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N, S. 'C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12,1935
NUMBER 37
FEAR 0^ WAR
SmL GROWING
CUNTQN FOLKS
YOU KNOW
MUdn PrepareR By Fveling
FMet ItiPdY To Hold MalUb
Etldopia Says Italy Is Prepar-
inti Now Ror Atla^.
London, Sept. 9.—The «hipi-of the
British navy, fneled and e<iuipped for
lone ^ruisea from their home bases,
■iood toy etrategie atations about Bnf *
land and Che Mediterranean toilfht,
ready for any harried call to duty.
A general belief that war between
Italy aq<t EJthiopia was inevitable
gained ground in informed London
quarters, where the whole series of
eignillcant naval and military n)«ves
about' key points went unexpIainM.
The movements included massing of
virtually the entire home fleet at Port*
land. The IfadHerranean fleet jo^ey-
ed into position about Suez; gateway
ta East Africa.
Trahaports and the aircraft carrier
*Kk)umgeou8'’ pushed southward for
reinfoercement of the. defenses- of
Malta, off Sicily, .where troops were
report already stringing' barbed
wire.
“There is* far more going bn than
appears on the surface or than the
^tish people realize,” one official
said, while thb lid of secrecy, clamped
on the movements last week, con
tinued in effect.
Reports of concentration of Italian
fli:
in Old World Areas
WILLIAM RAY ANDERSON, JR.
W. R. Anderson, Jr., carrying the
nickname of “Ned” since a small lad,
was bom in Laurens in 1901, the sec
ond son of the Rev. and Mrs. W. Ray
Anderson.
He was educated in the schools of
Laurens, graduating from the high
school in 1919; He then matriculated
as a freshman at Presbyterian college
where he made an outstanding tecord
NEW TORE ... This map Chows
.the waters and lands across which
Italy is reaching for a seemingly
certain- conflict with Ethio^k.
Italian troops by the thousands hare
been arriving at Massana and Moga
discio, in Eritrea and Italian
Somaliland, respectively. Addis#
Ahaba is thje capital of Ethiopia.
Adowa is the place where the
Italians suffered shatteriftg defeat
40 rears ago, a defeat which it is
belierod the present campaign is in
part intended to avenge. -
WOUND FATAL
TO HUEY LONG
Assassin's Bullet Kills Kingflsh
At Height of Great Power.
Funeral To Take Place In State
House This Afternoon. Friend
and Foe Deplore Tragedy.
submarine, light cruiser and air fleets graduated with the degree of
for joint exercises in the narrow wa
ters between Sicily and the African
Coast furnished some insight into the,
seriousness of the situation.
It is through this narrow lane of
water that Great Britain’s “life line
of the empire” runs.
The Italian fleet exercises, which
authoritative Romv quarters have de
nied are aimed against Great Britain,
would nevertheless bring a powerful
air, surface and sub-surface fleet into
oonoentration at Augusta,, Sicily,
scarcely 100 miles from the tiny is
land of Malta—-British “nerve center”
in the Mediterranean.'
I Informed London etrcles denied just
as emphatically that there was any
threat to Italy in the Bldtiah eoocen-
tmtion, which has .been speeded up
notably siim the imperial defense
council met at. 10 Downing street in
mid-August.
-Diplomatic quarters, attempting to
keep tab on the British troop move
ments, believed that Premier B^ito
MusMlini could .not fail to be impress
ed by the visible evidence/that Brit
ain is'paady to uphold its Mediterran
ean position. 1 I
COLLEGE HAS SPLENDID OPENING
Paper Attacks British
Rome, Sept. 9.— The authoritative
newspaper Gfomale d’ltalia lashed.out
against Great Britain again today in
an editorial accusing Britain of modi-
■^ying its respect for treaties iq accord-
ance with its material interests.
The editorial contended that this
policy accounted^ for Great Britain’s
of a m
adoption of a different altitude to
ward the Italo-Ethiopian controversy
that it maintained toward the con
flict between Japan and. China.
The attack was inspired by news
that Sir Fsederiek Leithross of Great
Britain expected to take advantage
of a visit to Japan to diaeuss- with the
Japanese goveriuttMt the prospects
for concluding an Anglo^apanese
c<mimei«ial agreement.
“These British groups which >are
agitating against pretended Italian
violation of the sanctity of treaties
and the league covenant, and are in
voking against it the severest sanc-
tkMM, have not fought and are not
flatting witii equal violence and equal
strength Japanese invasion of China’s
territory,” the editorial said.
“E^land is disinterested in the
sanctity of treaties and the integrity
of China’s territory, JuR she feels wi^
41apaa conoeming collaboratwn
rather division of territc^.
“In' Ethiopia, on’ the other hand.
bachelor of arts in 1923. He theii be
came principal of the Luveme, Ala.,
high school, holding that position two
years. In 1925 he came back to Clin
ton and associated himself in business
with his uncle. Geo. W. Bailey, becom
ing-manager of The Bee HiVe.
Three years later when the super
intendent and board of trustees were
seeking a principal for the Clinton
high school they turned to Mr. Ander
son with a request that he accept the
position, succeeding J. F. Bozard, re
signed. Since accepting the principal-
ship he has rendered the school and
community valuable services and has
given comtant illustration of his abil
ity and deep interest in the work of
iBstroetiag nod anpwvising Ain in
struction of hundreds of boys and girls
who come within his official jurisdic
tion.
Mr. Anderson is a conscientious,
hard-Working, ambitious school execu4
tive. For several summers he studied
at Emory univereity and in 1931 re
ceived his M. A. degree in education
at this institution. As a teacher and
principal of the local high school, he
has shown unusual ability and effici-
sncy^and has untiringly devoted his
efforts to the elevation of educational
progreas in this eompaunity. He has
also taken ait active interest in educa
tional work both in the county and
stai^, having served as president of
the Laurens County Teachers’ associ
ation and on various committees of
this body, A young man of clean hab
its* and admirable qualities, he is a
po^ater and influential leader among
yoim|L people. During the seven years
he na^been connected with the high
school- he hM been absent from his
duties only ^ree days.
On June 4, 1926, Mr. Ai^erson mar
ried Mias Helen Paris of Gainesville,
Ga., a successful teacher in the Geor
gia schools. Immediately upon taking
IH) her residence here, Mrs. Anderson
was elected a teacher in the Florida
Btreet school. Two years later she was
made principal of the school, stieceed-
ing Miss Marjorie $eawritht, resigned.
In hmr choaea profession she proved
herself a capable teacher and execu
tive; with general regret expressed by
the board of trustees when her resig
nation was tendered last year. As an
evidenoe of her fidelity to doty, Mrs.
Anderson was dseent frOm her work
only six days during the nine years
•he wag. connected with tile school
Although iw has whole-heartedly
given his energies to his profession,
Mr. Anderson has likewise been a
leader in civic and social affairs in
Presbyterian college enrollment for
the new 1936-36 session got under way
yesterday, though the total figure was
not available as The Chronicle went
to press.
One of the largest freshman groups
ever to enter the college began arriv
ing on the campus Tuesday. They
came from widely scattered points and
represent the moet cosmopolitan group
ever at the institution. All of tha dor-
mltorist are filled and Indications
point to a successful year’s work.
Tuesday’s program included supper
served at Judd hall and the usual col
lege - night activities. The freshmen
there is the business of Rickett and _
€o»peny- Ahd for alH and other con- this ooramunity. He is a mknd>er and
siderations, Etidopia becomes sacred
and ini^lable.” ^
While professihir no knowledge of
such proposals, government sources
insisted that the Italian policy was
fixed and that no compromiaa nrat poa-
aiblo which did not accompliiA tiie
“definitive - aolutkm” which Premier
Mossdini has densaoded.
Since such a settiement iKndd nec-
esaarily involve, extensive modifiea-
timi of Etiaepiao sovereignty, both
deacon df the Firet Baptist church,
traaaurer of the church, and tendier
of the men’s Bible class. For five years
he served as its Sunday achool super
intendent He m an Ancient Free Ma
son, a of the Chamber of
Commerce ai^ Khranis club, being
vico-praaident' of the latter organixt-
tkm. & is a member of the Kappa
Al|dui fraternity and also of Kappa
PU Kappi, national honorary educip
tloaal fraCemHy. la all tiiese ipberm
through Italian mUitary <>«opi»*k».---*«!lfiou8, aocial, ciyic and education
and polkieal influenea at Addia Ababa,
offidals aaid they had little eqpceta-
tkm that the, League of Nations would
be able te a formula which
would ^ aeolptabls either to Italy or
to Emi^ror BEatie Selassie.
AT SHADY 6ROTR 8UKDAT
Next Sunday will ba obaarvod as
“BofMHComing day** at Shad^ Grove
Freebiierian ebncch abur^ba^ with
a ooediai iavitatidh extended 40 tiWv-
coted friende of tiie old hktork diitiuli
to,be presmst The^g wfll be sermoas
al->lds etfottt have aimed constantly
tnirard a betterment of conditions
unong Us ftUowmen, and always he
has kept his eduoatioaal ideals and
principals in the foreground of his
thoughte and work.
One of the Largest Freshman Classes In Institution's History
Matriculated Tuesday and Yesterday. Regular *
Classwork Begins Tomorrow.
were/led in P. C. yiells and song.s byjtion in honor of the new students.
the college cheer leaders.
Welcoming tfddre.sses were made by
W. P. Jacobi, acUng premdehtl Coach
Walter Johnson; Kmest Arnold, presi
dent of the Y. M. C. A,; James Mc-
Clary, president of the student body,
and Dean Marshall W. Brown.
Devotional exercises this morning
for both old and new students, will be
attended by the pastors of the city
who will bring cordial greeting* to
tha young men from Cliuton churches.
•Rmiorrow will be given over to Organ
ization work and the meeting,^ class
es. Saturday evening at eight o'cIo<^
at the president’s home th<!(Y, M. C. A.
and College Dames will giW-a recep-
Wysor Names,
Ranking Cadets
Major R. E. Wysor, professor of
miliiary science and tactics at Presby-
terii^n college, announced yesterdi^
the appointments of the higher fanH^
ing cadet officers of the R7 0. T. Q.j
unit for the 1935 school session.
Major Wysor. enters his seventli
year as professor of military science
and tactics of the Presbyterian unit.
In the past six years his unit has won
the Fourth Corps area proficiency cup
trophy four times.
Although the usual tour of duty for
officers with the R. 0. T. C. is four
y%ani, the war department, in recog
nition of the valuable service Major
Wysor has rendered here, has extend
ed his tour each succ^ing year.
Following are cadet appointments:
Cadet Major of Battalion: R. R. Pot
ter, Atlanta, Ga.
Cadet Captain and Adjutant, T.
Plaxico, Sbaron, S. C.,
Cadet Captain and Plans and Train
ing Ofjficer—'H. M; Wilson, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Cadet Captains and Company Com
manders: R. A; Wilbanks, Clinton; R.
W. Forehand, Allendale; J. K. Wyatt,
Mlnlo, Ga.
Not Td Change
Cotton Program
Athens,. Ga., Sept 7.—Answering a
qxNMoD, Cully A. Cobb,‘~chief of the
cotton a^kxi of the AAA, said here
today there could be no changes made
in the ftdmmi cotton loan plan to per
mit cotton damaged by recent storms
aaeet mkimtim gra^ stendarda.
“The eottdn loan plan ia almdy
based two points below that of the
trading basis, and to further reduce
the minimum standards would be eco
nomically unsound and not for .ths
beat inteiests of the cotton farmers of
(he South,” Cobb eaid. ^
Road Program
Slated For County
Says The Laurens Advertiser:
A county road improvement pro
gram for the top-soiling of about 437
miles of county rural mail delivery
routes is in prospect for this county
under annagreement between the coun
ty delegation, the county board of
commissfohers an<f oflioials of ihe
PWA, it was learned* eariy tl^ls week
at the office of Supervisor A. Rhett
Martin. ^
The exact details of the program
were not available at the supervisor’s
office since the application for the
PWA aid had been forwarded to
Greenville. It was learned, however,
that the county was to furnish six
road dumps and put other additional
equipment and materials at the com
mand of the PWA, including a new
oil burning combination tractor-scrape
whose purchase the delegation auth
orized at the Monday meeting.
’The program, acording to the PWA
offifials, will give employment bo 167
people for a period of 12 months and
is a part of the program to give work
instead of relief to unemployed. It/ was
said that 90 per cent pf the workers
are to be drawn from the relief rolls.
Chamber Hears Of
Local Projects
Applications Have Been Filed
For Swimming; Pool and Arm-
■ ory For Clinton To Be Enwted
Through WPA Funds.
Ihe
The September meeting Of
Chamber of Commerce was held Tues
day evening with a number of visi
tor* preAent and featured by an ad
dress by Adjutant General James C.
Dozier.
Mr. Dozier gave an explanation of
the proposed plan of securing thirty
armoriM for the at approximate
ly 1760,600, with each unit costing
about $26,000. He pointed out the
need of better buiTdings to take care
of the property of the .staite’s national
guard units. He explained- that the
localities where the armories are to
be constructed are donating the sites
and that only federal funds are to
be used in the program. He also paid
a tribute to Capt. Johnson and the
men of his company on the excellent
record made since the unit was organ-
izeti a year ago.
It was announce<i during the eve-
nini|>,,that John H. Young of this city
had Offered to give an acre for the
building at the lower end of South
Broad street and he was voted a ris
ing vote of appreciation by the cllub.
D. C. Heustess, the president, also
announced that Mr. Young had given
Baton Rouge, La., Sept. 10.—Senator
Huey P; Long died today at the height
of his power an^ frieml and foe of his
political creed thfoughout the nation
deplored his assassination. ^
Control of his Louisiana empire,
which he rul^ as'a dictator, was in
confusion as his lieutehahls sought to
kolfdify th^ir ranks ami preserve the
po'We^4hey-4nherited.- j
Long’fS death came at 4:06 ^a. m.,
central standard time. He was uncon
scious. His immediate family and po
litical associates sunounde<l his bad-""
side.
liong was 42 years old. For 31 hours
he and his physicians fought against
death fro'm wounds inflicted by Dr. C.
A. Weiss, Jr., 30-year-old Baton
Rouge eye specialist, who shot the sen
ator as he .steppe<l from the house
chamber into a corridor of the capitol
building Sunday night.
Weiss, a member of a fanitly politi
cally opposed to Ixjngr; -immediately -
dfoppvd dead from bullet wtvunds in-
fhct<^ by I^ong’s heavily-arme<l body
guards.
The bullet from Weiss’ gun struck'
the .senator in the right side, pene
trating the colon in two places, injured
a kidney and passed out p^f his body
in the back. An emergency^peration
and five blood transfusions failed to
.save hirp.
The imposing 33-story state capitol,
setting for his greatest ti iumphs and
his fatal Wounding was chosen for the
senator’s la.st rites.
For 27 hours, from 1 p. m. tomorrow
until 4 o’clock Thursday afternoon, the
body of the slain political chieftain
will lie in state in the rotunda of the
huge statehouse which he built.
At the latter hour furi^l services
will be held after which he yill be bur
ied on the capitol grounds. The fam
ily late today agreed to shggestions
of Ixjng’s followers that it would be
appropriate that he rest permanently
in the shadows of the handsome cita
del of his political jdpinain.
An East Baton Rouge coroner’s jury
relumed a verdict saying that the man
who dominated the public life of Lou
isiana for eight years “came to his
death from gunshot wounds of a homi
cidal character.’’ 'The verdict, follow-,
ing Louisiana custoAi, did not fix re
sponsibility for the act.
Meantime the inquest irito the death
lx)ng’s assas?tn again was post-
pone<l. It was started Mon^lay morning
and adjourned until i.Monday after
noon after examination of two wit
nesses. Failure of other witnesses and
Long's bodyguards, ivho kille<l Weiss,
to- appear yesterday afternoon caused
postponement until today. Again this
afternoon the coroner found none to
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three acres of land behind the homes
of R. E. Ferguson and C. L- Gallo-,
way for a park area and swimming IDistrict Attorney John Fred
Odom vfould not comment on failure
To Seek ^^ory For
Local Detachmoit
Walter A. Johnson, commander of
the local Nationfl Guard unit, has
filed an application for one of ihe
armories to ^ established in this state
out of fedeni funds. 'The application
bears the approval'of State Adminis
trator Pinckney and Adjutant General
James C. Dozier and .is expected to
win speedy acceptance at Waitiiington.
The building is expected to cost ap
proximately $26,000, 110 by 110 feet,
and dKmstmcted of stone with compo-
aition-roof.
SUPREME COURT tJPfiOLDS
santee-coofVb raaiEcr
TRUSHES SEEK $100,000 LOAN-
FOR NEW SCHOOL BUHJHNG
Colttinbia, Sept. 10. — Conatftntion-
ality of the propoind -Santee-Coq^
hydfo-eleotric meigation projeei was
nphlid « a deeiskm of 4be state so-
eomi ttkficy following azga-
■t a tarm Septonbar 4.
The board of .trustees of Hunterf No announcement has been made by
sdMwl district No. 6, through its
chairman W. /C. Oxl^, •has witnin
tba past week filed an ap^liei^oa in
Obltmibia with the Adminiatmtion of
Pp10c Woriu reqaesrtiag a Joan and
grant of 4100,000 for the frf«tion of a
new Mho^ building.
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tl^ board in regard to thei/ phopossl.
It is understood that if the reqffest
is aiHProv^ by PWA Authorities at
WMhington it will carry a gralR of
$46,000. The remaining $66,000 would
be provided by the floating of- an ad
ditional bond issue on the propCily
of the district \ '
tribi
tU
for a
pool for which application ha.s been
filed through the PWA. The proposed
pool will cost approximately $25,000,
the greater part of the expenditure
to be supply by the WPA. In the
set-up the Chamber of Commerce wa.s
asked ,to contribute $600 which it ap
proved, and it was Announced that the
City Council has agreed to make a con-
buution of $2,000 for the project,
city's application for the recre-
aiionml proje^ was filed in Columbia
last w«^ by President Heustess and
it is expect^ to meet the approval
of Washington authorities.
A committee was appointed by the
president to investigate the advisa
bility of holding a community fmr
this fall. Its members are: J. B.
Townsendr-A. L Shepard, and H. D.
Payne.
^pt. ..A. D. Tisdale and several
officers of the Cv C. C. camp n^r here,
were guests
the members of the club an mvita-
tion io be the camp’s guests for din
ner I^riday afternoon at 6:30, au^tcr
to bel followed by an entertainment
arranged for the visitors.
^oul
of the gun-wielding bo<lyguard.s to ap.-
pear.
Neither
Odom nor other officials
had anything to say on the pos.sibility
of action against the slayers of Weiss.
Officials who refused to be quoted ex
pressed belief that the guards, as duly
constituted police officers, would be
absolved on the grounds that the kill
ing was in lipe of duty in the protec
tion of themselves and others.
President Roosevelt, whq issued a
statement yesterday, led numerous
members of the house and senate and
others hiph in public life in denounc
ing lx)ng’s assassination. Louisiana
newspapers editorially “deplored” his
death frehn the gun of Dr. Wei.ss,
The versatile senator who wrote
books, promoted “Share-the-Wealth
clubs,’
led parades of college football
players, defied the United States sen-
Capt. Tisdale extended j ^te, and was a potential candidate for
ni tk- -I»k o« president in 1936, died at the height
Captain Beatty
Highly Honmvd
Captain George S. Beatty, D. S. C.,
ipUui
recently assigned to the Presbyterian
college R. 0. T. C. unit as assistant
proifesaoir of military science and tac
tics, hAs received notice of his appoint
ment as a deputy chief of staff of
the Legion of Valor.
“The Legion of Valor is an organi
sation composed of the men who have
been awarded the congressional ^edal reached.
of his reign as a political boss of his
empire of Louisiana.
He was busily engaged in increasing
his dictatorial powers through a spec
ial 'session of the legislature, when
shot. A number of special measures,
which to^y the assembly pushed
ahead to^w^ard final enactment, were
aimed at the administration of Presi
dent Roosevelt, with whom he broke
after supporting him for the nomina
tion at Chicago.
Governor Oscar K. Allen titular
head of Long’s organization, said:
“We are'going to follow the pribdples
of Huey P. Long.” Various leaders
among Long’s supporters were men
tioned as possible successors to thb
senator, but no decision has been
of honor or the distinguished senile
hcross. . —
Captain .Beatty was awarded the
distinguished service cross for gallan
try in action while a member of the
A. fe. F.
Mrs, R. M. League, Mils Grace
League and Mrs. Ralph Copeland
spent Tuesday in Spartanburg.
I
Plans for the funeral arrangements
are in the hands of tj committee com
posed ! of Governor tAllen, Seynoour'
Weiss, New Orleans hotel manager
and treasurer of the. Long orgsniia»^
tion; Earl Long, his brother, and Pan!
J. Christenberry, the 8enator’ff'>seere-
tary.
Dr, E. L. Sai^ersOn, fhperintemisdl;
ued
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