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*1 • Strives To Be s Cleon News> * * • • • psper. Complete, Newsy, • sod Relisblc. • • • • • »< : w -I ■=■•■# If Yon I>on*t Road _ THE CHRONICLB Ton Don't Got The Newr> VOLUME XXXIII CLINTON, S. C, THURSDAY. JANUARY 5, 1933 RASOR, CRISPS iGray Court Man LOSE IN COURTi Something Wrong Here —Albert T. Reid h 1 Cross Hill Men Face Life Terms Hughes Suffere Fractured When Supreme Court Unani ' Skull \^Tien Head Hit Glass mously Upholds Verdict of Desk Top. J. B. Owings Held. a . > • «p H Lower Court and Finds Noj La„rens. Jan. l.-Ciyde Hughes. 42. EntMT In Handling of Case, j farmer of the Gray Court section, died I today in a Greenville hospital as a re- Columbia, Jan. 3.—J. Henry Rasor j suit of a head injury he received in | and Lathan and Eugene Crisp must jan altercation Friday with J. B. 0\v- serve sentences of life imprisonment j ings, cotton buyer of Gray Court ami | imposed upon them for the death of i one of the leading citizens of the conr.- Rasor’s aged father, a retired Cross I munity. j Hill business man, the state supreme j Coroner J. A. Thomason held in- court held today in a_unanimous opin-! quest this afternoon at Gray Court, ion. • Tliere were four witnesses to testify, Ra.sor, middle aged Cross Hill | one of whom was an eye witness. Al- farmer, and the Crisp brothers w'ere I len Bobo, receiver of the Bank of I convicted at Laurens la.st May of murder with recommendation to mer- Gray Court. The difficulty between Hughes aiul cy in the slaying. Henry’s father, W. iOwirgs occurred in the bank building } C. Rasor, a former* banker, had been found beaten to death at his home in Cross Hill the night of September 26, 1931. Ten exceptions to the judgment of the circuit ,court were made in an ap peal to the supreme court. The high court, in an opinion by Chief .luslice Eugene S. Blease, the other justices concurring, overruled these and af firmed the lower court. The opinion said: where Owings has his cotton off’ot.i Hughes came in and chatted with Ow-' ings in a friendly manner for a mo ment, it is understood, and then made | some remarks about Owings. Heated: words, then passed nml the two men. clinched after Hughes had struck On - j ings several blows on the head with' his fist. In the clinch they trippp|^ over a chair and both fell. Hught's’ ^ head struck the corner of the plate rt I glass top of a desk ia the room anc ‘We may .say that we have exam-! his left temple was penetrated or ined carefully the entire records in the' split by the impact. ca.se, and we are unable to find anyj Owings, after going to his home, particular thing in the conduct of the'had a fainting sjh*!! ami has been un trial, or its conduct as a whole, which ider the care of physicians since. He would require, or demand, this court | is in custody of a deputized resident to reverse the judgment of the lower i of Gray Court at tlve instance of Sher- ^ourt. ' ‘ iff Columbus I,. Owens until he recov- “ "'Tlie e^ence' pr^efJTed" by "‘thei ersT He Ts a T»H>Ther-ih-ta\v' of SKefitf' pro.secution, if believed, was entirely I Owens. I sufficient to warrant the jury in find-j 0\VIN(>S .ADMITTED TO B.ML ing the appellants guilty. There is| Laurens, Jan. 3.—An order was giv-’ nothing to show, and, in fact, no claim • en tmlay at Grt'enwiMMl by Circuit is made, that any member of the jury j Jiirfjre /Thomas S. Sease, for bail in; was in >ny j^y prejudiced against,the sum of |I,(HH) in the case of John the right of the defendants, or any of H Owings, cotton buyer and broker i them. j of Gray Court, against whom a war- “Under our system of jurispru-1 , ant was issued by (’oroner John .A.j dence, the fWtk of a cai^e like this are'Thomason charging miuxler in connec-, left to a jury of the country. Thatjtjon ^ith the death Sunday of Clyde jury has spoken, and, no legal ^rror' Gray'" Court farmer, appearing, it is the duty of the court The tend was executed this after NUMBER 1 Missionary Will f Early Action On | State’s Highway Occupy Churches' Smith Bill Seen!, Deaths Decrease FARM RELIEF^ PLAKREADY Measure Desifi^ned To Increase Incomes of Farmers Before Ifouse. Would Establish Mini* mum Commodity F^rice. VVa.*<hington, Jan. .3.—.\n emergen- jcy relief bill designed to increase f farm income.s by hundreds of millions i of dollars through the establishment of minimum prices on major agricul tural commo<iities was ’*<“ady tonight for con.sideration by the hoose. .\ 1 I to S vote of approval sent it from the agriculture committee to the fli>or, where debate is U> begin Thurs- I day. ' The bill closely approximates the ^^j.dome.stic allotment plan drafted by farm leaders at a pro-holiday meeting I attended by Henry .Morge-nthau, Jr., [advisor of Governor lioo.sevelt. It.s sponsors Indieve it to embody the »deas of the Prosii’ent-elect. Chairman .lone.-’, author of the bill,* explained tha^under its tor-ms, “any time wheat, cotton aittilobiu-co arefx:- “ low the prcrwar basis, an ad.iustinent rharge is 1 e levie-l on th proct-s.s- i ing of the commodity soff eient to ' bring the price up to p;o-wav level.s on that portion of the commodity wh'ch goes into dtmiosiic consumption,” “These premiums will be paid to • prmlucers who cmnply with the i-e- tiuireinents,” .lone- said, “The plan is ; put into effoit grailually »s to I'/'^s. It provides that only tho.s«' producers ! win) v«*luntai ily nniuoe ihoir acrea re - --4»f f>Fo4uet-it»n-shaU br-tTmefirfa rie?'~of— the premium.s.’’ The committee agreed today to rec ommend an amendment to the bill, •adding rice to the foui’ commodities ' now includt'd. It agreed also to eb?ni- jnj'tt* the proposed provi-ion *o abol- I i.-h the farm board’s statnlizaiion powers. wa.s 'tluntghr-be«tr mtt m - to uphold the verdict. Ten days are required for transmis- eion of the .supreme court’s rulings by Dr. Alva B. To .\ccepl Over 100 Million Dollars May Be Survey l*asturates In County. For-' Available For Nations Farm- merly Was In Brazil. , ers For lOlLT Crops. I'.nte this bill by the farm board qv-C’*- Persons tion. hut to handle that in a separate have hearing-5,’’ noon when A. \V. Bote and L. T. Yeargin, of Gray Court, signed with Owings who attached his signature to ston. who recently returned frmn Rio five Kainev. ih-mocratic floor leader I Revekis 260 Died On South Carolina Roads DiirinR Pa.st Year. I"*';!; „ 'U.VS lauren.s, Jan. I.-, Dr. Alva H. Lang-: Washington,. Uv. 31. Hepresenta-• the clerk, J. B. W eatbrook, to the Lau-j^f^^ document as he reclined in a sick de Janeiro, Brazil, for an indefinite | the house hs.s pnmu'sed earlv ac i*enf5 county clerk.of court. After this, arrangements for the three men to begin .serving their .sentences will be in the hands of the solicitor and the county officers. The case has teen .sen.sational in or bed at his home.^ i leave fn*m his post as mis.sionary amlition on tte Smith bill providing Hughes died Sunday as the result teacher in the Baptist college, ha.- ac-j prodw'tion loan- in I'.*:?.!, of a head injury he is alleged to ha\e ceptinl the pasloiafe of a grmip of] .Senator Smith secured fa\urubl»‘ ac- lones stv«.‘y-ed the - j experimental nature of the measure. Columbia, Jan. 2. De.pths in high-! “It is intended as an einergercy \\ay accidents in this stale-in I93J Pleasure.” he said. “In 111 - x\ay the decreased 7.17 percent from 1931. on! plan can be ti'sted. ’remporariiy. at thP basis of prermdnary statistics, R-ast. it wilC ten<l to give a j>e.Uer,i compiled by the Travelers Insurance. price to the pi iiu ipal iu oilaCts Of the lion hy the senate last week on hi-^ bill which will make o.cr lO-i million dollars available to farmers for farm operation- in I9.“3 and proviil*that the loans egain he ma-le through ttu* 'crop priHlnctuin hian offici* in the tie- -•i; suffered Friday during a personal dif-, I.aurt'ns county Hapti.st churches, ficulty with Dwing.-^ in the latter’s' Gray Ctnirt, Chestnut Ridge anil cotton office at Gray Court. The men, Frientl.-hlp, it was announced today iiiany res|K*cts. In suggesting a nio-1 come to grips when Hughes trip- by W. T. (Kvings, spokesman for the t''e for the slaying of the aged iiian,jp^,(j over a chair and fell against the^geneial pulpit committee for the reputed to he wealthy, the prosecution|of a plate gla.'»s t»>p of a desk.'phne churches. _aL the trial maile reference to his and i y^.ji^jesiies said. Application for •hail. For a buig jwiiod <»f years this fb'bl ;.pj,rtment of agnciihure. hi» wife’.s wills, both of which named j l,y Kjilph T. Wilson, of the h.Htf Ixvn -ervtxl by the Rev. H. F. Repre-oinalivt Farks. td .V' kati Jake Rasor, a younger .son, a.s cxe-s i,^ai har. Solicitor Homer Blackwell ' a--. a He n o-ntly coiu ludetl the Wedn ‘>-lay *>n the him « Com cutor . f hatl previously con.si nted to the work, after offering his" resignatioii R, pre.-er.lalivc Rainey w hen the b id j .'Oiiietime ago. “r.ship would bripj; the bill before *’■. J !' l»r. I angslon wil probably take up n^. He was a .state’s witness at the trial _ ID I D of his brother ami the Crisps. | INd.tlOn2U ISB.nK 1 SiyS One of the graund.s for appeal ^ • j j volved a statement of Phil 1). Huff.j 5 PeF Leilt UlVIClend assistant pro.secutor, referring to | . company, of Hartford, Conn. , farm. The survey lists 260 persons killetl, “'ITie niea.-ure is to l>e effcctiie for luring the year 'SI. for 1931. in comparison with 'Uie year and may liy pmcl.tiuatio ■continued for an additiona! ytar. .lake was attacked and wounded the) night his father.was beaten to death. I .‘-outh t'arolina’s pereentHge of - crease was less than that for th;* J^toulh‘Atlantic states or for the coun tiy at largi*. The regional ilecrea e a* k 1 13.31 per cent and lh«* na tional at I 1.1)2. “It i.s recogriizeii a \itally ne*;-:-- '^ary for the penuam-iit on-gram : lat ihere be a-refinaiicmg of farm n. ■ t- !. ag<*- so as to -av * i be f hor*'-- in .\nieriea; that t ie i «• !< t .-a 1: -t 1, oi I’a tht II. Jakes te.-tim ^ , ! \\. Scott barley, receiver of the Huff was quoted in the records as i „ v» • . u ^ nun was Moot -bust National bank of this city, an- “slating to the jury in substance that' » «• j .u . r- . MHiw)K J ^ I ,1 * I 1, I nounced Monday that a five jier cent you could hot • suiprise ^ ■ dividend aggregating $13,.')00, was was there prosecu ing is lo this date to the depositors of trying to see that I emUKerer , j the closed institution. The dividend father ha.s teen brought U) justice for, ^ s acjuired by uoik within the next few weeks.; <,.nau* has j.a-se.l the bill pio i- now with his family at Ghent, ^ jjj„g for .-.-ed loan- to fariju*i.-. I.:i-i ky.. but ex|H*cts to come to Lumens before these loan- eai!j this month. 1I»* and .Mis. Lang- farmer- wen* not provided for up -t«*n will make their home, for a time^^jj m March. Ihousund- ai'.>l at lea.-t. at .Madden^ with the falter “f, farnie'S- could not g'<'t Dr. Ijiiigston. Their son and daugh-|||^j, lojjn-*heeau-e enough blanks Hiram Thomas Langston and - were not distributed. They ter. Miss -daiy Kmma tengston, aie in^ ,,.j^| hundreds when we asked for coib-ge at l^uisvilhb thousand.-.’ Can we not take this bill Dr. I^ng.stort i.- a nat.i\e of .Madden I and pass it at an early dale in or- , ,, Mi. .Ki.iiK iHiiu 1I..I1, iu.i... at )iU'man univer-• Ihf r.-aaoilthath.abr«lh.ir, C. (. the oiJinary course ..f i f")'*"** -‘"-“•hern Ha|.tlst fheo-L^,. vMauy in TcNas. aor, had been killed only a short tinicl I . , logical s)i|nmary. at l.ouisville, Ky. He [ ,|„. Southern stale ’ " The5|«-reentdmdendnowdi»trit..>»’-l"’;"*'«“'2«years.;i9a nus»loi'[-:„j„ w ,„al:in|- |.r..|>araUons l.,i The survey sai»l that although de- i-’eaie- were noted in The total num ber .if p.'i'sons killed, .m the basis of 'he in. liminary figures, “other sla -b-l.c.r show an increa.s.* of 1.3 |H*r cenP in jileaths ^ler accident, an in- riva-se of 6 p«‘r cent in the mimlH*r .*f persons injure.! non-fatally imt ac.*i- lent, and a coinbine.l increa.se of a.H -said: ‘You !»*r ent in the numter killed and in uietl non-fatally |a*r accitlent.” meiit of trade val'ii Ilf a market for our i> i i iustni.'iit .if tin- pi up.H ill .■sp»*i-ially of the stat-.- :u prior thereto and that the murder o( his broth.*r had not been avejiged at City’s Oldest Clerk Retires the hands of the court. Another ground was that public uted to depositors, is the third to !«• »'>• .■"“"W th.-ir pUnl.ntr J L • years he was vice-nresulent an.l then>s--r:f 2'*... opinion, since a ' first dividend of 5( of this had I followred jui’or who had voted for acquittal^had j Am-ii p.id by the bank,' brinfrinit the total a-“rs he was vice-president and thenS.-.n^ n July 22, l!«l. the l‘'»»>dent of the Baptist eolleye',.;,, ..,y ■iiti*:t‘-* .1 rt*a !- r . c:!' I lure that ar.* now l>’'idoning t* > fann.-r anti the rancbc': !i ri':..i .. ' merit of .'ur currency i-ri a J * in such a way that it wp! '•.• JSt' nieasur.* of \.!iii .- an ! linl '- ^ ^ • a \ery real reihiction in ' u. ex-ie' -e tif g.) eminent luilional, *al»* a*'d [ l.x*al. I “.\s a bmg ran'/e onejira n ive ti-a t have a r.*lurn to simpie L^Uf^-li.inoi,* <1 principles w hich luivi* pi t vt .1 tl.‘'m- -elv.'s worthy.'*Biit^Dni^-wil! take t uu* an.l until tJ<^"''V* aer-il program i-< jtvorke.l out a temporary act that will ' iie iminediat.'ly eff.cijve is m*ee.--'.» y ; m the intere.st.s of the entire country. i “There can !*e no national reco'-e x and iir I *•- been “threatened with ostracism a “fair trial” wa.s impossible. The^upreme court said “in ^ ease of great importance es^cially^ one in which a man is ^Tai wttki the brutal murder of his own father,; there is sure to arise conflicting views apd opinions on the part of people.” ; It also quoted from. Judge C. C.; Featherstone, who pre.sided at the last trial, that he “didn’t see any exhibi tion of inflamed public sentiment • • • | auch ... as to keep the defendants t from getting a^ir-trial. ’ Jake Rasor had given testimony tending to identify Lathan Crisp as{ his assailant the night of his father’s j death- The appeal took exception toj con.luct imputed to bhe attoc-, ney, when Jake was attempting to i identify Uthan by the length of his I leg, “■'^aid lo be notable by its short ness.” , ! j While I-athan was in the jury room 'for “examination of his body,” the- Word set forth, “.Mr. Huff took his ^position teside the defendant and at-: tempted to compare length of his leg with that of the* defendant, Lathan. Crisp.” I — The supreme court said, “w’hile not • placing our stamp of approval upon : the conduct of the assistant counsel fer the state, we cannot reach the con- i elusion that such" conduct was preju- j 'dicial to the appellants as to joccasion; • reversal of judgment.” ' Concurring in Chief Justice Blease’s refusal of the appeal wm Justices (Continued on page four) T. R. Gwens, affwtionately knuwn to Park.^, Rainey .said" “I in the city as “llnele T.unniie,” .^ev- m km aiHl lauirhl in the seminary de- . ' *!*** ^mtleiuan we will try eie.l hi.s conneetion Tuesday with the 5(» i.er cent was ‘i** that. I am impresse.l by what|fi,ni of J. M. Fitts where he has teen 3u-eent wheat.” ' nine months later |^*^'** **. ®t the institution, llis wife gentlemanj^ays. and if I tan ac- a familiar figure for the past thirty^ on April 22, 1932, with an additional ■* native of Ghent, Ky. coniplish it,-tee w Ul take it up at an v.*nis. during which time he ha- rare- wj _ 1 Jl>_ /^ _ aj. ^ 10 jier cent. ~ early .late." - ly lieen absent from duty. WOrlCl 8 ^OltOH No announcement has been made as [ Cross Hill Yolith “I'ncle T.imniie,” .still young and “ aet-lvp and enjoyiug—:;pl»nilwl .hvAalth.-, further divi.Iend disbursements; HOUSEWIVES! t With the New Year here, it is in order to make good re8olution.s.'e.specjally when it means money in your pocketbook. Many Clinton women have already re solved to profit by THE CHRONICLE’S grocery ad vertisements every Thurs day morning' during 1933 and are saving much mon ey thereby. This is address ed to those who have not yet formed the habit: ‘‘Resolved, that will consult THE CHRONICLE grocery advertisements ev ery Thursday morning, se lect my needs for the wee^:, and put the savings in the bank.” All of your grocery* needs can . easily -be supplied through iTTIE CTOONI- CLE. ^ S^us Stale Tu Make Award— At Rotary Meet -Crop 24,000,000 Greenwood, l>ec. 31.—Myron Black, young man of ('ro!*'s Hill, who .suffer- { ed a .seriom* stab wOund in the head in ; H. E. Sturg.oii. pre-id.nt of the lo- [cal Rotary club, stated y<->terday that ' ti iV*l*I T-II the club’s regular lumh«*on to lie held . . .. , , , here rnday will te feaiiui l a fight with two Negroes at Cro.ss i —--’-.r -P.*-, Friday will te f.aimvd by the n^“*ncmg nis .lecismn in a senous condition at a local hos-1. , . r i i tiim «.i nrivate life h , I u o I I formal presentation of the -la. oh.- m . •’* pnxau me, n pital today. John .MeSwam, who also. , , „ . .. .... , i,;.. ..mh . . t , . , . ... terference trophv to Bob t.iiftin of ieuli/.e«i hi> amt) .suffered a .'^tab wound in the sole, u;. mir on ihi* ioh for thi !; a urman. An intere-f .ng program is mg on im jon lor im s now 73 year.x old aioi bears the di.*i tinction of teing the oldest clerk in Fjfrures Show HFlL* fa Yield To the city in point of .service. Forty-two y*-ars ago he moved L) ('linton ami te- itan as a clerk for L. H. Davidson. Gn Jan. 3, 1903, h«* joined the well known: J. M. Fitts store as a clerk. In an nouncing his decision Tuesday to rv- Be 3.,'>00,00() Holes l/css Than the (Vop of 1931-32. Washington, Dec. 30. The smallest w«.rld cotton production since F.t27-2S ip. tiirn to private life, he stated tliat he .was estimateii Fitlay by the depart- ambilion of remain- ment of agriculture for the 1932-33 rty years and is .’5ea.son, 21,0(M),0(K) bales, improving ami exp<*cts to return honie arranged for tin* meeting and jt now ready to retire and .spend the re- The decrease of 2(H),OOO bales below ;in a ilay or two. Guy Thompson, tkej ext^jete*! that a number of foi.tliall brdnder of his life at home with his the I)t*<eniter 9 estimate, was explain- ' third man woundc'd, returned M^.lv^e . . _ . X coaches and other interested visitors ! Tlie Negroes. John Meniy Mortin ."'*" ! and Mance Martin, in the Laurens! county jail, have been quoted as say- BEATTIE STl’DILS ■ ing they were attacke<i by the white;., RETAH- S.\LES TAX men. Thej*“ are being held pending ' , ^ outcome of Black’s wounds. Jackson, .Miss,, fan. .State G'unp- j trailer A. J. Beattie of .South Ca. olinn 'was in Jackson to.iay conferring wUh istate ofricials regarding operation of Pfmnfy Giimifl^S School Pupils D—T'.-. 11/: Mississippi’s two per cent retail sales > iS&Ck 1 O WOrKjapd gro^ income Ux. The South rarolina official ileirlimul It is now reading’, writin’ and ’rith-|to comment on his visit other than to metic for nearly 2,000 school children I say te waa hefe “to find out as much hoed ones. it'd as brought about by a leductibn in AUays aii.l "f '"'to" ..f Ih.. i.ublir, "llmir Tomnii.- has The latest estimate was .I.^.OOO ma.le humlreds of friemis who will '“*5 - ‘'"'I’- “"'I .niss him at his former post of .luty '■“'7 'r» "'<• J'-V*'- »«««« ami who will always esteem him for ff®"' T'!'-' f "'.'“"'.I" his many fine traits one of Clinton-s hales less than the lirst-rate and heloveil eitiaens.. !-'’;ye«r average disappearance and slightly les.s than disappearunee dur- ^ j ing 1931-3-2. j Ttnlay’s figure wa.s 600,000 bales ' /VAA MM 1 November estimate, 25 QOO WiSUrk 'increa.se being “caused by the in- * ^ ‘ci-ea-ic of almost 800,000 bales in the ! estimate of the crop in the United crop That ginnings in l^aurens countyi States.” who have returned to their studies af- ‘aa poosible about the sales Ux in as for the 1932-33 season will nearly | The estimate of foreign production short a time.* Bliasea Jean McK^ee and Mary -\n- census bpreau for the period ending* ; ter tte vacation period for the Christ- ! mas holidays. » Tte city and orphanage schools re sumed work Monday morning with derson and William Blakely returned' Decembei^ 13. Ginnings to that date ; iMracUcally a full attendance. 'The eol- j yesterday to ^ue West to resume' were 24,S8S bales, as compared with liege opened yesterday after the holi-i their studies at Erskine college, after.i 37,451 Mes to tte same date last I spending tte holidays here. 'jear. 'H)ual or exceed the 25,000 bale mark | was given as about 11,300,000 bales, is indicated by the last report of the;or 900,000 more than last year, but day epproxinuttely 600,000 less than 1930- 31. C. C. Giles waa a husine-'s visitor in Charlotte, N. C. on Tuesday, \ \ '■A *”1