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VOLUME XXXI
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1931
NUMBER 10
DEMOCRATSTO
GATHER TODAY
CITIES LOSE IN '
PAVING FIGHT
Senate Defeats Bill To Reimburse
Leaders of Party To Meet In
Capital for Conference. May j
Municipalities for Highway Streets.
Maintenance Measure Undecided.
ON THE MAP
By ABx^rt T Reid
Columbia, Feb. 26.—Bills in the sen-
Be a Love-Feast Or a Family
Quarrel.
ate to have the South Carolina high
way defpartment reimburse cities for
paving done on city stitAds that are
part of the state highw'ay system and
to provide a yearly maintenance fund
for the same paving were lost in the
.Washington, March 3. — Chieftains
of the Democratic party assembled in
Washington today, but after many, .... , . . . .
cc*f.renc5 left the rank and file atlll! ‘"‘'“J; 'jV"’*'''
in doubt whether the meeting to be
held Thursday would be a love-feast
or a family quarrel.
As demands came from the F.ast,
West and South that economic condi
tions instead of prohibition be made
the predominant issue in 1932, Chair
man Raskob of the party’s national
committee issued a statement reiter
ating the purpose of the committee
aesaaon w'as tb discuss “future policies
and finances.’’
About the same time and aerws
the hall from the chairman’s hotel
suite, Alfred E. Smith, the party’s
presidential candidate in 1928, told
newspapermen he saw no harm m the
j and the latter su'ffering a .setback,
temporary at least, when it was de
clared out of order.
There i.s still the chan.-e that the
maintenance measure may b<* passed
by the senate after it has reconsidered
a resolution adopted several w'eeks
ago that obligations of the state high
way department should not he in
creased this session. It was on this
point that the hill was ruUsl out of
order by’ Lieutenant-Governor J. O.
Sheppard, president of the major leg
islative body.
It was only after three and one-half
hours of debate toni'ght that the
maintenance bill was defeated.and_the
mally all public questions. ‘ Senator Joseph R. Bryson, of Green
He insisted, however, it was not for ville, sjjeaking first for the city main-
Kim to determine what the meeting be^iance bill, said the group favoring
should consider as he was not a mem
ber of the committiA*. He added the
commitU*e could not fix policies fi>r
adoption by the national convention.
Meanwhile, old and new senate
Democrats, including the party’s
floor leader, demanded with emi)ha-
sis that economic rehabilitation he put
the measure had tried to meet the ob
jections of tho.se opi)osed to it and
had made “every po.ssihle corn'ession.”
S<‘natcr Jefferie.s, of Golleton,
chairman of the njads, bridges and
ferries committee, oppo.sing the hill,
•said the cities led in the move fer good
r(*ads. It was a good business propo-
forwaixi as the dominant issue in the ! siiion, he dcH’lared, as it brought dol-
next pi-esidential race. : <-‘ities.
Senator Rohin.son of Arkansas,’ Mayor A. C. Mann, of Greenville,
floor leader and vice-presidential nom-1 was an earnest adv(K‘ate of the hill's
inee on the Smith ticket, said in the
senate that Republican holders still
were carrying on a campaign to make
the people believe the country is
proispernus. To support his argument
he cited a recently published article
by Senator Fes» of Ohio, chairman of
the Republican national committee.
Senator Walsh, of Ma-ssachuselts,
in another floor speech said;
“This is no time to be setting up
straw men relating to the wet, and dry | to all concerned
issue, to religious or to racial i-ssues,, upon defeat of
pas.sage. Ho spent the dav here in the
interest of the measure which would
provide a $300 a mile maintename
fund for pave<l city streets in the
highway system.
Senator Bryson this morning mov-
OUTLOOK NOW
IS BRIGHTER
Head of Rusines.s Survey Paints
BrijOfht I’icture and Declares
Industry Has .Attained Ad
justment and Ready to Ex
pand.
Washington, March 1.—.\n impr .--
ing trend in the condition of .\meric.'.n
business was di.scerned t.;(lay by .1
ius H. Bames, chairman cf the nati i •-
i al business survey ci a^'cence a :-
pointeil by r’resi<lent Hoover.
In a report on tlu* mid-winter e -
noniic status-of the Unite I Stat ,
Barnes .saw a number of optii.ii.-t
j signs. Outstanding featiiit's of the t *-
poi t were summarized as ‘ >ll(.ws;
“Reenrring dernon.'-'tvat’on that . -
ilustry generally has attained an .t
.iiist.nient of sti'cks. product'on a I
marketing in which eve n a modtovU *
expansion in demand will ha\e im
diate re.sults.
Debaters Take
First Skirmish
The Presbyterian college delating
e(l on the floor to adopt an unfayor- team opem*d its intercolli*giate season
able report on the bill and thi.s after-1 Friday night with a victory over the
noon Mayor Mann announced an team from Waynesihurg college of
amendment to the main hill which ho Waynesburg, Pa. The decision wa.s
believed would prove .satisfactory two to one in their favor. (1. G. Palm-
and would provide, er and T. M. Johnston, who re|)re.sent-
the reimhur.-ement: e<l P. C., ha<l'the affirmative side of
when men and women line starving.** the pasMge of the mainte- j the question: “Resolved: That All Na-
SenatcT Morrison of North Caro- nance proposal. ' tions Should A<lopt a Policy of Free
lina, repeated the Thiipsday nu-eting : At tonight’s session the .senate re-, Trade.”
should steer clear of prohibition dis-
eu.-ision.
Sm'th said the New York Demo
crats apparently had been too hasty
in adopting the>ir re.-olution.
“They took the position that the
committee was going to adopt some
platform planks which indicated they
<ljdn't know what they wt-re talking
ah >ut,” he said.
Some other party men fe’t the way
st 11 was open for a di.scus.-^von of is
sues but refu-'-ed to Ih? quoUd.
Raskob said;
“I have been importuned on all
sides to make .some statement regard
ing the matters to he discu.^sed at our
national cominittce meeting.
“Manife.'tly, it would 1h? very unfair
and mod dis.-ourteous to oyr com
mittee membens to discuss the hu'>'-
nes-s of the meeting with the press
end public bef.ore (f.-'Cas.-iing it
the mect’ng itself.
“Tht-clore. I can only reiterate
fused to adopt the unfavorable com- j
Spring: Football
At Presbyterian
Jurors Are Drawn
For March Term
"*'f!Tmlenre“that r<’dtjc^ t-ity sidel
ing reflects into lower farm pri
for products in which*thc'-c is no .
parent depress’ng surplu-, -uch
most dairy products.
“Clear indication that the vi.lr
of savings in their vari' as form-s h
xan large an<l is -itill moiniting.”
Barnes sairl his siimmaiv w:is ’ic
on rejioits from the c'l 1 *' Imk -
j .American !ni-:ru*ss. lie adJt 1 they i
i l)ei*n a'conijian ed “a'most anifet ''
‘by e\|)res.sions of c nfidtrirc juui
;ergy. which are app.ircntly tliemie’
the fruits of improve 1 cend’turns.’’
Discussing international <-on(iiti' ’
iliunes said, "Repeate<l evidences 1
improved conditions are recoided."
At the same time Senator Smoot
f
Spring football in in the air at l’r»“s-
byterian college and the sight of men
elad in football t<kgs makes one think
The jury commi.ssioners have drawn
the following petit jurors to serve
during the 'week of civil court to con-
(Uepuhlican) of Utah, issued a state
ment praising the results of the Uiv-
iff law. Tb<* chairman of the senate
finance committee added ^that on the
basis of quantity UniUxl States for-
that fall is appmaching instead of ■ vene in Lauixms next Monday, .Marclvitrade for 19.‘10 was < per
spring. Walter Johnson has all (hej9t’i, with Jialge S. W. G. Shipi< pre-
men from his three under classes hard I siding;
ceint
from
mittee report by a vole of 12 to 11.
The vote was announced as a tie and ,
President Sheppard cast the <le<-iding 1
ballot.
Senator Jefferies Grok the floor, |
saying he intended to hold it until af- '
ter mwlnight, in order that there h<‘ no ,
legislative day tomorrow. |
The motion wa.-r made from the!
floor that the bill was out of orier I
becau.se the .senate re.solution that I
VVayn(\sburg, which is also a l*res-
byterian college, was represented by
J. F. Dussenberg and M. C. .MePher-
s<m. They were accompanitsl by (’oach
Menlier.
Several of th<* debaters went to Co
lumbia Thurs<lay night to hear the
Wayne.sburg team as it met the South
Carolina group and, while returning,
met with a serious accident. While on
at work, limbering uj) and gei.ting
ready for u mor.th’s grind.
Nothing more serious than exer.’iM',
punting and i»assing has yet been in-
dulge<l in, hut next week it is h()p<*d
the nn*n will he ready for more .‘■eri-
ous work. Since time f ir spring train
ing has hen po.stponed on a 'count of
many of the men being on the hasket-
hall s(iuH<l, it is going to he necessary
for the time for football and hasei*all
to he divided uj). Coach .lohns-on is to
have charge of both of thc'-'c spoiLs.
A glance at the remains of an ,S. I,
A. A. (•ha:ni)ion-;hip team -^ees many
II. L. Kichelherger, .1. K.
M. Mauney, W. E. Neigh-
! state highway obligations not be in-
tomobile, badly damaging the car in
! creased. Pres.dent Shenpard ruled j they were traveling and almost
! that the motion was correct and the
hill wa.s taken from the culendaj.
Mrs. Fannie Benjamin
Dies At Her Home
the highway coming in this direction,' holes to he filled in the ranks by ne.xt
they wore hit head-on by an.)ther au- fall. loast of all to suffer is the line.
^although it has ss*vera! gaps that will
he hard t » fill. Cant. Lynn. .McQueen,
j completely demolishing the car that Jack-on and Kerrene are missed from
struck them. No one was s<TiousIy in- this section via the graduation route
jure<l,Jiowever. an<l in the hackfiehl. Green, Dunlap
— 'and RitcLie of la-t .sea^on’-i first
string aie ab'*eiit.
\ Laurens, .March 2. — Funeral ser-
with ' vices for Mrs. Fannie C. BenjaTnin,
who died at her home in the Lisbon
section h<ar here Sunday morning.
Tournament Put _
Off Tor Week p^of. Swedenburg
To Get Leave
what the call for the meeting stated, I were held from Beaverdam BapUst
namely, that it is called for the pur-
po.-e ef reporting our accompli.^-h-
Tnent' s- nce the la t mee Jng, <li-!'-uss-
irg tuture polic es and finance-s.”
He added the meeting woul.i he
open w''th full press facilities pro
vided.
County Officers
Make Six Sales
church Monday afterntron. The Rev.
J. G. Martin, assisted by the Rev. .1.
O. .Martin, and the Rev. C. E. Ver
million. conducted the services.
She is survive*! by her hus1)and. W.
S. Benjamin, and the fcllowing chil
dren: Mr.s. Sam I'uller. Mr.s. J. C.
Teague, Silas Benjamin and J. (’. B<'n-
I jamin.
I The R. O. T. C. boxing toiu-numcnt
at Presbyterian colhge, scheduled for
! this week, has b<*en po.st7)'mc I until H. T. .Swe(l< nlmrg, assisti^nt |iro-
I the second week in March *0 avoid a fe.ssor of Kngli'^h at the Pre-hyteriar;
'conflict with the <levotif)nal exer-;.-es, ' college, has been granU-d one year’s
I according to a .statement from (’apt. leave (-f absence by the hoard of trus-
I R. E. Wysor. Plans are going forward t<‘es in onler that he may pur.<ue h s
i to make this the best intra-mural rtiulies ft r the degree of doctor of
Hunt(*r
Boyce, (’.
l>ors.
Laurens J. Gossett, B. M. Ow-
ings, A. N. Hramlett, J. M. Ball, J.
Ati<l«*ison, C. O. ('han<‘y. J. G. .Mof
fat, F. E. Coirsdill. S. L. Madden.
Dials- I). 1). Brownlee, L. E. Hen-
d<‘rson, (\ .M. Curry, R. W. Burdett,
L. .A. .Armstrong.
Cross Hill C. Conway Dial. R. L.
Crisp.
A'oungs - .1. R. Patterson, R. W.
Stewart, W. M. Henderson.
Sullivan Geo. 1). Bahl), L. H. .Aber-
eionil)ie, M. L. Chi'ck, .1. I). Pitts, ('.
R. Culbertson.
Scuffletown E. W. Prince, .S. H.
Ityrd. ^
.lacks Edward C. Henderson, Ray-
mon<i Dean, J. H. Bell.
Waterloo E. V. Golding, .1. P.
.Madden, I.. G. Maddtm.
The civil action brought by Rev.
.A. .1. Bowling against F. W. (lurry
and (he I'linton Cotl<»n .Mills will n*.!
he he ird at the .Marc'
argument in the stat(
on a <li imirer set U|)
ants.
greater than the yearly average
1922 to 1926.
Reviewing national credit con
ditions, Barne-s said, "The long ter.11
capital market over the nast tavo an«l
one-half months has refhrted an i>n-
prf)ved condition.
"Only lately." he a<l<lc(l, “had ti e
pi-o p*Tt of incr»‘a.s4‘d govci iimcnt h vi--
I’owing opt rated to slow down <it -
mand."
In wholesale centers, the hulk < f
’’ections were hut fail’ during !’*■-
CO
cent weeks. .Most foi’ms ul' insurar t‘
were .sold in decrca'^id <|ua”.lities <! 1 -
ing .lanuary, comi)are(l w tli the same
month last year.
Buikling constructii n foi' the first
six weeks of the year wa-' estima’.id
to have totaled l.’i I .(Ktn. aga ’.it
.$d for the same neric.' a
.ycai: -agiJu-A__c) >n •-«: 11 ti cnl_fi,iiue tlo it. IM
the movement of huilding mater . s
was noted.
U V
.March term pending j
supreme ctturl
by the (lefcrKl-
.n
ei
sport, and many cade s ha.e signed
. up for entrance. Coa -h Walter lohn-
1 son will run off the rrivct an.l wi.l -e-
cure judges and a refere:*.
Final weighing and drawing will
Clerk of Court T. W. Rennelt made •
the follow ing »alc.s of real e.'*tate^ un-j
dcr legal pnoccedings Monday m6rn-'
ing: I
C. D. Nance and R. .A. Boyce, a.s re
ceivers of the Bank of Cress Hill, vs
D. O. 'Reeder, 50 acres near Crors
Hill, sold to C. D. Nance for $300. j
John Rose and Joe Rose vs M’. F, *
Rose, 1-2 acre in city of Lauren.s, 2o!d
to R. T. Wilson, at .orney, for $50.
Federal Land Bank of Columbia vs
C. A. Senn, et al., 65.41 acres on Lau-
rens-Croea Anchor road, sold to R.
E. Babb, attorney, for $500.
Federal Land Bank of Columbia vs ^
J. C. Mattkon, et al. 75 acres in Sul-1
livan township, sold to R. E. Babb, |
attorney, for $500.
S. C. Savings Bank, as receiver, vs
J. D. Stewart, one-half interest in 80 [
acres in Youngs towiAiip. sold to 0. |
L. Long, attorney, for $100.
Probate Sales
Probate Judge C. A. Powrer made j
the followring sale: .
Thonias Z. Carter and Jnhn C. Car- j
ter, individually and as administrators 1
wri^ will annexed of the estate of
Thos. C. Carter, two tracts aggregat
ing 84 3-1 acres, sold to <5. D. Nanee
ijr $t,0C5.
If Advertising ...
IS (;OOD FOR OTHERS,
IT IS GOOD FOR YOU,
TOO
A small merchant gets the
idea occasionally that advertis
ing is all right for his competi-
tcr, but ^it is impractical for
me.
This is not, however, the case.
Because the big 'bu.siness is
bu:lding and holding good will
in a big way, the small business
mart shhuld be building and
holding good will in a small
way, or he will lose what pres
tige he already had gained.
If newspaper advertising is
good for the other fellow, it’s
good for you, too. Good will is
created by new.»paper advertis
ing and other intelligent meth
ods.
Readers of THE CHRON-
ICI<E look for your advertise
ment each week as a regular
feature of the news, because
they have leam^ through hap
py experience
IT PAYS TO PATRONIZE
THOSE WHO ADVERTISE
IN THE CHRONICLE.
I take place next .Monday, with the
picliminarie.s enminv on .March 9 ;:nd
! 10. The finals will he he!il on .March
13. All bouU will he in the Lcr >y
Springs gymnasium at 8 p. m.
laist year the.-e bouts were ex.''eid-
philo-'ophy. Prof. .Swedenhurg gia lu-
ated from the college in 1928, received
his .M. A. degree the following year
fr(»m Columh'a univer.sitv. after whi h
hi- ieturn<<l here as a im-mher of the
college faculty where he 's highly re
garded both by hi.s fellow instructors
and the entire student body.
^ It ha.s further been announeexi that
(!. W, Graft'm of the class of 1950.
will succcerl Prof. Swcxicnbuig for tin*
ASSEMBLY AWAITS
.MONEY MEASURE
1"
Hull
e Tf.
Ibis
I.ill
mgly fast.and interes-ting with ar )und coming year. .Mr. Grafton will re-eive
fifty .student.s competing. The fights his B. .S. degree in jf)urnal:.sm from
uncovered quite a bit of likely mate-j (’-olumhia university in May and his
rial for this year’s varsity team, j many friends in the city will lx* pleas-
which included four of the winners ed to know that he is again to be con-
the R, O. T. C, meet of last year, jnected with the college after
its roster. ‘year’s absence.
|{*>cei\e AppropriaHon
Week. AlHa>s Begin
ning of fh * Fnd.
('olumoia, .March I. The hci e of
the .South Carolina -’general a-’.-emhly
will receive the all-important annual
appropriation h’,11 this week, carrying
a total of $'.1,986,090, or about a iiiil-
lion and a ((uarter le-s than was giv
en the liffcrerit departinents last
year.
While c*Il i)i’ovi.si(/ns of the hill have
not' h( en announced, Neville Bennett
this
The t onnage of rii. t'o-al teel <
Cacts r<‘aehed its h w figure f ir
eial months dining .lanuai'y,’’ the
j.ort -aid, “after which there wa-
eideti im|)ro\eme;it extend ng
through Fe'oniary.
“Concrete paving wi- a;: cx^e')
to the general stria tiiral reces
with contra-Cs greater <han in
1 n ••(■nt yi ai." * “
Railioad car load’n'i ar ! pa-’
( ger traff ’ en street I’li: ways, t
giaph a;i'l cable rncisagi - and
constructifin likrwi-e were rep
;■. < sh :wing recession. !'■ hag ’
t:in;’(* telinhnne c* nimuf 'eat ion
said to “have held up sine the t
pait of .January ’w I'l F(*'.'•ua^\
suits .-■ho'.viri'’’ a ga n > v i’ tli i-’e n*
iTtfeeding yea*’."
I ight and power c i.es v.
.'■rd l» he hiidgcti.ng h"A ’t-ostruc
for this yeao’ at S,892. "on,OPO, c
pared with .$8.'i0,i;()0,000 .a.-t year,
the out nut of electric cnrn'nt in I’
ruary was aliout 5 pei’ cent less than
the etirrespomlmg month of P.GU).
' The gradual progress (»f the stex*!
industry was described ns having
brought February operations to 52
n
•it
CHAMBER TO HOLD “BOOSTER ’
MEETING NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT
j A “Commounity Boo.ster Meeting” under the auspice.s of the
* Chamber of Commerce, will be held next Tuesday evening at 7:30
•i in the Masonic Temple building. Plan.s for the meeting are in the
' hands of a special committee and a program of interest pertain- j how long the body will remain here pro<luction and consumption,” Barnes
of .Marlboro, chairman of the ways
I and means committee, yesterday an- per cent of plant capacity from :19
nounced departments and institution.^ , cent in Decemh<*r.
would Ik* cut. It is also understood Orders of the United States ,Steel
that salaries will he reduced, state , corporation were greater in volume
' employe.s lirawing small pay being cut than in any time since .April.
! les.s than thd.se with larger income.^. .Automobile production svas declar-
Sonie departments will be consol dat-!id to have sho’wwl “a January increase
ed and others eliminated. It was not .slightly lietter than the usual season-
announced what departments would be al ailvance,” with export .sales show-
affected. ' ing a tendency to increa.se.
The apprjioriations hill is always “In January and Fehruarj’ the tex-
con.sidere.i the beginning of the en<i tile industry began to feel the effeit
of the annual assembly se.'vsions. Just of corrective policies with regard to
ling to the community and its future development, ha.s been ar-largely upon the speed with
.said.
which the house ^gets through with i
■ ranged. j the measure. T..ast year it took more
The Chamber of Commerce is inviting a number of well-known .than three weeks, while the year pre
local business and profes.sional men to be its guests next Tuesday
1 evening and an unusually large attendance is e.xpected. Following finance committee, then to thei
the serving of a delij^tful dinner, the business meeting will be 1 senate and back to a free conference i
held and a number of matters considered affecting the “Greater i ^’^'^Bilttee to iron out house and sen- j
' ate differences. When this is done.
NO SUPPLY BILL YET
The supply bill for the county is
now under consideration by the dele
gation, it was announced over the
week-end. The bill has not been ac
tually drawn but is expected to reach
this stage within the next week. Thus
Clinton” of the future. It is expected to be an enthusiastic j the end of the session is expected to be * the ■session, no local legislation
profitable meeting. \ near at hand. ^ I has been enacted.
A,