The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, June 15, 1933, Image 1
UURENS YOUTH
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Talmadge Sor^:ee Charged With
Murder of* Colie Gwinn. For
mer Resented Visits To Sister.
Heavy Cut In
SHOTtfrfiEJffHr
COMMENCEMENT SEASON
CLOSES AT THORNWai
Laurens, June 10.—^Followinfr an in
quest jury’s verdict that Colie Gwinn,
Raise 1933 Revenue Needed.
Treasurer Hopes To Secure
Lean To ^j: Past Due Claims.
Laurens, June 9.—In what was re
ported to have been a harmonious
Program of Interest Marks End of Year's Work At Orphanage.
Beccalaureate Sermon. Bv Dr. MeSween, Graduation Address
* j
By Greenville Minister. Twenty Seniors Received‘ Diplomas
At Exercises On Tuesday Morning.
Hamilton
McKee,
Young People WAR DEBT ISSUE
CREATES STORM
‘ Tue”1f^ttt:"rriaTcoC""“ Patted RpffW
lexe. Seniors Come Next Week.i ® ans^Tr" ‘‘ p""'*
peans Form Bloc To Force
United States’ Hand.
With an enrollment of 215 dele-1
gates, the conference for intermedi
ates held annually under the auspices
London, June G ''-.t Britain
of th& Synod of South Carolina, open-;tonight to VV'a shington ;i pi'ono-''!
.V, u^p,. a ii«iM.u,nuu.> The graduating exerci.ses of theiJesse Lee Jordan, Robert
17, came to his d^th at hands of TaU I the county auditor and the Thornwell oi^phanage high school were | Lesesne, Margaret Frances
madge Sorgee, a. t.. members of the Laurens county Tuesday morning at which time: Robert Roble Miller, Robert .\lice!ed at Pi*esbyteri^^n 'college Tuesday | s^t^Iement oftthr l.irxo ir, d^bt n-
gee be held as graduates received their diplo-1 Miller. Robbie Vrrgrnia Morgan,' and will continue through next Tues-!which it b.dievd^ a -c'-otaMe
were issued by C oroner John A. ihom-j^^j. Dorroh here Monday nftpr. * maV as symbols of the fact that thavU-TllP_m«s Jefferson Prather. Lucy j day. The young neonle are being cared F’resident Roosevelt. Ne. illb f'ha'--
ason charging the younger man agreed upon a levy of 5 1.2!bad completed the required four-year j Rawls SheTard. John 1 mTTS"Taylorvl-fnr in the coHoge dormitories ansi re- berlain, chancellor of t’u* cxche^ju -
murder and his father as accessory
to the killing of the youth. i
Talmadge Sorgee, w^ho had 'sui ren
mill.*^ to 'rai.>«e the revenue needed for
the 1933 county supply bill other than
course. The exercises were presided 1 Janet Tucker, Walter Williams,
over by Ex-Governor "Martin F. An.sel 1 ^?a*'y McNaif Wilson, Charles Walter
of Greenville, chairman of the board' Fdtsler.
provided for from other .soui-ces. of (Jreenville. chairman of the board; Eutslc
^ ^ ft^* • h^ h ^ ^ The 5 1-2'mills is expected to take of trustees, assisted by Dr. L. R. Lynn,! The baccalaureate sermon w’as j college busmess manager.
ceiving their meals in the dining half|^*’Jd I’bc houST^^TTf-emumnns-^onightj—
under the supt'rvision of Mrs. Myrtle!This (h'velopment urou.sed hope that
fulnte'r and .John Holland Hunter,jjthe | ^be issue which has bp('n aotrcly r|:s-
lutter s office shortly he ^ $31,000 necessary to be raised l P^’o^ident of the institution,
shot young Gwinn to death at 8 o cloik 1 ^ i:.., .r.. , . .
from property tAxes after the gasoline
I preached Sunday morning in the
jturbed by tht* world <*c(tnoruic‘ conl 'r-
Satuida> moining near the citj .im estimated receipts from of-led by
tts wusroprescnt«latthe,m|uo,tl.y|fi^^ , licence torv I
O. L. Lr.ng. Solicitor Homer S. 1
i- - ^ Tho program; for thi.*» conference ifi-:
The salutatory addi'ess was deliver-1 Thornwell Memorial church by the ■ morning classes, afternoon rec-
well appeared for the state. Upon the
arrest of B. E. Sorgee, a salesman at
im oi’P"nt^VaTtK 'MtHk; a m ore hy^ At
torney Long was made for bail for
him before Judga C, C. i'eathcrslone.
the solicitor having consented to hail
in the sum bf $1,000. Ixmg sui.i no
application for bail for the son woubi
be made at this time.
(’’olie Gwinn, son of Mrs. .\nna
flwinn, wav slain on a road l)etwe(‘n
Watts Mills village and the highway
from the city to Brand station, near
the Columbia, .Vewberry & Luurins
railroad.
J. M. Malone, who lives in that sec
tion and who was a witness at the in-
«iuest, testified that he saw the shemt-
Ks and commutation road taxe.s
have been deducted.
. Audliur Dorroh .stated that if tax
jiayments for 1933 are as large as
they were for 1932 the revenue from
J. B. .facabs. with the xlrledic-
honor falling to Glenn Beeman.
The address before the graduating
Rev. John MeSween, D.D., president
of Presbyterian college of this city.
Regular morning service.s in the city/for the conference
reation, evening vgspers a^id a special
program for each evening. The theme i
lencc would soon be aniii-ahly a(lmst *i.
Declaring that a full statement
would/be submitted luti* tomorrow
night^ after the ex^peeted fu o a’dt
IS
‘The
class was delivered by Rev. Charles j churches had been withdrawn for this j Fellowship.”
Haddon Nrhers, D.D.. pastor of the^occa.sion and the entire seating ca-
Supreme it'-om President Uoiw.-Mdt. Mr.
was not in a oo-
First Presbyterian ehiirch of Green-' pacity
ville. Dr. Nabers selected as his theme school
the 5 1-2 mills will be ample to cover ^ well-known quotation, “The World
the $31,000 with some to sjiave for Ls Mine.” He told the young gradu-
contingencies. •• fates that the .\v(»rld in w hich thi'y have
Treasurer D. R. Simpson, Supt. of been .securing their school preparation
Education (’. F. Brooks and B. Y. ('ul-'is one of distress
beitson, clerk to the county boaixl,, hecHUse woik in
were also called in to give informat ion | appeared.
. a world in angu'sh
a nu*as\ne has dis-
steps
as to tlu'ir offices. j
Levies all the way from .3 1-2 to six j font
mills were discussed, according to the graduate's to enter
several officers, and the final figuio j nnniely: insjriration of a goal, the
was arrived at by unanimous consent. | jrJory of hard work, enthusiasm, and
of the auditorium, Jsunday
department and galle'.y was!
taxed to overflowing. '
Dr. McSwc'on selected as his theme,' conference manager;
‘‘God’s (^all to a Young Life,' us;ngj^^‘‘ *’• R- Romderson of Spartan-
the 12th and 11th verses of the mh ^'“''bb ”• Kerr Taylor and the
chapter of Judges, and was a chal- George .\
ler.ge to the young graduates to d''di- G’u; the Rev. B. S. Hodges, of Bute's-/
eale their lici's to the highest service. Riddle, of ('o-
('hamlH'rlain said he
The faculty is composed of Rev. R’ disclose at proen’ ihe terms
H CiKlliirp, director of religious edu-t*”,
cation for the synod, as conference
dirc'ctor, and the Rev. John W. Davis,
(’('Utinuing. Dr. Xabes poinited out There arc- problems to be' solvc'd touay,
nc'ede-J to tie takc'U by the j he said at the outset, there is an up-1
into life’s best, heaval in thought and a.revolution ini
phase of human life it ! Greenville; the Rev. S. P
clear thinking when the *^bnton, and Mrs. J. H.
, rolumbia.
almost every
is a time for
up.
Senator .Vance, it was said, first sug-1 the supremacy of the spiritual. You j .standards of right and wrong are 1h'-
ing of the youth; that the car stopped g‘'sted a lower millage, but after fig-1 will need a definite plan and purpose; ing changed, shakeneil and torn down.’
nd witness saw .Sorgee push Gwinn | u»cs wc're submitted by the treasurer, in life, he .said, you must learn the [You are facing a dav, the speaker de.!
from the car and at the same time, ^'howing that the higher habits
Ined one shot, that Sorgee reeled and mdlage was necessary to raise the eomes
an- nionishod them that ,>>piritual things j needed. If you will link your life with; ^ ...
the-only- thiiqts 'areH-Uistiitg.i Ilbi. yau caiL help dead tlxe world back - dhY- d pj
In well informed quarters, howt-.
it was asserted that the proposed
sis of .s^etlk'inent was liy t’aymen
10- 'per cent, with the yn.b-' Uani
insisteil upon by Presiiii .it R lose-
\iekles of (’harles-1 ratio shoubi not i
S. l.mi;os, ..r.Ul‘,.f'T » f.nal ,.f
whole problem.
(.A Ftritish note pt fc'mg a pa:
payment aif the $7.3non war '
instalment due Thiirs/iay v.:is >ub-
te<l to the statij' de[iartmi'nt ,i; \\ -
ington loilay. An irf/'iina! or/ip
somewhat to tbt' s;itn(' ett'eci on
A six'ond conference for older young Italy was ab o pi-e ;ente I».
le, from the senior age and oi» I Theie has been a lengthv exeh-a
hunbia; .Miss t'ornelia Mcliaurin,
J. t'olumbia; the Rev. Fred J. Hay,
Dillon; Dr. f’harle.s H
of
of
Nabt'rs, of
liowles, of;
(’udiipp, of
auditor showing that the higher
was necessary to raise the
fell into a ditch and that Sorgee left j needed revenue without .creating ,an-
The car and >hor the youth agarn. he agreed ta it .cuuipro-
AVhen Malone got to the youth he wasinipse on 3 1-2 mills,
dead. St)rgee left immeiliftteljr for the |
sheriff's office, after getting hi.s fath-
of views b«'tween the
of woxk anil the glory that I dared, when religion has degenerateil j " start on next luesday, the
through honest toil, and ad- and when loyalty to Jesus Christ is intermediate do.ses. Thi.s .mm .-u v i . ii
‘ • ence will feature l>r. K.d'. McQuilkin.'H’^’nG ^G■• chamberlain tobl
day I
confer-1and the I’nited
British
.'slates
go\ e* n-
govern-
house and as
lesiili
th*' British
a e -
er to accompany him from Watts
Mills.
Dr. R. Ib McGowan, county physi
cian, said Gwinn had died from two;
pistol shirt woumls in the chest. andis=i«les the tw’o mill high school evy
one of his hands had powder burns on and the four mill state-wide b-O-l levy
found on the per-' niade by the legislature, making a to-
fThe millage for ordinary county
jrUrpnses last y«^r, as published in the
treasurer’s tax advertisement, was 14
mills. The 5 1-2 mills, as pointed out follow the
by Senator Nance after the meeting, j center
makes a reduction of 8 1-2 mills be
In closing. hisJnnuessive and thought-rjlo sanity and to God. As you confront i hour and evening addiesses, andj hassur^r 1) Wa. hingt?Vn hpndMl tt> .
' , von I the Rev. Homer Hammpntri'e, evange-i -^tate department a note setting forth
provoking address, he told the young
grad«ate.s tn make theae four.
their highway in life, and above all
high road with Christ
and it will
of his
it. No weajion wa?
you wrong.
The diplomas were presented the
graduates by Chairman Ansel on be
half of the board, a.ssisted by Prof. B.
son of‘Gwinn.
Other witnesses to testify at the
inquest were Fred Cogdil, Zeh I’robst,
1. C. Fowler and Sheriff Owens.
( ogdill te.wtified he went at once to
the scene of the shooting and saw
tal reduction in Ijturens county 14 1-2pinson, principal of the .school. Dr.
mijls.
l4»an In Doubt
Treasurer Simpson said that with
the 5 1-2 mill levy he had hopes of
floating a loan for the $31,000 so as
Gwinn doa.l m a diU’h. Ila ..xamimul i to .'nabl.. hinv.i. pay off past dm- l'j:a
the bodv. Probst te.'^tified he saw ..Sur-1 claims in cash. The Joan was alieady' being $.>.00, with the
father in a car together jin sight, he said, until the hank raiiied'jif jbe valedictory prize of
of Mrs. 1 the point that under another^ si'ction
two'of the supply bill, teachers’ efaims
doors from
(Iwinn is said
Lynn presented a copy of the Bible to
each graduate, following a long-estab
lished cu.stom at the institution.
Medals anil honors were ilelivered
by the president of the institution.
The following prize.s were awarded—
exception
$]0.(K> to
Glenn Bi..e.man: BJide essay, Roberta
Miller; monitor’s prize, Annie Bag-
well;' expression contest. Myrtle
Moore; declamation contest, William
Heehian; poul-
,these pressing problems, you mustP^*'* tCev. iiomer Hammpnti , ,, , v.
.u»n ypur -Ufp 1.. A.s'vau »nd pinKPr.-toKt-thpr with - h.- p,I •
thp cull thaTc<pm17nM«~(T;Kr thpn.‘f^^^^ « laadPra-J/m-ansl»lmaPfeJVp
must h.. a m-o/milion of a need; “"‘I t/'orl"'™ »f cla,Hs...H, as ^ i*-|dy tolno./ow.
never lead lability to meet that need; and a will-; leaders of tht^evening
! ingness to let (iod use just wha+ you IS‘**‘vices. Along with them on
have. (lod is calling you to take vour faculty will lie such leaders as )i.
C. Dai^iy Fulton, of ^Nashville; the
Rev. P. D, Miller, of AtlanU; Dr. John
MeSween, president of Preatiyterian
college; Dr. Samuel A. Cartledge, of
W.
stand for what you have beep taught
is right, and it is in your^power to do
what you know to be right, h" said.
He- told of the ’'esults that id'vuys
C'lme when an individual yields his i La.; Dr. F. W., Gregg, of
irf.' t( (tod and emphasized ihe ni'-MG*‘*^ Hill; Dr. Flournoy Shepiwison,
an ice
Gwinn
gee- and his father in a
about 7:45 at the house
Rhodes, in the same community,
the Gwinn home, where | could be used in the payment of taxes
to have spent about j for the districts where claim.s origi-
one-half of his time. (nate. The bank, be said, took the F><>'j Caraway; farm, (Jlenn Beeman;
F’owler for whom Gwinn worked as sition that this section made teachers’| try yard, Robert Lesesne; woodshop.
truck driver, told how he and salaries a prior claim on the taxe.s of j James Terrell; pj itiling shop, John
bad started nut on a delivery the county and thereby prevented him Malprss; cammercial department, An-
lout'e in the Laurens mill village; that j from pledging to the bank the full nabel Kennedy; general shop, Walter!
Sorgee drove up behind the truck and taxing power apparently given him .Biu-man; dairy, Allan Jacobs.
come to his car; under the section applying to ordi-; Members of the graduating c
and soon re- , nary county expenses. Unless the del-J i-eceivihg diplomas were; Glenn Wil-
that the school ciaimfiam ILeeman, Wiliam Brearly Carra-
apply to 1933 taxes,'way, Annie Ixm Dill, Thomas Coke
he' .said, it seems unlikely that thOjDyBose, Mary Bessie Faulkenbt‘rry,
loan can be negotiated and in that Fred (iarland, John Boyd Jacobs,
event he w'ill have^ to fall back on the
•crip provided for by the delegation.
cessity of being willing to be led asC*f Greenville; the Rev. J. H. ( alter,
God plans. In closing, he told the [of Anderson; the Rev, J. (i.
graduates, it is not what ,vou have.|‘*f Gaffney; the Rev. S. K.
blit what yi.M let God-use th.it counts,|**f < oluinbia; tlie Rev. J. H.
nno' may (t.id'^helii each one of voo to j and Mrs. ( iidlipp.
‘‘I will heed Thy call, I Vill fol-l Mrs. F’. L. Martin and the R‘’V^ L
I M. Bagnal are senior c-mtnctlois. the
F'atching up of the Anirlo-.Xmerican
debt issue was regarded in .American
delegation quartexs tonight as in ex
treme imjMirtance for success of the
conference and .American contribution
to it. , -
Cordell Hull, secretary of state, who
excited astonishment and anxiety by
failing to a|»pear at the idenary -
sion today whyn he we.s schedule.* ‘o
asked the youth to
that Gwinn responded
turned tir the truck to say that he was egation if^iees
going up the road for a minute and'.section drtes not
would be right back, and left in the
car with Sorgee. Asked if any one
else was in the Sorgee car, F owlet
said he “disremembeied.” This was
about 7 o’clock.
When Soigee delivered himself
the sheriff shortly after 8 o clock,
is quoted a.s saying in reply tc
question why he had shot Givinn:
with my sisiter last
•lass
low Thee, Lord Jesus.”
On Monday evenliiB the commence
ment program was(c;^t}nued with *lie
annual play pre.Aenmj by the mem
bers of the senior class. The three act
entertainment was enthusiastically re
ceived by the large audience and pro
nounced us one of the most credi’ablc
productions of its kind ever staged a*
the institution. The usual ‘‘exhibition”
on Tuesday night by pupils of the pi i -
mary and elementary grade.s wa.s
omitted this year due to the curtail
ment of the .«choi)l term from ten to
nine months. ,
Rev. C. D. Brearley, of Conway, and
Jack Margin, of Mullins, direct the
athletic program. Miss Marianne Blaul
of (’harleston, is the dean of the con
Walker,'he the first speaker, expecteil toniu’''*
F’hillips, to make his opening di'claiatiori '
Cudlipp, j Aineriean policy to thy conference ‘ -
morrow. It was tielieved that hi'i ci'i-
trtd subject will be tariff reduction.
'llie apparent foimj'tion of Faro |
peaii tdocs designed to Ton . the Ur t-
etl .States to settle the \\a' debts pix* »-
leiii immediately ami 'o .-latxilize * he
dollar price 'before otlier questiop-
ference and thy Rev. C. K. Douglas, of .were taken up liy Die conference
Seneca, i.s the manager. yau.sed some coneern among the
Anieriean delegates.
to j
he I
the.l
“He'
80-Cent Wheat
Back On Board
Younger Sorgee
Is Granted Bond
Beattie Sends Out
Notice Of Levies
(Gwinn) was out
night.”
Sawyer Counsels
License Purchase
I Laurens. June 13.—Talmadge Soi-
gee, 2H, indicted ye.sterday on a charge
R'of murder in connection with the slay-
ting of ('olie Gwinn, 17, wa.s thi.s af-
allowed hail in the sum of
ternoon allowed hail in the sum
$2,UJ0 after Judge F'eatherstone had I
granted a continuance of the case un- l
Chief Highway Commissioner in the •Septe.nber term
*4 »• * r> * R- F.,. Sorgee, o7, father of Tal-
Says Motorists Must «t? madge, who wa.s also indicted of niur-,
Driver’s Licenses By July 1. !der in the same case as an accessory'
(Tohinibia,
■yer.chief
I une 12.-
highway
■ Ben .M. Saw-j
eommis.sioner, i
The statewide lax levy thii^ year
will amount to eight mills, according
to notices sent out Saturday by A. J.
Beattie, comptroller general, to audi
tors of all counties in the state.
The levy is divided as follows, ac
cording to the notice sent out:
F'or state deficit, two and one-half
mills,
F’or state |)urposes, two and one-
half mills.
Uonstitutional .schind , tax, three
mills.
No levy is made for the year 1933
for the 6-0-1 school 'tax, as this tax
announced today that all South t'aro-
to the killing of the youth, was al
ready under bond and it will continue
■— —TTp ———r-——J ...uu was repealed, by the ganpial a.^Htimbly.-
, The you/TKC-r .Sdl/rrr i« tha/Kert with " 7' mentioned,
having asked Gv/inn into his automo- . ... ,, ., , „
* add the levies
Referee To Get
Telephone Case
(’oJunTbia, June 13,—The state su
preme court today ordered rale ledue-
i tion proceedings against the Southern
Bell Telephone ♦ and Telpgra|)h com
pany fdaced in the hands of a referee
at law.
Chief Justice Fk S, Blease announc
ed the decision, which was reached af
ter compary attorneys yeslenlay mov.
ed for a reference and railroad com-
mission council adnVitted the case was
“incomplete.”
Under the jirospeetive anangerneot,
Ima motorists must renew their state /v, .,.0^
1 * *-1% * I d/ i piovided in their counfy supply biTIs
law. then to have shot' him. Sorgee is al- , i » ti,,.
.All automobile ow ners were mailed have resented Gw inn’s ^
application blanks for licenses in trip- ^jon to his sister and had, he said, ' , tnfai i-rvenue from the state-the commission anil company will
licate this week-end. Sawyer said, and ^-amed the youth several times that; J i y
Chicago, June 10. -Eighty cent partial war debt staiement
wheat came back to the board of trade Koo.-evelt is expected to take
today for the first time in more than
two years.
.An official crop report late ye.ster
day again estimating the 1933: winter
wheat crop as the smallest since 1901
brought broad buying orders into the
i wheal pits at the start of trading and
: earried .puces of all deliveries to the liralhered arouriil
' I
! highest point of the sea.son.
The DecemlM'r delivery hit 81 cents
and closed at that figure the first
time that HO cents had been |>aid for
wheat since .May ‘29. 1931, when May
wheat sold up to 83 1-1.
All other news wa.> ignored by
traders who predicted that even the
small official figiire.s would have to
' Studying Note
I Washington, .lunc 1.3. — Carefully
distinguishing between refusing and
[receiving (Jreat Brilain’-' |>'ottc'>*d
re>id.*n'.
the - ini
offered with a distinct understanding
that such action will not invalrta**-
.Vipeiica’s claim to the unpaid ;
milindei.
This authorilative void cunu
tonight .Uis^ about the lime liiat 1'
ident Roosevelt, bis clo»c
him 111 pri
clave, prepared to ri ply t -
British note received at I'/c
partrnent late in tlie di.s
■C:
11
ail VI-.*
. a’c t
a for-
till' *
Mortgage Bill
On Law Books
^be revised downward later because »»f | Dre.sidvn! RcM)Si'\(d| Asks Uredit-
I the ,la,n»K.. .One 1., wh^l l.y th.. heat , ^ Haril-I'ri—.■ I
. , ,, , wave, which wa.s not included in tin i
the referee would •‘•hear all j ' H„nie Owners Now.
pix'.sented by the comiiany and state i ;
railroad commission at the_ commis-
sion’.s’"ht^nirigs w hicb culminated in an i
order for a 20 per cent reduction. Itj
wa* understood that '-new evidem'ei
might he introduced. ' |
('hief Justice Blease said aUorneys '
Wysor Goes To
13.
Washington, .1 un
i Roosevelt, m ‘ (grun.-’ !
^ _ |g»ge refinancing bill
VyftHlipTrrrditors -to -ab-tarn —b*
! proceedings^ lint if tlic jigisialion gt
* dirOOe iitkt -
tfiia.v, askctl
the motor vehicle division has arrang-1 yiyag not to go with Miss Sorgee.
ed to sell 200,000 or more of the tag.s. ] ^
The edrd type of licen.se costs 50 ^ , • I. A 4 TT
cents, and metal tags an additional f^|•051Q0^t /\Ct8 l O
dime. EachJicense will be issued for a j ^
four-year^eriod. the commissioner* OD^CCl KCCOVCry!
said, so Jhat no further renewals will
be necessary until 1937. | ^Vashington, June 13. — President
Several thousand licen.ses were sob !
here today and ig way into effect the vast powers given him,
The total revenue from the
will amount to
about $2,(K)0,000, all of which will go
to the state treasury. The revenue
from the constitutional three-mill tax
for schooks remain.s in the counties.
(’apt. R. F'. Wysor, profes.sor of mil-
. . , I • itary science and tactics at Pre.sby-
be allowed to make recommemlations'
for the appointment of a referee, but
that the court will .select the referee
by Thur.sday if none is recommended.
inspectors have arranged to di
them over the state.
Ft is a misdemeanor to drive without
such a license, officials said. The pen
alty is a $10 to $50 fine. ^
FIRST BALE IN TEXAS
today by congress to stimulate nation
al recovery through the public works-,
industrial control bill.
Members of the cabinet immediate
ly in charge of this program, together
with Gen. Hugh John.son, w ho had j
been organizing the hu^e machinery
Hou-ston, Texas, June 13.—The first for more than two weeks, were sum-
bale of the 1933 cotton crop grown in.nioned to the White House to discu.ss
the United. States reached Houston'plans for speeding its opei;ation. j
today and was vsold to the cotton ex- — 1- ■—!
change for $150.
The, cotton was grown in the lower
RwriSiMMindiiirf^r^^ M ifrM.
Mission.*
/ - . •* :
Kenneth Cox left yesterday for his
home in Greenckstle, Ind., after
speni^i^g the nasL -tug-weeks, herfi.
Worse Than War
66 per.son.s killed
415 per.sons injured
504 rei)orte(| accidents
By automobiles on stale
hifirhways in South Carolina
since January 1, 1933.
. (Towns over 2,500 popu
lation and county roads not
included).
“ALWAYS DRIVE' ~
CAREFULLY”
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DirectX Verdict
In Local Case
terian college, has hwn assigned to
duty at Clem.son college where he i.s a
•member of the R. (). T. C. staff in
I charge of'thnuimmer training camp
for 5,50 trainees from ten .schools. The
, eneamtimcnt is ex|H;cted to eontinue
[several weeks and ('apt. Wysor will
rc.'main al (Hernson for the entire
I [leriod.
Shortly a'fier court convened Mon
day morning. Judge (’. (]. F'eather
stone, on the motion of Solicitor!
Blackwell, directed the jury to return [
a verdict of acijutttal in the case of
Officer C. W. Weir and W'. G. King
for the death of Duffy
Clerk Of Court
Makes Two Sales
into o(>t*ration.
”1 ajqieal to mortyag> ib»‘ilitu!'>,”
he said, "and all others who have
claims again.st luumi owiiei s, and a-k
them, until full opport^iniliy ha.- been
ijiveii to make efft'ctive the refinanc
ing provisions of the huiut’^ mortgage
act, that tluy abstain frfim bringing
foreclosure proceedings and that they
abstain from seeking to dispnsses.s the
home owners who are in debt—
them ”
.Uix Rm».sevelt .signed the bill allow
ing owners of mortgages •im homes up
to $20,090 to exchange this papef T\>r
government bonds at an interest rate
bf 5 (>er cent in the presence of the
home,Joan hank board which will ad
minister the act.
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Clerk of Court Thos. W. Bennett
Barksdale, made two legal sales in front of the
Negro, near here a /few w'eek.s ago af- court house on June sale.sday, as fol- a iJ^
ter Barksdale had made an attack lows: j’ KLSlJl IEKIAIN
! upon them with a cotton hoe, A coro- , Helen O'Dell vs Flllard J. Nix, et al. M[EET TOMORROW
ner’s inquest at lhe time, declared the .53 2-3 acres in Waterloo town.ship, N.
slaying justifiable. hold to |)laintif^f for $225. , The Men-of-the-Churclr will meet
J- — j J jj Hcnder.son vs John Hen*-y F'riday evening at 7:30 at the F'irst
Mrs. G. C. (idiorne and son, John, Davis, Bennie Davis ,et al, lot on Presbyterian church. A program of
ihave returjjed frmia.A&^illiiitQn-where. HampUm street, Laiureo.s, sold to 0. interest has been arranged and it
where tFiey have been visiting friends. iTTging lof
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