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• s* * ■ ' I-»' #• 9. > ;9'4UViBr' .' \ If Yod Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE You Don’t Get The News > • % 4 9 . * ©to Olltnton ©tonitirlf ••••••••«•••»••• : THE CHRONICLE I W • • Strirea To Be a Clean Newa- • t paper. Complete, Neway, 2 I and ReUahlc I VOLUME XXIX CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1929 NUMBER 3© THIRD VENIRE. IS NECESSARY Hundred and Fifty More Jurors To Be Drawn In Charlotte Un der Trial To Complete Panel. Charlotte, Sept. 8.—Th^ remainiiljr members of the second special venire were disposed of in short order this ' morning and at noon the court trying 16 defendarits charged with murder of the Gastonia police chief was adjourn ed while deputies scoured the county to serve summons on a third venire. Only 150 are to t*e summoned .this time and from this number court offi cials hope to secure the two jurors necessary to complete the panel. The police chief, 0. F. Aderholt, was shot on the night of June 7 as he and four other police officers entered the tent colony of the Loray mill textile strikers. The defendants were labor leaders or strikers at the mill. Three of this number, all women, are charg ed with second degree murder. The others face first degree charges. The new venire of 150 will bring the total number having been called up to 668. The regular venire of 18 was quickly ’run through a week ago. Then followed two special venires of 200 and 300. The court was somewhat abruptly brought to a close this morning by the unexpected objection of the defense to the use of this week’s regular ve nire. Judge M. V. Barnhill yesterday had announced that since attorneys had said there would be no objection he would call these 18 before under taking to have new venire summoned. After the first name had been call ed this morning J. Frank Flowers, at torney for the defense, announced that the defense wished their objection to ■ this group to be noted. Judge Barnhill replied he had been informed by Tom P. Jimison, also a defense attorney, that the defense was willing to have the regular venire summoned but since there was an ob jection he would not use them. He then instructed the sheriff to dismiss the waiting prospective jurors and had court officials set about drawing names for the venire. The court procedure in North Caro lina provides that. 18 veniremen be summoned each week of court and these had been awaiting their turn to be called since Monday. Only 24 prospective jurors w»ire called this morning and none of those examined was acceptable, the defense using seven peremptory challenges and the state five. The others were excused by Judge Barnh’.ll. When court reconvenes tomorrow the defense and state will find their weapon for ridding themselves of un desirable veniremen greatly shrunk. The prosecution has us.?il all but 13 of its challenges, while the defense has 58 in reserve. The defense started with 168 and the state with 58. IODINE CONTENT WILL BE TOPIC Conference To Be Held in Columbia On Sept. 12. Governor Pleased With Accomplishments. Columbia, Sept. 1. — The various chambers of commerce of the state are actively lending their aid to the work of the Natural Resources commission, audit was at the request of a special committee of the South Carolina Com mercial Secretaries association that Governor Richards has requested the members of the legislature, the may- (Ws of cities and towns of the state, the presidents and secretaries of all civic clubs, the presidents and secre taries of all chambers of commerce and boards of trade, to attend a meet ing to be held at the Jefferson hotel here on Thursday, September l2, at noon, for the purpose of further per fecting plans for state-wide coopera tion. “As governor of .South Carolina,’’ Governor Richards has written these state officials and others, “and, vitally interested in the promotion of this great discovery, I earnestly request your attendance, that all South Caro lina may get behind this movenient, which I am convinced means so bright a future for all our people. Much has been accomplished up to this time— wore than we thought could be accom plished in so short a time, when the work was first undertaken—but there is yet a larger work to be done, and the cooperation of all the people of the state I hope will be freely gfiven.’’ Many of the counties of the state have already been organized, and county natural resources commissions chosen. This work has been under the direction of W. W. Smoak, chairman of the county organization committee, and already a meeting of the county units of the Pee Dee district has been held at Kingstree. More than half the counties of the state have been organ ized upto this time, and the work is going steadily forward. Inquiries are coming into the office of the Natural Resources commission asking for. a list’of the canneries of the state, whose products are wanted in the goiter regions. During the past several days the South Carolina can- ners and the representatives of the creameries have met with Doctor Weston, managing director, and per fected plans for the use of the iodine label. Newspapers and magazines over the country are carrying the story. The work has gone forward rapidly", the people of the state are behind it more unanimously than they have been be hind any other movement, and the en tire nation is now taking notice. A CRIPPLE HELPS The friends of Miss Nellie Cole of the Lydia mills, will be glad to see the picture of herself and BiWe class published in the ‘"Bible Society Record,” New York, in its August issue. Miss Cole is an invalid, but in spite of her close confinement to her home and wheel-chair, she is quite widely known for her devotion to the Bible. Her class meets every Sunday afternoon in her room. It numbers about ihirty. , ‘ Through the kindness of friends in Clinton and elsewhere. Miss Cole is SCHOOLS OPEN NEW SESSION THE HELPER AND HER HELPERS undergoing treatment weekly in Greenville. Her improvement so far gives hope that she may be able’to walk. She is an intelligent young woman and is a lovely Christian in personality and influence. ROUTINE MATTERS BEFORE COUNCIL Reports of Departments Considered. Care-taker Employed for Rosemont Cemetery. "^City Council held its regular month ly meeting Monday night with Mayor Young presiding and Aldermen Henry, Adair, Duncan, Harris and Carter present. Several routine matters were before Council, together with a review of the financial status of the city. The 1929 tax levy ordinance was adopted for the coming year, with city taxes payable from Oct. 15 to Nov. 15. The levy was fixed the same as last year, 40 mills, 25 mills for bonded indebtedness, and 15 mills for general corporate purposes. Council heard a delegation from the College View section asking for the surface treating of several streets on the city’s abutting property basis. Members of the delegation were ur gent upon Council that this work be started and completed before bad weather begins. The matter was taken under consideration to ascertain the cost of the work, t9 be reported back to Council for immediate action. Representatives of the National Public Utilities company, now supply ing electric power for the City of Laurens, appeared before Council seeking negotiations for a contract with the city for supplying power for retail purposes. The. remarks of-the delegation were received as informa tion since the city’s present contract with the Southern Power company does not expire for three years. Council further perfected its plans cf developing and beautifying Rose- mont cemetery by the employment of Tom Jackson to have charge of the property and responsible for its main- tei^nce. The police and recorder’s report for the month showed $537.00 levied and collected in fines, with 380 chain gang days meted out. WELCOME HAND GIVEN TEACHERS Pastors and Citizens Extejid Cordial Reception To Facalty of City Schocda for Year. An interesting “welcome”’ meeting for the members of the faculty of the Clinton city schools was held Monday afternoon in the high school building. ^11 of the teachers of the city schools were present with Supt. J. H. Wither- s]^on presiding. After a few introductory remarks and expressing his appreciation of the presence and interest of the visitors, Supt. Witherspoon called upon the various speakers for short welcome talks. Those responding brought cor dial greetings and expressed the hope ithtft the new year just entered upon j would be both pleasant and profitable. [Those making talks were: Rev. O. M. I Abney, pastor North Broad Street I Methodist church; Rev. C. Bynum [ Betts, A. R. P. church; Dr. D. J. I Woods, First Presbyterian church; j Rev. Edward Long, First Baptist j church; Dr. T. L. W. Bailey, board of !trustees; Dr. A. E. Spencer, Presby- jterian college; Dr. L. R. Lynn, Thorn- well orphanagre; Dr. B, O. Whitten, State Training school; Carlton F. Winn, Chamber of Commerce; W. W. Harris, Citv of Clinton; Mrs. W. A. I Moorhead, Woman’s club; Mrs. R. E. I Jones, Mother’s, club and D. A. R, chapter; Mrs. R. W. Johnson, U. D. C. chapter. j Responses of appreciation were ! made by the four principals of the 'schools, W. R. Anderson, Jr., Mrs. W. I R. Anderson, Jr., Miss Aline Newsom iand Mrs. H. A. Copeland, The article referred to from the New York magazine pertaining to Miss Cole, is published below: “In the gracious ministry of distributing God’s Word it is not always the well who serve the sick; the strong who minister to the weak. There have been many illustrations of this fact. Another has recently come from the South Atlantic Agency. It is the story of a cripple girl who distributes God’s Word from her wheel chair and has widened her influence by enlist ing others. “The picture shows some «f her helpers—a little band of children whom she has gathered. Through her they are not only learning the gospel story and its application to their own lives, but they are helping to pass it on to others. “This work she does despite not only her crippled limitations, but also despite the suffering she has to endure, and particularly the painful treat ment she is undergoing in the hope that she may walk again on crutches. “I believe God will open the*way for me. Wish I felt strong to write more; but I am so weak, will have to stop,” is the quiet message with which a short letter ends. The picture bears on its back the statement, ‘Through the aid of children and other friends she distributes many copies of God’s Word.’ ” WALTER JOHNSON HAS 26 AT FIRST PRAaiCE OF SEASON Football officially opened Ttiesday at Presbyterian college as Coach John son trotted 26 men out on the field and put them through the prehminary paces in preparation for the hard work that began yesterday when the re mainder of the team arrived. Uni forms have been issued and football in earnest seems to be the main topic of discussion now. Despite the loss of ten letter men the prosects look bright for the Blue Ho^e for this year. Ten letter men are back, all heavier, tanned from sum mer work, and eager to get in shape. In addition to these are a dozen or more men that played last year but not enough to get a letter. There are eight men from last year’s fresh team that reported and it looks as though there will be some good material from these boys. Last, spring when Oseoa, Pierce and Hogrsfe graduated it looked as if there would be quite a dent left in the Blue Stocking backfield, but in looking over thoae reporting at this date, there is Jimmie Green, who needs no introduction to S. C. foetha|l fans; Dick Green, hefty fullback yho held down that position in every game last year; “Skeet” Galloway, versatile half back who made quite a name for him self in high school circles and prep school. Besides these three regulars there is Dunlap, Grafton and Young. Ritchie, the Greenville lad who sprinted away from track men last spring, is on the field and looking good. From the frosh comes Smith, Senter and McNaull, who will work well in the ball toting line. With this material, P. C. can feel very optimi.s- tic about a fast, shifty, backfield. To back up this array of backfield men this year’s line will be leJ by Capt. Beckman. Beck has played for I P. C. in every game for the past three years and proved to be one of the mainstays of the team. Beckman looks heavy enough to meet any of the line men over the state and should be a factdr in making holes for the hall carriers. Ketchin, McQueen, Means, Collins, Gillespie, Cheatham, White- side, Heller, Hamilton, Blakely and Clinton have reported for the lire and from these will come the guards, tack les and center. ' Johnson certainly has the material for ends this season. Ross Lynn, who was making a rep in North as well as in South Carolina by his spectacular playing until he was injured, is out. Copeland, of last year’s frosh team, Ferrene, a varsity letter man who played most all of last year, and Ben nett, a good end of the team two years ago constitute material for wings. While the Blue Stockings will, as in the past few years, have a light team', it will be fast, shifty and formidable at %iil times. There is good material for just such a team and Coach John son will develop it to the point where P. C. will bear close watching. Enrollment of White and Colored Pu pils Reaches 1535. Large Increase In Several Classes. Clinton took on new life Monday morning—fresh, vigorous and hopeful as the city schools opened their 1929-30 session after the summer’s vacation. Supt. Witherspoon and his complete corps of teachers was present and ready for the beginning of the new session. Classes were immediately or- ganied and regular class room work begun without delay. The list of tesch- ers in the respective schools has al ready appeared in The Chronicle. The enrollment yesterday had reach ed 1535, divided 1053 white and 482 colored, an increase of 119 over last year. The enrollment by grades in the respective schools, follows: WHITE SCHOOLS High School Eighth grade 80 Ninth grade 77 Tenth grade 47 Eleventh grade *42 WORLD CRUISE COMES TO END Zeppelin Nearing Home Over Spain On Schedule Time. Big Celebration Planned. Total .246 Florida Street School First grade 43 Second grade 40 Third grade 68 Fourth grade 36 Fifth grade .... 41 Sixth grade 53 Seventh grade 69 Total ...340 Academy Street School First grade 96 Second grade 73 Third grade 48 Fourth grade 49 Fifth grade 23 Sixth grade 24 Total 313 Providence School. First grade .... 48 Second grade 35 Third grade 33 Fourth grade 23 Fifth grade 15 Total 164 COLORED SCHOOLS Bell Street School Fir.st grade 72 Second grade 48 Thir 1 grade 40 P^ourth grade 47 F'ifth grade 41 Sixth grade 44 Seventh grade 47 Eighth grade 20 Ninth grade 22 Tenth grade 18 Eleventh grade 18 Fredrichshafen, Germany, Sept. 3.— German federal, state and city au thorities today put the finishing touches to the program calculated to give the officers and crew of the Graf Zeppelin the greatest welcome they have ever received. The booming of cannon will herald the sighting of the dirigible which^ is expected at 8 o’clock tomorrow morn ing. As the great ship sails over its native town church bells will ring* in welcome. Officers, crev^ and passen gers are to parade through the fes tooned main streats in decorated auto mobiles supplied Dy the German tour ing club which has sent 8,000 cars to Fredrichshafen from all parts of G«r- many. Some 60,000 visitors '^arer expected to welcome the heroes but only a chos en few will "he admitted to the air field itself. Friedrichshafen is full of notables and the problem of housing them caus es the greatest worry to the bar|fo- master and his assistants. Among the early arrivals was the American am bassador, Jacob Gould Schurman. Reservations also have been made for Ambassador Nagaoka of Japan When David Lloyd George, ex-prime minister of G^eat Britain, telephoned from the Black Forekt yesterday for accommodations for an English party of ten the management of the Kur- garten hotel regretfully informed him there was not a single room left. It is hqned, however, that the British st^sman will come to Friedrichshaf- en for the arrival of the Zeppelin to morrow and that he will be a guest at luncheon given by the state and city Thursday. Total 418 Bethal School First grade 20 Second grade 21 Third grade 8 Fourth grade 6 Fifth grade 9 Total 64 Annexing Question Goes To Election MEETING CALLED TO ORGANIZE COUNH RESOURCES COMMIHEE I"-.. W. W. Smoak, Chairman of State Organization Committee To Be Present and Aid In Forming Body At Laurens. GOING AWAY TO COLLEGE? If you want the Clinton news, —have THE CHRONICLE fel low you. Its weekly visits will be “like a letter from home.” Special student’s rate of $1.00 for nine months. List your sub scription today. THE CHRONICLE “The Paper Everybody Reads** Announcement ie made by C. B. Cannon, county farm demonstrator, and Miss Mary Shaw Gilliam, county home agent, that a meeting will be held in the court house at Laurens, Monday morning, September 9th, at 11 o’clock, for the purpose of organi zation of a County Natural Resources commission to co-operate with the state organization of the same name formed to promote the iodine cam paign in the state, W. W. Somak, •newspaper publisher and member of the legislature from Colleton county, is to make the principal address of the ^day and explain the purpose.4 and aims of the organization. Among other business to be trans acted will be the election of officers and the appointment of committees on agriculture, education, health, indu.s- try and manufacturing. C, B. Cannon, the county agent, in speaking of the meeting, said that it was one fraught with mqny pos.sibili- ties and that he hoped a large num- bfer of farmers and business men would attend the meeting an i 'near Mr. Smoak’s address. Columbia, Sept. 3.—Commissioners of an annexation election ta deter mine whether 27.7 square miles now embraced in Laurens county shall jie- come a part of Greenville county will be appointed by Goveinor Richards as soon as certain legal phases of the matter can be decided, it was announc ed Tuesday following a hearing in tire executive office. Attending the hearing were G. C. Wyche of Greenville, and J. B. Cooke, E. J, Sloan and G. T. Crok, of Foun tain Inn. The petition for the aopointment of election commissioners and selection of a date for the election contained the names of 380 of 400 qualified elec- ttors resi.iing in the d'striot, it was said by Mr. Wyche, coan.sel for the petitioners. The territory which will he added to Greenville county in tlie event the voters decide the issue favora})\y, con tains three voting precincts and nas a taxable valuation of $310,000. Over Bordeaux Bordeaux, France, Sept. 4.—Wed nesday.—The Graf Zeppelin flew over this city at 45 minutes after mid-night (6:45 p. m. Tuesday, Eastern standard time.) The cabins were brilliantly lighte-d as the huge bulk glided gracefully past at a height of about 1200 feet. All ap peared to be going well on board. The 1 nose of the airship was pointed noi-th- I westward, apparently making for Ly on of Dijon. At this point the Graf had only about 500 miles to go to its home port at Friedrichshafen and if the present rate of speed was ma'ntained it sh ould reach there in about eight hours. The city had been expecting a glimpse of the airship following re ports of its progress along the coast of Spain and the southern shore of the Bay of Biscay. Apparently it left Spain at a point near Santander and picked up the French coast near Bor deaux, for this was the first French town to report a sighting. The pace of the dirigible was mod erate and it was not so high. The eager watchers had a good view of it during the few minutes it was cross- ing the city. The deep drone of the engines brought thousands out of doors to see the glittering cabin lights hung like jewels in the autumn sky. The weather forecast was for slight ly cloudy with some thunderstorms and moderate south to southeast winds. \ The diagonal course across Franco selected by Captain Ernst Lehman was the most direct line for iU home port. From here Lyon is 270 miles and Dijon to the northward, 320 miles as the crow flies. First Laurens Bale Is Put On Market Mollohon Wins Mid-State Race Laurens, Sept. 3,—John C. Lang ston who farms near Watts mills to day .sold the first bale of the new’ crop of cotton in Laurens county. It was ginned by the Laurens Oil mill, weigh ed 543 pounds add was bought jiy C. H. Babb, local buyer. It graded strict middling and brought 20 cents. A sec ond bale weighing 490 pounds w(as bought later in the day by the same buyer from Byron W. Brown at 18 1-2. cents. The first hale of last year’s sea.son w'as marketed September ll by Drayton FI. Tcdd of Barksda’^* ami brought 18 cents. County Jurymen For Federal Court For the term of federal court at Rock Hill, beginning September 10, L. A. Armstrong of Gray Court has been drawn to serve on the grand jury, and pet^t. jurymen for the first week are: John B. Owings and H. D. Nash, of Gray Court; C. H, Roper, of Laurens; R, 0. Sullivan, of Tumbling Shoals; and W. .M. Hunter, of Ora. For the second week, Allen Bobo, of Gray Court, and Lawrence Patterson, of Lanford, have been summoned to Mollohon Newberry Laurens Monarch Goldville . (’linton . Lydia .... Watts . 8 7 6 5 1 3 4 5 3 3 1 0 6 7 9 .889 .700 .600 ,590 .500 .333 .100 Mollohon won out in the second half •eiwe. jof the split season in the Mid-State league Saturday by combining timely hitting against Lydia. Gin Your Cotton In Clinton Unexcelled facilities offered , the farmers of this section. Gin your cotton — sell your cotton and cotton seed in Clin ton. You’ll do as well here a? any where. maybe a good bit better. mm AM