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1 Legislature Adjourns Sine Die After 96-Day Session Columbia, April 15. — The South Carolina legislature adjourned sine die last night, ending a 96-day ses- sion. Senator John F. Williams, of Aiken, president pro tern, let his fall at 9:10 p. m. in the sen ate and pronounced the session at an end. The house was adjourned sine die five minutes earlier by Speaker Pro Tern C. A. Taylor, of Spartanburg. Senator Laney, of Chesterfield, made the motion to adjourn in the senate a‘nd Representative W. L. Daniel,-Of Oreenwo^d, hi the house. Shortly before, committees con sisting of Senators Laney, Long, of Charleston, smd Burnett, of Spar- tanburg, and Representative Lewis, Horry; Dominick, of Newberry, and Britton of Sumter, informed Governor Blackwood the legislature had completed its work. * The governor replied with a mes sage to both branches in which he said: “I am deeply conscious that you have been earnest and perse vering in the discharge of your duty.” . “I recognize the difficult situa tions that have confronted you in your earnest efforts to solve the serious problems of the state that so deeply involve the welfare and happiness of our people.” Little remained for last night’s meeting except final farewells, handshaking, and formalities. The general appropriation bill and oth er major measures were passed earlier in the week. The last obstacle of consequence, the 1933-34 deficiency appropria tion bill, was disposed of during the day in speedy adoption by senate and house of a free conference re port upon it. The report totalled $278,000, a compromise between the senate’s $300,000 total and the house’s $184,000. The bill carried an appropriation of $51,046 for current legislative ex penses, not provided in the 1933 ^8-month bill; $25,000 for Clemson College to correct a miscalculation in last year’s bill; $90,000 for state school, aid, to make up for underes timates last year; $30,000 for the state hospital; $39,900 for this year’s printing, and $42,000 for the civil contingency fund. Tlie day also saw final action on a bill to authorize the borrowing of $700,000 from the PWA for buildings and repairs at state in stitutions. The house agreed to a senate amendment striking out a proviso submitting the question to a vote of the people. Farm Women To Meet April 21st At Meriwether OPERA HOUSE ABBEVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 19th, RAMON NOVARRO/and JEANETTE MacDONALD IN ‘THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE’ FRIDAY, APRIL 20th, ONLY, WARNER BAXTER and HELEN VINSON IN “AS HUSBANDS GO” SATURDAY, APRIL 21, ONLY TOM KEENE and ROSCOE ATES IN “SCARLET RIVER” SATURDAY NIGHT, 10:30 EDWARD EVERETT HOR TON, EDNA MAY OLIVER IN “THE POOR RICH” MON., TUES., APRIL 23, 24 LILIAN HARVEY and GENE RAMOND IN “I AM SUZANNE” WED., THURS., APRIL 25, 26 JANET GAYNOR LIONEL BARRYMORE and ROBERT YOUNG IN “CAROLINA” The spring meeting of the Mc Cormick County Council of Farm Women will be held at Meriwether in the Asbury Methodist Church on Saturday, April 21st. The following program will be carried out: Morning Session 10:30—Registration of Council Members. 11:00—Meeting called to order by Mrs. J. M. Bussey, president of the council. Assembly Singing—“Carolina.” . Devotional — Rev. C. Wilbur Brockweil. Address of Welcome—Mrs. Marie Minarik. • Response—Mrs. C. H. Huguley. Appointment of Committees — Credential, Time and Place, Courtesy Resolutions, Nominating. Special Music, by Misses Louise Bracknell and Amelia Wideman. Report by County Chairman. Agriculture—Mrs. Eugene Craw ford. Citizenship—Miss Lennie Covin. Education—Mrs. A. J. Hendrix. Exterior Beautification—Mrs. W. M. Rowland., Health—Mrs. T. L. Britt. Legislature—Mrs. H. O. Watson. Special Music, by Mrs. W. T. Price. Membership—Miss Willie Young. Music and Recreation — Mrs. Emmanuel Langley. Finance—Miss Alice Talbert. Publicity—Mrs. C. H. Huguley. Religion and Welfare — Mrs. Ethan White. . - Address—Rural Electrification — Mr. Tom Pierce. Report of Credential Committee. 1:00—Adjourn for lunch. Afternoon Session 2:00—^Memorial Exercises for De parted Council Members, conduct ed by Mrs. L. V. Mayer. Playlette—“Pretty Dreams Make Pretty Dresses”—by Mt. Carmel Club Members. Cotton Dress Revue, by Council Members.. Awarding of Certificates and Di plomas. Tour to interesting flower gar dens in Meriwether, conducted by Mrs. W. M. Rowland, County Ex terior Beautification Chairman. Principal Laws Enacted By 1934 State Assembly In the 96 days of its session just ended, the general assembly of South Carolina: Cut tag costs in half to save car owners $1,000,000 annually. $ Authorized $34,000,000 Santee Cocper hydro-electric and naviga tion develooment under state spon sorship with PWA funds. Enacted $6,948,000 general appro priation bill, estimated $1,500,000 increase over 1933 on 12-month basis. Provided a liquor referendum in the democratic primary August 28. Legalized beer of 4 per cent by weight instead of 3.2. Rejected liquor dispensary and local option bills. Lowered the legal interest rate from 7 to 6 per cent. Fixed the maximum penalty for kidnaping at death and for posses sing a machine gun at 15 years. Raised state school teachers’ pay 10 per cent. Slashed the state “intangibles” tax on dividends and interest. Changed the moving picture tax ation method. Approved enforcement of NRA codes by state courts. Limited the state highway bond issue for five years. Authorized state courts to sus pend mortgage foreclosures gener ally during the “economic emer gency.” Gave the state its first poet laureate. Created state board of cos metology. Baseball Makes its 1934 Bow LM V \ l\ Report Given On Christinas Seal Sales In Counties Of S. C. U. 8. A. . . . Another season and new thrills ahead as well trained teams in many leagues tilt the lid off this week and the chases for pennants are dh. . . . Leading the parade, of course, are Manager William (Memphis Bill) Terry (left), and his world champion New York Giants \ and Joe-Cronin (right), who leads his Washington, 1933 American League champions, in the dash to win again. An increase of over eight thou sand dollars in the 1933 Christmas Seal Sale over that of 1932 indi cates that the people of Sou^h Car olina, realizing the danger of tu berculosis under the stress of the depression, were determined to support the South Carolina tuber culosis association in its efforts to reduce the tuberculosis death rate. A complete report of the sale by counties, just made available by General C. P. Summerall, State Chairman, shows a total of $34,- 725.78 as compared with $26,023.99 for the 1932 sale. These returns entitle South Carolina to its usual high standing of second place in the states reporting from the Southern Conference. The coun ties showing the highest per capita sales are Darlington with .07c and Charleston with .056c. Five per cent of the seal sale fund goes to the National tubercu losis association. The state asso ciation will spend 38 per cent on a program of health education, case finding. tuberculosis nursing and sanatorium promotion. Eighteen local units will hold 57 per cent to finance programs based upon the tuberculosis needs in their coun ties. Democratic Clubs Meet Saturday, 28 TO RE-ORGANUZE AND ELECT OFFICERS AND DELEGATES TO COUNTY CONVENTION, TO MEET MAY 7TH Union Meeting At Parksville Baptist Church April 29th The following is the program of the Union Meeting of the Edge- field Baptist Association to be held with the Parksville Baptist Church on Sunday, April 29, 1934, begin ning at 10:00 o’clock a. m.: 10:00—Sunday school by Parks ville Church. 11:00—Call to order by the Mod erator, S. T. Strom. 11:05—Devotional by J. M. Bus sey. 11:20—Roll Call and Report of the Churches. . 11:45—Minutes of last meeting. 11:50 Appointment of Commit tees. 11:55—The Baptist Courier Cam paign, by B. W. Thomason. 12:10—Song by the Congrega tion. 12:15—Sermon by G. W. Gurley. 12:45—Adjourn for lunch. 2:00—Devotional, by O. L. Orr. 2:15—“How May we Enlist More of Our Folks in Sunday School Work?” by L. T. May and H. E. Freeland. 2:45—“What Preparation Should be Made for Revival in a Church'?” by C. Ross Pennington and W. E. 7-.ott. 3:15—Report of Committees. 3:20—Miscellaneous business. 3:30—Adjournment. Everette Beauford Died Friday Funeral services for Everette Beauford, 9 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Beauford, were held from Bethel Methodist Church Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock, with the pastor, Rev. E. S. Jones, in charge. Interment followed in the church yard cemetery. The child suffered the gradual death of leukemia which brought the end to his life Friday at 2 o’clock, after being confined to his bed for seven weeks. Surviving are his parents and one small sister and one small brother. Serving as pallbearers were the following: M. D. DeLoach, Herbert Henderson, Charles Rey nolds, J. E. Dorn, Henry Rush and Hammond Reynolds. His school mates at Hibler school, where he was a member of the 3rd grade, served as flower girls. J. S. Strom, funeral director, in charge. Time Extended For NRA Code Copies The Messenger on Monday re ceived the following from Lawrence M. Pinckney, State NRA Compli ance director: “This office has today received the following telegraphic instruc tions which will be of utmost im portance to all employers who are at present operating their business under permanent codes. It has come to the attention of the Administration in Washington that, although Code Authorities have made general distribution of application forms for official copies of the labor provisions of NRA codes, many employers have not received them. Accordingly, to give ample time for distribution of the forms, employers may have until May Fifteenth (15) to apply for of ficial copies. Any employer who has not yet received application forms should immediately contact their local compliance board, where these ap plications may be obtained. Fill in the application and mail to the National Code Authority. If the ad dress of the National Code Author ity is not available, mail to Nation*- al Recovery Administration, Wash ington, D. C. Should the supply of application forms become exhausted an addi tional supply may be requested from the office of the State Com pliance Director, Peoples Office Building, Charleston, S. C.” Governor Blackwood Names Boards Columbia, April 13. — Governor Blackwood today made several ap pointments, some to county boards and others to state. Among appointees were: Master for Abbeville county, Hu bert Cox, reappointment. Board of public welfare: A. C. Baskin, Bishopville, reappointment, and Dr. G. Croft Williams, Colum bia, vice Walter B. Wilbur, Charles ton, who declined to serve. State board of pardons, Capt. J. W. Hamel, Kershaw, reappoint ment. Board of trustees of John De la Howe school, McCormick County: J. M. Nickles, Abbeville; Dr. W. H. K. Pendleton, Spartanburg; G. P. Browne, Anderson; M. A. Mosely, Cowpens; the Rev. C. T. Squires, Greenville; Dr. C. K. Epting, Mc Cormick. The report by counties follows: Abbeville ^ _ $261.45 Aiken 770.69 Allendale _ 139.79 Anderson __ _ 1.524.00 Bamberg __ - _ _ 197.67 Barnwell __ __ _ _ 245.16 Beaufort __ __ 302.74 Bertceley _ _ 313.00 Calhoun _ 221.11 Charleston — _ 5,702.18 Ch?rokee _ 202.01 Chester _ — 900.33 Chesterfield — _ 314.57 Clarendon __ _ __ - _ 160.01 Colleton ___ _ 553.79 Darlington _ _ _ 2,942.97 Dillon __ _ 270.85 Dorchester __ _ 440.59 Edgefield _ _ 154.62 Fairfield ___ _ — -- _ 203.89 Florence __ _ 1,740.20 Georgetown _ __ _ 753.97 Greenville _ -- — _ 2,150.77 Greenwood __ __ _ 471.63 Hampton __ _ __ _ — -- _ 197.21 Horry _ 395.21 Jasper - __ _ 149.23 Kershaw __ — 204.71 Lancaster _ 469.36 Laurens --- - _ 672.41 Lee ______ _ 118.30 Lexington ______ _ 439.88 McCormick - _ 157.22 Marion _ — -- -- _ 359.47 Marlboro _ _ - _ 393.88 Newberry _ _ 601.06 Oconee _ - . 361.07 Orangeburg _ 838.22 Pickens - -- - . 227.90 Richland __ . 2.878.35 Saluda - . 186.13 Spartanburg . 2.230.00 Sumter __ __ __ . 1,080.65 Union _ _ -- . 583.52 Williamsburg . 518.26 Eastern York _ . 693.66 Western York . 232.09 Ladies’ Aid Society Holds Meeting The Ladies’ Aid Society of the McCormick Baptist Church met Wednesday afternoon of the past week at the home of Mrs. H. N Coleman. After the devotional, conducted by Mrs. J. S. Dukes, the business session followed. Reports from the treasurer and group leaders were given. It was decided that all the women of the church meet Thurs day to clean the church and the grounds. Each one is to bring ma terial and utensils with which to work. The plan of circulating a basket in each group was decided upon. Each member will receive the basket at sometime during the month. She is to buy whatever is in it, refill the basket, and send on to another member. During the social half-hour the hostess served maccaroons and tea. Under the rules of the Demo cratic party, each Democratic Club in the county shall meet on the Fourth Saturday in April of each election year for the purpose of re organization and the election of officers and delegates to the Coun ty Convention. The County Convention shall meet on the First Monday in May at the county seat and shall be composed of delegates elected from the clubs in the county, one dele gate for every twenty-five mem bers or a majority fraction there of, based upon the number of votes polled in the first primary of the preceding election. Every club in the county is urg ed to meet and organize on Satur day, April 28, 1934, and appoint delegates to attend the County Convention, which will be held at the county seat on May 7, 1934, at eleven o’clock a. m. J. A. TALBERT, s Chairman. J. O. PATTERSON, Secretary. Ladies’ Aid Society Of A. R. P. Church Holds Meeting The Ladies’ Aid Society of the A. R. P. Church held its monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. John Creswell on Friday afternoon. The regular journal program was car ried out, the subject being “Our Juniors.” A suggestion was made to name the local church The Pressly Me morial, in honor of the late Rev. Leon T. Pressly, the former pastor. At the conclusion of the business session, the hostess served delicious ice cream and cake. Card Of Thanks We wish to express our deep ap preciation for the many kind and thoughtful deeds tendered us dur ing our recent bereavement. The memory of these sympathetic ex pressions will always be cherished. Miss Annie Lou Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Morgan. GREENWOOD, S. C. THURS., FRL. APRIL 19. 20 KATHARINE HEPBURN JOAN BENNETT PAUL LUCAS FRANCES DEE IN “LITTLE WOMEN” SATURDAY, APRIL 21 VICTOR McLAGLEN DOROTHY DELL ALISON SKIPWORTH IN “WARF ANGEL” 10:40 SATURDAY NITE OTTO KRUGER BEN LYON IN ‘THE WOMEN IN HIS LIFE” MON., TUBS., APRIL 23, 24 RICHARD BARTHALMESS ANN DVORAK IN “MASSACRE” WEDNESDAY. APRIL. 25 WYNNE GIBSON PRESTON FOSTER - IN “SLEEPERS EAST”