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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.
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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. , .*