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f' i T5PP sfTT’-TT! y CHRONICLE 3 3 •••^••«« •••••••••••••••••••••••• ^THE CHRON Striles To Be a Cl( pi|^. Complete, Stri Clean News- » Newsy, • and Reliable. • ffilinton • ^ # • « • If You Don’t Read • • • • • THE CHRONICLE • • • 0 • -'You Don’t Get • • • • • •* The News. : • • • VOLUME XXXI CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1931 NUMBER 3 THREE DIE IN AUTO SMASH L. W. Seibert, Daughter and Grand-Daughter of This City, Killed By Hit-and-Run Car. Triple FuneniJ Held Tuesday and Interment At Greenwood. CHAMBER BEGINS YEAR’S WORK The Fatted Calf is ff^'aiting for^ the Prodigal tiy Albert T. Reid Seaboard Official Discusses Motor Transpertation for Hire and Crisis Confronting the Rditroads. Fui\eral services for L. W. Seibert, 60, his daughter, Mrs. Virginia Hen derson, 22, and grand-daughter, Ruth Drown, 11, all vktinis of an automj- bile accident at Goldville last Sunday, w'ere held in Bailey Memorial church Tuesday afternoon and attended by a crowd that filled the building to over flowing. The services were in cha^e of the pastor. Rev. C. A. Allen, and the Rev. A. J. Bowling, a former pas tor, and now of Lowndesville. The funeral march^ an unusual and ex tremely sad procession, then went to Greenwood where the three-fold inter ment was made in Edgewood ceme tery. The deplorable accident happened Sunday afternoon at six o’clock as 4he home here aft^r spending the* d«y .toziay.fc;.pe»oiaL.tea>uia^ta> Columbia visitii>g relatives. Mrs. ’’j'fJeaboard’.s local and loyal agent, Ci The first meeting of the Chamber of Commerce for the year 1931, wa.s held Tuesday evening in the club i rooms. Following the usual-dinner; served by the local D. A. R. chapter, an interesting business session was held with President J. F. Jacobs, Sr., presiding. The meeting was featured by a very clear-cut, unbiased and informative address from \V. L. Stanley of At lanta, vice-president of the Seaboard .Air Line Railway company, who used as his subject, “Transportation for Hire by Motor Vehicles, vs Transpor tation by Rail.” President Jacobs in introducing Mr. Stanley and other officials of the Sea board accompanying him, expressed the club’s pleasure in having him pres ent to apeak on a subject of vital im portance. Mr. Stanley began his ad dress by telling of his pleasure in be- ing in (Uinton as the chamber’s guest Ruth gima Henderson and niece, ivurn Shand.s, who holds in a large Brown, were instantly killed, and *;•! n^^asure, the love and confidence of W. Sei'l)ert and daughter, Mrs. A. entire Seaboard organization, Mr. Brown, were seriously injured when a ^^^g^ley stated. speeding automobile crashed into their Stanley Ix-gan his address with car parked off the pavement at (rold- | ^ review of the early pioneer days of ville. Mr. Seiln-rt suffered internal railroads and the hardships they juries and a broken leg, while ^*’*-jvvere forced to endure as they set up- Brown received fractures in both l**K^-ion their stupendous task of develop- Both were rushed to Dr. Hays’ hos pital where Mr. Seibert succum,bed to ing the country they were to serve Today, he said, the railroads have his injuries at ten o clock Monday ^ crisis, and not only does it night. Mrs. Brown is confined at vitally affects the hospital and has a good chance of people also. The present splendid covery. system of road highways built for There were seven members of theljj^^ convenience and benefit of the NAME HAMBUN SPEAKER AGAIN , House Organizes For New Ses sion and Receives Two Vetoed Measures. Indications 'Point To* Lively Session Columibia, Jan. 13.— For the fifth consecutive time John K. Hamblin of Union, a.ssumed the robes of speaker today as the house of the general as sembly cleared its decks for legisla tive action. Following the organization and seating, when the house conventd at noon. Speaker Hamblin announced committee appointments. .Severa. of the committees went into actio, at once. (Jov**rnor Richards relurniHl, hi to affixed, two bills passed by 1930 assembly. One was the measure whieli w >uld increase the license* premium fe* of South Carolina insurance companies from 2 to 3 per cent, which he haii an nounced last fall he'w<yui(i not sign. \e- t.'L* I family in the car at the time of the accident. Mrs. Seibert, her son, M. L. Seibert of Ninety-Six, and her little three-year-old grand-daughter. An- traveling public, have been turned into money-making routes for bus companies paralleling the railroad routes, and offer an unfair compe- TWO BANKS HOLD I TWO PASSENGER ANNUAL MEETINGS, TRAINS TO STOP toinett. Hendemon, daughter oi lh« j,, (Jtanley deci.red. This woman killed, escaped uninjure<l Returning from Columbia, the Sei berts reached Goldville about six o'clock. There an automobile tire was punctured and the car was driven off thu highway to the shoulder while the repair was being made. It was neces sary for M. L. Seibert to go a short distance down the road from the car to get aid in mending the tire. Mrs. Seibert and the young Henderson country cannot progress, he asserted, unless the railroads are conserved. We have no quarrel or fight to make against cars for personal use^ Mr. Stanley said, but we do protest against the great army of motor ve- hicleB for hire that are monopolizing the highways. The question, in the opinion of Mr. .Stanley, is a great economic one when in Splendid Showing Made By Commer- C. N. & K Secures Permission for Ke- eial and First National. AH I moval of Nos. ,'i2 and 5.3. To (Jive Officials Are Renamed. SeriJce On Freights. b'uiltTlng loan of ^29,(MH), He -yaiyi ! there were not sirfficient ,fund> to ' meet the measure. The house received no bills. I’l icC- cully every speaker on various que-- tions referre»l to the “necessity of economy.” The body adjourne*; to meet at 10 a. m., tomorrow with vlov- ernor Richards’ address and a ' *in- meeting with the senate to ele t, a chief ju.stiee to succeed the late Rich ard C. W’atts before it. Election of house officers was ha.i- dled in routine fashion. -After i’hill.j) H. Stoll, Williamsburg county, was named temporary chairman, t’ae lections were made in rapid m rier. Hamblin was unopposed for the speakership. In a brief speech he sai.i “it behooves us to hold our ar>i)ropr:- ations down as best we can” and urged Well Known Citizen and Member ofl that the house set about its w >, k R. LEE HUNTER DIES AT HOME , • J ■ tu * u i i.;i lit js reflected that the railroads i child remained in the automobile while . . l * m -America have invested between 24 the other occupants got out and sati . • u o -ru 'and 2b billion dollars. Our people have on the running board. The passing * * . .u- i,- v -i u ♦ Annual meeting of the stockholders of The Commercial and First National Ranks of Uiia city, were held Tuesday aftemooq^g^ the ^ bank offices. The meetings were entirely routine, re? ports for the year indicating sound banking conditions being submitted by the re.spective presidents, and an op- Prominent Family PasKes After Pe riod of l)i>clining Health. The state railroad commission in a special hearing last Friday, granted formal permission to the Columbia, Newberry £ Laurens railroad to dis continue its only two passenger trains —Nos. 52 and 53—effective January 17th. At the hearing Friday no o|)posi- Robert Lee Hunter, well known lo- .al citizen, passed away suddenly at his home on .South Adair street early Friday morning after being in declin ing health for th;* past year. i Funeral services were held .Satur- I day afternoon at three o’clock from son of Lancaster, who has served sim'e without delay. By a vote (»f 6.5 to 4.') Fabe*' W. Kearse, of Bamberg, was elected .'•jieaker pro tern over Legate-Date'., of Richland. J. Wilson (libbes, Colum bia, was elected clerk for the ninth term in order. A. E. Hutchinson of Rock Hill, was elected reading clerk, .lames S. Wil- hit-and-run car going at a —spaed, - struck the parked car- terrific aide lick, knocking Mrs. Henderson and ^ Ruth Brown aeVoss the highway and; killing them instantly. j Immediately following the collis-1 ion, local and county officers began a man hunt for the hit-and-run ma chine, described as a large old model j touring car with curtains. About n‘ne o’clock a car answering' the desciipl on stopped at Ix?ake’8 fill* [ ing station on West Main street to get gasoline. It was occupied by two Negroes w ho were detained under sus-j pkion by the proprietors and held, until officers were notified. In a few I minutes Officers Kern and Weir and Constable Pitts arrived on the scene { and took the two in charge. The offi-' Arers t hen brought the Negroes to the; city and located the other four occu-j pants of the car in a house on Hamp-, ton avenue, near Blakely’s shop. The Negroes under arrest admitted that' it was their machine that had hit the' car at Goldville and that Pat Baker j was the owner and driving at the time j of the accident. Baker’s companions! stated to the officers that they tried' to get him to stop when he hit the' parked machine, but he refused to do' so. The Negroes were all under the ‘ influence of liquor, the officers stated,; and showed a mean and stubborn aj-1 titude, but were soon subdued by the | got to he thinking, he said, about a means that will permit the fullness of life of this great army of people employed by the railroads. These roads are providing a means of sup port for between .six and eight million people, and when you destroy the pos- ^ sibility of an hone.st livelihood for this! great number of people, you are faced with a tremendously serious economic situation. timistic outlook was expressed as the j was expressed from the towns new year is entered upon. Their state-: «nd cities on the rouU*. Letters to the nients made a fine showing both for' contrary, were submitted by a number Clinton and this section, and for those who operate the banks. -The-C-i>mmercial Bank’s report was of towns and organizations ,stating that they were not opp()S«*d to stop ping the trains in view of the fact The railroads are also enormous pun-hasers of supplies of varie<l kinds, Mr. Stanley said, and the average man has no concepption of the magnitude of the tax bills they pay and that through their tax assets furnish a great part of the world’s income. Con tinuing, he stated that in .South Caro lina 12 per cent of the assessed prop erty tax is paid by railroads, and that one-eighth of the property values of the -State arc found in the railroads. In 19-30. according to the speaker, the railroads were taxed $1,3.')9,720 for (Continued on page two) regarded a.s exceedingly gratifying.|th“‘ they wei-e Its assets totaled $437,090.12, deposits I “ total loss, since the automo- $320,.504.49, loans $232,787.95, ami! highway busses have about $30,000 bim payable. H, I). Henry wasj^"*''*" traffic. re-ele< ted president; John H. Young i Lender the new order, the C,. N. & and L. H. Davidson, vice-presidents; coach or F. M. Boland, cashier. The following Ithrough freight board of directors was re-elected: j''‘•I Jack H. Young. John H. Young. Dr.' stations as may be neces- J W. Davis. I>r. J. Ue Young. F. M.!*’‘‘'’y PPassenger. ex- Boland, L. H. Davidson, H. D. Henry! between (*o- and W. 1). Copeland. The president’s report of the First National Bank showed that this insti- lumbia and Laurens. The train from Columbia will arrive here two hours earlier than at present, while the . . schedule of the return train will be tution had enjoyed a satisfactory and' i i i , i .u , , •,, , ^ •, , moved back approximately the same successful year. Its statement show-i,- * J , . 1 ^ ^ •r.... J -x I time. The new order goe.s ir*o Hfect ed total assets of $5.W,021>.37, deposits i ^ , , •ouTionoi toon 1 'JO Saturday. 7,1.29.21, loans $200,140,32, bills payable $36,312..50. Officers re-electe<] were: B. H. Boyd, president; Geo. .A. Copeland, vice-president; Geo. W. Copeland, active vice-president and cashier; L, D. McCrary, diwount clerk; .1. L. Davidson, assistant cash- Clerk Of Court Sells Four Tracts BAILEY’S BANK HAS GOOD YEAR .Sales in foui* cases were made on ier^ Mrs. 'Ethel 'Pitt8,”stenog^^^^^^^ The following directors were named B. H. Boyd, J. M. Pitts, L. H. David- , the late residence, conducted by Dr. 1900, was named sergeant-at-arni'. I I). .1. Woods, jjHstor of the First Pres-: Rev. A. B. Ferguson, Jr., of .Anderson, bylr-rian chun h, and Rev. Edward won out for the post of chaplain over lyong, pastor of the First Baptist' lour other candidates, church. Interment followed in the Among the 122 members who took Pre.'-hyterian cemetery. Numerous the oath of office was C. E. .lone.s, of I friends attended the fum-ral to pav j l-icxington county, who resitmed last a last trihute to him and many lieau-1 night as chairman of the highway , tiful floral designs were placed upon I emmi-ssion. He sairl that upon being I the newly made grave. Active pall-j •'■worn in he was automatically re- ' bearers were: Dr. .luck H. Young,i moved us highway commissioner. I Pi ingle Copeland, Guy C. Pitts, Fra-j Two members were absent because zier Evans, B. R. h'uller, W. W. |)a- of siikness, Hammond Bowman of vis jind John Holland Hunter. Charleston, and H. GcMifrey of -Mr. Hunter was in his 60th year of i ■'Spartanburg, age and had resided in this communi-j The rules will not bo adopted until ty his entire life. He was a son of the tomorrow. Representative .Stoll offer- late Henry -M. Hunter and Annette ed an amendment which would reijuire ! Holland Hunter, a prominent ano hon-|the introducer of any hill calling for .fired family of this community. His a state appropiiation to offer with passing brings genuine sor"f>w to i the liill a certificate showing that the I many friends and loved om s who proposed ajipropi iatiun was not larg- mourn his death. er than the sum apppropriated f-ir i The (iecea.seu is survived by his wi- ‘f' lb.3(). It was .seat • (I(jw, who, liefnie their marriage, was ^^ committee on' rult‘.s. i.Miss Gussio Hipp; by three daugh-! Amendments to the rules offeie.l oy ters, Mrs. C. H. Tra.-.k’of Wilmington, P’• (i'i*<‘nw')od, desig:,- N. C., Mrs. E. W. Workman and Mi.ssi“* < ‘"itrol < f com- Ethel HuntXof this place; by three sons, George W. Hunter of .Miami, ‘party was officers. The entire from Ntr^vberry. I Both the Seibert car and the other machine were headed toward Clinton' when the accident occurred. Officers! investigating the wreck said the Sei-j bert car was plainly off the pavement aBd entirely out,of the way of traffic. ^ The inquest scheduled to be held' noonday morning waa postpoaed onl account of the serious Illness of Mr.! Seibert, whose death followed on i Ikjesday. It is expected that the in-' quest will be held within the next few j days. I Mr. Seibert resided at the Clinton! GoUon Mills and was a highly respect ed citizen of that community. He is survived by his widow, two sons, M.' L. Seibert of Ninety-Six, and James Seibert of Winston-Salem, N. C., and three daughters, Mrs. Corinne Butler, of Gray Ourt, Miss Neva Seibert of Columbia, and Mrs. A. W. Brown of* ibis city, whto was injured. j Mrs. Henderson is survived by her| husband, M. T. Henderson, and a little County’s Oldest Banking Institution Maintains Its Financial Strength For Almost Half Century. M. S. Bailey £ Son, Bankers, of this city, the only privately owned banking institution in the statej, has just clos ed another successful year, according to its statement as of December 31 st. This bank established in 1886 by the late M. S. Bailey, pioneer banker and manufacturer, will reach its 4.5th birthday next month and during this long period has maintained its posi tion as ohe of the oldest and strong est banks in the state. The bank’s statement at the close of ^he year just ended, showed total as sets of $974,910.82, loans $846,189.56, deposits $926,993.67, and no bills pay able. It is significant that in its long history, its capital stock of $20,201.40, lu.s remained unchanged from the day it threw its doors open for business. The bank is headed by W. J. Bailey, well known Imnker and manufacturer. Other officeri are: R. C. Adair, cash ier; Robert S. Owens, teller* Goyne L. Simpson and R. G. Watson, bookkeep ers. .son, VV. J. Duncan, R. L. Bailey, G. A. Copeland, T. 1). Copeland, Geo. W. Cojjeland and G. L. Copeland. P. C. Glee Club To Make Trip This year’s glee club at the college is again under the direction of Rev. Marshall Dendy of Newberry and ex pects to make its first appearance of the .season in the near future. As in former years, the orchestra will ac company the club and assist in its various performances. The club will make its first trip this season into P'ederal I.ank Bank vs D. K. .Scur ry et al, 9.51 1-2 acres near Cross Hill, .sold to P, D. Huff, attorney, for $1,000. , J. W. Todd vs W. Hodie Pitts, et al, 180 acres in Waterloo township, sold ‘to O. L. Long, attorney, for $100. I L. .M. Dakin, receiver, vs May L. Fant and C. W. Fant, two tracts ag gregating 747 1-2 acres, sol<l to W. .Scott F’arley, receiver, for $300. First Carolinas Joint Stock Land Bank vs Rice R. Barnett, et al, three tracts of land in Youngs township ag gregating 235.255 acres, sold to plain tiff for $3,100. Fla., R. I.A'c Hunter, Jr., of Augu.sta, jCa., and Henry .M. Hunter of this U'ity. .Al.«o l»y one si.ster, .Mrs. .1. Rhetl Copeland of this city, and a number I of ni j»hewH and nieces. The important ways and means committee, which will draw up the an- f.J- ilUilkr Its Aiiat txi|j b'iii» BtriiBun invu | a a i i the synod of Georgia. The tenUtive 1 olate UOIlStaDleS schedule includes WaYcross, Moultrie, Cairo, Bainbridge, Valdosta and Brunswick, the trip coming the last week in February. The Young mu- siciarrs will also appear in several .South Carolina towns and will give their usual performaacc 4n this city in the early spring. ROPI* CASE CONTINUED Have Busy Year th^ee-year-old daughter of Marietta, Be=r GrccnvC-Ie. Ruth Brown is sur vived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Brown, two brothers, Arthur and Grady, and a sister, Frances Brown, i all of this place. j Columbia, Jan. 10. — .Statistics on the activities of 20 state constables during the year 1930 were given out ^ay, revealing that they made 3,329 raids in that period. Other statistics included: destroyed 54,311 gallorfs of whiskey; 1,942,14-5 gallons of mash; 973 gallons of home brew; confiscated 23,978 pounds < f sugar, and 22,552 pounds of com meul. The police also seized 10 boats, 118 automobiles, 28 wagons, 23 horses and The grand jury brought out a true bill last Tuesday against J. W. Ropp, indicted for the murder of Charlie Rasor at Cross Hill on Dec. 13th. Trial i mules and 45,093 fruit jars. Punch of the case was continued until next 1seized during the year totaled session. ^ 1234, and slot machines, 403. HOUSEWIVES! Wit^ the New Year here, it is in order to ma^e good re.solutions, especially when it means money in your lK)cketbook. Many Clinton women have already re solved to profit by THE CHRONICLE’S grocery ad- verti.sements every Thurs day morning during 1931 and are .saving much money thereby. This is addre.ssed to tho.se who have not yet fornied the habit: “Resolved, that I will consult THE CHRONICLE grocery advertisements ev ery Thursday morning, se lect my needs for the week, and put the savings in the bank.'^ All of your grocery needs can easily be supplied through THE CHRONI CLE. f)iojjriatioii.s bill, wa.s nu.ncd a.s lows: \V. .Neville Bennett, .Marlboro, ehaii- man; .M»*Ivin ,1. .A.-.hley, -Abbeville; R. A. Babb, Laurens; -lame.'; Beik, K.r- 'shaw; .1. .A. fSovkin, Darlington; \V. R. Bradford, York; .1. 1. Cann*;:, Berkeley; L. H. Carey, Greenville; George W. Chitty, Che.ster; H. K. ('ooke, Horry; L. ('. Davis, Georse- lown; J. E. Edens, Richland; B. R. Grantt, .Aiken; Frank Hampton, Jr., Richland; D. J. Jenkins, Charlesto:!; I L. .M. Jones, Clarendon; .Arthur Kib- ler, Newberry; Randolph B. Lee, Dor- Iche.ster; W. .M. .Manning, .Sumter; W. P. Mason, Ck'onee; J. .M. Moorer, Col- 'leton; W. D. .Morrah, McCormict^ Howard .McCravy, .Spartan.bur|p(|i^'V H. McElyeen, Florence; W. ^TPar- ham, Dillon; F. F. Rainsford, Edge- field; George M. Re’d, Anderson; Sam j Ritlenberg, Charleston; .Allen M. I .Sapp, Lancaster; Jos. A. Smith. Or- 'angeburg; W. B. Smith, Greenville; W. C. Smith, Barnwell; S. B. Spratt, Mr., Y'ork; J. M. Thomas, .Allendale; A. E. Tinsley, Spartanburg; R. 0. Whittaker. Greenville; R. J. Williams. 'Marion; S. B. Williams, .Aiken. TO .MEET IN WHIT.MIUE ' The Clinton high school liasketball team, after weeks of hard practice, now ready to begin its season for ; 11^31. The team is in splendid shape iand will play its opening game with [Whitmire, Friday evening .at 7.'3( • Whitmire. in ill . «•*