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K-.' \ . •N-j-t '. ■ W' ■ . >^ r . : If You Don't Read THE CHr6nICLE Ton Don't Get The News (Jiff OlUntnn Ollirntttrb •••••••«•••••••••••• : THE CHRONICLE V w • Strives To Be n Clean News* * • • I paper. Complete, Newsy, S • and Reliably • •••••••••••••«••••••••••••••#•••<■ VOLUME XXIX CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 18,1929 NUMBER 29 %[ ^V' HOOVER TALKS TO FARM BOARD Problems Cited By Chief Execu tive. Legge At Helm. Says “We Are Going To Work Hard and Long.” Secretary Named. Washington, July 15.—The federal farm board created by congress after years of dispute assembled today and was charged by President Hoover with responsibility for a solution of Amer ica’s long standing and vexatious ag ricultural prcfblem. At the end of the first day’s con ference, begun at a meeting with Mr. Hoover in the cabinet room of the White House, the chairman of the board, Alexander H. Legge, a Chicago business man, announced that “we are going to work long and hard.” Saying there were no promises, he expressed hope that the board could organize ag riculture to permit application of its work to this year’s crops. Most of the day was occupied with routine business. Chris L. Christen-' sen, chief of the co-operative market ing division of the department of ag riculture, was selected as secretary to the board. ' The program of “long and hard” work mentioned by Leggre was initiat ed by employment of office person nel. The chairman said the board would meet tomorrow and indicated night sessions were in order. Little hope for important news announce ments was held out, however. The board members were invited to dinner tonight at the White House. In his prepared statement to the board, the president defined its fun damental purpose as “to determine the facts and to find solution to a mul titude of agricultural problems.” He cited these problems: “To more nearly adjust production to create permanent business institutions for marketing, which, o'wned and con trolled by the farmers, shall be so wisely devised and soundly founded and well managed that they by ef fecting economies and giving such sta-^ bility will grow in strength over the years to come. ' ... “Through these efforts,” Mr. Hoov er added, “we may establish to the farmer an equal opportunity in our economic system with other industry.” The president said the board mem bers represented the expressed voices of the many farmers’ organizations. He invested them “with responsibility, authority and resources such as have never before been conferred by our government in assistance to any in-' dustry.” The seven board mem^rs and Sec retary Hyde of the department of ag riculture, also a member, assembled early at the White House. An eighth man is to be selected, one to represent the vast wheat industry, but lack of unanimity among the wheat growers and other factors are delaying a se lection. Mr. Legge said no assumptions were in order as to which commodity would receive first attention of the board. Both he and Secretary Hyde expressed •optimism over the wheat market price increase today. They attributed this to the “psychological effect” of the farm board’s establishment. Mr. Leg ge added that “we have a lucky break at the start, anyway.” The chairman intimated that the representatives of several other com modities besides wheat were placing early claims for a share of the $500,- 000,000 loan fund at the board’s dis posal. Congress already has made $150,000,000 of this fund available. Mr. Legge said its disposition awaited consideration. The next few days, he declared, would be spent in organization work and in going over the volume of ma terial submitted to the board. Asked if the board had received some volun tary “cures for fhe farmer,” Mr. Leg ge replied, “Many.” “And when you run out, I have a few bales on hand,” added Secretary Hyde. The chairman hinted the board was going to have to do some studying to determine the full extent of its author ity under the act recently passed by congress giving it administrative charge of a federal marketing sys- CANADA NOT TO PROTEST RATES Secretary Stimson Denies Report Do minion Has Made Representa tions As To New Tariff. Washington, July 13.—A denial by Secretary Stimson of published re ports that Canada had protested against provisions of the house tariff bill prompted Chairman Borah, of the senate foreign'relations committee, to declare today he had “thought all along that these supposed protests from Canada originated in the United States.” The formal Stimson statement had reference to reports that Canadian Minister Massy had made oral repre sentations to the secretary regarding the proposed duties on shingles, lum ber and feeder cattle, and rumors that Great Britain had threatened to im pose a tariff on American wheat. The reports pictured the administra tion as being much concerned over the protests and threats. “I wish to deny unequivocably,” said Mr. Stimson, “that any such statement was made by the Canadian minister or any representative of the Canadian government to me or to any representative of this government. “There has been absolutely ncvsuch protest or threat or any mention of any such subject at all that I know of and I think I would know of it if it had been made. “I wish to emphasize this because the Canadian government has been most scrupulously correct and careful in respect to any comment on our tariff making. They have absolutely avoided anything in the nature of pro vocation. “The same is true of the British. I am speaking of both parties to the alleged story.” “Secretary Stimson’s statement clarifies the atmosphere,” said Sena tor Borah. “I have thought all along that these supposed protests from Canada originated in the United States. It was the old reciprocity spir it revived. “We now learn authoritatively that Canada, has made no protest and has no protest; that she in fact expects us to make our tariff according to what we deem to be our best inter ests.’.’ Further tariff activity at the cd^il- tol during the day was devoted to con tinuation of public hearings on the house bill. Four senate finance sub committees virtually completed hear ings on the free list. Only one witness from Illinois who could not come here until Monday and some independent oil producers who wish to be heard in behalf of a duty on petroleum and its by-products remain to be* heard. GOV. RICHARDS THINKS CHANGE NECESSARY IN PROHIBITION UW George W. Wickersham Writes Letter To Governor Roosevelt In Favor of Modification. Several Chief Executives Cohmient. Will Never Take Place In My State,” Says S. C. Head. Laurens Merchants Fleeced By Flasher New London, Conn., July 16.—Geo. W. Wickersham, head of President Hoover’s law enforcement commission, in a letter read today by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, at the governor’s conference here wrote that if federal and state agen cies would co-operate in prohibition enforcement the prohibition laws “might be modified so as to become reasonably enforceable.” Characterizing prohibition as “a most serious subject,” Mr. Wicker- sham’s letter said it would be one of the chief national problems to be in vestigated by his commission. He suggested a division of authori ty, the federal government to prevent importation and transportation in vio lation of interstate commerce regula tions, and the states to handle their own internal ehforcement. New London, Conn., July 16.—Com- -ments by governors on the letter by George W. Wickersham, head of Pres ident Hoover’s law enforcement com mission, which was read to the con ference of governors today by Gover nor Roosevelt of New York, follow: Governor Gardner, North Carolina: “I think the letter expresses the law enforcement situation clearly, in re gard to mo>dification. My opinion is that the lakt election expressed the sentiment of the country.” Governor Case, Rhode Island: “The subject is one of which 1 have np opin-' cerned we don’t need modification of say anything.” Goveroor Hammill, Iowa: “The sug gestion of division of authority is a forward stepping move. The mention of modification denotes weakness. We should educate and build sentiment among our citizens so that all will co-operate in the enforcement of all our laws. Modification then would not me necessary.” Governor Richards, South Carolina: “In my opinion modification is neces sary,' but it will never take place in my state.” Governor George Dern, Utah: “The suggestion of division of authority sounds logical. It will be of great aid in doing away with the passing of the law enforcement buck. In my opinion there never will be modification in Utah. If so-called public spirited citi zens obey the law, there can be no difficulty in enforcing it.” Former Governor Ralph 0. Brew ster, Maine: “It is an admirable sug gestion. I proposed such a divisioh two years ago. If the states don’t act, the national government will, and there will be an invasion of state’s rights.” (jk)vemor Byrd, Virginia: “The pro posal is interesting.' I want to study more of it before I comment on it;” Governor Caulfield, Missouri: “In teresting, constructive.” Governor Conley, West Virginia: “We enforce all the laws in West Vir ginia, and so as fax' as we are con- OCEAN FLIGHTS END IN FAILURE ion to offer.” Governor Roosevelt, New York: “The proposal and the discussion of it by Mr. Wickersham are purely specu lative. Beyond that I don’t want to the prohibition law in our state.” Governor Trumbull, Connecticut: “We are intent on enforcing our own laws in our own way in our own state.” GOVERNOR WILL ^ PROTECT NEGROES Laurens, July 15. — At least two Laurens merchants were duped Satur day by a check flasher, who used the old scheme of trading out part of the amount. The checks were identically alike and were given on the Merchants and Farmers company of Charlotte, N. C. They purported to have been given by P. H. Stewart to E. C. Wy lie, and each carried the indorsement on the back of the latter name. The amount of each was $17.60 and ^he person who tendered them offered in explanation of his possession of them a written statement that they had been paid for house rent by a party in Charlotte. In each transaction the stranger purchased three sacks of chicken feed and instructed the dealers to send the feed to a certain house number on a named street in one of the textile vil lages. The merchants were familiar with the street name but when the de livery of the goods was undertaken it was found that no such house number j city.” existed, hence the feed stuff was brought back and the merchants then realized that they had been fleeced out of $4.75 each. Nebraska Chief Executive Demands Safe Return of All Who Fled From North Platte Saturday. North Platte,,Neb., July 15.-rWith Governor Arthur Weaver demanding the safe return to the city of Negroes driven out by a mob late Saturday and Attorney General C. A. Sorensen starting an investigation into the ra cial disturbances, authorities here to night expected no further trouble as the refugees returned to the city. The entire city’s Negro population of 200 was driven out of town by an infuriated mob after one of their num ber had shot and killed Edward Greeh, a policeman. The killer, Louis See- man, surrounded by the mob in his home committed suicide. Several Negproes returned late yes terday and more were coming into thfe city tonight. Gk)vernor Weaver order ed state Sheriff N. C. Condit to take charge of t^e situation and Sorensen has sent Lloyd Dort, assistant attor ney general to conduct an investiga tion. The attorney general informed lo cal authorities he would “prosecute the case to the limit.” He indicated some arrests might be made immedi ately. In issuing his order to North Platte officials, Governor Weaver said: “All Negro residents of North Platte must be permitted to return and must be assured of immunity from any recur rence of the Saturday outbreak.” Sheriff A. J. Salisbury and Chief of Police James Dorram declared every effort was being made to prevent any violence. “It is our duty to protect all citi- the sheriff said, “and we will MONARCH STANDS OPERATION WELL zens. protect all Negroes who return to the MeSween To Preach Sunday Morning Dr. Fulton Now On Furlough tern. In the absence of the pastor, Dr. D. J. Woods, who will begin a series of meetings at Dominick church, the pul pit of the First Presbyterian church on next Sunday morning will be occu- i Dr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Fulton of Kobe, Japan, are now on a furlough to America and at present are spend ing several days in Montreat. Both have numerous friends in this city who will learn with interest that they are back home after an absence of several days and will soon ■visit in Clinton. Dr. Fulton is dean of the fac Before an organization is set up, advisory councils are to be chosen for each commodity. These councils will preside over stabilization corporations, which are to be formed by the pro ducers through their co-operative marketing organizations. Other members of the board are: James C. Stone, Lexington, Va., vice chairman, representing tobacco; Carl Williams, Oklahoma City, Okla., cot ton; C. B. Denman, Farmington, Mo., live stock; Charles C. Teague, Los Angeles, fruit iarming; William F. Schilling, Northfield, Minft, dairying; Charles S. Wilson, Hall, N. Y., mis cellaneous Northeastern agriculture. Ull llgTAt OUllUAJ XllUlilllllC Wlii uc ^ ^ • mi. 1 piad to *«,John Meswaen, presi- dent of Presbyterian college. The ser vice will begin at 11:15 o’clock. Don’t Fail To Read Gee McGee “Nobody’s Business” by This Famous Humorist and Paragrapher, is the Latest Feature Added by THE CHRONICLE. It Now Appears Regularly. Don’t Miss This Column. seminary at Kobe and has been labor ing in Japan for the past thirty-five years as a beloved missionary. King George Has Surgeons Open Chest So Abscess Can Drain. Condition Satisfactory. London, July 15.—King George to day successfully came through an op eration, which was of a more serious nature than the public had been led to expect, and tonight was officially stat ed to' have made “entirely satisfactory progress.” The members of the royal family were delighted to learn his majesty’s condition was so satisfac tory. The Prince of Wales, the Duke of York and the Duke of Connaught, all visited Buckingham palace to in quire for the king. The public was pleased that the Frenchmen Turn Back. Polish Fliers Meet With Accident; One Killed When Landing In Azores. Villacoublay, France, July 14.—De jected but undaunted, Capt. Dieudonne Coste, France’s premier airman, re turned to his homeland today, Innding here at 9:27 a. m. (3:27 a. m., E. S. T.) after a brave but futile attempt to span the Atlantic to New York. Although the morale of the conquer or of the south Atlantic visibly was shaken, he showed not the slightest trace of physical fatigue from hit nearly 28-hour battle with the ele ments aloft, during which time he was not able to take his hands from his plane’s controls for a single second. A stonewall westerly wind, which he met just west of the Azores, caus ing an excessive consumption of gaso line and slow progress, was the deter mining factor in his decision to turn back, when it was almost as near to the American Atlantic seaboard as to France. “We will try again,” Captain Coste said as he started from his plane, “but we will pick our own time; we must have a maximum of chances in our favor on this side. “It is a colossal bone to chew I” He turned to the small group, which, warned by radio experts he would land at Villacoublay, had gathered. “Don’t cheer, bo3r8!” “There is nothing to cheer about. We just missed out, that’s all.” His remonstrances did not deter the handful of newspapermen, mechanics and spectators at the airheld, which is four roilefl south of Versailles, from their applause, however. “Where are the Poles,” he asked then. He was given information reaching here in the shape of rumors, later to be negatived by other reports of dis aster that they had been forced to land in the Azores but had done so safely. His face brightened, and he remark ed : “They met the same stone wall we did.” GOVERNMENTS FILE PROTESTS He remarked a second time, “Cest un rude os avaler”—“It is a tough bone to chew.” Horta, Azores, July 14.—The at tempted transatlantic flight of the Polish airplane, Marshall Pilsudski, ended abruptly in a crash on the Is land of Graciosa. Major Ludwik Idzi- kowski, who had spent two years in preparation for the flight, was-killed. Major Caramir Kubula, his compan ion, e.scaped death by falling or jump*- ing from the plane, but was seriously injured. An eyewitness to the tragic ending of the flight said that the airplane suddenly rolled as the pilot attempted Spain Italy, Sweden and Philip pines Add To Complaints On Tariff. Would Cause Drop In Buying American Goods. king wa, in such good gonerai heaith /“V’t '“Tf nlictioo, «... >■« '■“ped to find a haven after a long struggle with adverse winds under the handicap of a faulty motor. that no complications were feared^ from the operation and, although nat urally anxious, displayed none of the great solicitude that characterized his majesty’s serious illness last winter. This attitude of confidence was largely brought about by the complete frankness of the surgeons in explain ing the nature of the operation. Seven doctors came to the palace for the operation, which was actually performed by Sir Hugh Rigby and Professor Trotter ih the king’s bed room. They issued a bulletin after the op eration, reading as follows This observer saw Major Kubala hurtle from the plane as it neared the ground. The plane crashed, and almost instantly there was a strong explos ion in which Major Idzikowski met his death .The major was buried this eve ning on the island that marked the end of his hopes and plans. Taking off from Le Bourget air port, near Paris, at daybreak Satur day, the Polish plane had begun what appeared as a race with friendly French rivals. Both expeditions en- Washington, July 16.—Three more communications front foreign govern ments and commercial interests ex pressing fear of enactment of various increased duties provided in the house tariff bill were received from the state department today by the senate fi nance committee. The committee placed them in the record and proceeded with hearings on the adminisrattive provisions of the measure, listening to further argu ments .against the levying of tariffs or restrictions on Philippine imports into the United States, now duty free. Coming from Spain, Italy and Swe den the foreign messages received to day supplemented complaints and comments from these countries and 21 other nations and their colonial pos sessions which were made public by the committee last week. General imports from Italy, iron and steel shipments from Sweden and cork from Spain were taken up in the new memoranda. The Italian ambassador, in a supple mental note, declared if the duties proposed by the house on Italian goods became law, the direct result would be a falling off of Italian pur chases of agricultural products and other raw materials in America and an impairment of Italy’s international economic position. Their final adoption would mean, he said, “a probable reduction in the standard of living of Italy, to some extent, and eventually a weakening of the economic relations between the two countries. The ambassador contended Italian goods constituted less than 2 per cent of the aggregate American imports and that such a small percentage would “hardly justify any claim of un-, hearable competition.” Italian goods concerned, he added, offered “no real competition” in the United States because prices for them were higher than those for corre sponding domestic articles. The Spanish ambassador, whose government, in a previous note threat ened a breaking off of the modu.s vi- vendi commercial relations with the .United States in the event certain house rates were adopted, saw in the proposed increased cork duty a mark ed injury to the Spanish exporting business and a reduction in the con sumption of this article. The Swedish Ironmasters' associa tion, in a memorandum transmitted through the Swedish minister, took exception to the proposed rates on hollow drill steel, alloy tteels and wire rodi» A^gring they would “undoubt edly considerable disturbance in the recijii^al flow of commodities” between Sweden and the United States. “An operation has been performed i ^o'^^^red adverse winds that ap- on his majesty, the king. Portions of two ribs were removed in order that the circumscribed abscess, one and a half inches across, may be more quickly drained and treated. The con dition of his majesty is satisfactory.” The abscess was a consequence of the king’s serious illness last winter and was in the right side of his chest. preached hurricane force, and the French commander, Capt. Dieudonne Co«te, although the Azores lay much nearer him, turned back to France. Contract To Be Let For Kinards Road i According - to announcement made Mr and Mr<S SSmlth | during the past week by the State iTii* aliu ivxis* Olllltli I Highway commission, the contract for Lose Little Son hard-surfacing the Clinton-Kinards , jlink of highway number 2, will be let Camilo Osias, Philippine resident commissioner to Washington; Sergpo Osmena, Philippine senator; Rafael R. Alunan, secretary of agricultural and natural resources of the islands, and Pedro Guevara, the either island resi dent commissioner here, strenuously opposed before the committee today any interruption of the existing free- trade relations btweeen the United States and the Philippines. Osias contended the free trade prin ciple had been more to the advantage of America and any duty or limitation on island imports into this country would be “iniquitous and unfair” un less they were accompanied by legis lation granting independence. American capital invested in the is lands, he asserted, constituted the greatest deterrent to Philippine free dom. Marion tee, 13-months-old son of, July 30. This is the only piece of con- Mr. and Mrs. Clyde F. Smith, died last | struction work for which bids are to Thursday at their home on West Pitts, be received at the July meeting, ac- street after an illness of only four!cording to the announcement, due to days. The funeral was held Friday af•. the pending litigation on the $65,000,- ternoon, conducted by Rev. 0. M. Ab-'OOO highway act holding up progress ney, pastor of North Broad Street i of other projects over the state. Methodist church. Interment was at The section for which hard-surfac- Declaring the islands were the best market for American cotton, meat and dairy products, the commissioner said it would “seem clearly shortsighted economically to advocate proposals which would cripple one of your best customers.” The other three Filipinos expressed their opposition to a change in the free trade principle in briefs filed with the committee. New Shoe Shop Opens For Business the cemetery of Mountville Presby-1 in? bids are to be received is 7.9 miles terian church. i length, being entirely in Laurens Mr. and Mrs. Smith have numerous | county, and will complete the link friends who deeply sympathize with needed to give a continuous stretch them in their loss. I all-weather road all the way across - Ithe county from the Greenville coun ity line to the Newberry line at Ki- : nards. Fowler Gault Back On Gang After Illness I The New Shoe Hospital is the name I of a concern that opened for business jon last Monday morning in the build ing to the rear of Sumerel's Dept, i Store, on Pitts street. The shop is ; headed by S. D, Dawkins, formerly of ! Laurens. He has installed a line of modem machinery and invites the business of the general public. Series Of Meetings At Dominick Church; Beginning next Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, there will be a series of evangelistic services at Dominick Presbyterian church, to continue Union Service At First Presbyterian The usual Sunday evening union through Wednesday night, with two • service of the local churches will be Fowler Gault, 30-year-oId local tex tile worker, who is serving a 15-year sentence for the killing of Sam Ginn at the Clinton mill two years ago, has been dismissed from the I^aurens hos pital, after recovering from an oper ation for appendicitis. He is serving his sentence with the county chain- gang, and is said to be making a good prisoner. services daily. The meetings will be j held next Sunday at the First Pres- j in charge of Dr. D. J. Woods, pastor j by terian church, at 8 o’clock. Rev. 0.1 of the First Presbyterian church of i M. Apney, pastor of Broad Street ^ this city. i Metho^st church, will be the speaker. Mr, and Mrs. H. D. Henry will spend today with their daughter, Mrs. Rut ledge Adair, in Columbia. I .-1 Is.. J