The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, March 07, 1929, Image 1
VOLUME XXIX
END OF SESSION
DRAWING NEAR
Legislature Likely To End Us
Work This Week. No Snag In
Either Highway or Appropri
ation Conference Expected.
Columbia, March 5.—Expectation of
sine die adjournment by the end of
this week animatel both branches of
the general assembly as it began its
work this week. A free conference
committee is on both the highway
bond issue bills and the general ap
propriation bill and are hopeful of
making a report within the next few'
days. With these measures out of the |
way, there will probably be nothing
to hold the legislature except the odds
and ends of routine and local mat
ters, which may keep the assembly in
session until late Saturday if it fin
ishes this week.
The conference committee on the
general appropriation bill is under
stood to have, already gone to work,
and there is little reason to believe
that there will be any great delay in
reaching an agreement on this meas
ure. As passed by the senate it carries -
nearly $11,000,000 in appropi'iations, *
but may be slightly reduced in the ■
conference room. After being adopted |
by both houses, the bill still has to J
run the gauntlet of possible votes. j
The highway bond issue bill confer- j
ence committee, it was learned to
night, will begin its work tomorrow
afternoon at 3 o’clock. Since the bill
was approved in almost the same form
by both houses, there seemed little
reason for a free conference commit
tee, and the fact that the house made
certain amendments in order to force
a free conference session leads to the
belief that the measure is to be stud
ied rather carefully by the conferees
with a view to making it as nearly a
perfect bill as possible for the pur
poses desired.
Those named on the senate mem-
High Spots In
Hoover Career
1874-
Born in West Branch, la.,
of Quaker parents.
1886—Left an orphan and moved
to Oregon to live with
relatives.
1891—Entered Leland Stanford
university in California.
1895—Finished university and
began work as mining en
gineer.
1897—Went to Australia to work
for British mining firm.
18CS—Married Miss Lou Hehry
and took position in China.
1903—Went to London to head
mining syndicate.
1914—Became chairman of Bel
gian war relief work.
1917—Appointed U. S. fool ad-
ministrator by President
Wilson.
1919—Became director of allied
relief work and organized
American Relief adminis
tration for war-toim coun-
tries.
1921—Appo'inted secretary of
commerce by President
Harding.
Organized the campaign
against British i-ubber
monopoly. .-.
1927— Directed relief work in
Mississippi flood.
1928— Elected president of the
United States.
1925-
HERBERT HOOVER BECOMES
NATION’S CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Succeeds Calvin jCoolidjge As President of United States. Thous
ands Witness Inaugural Events At Capital Despite Rainy Day.
Coolidge Leaves Immediately for Future Home In New England.
Washington, March 4.—The Ameri
can people Monday with solemn cere
mony placed Herbert Hoover in the
highest office within their gift—^that
of president of the United States.
With a pelting, stinging rain fall
ing, he swore to uphold and defend the
constitution of the United States,
kissed a verse in the Bible and began
the gravest duty ever demanded of
him in his life of far-flung activity.
the executive mansion in a congres-'
sional car.
There were billows of applause as
the presidential car passed along the.
avenue, and both Coolidge and Hoover
kept busy acknowledging the noisy,
enthusiastic greetings from the pack-,
ed sidewalks and stands. !
Reaching * the Capitol, President
Coolidge an! his succjessor-to-be en
tered the president’sVroom on the sen
ate side, and there awaited the mo-
And, turning to his inaugural address,
he ma^^.^a pledge to enforce all law^> nf»€nts for ii^uctio^into oflhce'il.f y
including the prohibition amendment^Mr. Curtis, who for years* had been
BILL WOULU TAX
RADIO SET TUBES
to the full extent of his ability.
Into office with this California en
gineer and orphaned Quaker went
Charles Curtis, who hai risen from
an Indian reservation to the vice
presidency. The two then rode down
the historic route from the Capitol to
the White House, bai'eheaded, rain
beaten, but smiling their happiness
over one of the most remarkable
and en iuring ovations given any
president or vice-president in recent
years.
h’or nearly four hours the thous
ands stood in the driving rain waiting
to do honor to the foremost two
Americans.
’On the Capitol plaza, shining with
' its watery film, the thousands with
.water dripping clothes, saw ^Ir. Hoov-
Provides for Erection of State Broad
casting Unit. $150,000 Loan for
Erection and Maintenance.
Columbia, March 3.—Erection and
maintenance of a state radio broad
casting station and the formation of a
! er kiss a verse in the Bible which
j sealed his fealty to his countrjmien.
That verse said: “Where there is no
j vision the people perish; but he that
;keepeth the law, happy is he.’’
j And when * that solemn ceremony
was over they remained defiant of the
Republican senate leader. Curtis took
the gavel from the hands of Vice-Pres
ident Dawes before the assembly in
which were intermingled the brilliant
uniforms of diplomats, army and navy
officers, the sombre robes of the jus
tices of the Sujiremfe court, and the
No Southerner
In Hoover Cabinet
The ten men who are to be
the official advisers of the next
president are:
Secretary of state, Henry L.
Stimson, of New York.
Secretary of the treasury, An
drew W. Mellon, of Pennsyl
vania.
Secretary of war, James W.
Good, of Iowa.
- Attorney general, William D.
Mitchell, of Minnesota.
Postmaster general, W^alter
F. Brown, of Ohio.
Secretary of the navy, Charles
Francis Adams, of, Massachu-
setts.
.Secretary of Intertor, Dr, Ray
Lyman Wilbur, of C-ahfomia.-
Secretary of Agriculture, Ar-
thm' M. Hyde, cf Missouri.
Secretary of commerce, Rob
ert P. Lamont, of lilinoisr^
Secretary of labor, James J.
Davis, of Pennsylvania.
FIGHT BEGUN
ON MELLON
Senate Orders Investigation Im
mediately After Approving
Cabinet. Right To Hold Office
Challenged.
formal attire of somi members of con- SIX CENTS TAX
The rain was showering the senate | ON GASOLINE
skylights when the senate finally ad
journed and the inaugural pai’ty mov- House Passes Bill Increasing Gas Tax
ed toward the open-air stand on the j One ("enf On the (iallon. To Go
plaza for the swearing in of Mr. j To Counties for Road Upkeep.
Hoover. Chief Justice Taft adminis-j Columbia, March 2.—The tax on
tered the oath of office to Mr. Hoover; gasoline was raised from 5 cents to
on the twentieth anniversary of the' 6 cents the gallon by the house of rep-
day Taft hiniself had taken over the! resentatives last night, advocates of
reins of government from Theodore ■ the increase being able to muster 42
Roosevelt.
state radio commission, the erection
bership of the free conference* com- cost not more than $100,000 is pro-
The crowd which listened to Mr.
Hoover’s inaugural address presented |
a brilliant mixture of color as it stood is to be applied to county roads to re-
there in the rain. A jnyriad of bright' place the 2 cents which the counties
umbrellas bobbed al^out, their color, formerly received and which now, un-
emphasizei by the glints from their Ider the $75,000,000 bond bill, will go
water sheeted fabrics. Raincoats of to the state highway department for
weather to see the impressive tribute ! every hue mingLd in the audience ^ use on the state highway system,
paid to the incoming head of the na- i which followed the new president’s! Debate on the bill to boost the gas
I tion by representatives of nearly ev- declaration of faith attentively and tax was not greatly prolonged. The
Washington, March 5. — President
Hoover’s new cabinet members were
"quickly confirmed today by the senate,
but after approving them it ordered •
surprise inquiry into the right of An
drew Mellon to carry on as secretary
of the treasury.
Senator McKellar, Democrat, Ten
nessee, challenged the right of Mr.
' Mellon’to hold office or to go on with
j Mr. Hoover without renomination and
confirmation. Friends of the secre-
; tary 4id not resist the inquiry 'request
ed and it was ordered without a rec
ord ^ote. No opposition wds presented
to the selection of Secretary of Labor
Davis who also'continues in the cab-
; inet.
j President Hoover transmitted the
nominations of his eigh' new cabinet
officers to the senate at he opening of
the special session tod: y and within
20 minutes after their receipt they
stood approved.
The president chose r.q^t to forward
;he names of Mr. Mellon and Secre
tary Davis, confirmed eight years
ago with other members of the Hard
ing cabinet. These are the only mem
bers of the Coolidge cabinet who will
gO'into the Hoover official family.
As soon as the White House mes
senger appeared in the senate with
the nominations. Senator Wataoft of
Indiana, the Republican leader, moved
votes anidljpponents 28.
This 1 cent tax additional is to be . . „ . .
distributed Bitiong the counties and ■!" executive session. Behind locked
doors the cabinet nominations were
taken up. Each was considered and
mittee on the highway bill are Sena- j vided in the terms of a bill introduced
tors Bryson of Greenville, Jefferies of | the senate yesterday by Senator
Colleton, and Nash of Suniter. The Philip H. Arrowsmith of Florence.
I ery group of American life.
The army, the* navy, the marine
applauded his telling points. , j measure was introduced by'Represen-
The plaza ceremonies complete, Mr.! tatives J. B.'Parrott, Laurens; E. H.
i corps, the coast guard, governors.
house members are Representatives
Trip of -Anderson, Sawyer of George
The necessary $100,000 would be
furnished by the sinking fund com mi s-
governor’s staffs,. patriotic organiza-
jtions,^ marching ebjbs, and hands
town, and Itr^ DjjBiBhhntd; ^ajqiTand. rejj^d .by a tax collected on
The cemmittee, it is believed should I tubes used in receiving sets at
be able to make a report Thursday or I ^ ^ate of 25 cents per tube, the mjni-
Friday.
CHICORA ALUMNAE
NOV^RGANIZED
Mrs. Gary Martin Heads Laurens
County Chapter Following
' Enthusiastic .Meeting.
mum, however, to be $1.
Commissioners, three in number,
would be chosen by the governor, who
would be ■ ex-officio chairman, and
would serve for three years 'with the
exception of the first three, which
would be for terms of one, two and
three years each,
Not more than $50,000 a year would
be allowej annually, according to the
tramped the wet, pool studded pave
ments until late in the day to salute
the new commander-in-chief. He stood
in a revi^iWing stand in front of the
White House, glowing with pleasure,
and by his side the new first lady of
; the land, animated with interest, wav-
j ed her hand in numerous salutes.
When the parade ended and Presi-
i deiU Hoover entered his new home, its
cl
- If __ _ _
A large and enthusiastic crowd of ] bin, for « operation of tYe"station,
former students an^ graduates of i Tubes used| for rectifying-in power
Ciiicora college attended.a meeting of | units, such tubes to he rlpsio'natprl a.s
units, such tubes to be designated as
the I,aurens County Alumnae a.sSoci-1 ^bes designed td change alternating
ation held in this city last Thursday, current to direct current, would be ex-
ocenpants of yesterday were speeding
toward the quiteness of Northampton,
Mass., seeking the rest of private citi
zens.
Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge did not re
main in Washington for the inaugural
Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge departed Blackmon, Orangeburg,-and Olin .Saw-
for their journey homeward, and the yer, Georgetown,
procession of acclaim was TornTe47The
confirmed in turn without a word of
opposition.
Then as the senate emerged again
into open session Senator McKeller
offered his resolution. He asked im
mediate consideration. There was
about an hour of debate devolving
nostly around technical questions in
volving the propriety of a senate conrl^
mittee to inquire into a case wJiich
rhibeachment
might
i3~ on
e called
the meeting being called for the pur
pose of organizing a local alumnae
club.
empted from the tax but all tubes
other than rectifying tubes used in
power units would be considered as
Among those present from Colum- j receiving tubes and should be required
bia were Dr. S. C. Byrd, president of | to be returned as such.
Chicora college, Mrs. Beverley Eng- j The bill provides that every person,
lish, Jr., president of thp state alum-j or corporation owning receiving sets,
nae association, Miss Katherine John-1 excepting dealers, would be required
son, secretary of the state association, j within 90 days of the passage of the
and Miss Mary Guy, faculty member.! act and thereafter before March 1 of
The organization was perfected | each year to make returns to the
with the election of the following of-! South Carolina tax commission of all
fleers: Mrs. Gary Martin of Clinton, j sets owned or operated by them and
president; Mrs. Cecil Roper of Lau-! at the same time would be required
rens, vice-president; Mrs. Clyde Lank-1 tx) pay the tax. Sets bought after
ford of'Clinton, recording secretary; I March 1 would have to be returned
Mrs. J. B. Parrott of Clinton, corre- | within 3 days for taxation and those
sponding secretary, and Miss Ruth i bought after July 1 would pay half
‘Ylr. Blackmon, in speaking in de-
prcsi.lent and vice-president rode to fen.se qf the bill, declared that under
the White House ahead of the parade, the new road bond bill the 2 cents of
tor luncheon. .As they passed in auto-' ;he jiVesent 5 cent g^.s tax, which had
mobiles, with tops down, they repeat- been going to the counties for county
edly waved their high hats to the roads, would go to the state highway
cheering .spectators. Water poured cenunission, leaving the counties with-
across their faces as they extended out funds to keep up their road.s. This
their signs of appreciation. 1 cent increase proposed, he said,
Half an hour later the two leading would obviate the necessity of inipos-
figures in -the event,s of the day, sur- ing a tax on real property, which
rounded by menibciv^ of their families, woul i otherwise have to be levied,
were seated in the reviewing .stand to’ J. Claude. Fort, Cherokee, spoke i
return salutes to the thousands who favof of the mea.sure, holding that At i
marched by in honor of a new presi- was not fair to the man living off the ! committee which was ordered to make
lent. ! state highway system to leave him in : the inquiry indicated later that it
Thq;. end'of the trudging column the mud. He declared that when a man i would he impp.ssible for the-commit-
parade. With President Hoover install- pa.ssed a few iwiTrutes before o o’clock. gets ‘‘stuck’’ in Cherokee county mud I lee to be summoned before the senate
ed as chief executive of the nation, ■ Then Pre.sident Hoover invited into “he is stuck.’’ j' M. Truluck of Flor-• is called again into session sometime
Mr. Coolidge entered an automobile 1 the White House the Republican na- ente and Charle.s S. Ford, Fairfield, in .April by Mr. Hoover.
with Mrs. Coolidge, was driven to the'tional committee, the members of the , a;s() favored the bill. j ^ 1
Union station and boarded a train for ! new and old cabinetfj, and the com-. “You robbed the farmer of his 2 LET FOR
which the senate later
to sit in a judicial capach
McKellar want‘’d tluAiudiciary com
mittee to determino/\vhether there is
authority for a cabinet officer to con
tinue in offic^/from one administra
tion to anotner. He also questioned
he right df the treasury head, despite
his eij^^hx years of service, even to.hold
offi^. He cited an old statute forbii-
(IjTtg the secretary of the treasury to
ngage in trade or b isiness.
Chairman Norris of the judiciary
1 the city-where he started the career j mittces which arranged for th^ centa of the gas tax and now you
I that led to the presidency. Cheers rang j gural ceremonies. The meeting was eorne making love to him: you want to , CONCRETE BRIDGE
dn his ears as he departed and there!for the purpose of exchanging greet- take care of his country roads and
Sullivan of Laurens, treasurer.
the annual tax.
was a smile upon his usually stern
countenance.
The train of events leading up to
the ceremonial installation of the
president and the vice-president began
at ten o’clock in the morning when
the two central figures started for
the White House to join President and
Mrs. CooliJge. Mr. Hoover rode with
Mrs. Hoover in a White House auto
mobile from his home on S street,
while Senator Curtis and his sister,
Mrs. Edward E. Gann, proceeded to
CIVIL COURT
NEXT WEEK
A penalty of not more than $10
A .
would be charged fpr failure to make
returns or to pay the tax and an exe
cution would be carried out after a
failure to pay the tax anj penalty in
30 days.
Of the revenues taken in bv the
Tribble Plant i Freshmen To Present
Being Enlarged Play Friday Night
Roster of Cases Drawn Up and Ju
rors Named. Judge Rice of Aiken,
To Preside At Session.
The next term of common pleas
court for the trial of civil cases, will | sinking fund commission for
convene in Laurens on next Monday, I payment of the loan of $100,000
March 11th. A roster for one wPek has i interest,
been arranged and Judge Hayne F. I
Rice of Aiken, will preside. The fol- j New Mill Now
lowing have been drawn to serve as
, I you put another cent on gas and they To Be BuiP .Acros.s Warrior Creek
The new cabinet did not go into of- ^.j]] j* away even if we vote for Near Ora. Will Be 200 Feet Long
fice with Mr. Hoover, it having been Hall, Jr., Anderson, declared.! and 1.3 Feet Above Water,
decided to withhold their nominations | suggested a tax on oils and greas-' [ aurens March 1 —A contract for
from the senate until tomorrow when: (;. w. Scott, Kdgefiehl, and .1. M. ’ ,he’conetruffion of a reinforeed con-
a one-day .special session will deal, Thomas. Allendale, favored the bill., ,.rete bridge over Warrior creek on
With them. R. E. McCaslan, speaking for the bill, route 10 between Ora and Lanford
Tonight the president invited Mr. declared that the tax on gas never has been awarded to W. R.'Moore, of
and Mrs. Mark Req^a, of California, ^ost an auto driver a nicke.l because j^^ncaster, according to an announce-
as their first White House dinner; of the .saving good roads effected on ,,,ent bv the state highway commis-
Sion. Bids on this project, along with
Holding that the people were taxed several others in the state, were re-
to death now, J. K. McElveen spoke ceived 1n Columbia last Tuesday.
against the bill as did B. K. Keenan, ds understood that work is to begin
Aiken, who said South Carolina, in . within a short time,
passing the $75,000,000 bond issue and According to information received
asking for an appropriation from here from Arnold Davis, state high-
■ . ^ u Washington to aid the farmers was .^ay engineer in charge, the new
Friday evening the freshman i,he a barefobt man wearing a dia-' bridge will be of concrete, 200 feet
guests; and that informal function his car.
finished the first day of the presiden
tial life of Herbert Hoover.
D. E. Tribble Company is now erect- On
ing a large and handsome warehouse ^ class of Presbyterian college will mond in his shirt. He declareil he had and 13 feet above the \pater. It
on Gary street as an addition to their make it first appearance upon a Clin- ^^^ver voted for an indirect tax in his ^-ju he a tv.'o-wav structure, about
state treasurer for the radio commis
sion, 2o per cent would be turned over' business. The building is of attractive ton stage when “The Junior,’’ a rol- ^^e. W. J. Revell, Horence, said his 28 feet wide, and will be modern in
people wanted good schools and good every way. The cost to the state will
: pressed brick type and will contam; ijcking three-act comedy, will be pre- that such advantages ha.l be ^2 934 90
! several apartments for the hand-f ggnted dt the Florida Street school. . De .'MAy34.JU.
ling of hardware, builders material,'
etc. It is located adjacent to the rath-
This is the first time in the history
to bo paid for.
The motion to strike out the enact-
Contractors who arc building the
road from Ora to Enoree have been
petit jurors:
Laurens—E. G. Bramlett, Thos. D.
Downey, B. B. Goodman, R. E. Lang- j H. W. Hack of New York, W. H.
ston, B. M. Owi'ngs. • j Regnery of Chicago, and Wm. Byrd
Waterloo — W. B. Page,- R. A.'of New York, are spending several
road tracks making the unloading of ^^o ^sfaera^^ntav^mid words, made by O. D. Johnston, gouiewhat delayed for the past few
materials of all kind ea.sy and conven-; . . , Spartanburg, was lost. 'weeks, due to the ince.ssant rains but
ine Junior bids tair to be an eye-
In OpCmtlOn j lent. The building will be one of the
most attractive of its kind in the en-
opener to those who are prone to look
An amendment offered by J. C. Fort the road is practically graded and if
to the effect that the bill go into ef- a good spell of weather could be’had
^ ^ ^ upon the freshman simply as some- .r v x, « 4. • i. . i.
j tire state and is quite an addition to , i i • u i ,.1, tect when the 2 cents now going to top soiling would go on at a rapid
’ , . ^ • V • -4 4. thing to be spanked. It is hoped that • j- i 1*^4 t4 • 4 4 j 4U 4 :
the fast growing business interests .Tp . n f »' k ^^e counties is diverted, was adopted rate. It is stated that as soon as top
Knight, W. 0. Martin, A. C. Phillips, days in Goldville inspecting the Jo-
Sullivan—J. M. Sumerel, J. P. Sim- anna Cotton Mills interests. The party
mens. ' came down in time for tTie annual
Jacks—H. M. Geer, J. Pink Johnson, stockholders meeting held on Tues-
Dials—G. F. Tumblin, W. M. Aber-^daV and presided over by Mr. Hack,
crombie, J. C. Hipp, B. W. Martin, Mill No. 2, the new addition to the
L. A. Armstrong, John W. Curry, J. C., P^ant just completed, was set in op-
Mahaffey. * : ^^’ation Monday: morning for the first
.Svirtfletow<P-*W;iD. Byrd, P. K. Ab- '"'hwls began turning at
- , . , , 1 seven o clock and the-first cotton was
ercrom le. , fed into the machinery by Mr. Hack,
Hunter B. W. Blakely, Geo. T.; active head of the corporation. The
Brown, W. T. Putnam, Geo. W. Addy, enlargements and impro\-e-
R. F. Sumerel. Iments under way there 'for several
Youngs—;;-W. R. Bailey, S. W. Cook, months past, are rapidly nearing com-
V. L. Coker, L. G. Miller, Clarente pletion and Mr. Hack and his associ-
Cook, Hugh L. Bailey. j ates expressed themselves as* highly
Cross Hill—^A. M. Hill, R. P. Spear- pleased over the showing made during
man, J. G. McGowan. 1 the past year.
, ,, c , .. - ,, the “Rat Dramats may become a per-
, of the South Broadway, section of the 1 - ... ,,
I . ^ ; manent organization on the campus, a
. i sort of Who‘s Who in Ratdom, •
A. R. P. Young People
To Meet In Abbeville
as another by ffenry Buist to correct soil is applied the road will be opened'
an error in the measure. An amend- as the public can use the present
ment by C. Thoma.s, Beaufort, that a bridge untill the new one is completed,
tax be placed on lubricating oils in- ; —
stead of another cent on gasoline, was
tabled. An amendment offered by E.
Abbeville, March 3.—The Yo’Jng
People’s convention of the Associate i
L. B. Dillara^’s''l7ig store-wide Clean-
Reformed Ifi-esbyterian church will 1 Up sale opens Friday morning sliarply
meet in Abbeville, April 19, 20 and 21,'at njne o’clock and this announcement
! and the local^_church is making prepa- w-ill-be read w-ith interest by the many
[rations" for the entertainment of the customers of this well known gent’s
Begins Tomorrow g. Nunn, York, that York county be
exempted from the provisions of the
bill was tabled.
Play At Cross Hill
School On Friday
(ll ESTS I.N CKEENWOOi)
<
A three-acd comedy entitled, “Is
Marriage a Failure,’’ will be given cn
Friday evenirg. March 8, at eight
o’clock, at the Cross Hill school. Those
taking part are: Misses Eleanor HockI,
The Gree;jj\vood' J. C. Penney Com
! delegates. There w-ill be two dele- furnishing establi.shment. During this! pahy,, was guest Friday evening to the Mary Alice Hipp, Margaret Rasor,
gates from the 30 churches' in the special sale period, sensational values per.sonnel of the Penney stores of An- Kathleen Gi-egory, R-chie Coleman,
state and a number of visitors, making are to be offered in guaranteed wear- ,derson and Clinton, Those attending Messrs. Horace MeS-wain. Jake Rasor
up a convention of about 75. Miss , ables for men and boys. The store w-ill from here were: Mr. and Mrs. A. J. anl J. F. Bozard. This is given under
Margaret Blakely, of Clinton, is pres- be closed today arranging for the big Swansen, L. M. Vineyard, Mrs. Sam the auspices of the Y. W. A. for the
jident of the convention, and will an-j event which is heralded forth in a DrumanondpMrs. "Alma McKee and purpose of placing lights and fixtures
jncunce her program in a few days. advertisement in today’s paper Miss Mary Bobo. jin the Baptist church.
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