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R ■-■■X■';.? ff-'v ■ .---■■^i ■ ■' ’ ' . ;■ ' ' ' ■■■'-■ ' ■ .'■.fe ^ ' Vagestx ■gnMa THE CLINTON CMKUNICLE, CLINTON, S. C. THURSDAY, MARCH l4. 1929 (' IM-' i- r?5 V’ nt. sr-' f'r I: . t r &■*» r\ tv “THE JUNIOR” DRAWS CROWD Freshm^lB Class Successful In First PreWnt^ion. Number of Stars Are Discovered. The freshman play, “The Junior,” staged Friday night at Florida Street school, was a distinct success. Play ing to- a full house, the freshmen out did themselves and set a mark which the dramatic club, in answering their challenge, will do well to equal. The dramatic ability that has long been re ported as being in the freshman class is now an established fact. Although the entire cast gave their A NATION-WIDE COTTON CONTEST South Carolina Boys and Girls To En ter Essay Competition. Co-ops Offer Many Prizes. Thousands of school boys and girls throughout the cotton-raising states of this country are expected to take part in the Cooperative Marketing Essay contest just announced by the Ameri can Cotton Growers’ Exchange with headquarters at Dallas, Texas. Last year some 10,000 essays were written for this contest but a much larger number of contestants will undoubted ly compete for state and national hon ors this year. Contestants not only eligible to compete for these prizes. Members of the 4-H clubs and the Future Palmetto Farmers are partic ularly interested in this contest. The subject of the 1929 contest will be: “Cooperative Organizing, Stand ardizing and Merchandizing.” A pam- phet covering this subject may be ob tained from the Division of Coopera tive Marketing, U. S. Department of^ Agriculture, Washington, ther information may be secured from the South Carolina Cotton Growers’ Cooperative Association, Columbia, S. C. parts well, special mention is deserved ^o write their essays under the by several who were largely respon- j snpervision of their teacher, county Bible for putting the play across. Rat [ superintendent, county agent or home Murphy, as Merwyn, the dignified | demonstrations agent but must be senior, was everything that is to be j .''ble to declaim them before a commit- desired. He did much to put -life into | tee of judges. The 1928 national win- the play, and his lines were spoken' rer was a boy from Oklahoma, but a with vigor and expression from be- ^outh Carolina girl. Miss Bruce Tra- ginning to end. “Caesar" Myers, as of Cameron, won second place, “the Junior,” was another shining y'" So“th Carolina boys and light, and Bill Collins, in a very effec-*',t."',f'"« f'”' "“"O” . , . . t i ^ I which entitles the winner to national live feminine costu.-ne, all but brought ,,,5 ^ al and a free trip to Louisiana State SEVERAL^ITEMS MAY GET VETO Chief Executive Considers Appropri< ation Bill. Now With House. Two Sections Give Concern. down the house on several occasions, A gredt deal of credit is due the university at Baton Rouge, La. Be- workers behind the scenes, who labdr j sides this the winner of the state con fer weeks and never find the gratifica-' test will receive a cash prize of $50.00, tion of the applause. In this case, the j a district first prize, of $25.00 cash workers are Mrs. M. W. Brown andja’id a handsome melal besides school Jack O’Neal, the worthy president of . <^/»unty prizesjn the national con- the Dramatic club. It is^ largely due to " thTpei-sistcnce and unfailiiig Interestthe three .t^e , prizes will total $90 and the three dis trict prizes $50.00. Any boy or girl not over 21 years of age who has hot had and the State House in consequence very quiet. Governor Richards has had opportunity to give some consider ation to the r/port of the free confer ence committee on the general appro priations bill. The chief executive said that there were some items in the bill which he would very likely veto. . Two items especially are giving the governor concern; one is the appro- the $|K),000, the loan \o be paid in an nual installment|, of $50,000 each.’ ^ March 10.—With both houses of the legislature at home for the week-end,' building of this home and they, with The sympathy of the governor, it is understood, is altogether with the idea of a new building for the bliud asso ciation, yet his judgment is against it, in that it has the aspect of estab lishing another state mstitution, and the governor made his campaign on a program of consolidation of existing agencies rather than the creation of new. It is said around the Stato House that he believes the institution for the blind at Cedar Spring could be ex panded so as to provide accommoda tion for the inmates of the Home for the Blind in Columbia, and that less expense would attach to such expan sion than to the erection of a new plant in another city. The Lions club of South Carolina, which have as their major activity the care of the adult blind of the state, have been particu larly active in the movement for the Wafaiat Cookies* * Beat together an egg and a cup of sugar; add 2 tablespoons of flour sift ed with a . pinch of .salt; then add a cup of crushed or chopped walnuts. Drop by spoonfuls on a buttered bak ing sheet and bake in a moderate oven for 16 minutes. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE others, will await with interest the ac tion of the governor. The new textile building for Clem- son comes under a somewhat different viewpoint. New buildings were denied other educational institutions of high er learning. This particular building would be used for training in textile work aud would be of particular ser vice to young men preparing to enter priation of $29,000 for a fire-proof' the textile industry. workshop and dormitory fbr the .As-1 There are other item^r, too, in the persistence ana unfail^g of these two, that the play attained the finish and smoothness that was demonstrated. The frosh have set the ball to roll-! ing. In about three weeks, it is under-j stood, the Dramatic club will stage a j play in competition with “The Junior.”' Three" compeieii^ judges have already cef^senteJ to officiate, and every eye ' is turned toward Mr. O’Neal’s tribe of actors. It is reported that their cast has already been selected, and work should begin as soon as the glee club returns from its trip. Characters in “The Junior”: . Edward Moore, th^ Junior—J. H. Myers. “Jimmy” Monroe and “Thm” Smith, ', other Juniors—Ralph Heller and B. H. Boyd. “Demosthenes” Merwyn, “Silk”; Rickets, and “Willy Rockwell, Seniors —M. T. Murphy, R. H. Gillespie and K. L. Hamilton, Thomas J. Highfiel J, captain of fi- i nance—W. E. Simpson. President Fowler, cf Lakeville uni versity—Frank Brigman. | Janet Hale, Highfield’s niece—7AI-II mena Milling. • , Mabel Gray, Verda Lee, visiting Lakeville—Gladys AldreJ and Mar garet Copeland. . Violet, who was born thwe—W, J, Collins. more than a high school education i.s sociation for the Blind and the other! bill that are being given close scruti- the appropriation of $50,000 for a new ny, though the governor would not say textile plant at Clemson. This second what item^ he intended to veto.. ..item, relative to the^CIemson bun3^~^f.-l-~ ing, aRo carries the proviso that the ! J)Q state finance committee is empowered n o ty? a to borrow $200,000 to be expended by j • P. S. JEANES the Clemscn trustees to supple’msnt DO? > .• FRESH MEATS THAT ARE FINER And we really mean it. Our Western cuts all come from grain fattened, stall fed cattle, which are tenderer and better flavored than those from cattle grown on the range. Our native meats are from carefully selected healthy cattle, properly slaughtered. There’s a Difference in Meats, Let Us Show You, PHONE 287 WALL STREET CITATION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION The State of South Carolina, " Laurens County. By 0. G. Thompson, Probate Judge: Whereas, Mrs. Jennie F. Odiome made suit to me to grant her Letters of .Administration of the estate and ef fects of Mrs. R. A. Farmer. These are therefore, to cite and ad monish all and singular the Kindred and (^reditors of the said Mrs. R. A. Farmer, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Laurens Court House, Laurens, S. C„ on March 22, 1929, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if 'any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. 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