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\ THE CHRONICLE • • StriTes To Be • Clean News- • • paper. Complete, Newsy, • and Reliable^ _ t Qlbp Qllitttnn OUrrontrlr • • i ■ ' i • • • • • If You Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE i • • • • • • • You Don’t Get • • • ] • • • • The News. • • • • '1 "i VOLUME XXXI RELIEF DRIVE NEH WEEK City-Wide Canvass To Be Madej For Funds To Aid Communi ty’s Destitute and Unemployed Durin{^ Winter Months. CLINTON, S. C., THURSDA¥rOaTOBER 15, 1931 NUMBER 42 h f Next week has been set aside as “Clinton Relief Fund Week," during which period a city-wide canvass will be made to secure funds for financing the city’s charity w'ork during the coming winter months. As previously announced, Capt. R. E. Wysor of the college staff, will act in the capacity of general chairman of the committee and the relief work will be conducted under his leadership. The canvass for funds will be made by a committee from the Woman’s club with Mrs. Clarence Galloway, its president, as the directing head. Pledge cards have been provided and the town will bo thoroughly canvassed to secure subscrifvtions either payable cash or in monthly instalments. An appeal for the drive will be made Sun- DID YOU KNOW? THAT — Will D. Copeland, well known local hardware merchant, is one of the city’s most popular and useful citizens. Mr. Copeland is a product of his- Cotton Supply Largest Ever Carry-Over of 14,000,000 Rales Will Equal Amount of Normal Year’s Crop. Washington, Oct. 10.—There now is, prospectively, more American cotton in the world than at any time in his tory. If farmers pick the 10,284,000 bales toric Jacks township, from whence 1 estimated by the^federal crop report- many of Clinton s splendid citizens j board there will he a total supplv have come. He was borr in 1879. a son i of more than 25,000,000. The carry- ' of David Thomas Copeland and Mar-lover is estimated at close to 9,000,-! tha McElroy Adair. He attended Pres-'QQo hales. j bytreian college both while residing in | Onlv -on etime has there been a the country and after he moved here j larger crop-the 18,000,000 bales har-1 in 1896. In 1898 he became associated , vested in 1926. I with his brother, ,1. Isaac Copeland, in j Some in the trade say that at cur-' the hardware business. Following thej|.pot low prices the farmers won’t pick ; death of his brother in 1929 he became, 13,OOO.OOO bales, arguing that the | sole owner of this well known concern larger the crop the larger the aban- still operated under the name of J. 1. Copeland & Pro., and this firm has continued under its original name long er than any other business in the city. donment. More than 1,000,000 bales were Itift in the field in 1926. However, there is nothing to do with labor now except pick cotton and old iHe is frequently referred to by travel-j observer.s^sau that if the currentl ffbW Thadt*“’b'e^'rfnlng “orT Monday and continuing through the week, to raise at least one thousand dollars to aid the community’s needy and unfortunate during the trying winter season. .Mrs. Galloway in making the drive w’ill be assisted by the following la dies; Mrs. W. ('. Oxley, Mrs. W. P. Jacobs, Mrs. Rex Phillips, .Mrs. Hu bert Pitts, .Miss Ruth Bailey, Mrs. T. 1). .racobs, .Mrs. Harry Wilkes, Mrs. Raymond Pitts, Mrs. Glenn Fuller, Mrs. W. W. Harris, Mrs. Henderson Pitts, Mrs. Bennett Townsend, Mrs. Harvey Witherspoon, .Mrs. Goyne Simpson. The city’s relief work this winter will be handled through one central committee with a traine<l Salvation Army officer'in charge of the distri bution of funds to those in need work ing under the direction of ('apt. Wy- sor’s committee. All appt‘als for aid are to be thoroughly investigated and handled through this committee, there by eliminating duplication of work and giving assurance that the poor, destitute and unemployed who are forced to a.sk for assistance, shall not suffer. The appeal to be made is in behalf of the needy right here at home. It is a challenge to Clinton to “Open Her Heart’’ for humanity’s sake — to aid the community’s unfoitunates by help ing provide clothing and food and giv ing them hope and encouragement to b« lp- lift themselves cut of the rut tiny are in, often through no fault of their o\^n. (the experience of five years ago may . j All of his life Mr. (’opeland has been not be rejK'ated. ' ,a loyal Clintonian, always ready..toi Thus, the anticipated 19.'I1-.32 sup- protecl the city’s interests and to do'ply of .American cotton, new crop and $150 For Rasor Slayer Offered At Cross Hill Cross Hill, Oct. 10. — Follow ing a public mass meeting here Friday Sheriff Columbus (twens of Laurens county on Saturday offered a reward of $150 for the capture and subsequent convic tion of the slayer of W. (2. Ra sor, wealthy retired Cross H'R banker, who was killed two weeks ago in his home here. The mass meeting, held in the Baptist church and calUnl by .Mayor Charles S. Pinson, was largely attendtxl. Many women were there. A resolution was unanimously adopted endorsing the work of officers on the case and pledging the voters as pri vate citizens to do all in the.r power to apprehend the slayer. Speakers included the Rev. .son. County Roads Being Built Highway Department Expending $370,926 On Two Rt Four Bridge Projects. HUGE CREDIT BANK FORMED ’'T- 1 4 $370,926 On Two Road and To Assist Ranks Throughout United States In Stabilizing Financial Economic Conditions.. New York, Oct. 13.—The National Credit Corporation, which was incor porated today under the laws of Dela ware to aid and assist banks through out the United States “to utilize tbcir resources to further t’-* stabilization of financial economic c(.,uiitions," vMl j Laurens, Oct. 12. — Approximately $370,926 ia being expended by the state highway department in this county for two road projects and four <brid|re projects either just completed lor under construction. The two road i projects are on the Princeton highway ; and one at Musgrove mill over Enorce j river. This amount does not cover the I cost of cement, which is furnished by|be permitted to carry on a bank business of great diversification. It will he permitted to trade ple<lge, mortgage and exchange curities of all sorts and r.i ; perties eluding real estate. The company will be j-ermittori to organize subsidiaries in any state, ter ritory or country. Mortimer N. Buckner, cjiairman of the organization committee, announced tonigjit that local associations to par- the highway department. I Surface treatment of the 11 mile 1 stretch of the Princi*ton highway,-now j being topsoiled, will be delayed until jthe spring of next year, according to I an announcement made Friday by T. V. Fahen.stockj,.,.Ir., divisional crygineer of the'^state highway department. Postponement of the surface treat ment; it was explained, is made neces sary by the approach of winter when s» ■ ir- - f^r that his part’to promote its growth and do it well. In the city’s civic and commer cial life, he has been a loader and hard worker. He is a charter member and past president of the Kiwanis club and carryover, is about 5,000,006 bales larger than the 20,000,000-bale supply j in 19301-31, Unless world consump-' lion improves it promises a 1932 car-j ryover of 11,000,000 bales, an amount' lone of its most esteemed members. He [equal to a normal croj). Usually thei j is also a charter member of the ('ham-'carryover has been around 6.000,000 'her of Confmerco, always faithful in D>ales. Uhe attendance of its meetings and 1 World consumption of .American [ready to help promote its work. l*astleotton, including domestic use, is esti- U;mpicJral.uEe&.Ar<: "'ttmleflSrWfiW j when tomiHTaturcs are below 50 de grees fahrenheit. Top-soiling of the road, which h<‘- gan on the Princeton end, has pro- ''eeded at a rapid rate; and is now go- 'ng forward on this side of Hickory are being organized in Jurors Drawn Ffll* F'jlll TTAnn About a mile remains yet to * ^ €*11 1 Cl 111 (jown. The entire project is to (’ourt of (Ymmon IMea.s ('on- venes October 26th. Judije Uamaiie of Saluda, To Preside. A two weeks term of court of com- proje cost $58,,500. I The new concrete and steel bridge I oyer Reedy river, built at an approxi- ' mate cost of $-10,0(M), is practically variqus'parts of the cou.itry. • The ('hieago ('[earing House has ap proved the plan, he said, and organi zation meetings will be held tomonnw in Detroit and Milvvauk«‘e. •lohn M. Miller, director of the N'a tional Uredit ('orporation for the Rich mond Federal Reserve di.^trict has si- lected bankers to organiz*' local asso ciations in North (’arolina. .Maryland, District of (’olumhia. West Virgit'.a, South (’arolina and Virginia, Robeit [year he was elected as its president i mattal at slightly more than 11,000,- jbut declined to accept the place for' 900 bales for the 1930-31 season. Ev<‘n mon pleas w’ill convene in Laurens on ! plausible reasons given at the time of | if the 1931-32 consumption were tul October 2l’)th with .Iu<lge ('. ,1. Ramage:; burg, was the contractor for the con-j National hank of Gri'cnville, was chos- ! his election. He is a member of its eijual the highest of record, 15,700,0001 of .Saluda, presiding, and a number of cn‘t4* portion and 1). M. Rickenbaker en to represent .South Carolina. coniplele hut not yet open to traffic.] M. llayni's, president of the Wa- hov;a The bridge at this point is the largest j Bank and Trust eomiianv, Winstou- aml iM'st bridge lying eTTfirely in Lau-,Salem, will represent .North Carolina, rens county. R. G. Kennedy, of Bates-1 F. K. Beattie, president ( f the First bales, there still would be a carryover j civil cases on the docket. [of Union, for the 150 foot steel span, almost twice the normal size. |The following jurors for the fir.st and, Wi(b*ning of the concrete bridge The corporation will have ;; jxupet- ual existence, but il is ex|ci ted it will over Lick creek, on the sum<‘highway,' he dissolved when the purpose for •present board of directors. ; Not onlv in civic affairs but in ! church work as well, Mr. (’opeland has I considered , second week have been drawn 'always manifeste<l a deep uiterest He prices advanced in|_ Week ialready begun and this will lM‘|which it has been organ ztd !uh been i is a ioval and earnest member and of-Khe face of the government report in- youngs .1 A Britton ,S F su*w-i ^ ificer of the First Presbyterian church. the estimate almost 600,000 ^ (j^.^try. Will W. Burdett- l)ri<lges It.s eapitaliz.atirn consists of twelve For a number of years he served as O^er the SepUMuber forwasl la meirtber of its board of deacons, lat-1 ^^le average price of middling 7-8 te. .lacks—,1. IL Buice, I). '1'. Pitts. I were let to Geofge .A. Thomason &| shares of $100 par value each, om 4he new church building following its to 0.65 at New York, the samej^^j.,^ j white, R; G. Wilson, A. B. P**''**' recent destruction by fire, and gave i New'^ Orleans ah<i^ at ( hieago j T’(.i-ry_ (ornf liberally of his time and interest to jto 5.(5. Laurens H L. Waldrop, W. W.'***'^'' Clerk Makes Annual Report Interesting facts of cases tried dur ing the special team and the three regular terms of general sessions court held this year are contained in the annual report of Clerk of ('ourt Thos. W. Bennett mailed to the state attorney general last week. The report shows that 85 cases were tried, of which 65 were found guilty and 20 ac quitted. There were 46 whites, 39 blacks, 79 males and six females tried for various offenses. The olde.st de fendant was 60 years of age, acquit ted on a murder charge. The youngest defendant was 13 years of age, ac quitted on a murder charge. Violation of the prohibition law,led in the types of cases tried, although there was a notable falling off of such cases during the latter part of t’ne year. House breaking and larceny came next witli 19 cases. Murder cas es came next with l6, of which five were convicted of manslaughter. There were 11 cases of assault and battery, 3 of larceny, 2 of burglary and one each of rape, buying seed cotton, slan der, non-support, breach of trust, for gery and carrying concealed weapons. Mr. Bennett got on his report im mediately after court’s adjournment last week in order to keep up his rec- 01 d estaiblished during the past two years of being the first clerk in the state to file his report. Hunter—Roy O’Dell I Rov ('raw i<'<>"’P“"y ^'^eenwood, for a total of which will he held by each of the er to he pron^Red to'\he'eldership"inii"<’^' the ten spot markeds ()ctoher|f,,,.^, ,$16,21«^ [twelve direetors. This nominal capi- appreciation of his integrity and fit-!* eenTs a pound compared Hatton ' '‘•'ading forces of W. W. Tuck & talization was made necessary because ness for the place. He was a member! "’’th 5.10 October 2 and for the week j j jj ,s„uth 1 R(d)t Hel-'''apid progress on the of the legal prohitiilion on stock in- of the building committee that erected future contracts advanced « lams, ,1. ('lem Willis, F. Kugene'.Iohn- preparatory for the [vestments by national hanks. ‘ paving to he done by R. G. Lassiter &j The funds with whi-htthe ertrnor- pany. The two large steam shov-jation will operati* will he r.r c i ith aeeompanying isjuipment have through the sale of (ichentuies for the l><‘(‘n move<l about a mile this side of j hanks of the country on the basis of Waterloo and are now engaged in [two per cent of their aggregate de- I heavy grading on the east side of thi- posits, or the legal limit of in vest- railroad between the old crossing and^ments, if that is lower. 'the propo.se<l new crossing at the in-i These deposits agg'egate ; ter.s<-ction with the Uniss- Hill road 000,000. Uorporation.s and near Cold Point. A mule and pan out- banking firms are expec ted to su'i- ■fit is doing lighter grading ami finish- scribe for the del.enUires alx). af I u funds rai.-e,l aisprnxiina c that task. He is also a member of th( board of trustees of Thornwell or-1 phanage and of its exwutive commit-1 tee, and one of the institutions mo-St [ loyal frUmds. ' While Mr. ('opeland has never! sought publ tified with the jiast 25 years as supervisor of New Receiver For Closed Bank ;Caldwell, K. B. Bolt, .M. Adolphus Rid dle, B. T. Bisho[), .1. W. Dunklin, W. B. Noffz, Carl Davis. .Scuffietown—H. F. Tumblin, (I. W. i (’unningham. Wat eiloo 11. vw)><^iuiiM i...--. “'"‘ mir (J J u waierloo I'alwin I*, rulle ie office, he has been iden-i^U Scotl lurlov SuCCCeds Hjirrv D^vis. the city’s politirtil lif<* fori Fa^jfjin At First National As' (’ross Hill- o. .s. Hill, .1. o. Liquidatinv: A«:t*nt. 'r. D. Nance, Jr. 1 .Sullivan .1. 8L Crawford, R. registration for all city elections and later as secretary of the city Demo- Fdwin F. Fuller, J. (h Denny, piivate Harry Fagan, receiver in charge of i.Sheriff, cratic club. In these responsible posi- the First National hank of this city tions he ha.s always been painstaking,' since it clo.sed early in January, left accurate and considerate of the pub- yesterday with his family for Kara- lic. He il- also identified with local fra- sota, Fla., where he will in* stationed , ternal organizations and is a member , f^r the coming winter. Mr. Kagan will lard, S. W. .Sumyrel, M. I). .Smith, of the board of directors of the (’ohi-^ continue his w'ork with the enmptrol-; Fmurfns mercial hank. ing between Waterloo and the (’alhoun js possihlle that the to'a jj highway inU-r.seetion. 'I'he entire pro-; for the corporation will ject will cost $241,286.90. No overpass ijtj oqo poQOpp is contemplate*! at the railroad cross- _ ing near Gold Point, j Bridge Over Knoree !*•' Contractors are as.semhling material for the concrete ami sD'el bridge ov<‘r iFnorw river Musgrove mill. The I. .S. Hill, J. M d). Moore, I on the Musgrove bridge Second Week Hunter D. VV'. ('opeland. Chapman, H. B. Workman, S R. G, Road Patrolman Killed In Crash e-rmal hank. of the currency as department; H. Tin-<ley, W. W. Griffin, Fred jot to George A Thoma.son &'Ralph H Mr (opeland is a man of many ex-j iH,uidating agent for five hanks imRoper, Brooks Bishop. Robert F. Tern-U;„„,panv for $4,947.73, and the sutx>r-! When llent qualities. Always kind and gen- the .Sara.sota territory. By his cour-1 ploton, F. H. O’Shields, F. H. Friday,; structure t.) Dewey Brothers of Union,' .* in his manner, and an unusually > tcous manner and identification withiT. B. Sumerel, Floyd Blakely, M. G.' for $49 976.44. ' l/amei urteous gentleman, he has made a ^ the civic and religious life of the com-! Wallace, Z. R. Traynham. ! 4 ! .lacks—H. M. G<‘er, (’. B. .Johnson. ^ . llfl .Scuffietown M. M. Poole, j.T. wii-1 Seek INegTO Who cellent tie enurteou 'host of friends both in a business and ,„onity, Mr. Fagan made many fri»*nds social way. A New A ork visitor and j b<*re during his nine months residence! stranger in the city a few years ago ^ho will learn with regret of his lard, S.O. Clark. after going to the Copeland store to j transfer elsewhere. } A’oungs J. Gray Harris. .Sam (’. make a purc'hase and being served by ^ vV. .Scott Farley, now stationed in Godfrey. H. B. Bailey,.!. (). DeShiehi”, Mr. (opeland (whom he did not know) j (Jreenwood as receiver for the Nation- ,M. PL Long. said to the writer, “That is the mostjgj i^,an and Fxchange tiank of that j Cross Hill- .1. H. R iser, C. S. Pin- courteous gentleman I have met in ^.jty^ the Planters National bank of j son, C. F. Boazman. ('linton and 1 was very much impress-1 the National Rank of; .Sullivan V. 1. Hunter, H. I... Lea- ed with the cordial welcome I received Xewherry, has been appointed by the gue. in his store and the interest with ptrdU.r of the curreney as Tqu'- Waterloo J. 1). Nelson, W. F. Mc- whieh he served my wants.” dating agent for the Clinton hank, Daniel. Mr. Copeland is an honored ’itizen Fagan. He will al.so he _ of this community. (Quietly, yet effe --1 in j-barge of the Farmers NationaU^ 1 D J tually and untiringly, he ha.s always ^ank of Laurens, and will spend part VlOOU KCCOrCl supported (linton a interests - stanu- ^f ^jg Ume here continuing the lojui-, U* C L. 1 ipg for what he knows is right—know- bating work that has been under .Mr.' tSV rtlgll OCnOOl ing no compromise with wrong. Pos- Kagan’s direction for the oast several [ __ _ . ! In filing the reports for the South- lern Association of Secdndarv Schools McOacken Loses Life Motorcycle Hits Rural arrier’s (’ar. (Columbia, Oct. 12.— .A state liigh- |Way patrolman, on his way from Ches- Escaped Hospital sessing many delightful and admirab! - traits, he has many staunch friends both in Clinton and throughout the state, who know' him as th»ur true friend in whom* there is neither var iableness nor deceit.* t Mr. Copeland’s wife before uiar- riage was Miss Nina Martin of Green-; ter to join a “(piad of 12 jiatrolinen here for duty at the York'own, \’a., celebration, was killed today when his i motorcycle collided with a mail ear- SpurtanburR Officers Looking i Her’.s automobile in Pairfield eounty. For Leslie Irby, Alletjed Mur-i^diout eight mik's from Carlisle, derer of Deputv Sheriff. The ratn.lmH,, k- BranchVille, was 2S years of age and had been with the [latrol since July, 1930. Reports received licia* ‘■aid his mo- , , . * • I f torcycle soared over the ( it -t of a hill s before going on trial for mur-, ,• . , • . r • ■ • L.. a r J *• f . l•'md crashed into the ear of I.iilg - onight extended from .Spac.an-;,, i • e l.- i .Shelton, mail earner, fiom .Snell >ri. •McCracken’s body was I udly htuised and broken. 'Fhe mot(/rcyc!e was wm kd and t’no automobile bady damagep .‘'hellon es- Spartai'burg, Oet. 13. Search for a N( gro who escaped from a hospital today wh<‘re he was re uperating from wound der, tonight burg into other counlie.s. Police, however. wer<* .searching the city in the hf/pe of finding Leslie Irhy, who leaped through a window of the county ho.spital early today. Irhy was ' jwood. He has one son, Isaac, a r *"ent team has six more games on its sche l-! Six More Games SmI C.II. k.'S, it i. with pri*. -and .Saturday by l,aur™, ruun y sam Ow,-us. „f tl„ patr .'.dis- OIX ITWrC XMlllCS ipk-aruri- that th<. eiintor, wh.Kda note I’- I'- W.lk, up.U-r On Hi Schedule''’•""'ya'-K, ypar. iC^rwoundpil IhLa'llmA" in a >• ''h.-stcr. ■The percentage of semester hours was wounded three tim . g to attend an infiu<‘.st into the death. Tha Clinton hi^h arhool football '■r "“‘-ndinK ™llaKa» Arr»naon.pn‘. war,. ’ ^7*^11/-k ts>Q fnx» r\aaf fnTazt .Arrangemen's we;e maiie send the Officers in other counties were ask- . , g Pupils Hear Of Travel Tour R. B. Foss, of The Spartanburg ‘journal, made an interesting talk to the high whool pupils Tuesday, at which time he explained plans for the' 1932 educational tour. Five Clinton pupils enjoyed this trip last year, Paul Todd, Annie Lee Jackson, Frances Bai ley, Patricia Giles and Reha Abrams, The number of students to make the trip this year is not limited, but will include as many as can secure the re quired number_of gtrbscriptions. The plans for the coming tour call for an excellent trip. I N. C., and Mrs. John H. Pitts of near here; also one brother, John M. Copg-j I land of Renno. | 'ounty Ginnings . Show Increase Oct. 24—Ivockhart at Goldville. Oct, 30—Duncan at Clinton. Nov, 6—Laurens at Clinton, Nov. 13—Thornwell at Clinton. Nov. 20—Newberry at Newberry, Clinton new has 158 members in the high school athletic association. j above that of last year. In 1930-31 the I enrollment was 244 as compared with 255 this year. There are two les.- teachers this year than la.st, though the enrollment is greater. TO MEET SATURDAY tingent. a man walk a •ro.s.': Main street abut) . , , • • u- • u*' A coroner s jurv this after'*.oon came 4 0 clock th s morning in his nig.ht ^ /- , . . , ,. , J , , to the verdict that Mc( racKcn came shirt and po ice believed it was Irby. . , . „. . . , , , ^ I to his death in an unavo; :i.i‘)l'‘ auto- : mobile accident.” To Organize Jack W. Dillard of Spartanburg, was^ visitor in the city Monday and received a cordial welccme from his many friends. R. Stanton Blakely of this city, i sj.ecial agent of the department of The Laurens County Council of commerce for Laurens county, an-'parm Women will hold its first fall nounced yesterday that the cotton gin- j meeting in the I^aurens school audi- nings for the county, from the 193ljtorium Saturday morning at ten crop prior to October 1st, totaled. o'clock. An interesting program has 10,192 balea as compared with 7,251 been arranged, it is announced by the Citadel GRIDIRON Band In School Football Slate For This Week General Standing Team W Furman 2 Presbyterian Clemson bales for the same corresponding pe jriod in 1930. This represents an in crease of 2,941 bales over the previous year. club’s officers, with several vi.siting speakers as special guests. All clubs in the county are asked to repre sented. Wofford South Carolina Erskine Newberry 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 L 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 T 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 ^ A Representatives of the Universal j Bandma.sters’ association were in dm- | ton Tue.sday and gave demonstrations 1 00() school and Florida Street vs Friday The Citadel at Flor- Clemson I5QQ school. It is the purpose of this or-jence. 500 ganization to establish a band andErskine vs Newberry at Due West. 500 place a bandmaster here to carry on | 500 the work. If the organization is per-j ^ Saturday .333'fected it will offer splendid training Funnan vs Richmond at Greenville. .000® to the pupils who take part in the I Wofford vs Presbyterian at Spar- .000 course. j tanhorg. \ r.1..