Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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/ ^ * •' * , J .. *:. V ", m .. #?x $ * m si mi} tm- •» wm. u^c: Thursday, Novemlier 13, 1930 Washington High Frank Wideman McCORMICK MESSh/vUhK Plans Conference •'oui School News Seeking Pardon On Employment The following chapel programs This case will be considered by were greatly enjoyed during this the State Board of Pardons at its GOVERNOR CONSIDERS MEET ING OF LEADERS IN STATE past week: MONDAY— Devotional—Mr. Mayer. meeting in Columbia on Friday, November 14th, at 12 o’clock noon: Frank Wideman, McCormick The State says Governor Rich ards is seriously considering call- Cdmposition—•“Com,” — Henry'county; convicted of manslaught-jing together leading citizens of Williams. ' er; sentence 4 years'; began service ( South Carolina to discuss unem- Composition — “Cotton”—Mild- on October 3, 1928; grounds, suffi- ployment in the state, he said yes- red Gilchrist ently punished. Among those rec- terday. While he has reached no TOESDAY- lommending clemency are W. R. definite decision with regard ^ Devotional—Davis Bussey. Song—“The Garden Swing’ McNeill and C. L. Freeland. the conference he has the matter Other cases to come before the under advisement and will likely and girls from 3rd and 4th grades, board are: . rea <* a decision early this week. 'WEDNESDAY— I Will Bramlett, Greenville county; I A few days ago Governor Rich- Devotional—Mary Frances Dren- convicted of murder; sentenced to ards was called over long dis ance pan death; began service December 6, telephone by Chairman Woods foi Reading—^“Entertaining Sister’s 1929; petition to commute to life President• Hoover s unemployment Beau”-Doris Warren. imprisonment. ~ committee and discussed with him THURSDAY— Devotional—Lucyle Parks W. E. Bush, Edgefield county; unemployment. He told Chairman convicted of murder; sentenced to Woods that the unemployment sit- Where Go The Boats”—By Sec- life imprisonment; began service uation in South Carolina was per- Vknvte art. enrimic qc ir» cnmp ni.n- ond Grade Girls. Play—“Piggy Wig’s House”- Earle Bridges, Marion Dorn and er. March 13, 1915; grounds, sufflci- haps hot so serious as in some oth- ently punished and age of prison- er states and that the state was ! endeavoring to meet the situation Jimmie Jefferson. FRIDAY— Devotional—Miss Godbee. ATHLETIC ^EWS. The boys are seen daily on the punished, football field getting some' hard | Willie Calhoun, Greenwood coun practice. They are hoping to have ty; convicted of housebreaking and some games during s the coming larceny; sentenced to three years; Week but no definite schedule has began service September 10, 1929; Hazel Brazell, Richland county; by internal developments and im- convicted of larceny and receiving provements. stolen goods; sentenced to 181 Chairman Woods asked Governor months; began service September Richards to keep in mind that the 10 1929; no grounds, sufficiently. federal governpient would be glad to offer any suggestions in its pow- been arranged. Mr. Fred Bradshaw, coach, Pat Robertson, Watson Parks and Har- er in the way of improving con ditions. “I believe,” Governor Richards said yesterday, “that our state is in better position as regards employ ment than some'of our neighbors, no grounds stated. G. fc. Dixon, Hampton county; xvuur;iLoux4, woLi/ovxji « cum ****** convicted of housebreaking and but I am apprehensive lest there old Robertson joined a group of larceny; sentenced to three years; | should be an increase in the num- football players from Plum Branch began service June 7, 192$ grounds ber of the unemployed. and McCormick last Friday and they journeyed . to Langley-Bath for a game. They reported a very good game and were in “high” spirits for they worn by a fairly good margin. . The girls are getting in as much basketball practice as possible this week and interest is unusually shown for they are to play the first game of the season Friday afternoon with Johnson on Wash ington’s court. Make your plans to come see this game and show the &irls you are supporting them. A: meeting of the P.-T. A. was held in the school auditorium on last Thursday afternoon with the president, Mrs. Ryan presiding. The* following interesting program was given: Devotional—Mrs. Cartledge. Piano Solo—Annelle Edmunds. Subject of Discussion: “Making Friends With Books.” First Topic—“What I can do to develop a loye of good reading in my home.” S Prepared by Mrs. Robert Middle- ton, read by Mrs. Mayer. needed by family. Jack Fields, Aiken county; con victed of discharging firearms into dwelling house; sentence three years; began service July 19, 1929; grounds, sufficiently punished and needed by’ family. Harold Foster, Greenville county; convicted of robbery; sentence not ten; began service August 10, 1928; grounds, sufficiently punished. McKinley Fulton, Willamsburg county; convicted of manslaughter; sentence 20 years; began service Febhiary 24, 1910; grounds, suffici ently punished* Colie Garvin, Aiken county; con victed of violation of prohibition law; sentence eight months; began service October 1, 1930; grounds, health of prisoner. Luther Grooms, Calhoun county; “The situation around some of the cotton mills, now shut down or running only on part time, may re quire attention. Crops have been abundant and there is no lack of foodstuffs on farms I understand. It is not the situation on the farms which may need attention but the situation in industrial centers.” less *h«n five years nor more than The governor indicated that he would decide in a few days wheth er or not to call a conference to consider the entire matter of un employment in the state. Tuesday’s State said. Governor Richards yesterday sent invitations to leaders in various industries and enterprises in the state and to‘Citi zens familiar with conditions to at tend, November 17, a conference on unemployment in South Carolina. The purpose of the conference is to discuss methods and means convicted of larceny; sentence two through which unemployment may years; began service June 18, 1929; grounds, needed by family. Sam Harmon, Calhoun county; convicted of disorderly conduct, etc.; sentence $50 or 60 days; began be relieved and to consider plans which have already been tried out in various localities. At the governor’s office it was said that while mayors of towns sentence on September 30, 1930; had not been specifically invited it Second Topic—“The value of a er grounds, health and age of prison- School Library”—Miss Johnson. Poem—Miss Godbee. After this a short business ses sion was held and the needs of the school were discussed. It was in deed gratifying to see a good num ber of ladies present, but it is hop ed that there will be still more presentr at the December meeting. Aubrey Price of Wofford and W. Schley Hilliard, Anderson county ; was hoped that they would attend and that secretaries of chambers of commerce would also be present convicted of murder; sentence six The conference of course will be years; began service February 1, 1929; grounds, sufficiently pun ished. * Ben Martin, Aiken county; con victed of murder; sentence, life; began service October 1912; grounds, sufficiently punished. open to the public and it is hoped that some worthwhile suggestions may be made and a workable pro gram evolved. While unemployment may not be so prevalent in South Carolina as in some other states, the governor P. Parks, Jr., of Columbia spent y ears; began service June 26, 1929; the week end with their parent^. Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Mayer and little daughter, Nell, accompanied by Mrs. Rountree attended church mt Rehoboth last Sunday. Mr. L. V. Mayer was a business visitor in Augusta last Saturday. Misses Minnie and Annie Jack- son, Mjsses Margaret McKinney and Marion Herron attended the county teachers’ meeting in Mc Cormick Saturday. The speaker of this occasion was Dr. Stoddard of the University of South Carolina and his address was very educa tional. Mr. Hoyt Wooten, Mr. and Mrs. John Gales, Miss Mary Frances John F. Regan, Florence county; is apprehensive lest the number of convicted of larceny; sentence, two unemployed should increase. It is “ p reven t; such increase and to discuss means of getting work for ~X- grounds, needed at home. • Johnnie 'Shaw, Spartanburg those now out of employment that county; convicted of murder; sen- the conference is called, tence, five years; .began service May 1, 1928. Bob Singleton, Charleston coun ty; convicted of burglary; sentence, not less than ten years nor more Card Of Thanks I Little Journeys in | A • ^ x Americana £ *!• By LESTER B. COLBY X t Y ^ ^ What Came of Whittling E LI TERRY was considered worth less—utterly. Some of his neigh bors intimated that he was daft. A few advised his young wife to leave j him, and she finally came cf a mind to do so. She went home on .ong vis its to her people, because there was little food in Eli Terry’s house. Folk who lived in Waterbury, Conn., considered Eli Terry shiftless and no account Because he spent all his time whittling. All day he whittled instead of working. He got old, dried lumber and planed it down to smoothness. Then he would take a compass and make drawings on it. Peculiar wheels and levers with notches came, out of the wood. But there was no money in all this and Mrs. Terry soured. Neighbors were critical and the gossip grew. Then one day Eli Terry put all his wheels to gether and he had a wooden clock. It was a good working clock, large and impressive—and it kept good time. A neighbor, who had wealth, bought it of Eli Terry for thirty dollars. That night there >vas plenty of food in Eli Terry’s home and his wife thought better of him. All of the thirty dollars, however, did not go for food. He spent a part of it for tools. He loved tools and he had work for tools to do. The next time he made a wheel he would finish twenty-five wheels Just, like it. When he had his parts all made he began to assemble them. Soon he had twenty-five completed clocks. A cabinet-maker, under contract, had been making cases for them. Very soon everyone who could af ford to buy one wanted one of Ell Terry’s clocks. The price went to for ty dollars for case and clock. This clock-making began about 1800. In the year 1807, Eli Terry purchased an old mill and equipped it for turning out clock parts by machinery. Several prominent citizens of Water bury, Conn., agreed to back him and a company was formed. In 1808 Terry started to make clocks in lots of 300. This was the largest batch of clocks j that up to then had ever been made at one time in the history of the world. Improvements followed, quantity production was undertaken, operations were speeded up and Ell Terry be- [ came the Henry Ford of the clock-j making world overnight Wealth poured in. But his period as an active clock-maker was brief. Seth Thomas and Silas Hondley, workers trained in his plant, pur chased the business in 1810 and Ter- ‘ ry retired. But his wealth was mostly! reinvested in clock-making plants and plants of this kind sprang up thick in Connecticut. Eventually the wooden clock craze died out. Better clocks were made ol brass. Finer machinery was possible.' Cost was cut down. The wooden clocks vanished. But not the clock in- j dustry that Ell Terry had fathered in Connecticut. For more than a hundred years Con necticut has made more clocks in more factories than were made in any: similar spot anywhere on the face ol ( the earth. There must have been some,, pride, too, in the hearts of old Ell Terry and old Seth Thomas. Ell founded a city which he called Ter- ryville and Seth founded another which he named Thomaston. Eli died in 1852, his muzzle whitened by his eighty years. His family, for the next half century, thrived on the, gold that old Eli had laid away. When he died, Eli Terry and his sons con-; trolled about all the wealth in Terry- ville. But latterly, the Terrys have i gone—like their wooden clocks. Van ished. There are no more Terrys in Terryville. (©. 1929. Lester B. Colby.l This Week h Arthur Brisbane Politics Goes to Sleep Sixteen Billions a Year Selassie Gave a Party A Surprise for Smith The voting and the nuisance are out of the way, heaven be praised, and the people can attend to real busi ness far removed from politics. Whether the election suited you or not, comfort yourself with the thought that nothing is important except what the people themselves do. If the 123,- 000,000 will get to work without wait ing for the new year or a millennium i and keep their courage, we shall get out of our temporary difficulties. Politicians get jobs, but don’t do much. By the time they get over the excitement of being elected, it’s time to be elected again. Have you any idea what crime costs the nation? The total amount is $16,- 000,000,000 a year. There are about one million professional criminals in the country, including the crop of pro hibition supercriminals. * The government could pension them at the rate of $16,000 a year each, break even financially and save the lives taken by the criminals. Or the chief criminals could be profitably pensibned at $1,000,000 a year each, leaving plenty for small fry. OPERA HOUSE ABBEVILLE, S. C. Thursday, November 13th •Jack Buchanan and Jeanette MacDonald in “MONTE CARLO” Naughty but nice. See It! Friday, November 14th only Ramon Novarro in “CALL OF THE FLESH” Added Cartoon and Comedy. Saturday, November 15th only Chester Morris, Wallace Beery Leila Hyams and Robert Montgomery in “THE BIG HOUSE” See this wonderful show! We wish to take this opportunity than 20; began service September thank our many friends and ( 25 1925 * | loved ones who have shown so Landrum Smith, Greenville many kindnesses to us during the county; convicted of larceny and illness and at death of our dear robbery; sentence, five years; be- husband and father. We assure you gan service May 1929; grounds, needed at home. j. H. Turner, Anderson county; convicted of forgery; sentence, one year and $5; began service Novem- j Xs*** **•—■*• 7 O Drennan, Messrs. Floyd Drennan ber 2 o, 1929; grounds, needed by « W*. _ * - V* — A- A _ and Davis Bussey attended the Erskine-Newberry freshman foot ball game in Due West on last Fri day. Two of Washington’s boys, Charles Bussey and Ralph Gales played for Erskine and they play ed an excellent game. We are in deed proud of these boys. Erskine family. William Wallace, # Aiken county; convicted of housebreaking and larceny;. sentence, five years; be gan service May 12, 1929; grounds, health of prisoner. Sam White, Kershav; county; convicted of manslaughter; sen- these acts of kindness will ever be remembered and cherished in our hearts. The floral offerings were especially pretty and deeply ap preciated by us. Mrs. J. F. Stone and Daughter. XXI Simon Reddick Died Tuesday won by a score of 7-0. Ralph made tence, not less than seven nor more the touchdown and Charles made than 14 years; began service Oc- the extra point. '* * — — J - -—***-*—* 1 -* 1 NOTICE Raymond Williamson, Richland county; convicted of assault and battery; sentence, 16 months; be- The Cemetery Committee has gan service January 15, 1930; had the drive and all walks clean- grounds, sufficiently punished. «d out. Now we want all section i owners to co-operate with us by! ^ . , . . Having their sections cleaned and 1 , ™ e l Roman legions burned coal wwitu ic in their army camp fires in Brit- «any rubbteh, whidb is taken from ala 2 000 aections to the north-east comer Simon Reddick, a well known and aged colored man of the commun ity, died at his home here early Tuesday night, following a long __ _ illness. Funeral services were con- tober 27, 1925; grounds, sufficiently ^ uc x e< j an< j interment made at punished. Holy Springs Baptist church yes terday afternoon. He is survived by two sons, Alex and Will Reddick, of McCormick, and a number of other relatives. > X to fill in the unused i*art>of cexne W- Carrots fried with* apples are Committee, tasty.’,-: ^ Com fritters may be made from left-over com on the cob. To 4 tablespoons fresh com add 1 table spoon melted fat, 1 teaspoon bak ing powder, 1 egg, 1-2 cup milk, 1 cup flour, 1-2 teaspoon salt; mix to a batter arid fry in deep fat. Stoves Brought Here by the Early Dutch Stoves are supposed to have been Introduced into Colonial Aroerica by the Pennsylvania Dutch. The earli est were of curious design. A par ticularly odd one used in churches was of sheet metal. It was shaped like a box; three sides were within the church; the fourth with the stove door was outside, which made it pos sible to stoke during religious serv ices with a minimum of disturbance to the worshipers. Possibly the winters In the North Atlantic states are as severe as they were In the 1600s and 1700s, but mod ern progress had reduced their ter rors. The present generation would fancy it could not have survived the discomforts and inconveniences of an early colonial home. The biting winds poured down the great chimneys, sift ed through crevices in walls and floors and rattled the loosely fitted windows. Cotton Mather and Judge Samuel Sewall recorded in their diaries that frequently the ink froze on their pens as they wrote not far from the chim ney side. One of them said that when logs were brought in from outdoors and laid on the fire, the sap oozing from the freshly sawed ends froze Into ice drops. Seldom' w r ere the bedrooms warmed Deep feather beds and heavy bed curtains were the only things that made these sleeping apartments en durable. Wanning pans, w and Inter soapstones and hot bricks, wfra .em ployed to mitigate the first frigid en xr y Mon.-Tues. Nov. 17th-18th El Brendel, Marjorie White and others in the New Movie tone. “FOLLIES OF 1930” Singing-Music-Dancing! Wed.-Thurs. Nov. 19th-20th Nancy Carroll and Buddy Rogers in “FOLLOW THRU” Made entirely in Technicolor! Shows:—3:15; 7:00 and 9:00 It costs the natiori"$'l6,000,000,000 to take care of 1,000,000 criminals. And $5,000,000,000. loss than one-third of the crime bill, is the amount spent, on 50,000,000 children in their parks, their schools, their playgrounds, and all welfare work. That’s a very nice picture of Amer ican civilization. . Observe 6rlme, working on a small scale. John Passelli, twenty-five-year- old racketeer. caUed “The Ape,” went to the hospital In Newark, N. J.. with his head cut open, said he had fallen and asked to remain overnight, although doctors said lie might go home. Later three gunmen walked up to his private room. One held the nurse, while the other two shot Passelli to death in his bed. They left, threaten ing to kill anybody that interfered. Nobody interfered. Marvelous, wonderful, amazing, far beyond the adjectives of any writer of\ circus advertising was the crown ing of Haile Selassie I as emperor of Abyssinia at Addis Ababa. The emperor, you must know. Is a direct result of the visit that the queen of Sheba paid to King Solo mon. She had a baby when she came home. That baby is Selassie’s ances- tor. This may be mentioned, as Sheba has been dead 2,000 years and more. The emperor and his wife, powerful, heavy woman, sat up all night pray ing. In the morning they washed, and meanwhile the supply of water was cut off from everybody else in Addis Ababa, that it might be kept pure for the monarchs. GREENWOOD, S. C. FRIDAY, November 14th * WILLIAM POWELL # in “SHADOW OF THE LAW” Abyssinian princes wore silk, satin, gold, and carried shields of rhinoc eros hide and medieval swords hun dreds of years old. Six snow white horses dragged the emperor in a car riage that once belonged to the Ger man kaiser. SATURDAY, November 15th CHARLES BICKFORD and NILS ASTHER in “THE SEA BAT” MONDAY and TUESDAY November 17th-18th BEBE DANIELS and LOWELL SHERMAN in “LAWFUL LARCENY” WEDNESDAY, November 19th WARNER BAXTER in “SUCH MEN ARE DANGEROUS” WANT ADVS. REDUCTION on high grade cab bage plants on quantities from 500 or more. See, write or phone, H.»R. Deason, McCormick, S. C. BUYING—Green Pine Slabs. J. B. Blackwell’s Store, McCormick, S. C. Sydney Smith, British wit, fairly well satisfied with himself, as Is cus tomary with British wits and non-wits, asked this question: “In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book, or goes to an American play, or looks at an American picture or statue?” The witty Smith would he surprised If he could come back. He would find all London going to American plays, musical and others. He would find the pictures of John Sargent, an Amer ican, selling fo,r more than any British artist’s picture ever sold for within a century of his death, and he would read in the morning newspapers that the Nobel prize for literature, worth $46,350. goes to Sinclair Lewis, an American. He would al^o learn that Mr. Lewis’ hooks, their author still alive, have sold 2,000,000 copies and are popular with “highbrows” in Eng land, Sweden, Germany and elsewhere WANTED AGENTS—In every town, to sell bouse to house high class Rayon Underwear for women, make $5.00 to $15.00 daily; others are doing it. Carolina Products Co., ! Manufacturers, Rock Hill, S. C. ' 3t. LOST—On September 17th, near Chamberlain’s Ferry, one white and black spotted Walker Fox Dog, just a tinge of white on upper lip; $10.00 reward if delivered to me at Greenwood, S. C. Maxwell’s Market, J. L. Maxwell. Itpo. LOST—White Pointer Pup with lemon spotted ears, about nine months old. Reward. Hugh Brown, McCormick, S. C. You know that France and England can’t agree on the question of arma ment. France tells the nations she needs more ships than Italy, as she fronts on the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, Italy on the Mediterranean only. Mussolini replies in substance, “Italy was a great nation when you were nothing, and we don’t mean to take second place.” FOR SALE—Two nice 18 months* old large Seige Hounds at $15.00 each; will run anything, and any body would be pleased with them. Also 25 bushels of Texas Oats at 80 cents per bushel. C. A. Seigler, Modoc, S. C. Mussolini and his government voguent sur un vulcan “are cruising on top of a volcano,” as the famous French bull has it. A million Conspiracies and hatreds are plotting the dictator’s downfall. Prominent Italians, professors, former government officials, scientists and ohters have recently been arrested in connection with one conspiracy. Mussolini is well aware of condi tions, but fears them not at all, ap parently believing in his “star,” as Napoleon and others believed in theirs. He and his government live in danger every day, as he drives his own car through the street* of Rome, unpro- teeted^relylng on the terror that hie name and face, inspire. . (4g, ifs«. by Kins Feature* Syndloet#. lao.| STRAIGHT SALARY: $35.00 per | week and expenses. Man or wo man with rig to introduce POUL TRY MIXTURE, Eureka Mfg. Co., East St. Louis, 111. Itpo. ! The unused pit of a permanent hotbed may be utilized as a winter storage place for celery by remov ing the surplus earth and substi tuting a covering of boards for the sash. Store the celery the same way as in a trench and cover the bed With any material that will keep out frost. j • < An endless chain is spending money to impress others who spend money to impress us.