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% * t i r: ,'*vvu r r : -v r~y ’ . 7 ' ■ / - ' ' , -, M ’ ’u •! > - A->^, ... w -f-*-' • V ' r k i t^- r- THE CHRONICLE Strive* To Be* Qean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable. <■ r r ~. If Yob Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE Yoo Don’t Get'The News. VOLUME XXVII i CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 11,1927 1 NUMBER 32 REDUCTION IN CHURCH WOMEN; CROP FORECAST, MEET FRIDAY Estimate of 1 >,492,000 Bales Sends Group Conference of Soath Carolina Prices Up Ten Dollar Limit. Boll Weevil Given Credit for Rise. Presbyterial To Be Held Tomor row at Shady Grove. New York, Aug. 8.—Excited bidding A group conference of district num- on the New York Cotton exchange her five. South Carolina Presbyterial, which, today followed upon the publi- will be held with the Shady Grove cation of the department of agricul- church near here tomorrow, the 12th, lure’s report indicating cotton yield beginning promptly at 10 o’clock. The about 1,000,000 bales short of expec tations, and 69.5 per cent of normal, sent prices soaring 200 points, or >10 a bale, the full one day limit permitted under the rules of the exchange. Af ter the limit was reached, trading was quiet The government announcement, to tally unexpected, caught the market almost devoid of cotton. A 20 minute recess had been called to receive the report, and when trading was resumed an uproar broke out as traders shout ed their buying orders. On-the frantic rise, October cotton leaped to 18.84 from 16.84, while December spurted from 17.17 to above 19.10, Even at the day’s top price, many traders were un able to execute buying orders received from their customers as little cotton was offered for sale. This was due to recent heavy liquidation which had practically eliminated speculative* long lines. The rise in cotton was accompanied by an advance of 58 to 83 points in the price of cottonseed oil, due to the gov ernment report, and tq a.sharp in crease in lard quotations. Trading waa the largest of any single day in recent weeks, totaling around 52,000 barrels. Much of the buying was for Southern and Western accounts. Washington, Aug. 8.—The boll wee vil menace is the outstanding;’factor in the cotton situation this year, the department of agriculture said today in announcing that indications at pres ent pointed to a production of 13,492,- 000 bales. This total would be smaller than any crop since 1922 and 4,500,000 bales less than last year’s record crop. On the weather during the remaind er of this month and the first half of September will depend whether the crop will be larger or smaller than that now indicated, the department said. Hot, dry weather would tend to lower the weevil hazard and corres pondingly enhance the production out look but cloudy and rainy days would tend to make the menace increasingly serious, its experts said. r Infestation of weevils is the heavi est since 1923, and is three times as heavy as at this time last year, with Georgia suffering most from the pest. In arriving at its figure of indicated production, the crop reporting board mide allowances for average abandon ment of acreages, for weevil damage and for average weather conditions for the remainder of the season. “The infestation is reported by cor respondence to be approximately three times as heavy as it was a year ago,” said the crop reporting board, “and is the greatest it has been since 1923 for the same $ime of the season. “Allowing for weevil damage made, the crop reporting board in arriving at theme of the conference will be “Study,” and Mrs. R. M. Duckett of Whitmire, will he the leader for the day. Representatives from all Pres byterian churches in the district are expected to be present and the follow ing program has been announced: 10 o’clock—Call to order. Hymn—Life and Service Hymns No. 98. Prayer. Address of Welcome—Rev. A. R. Batchelor. Response—Mrs. R. C. Lake. 10:30—Auxiliary Methods for Offi cers (President hnd Treasurer)—Led by Miss Johnston. 11:00—Statistical report of district chairman. Solo—“The Auxiliary Meeting,” by Mrs. W. P. Jacobs. 11:30—Bible hour—JIrs. J. I. Cope land. 12:00—Roll call, introductions. Lit erature table. . 12:30—Recess for lunch. 1:30—Devotional—Mrs. V.* C. Wil TOBACCO SALES HUNTER’S BUTTON PASS MILLION MUST BE WORN Market Opens With Rush. Farmers New Way Instituted To Enforce State FINAL CHECKS CAREER OF NOTE PAID BY CO-OP ENDED BY DEATH Rdek With Filthy Lucre Aa Pee Dee Warehouses Open. Gaum Laws. Badge Takes Place of License Written On Paper. son. Report of registration committee. Offering. 1:46—Open Discussion—Local Aux iliary Problems—Led by Mrs. H. B. Thomas. 2:15—Inspirational address, “For eign Missions,” Miss Cassie Oliver. 2:30—Work for the coming year— Mrs. J. F. Jacobs. 3:00—How has this conference help ed you? 3:30—Benediction. Former Citizen Passes In Texas News has been received here of thef death of Robert Young, which Occur- Yed in a Dallas, Texas, sanitarium on July 24th. Mr. Young was bom in the Hurricane community and left here with his parents about 30 years ago when but a smaH'troy,- for Texas. He was a cousin of Mrs. W. E. Neighbors and J. Willie Young of this place, and will be pleasantly remembered here by a number of friends. The" following account of his death is taken from a Texas paper: “Robert Young, age 50, died Sunday in a Dallas sanitarium, whefe he had been a patient for nearly a month. He had been in ill health for a number of years, but peritonitis, developing fol lowing an operation, was the cause of his death. “Funeral services were held Mon Lake City, Aug. 9.—Beginning be fore dawn and winding its way over almost every highway and by-way of this section, the big parade of the P'e Dee, promising to become a $15,000,- 000 spectacle this year, moved today for the first time this summer. It is not a new parade and its bigness has long been familiar and is always anti cipated. Yet it never loses its lure and always wins the welcome of thousands and it was today. In the Pee Dee one wagon load of tobacco means much happiness, and the big parade of the Pee Dee is just one wagon load of bright South Caro lina tobacco after another. Today’s opening parade, it is esti mated, brought in close to 5,000,000 pounds to South Carolina markets, for which a little more than $1,100,000 was paid. A huge part of the parade stopped off at Lake City today. In deed, it was big enough to establish an opening day record on this market. Approximately 700,000 pounds of the golden weed was offered at the four big warehouses in this market which sold 9,246,000 pounds last season. Last year’s opening day saw 500,000 pounds offered here. This year’s crop is abnormally early and there consequently is an unusual ly heavy accumulation of tobacco which is ready for the market. This in part explains the huge sales here and elsewhere through the belt today, but it is not the only explanation, as an increased yield is also a contribut- ing-factor. One of Lake City’s leading warehousemen estimated there will be V - a 10 per cent increase in pounds pro duced in this area. Similar estimates are being made all through the belt, it was learned here today. Last year’s total yield for the state was 66,775,614 pounds, for which the farmers receiv ed $13,411,420.00. Accompanying the huge offerings for sale here today was an abundance of pent-up interest on the part of the growers. These farmers have been ready two weeks for this day and the wait has worked up much anxiousness for a line on ^he prices. A steady in crease throughout the day sent Lake City’s price average up to approxi mately 20 cents per pound or to the same mark set last year. This is an estimate by warehousemen and other authorities. The sales here today were so big that the clerical forces had not found time tonight to figure an exact aver age. G. R. Bowen, veteran warehouse man, termed the quality of today's of ferings “normal” for an opening day. His idea of the early crop is that it has established a new mark in the South Carolina belt in this respect. “I have been coming here twenty- day, and burial was at Creagleville, seven years and this is the. earliest Rev. C. O. Hitt, pastor of the Main crop I’ve seen in the South Carolina belt,” he said. Mr. Bowen is owner of the big brick warehouse here. Other street Baptist church, having charge of the services. The deceased had been a member of the Baptist church for a number of years. Members of the local its production forecast, assume aver-1 post office department acted as frail age weather conditions during the re- bearers. mainder of the season and prospects may be expected to improve or decline accordingly as the weather is more or less ■favorable for weevil propagation during the remainder of the season than average. With the present ex tent of weevil infestation, damage will no doubt be greater this year than in any of the past three years, which were of light damage, but probably Mr. Young was born in South Car oling moving to Smith county with his parents when but a small boy. Since local warehouses are Graham’s, Grave- ley’s, and the Star. Every pne was packed to the doors today with thous ands of pounds which had been brought in before the opening day awaiting an opportunity on the floor. This tobacco is stored in local ware- Columbia, Aug. 6.—“The revenue from the sale of hunting licenses should increase at least 25 per cent, during the coming year,” Chief Game Warden A. A. Richardson said yester day. “This year a button, easily de tected, will be sold to all hunters and law requires that they be worn at all times while bunting, and not borrow ed, lent or exchanged.” “This is the first year that the game department has used a button to indi cate the wearer has purchased a hunt ing license and 165,000 of them have been received and are for sale at the regular localities where the old form of license was formerly sold.” The new hunting license is in the form of a handsome celluloid two-col ored button about an inch and a half in diameter. There are three classes of buttons—county, state and non-resi dent—just as the old paper license was designated. The state license is a green and white button, with the seal of South Carolina at the top, and around the circular edge on a green background are the words, “Depart ment of Game and Fish, South Caro lina.” In the center is the class, state and also a number, beginning at one and up. The county button is similar but of a different color, being red and white and the name of the county in the center instead of the state, while the non-resident button is of a gold and white combination, numbered and lettered as the other two, but with the word “non-resident” in the center. The expiration date is also found on the button. The bids, according to Mr. Richard son, were given out in May and the contract awarded to a Chicago com pany, who were low bidders. The but tons were received about July 13, at the state game department and since that time the buttons have been divid ed as to counties. They are now on sale, as the deer season opens within two weeks. The cat pertaining to hunting licen ses passed at the 1927 session of the legislature and now a law requires that the new hunting license shall be in the form of a button, that every li censee shall wear the hunting license button conspicuously at all times when hunting, that failure to display same shall be a violation of the act, that the same cannot be borrowed, lent or ex changed and that any person found guilty of violation of the section that pertains to lending, exchanging or borrowing shall lose his button also in addition to the regular penalty and other features. Chief Richardson also said yester day that definite devolpments would come next week relative to the wound ing of three game wardens in Hamp ton county July 29. Both motors have been recovered during the week, one of them belonging to the South Caro lina wardens and the other motor that was posted as a bond by the parties, who later ambushed the wardens. A representative of the game depart ment was on the scene during the week and as the water had receded consider ably both motor and the boat were re covered. coming to Van Zandt a number of j houses. There was a throng in Lake years ago, he has lived in Grand Sa-.City today. Citizens who have watch- line, where he worked for D. M. Jack- son Hardware company; Willis Point, where he had a rural carrier route for a number of years; and in the Jones community. The number of friends less than during the four years, 1920 i strongly by the large concourse of to 1923, inclusive, which were years of j which he had acquired was attested heavy damage. Analysis of data on | people who gathered to pay their last damage due to weevils gathered dur-, respects, and by the many beautiful ing the past 18 years shows no in-1 floral offerings. stance where extreme weevil damage | “The deceased is survived by his occurred in a year immediately sue- ( wife, father, four children and one ceeding a year of relatively light dam- ^ brother. The children,*who are alf liv-> age.” j ing at home, are Odell, Darby, Olivia “The cotton hopper, which was very i and Mary. His father, J. L. Young, troublesome a year ago,” the report lives in the Jones community, and his said, “is causing practically no dam-! brother, S. B. Young, who was present age this year. Red spider is rep<frted ; at the funeral, resides in Haileyville, only in North Carolina-and Tennessee. j Okla.” “Except in the Southwest, where drought was serious early in the sea son, stands are fairly good, gnd the plants have made good growth but have not fruited heavily as yet. “In Texas shedding during July was severe to a period of high tempera Joint Picnic To Be Held Today The Sabbath schools of the Clinton, Mountville, Ora and Laurens A. R. P. tures. Rot root in that state is not as churches, will hold an enjoyable pio prevalent nor general as it was a year : n ic this afternoon at Yarborough’s ago. Cotton hoppers have appeared m jii. it is expected that a large crowd in many sections, although no great will be present for the occasion with a damage has resulted. Weevils are more bountiful supply of good things to eat numerous than in several years and boll worms are active. on the menu. “In Georgia weevils are present in Congregations To greater numbers and doing more^dam-! Unit© Slllldjiy age than in any year since 1923. In the southern and southeastern sections all squares were forming and a large percentage of small bolls ate being at ed opening day crowds for years said it was the biggest in the history of the market. The people came in wagons, buggies, and auotmobiles. Many had reached town yesterday afternoon and spent the night. The town awoke this morning pre pared, and as soon as the sales started the flow of money a business boom that will mean thousands for local trade began. This afternoon the well- stocked stores were crowded as the first of the approximately $150,000 which was paid out to growers was put intq circulation. The tobacco picture Lake City pre sented today is representative of all the markets. The only difference is in the quality handled. How tobacco is moving to markets in South Carolina: Darlington—Half million pounds, largest break in thirty years. Conway — Two hundred thousand pounds sold at average price of twen- ty-fice cents. Manning—Plenty of buyers with first day sales at 75,000 pounds. Andrews—Georgetown county’s to bacco market is booming. Two hun dred thousand pounds sold. Business prospers. Marion — One hundred and fifty thousand pounds sold. Everybody sat- (Continued On Page Four) Settlement Made On Last Year’s Crop. Over Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars Distributed. Columbia, Aug. 7.—Chicks aggre gating $843,904.16 in final settlement of all cotton delivered to the South Carolina association last season were mailed out last night, Alfred Scarbor ough, general manager, announced. This is, he said, the earliest final set tlement the association has ever made. The average prices of the 68,914 bales, less 54 cents per hundred pounds selling cost as received by the mem bers as given out by the associatoin are as follows: 15,638 bales sold from 15 cents to 16.92 cents; 10,567 bales sold from 14 cents to 15 cents; 36,396 bales sold fi'om 13 cents to 14 cents; 5,573 bales sold from 11 cents to 12 cents; 738 bales sold from 10 cents to 11 cents; 1 bale sold for 9.25 cents and one bale sold for 8.50 cents. “Some short cotton w’as sold by the association this season for as much as 18.75, while only one bale was sold for as little as 8.50,” said Mr. Scarbor ough. “A total of 62'061 bales of short cotton delivered sold for better than 13 cents, taking alb grades into consider ation.” ; Mr. Scarborough said that the as sociation is strenuously engaged in an effortjacomplete business-to a point oT making settlement for the 1925-26 long staple cotton, and added that “from present indications this final settlement will reach association mem bers before September 1.” He said it was his desire to “have all old busi ness which includes long staple re serves for back years, inherited by this fiscal year, finished and cleared out by October 1 or earlier if possible and our future aim must be ‘the year’s business completed within the year the cotton is received.’ This was accom plished this year.” Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood Passes Away. Achieved Brilliant Career As Soldier and States! LAURENS MAY GET NEW MILL New York Braid Corporation Submits Proposal To Move Plant If Local Capital Is Subscribed. Laurens, Aug. 5.—The Pioneer Braid Corporation, of New York, proposes to remove its plant to Laurens if a lo cal capita] of $75,000 is raised, accord ing to Sidney M. Edelstein who pre sented the proposal to the directors of the Business' League Tuesday after noon. Mr. Edelstein, who was recent ly employed to secure industries for this city and section, stated that the « orporation has a capital stock of 1250,000 and at present manufactures shoe laces, hat bands, braids and other similar articles, according to the de mands of the seasons and the public. The plant is reported to need a floor space of 20,000 feet and would give employment to about 200 people, 70 per cent of them female. Mr. Ed elstein recommended the enterprise very highly and proposed to take stock to the amount of $10,000 or $15,000. He further stated that if the plant is moved to Laurens local interests would be given a controlling voice in its management. The directors took the proposal un der consideration and appointed G. M. Wright, Albert Dial and Charles Flem ing to visit tiie plant in New York MRS. BULLARD DIES SUDDENLY Former Beloved Matron at Thomwell Orphanage. Passes In Washing ton at Ripe Old Age. News was received by The Chroni cle a few days ago of the death of Mrs. S. H. Bullard which occurred in Washington, D. C., on July 27th. She was buried on the 29th at Glenwood cemetery. The funeral service was held in the Central Presbyterian church of which Mrs. Bullard was a devoted member, her pastor, Dr. Tay lor, officiating. Mrs. Bullard is pleasantly remem bered in Clinton by a large circle of friends. For a number of years she was connected with the Thomwell or phanage as matron -of the Home of Peace, and in this position her beau tiful life touched and blessed hundreds of girls through a long period. She was a splendid character and was loved by many who will be saddened Boston, Mass., Aug. 7.—The spec tacular career of Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, governor general of the Philip pines, is ended. Death came early to day at the Peter Bent Brigham hospi tal in this city, where he underwent an operation yesterday. In defsrsace to the wishes of Mrs. Wood, who ac companied him when he came to the hospital for observation three days ago, hospital officials withheld from the public the fact that General Wood was there until yesterday noon. Late last night Dr. Alexander Lambert of Ne* York said that an operation had been performed and that his condition was critical. Shortly after two o’clock this morning hospital officials an nounced that he died at 1:20 a. m. Doctor Lambert’s bulletin indicated that the operation was for a tumor. “Governor General Wood,” he said, “17 years ago had a tumor, which was removed by Doctor Cushing (Dr. Har vey Cushing of Boston). It was then found that the growth had involved the bone of the skull and a probable recurrence of the trouble was antici pated. For some time he had evidence of a return of his former lameness, but owing to his high sense of duty, he was unwilling to leave his post in the Philippines until he felt that the situ ation there justified a temporary ab sence.” General Wood was operated on for hernia in Manilla last January. As soon as he had recovered sufficieatly and conditions in the islands permit ted, he returned to America. Recently he visited President Coolidge in Rapid City, S. D. The end came in the city where he started his career. General W’ood, who was born in Winchester, N. H., Octo ber 9, 1860, was house surgeon at the Boston City hospital for a year after his graduation from tfre Harvard Med ical school in 1884. General Wood’s body will leave Bos ton tomorrow night for Washington accompanied by a military guard of six soldiers from. Fort Banks under Capt. Roger Williams. Present plans call for Mrs. Wood to accompany the body of her husband to the capital, where burial will take place in Arling ton. Mrs. Wood remained in seclusion at the Back Bay hotel to which she went on arrival here last week, and Maj. Burton Reed, aide de camp to General Wood, was authority for the statement that no services would be conducted here. city. LAURENS MAN NAMED CORONER Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 7.—Col. Car- mi A. Thompson, President Coolidge's personal representative to investigate conditions in the Philippines under the administration of Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, said he was deeply grieved to day when he learned of General Wood’s death. “America has lost a great man,” Colonel Thompson said. “He was pe culiarly adapted to the administration of island possessions. His administra tion in the Philippine Islands was a credit to himself and our government. History will point to him as one of America’s great soldiers and leading statesmen. Both Mrs. Thompson and myself are deeply grieved and extend our sincere sympathy to Mrs. Wood.” John F. Bolt Appointed By JfJovernor Richards To Fill Unexpired Term of Late K. R. Owings. John F. Bolt of Laurens, has been appointed by Gov. John G. Richards as coroner of Laurens county to fill out the unexpired term of the late R. R. Owings, who had served in the of fice for ten and a half years, and whose third term would have expired January, 1929. Mr. Bolt, therefore, will hold office until that time under the appointment marie last Wednes day. The new coroner was formerly clerk of court for four consecutive terms, and is welt" qualified for the duties of the office he is now assuming. It was understood early in the week ^ that Townes A. Willis, of Gray Court, toTe'arn" ofTer passing." The deceased vL* is survived by one daughter, Mrs. L. B. Woody of Washington. Little Sells resentatives from Laurens county, bad the indorsement of the legislative del egation for the appointment, and it was also stated that a number of oth- er citizens had asked for the place, or GrOCery Interest ^ eas ^ their names had been placed before the governor in connection with the office appointment. * Atlanta, Aug. 7.—Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, who aside from being one of the outstanding figures in the politi cal and military life of the nation for the past 25 years, was known here as one of the brightest football stars Georgia Tech produced. He was a member of the varsity team that in ’92 journeyed to Athens, where it de feated the University of Georgia Bull dogs by an overwhelming score to up set all the dope and make football his tory that still is referred to with pride by Tech alumni. _ General Wood at that_time was sta tioned at Fort ‘McPherson with the rank of lieutenant. He accepted an of fer from Georgia Tech officials for a special course in military tactics open exclusively to army officers. Following completion of the course and .his subsequent transfer from Fort McPherson and participation in the Spnnish-American war, General Wood made several trips to Atlanta to re- i new old acquaintances and visit scenes (familiar to him in his young man hood. The congregations of tfre First Pres byterian and Thornwell Memorial tacked* The progress of the crop there charchea will unite in next Sunday has been definitely checked and it is a morning’s service jn the First Presby- question of how badly the remaining terian dhurch. Dr. L. R. Lynn will large bolls will be damaged. Rains preach in thy absence of Dr. Woods were excessive throughout the state who/is now spending his vacation m in June and July, and grassy fields Salem, Va. AH Presbyterians in the (Continued On Page Three) _[city are invited Ur attend the service. Union Services At Baptist Church The partnership heretofore existing, between John W. Little and W. S. Denson, under the firm name of Lit-1 TO MEET AT SARDIS tie & Denson, has been dissolved by TO CLEAN CEMETERY v * The union service next Sunday ev ening will be held with the First Bap tist church. Dr. L. R. Lynn will occu py the pulpit The hour of service is eight o’clock. ) mutual consent and Mr. Denson be comes the sole owner of the firm. The business in the future will be conduct- The Sardis Cemetery association will meet at Sardis on Tuesday, Aug. ed under the firm name of the Denson 16, to clean off the cemetery. Every Grocery company. It will continue to one interested please come early and operate at its present location and bq,. bring dinner, also necessary fools for conducted on the same business poli- doing the work. Hash will be served cies as in the past. (for dinner. Clinton Girl Wins Free Scholarship Ml In recognition of her work the past year at Winthrop college, Miss Fran ces Shealy of this city, has been awarded a free scholarship for tbe^ coming session. Miss Shealy, who is a graduate of the* - city high school, made an unusually high record for her * freshman year and her friends will learn with interest of the well merited honor that has come her way. I- >