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VOLUME XXIX
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 28,' 1929
NUMBER 13
AID GIVEN TO
COUNTY ROADS
SCHOOL PUPILS
TO COMPETE
Delegation Makes Provision In
Supply Bill for Enlarged Road
Program In County.
County Track and Field Meet To Be
Staged at College April 5. Speak
ing Contests In Evening.
Laurens, March 23.--Notwithstand-
ing the fact that the counties will re
ceive only a one-cent gasoline tax in
stead of two as heretofore the Lau
rens delegation has provided for the
construction of several miles of road
and that too with the expectation that
the tax levy will not be increased. One
of the roads for which provision is
made is already under construction
from Armstrong’s store northward by
Eden and Beulah to the Greenville
county line. The delegation planned
this before the convening of the legist
lature and NTT. Holder was eirtplbyed
by the supervisor to do the construc
tion with J. Roy Crawford as engin
eer. The work has been in progress
"for several weeks nad has been com
pleted from the Greenville line to
Eden, about five miles, which is about
one-half the distance to Armstrong’s
store. An appropriation of $17,000
was made for this project.
With a view of extending the con
struction of this road the delegation
has appropriated $10,000 for another
project from Armstrong’s store south
ward and across Rabun creek to John
Pat Madden’s on the Boyd's mill road
on the dividing line of Waterloo and
Sullivan township. The sum of $1,000
is provided to top soil the road from
this point to the Center Point section,
a distapLce of six or seven miles. And
an appropriation of $5,000 is made to
be spent from the Center Point sec-
tionto Waterloo.
In the western part of the county
an appropriation of $3,000 is made for
two projects on the main road leading
through the Mt. Gallagher section,
from the Phickett place on the high
way from Waterloo to Greenwood to
the intersection of the Mt. Olive to
- Ware Shoals road, and from the for
mer ^ite of Cedar Mount school house
to the Dixie highway near the resi
dence of John Beeks.'
Another project provided for is in
the eastern part of the county, the
sum of $3,000 being appropriated for
the construction of a road from
Bond’s cross roads to the brick house.
The revenue for this constructive
work and for an appropriation of
$5,000 to be applied on rural routes in
emergencies on approval of the letter
cari’iers, .is to be derived from the
one-cent gas tax ani a levy of four
and ohe-half mills on property. This
levy is a substitute for a reduced levy
of an equal amount on road bonds.
The balance- • of revenue derived
fi'om this plan-4h to be used for main
tenance of top soil roads not in the
state highway system.
For the upkeep of unimproved roads
in the county the appropriations re
main the same as heretofore.
The Laurens County annual track
and field day events will occur in this
city on Johnson field>^^riday, April
5th, beginning promptly at 2:30 p. m.
The reading* and declamation con
tests for elementary grades will be
held in the First Baptist church at
eight o’clock in the evening with each
school in the county allowed one entry.
At the same hour the high school
reading and declamation contests will
be staged in the orphanage chapel. In
both events, judges from out of the
county will be selected and a gold
medal offered the first place winner in
eMh contest.
- In the athletic events, the foHow-f
ing contests for girls have been ar
ranged:
50-yard dash, basketball throw, run
ning high jump, discus throw, 60-yard
hurdles—4 hurdle8^2 1-2 feet high,
baseball throw, running broad jump,
75-yard dash, shot put, relay race,
4 on a team, 240 yards.
Each school is allowed two entries
in each event except in the relay race,
which takes four.
Laurens merchants wlil give prizes
to first place winners in each of the
girls events. ,
The boys events will be:
100-yard dash, 1-mile run, 220-yard
dash, 120-yard high hurdles, 440-yard
run, 220-yard low hurdles, half-mile
run, mile relay, 4 on a team, pole
vault, shot put, running high jump,
discus throw, running broad jump,
throwing the javelin.
Each school is allowed two entries
in each event except the relay race,
which takes four/
Clinton merchants will give prizes
to first place winners in each of the
boys events. The college track team
will have charge of the meet.
'The following Clinton merchants
have offered to give prizes:
L. B. Dlilard, The Chronicle Pub
lishing Co., Farmers Mercantile Co.,
J. C. Penney Co., The Men’s Shop,
J. B. Frontis, Blakely Bros. Co.,
Young’s Pharmacy, S. Kreisbcrg, Kel
lers Drug Store, Joe L. Carter, D. E.
Tribble Co., Smith’s Pharmacy, Cope
land-Stone Co., J. I. Copeland & Bro.,
J. A. Bailey. *
ROAD QUESTION
BEFORE MEETING
Resolution Adopted Urging Issuing
of Bonds On Reimbursements
for Hard Surfacing.
Silently, yet swiftly,
The pulsing breath of spring
Is lending life and beauty
To every living thing;
Opening bud and blossom
. Along each walk and way.
Spreading gladness and delight
To greet the Easter dayT^
Tinting skies with sapphir^
■v^reams with silver bright.
Sending little winds abroad
, Through the day and night,
w^^j'^Co^ng- fragrant' blo^'oms
SO(
Charlie Wilson
Hitting ’Em Fast
Preliminai^ Contests
Held Last Tuesday
At the Florida Street school audi
torium last Tuesday evenirig the pre
liminary contest for the high school
was held, declamations and rea'iings
being given.
Lawson Abrams, using “A Nation’s
Temptation,” won first place.
Bothwell Graham, using “The Flag,”
won second place.
Since Lawson Abrams has already
been given first place in the county
cohtest, Bothwell Graham will repre
sent the high school in the coming
contest, tO(^^e held April 5 in the or-
phanagfe chapel. Lawson Abrams will
represent the school at the district
meeting. '
Among the girls, Medora Browning,
using “The Patsy,” was awarded first
place. She will represent the school
April 5 in the county meet.
Mary Collette won second placcj
with “Ann, of Green Gables.”"
Prof. G. W. Gignilliat of the Pres
byterian college faculty, Mrs. Anna
Cary of the Thornwell high school fac
ulty, and R. T. Gillespie of the Pres-
yterian college student body, acted as
judges..
Charlie Wilson, a four-year star In
athletics at Presbyterian college, has
made a most impressive showing with
the St. Louise Cardinals in spring
training, but Manager Southworth an
nounced a few days ago that he in
tents to send him to one of the St.
Louis camps for more experience. He
will in all probability go to Houston,
Texas.
In an account of two games, played
recently in Miami between the Ath
letics and the Cardinals, The Sun of
Avon Park, had the following to say
of Charlie’s appearance there and the
way he hit the ball:
“Sam Breadon’s rookies do hit the
old apple. He uncovered another
swatsman Thursday in Wilson, a rook
ie second baseman^ who hit ’em fast,
far and frequent to help the Red
Birds pile up a 14 to 7 victory over
the Philadelphia clan of ex-CarJinals.
The newcomer cavorted around the
Topeka square last summer, and the
training must have been good for the
eyesight for he hammered out a triple,
a double, and two singles while Don
Hurst robbed him of another hit.”
theJiuiffmg
n^uLa wd^iT^
To^Ae^^seirGoA
rompting feathered songsters
^'.On each leafy bough
herald out the tidings:
’^J^Spring is with us
Let your hearts be happy.
s^.Throw all cares awa^
Join in nature’s symphoi
^On this Easter day.”
coprngm: —Katherinc Eddman
Value Clemson | Teachers For
At $3,000,000 Bond Issue
About fifty citizens gathered in the
Florida Street school auditorium last
Friday night for the good roads mass
meeting called under the auspices of
the communication committee of the
local Chamber of Commerce.
The meeting was called to order by
R. W. Wade and he was made perma
nent chairman, and J. F. Jacobs, Jr.,
secretary. Mr. Wade Stated the ob
ject of the meeting was to consider
the question of hard surfacing all
State highways in Laurens county un
der the law whereby the State High
way commission will reimburse both
interest and principal of county road
bjpttda to improve roads.u‘in the state
system.
J. F. Jacobs, Sr., offered the follow’-
ing resolution which was adopted:
“Be it resolved, That it is tne sense
of this meeting that the senator and
representatives in the General As
sembly from Laurens county should,
and are urged, to use their authority
to issue Laurens county bonds to sup
ply’money to the State Highway de
partment, on reimbursement agree
ments for hard surfacing all of the
state highways in Laurens county
with the best type of surfacing which
the highway commission is willing to
put down m each case.”
The motion before its adoption was
discussed hy .J. F. Jacobs, Sr., R. W.
Wade, J. B. Parrott, C. D. Nance of
ANOTHER MOVE
ON ROAD ACT
Third Injunction Against $65,*
000,000 Highway Bill Senred,
Blease In Limelight.
Columbia, March 26.—Another le
gal move was started today in an ef
fort to block the $65,000,000 state
highway bond issue act.
Summons was served on the gover
nor, the state treasurer and the Stete
Highway commission to appear be
fore the Supreme court April 8 to
show cause why the bond issue eet
should, not be declared. “unconstita-
tional, null and void” and why the de
fendants should not “be enjoined from
acting upon or attempting to carry
out the act.”
1 Two previous injunctions had been
issued March 16, immediately after
the governor signed the act.
The sunupons today was. served by
Clarence L. Johnson, A. P. Bonner,
L. A. Vaughn, E. Mclver Williamson
and A. M. Coker, through counsel, C.
L. Blease of Anderson, Haynsworth
and Haynsworth of Greenville, and D.
W. Robinson of Columbia. The sum
mons is signed by Chief Justice R. C.
Watts.
Today’s injunction will be concur
rent with the others which were sep
arate against the two plans. .
After setting forth the provisions
of the act, the following is alleged in
the petition:
That the entire assessed taxable
value of the property of the state of
Cro3/H"nirMi.yoro.’lI t^ng orUu-j^”"*** as shown by the re-
and Charlie Milan, of Mountville I "-■"Pf”!'" K*"eral (or
rens,
Following the discussion, Mayor Long
offered an amendment to the Jacobs
resolution, adding thereto the clause:
“as fast as reimbursement agree
ments can be procured from the State
Highway department.” The amend-
UKnt was unanimously accepted.
During the evening there, was a
general discussion of the cross coun
try roads ot the county. J. F. Jacobs,
Sr., Charlie MHaan and C. D. Nance
spoke on the question, but no definite
action was taken.
Clemson College, March 23.—Clem-1 Columbia, March 23.—Endorsement
son college owns 3,249 acres of land, I of the $65,000,000 road bond bill pass- i
Lieut. Nimocks
To Philippines
Greenwood, March 25.—First Lieu-
valued at $331,420.00, and comprises a e.l at the last session of the General j tenant David R. Nimocks, professor of
,..,4.;—4.„.i 4. _4r' . y.1.. voted by the South' ’■ ’ ’
Carolina Teachers association at the
final .session of its annual convention
held he."e Saturday. Without a dis-
School For Adults
plant the estimated present value of Assembly
which is $3,181,724.34.
These figures are reported in the
annual inventory which has been com
piled by J, C. Littlejohn, business -enting vote the teachers of the state
manager. Slightly less than half of passed the following resolution:
the total land holdings of the college “That the South Carolina Teachers
are located here, 1,689 acres being in- association endorse the action of the
eluded in Sand Hill, Pee Dee and South Caroling General Assembly at
Coastal experiment stations. : its recent session in pa.s.sing laws pro-
Buildings and structures located viding for the issuance or sale of
here are valued at $1,794,906.71. Edu-: bonds in the aggregate sum of $65,-
cational and recreational equipment 0t)0,0(i0 for the completion of an ade-
in thejsum of $277,239,42 is the larg- (jLiate and modern state highway sys-
est item in the inventory of equipment tern.”
and supplies. This total does not in- i In addressing the teachers earlier
military science and tactics at Bailey
Mjlitary institute, has been assigned
by the war department to the Philip
pine islands, effective in August.
The order transferring him from his
post here r^ads as follows: •
“By direction of the president, First
Lieutenant David K. Nimocks, infan
try, is relieved from his present as
signment and duty at the Bailey Mili
tary in.stitute. Greenwood, South Car
olina. to take effect at such time as
wlil enable him to comply, with this
or ier, and will proceed at the proper
time to New York City and sail on or
about August 20, 1929, via govern
1928 aggregates $425,543,746 and the
bonded indebtedness of $65,000,000 au
thorized by the act would be more
than 16 per cent of such total.
That' the aggregate of the taxable
property of District 1, as set forth in
the act,* is $216,848,571 and the bond
ed Indebtedness of $35,000,000 author
ized by the act would be more than.
15 per cent of such total.
That the aggregate taxable proper
ty of District 2 is a little less than
District 1, or approximately $206,695,-
293, of which $35,000,000 would be al
most 17 per cent.
It further sets forth that there al
ready exists in various counties and
districts considerable indebtedness
represented by bonds for county pur
poses and in school districts for school
purposes and in highway districts
compo.sed of several counties.
That on information and bedief thcL-
State Highway ccmmi.ssion, the gover
nor and the state trea.surcr are abuCft
to act upon,and execute and sell obli-
of
gallons of^he state of of the two
highway district.s, as the State High
way commission may choose, and f^or
that purpose to pie !ge the fuB faith,
credit and taxing power of the state
as a whole and of the respective dis
tricts undertaken to be created there
by- • V?
A number of reasons are given as
to why the act is unconiLitutional,
among them being:
It is not the exercise by the Gon-’ral
Assembly ^pf. its jmigjuent definitely
and finally on the expediency of the
elude all of the equipment in the new ; in the session George W. Wannamak-; transportation, for the Philip-
engineering building.
It is estimated thal^ value of all col
lege property has increased to dts
present total of more than three mil
lion dollars from an original cost val
ue of $2,209,1.58.86. '
:'r, president of the association said j pjj^p islands. Upon arrival at Manila,
in reference to the highway bonJ hdi- Eieut. Nimocks will report in person
“1 am delighted that our legislature , commanding general, Philip-
has just provided a p’an under which
Mrs. Mary Grimes
Has Passed Away
Mrs. Mary Grimes, 74, widow of
law but a delegation of its duties and
pine department, for assignment to | powers in regard thereto entirely to
we are to spend $65,000,000 for infantry. The name of ■ another branch of the government. *
manent roads in South Carolina, but Nimocks,is removed from the 1 It confides in and to a nart of a
when I knoNV thatThere are thousands detached officers’ list, effective upon coordinate branch of the government
of people in our state who are spurn-1 relief from his present duties.” i power to make or annul a law and to
mg the idea of owning farms and oth
er real property, I say that tflere i.s
a challenge to us to study the prob- '
lems of our state and to teach our'
_ . , I young citizens to love .'south Carolina,'
the late William H. Grimes, passed i i * 44. 1 1 „ u '
,, , , ^ ’ . and to want to build and own homes
away suddenly last Sunday morning
exercise a diserteion which belongs to
P p ; he legislative department.
• gld. I Yjjg faith and_ credit'of the state
Dual Meet Today I are used or loaned without a vote of
j the people.
from
at her home about two miles
this city. The funeral services were
held at Hurricane Baptist church, of
CfhTiiag TTnTT^lffcgP ^ life-long mem-
^ V'llloC I conducted by Rev. Edward Long,
assisted by Rev. W. M. Creamer,
night school which has | deceased was a highly esteem-
Woman’s Exchange
To Open Soon
The adult night school which has
been in session for forty-eight nights, | woman, greatly beloved by a wide
under the-direction of Miss Alline; friends. She is survived bv
Newsom, Mrs. Teague Harris and Mrs. g„g daughter, Mrs. Pearl Fincher, of
John W. Little, closed Tuesday even- j^his city, and two sons, John D., of
ing, March 19, with a program by the; Florence, and Henry H., of Birming-
pupils of Academy Street school. Dec-1 ham, Ala., the latter being district
: within her borlers. | The opening vdual meet of the sea-
“Lct us commit ourselves to the ' held on the Presbyterian
task of preparing our coming citizens ] athletic field this afternoon at
, to use the $65,000,000 worth of hard University of
surfaced roads for the further devel-! furnishing the opposition, - ^
This is the first appearance of the Ihe .Womans Exchange, headed by
Georgia performers on a P. C. sched-_, John Spratt, will open on next
( ule and the meet offers some keen Wednesday, April 3rd, with headquar-
i competition. A small admission price ters in the office now occupied by the
Ofment of our natural resources.”
Governor Richards’ attitude to
ward compulsory attendance school
the legislative i
aws was .scoie > . . u p in su -, children, and 50c for adults (Tinton Hatchery on South Broadway.
will be charged for today’s important The location for the new business is
I engagement, and it is asked and urged ’ being made attractive and w'ill be
“Tne committee has concluded that ^jjg Clinton people turn out strong ready for next week’s opening.
for the event. The Exchange, which w'tll be some-
mitting a report of
committ^. He said:
there is no need to w’ork for a com-
lamations, readings, and a play, “The I manager of the Southern Bell Tele-' pulsory attendance law so lang as Mr.,| ^ has been nushin? 'bing new for the city and make its
Sihith Family, were given, which fur-; cv. _i .-...j »* I ^ oacn Mc.viiiiian nas oeen pusning _ ,
nished much enjoyment
The auditorium
was attractively ^
Chamber Nominates
Leaders For Year
The nominating committee of the
Chamber of Commerce fti submitting
its report at last week’s meeting, rec
ommended the following officers and
directors to' serve for the ensuing
year, beginning May first:
Carlton F. Winn, president.
Gilbert Blakely, vice-president.
S. W. Sumerel, secretary.
Goyne Simpson, treasurer. '
Additional directors: J. F. Jacobs,
J?., W. D. Copeland, R. A. Steer, Rev.
, Jo^ MeSween and Geo. H. Cornel-
son. The nominations, according to the
organization’s by-laws, will be acted
«pon at the next meeting after being
b^ore the membership for thirty
days.
I phone company. She is also survived Richards is governor.” ' his men for the past week in anticipa^ ^be feminine public,
by two brothers, Thomas Dendy, of 1 Mr. Fulp, however, criticized the at- ^his afternoon’s combat The hanJle all kinds of fancy work,
decorated Tvith many aorine floweraj?'" w i “f titude of teachera: j Mackstera are all reported in exeellent sewinR jellies, preaervea pick-
and a color scheme of pink and white ^bale> of Lai^ens, “When the teachers really desire iConlition and ready for the season’s borne cooking, or anything the wo-
earned out While ref“shmenS' t r'"’’’"*' .T"?. n"’.' • (Continued on page two) ! cinder path schedule! p'<=” ‘h' com™onity desire to offer
carriea oui. wniie reiresnmenxs by Bell of-' i * j for sale. Mrs. Spratt cordially invites
r* la. " xxr ^ • a a interested ladies to attend her
Belton Woman ' Easter Music At
was
were being served popular music was
rendered by Misses Griffin, Hollis and
Mr. Brockell.
The work don>v4^y this school has
been far reaching and quite success
ful. About sixty pupils were enrolled,
ten of whom w^re taught to read and
write and all ^expressed a desire to
have this work continued.
ficials in Atlanta,
Greenville.
Birmingham and
Service This Evening
At Lutheran Church
EASTERN STARS TO MEET
Jas. B. Parrott chapter No. 9, Or
der of the Eastern Star, will hold its
regular meeting Friday evening,
March 29th, at 7:30 o’clock.
All members are urged to be pres
ent and any visiting Eastern Stars
will be cordially welcomed.
There will be a service at the Luth-
;eran church this evening, Thursday,
J at 8 * o’clock. The sermon will be
preached by the pastor; on the “Suf
fering of Christ.”
The public is invited.
Makes Bequest
opening and to enlist their member-
Methodist Church p
Providence School
Faculty Named
The local board of school trustees.
The Thornwell o/phanage is in re-1 The choir of the State Training
ceipt of a $2,000 endowment legacy school of this city, will render a spec-
from Mrs. G. M. Greer of Belton asiial Easter cantata at North Broad
an act of deference to her deceased Street Methodist church next Sunday
husband. The, fund is to be held as a j morning at the usual hour of service.
part of the institution’s endowment, The young musicians have appeared through Supt. J." H.'YVitherspoon, an-
the income from same to be used in ' in the churches of the city on several nounced the follpwing faculty yester-
aiding -some orphanage boy with his occasions, and they always, ’’please day for the Providence (Lydia) school
college expenses while a student for their hearers with well rendered, en- for-the 1929-30 session: Mrs. H. A.
the gospel ministry. In the event the joyable programs. The choir is now Copeland, prinepial, Mrs. S. W. Sum-
orphanage has no boy studying for busy* rehearsing and making final erel, Mrs. J. Gary Martin, Mrs. W. H.
the ministry, permission is given by j preparations for their presentation Simpson and Miss Margaret Blakely,
had as her guest Miss Mary Hamilton j the, donor to use the income in aiding* next Sunday to which the *p'^blic is No change is made in the faculty over
of Chester.' ' other students in college. ) cordially invited. | the present year.
Miss Nannell Blalock of York, spent
the week-end with her parents, and
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