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VOLUME XXXI
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 20,1931
NUMBER 34
COTTON CURES
FLOORBOARD
Many Proposals for Solving the
Farmers’ Low-Price Dilemma.
President Urged To Call Extra
Session of Congress. Federal
Buying Urged.
Tammany Tiger
Turns On Foes
Greenville, Aug. 18.—Senator E. D.
Smith announced 'here tonight that to
morrow he would wire governors, con
gressmen and commissioners of agri
culture in all coKon growing states to
join in support of his plan to have the
federal farm board buy cotton in an
effort to boost the price.
He prpooses to have the board buy
cotton at prevailing prices from all
farmers who sign a contract not to
plant cotton next year.
COTTON ACREAGE LEGISLATION
(From Manufacturers Record
Once more, with the price of cotton average American cotton crop har-j
I far below cost of production, there is vesttni in the past eight years hasfceen'
I agitation In some quarters to limit the taken from 43,500,000 acres, as com-
' planted acreage by legislation. \ bill pared with an average of 33,000,000
New York, Aug. 17. Tammany been introduced in the Texas leg-.acres for the preceiling eight-year pe-
: Hall tonight opened its drive for certain restrictions on riod. Meanwhile, production of foreign
Democratic investigation of alleged state. cotton has increased and no doubt
corruption in upstate Republican cit-i There is doubt as to the^etrnstitu-(would have increase<i a
Board’s Next |
Move Awaited
Asks Roosevelt For Probe of j
i Corruption In Republican Cit-1
1 ies. Governor Between Fires.
Hope for Destruction Scheme Is
Abandoned. Method To ‘Be'
Adopted Holds Interest.
Washington, Aug. 18. — With the
farm board’s cotton destruction plan
apparently rejected by the Southern
states, new suggestions for solving the
planters’ low price dilemma are pour-
They range from leaving everyTfur
row unpicked to contracting with the
farmers not. to plant next year.
Whether the board will formulate a
new plan from these remains to V
seen.
Representative Lankford, Democrat,
Georgia, submitted a proposal today
that the board buy cotton, tobacco and
turpentine and hold the purchases for
price advances. He said the time loi
a “great decisio” had arrived. He add
ed it meant “life or death” for the
farmers and for the farm board.
At the same time Senator George of
that state, asked President Hoover to
consider a special session unle.ss the
J)oard takes immediate steps to make
stabilization purchases of cotton and
curtail next year’s production.
In a letter to the board, Lankford
wrote:
“Ivet the b(»ar(l, thi(>ugh'’'Slahiliza-
tion corporations, l>egin buying all of
these products (cotton, tobacco and
turpentine) offered by the original
producer for sale, and continue to buy
until the price advances to a fair min
imum price; let the board store the
products and declare the purpose of
the board not to sell any of such pro
ducts now (twned or hereafter' pur
chased except and until the hoard '-an
dispose of same at a price sufficient
to net the farmer the fixed fair mini
mum price after payment of ail stor
age and other holding expenses, the
l)oard paying the present selling price
as the initial payment and making ad-
d.tional advances as the market price
a lvalu es until the fair minimum price
is finally raid to the farmer.”
.\’o additional replies were received
by the board today from governors to
whom its plan of plowing under every
third low of cotton was sent. .\t least
seven already have rejected it. Four
remain to be beard from.
<'arl Williams, cotton member, said
today an announcement might be
forthcoming tomorrow on the amount
(f advances to be made members of
co-operatives this year in marketing
their crop through these associations.
Washington, Aug. 15.—What meth
od the farm board finally will adopt
to assist the Southern cotton farmer
^ I great dealjin his low-price dilemma tonight held
ies in reprisal for the inquiry into the ■ ^f a law limiting crop aefe-' more had not the excessive American,the close interest of Washington.,
Democratic government of New York Farmers, the most independent i production tended to lower prices. | Hope has been virtually abandoned
city by the Republican-controlled Hof-iFody of producers in the nation, would! The only salvation for the q^itton j fo,. ^ts proposal that a third of the
stader committee.^ ^'rst to question the right of j fanner of the South is for each indi-
In a letter to Governor Roosevelt, 1•''®y whether they|vidual to refrain from planting too
[Senator John J. Dunnigan. snokesnian' should not plant cotton. Such I much co.tton and to grow it on the liest
for the Democratic minority of the I® *®''’ would interfere with the indi-|of the cotton land at the lowest cost
committee, demanded in Albany that j'’'d“®^’s right to work at an occupa-i possible, all the while endeavoring to;
the states comptroller, a Democrat, bewhich in itself is not harmful to raise the quality and increase the;
given the same powers in his exami- humanity. It is no crime to produce * length of the staple. Better cotton on
nation of alleged irregularities in oth- h^o^e than can be consumed, although fewer acres. The
er parts of the state as given to the'*^ contrary to sound economics. Record has repeatedly empha.sized.
Hofstader investigators, | " ^®'’^ passed through several should be the objective. With so much
He referred in particular to tne pro-experiences in tr.ving artificial-1 of the world’s area suitable for oot-
posal that the committee be given the I b’ to control prices by governmental ton production, for any single state
right to grant general immunity to edict. Is it any more reasonable to ex- or for the South as a whole to attewipt
wMtnesses. Governor Roosevelt has | P^t that greater success may be ob- to legislate on the quantity of cotton
called a special session of the legUla-' through legislation against to be grown, means that it wouhi not
tending that authority. ' — ithat exceptionally favoraWe weather (farmer would find himself in the fix
Senator Dunnigan asked the govef-1 niight produce an abnormally large,of the British controlled rubber indus-
nor to urge the legislature to grantjerop on a decidedly smaller acrage.jtry—up against a rapidly expanding
the same power to Rtate*CoTnptroller | Were we to succeed through legisla-'production in countries outside the
Morris S. Tremaine, fion in curtailing cotton acreage, with- controlled area. In cotton, as in rub-
With the letter the Democratic sen- i out regard to improving yield and her, coffee, sugar, and other products
‘ator sent a long memorandum listing quality, what would the foreign cot-1 where attempts have N en made arti-
alleged irregularities in various parts i ton grower, including Russia, be doing ficially • to control production and
of the state, ranging from “a shock- in the meantime? Foreign cotton acre- prices, th<‘'law of supply and demand
BAHLE LOOMS
IN CUBA
Decisive EnKagement Awaited
In Havana As Government
Sends Troops. Censorship Con
tinued and All Radio Stations
Suspended.
current crop be destroyed and stabi
lization supplies held off ‘the market
for a year.
At U^st five actual rejections have
been received from the 14 governors
who were asked to join in the pro-
Manufacturers
There ap<parently is no nnmediate
prospect of concerted state action al
though many suggestions to that end
have gone out. 'The disposition seems
to be to leave the actual formulation
of an acceptable plan squarely up to
the farm board to be worked out from
Havana, Aug. 18.- Havana this
evening believed—with apparent rea
son—that a decisive battle loom.s in
Cuba’s eastern province.
A revolutionary expedition landed
at Gibara, in upper Oriente province,
last night, it was reported here. The
ship was said to be the “Frederick,
II,” of German registry, with 500 men
and scores of machine guns aboard.
The government, admitting unofficial
ly that the boat landed; believed it
had the expeditionaries bottled up.
Two hundred soldiers sent from Ha
vana were joined in Santa Clara by
400 men stationed there, and kept on
eastward. Another report said more
expeditionaries landed on the ap|>er
ward by goveThors," seniors, ah^ to li:<la5‘
planters.
Governor Bilbo, of Mississippi, to
day added his rejection of the Izard’s
train south of Santa Clara.
In Havana, air-tight censo>'sf\ip,
t>oth on intra and extra island com-
specific plan of plowing under every, munication, remained. Army off*
third row unpicked as'V'‘8ubstiti#td
plan. While they are similar. Bilbo
contends plowing up the row would
prove wasteful and an unwarranted
•'•ers
wires
ing dissipation
“collective and
of public funds” to
individual thievery”
age has been steadily increasing and eventually governs the (|uantity pro-.expens**.
nearly one-half the world’s cotton is duced. PriFfitable prices entice new I in »pite of the numerous objections
'and "the shortage of thousands of dol- supplied outside the United States, prinlucers and larger production. Lowji,, its plan the hoard today took some
* lars collected by justices of the peace.” For every acre taken off the .Atneri- prices tend to weed out the inconipe-
I Most of the towns and cities named'can crop there would be added soon an tent and to curtail pro<luction.
I in the memorandum are controlled by
Republican officials.
! As the Tammany demand was made
public, the prospect was seen by many,
political ob.servers of a possible wid-'
ening rift between Tammany and the
governor, who has been mentioned;
(prominently as a potential Democratic 1025
presidential candidate in 1932. ! 192B
In some quarters here it was pre- 1927
dicttKi that if Governor Roosevelt 1928
should accede to the Tammany de-|1929
mand he wquld so arouse the ire of 193(1
equal area to the cotton crop of for- Prosperity cannot 1h‘ achieved
eign countries. through legislation. l,aws cannot force
.\meriran Uolton Acreage and people to produce or to buy more than | to plow under a third of his crop.”
World Percentage they are able, (’ooperative, free-will
Percentage effort to stabilize production to de-
of World’s man<i is one thing; to legislate ^to
“w^re stationed over all perss
and in all newspaper offices. (
were sent to army head(|uartei s for
revision. Newspapers had to have their
proofs approved by army heuiuiiar-
ters, and afterward, the first . ipies
of the newsjiaper, itself, blue-|)f . -iled
by the interior secretary.
No telephonic coinmuiiic atioii with
the outside world, other than oa bii.-ti-
farmers, finding each one willing >icss and personal matters, wa^ all )W-
^ed. ('noversation within the islan t wa.s
Icut off when revolution was nuMition-
aus-
the
encouragement from a lengthy tele
gram dispatehed by a wealthy South
ern grower who said he ha<l eanvasse<l
200
(Bales)
<’rop
16,103,000
57.7
17,978,000
64.2
12,955,000
54.4
14,478,000
56.5
14J(28,tM)0
56.6
14,243,000
.51.1
achieve the same end is too near com
munism for the American people. So
viet Russia (ItHTees a 00 per c«*nt in
crease in its cotton area. But we la*-'
lieve that America will not, through
Meanwhile, the hoani memlM.‘r8 eon-, , *
tinned their efforts to reach an agree-«^®tions have been
merit with the dirtx'tors of the Ameri-1news unfavoral.le t
can Gotton (’ooperative association on If^vt inmen is peimitted.
I he censorship
Republicans to bbak passage
bill at the special ae.ssion.
But if he should refuse* to comply
with the reejuest of his own party, po
litical commentators said, the result
would be dissatisfaction in Tammany
circles and possible estrangement of (
the governor and his potential sup- j
of anv It is of interest to note
the amount of advances to Ik* grants!.
farm<*r-menr»lM*rs in handling this !’
year’s harvest. The huni|H*r pro.spec-:
, ... - . live crop of 15,584,000 bale.s was said'
legi.slation, force a curtai ment of its,, , . ^
, ,•.,!!*» have eomplicated the negotiations,
cottor. acreage an<l thus plav into the
that thojhamls of foreign competitors.
Missionary Union Group Conference
Meets At Harmony Meets At Owings
... The ((uarterly meeting of the First Aiinounc«‘m<oit is made by
porters in Tammany, a situation Djvj.sion of the I^aurens W. .M. U. will Carl Hramlett of I,Hurens, president of 717 a yi*ar ago. Th<
by observers as inimical to his en-
dor.sement by Tammany as a presiden- i," Saturday, August’ 22.’
.which have been in prin-ess for several
days.
I A census bureau report issued today
(li.s<*!osed a dirmestie supply of Ameri-
jcan cotton on July 31 of Ii,3(i9,l(l5
hales. Added to the prosjieetive croji
of 15,584,000 bales, the year’s prospcc-
jtive supply would amount to about
Mr.s. 122,000,000 as compared with 18,310,-
world carrv-over
tial candidate.
Whatever step the governor takes, |
it is considered by certain politicians’
in both Republican and Democratic
partie.s that it will have some bearing
upon the availability of a New York
man as the 1932 presidential candidate
of the Dem(K-rats.
The New York Sun predicted the
governor probably would get out of
the difficulty by stating in his mes-
meet with Harmony Bajitist church the South Carolina I’resbytcrial that'of American cotton amount's to
Groul) Conference .No. 3 of the I’res- proxiniately 2,0(10,00(1 bales more,
erial
ap
10:30 a. m.—Song.
Devotional Mrs. Arch Owings.
Enrollment of d<*lcgates.
Gre<*tings Mrs. Mittie Rice.
Re.sponse .Mrs. Ethel Robertson,
Talk “Soul Winning in the IJfe of this group: Rocky
Our W. M. U. Organization”—Mrs.'ship, Old Fields,
byterial will be held .August 27th with!
the Owings church. Th<' op4*niiig .s<‘s-j
'sion will convene at 10 o’clock in the]
morning. I
The following chunhes comprise!
Springs, Friend- i
Owings, Dorroh,!
Waterloo Road
On Paving List
Included In Hijfhway Jobs To Be
Let On Aui^ust 25. Musjfrove
Bridge Also In List.
I.«vender. j Todd .M einorial, Watts .Mills, l.aurensj
.Song Mes.sage- Mrs. Arehie Cook. First, Li.sbon, Mountville and Liberty 1
Prayer—That our people may have .Springs. All members are exl<*nded aj
. u • r ® If''‘'®t't‘r passion for winning lost; cordial invitation to attend the con
sage to the legislature that he is l>m-
iting inquiry to New A ork city Ik*-, Talk-Tithing in the Life of Our
W. M. U.— Mrs. Rhett .Martin.
Tithing in My Own Life—Mrs. Will
Henderson and Miss F]ttie Farrow.
Devotional—Mrs. Dutch Cook,
Support Is Given
Smith’s Scheme
South (’arolina Senator Says ( ol-
leagues In Six States Endorse
Uotton Uroposai.
to New A'ork city be-,
cau.se the resolution creating the com
mittee applied only to New York city
and this session was urged and called *
merely to patch a loophole left in the
resolution.
Laurens Firemen
Enjoy Barbecue
' Talk—“Broader Intelligence in the
(Responsibility of Our Christian Giti-"j*
zenship -Mrs. Toy Patton,
i Address Rev. P. D. Bragg.
Mrs. Mace I.,angston, Sec.
I ('oJumbia, Aug. 15. Senator L.
[Smith d<*clarcd tonight that his col-
be unus- league.*! in six large cotton states en-
('risp of!(lor.se his plan to remove all surplus
will pre- cotton from the market by farm board
side over all the .sessions. Mrs. ('. M.j purchase of 7,()(KMK)() to 8,()()0,00()
Miller, president of the Laurens Aux- baUvs and abandon all 1932 eotton
ference.
I
The program promises to
'Ually inU*resting. .Mrs. K. L
(Cross Hill, is chairman and
iliary, will make a talk, “Echoes From
Mrs. .1. E. Kestler, of Lib-
camc Uj ' t
foreign corre.'^iom.ients
here, who had believed the rev ' li tn
was near an end with the captjr;* ;tf
former President Mario C. Menocai
and (bd. Carlos Mendieta, its two
most important leaderk, and their con
finement in Cabana fortress.
' In Santa Clara, the president re
mained busy with his work of pii'ifi-
cation, and government sources said
many n'bels had surrendered, among
them William Fi.scher, American nat
uralized citizen of (’uba, who led in
surgent forces that destroyed pr.iper-
ty in Santa Clara worth $Lo,(»lMi. The
(property wa>^owne(i by Seiiatnr t nr-
' los Machado, brother of the pio-si i.*rit.
! Fischer was (ire.seiited at the pro- •
viiuial palace in Santa Clara, and smt
on to Havana for confinement ’’i : a-
bana, reports received here sai l,
j When the President would i-.irn
^from Santa Clara was iinkm u . a'-
i though his train remai.ied vv:tl. •:;m ti
1 Santa (dara di.spatches contin' *1 to
I report .scattering skirmishes wit h r.-b-
I).jels, and continued con entra’' i of
their forces about the south 'la^t
town of Trinidad. Troops ha\.u n
.sent into that region in number-.
' There have been no definite r.
I as to the whereabouts of Co!, II
'Mendez Penate and Col. .Ault^l■
[via, reported ojieratirig in that i
I,jiiiren.s, Aug. 14.—The contract for
paving the Waterloo road from Lau
rens through Waterloo thence to con
nect with the paving >from Greenwood
on the Calhoun highrway is to be let
on August 25th. it was announced re
cently by the state highway depart
ment. -At the same time a contract
will be let for a concrete and struc
tural steel bridge on route 5(> over En-
ore'e river at .Musgrove mill.
Announcement of the.se contracts
was made along with that of 26 other
prpjects throughout the state. Work
will be done in 28 counties and will
include 127 miles of standard concrete
paving, 81 miles of bituminous sur
facing, 33 miles of earth type roads
and nine bridge projects. The antici
pated value of all the contracts will
be in the neighborhood of 3,500,000.
The specifications for the Waterloo
road call for paving with concrete of
16.177 miles on routes 10 and 72. Thej
link from Laurens to Waterloo lies on
route 10, while route 72 is the link be
tween Waterloo and the Calhoun high-
way.
The bridge at Musgrove mill is'to
take the place of a temporary struc
ture erected there when the old bridge
was washed away several years ago.
Schools Open
August Slst
Laurens, Aug. 15.— In celebration of
its annual picnic the Laurens city fire
department officials, together with
the volunteer members of the organi
zation, city officials, police officers,] "
and the families of each, participated As another gentle reminder that
in a barbecue Thursday afternoon. The Glinton school bells will be ringing
'cue was given in the meadow just off soon comes the announcement that
Church and Hampton streets. About Monday, August 3l8t, will bring the
100 men, women and children we.e formal opening of the new session.
planting.
Senalor.s and congre.ssmeti in North'but (bil. Gabeno Galdcz, anolht-
erty, who is a well known Bible teach-^ Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississip-^ of independence veteran, is .-«a
er, will conduct the Bible hour. * pi, Texas and Alabama responded fa- have some forces in the viciiv
Dr. John M'.Sween, jiresident of .vorably to an in<|uiry of the South j Sierra de Banco.
'Presbyterian college, will make an in- ('arolina senator for su]>port, it wasj Unconfirmed rejioits from H
spirational address, and Rev, John .Me- learned from Senator Smith through
■1 irts
* rto
H, -
'ion,
vVi ■
Eachern, a returned missionary from
Korea, will make the missionary ad-
dres.s.
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
ADDED AT JOANNA
in northwest Oriente, said thj
a contact^here. tacliment of soldiers there had r.-
The United States senator said he ed. In Huvatia, army headipiartc
jdans to call a South-wide meeting as sued a statement claiming no
.s-opn as possible and urge adoption of troo|) had gone over,
his plan if a sufficient response is Indication pointed to covi . '
aroused from leaders by his sugges- fears of an uiirising in ILivao
tion. (soon. Ten armored truck- aie k“ ;
The ,South-wi<le meeting will follow front of police headquarters a*
Mi.S8 Floride (!rouch of .Saluda, has closedy upon a gathering of South|hours ready foi eim rgeni y. Hous
-ri,
i.-
’ 2.
present, and the event provided one The faculty ha.s been completed, the arrived at Goldville where she will (Carolina farmers at Greenville which house .search for arms has hcen -t ip-
of the pleasurable occasions of the buildings put in first-class condition, teach violin and piano in the Joanna S<*nator Smith plans to address Tues-!pcd, it was learned on good auth. r'ty,
summer, ®^^ everything will be in readiness for school for the coming session. .Miss(day. I)ecau8e of authentic reports tha*; ')p-
R. Fi. Babb, city attorney, a'’ted as the opening. All teachers will 'oe in Crouch will also organize a glee club “I believe the Federal F’arm board positionists have weapons and a'nmu-
toastmaster, and the principal address their re.spective class rooms on Satur- .and orchestra and this new depart-^can be persuades! to buy and hold 7,-'niti()n stored in many well burrijaJe l
of the evening was made by Ralph T day. the 29th, to conduct re-examina-'ment under her direction is expected 000,000 to 8,000,000 bales of cotton if houses.
Wilson, member of the Ijaurens bar, tions and to give any information de-ito prove quite popular for those who;the farmers demand it and agree toj
and one of the city’s ready and always j sired by patrons and pupils. lare interested in music. plant' no cotton next year .so the mar-
pleasing speakers. He spoke in behalf -ii" . . ' . '' ' - . r . — ket may get to normal,” Senator
Union Service At
A. R. P. Church
The union service for next Sunday
evening wilf be held in the Associate,
Reformed Presbyterian church. Rev.
Samuel P. Bowles will be the speaker
avl all congregations in the city are
invited to unite in this service. ,
/
of the la’wyers, county and city offi
cials and the citizens generally, and
gave high praise to the local fire de
partment and the men who compose
its fire fighting ranks, both white and
colored.
The barbecue hosts and guest? were
“waited on” in the serving O'f the pre- j
pared ’cue dishes by the fifteen Negro
firemen, who themselves were aficr-
ward just “tumt loose” on the residue, (
which proved ample and wholly ^atis-1
fying. ,
The young people of the barbecue'
party later in the evening repaired to
the'American Legion hall -where a.
square dance was given in honor of
the occasion. I
James L. Davenport is chief of the ’
fire department, and Nat Wallace is
assistant chief. The fire truck drivers I
are William Switzer and Richard i
Babb.
Misses Mary and Hattie Blakely of
Ora, were guests 'Thursday of Miss
Nannie Young Tribble.
may
Smith declared.
WHICH DO YOU KNOW
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The telephone
The radio
The telegraph
The airplane
The want ad
The want ad is the most ser
viceable to the a>seniife person
of all the wonders of the age.
Can you find a better job
through the radio?
Can you find a tenant for your
house by telegraph ?
Can you locate a lost bracelet
by airplane?
Can you find bargains by hap
hazard telephoning?
The want ad can do all of these
things, It is the perfect method
of mass communication.
You can reach thousands of
people by want ad cheaper than
by any other way.
THE CHRONICLE
‘The Paper Everybody Reads**
Limestone Head
Here Sunday
'The guest minister
Prerf)yterian chunh
morning will be Dr. R.
Confessed Killer
! Saved By Flood
^ Newark, N. J., Aug. 17.—A Georgia
(Sheriff today asked police to release
Ben Powell, 51, because a murder in
dictment returned against him 21
I years ago wos lost in a flood and there
at the First
. are no living witnesses.
C. Cranberry,
^ ^ ,, „ “So,” the sheriff, R. J. Griffin of
presTdent of l.ime,tone coHejrd. Ga.. wrot,. “ther^
ney. and one of the . atta w,d<.|y ^
;knowneducators.l)r I» .J. Woods, the the hnmuide s.|uad
pastor, w.ll return to the e.ty next,^t„ ^,,1;
w«k and occupy h.s pulp.t nn Aufrust
(30th. A cordt^nvitatwn is extended ^ ^
Ithe pubiKt «. hwr Dr. Cranberry next of . revolver.
Sunday at 11:15 a. m.
He was arrested here. July 2.3
TO SPEAK SUNDAY
S. E. Evans of Laurinburg, N. C.,|
has joined Mrs. Evans^ and littlei
daughter here for a visit to her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Pitts. I Rev. John W. Speake of Spartan-
I Mrs. W. W. Arrington and little son (burg, wUl preach at the Broad Street
!of Greenville, spent the week-end with i Methodist church next Sunday morn-
jber parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. F.|ing at 11 o’clock. The uublic i* cer-
Blakely. jdially invited.