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V 5?-' \ 'J Would Shut Out Wet Candidate Prohibition Group Plans For Conference Early In April I t order to assure a South Caro- 1 na delegation to the National Dem- errntlc convention which will support r low enforcement plank in the Dem ocratic platfcim, especially as re gards prohibition, and oppose tb e nominat'on of any ^‘wet” cand’date, a statewide conference has been call ed for April 10, at the Jefferson Hotel in Columbia. . The “call” for this statewide con- / ferertee was issued “as a result,’ / says an announcement' £iven out, “of a conference o*f those especially in terested from a non-partisan, moral point of view in prohib tion enforce ment held recently in Columbia. The call was issued by the Rev. E. O. Watson, editor of the Southern Christian Advocate, which is the of ficial organ of the Methodist Church in th’s state, and was signed by 13 dther men and women. It was ex plained, however, that the signers were acting merely as Democrats and good citizem and not as the repre sentatives of any special interests. It ic expected that Daniel C. Roper of Washington will address the con- ierence. John Gary 1 Evans of Spartanburg Democratic national comm tteeman, was one of the s’gners. Others were: the Rev. J. C. Roper, # pastor of the ' Green Street Methodist Church, Co lumbia, the Rev. J. W. Guy, state superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, a Baptist minister; Mrs. Jos eph Sprott of Manning, state presi dent of the W. C. T. U.; T. B. Grene- ker, state senator from Edgefield; D. W. Robinson, Columbia attorney 1 and personal adviser to Governor * R’chards in the tetter’s 1927 Sunday law campaign; J. W. Hamel, ed tor cf the Kershaw Era: the Rev. R. I. Corbetli. a Baptist minirter of Co lumbia; the Rev. A. J. Cauthen, vice president of Columbia college: A. M. DuPre, dean of the faculty of Wof ford College; P. A. Hodges Columbia business man; Will Stackhouse, Marion business man; and Mrs. H- F. Jennings, a W, C. T. U. weaker •of Columbia. Mr. Watson was nam ed as cha’rman and Mr. Guy secre tary at the prekminary conference. “The conference is not in the in terest of any candidate or faction if such there be,” said the official an nouncement, “but is emphatically for -the purpose of organization looking toward a delegatecto from South Car olina to the Nat ; onal Democratic convention who will stand firmly against the -nomination of any wet man for the presidency or vice-pres idency of the United States.” *. The call for'the conference was given out as follows: “Believing that prdlv'bit'on, as em bodied in the 18th amendment and the Volstead act, is just now the outstanding moral and economic is sue in which the welfare of America is involved; “And noting the desperate efforts to make the Democrat c party the f champion of ‘wetness’ in the coming rational political campaign; “And, it coming to our attention that there is active effort to capture -the South Carolina delegation to the National Democratic convent on in whole or in part for a wet candidate, “We, the undersigned, believe it important in this crisis to have a •oonference of leaders interested in this moral issue that steps may be taken tc ‘nsure a delegation from South Carolina to the National Dem ocratic convention "who will support a law enforcement plank or state ment, in the party platform and who will steadfastly oppose the nomina tion of any man who is a wet for the office of president or vice-president of the United States. “Therefore, assured of your inter *est| you are invited and urged to at tend a conference to be held in Co lumbia, South Carolina, at 11 o’clock a. IU-, Tuesday, April 10, 1928, in the Jefferson Hotel.” The keynote address, it was an nounced will be delivered by Former Governor Evans. m A continued story has been run ning for 12 years in a Japanese newspaper. That beats our own No Prosperity For Country As Whole, Charge Coolidge Cialm Fails To Hold, Reed Declares In-Knox ville Address Legal Sales Made j Only One New „ Here Last Monday! Name Is Added w ] To Road Group KNOXVILLE, Tenn. March 29.— Carrying his f ! ght for the Demo crat c presidential nomination into Tennessee Senator Reed of Missouri, set out in a speech here tonight to punctuie thei Republican claim that the Coolidge administration has giv en the country prosperity. Incident ally he took a shot at Herbert Hoov er, declaring that the commerce sec retary had a hand in the currency deflation policy after the war. which, he cc’.itended, h: ought hardships to the farmers. The Missouri senator said it must be admitted that great financ'al houses are reaping enormous pro fits; that many transportation com panies and the great steel industries are m’^hty prosperous and that in general most of the manufacturing concerns are paying fair and in some instances very h’gh dividends. “But ca n it be contended,” he ask ed, “that when the entire agricul tural class, composing dver 50 per cent of the population. ^ are strug gling with advers'ty, the country is x eally prosperous ? ” Mr. Reed declared that in the last six years there have been mere forc ed transfers of mortgaged farm property than ever before in a like period and that farm values, includ ing crops have shrunk $30,000,000 - C00. During the Wilson administra tion, there were 578 • bank failures, he sa d, while during the seven years Cf the Harding-Coolidge administra- Von they have reached 3,785. > “On top of this,” he went on “there are in the United States today ap proximately 4,000,000 men out of employment. Bread lines have been formed in many cities. If the ad- ministrat : on claims credit for the prosperity of a few great institu tions, or a few particular sections of the land, it must take over to itself the responsibility for the conditions referred to.” Comment* ng on the post war de flation which he sa’d Mr. Hoover had declared necessary. Senator Reed asserted that the RepubFcan party must assume responsibility for it and that Hoover, “the engineer econom ist cannot escape his share of that responsibility.” The Missouri Democrat came in to Tennessee after advising Repre sentative Cordell Hull, the state’s “favorite son” for the Houston nom ination that he was not seeking first choice delegates. F r om here he goes into Wisconsin fer a series of speeches before the Democratic pri mary there next Tuesday, r 1XJ Mr. T. M. Byrd Dies At Greenville Sales Made By Master And Tax Collector; Private Sale Called Off The Master Judge L. G. Bell, had two sales here Monday, as follows: J. M. Paget, as executor of the estate of B. F. Mauldin, ‘deceased, against, T. J. Britt, Farmers Bank of McCormick, 1 a corporation, J. B. Colt Company, a New York corporation, and Mrs. Mattie K. Britt, one lot and building in town of McCbrnrck, b d in by M- G. & J. J. Dorn for $5.- 600.00. L. C. Rich, as administrator of the estate of Mrs. Mattie B. Rich, deceas ed, against. Mis. Marie R. Minarik ind’v'dually and as administratrix of the estate of William S. Middleton, deceased, et al., 214 acres of Aand in Washington Township, bid in by J. Middleton Rich, trustee for Rich heir's, for $1,100.00. Mr. T. J. Sibert, tax colldutor, made sales as follows: 52 acres of the Mrs. C. L. W?de man property in Plum Branch School District, called off. 191 acres of Charles, Cheatham & Dendy property in Plum Branch School District, called off. 55 acres of Solomon Sctftt tract in Mt. Carmel School District, bought by John Norman for $69.28. J. W. Talbert, 36 acres Mn School D*strict No. 11, bought in by J. W. Talbert for $51.94 Beatrice Talbert, 16 acres in School D’str'ct No. 11, bought by Calhoun Palmer for $35.00. Mrs. M. J. Jaro, 16 ac:es in School District No. 11, bought by Calhoun Palmer for $50.00. The proposed sale of a portion of the Boxx place near town, as adver tised by W. W. Pinson, Administra te^*, was postponed. _ ^ tXt King In Charge Of Office Today Spends Monday With Retiring Commissioner Richards Reappoints 4 Mem bers Whose Terms Expire COLUMBIA, March 29.—Only one new name—4that of W. R. McCuen of Laurens, to succeed K. L. Baker, of Greenwood—is : n the list of state highway commission appo ntments made public today by Governor John G. Richards. Four other mombers whore terms are expiring were re appointed by the governor fdr an other term of four years. They are Dr. E. S. Booth of Sumter^ G. E. Jones of Batesburg, J. L. Wheeler, of Marion and C. L. Cureton cf Pick ens. Mr. McCuen’s appointment be comes effective April 15, at which t*me the present terms of the fore going members will expire. He is engaged in banking and cotton mill business in Laurens. The new highway commission will be, beginning April 15 composed of the following: C. P, Moore, Dorchester, first jud icial ciAmit. D. W. Gaston, Sr., Aiken, second jud : cial circuit. Dr. E. S. Booth, Sumter, third judicial circuit. Fred W. Lightsey, Hampton, fourth jud’eial circuit. W. P. Hamrick, Columbia, fifth judicial circu/t. John T. Stevens, Kershaw, sixth judicial circuit. Charles O. Hearor, Spartanburg, seventh judicial circuit. W. R. McCuen, Laurens*, e ghth judicial circu : t. John P. Grace, Charleston, ninth judicial circuit. Clint Summers, Anderson, tenth judicial circuit. C. E. Jones, Batesburg, eleventh judicial c rcu’t. J. L. Wheeler, Marion, twe.fth judicial circuit. C. L. Cureton, Pickens, thirteenth judicial circuit. \ X Baseball Game Here Friday Mr. Thomas McKie Byrd died in Greenville on March 17, 1928 after an illness of several months’ dura tion. He was in the 38th year of his life, and had enjoyed very good health until a few months ago when he was taken, it seems with an in curable malady. His condition was not cons’dered very serious until he was rushed to the hospital where he passed quietly away about an hour afterwards. Mr. Byrd was well liked and es teemed by all who knew him. He fought in the World War, and al- wa>r proved tJ be personally inter ested in the welfare and pleasures of his fellcwmen. His dying words were that he was ready to go, there fore, we feel that our rad loss is heaven’s gain. He is survived by his widow and two small 'children, also his mother, Mrs. Emma Byrd of Langley; three sisters, Mrs. D. T. LaGroon of Mc Cormick, Mrs. Lila Podle of Mon roe, Ga., and Mrs. John Mitchell of Langley; one brother, Mr. S. S. Byrd of Schoolfield Va., besides a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted at the home of his sister, Mrs. John Mitchell and interment made in the Langley Cemetery. tx? Why is it that the weight of a wo man’s first baking is equal to twice The State of Tuesday says: Sam B. K : ng, South Carolina’s new in surance commissioner, arrived in Co lumbia yesterday morning from his home in Greenwood and will take charge of h : s cffice today. He was shown the workings df the depart ment by John J, McMahan, retiring commiss oner. yesterday morning at which time he was greeted by thCj of fice force. Mr. King, who was representative in the general assembly from Green wood County, resigned this posit'on to run for the cffice of insurance commissioner. The new comm’ssioner is a World War veteran and has been engaged since the war in the real estate and insurance business in Greenwood County. He was elected by the leg islature on the first ballot, his oppo nents being Mr., McMahan, whom he succeeds, and H. C. Crum of Den mark. Commissioner McMahan said yes terday that he had no announcement to make of plans for the future. He has long been in public office, serv- ng as a member of the genei'al as sembly from Richland County and as state superintendent of education. His appointment as head of the in surance department came during Governor Cooper’s administration. He was at one time a candidate for governor of South Carolina and aga'n for the United States senate. Mr. King’s family will come to Co lumbia at the expiration of the pres ent school term at Greenwood. 1XI A. R. P. Services Next Sabbath Judge Walker Gets Mixed Up On Answer Calls Broad Street North Au gusta And Hfhchinist Chief Dispatcher Judge H. C. Walker, who has charge of delivering and collecting for a number of daily papers here, experiences about as much trouble explaimng to the subscribers why papers are not always here on time as with any other phase of the work, and having had qu*te a bit of ex plaining to do right recently, was a little pqrplexed yesterday morning when he learned that the freight, which brings The Augusta Chron icles, was several hours late, and got all mixed up in answering a question about the delay—like th : s: The/patron asked Judge “Where’s My Chronicle?” To which Judge replied: “That old freight train is broken down in North Augusta and the chief dis patcher and all his men are cut there trying to fix that engine up so the train can come on and br'ng my Chronicles; just as soon as it gets here I’ll send you one.” The train doesn’t run within a mile of North Augusta proper, but was broken down o n Broad Street in Au gusta, where a machinist and sev eral helpers had been called to do some work on the engine. The above brings to mind a little incident that happened one Sunday not long ago when the papers were thrown off the passenger train at the station. Judge opened the first bundle that hit the ground and began handing out papers to a number of subscribers standing nearby, when, just for fun, someone told him he had opened the wrong package and was in a good way to get into trouble. He looked around at the man and then at the bundle and exclaimed: “Well, who in tarnation opened that bundle of papers? I wish you fel lows would stop open ; ng these bundleq. anyhow.” iXt No Use, Brother! Alleged Slayer Of Dry Officer Is Given Limit Muscle Shoals serial by a year or so. the ingredients ? Subject of morning service, Ele ments of Church Strength. We will study together at the evening hour, God’s retributive just ice. Morning hour—11:30. Evening hour—18:00. S. S. at—*10:45. LEON T. PRESSLY, Pastor. —-—m When ice cream is frozen too rap idly it becomes coarse-grained. McCormick If igh School 1 o Play First Game Of Season Here Friday With Green wood High McCormick High School will open up her ba&aball season on the local field Friday aftemoon. The strong Greenwood High team will offer the opposition. The vis iting team boasts of several star players but the locals will , try to mark up a win on their ledger. Win or lose the McCormick boys will be in the game fighting to the last so come out and give the home team your support. The team is in a pretty bad shape financially so an admission of 10 and 25 cents will be charged. The game starts at 4 p. m. XXt Easter Program Plum Branch Baptist Church There will be an Easier program at the Plum Branch Baptist Church, Sunday n ; ght, April 8, 1928, at 8 o’clock, gives by the B. Y. P. U. “U” Come. tXt Many Attend Union Sunday School W|e were delighted to have such a splendid congregation out at the Un ion Sunday School at Beulah Metho- d : st Church last Sunday afternoon. Your presence and prayers are ap preciated. H. R. DEASON, Superintendent. IXI The Texas Governor A negro wished to join an aristo cratic church, but was advised by the pastor to wait and pi ay over the matter. Meeting the darkey soon after, the pastor said: “Well, Rastus, what do you think by this time about joining our church ?” “Wall, suh,” said Rastus, “Ah done zackly an you sayed. Ah prayed an’ Ah prayed an’ at last de Lawd He sayed to me: “See here, Rastus, doan yo’ be worryin’ yoa’h head no moah ’bout jinin’ dat ristocratic church. Ah’ve bin a-tryin’ to git in to dat dere church maself fer de last twenty yeahs an’ Ah done aint had no luck yit.” tXJ A man seeing an Iiishman show b’bulous appearance, remarked: “Pat, what makes your nose so red?” “Shure,” replied Pat} “:t’s the re- I flection of me soul.” | “The reflection of your soul? What [do you mean?” “Shure it’s the reflection of me soul,” retorted Pat. “It’s glowing wid pleasure at me ability to ’tend to me own business.” X Card Of Thanks Adams Sentenced To Die For Killing Of Walter Talbert APPLING, Ga., March 29.—Twen ty minutes after retiring to consider the case, a jury in Superior court heie late today returned a verdict of “guilty as charged” against Burley Adams on trial charged with mu - dering Walter R. Tolbert, a Feder ,1 prohibition agent, on February 22. He was sentenced to die in the elec tric chair on May 1. Adams’ face blanched as the ver dict was announced, but otherwise showed no emot'on, but his wife and mother collapsed. After the verd'et had been read. Adams turned to h’S wife and held her close to him, while sobs ratked her body. When the judge asked him to stand for sentence, he rose looked at the judge while the death sentence was pronounced and at the end slow ly nodded his head. Defense attorneys announced that a mdtion for a new trial would be entered, but no date for a hearing was set by the court. , Adams was the only witness ap pearing in his own behalf, makrg an unsworn statement to the juiy today in which he denied shooting Tolbert, but vented his bitterness to ward Wylie S. Harrison. Sr., Colum bia county prohibition enforcement off cor* He repudiated his previous confes sion in which he accepted the whole blame for the slay ; ng.* * Claiming that Tolbert was, shot with a lead bullet while his rifle shoots only steel jacketed pussies, Adams told the jury that the shot could not have been from his v/eapon. In a calm voice, Adams told the jury that he fired only after a shot had been fired from the automobile in which the officer was riding and then only to protect himself. He claimed that he believed Harrison was trying to kill him and that the man at whom he f red had his right H/Ip 4-nwp^d him wh’le Tolbert was shot in the left breast through the jheart / Arguments consumed most of the daj( with two states attorneys making arguments in which they claimed the murder was cold blocded ard asked the extreme penalty In pleading for an acquittal be fore the jury, defense counsel con tended the state had shown no phy sical evidence that Adams was at the scene of the slaying. The case was given to the jury at 5 o’clock and 20 minutes later they reported that a verd ; ct had been reached Tolbert was shot from ambush, while making a trip into the county with Dewitt Fuller, a deputy sheriff of Columbia County. txt Governor and Mrs. Dan Moody of Texas are living on his salary of $4- 000 a year. He vetoed the bill to in- We wish to express to our friends and relatives our thanks and appre ciation for their kindness shown us dining the illness and at the death cf our beloved husband and father Mr. John G. Hemminger. May God’s richest blessings rest upon eck'h of you. Mrs. John G. Hemnrnger, And Son, Curtis Hemminger. tXI Quarterly Conference To be Held at Troy Next Sunday April Stir The second quarterly conference for McCormick Charge will be held crease his ow n salary from $4 000 toj g , Ap ril 8th, at 3:30 in Troy lie officials as conscientious uo Gov- Rev. J. R. T. Major. The public .s emdr Moody. Such men are entitled; cor dially invited, to more pay. But they should not be: j A BLEDSOE, forced to raise their own salaries.— * ' * Poc+nf The Manufacturer. 1 Fourth Class Post master Examination Receipt of applications to close April 25. 1928. The date for assembling of com petitors will be stated in the adm's- sion cards which will be mailed to applicants after the close of receipt, of applications. The United States Civil Service Commission has announced an exam ination to be held at Abbeville, South Carolina, as a result of wh'ch it is expected to make certification to fill a contemplated vacancy in the position of fourth class postmaster at Willington, South Carolina, and other vacancies as they may occur at that office, unless it shall be de- c'ded in the interest of the service to fill any vacancy by reinstatement. The emopensation of the postmaster at this office was $876 for the last fiscal year. Applicants must have reached their twenty-first birthday but not their sixty-fifth birthday on the date of the exanrnation Applicants must reside within the the territory supplied by the post office for which the examination is announced. The examination is open to all cit izens of the United States who can comply with the requirements. Application blanks, Foim 1753, and full information concerning the requirements of the examination can be secured from the postmaster at the place of vacancy or from the United States Civil Service Commis sion, Washington, D. C. Applications must be properly ex ecuted and on file with the Comm s- sion at Washington. D. C., prior to the hour of closing business on the date specified at the head of this an- nour^ invent. tXt In flavoring hot tea for variety, add a slice of lemon and a slice of orange.