Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ICOTTON PRICE8 SOMEWHAT WIDER Small Declines Early Part of the Week Due Largely to Liquidations. New Orleans, April 30.-While price movements in cotton this neek were somewhat wider than they have been they were still within narrow limits and the close nine !.oints lower to 26 points higher than the close the pre ceding week. At the highest the list stood at net ga'ins of 13 to 34 points and the lowest stood at net losses of 16 to 28 points. May traded up to 17.12 at the middle of the week, after sagging to 16.71 in the early sessions. Finally closing at 16.90. In the spot department middling gained 12 points in the net resul . closing at 17.00. A year ago middhabj closed at 1.25. Small declines of the early part of the week meer due to liquidation which accompanied first May notices this sort of selling being in sympathy with the issuance of notices for 25,000 bales in the New Ynrk market. Notic es here amounted to only 1,000 bales. After first notice day was over more attention was Paid to river and wea ther ntews which was unsatisfactory, on the 'yhole, causing a buying move meint of moderate 'iroportions on which the market moved up to Its highest levels. The extremely heavy rains In Texas, accompanied by further floods were considered to he extremely dam aging to crop prospects in that state. The break In the Mlississiip)i river levee in Concordia parish, Louisiana, put a large area of cotton land under water and experienced cotton men ex pressed tile ovinion that the water would not subside ii time to allow anything but a very late start for the crop in that section of the belt. In the eastern belt there were more or less coiFarlaints about too much rain in som1e sections, too little in others and of too low temperatures for germina tion here and there. Opinion here at the enid of the week was that general ly speakin'g, planting had not made the progress that should be seen at this time of the year. The matter of acreage caused much discussion and three I)rivate estimates made their appearance, one placing the increase in the acreage at six per cent., another at 11 per cent and another at 19 per cent. The later report indi cated almost. the largest area on rec ord 37,469,000 acres. The figures caused little stir in the market -be cause they seemed to be regarded as too high. Mill accounts nyere somewhat bet ter and much favoralble comment fol lowed the news by cable from Liver .pool that the Lancashire dinpute had been settled. Reports from New Eng land to brokers lege that several large mills might cancel some of the business they had taken because of the prolonged strike, caused almost a seh sation. Later in the week the trade was favorably impressed by estimates of 150,000 pieces of print cloths as the week'a sales in the Fall River market. Week-end circulars continued to call tie market nuch of a weather affair anrd irediet-d the fhuctuations of the near future wou'ld depend largely on the weatl"r~ map. *' + * S * * * 5. * * * * * * * * * CR0SS HILL NEWS * * *1 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Cross Hill, May 1.-Quite a numiber of our young people enjoyed the play given 'by the 'pupils of the Spring GIroye School on last Tuesday night. dir. Vaughan, county farm demon strationn agent, gave an interesting andI instructive talk at the school buildig on Wednesday night. HIs sub1 ject, "The 'Boll Weevil SituatIon", is of vital importance, and it is to be re gretted that he 'was not greeted by a packed house. IMiss Estelle Blradley 'has returned from atn extended visit to relatives at Estill. A number of onr ladies attended the kitchen shower given at Waterloo on Monday afternoon, for the 'Methodist pastor. Miss Pearl West, with severall pup~ils from our school are at Columibia for the oratorical contest. Miss Idalia H~ollingsworth, who has been teaching near Aiken during the lpast ,winter' is at home for the sum me?. Misses 'Ethel and Essie Belie Hunter, of Clinton, are visiting relatives in town. Mrs. Jessie .Koon, of Greenville, is visisting friends here, Mrs. -Dr. 'Miller has returned from a visit to relatives at Richmond and Petersburg. Mrs. T.' B., 'Crews is visiting her sis ter, Mrs. E. W. 'Kennedy, at Spartan burg. Rev, and 'Mrs. J. A. Martin, offilen dale, are with relatives here. Mrs. Seymour .Gregory' and -son, of Piedmont, Ala., ati! guests of relatives here, iMr. Dewey Nelson made a business visit to Atlanta last week. Mr. John Boozer anld Miss 'Bernice Stitlwell were mtarried last Saturday, April 29th. 1a;. i. A %at., ofnoa WOMAN FALLS TO DIATH , FROM 18 STORY WINDOW Medier of Percy A. Orainger, Austral. Ian Composer Ends Her Life In This Manner. New York, Aipril 30.-'Mrs. Rose Grainger df White 'Plans, N. Y., mother of Percy A. Grainger, the Australian composer and pianist, was killed to day by a fall from an 18th story win dow in the Aeolian hall .building. Word was immediately sent to the son, who is said to ;be in Los Angeles on a con cert tour. Mrs. Grainger, who was sixty years old and wealthy, was spending the day 'with Mrs. Antonia Sawyer in 'eolian hal. Mrs. Sawyer, who said she was 'Percy Grainger's manager, told the police that Mrs. Grainger tele phoned her from 'White Plains that she was not well and asked permis sion to visit her. Mrs. Sawyer mo tored out to .White Plans after her. Shortly after their arrival at the Sawyer suite Mrs. Grainger asked for medicine and Mrs. Sawyer stepped out to obtain it. When she returned her guest was missing. .She discovered her body on the roof of an adjoining building, 13 stories below. Mrs. Grain ger twas dead when she reached the hospital. After first reporting the case a suicide, the .police recorded that .Mrs. Grainger "either fell or jumped." 'Iarry T. Finek, medical critic for the New York Evening P'ost, later is sued a statement, ex'plaining that Mrs. Grainger had gone to a window for fresh air, was overcome With dizzi ness and had fallen. lie said she had been so ill since February that she could not see her son before his lde parture for the Pacific coast. Benjamin Vance, assistant medical director, later announced that his of' lice had registered 'Mrs. Grainger's death as diue to suicide. 'Los Angeles, April :10.-News of the death in 'New York of Mrs. Rose Grain ger, reached Los Angeles this after noon while the Australian composer and pianist was conducting a concert of his compositions by the Los An geles Philharmonic orchestra. ,lle was not notified of the accident which cost his mother's life until af ter the concert, when be said he would leave immediately for New York. Prosperity in Laurens There is nothing of greater import ance to us than the prosperity of our community. Prosperity at home is based on local business conditions. If our local merchants and store keepers transact a large volume of business their prosperity is communi cated to every person in the entire community. The value of our real estate Increas es. Wages are increased. There is more money in circulation and it is more readily obtained for purposes of expansion, paying for improvements, buyig luxuries, etc. In every way we can discover het ter conditions on all sides when our business mn are 'busy. There is every reason in the world why we shou-ld sp)ed our cash at home insteadl of sending it to the big cities. By keeping it in circulation in our home community we profit in many ways. Every dollar sent out of our town to the mail order houses detracts just so muck from our own individual -pros liperity, as wevll as from the prosperity of the store keeper and from the conm munity in general. Think of the consequences if we shoul all send to the mail order lhous es for our necessities and our luxu ries. .How long wvould it .be before our slocal merchants would have the "clos ing out sale" signs on their doors, to be followed by the "for sale" signs on the stores themselves? And when the 'business houses are all advertised for sale what will be the value of our own .houses and lots? Such condhitions have actually pre vailed in some communities. It has h'appenedl that the citizens became big cities for the greater part of their merchandise. The local merchants abandoned the field, 'because there wvas no business there for them. The bur den of taxation fell on the various property owners, abecause there were no business concerns to bear the .big .prop~ortion which generally falls to their share. 'Property values decreas edl until there geore no bidders for un desirable real estate. The town be came dead. In 'the meantime the head of a big mail order house in Ohicago was draw ing an income of over a million and a quarter dollars, made possible 'by the 'business received by his concern, by mail, from such communities as the one above described and from our own community, as well as from others all over the United States, Of course, it ,was all done unthink ingly. Those who sent eTheir dollars to the mail order house did not stop to consider that these same dollars woulid add to the rprosperity of the come communfty if eapended at home. They did not stop to reason that -by helping those in their own community they, would -be best advancing their own Irnst. This community needs Your holp You need the help of every dollar I Drder to mnake a better community in w-bich -to live. You need the' prosper ty of t'his community to make you property of greater value and to give you the benefits of a better communi Ly in 'which to make your home 'bright )r, more desirable and worth more Ir lollars and cents. e e *.e.gs e o **e e e e S GRAY COUIT NEWS e .., e eeeeoe O e e. o . Gray Court, fay -.-Mlss Dantzler )f Greenville, visited her sister, Mrs Albert Gray the first of last week. -Mrs. Il tta Dorrob, Mrs. Della Moore ind family, Mr. Dolp'hus Owings and Eamily visited Mr. and Mrs. Will Ow ings, Tuesday. 'Miss 'Lona Baldwin, of 'Rabun sec. ion, is working for .Mr. Albert Gray. Mr. and Mrs. Be:lton Owens spent laat Wednesday with lr. and Mrs Walker Gray, of Eden section. Mi-iss Blanch Cox, of Friendshij) see Aion, spent T-hursday night with .Ir ind Mrs. Walker Gray of Eden section Miss Blanche Cox, of Friendsil iection, spent Thursday night with Mr ind 'Mrs. Smith Martin. Mrs. Blalock, of Union, visited lici laughter, Mrs. Blakely last week. Miss Hunter and Miss Blakely spen Lhe week-end in Ora. Mrs. Frank Hunt, of Greenville i, visiting 'Mrs. Gus Owings. 'Mr. and Mrs. fiHouston 'Babb had al their company, Mir. T. F. Babb anm ramily, and Mr. Smith 'Martin and fam Ily. 'Mr. and Mrs. Will Robinson, of Laiu reis, visited Mr. and Mrs. )orrol ieden -Saturday; also Mrs. Delia Moore :)f -Laurens spent Saturday with is I'us Owings. We are glad to report that Mr. Wali. er Clardy is rapidly iniproving. Mlr. I)ennis Owens was in Laurenm Friday on business. ,Messrs. Bob Rodgers and Charle: lohnson attended the athletic contest .epresenting Gray Court. Mrs. 'Beltoln Owens had as her guest r'Iday, Mr. W. E. Gray and family Day Special Best quality importe price $1.50, going out fc 98c Permanent finish Swie in all shades, 45 inch wi 75c the Yai Tissue Ginghams in al shades, 32 inch, going f 59c One big shipment of in the very newest patt< ivy, ercue and white. II ing new curtains this ep are new. Prices from The newest things ii ment of fancy Bloomers & These come in white, pi wear that is becoming a Petticoats in the shades Prices $1' A few Sport Skirts a shades. While The: A few dresses left, v while they last for D av i Mrs. (Lon Yeargin, .Mr, and Mrs. L. a. Brooks and Dr. J. W. Beason. Mr. Allen -Bobo and- family,.of Friend ship section, IMrs. Will Owings and son spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Willie Buchannon, of Simpsonville. I.Ntr. Bartlett Owings and family vis ited relatives at Owings Sunday. Messrs. 'Larry Brobks, Jai) Johnson and RVill Owings attended the Billy Sunday club meeting in 'Colunbia Sat urday and Sunday. Mr. Zeno Wilson, Mrs. Alvin Curry t and Miss Allie Babb were delegates to the 'Democratic meeting in Laurens Monday. Mr. Smith IMartin and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Martin of Warrior Monday. I.NCOME TAK LAW INVALID, HE SAYS Florence Senator Believes That It Can. Not Ile Legally Enforced. Florence, April 30.-Senator D. Gor (ion IBaker today expressed serious doubt as to iw'hether the state of South Carolina could enforce collection of any taxes on incomes for last year and itated frankly he !believed the courts would decide against the state in any case it might 'bring against delinquents. The Senator pointed to the Suprenje Court ruling on the Inhoratance tax law and to the fact that the income tax law had never been 'published, to support his opinion. The recommenda tion of the committee, as published in the house journal, he said, is alto gether different from the bill as pub lished. It was stated here today that the law would probalbly be contested by a citizen of Florance. important Part Missing. Kathryn's father killed a rooster and laid himin on the ground mtitil Ie wa through kicking rndi .mluing. Katlh ryn watche' tt 1m1 it ,,il ii t e. then es. clahued. "Oh. the poor thiug is look. Ing for his llhnd. daddy." Surely. The optitist says to reiemiber that even If your mother-in-law has the gift of tongues it would be a lot worse If she were a inidreader.-Chlicago American. is-Roper Sr )ffering for d Pongee, Very best impor r ham, 32 inch wide 59 Best imported is Organdy son's new goods. de. in fancy cheeks dVery special 89c the 1 the new, All colors in het or 40 inch wide, goin new Lace Curtain Goods rns for this season; colors, you are anticipating hav ring, see these while they 25c to $1.50 our store is a big ship ~nd Knickers in washables. rik and flesh. The under po'pular, Also beautiful of this season. 98 and Up till left; lots of the new r Last $4.98 hich we are still offering 75 Going fast. Laure~s' as Ser * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Honor Boll Copoland School * * * 5* * ** * * 5* * First Grade-ildred Osborne, Karl lenn. Second Grado-Claudio Hammond, )avid Blakely, 'Wilbur Martin., Third Grade-]Florenco Teague, dith Osborne. Fourth Grade-Ruth Coleman, Doro hy Copeland, Rossio Franks, J. D. ;Cnn, Harold Senn, Ben Benn. Fifth GOade-Joseph Pulley. Sixth Grade--Bertha Teague, Fran os Teague. Seventh Grade- Nstelle Pulley, Chas. lenn, Virginia Senn. Eighth Grade-Dolly Brewington, larry Nesbitt. St. Swithin Myth Disproved. A record was kept from 1840 for twenty years for the purpose of testing the truth e. the popular belief that if rinal fell on St. .Swithin's clay it would rain for forty days after. The result of this test shows that the greatest number of rainy days had occurred In these two decades in years .%Yhen St. Swithin's day was *1x. Large Victory. Begin with all this, as a snmal do retit that means large victory.-James Lane Allen. To Our Cust If you have any "i belonging to us, k or notify us. We 0 Powe Drui ,John Henry Powe says, "I ser Compa Chautau ted Scotch Ging- Fancy I going for fast color C Ratine, the sea We show them Good h and Eolid colors, navy and Yard All colo ~vy Dress Linen, dies, new g for wide, spe .Lots of new dresses i styles. We are offering prices this week. $14.50 A few Tweed Suits while we can fit you; all Very Special All the new styles an the very best quality. I Oxfords and We have lots of new. strap pumps in the sei Come in and let us fit yo Straw Hat season hiaa or two Sundays; look ou have these in all the new Prices $1.1 $100.00 REWARD For a Watch that I can't make run. Have you a Watch or piece of Jewelry that you think can not be repaired any more? If so, take it to W. H. HOUGH Laurens, S. C. See Hough to See Well omers: ice cream packers" indly return same, will call for them. i Company Dam for my Ice cream packers." nys iua Week )ress Gingham, 32 inch, ., going for 25c eavy quality Taffeta in black. 1.39 the Yard rs in Embroidered Organ for this season, 42 inch clal 98c n all the new colors and these at very attractive and Up left. Get one of these shades.' $7.75 and Up 1l colors of Silk Hose in ancy hose a specialty. Strap Pumps exfords and one and two ison's newest creations. u; it is our feat to fit feet. been hetd back for one t for next.Sunday. We rstyles and bQCcks Oto $50...