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L I /V- ■ ' r.. ■. 4- Toa Dda*t lUnd THB CHRONICUB T«a Don't Got Tko Nowo. S' r / ■ . “■ L X • , -n ' • 7'. jL T THE GHRONICLB Strivea To Be a dean Naira- iV'paper, Completo, Noi^f, and Rctiablo. ‘ ^ i ■' aU. VOLUME XXXV 7CLITON, S. C., THURSDAY, mArCH 21,1936 NUMBER 12 SENATE ADOPTS FINANCE BILL Higher Than House, But De clared Balanced. No Debate On Highway Bureau Appro-, priation. Passage Follows * Three Days of Actual Debate. | .) Columbia, March '19. — The senate returned to the house topiprht a “bal anced” $7,630,159 'appropriation bill nearly $500,000 larger than the meaa-i ure the representatives approved Feb ruary 1. , - j The bill as pas^ by the-senate af ter scai^ely’-three days of actual de bate deviated only by a net reduction of $1,151 from its finance committee’s revis^ version of the house measure. In two of ite most sweeping chang- 'es, the senate tonight struck out pro visions to divert $270,000 from debt retirement to current expenditures and to request the judiciary to remit 10 per cent of their $7,500 pay. . The bulk of the senate increase was embraced in 16 lump sum appropri ations including one for the state highway- depanment that Governor Johnston s^ifically mentioned Jn saying last Thursday he might veto all blanket allotments as unconstitu tional. The senate approved the high way item at its day session without a word of opposition. . Senator S. M. Ward, chairman of the finance committee, had the amend ment eliminating the diversion pro vision offered as a committee meas ure and announced that “we find we LAURENS, )U)J0INING COUNTIES PASS THEIR 150TH MILESTONE imss^OJNTON I WOULD HALT COTTON DROP Records Dug Up By R. E. Babb, Attorney, Disclose Act Creating !Six'Counties Out of Ninety Six District Passed March 12, 1785, Before U. S. ConstitutunTlVas Signed. have enough money without, that.’ wi Ward said the bill was “balanced” with a margin of about $21,000, ac cording to latest revenue estimates which Chairman W.‘G. Query of the tax commissiofd||^4M upon income tax returns of Mhch 16 but a free conference between the two branches pver the bill was regarded as almost inevitable. ' After refu^ng to elect two"^ associ agreed at its first night session to elect >the justices separately next Tuesday night. The house agreed to elect four Med ical oollegs tr«ataia.juiid one tniataa each for Clemson and The Citadel to morrow after setting next Wednesday *tor the election of puUid service com missioners. ^ new bills introduced in the house was one. by Representative Hutto, of Floreh^, to provide that the tax commission have no authority to fix the valuation of real vtate for taxation. The senate went through the re maining 16 sections of the appropri ation bill at its night meeting by leaps and bounds with the chair call ing, “section 74, without amendments, it> adopted.” An amendment by Senator Laney of Chesterfield, eliminating autboriia- tion for the trustees of state coilegea to determine scholastic requirement* for entrance was adopted after Laney EDGAR PP34NAN CRAIG E. D. Craig, a Clintonian by adop tion, has made a wide circle of friends since he established himself in .busi-‘ ness here, eight years ago. Mr. Ciisig was born in Lancaster county, a son of Mr.- and Mrs. J. E. Craig. He was reared in the commu nity where he was bom and attended its public schools, after which he at tended Erskine college. Aftetf leaving college he was in the service for sev eral month.s, being stationed at Camp Wadsworth in Spartanburg. From there he went to Wilmington, N. C., where he was emplo3red two years by the Belk Bros, organization. He re signed this position to,-return to his home town, Lancaster, wher^he en tered the automobile business, and later opened a similar business in Maxton, N. C. In 1927, upon a visitTiere, Mr. Craig was favorably impressed with the city as a desirable location for a Ford agency. He affiliated himself with the Says The Laurens Advertiser*.' -Tuesday, March 15,^ was an impor tant milestone in the history of Lau rens and adjoiniT>g counties, it waff pointed out that day by R. E. Babb, niember of'the Laurens bar and stu dent of historical and legal lore. “On this day 150 years ago,”'"^e4 dared Mr. Babb, as he sat Tuesday in the clerk of court’s'office, “Im act was passed in the general assembly of South Carolina creating the coun ties of Laurens, Spartanburg, New berry, Union, Abbeville and Edgefield out of the old Ninety-Six district. Since, ^that . time Oherojeee, Green wood, McCormick and Saluda coun ties have been carved either in part or in full from the six mother coun ties, but the Laurens boundaries re- m*ih as they were when our fore fathers fixed them in 1786?’ Although it \s generally known that these courities were formed shortly after the Revolutionary war, the fact that Tuesday was the 150th anniversary of their creation had not been ji^ablicly acted ‘ until Mr. Babb called attention to it. Mr. Babb con- ^e^ises that he came across the record udien .searching old legal books for other historical information. Mr. W. T. Crews, commenting on the sesqui-centennial, remarked it as an interesting f^t tbat Laurens county was dispensing “justice” even Market Spurs Senators To Ac- (tion. Re.solu'tion Seeks To As sure Growers and Buyers of Uncontrolled Production Con- ‘ trol Policy. ■ . " before there was a “United States” i ^ISS GEQRGIA BEE BLAKELY and before any government buildings'^ had been erected in Washington. The constitution of the United States was signed Sept. 17, 1787, by all of the original states except Rhode Island, and was ratified by 11 of the 13 states by August, 1788, and wcfnt into effect between them. ‘ Exercises Recall College Founder Dr. Jacobs* Memory Honored On Birthday, March 15. MeSween Tells of Fruitful Life. ate justices simultaneously, the houa*' Ford Motor company under the firm name of_the Clinton Motdr company, as a successor to E. W. Ferguson is||| had held the agency for a number years. In 1938 Mr. Craig gave up his Tord coQtnMt to aaeepi the qouaty agency for the famous PlymontH and Chrysler cars. Last year Iw moved his business from its former location into Hs present home on South Broad street Here he conducts a sales de partment for the Plymouth and Chrys ler, a complete repair and accessories department, and is an extensive dealer in used cars. He ranks as cue of the well-known and dependable automo bile dealers of the county. Since coming to Clinton, Mr. Craig has taken an active interest in civic affairs and is one of the community’s useful citizens. Any movemenTfqr the • commercial, educational, moral or re ligious welfare of the city always re ceives his whole-hearted suppoi^ He has served as president of the Chain* ber of Commerce and ia one of Ha active members and enthusiastic 'The ninety-third anniversary of the birth of William JPlumer Jacobs, D.D., LL.D., founder of Presbyterian col lege and Thornwell orphanage, and for nearly fifty years pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Clinton, was observed by suitable exercises in the college chapel. Friday morning. Dr. John MeSween, president of the college, was the principal speaker, with Dr. L. Ross Lynn, president of the orphanage, and Dr. D. J. Woods, pastor of the First church, taking part. Dr. MeSween’s address was brief but extremely appropriate. In the be- gini^ng Kb quoted from Emeraon, “Every institution Is a shadow of Ita founder,” and informed the-audience, made up o<f the students and faculty of the college and of numeroua town- folk, that the purpose of this day was to honor the memory of this great man, to recall the ideals that made him great, and most of all, to find in spiration from his life to face the problems of the present. Following out this plan. Dr. Me Sween showe^ how Dr. Jacobs match ed his frail body but indomiUble will with the unfavorable environment of reconatruction-period South, and showed how he succeeded even though this condition existed. He also said that Dr. Jacobs lived dangerously— in that he dared to believe that in doing great things for God 1^ would in turn receive great things from urged “leave these institutions wi<^T)OMter8, Hia church-affdiatioihirwitlr » « ■■—■—.— —w- tTkA God csn do With s life Completely -open-for everybody to"efiTeirT Minor changes were made in the tax commission and road sections, the lat ter to order paving of a road at Clem son college and payments of fees for highway litigation conducted'by the attorney general’s office. The senate then took up an amend ment by Senator Purdy, of Jaspdr, to strike out a proviso that aH constitu tional officers including judge* who made more than $5,000 a year remit . 10 per cent. ? Purdy contended “this legislature h*s got no right to ask these judges to Let’s stand by the constitu tion.” Senators Lide, of Marion, Cooke of Horry, and Fairey of Calhoun, took similar stands. the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church. He is chairman of its board of deacons and loyally supports all its interests. In 1923 Mr. Craig married Miss Sara Patterson, of Wrens, Ga. They have four "attractive little boys and make their home on Woodrow street. Chick Galloway To Coach Team Former Major Loop Shortstop Win Direct Baseball Coming; 'Season At Presbyterian. - ' Clarence Galloway of thi.s city, popularly known as “Chick,” has been appointed baseball coach Presbyte rian college, it wa.s anhounced the past week by Walter A. Johnson, di rector of athletics at the institution. The announcement was received with much enthusiasm on the campus and in alumni circles. \ Galloway was for ten years a star shortstop for Connie Mack’s Athletics. He is returning to the diamond for his first active connection with the game since he was injured in the head with a pitched ball while he was a member of the Detroit Tigers several years ago. ^ Galloway played both baseball and Queen Is Selected In Voting Contest Miss Blakely Will Represent City In Charleston Next Week At , Elaborate Azalea Festival. Miss Georgia Bee Blakely, daughter -of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. “Blakely, of this city, was the winner^ the “Miss Clinton” Azalea festival contest which came to a close Saturday night, with twelve young women, competing for the honor. "" The judge.s began the work of tabu lating the votes early Monday morn ing and- itf was a real 'task, requiring .several hours to. count the avalanche of ballots polled by the young ladies who.se friends had placed them in the content and for whom votes had been obtainable at thirty-two- busin€s.s football at P. C. in 1915, 1916 and 1917 under Coach Johnson. After leav ing college he became a member of Atlanta’s famous “kid team” that won the Southern league pennant and then sent ei|:ht players to major league clubs. In 1926 he was voted the i^rld’s best shortstop. Galloway, in accepting the coaching position for the coming season, re- ttims to his favorite sport. First prac tice under the new mentor begkn last Wednesday at which lime he spoke briefly to the players and stressed the fact that he wanted to build a team that would fight whether winning or losing. A large group oLmen are out now for daily practice and lovers of the sport here, as well a* all over the ktate, feel that a strong team will be Washington,.March I9.—Spurred to action by a disturbed cotton market. Southern .senator.^;, meeting at the call of Chairman Sni'th of the senate ag riculture committee,moved today to* restore confidence to growers as well a.s buyers in the government’s pro duction control' plan. They axloptcd a resolution, to be pre.sented to President Roosevelt, seeking to assure growers the govern ment will continue 12-cent a pound loans on cotton through 1935 and at the same time assuring buyers this ^ year’s production will not be grdatly increased over that of 1934: A movement also was under way to add textile manufacturers and export ers of cotton by eliminating the cot- to^i processing tax and adopting an export bounty plan to enable export- ers'to compete in the world market. Smith said he favored use of federal relief funds to make benefit payments to farmers cooperating' in the Bank- head control plan. Meanwhile, word went out that the AAA opposed Doxey hill, passed by the .hou.se today, w’ould meet strong opposition in the senate, with Chair man Smith’s predicting its defeat. As amended, the Doxey bill would give a three-bale tax exemption to all cot- ton growers, inclu<ling tenants and sharecroppers. Smith said he believed the plan of the agricultural adjustment adminis^ tration to exempt only little indepen dent producers of two bales or less would prevail. The AAA has contend ed that to go beyond will virtually firms in the city for the past teniwreck the cotton production control days. Miss Blakely won with a total of 392,100 votes. Mies Mary Todd came second with 358,500 votes, and Miss Nannie Sue Adair third with 316,100 votes. JAiaa BlolMly la a very attractive and accomplished member of the city’s younger eet, possessing a personality and friendly disposition with all class es of people that midte her one of the city’s mosLpopular young women. She graduated last year from Presby terian college and is teaching her first year as a member of the Academy Street school faculty bf this city. Her many^ friends are delighted that the coveted honor .has come to her and unite in the hope that she will win out as queen of the festival in Charleston. As winner in the contest, Mi.ss Blakely will attend Charleston’s sec plan. The re.solution a<lopted by the sena tors sought to assure restricted pro duction this year *by saying it was the “sense” of the conference that a' BO* per cent tax be levied for exceed- il|g 1985 allotments under the Bank- head act. It asked that the 12-cent cotton loans be continued through 1935 on the same basis as they were made last " J»ear, that under the Bankhead act.^ Despite the fact the allotment had been increased for this year, only that amount included in 1934 cotton allotments would be eligible for the loans. * ^ Smith said the resolution was the first in a three-point program to boost the price of cotton considered by the senators,‘who represented the cotton- producing states of North Carolina, life what sur- U. D. C. Medal To Louise Chambers Alleged Slayer OF N^o Held By Jury Laurens, March 18.—Charged with the slaying of Bee Copeland, New berry county Negro, Charley Taylor, Negro tenant on the Whitinire place between Goldville 4nd Kinards, wae brought to jaU after a "coroner’s jury had -investigated. Copeland was at Taylor’s home at tending a party. Following an aign- ment betw#an the two, the Newberry visitor was fatally shot by Taylor, ae- rording to witnesses, the shooting tak ing place tn the yard sometime after midmght Sunday. Copeland had lived on the Robert Smith farm near Kinards. The local U. D. C. chapter^jLffers annually a medal to the pupil of the eleventh^ grade of Clinton high school ub^jtting the best examination pa- r on *T*he War Between the States.’’ ’The result of the contest just an nounced, gave first place and the medal to Louise Cumbers. Madeline Gassanova won second place, and lUrtertM Gr.h.m, third. X - and that The qnestwn. were prepared and ^ the papers graded by Miae Lottie Barron of the history department of Winthrop college. rendered to His will. Too? Dr. Jacobs showed that God works ^t His plans through human instruiMntality. From* the careful diary which this great man kept, Dr. MeSween read an extract ..which told of his first concep tion of Presbyterian college-^an insti- tjution which would “be for the glory of God, and one which would show that a poor, country preacher could do great things for ~ Then the speaker reminded the lis teners that this wa4 sttU^the* purpose of the school; and said that we, like Dr. Jacobs, must “dream, have faith in these dreams, and believe .that God will do great things through us.” After a brief summary of the re markable growth of the college since Dr. Jacobs conceived it in his dreams, Dr. MeSween concluded with the statement, “I believe that the spirit of this man will live on through this in- and that his dream will not even more Than it erthip star. of the former major league ond azalea festival to be held March I South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, 25-29, with alPexpenses paid and will be the guest of either the Fort Sum ter or Francis Marion hotel. While in Charleston she will be the recipient de,elop«L.tW.-M««» mmjMagn Mri.epgai:, injuuner. OU8 festivities together with the group Texa.s and Mi.ssisijippi. “We unanimously agreed to take this step first,” he declared, “but we indor.sed and will work for the export imunty-. of “qu^ns” Leaders Named To Head Men Revival Sthrts On March 31tt SUPPLY BILL IN SENATE The Laurens county supply bill has left the lower house of the l^slature ’Bod is now on third reading in the senate, according to a senate joumall It ia likely to rMnain ia ita preaeat atatos until near the doee of the,ses sion whtn additional amndments may be made. Mr. mad & L Ptaxieo ware viaitora ia Grseavilk on Fri day. A pre-Easter sermon will be deliv ered Sunday morning at North Broad Street Methodist church by the pastor. In the evening the subject will be, “Reverence,” the fourth in the series on “The Supreme Law.” !<" The planned pre-Easter revival at this church, will begin on Sunday, March 81st, with the pastor, Dr. J. C. Roper, doing th* preaching. Tiie re vival will be stressed in the prayer meetings. TO ORGANIZE HERE A state representative of the Dis abled American Veteraaa’ organiza tion was in the city Tuesday and stat ed plutt are onder way to or- gaaiaa a chapter here in the aagr fn- tnra. A similar post was eatabllabed ' iMt ‘ ^ has been thus far.” Mr. and Mrs'. C. E. Nichols visited relatives in Greenwood "on Sunday. The March meeting of the men of the First Presbyterian church was held last Friday evening in the Sun day school building at which time an interesting program was. presented, with Prof. H. E. Sturgeon as leader.— The following officers were elected for the coming year: Dr. John H. Da vis, president; Mac Adair, vice-presi dent; Arthur Copeland, treasurer; and Charles A. Smith, .secretary. FULP KNOWN HERE J. D. Fulp, of Greenwood, appointed last week by Governor Johnston as state ERA administrator to succeed Miller C. Foster, resigned, is well- known here. Ip 1906 he was gradu ated from Presbyterian college with the bachelor of arts degree, and since that time has been prominent in edu cational circles in the state. products, and we will insi.st that a selected from more than!sufficient amount of relief funds be fifty South Carolina towns and cities, j used to pay farm benefits to relieve"'-* At the close, a “queen of the festival” cotton mills from the prb^essing tax.”* II wa.s known the- increa.se pf tex tile imports from Japan would be u.sed a,s an ar'gument for elimination will be selected from this group, who, together with chaperon, will receive a free trip to Washington during the cherry blossom season and while in^of the processing tax. the national capital she and her chap eron will receive much entertainment arid attention and will be guests at the Willard hotel, one of the city’s finest. JThe twelve young women, who par ticipated in the contest in which thirty-two business firms is.sucd votes were: , ^ Misses Mary Todd, Odetta Mauney, Bebe Dillard, Alden Bailey, Medora Textile Lea^e Ready To Go Carolina ' League In County Opens April 13. Clinton and iJoanna Hold Berths In Ix)op. Browning, Georgie Bee Blakely, Nan nie Sue Adair, Josie Pressley, Jamie Little, Hazel Boland, Coilettc Davis and Marion Cox. Joanna Cotton Mills, of Goldville, will be represented this summer in the Central Carolina baseball league by the strongest team it has eVer put out, according to a statement made yester- GROWERS TO, THREE BALES RAISE EXEMPTION Joanna To Have A Strong Team Washington, March 18.—The house today raised the exemption for small eottpn growers ^uhder the*Doxey bill from two to three bales and'appar- entiy only a roll call vote remained to send the measure to the senate. The Agricultural Adjustment ad ministration opposes the bill. AAA officials assert that passage of the Dovey proposal would wreck the Bankhead act. Repi;eaentative Doxey, pC Missis sippi, told the house that was all a *H>ufid)Oo.” „ - Representatives Fulmer^ of South Carolina, and Johnson, of Oklahoma, tri^ to nwke the 'exemption four balea. Representative MiU^^ of Ar kansas, offered tbs snecessfol 8-bale and it waa adoptsd 98 ta 4f. ( 4' Plans have l>een completed for the formation of. the ('ernral Carolina ba.seball league, which wttl open on Saturday, Api41 13lh. 'The loop this _y.ear will consist of eight cluh.S, Watts Mill.s, Laurens Mills, Clinton Mills, Joanna, Ware .Shoals, Greenw’ood, Matthews and >'iLhety-Six mUls. The three Green- \yood county clubs were added to make the eight after Brandon Mill, of Woodruff, had dropped out. One game a week will- be played, according to the new set-up, until June 21st, and two games a week the rest of the season. Officer^ of the league are: George Hughes, Ware Shoals, pi-esident; 0. By agreement Mtween^ agricul ture committee and the Republicans, a provision to authorize the president again to extend the Bankhead act through the Doxey bill to the 1936-37 crop was dropped. Chairman JonPs, of Texas," pf the house agriculture committee, urgedf' the 2-baIe exemption limit. He re minded the houee that President Roosev^t “practically made the state ment” last fall before the Bankhead referendum that there would be a 24>ale exemption and added: “We’re trying td keep faith.” “But,” he warned, “if you load this bill down with amendments, you will destroy H. Anybody knows that if yon are foiag to have a program you must stay wititin the raoga of season. “We not say that _we will be the best in the league, but we will be in there fighting until the last,”j.M, Templeton, Goldville,, vice-presi- said R. G! Carr, one of the team’s dent; E. E. Riddle, LaurPn.s, secretary, most loyal'Supporters. _ j All eight clubs^ according to iVlr. Rid- The club has elected the following officers: Allan Barron, president; Claude Kay, vice-president; J. B. Hart, secretary-treasurer. die, will have- strong teams in the field and a fast Wand of ball may be expected this summer. Blakely Wins < In Civil Court Gives More Tune For Paying Taxes 4*iThe general assembly la.st Friday B. W, Blakely, of this city, was awarded a verdict last week of $286 against the State Highway depart ment in the only case tried in common pleas court which convened in Lau rens on Monday and adjourned Tties- day morning. All other eaaaa on the roster wars esvthin^ antU next tarm. voted in favor of a property tax ex tension from March 14 to April 15. Both branches concurred in a free conference committee’s compromise to fdlow an addUionai^month to payT984 property taxes without executions or increasing the present 2 per cent pen alties. . . j..... . /