Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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AMERICAN LEGION AFFAIRS (By Ben Adams) Mr. Felix T. Wilson was reelected commander of Wilbur Jones Post at Lake City at a meeting Monday night. Mr. Wilson has accomplished a great deal during his term of of fice. Other officers elected were: J. B. Strickland, vice commander; W. B. Burch, adjutant; L. C. Whitlock, finatiue officer; W. W. Harden, his torian; the Rev. J. Ross Johnson, chaplain, and L. M. Wilkins, ser geant-at-arms. The annual meeting of the Lake City Post will be held Monday night, December 18. Ladies are to be present and hear the annual re 'port of the officers. The ladies will also give a report of their work. Charleston Post No. 10 will hold its annual meeting Wednesday nighbt Reports will be received from all, officers and other inter esting nuters brought up. Officers and committees are to be elected and appointed' at this meeting. Dorchester County Post has been organized at St. George with the following officers: Dr. C. L. Ayzel eby, commander; W. E. Johnson, vice commander; T. O. Berry, ad jutant; Dr. A. S. Behling, finance officer; J. G. Green, service offi cer; J. E. Carr, sergeant-at-arms, and M. B. Hill, chaplain. Mr. James J. Jachles, of Walterboro, district executive committeeman from the First district was on hand to as mist in getting the post under way. This is the "Baby Post" of the de partment. At a meeting of the Crawford Monroe post at Marion Wednesday night the members went on record as favoring the Red Cross and pledged their support in the mem bership drive of the organization. .Admiral ictor Blue, who was born and reared in Marion, was a visitor during the meetin. CONSTITUTIONS AND BY-LAWS FOR LOCAL CO-OPERATIVES Clemson College, Dec. 12.-The di rectore of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Co-operative Marketing As sociation and of the Tri-State To bacco Growers' Co-operative Associa tion having endorsed the plan of having local units made up of mem bers of both organizations, steps are being taken in each county to organize covmmunity and county units with as. little loss of time as possible. Below are given the constituton and by-laws proposed for the locals which are being organized on the school district basis. In a latter is sue of the Weekly News Notes will be given those for the (county units. Constitution and By-Laws for Community Local Article I. Name.--The name of this local orga nization shall be ''The --- - ....Local Co-operative As sociation Members, Unit."' Article II. Territory.- The ter ritory coverd by this local shall include -. .- _. School District. Article II1. Objects. -- The pur poses of this organization shall be: (a) To promote group market ing on the co-operative Coimmodity plan. (b) To maintain the morale of the grower members of the co-oper ative coimmodity associations in.. v'olv~ed. (c) To raise by group action the level of farm practice arid the stand ards$ of farm life. (d) To providle face to face or gtanizedl units for group udemonstra t ion work and the carrying on of the b~usinerss of the associatedl andl co operating parties to this plan of or ga nizatioi. A rticle IV. Membership. -- Mem heiship in t his. organization shall be limited to fa rmers living in the ten ritory mentijoned in A rticle 2, who arc moembe rs of ei ther the Tobacco Growers' Co-operative A ssociation, the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Co-operative Assocation, or any other regular co-operative commodity mar ketiag association organized on a like basis and scope in the future, provided its board of dlirectors has aiccepIted the a~gree'ment referred to in the title. Article V. Officers and Duties. (a) The officers shall consist of a Chairman, a Vice Chairman, and a Secretary. (b) Tlhe dluties of the Chairman shall be as follows: call the meet ing, see that it is properly attendled, keel) the meeting ordlerly, plan andl prepare a program, administer the affairs of the local, see that elected dlelegates attendl the county meet ings, and carry out the will of the Association regarding the local and of the local regarding the Associa the Vice-Chair. man shall be as follows: aid and ad vise with the Chairman and execu tive committee; and carry on the duties of the Chairman in his ab sence. (d) The duties of the Scenetary shall be as follows: call the ' roll; transfer all members leaving his ter ritory to the roll of another, local; enroll ail incoming members; notify the associations of the changes; keep the record of action of the local; carry on the correspondence of the local; and gather all statis tics from the members or non-mem bers as the association shall request. The purpose of this paragraph be ing to provide for separate reports to the different associations regard ing the membership, crop production statistics, and all other business pertinent to each with equal prompt ness and thoroughness= Article VI. Comimttees and Duties -=These shall be appointed by the Chairma nan executive committee of three to advise with the officers and assist in carrying out with equal expediency the informal . business of the co-operating associations. Other duties of the executive committee shal )be: secure new members to the Associations; keep up the loyalty to the Association; take all measures possible to secure deliveries to the Association without recourse to legal measures; advise with the officers regarding matters pertinent to the Associations and the community; ad vise with the county and central or ganizations, regarding matters of liens, tenant-landlord rights, -fore closures, and other matters affect ing the delivery of the crops to the Associations; and bring before the membership of the local all such matters as improved production, grading, or marketing of tobacco or cotton as 4ell as other farm pro ducts. School, church, home and community problems chall be con sidered pertinent business of the lo cal. By-Laws Meetings.- (a) The Community Local shall meet at least once a month at regular intervals as they see fit and at all other times subject to the call of the Chairman. Prior to and (luring delivery time the lo cal may meet oftener at the call of the Chairman to settle difficulties re garding delivery of the crops, im mediately advising with each other and with the officials of the county and central co-operating associations. (b) Any member of an official local has the privilege of meeting with any other local or with the county unit if he so desires. (c) All speeches made at the county or local meetings other than by demonstration workers, officers and employees of the Co-operative Association, and by the membership regarding legitimate business of the organization, can be made only by permission of the Central Field Ser vice Officers of the Co-operative As sociations. Order of Business.-The order of business at meetings of the county and local units shall be: 1. Call to order by President. 2. Readling of minutes of previous mzee ti ng. 3. Report of Secretary. 4. Report and recomninendlations of the representatives of the co operating associations and of the Extension Service (if any). 5. Reports of regular and special committees by Chairman. (;. Unfinished business.. 7. New business. 8. Adjournment. SWEEP~IING VICTORY IN WHISKEY CASES Supreme Court Rtules-Governmient Wins in One Case and Loses in A nother. Washingt. n, Dec 11.-Two cases considlered b ythe governmnent of major im'portance in the enlfon1. mnt of national prohibition were d(eided by the Supreme Court to (lay. In one, fro mnthe State of Washington, the government scored a sweeping victory, the Supreme Court holding that botte the fed eral and a State government can prIosecut~e an punish the same~ un lawful act in the manufacture, pos session, transportatiou or sale of intoxicating liquors. The other, from California,. the government lost in its contention that in the enforcement of national prohibition an executive offiter can impose and collect as taxes the as sessments andl penalties imposed by those sections of the reviset~l statute which remain unrepealed by the Volstead Act r~nd which be came law while the manufacture andl sale of intoxicating liquors wvas not prohibited. ,Tried For Same Offense The United States District Court for Western Washington dismissed a federnl indictment charging Vito Lanse, Dick Biarto and others wilth manufacturing, transporting and p~ossesaing intoxicating Ilquors on the' ground that they had been tried and( convicted( In the Stnte courts For Discriminating ,if 1u 6-s With Each Day Bringing Christras Just a Sit Nearer, You Are Now No Doubt Planning Your Christrnas Gifts. To assist you in this task and make it-as joyful as possible, we are going 'to sugest that instead of pondering over such problems at home, you dome to our store where you will find many useful gift-things on display and choosing will be easy for you." To avoid the unpleas'antness of rpshing the last few days and then perhaps unable to make the selections you had planned, we suggest that you shop early.'" The items listed below will make useful gifts for her-for him.. Auto Robes - Handkerchiefs .Auto Guantlets Bath Disriinain Bath RobesBakt Stationery .ob Blnkt y Silk Hose Bath Mats. Serving Trays Silk and Wool Hose Tar Heel Blankets Manicure Sets Silk and Lise 1-2 Hse Table Linens Ladies' Shopping Bags Mufflers Fancy Towels ao ome to our sil fiu Bedroom Slippers for ~ho andsomeiFur SetsKnitandySio Ladies, Gentlemen and Dolls, Dolls, Dolls .Belts with Initial Buckles Children. Kid Gloves Silk Shirts ALL QUALITY GOODS Shop Early-You will get better selections and a Aore intelligent service. The O'Donnel DryGoods Co. SUMTER, S. C. for the same offense. In reversing m mthi acon ody te Sur e, Bhs acto oathoe BlanetsSaioeyeSikHs Court held that "in the absence of special provision by Congress, con viction and punishment in a State Court under a State law for mak ing, transporting and selling in toxicating liquors is not a bar to a prosecution in a court of the mor ie n src United States under the federal law for the same acts." The effect of the prohibition amendment, the court stated in an f rpinion by Chief Justic s, -was vition esablis proihbit in aevery Cort undter Unte States awornak-. ecing transortin anic relln in- WYPYMD toxticating liqulor isntatat.o welas proseioiinng cutof ite UntStates foeindcere Thefdea powe fr the ae egativ masre Tom the l effect iv e prhiit idmindmontr, the court statin estaisn retofhb eritio ial i e I N o parts of the United States and at etihe nsaction hich war of ~ethel seveal ortaStateti thei terior oeigt chl omece.ase t Lomk h oiyefcieexist."*2 9 Thm in Carsn, th coutengra pe, "in rspet and thle territoralyO ayTr s ioigt ob Thoma UnitdlSae, ad rat the same atiabe telkeo asrib af otverfor ttes ihooin thi Chitm sac-ie m-enThelm stree Rifront of sthe-o ayTr s tonightd bhom as h ortlar, adusk. esttema. ffCYr n~tiaIrpresenieodrlalepaofcois Sh-cs reual AScrb moieftesoo RS wih c intesteinfot fte n A e o Fin ePINO foCrita home shOrtEasyteTedusk if you hurry. 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