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I n ■■■■ ■ — ■ jP |H^8| 'j i ■ T. m • * f • WM •»> ^ M 9 If Ton Don’t Read # THE CHRONICLE . S : Ton Don’t Get The News « ■*» Olhrnntrlf A f P V ct VOLUME XXIX CLNTON-, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1929 JURY FINDS KING GUILTY Convicted of First-Degree Mur der In Death of Wife After Three Ballots. Notice 6f Ap peal Served By Defense At torneys. Chester County Courthouse, July 9. —Rafe F. Kingr, native of Shdby, N. C., was found gruilty of the murder of his wife, Faye Wilson King, by a Chester county jury late this after noon after the longest and most spec tacular trial ever held in the local courthouse. The verdict automatically carries the death sentence. Sentence was deferred by Circuit Judge J. K. Henry until after a mo tion for a new trial is h^rd by him tomorrow morning at the opening .of court. The attorneys for the defendant expect a refusal of their motion, and were preparing tonight to perfect a bill of exceptions for an appeal to the State Supreme court. The bill of exceptions will be based upon failure of the presiding judge to charge certain requests as pre sented by attorneys for the defense, and to alleged errors of the court in denying the introduction of certain testimony and the admitting of other testimony to which counsel objected. The crime for which King was Con victed'today centers about the death of his wife who was found dead in an outhouse of their home near Sharon, in Tork county, January 25, 1929. An investigation of the case, after it was generally believed that she was a sui cide, was that she was choked or strangled to death, and a warrant charging her husband with the act was taken out, at the suggestion of Solicitor J. Lyles Glenn, now Federal judge. The conviction was obtained by a brilliant array of counsel who appear ed for the prosecution, headed by J. A. Marion of York, his law partner, W. Gist Finley, and Col. Arthur L. Gaston, David Hamilton and Angus H. MacAulay of Chester, and Solicitor Harry Hines of Lancaster. Defense counsel was composed of T. H. McDow of York, Clyde R. Hoey and Judge Ben T. Falls of Shelby, N. C., and James H. Glenn, John Hemp hill and Paul Hemphill of Chester. The case was called for trial July 1 and King entered a plea of not guil ty. More than 70 witnesses testified in the case, a majority for the prose cution. The state rested at noon Thursday, and the defense completed the intro duction of testimony Saturday noon. Argnuuents of counsel began Sat urday afternoon and were concluded at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon. The charge of the court began at 3 o’clock and was concluded at 4:10 o’clock this af ternoon. The verdict was announced at 6:27, and notice of intention to appeal was filed immediately after the verdict was read in open court. But slight emotion was registered by the defend ant when the verdict was read. The fact that King’s father is a wealthy landowner of Cleveland coun ty, North Carolina, that circumstantial evidence played an important part in the conviction, and that the change of venue to Chester county was re garded necessary in order to obtain an impartial trial for the defendant was taken as indication that the case will be fought bitterly and every re source wil be resorted to in an effort to free the convicted man. The defendant accepted the verdict smilingly. Three ballots were taken by the jury. After a discussion of the case all agreed he was guilty but dight voted for a first degree verdict and four for a second degree verdict.. The second ballot had ten for first degree and two for second. On the third bal lot it was unanimous. TAe Kid and the Cop t' “Give them something to eat and they’ll tell you all they know,’’ be lieves “Big Bill’’ Kelley, New York policeman, who’s never without a goodie to offer as first aid to a lost and frightened child. Here he is re storing speech and memory to a child by means of a delicious lolly-pop. Who says a New York cop hasn’t got a heart ? DISASTROUS FIRE STRIKES LAURENS COTTON PRICES GOOD THIS FALL J. Skottowe Wannamaker Gets En couraging Letter From Large Southern Planter. Profitable prices for cotton will be obtained this fall for the first time in many years as a result of the passage of the farm relief bill in the judgment of one of the largest cotton planters in the South. This expectlition is voiced in a letter to J. Skottowe Wannamak er, of St. Matthews, from which the Calhoun Times quotes: Damage In Business Section Estimat ed At $56,000. Clinton Depart ment Called On for AiA Laurens, Jhly 7.—A check Saturday on the damage wrought before mid night by a fire that swept through the offices and stock rooms on the second floor and destroyed the roof of the old Traynham building, located on the south side of the public square, indi cates that the estimated loss will run up to around $50,000, counting the damage to stocks of goods on the first floor by water and smoke. . The woodwork on the second floor appears to be a total loss, while the equipment of the Laurensville Her ald is ruined. The dental offices of Dr. T. C. McGee, on the same floor, suf fered heavily, entailing a loss of sev eral thousand dollars. The stock of the R. W. Willis fur niture store, John H. Inman, proprie tor, is estimated to be a total loss from water and smoke. There may be some salvage in the drug stock and soda fountain equipment of Putnam’s, John R. Putnam proprietor, although this cannot be determined until a thor ough check of the store’s contents can be made. Rogers’ chain store, with a stock of about $5,000, suffered a heavy loss. A. C. Todd and associate owners of the ten-room building, are the heavi est losers. The destruction of the Laurensville Herald is the second time this 84-year- old weekly newspaper has been the victim of flames, having been burned out in 1885 when the plant occupied offices in another part of town. It is possible that some of the files of the paper can be salvaged though they appear to be a charred mass. The Lau rens Advertiser has offered the use of its equipment to The Herald until ad justments can be made on losses. The Clinton fire department men, headed by Capt. Jack Anderson, have been highly praised for their timely and effective work in, saving the situ ation by confining the flames to the upper story of the building and pre venting a spread of the fire to adjoin ing commercial buildings. The local fire fighters worked heroically led by Chief J. T. Crews, but found that they did not have sufficient equipment to cope with the rapidly increasing force of the blaze. Liquor Pouring At Laurens Monday Mrs. Alice Young Passes In Atlanta i With the foreman of the grand jury I'officiating, 55 gallons of seized liquor I was poured into the sewer from the I sheriff’s office late Monday afternoon. ' Fifty gallons of the confiscated stuff was taken by officers a short time ago who stopped the rum runner car by puncturing the rear tire of the machine with bullets. The drivers of the car escaped. Their names were obtained by Sheriff Owens, but before arrests could be effected both men, said to be Negroes, left the state. Mrs. Alice Young, for many years a citizen of this community, died at her home in Atlanta last Friday after a serious illness of several weeks. The body was brought here early Satur day morning and the funeral service held in the afternoon at Tribble’s un dertaking parlors, after which inter ment took place in the family burial ground at the Presbyterian cemetery. The services, both at the funeral home and grave, were conducted by Dr. D. J. Wqods' Mrs. Young is well remembered here by the older citizens of the com munity. A few years ago she moved from here to Atlanta where she was making her home with her- son at the time of her death. Her friends here were shocked to hear of her passing. The deceas^ is^jmjmyed by one son, Elmore, employe of the Railway Ex press company with headquarters in Atlanta. One of the largest and most suc cessful farmers of the entire South, who plants possibly the largest, acre age of cotton east of the Mississippi, in a letter to J. S. Wannamaker writes as follows: “In my judgment, American agri culture, as a result of the passage of the Farm Act, providing a fund of over five hundred million dollars, fbr the specific purpose of rehabilitating American agriculture, will result in rehabilitating and bringing prosperity to the American farmer and as a re sult we will obtain for our cotton this fall profitable prices. As under the law, the Board will ascertain the cost of production, it will retire the surplus cotton and buy cotton when there is a depression in prices. You understand, through this bill, prices will be actual ly insured through mammoth insur ance companies against declines below the cost of production. It will bring about the greatest change in handling American farm products that has ever occured in the history of the nation. It will largely eliminate the middle man. As a result of the operation of this act, farm land values will be re stored. LONG EXTENDS THANKS TO CITY Laurens Deeply Grateful To Clinton for Aid Given Following Midnight Emergency Fire Call. ROAD BONDS ARE ACCEPTED Issue of $230,000 for Clinton-Kinard Link Approved By Purchasers. Work To Begin Soon. It is now expected that work on hard-surfacing the Clinton-Kinard link of Highway No. 2 will be started at an early date. The $230,000 bonds re cently sold for this purpose, have been approved and accepted by New York bondholders and were returned to the treasurer and supervisor’s offices on Monday for their signatures. The bonds in denominations of $1,000 each, have all been properly signed this week and returned to the pur chasers. •' ' It was stated yesterday from the supervisor’s office that the $230,000 is expected within the next few days. As soon as the check arrives it will be turned over to the state highway de partment by the county authorities and construction work on the missing link immediately begun. When the business section of Lau rens was struck by a disastrous fire last Friday night, the Clinton fire department called upon for aid in fighting the rapidly spreading flames, quickly responded, and rendered valu able assistance. The call here for aid came shortly after 11 o’clock at night. Without sounding> the alarm and arousing the entire community, Capt. Jack Ander son and Engineer Ramage rushed the big LaFrance truck to Laurens, to be joined later by several members of the local squad who had learned of the fire. I City Council in session Tuesday night, received through Mayor 0. L. Long for the city of Laurens, a letter of appreciation for the valuable aid rendered and spoke in the highest praise of Clinton’s splendid equipment and the service rendered by those in charge when the emergency call came. While offering to pay the expenses of the firemen and for use of the equip ment, City Council received the com- munigation as information and in formed Laurens that there were no charges for the services rendered but that Clinton was glad to offer aid in their distressing emergency. The letter from Mayor Long ad dressed to Mayor Young, follows: Clubs Organized In County “Dear Sir: “Please permit me on behalf of my self and the people of the city of Lau rens to convey to the city of Clinton and its very efficient fire department our sincere thanks for the assistance rendered us last night when it appear ed that the entire business section of our city was in imminent danger of being destroyed by fire. “Your entire department proved to be heroic as well as efficient. They ar rived at a most propitious moment and were, in my opinion, largely re sponsible for getting the fire under control. Your city should be proud of your equipment and especially proud of the personnel of your department. WiH you please convey to each of them the sincere thanks of the entire city of Laurens? “Of course we expect and wish to pay your city for all expenses incur red in coming to our assistance and to pay to each of your men an amount sufficient to pay them as best we can for their services. “Will ydu do me the kindness of let ting me have a bill for your expenses by return mail, including pay for each of the firemen that came to us. “We wish to assure you that our department is at your service if you are so unfortunate as to need us in the future and we want you to feel free to call on us if at any time we can render .J^our city any assistance in Richard Paul,' IS, of Lincoln, Neb., saved Mrs.-Grover Cleveland Alexan der, wife of the famous St. Louis pitcher, from drowning in the Platte river. LAKESIDE CLUB IS ORGANIZED To Conduct Golf Course, Swimming Lake and Others Club Activities On Old Bois-Terre Site. Formal organizafion of the Lake side Country club, to be conducted at the site of the old Bois-Terre Country club between Laurens and Clinton, has been perfected and new members are being received, according to a letter sent out by officers of the club and the Lakeside Corporation, owners of the property. Dr. S. C. Hays, of this city, is president of the club; R. R. Nickles of Laurens, is vice-president, and R. W. Phillips of this city, is sec retary-treasurer. The board of gov ernors consists ef Dr. S. C. Hays, R. E. Ferguson, L. G. Balle, Ross D. Young, R. R. Nickles, C. F. Fleming and Dr. B. 0. Whitten. The club is to be a separate organization from the Lakeside Corporation which recently was organized to p'urchase the proper ty from Dr. Jack H. Young. Under the Iilans of the club organi zation members will be considered no^ only from stockholders in the Lakeside Corporation but from persons not owning stock in the corporation. The initiation fee of new members, it is announced, will be $25 and the annual dues will be $40. The club grounds have been a very popular amusement and social center since their opening about a month ago. Seven holes of the golf course have been put in excellent playing condi tion and the swimming lake has been newly equipped with diving boards and other equipment. S. S. WORKERS MEET JULY 19 Laurens County Associational Sunday School Convention To Meet With Bethany Church. New Currency Now In Use During the past week three home demonstration clubs were organized in the county, one at Hickory Tavern, another at Lanford Station, and the third at Princeton, the entire member ship of the clubs being around seven ty-five. This shows the co-operation given by the various communities, and if there are other sections that wish to have clubs orgranized, they will noitfy Miss Mary Shaw Gilliam, home demonstration agent. The following meetings will be held this week: Today — Barksdale-Narnie school building, at 3 o’clock. July 12, at New Prospect, a 4-H club will be organized. The county agent left Monday for Erskine college to assist Miss Her bert with a short course for 4-H club girls from Abbeville county. She will assist with the health program, re turning to Laurens today. any way. “Very truly yours, “0. L. LONG, “Mayor of Laurens.’’ Union Service At Methodist Church The union service next Sunday eve ning will be held at North Broad Street Methodist church. The pulpit will be occupied by the Rev. Edward Long, pastor of the First Baptist church. All denominations are invited to unite in these services during the summet* as they rotate with the local churches. The new anJ smaller currency with faces of black and backs of green, was placed in circulation yesterday for the first time. The size is 6 5-16 inch es long and 2 11-16 inches wide as compared with 7 1-16 inches by 3 1-8 inches at present, or two thirds of the surface area of the old. For 68 years the bills have been printed in the form that is familiar, yet saving to the government in one year from adoption of the smaller size has been calculated to be 44 tons of paper, and 459 tons of ink, a suffici ent saving of paper alone to cover 10 100-acre fields. One day's output of the old type bills would cover a dis tance of 395 miles, and the quantity printed in a year would circle the earth at the equator four times. Bills of all denominations, 11 in number, will be printed in the new size, which is slightly more than one- fourth smaller than the one now in use. There will be bills representing The Laurens County Associational Sunday School convention, of which W. P. Culbertson is president, and C. A. Power, secretary, will meet with Bethany church, five miles east of Fountain Inn, on Friday, July 19th, at ten o’clock, it is announced by the program committee. Each church in the association is urged by the officera to see that its Sunday school elect and send at least three delegates to this convention. One of these, if pos sible, should be the superintendent of the school. . This convention in the past haa proven very beneficial to those who attended and an attractive program has been arranged for this meeting. Important themes in reference to the various phases of the Sunday school and its work will be discussed by able speakers and those who are familiar with the Sunday school organization.. The following is thp prograrq an nounced by its officers: General Theme — The True Func tions of the Sunday School. 1 St—Enlargement 10:00—Devotional — The church car rying out the great commission.— Matt. 28:5-18. — Rev. Charles L. Boyter. 10:25—Enrolment of delegates and re ceiving reports. 10:30—Does the Standard of Excel lence set forth the true functions of the Sunday School—J. D. W. Watts. 10:45—A practical method of reach ing and holding the people—Rev. J. L. Corzine. 11:15—Enlisting and'’training forces for efficient work—Rev. R. H. Mc Kinnon. 11:45 — Organizing the associational convention for more extensive and definite service.—B. Y. Culbertson. 12:15—Soul winning, the true purpose of the Sunday School.—Rev. W. D. Spinx. 12:46 — Business — Adjournment for dinner. 2nd—Bible Teaching 2:00—Devotional—The Word of God —Psalm 19:7.—Rev. J. N. Watson. '2:20—Is Bible teaching imperative? Where lies the responsibility for such religious training—Dr. A. B. Langston. 2:40—The six points record system as a teaching instrument.—Rev. Ed ward Long. 2:56—The What? Why? How? of the D. V. B. S.—Rev. J. L. Corzine. 3:10—Symposium—The school organ ized for Bible study—(10 minutes to each speaker). ’ 1st—Working with beginners—Miss Ekina Smith. 2nd—Working with primary chil dren—Miss Allene Franks. 3rd—The organized junior class— Mrs. B. F. Carson. 4th — The organized intermediate class—W. P. Thopiason. 5th—The officers’ work in young people and adult classes—W. E. Griffin. 4:00—Miscellaneous business — elec tion of officers. Adjournment. Poison Kills Boll Weevils Ford Made A Million Cars In Six Months Detroit, July 6.—The Ford Motor j company produced 1,065,630 cars and trucks during the first six months of the current year, a company an nouncement said yesterday. Clemson College, July 8.—^^uring the week ending July 6, examinations one dollar, and two, five, 10, 20, 100,1 for boll weevil infestation were made 500, 1,000, 5,000 and 10,000 dollars. A^in 60 fields in the coastal plains and total of all the bills printed during a flower Piedmont counties from Flor- year vould make 555 stacks as high ^ ence and Bamberg in the east, to as Washington’s monument. In this Chester and Greenwood in the west. respect the new currency will not dif-1 says Prof. Franklin Sherman, ento- fer from the old as it will be of the mologist at Clemson college. The ef- same thickness. Ifects of poisoning were evident from Upon the arrival of the new paper, banks will begin withdrawing the old money from circulation as rapidly as the fact that in poisoned fields only 7.2 per cent of squares were infestei; whereas, in spite of rather light infes- Miss Wofford Goes Abroad Miss Kate V. Wofford left yester day for New York, whence she sails Saturday with the American group of representatives to the International Educational convention wheih is soon to be held at Geneva. Miss Wofford is the South Carolina delegate selected by the National Educational asspeia- tion, with which she is officially con nected as a member of the board of trustees. She will be absent for about five or six weeks, expecting to visit several of the European countries while abroad. G. M. Wilson, Misses Dorothy and Alva Wilson, are visiting in Peake. Robert McLees is visiting in Green wood. A New Feature Beginning Today GEE McGEE Famous Humorist and Paragrapher — in — NOBODY'S BUSINESS This Feature Will Appear Regularly In THE CHRONICI E. It is a column Entirely Different and “Takes With the Masses As Well As the Classes.” “Nobody’s Business” Is Now Appearing In More Than a Hundred Leading Papers In the South. Watch Por It^Every Week in THE CHRONICLE, — ‘The Paper Everybody Reads.” I possible for the purpose of sending it.tation in upper Piedmont counties, the back to Washington where it was or-[ unpoisoned fields showed an average 'iginally relea.sed, all paper money be-j infestation of 11.5 per cent, ling printed in Washington. As the av-t “The highest infestations found.” erage life of a bill is four months, it | says Professor Sherman, “were in the will not require a great length of .counties of Darlington. Florence. Cal- time for the new currency to sup- j houn, and Bamberg, The infestation plant the old as a medium of ex- became gradually lighter toward the j change. Piedmont section, with a general av- I ^ I erage of more than 10 per cent of '— ** squares infested, it is evident that many fields, particularly in the east- Hospital A^ds New X-Ray ern section, are in need of poisoning.” ; Full directions for poisoning are printed in extension circular number I Dr. Hays hospital of this city, has just iurtaiw a thoroughly modem :C«"f»llmg the Boll «eev,l,' .and heavy duty X-ray marhihe cap-i*''''^ abta.nei from county- able of doing any type of X-ray pho- “f P^bbety off.ee at tography. The new equipment is of; raison co ege. I the latest type and will greatly add to |. I the further efficiency and enlarge-1 ! ment of this well known institution. VISITOR AT ORPHANAGE nlfiss Selina ^ozby spent the past week-end with her mother, Mrs. J. D. Cozby. Mist Cozby is attending sum mer school at Newberry college. Supt. R. H. I^binson of the Davis- Stuart Orphan Home and School, Lew- isburg, W. Va., was a visitor at the Thomwell orphanage on Monday and Tuesday. ■*1^ J.