Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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. r 111. J II Will Ml I State Constitutional Convention Proposed Columbia, S. <5., July 14,?Governor Blackwood told members of the farmers' and taxpayers' league of South Carolina today their chief problem is reform of County government*. To the more than 800 ^persons gathered in the chamber of the Hopse of Representative* in the State Houle, he said: "The greatest difficulty is back home with the county government," and later asserted "some wide supervision is necessary over subordinate governments." j Speaking of the statistics previous - ly presented on the ot house by speaJuwL-fii^jncre**? in expenses of state government, he said they '.'. 'Were "startling" |n some instance*. He characterize^ . Jthe meeting toijliy a? a very important event in the history of $0\ith Carolina," and said n<> iJAtriotio thc Ktttle could "be out of accord with the general purpose,N9^.,yoyr organization? reduction of taxes,v v . He defended thy general assembly, telling his audlent'e of the difficulties thai faced it and said that while the cxpejiBfl of. U?e assembly had increased, it still represented a very small part of the total. . The meeting today ^was presided over by J. S. Wannamaker, of St. Matthews, the president of the league, who spoke of it as a "Stock-, holders' meeting" to dischss busiheis! of the state. A; B. I>angley, of Columbia, chairman of the committee on organization, presented the committee repovt in which the following recommendations were made: That a state constitutional canvention be called as the first step in eliminating overlapping and unnecessary departments of government. That the fiscal year of the state be changed' -to' Jtfly 1 1 or that the legislature meet in the summer. That county supply 'bills be prepared prior to the convening of ..the general psqemfcly. ' That At committee by appointed to study the cost of schools and colleges and make recommendations. J. O. Berry, of Orangeburg, told of organization of county units of the league and expressed the hope the league could gain sufficient Btrongth to force the office holders to carry out pledges made in campaign. After the election of officers, many of those present withdrew, but the meeting continued for more than an hour as debate started on issuance of more highway bondsr A resolution by B. W. Crouch, of Saluda, suggesting that $80,000,000 be made the "limit received un unfavorable report from the resolutions committee but Mr. Crouch took his fight to the floor. He finully withdrew it. I'rior?L>?tile?highway department. debate, Beverley Herbert, of Columbia, former candidate for Governor, had been attacked when his name was placed on a committee. Dr. Epps said he thought it a "foolish move" to make any "politician" an officer. Mr. Herbert withdrew his name but declared "if this league is going rorwarn on me presumption tnat u will not have to come into contact with politics, it might just as well go jump in the lake." After a vote had .been taken risking Mr. Herbert to reconsider, he announced he would * ?? 1 * \ Mi The commission to investigate electric power, rates in this state has ordered thy 17 power companies operating here to furnish it by August 1, with an-inventory and appraisali of all their property. Majestic Program Friday, July 17th. Gary Cooper with Sylvia Sidney in "CITY STREETS." Ter rifle modernday action-drama, that will awaken you to the new understanding of the world you live in. It comes right out and hits you between the eyes. Also RKO Comedy. Saturday, July 18th. A joy-sail on the high seas of glee. The greatest laugh picture ever? "GOLDIE," with .Spencer Tracey, Warren Hymer and Jean Harlow. Also MGR "Geography Lessons" and "Heroes of the Flames." Monday and Tuesday July 20th-21*t So human, so fine, so sure of success?it's a boom to this depressed nation?"Daddy Ix>ng l>egs." With Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter. If you have a heart be prepared to have it thrilled. It will thump your heart and stir your soul. A rainbow of romance comes to the screen in a way that yau'Il-ahfrays remember and never want to forget. Wednesday aad Thursday July 22nd-23rd You'll want to see it over and over ?"CRACKED NUHS." With Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolaey and Dorothy Lee. Slam-Bang fun overwhelming critics and hoi poloi alike! "Grand", says hall of the times. A real machine -gun of laugh-1 ter. ' .Mi "-^vA > r Sister of Faye King j Sues For Insurance1 Charlotte, July 14,-~rA suit in which 1 Mrs. Blanche W. ltegnn, sister of ? the late Faye Wilson King, seeks* to J collect a $6,000 insurance policy on ] | the life of Mrs. King was on file 1 today in superior court here. Mrs. King was found dead in an outhouse at the King home near 1 Sharon, 8. C., early in 1920. The J State contended Kafe King, her hus- < band, now under u life imprisonment ] sentence for her death, slew her to I collect the insurance. King was named beneficiary of the ' policy, issued in 1028, but Mrs, Began, us administratrix of her sister's < estate, claims in her suit that since i King has been convicted of slaying ' his wife, he has lost all right to ben- | efit from the policy. i Mrs, Began, in firling the suit , against the Inter-Southern Insurance , Company, explains that it was ( brought in North Carolina because at the time the policy was delivered 1 Mrs. King was a resident of this J state. j Generaf News Notes; During the eight months ending j June 1, there were 7Id fewer deaths j in South Carolina from all causes j than in the same months a year be- * fore. The decreases were in automobile fatalities, diphtheria, malaria, J infant mortality, tuberculosis, typh- j oid, pellagra, meningitis and drown- ings, chiefly. Alcohol killed 44 this year aguinst only 28 during the same months a year previously, and 9 of j the deaths were from wood alcohol. 1 The homicides increased from 158 to 201, and the suicides from 70 to 88 j The total deaths in South Carolina \ since last October 1, were 14,271. 1 Over M00 people filed by the cof- ] fin of Albert Floyd, when it was < placed in his home at Judson, a sub- , urb of Greenville, the night after his electrocution, while his family sal on the porch or out in the yard. Some went by it more than once. Some mothers had their children there and raised them to see the corpse. The murderer leaves a wife a son, a daughter, his parents, four sisters and one brother.. The funeral was held Saturday at Welcome Baptist church. Formal funeral invita. tions for Mr. Albert Floyd were issued by the family. Goorge L. Bicker, president of the City National bank at Sumter till its merger into the National Bank of South Carolina and since then vicepresident of the big bank, died nt h.s home aged 58 years] He was active in fraternal organizations and a past potentate of the Omar temple of the Shrine. He is survived by his wife who was Miss Adda Minn, of Sumter. Belief that W. L. Bryson was murdered when he was shot on the porch of a?woman's?home?in Spartanburg recently, and the woman said he shot himself, has caused his relatives to ask for a thorough investigation of the case, and Governer Blackwood has sent a state constable to go over the circumstances thoroughly. The -state highway department aniwuntes that since the first of July, when the campaign against drunken drivers started to revoke their drivers licenses, twenty of them had been cancelled in this state. The number is expected to be greatly increased before long. The first suspension is for sixty dayB, and for the third offense of driving while drunk the punishment is on the chain gang with no alternative fine. Mrs. Lorena Williams runs a filling station at Kllenton, near Aiken, and the other night, when some rowdies led by Frank Gunter started whoopee there, she 4grabb&l a^not gun and shot the load into Gunter's abdomen. Gunter died and the woman was jailed and the coroner's verdict was against her. She gave bond for her appearance in the ci;cuit court. Gunter's wife saw her husband killed. After being out 15 hours, the jury at Walhalla convicted Jim Dodgins, an Oconee county farmer, of murder41 with recommendation to mercy, and he was sentenced to work on the chain gang the rest of his life. He killed Fred Brown, his former employer, shooting him three times \?kh a shot gun and then slashing his throat. He resented Brown and his family trying to prevent him from 'beating his wife. The State of South Carolina has no funds to bring back for trial criminals extradited from another state, the legislature having failed to make an appropriation for it for the first time within memory. Rev. J. B. Branch died at the I>e la Howe school for needy children at McCormick, of which he was the head. Ha was formerly for yearR superintendent of the Thornwell orphanage at Clinton and was an active Presbyterian minister. ' - T Uethuneplews Notes Told by Correspondent Bethune, July Ik-rrMrs. pewey Wellbourne ?*ra dhilflren, <*f^',\i?derion, Mrs. Raymond Clyburn' tow infant son, of Norfolk* Vf*.? w Smith, of 'Greet* lri*nd, N. Y., have been the gueate- of relative* here.) Mrs. Clyburn will remain for a long-1 ir visit with her brother?, tjio Mpssr*. '.(Mil ll A A revivnypaatjag will bejrjtf at the Baptist flm next <Sun4*V ,mom- j mg and ^Bp continue through the week. 'fit nbator, the Rev. Jj. fi. Williams, will he assisted by the Rev. Mr. Smith, of Cheraw. Everyone-wiil be given a hearty welcome. Mr. and Mr*. P. H. Heater and children spent several days at Myrtle Beach recently.. Members of the teachers and workers council of the 'Baptist Sunday ?chool enjoyed a delightful picnic in connection with the regular monthly meeting last Tuesday evening in the Ifrove at the home of Mrs. L. D. Robertson. *1 Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Gordon, 'Mrs. VVallen and son, Dan Wallen, of Asheville, were recent guests in the home jf Mr. and Mrs. Zcb Gordon. _ . Alvin Clyburn and Harold Copland returned Saturday from a fom< weeks' stay at FV Bragg. While here Alvin Clyburn wor* a medal pf-* 'ered by the Civitan e!ub$ .q? North tnd South Carolina to the' prfflUary itudents for the best paper oh Citizenship. Mrs. Kotfa Lqnoir has Y^tprifed 'rom a month's stay with relatives n Sumter and'Mayesville. Hot; ni Miss Mary Lou Griffin, jiccon)panteu ler home and will remain for several weeks' visit. Little Trop Rate, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Rate, has been .enjoying i five-days' stay in Columbia, the fuest of the small sons of Solicitor F. Spigner and Mrs. Spigner. Neil Truesdale has as hig guest the R,ov. Tim Campbell, of Myrtle Beach. Miss Mary Louise McLaurin visited friends in Gveenville during the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McCaskill an^j, Mrs. J. G. Richards, of Asheville, tored tp Cope last Thursday to spend the day with Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Lafitte. Mrs. J. M. Clyburn, Mrs. B. F. Bolton, Miss Edith Clyburn and J. M. Clyburn, Jr., were the guests last Thursday of the Rev. W. V, Jerman and Mrs, Jerman, of Pinewood, Mr?, J. W. Clarke, of Columbia, J% speeding'ft few days with her brother and sister-tn-law, Mr. and Mrs. M. 0. Wa?f Miss Thelma" Hackney, of Greenville, i? tne 'guest >of Miss Mary Louise McLaurTn. Reece Jones, of Charlotte, N, C., has been spending his vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kdgar Jones. Tom Smith and J^,'jR*ymond Clyfcurn accompanied by Wis* Lula Lee Williams attended i the wedding of their brother, Bay) is Smith and 'Miss Prankie Belle Rucker, at Cayce, last Thursday. Miss Dofpthy Mozingo, of Bishopville, was the recent guest of Miss Fdith Clvburn. Fred Josey has returned from a four-weeks' stay at Ft, Moultrie. The Rev.. W- V. Jerman, Mrs. Jerman apdyson, Francis, are guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Mays. Mr. Jerman is unckf the professional care of Dr. TruesKirkland Watts, of Monoid Comer, was the week end guest offlB&mpther, Mrs. Maude Watts. Mrs. J. G. Richards retuWSm last Friday to her home in Asheville. She was accompanied by her mother, Mrs. J, McCaskill, and sister, Mrs. iCj O, Terry with tyer two daughters, of Quitrftan, Ga., who were visiting relatives here. -'Mr. and Mrs. L..W. Best, of Sumter, .were guests recently of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Best. Miss Nancy Pate, of 'Blshopville,* has been visiting Mrs. B. F. Bolton. Mi s?? Kdith Clyburn is spending several days in Camden the guest of Miss Frances Chewning. A negro, George Franklin, on the Greenville county chain gang for 10 to 20 years for burglary, heroically assisted a guard when the latter was hit over the head with a shovel in an uprising of the gang, and for this was ^paroled during good behavior, late in 1020. He was put back on the gang yesterday, his parole revoked by the governor, because he was caught burglarizing a school house. John D. Rockefeller, Sr., celebrated his 02nd birthday at his home at Tarrytown, N. Y., Wednesday. | J- ' .pr. ,, r,."r .. Lightning Destroys Greenville Store T " * Greenville, July 4.?The third major misfortune to overtake the Gar! ret family of Greenville county in j recent years today left the general merchandise store of J. M. Garrett and .Sons a 'blackened mass of ruins. Fire, ignited by a bolt of lightning wihch struck a kerosene drum, destroyed the store last night. Damage was estimated at $9,500 to $12,500. When a tornado hit Nix Mill in March, 1928, nine of the victims were members of the Garrett family. A! few months later, the Garrett home was destroyed with an estimated loss of $8,000 ot $10,000. The negro population of New York city gained 115,537 from 1920 to i 1930, according to the census report. ] Medlin Dies By Own Hand pvi Columbia, July D. The body ufty.H die Medlin, 25 year--old Winn>Wt? man, was found today; on the brifal at Kelly's Mill pond, Richland count a bullet wound in his head. 1 Coroner W, A. MoCain said fcX evidently had committed suicide. JM' Maggie Jacobs, 17 year olfl girfl' with whom he had been ill compi^| much of his time recently, told ttiH coroner he had told her he won kill himself. She said he had bedl drinking heavily. Medlin yf&& nu:-H ried and had three children. <V . fl Henry Ford has bought from H | family at Pineland an antique sevrhl machine and shipped it to his mgfl leum at Detroit. j Telephone 47. Save steps in this hot weather. Stay where it is cool and let us deliver your Groceries. Just tel* ephone us. Prompt delivery. R. S. Williams Store! t V l I ttoun C/ifaAHJ C%pf& !! * i Don't Rasp Your Throat] With Harsh Irritants "Reach for a LUCKY instead" * Everyone has an Adam's Apple?Every man?every woman has one* Touch your Adam's Apple with your finger* You are actually touching your larynx?this Is your voice ** box ? It contains vourvocal chords. When vac consider your Adam's Apple, you are conshh erlng your throat?your vocal chords* "TOASTING" expels certain hmh Irritants present In all raw tobaccos. These expelled Irritants are- not pTbsent In your LUCKY STRIKE?the modern cigarette. We Ml these expelled Irritants to manufacturers af'dhMU^ leal compounds. Everyone knows that sunshine mellows?thafs why 1h*"TOAlTOe*E?*Mll Include* Mm us* of Ultra VloUt Ray*. LUCKY STRIKI?mad* of th* fln*st tobaccos?the Cream of Mm Crop?THIN?"ir> TOAST1P"an extra, secret and exclusive heating presets* It Is this process that expels- these harsh Irritants* No wonder 20,679 American physicians have stated LUCKIES to be less lirilullugs No wonder LUCKIES are Always kind to your throat. And so we say "Consider your Adam's, Apple." Be careful In your choice of cigarette* TUNB IN-The Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra, every Tuesday, Thursday and Sdturdaj evening] over N. B. C. network* I "It's toasted" Including the use of Ultra Violet Rays ? Sunshine Mellows-?Heat Purifies YourThroot Protecflti?Qflolnst In Hut Ion?against cough