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The Cynton Gironicle, Clinton, c4 Thursday^ May 10, 193;^
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Csntral Carolina'
League
Council Transacts Much Business,
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same to be converted into headquar- U. S. Disrtict Attorney Dwight H.
^ ters for Fire and Police departments Green demanded $200,000 bond. The
OiiWa PnWAl* c*rk f'onfraAf RAnAlA/Arl Glferk's office by the city in line government, he related,-had spent a
*^^**7^ a VIrVd CaVL ixdICWCvl plans submitted in' drawing, vast sum chasing this^elderly gentle-,
— ——I City At^rney Wade was asked to man around the hemisphere and want-
m' ^ •if i Following is a report of the month- exchange if thought advantageous. draw up necessary lease papers, and ed assurance he would be on hand fof
Laurens, Clintort and Joanna !went^y meeting of city council held Mon-.. Mepabers of council called attention Ih^ Mayor Pro. Tern, and Cierk and .trial.
into a three-way tie in the Central night, ^ jihow:! by the^minutes of to compfaint-s arising from danjagtf to Treasurer were authorized to ■oxecute^ ‘This means he"will be compelled to
Carolina league Stftufdaj-. Laurens de- Gity ClerkT>. C. Heuste.ss; . . property duej to overflowing of water, same., ’
feated Watts and Clinton downed Jo- Mayor Pro Tern F. M. Boland called 9i^y "^ains in that part- of the Bills on file were approved and or-
near residence of W. C. Oxley dered paid.
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anna to diminish Bruce
Joanna team's, one-game lead.
Buddy Cranfor'i, yotithful Clinton
SLICKEKi^With Acreage Poets smacked a. h*ome run with the
. * j .u score tied in the ninth inning to bring
When Ben r ranknn invented the ,
*- the Joanna-Chnton game to a dra-
lightning rwl he opened the door for cHmax. Clinton won, 5 to 4.
the o}>eration5 of some of the smooth- Both teams played baseball of high
est swindlers who ever took money caliber, with Trammell having the
a»av from farmers. Lightniair rods over Kergusoii in a i.itchin)? duef.
* , ,, ,, , . Bruce Galloway, Joanna leadery col-
are valuable pmleot.on. Most of lb.,
lightning rod agents were Idoubtless the plate. Cranford hit a doible Iw-
honest, though they got a lot more Sides a home run. H. Bailey and Odi-
city
and in ,tbe Copeland park and .sur
rounding property probably caused by
R.
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for their gt>ods than they w-ere worth, ome, for Clinton, hit well, as did
But the “slickers” who got the farm- Abram.s of Joanna. Abrams hit
" ev’s signature U> w'hat he thought was home run. Trammell fanned .seven,
merely an order^ f^* lightning rtxls,
but which turned out to be a promts- Clinton 5 10 1
sory note which the .local bajik-ior.-Joanna ————r-—-—4—y—0^
noto-.sbavof -diseocmtedi -gaJtght- —Trantmep-aTtrl ikThckt-Fergu-som and
ning rod bu.si(ne.ss a bad name. Girk.
I was reminded of those pe.sts of my
younger days by a paragraph I saw r.aurens .Mill Win«
Galloway’.s the meeting to order and presided
Minute.s covering proceeding.*
jireviou.s meeting of April 2, ItkT, . .g-. . , . t,,
won- read by the clerk and approved. ‘"'•■Jffi;--'™' l>'P‘nf <»■ ^tchmg. The
... ... ' . mayor was asked to have Engineer
Alderman Adair chairman of Tme-. look into the.se troubled
terj committee, called to the attention make recommendations' tirs
of counci^the condition of approach- committee
es to Rosemont cemeter.y due to con
struction of highway by State High
way Department. Mr. Adaif was in- , j ,
.structed to notify .those responsible
for this situation to“ make correction
soThat approaches to, and parking
.spaces in front of cemetery, may be
used.
Crawford be ca|led in to make recom-
council mendation.s and estimates looking to
Insull Now In Jail,
Fails To Make-Bond
street
.\ttention was also called to the con-,
dition of paving due to expan.«ion
s in several parts of
the city, particularly cm-^West Main
in front of Smith’.s Pharmacy and
East Carolina in front of the Hotel.
It was recommended that Engineer
Tears Brim In His Eyes
Steps Lag As He Is
gosLto jail,” protested Floyd E. Thomp
son,_ fol-mer chief justice of the Illi
nois supreme court, defender of In
sull. . ‘
'“If the government thinks we are
bluffing, the government will find it is
mistaken. W'e cannot raise this
amount.
I “When John Factor was held for
and removal to England recently the gov-
Led To ernment only placed him under $50,-
Cell. Bond Set At $200,000.
,000 bond.’
to
Chicago, April 8. — .Samuel Insull
was in jail tonight in a city where his
millions were c|nce a title and a scep
tre.
That was the cra.shing climax of
W A N XS
FOR SALE — Several
milk. Priced right.
R H E question of v^^ter supply, and, ^he probability of having repairs
made story of Insull, the end of his long,
cOws fresh in
D. E. Tribble
5-24-3C
Supt. Au.stin pre.sented
the question of
stressed the need for some action. A the 7am'e^ntractp7 in7harge"of ?rof" AmericanJusH^/and theixLVRDEN TIME^Let us do your gar.
jn^orLJwas-oi^eJjy -Akierman-Henry7 py-py^j^g hrghw-ay to Whitmire ®u^^um of his headlong fall. It camej plowing. Prompt attention all
u hjch received second of Aiders beiTig~dnne'there.' Reasotiable-prices. W.‘ J.-Henry,
man Duncan, fhat immediate steps , ., time he left Chicagp,-<till for all thejphone 327-J. 22.2c
public knew, a wizard of business who
be taken to get .some action in Wash-
Council paused be
routine matters as
in?ton-on th. city’., P. W’. A. appli-,™;*;"", ‘""7-'- had apphed a Mida, touch to the utili. „
m a Kaiv,a, oaner the 'Warv.vill. , .■ : o . , , nation at least that part relatine to ‘’J Acting-Mayor Boland to the .Cotton
in a ivaixsa.s papu. .me .viarjsviuei Laurens mill took advantage of death of Mayor Abrams. The clerk l i k „ u j j *
News. Some .smart clva ps are said to loose fielding of Watts mill to win and i-7 j impiovements, and, «,ked to see that fittinir resolu in\ja4l because he did not
be iroinir around among farmers who „ oi vvatt.s ^miJ to win and j,^ necessary that the City At-‘,''** put up ^nd for his freedom to
^ Komj. aiouiui among larmers wno ^ tie for first place in the tor.n.*v.t«L« ^lons be drawn and inscribed on the
Rave signe<l contracts for limiting Central ( ardhna leage at Watt.s mill,
their planting under the government Kj^bg Higbe, sensational Laurens
corn, hog and whea^ agreements artti hurler, pitched great ball, taking ad-i,.„,„, v.kiuv.f:.v„ of The water and light committee injgr of fraudtAeRt practices in
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t«“lling them they haVe to Ruy of his early lead and coasting
f c;a! steel fence-jio.s.s to mark off most of the way. He kept Watts’eight
the contiaoted acres. bit.s well scattered and fanned nine
As I have often j»a;d..there-Isii’r any
will ke<
and V* h.iciivj.
aw-ait
turncy . take someone with him to “T," ‘."-7''’"“ trial on, the federal government’s
.Washington to push the matter. ‘I?".' "“I"'* >!* *1'''^" charges igainst him-one a charge of
I ’n.e city clerk was authorised to Published in local paper. I using the itiail's to defraud and anoth-
'enter jimmediately into collection water and light committee
delinquent street taxes with the aid
the jiolice department.
On mo.tiaiL..af AI
wrt o
crooks from taking nioney
honest men.
smart
away from
ZACCHECS—.And Fig Sunday
I heard a friend the other day refer
to .>omethiiig be hatl done on “Fig
Sunday.” 1 didn't understand what
Sunday hr mran-t. “I*a!m Kumlajv I-
should havr .said,” he replied. “I used
\v;:nou: iltiUKing the term my mother
u.-t-d England, for the
- i>eJor'e'1Casr«*r 1 don't know
\vh»’re It Came f '•un.”
Tiiat .slarUol me asking question.*
eisewheie, and I learned that in some
of the midlamf counties of England
tlu’V still celelirate Palm Suniny
rating fiVTs. And hack of that is the
ancirn; tradition that the tree into
wltTch-Zat-eheu? climbed to wtUmsjs iihe :
I>ird's entry into JeHu.salem on the
Sunday befoi'c Uis crucifixion was
a sycamoiv tree, as our English B.ble
ha.-- It. hut a fig ti'ei*.
No! important, !iut curious and. to
ihe. interesting.
in four times at hat. Byrd, of Watts,
gcH three out of four.
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I.aurens 7 H 1
Watts 3 h' 7
H gbe and Coxe; Foster, Knight and
Byrd.
reporting on the deferred
signing a power contract
u ft- D u ke. -
Alderman ?Mills, had Supt. .Austin
matter of
with—the
V
ruptcy.
His bond was set-
ARE authorized dealers for Cole
and Corn Planters. See us for*
your planters and repairs. J. I. Cope
land and Bro,, Hardw'are. tf
FQR RENT — One dow-nstairs apart
ment of two rboms. Will be vacant
June 1st. Apply to Mrs. .Agnes Kern.
three hours after i
<he. Easit."
at $2(X),000. Insull said,- through .RLs 1
M are Shoals Wins
Waie Shoal-s, behind a liarrage of
home run.*,, downed Brandon of Wood
ruff. at Ware Shoals Satunlay, 31 to
0. Eight home rurt* were^ slapped out
by Ware .Shoais and two by Brandon.
Winkle and' Eleazer got tl e hit.*
each fur Ware Shoals. Sander.* and
M'nght one each'WV. Law.son got home
dun.' fur Brandon. c
Ware Shoal.- 31 2.7 4
BratuifijL
Willis,
entered into discus.sion. ' Attorney
Wade’s report in writing called atten
tion to differences in contracts sub
mitted and made recommendation.* as
to changes, which .Should be made in
each. On motion of Alderman ‘Henry
as sec 6 h ded by AI Je i- hi ah D'u he a h "ahTJ
thereafter as had been done after the by a majority vote of
death of .Mayor Siua.n. in 1028,. council, it was decided to accept the
A re.Solution was passed as intro- one-year contract offered ’ by Duke
duced by Alderman H^nry after re- Power Company provided sugge.*ted_
ceiving the second*of Alderman Dun- <^banges are incorporated, and the
can, giving the Supt. of streets and Wayor Pro. Tern, and ('ity Cle>k and
cemetery the power to hire or di.s- Treasurer were authorized to execute
cluirge his labor without restrictions ‘^be contract.
as to place of lesidence, whenever he The police committee charged with
amehired aiMJ'seconded by Alderman ton iMills, had tsupt. ..Austin and City
Bailey, .salaries of all employees of Attorney Made present for reports as attorney that he could not raise thaiV
the.city were raised to the amounts to the legal and technical phase.s that amount; Insull’s son, Samuel, Jr., said
prior to a reduction made as of Sept.
1, 1^32, changes to become effective
as of May 1, 11134.
The clerk was instructed to pay
to Mrs. H. V. Abrams the mayor’s
■salary due for tJie nionth^of April,
and to the‘ Acting or Elected .Mayor
FLOWERS FOR
MOTHER’S DAY
Cut Flowers:
Carnations, Roses, Sweet Peas,
Calendulas, Lilies, Larkspur.
Potted PfamtsT
Sloan anil
Henderson, Betscl
sel, and .'>wiiik.
deemed it necessary, and the permi.s.-
^<1:7- 7:. arid tVariis
Gi’aham, VNatls.; without receiving hire from
it was impossible; and the attorney
said they would not “pass the,,hat” i
any further among Insull’s Chicago
friends.
Eyes brimming with teams, steps i
lagging, he titudged ailcMly betweeuf
his guards to be locked up, a prisoner
\n the city where _he. had risen to | Fuchias, Calceolarias, Calla
greatne.’^s among the financial and|Lili®s* Geraniums, Zinnias, Hy-
utilities potentsates of the nation. I drangfeas.
_ Thirteen thou.-^and miles of harried
wandering across Europe, the Medit
erranean and the Atlantic had brought
him at last to the bar of justice.
Crowds gaped at him in the station.
He faced them impassively. At the
EASTSIDE
GREENHOUSE
Phone 2105
(. urry,. R.- Bet- ■wdum necessary.' The*^ street'
_____ A; buildifiit rUfttted :^=SMtesr “ttta^shaTs^
?of use in consolidating the activities heard the charges read: Use of the '
thejeity of various depaI’tinepts of the'city .mails fraudulently, and violation
On Columbia Highway
He collapsed, his •
the phy.sical and
SUBSt KllJE TO THE ( HRONK’LK
“The lumper Every l>ody Heads”
'ebrrimit- government recommended that the the bankruptcy act.
tee was asked to investigate the need building above the jiresenl Clerk’s heart overtaxed by
for a mule to replace the one in ser- office be leased from Dr. Jack H. emotional strain,
vice with trash wagon of Mr. Evans, Young for a period of five years at i He was fingerprinted, then led be-
and authorize to make purchase or offered rental of $45.00 per month, fore a judge.
WHAT DO
P. S. Jeanes
DO?
OWNERS — 'I'he People t
I get imjMitient with {KMiple who
jK-r>ist m talking about big c«»r|K>r-
ations as if they wera owi>ed by one
HI two neb men who were bent on rob
bing eveiyhody, including their em-
ji!oyt"t*s.
.An.tu’it.in 1’elegraph and Telephone
t nip.i'y* 270.000 pensons. but it is
owiieil l>y 0X0,000 stockholders, not
«>ne of whom owns one-hundredth of
the .-^riares. tleneral Motor's has 137,-
tK.iU worker's and 34)1,000 stockholders.']
General Electric, U. S. iSiteeJ, R. U. A.,
Penn.-ylvania railroad and many oth
er big companies have many more
pej-.-on.' owning their stock tlian indi
vidual.- working for them.
It riiay come true, as some believe,
that eventually a dozen or twenty big
c<'!jMiration* will do all the business
of the'lutt ion. Bui who will those cor-
poi-ations U-? Obviously, all the peo-
j'le of the nation.
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Att
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Our Formal
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Friday and Saturday, May 11 and
and be our guest at the Tabernacle to see
<«THESE THIRTY YEARS”
An all-star talking picture, at thrilling as it is romantic
Complimentary Tickets at Our Office
Shows at 3 P. M.—7:30 P. M. and 8:30 P. M. Both Days
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IIOI .'nING — (’onfu.sing Here
1 -aw in thv' papei's the other day
that Sabauda, the .second braml-new
City to be njill in the reclaimed Pon-
t.ne Mai-h in Italy, has j'U.st been fin-
i-hed. 1" wj- iiuilt by b.ObO workmen
in 2U0 days, and w ill house 20,000 peo-
p.« the farii.er.s»on the reclaimed land
an<i il<o-e wlio s'jjiply their wants.
I .-a'.v a lejxrT't from the Tenne^tsee
\'a..t > »j*hui)':ty the other ilay, telling
li 'W new town.s are to l)e built down
tne.rt :i’ 1 in the same, mad anoth|*r
rtpori of ".-u’lsisterK'e Rbusing” plans
in. .-''ine .x ej'h < arolina t<>w'n.*. But at
t'a -ar e :..me I reail di.-patches from
M'a.'hington te'Ming how' many millions
m< 'e a’ ;<" wt have in cultivation than
We meji I'ui \v<* mus* let a lot of
"■Tarm'''~’7hrr"^)'''T)4v^ iftroT' bru.?h' *a
t.nil)e;
I i'■ i.....i.d.w'o:l».nd what they are
' he need w as quite ap-
r
i Four
^ Double-action '
^ Self-adju'stin^
7, Hydraulic shock
absorbers
All-
Steel Body
gives
Maximum
\ safety
/ Safety
Glass used
throughout on
De Luxe bodies
— no extra
charge
CI««r-Vision
VentiUtibn «iod ad-
juttabic tafety-glats
windibield—all
body types
V'
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Trans
verse Canti- V
lever Springs
—Free action
on all 4
wheels
iT
THE 7
ONLY CAR ^
UNDXR $2000
with a V-type
^ 8 cylinder /
^ engine
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pa; rn'
a.y,
can't
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Understand just what
f. It, is all very con-
< Al I NI>\lt — Even (Quarters
In i.< .' .!anua»'y 1 will fall on .Sun
day. It - .tiiv h'»j;^ of the numerous
gj-Oun.> a:,! individuals that l>ef =‘'e
that date the jirojiosed newt universal
calendar will have l>een adopted by
the principal nations of the world.
The new w'orld calendar would tli-
vide the year into 12 months, aa now,
but rearrange the number of (iays in
eetch month, W that each quarter of
the year would, have one month of 31
days and two months of 30 days each.
That would leave one day over, which
would be called “Year Day,” and;
would fall between the last day in De
cember, which would always be Sat-,
urday, and the first day of January,’
which would always be Sunday.
Business men like the idea general-!
]y. The League of Nations has endors-
•d it. Several of the great reHgioos
bodies, who would'h« affected because
it would make Easthr fall on the eame
date eadi* year, have approved k. 1
can see ho reasonable ground for ob-
jeeting,^ but there will be ohjeciiaiiB,
of eoorae, from ihe great tthtt* of pao>
pie who object to any dhaaga in any-
THE .
ONLY CAR
UNDER $1500'
with a M floating
rear axle
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THE
ONLY GAR^’
UNDER $2500
with straddle-
mounted driv-
’ tag pin- ??'
V..,. ion *'>'
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ONLY CAR V
UNDER $1100
with torque-cube v
drive
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Dual
? down-draft
carburetion and
intake mani-
fold
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THE \
ONLY CAR
UNDER $5200
with welded uccl
spoke wheels
".tv Colored
fenders to
match bodies on
De Luxe Models,
at no extra
charge
•Vs ...A
Twin tail ^
m ' V
lights—twin horns
— cowl lights on all s
De Luxe Models—
no extra ehsriie
, .<N -t
$515 and up—F. O. B. Detroit
Easy. Terms
Examine the Value
IMMEDIATE
DELIVERY
NO DELAY
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Richardson
East Main Street
Motor
Laurens, S. C,
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Phone 444
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