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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.
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Implants and seed.
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