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’i% '. ■^: y -)■'« V •’ r- :44(^ #r \ f If You Don’t Rga4 ,^- THE CHRONICLE • You Don’t Get • The News ®hf €lt«tnn (Hbrnntrb THE CHRONICLE « m • Strives To Be a Clean News* • • • t paper. Complete, Newsy, i and Reliable VOLUME XXIX CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1929 NUMBER 38 MOB MEMBERS TO FACE TRIAL WORK BEGINS ON COLLEGE DRIVE Seven Bound Over At Charlotte On Kidnaping Charge. Judge Asserts Acts As a Disgrace To County. W. P.' Jacobs Name’d General Chair man of State-Wide Campaign To Liquidate Presbyterian’s Debt. WEST AND EAST CLASH IN VIEWS MINTER GETS HOUSEAL MAKES LAURENS JOB CROP ESTIMATE Borah and Reed Tilt In Senate On Tariff Bill In Heated ' Argument. Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 17.—Seven of the fourteen men charged with being members of the mob which on Monday of last week kidnaped three men, beat ing one of them, were bound over to superior courts of two counties this . afternoon by Judge Thomffs J. Shaw. The men bound over are A. G. More- head, and William Pickering, superin tendent in the Loray cotton mill; Carl Holloway, Dewey Carver, Tom Car ver and Smiley Lewis, Loray mill em ployes, and Horace Lane, Myers mill employe. John Holly, T. A. Gilbert, A. J. Roach, C. E. Jolly, Oscar Goodman, Dr. Lee Johnson and C. M. Ferguson^ held with the others as being members of the mob, were ordered released.' Judge Shaw’s investigation into the anti-communist mob which staged demonstrations in Gastonia, Charlotte and Bessemer City, invading labor headquarters in each of the cities, was begun a week ago: He was sitting as a magistrate. The defendants were ordered to ap pear in Cabarrus county, where the alleged beating took place, on October 14 and in Gaston county on October 21. They are to be tried on tbe same charges in both counties, that of con spiracy to kidnap and kidnaping, as sault with a deadly weapon, with in tent to kill and false imprisonment and arrest. Bond was fixed at $7,500 for each of the defendants. All were at liberty tonight, the bonds having been signed by Dr. Lee Johnson, Loray mill phy sician and, A. L. Baugh, resident man ager of the Loray mill. None of the three men kidnaped, Ben Wells, C. M. Lell and C. D. Say lor, was in court this afternoon when the judge completed his investigation. Wells was beaten and all three were left in Cabarrus county, eight miles from Concord, to make their way back to the town. In a talk from the bench following the announcement that seven 6T''flIF' The state-wide Presbyterian College Program of Deliverance will be headed by William P. Jacobs of this city, as general chairman, it was announced at a meeting of the board of trustees at the college on Tuesday. Announcement also was made that C. M. Bailey had accepted the position of chairman for zone number 1 in the campaign. Zone number 1 is composed of Piedmont, South Carolina and Con- garee presbyteries. , W. J. Bailey, it also was announced, has accepted the treasurership of the program. At the Tuesday meeting members of the board—there were seventeen present, worked out details of the pro gram which has as its goal the rais ing of $350,000 to clear away the col- 1 lege indebtedness and thus place the [institution on a firm foundation for future growth. I Announcement of Mr. Jacobs’ ac- 1 ceptance of the general chairmanship I was made by Rev. John McSween, president of the college. Mr. Jacobs said he realized the deep ^responsibil ity he was undertaking and declared he was accepting the position only because he felt certain he would have the whole-hearted support of all mem bers of the board and of all loyal Pres byterians in the synod of South Caro lina. Mr. Jacobs will head the work of or ganizing campaign forces in the eight Presbyteries of the synod of South Carolina. Campaign chairmen will be obtained in all the eight presbyteries, and these presbytery chairmen in ad dition will obtain chairmen for the groups into which the presbyteries have been divided. The group chair men will have charge of the jvork of securing church chairmen and church committees. A grandson of Dr. William Plumer Jacobs, founder of the college and of Thornwell orphanage. Chairman Ja cobs has been quite active in civic, religious and educational work. He is widely known among the Presbyteri ans of the state and he is devoted to ihe cause of men were being held for the higher court. Judge Shaw characterized the conduct of the anti-Communist mob and the action of the mob in which Mrs. Ella May Wiggns were killed last Saturday as “a disgrace to Gaston county.” “The evidence shows,” said Judge Shaw, “that only 15 were guilty of taking the man out and beating him, but the others are just as guilty as the men who carried him. “The trouble about mob lawless ness,” said Judge Shaw, “is that if a person joins in with the mob prior to the time the crime is permitted, all entering in the conspiracy are gruilty whether they had active participation in the crime or not. “The evidence shows that only 15 are guilty of beating Wells but the others are just as guilty as the men who carried him into Cabarrus coun ty. “The court finds that while the physical ipjury is not serious yet the circumstances are such that a serious injury has been inflicted in the mean ing of the law. “I want to' say that this is a very unfortunate case for this section. I said the other day that all lawlessness is the same whether from mobs or from Communists. An example of mob law is that which occuurred when the wcman waS shot Saturday. “I want to repeat again, I don’t care who is connected with it that the kidnaping of these men and that which occurred Slaturday are a dis grace to Gaston county.” The judge declared that he watched Saylor when he was examining him and was convinced Saylor was not tell ing the truth when, he said Solicitor John G. Carpenter and Former Con gressman A. L. Bulwinkle were in the mob. Mr. Jacobs points out that the rais ing of the $350,000 fund is necessary to relieve the college of the burden of debt, to eliminate annual interest pay ments on the debt, to assure the re ceipt of conditional endowment gifts, and to point the way for future growth of the college, the church and Christian education. W^ashington, Sept. 16.—Republican differences over the tariff reached fe ver heat in the senate today as Sena tors Borah, of Idaho, and Reed, of Pennsylvania, clashed over the treat ment accorded agriculture and indus try in the pending revision bill. As spokesman for the Republican Independent group, Borah told the senate the measure was far out of line with the pledges made to agricultu^ by both parties in the last campaign, that fami products were inadequately proviled for, and that what increases were proposed in farm rates would be more than offset by raises in indus trial levies. Reed denied the bill violated Repub lican tariff pledges. He cited President Hoover’s message referring to the need of protecting lagging manufac turing industries where it was deemed warranted, as well as agriculture, and said the Republicans on the finance committee" had rewritten the House measure upon the\ theory that all Americans are equal.” The unheralded speech of the Ida hoan came at a point in consideration of committee amendments to the ad ministrative sections of the bill when such a move was not expected. It serv ed to emphasize the dissatisfaction of the western and northwestern farm state senators with the bill. Earlier, Senator McNary, Republican, Oregon, had announced he would confer with other senators from the northwest over the treatment accorded lumber, shingles, logs, wool, manganese, fruits, and nuts in the bill. “This bill,” said Borah, “is not exe cuted in justice to the agricultural in terests. Some of us believe the time is at hand when agriculture must take a stand if it is to benefit from the pro tective tariff system.” Citing statistics showing growing profits of manufacturing industries in recent years, imports of manufactured goods less than 4 per cent of domestic production or practically stationary since enactment of existing tariff law in 1922, and exports of such commo dities greater Jast A’eay than in the last decade, Borah said further in creases in industrial rates were un- Former ‘ Sedalia Citizen Named Dutch Weather Prophet In Newberry Postmaster To Succeed Stan- Sees Cotton Yield of 900',000 ley W. Crews. Laurens, Sept. 12.—According to a Bales for This State. TARIFF ISSUE UP IN SENATE Newberry, Sept. 15.—W. P. Houseal, news dispatch from Washington in , the Duth weather prophet, while on a yesterday’s The State, James E. Min-1 visit several days last week to his ter, prominent local citizen, has been i brother. Dr. W. G. Houseal, who has nominated for the postmastership at : Laurens to succeed Stanley W. Crews, whose term expired last year but who has continued in offiqie pending the selection of a successor. Mr. Minter’s name will have to go before the sen ate for confirmation, but it is not thought that any conflict will take place over the appointment. Under the ! usual proceedure in such cases, it is been confined to his home by illness since March 10, was cordially greeted by his friends in Newberry. Among other interesting talks on the streets as he would meet old acquaintances, he made a forecast as usual while on these visits to his old home, in re gard to crops, especially the yield of cotton throughout the cotton states. Mr. Houseal said South Carolina Administration View Prevails By Close Vote. Name of Im ported Goods Must Be Placed On Containers. expected that his appointment will be would produce this year more than confirmed and his commission issued in about ten days, whereupon he will : enter upon his duties. The nomination of Mr. Mintcr to ; the local office brings to an end the j speculation over Postmaster Crews’ j successor which has lasted since Mr. I Crews’ term expired last fall. It has j been known that the selection for the ; postmastership lay between the in cumbent, who applied for^ re-appoint- ment, Mr. Minter and Frank H. Reid. The choice of » postmaster here was expected to throw some light on the statewide contest between the Tolbert and Lambright factions for control of Republican patronage. However, local citizens in touch with the three appli cants were of the opinion yesterday that Mr. Minter’s close family rela tionship with former Senator Dial was a deciding factor in the contest. Mr. Minter is a brother-in-law of the for mer senator. Mr. Minter had not been formally notified of his nomination when seen yesterday, but like everybody else ac cepted the report as true. He said that he was very much gratified over his selection and hoped to merit the good will of the public by a thorough per formance of his duties. Mr. Minter entered business here with his father, the late Capt. John R. Minter, shortly after his graduation 900,000 bales, the largest crop in a number of years since the boll weevil entered the state in 1917 and that the entire crop would be around 15,000,000 bales, throughout the South would be about a million bales less than the government report estimate made in August. He also predicted that the price would rise and go upward around 22 cents on the crop of 1929- 30. It is quite remarkable to say that the government report of September 9, coming three days later after Mr. Houseal’s forecast made in Newberry, was approximately the same as the number of bales which he predicted early in the spring would be produced; that the drought wouldn’t be relieved in Texas in time for that state to pro duce the big crop that was expected there early in the season. He also says he never thought, like the farmers complained in May that the cotton crop would be a failure this Washington, Sept. 17. — The view point of the administration group in the senate prevailed today in the hrst voting on the tariff bill. By a vote of 40 to 32, a committee amendment was adopted requiring that imported articles be marked con spicuously with the country of origin except in certain instances. The ballot was taken on reconsider ation of a previous rejection vote of 38 to 28. Eight Republicans joined 30 Democrats on the first roll call against the amendment, the eig.ht be ing Senators Borah,. Cuttin, Howell, LaFollette, McMaster, Norris, Nye, and Reed. ' The last named—a Pennsylvania Republican, subsequently complained about that part of the amendment re lating to place of marking and asked the reconsideration on the ground that a majority of members did not know what they were voting on. Others dif fered with him. On the second roll call, six Repub licans combined with 26 Demojiats against the amendment, while five Democrats joined 35 Republicans f ;r it. Senators Reed and Howell were the Republicans to change, while Sen ators Trammell, Fletcher, Ransdell, Bifoussard and Pittman were the Dem ocrats' to go over for the amendment. Much debate preceded the votes, the Democrats contending for the house language making it discretionary with iBlackmer Given Members of the board voted to give their unqualified support to Mr. Ja cobs and to assume active work in the campaign. They will begin at once the recruiting of a great general commit tee which will be brought together for a rally at the college on October 4, the day of the P. C.-Mercer football game. The board members include: Fewell, Rock Hill; Dr. W. M. MePheet- ers, Decatur, Ga.; Dr. R. R. Wallace, Chester; C. Bissel Jenkins and Rev. J. W. Hickman, Chareston; Prof. A. J. Thackston, Orangeburg; Dr. W. R. Barron and Joseph Walker, Columbia; Dr. G. G. Mayes, Winnsboro; John T, W’oodside and L. L. Barr, Greenville; Rev. W. A. Hafner, Gaffney; Rev. R. W. Park, Lgke’City; W. R. O’Bryan, Heineman; H. M. McLaurin, Wedge- field; Dr. H. Tucker Graham, Flor ence; L. B. Stevenson, Hartsville; Dr. T. Ellison Simpson, Darlington; Dr. E. C. Doyle, Seneca; Lloyd Smith, Easley; Dr. R. F. Kirkpatrick, Ander son; C. M. Bailey, Clinton; Rev. E. D. Patton, Laurens; Dr. F. E. Harrison, Abbeville; H. E. Davis, Florence; R. Hayne King, Atlanta; Colonel J. D. Fulp, Greenwood. necessary. He agreed the farmers got all they asked in the Fordney-McCumber tariff act of 1922, but those representing .them, he said, made the mistake of ac quiescing at the same time to increas- les in industrial levies, the “disparity” I between agriculture and industry re- I suiting from the bill, he argued, would I be continued by the pending measure. I from the Citadel. I^ter he engaged | government for 1929. jin farming and the livestock business' jat Sedalia, the ancestral home of 'he ; Minters. In addition he conducted a ! large store there and was postmaster !of the Sedalia office for a number of I years. He and his family have iieen residents of Laurens for the past three years. Postmaster Crews had very little to year for the eoncludinK sen ence of j treasury in excepting articles from his forecast published March 1 in Thej^he marking requirements and the Re- State, The best crops will be made | publicans claiming there was too this year that have been produceddiscretionary power already since 1920.’ Mr. Houseal promises to,,„^g^j the head of that depart- give his reasons for this forecast j ^lent (March 11) and also how the farmers | president Hoover, as well as Sec- have been so agreeably disappointed ; j-ptary Mellon, figured largely in the in the big crop of more than a million debate. Senator Couzens. Re bales that has been forecast by the [publican, Michigan, and member of the j finance committee, suggested that the ; president disclose the truth about re- i ports that he, the president, had asked T7* 4! (P/JA AAA i committee Republicans to place r inC Ol $bUjUUU i manganese on the free list. — I Reading from the Manufacturers’ Washington, Sept. 17. — Harry M.i Record a statement purporting to Blackmer, former president of thelquote Mr. Hoover in a speech in Colo- Midwest Refining company, was fined |rado as saying that manganeses min- $60,000 in the District of Columbia su- ing required protection, Couzens de- say over his failure to secure a re-i ' , * j r * ^ nrenie court today for contempt in i manded an explanation. appointment, except that he was nat urally somewhat disappointed. Like | most office-holders, he said he would | like to have had at least one more i term so he could have quit without be-1 ing turned out, but that he recognized ' failing to answer two subpoenas to ap- i Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, pear in the trial of Albert B. t’aH and [observed that such a report had been Harry F. Sinclair on conspiracy charg-!attributed to Senator' Bingham, Re es in connection with the leasing of {publican, Connecticut, after the fi nance committee had reversed itself on Blackmer was fined $30,000 and I the question. NEW CONTRACTOR ON LANFORD ROAD he held on too long to enjoj that feci- bjg failure to answer the { Bingham said a newspaper had re- ing. Mr. Crews has been postmaster since August, 1924. It is well known summons in the Fall-Sinclair case in i ported him as changing his vote on re- Kiwanians Plan Special Program I The regular meeting of the Kiwanis club will be held this evening at 7:45 at Hotel Clinton. Miss Kenned}' On Converse Faculty Friends here of Miss Fronde Ken nedy, a native of this city, will be in terested to know that she is to serve on the hlnglish faculty of Conver.«e college, Spartanburg, for the coming year. Miss Kennedy for several years headed the orphanage schools of this city as principal. She received her M. A. degree from Columbia university and is now working on her Ph.D. de gree at the same institution. .A few years ago the Litt.D. degree was con- ferr^ upon her by the Presbyterian collie. Miss Kennedy has held sev eral responsible positions since leav ing Clinton, among them oeing dean of the woman’s department at Duke universit;^, and 'dean of Stonewall Jackson college at Abingdon, Va. I This week is being observed by In ternational Kiwanis throughout Amer ica and Canada . as “Constitution I Week.” A special program has been arranged by the club for tonight in observance of the International call with the principal address to be de livered by Kiwanian Dudley Jones of the college faculty. AWAY AT COLLEGE Let THE CHRONICLE follow your son or daughter. Its week ly visit will be “like a letter from home.” It will give much news your letters omit. Special studenPs rate of $1.00 for nine months. List, your subscriptron today. Now Thought That Project Will Be ^ Completed By October Ist. At Work Long 'Time. Laurens, Sept. 15. — Contractor Crye, associated with Simons, May- rant and Company, now engaged in the work of paving the Clinton-Ki- nards project on highway No. 2, has entered into an agreement with the State Highway department to com plete the Lanford-Enoree project on highway No. 10. It is understood from official sources that Mr. Crye propos es to finish the job by October 1. One mile and a half of the original 4 1-2 miles remains to be top-soiled, and a considerable amount of rock and fin ishing work has been taken over by the contractor. He is to do the top soiling and necessary grading work at 50 cents the cubic yard, and the rock work on a cost plus basis. Mr. Crye moved his equipment on the ground Tuesday and work has been started, according to R. V. Royall of Greenwood, contractor in charge. The original contractors, after spending about eight months on the project, relinquished the job a week or two ago and moved their equipment away. Settlement in full with the la borers who had been employed on the pi'oject was effected this week by rep resentatives from the State highway department, it was stated Tuesday. The reinforced concrete bridge over Warrior creek, being conducted by another contractor, has also suffered delay, principally through the extra time required in placing the foun^da- tions, and it probably will be some time in November before the bridge is finished. This, however, will not in terfere with traffic as a suitable de tour can continue to be used by the public. that he has not let the grass grow un der his feet while drawing a public sal ary, but instead, has been applying himself to a study of accounting and 1927 which resulted in a mistrial, and, quest of the president but he denied tried singly on the* charges. . George (Jordon Battle, attorney for oo eeping. e a rea y as a retired oil man, who has continued in? opening with a large auditing ^ firm, he states, and may enter that a similar sum for failure to appear in I receiving such a request or that he April, 1928, at the time Sinclair was I had switched his vote. Senator McKellar, Democrat. Ten nessee, opened debate on the bill with an opposition speech in which he said work soon after Mr. Minter takes over the reins of office. Clinton Hi Boys Strong For P. C. gation, gave notice he would appeal from the decision. The fine and costs will be taken from the $100,000 in bonda, owned by Blackmer, which was ordered forfeit ed by the court for violation of the Walsh act which provides service of Of the fourteen boys in the 1929 i summons may be made on Americans Clinton high school graduating class, i/^siding in foreign jurisdictions, and twelve are now students at Presbyte-1 ^or forfeiture up to $100,000 if they I rian college as members of the fresh- j answer the subpoenaes. man class. Two members of the class: — — idid not attend college, circumstances I only preventing it from being a one 1 hundred per cent P. C. contingent.' ! Those entering college last week were: if the bill passed as written the Re publican party could not only “get by with stealing from the government, but with murder.” TRACK MEET TO COME HERE New Management Blue Stockings To Be Hosts Again On May 3rd. Sturgeon Named Association President. Charleston, Sept. 16.—Clinton, S. C. has been awarded the annual track meet of the South Carolina Intercol- For Hotel Ethel j legiate association, and Presbyterian j college will be host to the trackers j on May 3. This became known today in a state ment from D. S. McAllister, of the Citadel, secretary, who was re-eiected Eugene Bragg, Jim Davis, Reid Lock-j Hotel Ethel recently opened in the I man, Wm. Pitts, Lawson Abrams, i city, has been leased by Geo. Bratsos ! 1 Grady Adair, John William Dillard, of the Sanitary Cafe, and the hostel I George Dominick, Bothwell Graham,; ly continue to be open to the pub- ^ James Horton. Harold Johnson and llit. Mrs. J. Clarence Miller of New- f" ^es- John Odiorne, berry, ha.s been secured as propriet-'I-resbytermn ' ress and has already entered upon FSiritl MCBtin^S duties. The hotel recently opened rp XT 1J contains all modern conveniences and 10 rS0 nOlCl is v.’ell furnisheJ throughout. The new lessee succeeds Mr. and Mrs. Co- W'inter cover and small grain crops Adair who recently relinquished I will be discu.s.sed this week and next at the management. meetings of farmers and business men. NINTH grade ORGANIZED The subject of winter cover crops is one that is of much interest to all of the farmers just at this time. The meetings Scheduled are as follows: I Friday night, September 20, Hurri- Icane .school house; Tuesday night, Septembter 24, Clinton high school building. The hour of meetings will , be 8 o’clock. • It is hoped that a large number of farmers and business men will be present. Plans for these meetings are i being made by the local agricultural teacher. At a meeting of the ninth grade of' the Clinton high school held yester day, the following officers were elect ed to serve for the ensuing year: Pa tricia Giles, president;, Rena Abrams, vice-president; Charlie McDaniel, jtec- retary-treasurer. RETURNS TO CHARLESTON George O’Daniel returned to Char leston yesterday to resume his studies at the Charleston Medical college, and will be resident physician to Porter Military academy during his senior year. First 1929 Bale Ginned Thursday Clinton’s first bale of 1929 cotton was furnished by Reese Young, well known local farm er. It was ginned last Thursday at the ('linton Cotton Oil com pany’s plant. The bale was from Coker seed, weighed .506 pounds, and graded strict low middling. It was bought by Pitts & Cope land of this city, for 18 1-2 cents. The cotton crop in this section though two weeks late, is exceptionally good. A num ber of bales have been ginned since Mr. Young started the ball rolling. college. The election took place at the annual meeting of the association at Presbiderian college. Tennis again will be place I under direct supervision of the association, according to Secretary McAllister. Every state institution with the ex ception of Clemson, Erskine and Uni versity of South Carolina was repre sented at the meeting. Flligibility of football candidates was discussed, but none of the boys was thrown out. Coach Tommy Scaffe, of Wofford, and Professor Petit, of the Furman law faculty, were nAmed to the tennis committee, and given power to act on the date of the state tennis meet. Ne.xt year’s meeting will be held at Laurens. 1 A DIES TO SERVE CHICKEN STEW On next Saturday evening begin ning at 6 o’clock, the ladies of Bailey .Memorial Methodist church will serve a chicken stew in the dining room of the church. There will be a charge of 35c for the stew and 5c for coffee. The public is invited.