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f -r -7- THE CLINTON CHRONlCLlC.CLryrON, S. C. If THURSD.'^Y, OCTOPER 25, A$34 i' ■ r NSWYORK mKklMMKAtSMBtf FEDERAL GOVEpMENT SPENDS OVER 17 MILLION DOLLARS DAILY ./ Waahjiupton, ©et. spending for the past bounced over the two billion 22.^-^Fede.ral 114 days dollar mark today—a daily ayerage of above \ Another victor»~for legal liquor was chalked up in New York , last week whei^ Federal Agents seized av still with a daily oift^ut of 1500 gallons of alcohol,- Niny men were arrested in a completely modern plant valued •t 175,000. . , .--I $17,500,000—but alon^'ide this the treasury record^ shatincrease in tax collections, 4 Internal revenues for'the first quar ter of the fiscal, year were nearly one-third larger than for the same pe riod in 1933. Collections reached $804,878,165, exceeding* last 'years' Bliunes Solons, ' For'rPrisoti Fire last year. The Selptember figure of^ $171,176,917 compared with 1^,9^,- 081 in August and $134,342,919' in September; 1933. _ Liquor revenues reached $109,387,- 567, althougn in the 1033 quarter they Were .only $51,623,882. Last year, more than 80 per cent, of revenues! came frorai beer, but with repeal bringing in heavy.' distilled spirits taxes the [percentage shrank to ap proximately 60. The excise tax on distili^d^ spirit^ accounted for $27,- Columbia Chief Assi^ris That Penitentiary, Coilditions Are , , “Intolerable.^ ,> by $191,619,187, More than $140,000,-!i^9,434 this^year as against only $2,- OCO of the gain, however, was ac counted for by* liquor taxes available only since repeal and processing tax es which are. eat-mark.ed for repay- Andi’^''"^^® farmers. A «ew opening on Broadway: Mer- \nly We Roll Along. Starts in 1934 with a grqup of characters -successful, or. once so, but embitteie l. Andi . . , through ^e second and third acts it: f^^ptcmber receipts aggregated pVii back into' their lives to 1927, 883, roughly $150,000,000 a- 'J924>1923 and finally 1918 when they'^-^d of August because of quarterly are al\ shown jwith ideals and ambi- ''oomenax .payments and $60„752,204 tions.* 'Decreasing interest is ine-j'^^^^fir than in 1933. Liquor and pro- vitable, Jet one critic says, “This play figured largely in will surel^make history.” ; the month’s gain. 507,517 a year ago. Columbia, Oct. 20. — After fighting" flames which consumed a building'at the state penitentiary. Fire Cl^ef A. McC. Marsh of Columbia sharply crit icized the state legislature today for allowing'what he termed “intoleiable” fire hazards at the prison. “Only God could have saved the women’s cell block if we had had a strorig'wind against us,” Chief Marsh Processing taxes were $128,943,543 “The fire was head^ed right for the quarter, $84,267,013 more than'i" tbe direction of the wornen^^cell ^a year ago. Thq September total of $40,292,074 compared wjth $39,891,439 in August and $25,843,548 in Septem ber, 1933. ~T Ej^cnditures- through October 19, as reported by the were $2,010,859i834. block and might very possibly have .seriously endangered it.” ' Streams from city fire department hose hemmed in the blaze an hour alTter it was di.scovered at 4:18 a. m. treasury todavjin a three-story brick work shop. The of which $l,^| structure, built in 1865 as ,a unity of Beef.steak\]harlie, a famous Broad way restaurant man, is moving to the other sidle of Fifth .Avenue. “I’m gor ing to open a plipe where people want the bpst and can 'igwt it. There aren’t many of them lef\ around Broadwajr any more.” Bright T^ights are moving eastward. \ Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, gold-toothed, deep-voicedXNegro evan gelist,’stopped in HarlernVon a tour of the country. “I’m going to drive the devil out of Harlem,” W said. And a small worshipper in thk second row shouted, “I bet we catchy hell now.” Yeah, man! At the 59th annual convention \pf the Unite<l States Brewers Associ tion of which Colonel Jacob Ru pert of baseball fame is prosident of delegation.s weie-'ftion was “absolutely intolerable,” • ^ At ma lint* »-»4«. 1 - • !l : ^ ..M .. it was brought out that Iwth in Ameri ca and the beer drinking nations of Europe therp is an overwhelming preference* f(ir be'cr of 3.2 strength or less. Yet how long we cricvl, for greater strength. f The Pulitzer Prize Play Committee has declined to se'rve as the play jury this year. They picked “Mary of Scotland” la.st year, but the award was made to “Men in White,” be setting as well as an American autKor. ^‘A prize play about Adam and Eve,” nays one member, “would Iwtve to be disregarded hipcause the setting would have .to be in the garden of Eden, wherever that may have been.” Justice Bjssell in New York’s Muni cipal Court has ordered .schooling for clerks and ePurt attendants every '4 ■ Saturday during, the winter. An as sistant’.explained that the personnel was found to know too much about ward polttic.s; too little about calen dars, dockets, indices, legal paper.s and courtesy. New Model Car By Chevrolet Heavy increa.ses ih inpome and cap ital stock tax receipts and a fait size gain in tobacco revenues were report- ' 049,508,(533 rejiresenled emergency | the original prison, was gutted with outgo and $961,351,^00 general ex-jan estimated loss of more t|ian $15,- penditures. Emergency relief was responsible for $448jfl65,'900 of expenditur?$ with 000. ed for the quarter. They were offset 1 public highVfay»;-'Cpming second in in part by a large decline in stock transfer taxes and smaller collections from excise levies, r^lecting largely the dropping of the emergency ohe- half cent tax on gasoline last Sep- .tember. Income taxes for the quarter were $215,809,559, as against $160,417,304 the* emergency column with $156,- 711,892. Emergency conserv«tion work accounted for $123,303,603. Processing taxes accounted jjfor $110, 286,764 of the general expenditures but ’ $168 morg the receipts. ERA COLONnSuNLEE COUNTY FIRST OF SEVERAL FOR STATE Convicts remained locked in the main cell block some distance from the fire while city police .reipforepd guardi who stood on the mert. Supt. A. M. Stiarborough said no one was injured or menaced by-the flames and no outbreaks occurred. •4«« Poidtipg out that he> had informed t thTs was more than balance<l by4. ; " Huurmju 58 772 517 of nrocessin? taxes a- Legislature repeatedly of condi- .8,/72,517 of processing taxes a penitentiary. Chief Marsh I •-V said he did not hold prison officials responsible. ^ ^ “I am, howbver, blaming-a General As.sembly which stupidly refuses to understand conditions as they exist,” he added. “Penitentiary officials have.no money to bring about the ne Ja Enter Tkif Eesy, Amusins Contest. Here's e contest that’s resUy ftmf What did Mickey sa j to Mamie? YOo’Il enjoj think- ing up a clever answer. And what do jbn get for it, beside^ the fun? Yom gets marvetom oppertuniiy totem a colorful Gold Seal Rug^yomroum choice of color amd pattern—in our store contest! Our prizes are genuine Copgoleum Gold Seal Rugs--’thf favorite floor-covering of millions of women be cause of theiribeauty and labor-saving quality! Water-prooC you know—so no scrubbing. Clean with just a mopt 1st Prizesi 9x12 foot Coogoleum Gold Seal Rug. 2tsd Prize—% 6x9 foot Congoleum Gold Seal Rug.li' 5rd Prize—o 3 x d ft. Congoleum (^Id Seal Columbia, Oct. 22.—Pb-e'd M. Baker,'Hopkins, "national administrator, who'cessary changes but something must state P1RA administrator, said today succe.s.s.-of a rural organized conimun- th^ in similar projects to spring from sf^e $1,000,000 capitalization Somh Carolina. B^k from a t’ip to Washington, •♦he state administrator explained that tnfe rural rehabrfitatimi corpora tion herV held the 'grant of approxi mately' $I\W)0,000 for the stale South Carina. ^ , Money granted th'e corporation is to be used lOr capital expenditures spelr as home\ and eijuipment, and approved the project. Baker returned },(. done to^irotect the planCand elim here to’'say .South Carolina was '“ex-j ina'te existing hazards.” ’ ceo<Iingly- fortunate” to win the'ap-j the fire chief asserted the situa- Rug. Remember, these prize n^s are the famous aatioaally advertised Co ngoleum Rugs, backed with the Gold Seal ^aratitee. lo case of ties, duplicate prizes ^rilTbe given. pressing similar projects before Hop-\with fire hydrants poorly located or kins. Ihut of order, water pressure inade- Engineering parties are now being <,hate, and a sprinkler system'!^mg. ret-ruited, the state administrator! A hydra’nt which proved unless said, to survey, lay', sjaml lines, and vvheh fire swept the prison in 1932 begin dFaiWge of the 7,000-acre tract 1 was “.still out of order” I’ctwien Bishopville" and .Sumter se-l^aid, two years later. today,, he cuse the rules r,.<|uire an American P»HWpatinK in the pro- jects will be able borrow from the federal land bank bo repay the sums. ■ Amounts returned\to the rural re- habilitatipii..corporatinn to repay al lowances from its original grant will then go into a revolving fund to per petuate the program in South Caro lina,-Baker said, even- afteV the ERA work cea.ses. - .After a conference with Hi^rry L. \ I.YIHA lifcSlDENTS AT BIRTHDAY DINN I?R IN WILLIAMSTON of Ictfted for the project. The engineers wlil he drawn from lanks of the unemployed -In .various counties to avoid t;-ansfers from other iirojects and enterprises, and will be-1 . .u u- .u ’ Among those pre.s<*nt at the birth- gin work in the near future. I ,i- • xi- n- . c i ' . - , e ,v ’ '<«ay dinner m \Vliliamston, on Sunday, One immiratant i)ha!*i* of the pro-:- u-Teir- i ' »/ , ,, , ■ . . j ' ' • I'n honor pf h. U. Shirley, were Mr. ject, Baker pointed outV is a ueci.sion l l . u- j r i : V and Mrsr-M. W.'Williams and family, to build each family,s house on its 1 .n ■ , r. individual farm tract rather than to group them in a farm village or com munity near the center of the area. The homes, he said, will be one or one and»one-halT story structures of a type and material suitable ^r South Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Caldwell and J. B. iCarson^ all of the Lydia Mill village. Carolina. * SPECIAL OFFER . American Magazme — 2 years for $3.50. JAMES W. CALDWELL" Anything In the Way of Magazines , Ve will enter io the Nattooal Mickey MoL&e Contqyt th^ **Mickey Mouse Answer” which wins First Prize in our Store Contest. 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Rock Hill, Oct. 20.—At the annual f^l meeting of the boast'd of trustees m Winthrop college October 25, Pre.si- stand-j dent Phelps will report that 1,236 stu dents have been admitted to the col- Richly finmhed in genuine duco and', , . luxuriously tailorod upholslory, it the session 1!)34-1»36, Of.th.s a jToomy, convenient, quality car throughout. • • • The new car is equipped with Fisher no-draft ventilation, famous Chevrolet vajvo - in - head motor, weather-proof cable coattI>l brakes, and octane selec tor.. It is an outstanding motor car value. ’ “Thi.s new edition to the Cheyrolet lines make a atrqng bid for 1985 bupi- ncas and la expected to prove a very popular seller,” according to' the Gijes Chevrolet Company, local deaieirs. ’ This new model is the worldV Tow- est price four-door sedan. number 1,228 are carrying a full load of work—fifUnin and one-half semes ter hours. Of the total number en rolled 1,184 fr<>ni South Carolina i Young. Mr. and Mrs. Jud.sbn Whitmire and little son, Clyde, spent the week’-end in .Jv^hitmire |with Mrs. Whitmiro’s mother. " Mr. il^nd Mrs. G. C. Nabors and sons, Cooley, Carson, Lewie and Alvin were the SundW gut'.sU of their daughter | ^5 and son-in^a^’. ,Mi'. and Mrs. Douglas ! sa Davis, in Liturerrs. Mrs. Mace Young and son, Dillard, spent Wednosfi^ in Rm.*k Hill. Mrsi W’illie Ma^ Reighley and chil dren, C. H. Shannoi^, and Mr. and Mrs. S L. D. Simps4)n and riiildrcn spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Mace SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE *nte Paper Everybody Reada” If you have property you want rented, or if you want lo rent, see Wash M. Pitts, The Realtdr. y Have Small suburban re!sidenc^«C|te^p, for rent and sale. Wash M. Pitts The Reait<>l!" and forty-four from other jrtates There are representatives from ev ery county in the state as follows: Ab beville 14, Aiken 28, Allendale 10, Ant derson 54, Bamberg 11, "'Barnwell 10, Beaufort 5, Berkeley 9, Calhoun 12, Charleston 18, Cherokee 11, Gp^ter 31, Chesterfield 22, Clarendon^l7, Coly leton 13, Darlington 26, DiUon 1 Dorchester 5, Edgefield 27, Floie/ce Miss Maggie Nabor^ spent the week-end with Mrs. J. F. VVhitmire. Wash M. Pitts was the gliest of W. J. Young last Sunday. Mrs\ P. K. Rumph and children .spent few day.s in St.^George re-, cently. \ ^ Mr. and,Mrs. P. B, Adair, Mr, and Mrs. J. A. Coleman and Mrs. Ir^y Holland visited Mr. and Mi's. ,,G. C. 41, Georgetown 11, Greenville / 66, | Nabors ' Sunday afternoon. Greenwood 21, Hampton 1.5, Horty 20,i E. M. Young and J. W. Young were Jasper 8, Kershaw 17, Lanca^er 30, j business visitors in Laurens last Mon-^ I.aurens 40," Lee 17, Lexmgion 31,tday. C ' r Btlly ’ Ikrit spent "• last Sunday -with' Newberry 18,'Oconee 25, Orangeburg 51, Pickens 22, Richlaniy 34, Saluda 15, Spartanburg 62, Sunyter 19, Union 23,/At‘illiamsburg 18, York 1.53. Other states aro ropro-sented as fallows: Nofth Carolina 28, X'irginia 3, Geory gia 3, Neviy York Florida 2, New Jei-sey 1, Tenres^ 1, District of Co lumbia 1, Wes^ V'irginia 1, Missis- jsippi 1. / j Of the dad^hters of farmers head ing the list/.there are 35l students; week-end ,l Offering- ORIGINAUn OF DESIGN FINE CRAFTSMANSHIP Luther Nabors. Bernice Ellis spent the with Mary Sue Copeland. The Sunday school had a” singing a,t the home of Mr, -and Mrs. Tom South last Sunday n'ight. Mrs. Mace Young and little son, jS Dillard, spent a few days the past j ^5 week with her sister, Mp. Sara Surls her, in Whitmiro. ^ Misses Ruth Nabera and Mildred Nabors spent the week-end in Char- m 1- RUBBER STAMPS jof merchants and salesmen 164, post-.lotte. N. C., with the former’s sister, office employes, 52, railroad operators, Miss Etta Nabors. 45, state and federal officers 41, phy-1 . Billy Nabors spent last Sunday with sicians and surgeons 39, laborers 27,lMMon Young," Jr. ^bookkeepers and office assistants 11, | friends of Mr. Earle Horton will'be hull officials and operators 53, insi^'-' soriT^r to learn that he left several days ance agents and officers 23, elwyrical! ggo to accept a posijtion in Augusta, civil engineero 47, mechanics 8,| Mr. and Mrs. W* EL Neighbors and Any kind» to fit any business. 24-hour ser- vice. Redsionab,le prices. Telephone 74. The Chroiude Pirlatcri - SUtioneim ? •- and I attorneys 17, teachers and school of-! Miss Lillie Young spent the week-end jficiaU 21, general managers 11. min-' h Hartsville with Mr. and Mi:§. J. A. listers 12, real estate agents and brol - jjugan. ers 14, bankers 11, gas and ers 8, lumbermen i lil, dr v o;' deal* ds 1.5,1 newspaper editors and oi>e:ators 3,i dentists 6, elect'.'iciana-lS, p inters 5,' LOOK! LOOK! contractoi:s 2, barbers 4, telephone andj^^-OO for 3 years. American Boy now ll.Ob per yaar. ‘telegraph operators 2, daughter of! 'widows 137, of deceased pa:crts 33,! I of retired parents.-19, and* of parents i ,who are unemployed 51. The distribution by church mo-nbor- ahip is as follows: Baptist tOUt-MeVao- diet, 374, Presbyterian 257, R. P. 135, E^piscopal 64, Lutheran 31, Catho lic 11, Jewish 7, Christiitn 3, Congre- jlrational 2, Mormon 1, non-raembec? 84.'- ■ ■ ■' JAMES W. CALDWELL Anythii|g In the Way of MagaiUiea CKCKS COLDS FEVER rUfTMT VEAMCMES __ ■ • . . 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