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The Index-Journal from Greenwood, South Carolina • Page 8

The Index-Journal from Greenwood, South Carolina • Page 8

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The Index-Journali
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Spend your money In Greenwood The Trading THE INDEX-JOURNAL Greenwood Merchants Offer Thrifty Ehoppen Many Unusual Values in Quality Merchandlic. Center Western South Carolina. AUOU8T M. 1931. 1 1 I.

11 1 (rilling was done sanf to secure 1 1 Farmers Of County Called To Meet MAKE SURVEY 0 PULPIT DECLARED Eunlo principal: Mrs. C. Oambrctt. Misses. Annie.

Hill. Drborah Owen and Louise Wright. Main Street School Miss Mar- Ian Mabry. principal; Mlaees Mil dred Hope, Ebsabeth Thomson, Mar Saturday Morning At 11 O'clock mm vote Will Gather at Court Houm BUckwfod'a Proposal to Call Special 3Mion of Legislature) to, Past No-Cotton Law guerite Erwtn. fourth Orade; Muses Cella Chalmers and Naa Lipscomb, Third Orade; Miss Ethel Adams, Second Orade; Miss Mary Reed Moore, Pint' Orade.

MU1 School-Mrs. J. D. Wilson. Abbeville Will Open Sept 3 ABBEVILLE.

Aug 34. The Ab-bevUl City Schools win open on Thursday, September 3rd, for tu fall session. On Monday, August Slat and Tuesday, September 1st. all pupils win be claaalfled and enrolled. When they enroll they will be asaigned to classes and given a list of books.

On Thursday morning they will be expected to report at school with their books and be ready for wcrt. Pupils entering the school for the first Urn must k44Nactinated. for small pox before tliey can" be enrolled. BupL C. H.

Tlnsley calls the attention of parents to this rule and reqwsU that children be vaccinated a once. Members ef raesdiy A. B-'Oodfrcy, principal; W. Weldont coach; P. E.

Harnaon. Prench; Miaa Pearl Wardlaw, Math ematics; MlM Halite Buchanan, Home Economics; Miss Lucie D. Wlngard, Englsh; Miss Ethel Tid- II, History; Miss Sarah Brown, Latin; Miss Margaret Preeman, Home Economics. Oreenvtlle Street School Miss CMC. TOIIHEL Would Connect This Line With C.

C. At Spartanburg The first preliminary atep toward the construe linn of the long enunht tunnel linking the CharlneVao Weatern Carolina and Ue Carolina Chnthneld and Ohio railroads at fit.artar butg waa taken Moor1 ay and Tuesday wlien local contractor. under the supervision of a nrtiroart tnglnrtr, drUd-jfhe fleet holes In a survey Intended to show what obstructions the railroad may meet In iligalng the tunnel, says the fcpar-tanburg Herald Those In charge of the work lo re My were urabie to aay what may bj expected to follow the survey, It waa not known whether the rail-read Intended pushing the work further Immediately, or whether th information which may be wanted at a later date. The oonauuctioo of a tunnel from rear the union depot to the edge ol Wofford campus has bee fied for ytara, however, as ait ana of linking the two railroad in a second north and south tine PHraing through the city. It la understood that the con struction of sucM a tunnel waa rlipulated In the lease by which the LouUvUle and.

Nashville and the Seaboard Air line, parent ctmpany of the Charleston and Weatern Carolina, acquired tlie Una cf the Carolina, CllnchAeld and (lilo property aome yeara ago. Juet before the time limit or the commencement of thla conatruc- in expired the Interstate Cum mene Crmmlxaion grsutcd an ex- Mulon. and in tlie meanwhile tlie railroads have negotiated actively among tlwrnsclves and with the piedmont and Northern In regard to the project. There arc no actual laws on the Cloven nt broke barring lm- motel and mxIUIgus literature but this clui ol literature la barred un-cer Postoffioe and Tariff regitla-t'ens. open All I-EV Greenwood's Leading i Department Store LEADS WITH BETTER VALUES Dr.

Douglas Johnson Ousted As Pas- tor" Of Morris The pitlplt of Morris Chapel llap-tlt church (colored) wa declared vacant by rote of 15 to at a cairn ronferenne Ut Mast and relations wers thereby severed between the congregation and Ha pee-lor. I ha llv. r. Douglas Johnson. The conference was called oral daye ago and ueoa apodal In-.

vltatlou, lha IU. W. H. Heler. pastor of WcuLtfll "splist church.

presided a moderator, anil Marvin I'arkmaa, B. Walktna and T. Shaw, members of hU Church, aer- yed aa a tabulating committee. The motion on which lha con gregation voted waa simply wbeth or not the pulpit should ba declared vacant and, after discussion la which numerous members and tba paator, took part, all In Rood It waa taken wltk tha above result. Johnson bad stated that ha would kind If abide a maturity vota of ttjq oajrregaiton that bla rnnnpttlon with the tliurrh end- edluuisnlHtely tidtn announcement UAht tot.

A belaty-e of $09 61 till dua tba pmtinr referred, Id the deacons and InieUoe of tha church for pay JjmntrT.y 1 1 Johnson baa beea paator of afrrln rtapxl for thraa yeara f.nd thwv hjfftitha and It Isepftfted tliuiitliere haa bea trW friction In the yctsrtsi fori, culminating In a fight In lha church, two yeara a no when tha paator waa aitsrked with a knife by Charlla JDvens, ona of tha li-sdere of lha Thla case want to Court and waa finally settled npon payment of :00 by Rvana, who In tha mean time withdraw aa a member. Since than It la aald lha feeling Against tha paator baa baan a mouldering and It flared up attain recently with tha raault that the Church conference waa railed. Tha oa (mat Ion which haa no en- With BAL4-Y KII.DKHS Added AUVKNTUKKS IN Ar KICA No. 8 Cartoon Haunted HoiiMe ONLY i It rmtt, A maaa mUti of tha farmara Oraenwood county will be held at lha court hnuaa Saturday morning 11 o'clock for tha purpoaa of tak liif rflnltf 5 artlon on 'Oovarnor Hlackwooda propoaal to can a tkal araalon of tha Leclalatura to pai a WiHton taw for 1933. County Airt C.

Turnw, aald thla morning that Senator 8 C. Hodgaa would praaida arid thai tha nwrtlnr will bo devoted a Urals to thla ona aubjoct' Similar meetings will be heM In evnry county aeat of I he eUt In campllanoa with a proclamaUmi W-aued laal night by Ooverno fbra C. Blackwood reading aa followa: the over-production of cotton has brought tha aouthern rclton farmer to ttta brink of fi nancial ruin, and It la brinx pre- drted by expert that cotloti will Ml, fw from four and one-half fits cnta par pound leaa thai, one half tha coat of production and 'Whereas. It la tha eamnat rirt-iir o( the govenor of South Carolina and cthera In auUiorily to ali-t the farmer by any prurtltuhla nu-ana within their power; and Wherea, thera la no deeire on ilia5 part of thoaa bi suthorlt to fores the farmer to retrain froaV lan ting cotton during the year lb33, but merely a purpoaa to make rlfecUve by legislation Iw x-preaaed wlehof of tba farmer of tip atat! Leghitalora Invited "New, therefore, I. I- C.

Plack? wood, governor of South Carolina, do hereby raU uon all the farmers of South Carolina to awmble at their respective courthouaea on next Saturday, the 39th of August. 1C31, st 11 o'clock for the purpoc rf expressing their opinion with reference to the proposal to forbid lha planting of cotton during th year 1933. and to ndvlae the of the general assembly ui to their wttthc. I further call upon all count 1 lejWaUve delegations to alt tlieae mevUngs and requeat ttu. the date senator or aome member of the eo'inty legtalatlva delegation Near 200 Rebels In Fortress In Havana Aug.

M-MV-Csbana fortress, crowded with some 300 captured rebels, received today 14 members of a filibustering expedl-Uon that lost to federal troops In the battle of Others. Col. Uoo Balm, tha leader, snd the Insurgents laid down their arms vejterda in Orients province. Julio Oaunaurd, publisher of the anti government weekly magsiiine Arlka to, snd Carlos Hevla, son of Col Aurello Hevla, one of six naUonallst leaders, were included With many of the leaders of the movement In prison snd the. re malnder In hiding, there haa been no resumption of open warfare by the insurgents.

Tha government, confident that the spirit of the revolt has been broken, nevertheless Is not relaxing Orient province atUt was under a state of slegs due to the reportnd tollmen! bf 340, haa shown a mark ed cleavage, both aldea inking very active atanda, thnae defending the pastor being iiiHt as staunch in hie support a those who Innleted on bis removal. 1 Dr. Johneon la a native of Cuba, but was1 reared In Texas, and has served In various paetoratea throughout tha Hoiith. He came to Greenwood from Abbeville. As you know all merchandise in our line is cheaper now than any time in the past 20 years.

Now if you want your dollar to do double duty buy from Callant-Belk where you get the same merchandise for less money or more merchandise for the sarrfe principal. Second Orade; Miss Wil li) McLane, Pint Orade; Mrs. kos Morse, Third Orade. Polo has exited th tlie eort for a long time. Abbeville 1.

OPERA HOUSE 'Today and Tharsday Buth Cbattertoa In "Tha Magnificent Lie" la she a CtlSATT. Ka lakea. love meant for another because she want It with alt ber woman-aoul. She atakes a lie against happlneaa does that make her unworthy of loveT Can you blame her? Added COMEDY. SHOWS and 1:00 PAY 503 Each 15c Each 19 Yard Hats O'COCK To $1.95 GALLAHT SILKS REDUCED) From $2.90 t0 fi39 Yard If you want most for your money you know you can buy it for less at this store.

Richmond Arnold Goes To Citadel; Other Winners In This Section The scholarship committee of the State Board of Education yesterday announced winner of acbotarshlpa In stale Institutions for the srMton. flkiintond Arnold. Jr, son rf Mr. and Kithmond Arnold, la waidcd the Citadel scholarship. Other winners are: Wlnthrop Oraca Prultt and Manila Reese, Abbeville; Carrie M.

Mayson. Edge-fetid; Jessie Bonner Lipscomb, Mar-)orlc Putnam and Prancea Bradford, Oreenwood; Clara Lea McCorab, McCormlck. Clrmson J. Burton, Jr, Abbeville; B. H.

Nick lc and C. Elevens, the latter state st large. Ortenwcod; W. L. Brttt, L.

W. Bren-nan, J. W. Talbert and T. B.

Tal-bert, Uic latter three sUte at large renewals, McCormlck. Citadel Jamea Oueat, Abbe- VI 1. 1 Ambrose Lv Huxluena. Laurens. In explaining the appolntmenU, the jholnrship committee issued the following atatement: "The function of the aoholarshlp committee representing the state board of edu cation la to canvass the report on the rtbttive scholastic atandlng de trr mined by the recent competitive examine tlria and aubmitted try the four state colleges and the findings eubmitted by the tax canimlaslon.

Tor an applicant to be awarded a acnoiarsnip ne must oe aeeroea eligible by the tax commission while at the same time he must have a relative high standing In the exami natlona to determine his com para tlve scholarship. The state, board does not in any way exercise Its se lective Judgment; on the contrary It banes its award erJely upon the combined findings of the college and the state Ux commission." In submitting the report of the state tax commission on the Inves tigations, Prank C. Robinson, com mlraloncr, wrote to the governor In part aa follows: "We have found that thla duty entailed an Immense amount of work aa well as a tremendous responsibility. Ths financial state ments given with the applications have been, to a very large extent. Incomplete, we have employed a force of 33 field agenU frr the pur pose of verifying these statements and securing additional information.

The result waa that we found num erous Instances of Incomplete and erroneous statements. "In the consideration of these applications the commuwlcfl has given careful personal attention to each one. We have known neither friend nor foe and have applied the same standard to all. There were eases In which the commission waa In doubt because of uncertain data and the doubt was resolved In. favor of the state.

The understanding bring that If the parties woud fur nuJi additional data their status might be changed. The commis sion Is willing to hear an eases where the application has been dis approved and the parties desire such hearing." Man. wa going to sing the Downey musical mssterplece, "Wabaih Moon." at 8:15. In order to see him befors the program, Morton sllpr Into the eoatrol room and wen Sara's atndlo by the way of a stairway. Sam, yon know, lis it from Indiana, and be was going to sing Wabaah Moon particularly for bla hienda la the Hooaler state Morton (left) Is pictured as he tells Sam how got bis insplrattoa tor the eoag.

AwAHDSAR INSGHOLARSHIPS MADE Leads With Lower Prices On Wanted Merchandise. GALLANT-BELK CO. Sells Same Goods for Less Money or More Coods for Same to Tak Action On Governor ptealrle at these Governor Blackworid In his ad dtesa SAvrted tha rotlnn belt uf tlie oi.th la economically hn'In4 in ten balance. Ita aald the plan to ptnhlblt growing In 1933 wat agreed upon "almost unanlmoiwly" at the Nrw Orleana eiuifrnme called by f-nvemor Huay Long, of Louisiana "If the other states beside South C'amlin are equally eonOrned as Is our atata," ha continued, "then ArkanuM, Oklahoma, Loulalana and Texaa and maybe Georgia attd North Carolina are ready to start with South Carolina, If ehe etionac, lit an taroent effort ta curtail cot- Ion 1933. frf blank a raalbte "We find now wa can paas a lav prohibiting planting of cotton in I9J3" He said first be wanted to detrr- 'ix three tilings befors calling an i xlra i ewilon "The arntlihent of our people;" views of mem- fceit rf the leglalaturo before It la ciivei ed; and determnlnatlon of Tixar, and ottur atatea on the fliente.

Lear's Kill Before anmbee, HA TON mrfi Aug. Ilotse1 Tomtnlrf conferred today on a draft of (Uovemor llufritymrs "no cotton" bin which wrml prohibit a 193J cotton crop ien-. ally of (Ina or Imurlwitiment. Asking, ljuli kfHt Irani adoption of Iba measure. Governor Long told tha House, and Henale In Joint session laat btsbt, that the bill was offered aa the aole salvation of the nailon cotton Industry.

Governor Urns expressed tho opinion the south would accept bla plan put forth In the recent New Orleana cotton conference In spit of doubt expressed by Governor tinea S. Sterling aa to the large cotton growing state of Telling tha lektelators that the situation exlmifr In oaae of tha south acting together, or' goU down with the ship," Governor Lung said he waa glad for Uullana "to lead the way but If the other stairs opposing It rut their throats," ha said, "wa cut ours too." aiukhh i) i Ki COLl'MUIA. 8. C. Aug.

3 dm ree of Judge 8. W. G. Hhlpp waa affirmed and the raae of 8 H. Young against the I'eopJea Uank et al was remanded to the Florence Circuit Court to enforce an accounting by the liquidating agent In an opinion handed down by the 8Ut Supreme Court today.

The case, an outgrowth of the liquidation or the Peoples flank, a Tlmmonsvllle Institution, hinged on the work of It. U. Cannon as liquidating axent. In the equatorial regions you can get a sunstroke from 18 aeconds' exposure You csn also get one under canvas or below an Iron roof. The laat Is a slower process but ev- Jery bit as unpleasant.

concentration of relxfls. In Havana all waa quiet with the exception of uporadlc bombing believed to be di rected, principally sgainst American cent rn a last resort on the part of InsurgenU to oust President Math ado by American Intervention tin dcr the Piatt amendment. I TSUAIXT when Morton Downey, star of tha Camel i Quarter Hour, (nlahea bla program In tha Columbia studios, broadcast six nights a week, at 7:45 o'clock eastern daylight saving time, he strolls ont through the reception room, 1 collecting tele-trams, telephone calls and tneaaages that bar accumulated during the thow and grsetlng hla friends who a-ow around him. The other sight, though, be teard that Sin tin' Sam, the Barbaaol to DELK CO. Kitch Kan 95c 50? SAVE DY SPENDING YOUR MONEY WITH GALLANT-BELK CO.

80x106 Scalloped Bed Spreads, Thursday after 1 o'clock Covered Combi nettes Each End Table 79C Thursday after 1 o'clock Covered Clothes Basket Feather Pillow Thursday after 1 o'clock 4 String Corn Broom Thursday after 1 o'clock No. 12 Thnreday after o'clock' ladies, Misses and Children's Bain. vftkies wp to $2.95, Thursday toW. Eaaji fter 1 o'clock i-- JF Children's and Mrsses' WashDreaae'silea lo 14, ThursdaA 4 2f6 afteiooni 3 Oil beautifuljiatterns: Thursday after 1 o'clock Sam "Mike" lladies Gowns Ladies Rayon flloomcrs Ladies Cotton Slips Ladies Brassieres, Each Ladies Summer THURSDAY AFTER 1 Formerly Priced Up for- Each 25 Thursday Afternoon SPECIAL Men's New Triple Stitched Gallant-Delk Co. Was The First Store In Greenwood to Sell HON SPOT HOSE For Only SiiVrP'lr OOFIH 6 UNION SUITS Men's Good Quality UNION SUITS 39c Quality Thursday Afternoon Only 25cEch OVERALLS' 69c quality for only 40c WONDERFUL VALUES IN MEN'S SHIRTS Men's Broadcloth Collar "Attached SHIRTS Thursday after COC 1 O'clock Men's Broadcloth Collar Attached SHIRTS $1.95 value.

$1.25 Thursday We Have Just Received A Solid Car Of GALVANIZED ROOFING Cover your out houses now before winter rains begin. 3V 5V and Corrugated Heavy Galvanized (MRELL HARDWARE CO. Main" Street Maxwell Ave. CO. MLLMJSELK Sells Everything For Less- 4.

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