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I If Ton Don’t R«ad THE CHRONICLE You Don’t G«t The News OlltnC,. *••••«.••••••••••••••••« Ml Strives To Be • Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy, and ReliabW t VOLUME XXX I^yfK CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JAU^UARY 2, 1930 I IN BOND CASE BETTER METHODS ! f PAY LIBERALLY Gray Court Boy Succeeds With Pro ifetate Officials Move for DisniLsa-: ' al of'Road Issue. Case Now On|, ject. Profit of $486 Made On Five Acres of Cotton. Docket In Washington. Laurens, Dec. 30.— Nash Gray, stu dent in agriculture of the Gray Courc- ' cational teacher. Young Gray n. Cohitnhiai »ec 31.—Submitting that Owings school, demonstrated eonclu- fcur assignments of error, as set, sively in a five-acre project this year fortl. bv opponents of South Caro-j that improved methods in '.be produc- limi’s «G.SOttO.O<Hl highway bond act,! lion of cotton pay handsomely when “fail to present any substantial fed-1 he made a net profit^f $97.21 per “ral question for decision” by the | acre or a total pi oli^ United Stales Supreme court, Attor-j five acres, as sho ntv General John M. Daniel today in the office of S maiJe public the state’s motion to dis miss the appeal. In the event that the Supreme court ' feeed cottcm per an does not see fit ti) dismiss the appeal, lint cotton pen acic* ( tke notice asks that the court affirm spite the fact that he m •the judgment of the .'•Supreme mur' of favorable weather eoi.d. South Carolina, which, sittin,' en hanc, weather turned cold mim.-diai \ upheld the constitutionahty of the he had planted his cottmi and a bond act. spell delayed his hoeing. dry v Mr. Daniel was notified yesterdax about August proved a furiher ha»'' by the clerk of the Federal Supreme cap and a raiwy spell came along jr court in Washington that the cas? has as the cotton was ready to pick. - been docketed for submission to the Renting the land from his faj court on January 20, or as s m there- $.o.00 an acre and borrowing^th After as permissible. money from his father with x^iuh t Notice of acceptance of svr\iee in finance the projetd, young (^/S.v plant- tU* case was received this nv)rning^|.j pure hreiT seed of ( okei^ (’levelaijd by the attorney general's office from : p'jve variety, ■sas he ^**11 that there L. G. Southard, attorney fim Glarnece .^ould be a gnA7r^|*<»mium for extra I... John.son, A. P. Bonner, L. A.lg^gpip cotton. His cojton pulled 1 1-32 Vaughn, E. Mclver Williaiison and E. inches. M. Coker, appellants in the case. The; gefore planting cotton, Gray- State Highway commission. Governor j ^ Richards, and State Trear^urer J. H. j pj^nting used TOO' Scarborough are named is apP^l'^es | 12-4-4 fertilizer and 40 in the motiivr for di.smissll. , pounds „f muriate of potash per acre. The motion of the sU'.e cobnuts that the first and sec-ond Alignments i ^ dre.<l«ing put on in of error set forth by bonded oppon-,^^,^ applications. YouO)? Gray is a eii4« enmnlain that the anoehants have . ■ r enta complain that the appe lants been deprived of due proces.s of law, as vouchsafed by the fourteenth amendment to the h'ederal t on.stitu- tion, because they will be dcp.’Ved of property without first submitting the question to the qualified electorate of the state. The assignments of error also cite, it is set forth, the sta’e con stitution which forbids increase "f the public debt without anp'-.ivul of the qualified electorate. ^he state contends that :lie* ■ is lu' merit in these assignments of error 4»«causc the .Slate Supreme court, construing its own consiitution and this act, has held that the propostd; obligat purview NUMBER I ORPHANAGE MUST ^0011 YF AD LOWER EXPENSES IS PREDICTED- Baptist State Convention Authorizes Ten Per ('ent Reduction At (ireenwood Institution. Greenwood, Dec. 30.—Connie Max iwell orphanage must reduce its oper- jating expenses next year by ten peri cent, according to a resolution adopted by the Baptist Slate convention in Spartanburg some weeks ago. The j resolution came in the form of the adoption of the report of the commit-1 tee on the orphanage. ' ODthnism for 1930 Is Exprtsse^ By High Officials. Busines» Activity To Be Revived In Spring. Washington, Dec. 31. — Fiennomic records of 1929 completed tonight re vealed a year in which the nationaf government through manifold agen cies was drawn to more intimate as- . , sociation with and p u licipation in Ihis committee in reportmH,to the nation's industrial, commercial and agricultural life activity than haii ever been effected in any peace-time era. Higher officiahs who responded the euusttimary call for New Year’.s statements on outlook for .Vineri.-an prosperity in 193(1 spoke in the light of 12 months of unusually cio.se and persistent experience with divelop- ments of the business world, and found optimism. , , Secretary Mellon, prefacing hln details to that end. We also recom- * . * mend that they take steps to make general board of thi- convention noted “with regret (hat the report of the auditors indicated a failure to receive normal siqiport (for the orphanage) for the year. It is (juite probable that the i^ortage Dece-mber .31 will not be less than $20,90(1.'’ The ri‘port then continued: “We rec ommend that the trustees of the or phanage be instructed to reduee the V(duuu> of the ,■ work ten per rent and that the*y begin at once to work out statement with a mention of thfr tn- . e'vitable hazards of economio propn- further re.luetmn ,f they find it po«-, declared that he could “see noth- si ly <1'"'''. I yy,^, present situation that is When asked about the plan to re- either diiee Ih'. A. T. .larnison, superinten- menaeing or warrants peisi- , , , , misni.” Some seasonal slackness ui dent, saul this umming that the board y^^. possible and the managemient were making a careful stuely of the situation and that every step was being given thor ough study. It ajipears now that the instructions of the convention will he <arried out in this form: Some chil dren will have to be returned to their u trade and comiiKTce, he said, but hard ly more than ordinary. “I have every confidence that tlwro will he a revival of activity in the spring and that during the coming year the country will make ste.i ly , , . , . , . , Pfogress,” he continued. “In the crediL relatives. It is hoped that a sufficient i .jy^^yiy^ yy,^. y^^^^y number can be thus returned, where <j. firm believer in Chilcsn nitrate -of soda as a side dresser says that it “will increase the yield from 10 to .30 jter cent, as its help^ 'he cotton to put on fruit.” y ' Commenting on his jtroject. young j Gray says he found that "vbise spac-j ing* w:ll increase the yield consider ably and I found by usiDfT pure seed i that I Would get a premium ol from one -.0 two'cen'ts a pound-" Death Claims Thos tions do not coinc within 'he Th(mas H. ( arter, well Nk"‘>wii citi- ■w of the consiitutior.ai li'ii’la- zen of -he Cross Hill sectuu"'. <I'c<l ut invoked.” ' the home of his son here, John C. lions In answering the thu i as-sigunient ( artir. c>n Ihi^^ .Monday nikbt after of error, which coo'plain.s that the an iline.ss (jf eight month.s. Htk was (19, judfrment of the Suprem. cocr: sitting years of age find lived practii\|‘y aH | en banc is invalid, the error .is.sign* d of hi.s life between Harris .Sprinw and j HOWDY, CHRONICLE READERS! By way of introtluction, I’ll tell you 1 am the New Year. IIow can I serve you and the kind-of man you tan make t)ut of me be fore 1931 roll.-s around depends in a Rreat measure upon yourself, 'b'lg 1 j I’ll be ijlad to jfive each one of you every minute of the year in . HiCarter which to make Rootl. In pleasure or in work I will always be with you, and it is my sincere wish, as it is of THE EHUONK’LE, that this may be a year of hapjiiness and increa.sed prosjierity for vou and vours. conditions will permit, so that one cot tage for boys and one cottage for girls can be closed. The r^durn of these hoys and girls to relatives will-mean that the helpers in these cottages will I be dispeti.sed with and the "^otnl amount saved from the return of the children and the clusing of the cot tages will amount to alioul one thous and dollars a month. The total saving for the year-will he, therefore, twelve thousand dollars. The fact that (he orphanage is run- hehind in exp«*nses makes this reduction in the work necessary and the i downward. There is plenty of credit available and we have reason to ex pect that the rates for new -.'luita! in building construction and ex|)an.st.m will he such as to facilitate the pr >- motion and accomplishnuni of t.cv undertakings. The government’s f;- nances are in sound condition wl; ci warrants the cut in taxes and the g.iv- ernment, itself, is in a pisitum to do its part in helping the coim'vy to i .cct and solve the problems whi'-p a'• ahead.” Secretary Lamont .said fhc “naMia of the economic developr.u nl < f ihe , , . United States is such that one itXv nsiructions of the Baptist State confidently predict, for the long ru i. a of prosperiiv and gress.” / LOCAL CONCERNS HAPPY CHRISTMAS PAY DIVIDENDS AT ORPHANAGE being that the section of th" con- Cross Hill until he moved here, stitution. providing for ■^uch a court. ^ The funeral .service was held Tucs- contravenes with the federa. constitu- flay afternoon at Lilierty /Spring-s tion providir\g for a repuhlicn form cemeterv and conducted by Rjl'v. Fred Rev. ( . of government to the inlivijual states; the state cites other instances when the en banc cduurt hes beer in voked and upheld by thi Supreme court. The fourth assignment of error plains that the state highway act impairs the obligation.^ of tracts relative to certain hig bonds issued by some Soutn I ai counties under authority of wh commonly known as the “rciinl. • ^ ^ ment act.” In aswer to this, the s'sto conterni!- the assignment is “based oi an or roneous conception of the provisions of the statute.” The oboga.ion of T. .McGill of Cross Hill, and[ Bynum Betts of this city. .Mr. Carter was " vr '■ ' IS( Semi-Annual Checks .Amounting To ( hildren of Institution Generously $3.3,.')00 Distributed Jan. 1 To \isited B> Santa Claus and Clinton Stwkholders. Have a Good I'ime. Three Clinton corporations di.strih- The (|ues:ion is often askeil by ited $3*? stockholders, Christmas at Thornwell?” Well, what does it take to give children a good time at the holiday season? Lots of local eats, lot.s of noise, lots of toys, lots of dolls, lots of useful articles, the big bonfire well, they had all these things and more besides. Many friends, from many places, Mills, 4 per remembered the boys and girls. .Santa •apital stock of Claus got his big loadi for the institu- rporatic ms (li.strib- y in .X cmi-annual ■ir St oc’kholders, (irts leflected a less. (lend Is to hjcal nk, 4 per cent ')t)0 capital - This year The trustees have had to borrow from the endowment funds of the institution to meet current ex penses. This money will he returned as soon as possible and the trustees say they cannot maintain an expense account which will exceed the income. Tlu-re are now three hundred and ten childien at the orphanage, as of ■November Kith, 1929, There were a total of .333 children for the year 1929, hut there were some returns to rela tives which bring the total down to 310. hristmas Cheer To Fifteen Families .As to the farm futui" ttie agn,-li- ture department said the new yrur was beginning “with a depres-. ng surpluses of food products (o be \v irk ed off,” while although 1929 crops : uI been worth $8.'j,0()0,00() more t ,..a those of 1928, and live.stock sale, ;u the same period $90,0000,000 be '. p than those of 1928. The advance of the government t >- ward a.ssociation with vita! econo.u.c national processes was most mark d in 1929 in the agricultural field, '.Gr fhe year-end finds a federal 17ra.- !, armed with $50,000,000 of fed • :il ' funds, over-seeing the whole of lional farm produce marketing. nv- Local Boy Made Rogers’ Manager cent semi-annual on $3.50,000—$14,000 tion from the store rooms of Talmadge The Lydia Cotton .Mills, a regular Bros. & Company, xifholesale grocers ' total t(; $98.2.5, which was turned semi-annual serial note dividend of of Athens. Ga., and friends of long G* 'be committee. In addition to , , , , ^ ^ Aside from the direct graiip ng In „.t wn,.k , $K,).M w«, farm prohlem.. th.. Rovermn-nt ,,..rU.,lf„r<I,nt«n,Nre,...,(ase,aml ....ntart w.th bunineas un.l.rlake- ,h,. ( h,-,«tn,a» Kn,ply StnekmR bund. ,,,2,, aUo the parlial »ha,. AfUT that r,.|,„rl wa, _,„ade, Otl p, a „,■» tariff policy, .till in7 plete anrl in bitter controversy as 1,‘ i) additional was received from two con tributors by The Chronicle, bringing begin.s. t $17,.500. B. F. Smith, for/several months county .and district bonds ssued un- nianager qf Rogers store in this der au'fhority of previou- acts is ^.,^5 refl^fened Eut positi “apecifically recognized,” ’.he mo'i'u to foT dismissal of the appea' ,’r,nteiids. r .^n/nue t In addition to AUoriivy General Rogers ch Daniel, the state is represented in the ^*itts of th action by Cordie Humphries, assistant attorney k^'nor- al, Williai C. Wolfe. M.-miel U; Smith, R. E. MTiiting, and C- C Wyche Quiet Christmas Observed Here standing of the orphanage. The load 'be money received, a number of gifts he gathered there from these generous were received of clothing, fruits, toys, friends aggregated several thousand pounds, con.<i.sting of candies, raisins, nuts, apples, oranges, etc. All in all, it was a happy, delightful Christmas —a red letter season in the lives of the big family of happy hoys and State Move* First Waj.hnigt«n, D«c: 31. Th^s Carolina $65,000,000 boniT issue con troversy has finally reached the Su preme court and in an unutual form. After Clarence L. Johnson and oth er citizens a| the state were unsuc cessful in tha state court* they gave notice of thehr intention to arjpeai to the United States Suprem? court. They insisted that the propose 1 bond ifwae Was illegal because it haj not b^n approved by a vote of tlie state. South Carolina officials including the governor of the state and the hiirbway cooHnissipn, through Attor-’ ney'Generid John M. Daniel, closely , watched developments. W’ben the ap- peal to hte highest court was not promptly filed by Johnson and his as sociates they, filed it instead for the purpose of aek'^ ^ke court to dismiss the appeal, $|as terminating opportunity « the contestants the controvrf^y alive or to afl decision of the state courts. « Now that the appeal is pen fmre thelhigheat court, it a t) tkm of Attorney G4meral D preeent without delay the vc Cx'kft.no^ ned his position and re- jreenvillc where he will be connected with the ' .. . , , . , .ri r 1 g r\ I (. hfistmas wa.s observed in-Glinton . The friends of Dennis', . , •* u V, . k- « 10 the usual quiet manner. The city ntv, who has been con- . • , • , .,1 , , , . : , . 01. j . rested Christmas day with the mill.s, girls who now have their faces turned,‘'J- Gaskets were fiiepared and fire stores, offices, post office, etc., all toward next Christmas. Mother And Infant Claimed By Death The (ommittee in charge made a thorough investigation of the poverty stricken of the communitv. who with- On ('hristmas day^^ death ente.el the home of Bernard F. .Smith, n u.-t- dut the help given, would have found ^Gigers’ store of this city, a”!! the gladdest of all seasons but a mock- \ far. tr organizat’on ,iil learn with en appointed store as M) cce»siul rchant Of 1930 Will be the merchant who >Bys hia merchandise well, ;ives courteous service, dis- ilays lia stock well and , uns a systematic advertis- closed. Happily, the only occasion.^ on which the city's three banks close are legal holidays and they also unit^l ! Wednesday and Thursday in the ob- tyrvance. The .Spirit of Christmas was in e\i- Iva Pastor Goes To Louisiana sented for the fifteim neediest cases in the community. Every cent con tributed wa.s used to nie(*t genuine distress and none of it was applied for any other purfiose. The list of con tributors is not published since quite Durant and « number requested that their identi- g campaign. Competition kaen and if you want to p on selling ’em you va got to keep on telling ol advertising department THE CHRONICLE will tome the opportunity to iss your puMicity ram* for this year. < u. advertrsinf columns of ind Wi Rev. and Mr.s. M. A. dence everywhere with many on the daughter, Florence, spent last week 'y be withheld. iatreets carrying gifts to loved ones here with their parents, .Mr. and .Mrs.' land friends, receiving in turn other Geo. H. Ellis, and at Sumter visiting, Eric BRrn6S (appreciations of love and friend.ship. | relatives prior to leaving for Natchi- I Many spent the day hunting and en-! toches. La., where they will make Ihei: joying (^Ihristmas visiting. The mer- future home. Mr. Durant has been [ chants reported excellent business on called to the pastorate of the Presby- Satnrday, Monday and Christmas eve. terian church of that place. < Since completing his seminary tram- took his bride of not (juite -Mrs. .Smith wa.s taken suddenly ic on Christmas eve and all that meu al kkill could do was done for her Lut she died the next day. She wa-. a young woman of winsome disposi/on and had endeared herself to all t'n e who had come to know her. Be‘‘ire her marriage she was .Miss Gc’iria Jones of Greenville, and she and Mr. Smith had been residing in Clirrun for abodt six months. The funeral was held in Greenville Change Made ing in 1925, Mr. p^rant has been pa Back In City on Thursday, Dec. 26th, and was cf>n- ducted by Rev. W. S. .MaCaulay, pas- F.ric Barnes, who has been located ''burch of that city, n Allendale for the past few months, os.si.sted by Rev. C. Bynum Betts of s again back with Kellers Drug store church of that denomination, as prescription clerk, succeeding Wei- is survived by an infant In Auto'Firm I His new pastorate 9 large and inviting tor of the Presbyterian church at Iva. don Rankin, who has returned to his’little daughter hav ing The partnership existing for several years past between J. A. Coleman and J. W. Anderson under the firm pame of Coleman & .Anderson, has been dis solved as will be noted from an an nouncement in the advertising col- j —— Jmn, of today , paper. Mr. ; Communion Servicc by the transaction, becomes the sole A * O « U 4- * 'owner of this well known auto repair' At Jt TCSDytCri&n id will continue to operate the i s at itif'present location under le of Anderson's Garage. Mr. i has not announced his plans 'uturc. in Ivouisiana is a hc-me in Ander.son. Mr. Barnes is one one and he and 'be most popular drug clerks in the Mrs. Durant wilFfarry the best wish- city and his friends are delighted to hs of their many Clinton friends. Sun- «ee him back again al his former po- day evening Mr. Durant occupi^ the i sitinn. pulpit of the First Baptist church, of this city. been buried with her, her husband, parents, and seven brothers and s •«- ters. Pupils Tie In Essay Contest Christmas Lights Are Taken Down The Ghristma.s lights on tne “.®«liiare” were taken down Tue.sday -Nancy Young and Elizabeth Harris, by the water and light department pupils of the Florida Street school, force after burning every night since tied for third place in the State Safe-, Dec. 9th to add to the beauty and im- ty Essay contest, and each was award- ‘ pressiveness of the ChriatmjBS season, ed a five dollar gold piece and a The decorations have been a. source bronze medal. This i* the second con- { of pleasure to visitors as well as to secutive year that third place in this Clinton people at^d the business sec- ee Add Blakely is visiting her n Milledgeville, Ga. The regular quarterly communion service of the First Presbyterian church will be held next Sunday morn ing in the Florida Street school build ing. Jnst before this service, the new ly elected elders will be ordained and!contest has been won by contestants' tion looked rather lonesome last installed. I from the Florida school. 1 1 follow / £ J .*(