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4 1—> I' CHRONICLE Strifes To Be t CIcsn Newt* paper, Compkte, Newsy, < aad Reliable. ©hr ffllittlnn ©hruntrlr If Ton Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE Ton Don’t Get The News, VOLUME XXXVII CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23,1937 NUMBER '38 U.S. EMBASSY i EVACUATES P. C. Net Clinic ““To Open Oct. 18 Jap Air Raids Over City Are Cause of Act. Other Embas sies Decide To Remain For the Time, Reports State. Nanking, Sept. .20. — United States Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson and hl« staff evacuated-the embassy to night to take refuge from Japane.se air bombs aboard an American patrol boat in the Yangtze river. Johnson reluctantly transferred the Annual Three-Day Court Event Planned, With Lu f 1 er In Charge of Meet. Ed Turner Dies ' ^ ^ ' At Home Here Well Known and Highly Regard ed Clinton Cotton Mills Citi zen Succumbs To Short Ill ness. The second annual Presbyterian college tennis clinic will be held on , _ .. the terrwed courts of PiesbSUerian colleee on October 18 19 and ‘>0 ac- P^ “Ed. V died at his home cording to .n .nnouiicem’ent recently G. Floyd Adair Dies'At i^neca Native of This City and State Highway Patrolman, S u c - cumbs To Heart Attack. Fu neral Here Tuesday. Game, Fish Meet To Attract Many 1 State Assolciation Holds Conven-' ’ tion Here Today. Rutledge, Smith and Richardson To Ad dress Sportsmen. and! Hunters and fishermen from all to i parts of South Carolina will gather Clinton friends were shocked saddened Sunday night at 9:30 learn of the sudden death at Seneca; here to<lay for The seventh annual morning following a few days’!of Baines Floyd Adair, 43. a state)convention of the South Carolina niade by President \\i ham P. Jacobs 'highway px-itrolman and native of this,Jrame and fish association. The meet of the college, the originator of the , u n o . * ' ‘ Funeral services were held Satur-i<-‘‘>- afternoon at four o’clock from idea and chairman of the Carolnasl squad of junior Davis cup players. 1 . i , u .u r. The clinic, held a, an exper mcT.t 'J’*’, oonduct«l by the Rev. d with Hughes, assisted by the Rev. ' B. S. Drennan. Interment followed in last year, has been greeted embassy to temiwrary quarters aboard jthus'asm all over the nation. Nc .v the patrol boat Luzon after Japan’s! York iiew’spapefs and the official p>’b- JAPAN GIVEN Ant WARNING United States Advises Tokyo Mass Bombing Is Violation of International Ijaw and Threat To Sino'American Relations. Washington, Sept. 21.—The United States has bluntly warned Japan that her proposed mas.s bombing of Nan king, capital^ of the Chinese central ing will be held at the Clinton club- Funoral services were held heri i Laurens county chapter p-overnment, would b<‘ a violation of Tue.<dav afternoon at 3 o’clock fromj^^, •Youngs I i , would ieo- ' miles .southwest of the city, plans 1 the residence of his mother on. North .\dai.r street a Rosemont cemetery, with Furman jC.. Roper, pa navy had warned that Japan intends to devastate the ^Chine.se capital. .All other foreign embassies remained, at least temporarily. Evacuation of the United States embassy staff began after the third Japanese air raid on this city of more than 1,000,000 population with in two days. The raid, in which 40 homes wtie li;jti#ns of the United States Lawr. Tennis association have been unani mous and enthusiastic in their ap'‘ proval of the idea and, in' their ram. gratulations to its far-sighted origi nator. Eielieving that the college tennis player in the South had been neg lected in his training for the game oiinilnrfi'd hv I)r I ' f"*’ dhe meeting have been perfi*cte<l | P®’‘^'ze Sino-Ameriean diplomatic re- stor of North pj-oad'i y Siate Cordell Campbell, John Word, Ralph Riddle, 1 Street .Methodist church, of which hei^ and Sec'.etaiy \. .1. Millirg, vevealed tmlay. W. .A. Buchanan, .A. H. Hughes and! wa< a memlM'r. Interment followed in | The convimtion will open at 10:30 P. M. Nieces Pitts as active pallbearers. Rosemont eemeteiy with a of the ileceascd served as flower girls. .At both service.s an un usually large concourse of friends ; gathered to pay a last tribute to one who was well liked by all who knew him. The profusion of floral tributes gave added evidence of the esteem in gathering—of—friends—a.s.semhling—at large, iiiid will he presided over by President , , , IWilali Ilahewk of (\di-mit)ia. hV)llow-IJ“l^“”^’"‘^ and tha^t the game needed something' young man was held. demolishetl and at least 40 civilians to stimulate interest in it, Mr. Ja:ph« w;ere killed, beat Japan’s own dead line, noon Tuesday, set in a warning to Americans and other foreigners to flee Nanking. Vice .Admiral Kiyoshi Ha.segawa, commander-in-chief of the Japanese third fleet in Chinese waters, had ad vised foreigners here that* Japan would launch a large-scale bombard ment of Nanking after noon, Tuesday. Hasegawa’s warning urged that United States and other foreign war ships move “at least 11 miles, up stream.” Japanese officials declared Japan woulld not accept responsibil ity for loss-oT foreign life. Johnson supfrvised hurried pack ing of embassy documents and mate- invited a number of outstanding ama teurs, among them Bitsy Grant and John and Midge Van Ryn, together witli a ^number of outstanding tennis professionals, headed by John Car- degnia, to visit the college for three days. He then extended an inv;tation to the colleges of South Carolina, livfd North Carolina and Georgia to senilK^^ their players up as guests of the col lege to receive instruction at the hands of the professionals and to watch the amateurs in matches. • Over fifty young college tenn’s players answered the caH, and when the three days had ended the clin’c was pronounced a Success. Plans were immediately .set undenyay to hold the rial preparatory to moving up the! second clinic this fall. A’angtze to Wuhu, about 30 miles from Nanking. “I am too unhappy to speak,” he told this corresi)ondent. “For the first The clinic will be under the d'Mc- tion of William C. Lufler, tenni.s pro fessional of .Atlanta and .St. Peter.s- hurg, Fla., and recently elected tennis time in 30 years of sei-vice I am coach at P. ('., who arrived on the forced to leave my post, but I am campus last week doing it under instructions from Washington. I cannot risk the lives of the members of my loyal staff. “I am not deserting. I hope to re turn to Nanking by automobile dur ing my enforced absence. “Furthermore, the U. S. S. Luzon or U. S. S. Guam (another American patrol boat at Nanking, which al.so is going to Wuhu), can reach Nanking within a few hours if an emergency requires. Of Nanking’s peacetime .American population of about 230, only 11 will have remained, none of them children and only four women. The men in clude five missionaries, my.scdf and another newspaperman.” „ All others, totalling only 18 men bi‘en Death Claims Ernest Chaney Former Clintonian Passes At Home Near Cross Anchor. In terment Here Sunday At Rosemont. Ernest I). Chaney, 50, a former In cluded in the designs sent was an unusually large and hand.some .one from the employees in the weaving department of the mill wh»*ie he had been employed for the past twenty years. ^ Mr. Turner was a highly regarded citizen of the community in which he as well as in the city where was favorably known. For 37 years he had lH*en a resiihmt of ('lin- ton. His character was marked by the highest integrity, and in all of his dealings he was ijjiright and hon est and held the ahsoluti* trust and confrdence of his^ fellownripn. He made friends "Tea^iUy and held them, and there* are many who will regret greatly to hear of his passing.*^ .Surviving are his wi<low and one step.^on, .Ainldy Parker of ('harlotte; two brothers, Geoigi' F. and William H. Turner of this city, and one sister, both the home and grave, for the last ing the roll call of chapters, reports rites, .Many lovely flowers hanktHp will lx* heard from the president, sec- upon the grave gave addcil evidence treasurer. .The state de- Mrs. .Mi nnie Liester of Greenville. \ ■ § Tech Engineers Next For Hose Atlanta Will Be Scene .of Friday Ni^ht Battle. Team LeaVea , Today. of the esteem in which the deceased was held. Six of Mr. .Adair’s fellow patrol men served as active pallheann-s. The honorary e.scort consisted of a few of his close friends and members of the local .American la'gion post. Mr. Adair had been a state highw'ay patrolman for the past four and a half years, and had Ix'on .statione<! for some time a* Semra. Following a hold-up late Sumlay of a citizen near Westminster by. (wo bandits, officers of Ocoru'c county immediately went to work on the ease. Patrolman .Adair,' stationed at Sem*ca. was notified and immediately went to Westminster and headed for the scene, Evidently feel ing ill, he soon retunuul to Westmin- st*-r where he was jirost rated by a heart attack. Emergency treatment was given by a local jihysician, after' which the Westminster chief of jioliee drove the strickmi officer to hi.s room at rh»‘ Oconee Inn in Seneca. M(‘ was helped hr his room where lu' soon suf- f«‘red another attack, and siicciimlH'd before me<lical aid could reach him. Before being transfern'd to Seneca, .Mr. .Adair was stationed at Flonnice. In speaking of his death, ('apt. George L. A'(rung of the highway patrol .said, “Patrolman Adair was one of the most valuable men in the organiza tion and hi.s deat)^^^ill be a great partment of game and fish will be representiHl on the program by .A, A. Richardson, chief game warden, and the state-TTTinmission of forestry by H. A. Smith, state forester. The elec tion of officers for the coming year will follow. •At a barbecue luncheon will be served in tlu> clul) house with the vis itors guests of the host chapter. The guest .speaker will he Dr. Archibald Kutle(ig(‘, naturalist, and poet lau reate of South Carolina. Dr. Rutledge is an active hunter ami fisherman, and ' a recognized authority on the wihl turkey Hull disclosed that vigorous repre- ontatons have Ihxmi made through HTrosl Following the luncheon .hour, re ports from special committees will lx* heard, with the remainder of the af- t**rnoon <lev|)te(l to sports. A large 4:aXliermg of sportsmen is «>xjH‘cte(l for tmlay’s event. “Give This Day's Effort To South Carolina’s Wildlife,” is the nniuest sent out to the nierlxM-ship in urging attendanee upon the convmition. N Presbyterian’s Blue Stockings jour ney to Atlanta today preparatory to their annual clash F'riday night with Georgia Tech's Engineers. It will citizen of C linton, died last Thursday Georgian’s opening game and and eight women, will have move<l to safety up the river by the time Japan’s deadline arrives. ■ The decision to move the United States embassy .^taff from danger came after Ambassador Johnson con ferred lengthily this morning with his subordinates while the roar of Japa nese air bombs dinned across the city. The final decision w’as deferred until the last moment. (State department official.s at' Wa.shington emphasized that the staff’s removal did not mean that the embassy was abandoned but only that it was temporarily transferred afloat. The Luzon and the Guam had been kept at Nanking for just such an emergency, officials said. (Johnson’s staff at Nanking in- clu<k« six United States foreign ser vice officers, an American! clerk and 13 Chinese employes. The main em bassy w maintained at Peiping, the former capital of CTiTna. at his home near Ooss Anchor fol lowing an illness of several months. Funeral .services were held from the residence Saturday afternoon at 13 o’clock, with interment following in Rosemont cemetery here. TheTervnce.s were con<lucted by the Rev. W. A. C'hri.stopher, assisted by Dr, .A. B. Langston, and atten<le(l by a number P. r.’s second. Coach .Johnsrm will take a largj squad with him in an attempt to make a good showing against the Tech eleven. .Minor injUriels experi- ence<l in the Clemson slaughter will not affect Presbyterian’s ^strength. Reports from Atlanta indicate a powerful 1937 Tech line-up. Featur- of friends and relatives who gathered jng Dutch Konemann and a dazzling to pay a last tribute fo one who was well liked and highly regarded by those who knew him. Active pallbearers were the follow ing nephews: Carl Chaney, H. M. Chaney, J. L. Chaney, Jr., Roy Har ris, Earl Cole and Harold Sanders. The honorary escort consisted of a group of friends of the decea.sed. Mr. Chaney was a native of Lau rens county •♦nd formerly made his home in Clinton, being employed as a salesman for several year.s by -W,-E, Neighbors. He has many friends here who will join with the family in mourning his death. The deceased is survived by his widow and the following children: Frank. Pressley. P- D- amd Siari^ Chauey, Mrs. Frazier Lominack of (.aurens, Mrs. W. E. McLendon of (In th* only .iniil.r inoidonM g. p. j^ew recent United States history, the American minister to Ethiopia with drew temporarily from his Addis Ababa Jigation during the ItattFt Ethiopian campaign and at present, United States Ambassador Claude G. York, and Misses Myrl and Virginia Chaney; three brothers, W. M., H. M. and-Joe L. Chaney^ and one sister, iM rs. T. W. Wesson of near Clinton. array, of .supporting players, the En gineers are looking forward to their best team in several years. Jurors Drawn For September Term The fall term of criminal court will convene in I.aurens on the fourth Monday in September, the 27th. The following jurors have been drawn to serve: Laurens: James M. Clardy, W. T. Turner, J. R. Adair, W. P. Sullivan, C. M. Templeton, R. L. Weeks, A. N. Bramlett, P, E. Cannon, young»^ H. A. Holcombe, T. R. De- Shields, F. F, Cook. I Dials: R. M. Jackson, R. W. Gilli land, Henry L. Bell, B. F. Tumblin, B. V. Gray. Cross Hill: Weldon M. Leaman, iM. O. Boyce, ^ Hunter: John M. Hudgens, I). Bowers is at a temporary embassy in j in Cedartown and Lafayette, Ga., with France beciuse of the peril at Ma-, relatives drid). ' I ' Some Nanking officials expressed resentment at Johnson’s decision, con tending that he should have remained as a gesture of loyalty and sympathy Bragg, M, D, Chapman, J. O. fiarre, Rhett P. Adair spent the pa.st weekic. H. Teague, W. T. Baker, C. F. Cobb. This Week’s Menu On Gridiron for China’s cause in the conflict with Japan. Friday Night The United States embassy acted. Presbyterian vs Georgia alone. British, Russian, German, and Atlanta. Italian officials stayed, at least tem- New'berry vs CiUdel at porarily, and British and French na- val commanders warned the Japanese that they would be held to strict ac^ count for any loss of life'-or'property damage suffered by their nationals. Neither Germany nor Russia has war ships here. Sullivan: C. E. W'asson, W. G. Don- nan, G. W. Pitts, Guy Elledge. I Scuffletown: J. C. Langston. ' Jacks: Tan M. Ray, (Jeorge H. Lit tle, E. M. Young. Waterloo: W. W. Miller, P Smith, J. C. Chapman. loss to the patrol. Mr. Adair was reare<i in ("linton and attended ,the public schools here. He w'as a son of the late Thomas .M. Adair, and Mrs. Ix)rene 0<lell Adair, one of this community’s widely con nected and highly regard<Ml families. H<* was a World war veteran and sei"ved two years overseas as a mem ber of the famous Rainbow division. He was respectefl and lik<-(i by many Woman’s Union To Hold Session State ChrmtiaiTTeinperance As sociation To Meet In Laurens October 22-24. friernis here and thmughout the state j eers im'Imh* I.iiurens, Sept. 20.—The state con vention of the Woman’.s Chri.stian Temjx'rance union will m(*<*t in annual session at l,aurens OcUdM'r 22-24, this being the first time I.aun‘n« has ever entertained the state union. Mrs. .1. 1,. Mims, of F/dgefjeld, is presi(l<‘nt of the state organization, pix^sidi* over the three- Other convention offi- Mrs. W. L, iVonovant, and <lav she Will si'ssion. who wcoe distressed to learn of krs4T=rm7tary; Mrs. '.Mamie Tillman, de «ud<len passing, and whose sincere sympathy goes out to the family in their bereavement. Besides his mother, Mr. Adair is survived by six brothers and two sis ters, Joe E. Adair of I>aur<*ns, Thomas I. Adair, .lack Adair, (’lifton Adair and Dillard Adair, all of (Minton, W. E. Adair of Greenville, .Mrs. M. H. Yount (Of Hickory, N. and Miss Ella A<lair of this ci(y. Two Students Come Here From China Tech at Included in Presbyterian college student Nxly for the 1937-38 session are two young men from China, Hampton and William Talbot, who traveled over half the distance around the world to arrive here in time for matriculation last week. The young men are the sons of American missionaries stationed at Tsing Kiangpu Ku in Northern China, two hundred miles above the city of Nanking,_ and are now on a year’s furlough in Kentucky. They became interested in the college when sopie of its bulletins fell into their hands. After making inquiry about the in stitution from Dr. Samuel P. Fulton, missionary at Kobe, Japan, and an alumnus of the orphanage and col lege here, they decided to come to Clinton where They are now members of the P. C. freshman class. partment Ii'ader, and Mrs. L, RoJiiert- sori, pn'sident of the northern divis ion of South Carolina. Mis. Graves L. Knight, president of the liiiunma union, said to<lay that a notable feature of the convention here would Ik* the attendance of the national W. C. T. U. president, Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith, lllinoks, and Mr.s. Ella Boole, New York, president of the int<‘rnationaI organization, which met last spring in Washington, with delegations present from many coun tries of the world. The conv<*ntion .sessions will be held in the First Baptist church. The pro- gram will be i.ssued soon. Saito here and through .American .Ambassa dor Joseph Grew in Tokyo sharjily (jue.stioning Japan’s authority, under international or any other law, in warning American and other diplo matic representatives to evacuate Nanking before the bombing takes place. f This, he holds, jeopardize.s continu ance of American diplomatic relations with the Chinese goveinm(*nt. a step for which Japan has no authority un der any known law. Coincidentally, one sUiti* ilcpartment official jioinled out, it carries the remote thrc'at of a pi^ssihle diplomatic rupture with Japan although Hull is doing every thing jm.ssihle, under highly adverse circumstanees, to maintain amicable relations with Inith (’hina and Japan. Shortly before llull’.'t rev(*lation it wn-s anmmnc<*d Hratr dtrral Britaih also ha<l filed r«‘|)r<*sentations through Sir Robert Craigie, its new ambassa dor to Tokyo, and Vice Admiral Charle.s Little, commander-in-chief of the British fle«*t at Shanghai, waiTied the .lapanese high command that th(> British embassy' and British battle ships will stay at Nanking, n'gardless. Admiral Little, it was said, sent his warning to Vice .AdmiVal Kiyosht- Husegawa, commander-in-chief of the Japanes<* naVal forces who had warn ed foreigners, including .Americans, to get out of Nanking. Some imlications of the United States prot(*st was given yesterday when Ambassador Saito was" simi- mone<l to the state department for a confeivnee with K. Walton .Moore, d(‘- partment counsellor. Meantime Ah1(‘rican Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson and hi.s staff at Nanking temporarily evacuated and l>oar(h‘<l the United .States giii?hoat I.uzon where* they established a “floating” embassy. H.ull intimated that John.son and his staff departed to avoid .serious complications should tme- (rf the staff get htiiTT H(* said the department’s standing instruct fons to its represeutative.s abroad are that they shall not expose themselves iinne<‘essarily to the risk Senator Cromer Not After Clerk’s Job 0. Charles- P. C HOME-COMING October 15 haa been de.signated as this year’s home-coming day at Pres byterian college. The occasion will be featured by the annual football game between P. C. ,and Newberry under the floodlights at ni|rht. The alumni banquet will be held in tlie evening with indications pointing to a large crowd being present for the special day. y INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN AS TO COTTON RECEIPTS Contract Let For Musgrove Road State Senator Charles A. Cromer, of I.aurens, in the city yesterday, stated that he would like to quiet cir- culaU*d rumors or rep<>rt.s to the ef fect that he was seeking an appoint ment as clerk of court in place ef (Merk of Court Thos. W. Benm^tt, now a patient in the government hospital in Augu.sta. “The people of Lauren.s county electe<l me senator,” asaid the senator, “and I propose to carry out the tru.st imp<»sed upon me there.' 1 am posi tively not applying for the job and will not accept it at any price,” he requested The Chronicle to atate. of serious or imminent danger and that th<‘y are authorized to close their offices an«l .seek places of safety. When they remain in danger zones, Ih* said, other Americans are inclined to do likcwi.se, fre<tuently with disas trous consequence.s. The six-retary sai<l he was not as greatly concerned with details of the* personal movements of Johnson and his staff a.s he is with the more-.tfp-. (>orLant (juestion of maintaining con tinuous official contact and relations with' the ('hine.se goverpment, the primary basis for the protest. Th<* text of the protest was not made available but observers believed, in view of Hull’s pointed statements, that bluntnesi "a5idxlu-evity^ replaee4 the usual diplomatic platityd<*s. Hull, concurrent with development of the Far Ea'St and European crisis, has be come more ^and moiv out.sjKiken, fre quently to the discomfiture of suave? ilipJomal.s who. jirojually .settle diplo- matric differences through extended conferences. T<Mlay’.s representations recalled those made by Secretary of State Henry L. Stim.son iii 1931 when the? Japanese army, th«-n invading Man churia (now Marichukuo) bombed the city of Chinchow, with no warning to the fwpulacR. In a book he wrote sub.se<iuently * -Stim.son said of the bombing: ■ I I Ck)unty Agent C. B. Cannort has re- Saturday^ jeeived the following in.struction tele- University of South Carolina vs! gram from Washington pertaining to North Carolina Tarheels. ; cotton sales which he states should Erskine vs David.son at Davidson.; be followed by farmers of the county: Wofford vs Washington an^ *Lee atj “Buyers receipts for ^cottem from Lexington, Va. * il937 crop sold prior to September IS'fiTOve road, 9.624 miles of route 56 Clemson vs Tulane at New Grleana.} must be mailed or delivered in per-l^cofii Clinton to a point one and one Contracts were let Tuesday by the j state highway department for 15 road a*hd bridge projects in as many coun ties. .Musgrove Ko^d IJated Included in the letting was Mus- Furman is idle this week. The slate standings: Won Lost Furman .'.rr.... 1 Glfmson 1 Citadel 1 Carolina .... ' 1 Erskine , J. 0 Newberry 0 Presbyterian .... 0, Wofford .... '.... V... 0 0 son to the county office not later !^8^f 'niile.s north of Enoree river. 1^ than ^ptember 30. Buyers receipts for c^ton sold after September 15 must be so filed not later than 15 Oldays after date of sale. Pending fe- 0 ceipt of government form producers -should secure original sales receipt from buyer showing date of sale, n^e and address of producer, num ber and gross weight of bales, and signature and address of buyer.” S. S. Newell and company of Green-j ville, received the_ contract for $95,533. i Barksdale Road Also included in the letting was the paving with plain concrete pavement of 9.69 miles of route 276 from Barks dale to Greenville county line, near Fountain Inn, with William F. Bowe, Jr., Augusta, Ga., the low bidder of $230,89. DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A UFEI 4 iDEATHS V from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY 1937 Let’s Strive To Make This a Safe Year Ob' the' Highways. ^ “Qn ,|t.s face it was an indefensible act of dggression. Gur protests brought from Tokio expressions of regret which seemed quite rinade- quaie ” Hull said this government’^ newest I representations werx* prepared and j oia'le shortly after (hi* Japanese gov- jernment warned that it intended :<> jbomb Nanking off the map. It was not revealed whether they were timed to coincide with those of Great Brit ain although they came at almost the same hour. STUDENTS GET HOLIDAY The student bo<ly of Presbyterian college has voted to take Saturday, September 25th, as their annual foot ball holiday. The holiday will give many of the students an opportunity to see the Georgia Tech-Presbyterian game to be played in Atlanta on Fri day night. -1