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■I,- / V THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1932 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE T COUNTY TREASURER'S NOTICE ‘ . 1931 books of the County Treasurer win be. open for the collection of taxes for the fiscal year, 1931, at the Tr««3urer’s office from Octoibci^ '5th to December 31, 1931. After J«?cem- ber 31 one per cent will bi added. Af ter January 31st, two per cent will be added, and after February 29th, sev en per cent Will ^be added until the; 15th day of .Marcii, 1932, w’hen the books will be closed^ A.l perso-is owning property in moR* ‘'lan school district are re quested to call for receipts in each of the several schcH>l districts in which the v.voperty is located. This is im portant, as additional cost and pen alty may be attached. All able4>odied'' male citizens be tween the ages of twenty-one (21) and sixty (60) years of age are liable to pay a poll tax of $1.00. Commuta- tion Road Tax $1.50 in lieu of road duty. All able-bodied men between the ages of 21 and 55 are liable to road duty except those in milithry service, school trustees, school teach ers, ministers and students. Proper attention will be given those who wish to pay their taxes through the mail by check, money order, etc., giving name of township and number of s'i:'>'ioI district. Tike tax levy ib %i. follows: State Tax 5 mills Ord’nary Oounty Tax 6H mills Road and Bridge .....8 nfills Rail road F'‘nd 1 mill CRIME OF KIDNAPP^G BECOMII^i^ORE COMMON P. C. Debate Men Lose To Winthrop at the' • ^ *^1 J, i (Written fo^^The Chronicle by Calebjbid for their services. The records ofj State Collesre Girls aH Rock Hill PAGE SEVEN Solons Facing New Problenu Road Bonds , 6*>i mijlls .J- Past fndobtedness Statewide School (6-0-1) Weak Schools' High Schools Constitution**' School 3 mills 4 mills 1 mill 2 mills 3 mills illM i ilis i Tot.Ll 49 •r'ill.s I.anrcns School Districta No. 1, Trinity-RlQ^;e 16% mills No. 2, Pro.spect-..." .16 mills No. 3, Barksdale-Narnie ... 17% mills No. 4, Bailey „ 7 mill-s No. 5, Copeland-Fleming 8 mills No. 6. Oak Grove 6 mills No. 7, Watts Mills 8 mill Ne. 11, Laurens 22 mil! No. 12. Ora 11% mi Y'^ungs School Districts No. 2. Frit) dship (D-6) No. 4, Pethar.;’ 12 mills No.'5. Grays 17 mills No. 6, Central 10% mills No. 7, Yoiings 17% mills No. 8, Warri9r Creek 15 mills No. 10. Lanford 24% mills No. 3-B, Fountain.Inn 24 mills Dials School District.^ No. L Greenpond - 10 mills No. 2, Eden ,17% mills No. 3. Shiloh (Sul. 17) 22 mills No. 5, Gray Court-Owings 24 mills No. L-3, Barksdale-Narnie 18% mills No. 8. Merna (Sul. 17) 22 mills No. 3-B. Fountain Inn . 24 mills Sullivan School piktrirts No. I, Princeton 22 mills No. 2. Mt. Bethel ; 15 mills No. 3, Poplar Springs 25 mills Mo. 7, Brewerton mills No. 17, -Hickory Tavern 22 mills Railroad Tax 3 mills Waterloo School Districts Norl, Mt. Gallagher 12 mills No. 2, Bethel Grove 9 mills No. 3, Ekom (Sul. 17) 22 mills No. 4. C^enter Point 14 mills No. 5, Oakville 8 mills No. 6, Mount Pleasant 13 mills No. 7. Mt. Olive 21| mills No. 14, Waterloo 8 mills Cross Hill School District N^. 13, Cross HiH 21% mills Johnson Through Autocaster Service). Never before since the world began has the interest of so many persons been focused upon a single individual, and that individual a child less ^an two years old. The kidnapping of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., from his crib in the country home of his parents, the famous flier and “Anne,” on the slope of Sourland mountain near HopewMl, N.i J., in stantly crowded all other pews off the front pages of the press of the-entire world. Thel trouble between Chin^a and Japan, the v^lly important activities in Washington looking toward the re vival of busihess and industry, every other kind of news which ordinarily takes first place was relegated to the background. The only thing people all over the world wanted to know was: “Has the Lindbergh baby been found?” Presidents and kings telegraphed their sympathy to the stricken young parents. Nurse-girls in Paris and Lon don, mothers in San Francisco and Berlin and Tokyo, every-human being charged with responsibility for a child, felt^a new feai? guarded the lit tle ones as they had never been guard ed before and joined in the World-wide prayers foT the safe return of the lit tle son of the “Lone Eagle.” The po lice resources of the nation were mobi lized with a single purpose, the dis covery of the child and the capture and punishment of his kidnappers. In congress a bill to make kidnapping across inter-state lines a federal of fense punishable by death was al ready under consideration, and its dis cussion took precedence over meas ures of the greatest economic import. Power Bill, School Law and! Im- the EnKlish courts in the Ute , ijphoid Question On Central-f cal Bonds Are Measures To names, of men atw women who had j Control Of Industry. ^ _| B6 Considered, been convicted of crime and were thus' ' ^ ““ sent to America;, rnany of these j Woman won another word battle h GoIumbiaT March 14.^With the vex- names, moreover, are those of fami- against men Friday night when Win- lies now proud of their t;olonial des- Jiciary committee aft^ a- atod:i^ ♦X I commendations of the-poWer tik^ investigating committee. A house joint resolution providing an investigation of the office of state,';' bank examiner is one of the issue# fore^the* senate.' Important propoeals for changes in the 6-6-1 school law also are before the senate. One bouae measure would reduce' teachers’ sal aries 10 per cent and another would cent! But the critnih'al/cburts did not; thAip college defeated the Presbyte- supply enough l^bor for the American I rian debating team at Rock Hill. On demand, “^o organized bands of negative side of the que.stion, “Re- “crimns'',in\London took up the prac-^ , , ae. .. . , , ticnf%»ayl.Ving young boya and selh i T**’* '^“ngress should enact ing them to unscrupulous shipmasters ,1^ogislation providing for [the central- '''Jf jftppropfiations bill temporarily reduce 'Operating time for school# shunted into conference, South Caro- from nine to eight'mmiths, provided iina lawmgikers this week will take *900 hours of ten^luhg are given, steps to dispose of, other important pending legislation. Members of the free conference, committee in whose hands the appro-j priations measure has been placed! W'ho would bring them across the -\t-'ized control of industry.” J. N. Dendyl"^'^^ return to Columbia tonight to be-{ liintic and sell them at a profit to the j c. t ai. * * 1.1 . their deliberations, while other! colonial planters. This practice be-1senate and house members will re-j ?ame known in the slang of Ixindon’s, suade the judges to their point ,of turn tomorrow. underworld as “kidnapping.” In the j view. early law hooka the word la used only; The-quejtion fo - debate was seTect- when a person .a «nt out of h>s or,^ pj ^onorarv de- her native country, but It has come to , _• r .. L mean any forcible capture and impris-1 ^ * I The speakers for Winthrop had al- (inment of an individual by another without process of law. Most modern kidnappings, however, have had adults rather than children as their victims. According to Col. j Robert Isham Randolph, head of .Chi- cago's “Secret Six,” an> organized gang of kidnappers has recently suc ceeded in many cases in abducting wealthy men, or men with wealthy connections, and in extorting huge sums of money in exchange for their lives and liberty. Similar gangs are FERTILIZER ...AND..'. , FERTILIZER MATERIALS I represent the Growers’ Sap- Co., Atlanta, Ga. Let ready defeated the^CaroIina debating team earlier In" the season. As expon ents of the affirmative side. Misses, Loretta W’^illiamson and Mary Vaughn I *55 held for the centralized control of in dustry as beneficial to this country, pointing out New Zealand as an ex ample of a country trying this plan. They pointed out the serious evils in the present economic situation, show ing how these would be remedied by A bill proposing taxation and regu lation for the electric power cumpan- . ies of the state will be before the j 1^'^ house tomorrow in addition to a bill QUOtc you pric6S on FcrtiHsCf’ to give the state sinking fund (-'om- Umd Fertilizer Materials.' mis.sion control of local bond issues. ' * - The latter measure is set as a spec ial order tomorrow. The power regu latory bill was introduced by the jo- T.GHARRIS CLINTON, S. C. said to have operated in Detroit and | Kovernment control, elsewhere. Charles M. Rosenthal, a The debaters for Winthrop showed young New York broker, was kidnap- themselves well acquainted with the ped by a gang which released him 1 questions and masters of their points, wheh his mother paid the $50,000 ran-1 g^d Abrams attempted to <som demanded; but the four members I governmental control wasi ANOTHER BIG EXCURSION S2.00 Clinton To Atlanta and Return For All Trains March 25. and 26 and Morning Trains March 27. Return limit Marjch 29th. SEABOARD Consult \V. H. Shands, ARent, Clinton, S. C. There was hardly a place of worship * 1 *or nan . .. . , ij o . 4 * r. .V I90d, collected $2;),000 ransom, con- in tho w’hole world, Protestant, Cath- , ’, . . „ fessed his crime and lived to write a of the gang were later captured and sentenced to 60 years ea(;h in jirison. Kidnappers have sometimes been 4, . let off lightlv. Pat Crowe, who stole h^‘‘>on to the individual, and po-nting young Eddie Cudahy at Omaha impossibility of state cooper- unnecessary and impracticable, show ing the disadvantages of such a con- olic, Jewish, MohammedaTr~or Budd hist, in which prayers for the child’s safe return were not offered during the week-end following the night of .March first, when the little one was ^kon from his crib and carried down ’a rough ladder which had been placed at the window of his sleeping room. The kidnappers left a note demand ing $50,000 ransom money for the re turn of the little boy. For once public z4 mills^ sentiment swept aside all consider ations of cold law and abstract jus tice and applauded Col. Lindbergh’s announcement that he would pay the money and make no effort to capture the criminals if they would only bring book about it, but was acquitted when placed on trial. But the record of most kidnapping cases is the sarnie sad story; no trace of the child ever found anfl the identity of the kidnappers never discovered. No trace has ever been found of ten-year-old Giace Budd, who went away from her New York home in the summer of 1928 :.:‘a ^"rk ."'■rThrouKh . ... • ^ 4 1 • • A . - "Parker” been seen in the vicinity *:ince or his real name discovei*ed. And that is only one of thousands of siivi- •ar cases. The earliest record of kidnapping is found in the Bible, when Joseph s back his baby boy. Not even the "^^*41 j)n>thren sold him to the Egyptians crimes. » Hunter School DiHtruts * N®. 3, Rock Bridge 6-mills No. 4, W'adswcrth 8 mill# No. 5. Clinton .. 23 mills No. 6, Goldville 18 mills No. 7, Belfast r. ' 8 mills No*. K-t9, Kinards 8 mills No. R-42, Reederville .. .i 13 mills No. 16, Mountville 21 mills Jacks School Districts No. I, No white school 4 mills No. 2, Shady Grove -11 mills No. 3, Renno 16 mills No. 4, No white school 3'mills No. 6, O’Dell’s -13 mills No. 7, Gariington 3 mills No. IS/HinriciMw^^ .....,^ 6 mills ScuffletoWii School Districts legalistic minds could find it in their hearts to criticize. The kidnapping of a little child is the foulest offense against society and the individual that it is possible to imagine, and its per petrators deserve the worst punish ment ihat society has power to mete out; but of greater importance thaa the punishment of the criminal is the lift and safety of the child itself. So the Lindberghs felt, and the world agreed with them. Kidnapping for reward is a form of ciim^ which has become increasingly prevalent with .fhe rise of gangsters^ and racketeers in recent years. There have been many scattered instances of this crime in the past, to .be sur^, but it is only lately'that organized crimmal gangs have made it a source of rtwenue on a large scale. It is one of the easiest of all crimes fco perpe trate, whether the victim be a child or an adult, and the deteition of the kidnappers and the rescue of the per son kidnapped is peculiarly difficult because of the danger that the crimi nals, if cornered, may kill theiF vic tim, or leave him or her locked up to starve while they make their escape. Probably the most famous child kid napping case of all time, certainly in the United S^tates, before' the abduc tion of little Charlie Lindbergh, wasi the kidnapping of Charlie Rpss. That occurred on July 1, 1874, and the my.:-|^' tery of the little boy’s fate has never been satisfactorily solved. Charlie Ross was four years old when he was taken from his parents’ home in (Jer- mantown, Pennsylvania, by tvso men. His captors were seen but never ac curately identified. They tried to ex tort jcgnsomirpm-the boy’s parents,^ but were never clever enough to de vise a £lan whereby the money they That was a clear case of kidnapp.ng for money. Human nature being A/hat it is, anTl differing little today from what it was thousands of years agi>, it is certain that there will l>e kidnap pings in the future, as in the pa.st. But whi’e society cannot protect itself against the individual, occasional of fense of this kind, it certainly seems us if something could be done to wipe out the criminal gangs who make a' business of this most vile of all ation in centralization on a national scale. ♦ These two men will debate Mercer university representatives later in ihe •lea^on. Track Men Keep On Despite Cold H, P, HENRY F. M. BOLAND H. D. Henry & Company INSURANCE STOCKS . BONDS - REAL ESTATE LOANS NEGOTIATED Daily Work-Outs In Prepara tion for Florida Meet. r COLD SPRINGS AND SUMMERS There have been other cold springs and records of frigid summers are not lacking. .The Anderson Independent reports: 1804—Ckitton killed in May. 1816—The cold summer. 1818 — Great drought. Cotton 32 cents pound. 1827—Mild winter. Leaves and cot ton not killed. 18.30--Great drought. 1835—Februay 7, the cold Saturday. 1840—Harrison’s freshet in .May. 1844—Another cold summer. 1849- Great sleet April 15. In spite of the cold that has held the campu.s in it.s grip during the past week, Coach .McMillian has put his men through their regular daily drills. No very hard work could be done. Runners were greatly slowed uji by .the cold, spending much time running the kinks out of their legs, and try ing to build up their endurance. Coach McMillian is not putting any stress •n speed during the cold. The meet with Florida, on March 2.'), is only tw’o wt*eks a'v\’ay. Two- injuries have been rworded among track men. Seriter, captain of the team has missed several practices on account of a bad ankle. J. Mc-1 F^huth. promising .sprinler for the! freshmen, sprained hi.s ankle while practicing the broad jump. The spvaiii is not seriJu8,»and he will probably W out again in the'next few days. ►Several of last year’s men are .showing up fine in the third week of practice. Osman h exhibiting form Hiat will more than likely break .sev eral of the state reeord.s this year. Gillespie and Parker, la.st year’s mile and two-mile men, are also showing great stuff. Senter, who was on last year’s relay team, is betraying. no 1851—January 21, second coldest of weakening. day known in South. 1855—Fine crop year. Hot summer. 1860—Largest cotton crop to date. Hot summer. . . 1862—^Great fruit crop. 1864—'Cool summer. No fruit. 1866— ^Hot summer. No fruit. 1867— Gieat crop and decline in prices. 1875—March 20, great cyclone. 1880—December 30, temperature at 1882—Largest cotton crop ever fall drou Presbyterian always Iniasts of an excellent track team and this year, .althoujy^ some thought ut the con trary nave la-en entertained since last .spring when Ritcie, Green, Ketchum, and some of the rest of the old war hor.ses left, Coach I>onnie Mac is be ginning to see excellent new material. Grandmcthei's BREAD (imia/mimwsKii • 20-oz. Wrapped Loaf SPARKLE Gelatin Dessert H 5c N, B. C. Jssoitei fluffs lb. 15c Kajali GARDEN RELISH 2 10 oz. jars 25c COFFEE SPECIAL RED CIRCLE lb. 23c BOXAR Ib. Till ('Ol'FKK SIT'HEMK 27c 8 O’CLOCK 3 lbs. 50c Mild miU Mellow Don’t Get Up Nights i: Malce This 25c Test ^ No. I,'Long Branch 8 mills ' demanded could be exchanged for the . No. 2. Musgrove 8 mills | boy without themselves being caught | ^4 cold No. 3, Langston - 3 mills j Two burglars who wefe killed j q^^^nnah river frozen No. 4, Sandy Springs 4 mills , Brookl^ a few months later were * summer. Temperature at No. to, Lanford 24% mills . thought to be the kidnappers of Char- No 12 Ora mills tie Ross but that was never shown to j'^ ”f. . ^ Persons sending in lists of names I be definitely true. For more than fifty to be taken off are requested to send 1 years men have turned up from time i them early and give the township and school district of each, as the Treas urer is very busy during the month ot December. D. ROY Slb^t’SON, County Treasurer. to time with “confessions” of being 1H88—Wet summer; poorest crop year in many years; no fruit. Great freshet September 10. 1889—Frost June 1. Abnormally and there have been numerou. i «'»• ‘•"■““K'' '“"‘"'I''- implicated in the Charlie Ross kidnap ping, and there have been numerous, nr.ttnn cases of men who knew nothing about y re a np*..h cron their own paata, earh believing that|'’"t “P “>1 *■•«“ P**^*' ‘’“I’' be might l>e the missing Charlie Ross, i But no definite* news of that boy’s [ , NOTICE Announcement VVe have put in a compleU line of Heavy Groceries. We will be Rlad to serve you. ^ ^ Conpletc line of Feeds of all kinds. fate has ever been discovered, and no Jq \ji Concerned: dependaible information about his cap- tors has ever been discovered. ^ The name of Charlie Ross b«»me a household word, and there is hardly an American over fifty who has bot some memory of th« furore which that crime caused. The word “kidnap” has its origin in London thieves’ slang. “Kid” is slang for “child” of course, and “nap” is a Lime Sulphur for spraying! | * slang expres-lNo. 6 We will change schedule of passen ger trains effective 12:01 A. M., Sun day, March 13th, 1932, and time at this etation will be as follows: Southbound: ..... 12^:33 A. .....rir:' 10:50 A. M. 3:i7 a. m. Northbound' 5:26 A. M.' nearly j physic the bladder easily. Drive out (impuiities and excessive" acids which I cause* irritation that results in leg Ipain.s, backache, burning and getting [up nisht.s, HU-KETS, the bladder, 1 phy.sic,' containing buchu, juniper oil,! I etc., works on the bladder pleasantly! and effectively a.s castor oil on the! bowels. Get a 25c box (5 grain size); fiTtm your druggist. After fobr days,! if not relieved of getting up nights goj hack and get your money, Y’ou are bound to feel better after this cleans j ing and you get your regular, sleep. Ixcally at KELLERS DRUG STORE YOUNG’S PHARMACY No. 11 No. 6 No. 207 Quickly Wins Neuritis Relief- fruit trees. Call 157 for Quick Delivery. -Y EXCHANGE *X:tiBtoii*8 Feed Store T. J . BUlock, Mer. ff 6:18 P. M Sion meaning to steal or snatch. Thelxo. 208 1:08 A. M word came into use in America’s co.| ^ h. SHANDS, Agent, , lonial days. ’There was a great demand ‘ Seaboard Airline Railway Co. i for labor in the American colon'es^iintim, 8. C., FInda Ooetor’a Praaerlptien That Stopa Faina Like Magic ■ufitrera arc a«ftmtf with the ipcci an# thorougbncH Ru-No- Ala conqucrc the Mver- aat pains af nauritla, Rianiaattaai an# luai- hac». It first 3 iocaa don’t stof nuct totcasa. Before the effort was begun to solve March 9, 1932. the IiDbor problem by the importation t of Negro slaves from Africa, it was SPECIAL OFFER the practice to sentence convicted Cosmopolitan and Good ifousekeep pains, mooef' win ha rtfaodad. •—wafhs llha- macto—swift and pow- srfol — rat absol'iitslr bamless. Contains no opiatas or narcotics. English criminals to deportation' to j ing with Home and Field and Harper’s the colonies, to work without pay, in j Bazaar—only $6.09 during March., Try this amasinf prescription that puts the bed-ridden on their feet free of .pain and read/ lor aork or play. Don’t waiti practical slavery, for planters who | JAMES W. CALDWELL I Sold by S.\ DLER-OWEN S PH A R.H AC V Pet or Carnation MILK 4 tall cans 29c Quaker Maid fa BAKED BEANS 16 02. ^ can OLD DUTCH CLEANSER UFE BUOY SOA^ 2.1N.1 POUSiL LUX FLAKES - 2 GOLD DUST 2 cant cau.i can pkgf. 8 im. prgs. 13c 19c 10c 19c 25c P&GSOAP' 7Cakes 19c (mIpad 0 fil OUbHIl 25 lb. Bat (1.15 1 lbs. yc CHEESE Fine Flavor lb. 15c £2' SHORtENING 8 Mb. Bttcket 59c LETTUCE, Iceberg 5c POTATO^, new Red Bibs, lb. 5c CARROTS, large bunch, 3 for 25c CELERY. lOa.. large stalk — 10c Cauliflowm’, trimmed, lb. .... 12V2 i .The Great Atlantic A Pacific Ilia Co i SgrriTjipniinii ■YuwgjLywaifgaffi