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'■'v. THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, 8. C THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1930 Did You Ever Stop To Think? By Edson R. W*ite H. Campbell Jones, managing di rector of TTie Sydney (Australia) Sun, ■ays: That truth and aervice win in adver tising as in every other human ac tivity. There were days when much adver tising was as far from fact as the advance posters of a traveling circus. 300 PERISH AS DISASTROUS FIRE SWEEPS CELLS OF PENITENTIARY Prison Officials Believe Fire Kin dled By Mutinous Prisoners. Troops Called To Keep Order AmonK Over 1,000 Convicts Loose In Yards.' soaked cloth, included the Catholic chapel, cotton mill and woolen mill.- The fire was sUrted ni a manner much the same as the Junction City brick plant blaze, when some 20 con victs were burned to death. Convicts slugged three firemen and injured another, while the men were attempting to get a line of hose on the flames. All four injured firemen needed the attention of a doctor. The great toll of life was not re-1 the estimate- of property '} damage by the fire. Prison officials i not go back to his first buyer, or, as, fin*, as well as other blazes in a solicitor, to the firm whi;'h gave pri.son yard, was believed of incendi- him his first order, is about as u.se- ary origin. ■' less as an Eskimo pie in hell. After a struggle of several hours Columbus, Ohio, Opril 21.—More But time has taught every person , than 300 prisoners in Ohio peniten- concerned iiT salesmanship that hon- tiary were killed by smoke and fire esty is the best policy. i in one of the most appalling disasters A one sale man can prosper for a j m American history tonight, few weeks or even a few months in a Trapped in" their loclrtni cett docent sized city but the man who can-1 victims had no chance to escape, the | department heads said the damage would be about $11,000. Chief Ijams of the Columbus firej department, was among the first out- j aiders to get into the blazing cell [ blocks. He said the fire spread so rap-! idly that guards on duty there had 4it- tle or no opportunity to unlock the cell doors. Warden Thomas rushed four guards into the blocks with cell keys but before they could get to- work on the doors they were over come by the dense smoke and carried out by convicts. The fire chief said there was no electric wiring in the block, and he felt confident the blaze was of incen diary origin. Ohio penitentiary was built in 1890, | and was designed to house only 1,5001 Today only the person of subtlest wAh loose convicts who refused to go 0 Iheir cells, soldiers and guards got .he situation in hand and all was quiet in the prison enclosure at midnight. Then the work of removing the (lead to the state fair coliseum was solutely trustworthy and renders pub- begun, and investigations into the dis- lic service. And advertising and news astrous blaze were started. More than intellect can separate advertising from news. And moj»t times he i.'i wrong. . . ^ No modern newspaper can win large circle of readers unless it is at are otie and indissoluble. SEABOARD SCHEDULE CHANCES Effective on and after April 19th, train No. 207 (Southern States .Spec ial) passes Clinton .3:50 A. M. going south, and on and after April 21st, train .No. 208 Southern States Spec ial) pa.sses Clinton 12:57 A. M., go ing north. • y FRED GEIS8LER, Asst. Passeiiger Traffic .Mgr. “irr ANOTHER SATISFIED CUSTOMER c. Travelers Rest, S. -April 19.1930. Spratt I’oultry Farms, Clinton, S. C. Gentlemen: I bouKlit 300 LeKhorns from you on the 26th of February. Have rai.sed 86' of them and am selling them now at fifty cetits, seven weeks old. This is my first experience with baby chieks and.feel sure I ean“^o^K‘tter next time. Your chicks are as fine as 1 ever .stiw. Yours truly, Fred McAlister, R. F'. I). No. 2. • \Vc are niakiiiK deliveries of chicks like these today and tomorrow. lA?ghor*ifs, lOe to 14c, and Heavy Breeds, 12c to 17c each. Call us at 213 and re.serve what you neetl. Also book ing for May delivery. CLINTON HATCHERY 100 others were affected seriously by smoke and it was feared more would die. Under the glare of flood lights, turned into the prison yard, the scene was one of appalling tragedy. Here, on the damp grass, covered by blan kets, lay the bodies of several hun-, u dred men who, trapped in their locked !>"'"■ A roll c. 1 this mormOR .howed, eell«.went to death like rat. in a trap. enrollment today wa, 4 .)00j The prison covers about five acres square, within a stone’s throw ofj Warden Preirtnn K. Thoma-t wa,. in I ■(""'"‘two Columhua. Within the pria- eon.ultat4<*--*«»r==««»-«WfliJI» I midhiKht, •pianninit hi. invektijration. e'ndit** *IK,ht call locka, f Smoke suffocated a majority of the victims. Some were killed by' fire. Virtually all sources agreed that the first fire, as well as other blazes in the prison yards, were started by prisoners. After the prison yard was cleared.' national guard rucks were taken into the prison. These were to be used to carry the Imdies of victims to the coli seum in the state fair grounds. The penitentiary yards resembled an armed camp after a pitched battle, lying on the grass were the bodies of some 200 victims of the blaze, moat of i them killed by dense smoke. In the I prison' hospital basement lay almost 1 100 other dead. A few dead were I known to be in G and H. cell blocks j where the fire burned furiously for ; several hours after it started in an hosspital, mills, chapel dining halls and other, structures. » Preston E. Thomas has been war den of .the prison for about 15 years. He fa notM as an expert on prisons. Under his rule there have been no ma jor riots, but there hav been many de liveries and escapes including one when 1.3 convicts or armory K, the “bad gang’’ got loose. 4 IN MEMOKIAM l.anford Council, Jr. O. U. A.A M. No. 2.57 Inasmuch- -as .‘God,lTn -His infiiiiteLi, wisdom, saw fit to take frOhi our council on January 2dth, 19.30, ouri beloved brother, Edward Stevens, and Whereas, our hearts are saddenad adjoining block and spread rapidly un- comforted by der a stiff west wind. belief that he is now with the The first intimation that the fi*’**l j gupr^nie Councillor'of the Universe, fire was of incendiary origin came : following the teachings of Him from .'^tate h^ire Marshal Hay Gill. He said he believi*<l the fire was set in s(*veral places simulluneously, in the I and K cell blocks. The later fire in the cotton mills were ine'endiury, he 1 IF YOU’RE PARTICULAR ABOUT HOW YOU LOOK IN A STRAW HAT TRY ON ONE OF OURS W(^*ve heard this remark so Inany times. “It’s so hard for me to get my- .self accustomed to'a Straw Hat when I first put one on.” Not if you try one of ours on. They appeal to your style sense “right off the bat.” from S2.00 to $5.00 'A. Copeland - Stone Company Phone 47 “One Price To Air ClinixuL S. C. S S 5 5 5 5 5 8 5 8 5 8 8 8 l3 who has called our brother home, we shall eventually and forever stand with him, hand in hand. Therefore, be it, ‘ Resolved,' That in the death of "**!**/• . r. ..v ,>iHrQthcr.i:jLjj.tj£YcD?^^J-JLQfiirilXuuneiL 1 ^ I (ilico tinrryTfr French O'I No. 257 has lost a true and faithful ( olundkus, helping to command the ; f^rnily has lost a dc- I situation'•in the prison enclosure, o*** I vote.d, kind and loving hu.sband and : dered all women nurses fnim the peni- hrother; and he it further tentiary at 9;l5 p. m. He»suid he Js- sDed the order to insure safety for the women. The vk’tims in the yards, prodded t)y soldiers and guards, were thinning out and it was believed all men would be in their cell.s Within hour. 1.4iter in the night some'of the (’on- .victs i orncjJed in iHiiing halls gutltuou? in the yards and at 10:15 p. m, it was estimated that aliout 2,000 of the more than 4,18)0 men in the prison still were milling about in the en closure. ' , Fire department officials believed all the fires were incendiary. The first fire, on theJ and K cifM block roofs, was near the spot where men had been working during the day with an oiH and preparation to repair the roof. This, it was believed, was used to start the blaze. Other places, fired with oil Resolved, That a copy of these res- j olutions be sent to the bereaved wid-j ow, one to the papers for publication, I and one to be in.scrihed upon the pages | of our minute hook. 1 M. VV. ADAMS, AltTHUR HOWARD, KIKIAR DUNAWAY. — Gmnmittee*’ Babb Out For Probate Judge iiiimiiiaijii S i * 9 9 9 9 9 9 5 I I i CHANGING OUR LOCATION We wish to announce that by the first of next week our Market will be moved from Wall Street and located on West Main Street in the building formerly occupied by J. K. Hatton. In our new location we will have enlarged room and be better prepared than in the past to serve our friends and customers. We thank you for your business of the past We invite your patronage in our new location where we will be glad to have you call and inspect our modern and sanitary Marmt and Food Shop. * '.V • Cato’s Market ^Phone 287 Clinton, S. C. T. Houston Babb announces his can didacy in today's paper for .fudge of Probate, in the August primaries. Mr. Babb is a well known business man farmer of Gray Court and a graduate of FuTman university. He has served as-a member of the board of trustees of the Gray Court-Owings school for several years and has a wide circle of friends and acquain tances throughout the country who will be interested in his announce ment. Card of Thanks I I 1 i i i _ We wish to thank the people of Clinton fw the many kindnesses and help that has been extended to us for the last several months during the protracted illness of Mrs. Martha Sex ton. We" not only appreciate the ma terial assistance that has been so graciously given us by the people of this community, but also appreciate the kindness of spirit and cooperation that has been extended to us by many whom we do not know personally. We will not have the^opportunity to thank the people individually and we take this means of communicating with one and all. With best wishes for success and happiness to all. S. E. Sexton and Family. 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