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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.
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