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> m ♦ THE CHRONICLE • Strives To Be • Clesn News- • paper. Complete, Newsy, • and Reliable. • mK Olltttlon Olljnmirlr VOLUME XXXI CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1931 NUMBER 28 HOOVER PLAN Cross HUl Man IS accepted! Badl^ounded France and United States Rea» h Agreement At Paris for One- Year Moratorium. Experts To Work Out Details. Former Inmate of Asylum Who I Shot H. E. Hitt Tuesday Night, Will Be Returned. HARDING AND WILSON (Editor Luther Harrison in The Daily Oklahoman) Tag:ayer,U^e _ IBUSINESS SKIES The veil of charity which enfolds the dead, mutes all mention of the scandals which beat about the Hard- H. E. Hitt, 60. administration and made it the notorious and profliprate in Greenwood, July 6. who was shot and seriously wounded j America’s I at Cross Hill last nijrht, w’as reported j history. We cannot impute Washington, July 6. ■ • i ui plan to help the world bv helpinir Ger-jto be in a satisfactory condition at '^’ho sleeps in many has been accepted,’ at last by all (local hospital here tonitrht. , Marion. W’e can only say that the important creditor yrovernments. Hitt w'as shot by Barrett S. '^hi^n he was Obviously relieved, President Hoo-i* former inmate of the state hospital, whom Hitt had ?one to the W’atts home at P«'"te<l the blackest ver smilingly announced the aprree- ment in principle today for a year’s moratorium on inter-jfovern mental debts springinf? from the W’orld war the request of members of the latter’s family in an attempt to quiet him. W’atts will be returned to the state France acceded finally to the Unit-j Columbus Owens of ed States contentions of what major i ^''*'^*^**^* county, said. points had to be respected. Reminding that the terms are subject to the ap proval of the other interested powers, the president said that under the^^e -- while certain payments are to be made by Germany for reparations ac count—the substance of his proposal “is retained as the sums «o paid are immediately reloaned to Germah> ’’ The exact text of^the Franco-Amer- Mcan icguT^'w The agreement was one in principle with an understanding that tl^ details would be worked out by financial and technical experts. Solution of detail-s Tnvolved in the complexities of the sit uation will take many weeks, but the pro-ddent demarked the moratorium was already “in effect morally as of the first of July.’’ The settlement contemplates a con tinued paytnent by Germany during the moratorium year of her uncondi tional annuities under the Young plan. The.se sums in turn will be reloam*d to the German railway, which may re- U>an them to the Reich for budgetary uses. .{'onditional annuities will be sus pended. France, meanwhile, whll not be obligated to cover the suspended annuities by depositing a guarantee fund with the bank for international settlements. W ar debt payments will Ik* suspend ed. They will be fumled over a period of years as will Germany’s sus]>?nded payments. The que.>«tion whp-ther Germany shall execute contracts for the payment of Cross Hill, July 6.—H. E. Hitt, 60. was shot and seriously wounded here late last night by Barrett S. W’atts, 30, a former inmate of the state hos- picture the republic ever knew. W’e can pillory the' men Harding trusU'd The marble which Americans have collected and carved stands, guaixi at the grave of Harding. Presidents of the past and present pass by the tomb of stainless president and pay trib ute at the grave "of him who was at least powerless to save his country from shame and pillage. Multitudes ignore the man who fought the most successful and the most stainless war in our history and made his country the most exalttnl in all the annals of 'time. They gather about the walls of To Meet July 14th State Convention of Fanners and Taxpayers League To Be Held In Capital City. Columbia, July 1.—Reports coming to headquarters of the F'armers and 'Tax payers league imlicate that the state convention, which will be held in the Capitol July 14, at 11 a. m., will be one of the largest civic gatherings held in the state. The various county units of the league are holding their final meetings before the state meet- to his own undoing and who betrave<l marble which guard the grave of W’ar-■?. many ■ r..n O. Hardin,,. Thov pav triLuta 1..!'“'’"“ ^TT'r organization comp<>.se<l of B. Ijing their benefactor in such a shameless manner. But the de<!ication of an imposing memorial to Harding’s memory fur him whose trust was betrayed by Fall and Forbes and Daugherty. They do well to deal thus gently with the Ix'- nishes a most amazing contrast to thejtrayed .soul of Harding but they do manner in which a mighty nation has [most strangely in negle<-ting the man treated the name and memory of I whose statesmanship and yt>arning Harding’s illustrious predecessor. pital whom Hitt had gone to quirt at|T|,„,, ^ tha requaat of Watt, family. Woodr,™ Wilson. The natural W’atts was being held in the county jarl at Laurens today, but Sheriff Co lumbus Ow'ens said he would be re- stood <rn sla^e Tiogpi4il^h~(^a^- bia as soon as authorities there can send for him. Watts was relea.sed from re sources of the nation escaped the hand of pillage when the sags of Princeton THF"Turrt '"of ‘sfrtclteh~^ soTifiers and smooth their dying pillows was not stolen by Woodrow W’ilson app\>int- the hoFT)ital for the second time sev- ees. Theft, bribery, and downright eral months ago. 'larceny shunned the corridors of the Hitt, friend of the Watts family, I capital. The most merciless Invcstigu- had gone with J. O. Denny, ( ross Hilljtinn ever stagtnl upon this continent police chief, to the W’atts home when failed to reveal one fact of guilt and members of the family asked them to accusing tongues were silencwl by a help quiet W’atts. ‘blameless re coni. Whatever record Not finding Watts, at home, theylu^aped to light his name could not bo said, they waited on the front porch! 5,i-,anird. for him. Watts later returned to the| house through a rear entrance, got a j pistol and shot Hitt twice, once in the, shoulder and once in the side. | Ph.v'aicians said one of the bullets had pierced Hitt’s lung but that he j probably would recover. for world peace made his nation the marvel of mcMlern times. It was a* pathetic i)icture of “a soul seared by disillusionment,’’ which Mr. ley, chairman. Dr. W’ade Stackhouse, .1. C. Self, Dr. Gar! B. Epps. IVr. C. D. Napder, J. R. Fairey and Mclver Wil liamson, are meeting with marked suc cess, and the aims and objects of the league are In'ing formed all over the state, it was stated here at headquar ters. Consideralile interest is being shown by thi*. numerous requests for cirpies of “The Manifesto,’’ which is Hoover limne<i at Harding’s gr&ye. It rtf thn pifilCULL Tfme Tvack the press carried an an American president journeying to- article from Dr. Wade Stackhouse to ward Pacific beaches. Wilson’s soul the effwt that, he woul introduce a also was seared '6n we.stern prairies | ^-.solution at a future meeting, where- and under the walls of western moun- jby no memlH*r of the league could of- tains. It was searwl by a nation’s in-jfer for office. “The league is not a ve- gratitude and its failure to approve ^ hide for any politician,” stak'd Dr workl s<H-urity and pacification. It was the consciousness of mounting scan- Stackhouse. The meeting at Columbia, July 11 at II a. m., will bi' a very dais which bwke the heart of Warren j i„,p„rtant one, and it is hopi'd that it will bt* the beginning of an era of ‘-‘Pixigressive .South Carolina.” The committee is working hard to arrange But there is no national memorial! Both received the wound of <leath as!mi attractive meeting, an<l it is wesU'rn j thought that the Capitol will 1h* taxt'<l to hoUl the assemblage. Coming as it Harding.. Jt was the conseiousness «)(' a righteous cause n'jected which broke the heart of Wocalrow Wilson. to Wo<i<lrow Wilson. Neither his country nor his countryment have raised marble walls about his tomh they journeyeii towani the sea. But ten y<“ars after h«' enti'H'd of'idiK's, just at the time that the federal^ Bungai.N and ( zei'ho . ilcia. ARE BRIGHTER Moraliprium Debt Plan Brin^fs Optimistic Feeling Over Na tion. Experts Think Psycho logical Effect Will Be Good. Washington, July 7.—Rosier busi ness skies the world over are rep.>rted by commerce department representa tives a>s a resuJt of the Hoover mora torium proposal. Summarazing reports on the period since the president announced his plan but prior to the agreement witb France, the department announedi that woixl of “improved s<'ntiment’’ had been received from .several coun tries. Department experts said the jisy- chological effect of the m«)rat vrium negotiations unquestionably has been good. They were unable, however, as yet to tell what material effwt it may have. A “survey of current busine.-.C’ i.s- sued tonight .showed declines in the 'depaTtmehr‘l?Sid,™hbwewr, indicatioms were that there was a considerable improvement in June. 'The May employment situation, though showing deelines, was deicrib- ed .as better than usual foi that reason although general business di pped slightly more than usual. 'The rebound of sentiment V»roa(l was reported most marked in R.jro])- ean countries. There was no grynif change in .'\sia and .South .America where improvi*<l sentiment was n )te<l during the preceding two weeks. The greatest feelinv of ojit lisrn was recorded from Great Br Vain, Drivers Must nor ereck'd marble •olumns to guard i fice and b'ss than eight years after he jgovernment has the matter of ^ Jup^n rejMuted optimism due to hi't- his aiuithetic dust. His grave is a pri-|die<l, presicient and populace gathi^r ■ moratorium on international debts, the | ' whib* < infi- vate grave aiwl not a national me-'about the grave of Ilanling to <lc(li:|t.fforts of the' league may In' reHew<*<D^l‘‘'“'‘' '*i"('a.se<l in the Doth K.i:t Jii- niorial. Upon the hill where St. Al- '* ‘ ‘ ' ' ‘ . .... ban’s looks down in solemn grandeur ^ I upon the places (»f a princely capitol Permits'views the majestic sw<H*p of the Potomac toward a waiting s<*a the " , ! form of Woodrow Mere Ownership of License To life’s fitful fever,’ cate a tem]ib* of marblt* ts) llarxiing sjij^ getting a .suspenshm of foreclosure’s <ind the 1 hibppini’s. name, ’len years afte*r his broki'ii (,ii farm lands in Am<*rica. ’The league! Kxpert.s of thi* Luie.-iu ot 1* . '.gn Ixidy limped out of offiee into J^echi- netitiomnl the congress in I'J.'IO for Domestic Commeuce • said tn<*y petitiomHl the congre? sion of private life there is no nation-j such, as a temporary relief t.o agrieul- Operate Car Not Sufficient, ; No national bronze of commeniora- Department Warns. iresting place. lnse>far al memorial to the name of Wo<Hlrow W'llson “after ajW'ilson. Princely honors are paid to sleeps in p<’aee. the weakest man that ever s<>rv4‘<l as ture, but no action was takiui. as the nation is concerned his tomb is ColumbiH, .luly 2.-^H,.Kin,Mnc .Ivily 1 highway patrol will com-j mence^the' enforcenumt of the law which b*'“Yides that every p«’rson op- , .. , ,, erating a motor vehicle in the state solution within a spirit of thei ^ " ■ • . imust carry a drivers iicen.se. , , , , , , 1 Ownership of a license to operate a wante< them to have unlimited pow-i u- i • rr ■ * ' 'motor vx'hicle is not sufficient, acco^l- ing to the interpretation of the law. reparations in kind, the last point oC.-.u .i,. <L.spute, will be left to a committT^e of i ’ experts. I The experts will be instructed tO| seek a Ibesident's plan. The French had ers. Weevil Count Is 11.7 Per Cent Cleip.soti Colb-ge. July (!. Inft’sta- tion counts made bv the South Caro-Center college, Danville. Ky.,i president, while the .strongest presi dent of our generation and a master spirit of our history sleeps in a neg- l^ed tonrrh. Carpenter Given Doctor’s Degree Mrs. Davenport. Dies At Cross Hill were unable to make any dsT mI,* statement of actual innirovemeri^ im* to the moratorium plan or final ‘•C,’- ment.s (in June business. “There is no doubt.’’ .'<aid I- . II. Taylor of the buieau, “that th,- psy- (ihh(ylbgical effect has be^m gotxl. The propo.sal was well timed, coming jl- t did aft(*r the UMex)ie< ted slum'' i .i'- ing May. It was calculated t • Cro.ss Hill, .July 6. Kunen' services for Mrs. Nananie Elizaln’th Daven-1 bu.seness men a better feeling.’’ port. 80, who die<l at her borne here I Kepurts received ’bus far fi I blune 20, were held Friday, June 27, by _ ^ ^ *th(' Rev. F. T. McGill, pastor of I.ib- At the recent commencement (‘xer-1 •'^P> 'ngs I'r(\sbytreian church, of The settlement leaves undecided the j point fust raised by the French i’ll their counter proposal to the presi-j dent’s plan that f 2a.(l(I().(KKI of the un-j conditional payments credits should j be available to (cntral European coun-: tries. I A central bank credit system was' suggested and as a substitute Immediate pos.session of the license is| what is desired, and during the ('am- paign for its enforcement many jier-1 sons may Ik- stopped and n'qiiesUHl to I pr<Kluce the license for inspection by i the highway patrolmen. i The entire force of the highway po-j lice is being instructed t«i exercise) lina expc'riment station in 7.') coastal'*he honorary d( gree of doctor of di- and Pie<lmont fields during the week vinity, was c<inf('rre<l upon, tiu* Itev. ending .July 4, revealed an average in- J<*hn VV. CariM-ntcr, fiastor of the festation of 11.7 jx'r <‘«’nt, ranging Dnik'^l Presbyterian church of llar- from 21.2 per cent in Bamberg and Ky. PJ.6 ])er cent in Orangeburg to 8.4 ini His many Clinton friends will learn Darlington and 7 per cent Chesti'r.' with interest of the well merited honor which ,sh(‘ was a menvber. Assisting!'j'h( ministers were the Rev. W. 1). Ratch-’ ford, of Shau n, and the Rev. K. .\1.| IfoObk. Intennerit was made in tb«‘ church cemeterv. * ( .Mrs. Davi’tieor! was one of th(* most prominent and well hived-residents ofj this .'Hstitin, and was for many years! indicate an incrca-c in car-li-il and bettj’r than seasonal pro’ of electric power iind auton iS. returns, howa •. i', still a''c ''rom complete. Young People Meet Tuesday accepted bv the brench • k ♦ • j ♦ • ii L . TT •. 1 o. . their be.st judgment in all case> , but the UniU'd States' , . i . u- i i a driver of a motor vehicle cu The most heavily infested field exam- s where iBamlK*rg where more than laims to'^***^ squares were punctured. The first generation weevils are such an arranKem..nt »a..L iiuwile u» provim,’ to miludo in ai ^ her -noraon. Hut. lioKinninK July|now emcririnit in many fields, says setUement In-tween EOvernment.s. ^ ^ , enforeemenl of the law'thrertor H, W. Barre, .liseussinE the The text of the president s forma! . will be made. [data reported, and he sugge.sts that I It is not only necessary to carry the, farmers watch their fiekls closely and To Hold Annual Session With (’ross Hill Baptist ('hurch. that has been conferred upon .Mr. Car- diligent wotker in the I r(*sibyterian ('oun(y |U Y. I*. I . ()rtianizati(>il penter, who wa.s e<Iucaleil at the Thornwell o-rphanage ami Pri’sliyte Surv'iving an* the following sons ^ rian college of this city, aijd n’ceived and daughters: Miss Theresa Rachael; his mini.slerial training al Culumbia i davenport, J. Gillman Daviuoiport and ' The^ilogical seminary, later doing Edwin J. Davenport, <yf Cross Hill,) IM>st graduate work. .Mr. Carpente r, and Dr. R. Campbell Davenjiort, has held several important pastorates Augusta. Ga. Two grand children and announcement was: I am glad to announce, the P^***’* iR-ense when traveling upon' ix’ii'on these new weevils with one orjsin^’!!* leaving Clinton and ranks Unlay ! "blie'’ relatives ais.<i survice dent said, that the American highways of South Carolina, butitwo light applications of dust just as! ?»» <»ne of the outstanding and inflium- I'a'lbearers were: Joe E. Carter, posal for one years postponem^t traveling through other states. I as infestation In'gins to increa.se.! tial msnisters of the synod <if Ken- Th<imas Carter, J. (). Denny, John 11. all in ter-govern mental debts and '■‘'P'l^jj^j Persons who nlan U) travel this I He warns that heavy or repeated ap-tmky. ,<’ampb(‘II, Edgar Hitt and J. B. Ra- araUms has now been | gymmer to other s«*etions of the coun-! plications of calcium ar.senate dust principle by all of the important cred->. .. , . , t ,• _ i itor governments. “The terms of acceptance by the sfir, Jr. I try are cautioned to have thf*ir licens-ibe avoided, as the.se might increa.se es with them. apsid infe.station or injure the land, j The highway patrol is becoming, French government are, of course, • * i i i uu u ' of the other ngilant daily; and, although it i ^ <* o e primarily a vigilante group, To subject to the approval (f’ontinued on page two) Union Service ' With Baptists is nroving to Ik? a great educating force in instructing drivers to be more careful, and in apprehending such vio- ^ __ latnrs of the highway laws as are a Iq property. Two Land Sales Made Monday Bequest Conies Unite Sunday Rock Hill Business Man Leaves Local Hi Pupils $3,000 Endowment Fund In In Will To I^al Institution. i ^OntCSt I York. July I.—Several bequests of a, 'The second union .service of the •sumniM’ will b(‘ held next .Su’ulay evening with the congregation of the ,, , T, T 11 u 1 M''irst Bapti.st church of this citv. The Dr. E. R. Lvnn will preach .Sijridav , ■. ,, , • , i , • .U / .u’ P'-»lpR willj^ occupied bv the Rev. H 'morning for the congregation of the • First Presbyterian church in the ab-'*L ( bamlnw, jiastor of North Broad senee from the city of its pastor. Dr. Str(*<*t .Methodist church. All deuomi D. J. Woods. The members of the nations are invite<i to unite in thes<' The annual mcetir?"- of the I.ij-cns Y. I*. U. will be hel i with 'the Baiiti.st church of Cioss Hib next jTuc’sday, July li. l.eon Wabli i of il/jiurens, is president of th» unit ' .imi 'will preside al the s(>ssitiTi 'rue-tiy. ’The morning rangram '.vi.II be ot-i.- ei) with devotional exerc ises, lo j by .Vli.ss Lillian Nelson. Then w ill f liltuv the welcome addles- liy Mis- ( ine Wharton, with .Mis« Ra;. u mii Wardell making the ii sjionse. Af* "* the reports of the vi''<‘-pre-bit” 'of the various church inions .nave '.->t’:i given, .'Vliss .Margaret C)w .nt.'S w 1 t”- liver an address, .special music f ii '.h ‘ h i by Five Clinton high school pup’ls-' public nature are contained in the \villj Misses Patricia Uiles, Annie Lee of the late Julius Friedheim, wealthy f^rances Bailey, Rena Ab- Rock Hill dtizen. filed at the office and Paul Todd, were winners in ■ Thornwell .Memorial congregation will | services during the months of July 'unite with the First church in this ser-'and August as they roUte with the vice. !l(K*aI churches. 'I’iie following legal .sales wore made .Monday morning by the clerk miming se.ssion will be fiirni of court in front of tlw’ court house a’ he Highland Home union. I.aurens; j .Mrs, .Marjorie Steven.s will ope <’itizen.s Building and Loan assiK'l- aft<*rn(Min session with <!ovotioiiu .itiori, plaintiff, vs Jes.se Barkxlale, vices. The union will then hear defendant. 1-2 acre between S. A. talks. K. E. Thonqis railroad tia<k and 'rhorii'Wtdl oi[ihan-■ "''ill discuss “The \alj age, sold to R. W’ for $200. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co of the probate judge here today. The Church Home orphanage of the Spartanburg Herald-Journal va cation trip contest that closed last I week. York, the 'Thornwell orphanage of ^ Clinton, and the Hebrew orphanage ofi The Clinton winners, along writh 87 j AtlanU, Ga., are each left the incomeboys and girls representing 33 i from $5,000 for 20 years, after whichl^’‘«>» Pie<hnont secriivn t the principal will go to the children of'Win leave Spartanburg on a speii.^ U the late Arnold Friedheim, brother of j July 17th and will j Julius Friedheim. Atlantic City,j The sum of $12,000 is provided to Washington and New York with all expenses paid by the two papers. The' educational tour will cover a week and j will afford an unusual opportunity for travel to the pupils who compose the I establish and maintain two scholar ships at Winthrop college, to be known as the Friedheim scholarships. The income from $12,000 is left to^ maintain for 25 years a room each aliP^^^y- the Fennell infirmary and the Lylej , hospital, both of Rock Hill. After 25: GILES IN HOSPITAL years the principal is to go to the chil dren of Arnold Friedheim. The remainder of the state, upon j F'riends in the city of C. C. Giles will regret to learn that he left yes- which a valuation has not yet been placed by the executors, is" left fo nieces, nephews and other relatives of Mr, I^edhehn. The executors and I several weeks following injuries re trustee.s are Dolph Friedheim and Al-jceivbd in an automobile accident and terday for an Atlanta hospital to un dergo an operation on his injured leg. Mr. Giles has been on crutches for bert Friedheim, nephews of Mr. Fiied- h«m, and C. W, F. Spencer, his attor ney. The win is dated March 27, 1920. atioD. and further treatment. his physicians have advised that he return ^Atlanta for a second oper- Here Is a List of Some bf Your Mistakes Too many men shave with dull razor blades. To many motori.sts forget to water their batteries. Too many smokers let fine cigars dry out. Too many men play approach shots with a spoon. T(w many cooks bum fried eggs on the bottom. Too many people forget to change the phonograph needles. Too many people squeeze out too much dentifrice at a time. Too many motorists leave off the caps of the tire valve.s. Too many people overlook the advantages of adverti.sing. Ads which advertise definite things at specific prices pro duce astonishing results. THE CHRONICLE “The Paper Everybody Reads** ’ht' ■( T- ' '.V<) ■ if • of Wade, attorney, B. Y. P. IJ. to .Me in .My Chri-'ian Experience.’’ Mi.ss Irno Tiimblin. a'.a<v , In.^urant-f F'''' '‘fr;’''’ plaintiff, V, Mr». Antlif II. Dunlap, et : “f ’■““""f. " ' I t’;" « JvAm ai., .Irtomlants, ,W7.8 acr,-, ,,n Milton!“■'''""'“•'"f 't^e.stnut Ridge church iiri:on will jr'V(? [the mu.sical program. “My estimation of the value 3f B. 'Y. P. U. to Me in My Churches’’ will j be di.scussed by two minister.s, the 'Rev. John H. Washington, past ’■ f Second Baptist church of Lau: 'n^. 1 API tillO.ICS *1... D.... J,' M p,o-1ic, past T of road, sold to Metrojiolitan Life Insur ance C-o. for $.‘{,r)()0. 100 Scholarships and the Rev. the Cross Hill Bapti-t church. Committee repoits will be fol’iiv/el by the election of officers for tlv- en suing term to conclude the program. ! Miss Wil laou Gray, state super- * visor of adult schools, announces that .her department ha.s received $2,000 ■from the A.'nerican Association for 'Adult Education for 100 s<’holarships 'in the summer opportunity schools. I Fifty of the scholarships are for de- j serving white illiterates atid 50 for 1 colored. She asks that employers,) friends and others interested send to' The July meeting of ’he ('hamber her for application blanks on. which {of Commerce will be held next Tja's- |to recommend prospective students. i day evening in the club rooms. The Chamber Meets Next Tuesday The school for whites this year will be conducted at Clemson college and for colored students at Seneca institute. Both schools will be coeducational. Letters to Miss Gray (ftiould be ad dressed to her, care of the Depart ment of Elducation, Columbia, S. C. June meeting was omitted on ac'cunt of the death of one of the club’s char ter membens, J. F. Jacobs, Sr., and b> avoid a conflict with orphanage com mencement. The usual dinner will be served Tuesday, after which the bus iness session will ibe held and all mem bers are urged to be present.