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VOLUME XXVII
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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- >