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r i • THE CHRONICLE • Strives To Be » Clean News- • • paper. Complete, Newsy, • • and Reliable. • ©hr Ollttitnn Qlljnmtrlr If You Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE You Don’t Get The News. VOLUME XXXI CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 13,1931 NUMBER 33 SOUTH URGED TO USE COTTON Highway Work I Cotton In State Lindberghs Press OnCotton Crop Placed To Start Soon Shows Reduction! In Tour To Japan At 15,584,000 Bales Association Calls Upon People To I'se Products of This Sec tion Following Crop Figures. Thousands Dependent. CUBA UNDER MARTIAL UW Many Counties In Upper Part of Forecast Oils for 835,000 Bales Flyer and Wife Will Next At- Department of Agriculture Es Xt Twoi^*^“^^*®” Continues Tense While State To Get Paving.^^us- For This Year. l,950,00(^Acres| tempt Long Flight Over Ber-! timates Production grove Mill Bridge Included. 1 Is Area Planted. j ring Sea. Had Forced Landing. Million Bales Above I„ast Year. Columbia, Aug. 10.—Asserting that ‘'the hour has struck when the South must fight for its very existence,” the Association for the Increased Use,of Cotton tonight issued a statement from its general headquarters here calling upon the cotton growers of the South to meet in their respective com munities immediately and pledge themselves to use only one hundred per cent cotton bagging for wrapping their cotton this fall, and to buy their food and feedstuffs only in cotton sacks. The statement also ’calls upon the women of the South to meet at once and pledge themselves to wear only cotton clothing. Housewives are asked to pledge themselves to buy their flour, sugar, salt and other groceries only in cotton sacks. The men are asked to joy the cotton clothing^uro- ght- [ Much road and bridge wmrk in thej Columbia. Aug. lO. — While indica-j Nome, Alaska, Aug.' 11. — Colonel I , Washington, Aug. 8.—Cotton pro- Piedmont section of South Carolina jtions, according to the federal cotton'and Mrs. Charles k. Lindberg arrived indicated by the will be included in projects upoH |report, are for a monster crop of l.Vjat Safety bay. 2l miles east of Nome. August I, was which bids will be received by the; 584,000-bales of cotton in the United at 10 completing 'state highway department August 25 'States this year, the estimate for On route 176 in Greenville and' Carolina is 835.000 bales, is Spartanburg counties, 20..'>5,’> miles of i 1,001,000 bales ginned in l'.L>0. :40 a. m. (4:40 p. m. RST) todayi!«"""^*"<'‘^‘^ ^y department ..f Habana Cuba Aug leting their last hop over Amer-I^^nculture at 15,584,000 equivalent Francisco’ Peraza. mn.'. FijchtinR and Rebel Move ments Continue With Increas ing Strength. Many Insurgents Slain By Government Troops. k-an soil on their vacation flight to' hale’s. Ijist year’s ginned Japan, j production was 13,9,32,000 bales. icement paving will be laid from thej The crop report of this state, as of The couple flew from Shismart'f on. The condition of the crop on Aug- lend of the present pavement north of! August 1, as prepared by Frank O. Kotzebue sound where they werejust 1 was 74.9 per cent of a normal. Spartanburg to the North Carolina I Black, agricultural statistician. United forced down by fog last night on a indicating a yield of 185.8 pounds per line. , States department of agriculture, fol-' flijfbt from Point Barrow, northern-1 acre. The condition a year ago wn* On route 247 from Saluda river to! lows: imost settlement of Alaska. i 62.2 per cent of a normal, with a final Belton in Greenville and .Anderson' ‘A cotton crop o*T 8^15,000 bales of Colonel Lindbergh headed his pon- yield of 147.7 pounds, and the lO-year ■ounties, 5.573 miles of bituminous!indic{i‘e(*. | tooned monoplane for Safety bay after surfacing is to be constructed, and i ^y ^"^ust 1 con- circling the Nome waterfront several one-half mile inside the tuwn of Bel-iP^*' normal. The I times and flying over the Nome river, !ton is to be graded and surfaced. i condition on August 1 last year was J74 per cent; 68 per cent in 1929; 64 Other projects in the Piedmont .sec . „ . „ tion upon which bids are to be re-,P^‘' P^’’ *^27. ceived are: ten-year average, 1920-29, of 62 Laurens county: Paving of 15.1771P^*^ , , , , , miles of route 10 and 72 from the city' “Although July rainfall was irr 'limits of Laurens to route No. 7. neari‘«'‘‘y <l>«t»'ibuted the average,was only ■irr once to feature all articles into which the manufacturing of cotton enters, “There is hardly a life in the South,” says the statement, “but that is tbuch.- ed by the growing or manufacturing of cotton. There are 16,078,032 people living on our farms who are depen dent upon cotton, their chief money crop. There are 17,132 gins in the South composing an industry entirely dependent upon cotton in which thous ands of'workers are employed. There are 1,038 cotton mills in the South employing over 300,000 people depeml- ing for their living upon cotton. “There are no figures available for the huge army of investors, not only 4n cotton mills but in fuel and elec'ric power companies, machinery and other manufacturing concerns that sell con siderably over a half billion dollars worth ^ their product annually to Southern cotton mills; merchants, doctors, lawyers, teachers, preachers and others who look to the people on our farms and in our manufacturing villgges for a considerable portion of their living expenses. The heart beat of the great South is dependent upon cotton. “There is only one remedy for the trag’p situation in which the South finds itself today and that is in the increased consumption of cotton jiro- ducts by the people who grow aii-l manufacture cotton. It ought not to Ih‘ nwes-sary to ajtpi'al to them to u.-e cotton. “The he:ivy lie.line in the jirice of to'ton precipitated by the govern- irent rejiort indicating a croji of over 1 .'),(i00,00() bales this year oupht to Mive to arouse every man, woman and child in the South to the impor tance of increasing the consumption < '■ cotton products in the .South and 17159.5 foot reinforced concrete bridge favorable for over Lick creek, and a 199.7 foot re-i weevil control. In respect inforced concrete bridge over Rabun condition and yield the crop si 'ation is about the same as a year { situ- Pfppjj : auoTi 15 aooui me same a.s a year ago Uurens-Union counties: The sub- the condition is only three points structure of a 682-foot reinforced con-i^^'*"’ August and the indicated Crete and structural steel bridge over;y'‘‘‘<l 210 pounds per acre compares Enoree river on rout*' 56, near Mus- the final yield of 220 pounds jn-r grove mill. in 1930. However, the fore*'ast of I.aurens-Union counties: The super-1 8.15.0(K) bales is 1()6,000 * l__l .. 1-..1 which had be<>n rtH’ommended as a landing place. I>eaving Shismaref at noon. Pacific standard time, the Lindberghs took an hour and 25 minutes for their flight of about 100 rhiles. The colonel and his wife! eftBowA Borrow >»* 11 -Ri* ^ fmtttanTTffSl night and arrived at Shis- indicated total production, maref about 5 a. m. (EST) after a flight of alxiut 400 miles. The next hop is for Karaginsk, Si beria, 1067 miles from here across Herring sea. Safety bay, a long nari^w body of average condition on August 1 is 67.5 {H'r c*'nt, with acre yield averaging 154.4 pounds. Acreage in cultivation this year on July 1 was 41.490,000 acres. That area reduced by the 10-year average aban donment betw«H*n July 1 and time of picking, brings the probable area to be picked this year J,o 40,129i)00 acres The August 1 condition and indicat ed total prodwtion (in thousands of bales), by states, follow: 11.—General Francisco Peraza, reputed leader of the insurgent force.-* in Pinar.Del Rio province, was r*>ported to have been killed along with many of his troops in serioi^s fighting with government troops near I.<<)s Palacios tonight. Th« number of casualties was’ not imme diately determined. Plans to bomb a rebel camji in the Toro mountains by airplane were abandoned when government pilots failed to locate the insurgents. A re port that former President Men ical had landed on the north coast could not be verified. Under Marital Law. TOse<r , structure of a 682-foot reinforced con-i year’s crop, the re- the world. Enoree river on route 56 near Mus-i'^"^ percent smaller acreage grown suooen siorms wmen oesei »en grove mill ’ jfre<iuently seek shtdter in th i Chester-Uncaster counties: Placing “<^otbon plairttnl was estimated at which thereby earns its name. bridge over the Catawba river atiandoneo acreage win ne mnooergn lo moor nis piane in saieiy route 98 at Nitrolee made until the September report the I regardless of weather conditions out- Ocon«* countv: Hitunvinous surfac-|ten-yer average abandonment of 2.61 side the .sand pit which protects the ing of 4,88'5 miles of routes 2 and 24 allowed in arriving at hhy from the end of the present surfacing the estimate of 1,899,000 acres to be! A good highway conmn-ting Nome at Mountain Rest to the Georgia state ^®'’''‘‘*ted Virginia Cond. 82 Ind. Prod. 38 North Carolina 78 713 South Carolirra 71 835 Georgia 64 1,190 F'lorida 74 37 Missouri 86 2.31 Tennessee 82 472 Alabama 70 1.263 Mississippi 73 1.771 liouisiana 72 866 Texas 75 5,018 Oklahoma 78 1.200 Arkansas 84 1.614 .N*‘W M*'xi<'o 90 86 The *‘stimate wa« nearly a million bales above that of the highest pri- tense tonight under a state of martial law which was proclaimed today by President Gerardo Machado. There were reports of fighting and rebel movements from various places throughout the day. From Santa Clara came dispat.*’ies reporting rebel successes and rdwl strength. These di.spat(h«*s said 30i) revolutionaries invaded Santa Clara City late last night killed 30 sol liers, took 25 prisoners and retired before army reinforcements. An announcement from the palace said insurgents had hurn*'<i the mu nicipal and other buildings in Vuel- tas. The little town of Sierra Moiiena was reporte*! in op'jiosition hands. An other report .said rebel strength was gathered there under Col. Justo Car- Ulo, Manuel TereigO, Ricardo Ferr.ar’.- line. ‘State t«.<l this .fason. v,ith hdomon pa»w.» thv bay aiul n<.^ tp Kinning! in liOO-pound halps »•'" he expenemed m hauling,^,,. eempared with ani, ^ i 1,001,000 in lOMI; RHfl.000 in *«»«''"><■ “n<l “‘•her aupplie, to ‘he!,,,,, ,,,, ^ew ,U ? i Greenwood county: The construction were ., —,— |Of a reinforced concrete bridge over 11929; 726,000 in 1928; 730,000 in 1927. ,P I the Seoboard Air Line railway on land 1,008,000 in 1926.” I route 10 near Salak. | TTAllf Plnnft i Newberry county: Paving of 1,5.0121-^ , ^ 1 ¥1111 t aiA. A iail9 miles of route 176 from the intersec- g OUltlTy V^OUFSCl forces ,x.ragegu,.»«.jymo,nner» ol tne .'New|„„ taking II |York exchange last w*>ek of I J.850,000.1 Five army aindanes fl«*w over the Both the N*>w ()rl*‘ana and N**w .York exchanges closed ten minutes he- Ifore the issuance of the report, hut at tion of route 2 near Newberry, to ; Whitmire. Is Successful On Price Fixing ('hicago the cotton exchange was still open and first quotations fnim there poslisl on th*' New Orleans bulletin Dairy Outlook Here Is Fine Washington, Aug. 11. A proposal .i,„ard shewed a drop of 105 to 107 province of Pinar del Rio today, after a report was circulated that strong deta*bments of insurgents wen* .seen at Toro Hill, near Los Palacios. The flyers r<‘|M»rU*d they saw nothing. (>pi»()sition hea<l(|uarters claim*'*! 1 'for irovcTnmi-nf nri*-*- fivinir nn Hfniil.x • . i . i- i r neaeu uariers claim*'*! i <'l..,pson rellege Aug. s. With " ' piXa/dring'ih: prZpVirp "mli. ^ total attendan*-*; of (.5 people repre-^ I’resi-li,,,' ’ ^ , f'^ve r.belU'd an.l that seven other.s ^^“,dentH*,over and other g..vernm*'nt of-i 'p,,,,..,., ,,ere generally express,.!, ^»•>' th* .Ininio,, thatch*. inlaJi viehil the ,.,.0.1 or th, air r,.,.,,,- . . ,,, , , 4 college tne last w*'eK in .luiv was a, ,\,„th Dak,da Repiibliian b,- . ^ nl„,.i*d at 185 8 .noun,Is hv IPatrol, the in.siirg,nts eon- oKim'.a, Aug H. I r. L. .1. Auer- very jiraetical e,>urse ,)f instruction th,;^gov,'i nment “must ,'ngage government bur,‘an is the lar'--st 1 ’t‘' ■'^tnoigth in Pinar del .Cher, vu*'-pr*'s.d*'nt of the Borden and demonstration for those attend-,j,, f-r two ^ ilk company, bef,»re U-aving her,* t,)- ing t'> fami lanz,- th*-nis,'!v,'s with the .. ^ ... i vicin Vi for f i i>i< r I'n. ' . L- . • .v, . . ■ 1 thr,-,- y*'ais whil,* we are g,*tting 'phi. *i«<ieirt merit sa < that rit,T-l 'i-cann lor i..iin,i iif-- lei!., ly to visit his company s expennu'n- , ifferent hr,‘*‘ds an, vari,'ti**s of p,)ul-| ,,,. i,,■ » ,.ii ii« , ,,,, ‘aparim ni .am irai in ^ Mi-niu-a' vih.. Ve.s ten nnr , . ..... . , , Miur Ireamgs ai , tuiililing up again. lions as an nr <*alnn '*■ 'UcniKai, wno na.- i rcii lur- I noiig u.-y,ng plant at N,'wb,*rry. trv, and with lat*‘Ht knowledge re- ,, , , . , X- P»'tnig < oiuliiurns as an imiuaiion ,n . . . . * J •* T A • • * 1. • * !• 11* 1 I* I i» 1 HiSO I (*( U <l('i)t ^ vic^lll HlloWSiHUU htiS Ix*!*!) i ^ ‘Cted Its conuilution within • iranhnir uu lini^ broodinir. i*n( Ahv - ^ 4U r i- *u r i i yn hi aiiiwancc na m if for the faimers, suggesting the fedcr-1 ..p,,,, to boll weevil i rasis of r*'ports concerning' .Suppoiters said he lan,l, i in ()i w*'i'vil pres,*n,’e and activitit's. Th<*s,“ I *‘^'te Irom the gunho.it Laiie. liie go\- th* nation 100 per cent.” Weevils Infest Cotton Rapidly .'■ix weeks. , mg. , . , tt . • * , . , ,, ! V., « . . . . al g,ivernni,‘nt postimne collectmn ,)n • *u, ^^>th Dr Aueibacher went I w.-lve p*'onl,' t,),)k the examma- i„u,,-,m',)iate er.',lit hank loans, liam W est,)n, Sr.. dir<*ctor *>f th*' turns given at the ♦■n<l of tin* course,; South f’anilina Natural Re.soun.s «|ualifying them as inspe*tors of commis.si*>n. fl,)cks f,)r the S,»uth Carolina Pou “I can .safely j)r(‘*lict a w()n<lerfiil Improvem**nt assrudation. jonti rt, t <* r j .wi*evi! <lamag* Urn such comm,><liti(*s as cottrrii, wheat, at highi’r than last y*'ar for the!*’^^* siu.l hy th»‘ gov*‘nii)i,’nt for,' days, continued t,i,lay, f rr Urging the g,)vernmenl to “take reports irulieate that if usual weatherhowever, said ’h,' P.aire w M lit rv «''ling our sit- prevails during the remaimler of the'f' P^’^t tonmrrriw. Orient,' lispaich- • juation,” h*' sai,l priees should he fixe,! | vi.'evil damage will be som,'-'**'' have not onfirnu',! MenoiaPs pre-t- ther<*. II, was nut a’-lar I the futur. f„r dairying in .'inuth Carnlina rhi, ix thr rnromr .v.-»r nf tho pnul-,i,..,'.!, pork ! I;.'”,,;; iilT ronxidor-1 '■“I-'"'•! 'f' With the success of the experiment at try short course, which has pr,)ven s,) vvo,)l He note,! congressi,)i ’ Douniry as a wnoie run, .liii m i u i . .. Nt'wherry,” Dr. Auerbacher said. 4,^ g.u,-.uav..e. .beneficial and which meets such a ri*al: nece.ssary. and did not, 4*.^ .('ars Success of the .Newberry plant will need that it is now likely to be an an-i , T.ri,-«g fur ihu uummu/ti. y< ars. ,)nal than the average loss ,lur- 'h“I R‘0, as wa.s ,in c hi'!i,-v,',l. Orient*' proviiuc was i*■[!:,>‘c! , t Clemson Cixllege Aug. 10.—The per centage of stpjares infested i,y otton ■boll weevils mounted rapidly in prac tically every one of the 8t» fiehis ex amined by South Carolina (‘xperiment station workers the week ending -Aug- u.st 7 and on that date averages around 50 per cent over nine ,oasta! and Piedmont counties. Approximately two-thirds of the squares in Darlington, Florence, Ham- 1 erg, and Orangeburg counties were found to have been punctur*',!, while in Chester. Union, .4iken, Calhoun and Greenwood infestation ranged from 13 to 32 per cent. Most farmers, being deterred chiefly by the prospect of' a low price fo** staple, have nett attempted to ,lusv their cotton, and the early applica tions of poison are, of course, no long er effective, says Fbof. H. W. Barr.', director of the station, who thinks that under these conditions the high percentage of infested squares is nci surprising and that considerable lam- age is to be expected. be followed by location of larger nual event, says I’. H. Gooding, suggest any prices f,»r the commodi-; vV,.,,vil damage in the .southi'astern i tense, with sohlier.s hehi in i ali- plants to produce the dried milk on a tensiim pimltryman, who had charge commercial scale. Dr. Auerbacher of the woirk. said, beginning with a large drying plant where the most ready mijk is i . 1 ■.st:ites nrobaWy will *'<iua] 193U !oss-|n‘’»«- (’'vilians were warn,,! lu st ay at 'es, the‘,lepartment said, whiU' in the home. There were no diMiatci.-^ l.'om available. Death Claims CLUB .VIEF'ITNG HKIJ) 'west,rn states n'ports in,licaU' it will The August mt'eting ,»f the Chan- he semc'what greater. the province of Camagney. At Arabos, in .Matanzas, .siil.liers Clinton-Newberry Mail Service’ her of Commerce was h**l,l Tu(*s,lay| I evening with an unusually small aL- In only two'years, 1920 and 1926,,«hd police un,ier ('apt. Fabian .Marti- 4 nez rout*',I rebels under .■\'\ari'/.. .--.i.ci C44,- since the w,*evil In'cam*; a <lominant Gsirv ‘hie to many members h<'ipg,fa<'tor in cotton pr,)duction, the d**-h'*t los:ng trm** Viaiy L»aiic;jr ^ c..,......, iljpartment ad,l«*d, has the present high ^'‘'‘>‘‘"‘<‘'*1, including th, Aiaoos chn-f lof p,)Iice. Matatr/.as pr, per wu'^ ,tuiet. PlfftK-tive last Wednesday, star route mail service was put into operation from Clinton to Newberry, according to announcement made bv Rostmastei ,, 1 /. . • . matters were onsidered an*! (lary F. Bailev, former citizen of , , ... , 1- , . • L • ,• . ma«l<' f,,r this pla, e, die* at his home in Kinston, .. <• .u u- *• i, ' ’ „ , - ’.activities f,>r the approaching fall. .N. ( ., on Tuesday afternoon aft<'r a| absent from the city. .Several oiiUrie plans a renewing of the club’s r.'- condition been approached. The indicat*',! vield per acre of 185.8'd-s irreat blue hay clos. ly wat, he.l. pounds is high*'/than the yield m any) Movement of arm*‘*l tore year since 1914 when ‘209.2 pouruls'l>'»»;l‘*d ^^hciut ( ardenas, si^' of revo- were pr,Hluc<*d. and is slightly higher than the yield in 19‘26, the last yeari At in which conditions were unifiirmly'sohliers and relx'Is clashed last night. ary frays of the la*<0'entury. Guiries, in Hahana, Tiear where classes of mail except registered, and will leave Clinton for Goldville, Ki- nard and N«?wberry at 10:30 a. m. The w<ek’s illness. His body was brought here yesterday and will lay in sta'e DLI) BLILDING (•Ofc.S at the home of his cousin. Dr. T. L. W'. j The ,)ld ,liiapi,iated frame building RVkel'v’*’'Thi'r'ront^ ’virndlT oVl “"^il the funeral service is heldjon West Mam street adjoining Smith’spractically all of the cotton rebels cut telephi.rie and telegiap'i x.i„»,.,./ ;i 4 „_.l this morning at 10 o’clock in the I’res-i Pharmacy belonging to the Davidson lines and carrie,! ,iff six h,>rsps and byterian cemetery. jestate, is being torn down this week.j amount of fertilizer used this two pri.soners. • •oiu oim .-.cwixt:! ok n/..ju a. iii. »iir ^Bailej’ was in his 62nd year ofj'^'*' familiar landmark has stoo,! ' » yp^r, the departrr.ent .said, is less tharij I'he capital was *juiet. Gen. All>"r‘<» return trip will leave Newberry at pleasantly remembered' Iwation for nearly a hundred juring the last few | Herrera, army chief of staff, today 3:00 p. m. Mail to be di.spatched on « ^'de circle of friends who ^he oldest building in : years. , jsaid the army had things in-hand. He this route should be deposited in with regret of his passing, .‘^'^y* local office not later than 10 a. m.| deceased is survived by his wi- This new route has been instigated by ‘lo’w, two sons, Cecil R. Bailey of Nor- the postal! authorities upon the re-.^®^^» Ya., and Gary F. Bailey of Kin- quest of Postmaster Blakely to afford brother, W. E. (better Thail facilities for the patrons o1 the local office. Bailey, also of Kinston. CLUB BOYS WILL GO TO CLEMSON Laurens, Aug. 10. — Approximately 80 Laurens county 4-H club boys out of a total meirtbership of 125 have en rolled for the annual encampment at Clemson coUege August 24, 25 and 26. Many of the young farm boys in this year’s list have attended the three- day encampment before and are en thusiastic over the prospect of get ting a return date. All teys who at- tcfided are expected to qualify by hav ing bis record up to date, C. B. Can non, county farm agent, says, as su pervisor of the dub work and who takes special pride in the club boys as potential farmers and as future cit izens. Mr. Cannon will attend the en campment with the Laurens county boys who are to be at Clemson at the same time as the contingents from Anderson, Oconee and Union counties. Union Service With Methodists Taxpayers Urge ' Bond Issue Halt Columbia, Aug. 11.—The executive The union service next Sunday committee of the Farmers and Tax- , evening of the congregations of thej payers league of South Carolina to- city will be held with the Broad Street *day unanimously passed a resolution Methi^ist church. The pulpit will be calling bn Governor Blackwood and! occupied by the Rev, C. Bynum Betts, the state highway commission to lim tl pastor of the local Associate Reformed the sale of bonds under the $65,000,000 \ Presbyterian church. |bond act to $30,000,000. ! cDCLrfMi? uDAn resolution said “we are con-1 ERSKINE HEAD TO vinced that the members of the state! SP^AK SUNDAY highway commission, as well as the I 1 governor, will not be inappreciative of i ! The pulpit of the First Presbyterian | suggestions and counsel regarding a church will be occupied next Sunday matter of so much importance” an'i j morning by Dr. R. C. Grier, president'that “it appears that under pre.sent ■ of Erskine college. Due West. Other * conditions, it would be inadvisable forj I congregations in the city without reg- exceeding $30,000,000 of bonds to Le' ular services, are cordially invited to i issued for road bui(^ing, and road pav- attend ibis service. ling purposes.” Presbyterian College Varsity Football Schedule 1931 Sept. 26—Clemson at Clemson. Oct. 2 — Lenoir-Rhyne at Hick ory, N. C. Oct. 9—Mercer at Clinton. Oct. 17 — Wofford at Spartan burg. Oct. 24—Chattanooga at Chatta nooga. Ott. 30—Newberry at Clinton. Nov. 7—Wake Forest at Wake Forest. Nov. 13—Erskine at Due West. Nov, 21—Citadel at Clinton. Freshman Schedule Oct, 3—Carolina at Columbia. Oct, 16—Erskine at Due West. Nov. 5—Newberry at Newberry. Nov. 14—Citadel at Clinton. Nov. 20—Wofford at Clinton. prepared to move his office tomorrow i New Orleans, Aug. 8. - F^xclama-j into the palace, to be in closer touch itions of astonishment arose from trad-|y^th the presi<k*nt. President Machado ers of the New Orleans cotton ex-ifhatted with Unite<l States Ambassa- change whe remained on the floor af-|dor Guggenheim this morning, but ter the close of the market to receive 1 neither would comment on the conver- the government’s estimate of thelsation. 1931-.32 crop, when the figure of I5,-| 584,000 bales of 500-pound8 weightINTON F'AVORED ivas posted. Former Pastor ON ALUSTAR TEAM i J. E. Williams of Lydia Cotton mills, I _ ^ 1 o 1 I selects the following all-star team of To SDCSIK OimClSiVICenU-al Carolina loop: Howard, * I Clinton, If; Watkins, Clinton, 2b; E. n I IT u u 11 i. .'Cashion, Clinton, c; W. Cashion, Clin- , Rev. J. E. Mahaffey will preach at . .t o i, i n „ J 04 4 »/40. J- 4 u v'ton, lb; Bagwell, Laurens, ss; Fay- the Broad Street Methodist church i. » t i r j- next Sunday mominK. Aug. 16 at 11'"""'‘i;; t' ^ 'n' i.’clonk. Mr. Mahaffey haa twice beenijli Trammell, pastor* of this ^NMneh and his many; friends will be glad of this opportu nity to hear him again, j Rev. H. O. Chambers, the pastor, is 'taking a vacation and Mr. Mahaffey ,has kindly consented to fill this ser- , vice for him. TO HAVE BARBECUE The local post of the American le gion will have a barbecue at Dunlap’s I spring, on the Calhoun highway, near i On Sunday, Aug. 23, Rev. John W. j Mountville, on Wednesday, .August 18, , Speake will fill the pulpit, and on thej at 6:30 p. m. The committee in charge 30th the pastor -will be back in the slates that it will be a dutch affair, city and fill his regular appointment, iwith a price of fifty cents. \