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Annual Message To General Assembly s\ ^ i\>lumbw, Jan 14.?Governor OilU Johnston ud vocetud local option on liquor stores, skeletonizing of the highway department, and additional taxes on electricity and chain uteres today In his annual message to the legislature. The governor appeared In plain business clOlhefi ' 10 dellVef hls second annual message after the senate and house unexpectedly agreed to hear him soon after they convened at noon. He declared he had carried out his campaign pledge to oust lieu M. Hawyer, chief highway commissioner, and had made "a good start" toward wresting control of state government from tlie hlghwuy department and return it to the people. He then recommended ihut the highway department's functions he confined to road building and maintenance, under legislative budgeting he estimated would reduce Its expenditures 1400,000 a year; suggested merging flic highway patrol with the constabulary in a state police system; ami recommended the enactment ot *3 auto tags by April 110, the end of a half year licensing period Terming the sale of liquor "distastetul to me personally," the governor recommended legislative amendments of the state liquor law enacted last May to limit possession of legal li qiior to <iue gallon a person; prohibit storing any amount" outside of li eeused stores; iind lorbid licensing ? \ boot leggers. Finally." he < oni iniiod. I renin 111 e 11 d thai the law be amended so that ea? h muitit ipality and < ouuty in I lie Ml. a It- fie allow I'll to Note on I lie I ii est ion ot whether a liquor store i shall he allowed to operate within lis boundaries. "I believe the will ot tim majority of tlm people should prevail at all times, and If there is any mttnieipal-1 ity or county in the state where a ma-| jority of tin- people do not wapt a liquor store, that sentiment, express ed at the ballot boxes, should stand." Beginning his speech at 1:40 p. in., the governor advocated an increased chain store tax to provide free textbooks for "thousands of ehlhlreii in need ot I hem, additional power levies. biennial legislative sessions, popular election of Judges, and social fj^Pwrity. ami libel enactments lie proposed seven s vv e e p i n g eliauges to broaden the state workmen's compensation law. a major act ot the 11135 legislature along with the liquor law. These were: "1 The elimination of the exempted classification of industry froiu the terms of the act. "2. The inclusion under the terms of the act of all industries employing more than seven employes instead of present exemptions up to 15. "3. The Inclusion of a reasonable occupational disease clause. r "4. The increase of (Usability allowance from 50 to 66 and two-thirds , per cent of average weekly pay. "5. The reduction of the number of waiting days from seven to three. "6. The increase of the maximum death benefits from $5,500 to $7,500. "7. The increase of the tax on insurance carriers and self-insurers to ( onform the South Carolina act with that of other states, the South Carolina industrial commission be made self-sustaining." The governor's education program included installation of a free texthook gystem beginning next year in the tirst two grades;- an educational survey and county wide systems of bus transportation for students; and a requirement that comities finance an eighth month ot school "without any greaf burden on the people" to obtain state aid for tie seven month t rin Ills message also siiessed i oiisei vat ion ot natural resources, support of (lie highway safety campaign to curb traffic accidents, creation of a state department of labor, and state participation in son ia) security benefits. Saving mention of his favored $3 auto tags until the last, the governor asserted his election with that plank in his platform allowed popular endorsement of the tags and said an increase of $1.000.out) in gasoline tax revenue, double expectations, would offset decreased license revenue. Both legislative branches approved the tags last year, lie pointed out, indicating "they did not fear any loss of revenue from its enactment." He urged them to "speedily pass this measure so the people may benefit, beginning at the expiration date of the six-month tags now in use." The governor vetoed a $3 tag bill last spring because it was merged with a bill for the legislative election of highway commissioners. He has since advocated popular election of the commissioners, but made no recommendations today bearing sepciflcally upon the heated highway reorganisation Issue. He had endorsed the Mo&lngo bill, now before the house, at a special session last month. Millions of years were required for fishes to loom to swim. ? ^ # . Stockholders Hold Annual Meeting At tin* annual stockholders meeting of the Kershaw Production Credit Association which serves the counties of Lancaster and Kershaw held at Kershaw hitch school auditorium on Jumiury 4, libit), reports hy officers showed whut this cooperative credit association is offering to the farmers or this section. An invitation had been extended hy the association to all furmers to attend. After the report of the year's operations had been made by A. C. Hrudhum, secretary and treasurer of the association, the report being illustrated hy charts, showing how much business was done, how much it cost to run the ussoclutlon and how much income was received, the meeting wus addressed hy E. 11. Tlddy, assistant to the vice president of the Production Credit Corporation of Columbia. Mr. Tlddy said that by means of production credit associations ''furmers have been able to reduce the coat of making and collecting loans und by keeping the system on a sound basis they can obtain funds from investors at costs as Ifiw as those available to any other Industry. The unsocial ions do not lend government money but bring the farmer in touch i with the investment market. As they turnish credit to farmers at actual | < ost they must make their loans on l a sound business basis und they can I lend only an amount which may ho paid from ilii- epilations of lite borrow ei s farm." The asso? iations, Mr Tidily point* led out charge a per centum interest and the borrower only pass for the I jtltne ho actually litis the money. The association. lie pointed out, is operated hy the borrowers, each borrower being required to lake out Class II [ stock in tin- association equivalent to per cent of the initial loan and may | obtain new loans in the same proportion without purchasing new stock. ! The directors of the association are | elected hy the stockholders. More | than 411,Out) in North Carolina. South Carolina, lieorgia and Florida financed their operations with more than $14.000,000 worth of credit through j these associations in as compared with III.iion farmers using $'.t.00o,ouo in 10114, a very substantial increase. Another substantial increase in the number of farmers using production credit is expected in lOIiti, Mr. Tidily I said. as. more and more farmers are availing themselves of the services offered by the associations as they learn of the advantages offered by this permanent cooperative system. Farmers in this section were advised by Mr. Tlddy to make their applications early this year. He pointed out that they do not have to get their money until they actually need it and they pay interest on It only for the time they actually have It. It will cost them no more to make their applications early and get their loans approved so that when they got i ready for ^heir money it will be ready for them. The Kershaw Association made 422 loans for $119,043 last year. The two members of the board of directors of the association reelected at the meeting are: L* O. Funderburk and Lorlng Ilavls. Other memj bers of the board elected a year ago are: W. H. Draffin, W. T. Redfearn and E. J. Bailey. At the annual meeting there was a round table discussion ofvinembers, at which plans were made for 1936. Pitts To Head Drive For Furman Funds Greenville, Jan. 12.?Appointment of H. 11. Rltts, Camden cotton raanufac- j turer. mm Kershaw county chairman for the $200,000 catupuiKU to complete the coordination program of Furman University and Greenville Woipan's College was announced today by J. J. i ,.v, ion, of Hartevllie, general chair-' man or the campaign. - Mrs. Ned Gregory, of Kershaw, was named as associate chairman of the campaign in the county. Mr. 1'itts, a graduate of Furman in the class of 1902, and Mrs. Gregory.1 an alumna of G. W. C., will begin! work Immediately forming an organi-j /ation to participate in the state-wide campaign to ho conducted early in March, following the intensive, drive: iri Greenville city and county. A elm-' liar organization is being formed in' each county ot Month Carolina. The Furman-G. W. C. coordination' program, according to conditions luid down by the State Rapt 1st Convention in 1930, oan become completely effective only after the campaign for funds' shall have yielded $300,000, $150,000! in cash and the remainder in approv-j ed subscriptions. Ry action of the i hoards of trustees of the two institutions on November 1, the campaign' was placed on an "all or none" basis, ] so that subscriptions shall become, void unless the total sum of $300,000; Is subscribed by March 31, l'.t3t). Lad Accidentally Shot A sad and serious accident happened Monday afternoon in which Weibourn, the twelve year old son ,of Mr. C. W. Rollins, was shot in the? abdomen by Charles Inabinet. The schooling was accidental, the; details of which we have not in nand. It seems the hoys were out shooting and were at the time of the accident at the ! sand pit on W. R. Reid's place. The I shooting was done with a .22-calibre j rifle The boy was rushed to the MeLeod Infirmary at Florence where an operation was performed. Young Rollins is said to have stood the operation well and was resting easy. Later reports from the patient, which came Tuesday night, was that lie was doing fairly well but was in a very serious condition. Young Inabinet is about the same age as the Rollins boy. Hishopville Messenger. Work Is Going On Mine Near Kershaw Work Ih going on steadily at the Halle Mine near Kertthaw and a great sea of mud in being piled high below the plant where the gold la extracted from the ore. This lake of mud ia what ia known ua "tailings" and by being refined it la said that twice aa much gold can be secured ua in the process now used. A eyanld plant ia neoeaaary to put the refuse through the second process. At the present time the amalgamation process la used with mercury of quick silver as It la generally known used to pick the gold from the ore. At the present time the upper pit or what was known as the "blue hole" ia the only one being worked. Some of the ore is of a bluish color and when wuter was iu this pit It gave the water a deep blue color so that the pit got Its iiume in this manner. When the ore comes up from the pit it is crushed by means of Iron balls and water is poured continuously on the ore. The ore ia then slid over pans of copper which are about three by four feet in ditnensiou. These pans are placed one below the other each slanting downward at a slight angle and the water washes tin* ore over the surface. As mercury is rubbed over the copper the gold is caught on the surface of these copper pans. Tin* lefusc then runs down a trough Into a big sea of mud. Here the area is about that of a half acre and the depth of the mud at one end is twenty feet or more. It is estimated that there is between TOO and 800 tons of this mud which can again be refined if avt-yanid plant is put up at thp mine. ' A eyanld plant is rather expensive to install and operate. The eyanld method consists of dissolving the gold and then percipilating the gold from tlte solution. Cyanid is the one thing that will dissolve gold. Ore from the Haile mine cannot be seen with the naked eye so that it must be tested or put through the amalgamation process before it is known uj? to whether there is gold in the ore. Between $700 and $800 wortli of ore is taken from the mine under the present process each week. While the Haile mine has been in operation for over a year preparations are now being made to open the Blackmon mine which is a little north of Highway No. (J about fifteen miles east of Lancaster. Some work has been done here. A man from NewYork named Thomas who Is said to be behind this venture was here Sunday looking over the mine with the intention of doing extensive work there.?Lancaster News. S. Davis Wilson, Republican, was Inducted into the office of mayor of Philadelphia, in the presence of 8,000 I people on Monday. ? 1 James R. Shirley Dead The many friends of James It". Shil'ley are saddened to learn of his death which occurred at the Camden hospital Monday night, January 13, after an illness, of a few days. Mr. Shirley was bora in Lee county, October 25, 1858, and was therefore in his 77th year of his age. His first occupation was farming, after which he began to work in the Hermitage Cotton Mill. His wife died in 1930. He is survived by the following children: T. S. Shirloy, G. -\V. Shir ley, J. C. Shirley; J. M. Shirley and L. G. Shirley, of Camden; Mrs. S. H. Shirley, of Winnsboro, and Mrs. T. C. Gladden, of Camden; two sisters, Mrs. S. E. Kelley, and Mrs. J. W. Moore, of Lee county, and one brother. Anderson Shirley, also of Lee county. Mr. Shirley was a member of the Seventh -Day Adventist, Savannah church, Lee county. Funeral services were held at the Kornegay Funeral Home in charge of Rev. J. B. Caston, at 3 p. m. Tuesday and the burial was in the Quaker cemetery. An oil truck crashed into the rear of a school bus near Savannah, Ga., Tuesday. Nine of the 16 children on the bus, were sent to a hospital, ?L NEW CHESTER AGENT * Chester, Jan. 11.?Miss Juanita Neely, district agent, with headquarters at Winthrop College, was in Chester, Thursday and made the following official announcement: "Miss John'gy Richards, who is teaching home economics in the high school at Great Falls, will assume duties as the home demonstration agent of Chester county February 1. "Miss Richards is the youngest of the nine daughters of former Governor John G. Richards of Liberty Hill. She graduated at Winthrop College with a Bf S. degree in home economics and has taught in the high school , at North Augusta and Great Falls. Her training in addition to her experience received from living in a rural farm home fits Miss Richards unusually well for the position as home demonstration agent. She will occupy the same office as was used by Miss Ethel Ayers, the former agent, located in the Chester courthouse. Miss Ayers recently married O. J. Davis of Chester." Two bandits held up the office force of a cotton mill office at Wortbville, N. C., Tuesday, and after'locking two employes in the vault, made their escape with |2,000. ? ' ' ' SEE US FOR DEPENDABLE I USED CARS 1. ...... r. .?* *; f j < AT REAL BARGAIN PRICES I TAKE A LOOK AT THIS LIST: j ^ ?? .*? <?'5? ^i" '' "W"""" Two 1933 Plymouth Coaches, spec- $290 00 ' I 1 ially priced at 4 ^iUrytvV ^ Bj 1933 V-8 Tudor Sedan, an exception- $330 00 I 1932 V-8 Tudor Sedan, new motor .... $295*00 I 1931 Chevrolet Convertible Sedan, ex- ^OOC AA I tra clean 1933 V-8 Fardor Sedan, in first-class 4*0*7C AA' ' mechanical condition, good Jpj | JJ # |H| tires .'. j Oth*r Makes and Models from $25.00 up. - ASK ABOUT THE NEW FINANCE PLAN I REDFEARN MOTOR COMPANY I West DeKalb Street Telephone 140 I Camden, S. 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