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L THE CHRONICLE StriTw To B« » Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable. ) • •' * X. v/f •' *rt?j5T s’ Too' Doo*t THE CHRC Don’t Get The Newt. VOLUME XXVII CLINTON, S. C.,-THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22,, 1927 t HUNT PRESSED FOR SLAYER ^ L " Yeung Rickman Accused As Slayer and Kidnaper of Little Marian Parker. Nation-wide Search Being Made for Fiend. DR. J. H. MILLER DIES SUDDENLY Well-Known and Useful Citisen County Passes At Cross Hill. Practiced for Half Century. t Los Angeles, Dec. 20.—Defying cap ture at the hands of the greatest force of officers ever assembled for a man hunt in th West, William Edward Hickman, identified as the kidnaper and slayer of Marian Parker, 12-year- old school girl, was still at large late today. Spurred on by the positiye identifi cation of Hickman as the youth re sponsible for the abduction and kill ing of the child and the arrest of an other youth, Milton Jakowsky, be lieved to have been an accomplice, po lice in Los Angeles and southern Cali fornia pressed forward the hunt re lentlessly. Eight thousand men combed Los Angeles and its environs, while other thousands prosecuted a search over the entire PacifTc southwest for the killer on whose head a reward of $100,000 has been placed. In the arrest of Jakowsky, authori ties believed they had found the man who gave Hickman information con cerning the Parker family during the kidnaper’s ransom negotiations with Perry M. Parker, bank official and father of Marian. Jakowsky, in the belief of investi gators, acted as an intermediary for kman, who graduated as an honor lent at Central high school, in Kan- //’isaa City in 1926 and is said to be 19 years old. Police said Jakowsky came to Los Angeles five weeks ago from Wash ington, D. C., where he is believed to have been a government employe. Ja kowsky is known to have been friend ly with both the Parkers and Hick man. His age was given as 25 and he was said to be single. Earlier in the day it was reported Jakowsky was from Kansas City. . Jakowsky attempted to overcome guards at the city jail this morning but was subdued by four men and lock ed in another cell while crying that he would take his own life. Dr. J. H. Miller, prominent citizen and a leading physician of the Cross Hill section for many years, died sud denly at his home last Thursday morn ing at 11 o’clock. While on the street Dr. Miller suffered a fainting spell and was removed to his residence. Later in the day he suffered a heart attack and suddenly expired. The funeral services were held Fri day afternoon at Liberty Springs Presbyterian church of which he was a devoted member and elder. Rev, W. D. Ratchford, Rev. R. H. McKinnon and Rev. George Pearce conducted the service, and interment followed in the churchyard. His nephews served as active pall bearers as follows: Carroll D. Nance, John Henry Nance, Dr. W. L. Nance, John Miller, Henry Miller, Hasel Mil ler, Frank Miller, T. M. Pinson and A. A. Madden. The honorary escort w as composed of the elders and dea cons of Liberty Springs church: El ders—S. A. Leaman, W. H. Leaman, R. A. Austin, W. T, Madden, E. A. Adams, Dr. C. B. Mills, S. B. Austin, and John W. Hanna; deacons—J. L. Carte*, J. E. Leaman, R. A. Boyce, J. H. Coleman, J. C. Chandler and R. D. Nance, also the following friends: Dr. W. P. Turner, Dr. C. J. Scurry, Dr. G. P. Neel, Dr. G. A. Neuffer, J. C. Self, W. J. Bailey, W. C. Rasor, S. L. Crisp and H. S. Smith. Dr. Miller is survived by his second wife who was Miss Ella Black of Fair- field county. His first wife, who was Miss Lela Black, also of Fairfield, died a number of years ago. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. W. V. Payne, of Pet ersburg, Va., and the following neph ews and nieces: Carrol D. Nance and John Henry Nance of Cross Hill; Dr. W. L. Nance of Fort Valley, Ga.; John Miller, Henry Miller and Hasel Miller, of Whitmire Frank Miller of Cross Hill, T. Miller Pinson of Cross Hill; Dr. A; A. Madden of Columbia; Hal Payne of Petersburg, Va.; Mrs. J. E. Leaman, Mrs. S. A. Leaman and Mrs. W. D. Ratchford, of Cross Hiill; Mrs. W. L, Daniel of Greenwood, and Mrs. NUMBER 51 VOTERS MUST REGISTER ANEW Present Certificates Expire At Close of This Month. Tax Commission Is Discussed. Sev eral Members’ Terms End. HOLIDAY SET FOR MONDAY maintained La*lerwf Petewbaeg, Va. -Jk heavy guard wnaa. mmatainedT xl "' i y/£V«r OT Christmas coming thi^y^lu: .OH^cto-'tenjriwwurk- As compared with last about the jail because of threats voic^ Dr.wwr^O years bf age o®Tday and the rush of'ChriatnilW eve Oh yea^b activities,'the report for this A i ed in the streets against the prisoner. Although taken into custody last night his name was withheld until noon to day. — ' Announcement that Hickman had been identified as the youth who lured the girl away from school last TKurs- day, and on Saturday night delivered her torso to her father in exchange for a ransom of $1,500 was made af ter police had compared finger prints from the slayer’s car and ransom notes with those in Hickman’s police rec ord. His photograph from the police files was identified by Miss Neona Britten, teacher, who was tricked into permitting Marian to accompany the kidnaper by his story that her father had been injured. Belief that Hickman was still in Los Angeles or vicinity was strengthened when Jack Woods, attendant of a fill ing station, identified the hunted youth’s photograph as that of the driyer of a blue Cadillac automobile, which eluded a hot pursuit here at dawn here today. • The driver of the car obtained five gallons of gasoline from Woods and aped away without paying for it. Woods gave chase in another car but w^ts outdistanced. Squads of police March 10th past. He was a graduate of the Louisville Medical college and practiced his profession at Cross'Hill for more than 50 years and was great ly loved for his service to suffering humanity. He had served as surgeon for the Seaboard Air Line since that road was built. He served Laurens county in-the house of representatives 1904 to 1906 and was a useful citizen, interested in civic affairs and a man whose influence was always exerted on the side of righteousness and for the betterment of his community, county, state an^ nation. He was a successful business man as well as a skilful and sympathetic physician. VESPER SERVICE HELD SUNDAY Choir of First Presbyterian Church Effectively Renders Cantata, “The Christ Child.” The Christmas story, “The Christ Child,” was beautifully portrayed in song last Sunday afternoon by the choir of the First Presbyterian churdh. The vesper service, which has become an annual event on the Sabbath pre Business Houses of City Sign Petition To Observe Dec, 26th As Holi day In Clinton. Holiday will be observed for Christ mas on Monday, December 26, in Clin ton generally, as well as with most of the nation. Christmas CANNON MAKES ANNUAL REPORT Year’s Activities Covered Wide Scope and Record Shows Steady * Improvement. C. B. Cannon, Laurens county farm extension agent, has just completed his annual report and mailed copies of it to the proper head offices of ex [ILL EMPLOYEE DIES SUDDENLY ^ ceeding Christmas, was attended by a joined' in the hunt for the machine • congregation which not only filled the without success. j large auditoriiyn but overflowed into Crowds of curious persons gathered Sunday school frooms. Besides, in front of the central police station during the day watching officers come and go shut no unruliness was display ed. In reconstructing the crime today, police assigned vengeance as an ob vious motive for the slaying, but Hint- ad that, degeneracy may hqve been at the bottom of the case. Hickman wes employed as a mes- aenger in the bank of which Mr. Park er is assistant cashier. He was ar rested on a forgery charge last sum mer, but was paroled. Police expressed the belief that Hickman erroneously thought that Mr. Parker had opposed his applica tion for parole and killed the bank of- ficer’s daughter out of revenge, it de veloped today. The nature of the crime led investi gators to the conclusion that sex per version may have entered into it and that several youths besides Hickman may have been involved. Whether the child was abused be- , fore she was slain, however, has not been cleared up, due to the dismem bered condition of the body. Police, in their scouring search of *He city, located in the Bellevue Arms apartments a bathroom spattered with blood in which they declared Marian Parker’s body had been dissected. The proprietress identified Hickman’s pic ture as the young man who rented the 'Apartment under. tbe name of Evans. from a waste basket in the room came a thin strand of thread (Continued On Page Eight) . chairs were placed in the aisles and many were forced to stand through out the impressive program. The ros trum and choir loft were beautifully decorated with cedar trees covered with effective electric lighting, while the star hanging overhead in the cen ter of the auditorium added to the im pressiveness of the service. The Christmas rendition was under the direction of Mrs. J. F. Jacobs, Jr., organist of the church. The chorus and solo work was sung with finish and feeling to make the Christ story more impressive and better under-* stood. In an able manner the entire program was rendered and greatly en joyed by the large audience. year shows steady gains in all the de partments of the work as carried for ward by Mr. Cannon. The office and field work has increased and the re sultant activities of the agent have at tracted and enlisted, the support of Laurens county farmers in a way gratifying to the agricultural agent. The county is well organized for the work, as shown by the records in the office of the agent. The annual report shows that dur ing the year Mr. Cannon projected 85 farm demonstrations, 45 of which were completed.* These demonstrations in volved 2G0 acres and included cotton, ! corn, grain and other cover crops. In the five acre cotton demonstra tions, the record of the agent shows that Z. R. Traynham produced 3,878 pounds of lint; A. C. Young, 3,118 pounds, and (^arl Taylor, a 4-H club member, got a yield of 630 pounds of lint on one acre. Excellent records * were made by the other contestants in the five-acre demonstration. Members in the corn demonstration contest produced as high as 30 bushels Saturday, before, will not permit clos ing; In recognition of this fact, a pe tition* was circulated Monday desig nating next Monday as Clinton’s Christmas and with only a very few exceptions, it was signed by the busi ness houses of the city. The petition as signed, was furnish ed The Chronicle yesterday with a re quest that it be given publication. It .follows: We the undersigned citizens of Clin ton do hereby agree to close our plac es of business Monday, Dec. 26, 1927, for the Christmas holidays. (Signed) Mary C. Holland, city clerk, Parrott- Electric, J. I. Copeland & Bro., Clinton i Furniture Co., W. M. McMillan, mayor, Commercial Bank, Blakely’s Grocery, Blakely Bros. Co., S. M. & E. H. Wilkes & Co., M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers, Milam Grocery; Clinton Mo tor Co., Young’s Pharmacy (Sunday hours), Danziger’s Department store, Abrams-Fuller Barberi Shop, Kellers Drug Store, A and P. Tea Co., Den son Grocery Co., Jacks Market, Smiths Pharmacy, A. E. McIntosh, J. E. Ben- arro' {TlVS; l R- n h 0n ^ al R r F J \ L 'I Durinp the year the agent made 348 .[*' "[• ?A c “ cy .' B ' F ^ ,[ ' tls ’: farm visits in conducting extension J r A- Bailey A O D»n.el H P. Craw- j work visitod 375 different f had ford, First National Bank, Copeland-j 1 355 ca „, relati t0 exten3ion Stone Co., J. C. .Sparks * Co., Ira C. work an<| t 224 d * in the field R. F. Jackson Succumbs To Attack and Passes In Few Hours. Fu neral In Graniteville. R. F. Jackson, for the past five years connected with the Clinton Cot ton mills as roller coverer, died sud denly last Friday afternoon shortly after f dWock. He stricken with paralysis, and immediately removed to Dr. Hays’ hospital where he expired in a few hours, never gaining conscious ness after he became ill. His remains was carried to Graniteville early Sun day morning where interment took place beside his mother in accordance with his own request. . Mr. Jackson was 55 years of age and was bom in Richland county where he spent the early part of his life. Later he went to Greenville Where he was married to Miss Mamie Scruggs: For several years past he had’made his home here and was well known and liked among his friends who were shocked and saddened to hear of his J untimely death. The deceased is sur vived by his widow and one sister, Mrs. Lula Morgan of Graniteville. Columbia, 'Dec. 14.—The switch is about to be thrown which will set fhe 1928 election machinery in motion andi the cogs will be moving through the year. The voters of the state must,, under a state statute, register anew every 10 years, and 1928 is one of the re registration years. No registration certificate issued in past months or years will be good next year. There \ must be a complete and new enroll ment of voters. Secretary of State Blackwell’s office is preparing now to send books of registration to all the voting precincts. Pads of registration certificate blanks are also to be sent. These forms have been printed and the registration books prepared, and they are to go in the mails within a few days, For each voting precinct in the state will be sent two enrollment books. While a registration of voters for the next general election is to be tak en next year, there is no re-enrollment of Democrats in the party machinery. Under the rules of the party in the state there must be a re-enrollment every four years. Democrats already enrolled in their clubs will not have to enroll again next year, for voting in the primaries. Besides the appointment of four members of the State Highway com mission by Governor Richards next year, there is another office to be fill ed by the governor which is of inter est. It is that of one seat on the tax commission. The term of J. Fraser Lyon, former attorney general, ex pires early in 1928, and the governor is to make an appointment. Whether he will reappoint Mr. Ly on or not is not known. Several names have been mentioned unofficially in connection with this vacancy, but jxs yet the governor has given no inti mation of what he proposes to do. 'The other members of the tax commis sion a/e W. G. Query, chairman, whose ternl expires fit 1930, and J. P: Dur ham, whose term expires in 1932. The term of office is six yeArs. Last year the legislature made un effort to abolish the tax commission but this was voted down. Governor • Richards, who was a strong opponent of the tax commission and asked the 1927 legislature to destroy it, has not indicated what stand he will take, if any, in regard to this commission ne*t year. \ GEO. L. CARTER DIED THURSDAY Prominent Cross Hill Citizen Suo cumbs To Short Illness. Funeral Services Wfere Held Friday. Cross Hill, Dec. 15.—George L. Car- I ter, prominent citizen of Cross Hill, i died at his home Thursday evening at 6:30 o'clock following a stroke of pa- To Fill Vacancies At Naval Academy ralysis suffered two weeks ago. | The funeral services were conducted Examinations to fill a vacancy in j at Liberty Springs Presbyterian the Anapolis Naval academy will be | church Friday afternoon at ,4:30 held in Spartanburg on January 7, o’clock by Rev. W. D. Ratchford, Rev. according to an announcement made j R. Q. McKinnon and Rev. George by Congressman J. J. McSwain of the Pearce. Boland, Farmers Exchange, Chas. G. Copeland, Milling Grocery Co., A. B. Blakely & Bro., D. E. Tribble Co., Fuller Grocery Co., Chronicle Publish ing Co., John Spratt, A. B. Galloway, Clinton Filling Station, M. J. McFad- den, R. W. Johnson r Sadler-OWens Pharmacy (Sundays hours), L. B. Dil lard, G. A. Copeland & Son, Fuller- Simpson Furniture Go.,. Galloway-Mc- Millian, The Men’s Shop, Baldwin Grocery Co., B. L. King & Son, South ern Grocery Stores, Inc., L. L. Cope land, McDaniel Vulcanizing Works, Carryteria, Buchanan’s Dry Cleaners, Dr. G. W. B. Smith, L. H. Davidson, Hyman Lurey, Coleman and Ander son, Jacobs & Co. Fourth South Carolina district At the same time examination to fill a vacancy at West Point will be held, the announcement says. The ex Mr. Carter had just passed his 70th year. He was born on November 27, 1857. For many years he was in the cotton business at Cross Hill and also He prepared 20 news articles for the papers, sent out 1,284 individual let- tei\s and distributed 500 bulletins. aminations will be held in the county was a farmer. He was a nephew of the court house, Congressman McSwain j late Major Joseph T. Ligon. PROFESSOR HOY TO GET LEAVE SCHOOLS CLOSE THIS WEEK College, Orphanage and City Schools Discard Books To Begin Christ mas Holiday Periods. The Christmas holiday season of ficially began Tuesday in Clinton with the discontinuance of class room du ties at Presbyterian college. The stu dents left at mid-day for their re spective homes and will resume class es. on the morning of January 2nd. Must Get Tags By December 31st License tags for motor vehicles must be applied for before December 31, 1927, or a penalty prescribed by law will be inflicted upon all motor ve hicle owners whose applications for 1928 tags are not in the mails^ prior to thf above date. The penalty provid ed is 50 cents. Application blanks have been mailed to car owners by the state department and directions are given as to filing of the applications.' Incidentally, at- At the orphanage and city schools, | tention is called to the fact that no, the boys and girls begin their vaca- ! personal checks, unless certified will tions tomorrow. They will also resume their studies on January 2nd. Teach- be accepted by the department. Re mittances should be made either by ers in the schools will leave tomorrow money order, cashier’s check or Cerri to spend Christmas at their homes, fied check. Popular Teacher of Biology at Pres byterian College To Do Research Work Until Next September. Prof. W. E. Hoy, B. A., Ph.D., who is at the head of the department of biology at Presbyterian college, an nounced during the past week his in tention of taking a leave of absence from his work until the beginning of the 1928 school term in order to devote his entire time to research work. Dr. Hoy will leave the city early in the year to go to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to con tinue his work there until the early part* of the summer at which time he will go t<J Princeton university. He is one of the most popular instructors on j the campus and by his friends at the! college, as well as in the city, he wiU ! be missed and cordially welcomed back “home” with the opening of college I next fall. In the absence of Dr. Hoy, Dr. S. C. 1 Hays, well-known local physician and surgeon, will have charge of the col lege lecture work in biology. A. W\. Grafton, now student assistant in bi ology, will be in charge of the labora tory work in this department. said, if the building can be secured for that purpose. In explaining the details of the ex aminations, Mr. McSwain said they are open to any boy of the county between the ages of 17 and 20 years, but one appplicant will not be permitted to take both examinations. Surviving are two sons, Joe L. Car ter of Cross Hill, and R. E. Carter of ■Clinton; one daughter, Miss Lizzie N. Carter oLCross Hill, and one brother, Thomas H. Carter of Cross Hill. His wife died on the 13th of last October. The following friends served as pall bearers: Active—S. A. Leaman, C. D. Mr. McSwain requests that those de-1 Nance, R. W. Griffin, E. B. Rasor, J. siring to take the examinations com- H - R ai, or, T. M. Pinson; honorary— municate with him at Washington,! J - G - Brown, R. VV. Brown, J. El Lea- where be is attending the session of; man > W. T. Madden, J. W. Ropp, R. D. •sso.iJguoo Nance, W. C. Rasor, J. G. Davenport, H. E. Hitt, J. H. Coleman, J. H. Nance xr ' -n a *id E. B. Pinson. New Officers For Campbell Lodge Hi students Form Speakers Cluy At a meeting of Campbell lodge No. 44, A. F. M., held Friday night. Dec. 16, the following officers were install- A literary club was recently organ- ed to lead the organization for the en- i ze d at the high school, the members suing year: R. R. Blakely, W. M. _C. F. Winn, S. W. J. F. Whitmire, J. W. F. M. Boland, Treas. ' V. P. Adair, Sec. ' T. C. Johnson, S. D. S. A. Pitts, J. D. M. W. Adams, Steward. J. C. Cannon, Steward. L. R. Stone, Tyler. Marshall Robinson of Columbia, was a week-end visitor in the city. being chosen from those who had shown some ability in public speak ing. The aim of the Club is to encour age and promote better speaking. George Smith was elected president; Alice Benjamin, vice-president; Lillian Bums Browning, secretary-treasurer. The followirig are members: Catherine Jones, Charles Murphy, Almena Mill ing. Thelma Darracott, Mary Collette Davis, Edwin Yarborough, Charles ’ j Anderson, Louise Bond, Carol White Miss Sara Pitts of Greenville, and j Copeland, Rachel O’Daniel, Medora Miss Martha Pitts of Piehmont, are Browning, Frank Aiken, Virginia Rhe- the guests of their parents, Mr. and ney, Lydie Leake, John William Dil- Mrs. J. H. Pitts, Sr., for the Christ-; lard, Ddrscy McFadden. Frank Bur- mas holidays. 1 roughs. .-•■‘■I