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VOLUME XXXII
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1932
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RASOR MURDER TRIAL
RESULTS IN MISTRIAL
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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
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PRECINCTS
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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