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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C
Jc^mstmi Offm ;
• Fw The Senate
Announces As 100 Per Cent
New Dealer After Talking To
President At IMiite House.
Waithinfrton, May 16.—Governor
din I>. Johnston used the \Vhite
Bouse today as sprinirboard to dive
into ^e South Carolina senatorial
race.'
After a conference "aith President
^ Roosevelt, and from the lobby of the
White House executive offices. Gov
ernor Johnston distributed a prepartnl
statement announcing his candidacy
for the seat now held by Senator K.
D. Smith. ' ^
In the opcninjr parajrraph of the j
Rtatenveiit, evidently prepar<Hl before
, -die went to the \\^ite House, Govern- j
or Johnston informally announces! he
a'ould oppose Senator Smith. He
said hi.s. formal announcement wouM
be released upon his return to Colum
bia later this week. ' I
Governor Johnston inferretl the
Preshlent’s support of his c-indidacy
by this paratrraph in his statenn‘nt:
“I have jii>t had a very pleasant
confert^nce—with- l*re*i«U-nt Rottsovelt,.
at the White House, on whose in-!
vitation I came to Washinjfton, <lur-
injr which we discus.stMl the pcditical
situation in S«»uth Carolina.”
The governor then reviewisl his
“one hundr*^! iwr cent” support of
the ‘•reforiiis and txdicies of Presi-j
dent Ibmsevelt.” and on this issue
he suit! he would wajre his campai>rn., •>y
State -SenatoT I’Mirar firtttvrr tfas '
P. C. Tennis Coach
Joanna'Mill News
Mexican Student ! ST**
THUKgpAY, MAY 19, 1988
drivers, eight houi;^ daily.' ^
Shortly before sine' die adjourn-
men^ Johnstbn signed a* deficiency
Result of Pfditical Tension.
Mexico City, May 16.—Six persons
i were wounded seriously to^y in
[clashes at the University of Mexico,
! Goldvillev May 13.—Warren .Clem-
'ent spent Sunday in Spartanburgr-
Mrs.jBeulah Stroud spent the week-
lend in Newberry.
t .MiS.«r Vonetta Brannon of Silver-
I street, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Brannon.
I- Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Caldwell ofi,,. ^ t **■ * u .
, • j 1 /- 11 where ng-htist and leftist bat-
■ I.aurens, visited Mr. and Mrs. C. H.L, , ... .. i. _ j u • r
,, „ j tied with pistols and knives for pos-
, Caldwell on Sunday -u'
■ X, , w .T' D n- 1 session of four buildings.
I Mr. and .Mrs. C. B. Dickey, Mrs. w •
! R. L. Turner and children, Helen! The outbreak was the most re-
and Harold, spent Sunday in Elber-l^f'^ development in growing ten-
ton, Ga., with Mrs. Turner's mother. between representatives of the
Miss Carol Street of Greenwood, is extremes of political
visiting .Mr. and .Mrs. Roy O’Dell. thought.
) -Mr. and -Mrs. J. E. Braswell of Several hundred armed members
Clinton, spent the week-end with Mr.!«f “Socialist Youth" groups before
'and .Mrs. Glenn Franklin. jdawn seized possession-of the main]
, .Mr.s. Hayne Willingham and Mrs. i university building, the preparatory
Elizabeth Hendrix .spent Saturday in [school and the schools of commerce
'Newberry. jand law. They defie<l efforts of
.Mrs. !>. M. Dees of ClinUin, sp<*nt police and firemen to eject them.
CarolItM In bouse and senaite adopted free
Mi ^i®®iij conference repo^ limiting hours of J appropriation bill
„ ... * _ _ 1 employment in mercaotile establish-! For some of the
Socialist Youth
. . - — — -— South Carolina
Body ments, bakeries, laundries and other assemblymen, it was their last ses-
UmverSlty, But Later Yields, similar industries to 56 hours a week. sion. Hklf the senate and^ the entire
Working time in garment factories
was limited to 40 hours and truck
house membership face
campaigns this summer.
reelection
\\\ C. I.ufler, head Presbyterian
college tennis coach, who during his
first year at P. C., guided the col
lege netmen to win the state tennis
tournament,' as the college team
having the greatest numlM‘r of wp-
the Blose of the
I *-* ■ ^ • AM
•S'unday with her daughter, Mrs.
Jones.
Ed
Word of the coup spread and soom,
there gathered angry student groups, i*
the
arate pliTnts at
inlerrollegiale tournament
here during the past week.
held
Hotel Becomes
— Blazing Horror
t'crratOT
already annoumtsl he would s<>ek the
senatorial nomination on a New iKal
platform. Senator Smith, who has I
opT'o'^ed rrrtatn of the Pie>ident\sT ATian’a, .M.iy
legislative proisoials. formally, an- tinned tin
nouncetl his candidacy for reehs'tion; ^‘''tel into .a
from hi.s home at l.ynchhiirg last;*'"n
week. This*. H. Vaughn. «»f t'lemsun
Die and ■Scare-
Hurt In Disa.strou.s Fire in
Atlanta.
I Mr. an<l Mrs. Toy Murphy are They attacked the buildings several
ispimding a few <lays with .Mr.s. .Mat- times, hut at first were lieaten back
tie'Bot»o in .Sisialia. ^ by the Swialists, who fired from
, .Mr. and .Mrs. ( laude Kay of Pelzfr, nmftops. wounding several,
vi.sited .Mr. and .Mrs. .M. .M. Blakely Finally, at about ntKin, the stu-
Satunlay. dents eomplet*‘<i ri*oecuj>ation of the
Mis.> Dorothy flaik, stmlent at huildings. re-entering by roof-top
Winthrop college, UiK-k Mill, spent from adjoining buildings. The So-
the wif k-end with her parents, .Mr. cialist youths, surrendering, ob-
aml .Mrs. .1. .1. < lark. | tained a.ssurances they would not be
Tom .Vddison «if Rock Hill, , spent niolestitl during evacuation, and they
the week-end with his mother, .Mrs. left |M-acefully.
tTeu’ah Adilison. ' per.-H.ns were Treafwl at hos-
.Mrs. H. (•. .Murrah and family pitals.* inejuditut —thrw-year-oltFi
spent IsUmlay in Saluda. girl struck by a stone. The others
.Mr. ami .Mrs'. W. W. Hair are spend- were students, four with gun woumis
is also a candidate.
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ing a few days with their daughter, und oni* In'aten.
— ^li’'. W. M. Nohh*. in Newlteny. They Today’s tli^ordei
A prn-dawn firr~wi re ratted lhei<‘ by lh«* inn»‘.ss of ■ tempts tiy
.'to year-old i'eiminai their giand-on. Billy. [university
flaming honor in ti-n .Mr an.l .Mi>.. II. .M. Willingham it l.y law
• killed w7 peison.s and spent the week end in .Newberry with federa
more missing or injured Mr. and Mi . .1. H. Willingha
1-red Ross is being wi Iconn
edirnated it might be by h;s fiimd- after an abseruA
(•■fore the wreckage wa.s wttks.
Mr. and .Mr--. Waiter M’lgiht and
h Idreii of .*<naitanbuig, spent .Siin-
l<
left a score
ttnlay.
Kngineers
two (fays
I'leared and the fdji toll (leteiinine<
'I'he hotel register was lost.
capped long at-
.Socialists to deprive the
of autonomy guaranteiHl
ami to bring it into the
tern, inlroducitig .'social-
n.
ico (leorne and the stu-
str<>ngly opjmsed these
(leorne charged tiMiay'.s
( ieorge
aid at a
to talk,”
I*. .loM -, hotel m.inager, ,i.iy with .Mt
liospital lie w a^ •‘t4io siek —^
but I'slimatiMl at least t-e Ilirlhilav
.Marion iianim.
I’artv
ilent.s had
at’empts.
seizure of the buibling.s was the n*-
siilt of ■•maneuvers” by the” nation
al council of higher < ducat ion and
scientific investigation, a govern
ment organization ert'ated to exdemi’
iJ'ers(tn.s vve.i'e ill .the sU lU’tuie. A Ne- .Mrs. (•b iin TTatrkTTii entei tarni;<l ^•'oi'ialistic tea«4iings.
gro porter awakened him and his
wife, asleep on the tlilnl flotir, and
fiienien ies<Mied them with a ladder.
The blaze broke out in the basemen
of the .'>-.story hriek ami fraim* build
ing aliont It a. m. when .most of it.s ^jfj
gui'st.s were uslt'i'p. Flanu’S and
smoke shot .skyward and in a mo-*
merit every fd<*or was ablaze.
Home to .iiany railroad men,
her dauglili i. KlizalK'th, wNth a birth- Runiois I'resideiit luizaro ( anle-
day I'arty .'Saturday evening at In-r might In* forcisl to risign he-
home on Taylor -treet. Twenty young ‘»f ilomestic and international
folks wi'ie pn'sent uiui had a meny difficulties over the Maix'h Ih ex-
tiim*. Elizalwth ixH-i'ivisI many useful pi'*>piiation of foreign oil pro|>ertie.H
( ake and punch were .served. iHfarm' so persi.sti'nt that Governor
^ I .Maximino .Avila ('amacho, of then
Daughters Honor Mothers ^state of I'eubla, f»*lt impelleti to d«*ny
The Mother-Daughter dinner which he wa.s taking over the pre.sidency.
the the
r'
(•ills club gave in honor of thidrj The
rumors arose from the presi-
$I ami tip a day hotel was situatinl' mothers was a delightful functiopfldent’s late night visit to Peubla
op|M>site the tenninal .station on The tables wiTe laid with dainty lin-* Friday, when he conferrtNl for two
Spring street, in ilowntown .Atlanta, ens and silver, with sweet peas ami hours with the governor and hi*,.
Traffic for bliwks around, wax' jam*' pink roses for decoration. Attractive brother, Gimeral Menuel Jvila ra- ;'
miHt as podice ropwl off the areajeanis marked ._thr place of each
against danger of falling walls. Thou-1 guest. .A delicious three-course din-
sands, .some of them anxious rela-1 ner was prepared and servetl by the
tives, pressisl against the fire lines younger matri>ns of the Woman’s
throughout the day, club. The commitU'e consi.sted of .Mrs.
Bellhop (’Jjarlie Lalnm, a veteran R,»y O’Dell. . Mrs. ('ecil O’Dell, Mrs.
of 20 years’ siTvice, was in the lob- Luke ('lark ^aml Mrs. Bryce Little,
by when thi* blaze caught. He saitl T»»a>ts were resjiomleil to by
he heaixl a kitchen me.sslniy .scream, .leff O’lH'll, .Mrs. E. S. .lones,
and Miss Durgin.
macho, minister of national defense.
Tension continutxl in the state of
San I.iuis Potosi, where friemls of;
General Saturnino ('wlillo, agrarian'
leailer ami fot* of ('anlenas, charge<l
thi* president was trying to “drive
him to reliellion” to ilistract public'
Mrs. j attention from prt^idential troubles.
Miss
“Oh. lawdy, fire!” Then then* was a .'Naia OsUnin
j muffled Mast below and flames puf-, •*
jfnl upward.. •'**■«• ^P*'’**'*
j iialMMi divt*!! for the elevator and' Mrs. K
j Bi*n L. Berrv, 7S-vt>ar-old clerk, turn- ** • surpi
U*^! to the switchlmard to warn the Miigtheformer’shirth-
Igue.sts. But the blaze burneil out the Interesting games and contests
coiuuH-tioiis. were enjoynl until late in the eve-
I
T. Spires was honor guest j
ii.se party Momlay evening.
Half Of Senate
And All House {
Face Reelection''
Golumbia, .May 1*1.—South Carolina
“The flames spread so quick 1 had A huge birthday cake with | ‘'Jl r
.!r •M.cr.* .O, dll's aikliHl to the spirit of the party. 1
Uter Mre. J.' R. Hall and Mrs. B. W.
Oxner assisted the h«»stess in serving
There wasn’t any- •'‘trawd»erry >hortcake and lemonade.
to jump from the elevator cage on
the siH'oml fltnir- and run,” said la-
Iwm.
ring the phoiu's
pitlitical cam-
"Berry gx>t burmnl trying to
'one gx>t out except those that jumpinl ^'Piies ix-ceivt'il many attractive
or got down the fire escape." wishes for many happy
St'veral were kilKsl in leaping from ■
the flaming building. '
Some were burntxl to death ami
others suffwateil. .Many of the hinlies
The
Hoapital News
many friends of James Brown
will be happy to hear he is rreovering
w-ere horribly ir««n»rled in the collapse from an emergency ap-
at the
entering statewide
|«aigns for rrelretion.
The legislature adjourmnl early
Sunday morning before action could
be taken on a whiskey bill providiag
for a referendum. During the final
hours, however. Governor Olin D,
Johnston vetmsl a section of the
$()50.0(K) relief appropriation which
of fliKirs and steel work.
New S. C. Truck
Statute Enforced
in the Baptist hospital. Columbia, re
turned home Sunday. Friends will be
glad to km>w she is gradually improv-
Columbia, May 16.—State highway!ing from a serious operation,
patrolmen plac'd themselves at j
cottage Tuesilay to begin its work.,
{tendix operation at the Newberry!The new constitution will be present-
hospital. j*''! tbe May llHh meeting. .A full
Mi.ss t»ertrude Webb, who has been attendance is requested.
The club held its monthly party on
strat*>gic highway points today as
they began enforcing the_--new truck
' rxifulation act.
The statute rai.stnl the limitations
on gn>ss weight and the width of
trucks from 20,000 pounds to 40,000
and from 00 inches to 96. It pro-
hibitini the use of auxiliary fuel
tanks and require*d any truck and
Men Invited To Join Club
Thursilay evening. .After the busi
ness session, two new membt'rs were
receives!. Under the direction of Mrs.
E. J. Willingham there followed a,
clever and humorous
burlesque on
Any man, over twenty-one years members of the club. The evening
of age. who lives in the village or "dosed with the .serving of strawberry
who Ls connected with Joanna mills, is; shortcake and punch. Group No. 4
eligible for membership in ■‘he Men's' acted as hostesses, /
club and invitvsl to affiliate with the
organization.
Shower for Bride
.At the recent meeting of the Girls
Men’s Club Activities I
One of the most enjoyable meetings ■
of the i*ast week was that of the
Men’s club in the Joanna dub rooms.'
l..a,l uoiehinK over 2(1000 l>0“n*|,,„b , ,ho»or was livvo for the n<ov,Thur.Jay evenini a temMine fiati
to .slow down to 20 miles an hour p evening a lempRing lisn
a- au u* 1 bnde of the club, Banna .Mae rrank-l5tew wa« prepared bv Frank Samnle
«f the or*.„i»,ion. The n.on
would probably not be avail-package.s^ claim no woman was necessarj* to
until “later in the wt*ek.’' it I Glee Club Officers Named I "'ake the dmner the grand success it
said at the patrol office, as I The juniors at their recent gather- ^ mcm^ were
reports would have to be re*ceived by ing held a short session and then, p
mail from patrolmen in various sec-'spent an hour happily playing games., *2’ ” ** gwsts.
! ment
I able
was
tions of the state. * The intermediates triexl out voices
Patrolmen were instruettn! to make for their glee club and electeii the fol-
cases against truck operators not lowing officers: Pn»siderrt, Miriam
ci>mplying with the law, the patrol Davenport; 'vice-president, Gladys
offiee said. ^ ’ ' J Willingham; secretary, Louise Biake-
The law prohibits the use of aux- [ ly.
iliary fuel tanks on trucks' and re-
The conunittee for the constitution
and by-laws presented a report that
was enthusiastically received.
quires any truck weighing more than
20,090 i>ound» to slow down to 20
Woman’s Club Work
The aim of the club is to become a
miles an hour and to be driven National Federation
the extremb right of- the road." Women’s Clubs. In order to belong j
Safety retiuirements vfrere also in.lt'‘> this great international movement,
eluded in the law. 't '* necessary to frame a new con-
Liability insurance in amounts to
be approved by the public service
commission was also required.
stitutkm and by-laws. To this end, thej
president, Mrs, E. C. Abrams, ap-i
pointed a committee to work withi
^ i the executive board to draw up a
The Esthonian consul in New Or-1 new constitution. The committee
leans has no Esthonians to protect. | members are: Mrs. J. J. Claric, Mrs.
He must feel like a Japanese offkriirt J. M. Ross and Mrs. R B. Francis.
I^n northern China, v ] The committee^et lor tea at Joanna
Gray
Funeral Honne
Clinton, S. C.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
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EMBALMERS
Ambalance So’Tkc
Phonos 41 and S99-J
L! RUSSELL GRAY and
▼. PARKS ADAIR, Gen. Mgra
NOTICE TO
PROPERTY OWNERS *
ON THE FOLLOWING STREETS:
— MAPLE
— WALNUT.
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— HAMPTON AVENUE
— FLORIDA STREET .
— CALVERT AVENUE
— N. OWENS (1 Block)
If you arc to desire water and sewerage connections
in the next few years, you should have taps made now
before paving improvements start on these streets in
the near future.
TOWN OF CLINTON ^
WATER AND LIGHT DEPT.
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