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F \ \ ’. f ■' • * '■ . * '■ ^ , . t.. THB-fkRONICLE 8trite» To Be m Ckaa Newt- paper, Ceeipletc. Newty, ~ tad IMiable. VOLUME XXXVI R0A& MEASURE UP IN SENATE Highway BuUding Bill To Be Debated. House Approves Longer Hours For Liquor Stores. Social Security and Tax Bills Come JIo Front. Local Alumni Form Chapter Thornwell Chapter Perfected For Clinton-Laurens. -Rev. John Willingham Is l^esident. ' On last Friday evening the Thorn- well orphanage alumni of Clinton and Laurens gathered in the McCall high Columbia, March 3.-: Members of|s«hol building on the institution’s Proves Washington*s Dollar T^win^g Feat | "3 . .. , . I campus and formed an organization both houses of the general assembly ^ Clinton-Laurens j returned to Columbia today to begin j About fifty were present_for j the eighth "weekDf'thr present session ithe happy^-orca-sion; including' several i - and gave brief debate to several im-j guests. A delightful supper was serv- portant statewide measures in an at-'ed by the girls of the domestic science jnosphere’minus much of the usual department under the direction cjf parliamentary sniping. There was lit- their instructor, Miss Catherine Wil- tle evidence of the customary “sham! son. battle procedure. j Included among, the guests were The house gave third reading to and j Dr. D. J. Woods, pastor of the First sent to the senate the roads, bridges Presbyterian church of this city, the and ferry committee bill, outlining an j mother church of the orphanage, An- $8,000,000 highway building pro^am for which bonds could be issued /with out' the governor’s signature. About $3,500,000 of the money would be fed- • eral aid, available since last July, if the department can be maintained in a functioning statusT * ' Under the committee measure each county is allotted its apportionment —of road improvement project8> total construction being about 550 miles. tomorrow the highway department re organization bill, passed by the house one week ago. This places with the general assembly the choice of high way commissioners from the 14 judi cial circuits instead of having the governor appoint them, as the pres ent law provides, and the senate con firm. Amendments /to further reduce sel Godfrey, superintendent of the church's Sunday school, and E. S. Pin son, superintendent of the orphanage schools. From Augusta came the pres ident of the Thornw’ell Alumni asso ciation, George M. Cartledge, accom panied by severa^ members of the Augusta chapter. After supper was served the group was assembled in bne of the class rooms where an interesting program The senate today agreed to take carried out. l>r. L. R..Lynn wel corned the alumni and their friends. Dr. Woods and Mr. Godfrey mide in teresting talks touching upon the re lationship of the First church and or phanage. - After general discussion a motion was adopted calling for the formation of a Thornwell chapter to work for the interests and advancement of the i orphanage. I'Tie following officers Smith Scores _ PRESIDENT HAS Army Action [JEW TAX PLAN Senior State Senator Says Re moval of General Johnson Ha- good **Great Ingratitude.’ Wa.shing'ton, March 2.—The remov al of Major General Johnson Hagood 'from his post as commander of the Eighth Corps area today was declared Farm Relief and Bonus Bills Handed Industry Under Sur plus Profits Proposal. Battle §een Looming In Congress Over Measure. 1 Washington, March 3. —Sweeping by Senator E. D. Smith to be “P^^r-'tax law changes including imposition haps the greatest instance of ingrati- , . ‘ r . u * i - ...J. j|of a tax on undistributed corporation Jude which has ever been, evidenced' i in the ca.^e of a faithful servant and profits and repeal o? the present officer,of this government. graduated corporation income tax'waS” Terming the action of the war de partment the “humiliation of one of South Carolina’s sons,’’ the South Car olina .senator stood on the flodp of the .senate and declared that “this js a matter involving the manhood of America,” and added; . - “Has it come to pass Uiat to .think unpatriotic, and to express a FREDERICKSBURG, Va *‘Bic Train’* Wattcr Johiuon, ona of baseball’s pitching immortals, pro^ that tba kgend of Goorga Washington having 'thrown a silver dollar across the Rappahannock river here when 11-year old, was entirely poasible.. In two out of three attempts here on Washington's birthday, Johnson, threw silver dollars across the 272 foot stream. His throw was 317 feet. HISTORY OF P. C. PRESIDENTS ^ IS MARKED BY FINE SERVICE (From The Blue Stocking) jthe money sufficient to build the Ad- The election by the board of trus- j ministration building, iLaurens hall, tee.s last week of William P. Jacobs ;and Judd dining hall, along with a to the permanent presidency of the * presidenVs home and several teach- college arouses thoughts of the pr,psi-jer.s’ residences, was .secured recommended to congress today by President Roosevelt. He estimated the tax on undistrib uted corporation profits would yield $1,614,000,000 annually. ' In a momentous message recom mending thorough revision of the tax system the president also proposed: \ Processing taxes spread broader and thinner than the old levies out- thought is treason? Have we arrived by the supreme court. at that stage? General HagoOd may be demoted by the gentlemen Who are in power, but he is promoted, thank God, in the hearts, and affections of ever^ SoiMh Carolinian and every true American citizen!” A nativ;e of^Orangeburg, General Hagood attended the University iof South Carolina before entering the Military^ academy at West Point. He is the nephew of a brigadier general in the Confederate army, bearing the same name, who was later elected drastically the fcfovernor’s power of elected to serve for the coming the highway board are being propos-i' ed by the. senate’s special committeeL President, Rev.- John Willingham, to which all highway legislation in the upper branch was referred. Major changes would take from the gover nor also the power of suspending or removing the commissioners, and no elections would be held under the sen ate plan except when terms expire. The house biil would name 14 com missioners—seven for, two-year terms and seven, for four-year terms — as soon as the charges brought by the governor against the old commission have been adjwdicaied in the eawritii *’teF was arranged for the evening of Another measure advanced in the. March 30th at the home of Dr. and /house today would fix a standard time for liquor stores to open and Sawyer Scores Legal Victory close the year-round throughout the state. The-closing hour would be the latest time the sun Sets any day in the year. The opening hour would be the latest hour the sun rises. The “late” rising and setting time would ^ i /-.lj be__taken from Columbia-calendar. | Supreme Court Declares Cnief The state'^ohsTTfiition forbids the! Highway Commissioner. Le* sale of liquor between the hours of j j| j„ Charge of Office, sunset and sunrise, b.ut it was argued that “ninety per cent of the bootleg- Layton, of Laurens. i Vice-President, H. C Clinton. Vice-president, Mrs. Carl Bramlett, of Laurens. Secretary, F. M. Stutts, of Clinton. Treasurer, Mrs. Mac Adair, of Clin ton. Officers of the chapter will com pose the executive committee which will meet and draft by-laws for adop tion. The next meeting of the chap- Mrs. fcj^n. dents who have gone before. The his tory of P. C. is definitely bound to the history of ?ts presidents. In the year. 1864 a young minister came to Clinton, S. C., a town of no more than 400 people. Through his faith, energy, and influeiwe, a strong I Pre.'fcyterian church was built, the or phanage which perpetuates his mem ory wa.s founded, and the Presbyte rian College of South Carolina was begun. That man was Rev. William Plumer Jacobs, , D.D., LL.D, grand father of the mtin who was last week elected president of the college. The Clinton academy was given by its owners to be used to form the Presbyterian college, and Professor W. S. Lee, a teacher at that institute, was made the first president. Pro- fes.sor Lee continued to serve the col lege until 1889. Rev. R. P. Smith Was president in 1887. Succ^jding him was Prof. John W. Kenr^dy, who .served until his death in 18<K). It was during this year that the name was changed After Dr. Neville’s death. Dr.. Rob ert .Adams was called to the presi dency from his church in Laurens and served until 1910. The next presidnet. Dr. I), M. Dougla.s, came; tg^the col lege from MaryTand Avenue Presby terian church, Baltimore. It was through his sanity, honesty and fore sight that the confidence of the gen eral public of South Carolina, as well as of the'Presbyterians, was gained. During Dr. Douglas’, administration Spencer hall, W. P. Jacobs Science hall and library, a central heating plant, Smyth dormitory and the Le roy Springs gymnasium were added to the campus. la 1926 Dr. Douglas resigned from the presidency of P. C. to accept the presidency of the Uni versity of South Carolina. After Dr. Douglas, Dr. B. L.^"’P^k- msoh served for one year, resigning in 1928 to accept a position in the state department of education in Ala bama. The college then was very fortunate governor of the Palmetto state, and the son of another veteran of the grey army. To(lay’.s senate speech was Smith’s ■first expression concerning what lie termed, the “outrage,” although his senate colleague, James F. 'Byrnes, has made calls at the war department and written letters tql the secretary of warih behalf of the officeT, and sev eral South Carolina representatives,' including McSwain and McMillan, have carried on a campaign to have his case reconsidered. Hagood’s removal from his post came several w^eks after he had ridi culed the government’s spending pro gram during his testimony before a house subcommittee. During Kta testi mony he referred to the WPA funds as “stage money” because, he said, “you can pass it around, but you don’t get anything for it in the end.” Smitl^ said in his senate speech he had never se-en South Caroliria^so “unanimous in its resentment as [t is today” over the Hagood matter. A “windfall” tax to recover a con siderable 'part of the old processing taxes which were, returned to tax payers on which they refu.sed liay- ment. Repeal of tlic existing capital stock tax which wa.s e.stimated to- yield $163,000,000 in the first year 1937? Repeal of the^ corp'oration excess profit.s- tax which was estimated to yield $5,000,000 in f937. Repeal of th^ exemption of divi dends from the normal tax on individ ual incomes. The graduated” corporation income tax which the president* propo.sed to repeal was esitmated to yield $826,- 000,000 in the-fiscal year 1937. Treasury experts were understood to estimate the proposed new levy on undistributed' corporation . profits would not only replace $994,600,000 taxes which would "be repealed but would provide additional revenue of $620,000,000 on 1936 corporation in comes. The president told congress invali dation of processing taxes left a defi cit in the budget of $1,017,000,000 and that the cash bonus bill would add an annual charge^ef $120,000,000. “We are called upon furthermore,” he said, “to raise by some form of permanent taxation an annual amount of $620,000,000. lb may be said truth fully and correctly that $500,000,000 j)f this amount repre.sents substitute taxe^ in place' of the old processes and from'Clinton college to* Presbyterian tin'securing the services of Dr. John College of' South. Carolina. , , ^ , Columbia, Feb. 29.—The South gijig in the state could be wiped ont, supreme court declared Ben if the sotres coujd be allowed to sell|M Sawyer invested with full control legally at night. highway department as By using the latest hour of setting in the summer and the latest hour of chief commissioner Saturday and or- , , , dered $1,110,926 in highway funds rising in the winter, it was calculated disposal. that the stores would be in operation. ^ ^ p^^ approximately the same number of ^j^m. order holding that notice of an hours as now but sales would be ex- ^p-J, Governor Johnston from a tended somewhat later m the e,vening circuit court order reinstating Saw- yer, his political enemy, did not pre- The bill was introduced by ten chief commissioner from re- These next fifteen years were years of difficulty, and those who'stood by the college deserve the aiipreciation •MeSween, who immediately upon his Expect Legislature that~bnly $120,000,000 repre.sents new taxes not hitherto levied. Quoting from his budget message slatinfent that an increase in reve nues would ultimately meet and pas.s 'J’q 3pCCd ileclining cost of relief, Mr. Roose entrance .started to raise the college velt said “if we are .to maintain this clear cut and sound policy it is in^ of the college and the church. In the | raised during the administration of indebtedness which had accumulated | Forty-I)ay Period Nearing End cunibeht upon us to make gootl to the to_ $;nr>,ooo. Half of this .soim "’as j , Anxious' To In* Itede-ral-treasury both the los.s of rev more authors. It w.as sent to third reading on a viva voce vote, but prior to that tbe house, by a vote of 48 to 40, had refused to continue it. The bill would amehd the present ** liquor law by vadding the following proviso: “For the purpase of establishing suming office. It authorized Comptroller General Beattie and State .Treasurer Miller to honor Sawyer’s voucher for $280,- 000 to pay the 'department salaries through April 15; $230,926 to meet reimbursement obligations and $600,- poo in federal road aid fund* lield in 'fixed,' definite; and uniform opening^ state treasury as a trust fund for and closing hours throughout the construction year, the words ’sundown’ and “sun rise’ shall mean, respectively, the lat est hour of sunset during the I anfrat*#! and the latest hour of-sunrise during the year, at Columbia, and the tax commission shall determine said hours and promulgate the same as the open ing and closing hours throughout the state'undet this act.” fir.st three years of this difficulty J. L. C.leland was pre.sident, and fol lowing him, serving until the year 1897, was Rev. E. (!. .Murray. In 1897 Professor A. E. Spencer, known and honored as a devote*(l Presbyterian el der throughout the Southern Presby terian church, became president, which office he held until 1904. Three times Dr. Spencer has served as pres ident of P. C. and taught Greek and Dr. MeSween. He resigned from the presidency to accept the pastorate of Purity Presbyterian church, Chifster; S. C. crease Activity. enue caused by the supreme court de cision and the increase in expenses . w o . . A caused by the adjustment compensa- t olumbia. Mar. 2.-—A spurt of leg-l . ’ * " ition jiayment a?t. islative activity thus week .was indi- Fortunate again was P. C. in session pe- curing the services of William P. Ja- • “J emjihasize that adherence to con sistence c^ls for such action.” The chief executive ' said he was cobs to .serve as acting president un- ^Vhile every in recent i •‘ij.aving to the discretion of con- til some man could be found capable exceeded 40 legislative days in, formulation of appropriate •length, the status of major^^measures' before the general assembly led to a belief that the law-making process to take the position as P. C.’s presi dent. After eight months’ servicF as~'act- French and other subjects ini the col- ing president of the college,-Mr. Ja-! leg;e for 45 years. Dr.. W. G. Neville became president cobs was last week elected to the per-' appropriation bill, a pacemaker manent presidency of th college. Thus taxes. But he invited the attention of congress to the form of the tax which would “acco^mplish an-important re form, remove two major inwjualities in our tax system and stop leaks in in the year 1904 and served until his [is brought to date a brief sketch of sudden death in 1907. Dr. hteville the history of the-presidents of P. €., proved himself a man of great ability, a history marked Hby hardships over He set about to raise funds which!come through the faith and determi- were at the time much needed, and! nation of men who knew no other j through his ability and perseverance I thought than service. among measure.*, was expt*cted to be , * * , ‘j, . the present surtaxes. completed by the senate finance com- ] mittee, which undertook to rewrite / !n!^TS!35531S5!S Three Negroes Killed In Wreck Newberry, March/’ 3.—Three Ne- Charlie Wilson Is Mr. Koos<'velt proposed the tax on .L AMA A/i/» U ill U *1. , i undistributed corporate 'incomes ’k ' ’ ‘(’'■■"‘'i-Kraduatal ami fixml a« to yield ® ^ r I approximately the .same revenue as The senate planned to pass 'upon ' ',„|j l^ouse highway reorKanjaat|^hdl ^ distributed and Used in the Hthirmr'the week and possibnr Itrlakc' ’ ^ ' , ■ ; . hands of stockholders, up a social security reso ution which i rru • i * i-j '♦ ' . , . . J a i The iiresident did not mention spe- was exp<>cted to entail little debate ... , , , i .u » „ . .. , • ' ^ ^ ,a 1 11 J 'cific rates but said the treasury would prior to :its enactment. It kiljcd a Sold To Montrealjtot^i option litiuor-hill earlfer ] Ulior and ^ hquor lolls embrac.ng \ y , submit estimates by w'hich the de sired yield could be realized. It was y proposals for Charlie Wilson, alumnus of P. c., 1 )>=*«■ ""t ft bf" a sraduated tax averap-s about :«'a In Greenwood I*™'" w-re kill«/nd one »as prob-1 and recipient of fifteen athletic letters j this year, _ ably seriously/injured Triday night I Hnrino- Vila fnnr v<»nrB nf f-nlipcrp prospective hoUSe headed the list njured Triday night I njuring his four years of college, has topics, the rep- l>er cent. The president made tt jilain he ~Mrs. Mary Irene Lanford, 71, moth-, er of Rex Lanford, resident of Water- about a nti« f ove Kinards inj^u.|been sold'to Montreal, havinjr I« n7m“M;'^„a7eSttuejL "to^l«cted new corporation Uxesjot onTy Attorney General John M. Daniel was quoted by Sinkler of Charleston, one of the authors, as 'being of the loo, and managi^ of th^ Clinton Pro- rens and tj^-wlien struck by a- Jut- fo^ pastr several years with the|j^^-r ’ - r *• i -4" to cover “the rencaled-taxes hut to M V ixoii 'the house in quick time, despite pos- ^ cover “xne leiwaiTO t«Av> wee to Rochester, N. Y., ball club. j„.,4 _:_.,4,. jiaise $b20,()00,()00 which he charac- m driver. opinion that such procedure would be sustained as conforming to constitu tional limits on legal liquor sales within the state. Gives Up Work At Orphanage duction Credit association, died list Tuesday *at the home .of her daught Mrs, F. J. Spinnler,* in Greemawd. Funeral’Services were conduepro Wed nesday at the JPirst Bapti}M!*church of that city, with interm^ptiqlloWing in Bethel cemetery. le negroes were in a wagon re- furning to their home in New&erry county when Ben Wessinger of Ja- lapa, Newberry county, attempted to pass. He said he scraped the wa gon, exciting the negroes who jump ed in the path of a car traveling in sibilities of a la.'lt-minute fight on Wilson, one bf the best all-round athletes ever to attend'this institu-* tion,. broke the state javelin record, 1 P. C. Students Take terized as permanent levies. placed .second .several times in the broad jump ’in S.I.A..A. meets, was one, of the outstanding basketball players of the college and, of cour'set was outstanding on the baseball dia- T , w • /v .[Lanford, Gaffney; two daughters, Mrs. Lula Jamison,Jor the past^j^^^ g p Woodruff; Mrs. seventeen years a faith^l and va u-1gpinuj^j.^ Greenwood; two step- able member of the Thoniwell or- Walter Bull, Green- phanage staff of woikers, has resign-1 rj, p gj^ards. Wood ed her position and left the past week for Memphis, Tenn., where she will make her future home with her sis- ruff. ters. By her fbllow-workers and Jtbe * IN LOUISjVILLE THIS WEEK three hundred boys and girls of the! ‘ Chamber Meets Night Wilson played far a time with Ro- * , „ , Ilnitpd 9tafps Mil «I>ectivt*ly, in Lauren.s county for the Chester and then feas transferred to'entrance,to the United btaUs '”"'iaaa ;Vijrman Univeisitv Grcen- the Cardinals for*two~i^rK o-oine'*^ary academy at West Point. r.,, ’ Furman univeisity-yreen wi, .a Those going to Atlanta included '””^ Woman .s College coordination the same direction. The bodies were Afrs* LsiLfoTii the widow of j Ko/4|v TnHniFlpd &.nH hrok^n late B. m, of Woodruff. Shop” Tb’xo killld were Edmond Swit- is survived/By four sons, Rex Lanford,L^^ijerg, 65, Ethel Swittenberg, about’ ^ looioaii. Waterlog Thurman Lanford, AtlanU, 20, and Marie Perry, about 45..- Ga.; B. Lanford, Greer, and Carl wagon had no lights, it was said. The dead negroes were brought to Newberry for. burial and the in jured one carried^ I/O Clinton for treat ment. ! West Point Exams Four P. C. .student*, three juniors . and one .senior, left Monday Afternoon for Fort McPherson, near Atlanta, to W. Mrs. A. Moorhead, of Goldville, and L. S. McMillan, of -Laurens, .stand various types of examinations '’I"®" and associate chairman, re- back to the New York club after thjs time. His recent transfer to the Mon treal ouifit will be of interest to stu going home, Mrs: Jamison was loVed and held in the highest esteem and affec tion. Her leaving Thornwell,; where she leaves ja splendid record, is gen erally regw^tt^. Mrs. Jamison is succeeded as ma tron of the dining room by Mrs. Vir ginia de Montmollin of Jacksonville, FU. Dr. L. R. Lyfln left Monday for Louisville, Ky., to be one of the speak ers this week at Louisville Theologi cal seminary where a program is be ing given on tbe “Child Welfare Work of the Church.” Last week he was in Atlanta where he spoke at -Columbia Theological seminary on the same 8id>ieet \ The March meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will be heid next Tues day evening at 7 iJOi^it the Mary Mus- grove Tea Room. Nominations for of ficers for the coming year will be made at this time, and a full attend ance of the memlMrship -is asked by President D. CJHeustess. Dill Ellis, who has received the Me-announced the comple- «444 .c ux XU =xu- appointmcnt from this district of the county campaign commit- dents as well as to alumni of the col- '^’’^ final phy.sical jggg 'examination, all others having been; Additional members are Miss Em- WiLson, with his family, has been j successfully passed; Julien Fpeeman. nia Little and Miss Irene Workman speeding the winter here with alternate for the MeS^ain ap-(of this city; M,«s Evelyn Blackwell. .sKster and brother-in-law, Mr. and Allen MeSween and Mrs. Douglas Gray and Miss Ann Edgar Stanton, who are working on!Williams, of ^urens. congressional , district appointments. ; In thei statewide campaign to be The first three are juniors, while conducte4 March 2 to 12, this com- Mrs. Collie Anderson. NAMED AS CONSTABLE G. C. Watts, of MountvilJe, was ap pointed, Tuesday by Governor John ston as a constable and detective to enforce the laws of the state, with compensation from the state govern ment until May 1936. Stanton is a senior. mittee** will carry the coordination program appeal to alumni and alum- Miss Hifelen Barnado has returned-nae of the two colleges and friends of toVher classes at Presbyterian college, I the schools throughout Laurens coun-*- afrer spending th^x^eek-end with her parWts, Mr. and MW A S. Barnado, in Unkm. \ \' ty. The quota for the statewide caih-^ paign is $150,000. An equal amount is being raised in Greenville. ♦ \’ rM-fiir-. Committees Named For Furman Drive \