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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
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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.
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