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t J : THE CHRONICLE • I Strives To Be « Clean News- • • paper. Complete, Newsy, • and ReliabTe. S i * > >1 . (ilhr Clinton Clllfrnnirlr • • • • • If You Don’t Read • 1 • • THE CHRONICLE # • *• • You Don’t Get • • • • • • • • The News. • • • • VOLUME XXXI CLINTON, S. C., THuilSDAY, JANUARY 22,1931 NUMBER 4 REPORT HEARD ONjm LAW Recommends No Repeal or Re* vision of Prohibition v^A-Ct, Gi^up Unable To Agree On R^^y Over Controversy. Hoover Makes Statement. SMITH WILL OFFER AGAIN Senior South Carolina Senator Stand for Re-election. Blease Expected To Run. To PRESIDENT AMERICAN BANKERS SAYS REDUCED ACREAGE BUSINESS WILL SOON BE NORMAL ■Washington, Jan, 20.—The long-de- tmted report of the Wickesham com mission, broadly upholding constitu tional prohibition but leaving the door ajar for basic revision, was put on the crowded calendar of a divided con gress today by President Hoover. The president agreed with the com mission tnat the dry amendment should ;iot be repealed. He disagreed with a suggestion that revision might be the better part of wisdom. He pointed out to the lawmakers that all the commissioners favored large ex-j pansion of enforcement facilities, and; said he hoped congress would consider' that at some appropriate time. j The arrival of the report on Capitol j Hill . set Qff„explo8ioaa theca that; "prontfSe3'YS' fi^Tieairif iiFlIvp lii^t e^6^ tion. I Senator Borah of Idaho, an advocate | of prohibition, said repeal or no repeaL of the eighteenth amendfhent was the] issue and demanded that it be taken | to the people. j “I should like to see those opposed! to the eighteenth amendment present I their alternative and let the people! choose between them in an orderly and' proper fashion,” he said. ^ Senator Bjaine, Republican, Wis consin, an opponent of the dry law, introduced a resolution for a substi tute prohibition amendment similar i to that the commission outlined. His I proposal would give congress the pow-i er to regulate liquor traffic, but not to prohibit. After the first storm of words sub sided, congress turned back to its bur densome legislative task. The report sent to the judiciary committees of the house and senate with indications that it would remain there until next session at least. Chairman Norris of the senate ju- diaigiry committee said he expected no action by it at this session, although he would name a sub-committee to study the Blaine propo.^al if the Wis consin senator desired. With the report went the letter of I President Hoover. The president brief-1 ly reviewed the personnel of the com-; mission and the scope of its 18-month I study. Mr. Hoover made no direct refer-j ence to the fact that six of the eleven commissioners asked for repeal or modification. .\or did he mention thej statement by the whole commission that a revision to give concurrent' power to the state and nation would 1 be wise. He reviewed the general recomnien- I dations for improvement of the en-} forcement machinery and said: * “The commission by a large ina-, jority does not favor the rejveal of the eighteenth amendment as a method of | cure for the inherent abuses of the liquor traffic. i “I am in accord with this view. i “I do, however, see serious objec-1 tions to, and therefor must not be un derstood as recommending the coin-' mission’s proposed revision of the* eighteenth amendment which is sug gested by them for possible consider ation at some future time if the con- ■ tinned effort at enforcement should not prove successful. My own duty and that of all executive officers is clear i —to enforce the law with all the means at our disposal without equivo cation or reservation.” j The full text of Mr. Hoover’s letter (Continued on page seven) • i New Orleans, La., Jan. 17.—Rome C. Stephenson, South Bend, Ind., pres ident of the American Bankers’ asso- — — j ciation said tonight it will not be Washington, Jan. 19. — The South “noany months before business is Carolina senatorial circus of 1932 got back to normal.” a good start here today when Ellison j Mr. Stephenson, addressing a ban- OuRant Smith, with twenty years ser-' quet of New Orleans bankers, said vice behind him, unqualifiedly made i there were hopeful signs of renewed the announcement “I will become a industrial and commercial activitv candidate to succeed myself when my time is out.” This puts to.sleep for all time the through the country. “There is no doubt whatever that the low point in our economic depres- COTTON’S HOPE Continuation of Low Price.s Foreseen Unles.s Farnf^^ Make Drastic Cut In Acreage, Says Hoard. country banks during the past year is most, regrettable but conditions are becoming more stable. Representa tives of the American Institute of! , Banking from every section of thej ashington, I). C., Jan. 18.— A con- country, north, south, east and west, i of relatively low prices for have brought optimistic statements | Ibe cotton crop of 1931 unless farm- indicating a gradual return to normal sharply reduce acreage was pre- n their respective localities. “Many valuable lessons were learn- dicted today by the farm board. In a report on the outlook NEW GOVERNOR TAKES OATH Great Crowd GatherH To See Blackwood Sworn In As Chief Executive. Hearty Applause Given His Inaugural Address. for rumors that have been current here sion was passed in December and busi* for sometime that Senator Smith; ness now is gradually imp»'oving might not “choose to run” again, be-1 through the country,” said Mr. Steph- cause last year he was for a time se- enson. “Banks throughout the county er*? ill an excellent and strong financial riously ill. He now appears in robust health, belongs to three or four of the busiest committees in the senate, and is ranking Democrat on two or three of them. Without holding any brief from Senator Smith or appearing as his press agent, it is, at the same time, interesting to note that should the ^ . VTlf Democrats get control senateflaA^llV S after Mar^ 4. Smith-^nuld be man of erther the committee on irrT**--j state commerce, which in many ways ed in the depression we just passed i cotton, the board expressed through. Financial statements of; the opinion that the price of cotton hanks throughout the country show; .vears may be ex- •hat during the past year savings de-1 average considerably low- posits greatly increased.. That is evi dence that the wage earners have be come more thrifty and economical. Then too, the public has become ] more sober ami now make’s careful ex position and there is no doubt that i ami nation of investments l>efore part- thoy will emerge from this depression ' ing with its money.- stronger and better qualifitnl to ervt 1 “There are many hopeful signs for their patrons than over before. The number of failures among the improved conditions W,)S^ltl.” throughout the is one of the most important of any ’n the senate, or he could head the agri culture committee. He would doubtless choose the latter l)ecause farming is his life work. Smith w’as chairman of some of these committees when the Demo crats were in control and on another occasion was chairman with the Re publicans in power, because they could not quit their ^squabbling, so they agreed on him. There is already one certain candi date in the fiehl who will contest Smith, and don’t forget that—Coley Blease. 300 Million Increase In the Year De spite Bu!4ineKH Recession All Over Nation. New \ ork, Jan. 19.— Deposits of the l‘K) largest banks in the United FINAL RITES FOR ’^""■BfeEOVED'WDMAN ler than the last 10 years.” “It is quite probable,” the report said, “that the supply of cotton fur 1931-32 will be at least as large if not larger than for 1930-31. Substantial improvement in the price for cotton of the 1!>31 crop depends therefore upi)n a rtH'overy in business activity to normal, or better than normal by late 1931, unles.s the farmers reduce the acreage of cotton next spring to a greater extent than they have done in any previous year (»'f low cott(>n^ ^ State Radio Tax Is Unconstitutional Mrn. Hattie Hrimm At Home .\fter Short Illness. Buried In Presbyterian ('hurchyard, Mrs. Hattie W. Brimm, step-mother , of Dt. I). J. Brimm of this citv, passed States increased more than $300,009,-1 away at his home early Monday morn- 000 in 1930 despite industrial de-ling following^ ten days illness dur- pre.ssion to a total of $22,l.hH,278,.318 i ing which time she lost ground stea- I as of December 31, a compilation pub-, dily until the sad end came, j lished today hy “Ameritan Banker”. The funeral .services were held from j 'th^ residence Monday afternoon at I Since 1924 deposits of these banks 13:30, conducted by Dr! D. M. Douglas have gained almost .'iO per cent, or | of ('olumbia, assisted by Dr. D. J. more than ^(’,000,000,000, indicating to Woods of this city. Interment follow- some extent the degree of concenlra-' ed in the Presbyterian churchyard.!farmers I tion of banking les.iurce.s which has Serving as active pallbearers viei-.; I acreage more than i occurred. A. K. Spencer, W. 1). Uopelan.f,! Total capital stock of the 100 banks John II. Hunter, R. E. .Sadler, W. A '• is $1,300,444,560, compared with $705,-' Johnson and Prof. R. L. Coe. 149,990 six years ago, and total sur-j Mrs. Brimm was in the ROth plus and undivided 'profits accounts of her age and for the past 17 years Decemiber 31 were $2,250,396,034,, had made her home in Tlinton, .She with $1,009,997,022 six was a native of Decatur, (ia., a mem- year Charleston, Jan. 17.—A three-judge Federal court here today ruled the | fn. ui- • • tax on radio sets in South Carolina, I ^^‘**’* publication points out I her of a well known and honored fani- levied under an act of the 1930 gener- capital has increased 85 per cent i]y of that state, and was typical of al assembly, “unconstitutional, null'’’’ six-year period, while surplus all that the word lady meant in her and void.” i undivided profitA hggg in(:pea.sed generation. During her residence here The court granted an interlocutory!”””^ 100 per cent, nr proportion- ghe endeared herself to many friends 'ately fa.ster than deposits, contribut- and was greatly beloved for her many excellent traits of Christian charac- enjoinmg, from at-1 injunction restraining and the state tax commission tempting to collect t^jip tax. I The decision was made in l]nite<l States court of the Eastern district of South Carolina by Circuit Judge John J. Parker, Distrtet Judge E. F; Coth ran, and District Judge J. Lyles Glenn. It said the tax “lays a direct burden on interstate commerce and is unconstitutional, null and void.” I Radio station WBT, Charlotte, N. C was granted. 1 here were wo other jietitioners for injunctions, the Louis I). Ftahin Electrical com pany of Charleston, and H. A. Ray, ov^ner of a .set, .of ('harleston. The ^ "ourt ruled it had jurisdiction in these! jriaL fop. Death of two ca.ses since the amount involved' phree In GoldvIIIe (ollision: Com- was less than $3,000. * panions Also Held In Jail. The injunction is effective pending; wiH Raker, Negro driver of the a final hearing. J. hraser Lyon, gen- car that crashed into a parked auto- eral counsel of the tax commission, [ mobile near Goldville on January said in Columbia that the injunction j j ith, causing the instant death of would “hold matters as they now! Mrs. Virginia Henderson and Miss sUnd until the final ordar in the I Ruth Brown and fatally injuring L. ease.” An appeal as the next step was! W. .Seibert, is being held on a charge regarded here as likely. jof murder in connection with the fa- Mr. Lyon said that the commission I tal accident. "The greatest reduction in cotton acrage that ha.s accurred in any sin gle season during the last 30 years has been 15 jier cent. World consump tion of American cotton during the current year is not expected to be larger than ip 1929-30. The yield iier acre in 1931 is expected to be at least 5 per cen-t above that of 1930. “If these expectations pron* cor rect and the decrease in acreage next spring should be as much as 15 per cent, the total supply of American cotton next year will still be at least as much as the past year. “There is no indication yet, how-j ’ plan to decrease I 8 to 10 per cent. 'Phis is not suffk'ient to bring about the needed adjustment of sujiply to prospective demand next year. “.Neither is there any positive as- I'.urance that business will return to I normal levels by late in 1931. The out-1 look, therefore, is for a continuation' of relatively low prices for the cotton' crop of ,lll31, unless a drasth- cut in' acreage is made by fanners.” In the long-time outlook, the board said, declining price levels for all commodities, increased use of machin- Golumbia, Jan. 20.— Ibra C. Black wood, 54-year-old Spartanburg attor ney, today became governor of South Carolina. Standing on the fl(>wer-decke<1 speaker’s stand in the house of rep resentatives, he repeated after Chief Justice Eugene S. Blease the oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of this state and of the United States.” His message to the house and sen ate, in joint session, was delivered immediately afterward, containing an appeal for reform in 'court procedure and rigid economy in state and local govern ipent. After the forty-five minute addre.ss, he was accorded hearty applause by the CrOWAied JlA^St‘.Cl^tt»n\^err then - ing strength to the American banking situation. For the first time, the (’base Na tional bank of New York, heads the table of 100 banks, with its deposits of .$2,073,775,923, constituting the largest total in the world and out ranking, according to latest state ment.'*, the greatest British banks. The names of Equitable Trust Co., and Interstate Trust Co., merged by the (ihase, have dro^iped from the list. A was the petitioner for whom the' injunction was granted. There ‘ other petitioners for itijuncnons. HELD ON ~Y%Te1ri)f9»?fTcp^1ease gave the oaLh of office to Lieutenant (loverhor James 0. Sheppard. Governor Blackwood succeeds John G, Richards and Lieutenant Governor Sheppard succeeds the late T. B. But ler. While the .hou.'*e floor and the k,-»I- leries were badly crowde<l, many more jammed the corridors outside in Lit' vain hojic of pushing their way wit-hin hearing of the ceremonies. Officials found themselves taxed to the limit to keep the crowd within bounds, and so great was the ei ish that five minutes before time for *.hi' xereises to start, the house sergeant , of arms reported to ,Spi'aker Hamblin that the governor-elect’s party aud the senate was outside aa.l eould r. )t enter. When the passage finally a as'clear ed, the senate, led by the president pro jtem, John F. Williams, marched ' to the .section reserved for it. Then . came Governor-elect Blackwood, Gov- icrnur Richards, Lieutenant Govern o - eleet .Sheppard, members of the su- ' preme court bench, members of the I state judiciary, state office holders and prominent visitor.s, including Sen ator Cole L. Blease. With President I*ro Tern Williams MURDER CHARGE Five other Negroes who were in Baker’s car are being held in the New Staff For Blue Stocking! • I The Blue Stocking, weekly students’ publication at Preebyterian college.! has named its new staff for the com ing year, and is headed by L. C Jack-1 .son, as editor. The complete editorial j and business staff to be associated' with Mr. Jackson, follows: ; B. H. Boyd and B. B. Dunlap, asso-1 date editors. • I L. H. Winter and B. Graham, III, managing editors. B. W. Covington, sports editor. ■ J. E Osman, sports editor. j E. V. Anderson, Exchange editor, j J. W. Combs, campus editor. j H. C. Storey, freshman sports ed-! itor. D. .M. Upshur, news editor. J. N. Dendy. joke editor. • BasineM Staff ' G. C. Adams, business manager. W. J. Collins, assistant business maitner. j G. W. Ewing, advertising manager.; G, J. WhRe,. assistant advertising . maaiger. | SL H. Ferguson, circulation man*; j J. W. Haaey, giwistaiit eirculatioii^ waaafer. ! has already collected about $23,0tM) on the tax, with availaiile colle<'tions estimated at approximately $45,000. ' l.aurens jail as a<‘ce.s.sories after the A giaduated tax wa.s placed on in-1 fact. They are Walter Marshall, Ru- dividual owners under the 1930'act. .A ' fus Jackson, Geneva Oinnor, Tom Cole and Guildford Butler, al! of Nb.w- berry. I Baker is notw al state peniten tiary where he was taken for safe ] keeping. While no announcement has been made, it is expected that the, set valued at between $50 and $200 wa.s taxed $1.00. Proceeds of the tax were directed to the .state tubercu- lo.sis a.ss(xiation. ery in cotton growing and increased ter. ,'4he was a life-long and devf led | Russia, all jxtint to •‘'''■-ijf, c harge, the Rev. W. L. Ball, 1). P., member of the Prenhyterian church, Prices than have prevailed since and had been affiliated with the First church of this city since coming hercj This prosjK'i t, the report eontin- to make her home | Besides her step-son. Dr. D. J. 'boulhern farmers permanently to re- of Spartanburg, Baptist minister, wa< called upon for •prayer. He prayed that “Thy hand may he ujiiin him, an- ointing him for his work.” step-son, Brimm, the deceased is survived hv several nephews and nieces in .At lanta, Dklahoma and CaliLnnia. FORMER CITIZEN DIES AT HOME adju.-t their farming programs so that cotton will not he their only .source of cash income.” 'I’he cotton faninu- was advi.s(.*<4 to iricieasc produclion of vcgcf aides, 1 and u se exfst. William After Brief IllnesH. Funeral S<'r vice Held Here Friday. (ggs, hogs and milk for honn for local markets wlicrc they I 'I'o reduce the cost per pound of r. Vanee PassA's In (’olumbia’ I'rodiu-lion. the Ix.ard rccom- .nieiided the u.se ot improved high- yielding varielie.s of about oiie-ineh Funeral services for William Thom-the .retirement of low-pro- dueinv land. The Ixjard suggested: “Building up soil fertility tiu<»ugh use of legumes and farm manures. “Using pun- seed and maintaining its purity hy cooperating with other growers in planting only.one variety I When the prayer had ended, Chief i.Iustice Bleas4> announced he would i administer the oath of office and tlu' ' gov( rnor-«dect arose to retcive it. He 1 calmly repeated the Words i>f the oa'U lafte^ the chief justice. Lm'LE (;IKL DIES I case will come up for trial at the next The sympathy of many friends goes‘term of criminal court. out to Mr. and -Mrs. J. ('. Carter of ——— this city, because of the death of their; 4 OAD flAA T’rx little 14-month-old daughter. Martha, which occurred at her home .Monday. I Bc Solu III 1931 The little girl died from pneumonia! after a week’s illness. The funeral ser vice was held’ Tuesday afternoon in Cross Hill, conducted by the Rev. C. Bynum Betts. Surviving besides her mother and father are two little sisters. Ruth and Pearl Carter. Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 18.—^'Four million automobiles will be sold in the United States .this year, C. A, Bane, manager of the National Automobile Dealers association, predicts. Stabilization of the automobile in- as Vance, .55, who died at his hoftii;. in Columbia last Thursday morning, were held here Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the graveside in the Pres byterian cemetery, with the Rev. John 11. Wehh, jtastor of the First Bajitist church of Columbia, and Dr. I). J. Woods, pa-.t:>r of the Fir.st Preshy- ‘erian church of this city, in charge. The services were attended hy a num ber of friends and relatives, both from here and Columhia, his adopted home. .Mr. Vance was a son of the late S. F. Vance and Mrs. Burley Vance, life long residents of this city. When a young man he moved to Columbia where he was a well known .sale.sman and had made a whte circle of friends who learned of his passing with gen uine regret. He wa.s a devoted mem ber of the Fii.st Pre.sbyt«'rian church of Columbia. .Mr. Vance is survived by his widow, formerly .Miss Addie Sox of Lexing ton; two children, William ’fhonias Vance, Jr., and Samuel Farrow V'ance; one brother, R. B. V’ance of this city, and one sister, .Mrs. P. G. Ellisor of Rutherford, N. C. leiritory served hy a single; ! ’File lieutenant-governor received his oath on the Bible his father took the oath of office on as governor in IHSO. .Seated directly in front of the .Speaker’s stand, were .Mis. Riehanls, wife of the rc'tiring governor; .Mr.-. Blackwood and .Mrs. Sheppard. Highlights of Governor Blaekwoof^’s inaugural address were: Rarely, if ever, have .South Caro linians faced so serious a situation in regard to state finance.s. 'Fhe state five mill le\ y on leal property should he abolished. 'Fhere should be an appropriate' graduated tax on intangibles. 'Fhe 0-0-1 school law shmald ha re vised to make attendance and not er.- lollmeiit a basis for state ahj and tile m t.ne gin. ! “Planning the arrangement of fields :so as to ju-ovide for greater use of labor-saving maehiner.v and the cul tivation of larger fields. “Increasing the number of poultry,, i„ad should he changed, hogs and milk cows as a source of' 'j ipHs providing biennial se.ssior's fofid and also Icir additninal cash in- gj'iu'ral assembly should hi* come where market lacililii-s permit, pjis-ed as an economy measure. The hankeis cjf the .’'^.juth were urg-1 Labor laws .-hoiild be changed s. ed to a-si.st farmers in lowei'ing the minors under eig!i‘e"n could not work otton and to (‘X- one-varie.V emn- costs of producing tend the practice o munities. Farrm rs willing t) n'diice Un'or cash outhiy for 1931 and the future years, the hoard s'aid, f)y increasing the firo- duetion of vegetable and feed crops, etc., “are likely to prove a better ;ft nighrtin textile mills aid tho.se un der sixteen not al all. 'Fhere should he a better -ciitiment f(,r law enforcement. Criminal and civil court procedure should he revi.s<‘d to accelerate trial. The firohibitioo law .-hould He changed to make semtenecs for pett.v (},(.; violators lighter and those for person.' or Batesburg: Man Succeeds Jones credit risk next year and over next few years than farmers who con-j transporting, manufacturing tinue on tiie old basis of cotton and, ’rig heavier. corn.” ' South Carolina’.s hanking laws * • ; should be revised. ! 'Fhe legal rate of interest should In' Columbia, Jan. 18. — George Bell I t YOUR GROCERY NEEDS Clinton housewivei can easi ly solve their Grocery problems through the advertising columns of THE CHI^NICLE every Thursday morning. The way to a full larder at better prices lies in these grocery store messages. The thrifty housewife, of course, is the one who reads the adver tisements every week in THE CHRONICLE. dustry has assured its steady growth j Timmerman, attorney of Batesburg,} and reasonable earnings, he told the; Lexington county, was appointed yes- Clinton Hi Teams | Defeat Whitmire- to six, per cent special contract , Wisconsin j ation. Automotive Trades associ- NAME TOWN OFnCIALS ' Cross Hill, Jan. 12.—At a munici-. ! pal election held here last Tuesday, Jan. 6, all former town officers w«re re-elected as follows: Intendent, Chas. S. Pinson; councilmen, Weldon M. Leaman, Walter R. (Griffin, Luther E, Martin, and Henry K. Boyce.\Sara D. Austin is town clerk and John B. Hitt, marshall. Forty-five votes i^^ere polled and it is underftood all went one Way, which is unmistakable proof that iha voters are well pleased with the ad ministration of the town officials. terday by Governor Richards a mem ber of the South Carolina highway commission to succeed C. E. Jones, Batesburg, former chairman commission- reduced from eight with a provision lor for seven per^cenL Laws regulating highway traffic should be revised. Automobile owners should be forced University Play Clinton high sr-hool basketball teams, boys and girls, defeated Whit mire high school in the first games of of the ^^^ season, at Whitmire, last Friday j to have $5,0(K) indemnity insurance, night. ’ : Mr. Jones automatically relinquish-1 I’”® irame was very 1 T p* 1 ¥„ ed his place on the commission when! 20 to 19, while the boy.s’ game LAICxll vlin in he was sworn in last Tuesday as ^ rather one-sided affair* the! membfer of the general assembly of: score being 20 to 9. ^ South Carolina. He was elected to the 1, Whitmire will return the games on house of representatives from Lexing-! Friday, Jan. 23, at 5:30 o’clock. The 1 ton county. j games will be played at the college j Mr. Timmerman, former solicitor gymnasium. j from the Eleventh judicial circuit, was appointed to fill out the term of Mr. Mrs. Zee Wright Me Lees and son, Jones, which expires in 1932. He is Bobby, were caHed to Greenwood the president of the Alumni association of past week on account of the funeral the University of South Carolina. of Miss Mary McLees. ’■ The Palmetto Players of the Uni-’* versity of South Carolina, will pre sent a new play, “Plots and Play wrights,'* at the campus theatra-on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Miss Isabel Witherspoon of. this city, will play an impoi^nt part in the play which is under the direction of Professor William Dean.