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'J V 1 \ 4- / : THE CHRONICLE • • Strivf^ To ^ a dean News* • • pa^r, ^Complete, Newsy. • * and Reliable. V I •mt 14 If Yad Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE Ton Don'’t 6^ The News. VOLUME XXXII CLINTON, S. C.-; THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1932 NUMBER 12 MANY KOIED INTORNADOES Fatality List Mounts "To 243 With. , 726 -Known Injured. Hundreds Left Homeless. Ala bama Bears Brunt of Storm. Bifroingham, Ala., March 22.—Two hundred and seventy-five persons were killed, possibly 2,500 others were injured and made homeless and unes timated damage wrought by a series DID YOU KNOW? w» mi ^ ^ iW- THAT — Harry Elwyn Sturgeon, prof€sspr*^of chemistry ait Presbyte- i-ian college, is one of the town’s most popular and versatile citizens, as well as one of the college’s bestrliked teachers. A member of numerous pro fessional honorary groups, a promi nent figure in intercollegiate athlet ics, both in the state and in the ^uth- of tornadoes that' ^pped into -five Soathem states lagt night and early j Intercollegiate Athletic associ- today. I ation, a charter member and past In the Shadow of 4he Terror By AU^t T Reui Alabama bore the brunt of the storm, one of the South’s major dis asters. Here 220 persons lost their lives whe'n the howling winds blew down their homes in two-score com munities. i , president of the local Rotary club, Mr. Sturgeon is continually occupied with activilUes in the interests of others. Mr. Sturgeon was bom'on October 18th, 1889, in Gibson, Iowa, where his . . . , . . father was a merchant. .At the age of Thirty-four were killed in (icorgia,|. . , ... .•,•14.01 ^ ^ * • V two he moved with his family to Clar-1 seventeen in Tennessee, two in Ken tucky and itwo in South CaroHna-, Not until broken communication lines were stored today was the full extent of the storm’s toll learned. The death li-st grew from only a few to move than a'hundred during the night, but re-Scue iTew.s aide<l by daylight and the re.'storation of communication brought reports that stmt the casual ty list mounting. The twisting winds struck fir.st at Norlhport, in northwest Alabama, killing 28 and injuring scores of oth ers. Traveling a roundabout course, the storm appeared next at IVemopo- lis, Faunsdale and Linden [in the .Southern section of the staU*. T)p«y Struck next in the northeast .section, hitting lx>max, Jhorsby, ('olumbiana and other communities. At the same time a t«>rnado dipped down on a half dozen communities in Tennessee. Five members of one fam ily .were killed near Pulaski w'hen they were-buried beneath the wreck age of their home. Five others lost their lives near Conasauga. .Another man who -W'as picked up and blown from sight by the wind has not been located and is believed dead. Other scattered casualties were reported and at Cleveland the .storm snatched an infant from its mother’s arms, drop ping it into a well where it drowned. Striking in nortl^astern and north western sections of Georgia, a tor nado took*‘more" than a score of lives near Dalton, Cartesvlile, Athens and Rome. Single casualties attributable to the stbrm were reported at ne<a- tur, Atlanta and Milledgeville, Ga. A path a quarter of\a mile long was left in l^Tiitfield and Muriwy counties in north Georgia, and chiirch- e.s^ homes and barns were wrecked. Ambulances at Dalton, Ga., in the vi cinity of which five <person.s were "kilTedT'^chugged over storm littereff roads, searching the nearby rural ion. Iowa, where he spent the forma tive years of grammar and high school eilucation. .After his gradua tion from (larion High school, in 1908, the family moved again, to Ster ling, Kansas, w here the elder Stur-' geon went into the farm impleme.it, business. Young Harry enteretl Ster-1 M ling college in 1909. Here, in the lab-[ oratories, he develop^*d that interest | in chemistry which was to determine | the course of his future life. He took; his B. A. degree, with majors in chf m-' istry and-mathematics, in 191.'L 1 The future chemist’s fir.st intro duction to the Southland followed when he secured a teaching position in Shenandoah (.’ollegiate institute,! Dayton, Va., immediately after com pleting his college copr.se. He held this position for a year, then went to Purdue university, I^ifayette, Indiana, where he was assistant in chemistry for two years ami earned his M. S. degree. But oiwe again he was claim ed by the South—this time as instruc- i tor in chemistry at the University of Arkansas, a position which he held for two years. ... From the University jof Arkansas, Harry Sturgeon entered the army up on America’s entrance into the World war, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in the sanitary corps. He ■aw overseas service for ten months, interesting himself in chemical war fare and even spending a short period in the laboratories of the University of Dijon. In August^ 1919, he was discharged with the grade of first lieutenant. Since that time he has maintained contact with army inter- elfs through the Officers’ Reserve corps, in which he has steadily risen to his present rank as major. In the fall of 191^, immediately af-j ter his discharge from the army. MRS. ARMOR TO SPEAK SUNDAY Famous Woman Orator To Ad dress YounR People In After noon. Union Evening Service At Methodist Church. On Sunday afternoon at the First Baptist church, Mrs. Mary Harris Ar mor, noted temperance orator, will ad dress a meeting of the young people i of Clinton. While this is a meeting I for the young people, all other Tnt«- ‘ |estod persons are invited. At 7:.10 on Sunday evening there will be a union service of all the churches of the city, in the Broad .Street Methodist church. Mrs. .Armor w'ill be the .speaker for this occa.sion. Those who know or have heard Mrs. .Armor speak of her a.s perhaps the greatest woman si>eaker in America connected with the temperan(|e cause. Her addres.ses are full of logic and are thought provoking. Newspaper testimonials are flattering to her^ ability. The general public 4s invited to hear this gifted woman. The following are a few press trib utes to the speaker: .An oration that will be reniembtfr- ed for years, Brooklyn (N^ Y.) pti- zen. ' 4^=--— Marvelous power to .sway the mul titudes.-—N’a.shville Tenne.sean. Faultless logic, InaU-hless elo quence.—St. Augustine^ ( Fla.) Kven- ing Record. . .An insidious humor that wou.d steal a smile from the lip.s of grief.— W^ M. Connoy in Elkdom. Brought the audience to its feet in ' a storm of long continued applause.— I (.kilumbus (O.) State Journal. i Stirreil the great Christian Kndoa- vor convention at the"*Coli3eum into wild enthusiasm.—('hicago Herald. Literally swept the throng with e •- ' quence. poetry, patho.s, wit, satire a.i J always logic and facts. — Richmond Virginian. At the Academy of Music awake"'- «d the audience to a pitch of enthui.- asm which brought the entire audi- ence^to its feet.—Philadelphia Nouh American. Lions Club To Stage Show ‘Henry’s Wedding,” Screaming Comedy, To Be Presented By Local Cast April 7 and 8th. Florida Meet Comes Friday Democratic Club Is Re-Organized Sturgeon, now a young man of thirty years, was called to Tfesbyteriari C(d- communities for dead and taking j lege, where he accepted the post as medical attention to the injured. head of the chemistry department. At Dalton an unidentified white [ he .still holds. Since that time man w’as blown to the top of a tree, the wind blowing a piece of wood through one of his arms. He hung he has taken graduate work during summer sessions at the University of Chicago, Columbia university, and the On Thursday and Friday nights, April 7 and 8th, at the Florida Street ^hool, the local IJons club will stage the sensationaf comedy, “Henry’s Wedding.’’ This show is an unusual production and will mark the high- point in entertainment in the commu nity for the season. “Henry’s Wed ding’’ is a rollicking comedy dealing with the trials and tribulations of a bachelor bridegroom of 55 getting married for the first time to a widow who has twice been married. This production -ia-JieIng staged^hrough out the^ntire United. States with un usual success, and everything points to a big production here. The find, rehearsal is called for to night and everything is in readiness to start the show off with a bang. A full list of the cast will be announced 8u.spended until daylight when he wasi Institute for Medical Re-jin a few days. rescued and taken to a hospital be-j3eii|.(.h jn New York city. ^ ^ lieved fatally injured. ^ The chemistry^ professor ^oes not One man was killed near Spartan-j lack professional honors. He has long burg, S. C., and at Gaffney, S. C,, a* been a member of the American Negro woman lost hef life in the col-j Chemical society, and has held the of- lapse of her dwelling. ; fice of secretary of the South Caro- Rescue workers pressed into wreck-j 1**^* Piedmont branch of that feder- ed communities and homes through- since it,was organized in out the tornado ravished areas all U927. Jle is also member of the Amer- day and tonight still were working Association for th« Advancement tirelessly in aiding the hundreds of'nf Science, the South Carolina a®adc- injured, and in providing shelter forjniy (lond' a mem^r of its council). those left without homes. The Red Cross was organizing in Alabama for quick relief of the in and the National Geographic society. Without question, the big sensation of the famous show will be the beaus and belles of “Grandma’s time,’’ a group of 55 of the Community’s most prominent men, taking the part of famous characters of the olden days. All are dressed in the height of fash ion of that time. This group will be introduced in coupl^ftfSiTis the laugh hit of the show. Another outstanding feature of the production is the “mystic shrine.” Af ter: Uncle Henry, the famous bride- Opening Meet of Season Sched uled For Tomorrow,. After Strenuous I^actice Period. Anxious to try their mettle in th« Dr. Dudley Jones Re-elected As President. Other Officers and Executive Committee Named. The meeting of the City Democratic first meet of the season, which comeaN^^^ ^**1 Thursday night in the Few speakers combine the spiritual tomorrow afternoon on Johnsoii “ 1 field, with the University of Florida, the Presbyterian tracksters are hard at work under the watchful eye ef Coach Ixmnie McMilliaiv The team has been working out for five weeks and is in tip-top shape for the Alli gators. tended by about- forty citizens. Dr. Dudley Jones was re-elected presi dent; W. P. Jacobs, vice-president; H. L. Eichelberger was elected secretary, and Frank Godfrey, treasurer. One executive committeeman from each ward was elected, as follows: Ward 1, H. D. Rantin'; Ward 2, Joe Although hampered early in thej^^- Leake; Ward 3, H. E. Kturgeon; 4)^-the--celd-weather.- Hdiy-ilipp; Wjird_^ _W__A .McMillian has had the boys working out regularly. On particularly cold days practice was held in the gym, but most of the time regular work has been <lone outside 911 the track.' Buchanan; Ward 6, Arthur Howard. The executive committee will meet at an early -ilate to .set the machin ery in ^motion for the approaching municipal primary in June at which time a mayor and .six aldermen will foree an<l oratorical ability of Mrs. Armor.—The Outlook, R. I. Drove home the truth with sledge hammer blows. —■ White Ribbon En sign, San Francisco. College To Get Stands Seats To Be Erected Through (■enerosity of ('linton Citizens and Business Firms. Nothing is known of the strengtlu^be electtnl for a two-year twm. The .Stands will In* erected on the base- will he appointed at that time, whose duty it will he to enroll all (lualifieil voters. of the Florida aggregation. However, the ’Gators should have a good team, since they have nad the opportunity under the sunny Florida skies of get ting in shape fo’’ this early season, meet. On this trip north they will i Local Citizen have two dual meets, journeying from j Clinton to Davidson, where they willj take on the Davidson college sptn-d- sters Saturday afternoon. enrolling committee for each ward hall field' at Preshyteriun college to acemnmodate spectators at the-games this .spring. There will be.one section of stands along tiff* first base line ami another .section near the third base line. This adiUli(*n to the still-new base- Loses Brother (hall field, which in the fall serves as a football practice field, is made p*^- For the past eight or nine y<?a^s i «|.oom, disappears, due to kidnapping. Professor Sturgeon has been faculty I the old faithful Negro cook decides to jured. and Governor B. M. Miller ap- chairman of athletics .at the college.'call in the Brethern and Sistern of pealed for eontribulion, for the stor« ''as been eleeted twee to the vi,e-,,he Mystic Shrine and hold a seance sufferers in a formal proclamation to the people of his state. Saying “there will he great »uffer- ing unless they were aided prhperly,” Governor Miller’s proclamation call- The Presbyterian team will be^j affectionately known as “Uncle Tom- strong in the di.stapce and middle dis-J mie," will regret to learn of the death tant 0 run.s, but /will l>e somewha4 brother., (leorge I). Young, weak in the field events and hu races. (>.snian, Stnter, Woods, Graham will bear the brunt the work in the dashes and middle dis- J I Friends in the city of T. R. Owens, «>Hle through the genen.-sity of Clin ton men and liusincs.^! concerns. Mr. .lohn H. Young, according to Coach .lohnsoM, hifs dotiatcd 15,010 ind which occurred Surtday at his-Pomar- f^.^t of lumber. 'Hie Industrial Supply ia home, companv will fuini.sh two kegs The WlowinK Hem ,m hl» death k. Tnhhle em-iiimnv v.i!l taken from a .Newlx'iiy paper: nf plane the hoards and otherwise gt. ed on people of the state to contrib-1 Rotary chib, and served that ute relief funds for distribution president’s chair in presidency of the S. I. A. A. organi-j vn jth the spirits, to see if “Uncle zation, and has been largely .re.«pon-i Henry” can be found, sible for bringing several important j The meeting of the “mystic shrine tfgek meetxto Clinton m the last fivejia an old-time spiritualistic meeting j(jo the pole-vaulting; Pinson jump, and Woods seems likely to en ter the broad jump. Ewing, Stamps, Rampey or Cheatham will toss the years. i It is made up q( 30 prominent men He was a charter member of the lo-Jand wonren talk with the spirits through the Red Cross. Cotton Crop-^ 1925 and 1926. Mr. Sturgeon married Laura! aiwi sing old^Bine Negro spiritualistic songs. Everybody enjoys this type' of enteilainment, and here is a real old- time Southern Negro spiritualistic tances, with Gillespie, Parker,Nandj Mr. George Duckett .Young, aged^^^‘'*‘ ^Hape for u.«e. Work will Zealy, all experienced men, runrXr.g 79, died at hi;^ home near’Pomaria as soon as labor can he found :o the mile and two-mile. Cojieland wYljj at 6 a. rn. Sunday morning, March 20, jf*'<‘ct the .‘^tamls. .Mr. (lUs Young h.^s lengt hjf Jllnes.s. Funeral ser- already vf 4U4^-4t-^-lengthj/-i]lnes.s. Funeral -&tirr_alri.a(lx sigmfied his iaigntion vices were conducted lTy_4he Rev. J. lending a helping hand in the pri>- Gain Washington, March 21.—^The 1931 cotton crop amounted to 16,.595,780 running bales, the census bureau re ported today in announcing final gin ning figures for the season. The 1930 crop was 13,755.518 run- Gilchrist, of Newten, Kansas, in LH7.j'meeting in all its glory. Their two children are Mary Jane, ’2,j Besides the group numliers, there and Harry Elwyn, Jr., 6. .Mary Jana ^ are 30 chorus girls who sing and is in the seventh grade and Elwyn is dance, all of which adds spice and just investigating the mysteries of!color to the show. — education \ from a commanding posi-| Watch The Chronicle for a list of tion in th^ first grade. j the cast and foV further particulars Professojr Sturgeon is known to his 1 concerning the show. Remember, you many frfends as a versatile gentle-] cannot afford to miss “Henry’s Wed- man with a gracious and obliging na-iding.” ture. His popularity among students discus and shot. The javelin is Han*^ died by Pin.son, b'reeman, and ‘Ram pey. Lowi'y and Lynn will be enter ed in th^ high and low hurdles. Sadler Enters . Mayor’s Race •M. Senter, irt 3 p. m. Monday after noon, with burial at Bethlehem Luth eran church. Mr. Young is survived by one half-j brother, T. R. Owens of Clinton; one; sister, Mrs. Ella Duncan of Whitmire; 1 and four daughters, .Mrs. W. Ktansell ! Belton of 'Betl'on, Mr.s. E. b'. Ulmer of ! Elloree, Mrs. T. P. Horger of Po- hparia, and .Mis.s Daisy Young of lex- Hrtgton. ceedings. W. M. -S. Meeting At Poplar Springs ning bales, or 13,93i..VJ7 equivalent j at the collep is explained by I r|«frian PVlOmUaR 500-pound bales, and the lt»29 crop,'dominating traits of his character—j VrOlimil Collegian Staff 500-pound ... - - - 4^. ... 14,547,791 running bales, or 14,824.-1 his thorough knowledge of every field. 861 equivalent 500-pound bales, ! to which he directs Ym attention, his' The 1931 crop, in equivalent 500-1 keen sense of what is fair and honest, 1 pound bales, by states, wai: |Ws genial sense of humor, and his<^ John “Turk” Qsman,-recently elect- Alabama, li419,527; Arizona, 114,- modest ,yet firm way of going a^iut. editor of The Collegian, announces 300; Arkansas, 1,892,053; California, 175,962; Florida, 43,164; Georgia, 1,- R. E. Sadler, proprietor of Sadler- Owens Pharmacy and well-known lo cal citizen, announces his candidacy 4n today’s paper for mayor of (4inton. He is the first candidate to enter the Services Tonight At Lutheran Church The quarterly meeting pf the ^ec- (»ii(i (iivi.«ion Woman^s Missionary so-' piety will he held wim’j’oplar Springs church Saturday, .March 26. The fol- 4<twing program has been announced' by .Mrs. Sloan Mahon, vice-pre.sident: 10:30 Devotional, .Mr.s. S. YI. Mel lette. Greetings .Mrs. H. J. Snider. Ke.xj'onse—Mrs. .Archie Owens* Brief reports: W. .M. S. Aims — .Miss Allene 393334; Louisiana, 899,274; Missis sippi, U,7443i^; Missouri, 288,189; his business in every sort of weather. ^ for the year 1932-33 as fol- lows^ Henry 5?torey, assistant editor. Gonzales Barron, business manager. Ben Covington, Jr., and D. M. Up- FEBRUARY HONOR ROLL for-WADSWORTH SCHOOL New Mexiqp, 98,127; North Caroliha,^ - ^ 756337; OkLshoma, 1360,745; South 1 First grade: Omega Monroe, Floyd ~ Carotinar 1,004.786; Teniws^, Henry Young. ‘ editors. , 461; ^Texas,^5321307; Virginia, 42,-j, Se<*ond grade: Ira Dominick. 484; all other states, 11307. Fourth grade: Martha Young IJterary staff: B. Graham, HI., J. W. Combs, Jr., J. C. McCaskill, Frank The number of ginneries operarted Fifth grade: William Buford, Fran-(Guess, W. I, Nexaen, T. H. Wingate, for the 1931 season was 14,151, com pared with 14,508 for the 1930 crop and 143|98 for the 1989 crop. ces Horton, Marion E. -Lawson. Tom Shinnick, Hastings Wyman, R. Sixth grade: Evelyn Nabors, Viv ian Nabors. E. MacK^ndre^, Barney MacLean, Juliiin Bolick, C. B. Barnwell. A [Holy Week .service will he held political arena for the approaching j ibis evening at eight o’clock at St. primary to be held in..June, and his'John’s Lutheran <hurch. Communiofi^FrankS. > announcement is expected to he fol- services have also been announce/^ at Why Train Y’oung People in Mis- lowed p others, both in the mayor’s i this church for next Sunday morning si^nary Service—Mrs. J. D. Mailer, and ald^manic races. ; 11 o’clock. A cordial invitation is ‘.Music—Poplar Springs. D^^ Sadler is not a new man in city 1 extended alT friends of the congrega-! Discussion on Sabbath Observance, politics, having offered for alderman j tion to attend "both services. (iij j; h. Washington. from ward three two years ago. He has been a resident of Clinton for a number of years and is well identi fied with the city’s business and civic life. His friends will leam with inter est of his decision to enter the tpay- or’s race this summer. r l.uiich. Repofts of Associate Superintend- 8ERVICES SUNDAY AT DUNCAN’S CREEK entS. i Y. W. A. and G. A. -Mrs. J. Broad- Pr€*aching services as usual, will be'us Cook, held at Duncan’s Creek Presbyterian R. A.— ♦ church near here next Sunday morn-i Sunbeam—Ifrt. Guy Smith, ing at 11:80. Members of the congre-i Mission Study-r-Mn. T. L. W. BiA Mrs. Frank Kellers and Mrs. Ella gation and residents of the communi- ley. Warren spent Tuesday in Augusta, jty are cordially invited to attend the ^ Business. Oft. 1 1 service. | , Adjournment. ■wfcni Ml -p IB. /w.^TiHawrsn^i