The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, April 19, 1934, Image 8
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The Clinton Chroniclci Clinton, S. C^ Thursday. Avril 19, 1934
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I Crews wasTwhected as chief,/ as
1 <oHiCll8 IVlttyOl j^were J. R. Pagre, Hicks F. Owingrs,
Q«*#l Cen#f e* T. Willard and Guy L. Watson.
OlQ a Calll Patrolman James L. Prince was elect
ed as a new n\an on the force^
Joe F. Smith Promises PrORrM-j Marion^ J. Simpson, city clerk aiid
SITe Administration.'^ Cr^ws; treasurer and R. E. B^bb, attorney,
^ 1 A f £ / were reelected for new'term.s.
Reelected Police thief./ H, p’Shields and F. N. Ken-
' 'nrdy xrcw reelected as members of
Laurens, April F. Smith health; P. B. Terry
entered on his third t^ as mayor of; j members of the
Laurens as he and ^ six aldermen commission.
took the oath of of^ce Monday Tupht, public works department,
in city council ch^bers. Mayor p Tollison was sworn in as
i and the other ip^mberfi of council had ^ me^nber of the commission, suc-
been reelectetr for new’ terms in the
ceedinjr L. G. Halle.
recent prii^ry and peneral elections.
After th^nduction,.Mayor Smith as
sured pie. councilmen of his desire to
give tw city a^ progressive adnainis-
tration as be had attempted in Jire-
vious terms of office, and asked their
coDtin’jed cooperation to this end. Mr.
Smith i* the swond mayor of ' white 'rai'd7o/iBhi he har‘f7und
tobeg.venath.rd.termmthe larr20
years. Former Mayor C. .iL Babb hav
ing had this honor. ,1. r. beir way into the vault and then into
In reorganizing council for the new • 1 % iv * -v ^ * 1
^ t- a »v ij f be .side of the .safe with an acetylene
tenure, E. D. Easterby. alderman,mim , v . 1 au * 1 a
J ’ . 1 a J ■ orch and escam*d without any loot
ward SIX, was reelected mayor pro
a a-. • a • a au 1 a aaJ a./ lor their trouble.
tern. Going at once into the elec.ion of » o tt , j * r au i. i
city police and other employer, James I 'he bank,
Robbers Visit
Bank Of Hodges
G’-eenwood, .\pril 14.—Sheriff K. M.
no
ght
> into the Bank of Hodges,, byrned.
annouhced that the ba^k would Con
tinue business as o.sual and that he b6-
tlieved most of the money, some of it
burned on the ends, would be redeem
able. The bank is fully covered by in
surance, he said.
The attempted robbery was discov
ered this morning when Mr. Hodges
found'that_ the lock to the front door
had been broken and, as he entered, he
noticed papers, including batches of
canceled 'checks, had been, scattered
ai^out the floor. The door to the vault
ha(i been closed when the robbers fled,
but he found a large hole had been,
burned through, severing the lock,jand
then he discovered a hole in the small
er .«afe on the inside and scorched pa
pers on shelves nearby.
A theory of officers is that the rob
bers, believed to be amateurs, smoked
themselves out and fled when papers
caught fire inside the vault and after
they had di.scovered the torch haif set
fire to currency in the safe.
collelfe, the state agricultural and prie-
I chanical school, where he will be ^ad-
uated* in June as 'ft student in dairy
husba,iMii:y,, Steer is among the
highest in his class in scholarship.
' Ev;en scholarship has been
his, first and deepest concern. Cadet
Steer has participated quite actively
in sjtudent organizations. He has been
an active member' of the Dairy clulj
for three years. Last year he serv’ed
as secrf^tary for this organization and
he is now president. He is vice-presi-.
dent of the 4.;H club, overseer in the
(ibllege grange, a member of the Cal
houn literary society and the senior
coi/ncil of the Young Men’s Christian
association.
He holds the grade of second lieu
tenant in the military organization
and is a member Company H.
MAKES FINE RECORD
AT CLEMSOK coi.tt:ge
R. L. steer, a Clinton high .school
graduate in the class of 1930, has
made an excellent record at Clemson
Laws Enacted By
General Assenibly
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days of its session just
ended, the general assembly of South
Carolina:
Authorized $34,000,000 Santee-
Cooper hydro-electric and navigation
development under state sponsorship
with PWA funds.’ ■ , ‘
Cut tag costs in half to save car
owTiers $1,000,000 annually. ^ ^
Enacted $6,948,000 general appro
priation bill, estimated ,^1.500.000 in
crease over 1933 pnTf^-month basis.
Provided a' liquor referendum in
the D^oferatic primary .August 28.
Legalized beer bf 4 per cent by
weight instead of 3.2.
Rejected liquor dispejisary and locil
option bills.
Lowered the legal interest rate from
7 to 6 per cent.
Fixed the maximum penalty for,kid
naping at death and for posse.'sing a
machine gun at 15 years.
Raised state .school teachers’ pay 10
I per cent.
Slashed the state “intangibles” tax
on dividends and interest.
Changed the moving picture tax
ation method.
Approved enforcement of XR.A
codes by state courts.
Limited the state highway bond is
sue for five years.
'.Authorized stare couTts^ to suspeiid
mortgage foreclosures generally dur
ing the “economic emergency.”
Gave the state its first poet lai^-
reate.
DEMOCRA'nC CLUB TO MEET
I The county Democratic club will
i||^t at 3 p. m. on Saturday, April 28,
to r^rganize an^i elect delegates to
theXccmnty convention. The meeting
; w^l bS^Id in the Masonic Temple
.building.
Jack H. Davis, Sr., President.
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HOPEWELL CLUB TO MEET
The Hopewell Democratic club Will
meet at th^ Wadsworth school house
Saturday aftenrobn. .April 2^th, at
2:30 o’clock^to re-organize ari .?Iect
delegates the county convention.
; J. L. Dickert, President,
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