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L / /■ —c: ■-V I . \ THE CHRONICLE^ ' • j Strives To Be » Clean News- • • paper. Complete, Newsy, * • . and Reliable. • t • • . • VOLUME XXXIII CLINTON^ §rC.; tHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1933 HOUSE VOTES ' TO CUT TAGS Automobile License Plates For 1933 Would Be Reduced In Half By Bill. Increase In Gas Tax Proposed In Senate. Columbia, Jan. 31.—By a landslide Wreck Is Fatal To Young Girl Miss Margfaret Abrams Killed ln Crash Near Laurens. Two Are Held For Investigation. Laurens, Jan. 29.—Funeral services for Miss Margaret Abrams, 17, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Abrams House Hears Debtor's Cry National Body Passes Bill For | Portfolios Are Assured for Far- Scaling Down or Extension of Bankruptcy Obligations. Washington, Jan. 30. — House re sponse to the debtors’ cry for relief today was passage of an unpi’ecedent vote, the house tonight approved a ^be Barksdale-Narnie school sec- j ed measure drawn to ease, in particu- bill cutting the cost of state automo bile licenses in half. It would apply to 1933 plates. After nearly three hours of debate in the first night session of the year, the house measure was approved on second reading by a vote of 93 to 8. Provi.sion is made for a refund to motorists who have already bought their 1933 licenses. The measure does not apply to trucks hauling for hire, hljt would apply on “all trucks oper ated exclusively by the owners there- of for privatjB purposes and not hire.” The bill likely will be sent to the senate tomorrow. It was^jiintroduced by Belk of Kershaw; Evans and Ben nett of Marlboro; Blatt and W. C. Smith of Barnwell; Stansfield of Ai ken; Manning of Sumter, and Wheeler of Dillon. Galleries, which were jammed, heard member after member plead for the bill as one of the first of the ses sion which would give direct aid to tion, were conducted at Highland Home Baptist church Monday morn ing at 11 o’clock by the pas'tor, the Rev. Jodie A. Martin. Miss Abrams was fatally injured, Saturday night in a car crash at the | two-mile post on the Laurens-Green- ville highway. Willie Hendrix, Miss the strain on the farmers and the railroads. Other individual debtors and cor porations were included also in the wide scope of the bankruptcy ijeform measure which was rushed to the sen ate by a 201 to 43 vote. There is strong sentiment for it thei-e, but a Roosevelt Talks Cabinet Choices ley. Glass, Walsh, Miss Per kins. Others Still In Doubt. 4• . 11. .1 ‘ Mri)nK iiu Abrams compamon and driver of the I be made to ^ 9 n € H ^ t ^ V Ia ^ mmm m ^ .... .J t * j modify it along linos recommended by Solicitor-general Thatcher. The overwhelming approval under rigid suspension of the imles climaxed a day of action during which the Democratic leadership drove through legislation extending the federal gaso- isters Misses Marv I provisions of the Glass- Steagall currency bill for another her Ab the farmer and the “forgotten man. The highway department came in for sharp attacks. One of the authors. Manning, esti car was injured and both were rushed to the Laurens hospital. Miss Abrams was found to be dead. Hendrix was returned to his home near Barksdale later in the night. He is a son of Mr. rs. Walter Hendrix. Miss Abrams is survived by parents, one brother, Rudolph rams, and tw’o Ellen Abrams^ and Mildred .\bram«. She was a graduate of the Gray Court-Owings high school and had been attending Dradghon’s Business college, Greenville. She had come home for the week-end and last night she and young Mr. Hendrix wore driv ing to this city when the accident oc curred. Today Coroner John A. Thomason hold an inque.st at the ciTunty court house. The jury returned a verdict to ■ the effect that the young woman came j mated roughly that under the bill the' to her death by reason of an impact highway department would refund ap proximately $750,000. Manning sup ported a majority favorable amend ment of the ways and means commit tee which would have the reduction not applicable until 1934, which was ^owrynielmmlfTy voted dowru-s— One of the few opponents of the measure, Calhoun Thomas of Beau fort, said he feared by reducing reve nues, “it would break down the finan cial structure of the highway depart ment.” Britton, of Sumter, argued it would affect highway reimbursements to counties. Among supporters of the measure Hildebrand of York; Blatt of Baimwell; Newton of Anderson; Hor-} of two cars, driven, resi>ectively, by Willie Hendrix and ('larence Kennedy, and recommended that both be held for further investigation. Warrants w’ere i.ssued by the coroner charging each with involuntary manslaughter. Kennedy is in jail, having been ar- resibd .»«hdiTly afm' lhl» acektent. Hain currency year. The Tatter uieSsWe Wefftr^tiy the= White House. Opponents of the bankruptcy hill lambasted it heartily during two hours of debate, but sentiment was so strong for it that leaders of the oppo sition accei>t.ed a standing ballot, and did not ask for a roll call. In brief, the bill enables individuals to put into effect through federal courts a plar\ wheu-eby they get more time or have their debts slashed down until they can meet them. The courts would have power to provent the forc- closine of farms pending the arrange ment. The extension of time and reduction of indebtedness apply to corporations, but the latter can reorgani/.e their capital structuie and issue new securi- ties which mav find the value of hold- Warm Springs. Ga., Jan. 30. — Or ganization of the new Democratic government took shape rapidly here today as President-elect Roosevelt went into conference with his close.st political advisoi-s. Tonight the following appeared to be certain cabinet members: Senator Glass, of Virginia, secre tary of the trea.sury. Senator Walsh, of Montana, attor ney-general. James A. Failey, of New York, postmaster-general. Mi ss Frances Perkins, of New York, secretary of labor. - There was reason to believe also that pressure will be brought to hear on Owen D. Young, New York finan cier and economic authority, to be come secretary of state. The fact that he had written a let ter not to be considered went unde nied here, But Those Ih'^ the “know^*^ were inclined to keep Young’s name still in the picture. With le.ss than five weeks to go be fore taking office, Mr. Roosevelt got down to business on the vexing job of making more than a thousand new appointments <.f men to assist him in the direction of the government. James A. Farley, national, chair man, and Lewis M. Howe, political secretary, the two men who were in the high command in the campaign, talked over the patronage situation. The president-elect gave not the slightest hint-' of his cabinet choices or whether these had been discussed. As^mbly Pushes Ahead With Work Appropriations Bill Likely To Be Increased, Observers Believe. School Question To Front. Columbia, Jan. 38.—Completion of the general appropriation bill at the end of the third week of the session put the South Carolina general assem bly well ahead of former newly-or- gamzed assemblies in point of time but perilous legislative shoals are VOTERS GO TO POLLSJUESDAY Special Election To Be Held T» Decide On Retention, Redac tion or Abolition of Countf Rural Police System. I(aurens, Jan. 29.—Official machiiK ery has been set up for the referen dum on the rural police .system a I.aurens county. The primary, which ^ has been called by County Chairman ahe.ad which may prolong the session.' Ralph T. Wilson, will ho held Tuea- The house next week is to begin day, February 7. consideration of the appropriation The delegation measure providin* lull, which totals hut $6,000,000, rep- f„,. the primary, whereby the taapay- lesentinp aIn>ost a .60 per cent rediic- p,.,, ,„j,y rcarist^r their approval of the tion from last year s measure. ings by stocltholders a'Hd bonilholdai' far less than they were before the plan was put into effect. Railroad reorganization would be worked out under the supervision of the interstate commerce commission, but the courts would have the power of approval or disapproval. State Costa To Be Reduced drix is in the technical custody of the law and is expected to be allowed bond. Solicitor Homer S- Blackwell appeared for the state at the inquest. Testimony indicated that the Hen drix car ran into another machine, driven by Clarence Kennedy, Negrb, immediately in front of the J. J. Den- dy place, just as Kennedy’s, car, com ing out of a side road, had been driv- tTn'of jLpcn' st.n,field of Aiken:|sn about 13^ stops to the mbhllc of and Bob Connor of Oranicchurir. | ‘he paved hiRbway, headed toward L The time for purchase of licenses' town ‘Brakes on the Hendnx car hail bill bec.mtl“la^rr.'i’ho«^^ ‘h- P«vomenMnveWaliny | Ways and Means Commitlee Of- - - • I/vff./.axt-c boiH hittinir the car Five Million Dollar Bill; Up To House Now. —Columbia, Jan. 28.-T-The South Car olina government will be operated during the next year for almost half of its 1932 expenditures if the general appropriations hill drawn by the house ways and moans committee is given approval. The bill totals hut $5,000,000,, t,he lowest figure in a (lecade and approxi mately $1,500,000 less Vhan the one enacted last year. The committee ajiplied the pruning knife to practically every item. The Byrnes Appeals ~Fur StJid Front continuance of the system, was rati fied Friday. .Meantime, the election had been ordered and managers of election named officially by the coun- A splurge of new measures during the first three weeks of the current se.ssion had placed before . the law makers more bills and resolutions ty executive committee, than had been introduced at the same time last year. Records of house and senate showed a total of 429 measures introduced during the three weeks of the 1933 session just ended, compared with 363 South Carolina Senator Declares Balancing: of Budg^et Amoni? Chief Problems of Congress. funds shall be made in 90 days. officers said, before hitting the car ■ in front. Solicitor Blackwell said this r- i„_ I afternoon the case would be given folumbia. .Ian. 31.Problems i„.'Kr«Ht -jury investiKation at the next volvirg^lhe state highway department i of court. ^ t«xJay were concentrated for sena- j torial attention by ♦he iniroduc. ion of a measure to allow for refinancing of j ‘’;5,000,000 in highway notes and i scheduling of all senate highway hills j for action tomorrow. | .Senator S. Mortimer Ward, George-* town, introduced a bill to Lions President Coniing To State Mernliers of the Clinton I.ion.s club author ize have been invited 16 meet Charles H. the governor and .«tate treasurer toj Hatton of Wichita, Kansas, in (ir’een- scll an issue of bonds beaidng six periville, on Feh. 14th. cent inter’est to refinance the notes,! Mr. Hatton will he the guest of the which matur-e February 15. j Greenville club, and membei-s of the The $65,000,000 highway bond act! organization throughtmt the state will fixed five per cent as the maximum j be invited to meet him thei'e. interest on bonds, and the W^ard billi Announcement of the meeting was woulil have the effect of amending | made by the Rev. J^ Edgar Stockman, ^ this. The bond issue as proposed could president of the Gr'eenville group, af-1 institutions of higher learn W’ashington, Jan. 28. — Senator James. F. Byrnes, Democrat, of South Carolina, said tonight that balancing of the budget was one of the biggest problems facing the new Democratic administration and urged a united public opinion in siqrport of efforts to 1‘educe governmental spending. The nearest approach to iinmoi ing throe weeks of the 1932 term. Whether the increased introduction of legislation will prorhice unusually constructive acts remained to be seen, but the newly-organized general as sembly established itself to dat\? as a more fertile source of bills and reso lutions than its immediate predeces- .SOl’. Advocates of a sales tax ai'e expect ed to press their point that such a measure is necessary to keep public schools in operation. The ways and means commitlee, which had been in structed by the house to hold the sup ply bill to $5,000,()00, proposed to; spend but $1,505,000 as public school aid. Few political observers het^e be- tloifxixt appropriation measnro had a chance of passage through house and senate without it.s total being increa.Hed. W’hile the ways and means commit tee wor ked on the bill this'week, oth er measures occupied the general as sembly, but the session has seen pass age of few bills of state-wide scope. Most work has Ireen in committee. Prohibition advocates won a vic tory when a repeal bill i^eceived unanimous unfavorable will arouse nation-wide pi'opaganda in opposition to the curtailment of its activities and the reduction of expeu- school law was referred to a sub- (litur es^ I committee of the education committee “The only hope of remedying this for further stuily. Another education situation rests in a jiresident who has the courage and patriotism to act, and an ai'oused public sentiment that in will cau.se congress to i-efr-ain disapproving his action. “The peofde must come to I’ealize that the government has no money pi’oposed expenditure for .schools was which is taken from their cut fr*om more than $3,060,000 to $1,000,000, and a clause in.serted that no employee of the state could draw more than $3,500 a year. Appropri- l;e called any intei’est period. ter the date had been agreed upon in The $5,000,000 in notes wa.s issued telegraphic coTwspondence with Mel hy Governor Blackwood in l')31 b?ar-|vin Jones, secj^tai y-general of Lidhs ing six per cent interest. It was the ‘ Internationa'^ expressed intention at that time to re- slasherl approximately 50 1 ing were per cent. The school cut was made in the face of a statement by State Superinten dent J. H. Hope that 1933-34 commit- Inteinationa' «v Invitation will.be sent, it was an- ^ place the issue with a long-ter m hondl nounced, to the clubs at Spartaribut^g, I ali’cady made call for $3,040,- issue bearing lower interest, but un-; Gaffney, Greer, Woodruff, favorable bond markets have pre-j f Jinton, Honea Path, Gi’eenwood, Pen vented. j Central, Li Four' bills em_bracing provisions to. and others. ILI f I n .ibert}’, Newberry, increase the ga.soline tax, reduce cen.se fees, forbid fui-ther issuance of highway bonds, and refund liccn.se I fees were made special orders for ac-j tion tomorrow Senator Jefforvls, Dar lington, au-; thor with Senator Lightsey, Hampton, | of bills to increase the gasoline tax Visitors To Supply Methodist Pulpit The bill provides -for abolition of the offices of state bank examiner, chief game warrlen, warehouse com missioner, the natural I’e.spuFcM^COm- mission, the children’s bureau, and; measure, hy Repre.«cntative Manning, of Sumter, which calls for complete state financing of public schools, wa.s from I ♦ iitered dui’ing the week. A.s usual, attention was given the highway department. The senate fi-: nance committee approved a bill pi*o- viding that no bonds in the $65,000,- own poch'ts; that Uncle Sam is not '»><> Program lie issued for the next Santa (Taus and the treasury is not a .wars. Christmas triH*; that the efficiency ofj W'hile the house set up a commrttee a repre.sentative in congre.ss .should bel ®^ three to investigate the depard- measurerl not by his ability to secure | commrttee, Witherspoon of funds from the treasury but by his j ^ Spartanburg, and ability to defeat the efforts of those' ( harleston, has no appro- who seek to secure funds from the aga, the voters of the county, at the behest of the delegation, gave approv al of the system and voted confidence in its personnel by a crmiforlable ma jority. There are thbee proposals to be placed on the primary tickets: “Re tention, Reduction, Abolution.” If the frr.st is given a plurality or majority favorable, the delegation will provide . ®iin its budget a salat y item for rural ., .... o*^*^*” police force of six; if the second p’-'- the senate judictary commrttee. Sena- , . .. posnl should carry, then the for.:.* would he reduced to three, a.nd if the lhi’‘d and la.^^t of tlie .‘series gets a over one (»r both of the olhtM.r. the system will he di.>;eontimred. The. election on the police is uniejue, in that it is a three-point proposal put up to the voters and taxpayer.s, whereas the legislative delegation.^ of the pa.st have Ireen doing their- own regulating as to number of police, personnel and pay schedules, on the basis «*f a for mer referendum on the question. t(»r Cooke, the author, withdrew the measure and announced he would sup- talitiy is a bureau of the federal gov-j |)ort a hou.se beer bill, which received j ernment,” Byrnes said. “Any effort!a majority favorable report from the^^^ to curtail its activ ities or abolish it j judiciary committee. The Cram bill to provide a general sales tax and to repeal the' 6-0-1 Says Blackwell i Is Candidate Greenwood Paper Says That H. S. Blackwell Will Seek Post of Federal District Attorney. ! priation, but is instructed to investr- tr’easury.’ That Homer S. Blackwell of I.xti- rens, will Ire a candiilafe for a federal district attorneyship is the report car- gate every pr'oject and contract of the, rjpd « few day.s ago m Tlu*; Greenwoo i department. ' Index-Journai. Hill^ to (Icfitu*ni-y T’Vk* dpws story (uirrif**! in ti'” ^ T *-• J rif rit-ws V iii ACC6Dt8 Csill lo 'monts and designed to give relief to | LP’ow.s: » I lu'PSMod nronertv-owners were intro-i <*ii would atrolish the industrial school for girls and the reformatory for Negro boys. ipre.ssed property-owners were intro-] “Homer S. Blackwell, solicitor cf Newberry Church!^ the eighth judicial circuit ^fu l6 years. ! to r-egulate lobbying was intr-oduced ' ^jj| ^ candidate for apri(<iiitm.^'vY r, ri - I ''-fan"' Umterf States attfkrm-Vr The Rev. (larence \ V. Sistar, pas- i • » j . i.- . • x .• .1 i- . <• XL I 1 • i, Lx I Other events of the week melurled, Western District ol .'s.iutlr < arok tor of the Log ( abin I'resbyteiian 4^ --- A fcm .xm The Rev. Carl Goodwin, pa.stor of Bailey Memorial church, will occupy from six to seven cents a gallon and!the pulpit of the North Broad Street slash automobile license fees approx imately in half, said he would com bine the.se two pr’oposed changes in one bill. Jeffords explained to new.spaper- Methodist church next Sunday morm- ing at eleven o’clock. At the evening hlrur of 7:30, the Rev. Melvin K. Med- lock of Goldvrile, pastor of the Klnar d cirxuit, will speak. On next Werlnes: State Must Pay Counties—^Hope church, Macon, Ga., ha.s rcceiverl a call to Irecome jrastor of the Smyrna Presbyterian cbuiTh near Newberry, and will enter upon hi.s new work in , xl th« ne»r future. Ithe Mr. Si.tar is a graduate of the /‘M*’ Thornwell or phar^age, Presbyterian college, and Columbia Theological, seminary. He married Miss Frances re-election of Judges William H.jthe lnd(“X-.Journal :.*ariu'il to lay. Giirnball and G. H. Greene of the! “The rppointment “xpected to ninth and tenth cirruils; an unfavoi'-! made as soon as the Roosevelt admin- able .Senate committee report on ajisfration take.s office and the.ro is ev- game depart- a commission; legislative and at taches’ salaries and pa.ssage by the house of a bill to change the date of over cry indication that a Democrat will be gtveri the rmpor*tant post, according to reports from Washirrgton. ‘♦t^he term of District .Atorney Jo seph A. Tolber*t, who has served un- Staie School Superintendent As-j daughter of Thom men that the increased gasoline tax day evening thfe mid-week prayer ser- would offset the lowered license fee.s,|vice will be conducted by Dr. John and that neither gasoline companies MeSween, and to all of these services nor the state highway department op- i the public is cordially irtvited. posed the double revision. i The pastor of the chur’ch, the “It would allow a large number of H. O. Chambers, is now a patient iP car's now laid up for lack of licenses, fbe Greenv'ille City hospital where he to resume operation,” he said, “and; »8 convalescing following an opt r- this will more than counteract any •tion. tendency to use less gasoline per carl under the added tax.” CLINTON HI LOSES The gasoline tax bill drew an un-, DOUBLE BILL favorable committee report. The Jef-| ■ fords-Lightsey license bill, reported, Laurens'high school chalked up a favorably with amendments, would ■ double victor-y Fr-iday night over Clin- seris More Than $3,000,000 Due For Pay of Teachers. charge $6 for automobiles under 3,000 ton high, defeating the local girls 34 l>ound3 and $12 for cars over that to 25, and the boys 42 .to 12. weight. I The shooting of Teague of Laurens, Senators W. H. Nicholson, Green- j was the night’s feature. She accounted wood,\ and Thurmond, Edgefield, spon- for 30 of her team’s 34 points. Dillard sored the bill to halt further sale of!and Tucker were best for the visiting highway bonds, and the same senators! girls. with Senator Hamer, Dillon, intro duced n bill to slash license fees 50 per .cent. . , The Laurens boys proved superior to the Clinton team. Bolt and Wal drop led the scoring attack. Columbia, Jan. 28. — Although the ways and means committee of the house propo.ses to appropriate , $1,060,000 in 6-0-1 school v money, Jam.es H. rfope, state superintendent of education, repeated his statement today that under the law the state owes counties $3,121,530. Hoi)e pointed out that teachers’ con-; tracts had already been made by the various boards. The ways and means committee proposal, he said, would be j “a cut of 70 per cent of the amount due under the 6-0-1 law for teachers’ salaries.” Members of the ways and means committee have contended that the state is not obligated for the $3,121,- 530 as the general assembly last year passed a measure instructing school boards not to make contracts for the year 1938 until after the legislature jhad adjourned, l well. They have many friends in the city who wi^ be interested in the an nouncement that they are returning to the South Carolina synod and will only be a short di.stance^rom their but former home. Error Made In r the state’s fiscal’year from January jdcr the Harding, Coolidge and Hoover the stater's fiscal year from a Janu- administrations, expired last year and ary 1 to a July 1 basis, he is now serving as a holdover until - I his successor is named. The appoint- ' ment will be in the hands of SCt^nators i K. D. Smith and James F. Byrnes. I “Solicitor Blackwell has been one of the outstanding solicitors of the .state since he was elected 15 years ago s successor to Robert A, Cooper, later governor. “The names of several other promi nent attorneys of the Western Dis- Bill Introduced To Abolish Fee System j A bill to abolish the fee system in M ^ « 1 fxMurens county and to substitute sal- J[ AVO V/OmillliLCCS erics for county officers was intro- I IN GREENVILLE HOSPITAL i (luce.] in th. .mate la»t week by u In giving the committee assign-, ^ -; probable a.spirants for the attorney- mente for the members of the Laurens i were not fixed in the county delegation, The Chronicle hadi‘>'" “"<* ^ I’™"'*"* ‘*“1 : the appointments of Representatives I**"■ "“PP')' *>'“• Witherspoon and Cook exactly reverse i and is glad to correct the ertor. Their: MRS. WOODS IMPROVING assignments should read: j i Representative George f. Cook:! The many friends of .Mrs. D. J. Agriculture, claims, local legislation, Woods, wife of the pastor of the First i be glad to know that he i.s .now cor.- officers and offices, and police regu- Presbyterian church of this city, will j valescing very nicely in the GreenvlUt learn with pleasure that she is now j City hospital where he undemeat an improving in Greenville after a very operation last Satunlay. He expects serious operation performed within! to be removed to his home here vrithia ♦he past week. I the next week or ten days. f The many friends in the city of the Rev. H. 0. Chambers, pastor of North Broad Street Methodist church, will .Managers at each precinct will be allowed $5, and other expen.ros of the special primary will be provided for by the legislative (Iclcgntion, it has been officially stated. The total coat probably will not bo ovim $200, and in this-waw ibfe flnlpjTBtiQir-Avbiph to write the county supply bill will know beforehand how much, if anv, amount must be written into the bill in order to take care of this item of county rural police expense. Laurens county ha.s luid a 'lu’al sy.s- tem of police for many yo.irs and the force works under the dlrcLtiop. of ihe .sheriff. The personnel of i.hr* present staff of officers follows: Thomas D. Abrams, Hunter township; Nnoch B. Pinson, Cross Hill; Grower Hill, Waterloo; George L. Ridgeway, Soil- livan townshij); Claude I.. Ow'ings, Dials township, and Sam M, Thomp son, Youngs town.ship. Term of office has been two years and the delegation recommends each man to the governor for appointment, in addition to. fixing* the annual salary of each officer. —Once—befora, a—mtinv year; lations. Representative Witherspoon: Edu cation, accounts, police regulations, and privileges and elections. V T6,--n ’ «. I