Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 " % Haiglar Theatre Corner Broad and KatlcdK? St a, FRIDAY, MAY 24th Final Showing of the seuson * (iu)est Musical "K OBtK T A" Willi Fred Astalre, (linger Rogers arid Irene Dunne SATURDAY, MAY 25th I tin McCoy with Marian Shillings In . . "THE WESTERNER" Also Haul c hinder < / "TAIlspin TOMMY"' ami tin- lirsl of "rustlers of red dog." 1ATE SHOW AT 10:30 "Murder On A Honeymoon" j Four Stars by Liberty. MONDAY and TUESDAY, MAY 27th-28th Ren Heinle with (JoorKe Raft and I (J race Rrudley In "STOLEN HARMONY" Added: "The Little Dutch. Mill." WEDNESDAY, MAY 29th The master of mystery' Von II gasp and applaud' "THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD" With Claude Raines, Douglas Montgomery ami (>a\ id Manners THURSDAY, MAY 30th Lionel Rarrytnore with 1 Mela Lugosi In "Mark of the Vampire" Tin- picture that ehanges red-blood to ice water. coming: "Life Begins at Forty" and "Go Into Vour Dance." Initial Arrests Under New Law Columbia, May 17.?State constables operating in "wet" South Carolina reported their first arrests under the new liquor law here today as the Columbia fire department announced a i lean up drive to remove inflammable debris left by vacating bootleg gers. Constahh' J. 1* Hurdin said that Norman Creen, negro waiter. was < barged with purchasing unstamped liquor and If. L. Whitaker with storing and selling the eontrahand Officers quoted Whitaker as saying he had served as a special constable during the past administration. Purchasers as well as sellers are subject to fines under the new law. Fines for the former range from $r>o to $290, with alternate jiltl sentences' up to 20 days Fit o Chief A. McC. Marsh said fire ( department Inspectors had been or-1 dered to visit ull former barrooms and | "such like places" to guard against i fires originating In piles of pasteboard ; cartoons and inflammable matter left behind. The action, Marsh said, was taken following a blaze In a reputod former barroom early today. State Constable D. K. Sturkie re-j norted the capture of a small still In ; Orangeburg county yesterday near thej 'Calhoun county line. Sturkie said j Orangeburg county officers assisted, In the raid No arrests were made.} he said, but 10 barrels of mash were} destroyed. Drys Win in Georgia Atlanta. May 17. -Additional re-j checked returns from Wednesday's! repeal referendum in Georgia nu n as-1 ed the lead of the prohibitionists to JJ20 votes today. I The latest tabulation gave For repeal M>v?. against n p :il S2.ll'.'. I I alui man Mot"tier "Weii. son. what have you boon doing all afternoon" Son--"Shooting crap-, mother." I Mother- "Thai niu-t -top. Those little things 'nave just a- touch lightto !i\o as you have." i Colon- I and Mr- Ch. r!- > \ ! dial befall have ?!* d.-d a laim- toilet turn of gifm ami souv' mrs of various, kind- to (!;. Mi-soun Historical so-j cicty at St f.ouis. Mo. tor its iiius-'1 t-utu The < oll-'ct ion i- almost, priceb ss ; r \' DRAYAGE ; j AND STORAGE i f. r. cureton PHONE lO > ~ j Longest Session Closed on Saturday When the M hi general aHsembly of Sopth ( iirollna a?)journal jiH j SehSlOM jllHl before lllidflight JuKt ""'l 'n. i/.Imih <l?'partt'd for their homes in iho ?<; <ounUt?# of the i' l-ft la-hind if several measures of major Importance I ho lip not law; the law permitting J ?*!?? ?f a at n rally forinentad winas; tho law crt-min# the rural electrlti''ution authority; tin- Jaw extending tho. Hchool term to bevon months and Increasing teachers' j?ay from |6tl to I7S, hy the state; the workmen* eompoiiHUtinfi meuKtire and the act providing for a rental systorn of textbooks. I ho session was ttie longest in the state's history, extending over 131 calendar days. When the membera arrived in Columbia January H, thuy wore wearing overcoats; when they eft last night, many of them were in white linens. At 11 in p, in tlie presiding officer ot tho senate named Senators I'arher Jeffries and Hughs to notify the' ' "ISO that tlio upper body hud coinI' d its hiisiness and at 11 44 Speaker Taylor named Representatives Uitherspoon, Ponder and Chick forbear word to the senate that the bouse was ready to cull it a session. Ho- governor then sent his final message, which is printed elsewhere ?i I he State today, and at II f,o u,e house adjourned, tin- senate following live minutes later. bidding the lawmakers adieu, Cov rnor Johnston said, -'nil We meet again, permit n.e to extend to each , yM" rny ,noH' Hincoro good wishes foi the health, happiness and prosperlty ot yourselves and your loved ones. The last day was consumed largely in adoption of free conference reports o? various measures, one of iboHe the workmen's compensation hill. I he report met with some opposition In both houses, but was finally adopted and sent to the governor Who said last night he had not had opportunity to read it and so did not care to say what his action would he. In the house Phil D. Huff Laur ?ns. and. I,. Mendel Rivers. Charlesto? ".embers of the conference com'"intee. urged acceptance of the re!?>rt saying ir provided for Ave (one inissloners and placed the number of ?'inplo\es at 1:, in concerns that would cxenipfed. John W. Duncan. Aiken, other member of the confer? n< e clalim-d it was "a non suit lull." J he senate debated It ;,t length but finally adopted it. I'h- governor signed the supplementary appropriation bill in the afternoon. this allowing, among other iliings. $2no to each member f?r official expenses. 1 he pay vouchers were promptly Issued and most of the members drew their money before they left the state House, the office of the comptroller general and the treasurer bekept open after office hours in order to accomodate the members. Interest in proceedings In the house "> the afternoon centered largely in t i< v?t- <>n the veto of the governor on the so-called Dewis anti-administration bill. This measure provided or a |J auto license plate and also ";r * ?'?n H highway commissioners by the legislative delegations of tin- 14 judicial circuits. Now the highway commissioners are appoint-d by the governor. The governor promptly vetoed the bill. J consider this measure a hybrid o r. politically manipulat.-d to etnbar?is not otiI\ the governor but this botiora ti|e In sly. rather than t< > serve . b,sl '"'-rests ,,f the people of south Carolina . . ." he said. T,"> "< t would set up a commission absolutely unrelated to tile ex-j -cmive branch of ?hv ??Hte govern-i m. at and wholly irresponsible to the ox-cutive . Th? p,.opl(. havt> elected me as their chief agent to en,M|' " :tl1 laws of ti,,. state and 'oltninistor the ex., ?,iw. functions of governna nt. but under this act. Should net Ik, \ e the slightest Voice 1,1 ,h" ? on.luct of Its largest , , utive administrative department I took my ease to the people last ,1,,r 'U1,! t!,-y overwhelmingly mis Since 1 have been'in of' ha\e been flooded with letters and telegrams from representative voters urging me not a relent until tlie clutches of the highway department had been taken from the throat *>f South Carolina. I should he a traitor to the people of South .Carolina and to their best interests if | signed this purely pobt.eal bill .cunningly deigned to make this Honorable Uoiy?&of repre^Rative* turn about fare and to make tHe chlMHIbcutive of your great state gq Sack on hu aclcrwi < ainpaign priffuiH or^elf^Mfenbiins s,vol.v give in and allow 11 P of men to rule South CarolitflT^ The governor had had as one of I he major plunks in his campaignNde enactment of a $2 license plate bilb In the concluding paragraph of his veto message, he said: "if this honorable house of reprt Hentatives will send me a hill providing for a $2 license plate for automobiles, I will immediately sign it so that our people may benefit." Olin Sawyer, Georgetown, " spoke briefly in favor of the passage of the measure over the governor's veto, as did K. Lewis of> Anderson, author of the original bill. As Governor Johnston sat in Ho* house, the roll calf was had. the nc labors voting as follows; Ayes (to override, Arrowsmith. Aycock. Ream, Bennett. Black burn. Blatt. Bridges, Britton, ('art- r. Chapman, Dotudan. K ? h e r e d g e. George Hcndrix, Hill, linger. Hunt. Ifutto. Jackson, Johnson, Jordan. M l> Keller, Knight. Koger. Iv ('. Lewis. I \V. Lewis. Lofton. McKown, McMillan, Nelson, Norton, Berry. Poag. L. M Rivers, Roddey. Saint-Amaud. Sawyer, Senseney, Sinkler. Sloan**, Smith. Suber, Calhoun Thomas, C. Lester Thomas, Watkins, Wheeler. Whitmirev, Winter. Wolfe and Zerbst. Nays (to sustain, 54); Speaker Taylor. Abrams, Adams, Baker. Wiley, Brown. Bruce, Bush, Causey, Chick, Clinkscalep. (Joker, Coward, Crenshaw, Dowt'fn, Duncan, Easterlin. Elliott. Gibson, Godfrey, George Graham. W. C. Graham, Griffin. Lyles. Hall, Hilderbrand. Kearse, L. W. Keller. Kendrick. Love, McAdams, McCullough, McDaniel, R. D. McDonald, R. N. McDonald, Mellette, Moorer, Nalley, Newton, Outz, Page, Plyler, Bonder, Prince, Rast, J. R. Rivers, Saltcy, Snow. Stevens. Thornton. Truesdale. Walker and Witherspoon. Pairs (4i; Mims. no. with T. 1'. Taylor, aye; Hatfield, aye with Josey, no; Porter, no. with Coleman, aye; Mozingo. no, with Derrick, aye. Not voting ill); Reiser, Connor. Cox. Emit. Harvev. Huff. Isenhower. Pendarvis, Seay. Smith. Williams. A little before the veto message was received, the house concurred in amendments to a measure which provided $27,U(>0 in an additional appropriation for county health work. This addition, with the $22.n00 previously allowed, gave a total of ItJ'J.OUO for the department. T P. Nalley, Pickens, who spoke in favor of the amendment, said the fedt ral government would match the sum -with $ I .*>(). uou. Some members objected on the,ground that the money was allocated $T,">00 to each county regardless of population, but the house concurred in tin* amendment. Later in the day, the speaker appointed Representatives R. R. Ilildebrand. York; M. M. Johnson. Kershaw; D. A. (5. Dutz. Greenwood and F. M. Easterlin. Spartanburg, to notify the governor that it was preparing to adjourn, a like message being sent to the senate. l>ater, however, it took up measures passe.t by rh. senate Mr Easterlin announced that the governor had signed the extra pay bill, and that tin* money would be available to members so soon as the vouchers were signed. C, A rumor began circulating that an injunction, to stop payment of the "official expense" money to the members would be served, and then was a rush to haw vouchers cashed. i'he comptroller general's office was soon crowded and the* vouchers were soon converted into money. The tlrst voucher issued by the comptroller general wits cashed less than five minutes after the general assembly had been notified that Governor Johnston had signed the measure. I>ast night the house concurred In Senate amendments to a bill authorizing the establishment of Junior colleges In the state, the amendment being to the effect that no state aid would be allowed such Institutions.? The State of June 19th. MEET ME AT BROAD STREET LUNCH ON TOP OF THE HILL The Best Nickel Hamburger Anywhere. Milk?Bottled Drinks?Beer?Ice Cream COURTEOUS OPEN UNTIL CURB SERVICE 3 A. M. General News Notes Kdwln Grant Frost, blind director emeritus of the Yerkos astronomical observatory at WiII 1h.idh Hay, Wis , is dead at the use of 68, Nelson Pendjeton, negro, 2?>, Is alleged to have committed suicide at Markhum, Va., after the 20-year-old daughter of a woman he worked for, reported thut the negro ifod att^opted to attack her. Lord Itothmcre, declaring thut the British plan to expand the nation's air forces by 1,000 planes, said that "is childish and tfteless." And then declared that Germany at- the present has 10,000 bombing planes. Senator Hastings of Deluware, Hepublican, wants to know who Is paying the expenses of the farmers visitlug Washington to support the AAA. Secretary Wallace says he will welcome such an investigation. A dogwood tree from the plantation of the Revolutionary general, Nathaniel Greene, has been placed at the grace of Captain Stevens Rogers in Cedar Grove cemetery, New Ixmdon. Conn., as Georgia's contribution to National Maratime day exercises The senate on Tuesday passed a resolution extending the NRA for a period of ten months, and sent the measure to the house for action. President Roosevelt is demanding an extension of two years. The senate modified the NRA laws somewhat. Two huge Japanese companies warned the tariff commission in Washington, that Japan cannot con tinue to buy largo quantities of goods in the I'nited States if our mark'-ts are closed against Japanese goods by higher tariffs. Many Students From Farms Columbia, 8. C\, May 21 ?Farmer* send more children to the University or South Carolina than do persons engaged in any other vocation. HouHcwivcH and widows send tho next largest number, while merchants rank third. The complete list of vocations of parents of University students compiled by John A. Chase, Jr., registrar, is: Farmers, 230; housewives and widows, 130; merchants, 125; retired ami unemployed, 34; salesmen, 70; railway employees, 73; teachers, 01; Federal employees, 59; physicians, 50; lawyers, 52; deceased, 32; textile industry, 31; insurance, 26; brokers, 24; ministers, 22; bankers, 19; State employees, 19; lumbermen, 15; county employees, 15; real estate dealers, 15; civil engineers. 13; secretaries, 12; clerical employees, 12; contractors, 11; auto dealers and service stations, 11; mechanics, 10; manufacturers, 10. Dairymen, 10; city employees, 10; accountants, 9; bookkeepers, 9; electricians, 9; telephone and telegraph operators, S; printers and engravers, X; carpenters, 8; stenographers, 0; dentists, 0; laborers, 5; Jewelers, 4; advertising men, 4; journalists, 3; librarians, 3; hostelry and boarding houses, 3; marble, stone and gravel workers, 3; live stock dealers, 3; boc- 1 ial workers, 3; U. 8. Navy, 3; paint-; era, 2; bakers, 2; plumbers, 2; hot*: tiers. 2; dry cleaners, 2; tailors, 2; i architects, 2; missionaries, 2; I'. SJ Chamber of Commerce, 2; chemist, 1; osteopath, 1; florist, 1; undertaker, < 1; golf courae, 1; luundryinan, 1; ; Mnner, 1; IT. 8. Army, 1; superin-1 tSmlent of orphanage, 1; collector, 1; ; sht^v rupairer, 1; veterinarian, l;j founw^mun, l, photographer, 1; de-! lecti/\f. Copies Of7)ld Wills | Now In Library Columbia, S. C., May 21.?Sixtythree volumes of old wills from 22counties in this state have been added to the library of the University of South Carolina, according to MissHess Glenn, assistant librarian. Dating from 1671 to 185.8. these wills were copied and hound as one of tin- projects of the FUR A Three copies of each were made: the original but in tliH office of the Probate. Judge, one copy sent to the library' of tiie University, and the other left iti the local library. The counties represented in this collection are Abbeville. Anderson, Rarnwell, Charleston, Chester, Darlington, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenville. Horry, Kershaw, Laurens, Marion, Marlboro, Newberry, Pickens, Richland, Spartanburg, Sumter, Union. Williamsburg and York. The work was supervised by Mrs. Jessie R. Burnette, State historian for the Daughters of the American Revolution. Sees First Movie At 86 Baldwin Park, Cal.?At 86 years of uge, Mtb. Mary Brink has just seen her first motion picture. She's been too busy with other things before," the octogenarian explained. Her chair was placed in the aisle so that no late-comers would tread on her feet. I he movie was Bhirley Temple in "Little Colonel." Turkey has served notice on the nations. signing the Balkan pact, that she Intends to fortify the Dardanelles. Jackson Schoool Honor Roll I Grade IB?Isaac Hampton, David j Jefferson, Dan Kelly, Rudolph White, Louise E. Adamson, Susie Adamson, Minnie Adamson, Clara Belton, Lottie Carter, Amanda Dubose, Sara Dubose, Daisy Duncan, Iyouise Peay, Harriet Reed, I>ena Williams. Grade 2 B?Willie Brown, Loman James, Eugene Niland, Edward Strong, Pearson Stratford, Richard Williams, Willie Robinson, George Keys, Samuel Coot, Alice Alexander, Mary Farrell, Miriam Earllne Stover, Geneva Duffy, Martha Burroughs, Emma Reid, Ethel Mae Miller, Amelia Kirkland. Advanced First Grade, Division 1? Henry Boykin, Jack Carter, Willie Riley, John Carlos, Iaiura Butler, Fannie Gary, Dora Knight, Mary Nelson, Mildred Knox. Division 2?Claranell Jackson, John Belton. Grade 3, Division 1?James Gaskin, i/ovi Kirkland, John Mann, Henry Johns, Joseph Alexander, Margaret Mickens, Roberta Harrell, Lula Stratford, Alvo Ballard, Dess Kennedy, Jr., Willie Thompson, Wille Belle Brown, Lucy Johnson, Johnny Mae Carter. Getrude McCartha, Annie Mae Hodge. Ethel Johnson, Minnie Williams, Minnie Nelson, Edith Butler. Ruby Moore, Spencer Bracey, Emanuel Sutton, Natalie Smith, Jessie Smith, Grant Patterson, Isaac Belton. Division 2?Susie Mae Foster, Mae Alexander, Amanda White, Samuel Jefferson. Grade 2?Vera Alexander, Janet Alexander, Rena Adamson, Lizzie Nelson, Fanny Murphy, Audry Diggs, James Stover, Alexander Duncan, Millie Williams, Martha Belton, Lucile Watkins, Louis JCirkland, Miriam Strong, Rosalie Carlos, Minnie Washington, Katherine Adamson. Grade 4, Division 1?Blossom Alexander, Evelin Anderson, Dora Mae Brisbane, Catherine Brooks, Helen Burroughs, Jessie Harris, Lois Jones, Josephine Lykes, Alice Mae Mitchell Alice Samuel, Willie Mae Shannon, Amelia Williams, Rosa Lee Williams, Virginia Yarborough, Edward Bracey, Willie Brown, Harden Jackson, James Kelley, Bennie Mitchell. Division 2?Lewis Blanding, Jerry Carter, Thomas Elm, Alma Cornish, Janette Moore, Mabel Thompson. Grade 5?Tressie Mae Cornish, Catherine Williams, Virginia Kennedy, Oliver Moore, Albert Deas. Grade 6, Division 1? Theodore Thomas. ^B > Division \1?Harry Carlos, GtJ Jones, Clarence McCormick,' j Mclaughlin, Sallie Murphy, | Reid, Catherine Ross, Cynthia gtJ I Cleaver Reynolds, Alice SuttojuJl en Blanding, Elizabeth Carlos. ? Grade 7, Division 1? Strong, Susie Carlos, Catheriij<|3J lins, Margaret Gaskin, Etta JcWj Addie Jackson, I*>uise Kelly,{3 Murray, Patsie Williams, Bess'itM Division 2?Almeta Flemming, j neva Flemming, Bertha Gibbs. fl Grade 8?Elizabeth Thomas, mjB M. Cooper, Carrie Reynolds, Jtr&fl Bradley. ^B Grade 9?Lottie Yarborough, ftfl ence Brevard, Almeta Dizzley, Rot3 Pate, Amelia Thompson. ' Grade II?Wilhelmena Stuart, camead Mdodana, Elease Bckfl Mary Williams, Hattie Wright^B John Allen, 37, a negro, ha* tgfl arrested in New York, and is btfafl held for a $30,000 Jewel theft ttafl He claims he is wanted in Richne^B Va., for a Jewelry theft and foritfl felting an appearance bond. RUFTUM xB RUPTURE SAFEGUARD Mt u.j. r*t on. Mr. Draham with the United 8tit^B Tru&s Company will be hert * SATURDAY, MAY 25*1 To fit Trussee. If y?" m*? ? I Truss now is the time to get*** erly fitted with one. ^B DeKalb PharmJ "The Rex all Store" fl Phone 95 We D^B P^Vimounchij^ | THE OPENING OF I The Sweet Shop j ! (Successor!* To) THE THOMAS COFFEE SHOPPE j | AGENTS FOR I Sancken's Ice Cream | A complimentry cup of ice cream to every p visiting our store Saturday, May 25th, betwe^!?* hours of 5 and 6 p. m. ^ I THE SWEET SHOP I ! JIMMIE STARR, Proprietor. I America Landslides 1 i: to I FORD V-8 for 1935 I 1 NATIONAL CAR REGISTRATIONS fl I Ford V-8 206,249 j I Chevrolet I m,8i8 ^ ^ ~M I , r ->198,192 I Plymouth 1 86-374 1 I I FORD V-8 Outsells Other Two Combined with I One Standard of Qualit y - - Comfort Ride?Performance?Economy fl I REGISTRATIONS FIRST QUARTER 1935 fl I : ?. I REDFEARN MOTOR COMPANY J SALES W. DeKalb Street SERVICE '-g8 Phone ifl