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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
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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.
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.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-