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» • tt Tod Don't Rend THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get The News 7>tTi: np^ • I ®hf OlUntnn OllirontrU ••••••••••••»***««**«o« S THE CHRONICLE J • Strireo To Be a Clean New#- J • *• • f«per, Complete, Newsy, 2 I and ReUable i VOLUME XXX CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1930 NUMBER 32 CROPa SUFFER fC Pkmeer Flyer Dead FROM DROUGHT Goveririinent Calls for Relief Sug-, Rations To Prevent Big Ca tastrophe In Wide Area. Live-i stock Suffers, Crops Scorch. ' Washinjrton, Aug. 5. — President \ Hoover announced today no stone■ -would be le'ft unturned by the govern-, tnent in its efforts to assist relieving distress caused by ttie unprecedented drouth. The seriousness of the situation in a wide area east of the Mississippi and in t)w middle West has been the subject of conferences between Mr. Hoover and Secretary Hyde. The result was to order a detailed survey made by the department of ag riculture which will have a report next Monday. President Hoover in his statement said: “The drouth situation has been the subject of several conferences between Secretary Hyde, Chairman L>gge and myself. The department of agriculture has ^inderta^ken ’IT't^tailed survey of the situation. They will report next Monday upon, the condition in each SPECIAL TERM OF COURT REQUESTED FORD FORECASTS BETTER CHANCES Americc^t'hoveUett Another w\rrested and One Freed Senator Dennis Slaying. Five Now Held In Case. In Rise of Opportunity Accompanies Ma chine .Age, Avers .Motor e Magnate. Columbia, Aug. .i.—Fred Ardis, held. West Orange, N„ J., July 31.—The for a week in connection with -the future oj opportunity in. the machine shooting of SUte Senator E. J. Den- age is a rosy one. in the eyes of Hen ry Ford and Thomas A. Edison, ^ nis, was released from the state peni tentiary here today. This optimistic agreement was ex- Glenn H. Curtiu, first man in thg world to puke a public flight in aa airph^ whoK work . made flying- practical' OSCAR BATSON HEARS SENTENCE Given Five Years fo^ Beating Wife. Time If He Pays'Wife $50 Per Month. Laurens, Aug. 3.—Oscar C. Batson, area in the country .‘The information ^ who was brought to l..aurens Friday 80 far indicates great variation in the i from Philadelphia to face a sealed sen- effect of the drouth both as between tence at the hands of the clerk of states, between counties in those I court, which had been prepared June states, and even between farms in the 113 by Judge C. C. Featherstone, after same counties. “There can be no doubt as to the most serious character in many locali ties, and that unless relieved there will be real suffering. The maximum intensity seems to lie in a belt roughly following the Potomac, the Ohio and the Mississippi rivers. “The measures of assistance that the farm board and the other agencies of the federal government can and should undertake are being deter mined. “It is evident already that large measure of feed movement to live stock in the drouth areas or move ment of animals out of the worst areas will need to be undertaken later in the fall. It is too early to determine the precise character of relief; much depends upon the further spread of the drouth! but no stone will be left unturned by the federal government in giving assistance to local authorities. Solicitor A. J. Hydrick .said thei e i pressed in an informal interview by was insufficient evidence to hold .\r-1 the automobile magnate' on his 67th dis, who had been* charged with being; birthday yesterday and by the 83 year an accessory to the slaying before a'u’ old inventor in his answers to the an- after the fact. jnual questior.uire Submitted by new.s- .Knnouncement of the decision to re- paper men. lease Ardis was made after a confer-1 Other points on which the two were ence between Solicitor• Hydrick, Gov-'in accord were that hard work is the emor Richards and E. D. Mann of paramount essential of success; that Orangeburg, special prosei'utor. The i prohibition is beneficial; that business conference was held in the governor’s depression is of negligible gravity, office. i and that the unemployment problem Ardis last Friday night called peni- jhas no perfect solution, tentiary officials u) .lis cell and is said Mr. Ford, who came to Wes}. Orange to have talked freely. Solicitor Hy drick today would not disclose what Ardis had said. the conviction of the defendant on a charge of assault and battery with in tent to kill, yesterday wbs taken be fore the court to receive sentence. The sentence is full follows: The sentence of the court is that you, O. C. Batson, be confined in the state penitentiary or upon the public works of I,Aurens county at hard la bor, for a period of five years. Provided, however, that all of said sentence except two years be suspend ed upon the defendant’s paying the clerk of court of Laurens county for the use of the defendant’s wife and minor children the sum of $50 per month for each and every month, com mencing on July 1.5, 1930, and so con tinuing for each and every month thereafter. And provided, further, that the said defendant do enter into bond with surety, in the sum of $2,000, to be ap proved by the clerk of this court, con Columbia, Aug. 5.—Solicitor A. J. Hy^ickluf "Orimgeburg, filed a peti tion wih the state supreme court today asking for a special terfn of court in Brekeley county to try the six men un- der.^arrest in connection with the mur der of State Senator E. J. Iannis. The solicitor said he expected to try W. slayer; Glenn D. McKnight, .charged with hiring Tho'rnley to commit the murder; Clarence Woodward, Curtis Thornley, Fred Ardis, all held on charges of being an accessory before and after the fact, and Walter Maree arrested yesterday. to help welcome the 49 boys from every state who took the Edison schol arship test Thursday morning, sat on a rail fence with Harvey S. Firestone and for almost two hours discussed the affairs of the natiorr-with reportW ers and several of the scholarship candidates. The general assertiok''that the ma chine age is wrecking culture drew a strong denial from .Mr. Ford. “Industry itself is a part of cul- L. ‘‘Sporty’’” Thornrey7c7nfes8ed he .said. "The fact that a man knows a lot about industry does not prevent his using good grammar, standing straight and appearing'well. Every industry takes in almost every art. We need beauty in everything and culture should be a thing of prac tice, not something apart. Every ar ticle should be a thing of beauty, well made and well thought out, and then there will be a market for it. “As to the effect of a modern in dustry, there never was a better chance for the individual worker. Mod ern industry calls for more scientific labor than ever before. .More machines are needed to build more machines. Routine Matters Before Council City council in regular session Mon day night, had several routine mat ters-before it for consideration. Re ports from the treasurer, various de-1 These machines must be designeil and partments, and street improvements i built and that is developing a high just completed, were received. Resolu- j „f labor which is very well paid, tions of thanks and appreciation were| “The day of individual success i.s not over. There art* a thou.sand chances where there was one in my day.” Mr. Ford asserted that there is no such thing as overpnxiuciton. “If I have asked the railways to investi- j ditioned Tor the making of the said gate the situation from a transporta- monthly payntents. tion point of view.” If the .said defendant shall make the ■ 'said monthly payments, when duei and No I,et I'p Seen | the defendant shall have .served two Washington, .Aug. 5.—The monoto-1 years, the balance thereof do stand ny of weather forecasts predicted no 1 suspended during good behaviour.” let up in the almost unprecedented' drouth which has baked vast agricul tural regions between* the Rocky mountains and the Appalachians con tinued unbroken today. Aside from light and scattered showers there was no prospect for general rain throughout the parched belt for at least 24 hours more. It is understood that Batson will be taken to the state prison to serve his term. - Annual Reunion At Quaker Saturday they are not any good or are too high- priced.” For pnalucts like cotton and wheat, found. he said, new u.ses. must be The annual reunion of the survive As weather bureau officials watch-1 ors of two Confederate companies and ed the drouth their report showed only the lightest rain and continued high one battalion that went out from Wa terloo and Sullivan townships, will be temperatures in the drouth area for held at Union (Old Quaker) church. the past 24 hours Rains, none of which exceeded .781 Saturday, August 9. There are fewer than half a dozen of an inch fell at Charles City, Iowa,' survivors of the three war commands j obligations, to so conduct them- last night, in northern Illinois and ! who laid down their fighting arms and i *GJve8 that they will be above criti- southern Wisconsin, northern Nebras-{straggled home sixty-five years ago, times to be firm, yet authorized and forwarded the state highway department and County Su pervisor John D. W. Watts, for valu able asisiance rendered the city in the improving and top-soiling of the i ^ro«ds don’t sell,” he said, "it’s becau.se silk mill road and the intersecting road on North Broad rtreet. An audit of the city’s finances for the past two years up to August 31 st, was ordered by Council and the fi nance committee instructed to pro ceed immediately with the work in or der to have the audit completed be fore the new administration assumes office in September, Woodruff, Au*, i!,_Tt,e hail ,torm Council adopted a resolution requir- that struck Woodruff Friday night ing all city employees to fully co-op-j about 7:30 did a 50 per cent damage erate with the city authorities in their j to the Sam (iodfrey 65-acre cotton efforts to keep the city clean and at- ‘ and corn crop on the Coker farm just tractive, and at all times to use the.r : beyond Allen’s bridge. A 30 per cent influence and work for the best inter- damage was done the 64-acre Ivey ests and growth of the city in all de- farm and the 30-acre river farm of W. partments of its government. I B. Westmoreland adjoining, with only A second resolution adopted by council, stated that all employees shall be required to pay their just and hon- OFFERS RECORD 'IN SENATE RACE Harris Cites Record of Congress To Back Chttrges. “If Anybody Falsified It Was Blease.” He Declares. Miss Margaret Ekdahl 18* of Flor ida, chosen ‘^Miss Ameri^” at Mianii, Drill compete for the title of '’Miu UnivtrK at Galveston. CAR FACTORIES RESUME WORK 116,j»0() Men Return To Jobs In Ford and Other Pranta. Optimistic Outl<N»k Expreflaed. Detroit, Aug. 4.—'The wheels of fac- torie.s in the Detroit area turned again today as 116,.5()() empKoyees returne<l to work after mid-sommer vacations. Reports of the closing of thc’^aca- tion-inventory period and the resump tion of operations came from five con- cern.s in the automotive field. The Ford Motor company announced that 100,000 employees were returned to work in the Rouge and allied plants on a four-day-a-week basis. The Oakland Motor Car company called back 5,300 workers; Timken-Detroit Axle com pany resumed operations with a pay roll of 2,000 men. The Graham-Paige Motor corporation called back 1,150 and the Packard Motor Car company 8,500. Most of the employees returned at lighter schedules than they were work ing before the lay-off but plant offi cials said they expected that produc tion would gradually climb. The re- Walhalla, Aug. — Reiterating charges that Senator ('ole Blea.^e had cast the deciding Vj^to thatigave a con gress seat to a .Nejjrro and that the senator had “as many as four kins men on the government payroll,” Leon W. Harris of .Anderson, replied here today to Senator Hloase, who yester day at Amlerson answered previous Harris accusations. The senatorial candidates, including amse F. Byrnes of Spartanburg, spoke in the high .school auditorium. In the afternoon the candidates spoke at Seneca. Referring to the statement made by Blease at Anderson that “the facts are in the record and any honest man could find them,” Harris dfblared he had found them, and proceeded to quote .frojh the-Congressional Record ti,> sus tain previous assertions. Reading from the Record that Sen ator Blease himself on the floor of the senate Had stated that he cast the vote which had given a .seat in congress to a Negro, Harris charged “if any body has falsified, it has been Mr. Blease.” The Anderson att<irney al.<o tal k ed the incumbent for his alleged irreg ularity in party allegiance, his sup port of former President Harding and his clemency in 77 cases involving criminal attacks on women while Blease was governor. , .Senator Blease, following Mr. Har ris to the stump, made no reply to the renewed charges. The .senator recountcHl accomplish ments during his six-year term for which he claimed credit. He mention ed road funds made available, -ari ad ditional Federal judgeship for S;uth Carolina, adju.stment of veterun.s’ claims and speeches in 44I2H in behalf of the Democratic cause. Referring to Alfred E. .Smith, I)em- duction of the employe roster and pro duction schedules ranges from 20 per ocratic presidential candidate in lJ2s, Severe Hail Storm Hits Woodruff ka. Little Rock, Ark,, northern Mis souri, and traces in Ohio and Indiana, with showers in Omaha and St. Louis, ically able to attend the 1930 reunion. and it is probable that none of the accommodating to the old soldiers now living will be physi*! ptfl>lic. No general rains were forecast, al- But the sons and daughters of the vet-! GwSPgwxl tbough there were prospects for light j erant and the heroic dead join hands ! X OOl showers today or tonight or tomor-, in keeping alive the reunion spirit, row in parts of North Dakota, Mis-1 The program for the forthcoming re- souri, Kansas, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio! union occasion provides for an address and Kencutky. veterans by James H. Sullivan; minor damage to other crops in the same vicinity. The storm which came up with al most no warning was accompanied by heavy showers and electrical display. A freak of the lightning was found this morning in the cotton field of C. 1P. Pearson on the Buncombe road where a 25-foot square had been struck with the result that all of the tops were burned out of the cotton Open To Public ! leaving only the stalks with the ground not even disturbed. It is sup- cent to 50 per cent as compared with a year ago. The General Motors Truck company reported that it had had no lay-off and was employing 3,796 men as com pared with 3,154 last year. Their working schedule is six days a week, Timken-Detroit has a working sched ule of from four to five and one-half days a week. Packard’s schedule is five days a week as is also that of Graham-Paige. Oakland will have a schedule of from two to five days a week. All the reporting factories with the exception of the Ford Motor com pany had laid off their employes for two weeks. The latter had a three weeks’ vacation. t Only the Ford Motor company gave out definite figures regarding produc tion schedules. Officials of the Ford company said today that the Rouge plant started production of 8,000 cars and trucks a day. COLLECTIONS OF TAX COMMISSION July ItuKinesK Showa Large Increase Over I^iHt Year’s Figures of State Department. Columbia, Aug. 2.—Collections of the South Carolina tax commission for Blease declared: “I am still againAl Smith, and if an effort to noiirrato him again is made, I am ready to •iV.p him. There is one question involved that alone should keep him from being president and if you had the oppor tunity, to see influences at work- in Washington that I d i, you woul.i un derstand.” Former Congres.snian Byj-ne-. the final speaker, contented himself with a discussion of economic*problenu and conditions, but in an indirect reference to claims of Senator Blease of secur ing $805,600 for country highway.s damaged last year by flood, declared: "If anybody thinks that that ni.iney. is to be used to build roads in the mountains here or feeders to these highways where the tourists pass so fast they can’t tell when they pass a farm house, he is suffering under a delusion. The government appropriat ed money to repair roads in New Eng land, Alabama and Georgia and could j not refuse in South Carolina, but only I roads designated by the state high- i way department will benefit, not these j rural cross roads.” I Prolonged applause greeted Byrnes’ reference to his campaigns for Wood- row Wilson in 1912 and 1916, ‘‘I liil not wait until 1928 to take the stjinp I for my party,” he said. “At my own expense I made speeches for .lohn W. Beginning today and continuing \ ^olt burst just over through the month of August, the i field or Jumped to another spot. Washington was giving thought tO|a lalk to the children by Thos. W. I Leroy Springs swimming pool at the makes the sixth time that Mr. the word brought yesterday by Louis j Bennett, and a Sunday school address ^ college will be open every day to the J crops dam- J. .Taber, master -of the national .by the Rev. H. J. Snider. j public except Sundays. The daily 1 the past ten years. grange, that the drouth would assume! —{hours will be 9 to 12 a. mi arid Xto 7lThree of w'hich did more than 50 per proportions of a major catastrophe un-. JJujQn ! P* Season tickets for 1930-31 are'®«"‘ damage. July showed an increase of 121,543.26! jy24, Cox in 1920, and Wil- over July of Jast year. son in 1912 and 1916.” The commission s monthly state-1 . L .. o.. I Between 400 and 500 persons al- ment shows that while the taxes ap-' , , , tended the meeting, many of cnem plicable for state appropriations were i ^ ■ mam. ^ L* ^ i:_.. ...vuk :.fwomen. Applause^ a^ared ty__.be less rain fell within 10 to 30 days The weather maps meanwhile contin ued to show no indications of perma nent relief. With Methodists I on sale at the office of the business: section near Woodruff was , manager, and an admission of 25c per i by a hail storm which com- swim will be charged adults and chil-j destroyed crops last year. ‘The union service next Sunday even-; dren. The public is cordially invited ‘ Taber suggested to President Hoov-; ing of the congregations of the city,; ^ ygg pool the coming month un- er that Special low freight rates be will be held in the North Broad street ^der the rules and regulations as pre made available to move hay and feed Methodist church. The pulpit will be | scribed by the college. into cattle growing regions deprived occupied by the Rev. Samuel P. Bowles I of their natural pasturage. He urged j of this city, also a maximum extension of credit inerwsing, the gasoline, fax, which ia j , . , , .pplicable for highway parpowa only. | was decreasing. j The increase of the w®* j State Candidates In $36,084..53, while the decrease of the i _ . a t n latter was $12,541.27. I I^aurens August 13 Q ^ , The collections applicable for state j i^ardlS v^emetery j appropriations showed a very small | The state campaign party wil! be in To Be <Iccrea.s<‘during the first seven months j Laurens on next Wednesiiay, .Ajgust jof the year, $5,097,700.42 having been 13th, according to the .schedule ar- coIlecte<l )m- facilities to farmers in the parched the farm board for a survey of Ken- regibns. Chairman Legge of the farm' tucky conditions and the needs of board, laso asked bankers and busi-' farmers and cattlemen, ness nten to extend every credit facil-1 Reports from the lower Mississippi . . , , , , , vw.,, . this y<*ar against $.5,106,-! ranged by the state executive ugus as ^^'R’lated as .same period last mittee. County Chairman R. T. Wil-‘ :'cle.n up duy for .S.rdi, cemrtrry. year. Kiwanians To Have Farmers As Guests'ToUlcolle tlons of the gasoline tax‘a suitable place will be .secured’, he iin the first .seven/nonths were larger j.states, to accommodate the large The local Kiwanis club with a lanre ^ ear y nex ues< ay j,j2y j^i^. partially,} crowd that is expected to attend the 1 he local Kiwanis club, with a large and bring tools prepared to ass st in' • i j * ,1. ^ _ i ■ • n i * . . . ..w.w fyionyic. onri fiiuilriii. J * 1 commission official.s sBid, to thc THct' .“jpeaking. There is added county inter- ity to furnish feed for cattle and dairy [valley added to the concern in spite of (gathering of farmer friends and their the day s work. herds as appeals reached the board i slightly lower temperatures hnd oc- wives, will hold an open air picnic j —__ for aid. jcasional thundershowers. Si^h light nieeting this afternoon at 6:30 p. | SuIIcIrV William F. Schilling of the farm! showers were all the moisture Arkan-!*" the orphanage grove just back of| . . — ^ board said 14 important dairy states sas, Tennessee and Mississippi have,, the Lesh infirmary. 'The members and had only 36 per cent rainfall during had in more than. 80 days. Cotton was their wives will provide lunch for the the growing months, not only damag- reported suffering badly while corn, specially invited guests and an en that the six-cent lax* did not go into ost in the campaign this year due to effect until the .spring of 1929. The I the fact that James H. Sullivan of tax had previou.sly been five cents. I^aurens, candidate for attorney gen ing crops, meadows and corn, but de- already tremendously damaged by the, outing is anticipated, with, Sunday morning at 11:30 at Bethany creasing milk production. drouth, was described as shriveled to, meeting in charge of the club’s Preabyterian church near here. Dr. D. At Bethany CllUrcll^^*' gasoline tax collections for 1930 eral, is a member of the party, -w, ^ I are $3,99r>,7§9.05 a.s against $3,.'>80,- County Medicos Regular services will be held next The states he named were Kansas, nothing in many areas by the latest committee Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, Ten- burst of heat. neaaee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, North Dakota and MinMsota. From Ketucky came word that the Btste farm buraan, tb# Loaisvill# board of trade and the Jefferson coun ty farm bureau planned ap i^penl to Although the weather bureau look ed in vain for any symptom of a real break, the temperatures had dropped somewhat in the Southern plain states and shower forecasts were gen eral for tomorrow for some of the parched area. The club will have as its special guest, Cong. J. J. MeSwain of (Green ville, representative from this dis trict. Mr. MeSwain will deliver an ad dress on present agricultural prob lems and his coming is being lo<^ed forward to with interest by the Ki- wnnians and their farmer guests. J. Brimm, professor of Bible at Pres byterian college, will occupy the pul pit. All members of the congregation and friends in the community are cor dially invited to attend the service. 843.24 la.st year. I Total collections this year are $9,- 093,499.47. During the same pericnl [last year they were $8,687,793.64. Met In Laurens AT CROSS HlIX THIS WEEK --J : Miss Dorothy MeSwain of Green- villa, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. W. D. Copeland. I The Laurens county medical society j held its monthly meeting in I..aurens j last Monday afternoon in the office Rev. .Samuel P. Bowles is conduct- of Dr. R. E. Hughes. Interesting pa- ing special evangelistic services this pers were read by Dr. J. L. Fennel of week at the Cross Hill Presbyterian church, of wh'ich the Rev. F. T. McGill is pastor. Waterloo, and Dr. J. W. Davis of Clin ton, both of which were widely dis cussed after being read.