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% I : THE CHRONICLE • Stkives To Be » Cleam No S’ paper* Complete, New^, I ' and Reliable. L *1!. T { I If Too Don't Bead THE CHRONICfJI Ton Don't Get The Nenra. / i . I. VOLUME XXXIII CLINTON, S«C., THURSDAY, APRIL 27,1933 NUMBER 17 r K cnr SCHOOLS CL^ SOON Baccalaureate Sermon On May lith By Presbyterian Pastor. Presbyterian Collejre Head ^To Deliver Graduating Address. ^Confers Power To Issue Scrip Amendment To County Supply Bill Gives Authorization To Pav 1933 Claims. •• o» Laurens. April 22. — Authonty and power to i^sue certificate? of indebt- The nre.«!ent session of the Clinton j ednoss commonly known as scrip in c’ty schools will come to a close on 1 the name of Laurens county is con- Friday. May l!>th. jtainod in an amendmewt %o the county The commencement nrorram fcri^uPP^y driven-tliird readinj; the hieh school graduates will in the state senate, it has ushered in on Jinmlay eveninjr. May * definitely announc^ hy Senatoi 141h. when the haccaiaur''Rte sermon! ^ 1^- Xance. The amount which will be preached in the First Presby-' niisrht he issued is not to exceed $31,- • terian church by its pastor. OV. D J. ap'pvoximately the net amount to Wood.s. According'to a prevailing eus- raised by property taxes in the tom, this sejvice and sermon rotates | J'upply measure, and is to become oay- annually with the phurches of the able on March 1, 19.34. The certiii- " "city and "the" Preshytenan minister cat^s will Carry an interest w’iil officiate this year. j six per cent. . The graduating exercise.* nroner! In a' previous interview-- Senator wilt he held op Friilay evening, May jXance had said that the provision for ____l9tlu_ai-^20 o’clock in the Florida -^crip was inade in view t»f Ibe^ fact j Street school auditorium. The e.ver- that it appeared improbable that a cises wilt be presided over by Supt.; loan could be .secured sufficiently ,1. H. Witherspoon, and there will be large to pay off the current county the usual awarding of diplomas, prizes claims in cash. and other features of interest. Thej Senat-»r Nance said that he did not address before the graduating <^’ass i amendment to , will be delivered by Dr. John Me-t jpj.jp j. Sween. president of Presbjterian the year 1922 estimated by the lege of this city. i county treasurer to aggregate about Class .day exerci.ses wdll he held on |3,j o,;o for the last four months of hriday morning at 8:4.3 in the highj^^pp year. Treasurer Simpson' was school auditorium. j quoted in The I>aurens Advertiser last This years graduating cla-^s CPLi-jweek upon his return from Columbia j Pf*OCft*AITl si.sts of 16 members, 26 girls and 20saying that he underst(M>d the dele-; » ‘ igation would authorize an i.ssuance of Following is the list of those whcj^prip for those months. He said yes- expect to receive the coveted sheep-1 ^^^day that he would prefer authority to issue scrip for the 1932 claims than STRONG nCHT ON SALES TAX Two Thousand Merchants March Upon Capital To Protest Pass age of Bill Scored As Unjust and Discriminatory. skin on .May 19th: Caston Colvin Wilder. Clinton C. West. James Parks Sloan. Olon Hugh Sheely. Verner Ro.s.s. John Maxey Ray. Ro.swell Kir.g Porter Robert Calvin Mcl>ees. Ralph Waldo Johnson. J. B. Johnson. Woodrow Hulsey.' Dill Ellis. Allen Dominick. Andrew CJialmers Daniel, Jr. T I.. Coo|>er, Jr. Robert James Copeland. Frank Cauley. San Young Adair. Pringle Abrams.^,^^^ D. Eugene Ab'fams. Sai a Zee Wright. Ruby lone Woodrr.ff. Martha Whitten. Eloise Von Hollen. —Mtdn-l Ophelfa- Twker- Ka.^tor Lillian Tixld- Margaret Bates Taylor Frances Spratl. Cora Mae Smith. Pauline Roheil^i. Surah Elizabeth Nelson. \’ida .Mae Nabors. Margaret Moorhead. Rosa Bailey Little. Louise Horton. .Myrtis? Holland. Robbie* Henderson The«la Patricia G*les. Evelyn F’ergulson. Sue 11a Denson. Lucile Copeland. Mary Glynn Chambers. A. Frances Bailey. Vivian PaYk-C Adair. Florence Adair. Nell Ramage Abrams. 129 County Men ivegister ror jods For Fann Meet County Women Oppose Repeal; I kn i: Oi f j lo issue renp for the new claims under the 1933 bill ; since he believed that the county 'could secure a loan for 1933 claims j provided enough mills are provided in the 1933 supply •neasiire lo cbver IhC appropriation. Senator Nance gave out a copy of his proposed amendment, as follows: Sec. 12-A. That the treasurer and supeAisor of Laurers county are hereby authorized and empowered to issue ceitificates of indebtt*dness in name of Laurens County ,and against Laurens County, commonly known as scrip, in denominations of One, Five, Ten and Twenty Dollars, as' it iiecoii.es neaes.sary monthly tp meet th^ current obligations ot the county for ordinary county purposes, not to exceed, however; the aggregate sum 'of $31,(M)0, such certificates shall he ,ext*cuted on behalf of the county by • the county treasuicr ami county su- ! pervi.soi, and .shall liear interest from Ithe date orissuF'^FlTie rate of 6 pei ' oeiit |>er annum, and s|iall heroine due and payable March 1, 1934; otherwise jthe ceitificates shall be in such form as may lie determined by said officers t:’t-.-xi ■ «*vr3;r County Farm M’omen-To Hold i Baptist Association Goes Spring Session Ridge Saturday. At Trinity-j Record As Favoring Reten-j I lion of I^resenl Drv I*aws. Columbia, .April 23.- .Speakers at. a iOne-.«ided legislative hearing today ■ urged that a proposed thre^ per cent I .state .sales tax be rejected and gov- I erlimental "economy” enacted instead. A throng of merchant - and citizen*; 'from ail parts of the state, estimate*! . at 2.300, marcheir upon-the capltat t’' protest the tax in the largest demon stration of its kind in recent st-ite ' history. . ^^tarftmzing earlier at a public meet ing. the anti-tax delegations parade! down Main sti^etTbr eTghf'brbcks'aintf converged ■up(»n the state house like an army. They filled all available Y'-'eat'* ami overran-aisles^ gnlWies. and 'hallways to applaud whenever the tax, • was scored. The measure-was attacked as "ru'n- uus” to struggling merchants, as “cor- fH>ratM»n legislation.” and a bill "to j protect pro|H*rty at the exiien.se of small wage-earners.” No arguments wer*- presented in favor of^ the tax. which is attacheil j to a school hill before the senate, al- : though proponents previously had , said it would enable sharp reductions ' in pro|>eriy levies. i However, a telegram from the Pam- plico schiwl. Florence county, threat- ene«l to Iniycotl merchants who op- jiosed it was read in the house. The On'County-Wide Gathering Held In mei^sage. the original of which wms addres.st‘d to C. S. Lemon,'"of t^olum- The jammer eapitol of the United Statee thia year xiiU.likely be at the.. New York _^reeideat of Preaident Roosevelt at Hyde Park,which ; is shown above. 8o^ is the report from Waihington wtwre great xmeertaiaty pretails as to when Gongreas will end' its 'work on iramedinte legislation. Reports from the White House also tell of the Preaident's plan for a week's cmiae on the 45-footer, ** Amber Jack 11", with only his four ions as shipmatea. It ia thought the cruise will be up the Maine coast for a short stay at the Roosevelt home there. Below, the PreaideDt and Mtil'' Rooeeeett off for a Trustees Urge School Support ing of the Ijiuren.* Tounty (’ouneil of F'erm Women, lo lie held Saturday, April 29, at Trinity-Ridge sch<H)l. has been completed and announced by the officers. With Mrs. L. T. Taylor, president, presiding, the council session will open with a song, Carolina, the recital of To l^rotecl Schools. Thi? program for. the spring.. meeL;.a... LAmriis,. At the .aiuiual meeting here Saturday of the Wo- mon’s Mi.ssionary union of ..the I.au- ren? Baptist association, resolutions were adopted opi>osing the repeal of the ISth amendment, after the union had briefly di.scus.sed the question. Thie sessions of the union were at tended by about 200 reprpsentatives the council creed in concert, and the ^from the different societies in the invocation by Dr. A. B. Ungston j churches of the ct.unty. Mrs. U L. The addiwas of welcome by Mrs. R. j <'arj>enter. of Gaffney, vice-president M. Cain will b® responded to by Mrs.l”^ ‘he Northern division, was a guest C. B. Patterson of Ijinford. (speaker and brought an inspirational mes.sage. Dr. A. B. langston, former l^aurenA Petitions Delegation bia. president of the State .Meichants i association, .said farmers would lie _ j asked to join in the boycott since the - I^urgna, Agnl ,.2L-^rr;uAt-_a.- relieve propeirv Tastes, meeting Thursday of the I-aiirens fhV fight . overshadowed County Trustees - associatitm, R. T. developments a.s the 16th w.'ek Wilson, chairman, a resolution direct-legislative session o|>ened. In ed to the Uurens legislative delega-1 ^eply to questions “what would you tion, “to do all in their power to j^ j^,. place?” oiifaments at the public schools of the state for finance committee hearing almo.si children and to provide adequately ^ j^^.^riably artswered for their support.** was unanimously econoii-y. One si>eaker -niggested Mayor Bur- Then will follow the roll, committee appointments, report of the year’s project work by Mrs. R. M. Cain, county health chaiiman, and reports by officers and deparlniental chuir- men. , ^ ^ The pi inn jml' address“Tif rhe ""'da^ mi.ssionary to Brazil, now pa.stor oFa group of churrhe.s in the I.aurens as sociation, gave aa informative addres.s on foreign missions. The union had rei>ori.« from, me ent.s will be “made by .Mrs. .S. O. I’h'wden,^ uniform activity and encour- 'ngs, .Mr. Wharton. J distriv't home agvfit of-SiPoter. kibe: will Ills.) ap|)ear on the program for ' , morning >t->ion via* opened special mu.sic, while the Trinity-Ridge i devotional >er-. ices by -Mrs. (k B. adopted, together with two amend- r Maybank. of C'hareston, and menls. One of these, offered by J*; Mayor .A. C. Mann, of Greenville. l>e Harvey Witherspoon, superintendent »con»o*rvators’- for the state in of the Clinton schools, pledged co-| . ,^^. rrtrenchments. operation ‘in any way we can ^d* '7 r Columbia ivhole-v e’ will accept any Ux put onjus. other,- ^ N. J. Ax^on. distnct^^f^. Carolina no-rih:i:-:s trusU^e, asked that school transimrta-, The t:i.x ”ui^rr turn costs be provided in the I>ending Y^^ounds that they wo il.i ha.e ‘o it)- sorb it. This is n.) time to pft'.s's new ta\c>.” I’eajce argue.!, "This particular oui w-i-: Jvawn f.)i- the c.o ooi atl^ inter.* •111.- against the av.'iaje man.” F.. II. l’ouln.)t, Jr.. ( hurl.- ,i m i .v- sch.ml bill. The formal n*.solution was offerei.1 by W. <k Wharton, and was official, .li^iyonal superintend-Brooks, county -.ii- and~ .leparlmental lea.lers," all «*■ fducalloh; ('. B. Ow- Milam and oth- ei-s. 'S*ir !’. H.)llis, of Greenville,. su|H*rin- tendent of th«* Parker ilistrict school. The cerlTfiCareS shfftl retiiea t>ut i club will provblf a“ futt “mu^^Trrn i^ro-: ahii the afUM niKin h<up' ,t>y^Irs. was the s|H*akef al the ttc of the revenue accruing to the county f..r the year 1933 and all unpledged revenue applicable for county purpos es for the year 1933 is hereliy jjjiecifi-. tcally pledged for the payment of cer- jlificates authorized to he issued by [this act, and the full faith, cre.lit and j taxing power of I.aurens County is I hereby irrevocably ple.lged to .secure {the payment 0/ all such certificates I together with interest thereon. g^'ani. The song contest and tation .)f certificates to club will feature the afternoon .se-^sion. ll is desired by the ouneil officers that large delegations from each club at tend. A gavel *» to he pre.sen’e.i to the club having the largest alien.lance on a mileage* basis. The program for this m«;eting pro vides foi a "hartir houi” during which period, just lK*fore the close of the The treasui-er is authorized and em-! j^ftt.rno6n session, club members may ; A. B. Ijingstoii. women r Gii'etings wi.e given by .Mrs. J. W. Hender.son, pix-.-idenl .rf the I.H’al so ciety. and the res|s»nse was ^y MrsT G. Evart Taylor, of Princeton. M i.ss .Allene F"ranks, superinten.lent ] schm.ds of this state for of the union, pi-esided over the two' thinkable.’’ .sessions of the .lay. She was reelected' to the post, as were all the other of ficers, including divisional su^ierin- tendent.s and young |K*ople’s organi- chanl, charge.! .^thut "the ^^state has h.‘en gi-os>ly misniiinage.! i 1 the .!iscusst*d the tducational measure now Ciimg muni. ipal t cono.uies eftV in the legislature, and divlare.1 thit.^,| \,y \iay.,rs Mann an.! .Maybank. Poulnot -ai.l “if the hous.* and seha*.- powered upon having'in.his hands any i-funds applicable to the retirement of I such certificates lo anticipate the ma- jlurities thereof and to pay the same,' hut interest thereon shall n.)t he paid for' any greater length of time than 'from the date of issue to the date of , payment. exchange or sell anything in the way of h<>iTie products. Each club will be expecte.1 to bring hinch. The hoste.s's club will provide lujuid refreshments and serve the dinner. New officers are to be elected at thi.s .session. Mrs. Taylor, th<* retiring zation leaders. the teachers exiavted salary reduc- tb7n;“ an.l are willing to- accept econ omy cuts, hut to “close the public year is un- f. K. Wright, superinten.lent of the l,jiiirens city schools and president- «*lect of the South rarulina Teachers’ association, also s|M>ke briefly on the school q-je.Htion and what it involves. Orphanage Gets Duke Portrait ('harles B. Owings, memla-r of the boar.l of trustees of the Gray t'ourt- people of S.iuth Dwinirs rnnsolidattHi srhool sai.I he ^ arolina, whatever the *ena*e .k»e.'. Laurens, Ai)rir'22. — .According to That upon ihe payment of the cer- 4iificatea_Lhe.trea.>mrer^ lake py The Thom well orphanage has re- pTesrdent,SriH~ faptome Mhctrfcb-prem**-^-(.efvgd' vrit hin t he past week a baml- p * some portrait of the late J. B. Duke, 1 county benefactor- of orphanages and hos-1 Dwings consolidated school, . said he had la-en told in ('olumbia that a sales tax loomed as the only means of fi nancing the public .schools through an other year. fist of figures given out to^y at the perforation and he shall enWr the same and mark them Paid ^yp^ome demonstration agent, is cooper-’"pjt.ais* in tlie two i arolIhasT Dr. institution. , . -I 1: c - - enter ^ting in plar.s* for the, success of the I'ynn, *presi*lent of the ^urens county the amount and the number p^peting. states that the portrait has been hung — 'in a conspicuous., place in the office ... * * I • .ill pmpo.se and it .shall des-HeSiClS ^ The following letter from Di. W. .S. office, It was stated, is still receivnng as ,the “Certificate or Scrip applications. i Book foi the Year 1933.” 1 In the R. F. C. employment depart-} 12-B. Siich certificates shall be 129 men have been registered for certificates as they are paid and e.station work. Of this number ^ j^^l^^hich he .shall keep are white and 27 Negroes. The local Ma|iy_Here Join Sales Tax Fight Ja^obs^Heads Rotary Club ment. it was said that activities, and payment of any tax due employment of men had been curtail-! county for the yearj^932 and ed to the point of giving work to ap- previous years but shall not be proxiniately 1,000 per week, whereas payment of taxes for the the number a few weeks ago pmuided, that such certifi*-|is the newly-elec high as 4,300. Something over ^*.600 as'iuirt payment has been expended in _the munty ;^^ any tax of the year 1933; provided through R. F. C. loans, it was .said. amount of the .certificate or Project work under this employment j certificates used shall not Exceed system had been county-wide in portion of the Ux allocable'to or- Other new officera* or me ciuu “‘v-. . , With the result thaV even' section , expenses. .JZ) Amendj Irby S. Hipp, Aice-president; **»*“[• *^' 'section for orphans had whatever benefits tha^ were to striking out same and in- W. Brown,'.secrbtary-trea^uier. *^^^^*'* hi.s example derived froni the innovation. in i;.*.! th.*rpot the following tional directors besides the officers . ..... .. J. F. Jacobs, Jr., welT-known young busipess man of the city and a mem-1 her of the firm^c^f Jact^s & f'ompany, ^ ^ president of-^j^e.^ ■ Clinton RoUry club for the coming" * year, succeedug geon, who, as auto matically joins t^j^ird of directors. Other new officera^rdf the club are .A large numb«T of Clinton mer- rhant.s and othiT intere.sted citizens Rankin, of the Duke Foundation, wa- '^pent Tuesday in ( olumbia attending received with the |>ortrait: jthe state-wiile mass meeting against “A photograph i.* so "personal that'passage of the proposed 3 per cent gooil ta.ste forbids its being offered to i ^^ales tax. The party remain(*d in the [anyone except one who.se genuine capital throughout the day and took . - , serting in lieu thereof the following The office management here ^ gj,j provide for the awaiting instructions regai^.ing ‘^^y of Uxes schook-and bounty centration points to xh*ch the enrolled* years 193^ and" to forestry workers may be sent. expenditure thereof and to ~ ^ ' issue certificate;^ of indebtedness and OrOWA Ofi&CCF Ol provide foi the payment of same.” SUte Itoory Body $773,45$ Loan For tional directors are: VV'. .A. Johnson, Capt. R. -L, sor a, C. Hays. tion of Mr. Duke’s high estimate of the value of the oiphanage as a |»ru- and inspire th**m and generosity in providing moi-e ade<|uale facililies fur , these wards of society;" LOCAL OFFICERS ELECTED N^-Stkt<^League | At the annual meeting of the South! Carolina Historical association beM at the University in Columbia la4t Sat-' urday. Prof. M. W. Brown of the Pres byterian college faculty, elected' ▼ice-president of the associatipt. for < the coming year. Dr. Dudlejf Jones, | also ot this city, was on the program j with a paper.on Grirake Sisters. ^ State From R. EX. BASEBALL STANDING .At the annual convention of'’the 'South Carolina Chi^iiian F.ndcavoi union in Florvnce last week, L. .A. .McCall, Presbyterian college sopho- was'elected pre.sident for the Washington, .April 25.—The Recon struction Finance corporation today 4 , ^ ' I a^rbved a loan of f773;455 for use in South Carolina during the month of May. WatU»- j more. Won T-o^ Pet.! coming year. — 2 9 1(100 i Mis.s .Annie Mae Tarre. of Thorn- Cljinton .. .. 1 • 0 1006: well orphana^^e, was elected troasur- Ottaray 1 0 '‘1000 jer. and the Rev. S. P. Bowles , also 0.^ Joann^ 1 l' 500 i'Thoinw" 11, wts named director of fi- Whitmire . p 1 000 nance. Monarch ■?> .. ... 0 1 0001 The principnl aJdreas at the closing Mollohon —- Mr ® 1 000 1 session Sunday evening was by Dr. Newberry 1'. i'-.J ' - 0. ■ 1 . 0001 John MeSwetn of this city. iiaii iii^ ASK SCHOOI. SLASH Col •mbia, .April 25. — Carrying on to the floor of the .senate a cry for my raised earlk'v in a eunimittoe r.g, senaiors tonight uigt*<i that he prormsed three per cvat sales ^ax {b<» rej<*c'ed for a whool retienchnicni ; program. j -A definite proposal to this effect (Continijed on page-lxtul canT give us economy let's ha;e two- conservators foi ihe style goven- ment who will, .Mayor Mann of Green ville. and Mayor .Maybank of Uhaile.-.- toi,.’* It \va> freely piedieted tav would not be enreted. liepix^erta- tivt* (*ox. of Spartanburg., a grocer f^r {»• years, tenr.ed tht tax "unj.isl” ar. 1 said, “I don't believe the house is g - F.. K. Brittin, of (’oiunibia. cha'r- inan of the South ('arolina Feilera- tioii of Labor's legislative committtie, as.vaileil the proposal as "a tax lo { '•v- a we‘*k ccxtilv laborer hikI the 175.»«*>b families reported to have lived on 'TtAlci-al aid in this vta^r—4i«*t—mr»nt-h-”- H. L. (bHMliiig. ('ohiinbia account ant. said .$.L160.(KKi in property taxi-s woiilil l*e lifted from cctioorations, and mm-residenl lam’ow ners “at a net O'S of i2.8lKMMk» to merchanl.s and cu-*- Uvniers.” .Argun er.ts against the tax were presented by .Mayor .Mann, of Green ville; J. .M. Visangka, of f'harleston; George H. Ba'le.s, of .Anderson; Harry P'-si.lent of the South Carolina Bot- t|er’v association said hottlinir firms have decreased from t*l to 49 since 192-5 with a sharp shrinkage in tax ntuirs. Mrs. Keimetb Rithafil i)*', of Sen- t'cm. executive seiditary. of the South 'aixjina Theatre Owners associ.ntion, to; med the admission tax ‘'the lieavi- c -st tax inii>osed by our government . . , which we can’t absorb and so often must pay on a los.s.”