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THE CqWTQtt‘CHRONICLE,' CLtfrrON, S."C.
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Laurens, 4fn. .29,—R. H. Dorwldson,
77-year-
-year-old Laurens resident, hiui at
tainted more presidential inaugura
tions than any citiien of this city,
ITiis fact was diecloeed during a con-
yeraation with him upon hi8_ret»rn
yesterday from Washington, where
lie had'-witneased the induction last
week of President'PrankMn D. Roose-
Telt for his' second term.
Mr. Donaldson is a native of Wash
ington, which fsct in great part ex
plains his almost uidxroken record of
being present at a majority of the
inaugurals since the beginning of
Grant's second term March 4, 1878.
As a lad of 14, DPtuUdson attended
the Grant induction, .this being- the
y^esto^Fpr Drunkenness Increase
At Ram Rate In Soutii
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Anti-Saloon League Leader Finds
statistics shows that the risd has tak
en place without‘any perceptible set-
j back, or slowing down—an up
ward singe toswrd bad conditions. At 1933 .
IQOS ' ,
Average for the years, 122.,
1932 1:. ...L
Soperintendent Pickett Resents Figures Gatliered Recently From
' Pi^ce Chiefs and Come Inferences From Tim. A
Cities Show Increases, Sohie As Much As SOO^JSOO Pct Cent.
~ Some Qualifying Factors Cbn^ered. v
To the'Editor of The Chronicle:
Through the courtesy of the city
governments, a survey has recently
been made of many South Carolina
cities and the larger towns to ascer
tain whether the piteaent liquor laws
are decreasipg or increasing drunken
ness. The - information gained indicates
iving while we were running up our
inks.
rate of increase in population
in So^ Carolina from 1910 to 1920
(by goviamment printing office sta
tistical amraet) was 11.1 per cent
in the ten-ybfr period. Allowance for
the rate^is movement is going for
ward, coitions will be as bad in five
yeari as mkter 20 years of bid-time
conditione, m^ss abatement occurs.
T Hodges of Greenwood,
when shown the figures, said: “Well,
that’s food fbr.tboight. It looks like
the human race will Itever team wis
dom.’’ D. W. Cuttino, Sumter, said,
“Anybody that keeps his eyes open
can see that the present situation is
much worse.”, C. B. B<^, Laurens,
said, “It’s serious business.”
What will the- legislature, do ? Will
they pass their changes in the laws
124
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200
404
1934 1,471
1935 1,977
1936 ‘ 2,607
All material rise began repeal j^ear.
' Spartanburg - Dmiiks
1932 ........A 479
1933 — 792
1934 •-j........wa................. M........a.... 1,206
1936 d..... i-V-: l,iT4
i936 2,001
fost that he can recall. Before conv-
thi. percentni. of iwrc^K doe, notify benefit of tfce le* th»n 6M
greatly itffect\he result, for thell'''®”',’*®''*:?'*, m tlw eute, or will
1934 463
1935 682
1936 (11 months) 778
Annual rate being 848, 600 p^ cent
increase... ^
Anderson . Drunks
1926 266
1938 ... ..“id. 810
1934 : : : 1,046
1935 1,215
1936 ;T::ddl......;.. 1,818
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i 500 per cent increase.
‘ Greenwood .
1926 :
1927
1932 ;
1933
Drankn
131
an alarming increase;* running to as ... i v i
mueh.as 600. or, 600 per cent in many four, five, or t^year comparisons hear the appeal of the la«ge|2934 _
of the towns and showing an increase —.i- ’ \ number of communities that do not!
to South Carolina about 36 years
ago and soon thereafter becoming a
in all, where the comparison is made
over a period of several yearn back
It was recognized that mat^ quali-
of ly^ wy Owu might enter irrto ,uch
•*" ^vertieution. Mch M the depre.-
chief nwgiatrate of Umt^ Stat^. the possible better enforcenient ‘ men said that the chief freq^wtly
Sin« then he to .urr,^ p^rtiap, »n ftiereate | reTeaeed dnmiM who lad been «
made.
One Of the larger tOi^s ivas found
to be an exception to the above find
ings. The chief in this town said that
they sent home one or two orunks ey,-
ery night without arrest. Qn^of the
1935
99
183
242
280
274
want to continue these conditions, and! JggJ "
provide a possible exit for these thou-
sandfs of voters? Time will tell.
back home to fit in with an ihaugu-
in population.
led, when he found them locked up
mrion. He wib at Theodore Roo depression might not distort I the morning. For obvious reasons this'l
velt’s only t regular inauguration in | , uepre.^iun uibluh,! '
1905 Then followed William Howard comparison was car-1 town is not named with the others.
^mw Wils^ ^h a skin back- of- 1930, wherever, possible, j It was also learned that convictior
’ ’ ■ and this was done in most eases, for all causes had ri.sen during rthe
Survey of larger South Carolina
towns: (Convictions through the po
lice courts).
Chester Wmikn
1927
928 ...\
Nearly 500 per cent increase.
Laprens _ — DmPks
1926 : 66
1927 c; ei
1928 ~ 441
ri92r' ■■ 37]
Prior figures,not atwluble. 420 per
cent increi^.
Coiuabia . - - Druaku
1926 —.. ..L:. * 1,199
1933 2,602
1934 ........ 3,337
1935 i............................ 3,166
1986 3,426
Nearly 300 per cent increase over
1926.
CharlertOB
Two classifications are recorded,
drunks, and *drunk and disorderly.
Druidcs were, not arrested in large
numbers in 1936, the drunk find dis
orderly column held ka own.
Drunk and*
Drank L. . disorderly
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to Hoover and then F,
first term.
D. R. for his
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ThornWell Alumni
Chaptei* Meets
None of the statistic# showed a de
crease in drunkenness^during the de
pression, although one town, Lancas
ter, did show a smsdl drop in convic
tions for all causes for the two low
years of the depression, but-not for
same period that drunkenness had.
This is sufficient to cau.se much hea
vier pressure on our police dockets.
Examination of these figures shows
certain other interesting things, such
the fact that mpuy towns, at least.
1934
1935
19.36
AnnuaT
1926
1927
mrnO 491
' 91* Average for the six years, 50 per j j®®-"
172* year. - 1931)
583
-On Friday night in the KlcCall
_ buildihg - bn the" orphanage campus,
the Clinton-Laurens chapter of the
Thomwell Alumni as.sociation held its
'annual dinner. The meal was excel
lently prepared under the supervision
of Miss Catherine Wilson and the
girls 4n her domestic science claaa.__„
Following the dinner the group
held a business session and elected
officers fot thc'c’nsuing year, as fol
lows: ^
Mrs, Charlton Bennjamin, presi
dent.
, Mrs. J. R. Murff, vice-president.
Han-y C. Layton, vice-president.
F. M. Stutts, secretary^
Mias Gene .McKee, Treasurer.
drunkenness. The great increase men-j of which Greenville, Chester, Laurens
tioned above is an increase over con
victed drunks in previous prosperous
years.
are samples, did not show a rise of
drunkenness during the* period inves
tigated under .rthe T8th amendment.
f — .-^te being over
cpnt increaseX ^
Lancaster
1928 ~ ^
1929
1930
1931
500
Various police chiefs were asked if
they were enforcing the law more
strongly now. Ndne said this was
The ri.se did not begin exactly with
legalization, but rather with repeal
1933
1934
31911932 .r~"81
423 1933 149
416; 1934 : ; .;.fe 156
per 11935 ;
1936
396,per cent Increase. ^
.^umter ‘ , 0 Drunks
193^ .....rr. .t :n:. ...... 34
. 814
. 977 ....:
. 826
. 683
979
1,245
1,038
.150)1935 1,348
271 ^636 371
(Nov. 11, 1936 opl^)
1932
1933/
1934
527
362
.. 506
. 452
. 344
. 337
. 585
.660
1,408
. 890
1,142
Annual rate of drunk and disorder
ly pro-rated is 1,320. Average nuin-
136 (Seven months only—beginning ofj^®*' from 1926-1931, inclusive,
17fl i: — .i. _x_? M « ! /WAV* fWv* A%Ma«*-
1932 V:... 210 rate 58.)
iincumbency present chief,
itself, with the suggestion that drink-11935
1933
1934
1935
annual I^rease in 1936 over this aver
age is over 300 per cent.
(Rev) J. Lowry Pickett,
Superintendent, South Carolina Anti-
Saloon League. )
trtie. (fhief McDonald of Greenwood j ing was nowall riglrt. It has shown a 1936 (9 months) .\.521
said: “We could run our drunks up;steady climb ever since them. This Annual'rates being 694, over
to twice what they are and hold them [climb is a great deal larger than the per cent increa.se.
there. If a man is staggering and • steady growth pf^ bad conditions in
headed for home we let him go.” Thesaloon and dispen.sary days. It can
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168
311 i
Rock Hill
1933
Drunks
... 463
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00 Nearly 600 per cent increa.se. Prior j
' figures not available.
Laurens re.sult for 1936 .showe<l 271;! only be properly descriWd as a large 1934
Chief Crews .-mid, “We could make it penduluni swing towards bad liquor 1935
600 or 700.” Chief West pf Spartan-
re.sults. From 1900 to 1915 the growth
burg said there is “no special drive of beer drinking in the United States
against drunks.” Speaking of drunk-1 was 25 per ,cent. This upiy^rd swing
en driving, he .said he did not expect 1 is approximately four times that 11926
elimination-or decteate m" "brurikeTi r^rend. A' further- study t>f the iTewf+y27
1936 (9 months)
Annual rate being 1,3.53.
Union T
“The Paper Everybody Reads”
(Irecnrtlle
me (Oct. ’25.pet. ’26)
5-Oct.
724,19^ (Oct. ’26-
Drunks
828
995:1928
1,015 1929
j 1930
Druriks.1931
,... 65^932
_ , 4 7 71193^
27)
’27-Oct. ’28)
t. ’28.0ct. ’29)
212 BALES ON 212 ACRES
J. E. BRIM, of Dawson, Oa., has had 35
years of experience in farming. This has
taught him that good fertiliser and good
seed are essential to successful cotton pro-
duetkm. He produced 251 bales on 225
acres m 1^34, 178 bales on 198jacret in
1935, and 212 bales on 212 acres in 1936.
He blame^his low yield in 1935 on a long
drought. \
He uses 400 pouids of 3-9-5 NPK fer
tilizer per acre at planting and top-
dresses with 200 pounds of 14-0-12 after
his cotton is chopped out. Mr. Brim says:
Potash in my top-leaser prevents Rust
and gives me better maurity, better lint
turn-out and better matured seed. I sell
over 3,000 bushels of Wilt-resistant Seed
annually. The cost of potash is low and:
I find high-potash ferUliscr^Nprofitable
for all farm crops ” N
FEWER BOLLS MAKE A
CONTROLS WILT
B. F. CALHOUN, orBufSMila.^Ate^
says: “CottoOf wdl-fed with
Potash, weighs 10 to IS pousdi
more per bssketihl than cottoo
with juBt ipy fertiltoffw
llie fUants look healUiier and fruit
closer. Wtoe 1 had NV Potash 1 had
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nqJifUt but lots of stalks died udMCf
1 bad 0
only my regular fertiliaer.'
f*Loak at that top crop, ”Mys H. J. JOHNSON, of Wligciier,
B. C. “That’s where extra potaiA gets in its best
with large, fully matured bcdls right up to the top
stalk. It takes fewer of these bolls to make a ,
Plenty of potaah makes the cotton p^ better
proves the staple.
“ttnoe 1034 1 have been ^ving my cotton three times
as much potaili'wa 1 did bdbre and have been making
more cotton. Rust has been stopped In roost
ofmy Adte but soom spots need still more potash. 1 use
a fOM ooni^cte fertiliser at planting and extra potadi as
with ray nitrogen. The Use of 3-8-t
fertiliaer at {^anting is grow^ in our sectioDi**
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in tfeto aatf. 1,000
BIC, PRETTY BOLLS
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W. A. ROBINETT, of Enterprise, Ala., says: “In
1936 I had 30 acres in cotton and used 400 pounds of
3-8-5 NPK guano per acre. 1 top-dressed two acres
with 100 pounds of-Soda per acre and on one of these
I put an additional 100 pounds of NV Muriate of
Potash. On the entire 30 acres I made nine bales of
cotton. The acre top-dressed only with Soda made
570 pounds of teed cotton. The acre top-dressed with
Soda and NV Potash made 919 pounds—a gaia of
349 pounds of teed cotton. Allowing fix' the coat of
potash this is a profit of $16.54 per acre. You could
tell the potash cotton by walking through it. It
stayed vigorous and healthy and kept middng the
biggest, prettiest bolls 1 ever saw.”
STOP RUS
DOUBLED HIS YIELD
H. F. STRENGTH, of Daleville, Ala., says: “In 1936
I top-dressed 7 H acres with 100 pounds of NVMuriate
of Potash per acre and mwie seven 500-pound bales
-pound
and 138potmdvoifHnt.That'ftguresabidetotheacre
as compared with 1,000 poun^ of seed cotton per^
acre in 1935, vriien only part of my cottoti was top-"
dressed with NV Pota^ half a bale to the acre in
1934, whenJL didn’t use any extra potash.
"In 1934 my cotton rust^ badly, like most cotton
in this section. % decided to try potash top-dresdng
and I have been well pleased with the results. This
year my cotton stayed healthy and kept-girowinc
while my neighbor’s, acUoinipg me, rusted badly aM
died. I am going to top-dress every acre of cotton 1
h W Potash.”
plant this year with'
START PROF
t,
AVHEN you buy your fertiliser and tpp-dreser, your fertiliser tiian~
you want more NV POTASH. Plan how to top-dress with 100 pounds of NV"
MURIATE or 200 pounds of NV KAINIT per acre, or use a nitrogen-
potash, mixed-goods t^-dresser containing 10 to 2S% IIV_POTASH. If
you prefer to use your extra potash at planting, select a fertiliser containing
8 to 10% NV POTASH. Where Rust has been very^evere you may ne^
both high-potash fertiliser at planting and potash top-dressing to STOP
RUST and START PROFITS. ’
Thousands of fanhers have found that it pays to i^ve cotton a loi morp
potash than the average ferdliser contains. NV POTASH keeps cotton strong
knd healtl^, maturing fruit until a full crop is made (including a good top
crop). It PREVENTS RUST, helps control Wit and produces strong, vig-
brous plants vdth less shedding, l^er bolls that are easier to pidr\aiid
better 3^dd8 of unifonn, high-quality lint. NV POTASH PAYS!
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N. V. POTASH EXPORT MY., Inc., Hurt Bld«., ATLANTA
Royster RMs., NORVOLK
MtESONSMIKS
TOP DRESS
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M. U O’CAm.of Orangeliiii|iL8.C., uya:*^ my aycrage cotton crop Irat
year I used 4% potash in the fertUteer at jdanting Mid 200 pounds per acre of
Aop-drmjinf consisting of NV Muriate of RHd Nitrate of Soda In aqrad
parts. 1 no Rutt. except on a three-aert hlo^frfaere I didn’t ura the extra,
potash. The pbotogiaphs tdl the story.
“On pm bk^ of 9Haoaerss which 1 ifrtllteed rather heavily.iMhg 160
**“^IMlV*<*«»* * W bates and a remnant. On
PP® SeW'ffeere immaanfefcl^ bats, whidi had r^ved only nitrogen, I
> tett ^ hay cropTBarih AAher Add where the oata got 60 pouoda of NV
' * ®s<fe s too of pai-vine hay per ncre.”
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NV MURIATE OR NV KAIMT
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