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i : ^ I /: . ' • I.- • # 1- . , Y* ‘ ^ . - \ • ft / ;i - • / ' f. ^ ■/ // ‘" ■'f' -'t .■ ■ \ • 1 : ■..■.Vi-"-; # ■ / ' 7 THE CHRONICPB StriTcs Be e'CkeB Newe- ^p«r» CoMpIcte. Newer, r . f 1 • • ^ -w 1 ; ./ / .• / If Tm De«*t BenA / THE CHftbNlCLB Toe Des't M The Newe. VOLUME XXXV CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17,1936 NUMBER 42 BOMBS DROP ON ETHIOPIA CLINTON FOLKS YOU KNOW italian Legions Advance On Two Fronts. Report 10,000 Ethi opians Killed. Paris Awaiting Mussolini’s Terms For Armis tice As English Fleet Maneu- In Mediterranean. Wre<^ Fatal To P. C. Graduate Loi^on, Oct. 15.—Italy’s Fascist le gions advanced on both Ethiopian fronts under the covef of aerial bom-! bardments or scouting flights today | and the Lei«ue of Nations moved to-i ward economic sanctions to choice off the African warfare. A tense siti^ion on two continents saw a huge British fleet hold maneu vers off the shores off Alexandria, near the., mouth of the Sues canal. Italian airplanes, commanded by Count Galearzo'Ciitno, son-in-law of Premier Mussolini, bombed Ethiopian troop detachments at the key city of Makale, on the'northern front, while ‘ the left'wing of the Italian army ad vanced from the north, press dispatch es said. The fascist fliers were reported to - . ^ ^ u* u tav. de.troy«l .i, imimunition gre.tet part of hi. bu»ine.. Jimmy Seagle Instantly Killed Near Newberry-Wiien Car Hits Truck, Companion Escapes. James Monroe Seagle, 22, instantly killed hear Nev^rry at 3:45 Satur day ‘morning while en route to his home at Camden after attending home-coming exercises here on Friday Supreme Court To Try New Deal AAA and TVA Will Be^Measured By Same Yardsticks That Ruled NRA Unconstitutional. Washington, Oct. 14.—The supreme court agreed today to measure the New Deal’s farm and Tennessee val ley programs by the Yardstick of the constitution which already has ruled County Fair To Attract Many Number of Exhibits To Feature Big Week At Laurens Begin ning'Next Tuesday. _ UVAL CLINGS TO PEACE HOPE -I afternoon ahd evening, graduatedj NRA. M tr\ -.11 < T a’ In mnnr ifrom'Presbyterian college in June past’ mapping a heavy schedule for a and was well known here. While in iPotentiaUy historic term the tribunal college he was a popular student and. simultaneously the unprece- took an outstanding part in athletic I <i«nted action of a state attacking a and other campus activities. He wasiRoosevel atdnunistration law. Georgia, runner-up for the intercollegiate ban-i^^°®® Governor Ei^ene Talmadge is a tamweight championship of the state Roosevelt foe, asked permission to IRA COHEN BOLAND Ira C. Boland has been identified in city, Mr. retail grocery business in this near the town of Alaji. Frightened by the sudden appear ance of II Duoe’s air squadrons, the Boland comes of an qjd and population of the important southern j regarded Newberry county city of Harar fled in panic to the hills born at Little Moun- when then?l«nes flew overhead. tain, a son of Middleton Boland and Fascist planes also passed over,Barbara Frick * Boland. He attended Diredawa, on the Addjs Ababa-DJibOluti the Little Mountain and Mount Tabor layout the face and legs. He stated at railroad, Ethiopia’-s only link with the! schools in 1934-35 and was'lSailtain of the box ing team. In addition to his athletic activities,! Seagle was president of the junior class, president of the Block “P” club, head-cheerlea’der, business manager of the college annual, and for the past school year, cadet major of the R. Q. T. C. unit. - The accident which cost the -young man’s life, occurred four miles from Newberry on highway No. 2, when his car collided with a cotton truck "be longing to W. D. Bowie of Dillpn, and driven by David Coleman oLthe s'ame place. A companion, June Truesdale, of Bethune, also a graduate of the col lege of the class of ’31, was only slightly injured with several gashes of the challenge constitutionality Bankhead cotton control act, Chief Justice Hughes said the court The Disabled American Veterans, who are staging the Laurens County fair at Laurens the week of October 22 to 26, report that many individual as well a^group and community ex hibits ha^ been entered and that the fair is an assured success, through the cooperation of these exhibitors. Monday will be entry day and all exhibits will be made ready for the fair’s official opening Tuesday, but all shoA^s, riding devices ahd amuse ments will open at 7:00 o’clock Mon day night and the Six Flying Melzoras Tri-PoWer Conference At Vati can City Sought. Ambitious French Scheme Presented To League In Five-Point Plan. Re ceived Coli^ In Rome and Addis Ababa. \vould consider Georgia’s request. The I will present their sensational aerial tribunal agreed last spring to review! flying trazepe act, free, at 10:00 P. M. a Texas case involving the Bankhead cotton ginning tax. Tuesday will officially open the fair with the judging of exhibits in the But of mpro immediaU' importance to the court’s administratioji was the high formal “consent” by which it afternoon. At 7:00 o’clock there will be a grand baby pageant, with M^ec- orated floats and carriages; Mbtt and agreed to pass bn the constitutionality! Pet parade; unit.s of Boy/and Girl of the AAA’s legally-harried proems-{Scouts and other marching'.divisions ing taxes. Should these taxes be out-j and a carnival of ^Ud'di Gras cos- lawed, Presidertt Roosevelt ■ has indi- tumes. The parade^^i 11 form at the cated congress may be asl^ to levy fair headquartepi bn E. Main street, new taxes to supply the ^500,000,0001 march aroundy(ne court house .square estimated necessary to fulfill existingjand then the fair grouni^s. There sea. An American medical missionary said he had treated a soldier (presum ably an Ethiopian) who was wounded by what he considered either explosive or dum dum bullets. As Emperor Haile Selassie rushed concentration of a gigantic army to fight a “holy war” against the invad ers, Ethiopian officials said the south ern Italian ~ army was advancing through Wegbe Shibeli. valley, Ethiopiap troops are hurrying south ward and are still assembling in the northern war zone, but many miles inland from the Italian line. (A Havas-French news ageiKy dis In 1905 Mr. Boland moved to Clin ton and became associated with his father-in-law, J. B. T. Scott, who was Lydia Gotten Mills. Three years later he accepted a positipp as salesman with the J. W. Copeland company the inquest that he was asleep ami did not know how the accident occurred. A coroner’s inquest held at New berry, decided that Seagle came to his engaged in the grocery business atfdeath in^n unavoidable accident. Cole man, driver of^the truck, testified at the hearing that the accident occurred in a flat in front of a residence near where he remained for five y^rs. The | the highway. He was en route to Clin- next year he was connected with the Bell-Wdrkman company. In February, 1914, Mr. Boland open ed a fancy grocery store in Clinton which he has operated since that time. With 4h«-axception of* the J. M. Pitts ton with 25 bales of cotton and as he reached an incline noticed a car ap proaching from another incline. As the two neared the flat he noticed the driver of the car gradually pulling to the left, and he immediately pulled the • store, he has been in the grocery bulii- 'right wheel of the truck on the shoul ^ .... 4.1 • I**®*® longer than any other con-jders. The car, he said,^ struclL the ieft -patch from Djibouti^ ^aid J^tmopianwm by his courteous manner ahd~ front whMl of the truck, slpd^ed and troops had entered the Italian colony of Eritrea and cut off several thou- aand FiMciat troops from their bMe). (The Paris-Soir reported lOfOOO Ethiopians had been killed on the southern front and that Italy had laid square dealing, has made and held Srhit the wheeT of the trailer on the large number of loyal customers dur ing tlM past twenty-one years. Mr. Boland comes from a long Luth eran ancestry and his affiliation here same aide, .cauaiOg hiip to lose control of the truck and i^B^ly ran into a nearby field. Dr. Frahk D. Mower of Newberry, testified that the young man suffered a crushed chest and frac- is with St. John’s Lutheran church plans for a drive from that sector kf-j When he came to Clinton there was no'tured skull, injuries sufficient to cause ter a conference, made possible by air- Lutheran church and for a number ofideath. plane, between the northern and south-1 ypiirs he worshipped at North Broad Seagle’s body was taken to Camden benefit payment contracts. Involved in the TVA case was gov ernmental sale of surplus power—a key.sl,one of tJhe New Deal’s policy of setting up a government standard measuring private power costa. Both the AAA and TV^ were amended at the last seasionT of con gress-with the intention of bolstering^ «nd the statutes against constitutional at tacks. / Special note wa* taken of the AAA amendments in a motion filed today by the Washburn Crost)y company of Kansas City which had obtained a dis trict eburt4 judgment for recovering processing taxes paid prior to their enactment last August 24. Contending it was entitled to a rul ing on validity of the basic^act, the company said lhat by limiting the right to bring suit to recover process ing taxes, the amendments would work will be^autiful loving cups and oth er pria<^ for the winners in this event. Wednesday will be Governor’s day. Hon. Olin 1), Johnston, governor of South Carolina, has accepted the invi tation of fair officials to be present. Thursday will be Live Stock day. All farm hor.ses, mules,'cattle, hogs poultry - will be exhibited and Italian press Paris, Oct. 15.—Premier Pierre La.y - val remained Oiptimistic tonight . spite t|>e cool reception in London^nd Rome of his plan for Britain with draw its home fleet from the Mediter ranean while Italy halted/iis advances in Ethiopia. ’ The French plam^vcaled by an of ficial source, wo>da be a prelude to ne gotiations for a jH'aceful settlement in I^st Africa. It is understood Laval wants Pope* Pius *to invite the heads of th^^hree 1906 treaty powers—Brit- France and Italy—to a peace con- f^nce, presumably at Vatican City. Laval was believed to have “plant ed” the seed of his jimbitious scheme in conversations with British Ambas- / sador Sir George Clerk, Italian Am bassador Vittorio Cerutfi and .Papal Muncio Luigi Magiione at the Quair D’Orsay last night. First reaction abroad included: liondon—The British foreign office professed ignorance of any .such pro- I>osal but reiterated that Britain’s at titude remains unchanged. The prob lem now is entirely in the hands of the I^eague of Natins. Britain already has assure<i Italy distinctly that* her Mediterranean intentions arc not ag- gre.ssiye but merely the result of the hitter anti-British campaign in the judged Thursday morning, starting at! Rome—Report of the F’rench peace 10 o’clock. On Thursday afternoon,! plan was receive<l with skepticism starting promptly at 1:00 o’clock, the horse show will take place, and at 4 o’clock tht* dog show will hold forth, Friday will l)e school day. All school children in the county under 16 and their teachers will be admitted to the fair free until 6 p. m., and they will be admitted to all shows and riding devices for 5c until 6 p. m. Saturday wjjl bfC farittera, day the final'day of the fair. Fair officials announce that they irreparable injury. The district court i have contracted the Krause Greater ern conumanders). (Street Methodist church. Due in a very, where interment took place Prenvier I.*vars hope for peace grew'|gj.gie measure to his efforts and cn.^| dimmer and Paris reports said he was j^husiasm, ^ Lutheran church was or- waiting for Mussolini’s terms for here in 1920. For five years armistice. The foregin office officially congregation was without a buijd-i denied a report that I..aval had asked mg n^d held its services first at the Britain to withdraw its fleet from the h^^^e of Mr. and Mrs. O. I. Sheely,'* Mediterranean. _ and Copland’s hall and then in I The British cabinet Iwld a two-hour Masonic Temple building. In'Two session and it was believed the ques-|j922 a Jot was purchased by the^ tion of .sanctio'ns played an important |cQ|^g|.0gation on Hampton avenue and part in the discussion. the erection of thefr own house of Naples’ war-like appearance wasbegun in 1925 and finished in heightened tonight by a mock defen.se. 1926. Their first pastor was Dr. A. J. afternoon at three o’clock. Alumni Gather Here For Meet against an air raid. Synod Re-elects Board Monbers Abbeville and Greenwood Lay men Named As New Trustees of Orphanage and College. At the recent meeting of the South Carolina synod in Rock Hill with the First Presbyterian church, three mem- bera of the board of trustees of Thom- well orplianage whose terms had ex pired, were re-elected for a ffve-jrear 'term: Henry J. Winn of Greenville, C. G. Rowland of Sumter, and Dr. L. R. Lynn, of this city. Joel S. Morse of Abbeville, a life-long friend of the inatitutkHb was elected a new mem- Bowers of : Newberry, who served from Ju^ 11, 1920, to January 1, 1924. Following, his 'resignation diie to ill health, the Rev. M. R. Wingard of Greenwood, was called to the pastor ate and has most satisfactorily served the congregation since that time. Mr. Boland was a member of the building committee and is responsible today, more than any other person, for the existence in Clinton of a Lutheran church, in which he is an honored el der and superintendent of the Sunday school. A more loyal and devoted member of any church than Mr. Bo land, cannot be found.' To it he gives his best energies and is recognized and appreciated as a faithful attend ant and generous and consistent con tributor to the funds for jts worship and benevolent work; '^^Rr. Boland is a quiet, unassuming Hundred. Enjoy • Barbecue At College. Dr. D. O. Rhame, Jr^ To Head Association Dur ing Coming Year. had held that imposition of the taxes before the amendments became law in volve an illegal delegation of legisla tive * authority — grounds on whl^h NRA,also was found lacking. In this first real business day of the new term, the nine justices handed Sundayidown jurisdictional rulings involving j nearly 400 cases, most of which were • filed during the summer and studied I by members of the court during vaca- |tions which took them to many parts of the world. Aside from the AAA ami TV’A cas es, the court: Turned down a plea th^t framers shows for their amusement features. TTiis organization bears an excellent reputation for the cleanliness of its attraction.s and freedom from, money combined with mistrust. Political cir cles assertetl that onrthe basis of re sults thus far achieved Italy could not accept any/ formula which failed to approach the full maximum of the F'ascist program. It was not believed that the Pope would intervene in the conflict. Addis Ababa—P^thiopia is willing to and accept a just and peaceful solution but Emperor Haile Selassie cannot con sent to any formula involving loss of ,Ethiopian sovereignty. Ethiopia will not surrender territory to force with out re.si.stande. Geneva — Revelation of the Laval plan in Paris coincided with report ley of this city:._deceasedr For a three-yaar term as trustees of Presbyterian college, the following were re-elected: Rev. S. K. Phillips of Columbia, and Rev. G. G. Mayes of Winnsboro. A. C. Todd, well-known Greenwood attorney and native of this county, 4ras named as a new member on the board'to fill the place made vacant by thc^death of Mr. Baiiley, of this city, in July. berujf the board suoceeding C. M. Bai--ici^/®"-* who meets the issues and obligations of life squarely and FIRST TRADE BODY FORMED 25 YEARS ^GO The city’s first commercial body un der the title of the Merchants’ Asso- eiatkm of Clinton, was organised on April 20, 1910, according to the orijp- nal application for charter filed with the Jheziitary 0# state, wbidi fell into the bMixfa of The Chronicle yesterday. AppHoation for the peifsction of the association was filed by R. L. teiley as president, and W. O. Roberti, sec retary. Mr. Bailey, who retired from husinees several years ago> was at that time one of the city’s leading mer chants. Mr. Roberto was engaged in the jewelry businees here. The organi sation begsn functioning with, a rsp-' Toeentathre group of local husineas man eompotmg its membership. without shirking. He always stands for that which is right and has the courage of his convictions. His influ ence 'may always be counted upon to assist in the general elevation of civic pmd moral standards in this commu nity. His genial nature, his admirable traits of character have made him many devoted friends in widely vary ing walks of life who esteem him hii^y. as a citizen, and as their friend. I In 1902 Mr. Boland married Miss Mildred Scott yOf little Monntain. They have tup 'sons, Ratchf<ml and Robert Boland, and make their home on West Msdii street. PrcRbyterian college alumni from all parts of this and other states, gath ered in Clinton last Friday for the annual home-coming celebration. The day’s program began with a barbecue games, and gambling -devices and|hei’e that Laval..an<l ('.erutti have been promises eight riding and ten or more [discussing a plan for Italian troops to tented attractions. The Six Flying halt in their present positions in Ethi- Melgoras, aerial flying ,rtrapeze act, lopia. Peace then would be negotiated featuring the only one-Jegged clown in [on this basis: an act of thi.s kind, will present their I 1. The Tigre region would l>e estah- daring feats, free, twice daily during lished as an autonomous state gov the fair. While many exhibitors have re- .served space, there is still room for more and any one desiring to make an exhibit can get premium book and of the constitution had no intention [entry blanks at the fair office on F.ast of “putting hobble-skirts on congress” j Main .street at Laurens. in refusing to neconsWer last spring’s | — decision holdii^ unconstitutional the j | f „ ^ _ • Am. Frazier-Lemke five-year farm mort- [ rTOmC*^Oimil^ gage moratorium act. The three-year 1 moratorium law enacted late last sum-1 mer was not involved. Duncan’s Creek hx^boiKl the famous gojd case rulings by refusing to pass upon the conten- served in the fining hall to 200 former tion of Fred W. Keithley, of Los An* students and guests. The earliest class of the institution was represented by Dr. J. W. Davis, class of ’90. TTie class of ’91 was rep resented by Samuel G. Hardin of An derson, who had two sons to graduate from his alma mater in ’21 and ’32. Reports from local alumni associ- wttons were heard and L. W. Jackson of Anderson, told of the “Johnson trbphy” to be awarded an Anderson hi^ sohool player foi* sportsmanship and team-play by the Anderson chap ter. W. P. Jacobs, acting president since President MeSween’s resignation, made an address in which h^gave an encouraging report on the progress of the plans^tfor the college. geles, that a note containing a clause for payment of gold could not be paid off in currency. Disappointed Thomas J. Mooney again by refusing his request that itj rule on his fight for release from pris on prior to action by California state courts. Mooney is serving a life sen tence for participation in San Fran cisco’s Preparedness day parade bomb ing in 1916. Refused to reconsider its action of last spring dismissing the appeal of Angelo Herndon, Atlanta, Ga., Negro Communist convicted of inciting rectiqn . Agreed to pass on an Ohip-'^se in- vplving li federal statute- 'permitting states to control or prohibit the lale The association elected the follow-1 of pri-son-made goo^moving iri Inter ing officers for the coming year: Dr. itate commercev D. 0. Rhama, Jr., Clinton, president, succeeding Df. S. C. Hays, of this city, who served the past year. Dr. Hays was elected an alumni trustee, suc ceeding J. H. Thomwell of Hartsville. ed vice-president, succeeding J. Tf. Wilson, of Fayetteville, N. (^W. L. Jones, P. C. librarian, was^.re-elected secretary and treasurer.^ Following the business session the meeting adjourned ahd the large gath ering marched W^Johnson field for the P. C.-Nearixpry football game and the special CfimMUon arranged in honor of Coach Walter Johnson’s twenty Just whence AAA and TVA cases will reach the court for argument was uncertain^ They are preceded by 96 casep accepted last spring -r-.normally t|to court hears about 60 a month—^but Home-coming Day at Duncan’s Creek Presbyterian* •church near here will be held on the fourth SiTnday, Oct. 27th. . At' the jT^ning hour of worship €. A. (^cote of Newberry, will speak, and in the afternoon the Rev. John MqEachern of Whitmire, Will be heard. During the intermission din ner will be served on the grounds with all residents 0^ the community and former members affiMated with the church cordially invited'to be present for the^special exercises which ^al- way^raw a large crowd. CLEMSON CLUB TO MEET TONIGHT There will be a meeting of the Lau- rensTkiunty Clemson club tonight at eight o’clock in Laurens. 'Coach Jess Neely will be the prinCi- pa'l speaker. All former Clemson men are urged to attend the meeting. A small charge will be made for the supper. erned by “Emperor” Haile Sela.ssie Gugsa and under Italian protectorate. 2. Ethiopia would cede the provinces of Harar and A^aden 'to Italy so a railroad could be built connecting the Italian colonies of Eritrea and Somali land. .3, Briltarn would grant Ethiopia a^ free port at Zeila on the northern tip [of British Somaliland. j The remainder of Ethiopia would be I placed umler a sy.stem of U*ague ad visers simjlar to the |)roposai of the committee of five with dominating Italian influence. f). Mus.solini would con.>ient to a set tlement arranged by the I.eague coun cil to preserve Geneva’s prestige. Premier‘’Laval is understood to feel that no peaceful settlement is pos sible so long as Britain and Italy are at each other’s throats in the Medi terranean. Mus.solini cannot afford to conciliate lest he appear to be weaken ing before' the British fleet. Britain cannot back down for feat her vast I colonial empire will think she is afraid jof Italy. While I.Aval was broaching to Sir I George Clerk his request that the Brit- iish fleet be withdrawn from the Med- literranean it was reported French Am- tlrassador Charles Corbin made a simi- |lar demarche at the Briti.sh, foreign office inJjondon. i French L. W. Jackson, of Anderson, was eleeV justice department has indicated that it will requeiJk that at least the AAA oaM be advance<i for speedy trial. The importance of both cases was emphasiz^ in government briefs. MEN TO MEET , , . . „ night'y**" service to the college » ^ ' - — — — The October meeting of the Men-of- the-C^ureh of the Finrt PrMbTterian eboreh will be held in ^ church din ing d^Mrtment Friday evening mt sev- Mi o’dock with all membera of the or ganization invited. An interesting pro gram wHl be led. by Capt George S. Bea^y. ‘Thoee expecti^ to.gttend are airited to five their names to Iiby S. Hipp, L. B. Dillard, or Arthur Cope- Inad. t MEMBER OF GLEB CLUB J. Isaac Copeland of this ^ city, a member of the library staff of Pea body College for Teachers, Nashville, Tenn., has been selected a member of tbe school’s chorus for the, coming year. On Friday evening at 6:30, the clul^ wfB broadcast over etition WSM, Nashville, eeveral numbers to be in cluded in the prograin. Big Gtun bi . ^tton Ginned Figures as of October Ist, announc ed by the special agent of the census department, show a subetantiiU in crease in cotton ginned in the cohnty as compared to .the same period last year. While 3,768 bales had come from the county’s gins on Octobey 1st last year, 7,374 bales had been ginned fqr the corresponding date this year, ah in crease of 3,606 bales. The state ginned 320,518 bales this year against 200,491 last year. Thursday Carolina vs Citadel at Orangeburg. Friday _J’urman vs Wake Forest at Char lotte (night). Satarday Presbyterian vs Mercer at Macon. Weifoed.vs Erskineoat Due West. Gcaeral StaiMling W ' Citadel 2 LT 0, iT > Pet. 1000 Clemson 3 •1 760 Furman .... .... 2 1 667 Erskine .... 2 0 600 Newberry 1 2 388 Wofford 1 2 333 Presbyte^n .... 1 3' 260 Carolina .... 1 3 250 The French expect a British reply - shortly, probably .stressing the condi tion that any such action would have to be accompanied simultaneously by Mus.solini giving the order "halt” to his East African troops. Laval was said to believe that mu tual concessions by Britain and Itkiy would clear the way for settlement be tween Italy and Ethiopia. Despite the ^{premier’s optimism, diplomats pointed • out that'Britain is ih a difficult posi tion to accept on the eve of the first general elections in four years. Tlie national government might be repudi ated at the polls if it called back the fleet and the Italian advance cun- tinoed;^^^ . l^ven if the British were willing there still , remains a gigantic distance to bridge between the Italian and Ethi opian positioi^ Ethiopia is unwilling^ Pet.(to negotiate as long as Italian so^lters remain on her soil. Italy is unwilling to compromise with Ethiopia. Britain is unwilling to agree to conditions not acceptable to Ethiopia. Nevertheless, Laval is drawn on by the fear of another European war which might destroy all the gaina France made in .the last. \ t 4 1 ■ • .“i.- -..i ,