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A L If Yon Don’t Rea4 THE CHRONICLE You Don’t Get The News mt Olltntmt fflijnmtrle ••••••••••••»• : THE CHRONICLK • V • StrlTes To Be a Clean News- • t paper, Complete, Newsy, % : and Reliable Z VOLUME XXIX CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1929 CARL WILLIAMS TALKS COTTON Oklahoma Farm Board Member Outlines Cooperative Market ing Scheme Before Senate Committee. Washington, Sept. 30. — Plans for another gigantic cooperative market ing corporation, this one to dispose of cotton, were presented to the senate agriculture committee today by Carl Williams of Oklahoma, who repre sents cotton on the Federal .Farm board. Such corporations have been advo cated for other principal commodities by board members who preceded Wil liams during the examination of their qualifications to hold office, illustrat ing the board’s intention of develop ing and expanding the cooperative marketing movement. The Oklahoman testified that when the cotton cooperatives have banded together so that 50 per cent of the crop is marketed through a national sales agency “a very decided pro gress” will have been made toward stabilizing cotton growing. He said that withip five years he expected 25 per cent of the crop would be market ed cooperatively. Williams told the committee of pro gress made by the American Coopera tive Cotton Growers exchange toward becoming a sales agency as he advo cated. He said only ten per cent of the cotton grown now was marketed cooperatively but he expected the as sociation, through organization and fi nancial assistance to be rendered by the board, to ^develop into" a national sales corporafion necessary to bring about higher and more s.able prices. If cotton growers succeed in organ izing to handle a substantial portion of the crop, Williams said, it can regu late the flow, put it where it is need ed, when it is needed, and in the qual ity desired and consequently command a profitable price for it. In response to questions by Chair man McNary of the committee, Wil liams testified that he was without “actual” experience as a producer in farming or marketing cotton. He said he had devoted years of effort to building up cooperatives as editor of the Oklahoma Faxmiers’ Stockman and xv^s intimately in touch with the prob lems of cotton growers wherever the' crop is grown. NUMBER 40 STATE FACES SEVERE FLOOD Fringe of Florida Storm Sweeps Over Piedmont Section. Roads and Crops Badly Damaged. Big Streams To Reach Flood Stage Soon. The Presbyterian college varsity plays Mercer here Friday afternoon. The above young men compose Walter Johnson’s varsity squad and they are getting ready for the invasion by the Georgia Baptists. Standing, (left to right): Caskey, Lynn, Carrothers, Walker, Ritchie, 0. Dunlap, Daugherty, Senter, Bennett. Second row: B. Dunlap, Clinton, J. Green, Ferrene, Means, H. P. Jones, Gillespie, Blakely, McQueen, J. Martin. Bottom row: G. K. Smith, Young, Wood, Cheatham, McDonald, Templeton, Hamil ton, McNaull, Beckman (captain). HOSE READY FOR MERCER BAPTIST GROUP IN ANNUAL MEET DEATH CLAIMS MRS. C. D. NANCE FLANS COMPLETED FOR P. C. RALLY Sea.son’s Opening Home (iame To Be Played Here Tomorrow. Big Crowd Expected, Presbyterian college will play its first varsity home game on Friday af ternoon at 3 o’clock on Johnson field with indications pointing, the weather permitting, to an unusually large crowd being in the city for the battle Smith To Quiz Williams W’ashington, Sept. 30.—It was learn ed here today that Senator E. D. Smith had prepared a list of 20 or more formal questions to propound to Carl Williams, farm board member, before the senate agricultural com mittee, when the grill begins tomor row* to determine the qualifications of W’illiams for confirmation as a mem ber of the board. While Senator Smith did not wish to make these questions public in ad vance of tomorrow’s hearing, it was understood that they‘went to the bot tom of W’illiams’ knowledge of cotton raising, handling and selling. Those who have seen these questions said if Williams could answer them satisfac torily, there should be no further question as to his right to be confirm ed without further delay. When asked about the matter, Sen ator Smith said he had prepared such a list and said, “I have planned these questions in such a way as would thoroughly test Mr. Williams’ infor mation as a cotton man. If he can an swer them, then I will probably have no more to say as to his qualifications. If he cannot, then there may be an other story to tell. NEW SERIES TO OPEN SOON Citizens Building and Loan Associ ation Announces Anniversary Series Beginning Oct. 15th. The 20th anniversary series of the Clinton Building and Loan association of this city, will begin on October 15th, according to an attractive announce ment in today’s paper. 'The Citizens is the oldest building and loan association in the city, hav ing been organized in 1909. During its twenty years of service to the com munity, it has matured fourteen se ries with nine series still in force, and during this period has _ paid to ils stockholders, $626,600.00. It now of fers three types of stock on the monthly payment basis, offers paid in advance stock and an insurance fea ture, making an unusually strong ap-1 peal to prospective home-owners and i shareholders. The association holds | the unique position of never having lost a dollar of ‘its stockholders’ in vestments since its organization. and the special home-coming day pro gram arranged at the college. After trying out their strength against a fast and hard-fighting ag gregation from Lenoir-Rhyne Satur day, the varsity team will be in good shape to meet the men from Mercer. Plays will have rounded into working shape, players will have gained con fidence and experience, and Coach Johnson will have satisfied himself as to the best men and the tactics adap ted to his 1929 squad of grid warriors. The Calvinists will enter the game tomorrow with a great deal on their minds. Not in so short a time is it to week. NoNt in so short a time is it to be forgotten that the Bears have twice defeated the Hose in the past two years—once by a decisive score, and once by the margin of one point after a heart-breaking last-second ral ly. This year the Clinton team will face their visitors with a group as strong as that which lost to “Phoney” Smith in 1927—and this time there will be no flying “Phoney” to do as he pleases. It is expected that the following team will can*y the burden of home coming day honors: Ends, Lynn and Ferrene; tackles, Cheatham and Blake ly; guards, Martin and McQueen; cen ter, McNaull; quarterback, Young; halfbacks, Galloway and Green; full back, O. Dunlap. In addition, there is a man to substitute for each position, a man' who is able to give a good ac count of himself. It is safe to predict that Presbyte rian will not go scoreless. The tricky plays Coach Johnson has introduced this year are designed to get men loose—and the backfield is designed to take every advantage of each of those loose spells. Galloway, Green, Young, and Dunlap are all speedy men who know how to handle themselves in a broken field. Green has already displayed his wares on more than one occasion to the delight of all South Carolina fans. Galloway, although new to varsity ball, has done so well in prep and high school games as to have a well-established reputation. Young is remembered for his excel lent generalship and stellar playing on the 1927 freshman squad Orell Dunlap is a plowing, plunging back who laps up every chance at an off-tackle play and backs up the line in great style. The line is aggressive and unusually speedy. Lynn, back at his wing posi tion after nursing a bad leg for ^e latter part of last season, is bigger and better than ever before. Blakely, a massive tackle who engenders a feel ing of security in the P. C. fans, is back to the dynamite tactics that made him a favorite on the frosh team two years ago. McNaull, at cen ter, haa' the uncanny ability to slice through the line at opportune times to snag men for tig losses. Northern Division W. .M. U. Holds Session In I^urens. 220 Dele gates Enrolled. Laurens, Sept. 29.—With an enroll ment of 220 delegates, and the attend- I ance of a number of representatives of various causes fostered by the Bap tists* of the state, the annual meeting of the northern associational division of the state W. M. U. was held Satur- |day with the Laurens W. M. U. at the I First Baptist church. The associations comprising the Northern division embrace two in ! Spartanburg county, one each in Cher okee, York, Chester, Union and Lau- !rens. Despite the fact that the dam- jaged roads and washed out bridges in jthe section made travel difficult, large ■ delegations came for the Laurens con- Ivention. j The next annual meeting will be jheld with the Gaffney Baptist church. Divisional officers will be named at jthe state convention, j Mrs. I. W. Wingo of Campobello, superintendent of the Northern divi.s- ion, presided over the Laurens meet ing. The address of welcome was giv en by Mrs. W. D. Spinx, and the re sponse was by Mrs. Charles M. Grif fin of Chesnee, who also led the open- jing devotional. The convention then heard inspir- jing addresses by Miss Emma Leach- I man of Atlanta, field worker of the Home Mission board; Miss Beulah ■ Hunsinger of Greenville, superintend- !bnt of the R. A. work of*the state; I Miss Vera Martin, Sunbeam leader m Greenville, and Dr. W. M. Whiteside, superintendent of the Baptist hospital, Columbia. At the consiusior of Doctor Whiteside’s talk, in which he to’d of 'the work of the institution over which he presides, he was presented a hand some collection of linen and other use ful articles for the hospital, a free will offering from the W. M. U. The gifts were brought in by tvw tiny girls, Esther Pitts Barksdale and Mary Elizaibeth Kitchen and presented to Mrs. Wingo, who in turn presented through Mary Katherine Bennett to the hospital superintendent. Doctor Whiteside expressed his gratification with this token of interest in the Bap tist institution. The “linen thower” ceremonies were impressive. The con tribution filled three laundry baskets, and was brought from the church vestibule in small wagons drawn by the little girls. At the afternoon session, informa tive addresses wer.e made by Mrs. J. Wash Watts, formerly engaged in mis sionary work with her husband in Pal- jestine, who told of present day condi tions in the Holy Land. Another pleasing feature of the Laurens „meeting was the singing of two solos by Mrs. George C. Byers of Gaffney, known as the “song bird” of the South Carollina W. M. U. Four of the six charter members of the local society were present, and : these, together with about twenty oth er elderly members were the honor : guests of the convention and were served dinner in a separate group. I Beloved Cros.s Hill Woman Succumbs I To Long innes.s. Funeral Held Sunday. ; Mrs. Norma Moore Nance, wife of Carroll D. Nance, died at her home in I Cross Hill last Friday night at 9:05 o’clock after an illness of several months. The funeral services were conduct ed at the home Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock by Rev, Fred T. McGill, pas tor of Liberty Springs Presbyterian church, and Rev, W. D. Ratchford, a former pastor, and interment followed in the church cemetery. The fun^'ral cortege was long and sorrow'ful, and the floral remembrances were in such beauty and abundance as are but sel- ' dom seen. Mrs. Nance’s condition had been ! critical for several \V’eeks and her death was not unexpected, but news 'of her passing was i-eceived with gen- j uine sorrow by her friends throughout ■this section, and especially in her home town, at Ninety-Six. Mrs. Nance was 49 years of age and a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John A. Moore, of Ninety-Six, ! and spent her girlhood days there. Be- 1 sides her husband she is survived by I two daughters, Mrs, L. S. LeTellicr ^of Charleston, and Mrs. Halye Miller of Ware Shoals, and three sons, R. 1). Nance, Jr., and Carroll Nance, Jr., of Cross Hill, and John Nance, a student at Clemson college, and four sisters, ['Mrs. K. R. .Murrell, of Orlando, Fla.; Mrs. J, P. Watson of Tatum, S. C.; Miss Nita Moore, of Ninety-Six, and Mrs. Will Cowan, of Willington. The following served as pallbearers at the funeral: John L. Miller, Henry Miller, Hassell Miller, Frank Miller,' Joe L. Carter, T. Miller Pinson, Dr. A. A. Madden and W. T. Boyce. 'Cunton Campaigners To Be Guests At Meeting Friday. Dr. Whitten Named Group Chairman. Plans have been completed for the Laurens, Oct. 2.—The wind and rain storm that broke over this section last night has continued throughout the day, causing inestimable damage to crops and seriously interfering with traffic on all highw'ays. Outdoor W'ork of all kinejs was tied up. The ra'niall for the past 24 hours amounts to about five inches and all watercourses are up and still rising late this after noon. However, they, are not as htgh as they were last Thursday and Fri day, when this section had a rainfall of about 11 inches in 24 hours. The crop' damage by today’s storm is thought to be far heavier than was caused by rains of last week. It is es timated that fully three thousand bales of cotton are open in the fields as picking has been delayed for more than a w'eek by weather conditions. The late corn crop is flat in the fields and the chocked part of the crop is already injured. The National Utilities company, operators of the electric power system that fuinishcs current for the city and numerous other sta tions in the county is oadly handicap ped. Both power plants on Reedy river have been out of commission since last Thursday leaving only the local steam educational rally to be held tomorrow 'a: rre.sbvterian college to mark the [ to supply current. Reports lo- o.ficial opening of the $350,000 pro-1"**^^^ indicated that the river power Ig.am of deliverance. ' Some 300 leading laymen and pas- tcra from all parts of the _Synod of i S )uth Carolina are expected to be on .hand when the rally (officially the plants are on the verge of being sub merged, thus further delaying a f.'.!’y Heavy, blustering rains, general meeting of the general committee of j Carolinas yesterday had sent the program of deliverance) begins at I stieams roaiing brimful last i/j a T« j night and caused fears of severe flood 19 a. m. All members of the organization ^^^^’^lons within the next 24 hours. which last spring conducted the Clin-! accompanied the rains ten campaign for the college have|South Carolina rc:uh- 1 .1 . , [been invited to attend the gathering, sever and most of them have announced, buildings and kil. ng a Negi ro •heir intention of attending. I Announcement also was made this j eastern North Carolina and week of the names of a number of! South Carolina, r.-’i! and the members of the general committee from Clinton and surrounding terri tory. These members include: William P. Jacobs, the general chairman; Rev. John MeSween, president cf the col lege and associate general chairman;! W. J. Bailey, treasurer; C. M. Bailey, I chairman for Zone No. 1; Dr. F. I). ! Jones, associate chairman of the .«pea!;ers’ bureau; J. A. Bailey, Rev. i Sam P. Bowles, B. R. Fuller, Dr. L. highway travel was blocked by high watbrs in section.^. * Overflow water from a creek ruar Wilson, N. C., had covered the state highway to Raleigh and prevented traffic while waters covered other ! highways near Raleigh. The Norfolk ! and Southern railway cancelled an ;ea.stbound train frem Raleigh last jpight because of water over its tracks iaiid stopped westbound traics three Ross Lynn. Dr. Theodore J. Peake, Raleigh, transferring Dr. D. J. Woods, and Dr. M. G. Wood-! worth, all of Clinton. .An impassable washout on the Co- Dr. B. (X Whitten, akso a member section of <he .South- of the general committee, has accept-' railway vvas reported near Po od the position of chairmon for Group ; No. 1 in the South Carolina presby tery organization for the campaign. This group includes the following The Neuse and Cape Fear rivers m eastern North Carolina were reported rapidly reaching flood stage. The Cape churches: Whtimire. Aveleigh, Beth-^'^"^** Fa.vetteville any, Duncan’s Creek, Owings, Liberty i ^ yesterday-a:ui 6 o’clock tonight. A general and steady rise in the Springs, Lisbon, Mountville, Rocky ! Springs, Laurens First, Dorroh, Old Tickets On Sale At Dillard’s , Fields, Friendship, Todd Memorial,! Congaree, Santee, Wat- ! Watts Mill and Little River. [ Catawba rivers in South Car olina was reported. Richard H. Sulli- Reserved seat tickets for the big Mercer-P. C. game Friday are now on sale at L. B. Dillard’s store. Tickets for this opening gridiron classic will remain on sale at this place until 12 o’clock tomorrow, after which they will be removed to the college booth. The public is urged to secure tickets early. The game begins promptly at 3 p. m. Plenty of comfortable and well located seats. Other members of the general com-, . . mittee include; Rev. F. T. McGill andlX“?’ V"""* o' R. A. Boyce, Cross Hill; R. L. Young,! Predicted all the rivers Mountville; Prof. Gambrell, Owings;' "'““W “ flood stage of from 1 to Rev. T. C. Bryan, W. W. Lewis, J. H. '® haars. Simpson, Whitmire. ! At the meeting P'riday Dr. G G. Piedmont South Carolina, subjtH;ted HOW THEY RATE IN STATE RACE MOVES FAMILY HERE Robert S. Owens was joined here Moiiday by his family from McCor mick, and they are now occupying the reaidence of Mrs. W. G. Neville on Sooth Broadway. CHAMBER TO MEET The October meeting of the cham ber of commerce will be held in the club rooms next Tuesday evening at 7:30. All members are urged to be present. The state football race to date, lows: Won Clemson 1 Furman 1 South Carolina 1 Citadel 1 Newberry 0 Erskine 0 P. C - 0 Wnfftyd. _ ^ — • fol- Lost CUR CLASSIFIED ADS Produce Results 0| Oj 6l 2 2' O' They’re only 25c, mini mum 25 words, and they work wonders. Just try one and see how effective they are. The wise man uses the want adv column. THE CHRONICLE "The Pr.per Everybody Reads" Mayes of Winnsboro, will*preside. The I to a 30-hour drenching that acconi- opening prayer will be by Dr. Alex-1^ tropical disturbance movdr.g ander Sprunt, of Charleston. Follow- northward from the west coast of ing introductory remarks by Dr. I'lorida, last night watched streams Mayes, President MeSween will speak swelling from their bounds and pre- : on “The Presbyterian College Need P^^ed for flood conditions in many sec ond This Opportunity.” i^ors today, according to late wiie re- ■ General Chairman Jacobs will speak Ports received in Spartanburg, on “The Business Man's Place in This j Jonesville was visited by high winds. Movement,” while the student side will I save one telephone line to Spar- ^ bo presented by R. T. Gillespi?, .Fr., tanburg being broken, j of the class of 1930. Rev. K. Doug- The storm seriously damaged crons ' las, of Manning, will speak i.i behalf, interfered with highway traffic, of the alumni, and Dr. R .A. Lap.sley, i (Continued on page four) Jr., of Columbia, will discuss the ' “Church’s Educational Need.” •increase in C. M. Bailey, Col. A. L Gaslon of j Q Chester, and Rev. John W. Davis of j vyl 1 I Kingstree, the zone chairmen, will i speak on the progress of work done in Enrollment .At Close of First .Month “heir respective zones. i Reaches 1,623. Florida Street ... Ml L ^ • L L . . I School Leads, i .Music will be furnished by student' .p. n .u /-n- i. ' . , . . L , 1 X The enrollment of the Clinton cit^ musical organizations and the student . , , j r .g . , , .T,, . , schools at the end of the first month body. The morning .session wd come to ,■ . i u ! , , , ,, shows an increase of nearly one hun- !a close with zone conferences, follow- i- ^ r- ,1,11 • . dred in attendance, according to fig- l;Lg by dinner at 1 o clock, meeting of . u i * j rri. * ‘ i., . , ... ures tabulated yesterday. The matric- ithe special gifts committee al 1:45, ... * ^ .u i J iiT r» /-I A* r 1 II “ ulation at the beginning of the session ind the P. C.-Mercer footba game at ^ . , , roc j- -j i T/xco u * j „ p ,, [Stood at 1,535, divided 1,053 white and 1482 colored. The total enrollment now stands at FIREMEN TO MEET ! A special meeting of the local fire 1,623, divided 1,091 white, 532 color ed. The tabulation by schools follows: Boys Girls Total department has been called for Friday High school .125... .128. 263 1 night at 7:30, with several matters of! Florida ...177.... .164. 341 importance up for consideration. The Academy .175... .151. 326 meeting will be held at the fire de partment headquarters on Gary street Providence ... 84.... .. 87. 171 and all members are asked to be pres- Bell St. (colored) . ...198 272. 470 ent. 4 / Bethel (colored) .„ 36. . „ 27. 62