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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.
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