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I The P?UC? of I A 8TATKMFNT by GKNKRAL MOTORS ? . \ \ I I -HL F in the policy of Geanttml Motors to main tain can tin nous improvement, in every one of i Vh ear divisions, with no interruption in product ion. This means that yon enjoy the benefit* of new engineering developments promptly ?just as soon as they have lieen thoroughly tested on the 1245-acre Proving (Ground. It means that you can rune order the new Chevrolet, Pontine, Oldsmohile, Oakland, liuick, ^jl^aSalle, ('.iidilluc, or (i\1C Truek, and receive immediate delh cry. Behind thispoli( \ of continuous improvement is an organization so widespread and resourceful that it ean make and sell quality automobiles more economically than any automobile manufacturer in the world. In the north ami south it logs and mills its own lumber. In the east it makes its own ball hearings and radiator^. In the middle west it produces i t s ow 11 plat e glass. Its plants arc busy in 3.1 important American cities. From almost 5.000 suppliers, its materials are obtained?steel by the hundreds of thousands of tons?wire* by the tens of thousands of miles ? upholstcn by the acr??nuts, bolts ami washers by the millions. Its sales and service take place through 33,000 dealers. More than 27.3,000 families look directly to General Motors for their livelihood? almost a million and a half men, women and children in every community in the land. Meaning so much to so many, General Motors has felt a supreme obligation to look ahead. Are there methods by which General Motors ears can he better built to better serve? Are there new ideas which can increase the utility and pleasure and safety of motoring? Are there new materials which can add to owner satisfaction? Such are the questions that all General Motors engineers have always asked. The answers have made it possible, year after year, to offer an increasing measure of beauty in design, modern performance, riding comfort and distinct style. Thus in c> cry price class, from Gadijlac to Chevrolet, purchasers are constantly benefiting from the General Motors policy of progress. (JKMiHAL MOTORS " I car Jar rx rry purte ami par pane " Gk>krai. Motors l>? nt. A) C3JP ... IM . 1 Tm? g IVlrotl,lM.r>. OlIIPON | flw iliiLlmlrd literature raeh (^ nrral Molori1 nnxinct I hn. e eheeke.i?t<.nether with >our ImkiI on liir General Motor* IVo.injj GruilluL CHKN ROLKT iti H:K r'* 0 PONTIAC I^S\II.K oldsmobujc cadi i tag OAKIjVND " MJCWAIRK ^ } 14 m .mi J x ' m DEU O UCHT ?] _ *? NEW l/IBEL I.AW KILLED f-awyera Kmnt Any Obstacle To Contingent Ft* Damage 8uit* Columbia, Feb. 'J The Watt libel bill came to its death in the seriate last night after an hour of stormy debate when the -enato by a 27 to 18 vote struck wit the enacting words. VI > Following the .iltack of Senear J. F. Williams of Aiken, who declare^ that actual damages thai might be proved by a plaintiff were insufficient to compensate him "for the heartache and anguish caused by | malicious charges" which might be easily apologized for. Senator Mil* lei of Darlington called the Went measure "an attempt to hamstring justice and juries of the state in dealing out punitive damages when punishment is called for." i Senator West, author of the nieasI uru, briefly urged its passag-e. "The newspapers," he said, "are trying to give you fairly and squarely in yi untrammeled and free manner the news of the day. All they ask is freedom from punishnvept for a typographical or clerical mistake honestly made. Senator J. K. McDonald likewise defended the newspaper publishers from any imputation of malicious intentions, declaring that "they are as bad and as good as any other body of men. The law has repeatedly held humiliation to be an element of actual damage. The absence of malice in any mistake would have to appear during the trial." I Senator \\ illiams denounced the bill as "a dangerous attempt, inspired by good intentions because some libel case verdicts happened to go Wrong," and moved to strike out the enacting words. Hoover "Chooses to Run" Secretary Hoover on Sunday became an avowed candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination and gave formal permission for his Ohio supporters to enter his name in the Ohio primary contest. Miss Gray Reconsiders lames H. Hope, State superintendent of education announced that .Miss Will Ixju Gray who recently resigned as supervisor of adult schools, had withdrawn her resignation and ; wouid continue in the capacity in i which .she has served, says the Stafo <>f 1- riday. .Miss Gray offered her resignation several weeks ago. Union will soon have its third rayon mill located there within a year. 1 he new one will employ about 200 hands. The Dr. Douglas Matter. i t^uite a bit of excitement and disj cussion was liad last week in the legislature over The matter of the j salary of Dr. Douglas, president of the South Carolina University. It was several months after the death i of Dr. Melton, president of the Uni. vcrsity, that the trustees learned that : Dr. D. M. Douglas, president at the time of the P'vsbyterian College of >outh Carolina was available for the \ acant po.-itio: Upon opening nego! tuitions, it was warned that it would j be necessary meet certain offer; j made Dr. Douglas by his trustees I ami i! he were he secured it would j take a good salar y. Cql. Jas G. Pad | gett. a memb r ,.f the board of trusj tees by virun- !' his position as chairman of the -enate committee or education, made the motion that hisalary be fixed at $10,000 per yea' and he be tendered the position athat salary. This was done and Dr Douglas accepted. , 1 he matter came up in the budget j recommendation at the session of thi legi-.ature in 1027, and the ways an< means committee of the house re duoed the salary to $7,500. Tht senate finance committee raised it ti S10.U00 and it is said that later th< free conference committee restore: the item to what the house had pass ied, Douglas states that he was no' notified of the action of the free con i fere nee committee and accepted th< t salary of $10,000. He was advisor ' by Governor Richards in December ^'s sahc'y had been fixed a $7,;>00 after he had already accepter the $10,000 agreed upon by th trustees. Governor Richards, piqued at a; editorial in The State last week sen la special message to the legislature d? nouncing The State and claimint Tat Dr. Douglas approved claims fo 1 - own salary at $10,000 when hi ^' v he sn.'u .d have received onl; |0. The State claimed that a I1" Douglas had been promised $10. "" -alary by the trustees of th< 1 ' rsity that The State wa> houhv ' > eat act anil that such salar - . i have been provided by tH , 1('~ -v.ure, and that the g .vcrno have been bound by ;ha , .ust h.s he stated he was b..un< b> .i j mmise made a convict n thi iH-nu. ;ary by officials of the petii tent .a; \ that if he behaved he wi,u|. led. 1F , diacussion has resulted .* , mur' . mharrassment to the head o the State University as well as t( all concerned. Governor Richards i not without responsibility in thi matterr He Is chairman of the boari of trustees of the University, and a.< such should have been informed a to what waa being done. If he knev that the salary of Dr. Douglas ha< A* ^_ .j. - lummmmmmmammmmmmmmmm been fixed at $7,500 he should not have silently permitted it to be paid the entire year and in December first advised Dr. Douglas after the $10,000 salary had been all paid. No one ! believes that Dr. Douglas would have I accepted a penny more than had been finally agreed upon. Another thing which is after all responsible for the mix-up was the veto in 1927 of Governor Richards of the salary for the secretary of the budget commission and the elimination of this agent of the State whose business it was to see that the budget was expended as it was enacted into law. With no secretary of the budget commission to advise heads of the State departments of the appropriations is it any wonder that wrong amounts should have been paid out? Perhaps a further checking of the different departments will reveal additional discrepancies. "Sir Walter" Duncan was paid it is understood, some $2,000 or $2,500 salary for a two-months job of preparing the budget, and this amount added to what was paid in error to Dr. Douglas, if error it* he, would offset the amount ^aved by the Governor's veto of the salary of the budget secretary. If there is to be a budget for 1 operating the State then there should be a budget secretary, or some officer charged with the responsibility of seeing that the items appropriated are properly expended, else there might be additional error? more costly and more disastrous than the one under discussion. As to the matter of the State's being bound by the trustees of the University* we think there is no question. 5gj There certainly is a moral obKgati* if not a legal one for the appropritting body of the general assembly t? mak^ good the promises of its officers, just as Governor Richarit made good the promise of t^e peti-H tentiary officials in the parole of > dangerous criminal. The questiM now is not whether or not $10,000? too large a salary to pay the head tl the University, but whether or the moral obligation of the State i? to be ignored. Rather than send I message to the legislature condemt-/ ing The State - for upholding^w^ honor of the State, it would see?; more appropriate for a message urging the general assembly to see tW the good name of the State wefc protected and the promises of J?.. agents carried out.?Walterboro Pw? and Standard. Let Your Money Work You have worked hard for your money. ,;J If you save some of it regularly it will - \ \ work for you. >' ; The First National Bank Of Camden, South Carolina I ONLY NATIONAL BANK IN KERSHAW COUNTY I ^ 4M ICongaree Soil Builder I fertilizers! AS USUAL we are handling CONGAREE SOIL BUILDER FERTILIZERS. It '? II I needless to say anything further to the FARMERS of KERSHAW1 and adjoining?III counties. You all liAQ)v their value, from years of actual crop result*. Why take j a chance on fertilizers that you are a little doubtful about when you can buy those* ||H you are POSITIVE about at the same price. 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