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4 I •' If Ton DmH Rcs4 THE CHROIQCLB To« Don't Get The News »•••••••••••• # •v.! * • VOLtIME XXX CLINTON, S. C.,- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20,1930 ECONOMY BLOC MEETS DEFEAT ■ I • 4, Efforts To €ut Educafion Funds Voted Down In House. Trans portation and Night School Are Main Targets of So-Called Ecompnists. Columbia, Feb, 19.—Efforts to cut common school appropriations in South Carolina were defeated in the house here early today when that body voted down overwhelmingly numerous amendments cutting appropriations for the state superintendent of 3duca- tion’s office anywhere from approxi mately $400,000 down to $125,000. It was the first major defeat of the session for the economy bloj, \vh;ch has cut appropriations about 51 *>8,000 so far. Members of this^^roup divided on the question of where the appro- ,, priation should be cut, one section seeking to take $200,000 from the i 6-0-1 school fund and the other to pare that amount from the total giv en the department, with the superin-i* tendent to spend the m^ev as he saw fit. An effort was made at the begin ning of the night session by members of the economy bloc to aijourn debate on the -ispetion until lioon Thursday, but it was defeated, 74 to 21. Numer ous members then took the floor to argue for or against cun in common « school funds and it_was not until near- " Ty T2b’^clnck' this in ifhTn^' that the final vote on amendmenus was taken and the house adjourned to meet at 10:01 o’clock this morning. Taking up the numerjus amend ments in their turn, the ha ise defeated them all on roll call ^otes in most in stances, but as the night wore on and the clock passed the midnight mark, requests for roll calls were not made. The economy bloc ani>*n«linent was killed without the necessity of a roll call vote. Representative Harley, of llarnw'ell, one of the leaders of the economy bloc, ’said he thought the 6-0-1 s.*huol fund law had outgrown its uisefulncst. It is -inequitable, unjust and unfair insofar* as certain counties are concerned, be declared. Children of South Carolina are not receiving “what we arc jiaylrg for,” he said, adding that schools are not any better than they were live years ago, although the stata is spend ing twice as much now tor common school edueatWn as it was then. He said that there had been illegal ly spent out of the 6-0-1 funds $205,- 000 in 1927, $281,000 in 1928 and $340,000 in 1929, used to transport pu pils to school, adding that he was per sonally in favor of the amendment cutting out the $340,000 “which will be illegally taken out of the $3,600,- 000” appropriation for the education The Fowidation of Our Country By Albert T. Reid CHICORA MAY BE MERGED SOON WITH P. C. OR QUEEN’S COLLEGE Presbyterian Committee In Session In Columbia Calls College's Board of Trustees for Conference Friday. Endowment of $300,000 Must Be Raised If Institution Is To Remain In Columbia. ••• : THE CHRONICLE | • 5 • Strives To Be a Clean Newa- $ • - • 5 Daper, Complete,.Neway, ^>1 I and Reliable NUMBER 8 Chicora college may be merged with another institution and if so it vFill be moved away from Columbia. With an admittedly serious situa tion to be fad'd since $300,000 must be raised for endowment purposes if the institution is to retain its present status, the permanent committee on I education for tjhe Presbyterian synod of South Cariolina, the controlling body,- met Tuesday morning in Co lumbia and in executive session dis cussed the situation. At the end was announced by Dr. H. A. Lapsley, Jr., the authorizdl spokesman for the com-' mittce, that the trustees of Chiepra had been asked to meet with the com mittee at no«»-4<buday in Columbia at which time, no doubt, definite recom mendations will be made to the synod. ^ntioNed for -- ATTY GENERAL Doctor Lapsley would not diacusS proposed mergers, but it is known from other sources that one plan is to merge with Queen’s college, Clyir- lotte, and another to merge with Pres- byetrian college of this city. If proper endowment could be se cured, if $300,000 could be raised to meet the requirements of the South ern Association of-College» and Sec ondary schools, then Chicora would continue to operate in Columbia as at present. While Doctor Lapsley was rtoi at liberty at the close of Tj^iesdny’s con ference to di.-cus's the matter in detail;- he wished it emphasized, he stated, that ('hicorn is not gpiijU out of busi ness, that in any vase its continued, operation is assum'd. pWsbytertans PLAN CANVASS I James H." Iniullivan, Member of the I House From This ('ounty Being Mentioned for State Office. Laurens, Keh, 14.—According to ru mors, Laurens county may have an aspirant for a state office in the sum- ThomM Jefferson, inventor of the modem ploughshare, demonstrates his device to George Washioftoa in retirement at Mount Vernon. Washington Ito Jefferaon:] **Your plough, Deig^bbor, will comjplate the work my ^ord began.** ROTARY NOW IN 25th year STATE CONTEST COMES IN APRIL MAKING STUDY OF SCHOOL CHILDREN International Organisation To Cele brate Annivet^aary This Month. N. C. .Man Is President. Rotary clubs all over the world will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the founding of this service organization during the week of February 23rd. I On that date in 1905 in Chicago, 111., four business and professional men met to discuss.the forming of an or- ganization on a plan submitted by one of their group. The plan was very simpte and eventually proved to be an excellent foundation on Which to build. This plan was submitted by a young lawyer Paul P. Harris, who is known as the founder of Rotary. Feeling that a cross current of the community life Arrangements Completed for Annual Miss Frayser and Miss Moser Are Oratorical .Meet To Re Held At Wintbrop College. The South ^^arolina Intercoll^iate Spending Sometime In County, Doing Special Work. Laurens, Feb. 15.—Miss Mary E. Will Raise Fifteen .Million Dollars To t'arry On Church Work > for 193(1. Using the theme “AH For the King dom,” memht'r.s of the TVe^yterian 'Church in the United States (South- ,, „ t*rn) are making intensive prepara- mer primary. Hon. Jas. H. Sullivan, tjon., f„,. the 1930 everV member can- now member of the legislative delega-j vass, through which they will raise tion from this ^county, has been spoken ‘ $i r>,0{)0.00() for the purpose of r^rry- of as a candidate for attorneyxgeneral. twork of that church for T,.. . , , . , I the year ending March 31st, 1931. This rumor reached general circulation .u- ... • , i Of this amount to be raised the fol- here after Mr. Sullivan returned to I p.wing sums have been set a«ide: For- ('olumbia following the week-end re- eign mission $1,590,000; assembly’s cess, so he was not reached to be asked home missions $840,000; Christian ed- about it. Mr. Sullivan has taken a | ucation and ministerial relief $405,- prominent part in the deliberations ofjooO; religious education $105,000; As- the general assembly and is known to 'sembly’s Training school $30,000; Bible have a strong following in that bodyvoause $30,000; for the work of syn- which may be helpful to him in hisjods and presbyteries $2,.500,000; for L j the work of local churches including Interest in county politics has also; pastors’ salarie.s, church HidWing and taken on new life during the past week other current expenses, approximate- tHtop college this year, April 18th. M. Moser, of the home economics di- This was decided at a meeting held j the ^extension ami ^research in Columbia Saturday of the as.soci-j ation’s officers and executive commit- tee. All officers were. present A. J. j.-' departments of Clemson and Winthrop colleges. Dr. H. W. Barre, director. could best be obtained by selecting department this year. The appropri-r only one man from each business or ation has increased over a million dol- profession, this plan was adopted at lars for pubiic schools within one year] the very fir.st meeting. Each of the after the 6-0-1 law was passed, Mr. four present agreed to ask a friend Harley"said. j from some vocation other than the 'Representative Pearman of Ander-1 ones represented to meet with them son, was among those who spoke! the following week at another mem- against cutting common school funds, jber’s house. The fact that the meet-1 ecutive committee had lunch at He voted to cut colleges, he said, but i ings rotated from one member’s hou.se Jefferson. was not in favor of “refusing to give: to another’s, at the beginning is why; officers of the association arc: young children” an education. the organization was called Rotary. Another against the cut was Rep- Tamsberg of the CoHyge of ('harles- ton, vice-president, presided, and Thompson Cooksey of The Citadel, led most of the discussions from the floor along with Robert K. Atkinson of Carolina, and F. B. Farr of -Clem- son. The constitution was amended in several places, ju(Jge.s were^elected, and arrangements made for the hold ing of the annual contest. ' Oratorical contest will be held at Win- Frayser and her assistant, Miss Ada »■"'<>[ ‘'"“t «• Sl'.MO.OOO. The i.roRrain for the ler, formerly of Mountville but now of I canvass calls for the cooiieration of Clinton, will be in the race for treas-' 17 synods, 92 presbyteries, 3.581 urer this summer to succeed Ross D. | churches, 2,380 ministers, 16,877 ul- Young,- incumbent. Mr. Fuller has ders, 17,579 deacons and a total chu.-cn are spending several WksTn Uurens announcement of his : membership of 4.53,988. county making a i»tudy of school chil- 'nt‘’ntK>ns, but friends closely'associ- Dr. J. R. McCain, Decatur, Ga.. i.s drtm, eight, nine and ten years of ag^. authority for the chairman of the sk'wardship commii-, A minimum of 300 children will be in"^ statenumt that he is scriou^ cpnsid- tee. Other member.^ include Dr. W. ering the race and has about made up H. Dobyns, Birmin^lmm, .Via.; Dr. .1. his mind to throw his hat in the ring. F, Law.son, Little Ro^i, .Ark.; Dr. W . Moser. A full record* of each child’s | In addition to Mr. Fuller, it is gen- M- Anderson, Dallas, Te.xas. and Dr." habits as to playing, sleeping and diet-j‘‘Fally a.ssumed that D. Roy Simpson, ' • H^mlerlite, (lastonia, .\. (. Tku ing will be taken as a basis of study who polled a large vote in the la.s-t ■ department, Atlanta, Ga., and recommendations for any suggest- i election for that office, will also be in announced that March iUli is set ed systematic regulation peculiarly the race again and that Mr. Young, day of prayer for the s-ic- V eluded in the study records that are to be made by Miss Frayser and Miss u , • ,• . I suited to the individual.’The mothersi himself, will offer fpr re-election. Speakers wdl be heard in this order' , u i i i- ' it.- ... L' .of_the children, Miss I* rayser an nounces, are cooiierating splendidly in ^eur are tho.se of the auditor, superin- the study that is now under way in | tendent of education, judge of probate, the rural schools of the county. \ county supervisor and county comniis- The schools uDeady visited include-sioner, in addition to the legislaiive Gray Court-Owings, Hickory Tavern ,office.s. Very little is heard as to candi- and Gross Hill, Miss Frayser has said (dates for these office.s, although \V. that she is highly gratified with the Carl Wharton has been .Spoken of as cooperabion given by the superintend- a likely candidate for superintendent Thomp.son Cooksey (The ■Citadel)!'®”*'*^ tea hers and by the county, of education, .Miss Kate V. Wofford, at the contest: Charleston, Furman.f Wofford, Erskine, Clemson, Newber ry, Carolina, Presbyterian and The Citadel, After the bu.siness meeting, the ex- the cess and members are urged to make Other county offices to be filled this P^'*^ weeklj. through lUt the year for carrying on the while vvoik of the whole churcli. SMITH WILL be LAURENS MAYOR I Lusiiu’sy .Man Defeats Incumhent, (). L. L( :ig.Other Places Changed In Council. Laui'dis, Fel). 18. In the Laurens Rotary became an international or-j . a,. J, Tam.sberg (College of superintendent of education who has j the incumbent, i.s thought to be am resentative MaCaslan of Greenwood, ^^anlzalion in 1912. The first club | j vite-presiden- R. W.' visited the different schools with, the bilious of taking a university course chairman of the ways and mea^^^^^ formed outside of the United Ktates Stokes (Wofford college), ’ recording sP®‘‘al workers. for the next two years hut ^he has not primary held today, Joe F.Smith mittee. The 6-0-1 schoof law 18 the best .^,^5 Canada, From here the i<iea 1 j^gcretary• Robert 11. Atkin.son (South i The study of children by Mi.s.ses made her plans known. In-the probate "‘'donated for !\ia>nr. defeating a. 4.U .r 1 T ‘ocLXctoiy, ivULftfit ii. /M-Kiiirfuri ^rvouiri} act ‘Z Z Carolina), corresponding secretary; ^ ^ “No But ff vou -an organized shortly after. Today I Ross M. Lynn (Presbyterian college), >> asked, answering. No. But if you -an there are 3201 Mubs in 61 countries treasurer. Executive committeemen: « m- .•o.nm'ih sion Frayaer and Mo.*.er in I.aurens county ■ judge office. Judge (). G. Tliompson is confined to a regimen investigation has not In-en enjoying g(;od heaPh and does not include a research in so- lately hut even at that'it is generally - . ^ Paving a membership, of ov^r 150,000, | [,' r j»arr (Clemson college): T. H. fiojogy. Tae county 0/ Laurens, it Is thought that’he would pnli a targe Rcptesentative leiry of Jasper, \v« advance is more rapid today than (Er.skine college)* H,uce not hear the pyiemse in- vote a.s the last surviving confederate against the cut j"® because it before, and its establishment in Thompson (Furman university); IL volved in the special work being done veterkn in county offi(e. However, his cpposi cripples rural children, j all civilized countries is now but «j L. Shull (Newberry colleg^L among the school children at thl.s di.spositlon toward running .again i.s in ward No. * miPirffAn tinno ■ ~ ; time, not knowii. I Ii ( L.ed aldei in •Miss Frayser, who has been con- as can be k*arrcd, no- oppo- RpnivVentaHve Ruist of Char- ^^®nected with VVinthrqp college in dif- gjtion has developed as yet to Auditor ™,ton tVe" tho .ppropriation t.r ■*' I ENTER DEBATE county schools and communities on ‘it r ' ♦* 1 cinoono f/x *xn convention w'hich will be held in Chi- . county .scnoois and cominumtic.s on county commissioner and was Represenutive' Bennet! o’f lUoliKor/, ' tanans from all over the world will i- present sojourn sni has nad ypj names have MariDoro. ^ , , , . , 'attend the celebration of it* 2.5th an-i t'DfIrt In College Chapel. ; opportunity to obsei-ve the many im- snoken of It is «ypnprnllv pnn. Representative- Buiat pleaded with mother! „ i Provements that have been made in ,i,at holders of these offices,'‘"j'”';' i'"’ -i -".aidates^ for other i::;‘';rLrr'’i^i write a better bill send it up. Representative Smith of Colleton, • •spokt against the cut in the Mil. _ . ^ Amonv those opposin* an amend-'. C- the house to cut night schools by $50,-' O. 1.. Long, incumbent, by a marg.n (J 62 votes. The total vole fot* m lyor was: Long, 651; Smith, 716. M. .L. ^mit-h was reelcc led as n her of the puldic work.s .yvithoyt opposition. I. K. K. Th imp<on was man over GcoiVc* .Moore, 81 ,0 .33. In ward No. 2.-James M. Donnan defeated E. K. Biakely. in cumbent, 113 to 16. In Avard No. 3, John M. D. Moore was reelected, de feating .John Tolli.son. 25'.» to 169. In ward No. 4, .lohn F. Montgomery, in cumhent. won over Carl A. Bramlett, 000 and take $340,000 out of the ap- club. propriation for the education depart- j ment, letting thi counties pay these i CHANGE MADE IN itenis if they w€re necessary. This' MEETING HOUR $340,000 he wished to cut, Mr, Buist' . aaid, was being paid out by the depart- The regular meeting of the Kiwanis ment illegally. Representative Moore club will be held this evening at 7 of Greenwood, spoke for Mr. Buist’e o’clock instead of the usual hour of amendment and Representative Kee-17:45. The change is made''to avoid a nan of Aiken, against it. ^ ' conflict with the lyceum attraction in A bill will be offered^in the house the orphanage chapel and all members tomorrow by Representative Johnston ^afe aidted to meet promptly, of Spartanburg, one of the economy f : ^ bloc leaders, to increase the npmbert of pupils assigned to each leachcF,* he | said tonight, adding that it has thej support of the superintendent of edu- ( cation. 1 i The annual triangular debate lie j tween Presbyterian, Newberry and (the advanced step the county has tak-. offices, wiH be on the hustin ! Wofford colleges will be held tomor-!en in the matter of school consolida- row evening. In accordance with the tion and the system of transportation usual custom, all. debates are to be ' next summer. held on neutral ground. The contest here will bring together the affirma tive team from Wofford and the nega tive from Newberry. At the same time the P. C. affirmatK’e team, composed Presbyterians To Hear Dr. Sweets ,g.s again inemnbent, defeated L, B. Blackwell, 87 to 77. Mr. Smith, who has been ^ nominated as the next mayor of Lau- Miss Elizabeth Wise of Goldville, leris, is a business man and served was the week-end guest of Miss Ruth overseas with company D, 118th infan- Andrews of Baileys. * • try, thirtieth division. Mayor Long has ^ held the office four years. Dr. Henry H, Sweets of Louisville, ATTENDS CONVENTION Geo. W. Hollingsworth aa.d Ralph. Scurry spent Friday in Columbia at-' tending a conference of the Metropoli- ( tan Life Insurance contpany agents i and to hear an address by Frederick H, Ecker pf New York, president of the company. , ;^Where Can You Get Tifore for Your Mon- iey Than Advertising Space Purchased In ‘ The Columns of— THE CHRONICLE “The Paper Eiferybodj Reads” of L. R. Williamson and T, (j."Ellis, j Ky., will address the congregation of will meet the Wofford negative in | the First'Presbyterian church of this Newberry, while G. G, Palmer and T. (city on next Sunday morning at the M. Johnston will debate the negative ; usual hour ^f service. In the after side against Newberry at Spartan- (noon he will occupy the piltj>it of the ^urg, - Thornwell Memorial churc*h, ; The debate Friday evening will, Dr. Sweets'ja one of the outstanding mark the beginning of the 1930 de-j educators of the Southern Presbyte-: bate program for the local institution, rian,church and for many years has Other schools scheduled for engage- served ids Board of Christian Educa-i ments in the near future are Furman, tion and Ministerial Relief as secre-' Erskme, The Citadel, Catawba and tary. He wilj spend next week in Clin-1 Carson-Newman. j ton delivering a series*of inspirational | The subject being used this year is I lectures to the Fhesbyterian college : that of disarmament. The public is j student body. He will speak daily atj I cordially invited to attend the meet} 11:45 a. m. and 6:30 p. m., and to all tomorrow evening in the college chap-} of the services the public is cordially ' el at eight o’clock. . C- invited. WHAT TO EAT If the matter of . what to eat troubles yOu, the advertisements of Clinton food merchants ap pearing, every Thursday in THE CHRONICLE will solve your problem. Hundreds of local housewives now r«ad the^_ad- verLisements regi/larly and proTU itably. They mean economy to you and eliminate unnecessary steps and the greater part of your “shopping around.^ They bring you last minute announce ments for the week. Last Home Games Saturday Night I P. C. varsity and frc.shmen basket- bal! teams will wind up the home schedule in do’able-hea iei' affair Sat urday night at Leroy Sprin,gs gyni- na.siu.m. The opposition \/'!l be Wof- foid var.’ity and f;*e‘limen. The fresh man game will start at 7 p. ni. ard the varsity contest at 8 o’clock, .Ad- Tiission for both games will lie 50c for adults and 25c for children. i J.i D. FMlp, Jr., of Greenwood, cn- 1 tered Presbyterian college yesterday , as a student.