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V 5 THE CHRONICLE ^ • *• Strives To Be • Clean News- • S paper. Complete, Newsy, • • and Reliable. • Olhr Ollinton Olljrattirlj • • 1 : If You Don’t Read • • THE CHRONICLE • • You Don’t Get • • • The News. • • # • VOLUME XXXI CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1931 NUMBER 17 REVENUE Bill PQ YOU KNOW YOUR CLINTON? SHOWS CUT Bottom of Depression Has Been «w ^ ^ POPI^LATION FACTS Conferees Reduce Measure Toj Reached Editors Are Told {P^^pulation (F^ederal census 1930) in city limits (radius i mile) $10,369,000. H>dr^Electric,, and Better Days Are Ahead. Insurance and Oil Taxes In- w i eluded In Free Conference Be New Speaker Report. . .",043 Population Greater Clinton (radius 2 miles) estimated . 8,ri00 j Population Clinton’s trade area (estimattnl) 2H,.500 j Population I>aurens county (Feileral census 1930> 42,090 Population white (Federal census 1930) city proiH'r 3,260 2,383 Washingrton. April 20. — Assurance that the bottom of the business de- Ipression ha^ been reac'hed and that Population colored (Federal census 1930) city propt*r Columbia Cnril ‘’I The long look- ^^^*^^ were jfo<xl grounds for “the very’j Population male (Federal census 1930) city proper ed for appropriations bill made its ap-disappearance of the de- Population female (Fcnleral census 1930) city proper pearance today from the frt‘e confer-! psychology” was given busi- ; ness paper editors tonight by Julius ence committee. . True to the pr^Hliction of Chairmanassistant secretary of com- Ward, the measure carried a total . “considerably less” than the $11.000.J Klein s analysis together w-ith an 000 bill proiluced by the senate. The S^‘-»-^tary I>oak was conference committee bill total is $io,-, hroa<lcast over a nation-wide hookup 369JJ9 Columbia Broadcasting system. Revenues were provided to excee<r editors, convening here the appropriations by more <han in a study of the situation, outlined their views to President Hoover at the $100,000. The total estimated income for 1931, if the report with its new i''i,*,^** House. taxM is adoptwt, is *10,527,000. but L The common;, department official from thft amount must^’be ’deducte<li^»»^ contention on reports from $50,000 for the proposed investigation of hydro-electric rates. New taxes impo«e<l are: A .35 of mill lev’y on each kilo- xyntt ihiftUr ,!■ I II. IP.BmwegSWPtwpil': observers in the United States and abroad. He emphasized also that the data for them “Was as customarily, considerably delayed in arrival, and thus “ft'is a fair assumption that by 1 A one-half of one per cent charge least a small iKirtion of the flat val ley at the bottom of the chasm.” the state ^®Kor secretary said that while A five-cent levy on each gallon resources and raw on insurance premiums collected in; lubricating oil. The hydro-electric tax is calculated to raise $3.50,000, the insurance tax $130,000 and the oil Ux $1.30,000. In addition to these, the proi>erty tax levy is designated not to excee<l five mills and to be not less than four mills. The bill as brought out by the tMm- ference committet* is approximately the'SBme total as the house bill. It ex ceeds the ways and means measure, however, by approximately $300,000. materials, .skilled workmen, business genius_, and finances, “we have been somewhat lacking in that spirit of as surance and progress which is com mon to the .American people.” Free purchasing of the nee<led ar- Population a<lult (Finleral census 1930) city i>n>per Population children (Federal census 1930) city proiH'r - Population Ward 1 Population Wan! 2 Population Warxl 3 Population Ward 4 Population Waixl 5 Population Ward 6 , Population industrial (2 mile radius) Population religious (church membership- 2 mile radius) Population agricultural (trade area) __ Population public school enrollment Population native bom (radius 1 mile) Population foreign bom (radius 1 mile) 1 .OT'.t I Five People Face Laurens and Greenwood Men Ac- cued In Connection With John son Will Case. .Spartanburg, .April 19. Five per sons were under lH>n<l tonight charged with “foigery or acce.^.sory lH*fore and tides and goods” he said, “and less after the fact of forgery,” gnwing hesitancy to spend by those who are able to buy is what we must rely up on to put more of our people back at the machines, and into the mines and the mills and the fields.” IXiak urged maintenance of wage In aildition to the $610,000 to be, standaixls which “has been heartily raised by new taxation, the estimat-i endorsed by many of the greatest em- ed revenues expected in 1931 are to'ployers of lalmr in th<* country.” con?? as follows: $6,525,000 from thej On the same radio program, Stanley tax commission which collects income a. Dennis, chairman of the National taxes and license taxes; $J3,152.000'conference of Business Pap<*r Editors. out of the exe<’ution of an allegtNlly fradulent will disposing of the I'statt* of F. ,A. Johnson, wealthy (’ashville farmer, who ditd .Septemln'r 10, 1929, Killed By Bolt RACING BILL I BEFORE SENATE Receives tlnfavorable Report From Judiciary Cqimmittee. Strong Protest From Religious and Civic Leaders From All l*arts of the State. ('olumbia, April 21. -The bill legal izing hor.se racing and pari-mutuel betting was reported to the senate un favorably tonight by the majority of the judiciary committc". It carried a favorable minority rcp'X’t '•’igned by Senator lyong, ('hat'leston. The meas ure was placed on the .senate calendar. Fight committee members wt«Hi again.st the bill which was passed by the house, three for it. A crowd which filled the semate chamber where an open committee hearing was held, many of them wo men, was apparently almost unani mously against the measure. Those who spoke in onponition were often interrupted by vigorous applau.se. But one person suppoiied the bill, Frank Hampton, memln'r of the house from Richland county, who. ?ponsor**d «T6fm S. Earl Elledge Struck Down As| He Attempts To Turn off Pole! Switch At Bovd’s Mill. tican majority leader, is being groomed to succeed Longworth as Speaker of the House. If the Dem ocrats gain control, it is likely that i ohn N. Garnrr, of Texas, the )emocratic floor leader, will be Pershing Calls To Churchmen I chosen. Launms, April 19. S. Karl Flhdge.j 46, sujH*rinten<lent of the National Utilities power plant at Boyd’s mill on R«M*dy river, 12 miles west of the city, was instantly killetl Friday night about 9 o’clock when he attempted to turn off a j>ole switch attached to a General Believes ('hri.stianity h control over gambling, whit h Defensive As OnslauRhts Ar- . . If we want hor.se racing.’ he sa.<l, rive. Cites Petain Phrase. I“we are going to have lH*tt'ng. if you I liave bookmaking, there will be crook- U eshington, April IS. — fJeneralied betting. However, it makes n ) ,1: '- Nuinerous telegrams, re.soluti'>n.s and other memorials urging the c;>m- mittee to report the bill unfavorably were plaoe<l before it by Dr. Henry I). Phillips, rector of the Trinity Episco pal church of Columbia, acting aa .s|M)kesman for opponents of the bill. Speakers attacked th(‘ bill from ao- eial, financial and moral angles. Hamilton, who spoke first, arg'Hsl that the bill by allowing pari-mutuel gambling and outlawing hookmak"rA from othvr sourcon; $240,(XIO from tho a<iv«,at«i selection of “an indu.lrial boavficiary undvr the '‘niya- Southern railway in settlement of the! mobilization board of fifty business transformer on a steel jMist. The acci- and around which a court battle has|dent (KTurriHl during a thumler storm ragH for move than a year. and it was thought that a flash of Those arrested were L. H. Wil^s, j lilfhtning .struck the |>ost just as Mr. Laurens county mail carrier; Joseph I Flloflgp grasped the switch pole. Murray, GreenwcMKd attorney; Will i Mr^ Elledge had left the power LittlefieUl, I.Hurena county buainesajhou.se and ha<l gone out to the post, man; H. B. Harlan, rural mail car-j 1<h atisl near pthe river hank- Finding^ rier, I>aurens ('ountv; and Mrs. Mag-ifbe way dark he Ixirrowed a lantern ' gie Godfrev, I.,aurens county, who was lVrshi*g Ndieves ('hristian^y is on ferenee to the pari-mutuel macii'i© the (lefi-mive and he has calh^d u^m what horse wins.” fellow churchmen to join him in with- “By oj^lawing bookniaking,” he continued, “we get rid of a large suit against the railway. What attitude the house will take toward ihe Hydro-electxic t4ix formed the ffubject 'of spe<-ulatio») around the capitol to<lay after the measure made its appearance. Already, a similar tax has been kill- leaders, headed by Owen D. Yoang, to plan restoration cd business prosper ity. Klein saw encouraging- factors in tery” W'ill. The warrants were sworn out by James R. Williams of Greer, one of the heirs at law to the estate of John- ^ son. “the apparent eht^oking of the decline| The will, declansl by two court in prices” of important .staple.s which, i judges to be a forgery, dispose<i of the he said, have been stea<iier here and j,Johnson estate, valued at approxi- ed twiee by the house one time a ••’-abroad for the pa.st few weeks “than mutely 8!0(),()(H), to Mrs. Go<lfrey, n mill tax an<l t e seton< im< n .• mi ^ time sinee the 1929 peak.” | niece, dt bore the names, as witnesses. tax. ,• . , , Further, he ad<k>d, “hv and large,, of F. I*. MrUrowan, promiiHuit attor- Hoth houses are expeeUsl to consul- u..!. taken “ «f- er the appropriations bill tomorrow. the foreign situation has ney of Laurens, who died 12 days af ter Johnson, H. B. narlan<l an«l L. H. .Willis, the latter two being named in the warrants charging forgery. 14am J. Nicholls, prominent Spar tanburg attorney, w'as name<l ex<*( utor in the instrument, ulated Septondier 12, 192H. It was received by Nicholls standing the onslaughts. from a party of fishermen who had <’<'nimnn(ler of theiambunt of the undesirables at nu-c-,” .sheltered themselves in their car from <’xP‘‘<ntH>nary forces in, Hampton said. “The place to start re- the .storm Presently they saw the U<’XI>ress<*d today in a | forms is in the heart of a man, not in electrician pn.strate on the ground T*»‘K;rly magazine puhlislieil by-the | a legislature. There have Uen more .m.m inve.stigation found him Uathe<lral association. i fortunes lost in South (’an'.lina. 100 ' “The strength of the obligation ofito 1, through gambling on*Wall strait citizenship is dependent ui>on thej than on horse racing.” teaehmg --tif--fdtTbAtTaml y.” (lenf>ntflj—^T-hc^^-brli-mr stfrkitig - a ~knifr into- FN'rshing said. “That is the liulwark primaples and the. ehara' ter of ‘’’ s and upon dead. The men in th<* party were from Gri'enville aful eonsistial of VV.'T. | Henderson, .). T. .McAllister, T. M Miller ami J. H. Smith. Thev attend-Koverninental ‘^trueture.”, ^ tate,” Dr. I’hilli|.,s as.serted. “No ed the imiuest which was held today' l>'awiTig upon his World war ex-, U-m of gambling is good for any e by ('oroner .lohn A. Thomason. The j'^‘‘‘•ing muriity verdict of tlie jiirv was to 1h< ,, ... retains famous jihrase; : bl 'It says to your young I- LIU ttlMM IlllI IV'MO 1/111 wv/ii* ..^1 • vx VT . , • A *1 fl • A 1 „ , i , • I , atia more encouraging tone. He pointed Salaries of legislators are left at i .. i- i i ! • , i n I . ta 1* ranco-Italian accord, and adjus*- $40 in the bill but provision is made; . , • • t r • r ,1 f oa iment of affairs in Imlia- as ind'ca- to grant employes of the gtmeral as-1 semblv additional nay for their over-r’'’*’- time work. No extra pay is provide<l Also, he looke<l for “s<*veral defi- for senators and representatives. Initely eonstruftTve ebntrihution.s to cuts are made in sal-1 the further clarification of the inter- . . , . , ariVs of state employes. The scale of j national scene” from the International jafter it had lieen cuts follows- (Chamber of Commerce meeting hereiniailcd on train out of < olumbia, in cuts follows. in Mav I an cnvclopoe of B Columbia hoUd. From $1 301 to $CS00, por oen m May. , ^ ^ iho nam- fron, $I,X0 to $2,1M, aovon p..r con | „,|n,iniatrator ami an or,lor from *2.101 to $2m eight por ■’f" • IWJIIJ MnOfKead It" tOia offoot ha.rhoon l,avH..I hy Pro- from *2,401 to nme por cen l: WUliam lYlOOmeaG from $.1,001 to $4. , on twr ctn ,| w RAjtfr l^d>atd*t'''"Xstorv" will matlo its appoaranoo. The school ui mg ai< an o .lohnaon'a heirs dcmamlo,! that it *19,,000 IS elimmated from the bill William Moorhea,!. son of Mr. an.l nroven. After a lenKthy hearin* p<*al to the court of common pleas. but the superintendent of education i.s ^^s. W. A. Moorhead of Goldvil^*. Hioks ruled the instrument a authorized to borrow this amount, an outstanding rec-<.rd at the forgery and the executor took an ap- “from the rece pts from the ‘nheri-, School for Boys at Rome, tance tax laws of the fiscal year 1931 (Ja^ wbere he is now a stud<*nt. over and above S'250.000.’’An addition-^ W’illiam and a ela‘ss-mate, Ju.stin al tax i.=> expected from . 1 Elliot, accord'ng to the .sc-hool’s paper. Another b.g cut in f ^ 1 e Darlingtonian, won the Prm tor' reduction of the .f"'' ^^^‘'dA-bate last Friday after being sele'-t- public debt by $200,(00. This was contested liiry was to the effi'-t that Fllcflge came to hi.? death from an electrical current, aeci<!ctitally re ceived while trying to cut off the jiow- cr. Fun<‘'-al .services for Mr. Flledge were heUI Siimlay morning at 11, o’clock the Union-(Old Qoaker) church. upon the vvalls of the Veniun e’ta le!' ami young wniiaii, go alu ad and g.,. .e- School Census O. “ 1 h'-y shall not pas.s.” Ih* ;ind ether mi;iiMer.« an* opp “t'hri.-i'ianity i.s on the defen--N'e,” 11 be bill, be .'aiil. “fu- t. b* 1 au<e i he said. “I fear that We are im|)re-' galize<l gambling . . . .seei id. be. -.-i-.* parts! at ^ireseiit to withstand the on-jnf the flood and flow tif disn-pn'abl • slauglits that are being niafit* agairi.-l .< haracter.s that inevitably f bi -.v iH. W'e mus' unite in our efforts toibunse raeing <*very\vhen* — loo.se w strengthen our lines without (h*!try:]me'n, gambler.s^ increa-etr Tr7iTrt~Ttr T)i(> attacks are inereasingly danger-i whiskey, piek-pockets, thieve^ the-‘ ous and we must unite in xiur effortsIv^iH become a stench in the nostril? of and we rnu.st m lish up our armor and you and vour children.” defeiul ourselves with all our might, i Letters from former Hovei-rv.r K I. Ncfiirly Oomplctc • ; • <-ertain that; Manning and Dr. D. .M. Douglas, pr*.^- j'they shall not pass.' •ident of the University of Sf.uth Ua;-- I “When their attacks are repulse?!, ulina, opposing the bill W4*re rc'a i. Tabulated Report of School I op-|it will be our turn to assume the of-; Columbia citizens speaking brb.-fiy ulation Given Out In Part By ' f‘‘n''>ve and carry the teaching? of against the measure were A. c. F! >-a. Superintendent of F^ducation. i ^ ‘'^"'‘^bv’.? terri- uperintendent of schools; 3’. B.st,u-k- ; Du y. Tabulat?*?! reports from several, school districts, giving the school pop-' ulation of 4*ach, have been given out j Laurens, April IH. vices V ere held Fridii’ made possible » preliminaries. .Acccirding to The Dar- a nn,*t on this d?*- Judge W. G. S. Shipp sustained the at the office of the county superin-j lower court, i tendent of <*<iu( ation. The entire tabu-| ! lation will be completed soon, it was! Wy8or Heads I Th,. work „f making a ,'(*nsus af Rntafv i"’’"' t ‘‘'binii-htn,, IxOlCtry V^lUaJ tnct was done ss'Veral weeks ago and' , the reports turnml Ik* compile?! and state department Mrs. Richard Hipp Claimed By Death r unci al for .'I'ss. .house, .Mrs. M. ()/.1. Kreps, Kdw'-’-(J. .Seibels, Mrs. C/V. Reamer and .M ns Luni]>kin. .Seibels, a prfiinin<*nt bu-iine.'? m i 1, ?ai<l "it will ruin the busiri? -i., < f ;ho merchants in this town if you br'rg it j here, ns it did in J!'l s?‘r- Dry/\V. ,1. .MeGlothlin, presidi s* f ( u- FiPiiia:! university, (Irecnville, was r u 1 ■ u r niilla J. Hinp. 77, who died Tbu-ulav the final sneaker all ehiulren of school age in each dis-, . , . , . , . , • iniai .ptastr. home 0: her ■),n-in-law .'‘Stating that he ortev livc<| in 1 Next l^esident of Local Dr-from six to twenty year.?, in- into the office t<. daughter, Mr: and Mrs. J. Wis- yille, Ky.. for a iwiiinl of 29 y a. , forwarded to the^‘“'’ -'Kirtin, who lives two m'ics We/ ; he eolletre presiihiit -aid "tben- wa? of <*ducation All j •* nieeting o." 'he race ‘ ■ k (Icuiora :z through pooling of ,;au- fumi.- whifh will giv, the Mate intere-t on all money on am. re- j, j^e hiifhe-t forenric honor that [ (’ollei-e r'acullv Is viously, department, re,-e.ve,l inter- ^ wil-1 est from mone\ the> in an s. , jj, (R.*i'STiate?l hv the publication No permanent improvements were the bes<t debater in the .sch?>ol. He | - ^anization. Other Officers. j elusive, were taken in the sehoid pop- ,n toae 1, ../* 1 • allowed, thus eliminating a $55,000.editor of the annual and an! ulation enumeration. I? \ j* spi^x oT’! V-^' T'ir. appropriation to the sUte hospital, a honor .scholar. Last year he held the l ('apt. U. F. Wy.sor, well known Ro-j By di.striet.s, the following '■‘•ports . bur h’IffL'»v ‘u ^ $20,000 appropriation to the State pQgipion of a-sociate editor, and hasitarian, is the newly elected president are given at this time: .--t’ ^ ‘ * > * Neither house has given to the p Training school, and $10,000 to the ^r\'ed as proctor and a member of;uf the local club for the coming year,, I,,auren.s — \Vhite: boys 7H9, girl« 1 ‘1 :ii „_i..!*’** *bouth ( arolina siu way. 1 he last, r;(?*s were fro-ii' j-fopb- that (l!.l rid the resi<](*rice and the eommitt.Hl ser- citv financiallv." vice followed in tlie’ Laurens eeme-i h a -^hoc'K de la How'e school. Expect Ho8pital Action Soon the Y. M. C. A. cabinet. In the debate j-“ucceeding Dr. C. M. Workman, who of the past week he won first pla?eja-'? pa.st president joins automatically by the unanimous v-ote of the school!the board of dire::tors authorities. His many friends here will be delighte?! to learn of the ex cellent record he is making at the |,(jr€orgia school. Washingt.in, April 21.—Unless there ; is some change in plans it is expected; J J ^ Pcr Ocilt the hospitalization board, considering! the matter of a site for the $1,300,000 veterans hospital in South Carolina, will announce in a day or two whether it will adfnt the report recently madei Other new officers of the club are: C. M. Bailey, manufacturer, vice-pres ident; W. A. Johnson, physical direc tor, secretary-treasurer. Additional directors: W. P, Jacobs, Dr. S. C. Hays and Dr. C. M. Workman. Capt. Wysor, the new president, is 812^ Negrfies: Ws 4^5, girls 620. |. >11 /nee early j years as was given by the jiassag. Ulinton — White; Conrptroller General A. J. Beattie by L. A. Warren, engineer, or whether j has ad\nsed County Treasurer Ross D, further inspection will be necessary. Young that a penalty of 7 per cent The board was in session today con-1 will be added to'all uncollected taxes sidering sites in other states and while j after May Ist and that a 5 per-cent little definite information was avail-j penalty, covering collection charges able, it is understood that it took upland other expenses, will also be in- A £m a -ipi-ofessor of military science and tac- iVlSiy 1st! tics at Presbyterian college and has ! been a loyal, active member of the 258; Negr?)^s: boys 15, girte 13, Clinton club since becoming a resident of this city. boys 781 girls r" al the home of her daugh-jthis bill by the house,” Dr. McG’»th- gni* \’f*oT?>«><?- b'lvs 242 p-irl-s ’ilH ' " whom she had liv?*?! for the Min .said. “In the name of th<* vouth of ThoXn or;hanaKt-!B;.yFl49.,rL'';?'“'r Ig5 :tcr of Mr. and Mrs. R iger Brown andjagainst the pa.ssuge of this bill.” Gray Court-White, boya 24B, ^rl*!'"'' •‘'"J’"';' f*:"-"- “j 243; .Vegroes; b<,y8 102, girls 173. jiuniWr of years she had Wn off'l>-.sT(lltY TKI.I.ING ('()N"IE.ST HF.M) Croaa Hill-White: boya 8.5, Ifirle^ Oral Bapt.at rhurrh.l fOl; .Segroes: boya 227, girla 212- j "7"®m-m.tr p .H.mj, Tueaday afternoon the an.nual Mountville—White: boys 88, girls, ^ . . !.story U*lling contest was hel?l at the 72; Negroes: boys 201; girls 118. i Martin she ,s survived , Watts Mills—MTiite: boys 249, girls ^ i^***^’m Louise Tribble, Marie Mol^ean and ^11 of ShreveporL La., Mrs. S. P., DISTRICT CO-OP MEETING HERE NEXT WEDNESDAY Delegates from Laurens, Newberry, the South Carolina matter. General! eluded; making a total of twelve per j Saluda and Lexington counties will Frank T. Hines, chairman of the cenL board, informed several of the con-j The seven per cent penalty which gressmen a few days ago that this becomes effective May Ist was to would be done. jhave been put in force February 1st Efforts to learn today what the ac-' but a *pecral act ?>f the legislature de~ tion of the board was, has resulted j ferred the payments until May Ist at only in the announcement that “w’hen-'which time the penalty will be applied ever a decision as to the location is decided it will be announced after the president has approved it.” in addition to the five per cent for costs. A one per cent penalty is in ef fect at the present time. ' meet here on next Wednesday to nomi nate candidates for director for this district for the South Carolina Cotton Growers Co-operative association. The nje?eting will be addressed by a repre sentative ?fom the office in Columbia. C. W. Stone, prominent local farm er, is t’ne present director and it is expected he will be renominated with out opposition. I Hickory Tavern—White: boys 206, girls 199; Negroes; boys 119, girls 128. (joldville — White; boys 236 202; Negroes: boys 115, girls 84 Lanford—White: boys 53, girls 41 ;| Negroes: boys 71, girls 40. | Collin* of Cron* Plains. Tpxas and, Mrs. Gus W. Cunningham of Ithaca, i a e- \ j j . ® ' room.s and first place was awarded to Bur ’ Brown Moore of Mad?len. j ■>*« .*., —.y ‘ I Crowe of Miss .\l!:nt‘ News ir ,i i room. A $2.50 gold piece is the pr'es land is given by W. J. Bailey. , .w « 1,41/111.-1 uiiu in.'ll, (ficii.c man ana N, Y.; one son, W. P.erce H:rp of „ , ‘ ... , L ’ , ’ . ^ L.elyn Stowe of .Mi.^s Luev I-faurens, and a sister, .Mr.?. Lila , , , , gwlsi e A1 irocm, and second place to FREDICT BETTER DAYS I New’ York, April 21.—Six leading ! newspaper publishers from as many' ! sections of the country r)re?lict that! SPECIAL SERMON ! sections of the country r)re?lict that! LO(.\L PUPILS 10 DEBATF. FOR YOUNG FOLKS jthe worst of the economic depression i Clinton high 8<*hool will alsp ha”o is o'ver. Among them Clark Howell, repreawitatives in the state del>att‘. The regular monthly object sermon I publisher of The Atlanta Constitution, Paul Todd and Mary M'orkman, w'in- to the young people of Broad Street I said the Southern textile industry: ners ofrthe iTegative side for this dis- Methodist church will be a feature of the service next Sunday morning. All children of the congregation, as well as the grown-ups, are invited and urged to be present'. “led the way out of the 1922 depres-i trict, will defend the subject for sion and it is doing the same thing I local high school. The subject of the now.” Georgia and neighboring states;debate is: “Resolved: That chain have propects of the “best farm crop [stores are detrimental to the best ip- in 20 years,” he said. Jterest of South Carolina.”