Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Mr. Harper, the Scout Executive, will be here. S H H fc P CL M S SAFETY FIRST CIsTnO o A H ■ WHERE EVERYBODY GOES ■ Two Days—Monday and Tuesday, April 28 and 29 g . “SAFETY LAST” ■ Featuring Harold LUoyd. k is a triumph or originality that ■ Lloyd is gifted with in making a comedy feature to enter- ■ tain as no other comedian is capable of doing. It will thrill you, you will laugh, you will gasp, and wonder how Ha done. So for a good seven-reel comedy that you like to see “Safety Last” will be here two days, giving all a chance to see this picture. Monday—Comedy—ef'PICKING PEACHES.” Tuesday—“FIGHTING BLOOD”. Story by H. C. Witwer. Both Day a—15c and 33c Wednesday, April SO ‘THE LOVE OF PHAROAH” A Paramount Picture. Great and stupendous as it is in spectacle, it is even greater in heart-interest, telling one of the greatest love stories ever imagined. No finer trmt awaits you this season. Also, “LEATHER PUSHERS”. Story by H. C. Witwer. 11c and 22c __ sl s Troop No. 4 Troop No. 4 met at the Mission on Monday night. Mr.. Harper was present and gave the certificates to eight boys, two more boys* will re ceive them later. Mr. Harper then held an investiture ceremony. At the conclusion of this, Mr. Oberly, of Newberry, talked for about ten min utes. The Troop is showing a great deal of interest in scouting. Ar rangements were made to take an over-night hike. The troops will leave Friday afternoon and will re main until Saturday night. Scout master Warren will be in charge and Assistant Masters Meadows and Smith will also be there. *1 Troop No. 3 The second meeting of Troop N?. 3, B. S. A., Clinton, was held at 7:30 p. m. at the Methodist Sunday School, on last Monday. Mr. Geo. P. Harper, the Scout Executive for Mus- grove Council, was present and is sued certificates to all the boys who were present. This troop is compos ed of thirty of the boys from the dif ferent sections of town. All of the ’>oys seem to be very much inter ested in Scouting. This Troop will hold its next meeting on next Mon day at 7:30 p. m., at the same place. Mr. Harper will again be present. This Troop has at the present time the largest number of boys of apy of the Clinton troops, but the others are coming on. All Scouts are notified that there are a limited number of Scout Hand books at Coleman’s Book Store. All Scouts wishing same had best pro cure them at once. He who waits will get left. a 8 a Scoutmasters Conference There will be a conference at the Clinton Hotel on Monday night for all Scoutmasters, Assistant Scout masters and Troop Committeemen of Laurens, Clinton and NeWberry. Scout Executive Turner from Spar tanburg will be there and will give a talk on “The Boy in Camp.” All of the above named officials are earnestly requested to be present. All Scouts wishing to buy forms see Mr. Dillard soon. uni- FAVORABLE WEEK AID TO FARMERS IN MOST STATES Mangrove Council ■ 2 ■ Thursday and Friday, May 1 and 2 S “MAY-TIME” ■ From the play by Rida Johnson, featuring Harrison Ford, ■ Ethel Shannon, William Norris and Clara Bow. “May-time” ■ is a play that has had six years of astounding success on M the stage. The story opens in the days of our grandfathers ■ and carries down to the modern jazz age. It is chock full ■ of beauty, pathos, humor and action. “May-time” means ■ a Gay-time in today’s mad whirl. Thursday—Comedy— ■ “LOTS OF NERVE.” Friday—Comedy—‘TOOR FISH.” ■ Both Days—Uc and 33c ■ ■ Saturday, May 3 I “HOOK AND LADDER” g Featuring Hoot Gibsom Big thrills, breathless excitement mm and an uproarious comedy are crowded into this story.— mm “Hoot” in his greatest hit. Also William Duncan and Edith H Johnson in “STEEL TRAIL” No. 5. Comedy—“GO, WEST.” H He and 28c ■ : ■ This is a program for the whole family. Here you have |[ a variety for your selection that can’t be beat, because they ■ will entertain, and you can expect to find the very best at H THE CASINO. ■ For the week May 5th to May 13th, will be such pictures as ■ “Are You a Failure,” “Within the Law,” featuring Norma II Talmadge—h*r best picture. “Conductor 1492,” Johnnie ■K Hines. A scream from start to finish. All in next week’s M program. m ■maMl The local council, B. S. A., of Clin ton, held a meeting in the offiea of Mr. R. W. Wade on Tuesday after noon at 4 o'clock. There were six of the local members present. In addition to thoeo the Scout Executive was present and gave his report of the work in Musgrove Council for the past four months. He announc ed that at the present time there were fifteen troops actively at work in the coundl with a membership of 296 boys. There are fifteen Scout masters, fifteen Assistant Scout masters, and 49 men who are mem bers of troop committees. In addi tion to these troops there are about 15 more to be organized during the coming months. He announced that at the present time there were 69 boys enrolled in scouting in Clinton. There are still two troops to be or ganized in Clinton. There are four Scoutmasters, tlmee Assistant Scout masters, and 12 troop committeemen. The Executive also announced that arrangements for the camp in June were not complete, but that there would be a camp held by Musgrove Council during the month. Arrange ments as to dates for this camp will be made later. The Executive remained in Clinton after thd* council meeting, and at Conditions In South sarolina No So Good, However. Washington, April 23.—Crop and weather conditions in southern states during the week ending yesterday was summarized today by the Depart ment of Agriculture as follows Moderate temperatures were the rule in the cotton belt, though the nights were rather too cool in the western portion. Rainfall was most ly light, except in the eastern states, said there was a high percentage of sunshiny In most of the belt. It was generully favorable for field work, and planting made satisfactory pro gress, except for delay by rain dur ing part of the.week in some east ern cotton sections. In the Mississ ippi valley, some cotton was planted northward to extreme southern Illi nois, and this work was begun gen erally in southern Oklahoma. The early planted was coming up to a good stand in South Carolina and Georgia. Some cotton was up to a fair to good stand in Alabama, and the early planted was coming up in Arkansas, although it was rather too cool in the latter state. The genpination and growth of later-planted cotton was reported as /air in Texas but the early-planted continued in generally poor condi tion. Satisfactory advance in potatoes were reported from the southeast. Truck crops continued to show im provement in the east Gulf districts and remained in generally good con dition in west Gulf sections. Melons arc backward and mostly poor In Florida but tomatoes made good pro gress with shipments continuing from the southern portion pf the state. Sugar cane continued to make slow « Dull, Sluggish Feeling LACK-bRATJGfrr I headache, and & 7:30 p. m. held an organization meet-;^^ in ^,1.^ and wu 8prout _ J at the Clinton Mill. There were poorly in Georgia. Tobacco plants about fifteen boys present. Mr. Ca*} did Vfell in the 0hio valley . tran ,_ ter, superintendent of the mill; Mr.; pUnting waa begun in South Caro _ Bragg, Baptist pastor; Mr. Harper, | Hna and nearly completed in Scout Executive; Mr. R. W. Wade, Dr. Johnson, Messrs. Smith, Warren B is our household stand-by” says Mrs. Thomas H. Kell, who lives near Ellij|y, Ga. “We have been using it years and years. My mother's family used it and w? do here and my four sisters do, too. could not run my house without Black - Draught. I give it to the children whenever they for sluggish liver and headache, and tEe ills that come with constipa tion, Black-Draught is line. “Lots of times I have felt dull and sluggish, my head would ache and I had to make a great ef fort to do my work. A little dose of Black- Draught would correct this feeling. We always kern it on the medicine shelf.” Be sure that you get Thedfhnfa the old. reliable Black-Draught powdered herb liver med icine. At all dealers'. made short talks on Several songs were cpng, I and McFarlan Scouting. land stories told. Each boy was ask ed to bring another boy to the meet- | ing with him. The next meeting will be Friday night at 7:00 p. m., at the Methodist Mission. IUCK-DRMIIHT I Over 1Kb MUUm PadiaScs SoM * tear Troop No. 1 The weekly meeting was held at the school house on Monday night. The meeting was called to order, the roll called, and then each Scout gave the Scout oath. After a few an- nouncementa the Scouts went out on the grounds and played several j games for about an hour. We then | went back into)the school house and had the good turn reports. At this time, Mr. Harper, the Scout Execu tive, arrived and the meeting was ! turned over to him. He made a short talk to the boys. The meeting was adjourned by Mr. Harper, giving the Great Scoutmaster's benediction. It was announced that at this time that [Troop No. 1 is leading Musgrove Council hi the Efficiency contest. I Ndxt -rawM 7:15. 666 is a prescription for Malaria, Chills and Fever, Dengue or Bil- Hons Fever. It kills the germs. *>■ WU *; < UK; mm KSWEs r, APRIL 24, 4 i. 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I inr t Taxes And Wages A Big Part Of Telephone Expense m ORE than half the entire cost of your telephone service Is represented by the two expense items of taxes and wages. „ During 1923 the wage and tax bill of the Southern Bell Com pany amounted to approximately $9,565,000. a * Fhe taxes 6f aU kind* paid In five States and to the federal govern ment amounted to $1,451,000. ; " , The wage bill amounted to $8,115,000 and was paid to 7,013 em ployes throughout this sec'iou. • . In South Carolina the taxes of all kind* reached a total, of $211,500. Id South Carolina the waje bill of 5S7 employes amounted to more than $582,061. X A Taxes and wages represented more than 60 per cent of the ©per- Ing expenses of the Company last year. (12 month? actual. one month. December, estimated.) MORGAN'0. SPUR, Csrclinss Manager . t ifi. f meeting m Monday night at Chautauqua Week Rere May 5th-12th B*LL SySTFM” * SOUTHERN iiELiL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY On* Symtmm. 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