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• THE CHRONICLE • ; Strives To Be » Clean News- • • paper. Complete, Newsy, • i and Reliable. • 1 } Olhr Qlltnlnti (Elfrnntrlf If You Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE You Don’t Get The News. VOLUME 2^X1 CLINTON, S.-C., THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1931 NUMBER 29 STATE LEAGUE URGE^FORM Farmers and Taxpayers Name Ccmmittees To Effect Govern mental Economy. Revision of State Constitution Advocated. Mrs. John T. Young Claimed By Death Well Known and Beloved Woman Passes At Early Age. Funeral Services Largely .attended. Mother's Summer Reading liy Alln'rt T. it cut .All Clinton was saddenod Monday at noon to hear of the seenungly un- Columbia. July 14.— The Fanners i t>niely death of .Mrs. John T. Young, and Taxpayers League of South Caro-:several weeks her con-i lina held its second annual meeting j^^tion had been critical she had made i here today, adopted a report which,® brave fight and the sad end came riH'ommended revision of the state!®'' ® shock to all who knew her. con.stitution, elected Niels Christensen The funeral .service was held Tue.«- <if Beaufort. presi<lent and w'ound up,^®.'’ afternon from the residence and with a spirited attack bv certain ® concourse of sor- the league members on the state high-' mowing friends who gathered to pay wav commission. j their last tribute. The .services were The meeting, which was attended bv' 600 persons, sccordinR to estim«os of "»“!*• Mc.Swon Wov* H rlvirorH I gvtvew I wf T/^I_ league officials, was for the most part harmonious. The most serious difficulty came over placing Beverley Herbert, of Co lumbia, erstwhile candidate for gov ernor, on one of the committees. Dr. C. B. Epps, of Sumter, attacked the selection, asserting “we are mak ing a foolish move to name any offi cer on any committ^ of the league % » r lina politics,” Mr. Herbert defended himself, at the same time withdrawing from the committee. He reconsidertxl, however, after a number had made speeches praising his ability and after the con vention had voted overwhelmingly to ask him to reconsider. .Mr. Herbert later made a spirited attack against the state highway com mission, declaring it had not safe guarded the interest of the people as it might. and Rev. Edward Ix'ng. Interment fol lowed in the Presbv’terian cemetery with the following serving as pall bearers: John C. Henry of Greenville, Ansel Godfrey of Al>beville, Dr. J. AV. Davis, Dr. S. C. Hays, Dr. Hugh Smith of Greenville, D. D. Copeland, John H. Hunter. M’. P. Jacobs, J. C. Cope land of Columbia, and George Childs of Wadesboro, N. C. Many large and beautiful floral offerings were laid on.| teem in which she was held. Mrs. Young was the eldest of three" daughters of the late Mr. and Mrs. B. F. .Motz of Lincolnton, N. C. Her mother died at the same age as Mrs. Young, .‘IS, and left as did the latter, three (laughters. .Mrs. Young was adopted by her mother’s sister, Mrs.' \V. M. Mc<'raw and she and Mr. Me-; Craw made their home in Clinton for a number of years, moving here in 1913. In 1916 Miss Inez Motz McCraw DEATH CLAIMS SCHO^ HEAD Jame.s Bennett Branch Passes Suddenly At Ills Home, Was Reared Here and Greatly Ad mired By Many Friends. A Noted Educator. ..I .L- 1 .u u WHS married in Rome. (la.. to John T. | I think the highway commission .. . .. r\f tu-. ' , , , V - • . 1 , ^ oung of this citv. Of this union '.hn e; oJEht ,0 bo su,,.p^,l lKmd« up- ,,,,, j til they < hanK.-. ha said. ,|„j. :t.; LJ_1 J pamr* At His attack was precipitated l»y h sisters are Mrs. K. H. Wilkes ^ ^ / »L re-soiution which B. W. Crouch. (>f Sa-I(,f tfits city, and Mrs. Frank W. Heath j luda, inlrtKluced which contained a Petersburg Cal. ! clause “.sugy:esting” that $.‘10,000,0(10 passing of Mrs. Young so early i be made the limit of bonds issued for brings unusual sorrow to hei Younjif People of Upper S. C. Uut of AlM)ve IB Per (’ent Seen. Mrs. ('allie ('opcdand Passes Sud- h.ghwaj (on.'tnu tion at tbt piistnt many loved ones and friends. .She was (\mference To Gather In Pick- Total In Cotton Is l,9r)(l,(l(M) denly At Ripe Aji^e. Member of j formerly Miss Nora Pryse of Beatty- Rocky Bottom Cotton Acreage Death Claims Shows Reduction Beloved Woman The Rev. Jame.s Benn«‘tt Branch, for the past twelve year.s superintendent of the de la Howe Stall* .'•chool near 1 jMi"rormick, died suddenly last We<l- ; nesday night at hi.s home located on I the school campus following a heart attac-k. He and his family sat on the porch until eleven o’clock ami had ju.st entered his nMiin to retire when strick en and died almost immediately, the news of hi.s sudden death coming as a great shock to his many friends here and throughout the two Carolinas. The funeral service was held Friday afternon in the school auditorium and attended by a large concourse of friends, many Inung unable to gain admittance into the building. The ser- I livan, jmstor of the \V'illingt(m F*res- ibyterian church. The Rrv. \V. H. K. Pendleton of .Spartanbui g, ami the Rev. C. T. S(iuire.s of (Jri cnville. both members of the school’s l.oa' l of trustees, made appropriate rc'iurk.s touching upc.n the life of Mr. Branch and the sjurit of love an I devotion in which he had 'jiveii hi.iiself t > the school and for the dependent boys and girls under his can'. Interment fol lowed in the de la Howe cemetery near the grave of Dr. .lohn d * la Howe. The interment in this bn i‘ion signalizes by the proximity of th;- wo tomh.s the honor in which the t\v » men held Dr. de la llowe. who lied, about a century ago, as founder, and i Mr. Branch, as the man who, taking over the institution as a small local .school, made it one of the outstanding schoids of its gind in the country. Mr. Branch is survived hv his wife. a woman of many lovely and sterling | The debate was general, former traits of character and was greatly! Lieutenant Governor E. B. .laekson of | loved by those who knew her. She was j Wagener, charging those who had all a devuted member of the Pres-byteriani the roads they needed were trying to^ohui^'h. bait road construction. — ens (’ounty July 27-31. Acre.s for South Uarolina. Honored Family of This ('itv. When i* aopeared the debate wuuld continue until far into the afternoim by the rconnant of the delegates who remained until the end, .Mr. ( rou h withdrew the offending pait and it later was referred to the execiilive c<»mrnittee. (b venior l)la. kw't'i*! «’rd.e ‘o the league, ci'Iiing the m«H*ting "a very imt'o;te.r.i, event in .Smith ('aruli’ia.” He ' i.d ‘ le.'teue nieml'iVrs the’r ne. t impni'ant duty was to refiirin c unty g'lAernme"'s and said a “wide sapervisi' n” over '.hem was needed. He a<o*rtei th“ league's pr-ijm-al f r leduetien.s in t.axes wa< a laudable j'U!j)(>se and s.-n ) no patriotic citizen of the state cou'd be “out of accord”, \v''h this. .Mr. Christen-en’^ election to the J M .<:dt neV if the league was by acela- n.aDon. .1. .Skottowu* VVannamaker waS; nominated for reelection in favor of ville, Ky., two daughters. Misses Kliz- alM'.tli and ()!ive Branch, students at rn. If r ... I 1 • , . .. . . 1 * - U’onvetii(' college, and .lames Bennett The Upper .South ( arolina confer- (xdumlua, July 11.—A geHeral-rt-f Mrs. UalTie roneland, 7.^, widow"ofrnramb, a small 1(1 year tdd son. Also ence hoard of Christian <>ducation of duetion in cotton acreage in .South uhe late J. U. <'op<*land and helovedl.py hnrther, Harllee Bran* h. m.‘li the M. E.. church, .South, is sjionsor- Carolina this year is reported by Clintonian, died suddenly Tuesday j ,,f 'py,,, At lanta .lournal (slit >rial ing a five-day canif) .for .Metliodist p'rank (). Black, agricultural statis- morning at the home of her daughter w),.eial f'*ature staff, youngjieople between the ages „f ]2 j„ ,.<.iHii t as of .Inly 1. ■<»» South Broad "street following a; m,.. Branch'was in his t'.tth year of ■ 11 r** II camp will be held at bric'f illness, death Is'ing due to a' Noted In Fields no-ky ii.,ii..m, .h.i, ih- i ... >.-.1. .\ , i.i. i, 27-31, im lusive. The mornings will be 1^'*' sm.ilb t .-'.hk 1. _•{, tin i » r n ■ n i i i»« i t> ,lrv„t;.,l t.. sU„lv Hass,.,, a.al th.- af " Fewer Weevils Cleni'on ('olb*ge, .Inly Id. An aver age sipiare infe.-.taUon of S.l nei- '•cet is re])orted for the week ending .luly !! ranging from t.tl jier cent in Flor ence and 0.2 per cent in Darlington *o 12 per cent in .Aiken, Giceruvoi d. Un ion and Orangeburg to 22..') per cent in Bamberg. This average of s.J per cent is ba.-ed irpon a survey ‘made bv .South Carolina experiment station workers in ninety fields in nine coiin- teis ami is eomiiarable with 11.7 per cent one week ago. Farmer.s .- hould m t be mislead by this droj) in the average {>er cent of infested souares over th<* area, advise.s Director H. W. Barre of the station, who savs that this is an annual o-- age, having U'cti boin near Wades boro, N. C., on .August 2, 1H,S2, a son figures for this year lieiiig 1 ternoons will U* given to direeteil rec- as against 2,191,bob planted in lO.'tb. ri ation swimming and hiking. “Die acreage of cotti n "i Smi h of friends gathered to nay their Dili- ptianage of Ibis city, wlnre h< * ' •< um « I t i< ( *•»( ( arolin.'i .Iiily 1 isesiimaled at l.tt.ib.- hiT*' and at the gr.'ive. I’.er- m aied and where In mother faith- lion of such outstaudmg worfers with („(,) acres, Xb per cut of the 2.1bl.bbb f„l!„wed in the heart attack. condiK*!- cd from the resideiu'c y<‘sterday morn Braiudi. When a young lad his fai.ier ing at 11 o’clock with ;i lari'^c number died and he <‘ntered the Thornwa*!! or- )'.h- phanage of this city, wlmre he w,is yung people as Rev. R. Griffith, Edgefield; Rev. 11. (). Chanihers, ( "liii- ton; Rev. .1. H. Kohler, Siiartanburg; Rev. .1. O. .Smith, ("lemson college; Rev. .1. K. Brown, Greenville; Rev. and Mrs. E. S. .lones, .AlrbrvMle; Rev. and .Mrs. .1. D. Griffin, Gr«*at f alls; .Misses .Margaret Farrow, .Mary .SmRR-^ind- Hannah I.eitner; .Miss .Mildred Cope- “'Pfo land, nurse, and Vi-rnon Peele, life guard. ;ier(“S iilai.ted la t rear. This i- tin smallest ai re.age grown in tin* -‘ati since 1922 when tin* area planted w.a,' estimated at l.xbtj.bbb aci'es. “The avi tage Hbandonnie’it of I’re'sbvLerian fiillv scr\<*d as a inanm for a tium- hcr pas- l,er of v»“ars. * I • in •g:- ,, 1^1 cuir(*nco due largely to cotton fruit- .eir. Hr. Kit. was ..IrcK'.l '' . ■ .■ . inerra.c... and it is not t‘i la* Th,. r.a|m*,t that a ,„n«.ti.l„,nal ap„„ aasuran.-,* nf onnvrntion b,- rallrd was roi,tamed in ^ th,. r..n.„tnft:u.ron,nntU-..nnnr,,.an-. zalinn. iire.sented bv A. K. l.ani-ley of <,|„r,res tin* infestation will I'. 'V ’ probably increase*. Whitten To Leave City Six Months o! .'I'Te- age in the state after .Inly 1 has In-en ‘bS fier eeti; for the* ten years I!i21- redn( ti*)n in acreage was gen eral for the* sia'e* as a w'nole 'oit j) seeriif that in the iiocthweslern and south(*tn see*! ions the a'U'eaoe* was cu; a little* more* than el-'ewhere* thi'iugh ')Ut the* state. “Ce)rre*sporide'rT.s e'-'Dinate' that xb Dr. of the* f'olumbia. He said there was need for e*limina- _ tie n e)f unnee e-s.sary ami eiverlapping' ^ «« • de{>artments in the state government liCSlCl and that a cejnvention shoulel b** ea'leei te» study th(*sc. His report also e*all(*el for a change of the State's fiscal year te) .luly 1 eer have the* legislature me*et in the sum mer so that its s(*ssions woulel not f.verlap the fiscal year as at pre.sent.. It also calleel for biennial ses.sions. B. (). Whitten, superintendent State Training school eT this since it was (*.stablish(*d, will leave the* first of August for Ameri can Fe)rt, Utah, where* he will spenel the next six months. Upon urgt-nt r(*<jue*st of Gov<*rnor Dern of Utah, Dr. Whitte*n has be'cn “loaned” to that state to direct the eslablishmenl eif a new school for d«- K. di tty, wm,. v!..,te*l'f'ftivvs. Th<- for lb,- bav,* .d the* de la per ce*nt of the cotton acreage receivu'd (eornmercia! fertilize-r this v<>ar. with '''‘'’'y an avmaoc a* r.Iicafion of 2tM m.und< familu-.s of this cemimunity. Thre*e F.cr acre* at an avrag.* Co t of St'9 '>rolh.*rs, El.hu, ll(*nry an.i Ge*org. F)cr ten, which c''nip)'r(*<l with til ce*nt, .'I.”b pound.s, and $26 per ton, ic- sj»ee*tively, f ir last ye*ar.” in (e tiictery. Dr. Ib .1. Wood .or, assisti'd by Dr. .lohn MtSween,; .After comuleting hi edii a'b Rev. T. F. Wallace of .St. Mat t In ws,' tlie orphanage giammat in.l c and Rev. Ray Ridd'e of Colu.n’la. of ate elepart merits, .Mr. Itraiu h er‘■•reij ficia'Vfl. 'I be floral trrlnite was l.irge .he Columbia The doeical scn''”,iry. ac<l very lM*auLifu-l. I* roni liere he atleialcd the g!a • .it.- Serving as pallbearers w*re; Dr. .I.i.^diool of I'rin-cton univci-ity wh.*re U.*e Young. iTaf. A. V. Marlin. T. .\1. he made a brilliant r.--ord a d Walts of Columbia, D. D. Cop-l.iiid, "hich time b<* soecial.z.-d in - be D. Ccoelaml. J. H. Stom*. C. W. <‘f language's, lb* w..s .Stone, U. I). MeXTary, 11. 1>. Hmiy h-^ h student o'" 11 brew ami W. 1). Cope land. Gre*ek. ami was off.-icl a dm I ,1 V.. /'ll 1 Princeton as nrofe-sor in i m- I'/lizabeth Young (ooelami was born on Nov. ‘2‘2. ixrx;, the daughter of .\'( wt ri Y'oung ami .Nancy .S'trouel nc .Iv W ide-b,-. kf' iwn ■A !'.ib;r Y'oung, preceded he r tei the gra.e sev- le*:'al years a gee. .Mrs. Ceijie’laml .'pent Of De La Howe LOCAL POST TO MEET NEXT TUESDAY NKHIT her e‘n‘ T'e* li f<* in this e*ommiiriity wTiere she was kimwii ane) bived as a gentb'wennan eif till* edej seheied. .She* united with the* kir.st I’resbyteTian chinrh e»n .Inlv 29. A c.immittee con.si.-ting of four bu«- The Rev. E. a/ting supi-rintendenl eif Howe .State school at Willingtem by the board of truste*es at a calleel. .meeting last Frielav. .Mr. Gettys sue-; .cecds the* late Rev. .U B. Branch \vhr)-^’‘Uv the IXU), and was eme* of its eleveitcel rm-m- 1 he regular ni'>nth!.v nice-‘ing eif the* Ix r.s anel a weinian of stremg < o.'i an abse*nce* was grantrd b.v Geiv. Bl.a k- f ojie lafiel-Daviel.sem I*eist So. .)(>, Anier- On l''ei)ruaiy 19, 1x71. she was wooei anel the* .State Beiard of Welfare iean I.egion. will at the* seilicitation of Utah offie-ials. si'ue .seiay ni'*h‘. at 7:.‘!b ei’e leek in the Dr. Whitten expects to re*t'irn to the '•l.i'b remnis. Plans for the state mee!- first of the ye*ar. In hi.s ab- ing to be* h«*Iel in ("harlestem em .luly be* he-Iel ein next jn marriage* te) J. Callie ( bll; he- ele-. lice-el ’ he I te) enter the mini't ry. AfteT leaving Pr ri eCem he- ,)*• a pa.ste)rate in .''!ate-wil!)-, N. I'.MI'.t he* was ask,,] by D;. U. |Cobs, the*n president of tiic Tin * en pharia''‘e, to re-turii ‘ei the rbi.s chilelhe eiei as bi .a wi ' e-e-p'ed till* place- be-au-e- and loyfil; y tei t I'c b mu ;-e>i)S anel feer eight ye-ar.- self untiringly to tic- v. ( linfon ill 1917 iniim eliai t he- e|e-at Ii eif I >r. -la obs. ■A fti-r t he- ent r\’ e-f ' In 1 into the* Worbl war. Mi. iml at ;'t* * d .f ant, H e.t" h'- anel 1» 1- I . li fol" a".el .- P.r.i * • Ja il !a- ', 1! It iness men and farmers and three edu- - . i V . i sence Dr F U. We*bb will be , . , , , was suuenntendent for twelve years. me i/r. r. ^ ojie*- laml, who |)as,se*d away about Ifl ye ars age). Mrs. ('e)t’elanel had manv staunch isled as a fie*!] se-e-retary - Ame-rieati Re-el Cro's with Yo-u eis in Wa'hingt»'i'. D. When the .-TaLi- eif .South rs, was appointed under recom- t. , , - . * eHnro-e of the Training schoo . / 1 L A. r 1 -Mr. (»ettys has been assistant super-i^^fiarge oi aie jiainioc nations nresenteel bv Mr. Langley, ■ "■ ’orendent tor the Tin«t ve*ar. , .. ■ / .V’ intendent for the past year. iC*pn3itions nboul tn6 ^ . • . cator men te) make recom r cost of schools and colleges. t The report, which was adopted, call eel for preparation of county supply bills before the session of the legis- latuure, and for appointment of a com mittee to study « ounty governments. The following committee.s were ap pointed: Ceummittee of taxation: Dr. Wade Stackhouse, Dillon; J. Buist Ander.son, b:a; J. Ross Hanahan, Charleston; R. B. Herbert, Columbia; E. G. Riebels, Columbia; A. B. Langley, Columbia; L. E. Brookshire. Greenville, and T. C, Williams, Columbia. Comonittee on education: J. L. Maim; Orangeburg; A. F. McKissick, Greenville; J. AV. Cox, Edgefield; • in artive;j7 ami i', will maT-, an.l <l..|,.Eal. ' wa, .■n,l.,w,..l »:il, ,nany t„„k th.* .,-1,1, * , i lovely traits of character, ami leaves uu-nt of the de la Hi.w, -n The board also tendered the use of, ithe sunerinenelent’s residence to Mr.s. Branch for a year. i j . ^ - i How They Stand S i ‘.Ioanna . MID-STATE 2 0 1,000 Whitmire .. 1 1 .500 ] TVatts 1 1 .500 1 Kendall 1 1 .500 1 ‘ Monarch ... 1 1 .5001 Newrberry 0 2 .0001 1 j Clinton .... CENTRAL 3 1 .750' j l.^urens .... 2 2 .500 j Enoree .... 2 2 .500 L'vdfa 1 3 .250 1 Marion Davis, Newberry; Dr. Robert,cox, Florence, and M. V. Haselden, Wilson, Charleston; A. C. Flora, Co-1Oh®rieston. lumbia, and Biscoe Davis, Marion. | Committee on county government: Committee on economy and consoli-jA, L. M. Wiggins, Hartsville; B. MU dation; Neils Christensen. Beaufort; j CroOch, Saluda; Holmes B. Springs, J. E. Harley, Barnwell; W. J, Gonyer, Greenville; W. L. Depass. Camden; W. H. Nicholson, Greenwood; F. L. Wil- and L. O. Funderburk, Camden. Myrtle Beach; J. A. Berry, Orange burg; W. 0. Nicholson, Greenwood, Times Of Depression Not Time To Curtail Advertising Joseph H. Appel of John Wanamaker, New York, says: “A time of temporary depres.sion in trade is not the time for business to curtail adverti.sing. Advertising is a major agency in reviving business. The wealth of the millions of savjijgs,^bank depositors in the United States is now begin ning to be exchanged for much-needed merchandise to build up our homes and to replenish our wardrobes. Ninety ..p>er cent of Wanamaker advertising is invested in newspapers and our volume of transactions was greater in 1930 than in the banner year of 1929. It would have been larger in dollars except for the fact that the 1930 average of retail prices was about 15 per cent lower.” If you want new customers use . . . THE CHRONICLE “The Paper Everybody Reads” ;i ) --t T-'- I '• had -iri'' ha.l a bfhirieJ a bl(‘.<.'-«*el he-ritage* far hi-r farn- 191X, Mr. Bram h w.;- i b- ily anel frii*mJ.e. With he-r <le*ath an- fjr.st .supcrintcmie-'it of ‘h other honorcel rne*ml>e*r of the* olele*r in.stitution and for thi- la-* f geni‘rati(,ii has pas.scel av/ay. years he* hael hvbl thi.e tio.UUin. .Mrs. Copelanel is .survive*el by one ^^'heieJ unele*ei his manage-menl. elaughU*r, .Mrs. Jack H. Young, with grown from a small be-giruiititr t viherin she* male* her home*; two se)ns,|Of the* outslaneling in.titntan- .11. Arthur Gopelanel of this city, anel Upc bi the entire* oeiuiitiy a'l 1 J. C. CojM'land of C/eilumbia; two been most favorably e-oinim nte*! upon j brothers, .J-ohn H. Young of thi.s city, i by the Duke Feiumlation in their y‘*ar- 'aneJ .N. A. Young of (:e)lumbia. Akso by | ly rejyorts covering its activitie-. Hr-s the folle>wiTig grandchildren: Mrs. J as. j work for the eiejienelent and ne-dy I.M. Dick of Pulaski, Va., Mr.s. Frances't><»ys and 'Hrls here was of the hi.rhest I Wallace of .St. Matthew.s, Arthur and,t^yp**t H'WJ-rk to which he* unselfishly jSara Ce>peland of this city, Eva GaryjKave his life and love and he he'd :n ,and Linda Copeland of Columbia, and an unusual degre*e the jove* and c mf;- i by one great-grandchild, l.aria Cope-'dence of hi.s entire staff and the two land Dick. Union Service At Lutheran Church The usual Sunday evening union service of the local churches will be held next Sunday at St. John’s Luth eran church at eight o’clock. The Rev. Edward Ix)ng, pastor of the First Bap tist church, will be the speaker. hundred boys and girls under his care. The se*hool with its modern plant stands today as a monument to him. Mr. Branch occupie'd a prominent and useful place in every cemimunity in which he lived. He was a devotee! Presbyterian, a kind and sympathetic minister, a man of .sound judgment, integrity and sincerity, who I'v his faithful, noble, unselfish and persi.st- ent service for others, leaves th:» world better than he found it. and many devoted friends to meurr. his passing. iH iftiitnitriiitf .. . v7>,A