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r •' r f*. *• V . ^ /•■ I' SSI ^ " THB CHRONICLE StriTM To B« ft Clcfta Nofror pftper. Complete, Newtj, ftad Rftliftble. VOLUME xxxvm CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1938 If Ton Don’t Rood THE CHRONICLE Ton Don’t Get The New*. ENTRIES CLOSE COUNH RACES ♦ Large Nuinber of Candidates Qualify With Several Last Minute Entries. Nine In Race For House.. Campaign Opens August* 15 At Centerpoint.- Nine candidates for the house of representatives and n largre number for other offices hod filed their pled^ and paid their assessments •when the entries closed officially at noon yesterddy. The officSid list follows: House of Representatives Robert C. Wasson, Qiarlie L. Mi lam, Phil,D. Huff, L. A. Austell, W. T. ^It, W. R. Richey, Jr., S. J. Hunt, C. F. Brooks, Joe T. Terry. County Commissioner Lander B. Stoddard, John H. Whar ton, C. Brj*an Holland, J. Ben Hunter. Clerk of Court John D. Davis, C. A. Power, Victor R. Fleming. Game W'arden A. B. Jacks, Syned A. Lee, N. Dunk Powers, John D. W. Watts. Probate Judge J. Hewlette Wasson, Ross D. Young. Supervisor A. Rhebt Martin, J. Warren Crane, Joe R. Adair, Wm. J. (Bill) Henry. Auditor S. R. Dorroh, Milton A. Wilson. Superintendent of Education J. Leroy Burns (unopposed). Treasurer D. Roy Simpson (unopposed). Magistrate Hunter Township At Mountville J. L. Dickert (unopposed). At Clinton _C. H. McCrary (unopposed). The list of magistrate candidates for the other townships is not given. Campaign Opens August 15 The political aspirants for the va rious county offices will start beating verbal drums at the intial campaign meeting at Centerpoint on .Monday* August 15. The speaking campaign follows: llonday, August 15, morning, Cen terpoint; night, Clinton Mills. Tuesday, Aug. 16, morning^ Clin ton; night, Goldville. Wednesday, Aug. 17, morning. Cross Hill; night, Lydia Mills. Thursday, -\ug. 18, morning, Hick ory Tavern; night. Watts .Mills. Friday, Aug, 19, morning. Poplar Springs; night, none. Wednesday, Aug. 24. morning. Gray Court; night, W(KKJville. Thurs^lay, Aug. 25, morning. Youngs; night, l.aurens Mills. Friday. August 26, morning, Lau rens court house, closing meeting. Federal Deficit Shows Increase Washington, July 18.—Tre treasury ran up a $291,743,369 deficit in the first fortnight of the new fiscal year. The shortage was $105,000,000 larg- «r than in the similar period a year ago, and was the first contribution toward the $4,000,000,000 deficit Pres ident Roosevelt had predicted this year as a result, of the emergency spending program. Powers Announces For Game Warden' N. Dunk Powers of this city, an-! nounces hi.s candidacy today for game warden in the approaching pri-l mary. Mr. Powers is a native of Lau-* rerks, -where he had several years ex-| perience on the city police force. He^ is now employed at the Clinton Cotton ^ Mills. Daring Flier Violates Air NUMBER 29 Highway Map I To Be Completed' Field Parties To Check Any Er- * rors Made In County Road Inventory Last Year. Field parties have been sent o\it from the High-way Planning Survey office in Columbia to check informa- The first reaction of Denis Mullli-i -which is being used to prepare Young Flier Hops Ocean ‘By Mistake’ Left New York for “California” Hop In Antiquated Craft and Landed In Ireland. <4~ ^ Baldonnel Airport, Dublin, Ireland, July 18.—An antiquated, single-mo tored American airplane fluttered _ down here this afternoon after its chirf oif thT air<»mmerciTu-U^eset of South Carolina i 31-year-old Douglas Coiri^n, Washington, July 18.—A man nam ed Mulligan waa tom between pride and duty today on learning that a broth of a lad named Corrigan had flown the Atlantic to Dublin in an old “crate ’’ Here Is List Of Candidates In State Primary TOKYO SENDS PROTEST NOTE ^«aJw wa. vssvr »•** v a a/»a-i • . reau, on hearing the news, was joyl^^^nty maps. One of these parties pushed it across the Atlantic in a bent, Lynchburg. Ml 1^ 1 , • . ,urens county. j surprise, unsaiiction^ flight from! For governor: Columbia, July 16. — The complete list of candidates seeking state andj congressional offices in the Demo-' cratic primary August 30: } For United States senate: Olin D. Johnston, Columbia; Edgar A. Brown, Barnwell; Ellison D. Smith, incum- ; Tension Mounting Over Incident I At Manchukuo Border. Fight Expected Unless Russia Re calls Troops. the field Brn E. .^dams, Co* jlomfbia; Neville Bennett, Bennetts- and|vnre; D. T. Blackmon, Jr., Columbia; RIpn.Rfa '—A# t ^ Tokyo, July 19.—Japan sent a new protest^ to Soviet Russia today in mounting tension over a Manchukuo border incident. At the same time, Japan permitted l^er Manchukuo protectorate to -de- iWFdcir and he gave vent to it with a hearty i ^ located in Laurens county. ^ v i, - exclamation "IVa a great day for This party -will correct any errors. Irish!” " I which might have been made In the, taxied ac But JMulligan was a bit flabb^-l ^^^^^ lf»t-Hered by the ix)ad gasted when, as head of a government and will secure infdr- airport offirt^ rushing to^the|Hughes Cooper, Colum-bia; F. M. Bias-1 that they wrth<iraw from ,ter- bureau he remembered that Corrigan I niation -which was unobtainable at machine saw a grinning pilot climb [ terlin, Sp^ tanburg; Wyndham Manchukuo declares they in- h.dno’permitt«flyth. Atl.ntic.^o‘ha“in,e. >t. Manning-. Sun.t..; Burnrt R. May- vadedjuly 11. passport, no visa that, in fact, the ^are h taken to insure * ni liouglas Corrigan,^ he said, bank, Charleston. The new Japanese. protest whole flight was a iauntv nose- the accuracy of each county map. Th« i J^st got in from New York. j For lieutenant governor: R. E. Han- .since the incident occurrcil— map of Laurens county, -which is as| “It took me 28 hours and 13 min- yet unfinished, will be changed in ac-'^^****- coixlance with the findings of the field! ® streaketl sky at 2:30 thumbing gesture toward federal au thority. I It was apparent that Mulligan’s im pulse was to forgive and forget, but he couldn’t quite bring himself to say so. He said something about “consid ering the case.” The maximum penal ty for flying the ocean without a per mit is a $500 fine and loss of pilot’s license, but it was indicated that Cor rigan’s punishment, if any, would be nothing like so severe as that. Officials of the air commerce bu reau expressed fervent hope that Cor rigan, having accomplished his feat safely, would not try to fly back, and they warned other fliers of trying to emulate him. * Whether or not he flieS back, Cor rigan will have to return his plane to tbis country quicltly, or be liable to prosecution under the national mu nitions control act. This act requires that a permit be obtained from the national munitions control board of the state department before any air plane, military or civil, can be ex ported. .Exportation of any airplane, may be made either by sending it by boat, or train, or by flying it. A recent case in point is the prose cution of an American aviator before the federal court at Houston,' Texas, on the charge of having flown an air plane to the Mexican rebel General Cedillo. The state department is taking no action in Corrigan’s case, although he af»parently left the Unitwi without a passport. The department said this w’as not actionable and that he could be granted a passport even while abroad. t'orrigan holds both pilot’s and me- party. Since the Highway Planning Sur vey is jointly supervised by the Fed eral Bureau of Public Roads in Wash ington and the State Highway depart ment in Columbia, it will be necessary for both of these offices to approve maps of all counties before any of them can be distributed. A complete base map will be drawn up, which will include all lakes, rivers, and other natural features, all boun daries, and ail roads, railroads, bridg es, ete. On the map will be placet! all cultural features of the county such as private dw’ellings, schot)ls, church es, etc. Several other maps -will be made, from this base map—one showing the “There wasn’t much to it. I flew over at 2:30 p.m., 28 hours and 13 minutes after Corrigan had taken off from Floyd Bennet airport on a flight “to California”—and with no permit ^for a trans-Atlantk cross ing. ' “By the way, where am 1?” the flier asked -tile gathering Irish crowd. The gaping Irish looked at Corri gan, at his plane and its nearly empty gasoline tanks, then back at the cheerful young pilot, dressed in leath er jacket and trousers. Broad smiles broke, and brogues began. “Corrigan, eh?’’ asked one Dublin er. “Have a nice crossing?” “Not bad,’’ was Corrigan’s reply. types of roads and transportation fa cilities; another designating highways used by bus and truck linos; another outlining school'bus routes; and an other tracing out mail routes. Scouts District Organized. Here Formation of Unit Here Com pletes County Set-Up. Leaders Named To Head Organization. Organixation of the Clinton section of the county into a Boy Scout dis- States i was effected Monday night at a meeting of a large group of interest ed chizerks at Hotel Clinton. The or ganization was i>erfected by Gilbert the clouds all the time and never saw the ocean until I reach<‘<l the The weather was goo<l.” Then, quite belatedly, attendants thought of lamling papers and askisl Corrigan for them. "Forget it,” he said, yawning. “I thought it was California all the time.” t'orrigan’s plane, of the vintage of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's “Spirit of St. Louis,” was believed to be capable of only about 100 miles an hour. The plane LindlHugh flew to Paris in 1927 is presei-v«*d in a'mu seum. Corrigan had no radio and only the barest navigating instruments. The ficst intimation of his wliere- alMJUts today waa at 7:08 a. m. EST, when he flew over Belfast. Officials of Belfast hai’bor airport —second was de- na, Cheraw; J. E. Harley, Barnwell, cided upon a a meeting of Lieutenant- incumbent; L. Caston Wanhamaker, (ieneral Seishiro Itagaki, Japanese Cheraw. wpr minister, and Gt'neral Kazushige For commissioner of agriculture: J.lUgaki, foreign minister. Roy Jones, incumbent, Columbia. j The foi-eign office directed Mamoru For comptroller general: A. J. Beat-j Shigemitsu, ambassador to Moscow, tie, incumlwnt, Columbia. i to carry the protest direct to Maxim B'or attorney general: John M. Dan-1 Litvinoff, Soviet foreign commisar. iel, incumbent, Columbia. (Russia has. contended the troops For superintendent of education: j were on territory belonging to Rus- James H. Hope, tneumbtmt, Columbia. | sia, hence there was no invasion.) For state treasurer: E. P. Miller,] Domei (Japanese New’s agency) re incumbent, Columbia. T. B. Spratt, ported in a dispatch from Hsinking who was in the race, die<l Tuesday. : that Manchukuo had told the Russian For adjutant general: James C. commander of the troops in question Dozier, incumbent, Columbia. |that if they were not withdrawn im- B'or st‘crefary of state: W. P. Black-, mediately Manchukuo would “take well, incumbent, Columbia. (necessary .steps with firm determina- For congress, first di.strict: A. Rus-rtion.” sell McGowan, Charleston; Thomas S.j In Tokyo handbills demanding war McMillan, incumbent,'Charleston. For congress, swond di.strict: were distribute<l and : <lemonstrated before the '?r. ) Jajkanese Soviet em- Hampton P. B'ulmer, incumbent. Or- bassy, yelling: “Get out of Manchukuo coast. ] angeburg; Andrew J bia. For congres.s, third district: Butler B. Hare, Saluda; R. E. MeCaslan, Greenwood; .lohn ('. Taylor, incum bent, And«‘r.«on; Theo L. Vaughn, An derson. For congress, fourth ulistrict: Jos eph K. Biyson, Greenville; G. Hey ward Mahon, Jr., incwml)ent, Green- villej B'or congress, fifth district: James P. Richards, incumU-nt, I..ancastcr. B'or congress, sixth district: James R. Turner, Bennettsville; Jerome B'. Pate, Darlington; 1). E. B^llerbe, B'lor- ence; G. L!oy<l B'ot'd, C<*nway; (). B'. Bethea, Colum- or we will thn)w you out.’ Bush, representative of the National Boy Scout c<»uncil, who ha<l bts-n ini noticed its American registration chanic’s licenses and has aI.«o been'^^’^ section for someMime w'orking to But they wire unaware of the air commerce bureau’s in-i^'ornplete organization of the Bluela trans-Atlantic hoj) ami did not iin- llogan, Greelyville; John L. McMillan,! the incident. Domei and Japanese new'spapers reported inten.se activity among So viet tix)ops. The newspaper Yomirui said the gr(*atest massing of troops in months had been note<l. Domei reportisl that a Soviet air s(|uudrun recon noitored _^e area where the incident occurntT The planes then flew into Manchu kuo territory and disappeare<l, Domei •said. . Planes, armored- cars al^d motorized equipment were choking, the Tians- Silnrian railway, Tokyo newspapers <le<-lai<‘d. Their <*<litonaI columns were virtually monoi)olizi*<l by cuanneiit on . given —. strument flying and flight instructor i council area, ratings. He obtained his first license- Formation of an organization here in an<l his transport license jn > the formal organization of 1929. Bureau r<*cortls show that as <>f 'districts in all parts of the eight June this year he had 1,2(M) hours in!t'«uniies of the Blue Ridge council the air to his cre<lit. j territory, a di.strict having been or- gAnize<l last week in I’ickens county. Bl. D. Craig was (•lect«*d <listrict chairman at the se.ssion .Monday night, and H. L. BlicheU)erger, com- 'missioner. Committee chairmen are: J. B. Hart, G<ddville, advancement;. D. C. Heustess, camping; R. L. Plaxi- co, finance; I). O. Rhame, Jr., ht*alth and safety; R. E. B'ej-guson, organiza tion, and W. R. Anderson, Jr., train ing. L. B. Dillard served as temporary chairman of the meeting and made introiluctory remarks after the ses sion had been ojH*ned with prayer by the Rev, C. B. Betts, Dr. R, C, Long of Greenwood, Blue Ridge council president, spoke on the council pro gram, taking as his subject, “Aim to Give Scouting Privileges to Every More Farm Checks Received By Cannon, County Agent C. B. Cannon reports that to date 3,173 soil improvement checks have been received and dis tributed to Laurens county farmers amounting to $214,045.03. Approxi mately 300 more checks are yet to be received, he said. Kiwanians Elnjoy Family Picnic ; mediately n-port it.s arrival. Veteian fliiTS said Corrigan’s feat was accomidished again.^t o«lds of 10(l-to-l. It amazed Baldonnel airi>ort officials. He ai»parently had aimed i straight and unerringly for -(be goal ! he long had cherishwl. The unofficial time of his flight was more than double the 13 hours and 17 minut4*s record James A. .Vlol- jli-Hon made on his flight in 1936 from Harbor Grace, Newfoumlland, to Lon- I don. * r Joi ence. B’or solicitor, thir«l circuit: .\. Mclicod, incumbent, Sumter. B'0- solicitor, fif^h circuit: William P. Donelan, ('(duinbia; A. E. Spign*‘r,, incumbent, (’oluml)ia. I Bor .';<»licitor, sixth circuit: W. B'inley, incunil>ent, York. B'or solicit*^-, nineth circuit: R. .Mc( Bigg, Jr., incumbent, Charleston. I “Japan’s B'rankiChina havi military operations in been conductnl only with the surplus of the* anneil force,” the n< \v.':pai)er Hochi .<aid. "If this conmiilted (.Soviit) outrage has lu-on under a- misundi rstanding di ul •lx B'or s(dicitor,^ twelfth Badger Baker, B'lorence; borough, Jr., B'lorence; Ismg, Conway. ' G.ias to .Iai)an’s strength, Ru.'sia w ill rt pent the mistake." The newspaper .X-ahi said: ".'s'xfvixf Riis-ia’s challenge t<» Japan and .Man- eircuit: G.lehukuo for a fight H. J. Bl. Var-: UeiilH-n Other mediate “if war seems inevitaItU newspapers jiredictc int**i nal - collapse” comes.” of "im- Rus.'ia Members of the Kiwranis club, their wive* and guests, enjoyed a family picnic at John T. Young’* spring near j Boy in the Community LAURENS HOST TO UPPER CONFERENCE Greenville, July^9. — The annual conference of the upper South Caro lina conference of rthe Methodist I church will be held October 27-31 at | the First Methodist church of Lau-j rens, of -which the Rev. J. O. Smith is pastor. « Bishop Clare Purcell of Charlotte,! N. C., will head a list of prominent speakers. He -will preach Sunday morning, Ortiober 36. here last Thursday evening. The long tables in tlie club house were loaded down with good things to eat, added to with plenty of lemonade and iced tea. After the serving of lunch the group enjoyed a niocial hour. MITCHELL LN HOSPITAL Friends of George P. Mitchell, pro prietor of the Clinton Cafe, will be O. B. Gorman of Greenville, coun cil executive, .spoke on “History and Organization of the Boy Scout Move ment.” Mr. Bush explained methods and purposes of the council and outlined the steps necessary, after which for mal organization was effected. interested to know he is recuperating) Battery ‘G’ Now from an operation in a Columbia hoe-l pital, where he has been a patient for two weeks. Daring his absence, his brother, N. P. Mitchell, of Columbia, is super vising the operation of the restau rant. BUILDINGS BEING REWORKED' Carpenters have just completed'the work of renovating the JuM dining hall at the et^lege, and work is pro gressing toward the completion of the renovating and repaipting of Spencer, dp^rmitory. It is planned to rework the entire plant during the summer in preparation for the September open ing* / ! I RUMMER SCHOOL CLOSES The Presbyterian college summer j school came to a close last Friday af-1 ter being in progress for six weeks.' The aebool was headed by Prof. B. Graham, a member of the college fac ulty, aa director. EiuoU Now! YOU HAVE EXACTLY 5 DAYS LEFT IN WHICH TO PUT YOUR NAME ON THE CLUB ROLL. Be a Better Citizen By Casting ^ Yonr Ballot. BOOKS CLOSE JULY 26 CITY BOOK OF ENROLL- » MENT AT L. a DILLARD’S STORE At Fort Moultrie Three officers and 60 men of Bat tery “G,” 263rd Coast Artillery regi ment, left early Sunday morning for Fort Moultrie, near CJiarleston, where they will undergo intensive training for the next two weeks, j For the past few years the battery I has been transported to Charleston in I army trucks. This year, Biowever, the I trip waa made by train over the .Southern fn>m Greenwood. The com pany is commanded by Capt. W. A. Horse Show Here Set For August* 26 Third Annual Event To Be Giv en Under LighlH, With Lions Club As Sponsors, Plans and preparation.* arc going forward by the Lions club committ<*e in charge for the third annual Lau rens county horse show, to be held in Clinton on Johnson field, on the night of August 26th. The show will be confined strictly to Laurens county entriew. With the i Greenville, experience of the past two yeans’, with Laurens. Fourth District Itinerary Given A 21.meeting speaking itinerary for earididale.s of the fourth congres-1 sional di.strict will begin at Jonesville' on August 2 at 10 a. m. There are! two candiilates, G. Heyward Mahon,' incumbent, and Joseph R. Bi’y.son of Greenville. ! In this county four meetings have! been .sche<lule<l as follows: Augu.st 10th, Watts Mills, 7:30 p. m.; August 12, Clinton city, 10:30 a. m.; August' Dry Forces In ' State Appeal Call Upon Voters To F^lect .Men Who Will Face .Moral Condi tions With Intelligence. Columbia, July 16.—The f*‘<lerate<I forces for temperance and law en forcement calU*<l upon i^uth Carolina vx,ters today to elect "those who per sonally set exampl«‘s of sobriety, and who will face moral conditions in our state as relate to the .sales and use 12th, Goldville, 7:30 p. m.; August of intoxicating liijuors, gambling, 23i(l, Laurens court house, 10:30 a. m. lawlessne.ss, etc-., with an intelligence The candidate's during their tour land seriousness which the nature of will appear four times with the Unit- the case demands.” ed States senatorial aspirants — at "The liijuor traffic and the forces Sjiartanburg, Union and of evil that gather about it is dwply * intrenched in the wK;‘ial life and |>oli- ties of this commonwealth, in reality. many new horses in the county, and] ^ | ' with widespread interest in the show-i BOARD RE-.\I’I*()INTEI) _ . ing of these animals, the committee j (lovernor Olin I). Johnson ha.*; an- feel.H that this year’s show -will lie;nounced the re-apfK>intnient of the the largest and best yet. ^ . •; I.aurens county welfare hoard, as fol- Any one wishing to secure entry lows: .1. M. Donnan, I^aurens, chair- blanks may do so by getting in con-|man; Dr. L. E. Bi.shop, Clinton, and] tact with any member of the commit-j M. L. McDank-l of the Hickory Tav- and re.sources at it.s command tee composed of Jack H. Davi.s, Jr.,jern community. Hubert Boyd, J. J. Cornwell, P. S.| ——— ^iley, Ryan Lawson, W. P. Dickson, Heath Copeland. is hettiming a super-government,” a .statement signed by C. B' Burts, pres ident and Albert D. Beti.s, exi*cutivo .-••cretaiy of the federated forces, .said. "It is manifest that with wealth every Union Service With Lutherans The city union service next Sunday evening will be held at eight o’clock] at St. John’s Lutheran church. Thej pulpit will be occupied by Rev. L. C. Johnson, and Lieutenants Jack H. Da-j i^he orphanagre staff, with vis, Jr., and B. F. Wingard. cordial invitation extended all con- Igregations to unite in the service. McCrary Offers ■TO CLEAN HURRICANE For Re-electionl ♦ j Thunkiay, July 28th, has been des- C. H. McCrary announces himself; ignated a.s "clean up day” for Hurri- in today’s paper, as a candidate for'cane cemetery. AH interested parties re-election as magistrate of Hunter, in the community or elsewhere, are township at Clintqn, in this summer’s'asked to come for the day and help primary. Mr. McCrary was elected o^er two opponents two years ago, and is asking re-election on his rec- ^DTd since aasuming office. in the work, or else send a represen tative. The cleaning of this historic old burial ground is made at this season each year. DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! 6 DEATHS from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS ' COUNTY 1938 Let’s Strive To Make This a Safe Year On .the Highways. This date last year, 2. effort is being made to maintain for ■ itst'lf the moral, ami legal sanctions’ necessary to perpetuate its power. "We would remind our people again of the di.sa.strous inroads the traffic !is making upon the economic life of !our people, to .say_ nothing of the ! physical and moral wreckage re.sult- ing therefrom. South Carolina is spending nert le.ss than $20,000,000 an- (nually for alcoholic liquors, and with further losis of at least twice that I amount. j “The federated forces will ask the next general assemibly for nothing less than county local option.” EXCURSION TO ATLANTA ' By slashing approximately 75 per cent from regular fares, the Seaboard railw'ay has announced an excursion to Atlanta over Sunday, July 24th. From Clinton the round trip fare is only $1.75. Trains for which the * tickets are good allow a full day in Atlanta for visiting friends and relative-^, and en joyment of the city’s many and diver sified attractions. , .*