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» *'5 * *. ' • i. PAGE FOUR Shr (E^rmitrlf PUBUSHED EVERY THURSDAY BY '•' ' THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, a C T61 popunds. I applied the nitrate of . . *M soda in four side dressing applications as follows: n»y b. better, end it m.y not LaUTCnS M»n Went T© WILSON W. HARRIS Editor* and Publisher Entered at the Clinton Post Office as matter of Second Class. Terms of Subscription: First application — after chopping (about 80 pounds). Second application—time of first squares. Third application—time of first bloom. Fourth application—lay by time, be, but at least it has the advantage of being untried, and we are justified in looking forward to it hopefully. t' HICKMAN SAYS HE ALONE IS GUILTY One year .... .... $1.50 of fertilizer that I applied cost as fol- Six months .... .... .... .i. 75 l° ws: «T»r>a inrrM« Tells Officers All Details of Heinous Each application 1 am sure increac-, ^ . u-m j . m. i rn ed the yield of mv cotton. The amount ' Crime. Killed Child Merely lo Prevent An Outcry. Oakland, Cal., Dec. 26.-!-William E Three months .... 50 Payable in advance 20 sacks 16%. acid phosphate $27.00 1 P r - 20 sacks cottonseed meal Hickman today confessed that he alone ' 3,909 ^unds nitrite df iodi;:: tujf: 1 ' 0 * *?«•*•?> fjf. h ' “• 20-00 i jjjjigj 12 year old Marian Parker of The Chronicle '.eeks the cooperation of its subscribe's and readers — the publisher will a* all times appreciate wise suggestion i and kindly advice. 2 sacks kanit 2’7o naped her singlehanded. In a confession, amazing for its un- Make all remittances to THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. Clinton, S. C. F«r«cn Advertising Rqpr—entetivc ! THE AMERICAN PREiS ASSOCIATION CLINTON, 8. C., DEC. 29, 1927 8 PAGES A NEW YEAR DAWNS The Old Year.is almost gone; the last entry made; the final record clos ed and bound in the Book of Remem brance are its joys and sorrows, its successes and failures, its happiness and its disappointments. The curtain Total cost of fertilizer ....$226.22 rivaled details of brutality, the 19- “I attribute my yield of lint cotton yenr-old youth said he strangled the per acrte under severe boll Weevil con- child with a p^o w i re ^ cut her ditions'.largely to judicious apphca- bf>d to ieceg in the tub of his tions of nitrate of soda in order to _ . . . . . . , _ force rapid growth and fruiting of the Bellevue apartrhent in Los Angeles cot t on# After the strangling Hickman said “My cottonseed paid the cost of the he realized that he must have the body fertilizer, which left irfe in value of 1 to produce to the girl’s father, Perry lint $254,958 per acre above the cost -M. Parker, Los Angeles banker, or he of fertilizer. I did not have another^gyj^ not collect ransom. So he de acre of cotton on my farm that show-1 . . ., , „ . • ed as high returns above the cost of ^ the 8che ™ e ° f U8, "« thread wire fertilizer as my prize five acres.. on-her eyes and throat to make it ap- “I find it a safe rule to apply fer- pear as if she was alive when he re- tilizer as long as the seed pay for the turned the body to the father for cost of fertilizer. I $1,500. "J tlmt the more humus I have 1 con f ess j 0 n completely eliniinat- m the soil the more fertilizer I can , ,, „ use with profit. I used on rtk- five- ^ the mythical accomp ce * 0 e 7 acre plot about eight times as much ^ rew Cramer, for, whom the police fertilizer as the average and my yield have been searching since the youth was about eight times as larg^as the made his first confession after his cap- estimated sUte average this year of t ure near Pendleton, Ore., where he pounds of lint cotton per acre. sought to throw tl)0 blame on an ac- Tbe actual sales of cotton from my of 192'; dawns—rosy with promise of better things; glowing with services to be rendered, responsibilities to be shoul dered. What the New Year holds for you or fpr us we cannot know. We are not permitted to read hurriedly or far ahead; but on those mystic pages that comprise its record there will ever be accounts of success and joy and hap piness for some, while for, others sor-‘ row and disappointment and loss. But this much WE DO KNOW. A glad, new, unspoiled season is upon us and it is exceedingly bright and beau tiful and fair. Each day lies before us like a gleaming, radiant page, awaiting the final record of the year’s accomplishments. Its very aspect breathes achievement, it'is transcrib ed with hope, and brings to us the five-acre plot are as follows Sped Lint Price Amt. No Cotton. Cotton. Sold. Sold. - 1 .... 1,660 555 22c # $122.10 2 .... 1,720 610 22 Vic 137.25 3 .... 1,500 510 21c 107.10 4 .... 1,600 550 21c 115.51 5 1,500 520 21c 109.20 6 .... 1,500 525 21c 110.25 7 .... R600 530 21c 111.30 8 .... 1,600 538 21c 112^8 9 .... 1,500 535 21c 112.35 10 .... 1,500 530 21c 111.30 1 11 .... 1,678 595 21c 124.96 — ! * — 11 .. 17,058 6,998 $1,274.28 complice. He had no ai#.* "It was a single handed piece of work,’the lat est confession made today revealed. The confession today removed the lied to save him from the gallows. When he enters the superior court in Los Angeles he will go through the formality of entering "plea to murder The mask of mystery which Hick man sought to throw over the killing Gross sa es of lint Gross sales of seed ....$1,274.28 .... 226.73 $1,274.28 the child was torn away in the Total cost of fertilizer 226.22 course of a grilling he underwent as the special car upon which he was-be- ing taken to Los Angeles was n|aring San Francisco. Hickman gave as his reason for the killing, “I was afraid she would make a Tioise.” Behind locked and closely guarded School With Hickman Laurens, Dec. 27.—One of the most interested individuals In. Laurens of the Los Angeles tragedy is Jack Shaw, young son of Mrs. Bessie D. Shaw. The Shaw family lived in Kansas City for several years, and Jack was a school and classmate of William Ed ward Hickman, kidnaper and* slayer of Marian Parker. J^ck says Hickman was a good student and very active in all school programs, including ath letics. He was popular with all the boys and the school generally . . Another person is O. D. Parker of Laurens, formerly of Georgia, who says his family is related to the Los Angeles family of the same name, his father being a cousin of Perry M. Parker, the banker, and father of Mar ian. Laurens Woman Back To Missionary Field Laurens, Dec. 27.—Miss Martha Franks of Laurens, is on her way to Vancouver, whence she will sail Sat urday for China. Miss Franks is re turning to her work as a missionary in one of the provinces of China, after a stay of several months at home with Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Franks. She was recalled from the war stricken area last spring, along witih hundreds of other missionaries. A farewell service for Miss Franks was held at the First Baptist church Sunday, when after she had made a brief statement in connection with her plans for returning to her work at this time, she was presented a gold watch by the Woman’s Missionary union, the presentation being made by the presi dent of the union. Miss Lucia Barks dale. Gross returns, less cost o£ fertili zer on five-acre plot ..$1,274.79 Gross returns p2r acre, less cost of fertilizer $254,958 “I have been using nitrate of soda doors of the compartment in which promise of glorious opportunity if we for 19 years and consider it almost in- Hickman had been held since he left will but do our part. What greater dispensable in cotton production, es- p en dleton ton Saturday morning, the thing can we ask for than three hun- J pecially under boll weevil conditions. : pr j soner was questioned by Los Ange les officers jvho laid before him the gruesome details of evidence, which dred and sixty-five splendid, untouch ed days for better and more conscien tious service? As for our business relations with you, we know that they will be as cor dial in the future as they have been in the past. We thank you for yx>ur pat ronage and good will of the past year and we promise ^hat nothing will be left undone during 1928 that will in any way heighten the esteem in which our large and continually growing —•? ^ Dr. Frank Crane Says— had been gathered at the Bellevue ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• apartment. ’ ANNIVERSARIES ^ Hickman steadily maintained until The Italo-Hibernian poet, Tamas- tonight that while he had been invol- chelli, has written: ! ved in t* 16 kidnaping he had not com- “I think that the meanest historian niittediithe actual killing, on earth Is the one who recorded the day of one’s birth.” If your life has not been particu family of readers now holds us. 1, . , , , ^ We face the future with hope- larI y ha »Py or luck y* wh y should P 60 ' cheered by the belief that better days Crops Worth More For 1927 .lie ahead and with thankfulness that the waters have not been too rough to pie observe the anniversary of, your, (Continued from Page One) birthday ? erage 2.1 per cent lower than those of Some people make much of birth- i a st year but still average 2.5 per cent be" breasted and swum through’ and da y s and some newspapers give a list j a bove those of the last ten years, that there has never been a year which of the birthdays of prominent men ■ The gross production of the 17 prin- has not left honey in the hive of mem- j ever y da y but there are two °P inions cipal crops was' 2.2 per cent less pro- ory to be fed upon with present de-: abou t that. , duction last year, but 3.3 per cent light. j Young ladies of a certain age get greater than the average production So, we light another candle and! one birthday and stick to it. They are during 1 the last ten years. Crop pro- start on another year's march, notjtweoty-twG fcr instance, until they | duction per capita is, however, declin knowing what lies ahead. This ftfich j reach thirty-five, and then they begin i n g, being. 3.4 per cent less than last we do know, however, resolutions are to g0 back. . > ! year, and 4.8 per cent below the av- in order, and we are resolved thjt! A S ood P lan when y° u begin to be e rage per capita production during the THE CHRONICLE will be a better old to select a c fJ tai , n afire and keep I ,ast ten y ears * and a brighter paper every week of ^ ™^y get any older. _ \ The value of cotton lint and cotton the year, and that we will serve our generous and patient and tolerant readers as well as we know how. birthday. I would like to recall the first time - ^ A Ilf? YAlUf? VULvfSll UUt Alltl lsUtt\/Il As for me l would prefer to cele- i see(j on ttM , basi , of Decembfr l tarm brate anniversaries other than my prices intreaIed ^bout 29 per Je'nC Or $331,000,000, fromr $1,132,000,000 in . , „ . . ... ,, .. , 1926 to $1,46?,000,000 in 1927. Hie I fell in love, if I could, or the first December lt 1926> prices were below ' We face the New Year with renewed .' hope, and" shall strive throughout each . . , ... ., —, , • day of 1928 to give in all departments v j, ew ^be sea, or the first revelation i tbe seasona i aV erage price for the <of our business the best service p 0 s-, J” 00 ". ®-bt or starlig t. 1926 crop. The yalue of the cotton sible. , T1 ; e ,,rst * 00d v,ew t of a ‘ ree would crop (lint and seed) based upon the All of us engaged in making THE ^ a „ U1 r ®”^ m k enng ’ or an or * 1926 seasonal prices was about CHRONICLE wish you Health, Happi- * ness, Peace and Prosperity for the | , . .. made or the first examination s .coming year. , ,, , - . , . ; fully passed, or the first time I es ' caped a merited punishment, r* •^CHAMPION COTTON'GROWER ; I remember the first day I was con- A Chesterfield county farmer, Mr. verted to Wagtter, and the first time! I chard in full bloom. The first good investment ever cess- $1,300,000,00. The December 1, 1927, prices, were also below the seasonal average prices to that date. NEW YEAR’S GIFT VISION To be enjoyed 365 con tinuous days is the sea son’s greetings of— DRS. SMITH & SMITH Optometrists 1 To you, whose friendship has helped make pur business most successful, we send cordial wishes for a New Year of Health and Happiness. . WE INVITE YOU TO MAKE THIS STORE YOUR 1923 FOOD SHOP. * — o — Denson Grocery Co W. S. DENSON. Ptod. J S' W. S. DENSON, Prop. 50—Two Phones—54 ALL PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED BY LICENSED PHARMACISTS CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED PROMPTLY SADLER-OWENS PHARMACY “At Union Station” Phones 377 and 400 Phones 377 and 400 H. D. HENRY F. M. BOLAND H. D. Henry & Company insurance STOCKS BONDS REAL ESTATE LOANS NEGOTIATED HAppT WtW NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING' P. M. Arrant, won the first prize in that the full appreciation of the old The annual meeting of the County the state-wide .five-acre cotton con- masters in painting dawned on me. Board of Comissioners of Laurens test. From the five acres he sold 11 Th( . s( . epoc hs in one's existence, County S. C., will be held at the bales of cotton for $1,274.28 and thei djyine en T arKcments t0 thc house of Court House in the Supervisors of- seed brought him 226.73. The seeo i ife i nd comme ndable a* well as com-Thursday after the first Mon- paid for the fertilizer used, almost to memorab i e 4 a y °f January, 1928, being the 5th the cent. Mr. Arant tells his own t The first pay day a j so adds to one ’ s fW of the month at the hour of ten story and though it has been publish- 3U p er j or ity complex. o’clock in the forenoon, ed before in several papers, it is well; _. ., 1 All persons holding claims or de worth repeating here since South Car- ! R0 ir \.f° r ce e rat . m S* mands of any kind against the coun- olina, to profitably raise cotton in the be ^°^b y cel ®^ rat, ? ns - ut ty, not previously presented, are here- future, must raise more cotton on less ^V s recor f a a \ C - f S ^ me ! by notified and required to file the land. Mr. Arant says: | s S ty y ear3 -° f what sood is that same with the tlerk of tlie board on Life is a pleasant thing perhaps and or before the first day of January so For 1927 our grateful acknowledgements go out to our friends and patrons whom we have been privileged to serve during the year now drawing to a close. We thank you sincerely for your continued patronage, the best assurance to us that the quality of our furniture and the service of our store is appreciated. ‘The variety of cotton that I used on my prize five acres was Coker’s ' s £ 0 °d tp s ^ e tbe Sun and to f u, w- Pedigreed Seed company’s Cleveland No. 5. The length of staple was one and three thirty-seconds inches. The tion otherwise, and one would not will ingly give it all up. But not very much of the time are we glad we were official yield of lint accredited to me; eV er born. Perhaps we ought to be, in the state-wide five-acre contest was ; but the mu ii igrubs are too busy with 5,857 pounds of lint cotton on the five! nur iff* T wHlv Zr .acres. The reason I was able to get mos V? f us and °? r hfe 18 hardly , suc jsuch a high yield of cotton on my five (acres under very heavy boll weevil conditions was due to liberal side cessful enough. for us to 'celebrate continuously. It is very complimentary for our i** 8111 * nitrate . 0f80da ’. 11 cl0t *j friends to say that they are glad we rows and thick spacing m the drill and , , _ ... poisoning to control th* I were born and they hope we will live My rows averaged 34 inches wide j a thousand years, but we sometimes and the cotton was left thick in the! question whether they really mean it. •drill. One' to two stalks, eight to T2 Some of us have reached the decligr that they may be ordered paid at the annual meeting as provided by law. No claims againsf the County shall be valid and payable unless the same be presented to and filed with the County Board of Commissioners of Laurens County during the fiscal year in wl£ch It is contracted or the next thereafter and all claims not so pre sented and filed shall be barred. Done at Laurens Court House, S. C., this the 8th day of December, 1927. J. D. W. WATTS, Supervisor. B. Y. CULBERTSON, Clerk. In all sincerity, as 1928 dawns, we wish for you a New Year filled to overflowing with Happi ness and Prosperity. inches apart. am a thorough believer in side dressing cotton with nitrate of soda and always use from 100 to 200 pounds on my entire crop. On my prize five acres this- year I made four applica tions and * a m sure that each sid< dressing of nitrate of soda oaid. “The total cost of fertilizer used on flve-aoe plot was $226.22, or an cost of $45,235 per acre. The td (at oil mill prices) Brought $226.73 which paid the "entire cost of fht i the fertilizer. The total amount of ni irate of soda that I used ing years. When softiebody asks us to have a cocktail or a highball, and if certain forms of food are 'put before us we must also refuse because the doctor says so. side; Our present ailments and limitations ! are sufficient without calling up those of the past. We would never render ourselves public unisances by continu ally rehearsing our calamities. Let us forget them. About the best thing we can all do with the past is to forget it and look forward to the future. That LOOK! LOOK! LOOK! Pictorial Review now $1.00 per year. See me Tor other attractive offers. JAS. W. CALDWELL The Magazine Specialist , * - ■ • '.• * S; ‘ ' Fnller-Simpstn Furniture Co. •rf" U f HR 666 is a Prescription for Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria. It lUlls the Yierms. . JSpP - - ' r ';'t \-.i. ^ FURNITURE, STOVES, FLOOR COVERINGS ■ ; “The Home Makers” • \ Clinton, S. C. V- ,.<f z. > : . fJiwites f&w ■■iHHkllBH!