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VOLUME XXV CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22,1925 NUMBER 42 Sfl f 4 f 4 i fv... { . 4 4 # F> 4 MELLON FOR TAX REVISION Would Cut Out Some Tuxes and Re duce Highest Surtax Rate By One Half. COUNTY TEACHERS MEET SATURDAY J rr * *-— ■ First Meeting of Year To Be Held In Laurens and Study Center Course Instituted. * Washington, Oct. 19.—A tax re duction of $250,000,000 to $300,000,- 000 was reccommended to. congress to day by Secretary Mellon. Without attempting to lay down definite schedules, he suggested that a reduction in sur-taxes to 20 per cent in place of the present 37 per cent would not cripple the Treasury. This would reduce the maximum tax, sur-tax and normal, levied on the largest income, to 25 percent. It now i$ 42 percent. The Secretary also ad vocated these additional changes: Repeal of the estate tax. ' Repeal of the gift tax. . - Reduction of automobile taxes by repeal of the levies on trucks, tires and accessories. Repeal of a number of miscellaneous taxes such as that on works of art brought from abroad. Repeal of the publicity section of the income tax law. •• He opposed repeal of the tax on tickets to theatre&._and other places of amusement and various other pro- • posals for amendment of the present law, including any extension in the jurisdiction of the* board of tax ap peals. ' ^ The Secretary’s recommendations, based on the conclusions of treasury officials that a surplus of $290,000,- 000 is in prospect this year in fed eral revenues, was submitted to the house ways and means committee at th,e opening of its hearings on tax reform. He made reference in his statement to an “inequality in taxation” produc ed by the . earned income exemption allowed in the present law but he ad ded that if the present 20 percent maximum surtax is accepted, the in equality fostered by the clause giving credit on incomes below $10,000 as earned incomes “will not be so pro nounced.” The treasury secretary also renew ed his advocacy of a constitutional aiugndlpent abolishing tax exempt securities, ffe observed, however, that the amount of outstanding tax ex empt securities is now so large—he estimated them at $14,000,000,000— that the government attempts taking away the “artificial” advantage held by those securities. Enactment of the proopsed 20 percent surtax will do the work, the secretary added. . The gift tax was characterized by the secretary as one of a “great many artificial restraints and ine qualities now in the taxing law.” He declared “the excuse for the gift tax would entirely disappear” if the 20 percent maximum on incomes is adopted. Mr. Mellon told the committee that^ neither the tax on admissions nor the bulk of automobile* taxes consti tutes a burden on tax payers. The government is contributing $90,000,- 000 yearly towards road building and the automobile .taxes, including those on trucks, tires and accessories yield ing annually about $125,000,000. “The $25,000,000 might be taken off,”- Mr. Mellon said, “but so long as the government is contributing the $90,000,000 a year to the roads on which these automobiles run, they cer tainly ought to pay their way.” He warned that it was not well to cut the receipts beyond “reasonable” needs. The treasury, since the war, he said, had “been Jiving partially upon capital” as constituted by re turn of the investments made' through the war finance corporation, repay ments of loans to railroads, and sale of surplus war supplies. “As these sources give out,” he continued, “we will have to pay our current expenses out of revenues.” Mr. Mellon sought to defend the treasury’s debt retirement policy which has been attacked by some democrats on the ground that if the debt'were retired less rapidly, great er cuts could be made in taxes. “While, taking the people as a whole, it is immaterial when the debt is paid,” he said, “still, as between the defendant classes of people, the investing class holding the bonds and the producing class from whom a lar ger part of our taxes art collected, inequality exists. We should not tax too heavily the producers to pay the security holders. It is for this reason we have sought a balance between debt reduction and tax reduction.” ■ Discussing the suggestion for a maximum surtax of 20 per lent, Mr. Mellon asserted there had been aj On next Saturday morning at ten o’clock, the Laurtns County Teachers’ association will hold its first meeting of the year. The meeting, beginning at ten o'clock will her held in the graded school auditorium. At the same time the annual study center for the teachers will be instituted, and Miss Wofford, county superintendent, states that a large percentage of teachers are expected to enroll this year. The following courses of in struction will be offered., Primary and Elementary Methods: Mrs. Hetty S. Brown, Psychologist Parker district, joint author of Child’s World Readers. Penmanship: Miss Eleanor D. Vau ghan, Winthrop College, Rock Hill. Geography : Teacher to be supplied by Winthrop College. Class Management, United States History: Superintendent J. Harvey Witherspoon, Clinton city schools. Miss Wofford states that aA attend ance on the study center gives the teacher a chance to renew her certifi cate in addition to the opportunity offered the teacher for professional growth. The study center will meet every other Saturday for six months. Miss Wofford also states that at the meeting on Saturday it is hoped to enroll all the teachers of the county in the local, state and national educa tional associatiops. Laurens county made an enviable record in teachers /> association work last year, winning the state prize for the large and early enrollment of all the teachers in the cdunty. The teachers of the Gray Court-Ow- ings school will serve lunch for the dag. The officers of the county associa tion are: Mr. S. C. Gambrell, superin tendent Gray Court-Owings school, president; Miss Kite V. Wofford, sec- ictary and treasurer. CIVIL COURT JURORS DRAWN Court To Convene On Next Monday Morning With Judge M. L. Bon ham Presiding. The jury commissioners met in the office of Clerk of Court Saturday and drew a venire of 36 jurors to serve during the first*week of com mon pleas court which convenes in Laurens next Monday morning, Octo ber 26th, with Judge M. L. Bonham, of Anderson, presiding. The following is a list of the jur ors by townships: Laurens: J. M. Adams, R. T. Cun ningham, J. B. Harmon, R. S. Tem pleton. « Cross Hill: M. L. Crisp, W.* T. Boyce, H. S. Bryson, F. E. Miller. Hunter: W. C. Dobbins, G. R. Ow ens, S. A. Kern, R. L. Bailey, W. P. Jacobs. Scuffletown: D. M. McClintock, E. L. Blakely. Dials: C. W. Tumblin, R. N. Jack- son, W. Earl Knightr R- G. Woods, L. W. Gilliland, T. R. Taylor. Sullivan: M. L. Cheek, John H. Balentine, Jr., N< H. Mahon, J. R. Elledge, H. P. Nelson. Waterloo: T. L. Martin, C. W. Mad- BLUE STOCKINGS ALL PRIMED FOR NEWBERRY TOMORROW Great Crowd Will Witness Annual Clash Wjth Indians. Victory Will Mean Much in South Carolina Championship Race. South Carolina’s state intercollegi ate standing will become more crys tallized after the games this week-end. Presbyterian College will play against Newberry College in the Lutheran’s stadium tomorrow afternoon, and if she wins, will temporarl? hold the pinacle position in the state race. It is not expected that the New- berry-Presbyterian encounter will be a one-sided affair. Last year, the Lutherans took advantage of an inter cepted pass, and drove through the Presbyterian line for forty yards to a touchdown. In 1923, Howard Clin ton went through Newberry’s right tackle and ran eighty yards for a sen sational score. Both Presbyterian and Newberry have strong kickers, and Friday’s game will probably be largely in the air. The forward pass and the field goal are expected to figure in the score-making. Newberry’s powerful fullback, Rhieljl who scored ten points last month on^Furman’s Purple Hurri cane, will be/the big man for the op position. Presbyterian will be without the services of her star right tackle, Grif fith, who was badly injured in last Saturday’s engagement against David son. Coach Johnson fortunately has a good substitute in Witherspoon, whose playing last fall on the fresh man eleven was outstanding. The big backfield of teh Blue Stock ings, with Stamps, Robinson, Dugan, and Wilson will be on the field, and will make a try to push a stronger of fensive than was demonstrated in the last game. If Presbyterian wins, she will have a half-game lead on Furman and Carolina. Carolina meets her most formidable rival when she opens up today against Clemson. It is figured to be one of the big games on the intercollegiate card. • BONNIE BROOKS FREED BY JURY Hendersonville Barber Declared Not Guilty After Only Forty Minutes Deliberation of Case. SYNOD CLOSES ROCK HILL MEET Annual Meeting Well Attended. Florence is Selected For Next , 1 Year’s Session. Rock Hill, Oct. 20.—The annual meeting of the synod of South Caro lina Presbyterian church in the United States came to a close here laJe this afternoon after three full days of acti vity and practically all of the approxi mately 250 delegates and pastors left tonight for their homes. The final session was devoted to transaction of routine business and completion of reports. Selection of Florence as the meeting place in 1926 and setting a financial goal of $403,183 and apportionment of CONTRACT LET FOR NEW CHURCH Lutherans of City Soou To Worship In Thtir Own Church Edifice on Hampton Avenue. A contract forJihe erection of the Clinton Lutheran church was awarded last Thursday to Contractor J. E. Can non of Columbia. It is stated that as soon as the material can be assembled, ground will be broken and the work pushed to as rapid conclusion as pos sible. The building will be of brick veneer design, quite neat and attract ive in appearance. It will be erected on Hampton avenue just back of the residence of B. L. King. For several years past the Luther ans have been holding their services that amount to the eight Presbyteries' in the Masonic Temple building. Gen eral rejoicing is now felt by the mem bers that they are soon to occupy their featured the meeting. Considerable discussion developed ov’er the division of money raised be- j ° wn house of worship, tween Assembly and Synod causes. It was decided to assign 57 per cent'SQUARE DANCE AT of that raised for benevolences to As- ^ x sembly work and 43 per cent to Synod causes. The apportionment to Presbyteries was made as follows: Bethel, $77,815; Charleston, $31,852; Congaree, $43,- 142; Enoree, $84,266; Harmony, $36,- 695; Pee Dee, $48,383; Piedmont, $31,- 840; South Carolina, $49,190. The meeting adopted a resolution calling for observance of “Loyalty Week” during February, when an ef fort will be made to get every mem ber to make a sacrifice offering to the church and toward its budget. The month of November, it was de cided, will be given over to the study •f “Stewardship in its widest scope and embracing the whole life, service and substance dedicated to God.” Monday night a decision was reached to employ a Sabbath school and young people’s worker and place him in the field as soon as possible. There are 182 young peoples’ societies with a membership of 4,809 in the Synod. The meeting Monday night was in COUNTRY CLUB Ladies Committee of Bois-Terre Ar range Big Event For Friday Night. The ladies committee of the Bois- Terre country club has completed ar rangements for “an old-time square dance,” to be held Friday evening, October 23, at the club house. The announcement has been receiv ed with pleasure by Clinton and Lau rens people, and the largest crowd ever attending a dance at the club is expected. Dancing will be from 9:30 to 12. This will enable those at tending the choral club entertainment time to reach the club for dancing. The ladies committee hope to real ize a neat sum, over and above ex penses, which will be placed in the club improvement budget. den. J. 1. O’Dell,’ E. B. Boland J. L. intere « of forei *" missions and was presided overi by Dr. Alexander Elliott. Youngs: R. L. Cooper, Theron E. Jones, C. R. Bobo. Jacks: John Griffith Pitts, J. M. Hatton. LEADERS NAMED FOR TWO SPORTS Ralpk Walker To Read Basketball and Hunter Is Captain of Base ball Team. At a. meeting held the past week of the letter men of the Presbyterian College basketball and baseball squads captains were elected for the ensuing year. ' kalph Me Bee Walker of Columbia, was elected captain of the basketball team. Nick Hunter of Chester, was named as captain of the 1926 base ball team. Both of these young ath letes are very popular with the student body and are expected to make excel lent leaders. FURNITURE STORE TO CHANGE LOCATION pany, now the Ma- The Cooper Furniture co occupying a store room jttouintTon^tiTbusTness time’ "‘I T-J" 40 surtax rates had been reduced. I,, 1 the BelUW orkm.n compaly but ding those instances, be said, there had I «" *treet on Ihe 16th of been an evident increase in tax j Noveml>er - ' » sources, and the increased income “has { made up a great part, if not all, of SERVICES AT DUNCAN 1 the loss in revenue from the higher incomes. J _ CREEK NEXTlSUNDAY Services will held Creek church next Sunday Mr. C. J. Lynn of Ballenger, Texas, is visiting his mother, Mrs. H. E. 11 o’clock* to which all Lynn, who is ill at the home of her the community are invited. Dr. L. Ross Lynn. . ky Jones* the pastes, will Duncan’s ioming at Ddents in )r. Dud- Sprunt, Dr. Egbert W. Smith, a re cently returned missionary from Bra zil, and the Rev. Maxey Smith, a missionary to China, were interesting speakers. AJ PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Dr. D. J. Brimm of the Presbyter ian College faculty, occupied the pul pit of the First Presbyterian church last Sunday at the regular services. The pastor, Dr. D. J. Woods, was out FOOTBALL TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE Tickets for the annual P. C.-New- berry^football game to be played in Newberry tomorrow, are now on sale at Kellers Drug Store and Sadler- Owens Pharmacy. The seats are lo cated in the middle of the field and are quite desirable. Tickets for the Furman-P. C. game in Greenville on the 31st, are also now on sale. CLINTON HI TO MEET SIMPSONVILLE FRIDAY of the city attending the meeting of Synod in session in Rock Hill. The Simpsonville Hi football squad is to be encountered Friday at Simp- sonville by the local Hi team, and a real football game is expected. Hendersonville, Oct. 20.—Bonnie L. Brooks, Hendersonville barber, charg ed with the slaying of former Mayor Sam Bryson, was acquitted by ^he jury here tonight. The jurors took the case at 6:08 and returned their verdict after deliberating 40 minutes. Announcement of the verdict was greeted by applause from the packed court room, but Judge Harding rap ped for order and the demonstration ceased. The judge permitted the fam ily of Brooks to gather around him and they continued jrejoicing. The jurors took two ballots. The first was ten to two for acquittal on ground of self-defense. The second ballot followed short deliberation dur ing which the minority wese won over. With the completion of the Brooks trial one of the most hotly contested cases in the criminal court history of this section was ended: It was the longest murder trial ever held here, beginning yrith the selection of the jury October 9. The verdict occasioned little sur prise among attendants at the trial. One of the chief witnesses for the state contradicted himself and other state witnesses, and a great deal of the testimony offered by the prosecu tion proved favorable to the defense, according to attorneys who followed the case closely. * Throughout the trial Mrs. Samuel Bryson, widow of the former mayor, was constantly in attendance, as were the aged father and only sister of Bryson. Not until all testimony had been given was the young sorf of Bryson permitted to enter court. Bry son’s brother actively aided the state during the trial. Both Bryson and Brooks had sup porters among their neighbors. The defendant has been a resident of Hen dersonville for more than 30 years and was formerly head operator of a barber shop. Bryson had been in public life for a number of years here. Born and reared in this city he had been identi fied with several business enterprises and had held the office of postmaster for several years before his election as mayor. The trouble between Brooks and Bryson started when the former re turned home unexpectedly one night and found Bryson with Mrs. Brooks. The two men made an agreement by which Bryson was to leave town and remain away for two years. * During that time Brooks hoped to settle his family trouble and move away from Hendersonville, according to state ments he made to the jury. But Bryson returned here before the expiration of the allotted time. The two mep met in front of a local filling station the afternoon of August 6 last, 'Brooks was riding in an auto mobile with his young son, Murray. The merf opened fire upon each other and Brooks jumped from the automo bile, advancing upon Bryson. Testi mony at the trial showed Brooks gave a pistol to his son and instructed him to fire upon Bryson. According to state witnesses, Bry son emptied his revolver and handed it to a policeman but Brooks continued to fire upon Bryson until the latter fell mortally wounded. Following the death of Brysor. F Brooks was held in jail here on a charge of first degree murder. The defense offered pleas of self-defense and temporary insanity at the trial which was one of absorbing interest in this section. ROAD PROBLEMS ARE CONSIDERED Clinton Hi Loses By Lone Point POOR YESTERDAY Yesterday’s alarm cfock was a dash of cold water thrown in the face. Yesterday never looked through a window glass or drove a Ford sedan. Yesterday could have stood all day pushing buttons, turning on faucets, shoveling in coal—and have never got a bit of hot water, electric light, or radiator heat. Yesterday mined for its salt, tilled for its bread, sheared and spun'for its clothes. Yesterday lived to itself and died of diseases unknown. Then was born Today. Today gives you convenience, ease, speed. Advertised products have brought them. If you read the advertise ments, you can gain more convenience, ease, speed. They tell of the new and better taking place of the old. They tell of the best means to secure them. They help you get what you want and know what you are getting. They as sure you satisfaction. Why make a yesterday of your life? Read THE CHRONICLE ADVERTISEMENTS. LWe Today. - THE CHRONICLE * V •. “The Paper Everybody Reads 99 Last Friday the fiery Woodruff Hi warriors nosed out the crimson wave from Clinton Hi 7-6 in an evenly matched football game. Woodruff scored in the first quarter after a Clinton player fumbled a punt, which Woodruff recovered. In the third quarter Clinton was placed in scoring distance after the completion of a pass for thirty yards. On the next play Blakely stepped around end for fifteen yards and a touchdown. The placement kick for goal failed. Clinton’s passing attack had Wood ruff at sea, a number of nice grains being registered by the aerial route. State Highway Commission Takes Over New Roads and Approves $100,000 Reimbursement Fund. Jurors Are Named For Federal Court Woodruff was able to complete only one pass. Moore To Lead First Year Team The diminutive J. W. Moore, quar terback of the Freshman football squad of Presbyterian College, was selected on last Thursday to captain the first year team. Moore is from Rock Hill, fife weighs barely 125 pounds and yet he is one of Coach McMillian’s most consistent ground- gainers and has shown unusual abil- For the fall session of federal court, which opens at Greenville November 3, George M. Wright and B. A. Sulli van of Laurens, have been drawn to serve as grand jurors, while H. H. Pinson of Ekom, L. E. ^Henderson of Gray Court, and W T alter Glenn of Clin ton, have beert summoned to serve as petit jurymen. m z ^ I At the last meeting of the State Highway Department the following matters concerning Laurens county were acted upon favorably: First, the taking over into the state highway system of* the road from Musgrove Mill on Enoree river through Clinton to Belfast on the Newberry line, in conjunction with the route from Pauline on the Appalach ian highway, south of Spartanburg, through Cross Anchor to the Mus grove Mill connection with the same road in Laurens county, and also the road was taken over from Belfast on the Newberry line to Chappells on the Saluda line, affording a through route. Second, the Laurens County High way Commission agreed to enter re imbursement agreement with the state on hard surfacing from Laurens to Watts Mill on a reimbursement agree ment on the sixteen year period basis, one-sixteenth of the sum of $30,000 repayable each year for sixteen years; and agreed on a reimbursement agree ment for the paving, Laurens to Clin ton, on a short term reimbursement plan, whereby Laurens county was to be repaid any balance due for use in this county from the 1925-26 program, of the State Highway Department* plus not less than $70,000 a year in succeeding years until the total suih of $170,000 is repaid to Laurens coun ty. With this understanding the Lau rens County Highway C<4mnisston surrenders its views in regard to the type of paving and the engineering, turning the whole matter over.to the State Highway Department to handle. By this arrangement the money will be repaid to Laurens county annually, cutting the interest which Laurens county will lose in the transaction to about one-half the previous proposed arrangement. Third, the State Highway Depart ment passed a resolution assuring Laurens County Highway Commission that the reimbursement on the build ing of the state system roads in Lau rens county by the Laurens County Highway Commission since the “pay- as-you-go” act went into effect, should not fall below $100,000, the object of the resolution being to give assurance to the Laurens county dele gation that at least that sum would be returned to Laurens county, so that the delegation could, if they desired, authorize borrowing against the same for further expansion of Laurens county good roads system. These matters were placed before the State Highway Department by Mr. J. F. Jacobs of the Laurens County High way Commission, chairman of the re imbursement committee, and Hon. Carroll D. Nance and Hon. James L. Browning of the county delegation in the general assembly, attended by citizens of Laurens county, particular ly interested in having the Musgrove- Belfast route taken into the state system. Action on all of the above matters was unanimous. All of them were endorsed by the chief highway, commissioner, Admiral McGowan. SYNOD HONORS DR. D. M. DOUGLAS Head of Presbyterian College Elected Moderator At Rock Hill Meeting. Tile Presbyterian Synod -of South Carolina, in session the past week with the First Presbyterian church of Rock Hill, honored Dr. D; M. Douglas of this city, when he was unanimously elected moderator of the body and presided over its deliberations for the several days sessions which came to a close Tuesday evening. Clinton was well represented at the meeting. Besides Dr. Douglas, the following ministers and laymen were present: Dr. L. Ross Lynn, Dr. M. G. Woodworth, Dr. Dudley Jone^, Messrs. F. M. Stutts and J. I. Copeland. scrimmages. HALLOWE’EN PARTY AT HURRICANE SCHOOL / There will be a Halloween entertain ment at the Hurricane schoolhouse on Friday night, October 30th, at 7:30 o’clock. Refreshments will be sold ahd the proceeds will go for the benefit ity in the orphanage apd varsity] of the school. Everybody is invited to attend. t J / ( / \ * r ■■