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X • THE CHRONICLE • I Strives To Be « Clean Newt* • I paper. Complete, Newsy, S { j and R^able. ^ , If Ton Do«t filieiid j •I : "" THE CHRONICLE Ton Don’t Get The Newt. VOLUME XXXIII CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 20,1933 NUMBER 16 ECONOMY BILL NOW IN SHAPE Roosevelt To Lay Measure Be fore Congress This Week To Cut4:ost $35ILO0O,0O0. , Death Claims Dr. L. S; FuUer Beloved I.Aurens Citizen Passes Suddenly. Father of Mrs. Jack H. Davis of This City. Entire World Senate Defeats County Health Obsei^es Easter Inflation Plan! I Winners Given Anniversary of Resurrection of Move i’o Inflate To Help Farmer, Final Contests To Be Held Wed Christ Celebrated Sunday By! Beaten In ITpper House After! nesday At Court House, Dem* Group Strug- Hundreds of Millions. I l^esident Voices Opposition, i rjistration Agent Announces. SUPPLY BILL IN CONFERENCE Washington, Ap^il" 16. — President R-ooseyelt hopes this week to lay be fore congress the long-delayed pro gram for reorganizing the govorn- mental^ structure as a major step in I.aurens, April 14. — Funeral ser- V his move toward a balanced budget Shearing the government of what j one, of the city’s highly esteemed citi- the administration classifies as “lux- 'zens. The last rites were conducted Washington^ April 16. — Christen-! Washington. April 17. — A soft- ices for Dr L. S Fuller who died icelebi-ated the 1900fh an-! spoken word from the White House pleted t ‘ ■ " ’ ’ .niversarv of the resutrection of 1 today crushed in defeat senate advo-'Miss Je Thursday, were held from the home at r-u • . 'r-u u * ’ , , ; „ . , ^ ^ ^ .. t Christ. Churches . of America w 4 o clock Friday afternoon with a j crowded with soleiinn worshippei'Ji’ large concourse of friends and r^la-[ faster fives paying tribute to the memory of J of •ci-cj cates of monetary inflation as a vhippei'Ji'l'as' means of aiding the farmer, mingled with pi-iyers uries,’’ the encompassing program is expected by! its designers to piXiduce at least $350,000 000 in economies during the 1931 fi.scaJ year, in ad dition to ah estimated slash of $670,- 000,000 already effected,, , Alongside other plans for taking the red ink out of "the federal budget; the money saving and getting plans art intended to round up more than a biinohs dollars', as fpnbwsT Veterans’ <»xpense savings $4f>0,- 000,000. Federal .salary cuts, $120,000,000. ^'at'ings on direct expenses, .$350,- 000,000. Additional revenue from beer, .$150,- 000,000. In addition, the administration '«1- ready is moving for a reenactment of ihe one-cent a gallon gasoline tax. V The 1!*34 budget estimates submit ted by President, Hoover to the last co^ress totaled appr^ixiniately four billioh dollar's. They provided for the actual inning expenses of the ernment and included the $72r,000,- 000 interest Otj the public debt, which m irreducphle.Deducting this item from the total estimates would leave $3,275,000,000 in current expenditures as the figure fiom which reductions could he made. Should the savings contemplated i reach their goal, the chief executive D. carols mingled with pi-nyers Their propo.sal to add rcmonctiza- and sermons. , tion of silver to President Roosevelt’s In Jerusalem—the Holy City-—pil-1 far-i-eaching agricultural hill was de- grims from over the world were fa-lteated, 43 to 33. I VO red w’ith sunny weather while I Amid Bryanesque of the tur’uulent church, church bells pealed oik the glad tid-.-q^ campaign, the senate resounded ings “the ( hrist is risen.’ Services afternoon to a cry for fret coin- werc simple. age of the white metal at 16 to 1 wiih Pope Pius XI addressed 100,090 per- jy^Id sponsored by Senator. 'Vhceler, som^ massed in St. Peter’s, square in' Democrat, Montana, and urged by Rome—the'etbrrral city—ilnd for thcjQth^,.j, first time in 63 years the pontiff of' t,. , the Roman church imparted the has- , ■ vi . , ^ r- 1- .. making currenev intlation nart ol loc ter benediction to his diocese as the , • i i u 1>rar<) -of il«.-Al.-xanJer. Op.’ New fVosppcf Bryson-and ponents were amazed by the s*veng;h ^ atherine P inley. liown for it and said several wh) fa-j Ihqilar Springs fvored inflation voted against ii only ‘because Mr. Roosevelt did not want it. by his pastor, the Rev. William Spinx, of the First Baptist and the Rev. Ezra D. Patton, pastor of the F’irsl Presbyterian church. The committal service was at the family burial plot in'dhe Laurens cemetery. The active pallbearers were: Dan Ravenel of Clinton, Clyde R. Ray. R. H. Roper, T. C. Owings, F\ N. Ken nedy and O. D. Gray; honotaVv, the - - • church, and Col. H. Y. Simpson, J. F. Burton, R. V. Irby; Brooks Swygert, Dr. Clifton Jones. W. R. Ricfiey, Dr. Miller. nneKjK'Ctcdly J. H. Teague, and A. (' Doctor Fuller died Thursday afternoon a few h.'urs after be hsd had dinner with other menibers of ihe family. Jle had been apparently tol Laufons, April IS. — Having com- the Girls 4-H club contests, nnie Coleman, county home demonstration a.gent, todfiy announced the winners in health and project work. ■ - ' I In the tests in health, the name of j the school and the first and second winners are: - Brewerton school — .Martha Helen Marrow, first, and Ruth second. j Barksdale—^ Lucile VVeathers and[ Minnie la*e Stegall. : Hickory Tavern—Mildred Burts and Margaret M^hoh. , '- ‘ . Lanford Mai*y Holmes and Conic Patterson. Mountville U' S^les With Money Measure. House Takes Recess. .Mary Catherine Benja Ka.ster services in the United Slates; . r .u i i . ^ • .defeating the silver amendment, started ,with sun rise gatherings in many perts of the nation. Inclement ami IhieHtening weather in several, sections failed to prevent churches fr{>m hai'ing ovei'flow crowds. .Metropolitan streets as usual lis- lilayed Easter finery — shrouded by about as well as usual during the day, | inubrellas to protect it from drizzles j in Chiv'^ago and Washington as wor-, shippers paradiHl to churches. | oft Washington saw a dreary Easter hut before going to his room for a nap he had complained of neuralgic pain.s in his head. .Anhounceinent campaign pledges of cutting off 2 per cent. However, the pi-oposed econ omies lift from the operating budget much of the public works program which is to ibe taken care of-in large bond is.sues. Under the drastic economy program which has been directed ‘by lo^wis W. Douglas, director of the budget, not a department or an agency is to es- cajM' the knife. In mo.st cases, each ex- iH.*ptive head was given a tentative figure toward which to work, gener ally more than the 25 per cent gross economy that was planned. his jia. sing ci UM-d very general sor row anti regret over' the city and sec tion. For a number of years Doctor Ful ler had made his home with a daugh ter here, Mrs. D. A. Davis, He '\^s~a natiye of the Li.sbt»n-Beaverdam seij- lion of the county, and was b^rn June 21, 1S4^ and therefore lacked only a little /ni^e than t\vo months of being )^5. ih'spne the fact that he sufferetl a fractuie of a thigh in an accidental from the weather standpoini anti youngsters expecting tt» attend the an nual White House Easter egg roll w'ere gloomy at the weatherman’s luKletl to the agricultural bil! .\ mo nent before the vote .'Senator Robinson, of .-Vrkansas, the Demo cratic leatler and only opponent to speak, informed Senator Borah. Re- Itlaho, “The president ih»es not iL'sire’’ the amendment. Borah had been insisting that only through expansior| of the currency could commodity prices be lifted, the and •ind would have more than"fulfilled hisj - ,, . , , ^ # ' been on crutches for a number of years, and in the meantime had been sightless in cne eye until a delicate operation restored his sight, he kept up his work as a commercial representative of a milling company in Virginiav Only a few days .ago hg had made his„ rounds to customers in the Piedmont section and worried riot ai all over the times. In his death, LaUrtns county has lost a valued and higlutoned citizen, and the church a staunch and loya’ supporter. Doctor Fullei' was a son of the late John R. Fuller ,and Mui-tha Stokes Fuller and was reared near old Lis- forecast of probable showers. |Cven conquered and the faim- the capital’s farhed cherry blos.soms ^ income restpred. He contended were dimmed and drooping. , farm rebef and inflation, wimt hand in President Roo.sevelt and Mrs. Roose-. ^ . velt were in a front pew a.t the Wash-j ^ ndaprited bj-'-^his- setback, but, ington cathedral to hear Bishop! <^heered by the gain from'last .lanu^ James E. Freeman. Earlier Mrs. :«»;>’• silver plan was defeated Roosevelt attended a sunless’Sunrise” I WKeeltr announceu , |nf Dr F f* Whit*, nf rnffn».v floor he would pre.s.s it seonrately lat-* * • White of Gaffney, Naomi Elledge and Lois Pre.ssley. Youngs—Pauline (iwens and Mae Ruth Garrett. Project wo'k: Barksdale —■ Gluilys Weather." Dora Powers. B''ewerton -.Mattielene Page Ethel Duckworth. Hickoiy Tavern—Helen Wilson, I.anfovd—Ruby Thotpas. , .\'ew Prospect Edith (higgins and | Eloise Bry.son. • i Poplar Springs — .Audrey Jackson I and I’auline ('ox. ' 1 . .Miss (’pieman also announced that the county contest, with th« winners of first places in the two subjects in the final tests, will be held at the court house on the afternoon of .April the-*^^*' health contest will be in Uolumbia, April 17.—The unusual spectacle of the senate at work while the house is in recess presented i|tself Tuesday when the 15th week of .ses sions Of the general assembly opened. With free conferees busy with gen eral appropriations an«l the senate facing important questio:i.s, events of the week probably will deciile whether .. , 1 South ('arolinians will pay any new VaUKhan.;,,^ a.I.M taxes. To the free conference commlttee-of six which began its sessions tonight behind clo.sed doors has been entrust ed the chartei^g of a financial course to keep /he senate from run ning into furthKM' debts. In their hiuids to a large degree, lies the lot of the taxpayers, of the state’s institutions and departments and the fiibr^ incidental tiuestion nX the length of the se.ssion of the legis- I lature, which now thi eaten.s to eclipse that of 1931. the longe.st in recent years. ('orstituting a free conference com mittee, the group faces the formidable task of reaching a comprornise be tween the hou.^e ai.d s( late. The iwo branches appeared tar apart, in theii j bills, chiefly in the size of appropri- ' ations and the question of an 1S- month bill, favored by the hou.se. Neville Bennett, chairman of the house ways and nu*ans committee ami one of the conferees contend s the sen ate bill was one ami a half million dollars in excess of estimated reve nue. Two of the .senate and two of the service conducted by the Knights Templar. er on Meanwhile. Thomas. Democrat.j Project work by Mrs. Harriett Some 30,000 Chicagoans massed brought formally befoie the lake front at the Century of Pro- •’^^rmte another inflation plan. j gres.s grounds for day-hrt*«k worship.; Thomas pixiposal would give liesi-' F. Johnson, .state girls’ club leader Winthrop college. of Near San Francisco about 5,0(K) per- Roi sevclt broad power to expend sons climbed the steep sides of Mt. the luirrency, remonetize .silver or re , duce the gold content of the dollar. SUC To CollcCt Daviiison before' steep dawn the journey of Christ’s - symbolic followers^ ot to i It is umlerstood that the program , , , h«s bwn .-hip,)f(l toKflhcr and Will In-' ready for the lyesi.lenf.-. eciutiny this I "<■ nte<lieme in Bal- week. Since he has tieen ke|it abivast •'"r"' '"'"f''"- of both the prom-ess and the opposi-9'‘’" niereant.le business tion that hai- Calvary the third day ‘'after the cru cifixion—to hold services. ' Sunrise ceremonies were held on mountain sides near loiwton, Okla., and in the Platt national park at sun rise. Some 20,000 persons attended. At .Medicine park, near Lawton, they | S. C. .Senators Split i Washington, April 17. — SenaLor.s ' from the Carolinas .split on the Wh 'el- er silver amendment to Ihe/farin oil! which was rejected by the/senate to day. Smith of South Carolina, ami Rey- Ijiurens ('ity and Trinity Rid^e Sections ('laim Balance Due F'rdm tt-O-l Funds. here kept and the . , , . , s developed, it is not ex.i»‘ .Mounn-dle. Alter niovinit peeled to lie lonif on his desk before P" "«■ •'“''ly h‘' continued mhu.st- KoinK to conm-ess. fh'ere, With a two-, ‘*>0 last .III years had rep- resented a large wholesale milling thi.s section of the state. Laurens, April 13. In the name of two Laurens coUnty school districts, — . ,1 auiens'city and Trinity Ridge, a suit Fashion W'ent on parade oyer At- an,»v„,j„n.nt. while Bailey, of N't»' th,, has heeiL instituted by iiKaLattorneys lantic City’s board walk and ob.serv-, (’a,.olina, and Byrnes of South ( »»»- h.^king to the collection of an alleged ers estirmted 500,000 persons, re- h'na, voted against the proposal. ‘' balance ihu .saw an enactment of the passion play, nolds of North Carolina, voted for the| amemiment, while Bailey, of North,, ('arolina, and thirds vote of each house neces.Dy to block the proposed shifts, its ac-' , , , , , • . . heptane, is. connidvrcd likely. / connection he held u,, to hts death. Cnder the prom am, part o( which, '“S'"'"" already is before the president, thelf'"- y™" ''«'' ved as dea- eonimerce department probably will he a"<l Sunday school smpei inlendent the most altered unit, with direction '’“'''"I' of the nation’s transportation ,y,. held the former office tO years.,. terns its most inifiort^nt function.' "Di". fuller is survived by three Grouped under Secretary Roper will | daughters, Mrs. I). A. Davis ot I.au- be, under the plan sent to the White' ions. Mi s. Jack H. Davis of ( linton, House, divisions for regulation ofiand Mrs. Earle Wilson of ( olumbia; land, water, and air. commerce, with^tN'o sons, L. (’. Fujler of loiurens, and the interstate" comnierce 'bommis.sion I’* ’ splendent in seasonal finery, pas.sed in review. Moravians at VYinston-Salein, N. (I., greeted -ilull, rainy skies with their 161-year-old service — handed down from their forebears and followed me ticulously each Easter. Members of the Dai«4iters of tluf American Revolution took Sumlay as an occasion to memorialize their at services jn Washington. England’s prime minister, MacDonald, and his spent Easter on route to Washington for conferences with President Roosevelt. these districts out of Iasi Highlights Of South Carolina Beer Act I The South ('arolina fines 3.2 per -cent beer ' “non-alcoholic” and ‘ beer act de- and wines as non-intoxicat- dead ; mg. Ramsav i I**** >»its unrestricted sales, any , . , I ui i where at any time, under tax regula- daughter Ishbel,; . ’ . , i . r i i ,1 . ■ (tions. .No state license, but federal the high seas, en , license. , retaining its qua.si-judicial legulation of railroads. To the interior ilepartment is to go the bureau of mines from the com- merc.‘ department,-and there also v.-nuitl-be grottfied the public-Jivelfare_year work of thg government and possibly;, a public construction division. The po.stoffice department, .. the ai'my and the navy also are to lie Dr. L. S half-brother bia, and John Khett Fuller of Mount ville; nine grandchildren and three greatygrandehildren. His wife the late Mrs. .Ada HoIine< Fulb i, died several MO, In Dublin, Ireland, 5,000 members fuller of Paris, I" •‘‘UfTi ^‘N „f ingh Republican army ,cohduct- lel’s, E. G. f uller of (oIum-|gj memorial services for comrades killed (luring the Easter uprising in 1916.’ The Ulster government’s pro-; hibition of such services was effective except, in Ubunty Tyrone where some. 200 members of the repablican army One-Cent Gas Tax conducted a memorial. i Taxes beer 15 cents a gujlon, or I two cents on a 12-ounce liotile and one cent for each additional six ounces. - . Divides. beer tax revenue 40 per cent for slate school aid, 10 per-cent for county piirpo.se.s, and 20 per cent f(>r inunidpaiiLies. and, _oMlsi(le mu nicipalities, half t(k state and half to count y?—— —;— 1 year’s appropriation, under ^he 6-0-1 law. On an order signed by (’hief ,lus- 'tice E. .S. Bleuse, the state treasurer, .lulian Ij. Scanbuixnigh, is expected to . show cause before the supreme court in .May why a writ of mandamus | should not be is,sued fecpiiring him to* pay moneys still due out of last year’s school appropriation. Other school districts in On* state holding similar'"^aims are invited to join in^ (he suit, it has been stated here by at torneys interested in the achon. It is set forth that the sum of $1,S54 is still due the two loiurens school districts, this amount repre senting 15 per cent of the total con-|s> house member^ are veterans of free conference on the approjination hi;!. Senator S. M. Ward, chairman of the finanie-rijpiinittte, and Senetor Edgur .A. Brown, of P>arnwell, have l(»ng leg islative experience. Bennett and E. L. Kishburne. of Colleton, were entrusted -with the r.*- sponsibility during the last sessifin. i .Senator W. D. Bui nett, of Sparta:'- burg,- a legislative newcomer, and Representative W. .M. (’i(‘nshaw, of Anderson, are serving (>n ihe group for the first time, !several of the menibei.s have a!- : ready begun a iireliininary study to I determine as near as possible what j l•«*venue is available fo'' this year and him ftillowing six mopths. It was cun- ' sidercil doubtful that the coimnillee would recommend new taxes, unless increased income tax('K, approved once by the hi iise. majority of it is on recoro against a .-ales tax. House- members get a res))ite this week fiMiu legislative duties and will spend the week at home tending to their private affair>. While the hou.-e I is in r(*ce.s.s the smiate lace^' ^ num ber of matters •-»«'< will pro'uably act on a house measure providing a state wide leferendiim on prohibition No- v'eiiib<*r 7. Akron Remains Are Discovered New V'ork, .Apiil IS. \t a ^pot off verted,inU» no^es from which S5 per j Now Jersey eoast not far from cent was deducted in the' seltleniehts [^(,R,.t. giant airshi}> .Akiim crash- with teachers and districts.'i- I-..,} (wo weeks ago, with the los.s of The total amount due Laurens c(nin- lives, the na\y today located what ty on the 1932 claims aptnoximatcs ] ^.^ers said w'as all that is'left of $ I (j,J)00, it rs~sTaled. amU ttrrrtof rhP-rtrrtgiW^ - the state" involves j i.a-om before dii-k they h id ample act ionji^to i t Ts' overdue claims for riu Showing Decrease heavy contributors to economy uniler ’the tentative plans being con.sidered. Postmaster-General barley has been: cent a gallon gas tax coming) asked toprmluce savings approximat-(th^ county for cro.ss country roads' inrr ^t ^ll IlAA U’ViinVi tf ic • i ^ • i i* i a Schools To Run Place.s tax adniini.stration.'in the about $300,000. The court actionjj^lo > vide nee to back" lTi(~*l' ‘bplibr — hands of the stiite tax coinmivsion. ccdlect the umoun alleged due the twtr |7]’cccs of fabric, a mas.' of wire, a Provides fienalties of $2-5 to $100 •I.aijr.i'ns sehoed districts was initiatiM] )(,ng secticii of dmaluiaiii, ami mo.'t Full Nine Months or ten days to 30 day.-; for viol iiions. .Authorizes manufacture and bol- Ti'u.-itee.s of the ('linton .school dis- i lling in Sdulli (’arolina a.s .veil as ;ale. ^ ing $loU,000,0(K). most of which, it is jj, showing a decrease from last y^‘ar,’tiict in their regular monthly meet- understood. must come through cur- according to checks received by f'oun- jpg Tue-day afternoon, decided to run the present school year for the usual' and tailm'ent of personnel tion of rural route.s^ .Another hundred mniion or more would come from the war and navy departments, with abandonment of military post> and with much of the vork now being done by civilians, shifted, to the enlisted personnel. The agriculture department is said in informed circlyas to he working to ward a near-elimination ot it.s re- consolida- ^y Treasurer Simpson for January and j_March. The March cheek, received sev- nine months, the year’s work termi-. eral days ago from r'olumbia, amount-t nating (Sn May 19th. If a shdrtenVnir ed to $1,536.32, a'decrease of about, term is to he made, it wilf be' $125. The January check was .short j applied (m the next session beginning | of last year’s by about $300, The j September, the tru.stees decided. Presbyterian Men To, M^et Friday • -rfR by ('harles F. Brooks, Iiaurens c ninty : >upcniit( iidenl of educatiim. It is set Doth that there is isufficient funds in th»' stat« treasury t(i fiay the balance ;|i«' on teachers’ salaries and other scluMi) (lainrs, arid the aim of the suit i-; to direct the s'late su|rerintendent, lames II. Hope, to make re<piisition on (lie state treasurer to pay off the biitaru'e, 11 act' was fc>uH\l )o(iic.S| s‘iii mis- of the control cai No immediate however, id’ the 67 ing. .•\fter giappLiig hooks liad struck a IRigc heavy o*,'ect, aiid then 11 brought up mtti:y pieces of the d. - igiblc, di\(-rs were sent do.vn. Tin y reported the floor of the ‘-"ca wa.s covered with Miml! d.e- The r’egula1^fetiw^ly'’Tneeting id'-the I y t n chi:; ch check for February” has never been, (\ m. Bailey, a faithful memlier of will Rie held' I'eceived, it was stated by the treasur- the board for a number of years, ten- search anu experimental ’ functions,| used by the supervisor for road and i chain gang expense as provided by the supply bill now in coui se of pass- .some of vf-Ffeh tho.«e charged with the economy feel can be classed .as luxu ries while the treasury is so strained. Decisions dn just what will be elimi- ) Friday evening in the Sunday school . building will; er, presumably on account of the bank j (jp^-pd hjvj resignation as secretary.: president M. \V. He<twn picsiding. .An holiday whiyh exifitedHwhen the check |was filled by the election ifileiesting program has.^l)een,^ ai- wa.^i due to have been issued. ! of DrNT. L. W. Bailey. - ranged by the leaders in ‘ehai gt The proceeds from the gas tax is| j Presbyteiian Al lO AF( IDKNTS IN(TIEASK IN S. C. nated, however,-remain to be made. I age. The county delegation e.stimated District I. R. C. Meet In Atlanta! anil all Presbyterian mtn in the city aic ‘cordially invited to attend the incei- i ing. Supper will be served liy the ladies as u."-ual preceding the |»ro- gram hour. JACK JEANS ILL that the tax would produce $24,000 during- the year. about i W. L. Jones, librarian, and Walker \ Combs, along w'ith one other delegate* yet to be elected, will ; represent the Pre.sbyterjan College International ON HIGHWAY BOARD i Relations club, at the Southeastern f — ' Conference on International Relations, Jack Jeans has been critically ill'^* WRIGH-X NAMED the past week in the Greenwood City! hospital following a second operation, j His friends here, and those of hisj Columbia, April 17.—Z. F. Wright | which will have as leading speakers parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Jeanee.jof Nawberry,^ was -appointed a jnein^Sir Herbert Amew. former financial will be glad to know that his con-! her of the state highjway commission! director of the I^eagiie of Nations, and’ dition wa.s reported ye.sterday asFy (jovernor Bl^'kwood today, sud-' Dr.'Ernest Minor Patterson, president' j^oved. ‘ / Iceeding J. M. Davis of New'berry, who of the American Academy of Political! ■ I died last week. He represents the hand Social Science, which will be held' of Blackville, spent eighth circuit, embracing Abbeville,!in Atlanta April 20-22, and will be! slightly improved. the" Easter holidays wit Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Peay. EVERYBODY USES COTTON NATIONAL COTTON WEEK May 15-20 counties. ment for International Peace. ('(•luinbia, April 16. — South Uaro- linians had inor^'^niotor vehicle acci- 'ivnls last m(>nth than they did in the s.ime inunth of I9;>2, but less fatali- ti♦•^ le.sulted. (Irly .seven persons were killed la.st month as cmnfiared with 17 in .March a year ago, the highw'uy department reporUMl today. There were 115 acci dents 'a.s against ohly 95 in .March, 1952. The total number of caciiient.s to date this year is far year, 339 to 27.1, and been killed compared with 41 during* the same {leri^d last year. . !Mece< of Tiris. rhen they locateil a la'go [ a t of till eonlr'.il car iiTiJ styrliourd side. It w’lr'^'-auude.I abon 1 the naval tug Ealiim. V I County Trustees To Meet Today f.aurens, April IK. — District trus tees and school patrons generally were invited today to attend a meet ing at the court house Thursday morn- irig at 10 o’clock, when the county school situation will be discussed with ahead oi ^ last j j formulating plans looking : to the welfare of the system. •15 persons have FON FIN ED T(F HOM& LYiends of W. H. Simpson will f;e- gret to learn that he has been con-j fiiied to"hiB home for the past ten' (Uys on accent of illnen, and glnd The conference is to be held under 'he ausiiices of the I-aurens County Trustees association, and the call for the meeting was issued by-Ralph T, Wilson, chairman of the oi^nixatioa. > Miss V’irginia Benjamin of Orlando, Fla., ir spending several day.s wlti her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ban- ■\