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ft If Too Don’t Rend THE CHRONICLE Yon Don't GeL. Tkc Newt # SIhie \ OIhrntttrb : : THE CHRONICLE • Strieet To Be n Clean Newn* | : paper. Compidte, Newif. : • and ReHabla i VOLUME XXX CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1930 NUMBER 28 MEETING HELD AT NEWBERRY Candidates for United Stales Senate Speak. Berkeley Folk Applaud “Damp” Man In Gov- ,ernor*8 Race. S. S. WORKERS MEET JULY 18 Laurens County Baptist Sunday School Convention To Be Held At Lanford Church. BOLL WEEVIL INFESTATION SHOWS MARKED INCREASE PRINCETON GETS nFCl INF IN . ROAD PROJECTS; Town In Weistern Part of County Will Newberry, July 8—In contrast to the fiery speeches and “whoop ’em up crowds” that have always attended political trathfkinKS irf"Newberry, a comparatively quiet audience today listened to candidates for the United States senate parade their claims for votes. New'berry, home town of Senator Coleman L. Blease, seeking renomina tion % the Democratic party, received him well, but the old roof-raising, ear- splitting yells, “Hurrah for Coley” and the thundering applause that has greeted him in years gone by, was not there. Leon W. Harris, of Anderson, first speaker, declared he was glad to see the audience. The Laurens County .Associational Sunday School convention, of which W. *P. Culberts'on"^ of Cross ;Hill, is president, and C. A. Power, secretary, will meet with the Lanford Baptist churcb on Friday, July 18th, at ten o’clock, it has been announced by the program committee. Each church in the county is urged to have its Sun- d.iv school send a full representation to the convention. Important themes in reference to the various phases of the Sunday school and its work will be discussed by able speakers and those who are familiar with the Sunday school or ganization. The following is the program an nounced by the officers: Surveying and Possesiung Our “ Field 10:00—Devotional. The Great Com- SutM senate, Harris declared, that -he was opposed td woman’ suffrage tind that he, Harris, would be glad to receive their votes. Harris then said that it was the vote of Senator Blease which gave a seat in the United States cnogress to Murry, a Negro, instead of to E. W. Moise of Sumter, when an election- contest was on and he told again of the “L. Killingsworth” letter in which people were urged to vote for Blease, Killingsworth being a Negro. Amid applause and after referring to his election six years ago to the United States senate, Blease, second to address the gathering, said, “I went with no other ambition than to serve. I knew cursing and abusing peo ple didn’t get much and so I made friends—friends for South Carolina." Replying to assertions by Harris that he had refused to sit in Democrat ic caucuses while at Washington, Blease said: “It is idle folly to tell you, who have known me for years, who have elected me as mayor, as member of the state senate, who assisted in elect ing me governor and United Staftea senator—it is idle to tell you I'm a Democrat.” Senator Blease then told of his suc cessful efforts to get money for roads damaged by storms and of his desire to improve “R. F. D.” routes so that! 1Q:20—Enrollment and reports, A Ixwk At the Pfeltf 10:30—^A decade of Sunday school progress and the progress and the standing of our state. Rev. Edward Long. 11:00—South Carolina, a Field for Service, Rev. J. H. Washington. ,Sonie Outstanding Needs 11:30—Replacing our lines through the co-operative program, J. L. Cor- zine. » 11:50—Understanding our aims and our task, Rev. E. M. ^stick. 12:10—Realizing our need of bet ter teaching, B. Y. Culbertson. 12:30—Recess for dinner. How To Supply the Needs and Possess the Field 1:30—Devotional. Abiding in Christ, Bearing much fruit, Glorifying the Father. John 15:1-8, Rev. B. F. Car- sun. 2:00—The New Decade Movement. J. L. Corxine. 2:15—Organizing our Association for more united effort, W. P. Thom ason. 2:30—Enlisting and organizing our church foK*es for better sen’ice, ipt. W. E. Griffin. 3:00—The teacher, his Bible, his task, C. B. Bobo. 3:30—Business, elections, adjourn- meht. ” Clemson College, July 7.—The first j generatmn of weevils is now out and 1 active and consequently infestation' shows a marked increase in many of the 80 fields in nine counties exam ined during the week ending July 6, by memliers of the Pee Dee experi ment station staff, in an effort to de termine the current status of the weevil. j Sixty-two per cent of the squares were found infested in k Bamberg county field, and 54 per cent in one .\iken field; while fields in Florence, Darlington, Orangeburg, Greenwood and Chester were found with over 30 Be Center of Splendid High way System. Princeton, July 2.—Princeton, so per cent infestation. On the'other hand, says Prof. H. W. Barre, director of the experiment sta tion, in discussing the report, some, „ , . .u i * . • i « 1. . * U named by the late CapUm J. B. Hum- fields are found in each county where , ... /■ tc • . infestation is quite low, emphasizing again the necessity for careful daily examination of fields to make square infestation the 'basis for poisoning. COnON CROP Since frequent heavy applications of calcium arsenate might cause trouble, it is very important that every cot ton grower find out where the weevils are before attempting to poi.son them. A. B. BRYAN, •Agricultural Editor. LYNCHING TRIAL PUT OFF AGAIN farmers may get upon the state high- ^ ^ ways with their products. The appro-' VyOllOn v/FOp priatimi of $805,000 was passed, he j Cllt VollUltSFy 151(17^3310^ that Congressman Hare] helped with it in the house, but that j Washington, July 8.—Voluntary re- it was “my bill and my own original i duction on the part of the planters idea.” j w’as credited today by Carl William*, James F. Byrnes of Spartanburg, farm board member representing cot- last of the speakers, after saying there was too much “Negro and liquor” in the senatorial debate, declared he wished to “appeal to reason and not to pa.Hsion nor prejudice.” ton, for the million and a quarter acres leas cotton in cultivation on July 1 than a year ago as reported by the department of agriculture. Cotton in cultivation in the United Weather Is Too Much for Court, Jury and Men Who Face Charges. October Is Set As Date. Walhalla, July. 7.—'IVihl of Oconee county’s lynchng case will ^be held when the wealher is more adaptable td~ settling of long, drawn-dOne- gal battles. It was continued today for the sec ond time by Judge M. L. Bonham, of Anderson, who granted a stay until the October term of court on motion of Mendel L. Smith of Camden, and was not opposed by Solicitor Leon'W. Harris. Attorney Smith suggested that a spwial term of court be called “some- tmie in the fall” when it is cooler. Should the special term be called, state and defense attorneys will agree on the time. Seventeen persons have been in dicted for murder in connection with the midnight lynching of Allen Green, Negro, on April 24, for an attack up on a white woman, and assault upon Sheriff John H. Thomas, who at tempted to protect Green from the fnob that stormed the jail. Those indicted include: Robert Lee Ballenger, attorney and mayor of W51halla, and Alvin .lones, night po liceman. The others are: John San ders, Nelson Mathewson, J. L. Harris, Dock Carver, John Stevens, Mitch Ix‘e, Tillman I.«ard, Harold Mathewson, Jabe Wilbanks, Joe MK^all, Jr., Ibra Patterson, and Pete Epp.s, all of Wal halla, and Grady Lee, William .Smith and Weill Elrod of Westminster. New charges will be prepared by the state, Mr. Smith said, but will be technically changed -only. Bonds of $2,000 each were continued today. When the new bills are presented and grand jury indictments returned, new bonds will be posted. There was no disorder in the crowd ed courtroom today and Judge Bon ham made no remonstrances about the carrying of firearms as did Judge E. C. Dennis, of Darlington, who presid- e<J when the case was frst called May NEWBERRY NAMES JAMES C. KINARD bert in honor of Princeton (N. J.) uni versity, signifying a seat of learning^ alter the village had borne two other place names. Line Creek and Triangle, is at present or soon will be the cen tral point of two big road building projects, ♦ , Already the work of grading the Princeton-Ware Shoals link of high way No. 25, is well projected by the I'ontractors who are to hard surface the nine-mile connection between (Ireenville and Greenwood counties. Then, looking east toward the coun ty .seat, dirt will soon be seen moving as the big machines are started on the grading of No. 15 from Laurens to Almost Forty-Six Million Acres Planteid, Government Says. South Carolina Has 2,205,000 .\cres. Dean of Lutheran College Is Chosen j this point, preparatory to the contem- To Succeed Dr. S. J. Derrick. pjated,surfacing of the same, probab- (iraduated In 1916. “Columbia, July 8.—Dr. Jame^ C. Kinard, for a number of years dean of, Newberry college, today was elected pre8ident~d^f the institution to suc ceed Dr. S. J. Derrick, recently re signed. The announcement was made following a meeting of the boanl of trustees of the college held here to conduct the election. Dr. Kinard will take charge of the college .August 1. Dr. Derrick resigned at the recent c(>mmen:(*ment bei-aiise of ill health. Dr. Derrick has not y'et fully recovered from a long illness last spring. He will occupy the chair of history, a position he held before be coming president. Dr. George B. Cromer of Newl>erry, chairman of the board, announced that the board also had elected D. A. Quat- tlebaum of Bishopville, as field secre tary of the college. His work begins in September. Dr. Kinard, only 34 years of 'age, was surprised at the board’s decision, he said in Newberry tonight, and he has not decided yet whether he will accept. !y within the next few months. The completion of highway No. 26 through Laurens county is gn import ant piece offroad cdns'truction for this section and for the traveling public generally. During -tW period of con struction of the Princeton-Ware Shoals road, traffic will be detoured via Honea Path on the west side and through the Mount Bethel section on the east side, it is understood here today. Most of the travel on the east side of the main thoroughfare, how ever, will be mainly for local conven ience. With the completion of both indi cated projects by the state highway department, the importance of Prince ton will have taken on a new aspect and it will no longer be known mere; ly as a “cross roads town.” As soon as No. 15 is paved from here to Honea Path, an enterprise that will not be long deferred, it is believed, traffic from Anderson, Clemson college and many Georgia points will be diverted via Laurens, there to connect with highway No. 2 and other important up-state, central and lower-state con- Washington, July 8.—There were a million and a quarter acres less cot ton in cultivation on July 1 than a year ago. The crop reporting lK)ard of the de partment of agriculture in its first announcement of acreage this year, i.ssued today, placed the area of cot ton in cultivation at J.'i.Hl.'i.dlH). This is a reduction of 2,7 per cent from ’ast year’s July 1 acreage. The acreage is 1 ()(),()()() less than the area picked last year. The department issued'no forecast of indicated production, as that is for bidden by law, and will not make any production forecast until their Aug ust 1 report based on the acreage in Cultivafibn July 1, less the 10-year average abandon'ment in each state after July 1, * ,, ^ TKe lO.-yeaf averajfe abandonment from 1920 to 1929 was 3.5 per cent. The area in cultivation July 1 this year was: irginia 90,000 m-res; North ('arolina 1,724,000; South ('arolina 2,205,000; Georgia 3,818,000; h’lorida lOO.OOO; Mis.souri 383,000; 'Tennes.see 1,227.000; Alabama 3,052,000; Mississippi 4,311,- 000; Loui.siana 2,071,000; Texas 17,- 500,000; Oklahoma 1.070,000; Arkan sas 4,012,000; New Mexico 133,000; Arizona 212,000; California 273.000; all other states 19,000. The acreage for I.ower California, Old Mexico, is 101,000, which is not included in the California figures, nor in the Unite<l States total. Filling Station Owner Kills Washington Boy ‘It is the first intimation that 1 was being considered,” he declared. “I haven’t decided yet what I shall do as I want to consider the question from all angles and do whatever will be best 'for the college. I know that it means hard work.” Dr. Kinard was graduated froffi Newberry in 1910 and that fall joined t^ faWilty as an instructor in mathe matics. One year later his specialty oL phyak* eml as4r<m<nny earned him the position as head of the .science de partment. He holds this position to- I day, although he has also been dean ; since 1924. Friends express the opinion that he will accept the presidency. nei-tiona. The saving will be consid- He -then gave a brief summary of'Sta.lek was announced as sigg regating agricultural and industrial conditiona. 45,815,000 acres, compared with 47,- Farms sold under morgages; mills 067,000 acres—the revised area in cul- ahut down or running on part time; tivation a year ago—and 45,981,000 agricultural products at a low price, acres picked last year when a crop of ! 26, and continued. 'What has been done by those in «u-j 14,821,499 equivalent SOO-pound bales thority to remedy the situation?” he gf lint was ginned, asked. The farm loan bill was passed, j The department report, WilUams and cotton ia now six cenU lower than j »aid, takes into consideration the re al the time of its passage, he answer ed, adding that a tariff law has been planting to late cotton of areas aban doned because of draught, excessive passed “and all you buy will ^ you j rain and insect damage. The reduction, more and nothing you sell will bring i in his opinion, represents the extent to you )n any more. BERKELEY HEARS - STATE SPEAKERS Monck’s Comer, July 8.—About two i which cotton farmers went to meet j the wishes of the farm board. Without asking a specific reduction, Uie board toW members at planting time that when the cotton acreage reached 40,000,000 acres it had reach- GOVERNMENT TO SOON OWN FARMS In Kentucky Senator Secs Uncle 8a Realty Business If Prices Drop More. Washington, July 5.—Senator Bark ley of Kentucky, said in a statement through the Democratic national com mittee today that if farm prices con tinue downward, the government “will be driven into the real estate busi ness. hundred and fifty citizens of Berkeley ed the danger Hne so far as produc- county braved the sweltering heat i tion was concerned. here today to lieten to the vanou. c«i. I Lo^„„y_ , 7 . didates for state offices proclaim their quaUfi(^ations for the desired plums. OOOeOGO-acre reduction necessary, but Williams said he had counted on no The meetinr wa. called to order by ; than a 8 per cent reduction. Con- Dr. W. K. F^bume at 11 *• ut, »nd | "contented lasted untal 5:30 p. m., except for an . . satisfied” hour’s intermission for dinner. The, „ ^ ^ , nudience listened attentively and with. beer, reduced out comment, rivine ench .p«k„ I-Ml.mMO «re. >t would have repr. small applause, until Ashton H. Wil liams, of Florence, the last speaker. sented a cut of 16 per cent which is more than the board ever hoped for quit the rotrtrum. His remarks brought Williama said. The actual forth prolonged applause. Can^dates for governor held in the main to the beaten oratorical paths heretofore followed. Ibra C. Blackwood of Spartanburg,! first speaker, said that after he was) defeated in the last election by Gov-} emor Richards he had upheld him ill every issue and that he considered that one of the best reconvinendation* be could offer the people. The $65,900,- 000 bond issue is not an issue in the j present campaign, he said, it has al-, ready gone beyond a political situ-1 ation. If elected, he declared, he would ; not re:^d these bonds. He deplored the “gmat” tax b’irdeu of the state. R. Beverly Herbert of Colombiap said that there hsui bam “to moeb hollering, and not anooi^ tUakiag” about the affairs of ika state. He (CoBtlaaed m Me Urn} I reduction still is not .enough for safe' ty of the cotton produced and the acreage campaign will be continued. 11 DAYS REMAIN TO EN ROLL WITH CLUBS Enroll at once. Don’t pat it Off. Books close July 22. RegiatraUoa certificate not Tax receipt not aeeeoaary. All that is aeccaaary far yoa ta rate in tlie priflKury is for yaa te pat year as ate an the dab He characterized the prediction of the department of agriculture that for the next seven years wheat prices would be]ower than in the last seven as “remarkable,” “without warrant,” i and made at “a peculiarly innoppor- tune time when grain and especially wheat is lower than it has been for nearly 20 years.” Barkley said the praise Secretary Hyde gave the tariff on the same day of the crop predicton was “a tragic way of notifyng the farmers of Amer ica that under this administration the worst is yet to come.” “If the prices of major farm com modities are destined to lower prices still, it is, indeed, a dark picture for the man who lives on a farm,” he said, asserting that both wheat and cotton were selling below the cost of production. “The federal farm loan system al ready owns $17,000,000 of real estate taken over for unpaid loans and the joint stock land l^ks own $15,000,- 000 worth of real estate.” CLUB HEARS OF AIRPORT erable in time and mileage, it is esti mated by those who have figured the thing out. Then there i.s a plan on foot for im proving the road from Princeton to Honea Path hy way of Erwin’s bridge, which, if succe.ssful, will give Prince- Kwansea, July 7.—An inquest into the death of Joseph Hammond Jer- man, 16, of W.a.shington, who wa.s shi.t by a filling station proprietor near here yesterday, will be held tomorrow. Sheriff rromer Oswald at Lexing ton, said the inque.st would l)e held after parents of the boy rea^ched South (5i;olina. They were expe ted in ('olumbia tonight. — H. G. Prie.ster, tlie filling atati )n ton additional highway improved fa- proprietor, who admits sht.dti cilitie.a. ng tit . .trgihten the boys he thought was roh- Ihua. It will be seen that, m theibing an oil tank, ia held in the nmnty matter of fine roads, radiating in ev-|jaii I.exington. Sheriff Oswald .said ery direelion, Princeton is going to, there was little likelihood he w .ubl Greenville Viaitors Address Chamber of Commerce In Interest of Avia tion and Its Benefits. The July meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held Tuesday even ing in the club rooms with President J. F. Jacobs, Sr., presiding. On ac count of the absence from the city of. a number of members and the ex- i cessive hot weather, the attendance was considerably smaller than usual be “sitting pretty” right out here near the corner (not dark) of four coun ties, Ijiurens, Greenville, Anderson and Abbeville. In the days of Captain Humbert, Captain Monroe, (Japtain McCullough, Captain McKelvey, Dr. John R. Smith and other stalwart citizens up and down the old Augusta road, a railroad through this favored agricultural sec tion was thought to be the only thing lie released on bond. Efforts to locate parent.s of the l>oy proved futile last night, when they returned to Washington from a motor trip to Asheville, N. C. The father, Charles H. Jerman, a Wash ington real estate dealer, .sad he and the mother would leave for Columbia early today. Priester told police he heard a noise at the filling station in the early lacking to make it the garden spot of i morning and thought somebody the up-country. Eventually bonds for' the purpose were voted, the roadbed graded from Greenville to some point way south of Princeton. And there the thing ended, except the paying of in terest on these bonds of a would-be was By and by, after a generation, the section got out of the mud with the The club h.d » it, .peeial Kuert,. | '’“"‘"7 ^ ' " * - to the whole attempting to rob it. He fired once, the bullet striking the Ixiy in the head. W'hen he discovered he had w'ound- ed Jerman, he called an ambulance from (^ohlTnhitriqnd had the boy taken ! to the hospital, \^ere he died. Milton G. Smith, A. M. Rickman, rJ Proved a great boon W. Arrington. Dr. R. E. Houston the concrete V. M. Manning, members of the] surface all-weather road Death Claims Mrs. Sallie Dunlap Laurens, July 7.—PYineral services Greenville Airport commission. Talks !l^**** actuaMy and effectively ; were held Monday afternoon for Mr.s. on the future of aviation and what a | necessity for railroad fa- Sallie Dunlap, 90, at the home of her modem airport means to a city were ** Progressive wc-.daughter-in-law^ Mrs. Annie H. Dun- made by Milton G. Smith, chairman tion »*( now concerned. - . near Mountville. 'Fhe services of the Greenville Airport commission. Fed P. Moreton, Virginia-Carolinas We’ll be content now,” says a local j were conducted by the Rev. E. I). Pat- ^ ^ rake in the shekels for the I ton, pastor of the First Prc.sbyterian representative of Eastern Air Trans-1 selling gasoline and soft i church of Laurens, and the Rev. F. T. port. Inc., and R. W. Arrington, Green-1 watching the endless pro- McGill, pastor of Liberty .Springs ville airport commiMioner. The meeting was called by J. F. Ja cobs, president of the Chamber of Commerce to discuss proposed devel opment of a local airport and hear of advantages resulting from such I cession zoom by.’ Sumerel Oflf ^ Presbyterian church. Cross Hill. J Mrs. Dunlap died .Sunday night at 'll o’clock after a week’s illness, fo!- On Big Trip lowing a Stroke of paraly.sis she had suffered the early part of last week.. Mrs. Dunlap was the w'idow of reziuiung irom sucn a| s. W. Sumerel, local representative ' Richard Dunlau and the mother of the step. The pUrpOK of the (fatheringAetna l.ife IneoraoL .no 1, ‘ . wa. nStlineH hv Mr taenh. in a ..It 1 '''' eoippany, | |ate Rufus T. Kunlap an.l she ha.l a was outlined oy 3ir. Jacobs in a talk i uff )a,if lvI/Ux, F/x.. I. • . 1 • * 1 1 J • 'x* • X' .#1 last Friday for Macinac I'sland, l^irtre familv connection in the countv nor.utnLtr ori^tVr:' ‘-LshT wri^eZ^hTe :;man Td 'a ijciais a numoer oi queations. i annual convention of this company Congregations Tp Unite Sunday Dr. L. R. Lynn will presu;h Sunday morning for the congregation of the First I^^ebyterian church in the ab sence from the dty of ka paator, Dr. D. J. Woodi. 'Pie membere of the Tbointwell Memorial church will unite witB the First church in tMa service. -Mr. Smith stressed the importance j now in session at the Grand Hotel, of building an airport as eoon as pos- with more than 600 “Aetna-izers” in sible so that the municipality will be' attendance. in line to receive advantages from air| Mr. Sumerel was given the delight- lines as soon as they are establidied.! ful trip as a reward for attaining a He pointed out that many cities which specified high sales record during the were not active in securing railroads have since suffered consequences. Mr. Moreton discussed the future consistent member of the Presbyte rian church. Sunday School Day At Hopewell Church past twelve months. An elaborate Sunday school day will be observed week’s program has been arranged for'at Hopewell Methodist church Sunday, the Aetna agents consisting of busi-jjuly 13, at 8 p. m. A suitable pro of ariation and pointed oat advan-jness sessions, recreation and a ban- gram has been arranged with Dr. Dud- tsiges that small towns with airports 1 quet, with the added treat of going to would receive when a network of air'®nd from Macinac island by boat via lines has been established over the i the Great I^akes. country. I . ^ Mr. Arrington spoke briefly on thel BOOKS CLOSE JULY 22 1 organization and administrsltion of the prospects of aviation, declaring thatj The county books of enrollment close 1 Sunday school. All adults and young ley Jones as speaker. A cordial invi tation is extended to every one. Beginning July 14, at 8 p. m., there ' will be a training school, studying the tJia industry is in ita incipiency, and that great development may be ex- peetde ia the course of the next few years. on July 22nd in the respective dubs. All voters must enroll and are urged to get their names on the clnb rolls at once. people over 15 year* of age are invit ed to meet and study the course, which will be profitable for all (dio are interested in Sunday sehs^l work.