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»••••••• • THE CHRONICLE - I Strives To Be • Clean News- • • paper. Complete, Newsy, • S . i.-Li. • H • • r 9 • and Reliable. • : • Slip (Elmtan Olljninirlp S, # If You Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE You Don’t (Jet The News. VOLUME XXXI CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1931 NUMBER 25 REVENUE BILL '300 Delegate, FREE COOKING SCHOOL BECOMES LAWi *^**‘"’ TO OPEN AT 3 P.M.M0NDAY Tnijtee, Hold SHOUSE FLAYS Annual_Meetmg TARIFF AGAIN Signs Insurance I copie s Conference Non Beulah Yates, Home Economist Expert, To Conduct After- I^ook Measures. In- n Session it ^arge Attend-' noon DemohMrations At High School Building. All Housewives Governor School creased Levy To Be 3 Per Cen* On Premiums. ' Report of Thornwell Orphanage, for Past Year Considered. Broadside Comes On ance. Strong Faculty. Columbia, June 16. Blackwood today signed the bill in creasing taxes on insurance compan ies other than domestic ones, one of the most discussed measures of the I With an enrollment exceeding 300 delegates and workers, the Young Gov'ernor Peoples’ Senior conference held an nually under the auspices of the Syn- of the Community Are Cordially Invited. Officers Re-elected. 1031 general assembly. ! intermediate conference in session the The “school book bill,” which in part; past week. This is the eleventh con- prohibits change in public school text-, vention of the s<*nior conference held books until 1933, also was sigpied. | at the college and added interest has The insurance bill increases the tax been manife.sted each vear bv an in Tbe annual meeting of the board of trustees of the Thornwell orphanage was held la.st week in the office build ing on the institution’s campus with Ex-Govei*nor Martin F. .\n.sel of of the board, following additional bringing the tax to a total of 3 per cent. A similar bill was passed in 1930 but former Governor Richards vetoed free electric cooking school spon- again—delicious creations to tease the sored by the city’s water and light; palate from the hands of an expert, department, will be conducted in the^ Mrs. Yates has many interesting od of South Carolina. conY^ned'Tues- auditorium next Monday things to tell her audiences about cul- dav afternoon at the Presbyterian i Tues<lay afternoons. June 22nd; mary matters, hou.sehold budgeting. i (Jrcenville, chairman college following the conclusion of the 23rd. All Clinton hou.sewivt^s are purchasing and domestic management. I pre.siding, and the fol conlially invited to attend the school j A recognized expert in home econom-i iTiembers prt*sent: which is to be held for their benefit. | ics, she w'ins her listeners with herj c. G, Rowland, Sumter; Rev. F. W. The school will be conductiHl by! charm and holds them because berjtJregg, RiK-k Hill; H. J. VVinn, Green- Mrs. Beulah Yates, nationally known messages are always important. Kv- ville; A. C. Todd, Greenwood; Rev. J. home economist expert, who will bring j v'’y woman who can possibly attend' a. Garner, Bennettsville; Rev. .^lex- K. L. Flanagan, Atlanta, Ga.; Rev. J. G. Patton, Decatur, Ga.; John J. McKay, Macon, Ga.; A. K. Sheldon, l,akeland. Eve of Anniversary of Sijrn- inR. Cites Embargo Walls. on insurance premiums 1 per cent,i creased enrollment. The present ma-i^^" new modern I’hese classes should do .so. They will;ander Sprunt, <’harle.ston; Rev. ! cooking ideas and will .show how they I find them interesting, instructive, and | triculation comprises representatives from every" section of the state. The conference opening Tuesday it because of a clerical error which i and continuing through next Tuesday, I made the tax higher than had been intended. Many hearings were held on the bill when it was before the legislature and one was conducted by Governor Black wood, at which the measure waa as sailed by insurance companies of the si ronmafelfy' approximately into Jfte treasury annually. The “school book bill” also provides regulations for changes in text books made by the state board of education. Advocates of the measure claimed it would save thousands of dollars to is headed by the Rev. C. K. Douglas of Seneca, as manager. Miss Marianne Paul of Charleston, is serving as dean for the first year, succeeding Mrs. VV. 0. Brownlee of Guerrant, Ky. Tbe fac- can be worked out in the m^Klern! they will take home many valuable kitchen with ease and spetnl. Mrs. | lalxir-saving and money-saung ideas Yates has a pleasing personality and it is certain that everyone attending her school will be more than pleased with her work. The school will open promptly at 3 Washington, June^ 16. The eve <if tW anniversary of ''President Hoov- er’.H signing the Smoot-Hawley tariff hfll tonight brought another Demo cratic attack on that measure. A statement by .loneft^ Shou.x*. "hairman of the Denio, ratio nati ina? executive committee, said the year had .seen “scarcely a dent in ihe emi>arg(> walls which have la-sulted in the de struction of our foreign tiade. both export and import, and which have had the further effect of establishing a great number of fact<)ri<'.s ahr.KuI which otherwise would have c ■’tin- that will repay well for the time de- Charles M. Turney, Jacksonville, ued full operation in the I'-ited voted to the school Free prizes wilD Kla.; W. W. Harris, Dr. L. Ross Lvnn, he awardesl both days. ‘ w. D. Command, C. M. Bailey and C. Mrs. Yates will use in her school, \v. stone, all of Clinton, the famous Hotnoint automatic elec-1 annual reports of the president, o’chn-k and it is expected that there j trie range di.strihuted in Clinton ; d^. l. r. Lynn, and of the executive ulty this year is an unusually strong will be a capacity attendance. No ad- through the city’s water and light de-1 ^.^mmittee, were read to the board one and includes some of the outstand aaBbar partment. bytefian denomination. The Bible hour is directed by the Rev. Thos. W. Cur rie, D.D., president of Austin semi nary, Austin, Texa.s. Other members of the faculty are: “Ktory of the Presbyterian Church,” Rev. Wm. C. Robinson, D.D., profes-1 item, and unanimou.sly amlitor’s annual report in States.” “Not only does this process veto the longer and larger payrolls which, hut for it, would he .serving ti de crease the total of unemployment.” it continued, “but affects adversely the business of eyiu-y in<lustry th4i.l._iup-, job- are to bring peticil arid .-note afteriioon everything will, be in rea-i p^e amlitor’s annual report was life to the employees wh*0s« book with them. 1 dineas—everything is free. .\11 ladies j submittixl in printed form I taken from them. Like magic, under the skilled hands | are asked to make a .special effort to i and carefully studied. It showed an j “I'here were nearly a thou-ar.-i in- of Mrs. Yates, pastries, roasts, bis-j be present when the school opep,s. indebtedness of IW.OOO and the hoai'd creases in tariff rates inulci the new ques, salads, etc., will unfold them-j The Chronicle's news and advertis- |aa| plans to wipe out this debt if pos-’ legislation. The tariff cuininissir.n and selves parents in the purchase of text hooks.jsor of church history, Columbia semi- Governor Blackwood has now sign-1 nary, Decatur, Ga. eil all revenue measures passe<l by the | “Christian Eviderces,” Rev. Sam- 1931 general assembly. He affixed hisjuel A. Cartledge, professor of New; signature to the power tax bill short-1Testament interpretation, Columbia' ly after the st-ssion was over. | seminary, IRu-atur, Ga. j j “Presbyterian F'undamenlals,’’ Rev.! ' R. A. Lapsley. Jr., D.D., pastor First | A little milk, a little sugar,[ing columns today carry much vain-by the clo.se of the year. The re buking powder, extract andjable and interesting information per- p,)j-T .v«h()w<‘d a Jotul income for the flour- a twist of the hand, a flick of | taining to the school to which youi i y,,ar ending Ik'c. 31, 1930, of $118,- the lieater, into the oven and out j attention is directixl. 219.77, representing contributions for ■III, ... — ' ■ — .1—^general support, earning from Funeral Rites For Mrs. Moore en- the president ha\e consificred l.> of these, mostly (►! trifling imiiortan''-*.” Saying the .Smoot-llawley ini r-a.-es amounted to a billion dollars .Mr. .Shou.'c placed the T:ct change^ made Farmer Shoots Wife Fatally 'dowment ami other income, with op-1 to date at $1,000,000. Hi* empha<iz<*i| crating expenses aggregating 161.18. The institution’s total $121, assists that none of “the been touched. He capital named were given at $1,382.103..50. an in- wi'ol in this connection. items ' sugar Gaffney Protests Presbyterian church, Roanoke, Va. “Foreign Missions,” Rev. C. Darby DOllll x^lCllldlCy Fulton, D.D., field secretary executive -- „ [committee of foreign missions. Citizens Adopt Resolutions Grit- “Home Missions.” Rev. C. T. pastor Fourth Presbyterian F]steemed Woman Dies In Mar- Says She Ate Too Much Chicken ion. Mother of W. C. Mtsire, Manager of Local Hotel. icizinR Governor. “Truly . „ J* * i* 'church, Greenville, S. prised” at Blackwood’s Action. Gaffney, June 13 protesting against Mrs. Alice Moore, mother of \V. ('. Moore, proprietor of Hotel (Minton of “Per.sonal Evangelism,” Rev. Homer this city, pa.ssed away last Friday ’ j HamiYiontree, evangelistic s’nger andjfiijfht at the home of her son, hrank Five resolutions Grand Rapids. Mich. j Moore, in Mapn, Governor Black-1 “Stew'ardship,” Rev. Flournoy Shep-i'da*’*'^- Served for (Juests. Step-Child Tells of Occurrence. crease of $16,.572.88 over thi' past! The stateimnt recalled I’le-ident year. Additions to the endowment Hoover's assertion hefoiji* signing the fund for the year totali*!! $7,770.00.1 liill • lasf .Iiine that he liefieved “the which brought the total endowment flexible provisions can with a reason- |to the amount of-$434,294.07. With able time remedy inequalities.” I the institution’s equity considered in| In conclusion, .Mr. Shoiise charges! ('ox, the Eagen estate and the Duke En- the president had “defaulted on his 40-year-old farmer of the Whit<*hall [ dowment, the total endowment now promise to remedy the ineiniitie.s of section, fatally wounded his wife. An- stands at approximately $650,(810.00. the ghastly measure as he did i*?! his na ('ox, 23, with a shotgun at their, The rejiort further conveyed a detailed, promises in the r.'2.> campaign t * :n- Gre<*nwood, June 15. — John wood’.s suspension of E. K. Bolin s p(lJ•<^0n, pastor sentence .were adopted meeting of approximately at a niass' Greenvill y 150 citizens VocationaF Gui Second e. S. (' Preshvterian dance.” Rev. .los. H. Th* body was brought hen Satur day and the funeral services conduct ed at Dials .Methodist chunh near followin'* a brief; home late Sunilay when she denied statement of the entire operating ex-1 sure continuanei his accusation that she ate all the pense for the' year, income and re- —— -— chicken s<*rved for dinner with ,1. D.leeipts of the various departrtients, and Taylor and J. W. McGee of .South an iternizeii statemenft of all endow- Greenwood as guests, according to the' ment inv«*stments, .stix'ks in corpor- of pnisiH-nry.” Laurens Crime here teday. The resolutions characror- Gmjiipp^ director of religious ^edu. a-' Gray Court, on Sunday morning at 11 !te.stimony of Stella May Barton, nine-1 ations, notes and mortgages and real Docket Reduced r/.-'d the action as “this blow, struck ^on, Synoil of .South Carolina. by the chief magisGate of the state against the orderly administration of justice and the effective enforcement (if the law.” .A 12-minths chaing ing << ntence on o’clock. Mrs. Moore ‘was a faithful! daughter of Mrs. (’ox. at the I estate owned. “Sunday School,” Rev. .1. M. W'llk- er, sujHTintendent of home m and religious chication, I'noree pres-1 .uoved W'llk- member of that church and a regulHrC'"1u<‘^t today, nissions attendant upon its services until she i issiiei ipon from that .section several Bolin for violating the nruhihiti. n ’aw. which had hien affirmed by the su- pi' ine court, was irdered sn.-pendeil by Governor Blackw nd .lune 9 upon payment of a fine of $.'>00 by .luly 1. Bolin had bei'n c nvicted of similar offenses several times hefort. The ma-ss meeting was called by the fiasUirs of Gaffney churches, a ting en ma.sio. Dr. R. ('. Granherry. presi dent of Limestone college, was elected chairman. The resolutions wen rcail by Dr. R. A. MacKarland, pastor of the First Bapti.st church. hytery, Greervlile. S. C. “Young I’coiile.'. .Societies,” Rev. S. K. I’hillijis, pastor .\rsenal Hill Pres- hyter'an church, Columbia, .S. ( . “Wornan’.s .Auxiliary,” Mrs. W. O. Bi’ownlee, Guerrant, Ky. “Jiecr -.ttional l/<*adersh'ji,” .Mrs C. G. Hendeison, ( harleston, .S. C. “Church .Music,” .Mr. Hainmontn*!*. Weevils Increase in State Fields -.As com- ,A committee to transm't toe resalu- Clemson ( ollege, .lune 15.- tions to (xovernor Klackw'iod, selected pared with la-st week the at the meeting, i icludeil Doctor Gran- pijinber of boll weevils in South ('aro-! ( lina dolton field has increased from „f (;,.ay Court; Mrs John Watkins ol D'.) to 178 per acre, says H. W. Barre, j \frs. W. C. Whitmire! and S. C. Littk‘.iohn. director of the South Ca'olina experi-;„f Knoree. ' hi rry as chairman and Mayor V. H. Lipscomb, W. S. Hall, J. N. Lip.scomb 'months ago. .M''s. Moore was 78 years of age ami a native of this county, but for the' past several vea’ s had made her home j with ker son, Frank C. Moore, in Mar-j jion. .She was the widow of .Samuel I GMoore, who died at Owings several! i years ago. .She was a devoted Chris-1 lian ami lifelong member of the .Meth-[ odist church, a woman of many lovely j and sterling traits of i haraeler by which she made and held many fri<*nds who will regret in her passing. Mrs. Moore is survived by the fol lowing children: W. H. .Moore, John P. .Moore' anil R. E. .Moore, of Green ville; Wylie C. .Moore of Clinton; average i .Moore of Laurens; Frank .Moore of Marion; .Mrs. .S. L. CurrV local Ims Bolin attended the meeting. He p,j,p^ station, announcing results of a; hiard the residutions. add’^essed to tne survey of seven counties d'jring the! governor, read as fi'llow’s; “Your action in thi case of E. Boat- tie Bolin has just come to our at’en- ti- n, and our whole community has ta’Ken cognlzince of vour action. We are truly surprised for the following rea.-ons: , "1. ’Jhis man H.ilin is an onen vio lator of the law; case case has Cl me un again ‘ him, and in se veral instances he has b^-en convicted. week eniling June 13. This increa.-e is the I,<).SK.S HER FAI HKR result of ex- tiemely high infestation in fields in Bamberg taihoun. k lorence Orange-; burg and Darlington counties and oc curs despite hii'h mortality among, over-wintered wccvil.s and relatively' low infe-^tation in .A;ken and Che.ster counfes. I Flc rence county ave raging 241 wee-' vils per aiie in 21 fields examined. .New's has in the city iM-en received by friends | of the death of Edwin i Broh.st, father of Mrs. A. R. .Mc- I^aughlin, formerly of this ( ity, her huHihand being a niemlier of the col- at which a warrant Cox with murder. Mrs. Citx was shot in tbe close range ami died in a pilal Monday morning. The little girl, sai'l t‘> Ivve been the 'inly eye witnc te-tified that .some time aftei 'I'.aylor and McGee left the home, her steji father, under the in fliienei* of whiskey, cursiil her moth- jer, knocked her d iwn in the kitchen, Idragged her into a h»*droom and shot I her. He thi*n ordered her, the 'witness deelared, to say that Taylor shot her if anyom* a'^ked .alioiit it. lait er he went to .several neighbors’, houses, testimony of other witnesses. showe<l, and reported “someone” had shot his w*f'* after a “wrangle” ami asked the.i. to go for a phy.sician. George W . Tolbert, on whose jilace j the (’oxes lived, testifii*d Mrs. Cox told him Cox shot her. .'8he had been I left lying on the floor for some time jwith only the little daughter ‘o can for her, he said, faylor ami .Metiee testifiisl (’ox told them as they were leaving to “take this woman if you ! want her because I am going to (piit her tomoriow.” Tolbert said Cox came to thi:s .sc- (’ordnl'ri A numher of recommendations of Ro|)|) Trial Oulstnnding K\ent of charging the exi'cutive committee were ado|)ted, I the list of workers for the ensuing breast at (year jiresented, ajiproved, and all sal- \Vot*k. \i*Rro Triple Deaths. Convicted In for the aries fixed. Officers re electe<l to servi new year are as follows: ('hairiiian of Inanl: Kx-Governor .Marlin F. .Arnel of Greenvi" .f le \’ii (• chilirman : Po.k Hill. .Si'ci otiiry 'riea^urei Y'ping <']ipt,,p .At'orney.' :lle, and A Rev..,!*'. W. Gicgg W V\ . Rev. Ilarri .S. P. of (‘lin'on. Bowle.s of G Todd Bai- Fxeciitivi* committee: ci:iiirman, W. .Stoni land and I.. R. Lynn. I'iniJowmeiit committee: .A. ('. of Greenwood, chairman; (’. .M. ley, and II. J. Winn of Greenville. Building committee: .M. Bailey, chainiian, and (’. W. Stone of Clin ton. Audit committee: ('has. .M. Turney, cha rman, Jacksonville. Fla.; R diert I.aureus, .lune l.'l. In co’.iit “I ill‘.'essioiis held th;s week a: le'is liy .luilg,. C. ( . I'catiu > (ii'cenw oo(j, the ci 'm -i.il <b . k'' ' ’!sjilci;ibl\ redi;! ( ' .ir'd •'o lail colony G-.inmd u' 'I be pi inc;’'al ‘ r ;i' . ' ! h. " tbiit of the stii'c o; .Pdin \\ . widely known tiavi l.ov va;,.-.. w'iis acquitted ( f :lie t'’’;iroi , ‘ del in cormect:;in wi’ii ‘he v ( hill lie Kiisor. young b i ■ ,,, ,, _ ,al.'(» i f ('I'o.sv llii!, .<clf di"*- • V \N . D. ( ojte-; ,, , ^ , ... , ■ , • ' the jilea of the •i.!-ye;i!' old do:,. who W'a> l epi c«cr'tei' ;i' the '“.'•.il I.. lyong, .lami s |I. S .lliviin id T. Wilson. ’I'he next cii'i* of geneiid ir. I.i W il ' '.v a M. F. Ansel of Green- TihIiI of Greenwood. W. W. Harris,! ’vi’;*, . (I 'was that of Willie Bakci, Nev. * .Mi .Millan, Clarksville, Ga.; Rev. K. L Atlanta, (Ja. anagiin, county Negro, who w.is found g of manslaughtiT in conne tior* the <|e;iths of th.cc w’hi I'e- Mrs. N'i'-giniii Hen.'er.'on, M!-- Brown iinil L. W. .St ihert, wiu -i ed car wiis vpiavlooi inf < h_\ ^ihe I t;. '! h lege faculty during their tion fiom Gpstoniii iiftei- the eot'on resident f here. .Mr. Brohst pas.^ied away last, week at a I’hiladelphia hti-pital after | a brief illness, ftrof. and .Mrs. .Me-i mill strikes there two yeiirs iigo. Il's wife was a native of .Mui|>hy. N. G. Baptists Meet At Hartsville I .r Gi to “2. His rec rd is thoroughly known highe.st aveiage for the week, you. A ou are acquainted w.th his to,lowed '»y itapiberg with 228. ca.'i’s, since you have prasev'ued him largest nunvoer of weevils per time after time. acre 640, was also found 'n Bamberg. “3. He was convicted according to Utidg jp Calhoun showed 197 the orderly processes of the law, ^nd acre average; eig'it in Or-: the supreme court could find no error jipj^churg, 170; and <1 in Da:irlington,l in his trial, and cons«*quently aff.rmeo average per acre was 67 in the judgment of the lower court. ( hester, and .'>0 in Aiker “4. Of thi.' man .s guilt no one raises, very few fields have been a que.stion. \ou yourself recognize , p^jg^^ped and i..“ squares are now foi m- .Mrs. Eric Barm* and little daiigh- l.aughlin are now residents of Kan:-u.s j ter, Elizabeth, sjient vveral days las' City and pleasantly remi-mhered here 1 week in Greenville with .Mrs. H. W. by a numlK'r of friend.s. I Watkins. Several Hundred .Mtend (L.in- in?j As-sembly Ses.sitm cf De- nominatiun At (’oker Colletre. guilt when you require him to pay fine. “5. This community ha.* urged that the laws be enforced. Committees have waited on you requesting that such he done. What is the use df con victing men at great expense to the county if they are to be turned loi se to continue their same practices? “Your official action in this mat ter na:^ aroused a feeling of diit net disappointment in this community, es pecially in view of the repeated as sertions made by you in your earn ing in most of these fields the pros pective damage is very great. Advertising Needed To Rout Depression New York, June 15.—The responsi bility and opportunity facing adver tising to help restore the confidence of the peole in the country’s future! and unleash the great reservoir of paign for gov^or that you stood for [funds now lying idle because of fear, j the enforcement of the law. [was emphasized today by speakers ad-; “If the govemhr of the state may'dressing the opening session of the I lightly disregard the action of the' Advertising Federation of America, courts and verdiott of juries, we may! The economic situation—its causes, as well abandon judicial trials and .effects and solution—and the relation dispense with the services of judges, i of advertising to it—held the spot- “We solemnly enter our protest i light of interest, a.s advertising men against this blow, struck by the chief and women whose work touches the magistrate of the state against the business fabric of the nation heard orderly administration of justice and prominent figures in piibhc and busi tbe effective enforcement of tiie law*.ness W* analyze the situation. Yes—Women Buy Large Per Cent Of Merchandise Various figures are printed frerjuently to show that women buy a very large proportion of the merchandise sold in the United States. The proportion of sales by women is 8.5 per cent of the total and be low is itemized the division of business between .sales to men and wo men in each of a number of different linos of business. These per centage figures are given tielow: Women Men Buy Buy In Department Stores 85 15 Drug Stores . .. 75 25 Grocery Stores 85 15 Silks .1 96 6 Pianos 77 23 Leather (Joods 65 35 Automobiles 40 60 Hardware 46 55 Electrical Supplies 80 20 Men’s Socks 65 35 Jewelry 90 10 THE CHRONK'LE is read regularly by thousands of women. Present your sales message to them through this newspaper—^“The Paper That Everybody Reads.” ii!U'liii;f 'tri .hi* II. on hiirhway .No. 2. near llaki r wa-i given a scnti-^n i/f ye.ai -i. Five (■omj»anion.< in ! hi (Mf 'Wen* a '|uitti‘<l. H- iii'e o d 5 "iirt. T.hi y were cha: ' oil '.vi'.h .. -oi ii's horori* .and af'orjhi* f i, '. Baki*!'- \va.' tried on a < li.n-., niaii'^huighti r. tfie e art ,iiie t!:*.; the indiet merit he (■h:i:'iL''( d ; ■ m * del” to manslaiighti r. .Mr.s. Sei'iert. w.fe '.f ,,>ic o! *! time; Mr-. B’-ovi-n, wiio i.-. ■ eiutehi'.s a.' the re.-ult of n;i ’*>_ iegs broken in the wi'ei k. .in ! '« .Seihert, ‘om of I.. \V. ;8ei*e t. whom wen* in the iiartv at the* f r '1 !oi the fatal Ci'a h, ILirtsville, .Inni* 16. The seven teenth annua! se-sion of the Vinith Carolina Bant:;d general a'semhly is under way here at Goker eollegt* with jU regj.stration o'jtranking that of [ire- ! viou.s year.s. Sevi i a! haniired an* present, j The first week of the a semhly in- I eludes the .state Sunday school eon- vention through Thur.sdav. B. Y. P. U, encampment through Sunday and B. Y. P. IJ. laxnvention lasting from Eiiday through Sunday. injury of the fou-th. ! The outstanding speakers for the j Janie Booker, Negrt.ss. pi [meeting are: Dr. P. U.Jlurroughs of'jruilty to manslaughter in the killing jthe Baptist Sunday school board, Mrs,(of her husband, Casper Booker, and .J, M, Dawson of Waco, Texas; Dr.jwrjj] Wright wa.s acquitted of murier I John R. Sampri, Dr. W. 0. Carver and jin connection with the killing of I )hn I Dr. W. W. Barnes of the Southern j [ataman, another Negro, near B y J’- 'Baptist seminary; Dr. J. F. Plainfield'store a few months ago. lof the missions field; Dr. J. J. Van ive:'e among ! testifying for tin* staa*. The .< liar had stoi)i)i.*d to make repair- t ;i tire, when the hit-and-run ar,' !<■ .• ! with .Negroes, side-swiped it. ca isihg injuries to three and 'he .''e;-', u- a ieit (Ness and Dr. B, W. Spillman of the Sunday school board; Dr. Joseph T. Watts of BaRimore, secretary; E. J BIG (OnON I.OSS E'riends of G. E’. Buford, well k" wn farmer residing near the eity. wil! re- Wright of Richmond; Mrs. Mattieijj^et to learn of bis misfortune of ’•x'* Beatherwood of Nashville, and a score of others. Dr. J. L. Oorzine of Columbia, is director of the assemibly again this year, with the Rev. C. M. Griffin as- ociate director. Other assistants are R. A. and G. A. camps, Miss Mary Ijawton, Mrs. C. M. Griffin and Flor- rie Lee Lawton. ing 120 bales of cotton by fire Mon day night when the gin house in which it was stored was struck by lightning and burned down. Mr. Buford had a partial insurance of his loss. Mrs. S. W. Sumerel and littlo daughter, Virginia, are visiting -ela- tives in Belton. -r-—f.Jiio '