
changed all this, Dr. Dyer held. In
had been dreams of factories 135 years
ago. Settlers realized that transpor
tation was essential to industry.
South Carolitla had showed grit,
courage and fonesight in realizing that
transportation had to come before
manufacturing and was some hundred
years ago a pioneer in railroad build
ing. Tennessee planned a system of
trunk line railways and turnpikes to
carry the products to the rails.
But the war destroyed everything
and the South seemed handicapped. It
would not have been so bad, Dr. Dyer
continued, had it not been for compe
tition from the North and East. It was
not thought that the South, against
such competition would be able to get
into the game but out of this had come
marvelous development. North Caro
lina, for example, was paying more
Federal taxes than all the New Eng
land states combined, r—
There was no danger of specializa
tion in cotton manufacturing alone,
the speaker held. In Tennessee, /or
instance, the rayon industry had
grown up;- 4 ® kodak plant had been put
at Kingsport; there was a men’s cloth
ing factory; and the milk canning in
dustry hid quickly sprung up.
There was no doubt of the industries
coming South; the danger was that
the development might be too fast.
Industry a few years ago went to
the industrial centers because econom
ic forces such as transportation facil
ities and rates drove them there. But
this has been revolutionized; and the
i little towns were getting the indus
tries. The high cost of living and oth
er things developed in the large cen
ters unfavorable to manufacturing.
The labor of the South, fresh from
B. R. T. Todd Goes
To Savannah
did work.
attorney, for $8,000.
B. R. T. Todd and family, left Sun
day for Savannah, Ga., where they
will make their future home. Mr. Todd
has been connected with the Clinton
Hatchery for the past two years and
his friends here will regret to know
that he has left the city. He will be
engaged in the poultry business in Sa
vannah.
the mountains and the coves, was “un-
-perhaps the
/
S. B. Hays, Jr., of Greer, is spend*
ing several days in the city frith
friends.
f
corrupted by education”
best in the world.
* The speaker made reference to the
statement of Bishop Cannon and oth
ers concerning the conditions of the
southern industry, holding that these
men, honest in their views, knew very
little about modern industrial life.
Factories in close proximity to the
farms was one of the best things pos
sible toward solving the farmers’
problems, Dr. Dyer held, giving outlet
for products and a place for the farm
ers’ children to obtain work and live
at home.
To the South there had come a big
responsibility.
“A strong man shrinks at big re
sponsibilities,” Dr. Dyer declared;
jfonly a fool grabs at responsibilities.”
He referred to Grover Cleveland,
who, when faced with the responsibil-
1 ity of being governor of New York,
wrote to his brother, a Presbyterian
minister, asking that he pray for him.
"In pointing out how different coun
tries had grappled unsuccessfully
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