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r » • I CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. M Moorhead IAddmses Joanna Good-Will * • At Goldville f THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6. ^1934 Milliolu Kdd^n By Ag^ Wonian (r- =T She had left a wilt in a Portland, Ore.,I LOOK! LOOK! bank; and had drawn $500,000' cash AaiMrican Boy now $1/00 per year, from a Seattle bank. The governiheht $2.00 for S years. ■ Th. Jo.nm Good-Will .,i.ociii(!al*«niiation as thU through which w« _ of Goldyille,’ jjin eleeniosyriary corpbr-j could deal together. There are many 9;’ a ^ew days last week with _ .1 .! At-. 1 ' t'a. .i ^ aarA y»n M * Anf A«* tm^/\ ation, has recently been issued a char- ■ f activities we can enter into with each other that w'illUead to a more attrac tive and beautiful community. Mr. and Mrs, C. P. Robinson and Mrs. W. L, ^ Jones. . < ' ^ \ . Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Cook and Miss Late Widow Bought Land For $36,000 Blit CbuldnH Afford Butter. $500,000 Put In Clock. ,, T>i . 1 r n .11 London, Dec. 1. — Ibrahim Smith- With reference to charity 1 wish to Blakely^of^Greenville, spe t eccentric old lady who^ de- —... ... ..... » air. .. , . . „ ■; and:assure you that no community injThank.sgiving with their parents, ( pur-lsbuth Carolina has exhibited a finer i A. Ross Blakel}^ — jt lighted in “fooling the lawyers’ ter by the secretary of state. The assbciatipm is bieaded by D. J. Bochanan, president; C, T. Kay, vice president; J. D. Butler, treasurer L. Roy Templeton, secretary. Its . , , . ]>ose as set fprth in its charter is tojspirit or record toward the unfortu-, J. Y. Blakely of Washington spent^ ^ ^ “promote gyxl-will, harmony and fuUfnate than the people of this commu-'a few days last week with his brother; fortune, once estimat- cooperation between the employees jnity. ^ou have through the trying|and sister, A.i Ross Blakely and Mrs. gj $15,000,000. - ^ and management of the Joanna Cot-jyears of this depression assisted thciC. P. Robinson. j filing of her strange w'ill re ton Mills. The organization now^has,unfortunate with a liberality thakwill Mrs. F. A. Buchanan of Swannapoa,!. fierce IcmI battle involving four hundred members. ' 'plac^ stars in your crowns when you ^ ^ l"^^*^** involving W. A. Moorhead, the highly esteem-i have passed irito that life eternal, ed manager of the Joanna concern, Your liberality toward the unfortu- sought her in vain. £[«• attorneys said they believed she was murdered. .Mrs. Brown admitted in court re cently that she and her husband were in constant communication with Mrs. Slni^h-Scollard, who was in. Montaeal until her death in 1932. Attorney Burdick said that Brown, 'before Jie died,-used Mrs. Smith-Scol- 4 jitMES ^. CALDWELL Anythinf In tlie Way of MagasiBeo J .9 ing her sensational life, is bafflingpoww of attorney to settlb the even in dealing their international iuconne tax case against her—in 1933, a year after she died. I Brown was killed without revealing the mystery of her missing fortune. 'was invited last Saturday evening to rai.e has attracted the attention of address the membership. At the re-; man; quest of the organization, his address mation regarding the splendid way m N. C„ spent the Thanksgiving holi-, her heil-sr the kdminrstraior"of he"r,were closed in days here with her sons and daugh-; heirs of mysterious, ters. ^ ^ Reese B. Brown, of .Yakima, financial, Mis> Ahne Holland of Clifton, spent j adviser who hid her in Canada white r ..iillill'lllliy I address the membership. At the re-;many communities asking for *ufor-|^ j^gj. agents sought her is published below! ' Mr. President and Members of the Joanna Goodwill association: It is indeed an honor you* have done me in asking that 1—make you a talk this evening. J At the •v’cry_outsef I want to assure each of, you that my sincere feeling which this important matter has been ;Sohed here. I am satisfied that with a unfted front through your organi zation on this question you will s61ve and handle this noble question with due consideration* for each case brought to your attention. I want to mentipn some things George R. Holland, and family. jfour years, and then concealed her Mr. and Mrs. James Benjamin of ashes for a year after she dM in Greensboro, Na C., spent last week'Montreal. ^ . | with Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Robinson; | “You can’t trust lawyers,’’ she (Ince Mr, and Mrs. E. E. Scott* of Green-j .skid to a relative, with a wink. “It’s ville, were guests Sunday of Mr, and | best to tell them nothing.” Mrs. A* L. Shepard. j At the, time she had just engaged Mr. and Mi's, J. G. Shuler of Colum-,an attorney who was’ handling .sev- i/i, iiiat iiij atiivcic icciiiia , , ,, i* that I am among friends and fellow,which to live, co-workers. ' Home:—First of all I believe this When I fh*st learned there was a '^® the bedrock of aliy^cpramunity, moveriient being started among you ^ ^ to organize a Goodwill Association, I ® home living daily the teachings vy heart, mind and souL seemed im-!®^ Christ, you need have no fear of m*diately to beewme attuned in full|^^^ morality of that home. sy‘.^pathy with such a movement, ij my niind it is just as was approached by several of you on'^ attend church which 1 think ;;;ke f^r an ideal “f i" -ah far her. She spent Thaftksgiving with their brother and sistcr:in-law, Mr. and* Mrs. Geo. R. Holland. Misses Mary Howze Dillard, Bebe Dillard and Beverly Davis spent Thursday and Friday in Charleston and Columbia. . ' ^ \ These lawyers are seeking the A. L. Shepard wajs a business visitor money now—in two ways. Wilmon mumbled *because she did not want to spend $100 for the services of a den tist—too ej^travagant, she said. She would buy a Seattle lot for $36,000 without ever seeing it—and declin».,to Radio Repairing Guaranteed Serrice Radio Exchange ^\t^S COUGH CHOP VERY wmter, an army of people bresJu arms and legs slipping on icy; side walks.' •1^ use butter becau.se it was “expensive.” in Greenville yesterday. I-Tucker,-administrator of -her estate, .. . Real Throat relief! M^cated with ingredi ents of Vicks VapoRub ^TNA-IZE OVERCOMES.BAD BREATH An iCtna Acetdwt Policy guarut^ oti a regular income while you’re d up; Pays doctors,.noraes and hospital, too!. r- lai this "srtke-' mi,.,: ic. the Jatc f-(i our souls on the tlocfine of "“''Y flftly in a $.5,000^00 suit against riiiarn-otuin!- was 0 Uko ^ a» it i* foi' ns to feed our hod-lft' w-k-n"'' CharJo.ston w.th IhCiBrowns estate that Brown took her imiiai ncLun„ v.as lo laKo jiiace ‘■‘’i ;. f.iUa. «« a„f ' Imoney while .she wa.s of unsound launch the movement. I told those of L our Likt an active Mrs. Flora-nce Sledge, Miss Estelle-mind. ■ktrtu tk’Vin 11 mo fViut intpre.>t in the leligiou.s side of our,,. , , «• , i... • i ...i ... , ■ » , < you who approached me that person ally I would welcome such a move- cpnimimity llglOU.' it-makes no iffepence I Daniel ami Mrs. John Daniel, who livel Denton G. Burdick, chief counsel for SUBSCRIBE TU THE CHRONICLE “The Paper Everybody Reads” S. w. SUMEREL CLINTON^ S.^— JACOBS BUILDING f Irt her< ,-in the next few days. This matter was gone* over with director.'' with .Mr. Mitchell pres- 'OU ent and they instructeil me to extend t». you their full approval, best wish es, goodwill, blessings and willing ness to lock arm.s with their employ- Cis in endeavors leading toward mak ing .this a better place in which to the most powerful' influence .upon your lioy or girl is thejteacher in the school. Our school here , has a rword which, if you will study with Mr. is almost staitling. When the boys and girls go to the h'^-'h seliool from the Goldville school ih -y arc* r.o well prepared that you need not doubt their ability to cfin'inue their work in near Weldon., N. C., have been visiting the known heirs, who include Mrs, Greely Fitzpatrick, of Oak- sister of the old eccentric, court that Brown’s estate, 1*6- sre, was virtually identical [Dick Darlington, on ^Thurstlay. No-pvith that of Mrs. Smith-Scollard. | vem'l)er 22nd. Mrs. Lawler is pleas-j Mrs. Ssdie Brown, the widow, de-j antl.v remembered here as MisS Mary.nied her husband’.s fortune came from: Darlington Black, daugh,ter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Black. Miss Mary Emma Speake, student at Lander college. Greenwood, spent Mrs. Smith-Scollard. ^e came to court in Yakima not, 'oing ago. wiih^ the cremated ashes of Mrs. Smith-! Scollard, sayFng her husband, killed live and concerning matters of mutual-:i'-’i4C'0!.v’ manner, lour o gam advantage. zatidri- HOW has an opportunity to deal the holidays with her parents, Mr. and* jn- an autermabije aocidept, had con- Mrp. George Speake. cealed them on his $1,000,000 estate .Mrs. Selma Franks, .MLsses 01aJ>a-!at the Yakima Imiian reservation. vis, Frances Jones and Virginia Dukes Xhe second division of the fortune I understand that you had your or- moi'e directly with questions -leading night-to'leaking this part of our community "““T* . nigiu, , _ _ ■ i J. L. Rentz has returned from ganization meeting Saturday Nov. 3rd, and from the very first and of greater .'Service, there was an enthusiastic response to- is possible. ^ • ward the complete formation of such! General Morality of Our ('ommu- nn oiganizaiian, which you have .seen: "'Lv—This has ever been a problem vVaU,.Hhoro • N (’ soent Thanks- fil to name “The .Ioanna Goodwill As-'with which to deal in a fair and im- Wa<b*«boro, N. ( .. spent I han_ks attended the Jones-llenerey wedding hunt leads to banks and vaults wheie attorneys believe the old lady may ^;c.atiun.” I fur.her underslaml that partial manner, but one which I have J h.ive continued to grow until; fo handle without fear or favor, you.* membeii hip ai this, time shows 11 <?an assure you that Mr, Mitchell ♦ ‘ .••fr.i! hundred. " - and myself will welcome your cooper- .Aiiy organization founded upon'ation and a'dvice. friendship, unselfi.shness and charily| 1" mJ' closing remarks I wi.sh to is bound to. breed 1^4 and accom-jlalk more or less frankly with.you. plrsh worthwhile thing.s, j ! want each of you; to feel that With- your memlH*rship growing at! (^ohlville i.s your home. I want ,you to sbeh a rapid rate, I imagine it is onlyj!’'^’^! lhat the Joanna Cotton MiTls—i* a matter of a few week.s until you jour fountain of sustenance. I want will have enrolled all emploj/ees oflyi'U to love your home and help me to the Joanna Cotton Mills. it free from those outsiders who would come into our home / and at tempt to destroy the relationship of our goodwill existing toward one an other. I want you to help me to pro tect the Joanna Cotton Mills as' re lated tp its owners and yourselves, With every crisis .there usually tmerges a movement which in the end means a better understanding between all interested parties. During this de pression through which we have been; , .... ...... traveling, we have all learned to be more tolerant and considerate of each '^^ manifest a mutual consider- othcr. It ^gJ<es a crisis sometimes to single out tho.-;e who think construc- ation for each other. Personally, I feel very keenly the responsibilities lively and those who hold such bit-;^^«ting upon^ my shoulders; for I terness that they would-take steps to consider a ^two-fold question destroy those things leading to high er and better relations. The Joanna that of your own and that of the owners. I also want to make clear here and Goodwill association, to my way of. . , , thinking is^he^m*ct result of a more sire on the part of you to hold to and add to that splendid 8h'irif“'”'C)f CO-" operation which has existed irr our than anyone present the bitterness which sprung up in our community some weeks ago. Some of it can very ir--' . "N: ■ IT ■, community for many years. In other^^asily traced to welDpaid agitators, words-it tnko.-. a real tW to .deter- can he traced to a person mine ~who'are really your friends andi^^*^^ misguided. Some of those rhis- who would follow' a leadership ^ f^-^ends signe<l to destroy that friendship. ready to Friendship is that one great pps-1“"y misguided step he or she session which you and I are privileged • "^fy have taken. I want you to^ ex- to (.wn which silver or gold cannot hihit a spirit of forgiveness and ex: puicha.'C 01 destroy.“'Friendship is;^J^.* hand of welcome to those ex- •wroughl. through knowing and asso- hihiting such a desire have hidden ‘possibly $2,000,009- in his home in Santa'cash and $250,000 in jewels in Cana- jda, Washington, Ortgon, Iowa, Kan-| I.. Marshall, Jr.,|sa.s and California. i The foundation of her fortune was giving with the latter’s parents, Mr. hud by “Hecla Jim” Smith, who month'.s stay at Rosa, Texas. Mr, and Mrs. W. aind Mrs. C. M. Bailey. struck it rich when he bought Miss Ella Little McOary of Blythe- j 12.'} a one-sixth interest in a north ' ‘ wood, siient the week-end with her'Idaho mine—a mine which has p^id parents, Mr. .and Mrs. L, i). McCrary. Mrs. Arthur Copeland and Miss Sara Copeland spent the Thanksgiv ing holidays with.their daughter and sister, Mrs. T. F. Wallace, in St. Matthews. Miss Elsie Little of Estill, sjient the Thanksgiving holidays with her moth er, Mrs. Arthur Little. Miss Elisabeth Nelson of Lander college. Greenwood, spent ,Thanksg‘iv- ing with her parents, Mn and Mrs. T. J. Peake. - ' Dr. and Mrs. T, J. Peake,. Miss Christine Peake and Raymond Pitts were in Charleston Thanksgiving for the P. C.-Citadel football game. Mr. and Mr.s. W. D.jCcpeland were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J.; T. Martin in Greenwood. Cs P. Robinson has returned from a week’s visit to his sister in Spartan burg. Judge Sheldon M. Roper, Mrs. Ro per, and twin daughters, of Lincoln- ton, N. C., Charles P. Roj^r, student at the South Carolina Medical college. Charleston, and Miss Margaret Fran-i ces Roper, who teaches at Buffalo, spent the Tjianksgiving holidays with their parents and grandparents. Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Roper.*' ■ more than $16,000,000 in dividends.. She made money in Chicago real es-i tate, being known as “the Hetty Green ( of LaSalle street.” j She had four husbands, and appar-1 ently trusted none of them with full: information about her money. She de serted the first, one Peterson, in IreTj land, where she was born, after two weeks. Smith died. She divorced R. T. Wilbur, of Spokane, and G. F. ScoD lard, of Bellingham. Scollard said she used to pay the second highest income tax in Chicago. She u.sed to carry $5,000 to $1,000,- 000 in 'cash, all the time. She hi(J $5’i0,000 in a clock, and placed $500,- 000 in $1,000 hills in an old trunk. SNeJ deposited thousands in hanks of Cali-{ fomia and Washington—then forgot them, while the interest piled up. W’hen Mrs. Smith-Scollard was in dicted for^ making false income taxH; returns,"'five years ago, she vanished.^ PLYMOUTH Wait for the New 1935 I Plymouth I ...WHICH WILL BE SHOWN IN CLINTON IN THE NEXT FEW bAYS. DON’T .;. trade for any 1934-made car until you have seen the 1935 Plymouth. ciating with one another, through the avenues of service and charity to ward each—thus leading to- that goal To tho.se in our community who harbor ill-will toward our company— and that meaniii your company and my Tax Collections Rise 20 Per Cent WEEK-E N D S P E CIA L S of love. Friendship, when founded'The Joanna Cotton Mills— upon the sold rock of true under-p wish to remind them that we re- ftanding of each other, is like unto;*^^^^ only three aimple standards to that house built upon a solid rock foundation—storms may come and go V;, iently his k; • ^ an employee ofr Joanna Cotton as. follows: but it remains steadfast and well,»B-'perform choved. Whereas, a friendship with-,®*^ worx. out that understanding and confi-j 2. Proper moral conduct in the com- dence is like unto a house built upon the sands—with the first stormy test it fell. , November Alone Shows Gain of $216,054. and Wine Levy Yields $150,000. 3. Proper attitude toward the com- pany. Now, I. bespeak for this organiza- With those simple^ and reasonable tion a long life of service, one toward standards met, there is np reason un- another—you have endeavored to get why all other problems your foundation perfected upon the ^ with your support i proper understanding and relationship toward^W:h other. You have-a great opportunity to and your counsel. As my final remarks I'want -agTKh to say: What I did the first week in realize the value of working together,!Septem^r was done in the interest of and you have seft forth three great] Protecting your right to woric from goals *of-attainme^ht — namely: har-i^^^y 9'*tside interference and I stand mony, social relationship, and charity. ]'®*“y the limit in protecting you In your efforts toward holding a| rom outside-Jnterference again —if elose harmonious relationship in our y®** want me to community you will find the manage ment and owners of the Joanna Cot- toi^ Mills ready' to cooperate with you. You can rest assured that there will be times when differences of opinion idll arise; but, I have always felt that every question^ could be NEW PLYMOUTH EXPECTED SOON The Clinton Motor compeny, local Plymouth distributors, are expecting to place the new49d5 Pljrmouth model properly solved with a complete tin-^ on display in their show rooms in the derstaading—after due consideration and deUberatioB has been allowed to teke jdaea, WIA referenM ta the toeial side af ear eommnaity drde, I ha^ al- next few days. Mr. Craig statfd year terday that he and his salesmen, L. W. Cooper and fl. Irvin will go to (keenabdro, N. C., Saturday to tee the new cars and h6]w toon thereafter to ow them here. . \ I Columbia, Dec,_J..^A report issued today by the state tax commission showed revenue collectidns for the first-eleven months of 1934 exceeded] those of the same period last yeac-by approximately 20 per cent. The statement," issued by W. G. Query, chairman of the tax conunis- Ision, -gave total collections for the eleven-month period as $14,826,413 as compared with $12,267,130 for the eleven months of 1933,~'an increase of $2,669,283. Nearly every item of Collection showed an increase in 1934, the report said, explaining that a drop in total collections from the electric power tax from the 1933 figure was due to a large collection of delinquent taxes through November of last year. Tax collections for November were $1,333,683, representing an increase of $216,054 over the November, 1933, total, » November income tax collections, the report said, increased nearly $100,000 over those of the same month last year; the business license tax nearly |M,000; the gasoline tax around $100,000; and the beer an* wipe tax approxiniately $150,000. Ibe report explained the big increase in the beer and wine receipts waa dqe tjs the fact that ^tiuLJ»ftv$ng»f were legalised in May, 19SS, a^ there were b6 eoUections from that source for the first four months of last year. ' 100 PAIRS MEN’S VUUE OVERALLS Sizes 32 to 42 — 1?air 59C LADIES’ , NEW FALL HATS Any Hat, In the House -Now—Each ?8c .^WHATABUY! ^ 300 ties Ass^ed Pattern and Colors See Them! feacb— TtSc ONE TABLE WOMEN’S SHOES VALUES TO *5.00 .f While They last— $1*50 HERE’S A BUYI BOYS’ SWEAHRS SLIP-OVER STYLE X. s^eg 8 to 16 ■ " -ATC; -; : , LL sheeting YARD WIDE Come Early — Yard :5c : - t ^ .xs. : ■N •X \'