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A resolution was adopted in each body, concuired in by the house and senate, inviting the governor to appear personally befor# the general assembly. In a <»econd concurrent resolution, at noon as the time for the election of a successor to Associate Jesse F. Car- ft ter, seven circuit court judges and to elect others to vacancies filled *by the legislature. ' Senator Jefferies, of Colleton, in troduced two bills in the senate. One would provide for a workman’s com pensation law, the other would author ise the state highway department to write, as agents, contract surety bonds for construction, of state highways. A bill similar to. the highway surety bond bill was introduced in the house 9: GEE McGEE HERE FRIDAY EVENING Gee McGee, noted newspaper col umnist and entertainer, will appear at the Florida Street school auditorium Friday evening, Jan. 17th, at 8 o’clock. He will have with him his friend, mike Clark, rfd, and an evening of solid Jun is assured. Their entertainment will t be preceeded by a thirty-minute pup pet show, given by the teachers, of the Academy Street kchool. Mr. McGee is appearing .here un der the auspices of GEE McGEE the young people of the A. R. P. church and they are hop ing for a fine crowd. Admission prices are 28c-and 38c-. ■ —- —-' Mr. McGee is well known in this community throiiiirh his column, “No body’s Business,’’ appearing regularly in The Chronicle. SUMTBai FARMER ' CHAMBER BEGINS DIVERSIHES CROPS YEAR’S WORK Winner of State-Wide Com Growing, Road Development Given Attention At Contest, Grows Variety of Crops and Makes Money. O Sumter,, Jan. 14.—J. Ryan White of Sumter county, who won the state- January .Meeting. Several New Members Added. The first meeting of the Chamber of Commerce for the year 1980, was wide five-acre corn contest, sponsored | held Tuesday evening in, the club rooms. Following the ujlual dinner served by the Woman’s cldb, an inter esting business session was held with INIS^ OF KIWANIS CLUB Personnel of Eleven Standing Com mittees Announced for New Year Year By President Blakely. The personnel* of eleven standing committees of the local Kiwanis club, named to serve during the coming year, was announced at the club’s reg ular meeting last Thursday evening by the newly elected president, Gil bert B. Blakely. It was pointed out by the president that the work of the or ganization as a whole is largely de last year and was smt to frw confer- pendent upon each committee func by Clemson college, has proved to his own satisfaction, and also to his own financial betterment, that diversified farming pays—that is if progressive methods are used. He is* a firm believ er in the old adage that one should not put all of his eggs in one basket. Mr. White tried growing cotton as his sole money crop and says he lost very heavily at it. He has tried grow ing five money crops and has made^ money at it. He has found that almost each season he has lost on one or two of the crops but be has made much more than enough off the others to offset the losses. This year for ex ample, he says he lost money on his cotton and tobacco but made money on his hay, corn and oats. Last year Wesidenb Carlton F. Winn presiding. It was announced by'thle president that the following new members had HOOVER WANTS IFARMER HEADS UWmUILT Calls On Congress To Recon struct Prohibition Enforce ment Machinery. Sends Find ings of Commission ToiSolons. W'ashington^^ Jaiji. 13. — President Hoover called upon congress today to I-econstruct the prohibition enforce ment machinery as a means of coping with, difficulties encountered by the eighteenth amendment, which was been added to the organization since p,j^- effect just ten years ago this Its \ast fneeting: Joe H. Phinney, man-1 nionth ageir. The Honoe' Stores; R F. Neal,| He sent to the senate and house the manager Rose s Five & Ten Cents Store; J. B. Scarr of the Sanitary Cafe, L. Russell Gray, Dr. R. W. Johnson, Roy H. Anderson, Ralph R. Blakely, Dr. B. H. Henry, Geo. W. Addy, F. C. Pinson, A. A. May, and L. L. Stiller, local A. & P. manager. Dr. D. J. Brimm reporting for the charity fund, stated thht $111.00 in Cash and clothing had been contribut- hi> inut maTii>v. nn Ris, fiflttnn wAxom i ^fsiwmweiwf first conclusions returned by his law enforcement commission on this con troversial subject, and backed these up with similar reports from Attor ney General Mitchell and Secretary" Mellon, the two cabinet officers most directly concerned with enforcement. , Stipulating that its preliminary rec ommendations were made "without prejudice to any ultimate conclusions,’’ B'iiriiiarmbhTy"5i'mToiMicc6, oatrTi^r#n^ and hay. “I found growing one money crop too big a risk,’’ said Mr. White. “W'hen things went wrong with it a year’s work was lost. It is very, very seldom the case that you will lose on all five crops, I believe.’’ ♦erested men .and women was -distrib uted at Christmas time. J. F. Jacobs, Sr., reported that pe- .^itions to the county delegation had been presented asking for the imme diate surface treating’ of Route 66 to ^Musgrove Mill, an4 that there was a , . ., ^ good chance at present to get this pro- In Winning the state-wide five-acre through. He further stated that petitions were being presented to the corn contest, Mr. White grew 694.75 bushels on his five acres, or an aver age of 118.8 bushels per acre. He made a net profit of $66.99 per acre or a total profit of $329.96 on the fN^e state highway department asking for the paving of the Calhoun highway among the first to be permanently im proved under the $66,000,000 bond is ence. Senator Jefferibi asked that this bill and the one he introduced be re ferred to the committee on.. roads,' bridges and ferries. The bill defeated in the house would have changed th^term of.mafiotn^t^* from two to four years. It was brought over from laat ycar’a .calen dar. The house ua^ the roll call vote a second time (luring its brief aetsion to defeat a motion by Dr. Olin Saw yer of Georgetown, to strike out the enacting words of a bill to place Cer tain soft surface highways in Gneen- wo<Mi, Edgefield and McCormick coun ties in the state, highway system for Hwaintenanee only. The mot km-failed, 69 to 20, and the bill was passed to second reading. Senator Beckham H. Clybum, ^suc cessor to the late Senator Charles It. Jones of Lancaster, was presented to the senate. Senator Clybum was ad ministered the oath of office last sum mer when it became necessary for him to sign a county bond issue. The seat of the late Senator Frank A. Miller, of Darlington, who was killed while hunting December 31, was draped in black today. The seat will probably be occupied within the next few days by C. W. Coker, the only candidate for the senaU>jih>P in a special election held in Darlington county today. Thhree new me'mbers were present ed in the house of representatives to- day, Josph A. Smith Orangeburg, D. K. Stanton of Marlboro, and Wil liam C. Johnson of Anderson, were Clinton Hi Opens sworn in as successors to W. M. Fair,, RasUpthull 0. M. Pegues and All Hall, Jr, Pe-j OaSKCiDail DCaSOn gues and Hall have died since the l**tj tioning to the best of its ability, and all members were urged to give their! hearty cooperation in carrying on the work during 1930. .The committees as named, follow: Agriculture — H. D. Henry, chair man; Thornwell Dunlap, T. G. Harris. Attendance and House — Goyne L. Simpson, chairman; C. C. Giles, L. D. McCrary, R. L. Plaxico. Program — Rex Phillipaf chairman; A. E. Spencer, Ned Anderson, G. W. Hoiyqgsworth, B. S. Pinson. Publicity and Public Affairs-^W. W. Harris, chairman; D. C. Heustess, B. L. King.. Reception and Social—Lr B. Diljard, chafrinanT JTH.-piUs; Jr" W. D. C6^e~ land. Underprivileged Child and Kiwanis Education — B. Bynum Betts, chair man; F. D. JoneSfcJ. Lee Young. Good Will and Grievance — B. H. Boyd, chairman, Ralph R. Blakely, John Holland Hunter, J. Gary Mar tin, Inter-Club Relations—F. C. Pinson, chairman; R. ’ E. Ferguson, E. D. Craig. Vocational Guidance and Placement —L. R. Lynn, chairman; J. B. Hart, F. L. Webb, Jack W. Anderson. Business Standards — W, H. Sitnp- •»on, chairman; John MeSweea, T. D. Copeland. Finance—Board of directors. - - Pianist, Miss Ellen Copeland. acres after deducting all costs. The ^ becomes available. He also prize money of $300 brings his total profit for the five acres up to $629.96. Mr. White says that many people are 'Already asking him how to grow corn. He gives them the methods which he followed an his five-acre plot as his answer. “The things I have found important in making a big corn crop,’’ said Mr. White, “are preparing the land well before planting, having a soil that is filled with organic matter to help it hold moisture, use good seed, shallow cultivation at the last working to pre vent disturbing the feeding roots of *the plants as much as possible and liberal applications of quickly avail able" hTtfogehlo“the plant by th^tlme it is knee high to waist high. “I bedded out my land deep with a] two-^orse plow, broke the balk out | with a middle burster, subsoiled with [ water furrow and planted in' a deep water furrow. I plowed deep at first in tearing down that middle and layed by .shallow with scrape, leaving corn on a slight bed. “I planted my corn in five feet rows and the average width in the drill was around eight inches. The .date of planting was April 5 and the variety was Douthits’ prolific. "I» applied 200 pounds of manure salts at time of planting and broad cast 10 loads of compost per acre. reported that petitions have been pre sented the county supervisor and com missioners for certain new roads in this section of the county. H. D. Hen ry speaking as a member of the com- Vnittee, stated that in presenting the Vieeds of these roads to the county \x)ard that the committee had been encouraged in its request and that the fietitions would be turned over to the county delegation by the supervisor Issking for an appropriation for this purpose. President Winn thanked those who had worke<l to increase the member ship and asked that the campaign be continued this^week to get the canvass COWpleTed "^for^the "me mbershi pTrsi" is given pumTCafTon. He also announc ed that John W^Grie.st, representing the Retail>^crchant8 Institute of address the chamber at its ^Pfebru full attendanae y' meeting and urged a- TWO BANKS HOLD ANNUAL MEETINGS Splendid Showing Made By Commer cial and First National. All Of ficials Are Renamed. lation than ever as tovits precise at titude toward the V’olstead act. Hardly had the documents been read before wet and dry leaders on Capitol Hill began to express conflicting views. The outlook tonight was for a prolonged continuance of the dispute over prohibition which ha.s racRM con gress since the dry laws first were proposed and which again reached the acute stage in recent weeks. Calling for the passage of a score or more of additional legislative enact ments, the reports are expected to serve as bases for stormy debates in the halls of congress and for long hearings and consideration by commit tees of the two houses. Most drastic of the cHanges pro posed were: ' Transfer tjf The prohibition enforce ment unit from the treasury to the jqstice department. Creation of a unified border patrol to operate as a part of the coast guard.' Prohibition against the entry of all persons into the United States except at points of entry designated by the president. . Enlargement of the powers of Unit-ed St.ates commissioners so they JT’lK.hl try “casual and slight .offend ers’’ against the prohibition la^s. Provision for additional judghs and enlarging the fin-cos in the offices of the United States attorneys, United States marshals, and clerks of federal Courts. Amendment of the padlock Injunc tion provisions of the Volstead act so as to prevent the concealing or own ership of property used for Ihe manu facture and sale of illicit liquor. GRmBODT AHan ^Northinfton of AlaboBO^^ Named President of CoUmi^ Corporation To ‘Handle UMii' - World’s Largest Crop . ■ - Washington, Jan. 14.—A faraier whose face has felt the stesuidng breath of fresh-plowed land stood to night at the head of the Ameriooat Cotton Cooperative ' association — po tentially the greatest agricultocol or ganization of its kind in the wocU. He was Allen Northington, of Moat^ gomery, Alabama, whose fellov mom- bers on the new association’s boanl of directors elected him president «im1 unanimously proclaimed their confi dence in his ability to give the elation a business administration w outstanding as his work for the Ala bama Et^rm "Bureau Cotton assoeia- tion.. ^ Capitalized at $30,000,000, th^ American Cotton Cooperative associ— ^uUuH^' Itfliii'eift- fomhiodity maf keTing organization yet set up by the- Federal Farm board. The $10,000,00(h P''armers National Grain corporationp. with authority to extend its capital stock to $20,000,000, is second. It proposes to market through a. central sales agency the world’s larg* est cotton crop. Cotton is grown om more land and by more farmers than any other American crop, represetrtar, a greater total income and is the big- ge.st export trade. C. 0. Moser of Dallas, Texas, elect ed vice-president and secretary, aaidi Northington represented the qualities of a plain level-headed farmer and practical business man plus the cre ative imagination neces.sary to round' out every possibility of the new asso ciation. Moser is prerident of the- 'American Cotton Growers’ .exchange and will direct affairs of the associ- ktion from temporary headquarters in the exchange’s offices at Dallas urrtiP permanent headquarters are selected and a general manager employed. Charles G. Henry of Little Rock^ Ark., a member of the Arkansas Cot ton ...Qrower s’ Cooperative a.ssociation,, was elected treasurer. Members of the executive commit tee, in addition to the president, *re- _ Southeast division—.U. 3.--BlaJU^kp Raleigh, N. C., member of the North- Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative a.s.sociation. , .Mississippi Valley division—N. C. Williamson, Inke Providence, l>a.p member of the Loui.siana Farm Bu reau C'otton Growers association. Southwest division — Sam. L. Mor- *loy, Oklahoma City, Okla., memlier of the Oklahoma Cotton Growers’ asso ciation. Far West division — Gowan JoTieSp When the corn was about knee high I applied 350 pounds per acre of a fettilizer analyzing 4 per cent phos phorus, 14 per cent ammonia and 1 1-2 per cent potash on one side of the • mitted by the respective presidents. r6w and the next day applied the ^ and an optimistic outlook was ex- I pressed as the new year is entered Same amount on the* other side of the row. When the corn Was about waist high I side-dressed it with 160 pounds of Chilean nitrate of soda per acre.’’ Mr. White is a firm believer in us ing good seed and says he never asks the price when he buys them but is careful to get the best seed available. election, and Fair resigned to accept' Clinton high school opened its a county office. ' basketball season with a double-head- The Rev. R. C. Betts, pastor of Gray Court, at Gray Court, the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Monday night, January 13. Both teams church of Columbia, was elected chap- ^’^-1 '^be first gamj of the lain of the senate to succeed the Rev. The Clinton girls defeated J. C. Roper of Greenville, who tender-j ^bei/ opponents by a score of 19 to 17, ed his written resignatioh'to this li^s-i fbe local boys Tyere defeated, 28 j'^ 9 a Sion. “ itoii. i Clerk Of Court Lieutenant Governor Thomaa B. Gray Court conT|e8 to Clinton for n Butler opened the senate shortly, af- double-headeri, ^^tiday, Jan. 17. The ter noon. The Rev. J. K. Langley of ■game is to be played at the college Chesterfield, led the senate in prayer,! gymnasium at 5 p. m. . Expansion of federal prisons and re organization of parole and other prac-; El Paso, Texas, member of the South- j western Irrigated Cotton Growers^ as- To define as “castflT and slight vio- sociation. lations unlawful possession, single | Selection of a permanent neadquar-' sales in small quantities, unlawful, 3 vvas postponed pending further making of small quantities, transport-j investigation. Officers said they did ing small quantities, and a|t?isting in not attach any special significance to making and transporting as a casual I selection of Dallas as temporary- employee. headquarters other than that it war To fjx the penalty for “ca.sual and the home of the .secretary, and said it slight violations at'a fine of not i was the most expedient location for more than $500 and impri.sonment of ^he present. They said the question of not more than six months in jail, or j ^jj^oosing a perhianent headquarters j oi'th, with authority for district at- ,^ad been pushed into the background Thi. rommorfiul ronnrf uroa • accuswl in such cases by other affair.s before them and that The Commercial Banks report was by complaint or information, ^ibey wanted time to give serious con-' regarded as exceedingly gratifying. rr ■ . ^ney wamen ume 10 give serious ton- It, a„et, tot.le(l $487,.VJ.5.62, depo,- ^ •'"“"•y ■■"'I Annual meetings of the stockhold ers of The Commercial and First Na tional Banks of this city, were held Tuesday afternoon in the bank offi ces. The meetings were entirely rou tine, repbrts for the year, indicating sound banking conditions, being sub- nicipal officers to seize licjuor-carry- in the .selection, 'ing vehicles, including automobiles,I sideration to numerous points involved. its $404,062.81, loans $242,308.79, and no bills payable. H, I). Henry was re- , , . . 1 alected present, ..oHn «, I ' BAILEY’S BANK : So "pd'^'caS. boa”- ^ ’ i bf directors was re-elected: Jack HAS GOOD YEAR H Makes Nine Sales You/g, John h. Ypung, nr. j. w. oa-jK. of P. Officers vis, l)r, J. Lee Young, F. M. Boland, | L. H. Davidson, H. D, Henry and W. j County’.s Oldest Banking Inatitutimi ^ -r 11 1 .Vlaintaina ItaVinancial Strength To Be Installed over Long Period. M. S, Bailey & Son, Bankers, of this i(\;f f- ■ ■ Speaker John K. Hamblin, in call-: ing the house to order, requested that' the representatives take up their du ties in a business-like and expeditious , manner. Chaplain Ji R. Funderburk offered the opening prayer. Marion county’s supply bill, the' first to be offered, was introduced in the house. I Representative D. L. Smith of Col leton county,introduced.a bill to pro-^ hibit hunting and fishing in South Carolina on Sunday. It was referred^ to the committee on. game and fish- erien.^ The l||ill by Seitator J^feries to pro vide for a workmen’s compensation act: waa read by title and referred; at thq^. senator’s request, to the judiciary com mittee and ^he committee and banking and insaram:e« for joint cq^sideratibn, ’ -and to the finance committee. On tuo* tion of Senator CampbeU, of York, the bill was al8o< referr^ to the commit? tee on raaipfactaring. The senate paaaed a motS>n by Senator Jefferi^ to have 1,000 copies of the bill print- ^ before it goes to the coipniittees. > ' • Mrs. T. P. P. Carson of Greenville, i W visitii^ her parents, Mr. snd^ The Successful Merchant Of 1930 'Will be the merchant who buys his merchandise well, gives coartfous service, dis plays his stock well and rnns a systematic advertis ing campaign. Competition it keen and if yon want to keep on selling ’em you have got to keep on telling The advertising department ; of jtHE. CHRONICLE will welioaie the oj^iportanity to ' discasa yonr publicity. esA- paign far this year. The advertising columM of this newspaper offer yon a spra way af increasing your sales aad makiag new friends'for your store. •— • ' \ The Chronicle *T^ P'aper Everybody Reads** Lands in the following cases were, _ _ , Ku riorU nf PAiirt Rpnnptt Mnn-1Copeland. This bank paid an 8 per, .... ^dav Jan 6th which’was January iannual dividend for the year on i K. of P., named its city, the only privately owned banking »* ^ ' its capital stock of ^50,000. 1 officer.s for the ensuing year last' institution in the .state, has just closed saesday: president’s report of the First night, and on Xhursday they ^ficfther successful year, accoiMing to Nation^il Bank showed that^hls insti- ''^1 to Anderson, where they will its statement as of December 31. This tution has enjoyed a successful year I officers of South Car- bank, established in 1886 by, the late $714,013.44, deposits $434,608.80, loans J. E. Culbertson vs B. G. Cooper, 32 acres in Waterloo township, sold to R. E, Babb, attorney^ for $100. ... Palmetto Bank vs Rosa Whitehurst,|** strong financial condition.: 184 acres known as the S. N. Crews *bpwed total assets of place, sold to the plaintiff for $1,000. FedeYfl Land Bank vs Lou Bell Jacks, 141 acres near Mountyille, sold to Huff A Huff, for $600. Mrs. Euphemia Bryson vs W. S. Chapman, 12 3-4 acres to 0. L. Ixing, j attorney, for $100; 48 aqfes to W’. R. Richey, attorney, for $100. Mrs. Miry W. Little vs 'Laureps $368, 566.00, bills payable $20,000. Of ficers re-elected were: B. H, Boyd, president; ‘ Geo. A. Copeland, vice- president; Geo, Copeland, active Vice-president and cashier; L. D. iSic- Crary,. discount clerk; J. L. Davidson, assistant cashier; Mrs, i Ethel Pftts, stenographer. 'The fifllowing directors Trust Co., lot in Uurens, sold to Boyd, J. M. Pitts, C. Todd;attomey^fQr,$100, ! L- H. Davidson, W. J. Duncan, R. L. T. F. Babb, 3wc; vs Mrs. Rothie Bailey, G. A. Cop^eland, T. D. Cope-, Martin, one acre in Gray Court, »old.|***"’ Gopelaftd and G. L.j olina grand lodge. ^ | M. S, Bailey, will reach its 44th birth- The newly elected leaders are as day next month and during this long period has maintained its position as J, B. Hart, chancellor commander, j one of the oldest and strongest in the Silas Bailey, vice-chancellor. ^ state. In total resources, it is exceed- R. E. Ferguson, prelate. ’ ed by only one bank in the county. . J. D. Cunningham, master of work,! The bank’s statement at the close C, P. Robinson, keeper of records of the year just ended, showed total and seal. 'assets of $922,471.44, loans $810,759.- Carlton F. Winn, master of finance.j'dS, deposits $88.5,687,63, and po chills Goyne L. Siminfirhj^ m^ of ex- payable. ,Two significant facta stand chequer. • out in this bank’s long history, its A. B. Galloway, master at arms. rtapital stock,has remained unchanged, Landon Holland, inner guard. ' ’ j to R E. Babb, for $1,000. I J. W. Leake vs W. T. Grumbles, 40 I acres in Youngs towni^hip, sold to plaintiff for $700. <' Federal Land Bank vs Wm. B. Bai- fley, et al., 73 2-3 acres in Laurens township, sold to Huff A Huff, for $500. Farmers National Bank vs Douglas H. West, 193 1-3 acres, near Ware ShoaU, sold to John L. Balentint for $2300. . . " Copeland. F. M. Stutts,; outer guard. HI CAPTAINS NAMED ■ and it has continued its operation in the original location where it first threw its doors open for business in ' 1886. The bank is headed by, W. J. Bailey, well known banker and manu- I At . recent of the girls’ The Woman’s club, the D. A. R,.and boya' baahetball teams of Clinton R C Wat- chapter,/and the Music club will hold | high school, the following captains ^ L ui, " ’ • a joint meeting on Tqesday, F^b. ljth,j were elected: Clyde Ray, captain .of eep^r^ at 3:30 in the aftempon. A delightful' the girls’ teai5i, and Dorsey McFad- CLUBS PLAN JOINT MEETING George Washington program has be^n arrangi^. The program includes an address by J. F. JMobs, Sr., on the 1 “CliatonPublic.Library.” den, captaifi for the boys’ squad. Both t J. Barnie Parrott left 'Monday for of these students are members of the * Columbia to assume his duties at She senior class. A very successful season * approaching session of t^e legislature ' is predicted fof both teams. - as a member of the county delegariotu A \