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# f » : ‘ THE CHRONICLE • • Strives To Be a Clean News- • S paper, Complete, Newsy, • • and Reliable. I STATE FINANCE PLAN OFFERED State Treasurer Tells House Members Slate Should Be Put On Cash Basis and lirgres Ces sation of Borrowing. Dedicatory Rites At New Harmony Columbia, March 28.-r^After urjrinp: that the state borrow no^more money. Presbyterian - Baptist Church Formally Opened Near Lau rens Follow ing Fire. Robl^rs* Bullets. , Prove. Fatal Laurens, March 27.—Dedicato^-y ser vices were held Sunday morninp: in the newly completed New Harmony Presbyterian - Baptist church, near Dr. W. A. tTpchurch of Atlanta. Dies of Shots Received From Hold-up Men. Was Known By Many Friends Here. Death Claifns Lovable Woman Stae Treasurer Julian H. Scarboroufrhi Owinps station, Younprs township. The' laid before the house today a prb- new edifice takes the- place of the old pram he said would have South Caro- church house, erected in 1S44 and de- lina “on a cash basi.s within 14 stroyed bv fire last .November 1*1. months and one which would prob- Followinp a sonp service and ad- ably cut short the session, of the gen- dresses by C. A. Power of Laurens, a eral assembly. a ; Baptist representative, and Hr. H. B. , Estimated revenue for IS months j of FaCrview Presbyterian ending July 1, 1934, is $10,0 <8,000, j the dedicat^ion sermon was preached by the Presbyterian pastor. the treasurer, addressing the hoU.se by invitation, said. He suggested that $800,000 of this be set aside for a 1932 deficit and that.a joint resolu tion providing appropriations within $9,200,tt00 be adopted.- - ' " - “Cut out activities you want cut outj salary reductions you want, take care of penal and charit^able institu tions and let the budget commission divide the rest,” he jsj^ggested. “.Don’t try to borrow until we can pay what we .owe. It’s suicidal,’’ he asserted and was warmly applauded, “We can get ourselves on a casj^i basis in 14 months if, we follow this |)ro- gram.” The house appropriation bill for 18 months, no\i' before the senate finance committee, totals $9,153,000. the Rev. F. M. Kincaid of Fountain, Inn. Assisted by Dr. Graves L. Knight of Laurens, and C. B, Bobo, moderator of the Laurens Baptist association, [the service was completed ^ith the- I dedication of the church to God and the formal pre.sentation of it to the care of the ehiers ami deacons of both" denominations which have labored to- Friends at the orphanage, and in the city, of Dr. W. Upchurch of Atlanta, Ga., wefb distressed Tuesday to hear of his death on Monday from wounds received a week ago when bandits shot him seven times. Dr. Upchuich, who was one of the outstanding physicians of ,\tlanta. has visited in Clinton on .several oc casions whore his friends and ac quaintances will learn of his untime ly death with deep regret. He married Miss Kate Maddox, who was reared and educated at the Thofnwell or phanage of this city. The following account of hi.s death is taken from The .Atlanta Journal of TAiesday : —•: * Miss Nellie Cole, An Invalid of Many Years. Fas.ses. Funeral T^is Afternwn. .Miss N^ltb Cole, religious worker in Two Deaths At „ IBEER AND WINE The_^hanagel BILL IS PASSED well known as a spite of the fact that she has been an invalid for many Billy Truax Buried Here Tues day, and Jonnic Elders In Spartanburg Sunday. .After ^a critical illness of three weeks, Billy Truax, a nine-year-old boy of the ThornWelli orphanage, died House Mea.sure Legalizing Sale Passes To Third Reading. Bill Now Giles To Senate WTiere Its I*assage Is Lik'elvT , ~ k. years, died Tuesday afternoon at her i in the Greenville City hospital at noon home at Lydia Mill after a long ill ness. .Although confined to her home and to her chair, she was for a long while active and helpful in the com munity. She organized and conducted a (’hristian Endeavor society in her liv ing room. She organized and for two Sunday. The funeral service was held Tuesday afternoon 'at. 4:30 in the Thornwell Memorial church, with in terment following in. the orjj^rinagc^ plot in the Presbyterian cemetery. Dr, | L. R. Lynn and Rev. S. P. Bowles! (hdumbia, March 28.—By a soT- prlsing margin, a bill legalizing sale Of 3.2 i»er cent beer'and wine in South Carolina was approved on second reading by the house of the South Carolina general asseni’dy tonight. Passage of the measure was by a vote of 33 to 39, exceeding the hopes wt«Te in charge of the services. iof the bill’* most ardent hacker.s. , Little Billy was admitted to the or- Local option is pro.ided for munici- yoars was the inspiration of the • Sun-, phanugc on November 10th of lastij,alities in the hine’’ .society that has been a helji to | year from - - gother harmoniously and beautifully pjtal from Dr. Wilborn .A. rpchureh. promi nent .Atlanta physician, die<l early Monday in the Georgia Hu|>tist hos- the same “vine and for S8 years unde fig tree.” • The new building is a brick veneer structure, with comodious auditorium 1 and five Sunday school rooms, o<iuip-^ jied with neat pews-and a circulating ! heater, aisle carpets and other mod- j ern conveniences. It was built on a ' fifty-fifty basis, both church organi zations furnishing money, work and ago when time.s. wounds bandits roeeivinl a week ■ shot him seven The “The thing to do,’’ the treasurer continued, “is to stop spending j h^ihling materials, much of the fram- what’s coming in and let the hatchet fall where it may.” Scarborough .^advised that the $^’5,- 000,000 highway program “be limited and be limited immediately.” physiei.''.],! fought gallantly for lit eomplicnt»ions set in .which caused his condition to become grave last Saturday. Death came at 2 o’clock Monday morning. Dr. Upchurch received the fatal wmunds w’hen he refused to obey the deniancL of, hold-up men while wait ing in his Automobile, in front of 420 Ponce de IxHm avenue for his wife to s oeen a Help to; year from St., Petersburg, Fla. Three many in distres.s. She Was a devoted ^veeks ago acute Brights disease de member of the Presbyterian church veloped and he .was <lc::pcratciy ill and taught a class of girls in the Sun- from the first. He was sent to Dr. day -school at different times. "For' Wlikinson in Greenville for diagnosis part of last year she wa.s* .n .sjndent 'and ho had him placed in the ’Green- at the Uolumbia Bible cftHoge. ^ v4He 4mspital^ where While she led a quiet life she had sieians of that city might ob.serve and many friends formed through hev per- treat his case. The best thaf medical sonal contacts and through corre-; skill could do did not arrest thg^dis- spondenee. She \v,as a remarkable yaitp arid he gradually grew weaker young woman who was greatly he-'^jiuitil th» end came. His mother, Mrs. loved for her fine character and love-: KlU^n Truax, had Wn with him dur ing hi.s illne.ss but had returned to her home. She came hack Tu<;sday foi the funeral. ‘ . ' ' .Mrs. Truax has the sincere:;! sym pathy of the entire orphanage family and# other friends in the going of her only child. , in the measure, And it pre- j vents consumption on the .premises of sale.. .An amendment adopted 'tonight also prohibits sale between sundo^vn and sunrise. Suppoiters of the meas ure estimated it would yield at lea.st $500,l)(HL-^evehue annually. " Tim lulb- is - exfHs^ted - sent ta ly disposition. No one in iminity had such a profoum or \vi{ie acquaintance. ^^iii*iY(''ole leaves her mother, the com- influonec indebted- the total In discussing the state’s ness, Scarborough reported vwv.*. , i.s $39,543,925. Of this $27,130,800, is j old in the highway department and $12,- father, 386,125 in general indebtedness. This does not include $33,000,000 in high way reimbur.sement agreements with counties and road districts, which Scarborough .said “in the la.st analysis i.s an obligation of the road district.” Since enactment of the 6-0-1 .school law in 11>24 the state has paid more th^n $1,000,000 in interest on funds it ing being supplied on the ground from timber trees on the six-acre tract owned by the church. “ Much sentiment attached to day’s imprei^.sive services. Dr. H. B, „i „ f,,.. i .25-caliber automatic pistol. A with- member, having been baptized at i ^ring fire «*a.s returned and the nhy- M rs. Rosa ('ole, and a sister, .Mrs. W.. ('. (’rane. The burial service will be hehl this afternoon at four o'clock at Lydia .Mill school, with Dr. Dudley Jones in charge. Interment will follow in Ro.se- mont cemetery. conclude a brief visit with a friend, c^j^jn-l Dr. U|H‘hurch opened fire on the ban- 'dits, exhausting an entire clip from a Stewart, one of the speakers, is a for- Commercial Bank Is Now Open Iwrrowed to run schools becaiiNe it waf appropriating in effect retroac tively, the state official said. “It’s church when an infant. His Rev. Clark Stewart, and a brother, the Rev. Calvin Stewart, were Presbyterian pastors of the church in their day. Dr. Graves L. Knight, who assisted in the .service, is a former member, and his grandfather, the Rev, j Silas Knight, was the first Baptist ' pastor of the church. His name and j date of the first service, 1845, and the ' name of the Rev. John McKittrick, wounds in slug pene- been ruinous, was his deacril>tion. In moving for a rising wote of thanks, Representative Herbert, of Richland, said Scarborough’s speech was “one of the most simple, earnest! members of the and straightfoi'W'ard. 1 have ever heard.” first Presbyterian pastor, 1844, are perpetuated on a marble slab, repro duced from the old memorial that had been destroyed in the fire. C. .A. Pow er, who spoke Sunday as a Baptist itions developed representative, was formerly a mem-j death. . her of the old church, together with' Upchurth, sician received six bullet the thigh and a seventh trated his abdomen. After the shooting Dr. Upchurch was taken to the Georgia Baptist hos pital where he was on the operating table for two hours. A bullet which entered his left side was extracted from his right hip after ploughing through his abdomen. At first physicians were hopeful that Dr. Upchurch might recover in asmuch as the bullet (>enetrating hi^ abdomen was steel-jacketed and madb a “clean” wound. However, complica- which resulted in his Jonnic Elders Jennie Elders, 14-yeai--old boy of the orphanage, pas.sed away at the Lesb infirmary last Thursday night. The funeral .service was held~J?un- day afternoon at three o’clock in the Second Presbyterian church of Spai - tanburg, conducted by the pa.stor, Rev. 1). J. Henderson, assisted by. Dr. L, R. Lynn. Interment was held at the Nazareth church burial ground. Jonnic received a blow on the head by his room-mate, Paul Pressley, The Gommerciai Bank reopened for' about six-thirty Thursday evening. He business Saturday morning with alwas not considered seriously hurt at very .satisfactory business during the | the time but the case was reporten to entire banking day, officers stated. A j authoritie.s and he was taken at number of new accounts have heeniyace to the infirmary where he was opened since the bank resumed busi-.jrivcn a careful examination by the ness. ! nurse superintendent. He reported at the time that he was feeling all right. Officers Report Very Satisfac tory Business During Past Several Days. who his Student Officers Take Over Duties praeticei family. His pj^fession here for many years, was father, the late I=.ewi.s I). Power, serv-^ past pre.sident of the visiting staff ed many years as a deacon of the! Grady hospital and was a member PresbytCM ian organizati^. while staff.s of the Grady hospital, mother, the late Mrsr .Sarah l->angston j Baptist hospital and the j Power, wa.s' one of the leading women Long .Memorial hospital members of the Baptist grouj). jat the time of his dt*ath. New Harmony has a remarkable» active member of the : background and it is the only : Fulton (’ounty Medical sm-iety, the Bob Sims. President, and Conn-j church in ‘'’c county now It hoWn a ^yil Members Tuke O^th denominations, and is a pillar of On bting asked if he wished to spend the night at the infirmary or return! to his cottage, he replied that he be-! lieved he would stay. Soon thereaftej ! he undressed himself and retired to tK*d. He was .«een .by the nurse or he'- The bank was reopened in accord ance with the announcement of H. 1). Henry, conservator, to receive trust fund.s which will be kept on hand nr deposited with the federal reserve bank subject to withdrawal in part or in full on demand. The hank also will handle bills of-j y^^istant several times, the last—vmt lading, drafts for collection and i'e-|t(, y|js room being made at 10 ji. m. mittance, will furnish access to J'ufo-1 y^^. resting comfortably and ty deposit boxes and will^ P*“> l^urm ^ .y^, jjjj right. As a matter such other functions as are^ permitted t precaution one of the hoys was by the state board. Old, dejiosits will j to sleep in the room with him be fiaid as speedily as collections war-j order that he might call the nurse made the senate tomorrow, as the parlia mentary “clincher,” preventing recon- siileration was apnlied tonight. . Its pas.sage' by the senate is expected. Tli(‘ bill would become fffective im mediately upon its si'tnatuve by the 4,i;overnoi. . There were several roll call votes tonight which oiqionents wei;e defeat- eii. jjliv amendment by Coward, of An derson. to subject the measure to a statewide referendum was tabled by a vote of .57 to 43. Under amendments, sale In muni- eipalities in any of the following coun ties eoubl he legal only after a major ity of the qualified voters of the town bad approved it and in the county as a whole only after it had been ap proved by a eounty-wiue vote; (’hesterfield, Marlboro, Clarendon, Oconee, .Marion, Dillon, ..Newberry, l>xington, Jasper, Orangeburg, York, .Saluda, William.sburg and Edgefield. County-wide referendum is proviiied for Laurens .county. .Splits in delega tions prevented adoption of amend ments affecting other counties, in cluding Anderson. I^ancaster county is exempt from the local option pro visions of the"bill. The roll on passage of the bill: ForTT-Speaker Gibson, Belk, Blatt, Bowen, Bradfonl, Britton, BiAice, Bu.' h. Cannon, Cloaninger. Cox, CriV-r., Davis (L. (’.), Dowtin, Drennon, Dun can, Edens, Ellis. Epting, Evans, Figg, Groce, Hildebrand, Mines. Horton, Jackson. .Iordan, Knoheloch. Lar;*, l.anford, l ee, I.eppard (1. K.I, Man ning. .Martin (.A. .Mct^.). .Martin, U . \V.), .McLure, .McMa.ster. McMillan, . .Mishix', Bariis, Dorter, .Scarborough Chapel Exercises Tuesday} [strength and reverence for a area in upper Lauren:^ county. The newly-elected student council- men took the oath of office atv the chapel exercises Tuesday morning. They will serve until the third Tues day in- March, 1934. Those sworn in were Bob Sims, president; Junius Montgotneiy, vice-nreridenf D. W. large Equalization Board Cuts Assessments American College of Surgeons, the American Urological society, the Pan- American Medical .society, the South- ea.stem Surgical congress, the South ern Medical association and the Geor- Medical as.sociation. la Boggs, secretary; and T. F. Carothers, F. E. Jordan, R. N. Belk, R. R. Potter and C. N. Plowden, council members. H. H. Ferguson, the retiring presi dent, administered the oath to Sim.s, the new- president. Sims, in turn, gave the oatlr to the other members of the council. Five of the eight councilmen are old members of the body. Potter,_Plow- den an'd Carothers are the new mem-j bers. R. N. Belk was the freshman 1 Dr. Upchurch also was a riSember of the Alpha I.ambda Tau literary fraternity, the Alpha Kappa Kapj)^ j medical fraternity, and the .Atlimta , Kfwanis club. The county equalization board, in j Dr. Upchurch also wa.s prominently its session last week at the office of j with Musonic activities in S. R. Dorroh, county auditor, made[^|^j{(_a.- con.siderable reductions in the stan-j . jjg was also a member of the board dard assessments for livestock and on | deacons of the Central Iheshyte- rant, according to the conservator. Mr. Henry has stated that further details concerning operation of the. bank will b<' announced as ?-apidly as they are woiked^.out under the new regulations. Derrick To Head County Teachers Laurens, Marj?h 25, — .At the last the minimum for household effects. I church and took an important The standard for mule.sr which last | activities. It was while on year was fixed at $32, wa.s fixed this, way home from a Suiwlay sch^jol year at $26.74; for horses, which last ■ {jriven by the church that he year wi^s $28, was fixed at $22.10, and j j-pceiv^ his fatal wounds, for^^ttle, which la.st year was $13..50,j |)p Upchurch was born December was fixed at, $10.0.5. These as.sess-, - Gwinnet county, near I..aw- ments were fixed subject to ^xamina- j rt>nceviile. He came here as a young member of the council elected the lat ^ and" approval by the South ( aro-j jj-i-aduated from the At- ter part of last semester. Of the other men selected for posi tions in the recent elections, B. B. Rc'monel and J. W. Combs, heads of the PaC-SaC and The Collegian, re- lina tax commission. j Janta College of Physicians and Sur- The minimum assessment for-house-1 taking post-graduate work in hold effects was reduceel from $15 I®; metropolitan hospitals'dn the i *10- ' - ,' . , ... The entire membership of the board' He was regarded l)y his assoctate* spcotivety. w,n a.,ume thcr dut.es | ^ titioner, having a ho-st of friends both in and out of the profession. ses.sipn^pf the Laurens (’ounty Teach ers' association for the year, held to day at the high school here, officers for another year were elected and willi take office'at the beginning of the j pha^age family, next school session. J. K. Derrick,I principal of the l.aurens high school,! was elected as the new pi-esident, and ^ .Mrs. J. Alvin Cuiry, teacher in thoj Gray Court-Owings high school, vice-, president. | W. H. W^rd, superintendent of the i Waltcrboro High school and president of the South Carolina Teachers’ asso ciation, was the gue.st speaker of the I^aurens group today and d< Itvercd an excellent address. > The departmental units of the a.sso- if needl'd. No disturbance was during the night, but the boy found dead the next morning at 3:30, the unexpected news casting a pall of sorrow over the campus. The sheriff was immediately notified and a coro ner’s inquest held here Friday morn ing at eleven o'clock. Jonnie was one of the splendid and; promising boys of the orphanage and j his untimely going has occasiihied j great grief to the entire orphanage j'ainily who sympathize most sincere- i ly with his mother, Mrs. Ellen 1). El-1 ders of Spartanburg, and the other | members of the family. One sister, | Amander Elders, belongs to the or To Head Schools the beginning of school next year while the new Y. .M. C. A. officers will begin their work .April 5. The “Y” officers are^: R. D. Lynn, presi dent; W, H. Cranford, vice-pre.sident; and C. B. Lawter, secretary. Winners Named In School Contests ciation were al.so day’s sess^iom reorganized at to- The board of trustees of the ton .schools at their monthly rneeting'j last Thursday afternoon, named J. 11. Witherspoon to .succeed hi.mself as superintendent for the coming year. - .Mr. Witherspoon came to Clinton in. 1920 from Gaffney and for thirteen years has headed the city schools, during which time, he has contributed^ notably to their development, and has ((4. (’.), ,Senseney. .'^et'/ler, .Sinkler, Smith W. ('. .Ir. I, .Spruill, Stan.sfield, .Stevens, .Stokes, Suminer. Taylor (<’. Thomas (('alhoiini, 'Fhoinas (C. I,.), Weeks, Whaley, Wheeler, Wil liams. W ingate, Wil hersiK on, W'orthy, was i Xi.phst, /yimmernian—<>3. .•\gainst .-Mnams, Beam, Bennett, Clarkson, ('oggeshull, Connor (Bob), Cook, Coward, Crow, Daniel, Davis IE. L.), Dillard. Dominick. Kad<ly, Earle, Gasqiie, Gaston. Glymph, Hall, Hendrix, ls«*nho\ver. I.<'wis, .Martin ( R. ID, McDaniel, .Mellette, Miiiis, .Moor- er, Newton. Niekles, Datter;;on, Rowe, Rowell.* .Salley, Smith ( W. T.l. Tay lor (.S. W.), Thackston, W’atsor., W(dfe, Wood—:,9. Paired: For hill. Baker, ID nderser., Graham, W’elborn, Heibeil; again.-t, Jo.spy, Walker, Fishburne. Cienshaw, Gregory. . The bill was in the form of a .s J;- stitute amendment offere-1 by f ve I sponsors of beer, .Mart in i)^ ;-Klnkler..--of-..Xharleston_,_Tho^^ of Hampton, Blatt of Barnweil. and E :- ] ens of Richland, j No license to sell beer or wtr.e Clin-, would be issued to any person who has been convicted of violation of pro hibition laws and only na*urali'^ed cit izens could obtain one under an amendment I y .Sihkler, a*loptt*d to- .night. A tax of $2.25 fw- every barrel c6n- taining not more than 31 gallons and tw-o cents for every bottle containing Noted Speaker fo Appear Here i* On Wednesday afternoon the pre- ! iiminary contest wa.s held to choose I students to represent Clinton in the “bounty and district school contests. Those entering the contests were He is survived by his wife; a son. Dr. W’ilborn'E. Upchurch; a daughter. Miss Frances Upchurch, and a broth er, C. A. Upchurch, of Greenville, Ga. Dr. Upchurch resided at 1274 Oxford road,_ N. E. Funeral services for f)r. Upchurch were held Wednesday aftemoon at Margaret Sample, Mary Glenn Cham-. Central Presbyterian church, with bei*s, Vivian Parks Adair and Ade- g p Oglesby officiating. In terment was in We.st View cemetery. “Cotton Week” Comes In May made for an. t of National done fine work in raising and keeping the schools up to a high standard. Th^ board has announced that the election of teachers for the respective .schools for the 19.33-34 session w-ill be taken up at a later date. Cameron Beck, personnel director of the New York Stock exchange, and j laide Roberts. public relations counsel, wiP. address. Mary Glenn Chamber? won first the stu^t body of Presbyterian col-[place, with Vivian Parks Adair .sec-1 lege on Thursday morning, April 3th,. ond. In the declamation meet Bill at 12 o’clock. Wade and Dill Ellis were the entries, Mr. Beck visited the college last j Bill Wade winning first place. These; those who heard him'will pupils will represent the local schools 1 the Clinton schools, on U. D. C. Medal ENROLLMENT CLIMBS year and learn with interest of his return here -while m the state addressing various civic clubs,/school associations and ?ol- Dr. MeSween states that Mr. Beck’s in both the county and district meets. Enrollment, white and colored, ^.in .March 24!th, reached the two thousand NAMED ON BOARD had almost mark. R. L. Plaxico has been appointed ravage will be of special interest to!by Governor Blackwood as a member local businea men and extends a cor-] of the county board of assessdfs fox dial invitation to the public to be, pi es-1 Clinton, vice W. H. Simpson, resigned. Wrt to hear aid greet the distinguish- ! Other member? are R. E. Fergtuwn In the system there are, 1,394 white children enrolled follows: high school 284, Florida Street 460, Acad emy Street 464, Providence school 186. TTie colored enrollment is 487, divid ed 429 at Bell Street school, and 58 at Bethel school. The total enrollment is 1^1. Plans are now being aggressive promotion ("ott<»n ,week, .May 15-20, according I information sunt out by the Cotton Textile Institute of America. Many of the most prominent merchants in America have emlorsed the idea, with : j | a direct appeal being made to mills,! _ Fa^-h year the local U. D. C. chap-; .selling agents, convdrter.s, finishers,, ter offers a medal to the pupil of the brokers and cotton shippers to give^ eleventh grade of Iho local high school • their cooperation.. National Cotton ^ making the best examination on the week is a symbol of confidence on the subject of “The War Between -the part of the cotton imiu.stry, and it is State.s.7 TTiis year the que.stions were believed that an aggressive merchan-; prepared and the papers graded ny dising campaign at this time has un-i Mi.ss Lillian Kibler of the history de- higii" not more than Pi Tntnees i.s proviiied in the bill. License foe of $50 for priv ilege of sale is to be collected by the South Carolina tax commission, the. revenue to be divided equally between the county in which the applicant re sides and the state funds shall be de voted to schools, under an amendment offered by Newton, of Anderson, *D<i approved tonight. Distribute Seed " Here Saturday! usual opportunities for succi ss. ~ The “Cottph Week” campaigf^ has already received the endorsement of ; partment j school. The host of the Newberry Distribution of garden seed and plants to needy persons will be made Dre Saturday from the R. F. G. of-_ fice by R. F. Jones, seed di.stributor for the county. It ha.s been announced That "25,060 cabbage phinta in bundles as well as — (of 50, will be given ^way paper presented was by other seed. soThe of the largest chain store or- Rosa Bailey Little and she was awanl- Mr. Fleming states that any family ganrzatiohs and wholesale and retail led First place by Miss Kibler. Mary that has received either work rdief or merchants in the country. In the ob servance of the campaign, local mer- thanta will be asked to participate. Glenn Chambers and Robert McLees ^ direct aid from the Laurens Codnty tied for n^cond place, with Roswell' .Relief council will be entitled to these Porter c—hig third. r Implants and seed. !■ -V d V ■ . ^1-