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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1932
(Sl|t OiUntatt ^l|rottirU
I9M
WILSON W. HARRIS. Editor and PubHaher
Pnbliahed Every Thursday By
THE CHRONICLE PUBUSHING COMPANY
&
CnteiHHi as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C.
AKKji-friHft Fiirinaaai | said by Hill to have a«ood by andiaway in an
M i milHA fW\ 4^ •AVTA ^laxs !• T.lAtif .l/Wa Ri
Killed By Negro
made no effort to save the fanner, is
held in the starte penitentb|ry as a
j malerial witness.
The hunt for Wardlaw shifty yes-
timately depends on the strenjtth of
Ha^’outh; therefore let us encourage
every tendency toward -the physical
development which should accompany;
.he mental and spiritual. Choose ai
basehall team and, follow it ^nr dayj Mtirderer Escapes But Is Later iterday‘to the Long Cane Creek sec-
to day; or interest yourself in thej a ^4^— fc tion.'*Two’ farm^r« fv»nnrt<»H «otf>inQr
I coming Olympics in Lps Anereles. You
may never see the team piay — you i
; may f^d it out of all possibility to;
go to t os Angeles, but the interest
Captured After Intensive Ef
forts. Carried To Pen.
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automobile driven
by
Lieut. Joe Bates of the artiPery unit.
A'
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I him there and one of them
1 him five times.
BARN AND UVESTOCK BURN
Laurens, April 1,1.—Fire of unkno^
crigin Friday night destroyed g. large
barn at the Billy Benjamin jilaee in
shot at i the Beaverdam church sectibn, tog»rth-
ier with a mule, two cows and a quan-
' will lead you to local games. Once you
ha%e become a “fan,”-you will surely
t "ravitatc to the out-of-doors.
The guardsmen, thq. 115th fielcL.44r- tity of corn and oth^ feedstuff. The
tiltefy, the 263rd coast artillery of i property belonged to'Itvin Benjamin,
The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the
pubUaher" will at all times appreciate wise su^rgestionr and kindly ad
vice. The Chroniclr wijr publish letters of general* frrteresl when they
are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communichtions will not
be noticetl. This paper is not re.sporsible for the views or dpinioni of
its correspondents. * ’ - ^
Nobody’s Business
By Gqe McOce
.Abbeville, April 8.—Ahdv«yv A. Per-'
guson, a farmer, was slain early to-j Greenwood, and a machine gun com-.son of the late William S. Benjamin,
day on his farm three miles from Ab-jpany fropi Orangeburg, aided by state The fire occurfed about 1 o’clock. An-
beville. and a posisee headed by Sher-.'and county officers, gradually closed (ther mule in the barn made its es-
•ff McLane was scourmg surrounding in on the section where they believed j cape from the building before the
weodiands for Tom Wardlaw, Negro^ he was hiding. , blaze had been discovered by Mr.
tenant, accused by an eye-witnes.s of' Raines first sighted the Xe-rro Bepjamin.
walking along a ridge) He stopped at
the crime.
I w
t Ferguson’s throat,
-• was cut to shreds.
yntnesses said,|■:he command to hsilt, but when his''
hand
.\ Few Suggested ^pitaph.s
E. Mood Smith, U. D
Felder Smith. O. D.
dropped toward his pock^|
A At an .inquest at 10:30 o’clock this; Raines qpened fire. None of the sVots| f SMITH' A SMITH
morning, a Negro boy, lone witness' took effect. , ! ** Of OiVAlin
( I have been giving thought to thei^^^ the crime, said he was walking, Rgines, wilb'Capt. S. P.lSaber, ofj OptOHietTlStS
‘ matter^ oL epitflph^ for ouiLjriendi. where Ferguson and j artillery comi>anv. and Special i
Wardlaw^
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APRIL 14, 19.12
The school of
clau reunions.
experience
has no
Money will buy almoirt anything;
especially when it’s spent for liquor.
A fashion note says a woman should j home women, business
have a hut U* match every costume, j gjonary workers—in fact
Still, she would
fk to wear.
who have gone on before or that
■‘’ight do .<50 later on. The country
— .Si, I 4c-ems to be in need of certain chang-
tribution of well-known facts concern- es along this line, something more
ir.g the evils of alcoholism and the'descriptive and impressive than the
liquor trade. r | old forms, such as: “At Rest, Sleep
The W oman’s Chri^ian Temperance.
Un'on is made up, W it.s own words,' ’’
of “mothers, daughters, teachers,j For instance, a good cook would
women, mis- possibly appreciate an epitaph like
gvery wo-,thi3: “She fed the.hungry and knew
where Ferguson andj
working and that he
wore «..u injii n.-| D,, ,i„ g. Boazma., of Green-
J- W. Edwarda < Bradlov’a
Mill, and J. 'C.' Steifle, a farmer,
brought him to Columbia.
Wardllaw, the witness said, threw
Ferguson to the ground, pulled a'
knife and slashed the white man’s j
throat several minutes. The assailant, {
the witness told the coroner’s jury,.
then fled into a nearby woods.
never have an>'thing man and girl who beKeves in prohi-
YeSj sir. if a man gives
word, he ought to keep it.
her onions—she left her heirs in the
bition and wants it to succeed.” Ju.st
at this time, with the Eighteenth
you his. .A mendment once again on trial be-i
propaganda-filled nation, the!
butter.’
SLAYER CAUGHT
Columbia, April 11. — Sought for
1jfif^~day]r as tfie iHayerTif Aiichr^'w J.
Ferguson, white farmrt* of Abbeville
/rounty, Tom Wardlaw, 45-year-old
Negro, was captured today and im-
SPECIAUSTS
fn order to throw the crowd of per-!Eyes Examined Giasaea Preserfbad
sons gathered near the scene of the! *5 'Vest Main Street PIkmm !•!
cap^re off the track, Sheriff MeUne * L^ratorv for Prompt Repair Serviea
announced the Negro had been tal.en' Clinton, 8. C.
You have noticed, of course, that it
is hard for the kn(H‘ker to forge
ahead.
Some iH oplt's idea of charily .'4(^m.««
to be to share their troubles
others. ~
nation;
organization takes its place in the
.'oreground of the political force.s of
the nation. With its hu^re and loyal
membership, the W. C. T. U. is a
force to be reckoned with—and mauy
political candidate.^ will 1h‘ made and
with,broken on the grounds of it.H favor.j
This is significant because the favor
.. of the W’. C. T. U. will never gt> to!
The old woman who u-e.l to smoke the man who favors the return of!
a pipe now ha.s a granddaughU r ^ho fiee intoxicants and a free han^ for
smokes cigarettes. t the hrt wer and the .^aloon-keeper.
In this connexion a recent article
farmer_^^uld l*»ve I the^^outE~C*po-
this on his tombstone: He labored -• ...
for his loved ones but Wall street
fleeced him. He was kind to his mule.” ^
A nice car driver would want^'tMs
iaid of ^lim: “He never cut corners,
and he stayed on his side of the road.”
H( rc’s^ suggestion for a shoemak-
ier: “He mended the sole.s of men and
was faithful to the last.’
A wife wa.** fined five dollars in
New York for whipping her hu.'band
in the street. Served her right. Wives
ought to whip their husband.s at
home.
connection a
in “The American Lssue” is of par
ticular interest, fn it, (iolonel Amos
\Vv Wc'odfock, director of the prohi
bition forces, is quoted as saying that
trforcement conditions Tre steadily
improving. He cites a.; evid.mcH* the
This would possibly suit/aA intelli
gent electrician: “His passing'was a
.shock. He kept up with current events,
but he’s gone home to dy-no-mo.”
This form should be satisfactory to
au installment collector: “He dun all
^ he could and relieved the needy of
TO HEAD DRIVE HERE j increasing tendency of courts lo thfi,. ^^orldlv nossessions ”
Plans are now under way for the^vict defendants charged with liquor-j / . '
establishment of a permanent Salva- viotntion.'*. Thi.s fact shows that
tion Army i>oet in Clinlnn in the near the nation in general is swinging j
future. Headquarters have been es-|iiior<? ^nd inore toward the policy of
tabhahe<l in the city and the prelimi- the “drys.” !
nary work is noW going forward be-' It ha.s always been admitted that
fore the drive i.s launched. ,;thc succe.ss or failure of the Eigh-
R. L. Plaxico, one of the city's pub-’ tt’^’nth Amendment will ultimately
Ik-spirited young busine.ss mm. has rest, under any circumstances, in the
accepted the urgent invilaf'ii ..f the'handx of public opinion. If the pub-.
local advisory board to hr ul th.--cao'- Hv is not iii sympathy with an idea,' . „
paign. Since liecoming a Clinton aiti-'no amount ^legislation, palrojing or] ®t the tame.
ionuge '^•ill effectively halt it.s
A professional deadbeat could slum-
peacefully beneath this epitaph:
“He dodged everything but death.
May he keep on a-dodging.” •
lina state penitentiary here for safe
keeping.
Officers a^ the penitentiary said
Wardlaw adhiitted his guilt.
The capture was effected this
morning in the Long Cane Creek
swamp of A’;beville county by na
tional guardsmen who had been sent
there at the request of Sheriff F. B.
McLane after feeling ran
against the Negro.
The Negro made no effort to resi.st'
arrest. Hf was placed in the foot of'
an autopiobile and every effort was j
made to keep him c'onceale^ dn the
uneventful journey to Columbia.
En route here he T1|r;ft made his
confession, the national guardsman
.said. Thomas Raines, private, of the
115th field artillery, South Carolina
National Guard, of Abbeville, quoted
Wardlaw as saying, “The devil got
I into me.” ^
I After he was placed in the peniten-
(tiary he was ordered held incommuni-
Icado. ^
1 Ferguson, O.'l-year-old fanner, wasj
•A lazy man ought to appreciate a! killed after reprimanding Wardlaw j
nice expression like this: “Sleep on,!for stopping work to go fishing. AI
dear huyland, and take thy rest. Whenj•^6-yea^-old Negro boy, Arthur -Hill,'
you die<l, it was for the best. We willjaaid Wardlaw threw Fejrguson to the’
Clinton aiti-
ten he ha.'i. always maruf^'.sled a deep
intere.-^ in the welfare of the city
no
e.Hpionuge ^ill effectively
j)rogress. Considered in this light,
and has given unselfishly of his time "'olojie! Woodcock’s statement is per-
in help.ng .any on the work for the tment and encouraging. If judges and
communitv’s pour $nd needy. With! iuries incline more and more strong-
Mr. Flaxiio at lhe_helm, the effo^of^ly to the side of enforcement, it is a
the Sa’v.ation Arnn will command the f*ir indication thM public opinion is
respe<-t of the entire community and swinging slowly but surely in the
it is .xafe to say that he will pCtne a
capable leader for this dcs«*rving
dertaking.
.A Report On the IlepreKsion
Burlington, N. C., April 10, 1932.
Mr. Mike Clark, RFD,
Care Gee McGee,
Anderson, S. C.
Dear Mr. ('lark:
How' has your town, Flat Rock, beep^
affected by the depression? I ho]M
vou have ^en able to stand itHvith-
ground and slashed his throat with a
knife.
Ben Watt, anptlw Negro, who was
I’RFSIDENT HENRY
The election of H.'I). Hear>'
Tuesday evening as president of
ame diiectiun. »
un-| This thought brings u.s back to the
I W. C. T. U., for if there is any group! out mpeh .trjouble, .
' Which should be able to build up sen-, Your friend,
timent against the liquor traffic, it ! .. Irving Batchellor.
is this one. Man is naturally expect- — ^ — — —
ed to lean more toward the radical or J^er mr. batchellor:
qn
the
Chamber of Commerce for the coming j “wet” side of the question, for it is! j gait tell by yore name that you
year wa- a wise, move on the part of | almost entirely to the men «>f the^pa-.ihave jievv'iir benn numriedrhut I wilt
the organijyLUuJL.. Mr. Ileniy aucceFdsj tion that the ^b-called “privileges" of an.ser yore inquiry juft the same.
M.. W. H. Simpson, who has served legal liquor accrue. The good women,|
in that post the ^ast year in trying! on the other hand, have always lined! on the hole, flatrock has weathered
times, during which he displayed a them .elves on the side of teni;>erance.' tVe depression mighty well consider-
patriotic, uns<dfi8h spirit,^contribut-! Even in this advanced and-modeim j^ing everything, but not ever thing has
ing to the liettcrment of the city. j age, few women drink intoxicants. At: benn pie with us. the 9 men and wlm-
.Mr. Henry, the new president, is an, the same time it is the wife, daugh-| men who voted for mr. hoover have
experienced busine-s.H man and banker, ter, or mother, who most fr(*quently i all reformed and joined the church,
conservative and safe always, and; receives the bruiH of the unpleasant-j
capable of the highest type of civic. ness and hardship which follows in-1 ^he city counsel is hard pre8se<i at
service. The Chronicle extends contj toxication. The man who drinks at ^bis time onner count of the depres-
gratulations on the club’s selection j least derives a temporary pleasure gb)n. They have not paid our polees-
and confidently 4)«lieves that the i from the .-.en.sptiop. of being ‘‘tijfht,*; but 19$ sin'*e december. the san-
OhamlHT of Commerce will success-lb.ut the \\^ or mother who i.s ^aggin is funning only on fri-
fully go forward with its work under Home when he returns, naturally ab-
his leadership. ^ ' j hors the practice. .It is therefore per-
, fwtly logical, that_onc of great-
YOUR JOB ; e.<i influences foir enforceriient of the
.\ five-year-iild Child the other day
asked, “Daddy, where does corn come
from?” “Well,” replied daddy, “a
man in the country plants some seed
corn in the spring, when the leaves
begin to come on the trees, and the
1
prohibition amendment should lie in
women’s organizations. Any man who
intelligently And hone.stly wisho.s for
a clean nation should stand squarely
behind the ictivlties of the Women’s
Christian Temperance Union.
Jays instead
heretofoar. •
of twisU* a
week
i
as
se«d grows into .stalks upon which the
corn gr ws. In the autumn, when the! SPRING SPORTS
leaves fall off the trees, the man man, and very few of even the*
gathers the coni and takes it to ajlgiisi interested women and children, j
grist mill, where another man grinds « .stirring of the Ircd when
it i/Ao meal. Then other mien take it ^ spjrlng brings Tin the
both of the offises in the offis
ing is vacant but the man^urho runs
the drug stoar on the gyound floor is
not hurt much, but he has increased
tho price of filling subscription^to
make ends meet, the 2 men who hell
i offise.s over-head left town, they was
handling insurance at 10c a week, it
went dead.
Cl^erry Blossom
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long-dormant aid and the state is Siting on gov-
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aid
OB a freight train and carry it to the j out^loor
city, when* it pla.*ed in the stores ; jbe arteries of the young; Whether or waiting on the
.And when daddy arants any corn meal. are personally interiMteJ In' ho doc^ go for the bonus onner count
the—gevvemsent is
sales tax which will
he goes to the store and buys it, and
that is how we get corn meal mush.” 1
And here the child uttered a great
economic trucH, Nir- she remar.'od,
“Aren’t people good to us, daddy?” ;
The fathi-i had never thought of it
baseball, track, tennis, racinr, boxing,i, of that is the best .way to get votes.
golf, and similar .sports, we cannot* .
Tail to look with interest at the be- the smiths have no^ got a number
ginnlng.s, every year, of these acLlvi-
w th tlieni the real thrill of eouu>eli-
for their cae^erlac and sevral other
es. Kc w indoor athletic events carry, cars are still hibernating, there are 4
in that way, but that is how e.eryi^m^ under a summer .sky—-even
man’s irS works out. though he may? bough the chance of a sudden down-
be think:ng only the reward thatlp^mi. mayvthreaten its favorable cor.-
comes to him. Every man’s job is
•f serving not so much himself as it Anglo-.Saxons, and indeed, lo an ir
is of assisting others. Every worker
it performing a service to koadmda
creasing degree, all races of the earth
ef thoarands of people, and the bet- j Englishman becomes restless without
ter be does his job the better he is
t# the mukknde that benefits from
Ms work, whether it he digging a
ditch for a water main, operating a
cotton mill, bank, or farm, or what-
CLINTON*S W. C. T. U.
Folkwriiif the recant visit to Clin
ton of Mra. 'Armor, national temper
ance speaker lor Hie Wonsan's Chris
tina Ten^permnee Union, a local chap
ter of that orgaaitation has bom
hare. Tbie federation of CUn-
womca, acting la a nation-wide
along with thouaande of
gronpa, wUI take Ha part in
for igitkilRIon ealbrcement,
the die
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hi^news about soccer and cricket; the
American reads avidly of the foKunea
of his particular favorite on the dia
mond or gridiron. It is almost as au
tomatic as breathing or the normal
reflex actions.
It is a great thing for humanity.
I this natural interest in hnvigoipitlng
j obtdoor exercise. It builds strong
; bodies and healthy minds, increases
the joy in living and the contentment
with one’s lot, makes one sleep sound
er, wake fresher and with a newer
interest in the woric of the day. Re
laxation is necessary — every day,
every w«ek.\every year; and it is a
fine thing that the natural attraction^
for the ahernoon-off lead one to the
-(Jopeg sir. The strength' of a nation ul-
vacant dwellings empty hete as no-
boddy lives in same, and not one has
painted a house 'since, the tariff bill
was paa:;ed.
salries of puhlick officials have
benn cut but taxes have not benn cut
are fimdunenteHy spoitswcn. Theien sympwthy with, saine. we dont
smell ham frying in flat rock as o^
ten as we uster smell, and more wim-
rhen is working in the garden than
befoar the pannick, otherwise ye are
o. k. and hope you are the same, rite
or foam." yoree trulie,
mike Clark, rfd.
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ANNUAL MEETING, JOANNA
COTTON MlLli
The annual meetiirg of this Com
pany will be held at Office in Gold-
ville, on the 3rd day of MAy, 1932, for
the election of directors and to trans
act such other business as may Ic|^1-
ly come before said meeting.
E. L. DUBGIN,
April 2. 1932. Seerstary.
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