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k I i THE CHRONICLE • • • • Strives To Be a Clean News- • • • • paper, Complete, Newsy, • S and Reliable. • • ; Slto QlUntnn Olljrnntrlr • • # • • If You Don’t Read • • • • THE CHRONICLE • • • • • You Don’t Get • • • • • • • The News. • • • • • VOLUME XXXI CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 26,1931 NUMBER 13 HOSPITAL DRIVE Srs IS GIVEN START Chamber of Commerce Launches Effort To Secure Institution In This Community. Several Desirable Sites Offered. En- CI. N. Foy of (<oldville. Elected As Preiddent for Coming Year. Ad dress By I>r. John McSwcen. maIor problems county schools ^urge use of FACE assembly MAY CUT TERMS MORE COTTON Coining of Spring Catches Legislature With Much Work To Dispose Of. Adjournment Not In Sight. Sessions May Be (Tirtailod One Month Representati>es of Cotton-tJrowing Slates Organize T«> Increase I’w of Fleecy Staple. ^ Itecause of Insufficient Funds From 6-0-1 Law.- Efforts to obtain the newly organ ized veterans* hospital for Clinton w'ere launched during the past wwk by the Chamber of Commerce and oth- Columhia, March 21.—Spring’s a<l-! I'^'n^-ens, March 21Curtailment of vent caught the general assembjy terms of some of the puHie yet in the home stretch toward ad-1‘^CLnurens county for the cur- iournment. ’ rtmt si'ssion apoears to be inevitable In-'f. year th? legislature wound inMvfficient appropriation its work on April 5. but when the' the ' state legislatim' under the present Ix'dy ivturns to Columbi.i next Laurens, Marrh 23. — The final meeting for the current year was held , Saturday by the I^urens Countv gineer Expected In Near Fu-i Teachers’ association, with an excel- ture To Make Inspection. attendance of the teacher IxMly. .At the business session of the asso ciation, officers for the ll>31-32 scr?- -sicn were elec ted. G. .X. Foy, princi- I>al of the Goklville school, being | letfis still undispose«l of. elected as jwsident; .Mrs. Arthuri .Monday night the senate finance er affUiate<l organizations and indi-1 ^ principal of the Lydia c inmittee will begin writing its ver- viduals in the city. .school, Clinton, vice-president, and j sion of the appropriation bill. ! At the first meeting hidd In.st Fri-Laimms city| As sent to the .senate, the house’ day night, information as to the rc week it will be to tackle major prob- ti-0-1 school law. stat<'d ('harles b'. Brooks, county superintendent of edu- .•\tlanta, Ga., March 2.3.—The A.sso- ciation for Increased Use of Cotton, formetl hero tcnlay to promote the in terests of tlH‘ cotton imiustry, will ask a hearing from .S<vretary of Agricul ture Hyde to .seek to have cotton sales place<i on a net instea<l of gross weight basis. quirements were presented by the se\‘- retary of the Chamber of Commer<;e and a general discussion entereti upon as to the advantages and opportuni ties that this sec^tion could offer for tihe location of the proposed hospital. A general steering committee was ap pointed to take the project in hand, R. W. Wade heading the committee as chairman, with R. L. Plaxico, Jack H. Young, Dr. S. C, Hays and C. W. EwWfTTI This committee met Saturday morn ing and apjxdnted the following ad ditional members to look after each phase of the question. Publicity committee: W. W. Harris, chairman, S. P. Bowles, W. .John son, l>r, F. L. Webb. Water, light and sewage committtH^: W. 1). CoiKdand, chairman, .1. Roy Crawford, \V. .1. Duncan, W. A. Hen ry, H. Y. Abrams, Freni Burnette. R. H. Boyd. school faculty, .seH retary-treasurer. ^ bill exceesied cxjH‘cted revenue by ap- V. P. Weldon. su|HTintendent of the i proximately iSdO.UOO. Should th.'s, n- C.ross Hill high school, the noticing aU‘ inci-ease the total, as most legis- cation, in discussing the matter t(xlay. | The step was voted in a resolution Mr. Brooks is informing !)oards ofipas.stNl by the as.s(H*iation at it.s elos- trustees ol d.'tr'.i'Is t'lat aix* alre.'uiy ■ ing .s<*ssion. Stmators, congrt'.ssmen lunning boh.ml that it will be adv’s-'ard father represt-ntatives of cotton- able in his op;ni('n to (‘los<' such dis-; growing states will be asked to ac- trict .schools at least n month In^fore | cimipany the association’s <-oimmittee the schedule time for en^ling the pres-i to lay the plea for net weight before president of the county association, was given a vote of thanks for his ex- celleinit administration of the office. Following the sessions of the de partmental studies, Dr. John Mc- Sween, president of Presbyterikn col lege, ma<le an addre.ss bt'fore the as sembled teacher group, using as his subject, “The Glory’ of the Teaching^ along .unlikely. — - lators exiHH't it to do, stoiTuy s<‘ssions are pn>bal>ly in store.' The cry that this year a deficit .shall not l»e incurred has often re sounded! over the Icgi.sJative halls. How it is to be avoided! is an^other matter. Adjournment until April is well During this year’s, calendar of the (senate, the hd.>use devoted much of its association, the departmental studlies j time the pa.st week to nwemih* meas- have been kxl by three meml)ers of the Columbia city schools, Supt. A. C. Flora, Miss Agnes Mc.Master, and .Miss .lulia Gaillard. Each .iepartment expre.sst-tl deep apprtH-iation of the thorough, sympathetic manner in which the instrud’tors had eonduct<'<l the elassrtwm exereis<*s fn^m time to time. ures. One which loonuxl large in the eyes of the ways and means commit tee, placing a tax on hydlro-elcelric power, was kilb'dl in a close vole and $r»00,0(1(1 of estimatedl revenue tcd)k flight. Not yet sulMiucdl, however, the com mitted* introduetHl another power tax hill, reducing the tax by ne.trly half. ent term. It w a ; ii, t known today th< oxact mimlH'r d>f schools that will be thus affectdxl. , .According to Supt. Brooks, the state aid fuml of abd>ut $80,000 allot ted to Laurens county, will suffer a dtHTea.se of approximately $10,000 by rt'ason of the .sch(H>l appropriatidvn for the .state to cover actual contract ed! ol;>ligations f<yr the 103(j-.31 ..^(xd-. ^ Tm»s^Fm'-Wribe‘ngw' a.ssdKMatVnr*L' L J . *, ' ceived an installment of abtmt $10,000 McDonald, commissioner 'of agricul- OjHTating undier a new methodi of! Its e.<timate<l revenue is about $.300,- ,departmental .study, the Launms 000. the .secretary. The assdK'iation was f(>rm<*d by eom- missiiiners of agriculture and repre sentatives of*.eotton growing atates as a permanent organization. It grew out of the temporary Cotton Consum ers assiK'iatid'll of .Amerii'a, formed a year ago. Harry I). Wilson, commissioner of 1 HOUSE KILLS FOUR BILLS Hijfhuay Body Probe and Re imbursement Measure Fail. Elimination o f Freshman Class Goes To Scrap l*ile. ( olumlua, March 24. Defeating a movement to eliminate the depart ment of pharmacy at the mcdlical e »I- Icge of South Carolina, tb-' house t^^ night fiassi-d oii second rea.ling a bill abolishing the phan'.i,i. y •departnumt at the University dif S • lli Carolina. l.n<ler the .bill but d)P<‘ school of pharmac.v will 1h' maintaiiiddi by the .'•tate at the .state me-d;cal college at Chnrb'ston. In a short night session the hoine acted repidly on state-wide bilD. Among tho-'-'c being killed wen* ones to provide an invevtigdit hm of the. highway department; to nrovide for reimbursement by the state highway department td) cities and! towns fd'r paved streets w’hich are links of state highways; to eliminate the freshriian andl application is now jmmling for the remaindjer Pf the $80,000 allot ment. But, a.s statcdl, .vmicthing like $10,000 will necessarily have to be bijijM'dl d>ff thd* latter amount, it now sdsmis, thus rd>ducing tlie anticipiiti'di May jn.stallnidmt to about $.30,000, laumms^cduinty has an ovi>rdue Ital- ance imw d>f alxuil $70,000 dlistributtsi among thd* vjiriiuis sd’hodil districts, partly due to insufficient fuiidls to niedd^building andl bus transp rtnt ioti j tl id ela • dibligatidvns thre ugh statd* aidi, it has . gradbiateil agricul tuie" (>f Texas, vice-president, and Harold C. Booker, of the Semth Cani- lina I’re.ss associatidm, sdn-retary- treasurer. S. Dderiheimer of Xd'W Or- a tweTTtTi grade in high scliols, andi a bill to exempt frd»m taxation “certain pixyperty owned by iM-nevolent, fra- td'rnal and other cliaritaldi* oiganizH- tions.’’ An amendiment to tin* bill aldoli-h- leans, will ltd* askdsl to serve as d*hair-1‘^’1^ xd hdHd of pharmacy at tlie man of the exi'cutivd* eommittd’c to lx* j Fniversity of .dmitb Carolina was dtf- eomprised of the eommissiondTs of ag-( ''.V R- H. .Atkin.-im, .'^umt'r, rid'ultui'd' from tlu* Southd'rn states, i.wh+d’h- would ha\i' eliminated tin* Thd* association unanimously pa.ssd-dl 1 l^^'^'Fiuacy .school at tin* medical C(d- a rd'solution.' urging that sui)d*rintcn.I- d’Uts of dxIucitioM in all s'ate.s re<iucst I of school.s tbi.; y*ar be II cotton clot ' I g It also Tian.sportation committee: W. H. i county U*aehers have had an ufrrom- -s cdMOi-onion u, doc po«c. -ax .on., eonncdtion with'p.t.Md i<*,-.Iui ions seekin r the eo- Simpson. chairman, R. L. Plaxico, J- nionly successful year, acen ing to the msuranre tax measure, was .jtuatioh. Eff.mts are being for-Lqu*, atnm in nr, o; ‘ i,. . Mu u-- of . ot F. Jacob.s. Sr., W. H. Shands. W. C.’ -he eonsen.su.s d»f officers andl mem-,k.ndly rec.*u.*l.. 1 he house passd*dl B | ,,.anld*d| by the sch.ml board and .sp<.d- - ■ - Shealy. P’**''* assinnation. | on to the senate with many v.td's to;;^, committees to work d.ut a wav t.. S;u* committtH*: H. 1). Henry, chair-j 'spare. It would yield appr-ximately ^,,5^ in<id*bl,.dnd-s aiidl'put man, Pet H. Adair, Jack H. PRKDICXS >n •rd'sdsmir f.hi* tax din to- tiid* logical at the uni- bi* maintain- Geo. H. Ellis, C, W. Stone, S. i\ Hays, Jack H. Davis, Jr. Educational committee; I>r. John McSwe<*n, chairman, I>r. L. Rd>ss Lynn, C. B. Betts, \V. A. Moorhead, J. H. Witherspoon, Dr. B. O. Whit ten. C. M. Bailey, Finance committee: W’. A. Johns,>n, chairman, Prof. H. E. Sturgeon, R. E. Ferfftwon, S. P. Bowlea> S. W. Sum- erel, Jack H. Young. Tuesday night at a well attended mass meeting, the report of the steer-j ing and site committees were heard I and an organization and plans per- [ fiH'tedl to continue the efforts already ; started to bring thi* hospital to this community. Several very diesirabb* sites were submitted with options by the site committee, andl ye'terdav the o</mmitU*e ernjiloyed Engineer J. Boy Crawford to proceed , $2l>.''>,00() by increasing thi* tax din to 'tal prd'miums LHiHeettnl from two to NEW BOND ISSUE three jier cent, domestic dompanics exemptedl. C,. -n rr TTTT II II 1 ' A bill was passed by the hous<* Five To Ten Million Dollar Lettine t . • u* r j * • r ♦ Will Ik. which might lead to revenue in future the county dini a budlgeting system. tVill Probably Be ('ailed for. Says Highway ('hairman. Columbia, March 20. <\ (). Hearon, chairman of the state highw’ay com- m.s.sion, said today that a Iwnd issue of “five to ten million dollars’’ prob- . ably would be ask<*d by the eommis- j sion soon. This amount would bt* u-<h1 in the summer program dif read cdinstruc- tion, Mr. Hearen said. Mr. Hd‘ar(),n aildcdl tht* eoninii'S.-ion hadl not cf nsidiTdHl such an issue form ally. but bail talkdnl it ovd*r in inf,,rma!; fash.on, and the d'onsd'nsu*- sed*i>u*d tf* be that this might Ik* wi.xe. ' years, but nd>t this year- the ratifi- eatid'n bill provbling for the classifi cation of intangible pi'<)iM*rty. Shoubl it be d*nacted, the g<*neral a^ser^^bly., if it wishes to tax intangibles, would | have to pass a bill. ] Sd*nate and! house during lh<* w(*ek [‘RIZES OFFERED FUTURE FARMERS Bdiy Who .Makes B<*s( Record la I nit- ed States To Rweivo From Kansas City Star. The Weekly Kansas City Star again offers $2,100 in |)rizd*s to Futurd* l‘'arm(*rs of .•\md*rid*a for th(* bd-st diut-| authoi-'/.dsl .settb‘md*nt of the South-hLiiidling work of imlividual stu,b*ul t( 11 of the ('ottori 'rd*xtib’ insti'M-'*, thd* f<dl(*ral farm board, state ft d-'vat'ons of women’s -•lubs an 1 ii.bcr organi/a- tions. • Orid* of till* issud‘s 1.'ought to the uttd*ntion of thd* assoc ali,>ii at its clos ing session this aft(*rnoon was tlu* ad- voi'acy of thd* us<> ot' cott >ii bagg'ii.;jIbd* liill. in.s{t*,'id of jutd* for eott ),i bab*s .-indl j Aftt'r others had thd* ijso of cotton i,i all instan. es iCdillege as th lege. Atkinson argucdl Mint pla*<* for the school was vev.sity and that it could ed there more cheaply. W. M. Manning. Sum..*+'. nl(*niber of the ways and means comiir;|t*d* who h * w rote* tlu* bill, opjuxd* i tl'f l^.\tki’i.S'Mi aim*ndiment. .Manning a- d ifdl that headis of l-oth in.stitii: iin- involved had agre<*d to the liill .l)d*f. rc the com mitted*, but that Dr. D. M. Douglas, lu'esidduit d)f th(* university, ba/l later wlu'ri* it can be u*d>dl in pl.i • * of jute or othd*r mald*rials .\mong Co* eommiss'd iier- o-’ agii- cultirn* nt ihe mrelu.g w 're Fai’l I’agd* of .Arkansas, J. .Shcniv o*’ and O. Iloiton d)f tax enrollcdl in tin* v-o.^ational agri-Miltura! ! ehissd'.s. South Car-Iina, .Mississijipi. Sical'or ; ineludt'd .M - \I i * I'ldss- Wfll, bonu* i*cononih's .!(*acb(*c, and .Mi.«:s (iiiiila M (ikiff, clo'li 'ig (•\'iu*it He also «a:<i a large highway let- jn P^<‘Pa»''ng!tjnj,^ j,„s,;b!v $5,OOO.OtlO or .Sn.Odd,(»()(),'" , , , , ,, maps of each projiose-i location and toi .- u - . . . .. • lt<*acru*rs sa.ary s(*hd*dluld might b»* hd'ld in .May or Junt*. Hd* in- ,(*rn Railway conipai>ny inddmu ! ea.sd* for not less than $21d,ddd. I A recomiiu*ndation that at' ld*ast } The agricultural .sludlents aid* to b- :$3d:t.ddd be adided to tlu* appropH-1 •■‘•‘"'d'd on fivd* major points; i. Th- Miti.n fir state aid for sch-ds wasi firming statu- of .*acb. that this. Mm madid* by the* sub-conimittd*e d)f thd* j *‘^C*iit t-) which tlu* boy is actinilly ways aiui nu*ans d'omiiiitt(*e. which in- cngagidl in farmit'g, 2. His aliility to trodiiicdHl through the cdlu-ation cd)m-,Lirm. 3. Hi.s ability to w-Jik aiul co ifed* a bill dlra.stieally n*vising tlu* |'•P*‘Fu‘d* with others. 1. Hi.s ability fir; ~ ca'l(‘r.'-hif». b. IL< schohirsbip. 'TrJlck ]Vlt?n (lO 'liuporM'd t* * b gh al site f thd* Si hool, the amcndnu'it was killed and thd* bill appro\(d. v, i.h- ut a rec ord vote. E. R. Aveock. Union, the was the only sjicaker on tlu* id*^ Lion t!) iirovide for an inv- tA’^aC i'i :ht* liigbway <lc|iai tnu nt. “riiere are cert.'i'n ini.lci'iying <■ Llitums nr principb' tliat -ii 'iiaiid K.,v 'if M s .issi]-,'-! ;uid *1 .MidKiff W(ir e- ton nia'c .'d* I*; I tig be saiil. “li'. iTVw hi*!'c ''I ,n Mi.^s Idl-in.-nd '' r tb a co.-tuni 10 I I*. ,,f (1 F'"'* I <i'tt’t went • , to illu-tia:-' h'lw cm: ' o>) | an\t h'tig wrong w ''i *1 bo eiii,'’()yed in son-': --b.tbi'ig. ' 1C the .-';*, > 'nve.-fM;' - -: : h* ) o M bigbw■ ■'■sitea:! 1 t- ( u issud* would not be ! the .sul)-eom:nit.t(*e, said thd* inerd'a -<* as.s«*mble the informatid;n asked for bv the government authorities as to their accessibility. *' wiv .p. L. A. Warr(*n, Tedleral ho.*>ppital in-T^j hoiul act, the goV(*r:u)r must ^*^^' disDkts v' .V • • , . . . . . . ' A bill to retire dicatcdl the bond laU-r than June. — Und-t-r W. .M, , Manning, Sumtd r, head dif , 'i he lioy who mak(*s the diiitstamling r(*eord in thd* terms—rrf—the—$Pi.‘),00(),(MTn - WH* i>«’d*i»-^sary.. to prtvvnrt (l<*fii>i4rS United! ,St*it(*s Btar Anu'ricnrr will lid* Farnu-r . knowtv‘ a-s—4-he- ' and wdl id'ceive a iirize of $1,00(1. Th<* st:itd*'s dlefi^it i<Rb(*r prize vvinruTs will lie kivowti as ivui'in -'.Mon.,^. . . b’:t h iuld li«* ma U* in laun- -s staid* highway -'onim •sion." It 'ivas \'iti (I (liv.'ii !i\( ; "A he!nr ng!■/ without a r<*'ord void*. 7C si>ei*U)r from Washington, has alreadly'jj '.y. „ A bill to retire thd arrived in ('oiumbia and lu-gun his:,^^^. .tnictum. The hinhwav dl^-l!’^’ 00(1.0(10 was paso*d ‘Star larnu.rs Through Paces “I ^ ~IZZ7 ^(iViM jr'dtu'ti, J ..jftd*r-: P**'F'll tlu* bill to abiil,.'ii *bd* frd*-h mail yd*;ir at c ,'lld gd*-- .itul jir ivi-b* — hi.nhway de inspection tour of the state to pai-tment initiates the rd*d|Ud*st. a site for the $1,300,000 ho.spital. Mr.; Thus ,far, $20,000,000 of the toMil Warren w ill come to ( linton w.thin amount of bon<ls have lMH*n issiudl, but the next few dlajs for a full ddmsider*! audlit d>f the highway dd*part- ation of the c mmittees claims and the auditd>r recently declard'di hd* by the house, the ' the* senate. mdasui'd* an inspection of the site.s differed. Since there are a number of South Carolina towns a-king to be inspect ed, Mr. W'arren’s work is expected to covtT two or three we*eks. The matter of Clinton’.s claims wil: be pushed vigdirously. A finance com-; mittee has been nanuni to secure sub-j scriptions to cover the cost of the pre- Fiedmonf liminary work and the employment of an experienced organizer and dl - bd'lievcdl it wfiuld be unwise to issud* more than JIb.OiKJ.dOO any time .soon. going to i ITe prize winners aridl md*mb(‘r*' I reprd‘.sd*nting Future I'armd'r.s of j.Vm<*rid*a, 'ahid'h i.-* composd-dl dif vo^i- ^ , 1 tional agricultural studlonts. will be 1 Ins S 1 Hod L/FOP honoiddl in Kansas City next fall. 0>^r 1,000,00 Hales I Davidl Jofinsdin, V(K*atioiial agriciil At 3 di’clock la.-d Satui'dlay noun anyone who hapjM'ru'd to wandd'r towaixls thd* allil(*tid* fid^bi wouldl havd* ^1 CROP SHOWS A BIG INCREASE Dd'.'jiit'* a slight d<*(rd*a<e in a ix*- agd*. South Carolina in 1'.610 pr(Kiudd*'l Iapproximatddy 170,000 more bales of; Sectidin l‘nfdaces 36.3,Zb?!! Bales of Cotton. State Shows 180 000 Bales Gain, md*n Wd*rd* 'in tlu* g!d*d* d*liib trip aodl dlidl not takd* part, tliosd* wlui wd*rd* d*ii- tural stU'dd nt dif Lanibd*rtville, N. .1., showed rd*al md*r;t in thd*;r ed*r- wdin thd* didfiital jirizd* of .$1,000 arulitam .spd*claltid*.s. the Star American FarnuT titld* la it 'I'wo teams w'd*re pid*kf*d the d*arly y<‘«F. ■ pail of the Wd’ck and wurid* bsl by .lim- 'I'lie gend*ral dird*d tion of the sd-b* •- ,„k. .n, oru* of tlu* dlarti md*n. and event w a ver st one IC’jcotton than in lt(2'3 and for the first , f .l ,..inners veil! ■nr-iiti )u. • ■ , , L ,1... H.ivni of ,1... 1«,II w,,hi..r l.f' ih,. f-';' vil in I0‘>0 tb«. er/m trOsil./l niMt*,. lh*in ■ i. t ■ . man. I Ud* SCOId* WaS d*l( <d' ail'l ' 'ul louilddl m lU (nan ,.,Pj,.ation serv:<*d* of thd* ted- , ... . , ,. .. mi'lion bales i i > r ,■ i - .* ‘‘•'I continually, in favf.r o fir a iiu.i.iMi iirtid. .'5. M*ral boatdl of vi'-.-itional e<m •aLuui, The state’s increaswi production na-umal advi-d-r of the Kutiin ' 'was in the face of a national dlecrea.-u* ‘‘av(,rabid* rep-u’t Ciiiigh: b and iiu'ans c' lnniiitee. .Sd*\'eral iiu'iiibers in ro'l Ie-oI;i'. ;:i which w iiid i : -■"mmis.'-'i-in t i t'jdy ’in 'f .'(aid* and c.iiin:;,’ e thd* .«ta:e with a view •' ti..n and simplifica'i'.n back to (be J0.‘i2 gd'ni*r;il a ^^iM.Mu r ru'w bill \ th.- V. -i-. f .lb! pl'ivide rector to work in connection with the .An .increase of 181.061 bales over>f,.„„ ij,s21.8rw d*d)uivald*nt .bOO-prnmdl local committee. j l*>2b is .shown in the final figures of 1:1,020,011 bales in Government rd»quirements are that j the cotton .mop f .r South Ca/olina for ^ announcd'd in the final 1!>31 i .sites must be from 200 to 2o0 acres lJ*0b 'ginning figurd-s bv the cd*nsu.s bureau in size. The following information j I^^aurens coimty’.s ga.n was ->-018 ■ j pertaining to the selection of a loca- hales, the figure-^ being :5b,073 in 1030.; q p,,. ,.,.p„rt Fi.sM*d 1 000,620 bales as j tion has Inen forwarded the Chamber,ccmpan-<l to 30,12b :n 1020. having Umn ginned in thi.s state. Farnu rs of America. .sTl’O.dOO of tlu* monv d'X-u Futiir. >f''^'ver. as ^ ,.,* the d'ontd'st ncan'd the fiiii.sh, 'I'd iupb*-(n railway Laurens Pastor Accepts Cali Lon’s rd'lay ld*am w-.in out over b*di by Gt’d'd'u, tluTd’by winning tlu* try-out iiuH't. With Lonnid* .Mac e. r.tiuu ng : i jmt the Isiy.s through as hd* has bCd*.! do- G. I.. ing in thd* part fd*w’vvd*d*k.s, I’rd*sbytd*- tirif ta'.e ai l aurd*ns. .March 10. Ftev of CKvmmerce committee from the Vet-1 - Comparative figurd-s for the I^ed-j ;^7)uth'randina was oru* of four .stiHe.s j sd‘rvd*d as pa.stor d.f thd* rian colb-ge ss cdti.-: dd*.rti erans’ .A Jmmistration bureau: _ 4 mont area totaling :i6.3;2.b0 bale.s, areU^, prodime mord,* than a million hales, <'horeh hdme .since last fall, Mm’’excellent' rd*c;)rd in In selof tlng sites for veterans’ h s-jg’-ven below; pitals which will be constructed in; various states, very careful consider-j-Abbeville ation will be given to the proper gen- Ander.son ANOTHER DROP IN IN( OM^ TAX 10.30 17.720 6,5,028 18,256 35,073 24,766 21,184 26,161 88,167 19.224 1020 17.065 6.5,113 .52,305 16,208 30,125 i9,740 19,3.53 23,749 84,289 16,725 Le^slature’s Bills Texas, Georgia and Alabama ranking I acd d'ptdjiii a call to the A. in the order namedl, being the othd*rs *'"nurch of Salisbury, .\. f ., ai In 1920 this state producdnl only 830,* 000 bale*s. The last time South Carddina jiro- duced more than a million bale's d>f cotton w'a» in 1920, a record! year, when approximately 1,600,000 bales were ginned. K. I and left ! I^aurens last Thursdlay for his ndd-w ! post of duty. During hi.s stay in Lau rens, .Mr. Kerr t-Mik an active part in all pha.se.s of religious life in the city and made many friends here who re gretted to give him up. Mr siiort. Guests Of Club The local Kiwanis club had as its jther incr(*asedl apprd*hv nsion of tix-aV- * 1 XL L special guests last Thursday evening, ury difficials that the l<ital income'tax --- , .sorry tdi jjasketball team of the Clin-! receipts this yd*ar would iie bebiw In 1921 the boll weevil, .scourge I^aurens, where he already had .school accompanied by their $*100,000,000 mark. the Sonthem cotton planter, had be come firmly entrenched in the fields of the state. The pest, coupled with 'decreased acreage brough about by many olo.-t aswiationx. I,ut that th« ^ , „„ ,,, call from the Saliabury church, near : K.taM only $ll.lt!<.l 1:1 a- A -n mt.* advice of farm experts and becau.se Are Fewer This Yearinlanters were discourag j planters were discouraged at efforts I to eliminate the weevil, aided in de- I ' Columbia, March 23.- Utdess there ^ creased production. 19 a last-minute flood, it ;3 hardly j Better seed, improved growing con- I likely that as many bills will be pass-iditions, and greater knowledge in readidy accessible from mwn line rail-ig^ year by the general assembly j fighting the boll weevil were said by which he was born and raist*d, was al- most like an invitation to come back|„;i;j;;p',;,.,.™| home and he could not see his way clear to turn it down. compared come by the club and their presencew-lh $70,652,867 last year. The collcc-tion brought the total f r eaal location of the hospital with ref- Greenville .... 57,699 erence to the area to be served by it. Gr^eenwoed 18,256 It is desirable that each hospital be* Laurens 35.073 located in fairly close proximity to a ; Newberry considerable center of population. It is * Oconee not usual to house all employees of)Pickens the hospital on the reservation, and it 1 Spartanburg is therefore desirable that a censid-j Union erable number of these employees be able to secure satisfactory living ac commodations in adjoining comimuni ties. The retention of an adequate pro fessional staff is also iivfluenced to a considerable extent by the. accessi bility of the hospital location. The location selected should be _ _. „ _ y accessible from mwn line rail-^-his year by the general assembly [fighting the boil weevil were said by jclina grown prr>du<'t.s emphasizing the *$200,000,000, totaling -since last J-a'./ roads and bus lines, and either drirect-'a^ year. Icottxxn experts to be responsible fori The Presbyterian college glee dub, i^'^vement now lK*ing sponsored in the L $1,410,555,005, a.-^ compared with ly adjoining or in close proxknky toj Charles (Jerald, secretary to the |the year’s increase. jwill give their annual performanceMftate to urge the usage (if the state’s .$1,637,487,563 in the same jieriod of main paved high'W'ays. At the saroe governor, pointed out today only '236 j Clifton Rivers, state warehouse j this evening at 8 o’clock in the Florida jO^wn farm products. (last year. acts had bren sigpied by the governor i commissioner, said prospec ts are that I Street school auditorium. An added feature of the evening j On the same date a year ago. tho through last Friday, which brought tc [this year’s crop will be slightly under! The program this .season is unu--'wa.s a program of violin .selections by trt*asury had a .surplu.s of $22,370,706. an end the 40 days designated as the last year’s. ually fine, the main feature being the John G. Brcckell of this city. i Last Thursday it had a deficit of Glee Club To success of the evening’s program. ilh<* month to $239,123,891. more than The program was in charge of the $100,000,000 below that for the sa’re agricultural commitU'e hoiided by number of days in March. when Thoinwell Dunlap, as chairman. Th<* they totaled $384.85:5,126. A rp • 1 . menu from the opening course to the* For the fi.scal year the in.ome Lix Appesr 1 Oni^n^clo^riSf touc’h, consisted of South Far-icollection.s had dropped more than time it should not be in close proxim ity ffith industrial developments or other activities which 'might mft be in harmony-with the activities of the legislative period, hospital. WTiile a location that will pemtit of the construction of a spur track to serve i-hospital warehouses (Continued on page two) While there was no way to find the corresponding f-igure la?t year, it was shown that a total of 632 acts were signed by Governor Richards in 1930. " — ■' j orchestra under th«' capable direction Mrs. Otto Newman has returned tip of Gus Raney. The program as a her home in Woodruff after spending ^vhole is well-balanced and entertain- a few days .here with her sister, Mrs. ing. The admission will be 25c and J. C. Wilson. isoic. Miss Bertha Gray Gallman and Mrs. Ralph Y’'oung of Newberry, spent Thursflay and Friday here with friends. $628,702,172. Miss Christine Peake and Mrs. U. B. S. Warren were visitors in Spar tanburg on Monday. % .--A .1 twi'Il'Mi ria i(* in Iiij^h >(*'t i.i!. Opji.v-:- . '•'I S aiguc.! ,1 .'i a st"p w .aid gn*;r.- s.*.*n a bit (if supcr-fiTK* rurirnrig and-.y i,H*n.a.-<' .-lairi v t ,*< lev field ev(*nt:i fm thi.*( stage (if the -.-i-i The Maiiniiig ‘liill a'-'!i.-*b fr. v s(in. Although a goinlly miiiibcr ofl'uilion in .-tale v. a '..'ik.- • ■'t a 'I ■i''an:/..t' '< a 1- : iiicn* i'l ("I'V.iaaV';- aa.'l rep.>'3, ■elllbly. ■’i.'l (*d in M' > ■a- S.'iM'- tax suit be :i('\ o! :-d ; > for pulilic -'-'i' f'l bail'l rig-. timal to ringmp Officials B*lie\e lo.i.l i hi*-; lear in thus outdmi Wifi Be Below .''( nr H-.iiuIred i ^ .Million Mark. — j Wa.'^^bington, .Mar^ h 2i. .\riolher BRSkcthRll Team |shai|> dmp in incMiic 'ax collertions as corn flared Wilh the -..na' day la-t .year was shown today in the trea<-. ury’.s stall merit for .Mai'ch 19 and f'jf-