McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, March 27, 1930, Image 8
Thursday, March 27, 1930
WcIstjHfitfOK P'1 £*SSi'j; o/i/.. cLsiJKAfICK., South (Jarultm*
Page Number Eight
LOML ITEMS
The T. E. L. Class of the Baptist
Church will meet Friday afternoon
at 3:30 at the home of Mrs. J. E.
Bradley. The assisting hostesses
will be Mrs. E. B. Brown, Mrs. J.
E. Britts and Mrs. W. L. Acker. A
full attendance is desired.
After spending the first few days
at a house party at Caesar’s Head,
given by the Zeta Mu Epsilon Sor
ority of. Greenville Woman’s Col
lege, Miss Carrie Lou Strom is ex
pected home Sunday to spend the
remainder of the spring holidays
with her parents, Sheriff and Mrs.
W. T. Strom.
Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Crawford
and children of Aiken spent Sun
day here with friends.
MisS fcthel Killingsworth of Rock
Hill spent several days here the
past week with her parents, Dr.
uhd MTs. R, G. Killingsworth.
Mr. Herbert Wrenn of Atlanta, j
Ga., spent several days here the
past week with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. D. C, Wrenn.
visitors in Mt. Carmel Sabbath af
ternoon.
Miss Irene Boyd, accompanied
by her attractive friend, Miss
cousins, of Atlanta, spent the past
week end with Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Boyd. They made the trip Friday
with Mrs. Giles McLane of Atlanta
and Mr. Buck McLane of Abbeville
ana returned to Atlanta with them
Sabbath afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Cason were
/isiiors in Abbeville Friday.
Misses Lily Parker and Juanita
Curtis and Messrs. Jimmie Newton
and Bob Holland were Abbeville
visitors' Thursday evening.
Misses Alice Wells and Martha
Connor and Mr. Sever Williams
enjoyed the marshmallow roast at
the bridge Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. John Williams and
la^e-Mer of McCormick visited Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Scott Sabbath af
ternoon. ^ i ...
W1LLIJN GTON
NEWS ITEMS
Winter seems loathe to leave us.
Just as our good women began to
draw out their spring dresses from
their winter storage closets and to
don their new spring hats. Dame
Winter turned backward in her
flight and caused heavy coats,
furs and blazing fires to be quite
as much in demand as they had
been in January. • |
Miss Leona Clinkscales came
home for the week end, with her
Rev. and Mrs. G. N. Dulin of i mother and other loved ones. She
This announces the opening of a modem service station
and first class garage, located on the comer of Main
Street near the Dixie Theatre. Our repair department is un
der the supervision of a skilled and experienced mechanic,
and is prepared to do general repair work on any make of
car at the lowest cost consistent with the best quality of
w&k. All calls for service given prompt attention day or
ni^it. (jrive us a trial and you’ll be well pleased.
On Saturday, March 29, 1930, with the purchase of every
five gallons of gas we will give one quart of Standard
Motor Oil FREE.
WILLIAMS’ SERVICE STATION
J. O. WILLIAMS, Prop. McCormick, S. C.
Where Service And Quality Are Supreme
Standard Gas and Oils
by Arthur Brisbane
Federal Reserve Advises
Russia Answers the Pape
In A. D. 1001930
Gangsters, Cruel, Silent
Los Angeles.—The federal reserve-
chief tells business to go ahead boldly,
showing more initiative, less hesitancy.
Excellent advice. Business will ad
vise the federal reserve, when and if
prosperity booms again, to b'e 'ttss en
thusiastic about promoting usury, and
run the federal reserve more like a
banking institution, less like a pawn
shop.
Reserve board financiers that forced
15 to 20 per cent Interest rates, hand
ing hundreds of millions to money
lenders and adding thousands of mil
lions in value, temporarily, to Inflated
hank stocks, need advice as much as
any business man needs it.
State Educators
Canton, N. C.. announce the birth I was accompanied by her friend,
—• - '-• L — - Miss Mattie Lou Cochran. rT ’^''
R. C. BURTS ELECTED PRESI
DENT FOR NEXT TERM
of a daughter, Ouida Arline,
March 11, 1930. Mrs. Dulin is pleas
antly remembered here as Miss
Clara Abercrombie before mar
riage.
Mr. J. M. Wood of Meriwether
was a business visitor here Mon
day.
Mr. R. F. Freeland of Plum
Branch attended to business mat
ters here one day this week.
Mr. Horace Creswell spent Sun
day with friends in Spartanburg.
The public is cordially invited to
attend a piano recital bv the music
pupils of Miss Julia Hall’s class at
the high school auditorium next
Tuesdav evening, beginning
promptly at 8:15 o’clock.
Mr. G. J. Sanders has returned
from Columbia, where he was a
patient in the Baptist Hospital
about a week. His condition is
greatly improved and he is able to! see hi 111 ou t again, after his re-
b© Up 4 r»oTvf i 1 Inoco T-To anH IMVe
Tney
returned to Iva Sunday afternoon.!
We are always glad to welcome 1
Leona home, as she rarely fails to
take part in the work of the Sun
day schools.
A letter from our former neigh
bor and much loved friend, Mrs.
John Schrimp of Starr, states that;
she is slowly convalescing from a
very severe attack of cold, with
which she has been contending for;
some weeks. This comes as good
news to us, who, have been very j
anxious over Mrs. Scrimp’s pro
tracted illness.
Johnnie Morrow, Jr., of Bellvue
spent the week end very pleasantly
in his parental home.
Mr. Jasper Rush, one of Troy’s
best, was gladly welcomed as a
dinner guest Wednesday in the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Rush.
Mr. Jimmie Boyd and family of
Abbeville were seeing friends in
Willington Monday afternoon.
The friends here of Mr. “Nutnp”
Cason of Mt. Carmel, were glad to
responsibility for financing this
work should be borne jointly by the ,
state and county. Provision should
vJLOSC ijCSSlOll be made for matching the aporo- ,
priation from the counties adopt
ing the plan with a similar amount
from the state.
County Organization
x « j Concerning county organization,
The Columbia. State of Sunday following conclusions from the
gives the following account of the report were approved by the asso-
^ elation: “That a provision be made
The three day meeting of the de- on basis of permissive legisla-
partment of superintendents of the tjon for the adoption of a county
South Carolina Teachers’ associa- un it plan for the schools of South
tion that has been in session in ' Carolina by legislative enactment.
Columbia came to a close at noon “That county boards of'educa-
Saturday following election of of- tion be elected by the qualified
ficers for next year and the adqp- j electors of each county, each
tion of reports read by the chair- to consist of five citizens
men of two commissions. elected from the county at large
for five year terms after a proper
expiration of each year has been
R. C. Burts Rock Hill, was elect
ed president; A. C. Flora of Co- u
lumbia, vice-president and J. C. provided for
TJTivt^ nror»r%illor» XTo ovri 11 c*^
Hungerpiller of Hartsville, secre
tary and treasurer. Superintend-
That within one year after tak
ing office, each county board of
Russia, inflamed by the pope’s pro
test against atheistic propaganda, re
taliates in vindictive fashion. In the
Minsk district a fund is started to
build an airplane, presumably for war,
to be called “Our Answer to Rope
1’ius.” And from the Veronesh dis
trict workers send to the industrial
fund at Moscow ten carloads of church
bells, sacred images, crucifixes, etc., to
be melted down. That shipment is
called “an answer to the pope.’’
P. J. RoBinson, who con
ies ill at her hbme here, is re
ported to be slightly better at this
time.
The condition of Mr. S. H. Tal
bert. who has been critically ill at
Tils home in the Buffalo section
the past week, is believed to be
slightly improved at present.
Supervisor W. O. Graves, who
has been a patient at the Green
wood Hospital the past two weeks,
is reported as doing as well as
could be expected. Mr. R. N. Ed
munds. member of the Board of
County Commissioners, is substi
tuting for Mr. Graves during his
illness.
Mr. J. O. Williams and family
are occupying the Charles cottage
on lower Main Street. Mr. Williams,
cent illness. He and Mrs. Cason
were afternoon callers Sunday in J
the home of their friends, Mr. and
Mrs. Will McNair.
Messrs. George and Bill Lawton
motored to Anderson Thursday,
where the former has been under
treatment for some weeks. He says
he is very much improved, and
hopes to soon regain his lost
strength.
One of .our most energetic boys,
Wright Andrews, came in Satur
day all smiles. And why not
smile? He was returning from the
river with seven pounds of fine
cat-fish from his fish basket.
Enough to prompt a boy to smile!
Miss Glantis, Kirkland of Ridge
Springs has returned home, after
a very pleasant visit to her friend,
Miss Louise McBride.
Mrs. Milton LeRoy and Milton,
Jr., of McCormick were gladly
seen Monday night in the home of
her sister, Mrs. Daisy Hemminger.
It will interest the friends of
little Mattie Giles to know there
em Flora was president of the de- | ^ucrtion’anDoint a cour^
vh^p^rp^vfpnt a fr>r ganiation commission consisting
rfov* 11 f t0 vlce "P ies ^ dent ^ or of the five members of the county
acc< ? rdin S to ^ Pf 0- beard of education, the county
i^ ade constitution SU p er j n tendent of education, two
and by-laws of the association. | t eac h ers or principals of experi-
the executive committee ■ er!ce within the matter of re-or-
iprp TptiS 6 w °w SU ^r? WoftT ^nization. to be designated by the
boro; R C Ske Whitmir^ind i stat - e . superintendent of ^edueaUon
W. M. Albergoth, Greer.
It was recommended by Mr.
Ward and approved by the com- !
mittee on resolutions that further i
“That the state superitendent of
education approve the plan for the
re-organization of any cqunty.
“That incorporated towns or
One item of news will be remem
bered a million, ami ten million, years
lienee.
Nothing else in our age will be of
the slightest consequence, even lOO.OOJ
years from now.
The news that will outlast recollec
tion of this age of industrial and finan
cial barbarism is the discovery of an
other planet in our solar family, sail
ing ground outside the orbit of Nep
tune.
Earth dwellers in the year one mil
lion nineteen hundred and thirty, as
they converse in the ozone area, thirty
miles above the earth, will wonder
how such primitive beings as ourselves
could have discovered that planet.
Similarly, we wonder how primitive
cave dwellers could have made those
interesting pictures of rhinoceroses
and horses.
study be made of the schools of the , cities with 2.500 population or more
st.at.p hp marip hv p.nmmissions an- ^*3-^ *36 undd tn.6 City b03rd of
state be made by commissions ap
pointed by the president of the
education.
‘That each county board of edu-
who has been engaged in road con
struction some time, is proprietor j has been a perceptible change in
of the town’s newest filling sta
tion and garage—Williams’ Service
Station, on Main Street, near the
Dixie Theatre.
Rev. W. H. Barfield, Dr. C. K.
Epting, Messrs. F. A. Wise, Frank
Mattison and Newt Edmunds are
attending the American Legion
meeting in Columbia today.
Mr. Troy West and family spent
Sunday in Lincoln County, Ga.,
at the home of his father, Mr. R.
F. West.
X
MT. CARMEI.
NEWS
her condition. She is still critical
ly ill. Although she is receiving
medical attention and has a
graduate nurse, Miss Vioila Law-
ton, with her, the nature of her
case being acute, renders it one
of anxiety to her relatives and
friends. A number of her rela
tives from McCormick were with
her Sunday afternoon.
Rev. E. F. Gettys and Mr. Albert
Gibert were dinner guests Sunday
of Mr. and Mrs. James Gibert.
Mrs. C. McNair and little son,
Edward, spent the week end at
Starr with her daughter, Mrs.
Broome.
A message to Mr. Walter An
drews from Augusta, Ga., Thurs
day, brought the sad news that
his brother, Mr. Tom Andrews, had
suffered a stroke of paralysis. As
quickly as possible, arrangements
Misses Martha Connor and Juan- i were made and Mr. Walter An
ita Curtis and Messrs. Jim Gam- drews and wife, Mr. Archie An-
brell and Tonny Lock of Green- drews and their sister, Mrs. Geo.
ville were Elberton visitors Sabbath Hemminger were en route to his
afternoon. j bedside. He lived until Friday
‘ Mrs. W. A. Scott complimented ! afternoon. Mrs. Archie Andrews,
her son, Tarrant, on his twelfth Mr. Sam McBride and Mr. Jim
anniversary by inviting Lawrence Hemminger went to Augusta, Sat-
Hardaway, Lawrence Hester, Jr., J urday morning for the funeral,
and Gerard Tarrant, Jr., to enjoy • Mr. Andrews was reared in this
the excellent dinner with him and ' community and the sympathies of
also the beautiful cake with 12 these good people go out to his
candles. It was quite a pleasant family in this sore bereavement,
day for all. > Mr. and Mrs. Bobbie Cowan and
Mrs. Cecil Gilliam and Miss Mr. Sam Cowan were guests at
Juanita Curtis were shopping in dinner Sunday with Mr. and Mrs
Calhoun Falls Saturday afternoon. Alex Lawton.
Miss. Martha Connor and Mr. Guests Sunday afternoon of Mrs.
Bever Williams of McCormick Ada Kennedy and Misses Carrie
were Calhoun Falls visitors Sab- and Sudie Cowan were their rela-
bath evening. i lives. Mr. Warren Cowan. Mrs. Will
Mrs. Cecil Gilliam, Miss Juanita Cowan and Mr. Charlie Cowan and
Curtis, Messrs. Bill Hester and family of Bellvue.
Buck McLane enjoyed the dance Miss Francis Rush and her Sun
near Edgefield one evening recent- beams have shown Mattie Giles, a
ly. loved member of their band, many
Mr. Robert Scott was a visitor in favo**s since her confinement to
Elberton one day last week. her home. Their visits to her
Mrs. W. A. Scott, Mrs. J. J. seemed to fill her life with sun-
White and Mr. Robert Scott at- shine
association and other reports sim- !
ilar to those drawn up this year ^ at P n . see ^ < , ou ^ an , d elec ^ a wel J |
be made to the department of sup- tramed Professional expert to act |
erintendence for a period of at i 85 . a . coun . ty 4 .. superintendent of
least five years. schools, and fix^his salary.
The association adopted a rec- “7
ommendation to have the survey iWf *11 A wL
report and the report on “Improv- ” i-lMv v^lCllldlL V
ing Our School Problems” forward
ed* to the next legislature that it
may consolidate ideas embodied
with laws now in force in the i
state.
Favors Report Summary
The association after considering
the report on “Improving Our
V
For Frank Wideman
Among the petitions to be pre
sented to the board of pardons in
Columbia tomorrow is one for
Mr. Frank Wideman; McCormick
DI1C ICTUUiU UIl 4.111LJ1U V111^ VSUI. A. . , ,
School Program” expressed itself Count yv con ^ lc i ed , of manslau g. ht -
oo fr.iir.Trre- “That schools having er : sen t e nce d to four years un-
pupils in the seventh Pnsonment; began serving sen-
^ - _ . . . i rovw'o rv»tr>HoT- *1 i o9Q Grounds,
as follows:
200 or more
and eighth grades should be en
couraged to established junior high
schools.
“Where junior high schools are
maintained, state high school di
plomas should be granted to pupils
making 12 standard credits in the
ninth, tenth and 11 grades.
“The state board of education
should for a period of years, per
mit freedom in the selection of
courses of study for junior high
schools.
“Teachers should be encouraged
to study junior high school prob- ,
lems and fit themselves for this j
work in summer schools.
Transportation.
“State aid for transportation in
South Carolina should be specifi- i
cally provided for by law, should
be in addition to 6-0-1 aid. and
should be based on the cost per
pupil-mile per day. State aid
should in no case exceed 75 per
cent of the cost of transnortation
should be given only after the
state board of education has on
tence October 3, 1928.
prisoner has been sufficiently pun
ched. Among those recommend
ing clemency are W. T. Strom,
clientt; W. o. Graves, Jr., Super
visor; and T. J. Price, Treasurer.
IXI
New Two-Cent
Stamp Will Honor
South Carolina
WASHINGTON. March 22.—
Postmaster General Brown an
nounced today that a new two-
■:ent stamp commemorating found
ing of the province of Carolina
vJU be issued soon. The new
stamp will also commemorate the
’50th anniversary of the founding
of Charleston. S. C. It will be the
same size and color as the present
wo-cent stamp.
Semi-circular ribbons enscrolled
Gangsters are net Kind to each
other.
John (“LiMikcn”) Rite, described by
police as “a bootleg racketeer.” mem
ber of the “Bugs” Moran gang, lies in
the morgue. Wires with which Ids
arms, hands and ankles were hound
when he was taken out of the Chicago
river have heen removed. The police
wonder who burned the tips of ids
fingers in the process of torturing him
before he was murdered, and why
they did it. They will never know.
Racketeers kill, and don’t talk.
The Union Pacific railroad has
bought $o00,U00 worth of line new
motor omnibusses. Railroad men have
passed the phase of contempt for au
tomobiles. The Union Pacific will use
22 new omnibusses between Chicago
and Los Angeles. 11 between Portland,
Spokane, Boise and Salt Lake City.
. , rt the lop and bottom will form a
proved the type of conveyance used border enclosing a scene on the
and routes followed. 5a y shore depicting the figures of
“Each county should prepare a i colonial governor and a friendly
report for the state department in- j ndian with two ships anchored in
dicating routes of the buses and ' he bay. Under these figures will
distances each pupil is transported.; be the wording 250th anniversary.
In the upper ribbon will be the
words “United States Postage” and
In the low “Charleston. S. C.”
The now stamps will first be
’seed on saje at the Charleston
form of a
This should be in the
spot map.
Administration
Concerning administration, the
following conclusions included in
he report wp^e favored bv the as- i on’April 10 and at oP
‘Mar.’
txt
tended the funeral of their aunt.
Mrs. Pruitt, over in Georgia last
Tuesday.
Mr. Jimmie Blair of Savannah
visited friends here one afternoon
last week.
Misses Sara CurtK Marv Hp“d-
away and Gladys Scott and Mr.
Robert Scott enjoyed a Weiner STRAYED—Couple of black male
roast frt the bridge near Calhoun .pigs about eight weeks old.
Falls Friday evening. rm’micate with D. L. Wideman,
Pr. and Mrs. D. L. Bryson were ut/n s c*
sociation: “That the time has
’ome in South Carolina when a
nlan of supervision of nur elemen- j
tary schools comparable to that
for our high schools, should be ad- 1
opted. The purpose of this should
be more thorough and uniform i
training of pupils in standard el
ementary work.
“The plan of making the high
school the unit of supervision
rather than the county seems tlu ,
more feasible, since the needs of
the smaller groups can be bette'
met by making the local high
schools the directing agency. Thir
plan has been approved by the
state supervisor of rural schools
ther postnffices after that date
s l-'v as prodnc f i or * v/i 1 ! permit,
’c” the benefit of the stamp cp 1 -
•^nrs the new will be or
pie at the Philatelic A« r cn' , v
'Washington. D. O.. on Anril 11
’here will be 25.083.030 of these
’ev, T stamps issued.
TV?
\Ue*idin«? Teachers’
Meet In Columbia
What people think decides what they
are. Prosperity is to a considerable
extent a matter of psychology.
Once a man was fastened in a chair,
ids feet put in warm water, and as a
practical joke lie was shown a razor
of which the blunt end was drawn
across the soles of his hare feet, lie
was told. “You will bleed to death
painlessly in this warm water.” He
didn't lose a drop of blood, hut he died.
Don’t let prosperity die in that fash
ion, killed by imagination.
7ho only pipe dreams that count
ones that the plumber
originates.
W. S. Mims, principal of McCor
mick colored school, and J. R.
, . , . . Galloway, supervisor of colored
and recommended by him in hi. schools, and daughter. Janie Mae.
report included in the report of the 0 f Willington, are attending the
state superintendent of education meeting of the State Teachers A<-
for 1930. He recommends that a sociation for colored teachers
statewide law be passed smee it Columbia this week
would perhaps be easier to adopt it
for all counties rather than make
it optional in each county.
“If a comprehejisive plan of sup
ervision is to be adopted, provision
rv»st be made to finance it.
Washington High
School News
School is progressing nicely a
this time and the number absen
is gradually growing smaller as th<
spring weather approaches.
We had several visitors las
week which made us very ftapp:
and we only wish that friends o;
the school would come more often
Mr. W. W. Fowler of Augusta pait
us a visit as well as our count:
superintendent, Mr. Hamptoi
Parks of McCormick and also Mr
Butler Blackwell of McCormick.
On Tuesday morning the pupil;
of Miss Johnson’s room gave i
very interesting program in chapel
Scripture—Flack Bridges.
Reading—“A Little Girl’s Let
ter,”—Mary Bell Jennings.
Song—“Lily and Rose,”—Nins
Bussey and Marie Stone.
Reading—“The Dead
Eunice McDaniel.
Reading—“Granddad’s
Mildred Gilchrist.
Doll,
Spec
The pupils of Miss Wood’s roo
conducted chapel on Wednesdc
and the program consisted of:
Scripture—Mabel Cassels.
Reading—“Spread Sunshine,
Eunice Stone.
Golf links, daily dozens, radio set
ting-up exercises and other devices
are designed for the man who leads a
sedentary life physically. Edison
wants to know: “What about the man
mentally sedentary and inactive? Who
will plan something for him?” Many
millions need to he called early on the I
radio with this question: “How long
is it since you have exercised your
mind? How much reading worth
while do you do. and how much do
you think as you read?” It is mental,
not physical, inactivity that hurts a
nation.
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American women use several
tons of face powder each year, but
statistics have not been compiled
The I to show how much gun powder.
Mr. Edison is hopeful about a rub
ber supply' from goldenfod. Chemists
whe think it ought to be done by some
synthetic process and victims of buy
fever are less optimistic.
The great inventor, eighty-three
years old, says he wants only five
years more to finish this job. and
doesn’t ask to live one hundred years.
The death of Primo de Rivera, for
mer Spanish dictator, killed by heart
disease, reminds you that being dicta
tor is a wearing job. It takes such
a man as Mussolini to stand It for a
long time.
The Italian ruler establishes a “mi
nor” class of citizen, not obliged to
enter the Italian army.
This is planned to keep Italians in
foreign countries interested In Italy.
Wise Mussolini.
President Hoover, like a good fain
lly doctor for the nation, says nothin:
or says things that are encouraging
There is a great deal of value in tha
Buy what you want, beginning witii
n crood automobile; buy it now and
grade ™ 3 Health Code-Second
ian e BaUey~ The Sandman/'-Viv-
Reading—“Scrub Your Teeth ”
—Pamelia Edmunds. th ’
is wim£r‘' swat The ^"-cor-
6 Town,”—
Jennings 8 Bussey? eal ^"-Henry
_
On Friday morning Anel Ed-
« C0 £ dac J ed thadevotfonaffn
the Vhiid^t alway £ enj °y hearing
tn h h? n m cha P el and they
are to be commended for the wav
exercises. they take part in the se
^rL al . mem , bers of the faculty
spent last week end out of town
^ ^ r u4. and . ^ Irs - Mayer and littl*
daughter in Greenwood; Miss Mc-
n4e n fn ^^ CC i° rmick: Mrs * R °un-
tree m Swamsboro, Ga., and Miss
Johnson in Augusta, Georgia.
“"** —- ■ ■
Doheny Acquitted
On Bribe Charge
w^^ HI t^ TON ’ March 22.—Ed-
dnv d in L n5? he ? y , Was acquitted to
day in District of Columbia Supre-
of having bribed Albert
The he Elk Hills 011 lease,
Y^'^eame on the first bal-
lot taken by the jury of nine
men and three women.
l 3 Y ear old multimillionaire
stood stock still staring ahead
dkrt of the ver -
H C Fay thG JUry foreman , Chesley
With the words “not guiltv”
some of the spectators who crowd-
ed the courtroom cheered, to be
silenced immediately by bailiffs
■R^.hcny still stood but tears were
For h mhn?t« WI Jv, hls wri nkled cheeks,
not sob 1 S they came ’ but he did
years his name had
been clouded but for second time
min ry Hi« d r h f 6ld him an honest
f i rst . acquittal was on a
^ ha ™, ng conspired with
thS lease - Th e
f° r ™er secretary of interior also
v-as adjudged not guilty of that
wnc r f e ’ only f i ve months ago
was convicted of accepting a $100.-
000 bribe from Doheny.
n^ Irs ’ P oheny Pushed 'her way to
thv. side of her husband after
hearing the verdict today, and
clasped him in her arms while she
Wept.
Jastic e William Hitz had
lett the bench, numerous friends
and relatives followed her within
the french enclosure. They sur-
rounded the Dohenys as they
thanked members of the jury fo^*
their verdict. *
Some jury members wept and
one, Emory H. English, who walk
ed cn crutches due to the loss of
his I'ight leg, Sat in his chair and
cried when Doheny came over and
shook his hand. Leaving the court
room Doheny posed for photo-
graphers and sound pictures.
.course I am happy.” he
said. I am only sorry that the
same verdict .could not have gone
to my friend Mr. Fall who deserv
ed it as much as I do.”
Fall was tried in the same court,
free on bond pending appeal
charged that
the $100,000 which Doheny sent
Fall on November 30, 1921 was a
biibe prior to the negotiation of r.
contract for construction of ..
naval oil storage plant at Pearl
Jarbor, Hawaii. That contract
•ontajned a clause which gave the
.uccessful bidder, Doheny’s Pan
'vmerican Petroleum and Trans-
( cart company a preference to the
i ill's Hills lease.
I Doheny insisted that the money
j -Vas a loan to an old friend in need
that it was given to
rail without any thought of in-
, I’acncing his official actions re
garding the leases.
j If the old wr*!:l weird
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