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VOLUME xxxrv
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1934
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NUMBER 28
NRA CHANGE
TO BE MADE
Business Asked $14,485,585 Lent JState Ends Year _ College Students
To Offer Advice State’s Farmers; $444,597 T6 Good To Be Aided Again
UTIN
COTTON CROP
/
Johnson Ready to Leave Throne
and Recommends That Non-
Partisan Commission Take
Charge. One*Ma/i Rule Over
Industry Will Be Ended.
Roosevelt Quoted As Anxious Most of Money Used To Refi- Money Will Be Used To Pay Off Miller Announces Continuation^ , 28 non a i
To Hear Public Express Views' nance Debts, Federal Land nr PoHoi-ai 1.1 ’ » Acres In Culti-
In Fall Campaigns. ‘ | ' Bank Reports. ^
School Notes, Says Comptrol
ler General Beattie.
rJl
Of Federal Program In State
Begun Last Year.
Colunibia, July 8.—Malcolmn J. Mil
ler, state relief administrator, an-
WashingtoiT, July 10.— An end to
ore-man bossdom of industry under
Washington, July 7. — President' Columbia, June 7.—Farmers in the Columbia, July 7. — Comptroller
Roosevelt was described tonight by Cc'lumbia Federal Land bank district General A. J. Beattie said today the
•enatoT Lewis, Democrat, Illinois, as "ho borrowed $57,560,957 of land state of- South Carolina ended its ^o^nced yesterday that federal relief
willing to amend legislation passed hank and commissioners’ loans during eighteen-month fiscal period June 30
at the last congress if business men ^he year ending June 1. used $47,943,- "ith a surplus of $444,597, the first
can make known any< changes that 826, or |83.3 per cent of this sum tO‘i*i * number of years.
VAtion, According To Federal
Report. Smallest Planted Since
1905. Prices Rise On Estimate.
Washington, July 9.—The govern-
funds would be available to aid South today that only 2S,-
024,000 acres of cotton were in culti-
Carolina college students again next
vation gave the market its sharpest
the'Blue Eagle in favor of a commis-‘should legitimately be made. | refinance their indebtedness, the farm Beattie said the surplus," remaining term with a 20 per cent increase. • i •
sion control which may mean his own' Lewis, chairman of the Deniocratic ct^^dit administration of C'olumhia to- after $500,000 was charged off in un-, Nearly $1,50,060 will be spent by stimu us in fnonth> by fixing a
retirement was foreseen today by ^ campaign committee, said^^^^y announced. ^ i collectable property taxes for past federal government, Mr. Miller! L000,000 acres under virtually
NR.A’s chieftain, Hugh S. Johnson.
“I have definitely recommended to
the president that NRA is not a one-
man job when it passes into the field
of administration,” Johnson told re
porters. p
“I think that as
period of administration instead of
the piontHMing work of setting
codes, we need moj'e
ing out NR.A. 1 do
would be any change
^jtrinciple.
Par as my recommendar
jin a statement the president was anx- The Columbia district comprises
i ious to have business Tnem present North Carolina; South Carolina, Geor-
Iheir views for discussion in the fall gia and Florida.
election campaigns. } Of the total used for refinancing,
"Through some misunderstanding;”r$15,427.12() refinanced debts to banks,
Lewis said, “there is being published $3,619,333 refinanced taxes, $877,578
yeaius, would be used to aid in paying'said, in giving part time employment!estimates.
$^70,000 in school notes maturing in to a total of 1,099 student's. There coupled with concern over the
mnvA that in 3 Conference the president had debts to merchants, $3,224,283 their , „
move into me he went on his holiday, he, debts to insurance companie.s, and
stated that he
on
desired
his
insurance
particular $25,385,028 their debts
halanrp in Oflvrv- ad^’isois to prepare for other including private mortgage loan com- current revenues ofj the It
tV,«‘vn ^leasuies to be passed by the inedm- panies, individuals, and a variety of
in it - nn i^g congiess as pai ts of and of nec-j.unclassified creditors, ! has the state Wen
^ ^ ^ essary importance to present legis-| .All but $t>,617,131 of the total loan- unsound, but along with t
by. congress.
statement has claused large
interests to assume that the
Li
(1 by
“Thi-
businest
present legislation is not complete and Thi
conceined whatever is done the gov
ernment must maintain a hand, a veto
power. There will be no organization . , . i i i ■ . •
ril ri.com.mcn,l that docs not include ■» K't).v a'i'l'lnms leavinK iti an, has
the land bank and the commis-
loner in^THe Columbia disTricT TtntUt
the year was used for refinancing.
1936, under terms of l^jririative r«-.jHO^tudenLs at 27 South western section of
financing act. institutions aided during the past ctHT-ombelt, started_a4iiaJb,.oi buj^
"Thus showing is highly gratifying year. " ^ Iorders that brought early gains
of the trying experiences .Applications for aid should he made'*'^. around $2 a bale. The increase for
through which the state has passed, the** respective college^presidents, day averaged approximately
the relief administrator continued, and,'
to "others,” of the schoyl debt will be paid -.jt least 50 per cent of the funds al-i Secretary' Wsillace made no formal
lotted to each institution shall go to;^ ^ ‘*8b, head of
students not regularly enrolled at any'^^^* cotton production section, said he
college or university during January,i
1934.”
Harry L. Hopkins, national
aimed at limiting cotton acreage this
to8-~''e5:
er states ot
fi-
ot li
the nation we were in a
which we
‘tremcmdously pleased.”
_ (. ohb creditcMl Imth the voluntary
relief control camjiaign, which
that principle.”
In place of his own single-handed
^direction, Johnson has proposed to the
possible, what-
president a board ofijcomniission. It
would be non-partisan and .Johnson
thinks might best be comiiosed of i • •
poci.le exiH-ricncwl in N'RA. 11c said exist as In IcKislatlnn
his rccomnieniiations iliit not einhiaccr ****,^ [lassiii
the feileial trade tiomn.ission nor the' , ."f ..''''"I'''"
added, to know vyhere business feels
hows that the refinancing pro-
resulted in very little in
uncertain the manner in which husi- crease in the inilebtedness of farmers
ness shall confoim itself to the pres- in the district. •
(ff the money not employed in refi-
li'-esident is anxious nancing, $7,39t),274 was use.l f«>r the
gathered from purchase of land an<l etjuipinent. the
were (leterminetl
as possible.
emerge as rapitlly
ent laws.”
Lewis said tht
"that theiA' shall bt
'the public, wherever
constiuctiun or in^uovement «»f huihl-
ings, for improvements, and for gen
eral agricultural uses, iiiclutling the
j)!-ovision of capital, while the bal-
"I consider the financial set-up of
the state at this time in a satisfactory
condition anti within the houmls of a
suceessful coiujiletion.” ‘
Remaining state debts can be re
tired aril stidL leave an estimated
'$13,((00,000 a year available for state
purposes, the comptroller general saiti.
aiul .South ('arolina securities
cation work would lie continued that
its purjiose “is to increase the num
ber of young men anti women going
to college and that th<* funds shall not
I'e used to take the place of college
fiiiuls availabb* for stutlent aitl.” i
Each institutH»n-is to he allowed $15
a mt>nth jier stutlent for 12 per rent
of its full-time stutlenl enrollment as,
in a letter annntfnnng the relief edu-
Bankheatl compulsory ctdttin control
bill, "making our effort to ciirlail pro-
tluetion a success in everydT^falfncal
itlly being classified as ‘‘pr
tifie top of ^he market.
<October 1.5, 1933, and may not pay
ifne or at stiulent from the sum at more
than $20 a month.
sense.
(’obb saiti many farmers, expecting
[lassage of. the Bankheatl /bill, hail
Jttinetl in tlu‘ voluntary reduction ef-
fortx in oiili'r not to he ptmalizKT^by
the compulsory measure.
Officials saiti the acieagt* this year
was ,the smallest plantetl sincy 1905,
when 27,110.000 at
size of the new hotlv aiice, $2,220,8.57, was u.sed for, other „ ,than $20 a month. ' - 1'^"; V. ‘ haifvested.
•TU like to xeo it set up a.-* s,»n a.. ''”", tW' '•■tti-'lation is inappropriate ,.„, |ioses. such as the ,v,le,n|.|ion or "“‘T "I’"'',''‘‘i
there is some eonleseenee in the welfare Of where some change repurchase of land previously fore- iccc r . ’ . ^
verse codes as-sinm as we thel closed, for purchase of stock in na- 8 ^OttOll Vi^TOp for "socially desirable work” such as ' lanintls per acre, compared
basic code t’lut' ffor small indu.stVies).8.^"**^«^ legitimate business in ti.mal farm loan associations an.l for. Smallest SlllCe 78 192H-3'MKudm^^
an,I a tow other things done," ho sai.l. "f Prosperity |„an foes. —. i, 001311681 OmCC lO a„, projects of cumniinity usefuIncssL ^ V'.j,
in all branches of commerce and in- Figures for South (’arolina show — inchnling adult etlucation, extension,' J . ' " >'' **• >< at would
fJustry. that of the $14.48.5,.595 received by So Frank O. Black, Statistician recreation activities. ' V',’
It may not he used to pay class- ‘’‘‘I”"’ 10.1(.0.2..1 bales
room instructors, dining hall waiters,'I"^hx free un-
“That could be ilone in the next month
or two.” . „
Johnson said the (luestion of a new
set-up was entirely up to the presi-
tlent and that a commLs.sion-
named by executive order.
AsXfor hl^ own" tenure in office,
JohnsoVi said:
could be be^atHised that there will} to insurance cr
he corrections and readjustments of taxes; $105,726
$14,48.5,.595
"The president is anxious that in^ borrowers, t$4,3(l9,31S went to re-1
the present political campaign, the finance debts to banks; $5,59,986'debts
companies; $879,106 to,
j26 debts to merchants]
anything necessary to make the leg- and $6,203,890 tlehts to others, mak-
islation fit the needs that |will servering a total of $12,058,026 that was
"Don’t get the idea that I‘m going purposes of prosperous busi- used for refinancing. Of the remain-
out, because that is not the idea at . i. • . ,• $2,42<,3t>9, a total of $1,1 48,528
all. . "n He wishes to authorize Abe eamli-r-jvaTr wt^ in ecjuipmenl, land, buiU!-:
i’ll slay just as long as the presi- tfoing to the people to assure}ings, improvenn^ts, general agricul-
dent thinks he needs me,” he added. tjiose changes when the tural uses and $648,841 for redemp-
when a.sked if he might serve ^**'^‘* found such neces.sary,. ti„n or repurchase, N. F. L. A. .stock.
For Government, Declares Af
ter Survey of Situation.
o^ Sil
('ohimbia, July 10.
Hna’s current C(Kt<ton
scriht'tl yesterilay as
'since 1878.”
anti others, and violation of the re
lief administration regulation.s will
This law levies a tax of .50 per cent
.SHuth ( aro- suspension of all payments to ^ J* '’abic <>n all cotton firo
the college. Mr. Miller said “non
crop.
de-
the__^,_smallest making” institutions of a col
legiate or university character re-
of
iluced and sold this year in excess
the 10,160,251 bales.
The .belief in some (piarters that
Frank O. Blaek, agricultural statis- the equivalent of a high school reiluction
tlctaii
ment
of
of
thv Unit^ iita^ .ileparf,^^4tication for vptry are eligibl*^..1.«..re.-!^.'^’-"^
agriculture here, said the ’ '
would not
crop within
be
the
But
rather than to wait until after the (>tc.
election and merely make the denion-|
stration at the meeting of congress."!
on the commission, Johnson replied
with a laugh;
"If 1 could avoiil it I’d Be glad to.”
Johnson, who -has juot returned
from a week of conferences with his
fornier business asstnuate, Bernard
Baruch, in New York, said “the prob
ability” was that hy would remain in
NRA until congress meets “although
I’d like to get away.” j The program forThr* annual
He said a commission would not ing the Laurens ('ounty B.
l.‘28(»,00() .acres planted as of July I jh** end of the college year next June,
averaged a third less than crops from application data will be mailed their
19‘2H through 1932 but was only .3 iwr pcosidonts early this week.
ceive funds from .September 1 through i^et. by tHe la w and that con
fusion would ensue had contributedTo
cotton price weakness.
The aim of laith the vtduntarv re-
B. Y. P. U. Meets
1 Here Tomorrow
Moffett To' Push
Housing Program
nieet-
I‘. U.,
have final authority during the speak- to be heltl here Friday at 10 a. m.,
jng trip he begins tomoirow but that with the First Baptist church, has
be would confer with the agency by been announced by .Miss (’lara Turn-
telephone. blin, secretary, as follows:
In his absence, George .A*. I.ynch, Morning Session
Johnson’s admini.-trative assistant, .Song, “Ixiyalty to Christ”; Devo-
will he in chart'e of NRA. Uional, Rev. B. L- ^^’ood; Welcome,
"Will you spt*ak at Waterloo, Miss Rena Abrams; Response, Miss
Iowa?” he was a.sked. Margaret Cook; Song, “Living For
‘■I’ll make that siH*ech unless the Jesus”; Junior-Intermediate time,
president tells me not to on Thursday, Clinton; Busine.ss; Special music. Gray
the 12th,” Johnson renlied. (’ourt; “The Necessity of .Spiritual
-r-— T.eader8hip,” Robert Sullivan; Song,,
A..-“Christ Must Reign Over Our I’os-!
very, .
cessivi
prt'snlenls early this week, I *'
cent smaller than the 1933 haiwesting. K,x|i«*f emfiloyment is to he' hasedj ‘‘ontrol, which piovitled bene-
t “The pre.^ent acreage is the state’s j^e imlividual stu- to farmers who riioper-
sniallesf since the year 1878 "hef^ administrator continued, and “‘’'‘‘age. anti the com-
1,193,000 acres were harve.sted.” Black »„n|y those who without this aid O^bsory legislation was to reduce the
said, "and eonqiares with’an average in,,H.ssihle to attend col- ‘‘‘’^ton surplus, which bail piletl
acreage of 1,915,000 aert-s in cultiva- receive it. p'** depre.ssion years,
tion on July 1 for the years 1928-32. .pialifications incliitle being! anticipation of a big dent In this
.South (’arolina’;^ largest acreage wa-s j-haracter and such ability J‘'iniinistration (ft-
as to give assurance they will do high coritemr.lating a
»» uai... n.i.i.wi liiH'ializatioTi of th»‘ii» firograni so
ilanteil next
Washington, July 9. — .A regional
organization reaching tlown into the . ...........
communities, hut fr»*e from ex- 2,H45,((00 aj'res "in ItHK,
e overheatl imsts an.l Itangles, -The government estimate of 1,2^6,- ”rade''class”room" work,” Miller rnlded.
of red tape, is contemplated by (KHI'acres of ctrCton jfn cultivation» in ^re to b<* ^’’^bton may tu
fh
James -A. .MoffKt in .spreading “he South (’arolina on July 1 is a tleerea.se
benefits of the new housing act. of 29 percent from that in cultivation
' To bring this abt»ut, the new ht.us- on July 1 lasf year hut is only about
ing admini.strator plans t.» make use 3 per cent lielow the 1,375,000 acres
.of the present setup of the national harvested in 15(33.
emergency council. This consists of “The 424,00(( acres removed from
the heads of the various govern- cultion under contiact With the agri
mental agencies connected with the cultural adjustment administration in
recovery drive hut has its offshoots the .summer of' 15(33 accounts princi-
and local committees ail over
country.
Court Officers
Make Three Sales
'sessions,” Miss Cleo Tumblin. Lunch.
three.
Afternoon SeHsion ]
Devotional, Miss Catherine Denny;
' "The Benefits of the Northern Re-
legal gional Convention to the Local Un
ions,” E, S.'McSwain; .Special music.
86,776 Cattle Sent
Southern States
of 1933 accounts
the paUy for the ^lifference of 24 per cent
between that in cultivation in .fuly of
la.st year and the amount fihally har
vested, and the small afi'eage ^'ihis
year is due to the continuation of the
acreage atljustment jirogram.”
The work and funds are to
"espiitably (ii«tributi*d2 in proportion ...
to the numlHT of boy.s an.l girls en-L ‘*"timat. .1 ai uun.l 25.500,-
rolled at each college.' /’( acres were
jplar>te(l by farmers who natl signetl
!contracts with the government, and
'that if rt had not lAs-ri for the cotton
program, ar)|)roxiinately 4 l,b0((,(tl(()
acres woulil have been planted thi.s
year.
The acreage in cult i\at ion July 1,
Increase During Six Montluj^ last y.ar, was U);852,U()0. but the
Is Thirty Over Same Period emergency plow-up campaign caused
of last Year ' 10,495,000 .d this to be lumetl under
Death Toll High
Of Auto Wrecks
iM'fore it matured.
Court officers made „
sales on July sales day. ions,” E, S. McSwain; .Special music, 'Washington, July it—Harry L. Hop-
By T. W’. Bennett, <;Ierk of court, a Lucas .Avenue church;‘'Business, Spec- kins, fetleral emergency relief ailmin-
60-foot lot of the Oakland Heights de- ial music, Princeton;'Adjournment. ji.stiator, has announce.! that 8»»,4 4(*
velopment in Ijiurens, in the case of* A full delegation is e(xpocted from head of cattle have lieen .*nlere.l ship-
Wellie McDaniel vs W. 0. Douglas, each church and everyxyrie i^expectedjped to pastures in the-.s«>uthern states,
for to bring a lunch.
City, Schools __ _
To Open Sept. 3
-J/uly.-, 1
sold to P. I). Huff, attorney,
$100.69. . 1 „
By-Ross D. A'oung, judge of probate, ' 1 •
in ,settlemer>t of the estate of Othella Will vJrdStlTI
Williams, one lot in the Jersey .sec-'
tion of the city, sold to Thelma Pear-^
son Bates for $330. *’ ]
By T, W’. Bennett, clerk of court,'
Deacons Sunday
.Announcement was ma.le yester.iay
ito relieve tin* .Irought siHiation in the by the hoard .if trust<n>s that the new
muldle west. Eventually the cattle will ]«.».34-35 sessi.in of lhe\rnYifon city
be cann.'d f.ir <le$titute familie.x. both w'hile and cX.'<*’-^. will
Ge.irgia, up through June 30, ha.l
u u 1 1 open on September 3r.l
be<‘n given^ li),62.j hea.i, an.l rlorina * '
3,000. AlabamW received 5,871, an.l 'Jat** <'hri.stmas holi.lay
5$oifth (’arolina 15(,90((. -the December 21st.
('.dum-bia, July 11. - During the' •
first half of 1934 the numl>er ofi • *’•‘‘*8* ’*' ’'*’***,*^
deaths resulting from aul^mtobife ac-' ing on, .uy e .epait--
ci.lenLs on South (’ar.dina highways agncultun* t.,day estimate.!
'.■eache.! n5(."which wiTs’Tttl m..re
in the. semi-annual iH*ri<Kl of last year,
?i .‘Statement issue.l yester.iay from
th.*"state highway .lepartment shows.
During Jiim* just jiast there were
IK fatalities, thixn* inon* than in thej
.At thy-regular church service at
JOANNA, UURENS, WARE SHOALS
WIN CeiTRAL CAROUNA GAMES
for Leroy Moore, master of Sp^tan- Hurrica^ Bapti.st church next Sun-
burg county, in the case of G. F. 4^^ afternoon at three o’cl.>ck, there
Hughston vs Come E. I.Anford, ^ ^jjj ordination .service of
acres in Youngs township, *old to p. ^^.acons. Rev. W.-D. Spinx ind C. B.
W. Galloway, attorney, for $1,000. B.>bo of I.aurens, will assist the pas-l ^
tor. Rev. Edward Long, in the service. , , „ , ^ .... . , . . 1 *’ u u- 1 « 1.
. 1 a r. . _ * / Irby Bouknight let ( linton .lown but errors proved to be his .lownfall.
Rented Acres BlS^^urc^ TfTL cITy'^thl to defeat Bragg ami Outz, .)f Uurens, hit wen,
mm, . o Cl. 1 J on them in Gohlville 9 to 3. B.mknight'as did Cashion. of Watts. Robbie
MilSt Be Staked ^ens, and repres^ematives from other never once being in Higl»e was g.H.d in the field for I.au-
danger. Thomas, \\ iley and Henson rens.
number of fM*<l<*strians, five, were
The closing l;ill«*d.in June of la.st y.*ar an.l June
will "<*f this year.
.S.) ^ar this year thc're have been
680 acci.lent.s, as compares! with 590
in the six months’ iK*rio.l of 1933. The
increase in the numl>er of persons in-
jure.l was even greater, from 484 to
523. I
A. nvajori-ty of the accidents were
collisions between motor vehicles. Of
these there were 317 in the last six
moii.hs and 235 in the first half of
15(33. Accidents resulting from “reck-
; r churches in the county. The public is
Cannon, county agent, an- cordially invited to attend the service.
the past week that he had
instructions from W’ashing-
C. B.
nounced
received
ton that rented acres under the crop
reduction program must be staked off
before commiteemen will inspect
them. The .stakes, he sAid- must be
. high enough above growing crops and
'plentiful • enough fqr the committee
men to m'ake'' their inspections accu
rately. Rental checks, he .said, will not
be delivered until , the checking is
completed, so it is importanfto h’ave
Che staking done as early as possible.
‘ In' connection with his statement on
•taking, Mr. Cannon said that share-
will noTreceive anything on
- -=d««nied-^cres but will have, their pro-
. portion
December.
HAVE YOU ENROLLED?^
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Have yon ’enrolled for the
Democratic primaries in Aug
ust ? The hoeka will close on
Tu^day, July ,24th. '
I'he rules of the party require
that every person who is eli
gible to vote must put his or her
name un the enrollment ^ book
this year. It makes no difference
how many times you have voted
in the past.
NOW is the time'to enrolL
-.rn.rT
did most of the hitting for Joanna,!
w’nile J. Bailey was the only Clinton Lauren.s
man to get two hits.’ Henson jumped Watts
high to snatch a line drive just a.< it Highe
was going^ over rightfiel.l* fence. This Cashion.
was eqsily^Tho-most spectacular play!
of the game, eve4t-Jlhough Rice, Clin- - Ware Shoals Wins
ton’s centerfielder, di.l catch one with Ware Shoals n.tsed out Bran.ion of
his shoulders against tha fence. 'Woodruff, 7 to 6, in a game that was
R H E feature.l by numerous h.>me runs.
JoannsCx 9 11 . 3 Ijiven.ler an.l Jackson, of Brandon,
lessness due to liquor^ncreased rrom
52 in the 1933 perio.l to 98 in the six
months just endeil. '
The number of persons injured last
month was 101, while in June, 1933,
the numlMT was only 43.
in th<* l./nit.*.!
States at
28.024.000,
which was 68.6
per c.*nt of the 4((,Ho2j-
a.-res iin.ler cult Lvat i.>n a
yeai ago. '
The acix-age
r»y states
; compare.!
with acreage a
y<‘ar ago was:
15(34
1933
Tuxas
lt),5(I4,()0((
16,((5((,0(«)
Oklahoma
2.645,0(10
4,133,000
r Arkansas
2,3(((;.((0((
3,548.()0()
Mississippi''
2,6;{6,0((0
3.82((.000
Alabama
2,215,000
3.1»10,((00
Georgia
2,141,000
2.855,000
SouJ^ ('arolina
1.286,000
14^11,000
Norfn Cwixdina
5(77,000
1720,000
1 Virginia
57,(H)0
76,0((0
Flori.la
88,000
119,000
Missouri
289,((((0
473,000
Tennes.see
760,000
1,152,000
I.4)uisiana
1,237,000
1,767,000
Mexico
97,000
129,000
Arizona .
. 132,000
1.40,000
(’alifornia
225,000
223,000
j.All otners
19,000
26,000
Blakely Offers
approximately 10.495,000 acres to the
government and plowed up standing
cott.m. This year^^approximately 15,-
((00,000 have been rented to the gov
ernment.
For Magistrate Wyfaum Wins
A. B. Blakely, life-kmg Clintoniar,!
Council Seat
Clmton - 3 4 2 Wrinkle and San.lers, of Ware Shoals, announces hia 'candidacy in today’s j
Bouknight and Girk; .Adams, Tram- hit for the circuit. Ingle was W'are. paper for magistrate of Hunter town- In the run-off race last Tuesday
mell and Whitten. - _.>Shoals’ big gun at bat, an.l Laven.Ier ship, at^Clinton, in bhe approaching for alderman in ward five. Perry L.
— for Bran.Ion. - primary. ' .Mr. Blakely has efficiently‘ Wilburn of the Clinton Cotton .Mills
luiurena Bei|tK W^atta T ‘ R H E served the city for several ycars,pa.st was elected. He defeated his oppon-
Kirby Higbe, sensational Laurens W’are .Shoal.s 7 13 1 as recorder and has a wide circle of emt, J. J. Smith, by a vote of 258 to
iWirler, .limited W’atts mill to three Brandon 6 12 2 friends throughout the township who 4,50. The third candidate in this race,
hits as Laurens defeated Watts, 5
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^Willis ^nd Graham; Callison and will be interested in his announce- J. L. Mathes, wa.s eliminate.! in tho
V - ■ mant first primary.
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