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mm m THE CHRONICLE • Strives To Be a Clean News-; 2 paper. Complete, Newsy, • I and Reliable. ®hf OlUntim Cftljronirlr If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE Yon Don't Get ' ' The NewsI VOLUME XXXI CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1931 NUMBER 2 HOLDER MEETS VIOLENT DEATH JONES-GRANT ! URGES LESS TRIAL FRIDAY COTTON ACREAGE Local Road Contractor Instantly Killed At Mid-Ni^ht Party In Home of Walter Jones. Two Men Held Under Bond Charg:- ed With Crime. Loral Men Held By Grand Jury In Holder Slaying. Rosemont Mur der Case Opens Today. LITTLE_C()MFORT ^COUNCIL BEGINS GIVEN THIHSTYf YEAR’S WORK Farm Board Advises Farmers To Turn To Vegetables, l*oul(ry, Hogs. Cotton Outlook Not Good. With a ghastly shotgun wound in his head, Norman T. Holder, well- known local contractor, was found dead on the cold flodt shortly after 12 o’clock Saturday night at the home of Walter Jones, who lives a short distance out of the city limits on North Broad street. His instant dea*h came as the result of_a midnight drinking party, it was brought out at Uurens, Jan. 5.— The first day’s Washington, Jan. 1.—continua- No Beer, Wine To Be Favored. Law Has Not Yet Had Sufficient Trial, Says Report. Number of .Matters Claim Attention At First Meeting of Year. City’s In debtedness Decreased $29.()98.(>K. FRANCE PAYS JOFFRE HONOR Washington, Jan.-3. — The long-j City council held its first meeting session of the special term of criminal tion of relatively low price.s for the , awaited prohibition report of the | of the new year on .Monday night at court for Laurens county W’hich con-1 cotton crop of 1931 unless farmers I Wickersham law enforcement commis- which tlfne several routine matters vened Monday with Judge C, C. Featherstone presiding was featured by the indictment and arraignment of Walter Jones and Lindsay Grant, who American cotton, the board expressed are charged with killing Norman T. Holder, road contractor, at the home-j during the next ten years may be ex- of Jones Saturday night, and the un- pected to “average considerably low- sharply reduce acreage was predicted j sion was described today in high of- were acted upon, and an outline of the today by the farm board. j ficial quarters as predominantly dry.jl'Jill city budget, indebtedness and ex- In a report on the outlook for with a majority of the members con-^enditures considered. The meeting '* ceding little to anti-prohitrition views, jwa.s presi<led over by Mayor Young From an official in a position to he j*Aldermen Henry, fully cognizant of the commission’s! Duncan, Harris, Burncit aiivl activities came this analvsi.s: ' .Abrams. the opinion that the price of cotton Nation Makes Final Homage To Hero of Marne; Widow Still By His Side. Many Throng Paris Streets. Paris, Jan. fi.— France today pabl its last .sad homage to the still f'vrm of Marshall Joffre as it lay banked by flower.s on a catafal(|ue in the chapel of the Ecole Militaire. ' The body lies in a plain oak .A tentative report, agreeable to more than a majority of the II C 'm- and Lindsay Grant being charged the jury’s verdict with the killing and both lodged in jail. Following the tragedy, an inquest uccessful attempt to quash the grand p*" than during the Ijist ten years.” jury venire. | “It is (luite probable," the report ' Jone.s and Grant pleaded not puilty!completed. In it is no retommendation for beer oi' wine. .Neither does it urge any other .... I , J J . r .major modification of the Volstead case was made nece.ssary in'view of, depends, t eie A*!'" j ^ct designed to relax the enforeoment and trial of the case was tentativeh- et for Friday after counsel had made '1930-31. Substantial the i^u^t hejd 'plea tha''t "a'continuance" of’the j ^^ the limited time they had had to pre- on a recovery in business activity to pare the case. The motion to (piash the grand jury in con over the dead body of Mr. H^der wa.s ^ ^ ^ j held Sunday morning at Tribble s • j -with the arraignment of Bas- * ■ ’ ■ i^rlnra, with "Homer 'S. v »BanlTs ('unTngham7^^o du^ Thomason representing the state *tj 5^ it was burn- the hearing, and Dr. T. J. Peake tes-; jy grounds to A f ^ ? - _ _ A ^ A A a • aM A ^ ^ T 1% £A tifying as to having conducU*d the post mortem. Jones and Grant were arrested shortly after the homicide by Deputy .Sheriff Luther Riddle and held in jail at the time of the inquest. After an examination of several wit nesses and the verdict of the jury charging Jones and Grant with the killing, the case was continued until Monday morning with all witnesses bound over for a grand jury hearing. The first witne.ss placed on the .stand by Solicitor Blackwell was H. J. Pitts of this city, who testified that quash were that the grand jury was drawn only 13 days before this term of court, whereas the law requires an interval of 15 days and further that an insufficient number of qualified electors were in the jury box, the law requiring one-third. Thomas W. Ben nett, clerk of court, who is one of lb'’ normal, or better than normal by late 1931, unless farmers reduce the acre age of cotton next spring to a greater extent than they have done in.^any pre- Yimi3.^t‘ar,Qf prices.,^ ^ acreage that has occurred in any sin gle season during the last 30 years has been 15 per cent. World c(»nsump- tion of American cotton during the current year is not expectetl to be larger than in 1929-1930. The yield per acre in 1931 is expected to be at least five per cent above that af 1930. “If these exj)ec’tations prove cor- structure built up around the 11-year- old dry laws. Repeal or modification ! of the Eighteenth amendment *iid not i entcb the picture. ! . ... . , ff . » 1 reejuest with the proviso that the pe- 1-n effect, the view taken by a ma-!,-,; , ... , , .. Hfuni li'i,* ' that prohibition as such has not vet' ., , , V. , rr * . • t I.- '.1 - Ti ibble and Joe W. U'ake pe had a sufficient trial. It was as.serted * this stand was based upon fa-ts re cently uncovered showing that <‘n- I). E. Triblile, reprc.senting himself,inscripUon, “Josepn iuul the firm of 1). K. Tribble, appear- Marshall of - b ranee, 1H52- ed before council asking for permi.s-”morning at 9 oV.-x-k .sion to cross Gary street with a spur ^l’*' services will be held if the track from the Seaboard yards ad-j ^ Notre Dame, joining his property into his lumher! An impressive cortege will the;- yards, the entire cost of the line to be it to the Invalides, where the met by h-s company, After a full pre-‘ imu'^hal’s body will repost* in a vault mentation of the,matter, and with no fui* several months before it is burietl piotc. t.s rcgi.stered from adjoining | its final resting place at L<. iive- pi-operty owners, council granted the ■ cii'nnes. All through today, with infinvte p i- Mr. Tribble and Joe \V titioned curbing and guttering on the short new stvtion of street running m..u,'igg .. ■ m" '■ , ‘^trpeis’- ouFsiHeVffie"mif?fafy aca'i^^iy , to catch one brief glimpse (ff Frar.ce’s immortal hero’s figure. Among the multitude w’ere maijy who had J>or- forcement of the drv law during at I at, neyed from the far provinces least part of the past decade has ten• T. Putnam’s. ’ev rect and the decrease in acreage next i waited, silently, until riddled hv politics tir.stn'timlttVv I'J the! were permitted to pass, two by two. • street in its present condition is he-j into the chapel. ing liady damaged from washing rains j Once the endiess procession -wis and the impn^vement needed for the i halted while delegations from th* city’s intcresr ai graft;' The statement was made emiihatic ally that in the final report to Presi jur7 VommissioneVs.'was’ put^ Ihc | ^ | footing- ’cimcem^^ as't'he ;'‘'7! ]mK'i‘vd with contem-j vate door and presented two g’-.*il »nd to enable the prop-1 American cmbas.sy entercii by a or - witness stand and .swore than an cx-j total supply American them <luring the cess of the re<iuired number had iwer cotton next year will still 1m* at least placed in the new jury box. The court as much as this year. most extensive investigation ever .... , made into prohibition, extending overruled the motion after citing su-I There is no indication yet, (,ver more than 19 months of delibera- preme court rulings. It jA-as agreed;farmers plan to (i«*crease research, ('orruption and he had accompanied Holder about j ing. Other counts mid-night to the Jones home he<*ause Holder “w'anted liquor.” He sUted that as he and Holder, Orin Woodruff, Mrs. Jones and her young daughter Mt around the fire in the living room talking, that the lights suddenly went out and a gun shot rang out, appar ently fired through an open door from the outside, that resulted in Holder’s instant death. He stated that he then went to the door and pulled Walter Jtmes inside the hou«e, and that to the best of his belief the fatal .shot was fired by Jones. He also testified that when he and Holder first arrived at the Jon6.s house, that he stayed in the car and Holder entered the hall of the dwelling. Soon thereafter there was “trouble inside” and a scuffle over a rifle after which it dischargi*d, and Ivndsay Grant ran out of the house, ulings. It jA’as agreed; ’ research, (orruption and is case Thwsda.- morn- more than ‘‘igh( to ten per j.,^. onforcement and crime re nts against the defend sufficient to bring directly or indirectly from the plated ilcvelopmcnts in that sivtion. i wiealhs. One, composed of red ii;d Messrs. Tribble and lM*ake offered to r pink ro.ses, was in.scr!be(l “Amei ican pay one-half of the cost of $.5(l(t, and j Army,” the other, from .Amba.ssjat r ant are arson and burglary, bur the murder charge will be heard fir.**’. The grand jury, W. P. ThomaAtin, foreman, also returned true bills to day againsrt John M’. Ropp, traveling salesman of Gross Hill, charged vith killing Charlie C, Rasor at Cross Hill Dei-ennber 1.3, and Roy Davis, Ifi, charged with crimnial assault in con nection with the alledeged attack on an eight-year-old girl Christmas day. The court will be in session only this week. about the needed adjustment of sup ply to prospective demand next year, “Neither is there any po.sitive as surance that businesa will return to dry law, it was said, will be set forth alongsiile the reasons why it is he- 1 lieved these problems can be solveil. fw., I Despite the virtual completion to- normal levels by late in 1931. The | authoritative word outlook, therefore, is for a continua- came that it could not be place*! he- <'oun<il voted favorably upon the re quest after an outline by Mr. Tribble I of improvements and new develop- ! nieiits h** now contemplates on this .street and on the j)ropt*rty hit ween Ferguson and Florida street which the owner offered to assist the city in grading without cost. Guy L. Tunuhlin app<*ared before council asking for the extension of a tion of relatively low prices for the, President Hoover before the end cotton crop of 1931, unless a drastyc | Walter E. Edge, was of red catu- tions, orchids and re<l roses and *;ied with a wide tri-colored ribbon. For a few moments the .Amer! a delegation, clad in full dres.s unif r**”* and regalio, stood with bowetl heit *, then slowly withdrew. Although Marshall Joffre today 'V - longed to the people of France, a.s he will tomorrow, his faithful life com- (ut in acreage is made by farmers.” In the long-time outfook, the board said, declining price levels for all coni' j modities, increased use of machinery I in cotton growing and increased pro- Even after the report has gone to the White House and the iirohiliition- weary commissioners are free to con - plete the n*st of their crime report, it was said small possibility existe<l wat»*r lim* on \N est .Main street to the panioli, Madame Joffre, refused to r*;-- ‘•ity limits near his gin where he jiro- linquish him. poses to erect an ice plant ini the near I At dawn today, while market carts luture. He [lointed out that 8,000 gal-1 rumbled through the streets bringing 4-. Clinton Hi School Fully Accredited duction of cotton in Ru.ssia all point p^^-sident could send the re- to lower prices than have been since ininiediatelv to congress, the World war. It was described as a bulky docu- lons af wat«*r daily would be needed for his plant, and that in addition to his water needs, he would increass* his present power eonsumption by the j soul, elei trical operation of the new iet*' “He lived and dit*<l,” she told plant. After a full consideration of friends, “not only a good soldier vf food to Paris’ .sleeping millions, she went to the ehapel and knelt and prayinl for the eternal repose of his and those remaining seated by the fire thought the disturbance had cleared and everything was all right. J. A. Melton, the next witness, tes tified that shortly after mid-night af- This prospect, the report continued, “makes it imperative for many 8outh- J. H. Witherspixm. superintendent jpermanently to readjust .of the ci4;„schoaU, -has re<*aived-^A pro^ngjnS-^JL that. .cgt:.!^^^ concurring.as well as ilisscnting views ment, convpnsmg not on v a maioritv L , , • t ! , . , , . . • ; , ■ li‘.v a two-inch pipe to the eitv inl and possibly a minority report, Icjt ojiinions prepare*! by' .Mr. Tumblin s reipiesf, couneil vote*! | Fran*** hut a trie*! an«l true soldier Christ Himself.” s to mi'ct 1h«' ne**d f*f the n<*w eii- ir Later, whih* crowds ihrongiNl ‘i o ter he had retired, that (irant came to I tun high school for accrediting and his residence and borrowed his shot- membership in this association for the gun, explaining that “.something” [ year 1930-31. Membership in the as- was ‘'bothering the chickens.” Ab<>ut j «ociation is based on superior work an hour later the gun was brought -nd means that the .school has ade- back by (irant, Mr. Melton testified.! quately met the stan*lards as appli(*d As Grant ran up on the step.s he said; for the terra to all accredited mem- '•get up” to Melton, “I’ve killed a! bers in 'the South, man.” Melton stated that Grant told * ki. "Uk. the Kun quick, and nahody | AutomoWIeS 111 U. S. ter from J. A. Stoddard, chairman of iof the .'state ('ommittee of the As.soci-, ation of Colleges and Secondary I farmer was advised to Schools in the Southern States, advis-1priHluction of vegeUbles, ing him of the aipproval of the (Jin-!hogs and milk for home use and for hxnl markets. Announce Figures On Population I with the so-lution of the dry law prob lem pr«*senf«*<i. At lea.st one (if the.se opinions, it I was asserted, will hi* lorig<*r than (he report itself. Work still being done I upon some of the.sy individual docu ment*' was given as one cause for th«' 'delay. Th**ri, too, the commission will 1 not meet again until the middle of ! next week for a final considi-ration of i the repo it. l*o.‘*sihility of changes in the tenta- t e I p r i s*<, t h**- wm4*- 4o-4n--^lfTm- -dry tbr-rThnin^ ?tre :,*mTR-~1rir( J( lih'(T~ "a The county of Laurens showed a decrease in population of 4<)(; between 19‘20 and 1930, according to a rec-ent | report‘ was held"not unlikely, al- city s water and light qiiid street de-i flag-bedecked balcony .Ntood fora 1 paitments. jtime looking down on the viitafalj .- Chus. .M. Mri ;**, is-prcM-nting the j of her husband. Utiliti**s Engineering and .Manage-1 My the marshal’s nspiest, his ment comiiany of Charlotte, apjicared | will not Im* left in the vault at the fr- h«*fore couru'il with a re(|u«*st to gath-j valid(*s close by the tomb of thi* gn**t er data on the city’s water and light, .\’apo!(*on, hut will he interred at plant with th** ultimate i*lea of find- veci*-nn<*.s, wher<* .Ma<lame .loffn* .f— ing a Imy*'!' for the proiM-rty. .Mr. j may he hnri**d. Mric<- jiroposed to coinjiile all avail-' —- . — able information on tlie town; acorn- TOURNAMENT TO nitmciT s iijq.ralsal ..f til., plant i,,., r. •nin. ;is to its fihysical vain**; and after ijR* HFLO F Fo* 11-1 — ( f.nipilirig the information to s**cure , official bulletin issued by the census will ever know 1 got it,” to w’hich he ^ replied, “Yes they will.” By that time. Melton .said, Jones drove up and ask ed him to take care of his little child who wa^ crying and ex(:1ted. As J’ohes his wife, that he was going after the, statistics. While this is an increa.se of .though a majority was .said to be ecity, if c*,uncil and t he .p.ali-, High Sch*>ol Basketball Teams .,f fl.,- TWT L /./»*. .Thf IH^pulation in i committed to a dry stand, i '"'rr ‘ iNUmber Zb 661 000 I - [>uolic utilili»*s (Ompames that lM*rry Next .Mtxinfh. ! 42,500 in 1920. ! ^ ^ ^ ^ , _imight heconi** interested in |)ui\ha;;-| Ite|)resentativ* s for District X» T New A’f>rk JaiL 1 VIotnr vedueJes.-'—townships and minor j a « ' jdant from the city. .Alier a j^n tin* .S*)iilh ('arolina Hitfh Schiol now in use* throughout thp ITnitofl'''''''' subdivisions was given as fol-1 AM A PPI4 A I picsentation (d'Die jilari by .Mi. Brice, league met in Whitmire on .Mond 1 /mil /\JI A U/mlj .Alderman Harris offered a motion' ev«'ning, Jan. .5, 193Lfortheari a;rc'- 2,103 I ^ ■*' w»"w'^ I that was unanimously a.Iopt' d. stat- merit of plans fijr the ba.skethal! l-e 078 I During the exeessivi* cold of the > ing that eouneil d(H-s not *leeni it wise nainent and other contests which D * drove otf ip his car, he asked Melton j gtates are calculated at 20,001,.590 i*. = to go down to his home and look after compilation from state registration ! ip law. Melton said he did not know;iqo,I53 over last year, the gain ii. uvrr la-ki VCar, where Grant went after he returned j ^as the smalfest on record, the gun, and that Jones headed to-1 The compilation for 1930 was onl* ward Clinton in his car. The two did I six-tenths of 1 per cent larg<*r t’nan a-*' / not leave together in the car as far, the total of 20,.501,445 in 1929. T’ne as Melton could s^. • [ smaRe.st previous gain, was 5.1 pc Il'.^Oagwrit' or Hw! Dtj i ji/g; ' police force, testified that he went on | ■———^^— duty at 12 o’clock Saturday night. He stated that he immediately went to a local cafe for a lunch and that Walter Jones came to the door and called him outride. He said that Jones told him that there two drunk men at his home and asked Officer Bagwell to go to Ilia home and arresti them. The officer toU Jones that the “trouble” was out •Me the city limits and that he had no aathority to go. At Jones’ request,! Bagwell then called the sherifrs of fice and asked that offeers come as quickly as possible. If they don't come, Joaes told Bagwell, “I'm going to kill soiiMbody if they don’t get away from ny home.’VJones then got in his car and drove'Off. About fifteen minutes later Jones re-appeared at the cafe, aceording *4^ Officer Bagwell, and j^aaid to Officer McMillan, also on du ty, “a man has been killed at my home.” Officers Bagwell, McMillan and Riddle then went immediately to the MJooev house where *tlMy aawi Jones and Grant together in Jones’ backyard. Officer Bagwell said they stopped in the yard and talked to Jones and Grant. He asked Jones, ?“^ere is Holder?” Jones replied, is in the house, go in and look - at him.” Grant, who was sUndhig neaitiy, aecording to Officer^Bagwell, (Contlr.Qed on page four) HOUSEWIVES! With the New Year here, it is in order to make good resolution.^, especially, when it means money in your pocketbook. Many Clinton women have already re solved to profit by THE CHRONICLE'S grocery ad vertisements every Thurs day morning during 1931 and are saving much money thereby. This is addressed ‘to those who have not yet formed the habit: “Resolved, that I will consult THE CHRONICLE grocery advertisements-ev ery 'niursday'Hnorniftg, .•se lect my needs for the week, and put the savings in the bank.” AU of your grocery ne^s can easily be supplied through THE CHRONI CLE. (’ross Hill town Dials Uiwniihip Gray Court town HUNTER Township CLINTON Town Kinar*l.s town, total In Laurens County County* Mountville Town ' 7 Jaok.s township I.,auren8 town.ship Laurens town 1,840 pa.^t few w****ks, we have had so many 01 advantageous for the city to con- schools of this district will enter, .s'>'h 300 re<ju(*8ts for clothing that (»ur supply j .sidcr the sale of its water ami light as exiipression, declamation, debati'* r, 12.0001 is running low. We have many more jilarit. English, Latin, geometry an<l biolo..;*.. .5,043, weeks of cold weather ami cannot sup- .A rejiort 011 the city’s financial con- ( linton high school was repre.sM 273 ply the clothing that is .needed to keep liilion was heard from the city trens- ed at the m<*eting by W. R. .Andervu;, 71 I pi'ople from suffering unless we can' urer and finance committee. The re-^Jr., jirincipal; K. M. Shannon, coi' h ■iilMi i'geeure f^ thatMios--i*mi4-’V'ano fifpy 151. ply room. '""TatiTe df AngTHLsl, amounting to $72,-; rod, Imach'(if girls’ athl**ti(:*s: !.!>''* V 2,2491 We ne*‘d e.specially women's dress- .510.2*1, had been reduced $29,098.*)8; Ix'ake, manager of the g'irls’ hasket- ! .Scuffletown township Sullivan township Princeton town, t*ital In Laurens County In Greenville County 4 Waterloo township I Waterloo town j Youngs township . I0,r>05 es and **oat.s, children’s dr<*sses, cloaks,' within the jiast thirty days, bringing hall team; Tom B. Cooper, manager of .5,4431 sweaters, shoes and socks, and boys the present indebtedness to $43,411.58.. the Iniys’ basketball team. B. .S. P.n- 1,4.52 I pants and shirts. Children are anxious j It \j.'as reported that a decrease in the j .son represented. Thornwell Orphani'^-e 2,670 to attend school and cannot go be-j city’s interest rates had been made 1 high school. 183! cause they have nothing to wear, i possible for the coming year. Provis-j District 1 is compo.sed of Laui-eis. 1.521 Mother.s want clothing for their chil-:ion was made for additional funds Newberry and Union counties. The Sljdren to keep them from getting sick , needed during the coining six months. following .schools of this district will 2,631 204 in the cold winter weather, 1 to meet interest on the city’s bonded; enter the basketball tournament: Lau- The following stores contributed i indebtedne.ss and the retirement of Irens, Clinton, Gray (Tiurt-Owinr''. 3,578! clothing, shoes and stockings which | $7,000 of street, sewer and water; Newberry, Prosperity, Silvorstivet, Little Mountain, Union, Lockhart a-' d I The population by wards in Clinton' enabled us to help many poor people works bonds in anticipation of the ' was given as follows: , we would have had to turn away: J. {city’s 1931 tax income next Novem . Ward 1 3821 A. Bailey, Thee Bee Hive and Kries- ber Ward 2 720 bong’s Dept. Store. Whitmire. The Clinton girls drew as their f r*t The report of the police department opponent at the tournament Un‘'n Ward 3 650 Ward 4 1,270 ! Ward 5 1,351 Ward 6 1,270 The popuplation by wards in Lau- j rens was given as follows: ' Ward 1 219 i Ward 2 748 iWkrd 3 .. .1,480 ' Ward 4 ... 1,394 I Ward 5 ftO ! Ward 6 712 Clothing may be left at the city! for December showed $345 imposed high school, and the boys drew Otr clerk’s office at any time, as it is al-jand collected in Dues, with 560 chain | Court-Owings. ways open. If any one has clothing I gang days meted out by the recorder j they cannot send, if they will phone 87, some one will call for the things. We appreciate very much the co- to violators. City Licenses The Teed bid of Young Bros. IJve 1 ^ aa xL ,ock OTmpany for the city’s st<x*k the j L/UC TuIS MOntll operation of the people in caring for;coming month was accepted, this con-1 the poor of our community and hopelcern’s bid being the lowest of several! The city ordinance imposing a /- that they can ^irain help us with 1 sealed bids submitte*!. 1 cense tax on all busintiss or pri'f-. .- clothing donations. j Following a consideration of several j ■'•ions for HCH, has been approved BACK FROM NASHVILLE Rev. H. 0«'Chambers has returned I from Nashville, Tenn., where he !q>ent {se^'eral days of the past week attend- i ing a chunch meeting of the Methodist I denomination. ATTENDING CO-OP MEETING WOMAN’S RELIEF COMMITTEE.' routine matters, and the approval of published by city council, no increA.-je I ills. co.:.icil adjourned after a lengthy j in any licenses being made for thi? and busy session. year. .All licenses muat be paid o;i or 'before January 16th, with a penal / OUT OF THE CITY |of 10 per cent added after that u.-.*: . I If not paid by February' IBth, aoLon C. W. .J?tone leaves today for New Orleans where he wHl spend several days attending a conference of all boards of directors of the Cotton Co operative association. Dr. L. k. Lynn has been spending the past week in the synod of Florhla in the interest of the orphanage. will be brought again* t'he hii9ine-> in question in the city J Court. record* ’s V ■ -Vl I'ir