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VOLUME XXVII
CLINTON, S. C.,-THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22,, 1927
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HUNT PRESSED
FOR SLAYER
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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