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I C If Tott Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE You Don’t Get Tke Newt ••••••••••••*•••••••••#••••t : THE CHRONICLE ! • StriTcs To Be a Clean Nawn- I % - paper, Conipiete, Neway, and ReliaUa VOLUME XXX CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,1930 NUMBER 3 FALL OUTLOOK NO^EHER County Highway Construction Work Proves Big Factor In Relieving Conditions. Largest WELCOME HAND GIVEN TEACHERS Pastor^ and Cltixens Extend Cordial Reception To Faculty of City Schools for Year. HEARST IS CHASED FROM FRENCH SOIL BLUE STOCKINGS OPEN PRACTICE American Newspaper Publisher Must Pay for Actions of One of His Agents. Coach Johnson Has Larae Group of Men Out for Gridiron Try-Out. Season Opens With Clemaon. LAY CORNERSTONE NEXT TUESDAY First Presbyterian Church To Hold Ceremony On Church Grounds. Program Announced. An interesting “iwelcome” meeting' Paris, Sept. 2.—French officials an-j The Presbyterian Blue Stockings Cotton CrOD In Six Years Ex- members of the faculty of the nounced today that William Randolph | had their initial practice of the season ** ‘ ‘ Clinton city schools was held Monday Hearst, .American publisher, had been j Monday afternoon on Johnsori field P®^ted.' afternoon in the high school building, expelled from France because one of -The last week of All of the teachers were present and ; his agents obtained and published a Laurens, .Aug. 30^—me ia». meeting presided over by Supt. J.'secret document relative to Franco- August finds conditions favora e an Witherspoon. ' British naval negotiations in 192K. After a few introductory remarks! .Mr. Hearst arrived in Paris yester- the outlook for fall trade activities en- with .some 40 men reporting for the first piactice. A f^w more men were out Tuesday and yesterday and with their arrival Coach Johnson has around 45 men with which to work out years. .According to the estimate of years. Reports from farmers themselves, from every quarter of the county, show the staple crop is promising. The .seasons have been favorbale. boll wee vil infestation has been greatly mini- Announcement was made yesterday that the ceremony for the laying of the cornerstone of the nelw F'irst Pres byterian church will be held on next Tuesday morning, September 9th, at 11 o’clock. The ceremony will be held at the churcQi grounds. The contrac tor, J. Gary Martin, is erecting a tem porary stand for the purpose. Tem porary .seats will also be erected for the comfort of those who attend the program. Indications are that a large Those responding brought cor-* He departed for London last night! training consisted mainly of setting , dial greetings and expressed the hope , without waiting for the period of up exercises. The practice lasted for i NEW COUNCIL TApSOATH Mayor and Aldermen Inducted Into Office for Two - Year Term. Committees Named and All City Employees Re-elected. Tax I.«vv Same As Last Year. couraging, despite the fact that , and expressing his appreciation of the, day for his first visit since the puh- a winning combination for Presbyte prices are now ow than in I presence and interest of the visitors, iication of the dt>cument. Agents*" of rian college. ,, A 4..A #\T 1 I * ^ , , Supt. Witherspoon callecl upon the va-|the government called on him and re-j t'oach .Johnson took his .squad out ( ounty .Agent C . B. t annon, .^uren.s | speakers for short welcome I quested him to leave within 3(5 hours. 1 on the field at 4 o’clock and the first county stands to produce the largest vieW of cotton it has made in six that tne new year just entered upon would be both pleasant afid profitable. Those making talks were: Rev. 0. M. Abney, pastor North Broad Street Methodist church; Rev. (’, Bynum - J J u Belts, pastor Associate Reformed mired by the use of poison, aided by Presbyte- hot weather conditions through the j Copeland; fruiting season, with the ^result that Spurgeon the phmt « maturmg a dt staple. Boll^are beginning to open, Stillwell; Chantber of but picking will not get underway for; ^ j several days to any great extent. ton, R. W. Wade; board of trustees, c„n7.er,e, over the eounty .re bemi!, p „ ^ put in order for the .ea,on. At N.rtue ^ and Waterloo new j.nninK plan., have g,^g^, g^_ grace lo expire. i about an hour and a half and the The ministry of the interior late {•'^quad was rather weary when they today gave out the following state-1 went to the showers, but the spirit is recently been erected in order to take care of the situation, and over the entire county the ginners are making ready for a heav'y fall bu.siness. .A new ginning plant is in course of con struction at ('linton near the western city limits of Main street. While curtailed schedules have ob tained with local textile mills during' most of the summer, one of the plants} has moved up from a four-day to a' five-day run, and another maintains a day and night shift on most of its work. •'The Laurens Glass works and j other industrial plants and enterprises j are operating on full lime and giving I enjoyment to their regular help. j .^Tor several weeks now, three high-i way projects in the county have been underway, with the employment of hundreds of hands and mules. These road projects include the Princeton- Ware .Shoals link, which is being hard surfaced; the Ora-Knoree segment on Jtighway No. TB,-which i» receiving a similar treatment, and the Laurens- Princeton connection of No. 15, which is being graded preparatory for sur facing at a later time. tary club, Prof. H. K. Sturgeon; Pres- byterian college, Prof. M. W. Brown; .State Training school, Dr. B. O. Whit- etn; Thornwell orphanage, B. .S, Pin son; I). A. R. chapter, Mrs. R. K. .Jones; U. D. C., .Mrs. R. W. Johnson; .Mothers’ club, .Mrs. Gary Martin; Woman’s club, Mrs. Roth well Graham. A response of appreciation on be half of the teachers was made by W. R. Anderson, Jr„ principal of the high school. Compare Votes Of Two Races Considerable interest in the out come of the second primary between United .States Senator Cole L. Rlease and James F. Byrnes of .Spartanburg, has been expressed. _ The vote of the first primary as re ported to the St ate executive cowiTnft. tee stood: Blea.-'e 111,9(54 Byrnes 93,904 » Harris 39,441 Tnent: ‘‘William Randolph Hearst, pro- prietor of numerous American news papers, has been expelled from French territory. The measure, ^taken' upon m;der qf_the p^sident of the cmincil, minister of the interior, ha.a as origin the role played by Hearst in the ob- tention and publication of secret do<'u- ments relative to the Franco-English naval negotiations.” The surete general* the French equivalent of Scotland which conveyed the expulsion order to Mr. Hearst, had previously stated that the action was taken bt^cause of Mr, Hearst’s general "hostile” attitude toward France. “The French government has always expelled foreigners who are consist ently hostile to France,” the police said. Mr. Hear.st is a Franco-I’hohe and we prefer that he .should do his triticising outside of France. The Ho ran affair of 192H formed ony a ])art of the reason.s why Mr. Hearst was asked to leave.” Mr. Horan was the Hearst corre spondent who got possession of the secret document. \ running high. The team is pointing up for its first game September 20 with Clemson. The practice was sup^ posed to have been held on the new field, but because of heavy dust on the field it was thought_^^t to work out oh Johnshh' uATif the neiiv ground is more settled. Following is the schedule Coach Johnson has given the boys to fol low: Rising bell, O:;!!); breakfast, 7:00; morning practice. 8:00; skull practice, 10:30; rest period, 11-12; dinner. 12:45; rest, 1:30; skull practice, 3- 3:30; afternoon practice, 4-(5; supper, (5:30; everyone in bed, 11:00. FLORIDA CITIES TOLD TO PAY UP JOANNA SCHOOL OPENED MONDAY i; N. Foy Again Heads School A* Principal, Faculty for Year Shews Several ("hanges. The Joanna school at Goldvilie, en tered upon its 1930-31 .session .Monday DEATH CLAIMS GEO. M. HANNA ('onfederate Veteran I’asse-s At His Home In Cross Hill. l>ong a Prom inent Figure In This C<iunty. George .Milton Hanna, (’onfecicrate veteran, died Saturday afternoon at 5 o’clock at the home of his son, Ivcw- i.s I). Hanna, in (to^ss Hill. The funeral servue was held Sun day afternoon at 4 o’clo.’k at Liberty Springs church, (Voss Hill, condu: tod by Dr. R. .M. Stevenson, hii furmer morning with a large enrollment, sev » JfuiLuLL-t:iALof.JJuigxadeiijihowing an incrftaao- IIni] IH.OOO over James F. Byrnes and 23.-lover last year, T1 3S1 less than a niajoi Uy.,. _ ’Fhe- schtwh is headed by"G. N. Frty The final vote in the fir.st primary} as prin.-ipal for the .second year. .Mr. in 1924, for the information of many i Foy went to Goldvilie last year from who have inquireii of The (’hroni.-! wa.s as follow.s: Rlease H3,738 Hyrne.s (57,7*2.7 IWal . 4 1.125 New Agent ^Makes e,j Watts mill and the .Joanna school un- ;<ler his direction the past year made j splendid progress. , J'hc teaching staff for th*‘ ap- iproac hirig .'cession is composed of the ^following members: G. Foy of Saluda, principal; A. West I’alm Reach. Sanford and Sara sota ('ounty Must Levy Taxes. Rondholders Rring .Suits. Tallahassee, Fla., Sept. 2.—The su preme court today granted alternative writs of mandamus in 12 cases direct ing the cities of We«t Palm Reach and Sanford, and Sarasota county, to levy sufficient taxes to meet bonded delits now defaulted as well as debts coming due during the fiscal year lie- ginning October 1, or show cause why such levies should not be made. Ten cases were filed against Sgra- aoU county an4 one each againtrt the cities of West Palm Beach and .San ford by holders of municipal and coun ty bonds. The plaintiff.s represent bond dealers in many parts of the United-Stalea. The writs were made returnable be fore -tlrp supreme colliT^RejiU 1 (5. The suit against the city of West Palm Beach was brought by the Yel- laek (’orporation,. holder of $3(5,000 worth of municipal, dock, .street", sew er and department bonds. The brief in this case sets out that $4,3.5(5,82(5 is needed to meet the West Palm Reach municijial debt obligations during the fiscal year beginning October 1, in-j es of the community will no doubt join in with the Presfbyterian church in celebrating their good fortune. Dr, D. J. Woods, pastor of the church, will preside over the cere mony, and he will be assisted by Dr. John MeJ^een, president of Presby terian college, an4 Dr. L. Ross Lynn, president of Thornwell orphanage. 'fhere wiW be Ihi'ee'short addresses on the program as follows: Dr. Dudley Jones will make an ad dress on the history of the church. Dr. D. M. Douglas an address on the life of Rev. William Plumer Jacobs, D.D., LL.D., first pastor of the church, and in whose memory the auditorium is be ing erected. Mr. J. F. Jacobs will make an address on the life of Mercer Silas Bailey, for 43 years an elder of the chur<4i and in whose memory the Sunday school building is being erected. ^Prior to the ceremony a .stone in memory of the life of Mercer Silas Hailey will Ik; erecUxl in the ndrth- west corner of the .Sunday schdol building. Also prior to the ceremony the old cornerstone which for many years stood in the northeast corner of the old church budding, will be re moved and placed in position in the northeast corner oftihe new church auditorium. It bears the wording "Re- erected Sept. 9, 1930,” and just under neath it will carry a new stone, also carved from the granite of the old building, "Krected in memory of Rev. William IMumer Jacobs, D.D., LL.D., First Pastor of 'This Ghurch.” Jack H. Young, recently elected mayor of Clinton for a second term, was duly inducted into office .Monday night, together with thi' six meml>ers of city council. It was tlie first meet ing of the new admini.stration, and the oath of office was administered by R. W. Wade, city attorney. Mem-' hers of council who will .serve fqr the ensuing two years with Mayor Y-iung are: Aldermen Henry, .Adair, Duncan, Harris, Burnette and Abrams, the lat ter two being newly elected and swont into office for the first time Monday night. Following the installation ceremon ies, Mayor Young welcomed the two newly elected member.s of council and gave isn-butline in- his inaugural ad dress,of the condition of the city’s af fairs and asked a united spirit of co- opereation in carrying forward the work. The mayor’s statement )»efore council was rt'ceived as information and ordered inserted in the minutes for future eonsideration. W. W. Harris was nominated and unanimously re-elected a- mayor pro- teni for the new U rm. Mayor Young spoke of the impor tance of carrying forward the city’s activities through standing cotn.mit- tees a.s in the ]iast and aniioume.1 the six committees and theii' per--nnel as follows: Street committee: W. J. Duncan, chairman, P. H. Adair and W. A. Hen ry. Water-Light, and Fiie depaifnent committee: W. W. Harris, chairman, W. J. Duncan and H. Y. ,Abram>. Police committee: W. .A. Htvnry, chairman, P. B. Adair and Fred Bur nette. Finanee\comniittee; H. Y. Ahrams, chairman, W. W. Harris and W. A. Henry. Cemetery committee; P, R. .Adair, chairman, Fred Ruinette anel Harris. Sanitation and health committee: The congregation, led by the choir, will sing two hymns during the cere-' red Burnette, chairman, W. J. Dun- niony, and Sunday, prior to the cere-j run and H. 1. Ahrams. rnonyj a special sermon w^iM be preach-^ ed by lir. 1). .J. Woods, present pastor! ^'^re council for adoption, and the t:ine nT tJie Thu'rch, bn the~^^ at the^^**r imymeht of taxes was iiNed from regular church service held in the^^rt. 1st to .\ov. l.»th. The levy wa.s main uudiDtrium <tf the (Jinton high made the .same as last year, 10 nulls, Hchool. i mills to cover the city’s lM)nde l in- There will be many visitors out-of-town atiehding the ceremony as opeiatiiig expeiix'- it will no doubt be one of the most} important events in the history of the' ^ ‘usion ot the mayors .message and assignmeril of comtnit- , tees, the election of employe)'-; and Contents of the old cornerstone Splendid Record R. Galloway, .Ir., Miss .Mildred Work- eluding defaulted payments. The city have been opene<l up and found lo be [man, Miss Kutherin)* hea<ls of departments was (*iiteretl H. Marion C<»p(‘lund, .Miss Mabel Aldred W. Simmons, who recently suo-land .Miss .Janie I.ois Lynn, a!) of Clin- Klakely, Mi.ss }budgeted for only $29(5,-jin very bad (“ondition, due to the eor-j from offidils^ 'ind'^lphte'^a 000. The rosion of the box holding them. In- c ■, ■ t f L. 1 1 . 1 • .u L r *1. i'>f new applicants, the entire •Sint against, the city of .San-1 eluded in the box w)‘re copies of fbe i corps wa- reelected pa.stor for a number of year.s, assisted ‘♦'vded Ralph .Scurry as agent for the j ton; Miss Rosa R. Dreher of Ix'csville, f"rd wa.s fih'd by Dos Amigos, Inc.,'local papers and I^aurens papers and i by his present pastor. Rev. Fred T. Metropolitan Life Insurance company Mc(;ill. and Rev. P. L. Grier. Clinton and Goldvilie, has just Ixen Mr. Hanna wa.-} 8(5 years of age, notififed by his general manager. J. R. having been born July 29, 18 .4. He Roseberry of ( olumbia, that he i.s one wa.s in ('ompany F, 14th South Caro- priT’.e winners in a recent pro- lina regiment of McGowan’s brigade. contest that the entire state He was wounded in the battle of (#et- participated in. Mr. Simmons was giv- tysburg, was in the seven Jays fight unusual applause and (‘.specially around Richmond, the battle of the congratulated by the executives of M'ilderness and the battle of Manas-company inasmuch as hi.s record sas. Mr. Hanna has attended every re- "'“s made during the'^me when de union and was attending a reunion of piessiofi and unemployment was at its hi.s company at I.Ang8ton, near Clin-' Mr. Simmons has had several} ton, when he became ill .Miss KIi'/.a!)(*th Wise of RatesJmrg, holder of municipal improvement 1 nearby daily papers, pa]iers of the j Miss Lena King of Belton, .Miss Willie bonds and the claim is made that in-' .Southern Presbyterian church at that F. Cox of .Simpsonville, and .Vlargaret Bethea of Dillon. at the e pa.sl year: (5ity clerk and treasurer, I). C. Heu.s- Mi.s.s^lerest on notes on Ismds past due re-^ time, aXcopy of the Ri-ble and other i vS'ater and light depuitment. H. R. mains unpaid. materials. Some of the material in SECOND PRIMARY NEXT TUESDAY Voters To Decide F'our County Kaces and (YmtestM for (iovernor and United Statea Senator. tire debt obligations for the The second primary for county and year, 1930-31. about five insurance experience and the! will he held next Tuesday, Ten suits against Sara.sota county days age), company feels very fortunate in hav- He is survived by three sons: John ,’"R him represent it in CJinton and W. Hanna and Lewis D. Hanna, of Goldvilie. ^ Cross Hill, and Maxey B. Hanna-of- • .i,. Atlanta, Ga. Ullioil ScrvicCS Official Returns State Ticket Come To Close the polls opening at 8 a. m., and clos ing at 4 p. m. The same manage election will serve as previously pointed, by the county executive-com-1 Ohio,,. Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ken- mittee. . ' tucky, Wisconsin, Delaware, (Colorado, County Races Maine and Illinois, claim to represent In the county there are four run-1 $472,000 worth of various county over races from the first primary, a.s ' bonds. The evening union .services held by i = | $501,002.22 the churches of the city during July! Supervisor—John D. W. M’atts and) will be needed to meet the county Official count and August came to a elo.se last Sun- ''''®rren Crane. ' bond debt during, the fiscal year, while Treasurer—Ross D. Young and D. only $49,800 will be available from R. Simpson. I taxation and $45,000 from the coun- Superintendent of education—Mrs. jty’s share in the gasoline tax, leav ing a balance of $456,002.22“unprc'vid- nd for in any way. Papers in the case allege Sanford’s ■ fair shape will be replaced in the cor- dobts now past due and unpaid ex-■ nerstone, together with other maleri- < eed $1,300,000 and that more than als brought up to date. $.)00,000 will be added to that amount keeping wdth the event, Misses before the end of the next fiscal year., |, i,,ren( e and Fram es Bailey, of Au lt is claimed the city commission frusta, daughters of the late William budgeted only $31,(>2.) to meet the en- Hailey, and great-grand-hildren T. Rabage. , both of Mercer Silas Hailey and Dr. |•o|i(•<. department, (b'u. U. H William Plumer Jacob.s, will officially chief; (’. W. Weir, assl.-ftant 'ay the cornerstone. ThA iarge stone Other members, H. .M. Y rk- Ar- i.Vii.stin, superintendent; Roy man,, assistant superintendent^ I nold Cannon, lineman. Street overs('er. R. I', .Adair. ( ity attorney, R. W . Wade, j City recorder, .A. H. Hlakely. Fire truck drivers. T. P. Owen - and olland, chief. A. 11, • ^ in I ni.^/iir. >iii; .-.ui-in i/Loer nieiijoers, it. .vi. Young, A clos- led ly individuals, firms and banks • weighing over 400 pounds, will Kern, .Jodie .Mc.Millan and L. S. Hag- ?rs of I in Kan.s^as Connecticut, Michigna, Di.s- ^ave already been placed in po.silion. well. Officers Kern a:id Hagwell wen ^ . j'l ogress on the church i.s excellent, assigned day and nighr service at th( Laurens, Aug. 29. of the I^urens county state ticket day in the Thornwell Memorial church shows; Blease 3,859; Byrnes, 2,416; with Rev. O. M. Abney, pastor of the Harris, 1,160. 1 North Broad Street Methodist church, Blackwood. 908; Herbert, 561; Jvhn- occupying the pulpit. Announcement *Gopeland and C. F. Bro<o^^s« ston, 2,932; Keith, 1,766; Lever, 471; was made that beginning next Sun-' Judge of Probate—C. A.*Tow^ ar I’en* ogress on lHe churen i.s ejscciicnl. assigned oay anu nignr service at the It i.s going to be one of the most beau-; C’linton Cotton .Mill.s (ommunity, and tiful in .South Carolina and its modern Officers A’oung. .Mc.Millan and Weir (‘«iu1pinent will take care of a greatly given .similar as.siguinents in the city, increased enrollment in both church accordance with a resol itiim and Sunday school. The capacity of adopted, all city employees and offi- the Church auditorium is 6.50, includ- \ials were asked to assemble F’riday ing a balcony. The capacity of the night far a conference with the mayor .Sunday .school building is over 700. and aldermen. Plans are now being drawn by VVil- Several other routine matter.s were lis Irvin, art hitecl, Augusta, Ga., for | Ujion, after which the first Mon- a tow'cr to the building, with the night in each month was de.sig- McMahan, 18; Smoak, 92; Williams, day, regular services will be resumed * ^^^ff- 318. Harley, 3,348; Sheppard, 3 8.-17: Blackwell, 5,622; Calhoun, 1,876; Dan iel, 1,940; Sullivan, 4,880; W'olfe, (56::; Beattie, 5,646; Searson, 1.727; Hope, 3,003; Swearingen, 3,301; VVilkes, 1,095; McAdams, 1,940; Shealy, i,-’-- , Smith, 1,206. in all the city churches and continued through the winter without interrup tion. Lydie Leake To Head Her Class ’The eleventh grade of the high} \Khool began its year’s work Monday j morning with thirty-one enrolled i members, thirteen boys and eighteen girls. Offers elected to serve the coming year are: Lydie Leake, presi dent; Emmie Adair, vice-president; Phul Todd, secretary-treasurer. GOING AWAY TO COLLEGE If you want the Clinton news —have THE CHRONICLE fol low you. Its weekly visits will be “like a letter from home.” Special student’s and teacher’s rate of $1.00 for nine morths. List your subscription today. THE CHRONICLE “The Paper Everybody Reads'* State ('ontestH On the state ticket there are two undecided conte.st8, for governor and United .States senator. The line-up i.s: For Kivornor-llira <'.,Illarkw,,o<l lnv.-sli«a. and Olin Johnston. United States senate hr ;)es that the congregation will be enabled to finance the erection of a vowur along with the balance of the building. The lower originally had .naled a.s the regular meeting time RUTH McCORMICK TAKES TO STUMP — ('’ole Blease and James F. Byrne.s. I. ers Falls From Her Lips As She Goes On Campaign. Harrisburg, 111., Sept. 2, — Ruth Hanna McCV)rmick opened her cam paign for the United States .senate to day with a bitter denunciation of Sen- and hi.s methods in inquiring into her cam- Freshmen Arrive Next Tuesday Freshmen at Pre.sbyterian college (luring the session to be opened on •Sept, nth, will arrive in the city next Will Resume Services Sunday Tne regular schedule of services at Ni rth Broad Street Methodist church will he rcsuiiK'd next .^iind.iy inoi'ning, :l was announced yesterday. .Mr. .Ab ney, the pastor, has returned from a v’..sit to relative.s in Fkirida. and will occupy his pulpit. He stated yest-erday that the morning services .Sunday will Ik* specially arranged for the school C.H. McCrary Gins First Bale ator Nye of North Dakota Tue-day ahead of upper cla-ssmen. The The first bale of new crop cotton , paign expenditures and “personal af- iirogram i.s an orientation project, and ^ ^ “fiR'^Kation. was ginned Monday, .Sept. 1st, at the fairs.” a? its name signifies, it will .seek to Clinton Cotton Oil co-mpany. It was! Speaking first at Carbondale, 111., acijuaint each student with the college. grown by John H. Lynch on the farmland later at Harrisburg, the Republi- id il'** many curricular and campus ac-j TO ENTER TRAINING of C. H. McCrary near Renno. The bale weighed 482 pounds and was bought by Pitta 4fc Copeland, I^al cot ton buyers, at 10^ cents per pound. can nominee promised to take the is- tivities. Indications point to an unus- Misses Joscy Pitts and Lyde sue to the United States supreme j ually large freshman enrollment, it | left Saturday for Atlanta where t' court, if necessary, to settle the con- ,troversy. has been announced by President Mc- Sween. have entered training at Grady pltal.