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& -I-, i' / ''At--; -y.yA, 4 , THE CHRONICLE • • Strives To He’s Clesn News- • : M#r- Complete, Newsy, • • snd Relisble. • : /i i ru,. ^••••••••••••••••^••••••• : If Too Don’t Rend l^E CHRONICLE Too Don’t Get The News. t t # VOLUME XXXIII , 4.. CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1933 NUMBER 2 LEGISLATURE 'Presbyterian* STARTS WORK Two Houses of General' Assem bly Lose No Time In Organiz ing. Gibson of Dillon, Elected Speaker. Cooke of Horry, Gets Contested Senate Seat. In Good Shape McMillian's Basketeers Open Season. Varsity ^and Fresh- This Section Can Even Beat West | R. F. C. Lends In Growing Grain, D. R. Coker Says' State Money Hartsville Man Points Out Advantages of Life On Southern Farm; I Total for 42 Counties Runs To EXTRA SESSION NGRESS SURE man Schedules Giveb. Calls Cotton Staple Improvement “Spectacular.” Outlines Program Td Return Agricultural Prosperity. The successful football • season hav- i Hartsville, Jan. 5.—Remarking thatilieves that the solution of the fann ing ended, Coach^ Lonnie McMillian he is sometimes tempted to ^believe! ers’ difficulties will be found to rest has his Presbyterian college varsity that the production and manufacture j upon a program of self help, rather and freshman basketball squads in, of cotton are about the worst handled j than upon one of attempted govcrn- good shape. The opening game was of American industries, both from the i mental control of economic forces. “Pay as yob go” was the policy urged upon the house by Gibson in a plea for economy after his election on the first ballot. “Reduce costs of gov- ertmnent to the present ability of aie: Columbia, Jan. 10.—A hoase giving every indication of settling down with, ^ » i i detemunation. to* problems ahead to- nofford at Spartanburg standpoint of the producer and the though he recognizes that the state day elected James B. Gibson, econo-! night. 'manufacturer, David R. Coker is * may play a part in dealing with some mist from the Pee Dee, speaker, com-j* varsjty should be one of the‘again in the field vigorously urging | of the broad outlines. He outlines a pletefj its organization and received teams here in recent years, since fupon the American cotton farmer and four-point program which he believes flock of resolutions and bills in open-1owner, and especially upon his has in it the fundamentals Tor a re- ing the 1933 session. I Vious varsity squads. The freshman J South Carolina neighbors, a more team is showing up well in practice, j thoughtful attitude to the many phas- The present schedule lists the fol-1 os of the agricultural problems that lowing games, including both varsity: are susceptible of handling without and fre.shman teams: j governmental interference or support. Jan. 9 — Wofford at Spartanburg varsity and fi*eshmen). Jan. 12—Furman at Gi-eenville. Jan. 17—Cart>lina at Columbia. Jan. 19—Erskine at Due We.st (var sity and freshmen). _ “F urman at Clinton. -^stand and (leal with the problems juLI and is ready for severage. When oth- . Jan. 21—^Newberry at Clinton (var- .. .. r .i t i f V i. ii~Y ., J . , • i the cotton farmer than anv other man er means fail, the land should be sity and fre.shmen). . ‘ Feb. 4—Clem.son at (Tem.son $1,247,000 To Help Needy. I.Aurens Gets $20,000. Columbia, Jan. 7.—The Reconstruc tion Finance corporation yesterday lent South Carolina $1,247,000 for dis tribution in 42 of the 46 counties in the state for i-elief of the needy dur ing January and February. ^e.sterday’s loan, with earlier loans of $77,700 and $57,.'>00 for relief the last two months of the last year, brought the total obtained by the Democ^te Not To Be Able To Enact Budget Balancing Bills At Short x^rm. Hoover’s .Ac tion On BeWan^ Farm Bills Awaited Bv L^ders. Washington, Jan. 10. - \Every indi cation pointed tonight to XcTnocratic failure to enact budget balancing rev enue legislation at this ^ession/ipd an inevitable extra assembly of the congress. w taxpayers to pay,” he advised. The i>3-year-old Dillon lawyer and farmer, a supporter of the Farmers and Taxpayei's league, received S4 votes to 29 for Alfred Scarborough, Richland .and seven for T. Yancey Williams of Lancaster. Calhoun Thomas, a candidate before the 80th general asiw-mblj' ofiened at noon, withdi'ew liefore the balloting. , Gibson succeeds John K. Hamblin of Union, s|K*aker of three general assemblies, who did not offer for re- election to the hou.se. Gibson fii‘st came to the house for the 1931 ses sion. Mr. Coker, frequently mentioned I-land upon which multitudes of our (though without his consent or ap-! people are failing and always will fail proval) for the post of .seci*etary of to produce a decent living. Where . ^ , 4 -m. , - I 'Vith many elements rising in oppo- turn to agricultural prosperity. These state from the finance conmration toj^ition tb their tnove to increase the ' income taxes, the party leaders are The amounts allotted to the coun-1 concentrating on their economy pro- ties rangv'd from $10,()()0 to $70,000 j posals to bring government expendi- marginal or unproductive agricultural j t‘ach. The largest amounts went tojtures down to the level of federal in- Charleston and Georgetown counties,' come. (1) We'must take out of cuitiva- tion and rcfore.st those large areas of agriculture in the cabinet of the in coming Democratic president, is prob ably in a better |>osiiion,lo under these lands continue under private each of which rweived $70,000. Richland county received $50,000, Williamsburg and Greenville were al- But Representative Rainey of Illi nois, the Democratic floor leader, a.s- serted that “time is too short and (»P' ownership, taxation should he defer- lotted $<K),000 each, Spartanburg $.56,-' position to# strong to get through red untif a timber crop is produced 400 and Anderson and Florence $40,- OOO. I A part of the new loan will be di^ this congress a program that can meet the $492.000.000 defifit.” T think a special se.ssion, probably Feb. 7 — College of Charleston at Clinton. Feb. 9—Darlington Rrep at Clinton (freshmen). F'eb. 11—Tentative. Feb. 14 Erskine at Clinton (var sity and freshmen). Feb. 16—Wofford at t'lintun (var- in the South. .Xside from his wide j bought ly this state for refoi esta-j bursed to the counties next week by,in April, is inevitable.” In contirued contacts with the problems of farm|tion, as is being done in .New York j Governor Blackwood’s relief council.! "Then we can effrct furthei- cenno- finance and production through his hanking and business associations and hi.s membership on the board of the and other states. (2)’ ITie next item in Mr. ('oker’s agricultural program is the develop- Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, j ment oi the me(Hum-sized or faniily Mr. ('oker is at the head of the (’oker ‘ farm, producing specialized crops and The money will he u.swl as much ' and probably halaiqe tn • hudgi i po.ssihle for work relief—employment | ^-ithout resorting to a gen-. al i .-vi.s- Among measures received today' >^ity fi'^f^bmen). were a bill to legalize the sale of 3.2 per cent beer in South Carolina if and when congress authorizes beer, and, snd freshmen). Feb. 18—Clem.son at Clinton. F’eF’b. 20—•New’befi'y' at N'ewfn'rry measures which would hold appropri ations to $5,000„000 for current ex penses, cut 50 i>er cent the cost of au tomobile license plates and extend to Feb. 15 the time for purchase of au- tomobirinrcehs<eff.~Atl ^ere beW either by objection or for committee consideration. Gibson is expected to announce committee appointments by Thursday, when the house can-begin to function in earnest. A representative from the Pied mont, Claud A’^Taylor, 31-year-old Pedigreed Seed company, which for many years has been developing im proved species of cotton s»*ed with an eye to the neeijs of cotton mills lo cated in the South, as well as to bet ter profits for .Southern agriculture. .Vsked by a correspondent for an ex livestock. Many farm.s of this type can be salvaged by v^financing pres in road construction and other public projects. Only a minimum amount, members of the council said, will be used for relief without work that when desti- ont mortgages on long-time and at|tute persons aVe too old, infirm or ill low rates of interest. The main aim . to work. of this tyi>e of ugriculture must l>e the sustenance of the family and the farm animals on the land and the priuiuc- Bailey’s Bank Has ^xood ^fear. pictuiT of thf war perijiKl, ^the improvement in the County’s Oldest BankinR House ‘''“'“i' coUon , . . . .. jcrop, esfiecially during the last, seven Maintains Financial Strength’, about the most si»ectacular For Almost Half Century. ’thing one can imagine.” And Mr. Cok- .. i er sees in this factor a more promis- M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers, of ing future for the basic agricultural piession of hi.s views on the farm | tjon of highly specializiul plant and situation as it relates especially products for sale, ctttton, .Mr. Coker »*niphasizetl that in | LD Many hotlies of good agiicul- (ural lands are being impnifitahly farmed toilay because of lack 'of cap ital, non-i'esitlent owmu’xhip,ami other: causes. These should be consolidated into large units and fanned by tested industrial methods applicable to agri culture, reflecting into low cost pro duction the best work of the mechanic Members of the state council are Malcolm J. Miller and Bishop Kirk-' man G. Finlay, Columbia, and Stanley IK'wellyn, (!amden. Alan Johnstone, .Newberry, is state director of relief. The allotments by counties: Abbeville, $15,000; Aiken, $v30.00(); Anderson, $40,000; Bamberg, $25,000; this city..and the only privately owned! product of this state. He points to the scientist. B> such methods the banking institution in the state, has' fact, which he deems a remarkable Barnwell, $30,000^ Beaufort, jfcf-b.OOOj^f an extra Berkeley, $30,000; Calhoun. $25,000; Charleston, $70,000; Cherokee, $1!,- 000; Chester, $30,000; Chessterfield, $25,000; Clarendon, $25,000; Colleton, $25,000 ion of the taxes. \\v also can got ou** leer hill through vvitliuu .-any trou ble.” The prediction tl. »l.c Demo •• al.s would “fall down on. both” enactment of new tax legislation ar^d the beer hill was made by Representative .'snell of New York, the Republican floor leader. At his press conference, Speaker Garner conceded that whether tax leg islation is taken up at the session de- [lends upon what Ricsident Hoover does to the beer and farm lelief bills hut'declined to di.scuss the possibility “If we don’t get our progiam pa.s.s- ed and signed,” the vice-firesidertt- elect said, “what’s the use to take up taxes? If our hills work out as we ; Darlington, $16,000; Dillon,: however, 1 wouhl he gla<l to see ; Dorchester, $20,(K)0; Edge-^j^ j,j|j p^^ssed at this .session. I West, because we can raise and bar vest a crop of each within a twelve months period while the wheat belt can produce only one crop of either. (4) The most neces.sary step for the (levalopment of a happy and prosper ous rural civilization is the fostering closed another successful year, ac-j tribute to the cotton farmers of this Spartanburg attorney w'as elected | cording to its statement of the first state, that more than 75 per cent of speaker pro tern over young Benjamin!of the year appearing trf todaj?** pa-'the cotton produced in South Uaro- ScoU Whaley of dairteston, who was j bank, established in 1886 hyilina in 1932^ill average the def(irahle graduated from the University ofjtbe late M. S. Bailey, pioneer hanker' length of 15-16 inch or better, as South Carolina law school last yt*ar. jun^j manufacturer in this section, will' against a figure of about 20 per cent Taylor received 76 vote.s to W’haley’s 1 reach its 47th birthday next month, j for 1925. . 44. land during this long (leriod, both! Among the anomalies in the agri- J. Wilson Gibbes, veteran of many, through pericMls of prosperity and de-j situation that Mr. Coker has years, was reelected clerk of the I pres.sion, it has maintained its posi-j seeking to correct by use of con- house by acclamation. A. E. Hutchin-’ tion as one of the oldest and s**‘oog-, educational efforts among son of Hock Hill, veteran reading est hanks in the state. cotton farmers all (we.c—the .iMiuth is, clerk, did not offer for reelection, and The hank’s statement at the close thaUSouthern and Eastern J. C. Darby of Fairfield, former hou.se of the year just ended, sliowed total I ^rbich are of course the j member, was selected on the fir.st bal-: assets of $988,785.98, loans ^•*“^^** Ingiial market for the cotton grower | lot over three opponents. 723.86, deposits $943,952.4.1, and no^^i- W'estern cotton belt, have been The vote was: Darby, 73; K. H. At-. Pay»ble. The bank^ is headed as | j^j.^ppi^g p„tton inU> their plants from $30,090; South, for example, can produce | field, $25,000; Fairfield, $20,0(M), I* !****■ j falst' heaven and Carth to iCt t grains and soy iH'ans cheapei than the ence, $40,000; Georgetown, $70,000; through.” (iretmville, $60,000; (ireenwood, $25,-j S(*nate Democrats, mciin\vhile, h > • 000; Hampton, $20,000; Horry, $30,rush through tluir h'u'uh. in.a f -v 000; Jasper, $1.0,000; Kershaw, $i^*-< Ojiys the economy niea; i..e attio od 000; Uurens, $20,000; U‘e,., $20,000; $961,000,(H»(i tivasury-|- c- Marion, $25,000; Marlboro, 25,00(t, bill, giving power to I‘rc>i 1 elect Roosevelt to aholi.sh huit'au.'^ impound money approj)i iated .Mct'ormick, $15,000; Newberry, $18,- 800; Oconee, $25,000; Pickens, $20,- of the small farm home of, say, two I 000; Richland, $50,000; Saluda, llO.- jthem. to twenty acres. Much good land along j 400; Spartanburg, $56,400; Sumter, Determined to bloc', I’roVi ■ t fine highway.s within 10 miles of a, $25,000; Union, $33,0(M), ^'Oiams-j priiposals to iransfor .i.'vi kiiuson, Sumter, 26; Romulus Reese,; PreHulent J. Bailey, widely! great distances, with all of [known manufacturer and banker, and transportation and handling ia son of the institution’s founder. Gth-j ^.^tailed in the.se operations, when at I town can- now he secured at between Five to 10 acre tracts with all necessary buildings and equipment can h«* securi'd for between $1,000 and $2,000. One or two mem bers of a family could produce jirac- tically all necessary food and attend to the sow, the cow' and the hens, while one or two other members could j work in town and provide the cash revenue necessary. The best liandled of these little farms would provide l>urg, $60,000; York,» $35,000. consolidate more than 5> Commercial Holds Annual Meeting flMl ilau to I'v.e j agencies, the Democt at (the house adopt the t'oebran re- j tion vetoing his executive ordto s f otherwise hi'coim* effcciivp Keh. .• n. Aiken, 19- T. VV. Patrick, ( hester, 4, Janie.- v V ilson, who first became officers are: R. C. Adair, cashier;! y^ry doors there are farmers sergeani-at-.rms of 1 G. L. Simpson, teller; R. G. Wal.son, < ^.^o can prcnluce and should be pro- > ears ago UKlay, was reelected .bookkeeper. * I during cotton of the staple and giade i 1 I out opposition. The I^incastei man. • j i, .u n a m f' much produce for sale in local mar- u u (j .w .V. required by the.se mill.s. As .Mr. ( o1mm4. ‘ R,Cu"! rcun.- i Rasor Petition ■ -.-ssed a. ••<i„r»cth. ....jor hi,. chaplain over I M "‘l I'l'J Kev. I. E. McDavid, Greenville, 'J71 MaV Bo PreOaTed P'’"''*'"'*’"* •"***Jf a 1 . of the cotton crop, saving the mills ^ 'and the country from the economic votes to 25. .Among new were: measures received | Laurens, Jan. 5.—O. L I-ong, chief'loss of imi>orting a large proportion sTnkler of fharleaton, and Thoma.1, '"“"f'’ j “f aocuring for the of Hampton, to authorize sSTe of 3.2r “"“'r'"'."" ^ ' tition for a larger crop and better * P^-j farmer per cent beer in South Carolina-re-; » shearing in the Ra,.oripnW' ^ frrred to jmliciary committee. | '•' cou„«| ^ while of coui-»e there i» no reason Barnwell delegation, a concurrent «“Pre"«' court s deem-: why .South Carolina should produce a ireolution to extend time for pur-1'"" •'‘■"ynK • n^»- *"»'• f"" text better cotton crop than, for example, chare of autoiuohile licensea until■'“'‘"K '» «P«"«' I SortJ'(’•'•“I'"* F«. IS; held over by objection. | ‘7 '>•’ ^' P*'"" “P 1. 'JD .tifirKr PrPKid«.nt-elect’ <^ounsel has 10 day.s within which 1932, the percenUge of cotton ginned ft -Rnnaevrft ^wddreeir the lf Petition.‘he high, court, for aiiother.j i„ South Carolina which ia ‘he ik- ' . L,-- u;.. hearing on the api>eal. i sirable length and quality for the IdUcal Hank Makes Splendid Rec-1 Tax Payments) ord for Past Year and Is In| SKoW Big DfOp ■kets. “.Several staggering handicaps must he removed before we can develop a Excellent Condition. The annual stockholders meeting of • f 4>ll€Clions Hv ( ountv IrtMSUrer the f^immercial Bank of this city, was held Tuesday afternoon in the hank rooms. The report of President Hei;(ry To Jan. 1 Ab:)u( $(>5,000 Let.s Than Last Year. stitisfacoiy rural life in the .South,”! for the year was heard, showing that concluded Mr. (’oker. “\Ve must have j this institution had enjoyed a satis- lower taxation, both national and lo-j factory and successful year in 1932 cal. and a tax sy.stem better equalized.! and revealing a sound business con- We must insist on the removal of tar-1 dition. The statement made a fine ' showing both for (Jinton and this .sec- I l.aurens, .Jan. S. ( (illection.- ('f .state, county and scIkkiI dislrict taxe.s to Jan. I were $*)5,10).!»ll less lhan at the same date last yeai’, according to figures given out yesterday by (’ounfy Treasurer D. Roy .Simpson. Total col- The total amniint of taxes due to he irenerml assembly on his next visit | South.mlcongr.tul.tionof Ax.«Kiatei 7"* vixited Henry iUxor. U-' Southern cotton mill ix TC |mr cent, ■ TUoxwwol p r«tKr.n Iinon his 1Eugene Crisp at the county, while in North Carolina the percent- justice Thomas P. Cothran upon his rrtun. to the supreme court bench af-|J“» "d found them in age i. 69.1, and Georgia 25A Inj(la- ITr a long illness were adopted unani-1 'P'"" >>“• .’‘"•“'JT ■‘•“P- bama it >» even lower 0.1. ‘ * pointed over the court s action. i While in his (lersonal farming open- ■"c^urmnt resolutions by Moorer«““*«; «y|ngRation, and through his seed organixa- of Colleton to postpone elections fac-j ‘h“ ‘‘■'y '•“'j ti™ Mr- *7" ®“P®®"‘!'y ui AVIS ^ I > thpv truth wntiM mma* mit i %w% thaa /lAUAl/xnm^nt of innfi iff barriers which not only increa.se, - , the cost of producing our agricultural | who operate the i were $248,67 1.1!' U' compared products but which have largely di-} I w'ith $313,779.39 last year, stroyed world trade and thu.s have j showed total as- decreased both here and abroad the j demand for the things that we raise, loans . . - , , H. 1). Henry was re-elected presi-. ^280,338.14 on which the iH-nalty of cent went into iffiet .Mon- We might well counseUour national ^.r75,2ill.45, deposits $J''**~ | collected for the year was given as .ns $178,245.73. i $529,012.63, leaving a lialance of ing the general assembly until a ^he truth would come out' terested in the development of long some day.’ »rt concerning consolidation and 1“"y- . . staple types, he doe. not believe it to rf^mination of state department.! K®*®"® Crjsp is il of influeoxa. be in the best interests of agnculturt Kg. t.kon uu and uroviding that, their families from Cross to attempt to promote the growth of ::?sute eXl.J« “r*"* ■’‘*p'®,®»““" emolumenu shall deduet the,‘h® ®«®®P‘'®" ®f»r®« w**^" j'>'®'> | ited scale. On this point he said,: . tiw. Aiitside monev from his l>berty on bond. Ra.sor "W’e had better develop for the - and the Crisp brothers have been in' state as a whole that type 6f improve- "“J’ wSey Cram'of Bamberg, intro-1 P®'*"® " '"®""'*- i ment whieh will be quiekest and for daeid the resolution whieh would re-' _ ' . ~ ' the greatest good to the greatest Strict appropriations tiys year for! Y, L. W. BsulcV ‘ ^„t op^tion” to 35,000,000. It * * *- f*®™®® * top^noteher ( ong staple HI It% arower), many would naturally fail, lU in disgu-sted and quit. They would not have the interested super- authorities to make a more thorough J'^bn H. Young ahd L. 11. 1)8-^,^,^. j, study or the relationship on^rpayhl^^^^ vit^n^lcnts;-F. M. Boland;fay. ments to us of foreign debts to the jThe following hoard of direc-, ®n,e big collapse of our agi icultme and busi- was re-elected: Jack H. Young, .said nes.s. We might also counsel our sena-'' ^**^*^8. Dr. , . -tora and congressmen to remain open minded on this subject until it can be | Davidson, H thoroughly re-examined in (he light I of the present situation. OSS in tax coilection.s th s . Mr.. Sinqi.-on, wa.s in t' * M. Davis, Dr. ^ eoipoiations. Paynu'.its -- I byindividuulK,-he stibh-. nearly- ai— I). and W. 1). Sheriff Owe^ Much Improved Clerk Of Court ! proached those of last year, j The county will ha\ t‘ note- falli r® : due on January 1!' amounting to ; $125,000, stated the ticas,irer. Pay ment of these notes, he said will ju.st Makes Six Sales' ty funds so that no other claims can he met until further tax collections is a plank of the Uxpayera league. The resolution was held over. ^ Reoresentatives Belk, Kershaw; Ev- Marlboro- BUU. Barnwell; Ben-,„T‘ie many friends of Dr. T. L. W.i vision and information available near ly Smith Barnwell; apdi^^'^ey will regret to know that he is by to grow the very long sUples sue- in the Gr^vil> City ^s- ecsfuUy. The only counties of the K-K..e tlwk nrice of sUte auto-i where he has been ill since last, state now growing 1 1-8 to 1 1-2 inch iirnnrj nlates It wa.s sent to I Thursday. Reports from his bedside staple successfully and in fairly large m^s LmTttS Re-'‘“t night sUted that his tempera- ^u^tity are Darlington. Chesterfield. foLlT^uId be made on 1933 plates. ’subsided somewhat, and that Marlboro. and to a lesser extent, A resolution by Coggeshall, Dar-'f*® change for the worse was noted Florence. Farmers in Darlington coun Lauren.s, Jan. 10. Sheriff Columbus L. Owens, ill of flui, for the past week, wa.s today de.scrih-' ed by his physicians a.s "slightly bet ter.” With a temperature running as high as 103 for .several days, the sher iff has been a very sick man. His, friends will be interested to know that he has had a change for the better,' ^ Clerk of ('ourt_T. W. Bennett made i are made. t ‘ ,^the following legal sales Monday* — Ihe conditMm of . i o i morning, Jan. 2nd: State Planters Bank and Trust Co., VK U D. McGowan, 491 acres in (Voss Hill township, sold to the pluiniff for $5,000. Mrs. Bessie ('base vs FI. M. l.ohr, 50 acres in Jacks twonship, .sold to R. T. Wilson, attorney, for $1,200. Beer Bill Rushed Into S. C. Hopper Columbia, Jan. 10. .Supporteis of h( er in South (Carolina lo.^t no lime in getting their movement under wa", SUte Planters bank vs Alvin R., introducing in the house a hill to !e- Other patients at the county has- y, »* x » 4 • o n- 4 1 . tile, where the .he,iff .ml hi., family‘w® ‘®»®‘» t«wn-|gahxe sale of ,3.2 pe,- cent beer by, r —o crar»*aAf»o4 inrr 1 Mil K ttfxljl tn a i. ^ • i # .t have apartments ters of Mr liBcton to appoint a commission tocondition. ^ |ty and vicinity can get direct personal “**'®**’ -- • • ! Dr. Bailey is one of the citjps high- supemsion. An industry that extends ^w a bill providing uniform salaries J one ine c.iy s n.gn- - An nonii-lly esteemed and beloved physicians jino more rapidly than has this long w”oye’r,'arwa8"one'by;'’®**®“’‘"« • "'7 ci'rele of friend. 1 .uple one, obviously needs this cIom S^^Se^r, snd Zimmermsn. . h*®* . b®®" f®<®®®<« ^ new. ,nd eonsUnt supervision.” SSTiravidin* that the hou«, meet *■« «r,ou. illn^.. and who un,U Mr. Coker’s view, on the general at 11 a. m. Monday instead!'" Orati- ni^ultural situation are similarly ^ Tueaday aa heretofore. progress and soon recover. [constructive and farreaching. He be- nents. include the daugh- ®Kg»-egating 134.8 acres, sold to, weight on the opening day of the ..e;* . and Mrs. Owen.s. They! J'7' are all improved today. Thi.s also goes, , Insurance To vs The measure of course is contingent for Henry Rasor'and the Crisp broth-Ifn- upon pas.sage of such legislation by (O of othdxr roi.ntv aff^*-e)?ating 'congress. Introduced by Sinkler of j 150*02 acres, sold to (). 1.. Ixmg, at-{(-{^ncleston, and. Thomas of Hampton, ers and a dozen or so and federal prisoners torney, for $3,090. the bill goes to the judiciary commit- SI-OKE IN CHARU)TTE Dr. John Mc.Nween, president of Presbyterian college, was in Charlotte Monday night to deliver an address J. FI. Brockman and G. M. Drum-: tee. mond, receivers, vs J. H. Abercrom-I A Ux of $2 per barrel on every bar bie, 42 acres in Youngs township, sold! rel conUining not moi-e than 31 gal- to plaintiffs for $500. Citizens B. & L. association, vs J. K. Hatton, house and lot in town of Clin- before the men’s organization of the | ton, sold to R. W. Wade, attorney, for Second Presbyterian church. I $2,750. Ions and two cents for every bottle sold would be levied. All acts “inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such I inconsistency,” the measuro provides. \ n A I \ —A !!9Hfr ■' D a \ >3 5