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“I /. 'A-.:.'- • THE CHRONICLE • • Strives To Be a Clean News- • • pap^r, ^mpleter> Newsy. • • ^ and Reliable. • t ~ J' • r ' /* If Ton D0ii*t Bond I THE CHRONICLE | * JTon Don’t (Set | The News. i M s : i VOLUME XXXII CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1932 SL . (, ' NUMBER 8 RASOR MURDER TRIAL RESULTS IN MISTRIAL \ \ No Verdict xAfter Sixteen Hours Deliberation and ^Jury Is Dis charged. ]^nd For Three Defendants Fixed At $5,000 Each. Blackwell Odnfests Defense Motion for Bail. For Magistrate At Clinton SECOND PRIMARY Special to The Chronicle. | what was about to happen and jump- Laur^ns, Feb. 23.—A jury that “dis-1 ed out of the window, a^eed as to facts” after delibenating i' “Lust for money over fhere in the more than 16 hours was discharged big mansion." Mr. Huff de^ared, was Tuesday by Judge S_. W. G. Shipp and the motive. “Henry lived in a cottage, a mistrial declared in the case 'of Circumstances < had brought him to three men charged with the slaying of poverty, and he couldn’t sUnd the W. C. Rasor at Cross Hill last Sep-, gting. He found Jake a hard task-mas- tember. ter and he chose Latharf Crisp as his The three defendants, Henry Rasor, | contact man.” ^ 45, a son of the slain man, *Lathan; ^ singular thing, the attorney Crisp, 37, and Eugene Crisp, 41, were, pointed out, that Eugene Crisp want- ordered held in bail of $6,000 each. Bonds previously were $2,500 each. In/gWnting motion for bail. Judge Shipp stroulated that eSch should be ed to be with Ernest Hitt only when “the dirty work was going on." And Mr. Huff closed with the state ment: “I never will believe but that ^ PRECINCTS 'V bo G ‘S ^ ’ o Ih PQ • • J • 99 A.> H-> £ 1 Clinton City j 224 600 Clinton Mill 210 188 Lydia Mill .. 85 78 Goldville 325 j 101 Mountville ' 18 f 16 Hopewell 19 14 g ilp st sigh^ by not less than two nor more j an all-wise God intervened to save than five sureties, to be approved by! Jake to uncover tKis murder plot af- the clerk of court. | ter he had been shot down like a dog.” None had posted bond tonight. ; ^ W. R. Richey The order of mistrial climaxed a week of trial, during which the state the defense, described the killing of sought to prove that Henry Rasor. M«r. Rasor as “the blackest, most bru- ploited the death of his father and a.tal and most diabolical crime ever younger brother, Jake, who was :it-1 committed in a civilized community" tacked the night the father was slain' and declared that Mr. Rasor was mur- in their Cross Hill home. The pro^tu-j eered by friends and the devil in.>t.-' tion contended a motive was supplied I grated it. by the naming of Jake, the youngest! “i yield to no one in respect t'. Jake son, as administrator of an estate of Rasor 'for truthfulness, uprightness his mother. and integrity," said Mr. Richey, “but The defense attempted to pin to the Jake was not normal after the attack state’s three sar witnesses blame for on him because he was unconsci(*us the killing. The witnesses, Ernest Hitt, twice. Boot Richards and I^ee Payne Total I 881 ^1 997 In the second primary electiori held Tuesday, W. Roy Pitts was elected magistrate of Hunter township at Clinton, over his opponent, James L. Browning, by a margin of 116 Votes. W. R. Richey, the first speaker for I The total stood: Pitts 997, Browning 21, and two Negroes, Coot Richards and Lee Payne, are later to be tried, the first two on charges of murder were the perpetrators of this crime. Coot was intimate with Rosalie Watts, the Rasor Cook, and got the key from and Payne on charges of being an ac- with robbery as the motive. Th*y 881. Mr. Pitts is a brother of the late Magistrate John G. Pitts, and by his election Tuesday will fill out his unexpired term which expires in May of next year. Of the six precincts in the township, Mr Browning led at five boxes, re ceiving his largest vote at GoRh'ille, his former home. Mr. Pitts carried his precinct, the Clinton City box by a large majority. In the first primary last Friday, there were nine aspirants for the un expired term. The result of the first ballot eliminated Messrs. W. P. Bald win, J. C. Cannon, R. J. C-opeland, B. were looking for money when theViP- La H. Seay. The second race President Leads ^ Big Celebration Washington Contributed Most To Nation’s Origin, Chief Ex ecutive Says. Washington, Feb. 22. — Tiie 200th anniversary of Washington’s birth saw the silent eloquence of the setting in which its celebration was h^ld com bined with spoken tribute and imag ery to tell of the man’s vision and greatness. His voice deep with feeling, Presi- DID YOU KNOW? ■1^' igr npi iii 1^ ^ 'MPi ^ ^ THAT— Captain Robert Edward Wysor, prdfea^pr of military science and tactics at Presbyterian college. Is one of the moat progressive and popu lar citizens of Clinton. As president of the local Rotary club, and as direc tor of the campaign for the aid of Clinton’s destitute and jobless, he has taken a place in the front rank of civic JAPAN MAKES : HARD DRIVE ' Troops of the Dragon Halt Jap anese In Lunge To Break Through Lines. United States To Hold Up Firm Policy. American f’osition Washington, Feb. 23. The American government is ready to announce to the world a definite, firm policy on the far eastern problem. " Secretary Stimson coi.ferred with Chairman Bcrah of the senate foreign ' relations .. , . committee at considerable dent Hoover signalized the opening of " ^ ^ , town, fulfilling his duties i length tonight preparatorv to an- and deyelopm* oppoi-tunitiM for «r- „„untin« tho deolaralion oxpoctod to. Vice with that calm .assurance which iii.irks the born leader and orj^anize:'. Captain Wj^kir was born in Dub'.i i, Virginia, in 18lf2. His father was a the period in which the first presi dent’s memory will be honored by tell ing the assemibled house and senate that he contributed more than any other man to the nation’s origin. A silent witness to his fore-sight was the vast building of stone and marble in which the chief exe.’utive spoke. Washington once stood upon the summit 6f the hill which the capitol surmounts and with L’Entant, the Frenchman, pictured it and the city stretching on each side. Every member of the congre.^s'' lis tened intently from the house floor morrow to which much significance is attached here. America for years ha.s insisted up on the open door policy in China and civil engineer who, during the earlyfuU statement of th^ nation’s posi- years of "his son’s life, moved about through Virginia, Ohio, and West VIi« ginia as his career led him. After a secondary education divided between ‘Ihese states, young Wysor entered Virginia Military institute, where he graduated with honor in 1915. In No tion fin the far eastern crisis i.s look ed for, involving an elaboration of original John Hay open-door policy. Chinese Still Hold Shanghai, Feb. 24. —Japanese air men bombed the Chinese strohgho'.d at Kiangwan in a furious attack that' viMnber,* 1916, he entereel the army i . j ^ . with his eyes on the seething cauldron . ^ of war-torn F.aropc. Here hiacan'or .a ‘ still .swept the enemy with an ever- e*on-itant ri^le and machine gun fire. airplanes in turn bombed Japanese hearlfjuartcrs noxr Kiangwan, misirirg their target by ce.s8ory. ^ Jury Foreman Jam^s M. Donnar. rc-j turned up the mattress and found the - .t- . oo j j j u . .1- ■ ported to Judge Shipp when court con- quilt under it and that quilt was p-ut ' ordered between thei 1 .1 • * . _ aJ A A4*A ... .... .. vened this morning that.“it seems im-: over the body after the killing. , ^ j t. possible to reach a verdict." They! The speaker declared that if Henry Pitts and Browning, were told to retire again, but shortly. jUsor had wanted to kill his father it I The/ tabulated result of the Crowds had gathered at the wide plaza of the capitol and filled the gal- leriee when the president arrived just before noon. Most of the members of congress tw'o candidates receiving the highest j were also in the house chamber. “Proudly we report to our fore urope a soldico" led him in March, 1918. As a where reminders of the part the fir«t! and then a captain in thej Two Chinese president played in framing a govern-1 divKsion, he met his “baptism of ment grown greater and more power-1 historic eng^bments at ful through the years. . ( hateau-Thierry, St. Mihiel, and the The meetinit at the capitol was the 'rKonne. H.a penod of aervu-e over- ^ . focal point of a celebration which cx-|«'»» lasted e.ithtcen months, tLmki ftKlitinK. The .lapance^i-I tended over the country and it sym.| Upon his return. Captain Wysor , ^ a dciiLtc attenint to t ke boliied that of the nation. »»» stationed successively in AUanta, - “'''‘‘"'I’' "> in Columbia, S. C., and in Raleigh, N. C., where he served in the military department of NoKh Carolina State college for four years. Subsequently Ki.mgwan in the darkness before* dawn. Their batteries on tlw* Kiaog- Wan golf course opened fire on the Chinese positions, but the artillerv at- swI s\/«■ K J vwss o. a#■ 1 vsj a ■ •• > . • • he was enrolled in the Infantry school | at Columbus, Ga., for one year. In 1919 Captain Wysor married first! fathers," the president said, “that the Miss Sarah Bell of Staunton. Va. They republic is more secure, more con- afterward reported their inability to would not have been necessary to call! will be found elsewhere in ^o-|atant more oowerful more truly day’s paper. Cuningham Rites Held At Rosemont come to a decision. ’They received the. others, case Monday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock.! pfcji jiqff Speaks ■' ! Phil Hiiff^ second speaker for the Bail Contested ' state, said the testimony of Coot Rich- Motion for bail ^as made by James aids had “stood like an iron wall be- H. Sullivan of the defense counsel jind cause it was fortified by the truth, was contested by Solicitor Homer S. i and it was not shaken by cross-exami- Bladcwell, who said he did not like j nation of defense counsel." Ernest j^ast of Family 1r m MT T *. hut La-"*™ County Dies Sunday tate to do so in this case. , , ; plot and as soon as he was faced with * j Judge Shipp said he could not re-; it, made a confession, showing that he In Greenwood. fa« tMdt because of the twe theorioa. was joot JikeuL-seasonedja:iro|nal advanced during the trial. ~ 1 Tt was a conspiracy, Mr. Huff One, he said, was the teatimony of charged. Henry was in debt, I.athan Ernest Hitt and Coot Richards, Ne- Crisp was behind with his rent, Eu- gro, for the sUte, and the other was gent Crisp was a fugitive from At- the alibi testimony offered by wit- lanU, Ernest Hitt was short in his liesses for the defense. ——aroounta with the Greenwood Dry great than at any other time in its history.” George Washington needed no can onization, Mr. Hoover reminded, but he added that the people of the nation needed to renew the inspiration that oomee from him “as the builder of a syat4un of national life.” inmosD alf of the 3Ut president’s now have three children, Robert, 11; Elizabeth, 8, and Mary Kent, 3. Prior to his assignment to Presby terian college, Captain Wysor served Then they shifted the .style of their attack, in which for almost five day^ they ha<l sought to capture Kiangwan. focal point midway of the Shanghai battle lire frewn Chapei to Woosun,?. and took to the air in a .spectacular offensive. for three year, in P.n.m«. He under-1 u»«l 250.p«und nii.v took hie present work M profeKor of I "l)r to obliterate ? t ? A M H wl ♦ ^ n 1 AWm I Chinese defense and open the way for Japanese soldiers to enter the belea guered village, focal point of the bat tle on the Chapei-Woosung front. Te Send More Men military science and tactics in the fall | of 1929. Since that Ume he has de veloped the military department until now it is active in many fields of col lage life, and is one of the most popu- fease. W. R. Richey requested the court to make special notation that his name was William Rasor Richey. Mr. Richey was followed by Phil D. Huff for the state and Mr. Huff was followed by Ralph T, Wilson for the upstairs room. And Henry Rasor pick ed a night for the crime when his youngest son was attending a picnic, his daughter was away from home spending the night with a friend, his oldest son was in the bath room and M»‘s. Rasor was reading a book." The speaker attacked the claim by illness. He was 78 years of age. ! Cleanfn^'lc^pahyr and they picked ♦ ""The funeral services wei^ conducted Arguments Heard ' * Negro with a criminal record tojat “Rosemonti’ Monday afternoon at 4 All of Monday until the charg* by Judge Shipp, the court w«, taken up, Th' only ax.laUnoe Henry I^or wXarguments by opposing co.inx-.-l. ^r. Huff de- The sUfe-8 care waa opened with ,h,' »«» argument of Otia P. Huff for the de GreenwoodTFet'. 21 .^^^^arefice ingham, last membeir of the imm ate family of “Ro«emont’’ of Laurens 1 Alexandria, frequented county, died^ at the Greenwood hos-,. Washington in the pre^revolution- pital yesterday morning after a long ^^en the capital was a day was given to honoring the mem- departments in the collie curricu- ory of the fir*t. ccompapied throughout the day by rI w i^a^ii ' 11 I r ,1 ^ .m.-c- « StIi ~i it h—i am i i ■ ■ ^ Tokyo, Feb. 23. — The cabinet ds- rifle team in 1 dded today to double the strength of lum. The addition of a • v . his first year aroused interest and en- i Shanghai expe<iitionary force. The decision was r^acheil after the for luncheon and within twei'^o''’ every spring a well-coached team TT>TnllCefiniiT^i^?W'ThT6rrtWd‘4^at''th ^8 ?““?..'“: n,.Uhe. L n,.;k.n«l»hip with col- Uhincue h.d ,ucce8,fully xtopped ftc - Mr. efunningham was a son of the;^^^^ marched past. The :ae Capt. John Cuningham of “Rose- , stretch of^ marshland across the Po tomac. — Re stood in a reviewing stand with Governor Pollard of Virginia as thou air was sharp but the sun had a touch of marksmanahip lege teams all over the country. Un der his direction, and with the valu able assistance of Lieutenant A. N. Taylor, and the-cooperation of Coach .Johnson, tSe military "d^artmeflt'has sponsored all phases of intra-mural athletics, encouraging students who do not make varsity teams to take latae mont" and Charleston. His grandpar ents were Capt. Robert Cuningham and Mrs. Louisa Bird Cuningham. His father’s sister, Ann Pamela Cuning- ham, was the founder of Mount j ' " i Captain Wysor has been a fine citi- Vernon a'ssociation and its first re- There still remained for the chief taking an active interest in civic gent and the person who conceived ! trip to Mount Vernon, j the idea of buying the Washington L TX.ji^xx ' ever they are needed. For the past warmth in it. Bands blared at spaced IPart in outdoor sports For the past intervals throughout the priK-essibn. I two or three years Captain Wy.sor Bi-c«ntennial year or no. Alexandria |*»as been voted the mo.st popular pro marches each year on Washington’s j ^be campus. a defense. R. E. Babb next followed for. , , . zu * in u v j u u r,oi«,.rxx,i K,.' the defense that Erneat Hitt had been the state and he was followed by j ..'r-u, put through he third degree. “Talk about the third degree,” he said, “if James H. Sullivlin. The defense’s ar guments were closed by 0. L. Long. Solicitor H. S.^ Blackwell closed for the state. As during the previous four days of testimony, the court room during the arguments was packed with eager lis teners. The concensus of,.ppinion day’s close was of oratory were tTTe most eJoqaent and anybody ever got the third degree it was poor W. C. Rasor. Henry, his son, hoodwinked him and Lathan Crisp laid hihi low.” Ralph W’ilson , . J # u A • I - ]*HHne of Washington memorie.s.' ^^er they home to be preserved for the Amen-jyi^t^ members of his cabinet and months he has been doing fine can people. ^ . th^ wives around him and bundles work as director of Clinton’s cam- For the past 20 years Mr. Cuning-gpectators deep-packed in a wider ham hnd been a resident of I^urens | Hoover placed a wreath county, living on part of the Cuning ham estate near Waterloo. He is sur vived by two nephews. Noble Banks, upon an ivy covered brick tomb with the significant inscription: “Within thii .enclosure resU the remains of of Detroit, Mich., and Charles Banks, of Denver, Colo., and one niece, Mrs. Ralph Wilson, next speaker for the I W. B, Burney, of Columbia. He is also A defense, pointed to a number of dis-! survived by a grand-nephew, Ross concensus o . ^n cm which lie said were found] Cuningham, of Knoxville, Tenn., and _ ^ ^ iaifee testimony of Coot Richa^^ grand-niece, Kathleen Cuningham,! NatSot.al I Ernest Hitt. They didn’t agree oh the'a feather in Alktlf county. i F.HujHtinn ikiioctftlton meetirar in! light in the Rasor home, he said, and Walking back to the coloniakrOJan- j lunate, sion overlooking the Potomac, Mr. | Hoover again talked of Washington, j rv L a He told his hearers, many of them 1 OCOdlUIC Japanese onslaught. 'Ihe army n .v has 25,000 men at Shanghai and the new reinforcements will bring it ta 50,000. Lieutenant General -Kenkichi ,Uyed,a. ._^ aimy commandervin the field, refused to request more men, but .Memora Shigemitsu, Japan’s’ minister to China, and Vice Admiral Kithisaburo Nomura, commander of the fleet ia Shanghai waters, joined in the appeal. The war office explained that Get - eial Uyeda hail declined to a.sk for re inforcements in accordance with th? Samurai code, which requires him to disdain an appeal for help. The chief of staff and other high military officials, uneasy about the lack of progres.s made by the Japa- ne«se attackers, urged that additior.ai the winter relief pro^fram^ and is now]»n®n be sent. The.se officers were woe- turning its attention to securing uot only by the inability of t;y» , permanent social center to minister to,'*®P*uese forces to dispose of the Oi - the needs of the destitute and unfor-iucse I9th route army but, also by alamring reports that units of Chiang Kai-Shek’s national guard, the bsjit paign for the needy. His organization has raised enbugh money to handle impressive heard in the Laurens court house within the memory of those ^ ^ ^ *1. 1 *• t L J J D Au.. were not together on the location of who attended. Running the scales of , ^ ^ „ . . emotion from scathing denunciation of defendants and witnesses to elo quent tributes to a mother’s love, the flow of oratory held the large assem blage of people practically spellbound for an entire day. O. P. Huff Speaks. Otis Huff was -the first speeker. the car at one time, Ernest saying it The last two are children of hir ?phew, Hugh Bank lost his life when was at the potato patch, one also .say-1 historic home of the Cunirghams, was ing Eugene had on shoes and the oth er thar he was bare-footed. Hitt said meeting mr . rz . ^ u u i Washington,: “You come from all nephew, Hugh Banks Guningham, who country, which wer^un- i^A u.. ...u„„ ‘Roaemont, the Washington, but helenvis- Henry had the liquor and Coot said trained troops ift-'China, were arriv ing at the front to join the 19th. Lieutenant General \‘>adao -Aral:-T minister of war.' presented the reir- rToreement problem TO the cabmet a: , a meeting early today. Previously tec war minister had hwn waited on a: burned in August, 1930. Banks Cun ingham his name changed to con- tie7aVe old "stories'to ”the~city'na-ed A number of debates have been ar- „ ranged between Presbyterian college jj^jg hy a group of military Ica;- aged their greatmws. . , , . ,debaters and representatives of other ers, who told him of the latest d -- Gatherings of officials and ceiebn- Following is the schtnlule so quieting news from the front. wasn’t to watch and Hitt said he was to watch. ^ ... .A»A- : Mr. Wilson charged that if Ernest ooemng the argument for the state. l a al u 1 the theory th.t de.ire '’“t for the W. C. R..or estate prompted •'''/ .«rry»i* Eugene home Henry to enter into the alleged con-1 «"<' • Ua.—,, i ^hrdugh the window, and he asked epiracy. ^ „ j r-^A ^ 'the state bad not proved by J. B. cumsttnc^ he Hitt and Ws wife that Ernest came in and Lee Payne lived on a farm man-. J V u- Ua...... -«ai T .Aiaean ^hc caF at 12 o’clock instead of U. as aged by him. Henry and Latnan cnsp • v •. aIu chummy and Erne.8t Hitt ,„d . I"* Eugene Criap were buddies. Henry'“n>™-The speaker contended Wks unable to procure what he want- e<4 from Jake and at that time Jake far arVanged; i wishes of his uncle thatij^^. honored today. The .•'udi- Eugene had the liquor. Coot said he i the family name might be preserved, j Uoover at the capitol, . . , . ^ Mr. Cumngham was a graduate of 1 included not only members ^‘^rop college affirmative, at Win- Princeton university in the class ofl^^ congress but justices of the su-' throp, at 4 p. 1H|J7 and was a college mate of Wood- row Wilson. RUN OFF BALLOT HELD AT LAURENS preme court, ambassadors and minis-1 March 14—P. C. negative vs Ers- ters of ferliign governments, cabinet ikine college affirmative, at Clinton, members, representatives of the army j March 14 — P. C. affirmative and navy, and the chief executives of ] Rr.skine college negative, at states. Laurens Minister Is Expert Poultryman vs; OT irom riiar-ii* hand. Hitt came through the had made no will. Charlie was i.* and gone and Elarle was in California. ' Eugene Cri^ was “on the run" from Atlanta on account of a liquor charge. Henry conceived the plot, Mr. Huff declared, and added: “Henry tells you he was on good terms with his father,^ but if he had been he could bs — tered the house without help from the outside." f , H^ .described the scene in the home. open window, he stated, and he went out the same way. Hie speaker aIs-y said the testimony did not show that Ernest* and Eugene were together be- ween 7 and 8 o’cloeje. R. E; ^bb ~' Mr. Babb, speaking for the state, said lli^ Rasor waa^brougnt to his Laurens, Feb. 23.—In a city run-off primary today, T. P. Kendrick was nominated as a member bf the light and water commission, defeating Clar- t“T'’ •ri,“,ll‘"'*j' ’’*''J”",Z Uice E. ToIli.on, the vote being .Mg to and 8 o'clock with the glass of niilki^ ’ • 4S2. Kendrick will succeed W. R. Mc- Cpen. Herman S. Boyd got the nomi nation for alderman in ward one, win ning over F. W. Zimmerman by a vote of 51 to 49. In ward four John F. Montgomery was'renominated over Carl Allen Braiblett by the vote of 97 to 84. Ih the first primary a week ago J. M. Donnan was efectad al^ermUn In the galleries were others known in officialdom and society. Henry Renamed Watts MiU Head lAturens, Feb. 20. — The Rev. \V. Rjy .Ander-^on, resident of East Ma\i street who takes special pride in thi West. ! clas's and variety of his poultry indu - March 24—P. C. negative vs Mercerj try, each year sets an ambitious g al university affirmative, at Clinton, at in the matter of production, either of 8 p. m. " jCggs or chicks, and sometimes both. March 29—P. C. negative vs New-! I-ast year, with a stock of about 75 berry college affHjmative, at New-! hens, he set out to raise 1,000 chicks, berry. charging that Eugene Crisp cut Mr. Rasor’s throat with the knife, ’ hU bloody tracks having been traced to a [ Ws grave, Jake by his side, and Coot roon'^upstairs^ wheri; the knife was i Richards’ soul gone to another war'd, found and C-oot Rkhardi had describ- i Pointing to a motive, Mr. Babb re ed him as coming f4om the house in | Penned to Hen/y’s straitened financial his bare feet. Ernest Hitt; a yauth.!;ircum8UntCi. cwing about $4,000 fdom -ward two; J. Jfanley Adams, death surrounded only by his murder-) ward three; H.I D. Gray, ward five, ers, and stated if the key hadn’t^been j and E. D. Easterby, ward six. Boyd where Jake expected te find ititliree would have been dead, W.,jC. Rasor in and Adams wiH be new members of council. Laurens, Feb. 19. — The annual meeting of-the stockholders, of the Watts Mills Manufacturing ..company was held Wednesday at the offices of the company. R. E. Henry, president f when he saw i (Continued on page two^ Miss Ella Little of G; 'W. C.^'and April 5—P. C. affirmative vs New berry negative, at Clinton. The regular triangular debates be tween Newberry, Wofford and P. C. will be held later in the season. The question to be u?ed in the de- batM i8. “Rwolyed: That fongress The board of directors consisting of i . 'r , . nine member. w« redeeted: ^ g.!’Jould eni«t IW8lAtion pr^idiw for Hen^, B. G.. Emery and J. E. Sirrine, tlHi.centralized control of induatry. Greenville; Nathaniel Stevens, R. T. Stevens and W. J. Gallon. New York; W. A. Watts, R. E. Babb and Geoj^;^ H. Blakely, I^aurens ' ard wound up by July 25, with 1,025 chicks from hatchings of 1,133, in ad- TAX COLLECTIONS •Columbia, Feb. 23. — State income ditkm to 136 pheasants and 57 guin eas. Mr.: Anderson doesn’t use inciriia- tors or brooders, for he gets results *n ,the old fashioned way. At this time he has 163 chicks, with more thafi a dozen hens soon to hatch. Pirilets from January hatchings laid the latter part of May. j Mr. Anderson a few years ago had i a hen that liyed to be 14 yeMrn old and for a long time she raised four broods of chocks a year. At this time he has in tiie yard a rooster that is an ffspring of the prolific chicken hen MLss Catherine Jones of Queens-Chi Cora college, Charlotte, spent the week-end here with the latter’s par ents, Dr. and ■MitenMaHMiHnM Mrs. F. D. Jones. At a subsequent meeting of the di-. tax and corporation license tax col-iwitb a record. Last year one of rectors, R. E. Henry, president; W. A. Watts, vice-president, and C. S. Link, aecretary and assistant treasurer, were elected for another year. BHMHiei "7^- mmm lections to date total $1,785,056J^. Corporation license taxes yielded $1,- 034,592.29 and Income taxes $750,- 463.97. Anderson’s hens, nrobably a chip the old blodc, hateWd five broods, ing the industrious ancient mc^lie I ken one better at a setter. :v\ \j' ■■ 'f-- "m.. 'A