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V V' iH $ • • If You Don’t Read • • • • • • • THE CHRONICLE • • • • • Yon Don’t Get • • • • • • The News • • • f ' (HUttlott (Hhnintrl^ •. THE CHRONICLE ; • Strives To Be a Clean News- * S paper, Complete, Newsy, Z Z and Reliable Z VOLUME XXIX CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1929 NUMBER 25 LYDIA STRIKE ENDSSUDDENLY Loyal Employees of Local Mill Take Situation In Hand and Quickly Defeat Small Handful of Trouble-Makers. The Lydia Cotton Mills plant at South Clinton, shut down last Thurs day night as the result of a walkout of the entire personel of the weaving room, voluntarily resumed full oper ation Monday morning. The strike is said- to have been caused by the refusal on the part of the mill authorities to appoint as overseer of the weaving room a sec ond hand that had been recommended by certain weavers. About 50 weavers struck at noon when it became known that the petition had been ignored and the night shift of about the same num- refused to work. The mill was then shut down with ho intimation as to how long the situation would remain thus. The complete settlement of the strike Monday morning after only two days duration, presented an unusual situation. Soon after the walk-out Thursday the loyal employees of the mill village called a meeting in front of the office and took the situation in hand. After both sides of the question had been heard, a hand primary was suggested by the empdoyees on the question of returning to work. As a result, there was not a dissenting vote and the people demanded that the op eration of the mill be resumed early Monday morning. A primary of the weave room strikers then held, showed that about half were opposed to re turning to work while the other half were heartily in sympathy with the overwhelming sentiment of the mill village. Following this decision and a re quest that the people be immediately returned to work, the plant started at the usual hour Monday morning. The trovible makers had dwindled down to a small handful and their connection with the plant has been severed upon the request of its several hundred loy al employees. During the strike period there was LOCAL MASONS TO RAISE FUND Drive To Be Waged In Interest of Campaign for $50,000 for State "Park Sanatorium. W. H. Simpson Is Chairman. The Masons of South Carolina are sponsoring a public movement to raise $50,000.00 with which to erect a wo man’s building at the. state sanatori um, State Park, near Columbia. The week of June 24th has been set apart by the local Masonic lodge as the time for soliciting funds for this work. The local lodge has already made a contribution and will make another, but every Mason and every other per son who will is asked to makefa con tribution to this worthy cause. The Masonic grand lodge last year con- tributed $10,000.00 to erertja building cares for 16 men. Now, the Masonic organization has agreed to furnish the machinery to raise $50,000.00 during this month for a building at State Park that will care for 60 women tu bercular patients. The need for such a buildinir great and the legrislature of Sou?n Carolina has not appropri ated anything for buildings at State Park, The state, however, will provide nurses, doctors and other expenses and care for all patients that room can be made for. The ladies of J. B. Parrott chapter. Order of the Eastern Star, will next week make a canvass of the commu nity for funds for this building to take care of sixty women patients, and we know the good people of Clinton will respond liberally. CARLTON F. WINN, Master, Campbell Lodge. W. H. SIMPSON, Campaign Director. Dr. J. A. Hayne, for many years our efficient and beloved health offi cer, gives us an article which we call: Eloquent Statistics The modem sanatorium treatment of tuberculosis was begun in Germany about seventy-five years ago and was popularized in this country by Dr. Ed ward Livingston Trudeau through the Adirondaks Cottage Sanatorium erect ed in 1885. At first a mountain or dry BOLL WEEVIL SITUATION REMAINS ABOUT THE SAME Clemson College, June 17.—The boll weevil situation so far as abundance of weevils in the fields is concerned re mains about as previously reported, a serious- menace, says Prof. H. W. Barre, dircetor. South Carolina experiment station, upon examination of reports received here today from field workers for last week. With cotton continuing to grow and old cotton fruiting rapidly, it 4s essential that every farmer make careful study of the weevil situation in his fields. Continue the early ap plications of poison on young cotton and begin to use cal cium arsenate dust where infestation on fruiting cotton exceeds ten per cent. Every application of poison will aid in completing the destruction of the overwintered weevils. A. B. BRYAN, HOOVER FIRM FOR DRYIAW COLLEGE DRIVE CLOSES FRIDAY President Makes Appeal To Citi zens Living Along Canadian Border To Help Keep Out Liquor. Plans Completed To Wind L'p $50,000 Campaign Tomorrow. Committee To Work Hard To Reach Goal. Washington, June 18.—Cooperation of American citizens again was sought today by President Hoover to aid the federal government in enforc ing prohibition. Instead of a general appeal for support of all laws, such as was made a month ago, this time the president made a specific request to those living along the Canadian border that they cooperate with the treasury depart ment in coping with rum runners. “I have some question as to the in cidents on the border,” Mr. Hoover GRAND JURY HEARS CHARGE SENATE DEFEATS TARIFF CHANGE not the slightest disorder at Lydia, i atmosphere was thought to be neces- no feeling of bitterness manifested | gary for effecting a cure and treat- and everything passed off quietly j nient was confined by its cost to those with the small band of strikers com- j financially able to stand the expense, pletely whipped at their own game. When it was found that the treatment Judge FeaHierstone Deplores Criminal Tendency of the Whites and Dis cusses Law Enforcement. Laurens, June 16.—Basing his com ments on the record of criminal cases in this county last year Judge Feath- erstone in his charge to the grand jury Monday morning deplored the fact that the majority of the defendants were white people, the report showing, he stated, that 51 cases involved Ne groes while 66 cases were lodged against whites. Then with further comparisons of the two races in court he showed that it was a tie in cases which involved stealing, there being a record of 212 cases of this character against white people and the same number ^gainst Negroes. The judge recalled that in his boy hood days it was quite an unusual thing for a white man to be charged with stealing but with a record like that of last year he wondered where we are headed. Discussing law enforcement. Judge Featherstone made the startling state ment, though he said he made it de liberately, thal^ io. his tyiiuon the ob stacle is the attitude of good people. Lone Borah Effort Beaten By One Vote. Varty Lines Melt On Roll Calls. Washington, June 17.—By one vote the senate today defeated attempts to confine tariff revision at the special session to agriculture and related pro- -ducts. After six hours of debate, the pro posal of Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, designed to Jimit the proposed readjustment solely in behalf of the farmer was turned down by 39 to 38. By a similar vote the senate reject ed an amendment to the Borah pro posal, which would have embraced within the revision other lines of in dustry besides agriculture which have shown a falling off in recent years due to insurmountable foreign com- petitior.. The language contained in the amendment, which was offered by Senator Jones, of Washington, the as sistant Republican leader, was the same as that used by President Hoov er in his message to the special ses sion. Party lines were shattered on both roll calls, the only difference between They believe in it, he said, but their i , u • . /■ o tv .. ... , ., V V i them being the vote of Senator John- inactivity constitutes the chief hin ' The expression of loyalty to the mill on the part of more than ninety per cent of its employees has called forth the highest praise and commendation. All differences have been settled, the strikers removed from, the employ ment of the corporation, and a feeling was successful almost anywhere the general erection of sanatoria began; there are now over 600 in the United States. South Carolina was late in this movement, beginning in 1916 with a 16-bed institution at State Park; these have been increased to 214 beds. drance. And it is his opinion that i son, Republican, California, who op- , J , , .V • • J I posed both proposals and thereby; . . , when good people make up their minds | brought about the defeat of the Borah ^nct and that he was going over the T/^ laziro rnzz lotirc ^ a.1 _:x XT ^ 1 J 1 any .person. The treasury department is making every effort to prevent the misuse of firearms. Any case of mis use will be determined by the orderly proceedings of the department and the courts. “I hope tha^ the communities along the border will do , their best to help the treasury end the systematic war that is being carried on by interna tional criminals against the laws of the United States. It is these activi ties that are at the root of all of our difficulties.” The appeal was made by the chief executive at his press conference. Ear lier Assistant Secretary Lowman had announced that confidential reports from •treasury agents indicated an un precedented gathering of bootleggers along the Canadian border. The cus toms border patrol, he' added, had been strengthened across the entire country. With echoes of the recent shootings along the border still reverberating in congressional circles, the assistant secretary said there was no intention of disarming the border patrolmen. He pointed to an order yesterday which had restricted the armament of agents to the service revolver. At the same time Prohibition Com missioner Doran was conferring with Palmer Canfield, administrator for the northern New York district, in an ef fort to arrive at a method of stopping the flow of legal beer in that section. Doran said reports showed unsatis factory conditions in the Albany dis-j to have the laws enforced the laws will be enforced. Then he emphasized the point with the emphatic statement I plan. entire situation. No action would be Thirteen Republicans, mostly inde- added I taken until he had thoroughly review- of relief and happiness manifested There is in the state a total of 399 Monday morning by the blowing of the whistle and the setting in motion of the machinery of the entire plant. OFFICER KILI^ LAURENS NEGRO Deputy Owens Kills Willie Putnam After Having First Been Shot Through Wrist. Laurens, June 16.—Wilbe Putnam, 20, Negro, was shot and killed by Claud L. Owens, Laurens county rural policeman, this afternoon. Coroner Thomason’s jury agreed the Negro was killed by the officer in self-de fense. The officer is under ter'hmcal arrest until tr.e court can handle the case. Putnam and his brother drove into a filling station at Jones’ store one mile south of 'Fountain Inn on the Laurens-Gree.iville highway about 4 o’clock this afternoon. Officer Owens was in -the store and, upon .seeing the Negro, placed WilMe Putnatn under arrest; for what rea.son was* not clear to officials tonight. As Owens arr»>;ji_(.d the Negio he took from him a revolver, whereupon Putnam snatched the gun from “he officer and shot at him twice, ore bul let striking nis wrist and tho other tearing his clothing. Officer Owens taan reached for his own gun and beds—281 for white adults, 78 for Negro aduHs and 41 for white chil dren. There were in 1927 in South Caro lina 1,344 deaths from tuberculosis and to adequately handle the situation it is conservatively estimated that the number of beds should at least equal the annual number of deaths, so that on this calculation we have less than one-third of those actually needed. Speaking practically we kncfw there should be a minimum of a thousand bed| in South Carolina and of these at least five hundred should be at the State Sanatorium. The charges there are $1.00 per day, with some free beds, and it offers the only hope of treatment for the majority of those of our people who have tuberculosis. That progress is being made in this state appears from the deaths each year as follows: 1918, 1,776; 1919, 1.785; 1920, 1,752; 1921, 1,524; 1922, 1,472; 1923, 1,457; 1924, 1,400; 1925, 1,318; 1926, 1,318; 1926, 1,390; 1927, 1,344. that “inactive citizens are not good Pendents, voted for the Borah resolu-1 \yhile the executive branch citizens.” Another problem discussed -in his charge was the alarming number of accidents occurring on the highways. While he did not advance any remedy for the disasters he said the toll of lives is appalling when it is considered that more people are killed every year on the public roads of the United States than this country lost in the World war. The worst feature of the whole thing js, he said, that five times as many people are killed on good roads as there are at what are -con sidered dangerous places. DEATH CLAIMS YOUNG WOMAN Miss Mattie Benjamin Succumbs To Brief Illness. Loved and Admired By Many Friends. Miss Mattie Benjamin, 24, daugh ter of Mrs. Alah Benjamin, died at the family residence on Calhoun street last Saturday night after an illness of one week. Funeral services were conducted tion along with 25 Democrats, while , •* ir **1. r> a- u lT- • • j l busying itself with the Canadian bor- 32 Republicans were joined by 7 Dem- , * -u * j * j ,■ der situation, the senate adopted the ocrats m oppo.sitmn. The eame line- resolution calling upon the up against Borah voted for Jones’I names of all foreign diplomats and their representatives who have been arrested here or warned for driving tions at $287600, itself a goodly sum for Clinton and particularly since the campaign came just upon the heels of a big contribution by W. J. Bailey and other Clinton citizens toward a new stadium and just after the liberal giff of John H. Young of a president’s home for the institution. It is the hope of the campaigners that the full goal will be reached, and they are, calling on every loyal son of Clinton to respond liberally at this time. As in adl campaigns some con tributions have been most liberal, oth ers not so praiseworthy, but they have all been greatly appreciated and the fine spirit of helpfulness manifested has been the feature of the campaign. Clinton cannot afford to fail on this campaign. The state, at large is look ing to this city to sfet the pace and as goes the local campaign so will go the balance of the state in proportion. The future of the college is in Clinton’s hands. Clinton citizens are to say whether it shaill succeed; whether it shall secure the state-wide support it deserves. The canvassing committee will meet in the office of the campaign chair man, W. P. Jacob.s, at 9 a. m., Frilay, June 21st, and the committee is com posed of the following: W. W. Harris, R. E. Ferguson, W. P. Jacobs, Dr. B. 0. Whitten, Dr. S. C. Hays, J. F. Jacobs,’ Jr., Gilbert Blake ly, Dr. A. E. Spencer, Dr, R. E. Sad ler, W. A. Johnson, C. F. Winn, Dr. Jack H. Young, K. J. Adair, John Spratt, L. S. McMillian, A. V. Martin, Since the initial campaign the total has been steadily ri.sing. The chairman of the campaign with President Mc- Sween have kept vigorously solicit- was j from those whom the canvassers overlooked, thus raising the total con siderably. amendment, with the exception of Johnson, who joined the 13 Republi cans and 25 Democrats who approved the Borah plan in opposition to the ^hilTurider Ihe Washington senator’s “■"endment. ^ wftL RAZE CITY HALL AT LAURENS in- Senator Johnson, prior to the roll call In the preamble of the resolution. on the Jones amendment, which waslo * r- n j *• ~ . J , , L I-j a • . I Senator Caraway called attention to taken first, declared he did not wish to see the Borah proposal defeated by “indirection” and therefore would vote against the amendment. published accounts of the recent ar- Contract Let To Tear I>own Structure To Make Way for New Building To Be Erected Immediately. Laurens, June 18.—The contract for razing the old city hall and opera rest in Virginia of Kernel Djenany house building was last night award- Bey, second secretary of the Turkish legation, and of his^release upon a Senator ■Couzens, Republican, Michi- claim of dipL matic immunity. — gan, declared his vote for the Jones amendment was not to be interpreted as a vote for the house bill, against which sharp criticism was directed during the debate. Chairman Smoot of the finance committee was among those who found fault with some pro visions of the house measure. Borah declared he would not have offered his Another legislative proposal laid before the House under which the ed by city council to R. A. Self, of Fair Forest, Spartanburg county. Mr. Self’s bid was the lowest of a half dozen others submitted for the work. The Self bid was $734.58 and he is to do the work in 30 days, the contractor being allowed all salvage worthwhile. Work on razing the building will be- from the home Monday morning by vas the i dependents of prohibiiton enforce ment authorities killed while discharg ing their duty would receive $25,000. The bill, introduced by Representative. Thursday, it is expected. Casque, Democrat, South Carolina,' City council is today planning to would extend to the widows and chil- move the municipal offices to tern- plan if the house had not exceeded the ! slain officers, the same bene- \ porary quarters, which will be occu- . . - , ® I fits that have been proposed for the! pied until the new office buildinir is platform promises of the party. | j . ^ ..u u • u., i r ^ unite ouiiaing is ^ ^ ^ 'dependents of those who might be erected to take the place of the oH As a result of the vote, the finance kjUed by officers. ^ structure. Bonds in the sum of $30,000 it was introduced a bill by were voted sometime ago for financ- group now holding hearings on the! With house measure will go ahead with its Represen tali'** Pittenger, Republican,, ing the new municipal office, and bids the Rev. 0. M. Abney, pastor of the j \ Minnesota, which would authorize the i for the sale of the 1 Broad Street Methodist church, with i*^ ^ ° payment of $30,000 to the widow and opened June 28. series will be In South Carolina in 1917 the death i." „ half, a. i the assistance of the Rev. Edward , , . u- u * • x. two daughters of Henry Virrqula, tu-', . . — _ I week.<5 in which to revise the house ---- - - m , rate per hundred thousand from berculosis was 144.8; in 1927 it was 90.1—but in the United States as a Long, pastor of the First Baptist I which church, the Rev. C. B. Betts, pastor of i l!l' bill to ^ killed several days ago by a cu.stoms border patrolman near InternationaU linn. whole it was in 1927 only 86.8. The j ^ i voted today to recess f^m^next^Vd- sanatorium bed, in 1926 (the latest j tomorfow, probably REVIVAL SERVICES figures available) was for South Car-jP®f°^ the L^esville Church. Dunal i^^j^. ^ longer recess itself, olina 32; in the United States as a I the Leesville cemetery five i At Cross Hill fired at the Nogi’o thre3 times, two of iiom i miles north of Clinton ._j whole It was only 13. Ten years ago norm or v/imion. the bullets reaching the Negro fell dead. the mark, and LAURENS TEAM HOLDS TO LEAD I tuberculosis headed the list of the j Miss Benjamin had been employed . First 1929 Bale I causes of death both in South Caro-! by Jacobs and Company for several ' jlina and in the nation; today tubercu: i years where she was held in high es-j losis stands fifth on the national list! team. Surviving are her mother; four j Cross Hill, June 16.—Funera! ser- X'lTiT'T T A rfimrixTl'vr'TA '’'^es were held today at 10 o cloi’k WELL ATTENDED i from Liberty Springs Pre.shyterian church. Cross Hill, for .Mrs. Mary Goodgion Guthrie, wife of Joseph A. Guthrie, who died Thursday ni^'i* a: a Greenwood hospital after a brief illness. The .services were condu. ed Laurens Pastor Delivering Strong Sc- et 1 I Sermons At First Bap- Brings $1,2111 tist church. The revival service in progress at and fourth on that of the state. So it' sisters, Mrs. H. S. Church of Wash- Won Lost Pet. Laurens 8 1 888 Monarch .... 7 2 777 Newberry .... 5 4 5.56 Clinton .... 5 4 .556 Mollohon .... 4 3 444 Goldville . 3 6 3.33 Watts 9 .... M 7 222 Lydia . 2 7 222 New York, June 17.—The first bale' the First Baptist church will continue by the Rev. A. Q. Rice, pastor of ‘he appears that w’hile.our state is mak-‘ ington, D. C., Mrs. W. W. Jackson and ' cotton of the 1929 crop, brought through next ■week with one service iMethodisl church, assisted by the Rev. ing progress in the control of this dis-; Miss Annie Benjamin of this city, and ' "®*’® Texas was .auc- daily, at eight o’clock in the evening. 'R H. .McKinnon, pastor of the Cross ease it is not keeping pace in that Miss Mary Benjamin of Spartanburg; off today on the floor of the The meeting is being conducted by Hiil ITiplist .church, an two brothers, Bonner Benjamin of this i ^^^'bange. the Rev. W. I). Spinx, pastor of 'the ^^C^i!l, pastor tif Liberty city, and FL Q. Benjamin of Cartelage,, which First- Baptist church of I^aurens, and Presbyterian church. The the Rev F. T. So rings services N. C. I” ^ III jiui'zi’M aril u LTi uuiu lulu*-: it; : nt‘ leral services Salvation Army at attendance. Mr. Spinx is a preacher impressive F'a-itern Star con ijamin, E. ^bristi. Texas, The purchaser of great power and effectiveness. He led by Miss Lucia Barksdale a RESULTS SATURD.AX Newberry 11, Mollohon 4. Laurens 5, Watts 2, Clinton 3, Lydia 2. Monarch 7, Goldville 4. ind gvavo'i'.dc- \v emcnies. of I.au- worthy ma'icn of chapter. iMr cf • Ol J j*^. v,. I goes to the United Hospital fund here is growing daily, both in interest an i wore eoneludeJ at th ooo ^^I*Y1C0S SUn(ld.y | Pallbearcrs at the funeral services At DunPan^S were Roy and Ralph Benjam..., o T^ . - 'Utirton, Arnold Cannon, J. F. Jacobs,IViHiam S. Dowdell, representmg employs no clap-trap or high-pre-sure rens, past gra „ , , 'jr and Fdd Youne- ^ syndicate of cotton exchange firms methods but drives home to the hearts the South ('arolina , tegu ar preaching Sei^ces will be] ’ ^ 'and the auctioneer was Gartlner H. of hi.s hearers the great Gospel truths Guthrie, who vVas a native 'f Laurens e at uncans Creek Presbyterian | Tfl rAROriVA j-’ILHer, president of the exchange./ in a forceful and convincing manner, county, being roared in the .<h;!.ih sec- ^ I ^ The sale was witnessed by Miss: All the pastors and churches of the tion of Dials township, \\a> a mem!>er I F'ren Helscher, repre.senting the Cor- city have been asked to cooperate in of Adah chapter, the Laurens organi- Dudley Jones left Monday for pus Christi Chamber of Commerce, the meeting and the public is invited zation, and manv members from chap- lourth Sunday regularly and the mem- Columbia, where he will be a merftber Lieutenant Governor Herbert H. Leh-, to all the services. , lers in the district, including Gray Court, Clinton, Laurens, Waterloo and church next Sunday morning at 11 i o’clock. Dr. Dudley Jones, the pastor, expects to fill this appointment on the 1 Mrji., Austin Chandler, Austin, Jr., ^bers of the congregation and citizens j of the University summer school fac- man, of New. York, and E. C. Bowe, and J. K. Johnson, Jr., spent Monday ^ of the community are cordially invit- julty in the department of philosophy j pilot of the plane which carried the in Cross Hill. ’ |ed to attend these services. jand psychology. Jbale here in 19 1-2' hours. Miss Jeanette Crawford left Thurs- Cross Hill, attended and participated day for Camden to visit friends. (in the funeral ceremonies. # 'i Plans have been made for the final wind-up of the campaign for $50,000 for Presbyterian college. Friday of this week, June 21st, has been set as the day and Friday morning a com mittee of 16 men especially selected for the work will call on all Clinton citizens who have not been previously approached, and those who have not made their final subV;ription. It is hoped that this final effort will be successful in raising several thousand dollars, and bring the» campaign to within striking distance of the goal. A : ■ra-rvrrzn:. .