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k ■7 ff • THE CHRONICLE • t Strive* To Be a Clean News- • • paper, Complete, Newsy, • • and Reliable. a If Ton Don't Read THE CHRONICLE ^ Yon Don’t Get The News. VOLUME XXXIII CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY-26, 1933 NUMBER 4 FIGHT IS MADE ON RE^L BILL Judiciary Committee of Senate Makes Unanimous Report Asrainst Liquor Measure. Op- pcsition Voiced At Hearing By State Dry Leaders. Laurens Youdi Kills Himself J. Roy Page Ends His Life Fol lowing Wreck In Borrowed Car. Funeral Held Saturday. Laurens, Jan. 20.—.1. Roy Pajre, 25, well known younj? business man of Laurens, died Friday at a local hos- Columbia, Jan. 24. — After a con- « Pistol wound, inflicted by certed attack by prohibition forces during a two-hour hearing, the senate judiciary committee tonight unani mously voted an “unfavorable” re- I port on the Cooke bill to repeal all state prohibition laws. The report, which is expected to block passage of the repeal measure, was signed by Senator R. P. Searscn, Allendale, for the committee. Senator John F. Williams, committee chair man, said the motion for an unfurvor- able report was made by Sen«itor Orders Election On Rural Police Bill Introduced By Nance Passes Both Houses. Provides' Three Alternatives for Voters.' Laurens, jJam 23.—Under a bill in troduced last week by Senator Carroll D. Nance, the question of continuing, reducing or abolishing the rural po State Money Bill j Taylor Speaks May Be Enlarged! On Manchuria -•y.-' j * ■ Appropriations Measure May Be Former Missionary To China Re- Drawn To Cover 18 Months* Expenditures. Columbia, Jan. 22.—The possibility that the ways and means committee of the house will have to draw a gen- lates Expansion of Japan and Explains Present Efforts. . At chai>el exercises Monday mom- ing, Jan. 10, Rev. H. Kerr Taylor, re- tuyied missionary from China, spoke eral appropriation bill covering 18|to the student body on the Manchp himself, in the left temple, about 10 i lice system of Laurens county will be months instead of the customary 12 rian situation. Mr. Taylor is a brother RASOR CASE COMES TO END Time Limit Allowing Rehearing By State Supreme Court Ex pires. Henry Rasor and Crisp Brothers Taken To Peniten tiary To Serve Life Sentences Imposed Last May. hours earlier in the day. I put in a primary election to be held After consulting the wishes of the | county on the first Tuesday in family Coroner John A. Thomason an-1 February. nounced that no inquest would be held in connection with his death. The bill has passed both houses of the generaf assembly. The election is to be held under the Funeral services for Mr. Page were, , held Saturday afternoon from the! the executive committee *' ^I ..B .... Im... ^ A residence of Mr. and Mrs, Osie M. Sit- grea^es, on Farley avenue. The ser vice was concluded at the graveside in the family burial plot in the Laurens cemetery. Investigation of the circumstances Hughs, Oconee, and adopted without surrounding the fatal shooting which of the Laurens Democratic convention and a majority or plurality of votes will decide the issue. Senator Nance, in speaking before may delay the reporting out of the j of Creorge W. Taylor, an alumnus of important measure. | P. C., and now a missionary to Bra- A bill ratifying an amendment to! 7.il. the constitution, approved in the last. The speaker liegan by telling of Ja- , general election, changing the date of pan’s crowded condition and her needj.!)*^ action in upholding the fiscal year from Jan. 1 to Dec. 30 of more room for her steadily increas-j sentence to life impris- to July I to June 30 is awaiting house ipg population. The islands composing H(‘nry Rasor, Lathan I.Aurens, Jan. 24. — It was stated here today by W. R. Richey, counsel associate, that no further legal steps would be taken to halt the decree of and senate aV^ion. Many believe the measure will be approved. This would necessitate mak ing of appropriations from Jan. I to a dissenting voice. Action of the committee followed a public hearing at wjiich former Gov ernor John G. Richards and other dry leaders belabored the bill as “cor- o trary to the wishes of an overwhelm ing majority of South Carolinians.” Senator H, Kemper Cooke, Horry, ' author of the repeal bill, defended it with the Rev, J. Franklin Burkhart, Unitarian clergyman of Charleston. Cooke argued from a Biblical view point, holding that “the Bible bans ,/ drunkenness and drinking is a matter a man ought to decide for himself.” The Charleston clergyman maintain- t ed that the individual and group con science” is against prohibition, nulli- * fying its observance. Spokesmen for the dry forces con- 1 tended that state repeal would be un timely, unnecessary, and a backward step. They said the 1915 referendum which abolished dispensaries 41,000 to > 16,000 and the 1932 sUte Democratic convention’s call for strict enforce- occurred at 3 o’clock Friday morning the taxpayers here the week before 1 July 1 of thi^ year and from July 1, the legislature convened, outlined his plan for the rural police election and declared that if the system is abol- Japan proper contain over 60,000,000 inhabitants, half the population of the United States, all crowded into an area of less than that of California at the Page filling station near the cRy' indicated ‘that Page eommitted- the deed sometime after he had acci dentally wrecked an automobile he had borrowed from John L. Tatum, highway patrolman, ostensibly for the purpose of following another car to which a young woman friend had transferred on her own volition after she had attended a dance with Page. The wreck occurred at the country club. ished entirely the delegation would give the sheriff “a deputy or two.” The TottowingTs the~text-of the -cast. A BILL To Provide for an Election to Decide Whether to Continue, Reduce, or Abolish the Rural Police in Lau rens County. Be it enacted by the General As sembly of the State of South Caro lina: Section 1. At a primary election to ^ . , X..,,. be held on the first Tuesday in Febru- After his return to the fillinK sta-i^^y^ ,,,33 ^ ,ubmitte<l to tion which he was associated with his brother in operating, it is said that Page appeared worried over the events of the night. He engaged in a game of pool but soon excused him self, retired to his bedroom compart ment and presently a shot was heard. In a subway accident in New York city a few years ago Mr. Page lost his right arm. He was a graduate of the Laurens city school and a son of James R. Page, city policemah. He is survived 1933 Football Schedule Given ment of laws were “the last expres-1 jjy futher, his stepmother, one sis sion .of the will of the people on pro-1 Sitgreaves, and a brother, hibition.” - Mortis Page. A resolution adopted in session to day, calling upon the legislature to appropriate for adequate enforcement of state prohibition laws instead of repealing them, was read by Dr. J. M. Wells, of Sumter. Dr. E. O. Watson, of Columbia, ask ed the judiciary committee if it “would turn the state over to the bootleggers and the criminals absolutely no liquor law in the land,” Dr. Wat.son cited provisions of the state constitution againsY establish Presbyterian college football ments selling less than one-half pint J933 Several changes of liquor or allowing it to be drunk on the premi.ses. He said the liquor bill should lie subordinated to econom- 1933, to July, 1, 1934, which might considerably delay action on the gen eral supply bilL Some hope to have the measure returned to the house this week. Sharp cuts have been fore- The ratification bill was introduced and Eugene (‘risp, convicted at a special term of court here last May in connection with the murrler of W. r. Rasor, father of one of the-^defond- Sven then, only one-sixth of this is at fit for cultivation. Hence, Japan must ^ Bill, September 26, 1931. .Mercy recommendation by the jury automatically fixed punishment at lift look to other lands to find homes for her people. This formerly backward country has in the past 77 years made prob- abjy the greatest improvement ever shown by any country in .so short a by two house leaders, Neville Bennett, 1 time. Now she is one of the foremost of .Marlboro, and Wyndham Manning, of the world. As she gained of Sumter. ' j power toward the end of the nine- A host of important matters faced teenth century, she began to reach out the general assembly Tuesday, when for more land. Gradually more land it reconvened for the third week of, "’as added by the seizure from ('hina the voters of I^aurens Couqjty the question of abolishing, reducing to three, or retaining the Rural Police in I.aurens County. Sec. 2. The Executive Commitee in .'Judge William H. Grimball of the Uurens County is hereby authorized I ninth, and G. B. .Greene, of the tenth the session. In addition to the ways and means committee’s work on the supply bill, matters for attention in clude a committee hearing on the Cooke prohibition repeal bill. Election of two judges, following the sensational senate filibuster by Cooke, of Horry, is set for Tuesday. of .several islands and the taking by force of Korea. This, however, was not nearly enough room for the ex cess population. Emigrants were sent to islands in the Pacific until finally most of the governments concerned imprisonment. Intention to file a po tion for a rehearing in the appeal ca.se following the high court’s denial of a today. Thus a l<»ng hard legal fight with two trials in eireuit court an<l a supreme court appeal ( nds. Rasor and the Crisp brothers have been in prison h year already. They are preparing* to t>e tak***) to Colum bia to the state prison, it was said at the sheriff’s office late today. sister of the Crisps returned to .\tlanta Sun day, saying before going that she had made her last visit here to hei' kins men, Solicitor H. S. Blackwell lia.s said that he expects to try Ernest I forbade it. Naturally, Japan had then. to gain more land by conquest. TheM^*^^ ‘Coot Kichaids at the next and directed to hold said election un der the rules "and regulations of the Democratic primary in this State, and the cost of preparing the ballots and holding said election shall be paid from the general funds of I^turens County. ''d 1 Sec. 3. The Executive Committee of Laurens County shall have prepared a sufficient number of ballots to be used in holding said election. Upon said ballot shall be written or printed sub.Htantially as follows: “Shall the Rural Police 'System be retained—re duced tb three—or abolished.” Those in favor of abolishing the Rural Po lice System shall strike out the words “retained” and ."reduced to three.” Those in favor of reducing the num- Coach W, A. Johnson has announc- Catawba and Howard, (’atawba will ic relief measures before the legisla ture. Former Governor Richards said “the great question before the legis lature is whether it is willing to sur- , ■ o i k \j n render to the whiekey inteiexte of ^ played in Salisbury .N. C., and this country. 1 do not believe it is., "'",7"'' . . vnis cuun y ;„enfar C The (itadel game Will again be Conditions are better today insolar, i i ♦ „ • ,i,„or is concerned tb_.„ during any i '>'»CiL"i„7’r:;rscbedu,ei ' Saturday, Sept. Clemson, Saturday, Sept. 30 at Hickory, N. €. Saturday, Oct. 7—Howard at Clin ton. f Friday, Oct. 13 — High Point at Clinton. Howard and Catawba Added To List, Mercer Not Included. Opening Game With Clemson. i her of Rural Police in I.Aurens Coun- I ty shall strike out the words “abol ished” and “retained.” Tho.se in favor of retaining the Rural Police System in laaurens County shall strike out the words “reduced to three” and “abolished.” Sec. 4. The managers of the respec tive voting precincts of I^urens (’ounty shall forthwith report the re- have been made. Again this year the Clemson Tigers are played in the opening game. Two new teams have been added and Mercer has lieen drop ped. The additions to the schedule areif'ult of said election to the County Chairman of Laurens County, and the County (ThaTrman of said Uoimty shall forthwith report the result of said election to the members of the Gen- circuits, have no opposition. Reaction to Cooke’s stand, which kept the sen ate in session through Friday night, was varied. . The Farmers and Taxpayers league patted him on the back. A number of senators favor amendment of the rules to prevent such occurrences in the futui-e. Action on~a general sales tax, for which there is strong sentiment, may be delayed because of the changes it would place in effect. The Crum sales tax bill is in the hands of the educa tion committee, because of its provis ion wiping out the 6-0-1 school law. Presbyterian Men Name Officers term of court here beginning Febru ary 20. Hitt, a young white man, al.-^o of Cross Hill, confessed to having gained admittance to Rasor’s home the night of the homicide as pari of the plot with Henry Rasor and the Crisps. He was a state’s witness, as was Rich ards, who also admitted being present. logical place was China. On China’s side it may be said that Japan violated a solemn three-power treaty to respect the territorial integ rity of China. I^egally, Japan has not the least right in the world to take Manchuria. Yet, on the other side of the question, Manchuria, is not actual ly a part of China. 'This province has in the past maintained itself almost as a separate country, at times being entirely independent from the Chinese central government. Also, Manchuria is a rich country, with enormous re sources which, although undeveloped by China at present, would be im mensely valuable to Japan. The struggle in the East today is one between a Christian spirit on the one side, and a heathen, selfish atti tude on the other, said Mr. Taylor. Our land is at its high plane today j Will Contest Rate Slashes Order Henry Rasor, Lathan and E agent Crisp, in custody of county officers, left ye.sterday morning for the peni- teniai'y at Columbia, where they were delivered to officials, to begin serving their .sentences. Phone Company Asks Rehearing Prof. M. W. Brown To Head Or fi^anization for Coming Year. Missions Program Given. I because of the work^ of ('hrist. We; yOmstdo our best-Lo give^the knowl- _i^dge of Christ to the people of the Orient, so that thfy may find the just solution to their quarVel. Mr. Taylor concluded with the In This State. Further Time Given By Commission. I'olumbia, .Ian. 18. A potition for , ja rehearing on its lato scliodule.^ was The closing meeting of the year of the men’s organization of the First Ib^esbyterian church was hebl last F’riday. evening in the dining depart ment of the church. A special and interesting program had been arranged on “Foreign Mis- I ^ ^ * i.T-u • ♦ ilfi ed bv the Southern !>ell Telephone I statement, “There is a way out, and , J, . ,, I. r. 1 i» and Telegraph\ company w ith th** it IS through God. . , •, 1,1 state railroail commission v tiich .''a*- Liberal Policy In Farm Loans urday ordered the company to re lure its exchange rates in I'le state 2!> <-<*nt. To allow time to consider the pot • ■ tion, the commission issued art oider a.s 23 — Clemson at Lenoir-Rhyne other period of the state’s history. W. W. Smoak, former dry candidate for governor, maintained that South Carolina delegates to the 1932 nation al Democratic convention “did not carry out the mandates of the state Democratic party-in voting for re peal.” 1 When Mr. Smoak asserted that the ^ Junior Order ^Umted American M.-1 28 - Wofford .t chanics, the sUte grange. South Car « olina Education ® ' l/ Satul^ky, Nov. 4—Citadel at Char- jority of women are unanimously * I eral Assembly of I^aurens County. Sec. 5. If a majority or plurality of I leader. Several members gave infor joriiy m . 7 . ; leaton a*"® lavor oi retaining me nurai Friday, NOT7l0-SeibeiryatClTK:VoTT®-Sj^^^^ the votes be in favor of abolishing the Rural Police in l^aurens County, the Act creating said system, and all Acta amendatory thereof, shall be re pealed ;and if a majority or plurality of the votes are in favor of reducing the number of Rural Police to three, then all Acta relating to the Rural Police System in I^aurena County shall be amended so as to reduce said num ber of Rural Police to three; and, if a majority or plurality of the votes are jn favor of retaining the Rural „ ry r \ir li I i extending the date for the c <m]>:i’'V iilonH, with Prof. M. W. Brown a» I for I.OW Interest i,„ ,,ut into effrot tlir now riili.r, i.ti- Rate and Lien As Only Secu*j mated to represent r«*<lucti<»ns of mation on the work of the Southern Presbyterian church in the foreign field, with particular emphasis direct-! ed to China. C. W. Grafton of the col- i rity. To Ignore Old liOans. $173,•14(5 annually from the pi t sent ratt's. TTie extension should trr l."> (lav.-» af- Erskine at Due wise you’ll be greatly mistaken at the polls,” senators raised a rejoin^der. . “This committee,” Senator Searsonj y* * smd, 'Mx noP influenced by fear» of. ' ,t "7, smixburv. .V. c. tion.” SenaTorTgfqr, Charleston, curred, and Senator Hughs added that ir'unSnr to’tmr'hlrr,'*”!Ninety Million Apologies were latet exchanged. j Dr. McGlothlin, president of Fur-j man university, termed the Cooke bill; — “purely and absolutely negative” and | Smith and Fulmer Win Confer- * “ ees* As:reement. Bill Goes To President In Next Few Days. law, said Acts creating said system, and all Acts amendatory thereof, shall remain in full force and effect. i.c V.V,.-. Washington, Jan. 24. — Senator E. . . , , . U(te faculty, who wa.s born in China, 11). Smith ntated tonight that junt an I commissions d.•<•l,Mo. on th • gave a' most interesting talk on the soon as the president signed the crop I rehearing petition, .should "'<■ Pdi mn customs and habits of the Chinese, I production loan bill, paaaed today by ] 1'’■'‘fused, not lai liel, hov|i vet, t .a and spoke of the work being done! congre.ss. authorizing a fund of JO days from Jam,ary III the date of there for the advancement of Christ’s (K)(),000 to be loaned to farmers, he the mluciion Kingdom. Charles Shockley athled to I would confer with the s^retary of /he petition fo, a reheanng s..,. the program with two .solos, accom-j agriculture and urge that a "liheral" ' company s 7 f panied at the piano hy Miss Sybil! policy be followed in making the '• ^ ’J ,1—1 Burdette. . loan*. Smith is the author of the crop | ' ■" booth ( a, ohm. in 1.1.,. ~ ’The presTdeht f«T The~iraKr year,' productrorr JoatnHtrtH-which iimvide^f^i n:) exce<j(_;);.) pei ctm , am iuin_ W. A. Johnson, stated that it was the federal fund.s for farmers with | a I” * ^ ^ regular time for the election of new quiring no security other than a lien Iiiaiii III luii niiw ciitvw. , officcrs, after which he thanked the on the crop. . j .u n... Sec. 6. This act shall Uke effect men foX-their cooucjati^ and_Lntejj7—insist that the farme_r^; ^ J *^^^"***., per cent. It gave the minimum value of pro: - upon its approval by_the Governor. For Seed Loans! said Cooke had either failed to give his “rational solution” of liquor or was holding it out of sight.” He said Relief Cotton Entirely Used I Washington, Jan. 21. — The Red Cross today reported that the 500,000 bales of federal owned cotton turned over to it for distribution in the form of clothing to the needy has been en- e-»t during the term of his office. ' cWd an iiSerest' rate of only-TiSf] TTie following officers were elected per cent and that the failure of farm-;””’’’”'””* '*' ””” '" ” " to head the organization for the com- ers becau.Hc of low prices or crop fail-j _ TTlIW' ing year: ; ure, to repay loans, granted last year |1 JDI/lirjr* ! be ignored in making new loan.s,” (iRFIFJNE, GRI.MHALL ! Smith .said. The .senator pointed out that thou- President, Prof. M. W. Brown. Vice-President, W. D. Copeland. Secretary, W. P. Burdette. Treasurer, Frank Goilfrey. ('olumbia, Jan. 24. -Without a vo’ce i sands'of farmers, because of no/ault|of dis.sention, the general assembly the bill presented 1 Washington, Jan. 23.—The com-’tirely used, eral ^ efforts of Senator E. D. Smith, The distribution ranking Democrat of the senate com mittee on agriculture, and Represen tative H. P. Fulmer of the same com mittee of the house, today resulted in an agreement of the conferees on the depending on national legislation Mrs. J. L. Mims, of Edgefield, state president of the W. C. T. U. told how “trembling” women fought saloons in early days and how their successors; **°r*”°V^*i!^** f»iI*hl^r^^I^Bavinir' $100,000,000 seed 4oan for this Cooke bepn the he.nng “^;year going through .t $00,000,000. he had a “better solution for prohi- jJ’ Sen-tor Smith and Lnresentative - - — - - bition than any i Fulmer insisted that all possible funds, Utah, who had once before blocked its The state, he Propped ‘“f e ,pp ,.,^<1 for thf purpose of | P«««Ke. up prohibition M 1 P permitting farmers .to borrow from i • lated on sex and marriage. . government in order that they I GINNER’S REPORT must therefore cease whe.n all the cotton cloth and garments now on the way to chapters has reached destination, officials of the organization added. A bill for distribution of an addi tional 329,000 bales was passed by the senate, but seTit back to the calendar on the motion of Senator King of The new officers and departmental' of their own, had been unable to repay heads will assume office at the next the loans granted them Ikst year by meeting to be held in February. ' the government and declared he would today reelected Judeos William H. Grimball, of ChaiTe.ston, and G. B. Greene, of Anderson, to four-year May Be ■see to it that these delinquent farm-j terms in the ninth and tenth circuit.^ ers be granted funds without regard j respectively. to past obligations. I In sharp contrast to last week’.-; «1 * bate over postponement, the elec^ioi went off smoothly and rapidly. Ne> Four-Letter Man managers named ‘ FOR ELECTION ' opposed. Judge Grim- ' ball’s term expired last wt‘ek, while Judge Greene’s expires February 1. There are four athletes at Presby-1 terian college here who have won BEFORE LEGISLATURE LEAVES HOSPITAL c. J. Craig of Goldville, injured in a car wreck Sunday aftemoori near here on highway No. 2, left the Hays hospital Tuesday to return home. C. E. iBoland, also of Goldville, who was a companion of Craig in the wrecked , r«ceivM only minor injuries. 1 might procure seed for the 1933 crops, j The same rules will follow as were a|>- plicable to loans made in 1932. U is the main idea of congress that in making these loans there be a re- I.aur(‘n.s county is to have a special awards in three sports and indications i primary the first Tuesday in Febru- wj,px| RPPnRT are that a sophomore ace may become'ary to register the wishes of the vot-jLlJUi, AlIUiN KejI a four-letter man this spring. , ers in the matter of the rural police Carl Adams, H. L. Nettles, C!harles i system. The question will be a three, Barret, and J. B. Copeland are the 1 point proposal, retention, reduction,', Columbia, Jan. 21.—The report of three-leter men. The first three made * aboli.shment. ithe commission on coonlination of ac- their awards in football, basketball! The primary will be held under the|tivities of institutions of higher learn- SHOWS DECREASE I and baseball. Copeland added track to! direction of th’e county executive com- ing was placed before the generel as- ' football and basketball. j mittee of which R.. T. Wilson of Lau- i sembly today. baseball and boxing — in addition to; where in today’s paper. The January 16th report of the county statistician shows that the cotton ginnings in this county from stricted acreage in order that there j tlje 1932 crop prior to this date, total- j his football award — and become the; only four-sports man in school. in surplus production. The bill will bej 37^688 bales for the same jperiod m presented to the president within the I year ago. This gives the county a de- next few days. _ ■ | crease of 12,, 749 bales for ihe yeatw Harry Bolick, the sophomore, is ex-' rens, is chairman. TIfe list of mana-| The commission, composed of rep- pected to make letters in basketball, | gers to hold the election app^rs else* i resentatives of all state and denqmi* Floyd Hitt of Edgefield, spent Sun day with Mrs. Hitt and little son. Miss Janie Holland of Welford, spent he past week-end with her brother, George R. HoUand, and other relatives. national colleges, recommended “some definite system” be established to cor relate artivities of the institutions. “Much unjustifiable duplication of work and expense,” it said, resulCi under the present* system. .r \ ^ I ' r' ■