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There was hardly rodm for a person to sit comfortably with out ruining some of Our proud pos Wd European powers into ar'n(^ui^l* ^the-chief desire of ^the ity pact in the Spanish civil war with in agreement with the interested par- warnings coming from other French ties, or their legal representatives." ' sources that N.azi hatred for eonlmu- nism still periled the peace/of/Eu rope. Observers interpreted the language Im'gely Convi^ion in, the four^lay trial canie ,>s a swift climax to a day a devoted to arguments by of the note to mean that the Spanish I counsel for and against the Ne^. government committed itself with re- who once confessed andthen denied, sessions. • W^e got honae by daylight. A»-|OTrd only to property Uken oyer by he c^tJ^pfh the [and werir straight to the cotton field^e^ined to continue fighting against i it* otvn forces. Whether it refrained^iHar alslM to the outside to wwh ito work. . That ‘was the greatest'the spreading of the Spanish strife I intentibnally from assuming respon- blood from his hands in a driving 4 r day of our lives both since and be fore. 10 Years Ago posal before having recirived deth^d ed apologies for the Kamerun in Items of Interest From The Chronicle;dent, of August 26, 1926 beyond the Iberian peninsula, the'»ibility for the protection of all prop-i rain after the killing. French pointed to Britain's attitude ^«rty Was not made xlear. > contention in the Gibel terjirn Ittcidenr^ima Ger-’ * j--—- .i many’s reply to the neutra^li ^ ' tfier official wori State department; officials declined l oT Solicitor Zeb V. Nettles and prose- . comment on ^he expectation'fur-1 cuting officers that the confession on the subject! was valid. It turned aside the defense would. be forthcomi^ from Madrid. iThis was indicated in ^assertion bV Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Henderson and British officials today termed “a^bje foreign office Jhat Consultations closed incident” the search of the bad not been completed i^ong the \ CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGl/ST 27, 1936 LOOK OUT FOR THE CHILDREN School bells here and throughout the land will .be ringing in a few; yer of the central west, some of his competitors and all copper-ra tions call him a shyster laWyer, but days. This means an added responsi- he newer told us whut branch o! law that was. he is a nephew of yore corry spondent, mr. mike Clark, bility on the part of truck and auto mobile operators as ,these thousands of children are again on the streets jrfd. daily. In and about the school zones, especially, at all hours, the person atj nor Clark says the hole toWn of family of Blairs, are t^e guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Adair.. Walter Tribble of Washington, is the guesF~of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence English vessel Gibel-Zerjon by a Copeland. Mrs. R. A. Cooper of Washington, is the guest of Mrs. W. A. Johnson. Spanish government warship whose commander apologized to the master of a British man-of-war. The IHadrid government, which ex- variou^i ministries concerned Op sev eral poipts raised by the Ame^^j^n eral points raia representations. pressed satisfaction over the pacific settlement of the incident, had not, however, tonight replied to the.Ger- Mrs. Myrtle Hunter is at home i man demand for apologies for a simi- from a Visit to her sister, Mrs. A, C. Daniel, in Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Young of El- berton, Ga., ar0 the guests of rela tives here. Mr. and Mrs. Buell Stark of Dal- lar reported action involving the Ger man vessel Kamerun. French officials tonight gave no indication of changing their earlier attitude that French -volunteers in the service of the Madrid goveriiment Moore ^ Die In OediK Chair contention that the 22-year old Negro confessed only after being subjected to beatings with a rubber hose in his cell. \ Judge Fbillips praised the jury for its decision and said Moore received ‘a fair trial. _ i The same view was taken, for the most part, in a statement by the Rev. Ml^ Breeding,” an observer for the National Association for the Ad- vancem^t of (^lored People, who said, hoi^ver, “there are some few Negro Convicted In Peath “'Vtrinl thit >n notsoiia Helen Cleverer AfUr One Hour Deliberation By Jury. ton, Ga., are the guests of Mrs. Hu- must themselves “run the risks of bert Pitts and Mrs. Rhett Adair. Mrs. James Lea and children of thje,.Ateering wheel sbouJd be. on. t.he|xdiicarga is . jealous, of hiau/ he .,iatCharleston,^ are^Uie guests of Mrs^ F alert, for you- never know when a too fast for them, he do not chase M. Stutts. amberlances; he’s already there withi war. child ifiay suddenly cross the street or road ahead of you, or at the next corner. _Therefore, 'cautious driving and slow’ing down of automobiles should be the order of the day. There is no excu.se for the snuffing 2 witnesses by the time the amber- lance gets to the wreck Qt his client, which has been run over. he firmly believe>s jhat. aH of h's . ^ — - —o aiiinij A/v c»i-4 va ii-iv out of a child'^s life or injuring or j(.ustomers'is innocent till they are maiming one of these little ones. And j pi-oved guilty " ansoforth. for that it can easily be avoided as far as the j reason,, he makes kidnapers pay him motoring public goes, by the observ- g big part of the ransom monney in ance of common sense and consider-! a(jvance;.,he rarely ever loses a case, ation of others, (’o-oiieration, intelli-jbe has plenty good witnesses on his Mrs. Rubin Clardy of Mullins, is It was reported that five French jiationals, in the. Spanish loyalist ranks, had' bedh executed by. fascist' rebels. the guest of Mrs. F; C. Pinson, ''v Miss Annie Bell Poole has gone’ to Mt. Croghan, where she will teach this winter. genlt and careful driving will prevent manV an accident, or even tragedy. Look out for the children. THE ELECTION RETURNS files at all hours of the night. big factories and railroads and Insurance companies are nearly al ways his defendants, he repersents Madrid, Aug. 18.—(Uncensored, by _ courier to Hendaye,.France, Aug. 24.) j The Chronicle worked hard and late| the men and wimmen who they have President Manuel Azana of Spain Spanish Ruler Ready To Flee LoyaliHts Fear Fall of Madrid Imminent. Defending Troops Are Leaderless. Promise To Pay Washington, Aug. 24.—The revolt- threatened f»opular front jtovernmen.t^ Asheville, Aug. 22.—Martin Moore, gaunt young Negro, was convicted to day of slaying little blond Helen Clev enger with a pistol in her hotel room ‘here July 16 and was sentenced to die October 2 in the state gas cham ber. - j With his huge arms folded across' his chest, the six foot three former] hall boy only shook his head when; “W^e will takcN^p the matter with our main office in New York on help ing the appeal of lM)artin Moore. In -the main the procedurVwas orderly and apparently fair, but there are certain questions in my mind.” \ Glon^ IMion Sunday The closing union service of the in Spain informed the United States " ’ ' x^ll indemnity would be paid asked by Judge Don Phillips: I ^ “Martin, have you anything to i summer will be held next Sunday eve- say." . I ning at eight o’clock in\lie Thom- Joseph F. Clevenger, 61 year old well Memorial church. The pillpit will father of the slain New York univer- be occupied by Rev. M. R. Wingard, sity student, rubbed his cheek briskly , r. . , , . , with'his hand as Foreman John S. pastor of St. John s Lutheran.church. today L^ll for any sAmerlcan property it may seize in its struggle against insur gent forces. A formal note to thia effect hand^ He‘/iey"’re'/d' the"”ve'rdi/nn the'ho’t/"‘‘h *" congregations in the city iii\ the American embassy hy the Madrid - -- ' foreign office, omitted conspicuoualy.i. (he de- however any assumption of respon-1 broke-into teaFs, but if the sibility for damage which might be l vited to unite in the service. ' suffered by American^ holdings at the hands of the rebels. American automobile plants of the show iti ’ Ordered to his feet for the verdict/, [be slowly raised his lank figure from Tuesday night to give the public the ^ hurt or killed thru gross neglects,! shipped truckloads'of baggage to the Motor company and the General' balancing himself with election news and keep the big surg-i carelessness, and wanton indifference j port of Valencia, reliable sources said ing crowd informed from the very j to the wellfare and pease and dignity tonight, as government officials ex pressed fears that Madrid might fall start as to what was happening over]of the law. the county as the ballots weretrount-j -ed. It ie quite . big job to poll the^ underworld fol- county and require* a considerable,,^ amount of tim_e and tabulation to g.ve|,,.„,.^ io the- results. Though the ticket was unusually long this "C- had where the underworld was j the Tagus river valley and the city u.. f'f ^uF.^^.!!„»^hat he worked in, but we susposedlof Toledo, to the south. everboddy else put Together, he did before the rebel advance. These officials said they were afraid the advancing rel)el forces' from Badajoz, in', the west, might reach the loyalist cap'ital by way of Motors corporation at Barcelona were h.m-like hand on a chair in front of, taken over by forces aligned with the government aeveral weeks ago. A him, hia head drooping alightly. j The jury was out almost an hour. number of priuatt American automo-. bile* aUo have been seited in the fighting, but there have been no r®- case \ | The defense filed notice of an ap- ports of important American proper-j ty requisitioned by the fascist insur- flashed by ten o’clock, but this was it was a tow'n by that name near lake To the officials’ expressed fears forr impo.Nsible due to the lateness niitchigan, as he spoke of a lake and the safety of the capital, was added ceiving the count from the county’s gents. The Spanish note was in the nature of a tentative reply to a vigorous peal to the state supreme court af ter Judge Phillips denied a motion Dr. Felder Smith of DRS. SMITH & SMITH OPTOMETRISTS Specialist In Eye Examinations OflBce Hours 8 to 6 Daily Phone 101 for Appointment Clinton, S. C. largest box which did not enable us to announce the winners and run- •vers until in the early morhing hours. rum-runners by. that name. the way he beats the other law-Uhe Madrid jail and slaughter 2,000 yers to the best clients is on a motor- ,, ,, . .. ... .sickle, he has friends on the po eese ror the first time this year the re- - i .u t u- u \ . , ... . .u- II force, and they foam him w'hen any^ turns were ‘broadcast and this add- . ,, ^ • , - . 1 .1 111- I buddy gets hurt or shot or run over cd feature under the capable direc-~ , . u j - -.i. . . , .. ... t, 1 u , ^nd* ketened with contrabands on tion of Mr. Paul Mahaffey went over • i e j -t ,. ..u .L J ,1' • J u. J their person in violation of code u5, big with the crowd. We are indebted --to ."Ur. Mahaffey for installing his Jvol. 44. page .‘13, Jones vs smith Ihf- loud-speaking outfit in our office and 1 Mi.’). for the splendid service he rendered. >«tone. he .seems to know liis black- he totes” a pistol hisself, so concerii lest anarchist militiamen in American warning the Spanish re gime would be held strictly account- ‘ ! able for the protection of all Ameri- government service rampage through ..* • c • ’ rebel supporters held as hos'tages. The anarchist militianien, it wasi feared, might thus wreak savage re can property in Spain. “The government of the republic,” it .said, “holds as an unalterable prin-J] ciple hot to'take possession of any'I USED REFRICXRATORS \ , , ■ , . , " I property, movable or immovable, be-, misals for the reported massacre of!! ^ > thvir own vomraile* bj fascl.U rebvU ‘'■’•"'’i ‘'I '""' in naveral cilia*. ' I''*"''’- Grave concern waa expresaed lest ucaanrea. and eapecially when WE' HAVE A FEW GENERAL ELECTRICS, KELVI- , NATORS AND FRIGIDAIRES— .PRICED TO MOVE. such a blopdy revenge might follow it is a question of the safety of the We are also Indebted to Prof. H. E, he an.v poaaible harm to Ihe *on of Fran- oi-l’IjMic intereata ,o require sevveral folks have took ai sisco Largo Cabalbero, socialist party . “In such a ca.se it w'ill pay the BALDWIN’S GROCERY — Frigidgire Digtributors y p a.r .... 1 fu f l’”P ‘'*1 tuesday h’i’‘?^>‘lent, who has l,)een leiHVrted held;^ equitable ap- bturgeon, R. W, Wade and others for ' ‘ .71 i....„...„i .r ki„ ..-j *1.., , . , 11- -1 night by buss, good-hyt valuable services, rendered in compil- . ^ o • . ,, 11 1 . I come back and fetch some more , good , Segovia ing the returns. It would have been i ,._l . • -i 1 a • iu 1, -au a lickeT With you rail soon, imiiossible to give the result.s without .. the assistance of our friends, and toj ,, alt who helped us. we desire to ex- ^ ps-ess our appreciation. The complete' corry. apondea *kecl..r; I..V the r/bel ncncral Emilio Moln'all*"<* " P»»»il>le-and this is returns for the county in alt races are ™ carried in today-* paper. . . i , , , "It You Don't Read The Chronicle.',. ‘ I* years old when saw my You Don’t Pet the. ” [fiFst circus. I didn t exactly go m- ' : ITie Tlg tehl, Tut Tli^e^ haVe enough TighTing'men lb * Tu A f T-r A iTikir A ! little. But I saw the street parade, me tHAtrALQUA jcphat was more than I could take The eyes of the nation have lately dn one day. Each of us 9 chil- Rebel forces, meanwhile, were said; to have traveled by train fcom Seville) to Badajoz and to Burgos. This ap parent facility of the relntl forces in moving about the w'ar-torn country side was-causing concern among both officials anTd civilians- at Madfidi'^ . 'The government forces, it was said, been turped agairr upon one of jq most venerable and useful institu tions, the Chautauqua Assembly. Both President Roo.sevelt and Governor Landon have lately spoken from the Chautauqua platform. It was' no new experience to either of them. Indeed, a considerable part of Governor Lan- don’s youth was spent in attendance at Chautauqua. Founded nearly 7(y years ago, the educational movement which entered day. We made all of that money picking and selling cracked cotton to pat at 1 cent • pound. ! spare from the more direct defense of Madrid who could be sent against the rebel forces reported pushing for ward from the western Sections. From directly south of Madrid, reb el forces of the northern army were driving ste^ily forward toward To ledo in a determined attempt to reach We lived only 24 miles from the i their comrades last reported holding county seat where the circus was to be shown. We piled into a 2-TOule wagon about midnight in the night before and got in sight of town by sun-up, half frozen, nearly starved, ^ „ . terribly excited,-and .dressed in jeans in. the '«P®^:^^*^'bTitches, hickory shirt, no underwear, and a 15-cent hat that had gone to shore of Chautauqua Lake became' one of the most powerful influences in our national life in the days be^ ....fore, the.-inotion picture, the radio and the modem newspapers and maga zines brought entertainment and edu cation into/ every home. Under the auspices of the parent organization, summer “Ohautauquas” and winter lyceums wem held in every part qf the country, including Clinton, while to Chautauqua itself hundreds of thousands flocked every summer to listen to the educational, social and political speeches made fronT its platform and to enjoy the best in entertainment which the ni- seed. Our brogan shoes had brass caps on the toe. Folk's looked at ua like they thought we were part of the show. AH 11 of us were strung out, pa in front with a 6-inonts-old in his arms; ma came next with a 2-year-old in her arms, then came the children, each holding the other’s hand with big sister at the far end. Nobody out in the beseiged Alcazar garrisoi in Toledo against government forces theoretically holding the city. Madrid, tonight, was city at war; but its people wore an Appearance of unconcern. ^ Baakst- -offices, .^ahops, ^thorougj fares and bypaths were guarded by government militia as wholesale ar rests of those believed to be rebel was ever able dpring that day to supporters continued. Franee Fea^ol —- , Paris, Aog, 24. — Nazi Germany “shook France’s hand in t;he morning and slapped her face in the evesiof,” diplomatic circles said tonight on learning that the Reichsfuehrer Hit ler had extended the military training period in Germany from one to two break thru that chain of human be- mgs. r- , When those elephants and tigers years after declaring an arms embar- \ \ tion afforded. • clowns marched down It s^ms quite appropriate thatj^j^ street, we went cold with fear both of the candidates for the presi-j^Q^ trembling. If one of those wild deney of the Untied Statea ahould have spoken to the people of America \ from this veritable center of Ameri- ei|n culture. is gratifying to learn that the beasts had broken but a cage go against Spain the same day. News of the military service exten sion reached France while officials and the press were still rejoicing over the Reich's promise to ban arms ship ments ^ the Spanish belligerents. (Kficials declined > i|nrhe_diate flp®’' THE WORLD’S BEST «6 'V- LOW-PRICED” MODERN STAPLER Used in Offices. Public Institutions and Stores of Every Description Also by Professional Men and^udents.. -<* .knnA.,... THE 1936 IMPROVED MARKWELL “RT* FASTENER IS ^ADY FDR DEUVERY. _ THIS MACHINE HAS BEEN RE-DESIGNED* WITH - MANY BASIC IMPROVEMENTS. cific comment on Hitler’s military ac- and made a dive to ward us, the whole I tion which informed sourbes said the French government considered pri string of McGees would have been' 10 miles from town in less than 3 minutes. 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