Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

State Finances Hold Attention of Solons ( Appropriation Bill Likely to Be Com pleted This Week.—Big Deficit Is Problem. The State's finances held the center of the stage during the second week of the 1932 session of the general as sembly. ^ Both houses ^attacked the problem, but they worked on it from different angles. : In the house there was the general Seen and Heard Here During the Past Week A Little Sense and Nonsense About People You Know and Others You Don’t Knew. appropriation bill; In the senate the measur e to provide for retirement of the burdensome $5,000,000 deficit. * When the members of the two houses left Columbia Friday for the week-end recess, they hark the satis faction of recalling they had labored long and earnestly. The senate disposed, at least tem porarily, of its most pressing prob lem* It passed on third reading the amended house bill for retiring the deficit. As it finally left the senate, two mills of the property levy are to be devoted to this purpose, whereas the house had voted t» allocate five mills. The house wa s not fortunate enough to finish its work on the appropria tions bill, but the task is much more complicated than that undertaken by the senate. / Appropriations Bill. Consideration of the bill apparently ' had reached the halfway mark, with indications the measure might be dis posed of by the end of this week. It gees to the senate when the house finishes. . That there was a closely knit bloc to keep appropriations to a minimum beaame apparent in the house during the week. Spokesmen for the group, which obviously has the majority of the ways and means committee as its nucleus have been Neville Bennett, of Marlboro, chairman of the ways and means committee; W. M. Man ning, of Sumter, and J. M. Moorer, of Colleton. When efforts were made to raise appropriations from the level pro posed by the ways and means comr mittee, the bloc presented a solid front. The net result is that there has been a slight reduction in the amount for State expenditures in the sections of the bill considered thus far and indications are that the total stands a good chance of remaining at the $8,250,000 total. . One of the chief developments of the week was the disclosure of the difference of opinion among the mem bers of the State finance committee. . Hears State Officers. When th£ senate took up the deficit retirement bill, it called before it Comptroller General A. J. Beattie and State Treasurer Julian H. Scarbor ough, who with the governor make up the finance committee. The governor already had expressed his views on how to retire the deficit, proposing in his message issuance ofjbonds, to be taken up in a period of 15 years'. Th e statement of the cbmfptroller general and the state treasurer were made in executive session, but sub- subsequent debate brought out their contentions. The treasurer asked for immediate retirement, contending that three years was the maximum’ time the State could take and still retain its credit. The comptroller general was for more gradual retirement. In the end, the comptroller gen eral’s plan prevailed. The senate voted on a two-mill levy for use against the deficit, which, in opinion of the group supporting the plan, will 1 b e sufficient to retire it in seven or eight years. \ Treasurer Scarborough is of opinion a longer time will be required. He said Saturday the two-mill levy will not raise more than $650,000 annually. Since $300„000 is necessary for inter est payments, only $350,000 will be available for applying tbe princi pal. The senate rejected an additional cent tax on gasoline which with'the two-mill levy would have brought in almost $2,000,000 annually for debt retirement. The vote was over whelming against its imposition. “Bonce” Dyches getting lots of fun out of telling his latest joke. . , . A return of springlike weather after a ** _ couple of day s of winter. . . . N. A. (“Nick”) Hiers, of the Hercules section, who holds the BarnwelbCoun- ty record in the matter of attending political campaign meetings. . . . Lloyd Plexico, more or less “regust- At the regular mtmthfy meeting of Harmony. Lodge No. 17, A. F. liil., held here Thursday night, the mem- ed^with a recent fishing trip, havin(r| favorably ^oiLth^ j^tfngoU- dation of the Olar Masonic Lodge failed to get a single “strike” where he caught 13 beauties the week be fore. . i . . Some local sports playing “Baffle Ball,” .a new coin-in the-slct gamerat five cents a throw- . . . Senator Edgar r A. Brown, Representative R. C. Holman and family down from the legislature to spend the week-end at home. . . . Soma sample stalks or vines or what have you of sugar peas being grown by Terie Richardson, “Hub” Sanders and “Bonce” Dyches. . . A little dog with a double row of upper and lower teeth. * ^ . A highway patrolman chasing a truck bearing a 1931 license plate into town and over taking it at the Barnwell Filling Sta tion just in time to ask the driver “how about that 1931 plate on .your truck?” and to be answered thusly- “Lloyd, how about putting these new license plates on my truck?” A report that three local ladies engaged in a man-hunt near town this week. They found three men engaged in hunting on posted land •and finally succeeded in “treeing one of the-trio, the others taking to the tall and uncut timber. . . . Barefoot boys and coatless men. . . John O’Gorman, of Blackville, one of the county’g best citizens. . . The annual pastime of “cussing” the leg islature. . . A tomato plant in bloom in a showwindow at Vaughn’s shoe shop.' A game of duplicate bridge. After playing 11 of the 12 beards, the score was ..tied, tie being broken on the 12th and final aboard by a matter of only three points, the difference in the value of the suits played, - the trick s and honors being the same each time. . . Two visiting aviators. . . „ A revival of yo-yo spinning. FORMER BARNWELL POUCE CHIEF IS KILLED BY NEGRO Two Masonic Lodges Combined Last Week Harmony’ Lodge of Barnwell and Olar Lodge Consolidate.—Officers * Are Elected.* Tr with the local lodge. Following this action, officers were elected for the. ensuing year, as follows: A. A. Lemon, Worshipful Master. B. ~H. Ralston, Senior Warden. F. B. Davis, Junior Warden. William McNab, Treasurer. F. S. Brown, Secretary. ,W. R. Price,-Senior Deacon. L. S. Black, Junior Deacon. J. U. Jones and B. W. Sexton, Stewards. B. F. Martin, Tiler. W. A. HAYES SLAIN IN PISTOL DUEL SATURDAY NIGHT. Officer Shot Four Times and Negro Five in Gun Fight in Cabin at EllerJton. Amendments Asked Absentee Voters Law State Democratic Executive Commit- -- * - ' • tee Would Admit Busineas a 8 Valid Excuse. w .v HOPOCATRUC By G. Chalmers McDermid. HALF-ACRE GARDEN MAKES INCOME OF OVER $188 The heme garden of Mrs. C. A. | Hartiog, of Blackville, has netted her an income bf $188:50 from March ’till October. Her report is based on a conservative value for vegetables sold and served, fresh and canned to the family. She has kept a daily rec ord and'state s in her article ‘ I am not guessing as to quantity ;>r value.” Vegetables canned 445 quarts, value $60.00. . I Vegetables sold, fresh, value $75.00. Vegetableg stored, value $17.50. Vegetables consumed by family, value $57.00. Total $210.50. " Cost of labor, seed and' fertilizer Mrs. Hartzog also states, “Despite th e low price of vegetableg f.he pro duce from my garden figured at farm prices is equal to seven bales of cot ton. I am sure there are better rec- oids than mine and therefore, I can’t see why any of. us should fail to give the garden a chance to help with the family income.” Tfiig income was made from one- Jialf acre plot. Filling Station Robbed. The Barnwell Filling Station, owned and operated blr Lloyd A. Plexico, was J entered and roobed cf a few pennies Tuesday night, nothing elsa of value having been missed. Several years ago this station was robbed, at which tiye the cash register was broken into. Since then it has been Mr. Plexico’s practice to have a few pen nies in an open drawer. 1 Bank at Greer Closes. A few of the asparagus growers were cutting a few spears of “grass” last week in the Williston-Barnwell- Allendale sections, and it looks like favorable weather will give us a long cutting season thi 8 year. If we can take advantage of our mild weather, and California’s snow Or storms, we can give California as paragus a set-back on the markets that they will not recover from’ this season. Not that we wish California any other hard luck than th« snowstorms, but we surely would like to take the Eastern. markets away from them just once, to see how.it feels. Grade for grade, we have out-sold California for several years, but we mustn’t let up on our strict grading and packing rules because we’i^e j the head,, neck and Jt>ody. t ^ W. A. Hayes, 62, for eight years chief of police at Barnwell and who, for the past five years, held a like position at Ellenton, was shot to death Saturday night in a gun battle with a negro. Th»- chief and the $5- gro, Joe Brown, both died in a'toe-to- toe duel just inside the door of a negro hut where the policeman had gone to arrest Brown for shooting at Lawrence Hradley7~cdfaml, ~carlier in the evening at a mill near Ellenton. Events leading up to the tragedy, it is said, started with Brown firing several shots at Katie Valentine, alias Brown, a negro woman with whom he lived. Later in the even ing, Brown fired at Bradley and Chief Hayes went to the negro set tlement in Ellenton to arrest Brown tor the shooting.—-—— .— Engage in Duel. v The man' was located next door to his own home in the house cf Sarah S>mith. Bradley is said to have call- e<! to Brown and when the latter open ed the door, Chief Hayes stepped in side to arrest him. The negro open ed fire on the policeman, who re turned the fire at pointt blank range. The men died within a few inches of each other, Chief Hayes face up on the floor and Brown in a stooping posi tion against the door sill. It is be lieved that the negro thought he was shooting at Bradley instead of the white man. , An inquest and autopsy conducted by Coroner Tom Tarver, of Aiken, showed that Chief Hayes was shot four times, three shots entering the lower part of the abdomen and one shot penetrating the chest near. the heart. Brown was shot five times in Columbia, Jan. 22.—Senator Edgar A. Brown, of Barnwell, had instruc tions today from a committee of 15 of the State Democratic party to in troduce a„ biU in the legislature to revise certain features of the absen tee voters’ law. ' ; - The absente e voting law came up for action here at a meeting of the committee of 15, of which Senator Brown is -6 member; The committee was appointed several months ago by Claude N. Sapp, chairman of the Statp Democratic executive com- nearer the market.- The farmer who fertilized his as paragus last summer will probably ship a better grade of grass, and a larger percentage of COLOSSAL “grass” than will the farmer who failed to fertilize. ^ Some of the “early birds” in the Coastal territory are getting Jtheir potato fertilizer out, and the Big Parade of planting will begin in about two week*. Cabbage is growing “like a house afife^’ and some ,of the growers are wondering how to check it, in antici pation of the cold weather which is overdue. ' , Garden peas are up and growing all over the- southern and western part? of the State, and some of the snap bean planters are ydn their toes,” waiting for a while^/so it won’t look like so much of a gamble. Tomato hot beds in Beaufort and Charleston Counties are off to a fine start in the majority of cases, but there are some hot bed men who aye having' -twrobte -with- “damping -off” and other diseases, as should be ex- a pected m a season like this. A few early sweet potato growers are making their “draw beds” ready, for an early start in March. Morning glories are blooming on the Ccnfederate Home in Charleston, azaleas and even jessamin are in bloom in various parts of the low country. Many gardeners still get a few tomatoes . from their gardens. Lima bean s are still putting on beans. Fish are biting, we still have a few mosquitoes, hens are laying well, tree frogs are croaking and the time of the year is nearly February in South Carolina. ^ Dr. J. M. Weekley. Several local asparagus growers at- ended a business meeting of the as- ociation at Williston Tuesday. The Planters Savings Bank at Greer closed Monday, leaving that community, like so many others, without a bank. The last published statement as of January 23, 1932, showed a capital stock of $50,000; de posits of $751,407462, and resources of $983,586.31. Steady withdrawals is said to have prompted the closing ! of the institution. Dr. John Martin Weekley,, 04, 'prominent physician and farmer of Ulmers, died at his home early Mon day after an illness of about two weeks. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 at Mizpah Methodist Church, near Ulmers. Besides his widow, Doctor Week- ley is survived by five daughters and five sons, as follows: Mrs. J. W. Blount, Mullins; Mrs. A. Duckes, Rome, Ga.; Mrs. O. B. Deer, Fairfax; Misses Lillian and Carrie Weekley, Ulmers; John F. and N. W. Weekley, Fairfax; W. T. Weekley, Birmingham Ala.; T. Johnson Weekley, Ulmers, and Dr. A. S. Weekley, Tampa, Fla. The negro was wearing four shirts, two pairs of overalland two pairs of pants, and it is believed that he was preparing to leave town following the two shooting affrayisi earlier in th e day. He was 26 years old. With the death of Chief Hayes and the negro, Brown, it was reported that four persons had lost their lives in Ellenton as the direct result of trou ble over the Valentine woman. Two persons were shot several years ago in Eljenton in a fight over the woman, it is sai4. Had Many Friends Here. The news of Chief Hayes’ tragic death was the occ&sion for many ex pression of regret in Barnwell,, as he m%de a host of friends during his residence in this city. He was gen erally recognized as a fearles s officer. His body was laid to rest Monday af ternoon in the Mt. Arnon Baptist Churchyard, near Allendale, funeral services being conducted by the Rev. Bruce Price and the Rev. C. F. Out law, both of Ellenton, and the Rev. R. H of Allendale. He is mittee. Its Appointment was authorized by the 1930 State convention for the pur pose of studying and, if found advisa ble, revising and simplifiying the pri mary rules. After the absentee voting law had been described at yesterday’s meet ing as having been so amended as to apply only to persons kept away from the polls by illness, the com mittee requested Senator Brown to have it changed. Th e change desired, it was explain ed, was to make it apply to persons kept away from their voting pre cincts by business. This was de scribed a a the original purpose of the law. * A subcommittee of five had been appointed to make recommendations on other questions to the committee as a whole, but Niels Christensen, of Beaufort, said the smaller commit tee was not ready to report. There followed a vigorous discus sion of the advisability of having all State statutes dealing With regula tions of the party repealed. On this, Sapp, said: “I can see only danger in having the rules of th e party incorporated in the laws of the State. The fact that the party rules are in the stat utes may lead to complications which we would avoid, ior the statutes are for all not merely for the members of the party.” No definite action was taken on this question, however... Bank d Western Carolina' Han Until February 15tli to Appoint a Receiver. Aiken, Jan. 25.—Judg e E. C. Den nis, in a statement before a crowded courtroom here today, made it plain that unless a move is made in the usual way for appointment of a re ceiver for the defunct Bank of West ern Carolina by February 15, ha would take action for appointment of a receiver by the court. Judge Dennis also said if in tha meantime a receiver ihall have been appointed who does not satisfy de positors he would be available to re move the receiver and appoint an other. “, The atmosphere surrounding the af fairs of the bank, closed October 15, was believed greatly clarified by Judge Dennis’ statements. The chain has several thousand depositors in Aiken and adjoining counties. The bank had eight branches. Judge Dennis’ statement followed the action of depositors last week in securing an order signed by Asso ciate Justice J. G. Stabler requiring Albert S. Fant, state hank examiner, and director^ of bank to show cause why a receiver should not be appoint ed and immediately proceed with liq uidation. The order was returnable here today. January 15 stockholders eequred an additional 80 days diving Which time the bank’s affairs should remain in the hands of the bank ex aminer. Judge Dennis said he saw no reason for acting prior to expiration of the time limit—February lb—in view of ^Pant’s statement that a meeting of depositors would be called by Febru ary 16 for election of a receiver, judge added that if no meeting had been called by February 16 he would go into the matter the next day. Fant, in his return, showed that since the bank’s closing approximate ly $248,000 has been collected et a coot of approximately $6,800. It was pointed ont by Judge that-an order enjoining the aminer from expending end money of the bank remains in force. Surprise Birthday Party. survived by big widow; four .sons, Walter A. Hayes, Gary Hayes and W. J. Hayes, all of Ellenton, and Lur- man Hayes, of Columbia,, and three daughters, Mrs. Ogreta Thomas, Mrs. Juanita Duncan and Miss Mildred Hayes, all of Ellenton. Senator Smith Scores. (By Telegraph) To the Editor of Tlj|| People-Sentinel My amendment to finance recon struction bill providing $50,000,000 to aid farmers for crop production pur poses in .1932 was finally passed by congresg this afternoon and has gone to the president for his signature. The amendment is so worded that in addition. to $50,000,000 the amount may be increased up to $200,000,000 if the emergency requires. The money will be lent direct to farmers Dunbarton, Jan. 25.—A greatly en joyed occasion of Friday evening was a Stag Party given bjr Mrs. Per ry Greene, as a surprise, compliment ing her husband on hi a birthday. It was indeed a surprise to the host, for during the day he had 1 not thought of it as being his birthday. The guestg were asked to meet at one of the town stores, and, as usual, Mr. Greene went up town after supper to “chat” for a while, returning home about 8:00 o’clock. He had not been in long before the door bell rang, and on opening the door, he was grabbed by one of the men and birthday greetings were ex tended by all. Cards were enjoyed during th^ evening. Mrs. Greene was assisted in entertaining by Miss Les- sie Dicks. At- an -appropriate time, Miss Dicks pulled the switch and all lights went out, and from one of the side dcorX, Mrs. Greene entered with a large birthday cake with its 44 gleaming candles and presented it to her husband'. Punch and cake wer e served. Many Laughs came as the toasts were given, especially one by Jasper Hiers, when he said, “Old Boy, 1 hope you»will live to see 50 more birthdays and that I may live to attend your funeral.” Mr. Green was th e recipient of many use- ' ful gifts; also several ones that creat ed much fun. Mrs. Greene is noted for the origi nality of her entertainment and this occasion was distinguished by the charm that attends every party where she is hostess. Those invited were: E. ~D. Dicks, Herbert Anderson, Qlen Rountree, Clarence Dicks, Jasper Hiers, B. A. in same .manner a 8 seed loan funds _ „ have been adminietered for past three' » ou " tree ’ Ho ™“ DKk ? owri -rW_ ^rson, Roy Whitson, J. Lee All, T. W. Dicks and R. F. Rountree. years and has no connection what ever with agricultural credit corpora tion, live stock corporation or inter mediate credit bank. I am proud of th^ that this makes the fourth . year that I have been instrumental in I siding distressed farmers who could not obtain credit elsewhere. E.D. SMITH, U. S. Senate, Washington. Services Announced. COTTON CROP ESTIMATBD WORLD’S LARGEST YET Austin, Texas, Jan. 25.—Thu world’s commercial cotton crop for 1931-1932 was estimated ft 28,000,000 bale 8 today, an all-time record, A. B. Cox, director of the bureau of busi ness research at the University of Texas, said. ‘ Doctor Cox’s estimate is based on a unit-bale of 487 pottndg net weight. The 1926-1927 crop, now th^ produc tion record, was about 27,804,090 bales. Present economic conditions point to a minimum acreage reduction of between 7 and 8 per cent, and a maxi mum of 10 per cent:, according to Doctor Cox’s estimate. The total cotton supply in the United States ea January 1st was 17,090,000 bales, er 8,132,00 bales more than the previous January 1st record, set in 1926. “Consumption 1ft since August 1st was 2,196,000 Doctor Cox said. “This is 194^66 bales more than the consumption for the same period last year.” Conducts Comm onion Service. The Rev. Mr. Burns, of Oraagebeqi; conducted a communioncaagik« at ■ thr , €hTrrrh ‘ , of *the 'Holy X$>g«Go^W* Sunday morning, at whith tiihe Ids pulpit was filled by the Rev. John A. Pinckney. Mr. Burns was accom panied by his wife and immediately after the service they left for tomobile trip to New York. Undergoes Operation. Advertise In The H»opie -Sentinel Announcement is made, that Rev. George Hopkins will conduct services at Allen's Chapel Sunday morning at eleven o’clock and at ML Olivet at three o’clock hi the after noon. The pqjdic is cordially invited to attend. The nut.y friends of “Judge” Bel linger Maher will regret to learn that he was operated on lionday at Johns Hopkins Hospital, ’ Baltimore, Md. He will be compelled to remain therf for a week or ten day* and i B anxiosn that his friends send him a card. His address is Wilmer a Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md. 1 j »- H Card of Thanks. The family of W. A. Hayes thank their many friends for the kindness shown them afc the his death and for the many ferings.