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Chicago, Nov. 12. — The Federal I Spartanburg, Nov. 12.—Cotton mill farm board today issued a statement! executives will reduce production on reassuring cotton farmers that the Inarrow sheeting and print cloth a min-1 new low price of 16.17 cents a pound ] imum of 27 per cent of the present' will not affect loan rates to cotton | output, it was indicated today at a' cooperatives. The statement came i meeting of ycotton mill officials held from Carl Williams, cotton expert of | here. the board, shortly after he learned i Sixty-five mill executive^, lepre-1 that the prjee of December cotton fu-[senting 90,000 looms operated in the I tures at New York dropped today to! manufacture of print cloth and nar- the low of 16.17. :row sheetings, in the South, attended “The- federal farm board is not dis- i the meeting. j turbed over the fall in the price of I Discussion of the situation devel-' futures contracts for cotton,” Mr. Wil- ^ opujl a geheral appreciation of the liams saidi, “although the low reached | print cloth and narrow sheeting mills j toda^' is nearly ohe-half cent a pound J to avoid over production during the ; below the amount which, deducting the : present business depression emanat-1 costs of delivery to New York, the | ing from an unsettled market, accord-1 board is lending to cotton cooperativesling to the statement of George Sloan, | cf the South. I of New York, president of the Cotton i “It knows that the cause of the drop Textile institute is the demoralized condition of the stock exchanges and it has full faith in the real supply and demand value of cotton. “The board is lending to cotton co operatives at the rate of 16 cents per pound, basis middling seven-eighths inches staple at the ten designated spot markets, with proper differen tials off and on for grade and staple. “Less necessary freight and other charges, these cotton cooperatives will pass the government’s loan on to all of ^eir seasonal tool members, old and new, at country markets, the amount which the farmer will get The meeting of the mill executives was held behind closed doors, all per sons other than those identified with the industry being excluded. At the close of the session President Sloan issued the following statement: “The discussion at the meeting de- j veloped a very general appreciation of the print cloth and narrow sheeting I mills, avoiding over production during! the present business depression grow ing out of the unsettlement in the fi nancial market and other factors. DEBT FUND DRIVE FOR P.C. MAKES ENCOURAGING START DEATH CLAIMS BELOVED WOMAN Mrs. Jane Moorhead Passes Suddenly At Son’s Home In Goldville. Inter ment Sunday In Union County. Mrs. Delilah Jane Moorhead, widow of the late W. A. Moorhead of Union, Initial Report Tuesday Showed a Substantial Portion of the $350,000' Raised On First Day With Enoree Presbytery Lead ing. Second Tabulation To Be Made Friday. With first reports, received on Tues- died Saturday morning at the home of day. showing a total of $90,000 raised her.son, Vim. A. Moorhead of Go'd-I’" vine, following an illness of threedeliverance, the campaign-was be- weeks duration. She was first taken 1'"K P"*''ed with renewed vigor yes- ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. C. Vaughn, near Newberry, but on The second report from throughout last Thursday was removed to her I South Carolina will be son’s home where it was first thought i '"‘“'o ''>moTTo^^ and is expected to she was improving, but her condition substantial portion of the soon became serious. Early Saturday subscribed morning she suffered a heart attack 1 T?"oV, o'" from which she rapidly sank and pass- l^ived from 119 of the churches ed away quietly within a few minutes !>" Ae sy"«d. Thus only 44 per cent of • The f uneral service was conducted;'•'“'■‘■'''s were represented m the President Hoover, who is also president of the American Red Cross, enrolls In ths snnjal Roll Call of the society, which occurs from Armistice Day to Thankogiving Day, November 11 to 23. aOi «Si Why Pave The Calhoun Highway? at the home Sunday morning at 11:30 o’clock with a large gathering of friends present to pay homage and re spect to the memory of one held in high esteem. The Rev. Edward Long, pastor of the First Baptist church of this city, conducted the service, assist ed by Dr. L. R. Lynn and Rev. W. Ray Anderson, The funeral cortege then left the home for Phillippi Baptist church in Union county where the body was laid to rest in the family burial ground where several members of this well known family lie buried. The nu- first report. Officials of the campaign are doing everything possible to obtain a 100 per cent report for Friday. Twelve of the 119 churches which reported have exceeded their goals. These churches “over the top” in clude: Pendleton, Central, Batesburg- Leesville, Trenton, Wellford, Cane Creek, Great Falls, Kentyre, Pee Dee, Marion, Reedy Creek and Ruby. Nearby churches reported as fol lows: Whitmire, $240; Newberry, $570; Liberty Springs, $95; Laurens The Calhoun highway consists of east to the southwest through South State Route 7 from the Savannah riv- Carolina. It is the short route to Char- er, northeart of Elberton, Ga„ via Cal-|lotte, N C., from Groenwood, Abbe-:;’;;;''];- (;;;e“udrrelatiVerand”'org.ni" None of tho churches has following the m^^eting practically houn Falls, Abbeville, Greenwood, Cor-1ville, Elberton, and in part the shortgrave, were!®® completed its convassing. J I 1 « ^ • First, $500; Watts Mill, $31; Fountain merous and lovely floral offerings : i. l every mill represented in attendance' onaca, Cross Hill, Mountville, Clinton, route also from Augusta to Charlotte. It is the only through connective from the northeastern part of South Caro- sequent falling off in demand for cot- j Lawn, Lancaster, Pageland, Mt. Cro- j lina to the northwestern part of South ton textiles, to make a substantial re- ghan. Ruby, Chesterfield, thence by ; Carolina, north of the Columbia route;' indicated its purpose, in view of the Renno, Whitmire, Carlisle, Chester, varying with his distance from ocean | present financial emergency and con-1 thence by State Route 9 via Fort port points. In spite of the decline in price on futures markets, and regard less of the depth to which stock ex change disturbances may carry that pl-ice, the board will continue ffTWRI duction in its production. “The announcement varied as to as above stated, and will not call for' mum amount of reduction indicated State Route 95 to the North Carolina for all of which reasons the Calhoun proof of the love that many held for ; a., vao q .a this beloved friend, and a large con-^ *‘3^162; South course of Goldville and Clinton friends Ca™!™ ^ C»ngaree were present for the last sad rites. Mrs. Moorhead was in her 78th year of age. Before marriage she was Enoree presbyterry, $29,690; Beth- line in the direction of Rockingham,' highway should be payed at the ear- Miss Delilah Jane Whitlock of Ches-l!! A % t w* % X ^ 1 n . i ir A. ^ ^ a KxaI n I * XT... how this will/be effected by the minh;-Aberdeen, Pinehuret, Sanford, - Ra.|Ua*t poMible date. Xtoag to ^ being andl^^’* leigh, Richmond and the East; also | the capital-to-capital connective it whitlcK-k. The greater part of margins on the loans. ‘ |will amount to approximately 27 per, Wilmington division of the Calhoun would be regarded with favor by fed- Union county un- “All that any Southern farmer has cent. _ I highway from Chesterfield via State'eral authorities, and though it does Goldville a few years tive in his own home state and deliver being given by an intelligent adaption ton, thus constituting the short route both northeast and southwest, towards ^ i_;_ --.i.— 4.„ ” I—J X- X .. +,x Afionto. from Wil-1Raleigh and toward Atlanta by other -^loorneau cy. his cottoT^to its seasonal pool.” 'and reduction to present prospective Williams said that the boarj “de-i demands in the face of the emergen- plores” the,possibility that any cotton' farmer, “misled by immediate quoted prices”, would sell his cotton at a price lower than the amount the United States government will lend him to helf^ him carry the product of his year’s work past the “temporary emer gency ” Discuss Paving Of was endowed with Pee Dee presbytery, $5,881; Har mony presbytery, $1,996; Chariestjn presbytery, $3,440. Total for Zone No. 3, $11,317. In the second report tomorrow, church chairmen are to report to group chairmen by 12 noon; group chairmen to presbytery chairmen by from Raleigh to Atlanta; xxv,... .. . i + *, fu + .ni mington and the northern Pee Dee re-1 county-seat road connections to the lovely traits ot c aracter a a , ^ presbytery chairmen to zone gion of South Carolina to western Calhoun highway. f -chairmen by 2 p. m., and zone cha'r- South Carolina Georgia. Considered either and northwestern in whole or in voted member of the Baptist church men to headquarters by 3 p. m. There is no part of any of the coun ties traversed by the Calhoun highway which will not be greatly benefited by . — PHlllOUn HiflrhWHV short route from its paving, while adjoining counties ^ ‘ c^lAAan a Kr ^y ^>^cgg of Rack ® ^'Wilmington to Greenville, S. C., and and cities on the northwest and on the , Hill, chairman of the synod’s work and spent her-Kfe in unselfish service ^eing made for the as a true Christian and a mother loved report, a statement was ismed Chester, Nov. 9. The Calhoun high-Spartanburg, S. C., and to Ander-1 southeast of the route will be enor- way from Broad river to this city is!®°"» short route from At-|mousIy benefited. Thus, Newberry ‘ ‘ ‘ ^ ^ j would use a part of the Calhoun high- Mr. Williaihs added that the state- fo have rwently been surveyed by Columbia, S. C. ment in reference to loans on cotton surveyors from the State Highway de-1 through routes from would apply “with equal force” to j pa,^n,ent, looking toward paving thisi^^® northeast to the Southwest east wheat. He said that the board is lend-kj^portan^ thoroughfare some time in^®^ Allegheney range. The Coastal ing to wheat cooperatives amounts j the near future, it is thought. In view approximately equal to five cents per {of the fact that a capital dirt highway Cheraw through Columbia ana Au bushel more than the quoted sales has only recently been completed to prices of December futures at the low”|the Fish Dam ferry bridge on Broad of today’s market. river and the Calhoun highway from her passing, all of whom join w;th the committee, urging united support of family in mourning her death. campaign. Mrs. Moorhead is survived by six' gusta is quite well advanced in pav ing. The route through Charlotte, Spartanburg, Greenville ’ and Ander- COURT ENDS ; Chester to Catawba river in the east- completely paved. The ern part of the counter has been fin-jCalhoup highway as yet is not at all O'DTIT'l? some time, has led the county to iP®'^®^^’ f®P dressed, Dltmr .suggest, it is said, that the Chester short section contracted for ko Catawba river paving be done first, paving. Yet it is for the most part George Finley Wins $1,000 Verdict In and to promise that if this is done to splendidly bridged. It is the most im- Autcmobile Collision Case. construct a paved highway from Bas- highway through some eight Adjourned Friday. icomville to Great Falls, which will counties, and on complete de- Laurens, Nov. 7.—The fall term of then give the much desired paved vastly more impor- rens, Newberry, Union, Chester, Lan- civil court adjourned Friday afternoon, highway from Chester to Great Falls. still. caster, Chesterfield, Marlboro and Dii- after hearing a number of cases Dr. Gregg asserts that “from every way as its short route to Charlotte,Vaughn of New- g^oj business standpoint now is the and another part of the Calhoun high- ^^^y county, Mrs. A. R. Fripp of tjme to make adequate arrangements way as its short route to Atlanta. Un- Bluffton, Mrs. L. J. Crawford of Lex- to pay the college debt.” ion would use a part of the Calhoun I^’’s- B. M. Hughes of I “Many of us,” he declares, “believe highway as its short route to Raleigh,; Pensacola, Fla., Mrs. W. H. Howie that our state is now beginning to and another oart as its shor* route to ^nd W. A. Moorhead of Goldville; one arise out of her adversities to set her .Atlanta. Laurens similarly would'use sister, Mrs. Belle, feet upon a solid prosperity from the the Calhoun highway as the short I G«ude)ock and Geo. W. Whitlock, both j commercial and industrial point of of Union. jview. This will only increase the im- portance of the right kind of educa- r>'PTUr’l?TnXr ■RAATI Presbyterians will not be content 1 rvlxMUl-j lv/iT| IvV//\Ly have no hand in that all-important route to Raleigh, and also as its short route to Charlotte, as well as to north ern and eastern cities, while it would use another section of the Calhoun highway as the short route to Atlanta and the southwest. It is to the interest, therefore, of the counties of Abbeville, Greenwood, Lau- BEING SURVEYED matter. Good business sense would de- mand that we keep our hand in now, even though it strains a bit to da it, for ‘where there is no vision the peo ple perish.’ ” Highway No. 15 Gets Attention of State Engineers. To tiet Hard- surface At Early Date. Thursday and Friday. In the case of p. George Finley, Negro resident of Mad- j l/6CrC&S6 oIlOWIl 111 den, against M. E. Crawford and the CottOIl GilHlCd Todd Motor company, the plaintiff was given a verdict of $1,000. The suit 1 Laurens connty up to Nov. 1 st, had grew out of the alleged mjury to Fin- cotton from ley and members of his family and the jgjg recording to N. H. , , ^ i Laurens, Nov. 9.—Engineers from It will when finished carry the Ion to unitedly use their influence for avp qt„tP Hio-hwav denartment are en- weight of the traffic from the north-^the paving of the Calhoun highway. > • - • Annual Editors To Meet Here Increase Cotton Yield By Rotation Clemson College, Nov. 9.—The ben efit of crop rotation, even over a short P. C. Fresh In Last Home Game Today win killing of two mules a few weeks ago government agent. The* total when a car owned by the defendant figure of one year ago stood period of time, is admirably shown by company and at 16,532 bales, a decrease of 2,4531 a 20 per cent increase secured in a test ’conducted on the farm of Messrs. W. employee, crashed into Finley’s wagon team on the Waterloo road. The court sustained the referee’s finding in favor of the plaintiffs in ; the case of Grover Franklin and Jot Templeton against T. W. Knight. | John W. Fow’ler was awarded a con-1 sent verdict for $195.25 against F. N,; Jones, Jr., ct al in a suit for damages ! that resulted from the alleged break- i ing of a plate glass front in plaintiff’s i store building when a car crashed into the window a few months ago. ■ I A verdict for the defendant was; returned, in the case of Frank Marrier ' versus Standard Oil company, the al- i legation being that the defendant com-1 pany had failed or neglected to refill the crankshaft of plaintiff’s car after it had been drained. |B. and J. A. Fletcher in Marlboro The first gathering of college an nual editors ever to be held in this state, will convene at Presbyterian gaged in making a survey of highway No. 15, known as the Laurens-Prince- ton road, which is about 16 miles in length. A survey of the entire route be completed first, it is under- stood, with the expectation that it will today and continue its sessions This aftemcion at 3 p. m., on John- be hard-surfaced throuithout when the Saturday. Fant Thornlev. ed- son field, the P. C. freshmen will bat- proirram that will be put in oPttrftmn PaC-SaC, tl. Presbyterian Junior college for under the state-wide road buildmy ,p„„s„red the meeting and will -Maxton, N. C. This p an. preside over the deliberations. However, according to a resolution Representatives from every college J^RANK GODFRHY IN HOSPITAL The friends of Frank Godfrey will glad to know lhat he is recuper ating at Dr. Hays’ hospital from an appendicitis operation. A New Feature “Today and Tomorrow” by Frank Parker Stockbridge, is added today by THE CHRONI CLE to its already imposing list of features, and wall appear reg ularly. Mr. Stockbridge is a contrib utor in The Saturday Evening Post and other important nation al publications and roe(js no in troduction. He is a newspaper* man of forty year.s experien.e and w’ent from a small-town weekly to the head of a great New York daily. His w’eekly comment on present new's top ics, will be an interesting column in THE CHRONICLE. Don’t miss it. men located at will be the last chance for the Clin ton fans to see the little Blue Sox in passed by the State Highway commis- annual in the state are e.xpectd and county in 1928, says T. S. Buie, head'action on the home grounds, and it is sion a few weeks ago, at the request in the city will be the guests of of the agronomy division. hoped a large crowd will be on hand of Laurens county authorities, the college. The young men attemli.ig “'The experiment was begun in 1926,'at tl^e first whistle. This game takes residue of the $230,000 reimbursement conference will be housed in one one 'series of plots being planted to ^ the place of the Newberry freshman agreement, approved in April will be (jQj.mitory o:i the cotton continuously and the cithers to^^ame which was cancelled by New- , used in hard-surfacing No. 15 from campus, while the girls will be enter- a two-year rotation of cotton, corn j berry. ithe city of Laqrens towards Prince- tained in Clinton homes. The purpose and soybeans. The same fertilizer! ' ton. About $148,000 of the $230,000 is convention is to perfect an or- Itreatment was made to the two sets . StiakeSpeareail Play being expended on the Clinton-Kinards ganization to improve the annual pub- jof plots. 'MirvL'f highway No. 2. Therefore, it lications in the state. oaiuFCIay ixlgnt Jg estimated that there will be some-' thing like $80,0P0 avaiUihlo for the “In 1928 cotton followed the corn and soybeans which were planted for; Mil improvement on the rotated plote ’ Uurens-Princeton road. It ix xtipulat- and cotton followed cottonlon thevon- .“"['I'ant of \enice, will ap- i„ the resolution srrantmir tne use tinuous plots. The average yield se- T" ^ I of the unexpended portion ot the fund day evening under the auspices of the on highway 15 that no contract will William Scaife Talks On Alaska cured on the plots pj^nted to continu- William Scaife, a forme’* Ci nton ous cotton was 1400 pounds of seed project until the boy and now a member of Ac G ivei-n- cotton per acre. This was a very sat- ** “**'®*"* Clinton-Kinards road is finished. ■ ment Coast and Geodeti.* S’.irvey. re- isfactory yield, but on the adjoining Shakespearean production thought that about four cently on service in Alaska, .^poke he- plots, under conditions as nearly ^ eing pre^n e miles of No. 15, beginning at the city fore the college student body on last tical as possible except that corn and as a pa o an e limits, will be hard-surfaced under the Tuesday. Mr. Scaife presented a \oiy soybeans were in the rotation, the program in the colleges and p^^gp^t plan. This means the Lau- interesting summary of affairs in the yield was 16^ pounds of seed r-fytrnn j^ebools. rens-Princeton road will be paved out,most northern of American pnsses- per acre. A clear gain of 285 pounds the rotation, even though it had not to the Dial place as soon as the Clin-' sions, and made a very instructive and of seed cotton per acre was noted for been in effect but two years.” ton-Kinards project is completed. fascinating address. I I I