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k I » • • THE CHRONICLE • I Strives To Be a Clean News- • • paper, Coaiplete, Nenrty, • and Reliable. • Slbr Qlltntmt (ttljrttntrb t « If Yon Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE You Don’t Get The News. VOLUME XXXI CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1931 NUMBER 48 THANKSGIVING FULLJIpLlDAY To Be Observed Here As City Takes Dajt Off To Go To Church, Eat Turkey, and Hie To the Woods. DID YOU KNOW? As the sturdy Pilgrim Father of (dd bowed the knee of thankfulness on hi? rock-bound New Erigrland coast on that First Thanksgiving day more than 300 years ago, so will Clinton- jans genei’ally today observe Thanks THAT—The first haze of a Novem ber morning set a softness upon the hills and mellowed the bright colors of the failing leanes as it caUed every man and woman and child out into their dooryards for the firs*. Thanks giving celebration more than three hundred years ago. Most of the colonists, hnv'ng been giving and give thanks for the boun ties that have been vouchsafed them j farmers in the north of England, now in the year now drawing to a c’ose. Family reunions, simple diversions, hunting parties—these will make the day. Thanksgiring tables wil! be heavy with urvusuful delicacies and all the other delectable viand** that go to make up the hofiday feast. Turkeys for%the occasion have been plentiful on the market the pa.sl week and are selling ct lower prices than in several years. The banks, stores, schools and the college will be closed. The p'Wtnfficc will keen holiday hours. A holiday spirit w'ill reign supreme throughout th<^ city. At ten oVlock in the First f*resby- terian church, the usual union Thank.sgiving service wilil be held, at which time the Rev. H. O. Chambers, pastor of North Broad Street Metho dist church will preach an appropri ate Thanksgiving sermon. A cordial invitation has been exten<le<l to the people of the city to unite in this ser vice and it is expected that there will be a large congregation. There w’ill he no football game in Clinton today since the Presbyterian college closed its season on Saturday with the Citadel game. The 9che<lules of the high echool and orphanage teams also have IxH'n completed. With a cry of “up and at ’em,” many hunters will themselves of th3 holiday by taking to the woods and fields in quest of partridge and rabbit. With the celebr..tion of ThAksgiv- ing behind after today, the Communi ty will turn its attention to the ap proaching Yuletide season, evidences of w'hich are already beginning to he seen in .«everal .stores of the city. ‘ betook themselves to the cu.stom of that section of the country in cele brating the bringing in of the last harvest .*!icaf. First a wicker basket was carried into the common house, and festooned w’ith many colored rib bons, as gay in its fe.stival array as the people who gathered around it. When the basket was in readiness two maid ns lifted it from the ground, holding il between them while ihe colonists ^ell in two by two behind them. For a moment there was si lence, then there arose in full song that strrr^rg processional, “The earth, u ■ the world and they that dwell there- in.” As they marched, they sang, filling the clearing with music. From the path the procession tiirne<l into the cornfield. Coming to where the corn was on the stalk, the two maidens stopped, setting the basket upon the Death Claims Beloved Woman Mrs. Ella Sproles Boland Passes After Lon^ Illness. Brings Much Sorrow To Many. Mrs. Ella S. Boland, 47, wife of Frank M. Boland, cashier of the Com mercial bank of this city, died early last Friday morning, at her home on South Broad street followirvg a pro longed illness. Mrs. Boland had been a complete invalid for the past two years, confined always to her bed. During this long period she suffered intensely but no word of complaint was he.ird. She bore it all with a beautiful Christian fortitude, pfitient and cheertul to the last. The funeral service was held from the residence Saturday morning, with interment fmllowing at Rosomonl cemetery. The siniiple scrrices were in charge of her pastor. Dr. D. J. Woods, assistiHl by Dr. L. R*. Lynn. Both at the home and grave a large number gathered to pay their last re.spect.s and the floral tribute was Calls On People To Give Thanks Governor Blackwood Proclaims Thanksgiving Day For People of .South Carolina. .Active pallheareVs were: 'Clair Pitts, R. M. An-ington, Hugh Eargle, George Smith, Goyne L. Simpson and Frank (todfrey. Honorary palllH‘arers: Dr. J. W. Davis, H. 1). Henry, Dr, .1. la'c Young, J. n. WithersuxM)!!, C. M. Bailey, .lohn 11. Young, H. M. Young, W. A. Moorhead. W. W. Harris, O. 1. .Sheely, VV'. C. Sheely, P. B. A<iair, gdound. Again there was silence and .John Snratt, A. V’. .Martin, .hu*k H Baruch'Says South Must Act Together _j—— Self-Help Is Only WaV Out For South. Two-Year Program Of Reduction Suggested. Columbia, Nov. 22.—Dniform cot ton acreage reduction by the South-. ern states was urged today by Rer-j nard M. Baruch, New York financier, as an “emergency oxpe<iient’’ to bring relief from low cotton prices. Mr. Baruch, a native of .South Caro lina. came to Columbia to discuss the cotton price problem with Governor Blackwood on the eve of the confer- all stood forth in singing. As the not(\» of the psalm l>egan, the two maidens each plucked a stick, dropping it in the basket, then .stood aside that those w'ho followed might phi^k and deposit their corn. So they .sang, while each one harvested his com, dropping it in tht wicker basket unril the last ear had been garnered. The burden of the full basKet being past the strenpTth of the maidens, two men came forth and gravely ra’sed the basket between them. With quick ened step the procession marches! back, through the field and down the path to the granary, singing a song of thankfulness. 1 Having finished the marching song, j Governor Bradford bade all kneel in la half circle around the front of the I granary. The elder sent up a petition j of thanksgiving for the riches of the ! earth fore.-^t. and sea which had h(*<*n bountifully noure<l on the pec^ple. When the governor ceased, one of the maidens approa<*h<‘d the i'ranary. unfastening and throwing open its door. Governor Bradford promptly c*me forward and plucking a stick from the basket, thr.*av’ it into the grain house. So on** by t)ne tho4>e who gathered the corn took up a stick and threw it into the granary until only two sticks were left. Priscilla, blush-1 ing sweetly, gently dropptsi one of I the.«e in the storehouse. The second maiden now stood forth, | holding the last stick of corn. With, her head thrown hack and singing! Young, J. A. Bailey, T. (’. .lohnson, Dr. T. L. W. Bailey, Dr. A. E Spen cer, X. .M. Copeland, W. D. Copeland. J. H. Hunter. W. E. Owens, L. V. Pin- .'on, W. H. Simpson ^ Mrs. Boland before marrnage was Miss K'lla S. .Sproles of Greenwoo<i,“ only child of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. SproUvs. Since 1901) she had Ix'en a resident of this place and a»ll who had the privilege of knowing her were de voti‘d to her. She was a faithful mem ber of the Pre.<»hyterian church and beloved for her fine t'hristian char acter and many attractive (jualities. As mother, wife, daughter, and friend slv* measured up to the highest stan dard of womanly excellence. .Mrs. Boland is survive<l by her mother, Mrs. A. J. Sproles; her hus band and five children, .lanella, Mar guerite, Adeline,‘Frank, .Ir., and Da- s vid Boland. Governor Ihra C. Blackw'ood called upon the people of Slouth Carolina to give thanks Thursday in a proclama tion setting aside the day as Thanks giving day. The proclamation foWows: “Whereas, the president of the United States has, in accord with the annual custom, designaUxl the fvourth Thursday in Noventher as a day of thanksgiving and uixm this day has requested the citizens of the nation to reflect upon and give thanks to the Supreme Source of All Goodno-ss for the countless mercies extended to them as individuals, through their national life; and “Whereas, although the passing year has been one of the Mean years’ the pen|yle of South Carolina should look W’ith hop<'ful anticipation toward the better times which are promised for the near future; should give thanks MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE CALLS FOR DRASTIC ACREAGE CUT Proposal Demands 50 Per Cent Reduction In Planting For 1932 and 1933. Approved By Ballott of Representatives of Eleven Cotton-Growing States At Meeting. Dixie Democrats Act For Harmony Concede Floor Leadership As Means of Avoiding Parly Split In Congress. Washington. Nov. 23. — Southern D<'m<x‘rat3 have virtually conceded the floor leadership to the No’-th to promote party harmony. Representative John Mcl'i-.lfie of Alabama, an outstanding .Southern candidate for the post, toda/ anuounc- (xi he ha<i asked his frienvis not to Jackson, Miss. Nov. 23—ITie solid South came to life again tonight as official delegates of ten of the 11 cotton growing states represented at the Jackson cotton conference cast their votes for a resolution calling for southwide passage of uniform laws embodying a 50 per cent redac tion of cotton acreage for 1932 and 19;i3. North Carolina’s delegation alone did not vote as it had come without l>eing empoweixxl to shallot on a means of solving the South’s paramount ag ricultural problem. Of the other ten states voting, the (Georgia and Ala bama votes were made provisional upon the ultimate (vulcomo of the present his name at the D<*mocratic 1 movement. Urges Livestock For The South Dr. I.,()ng of (.'Icmson C’ollege, Says It Is Important Factor In Diversified Program. ter states, ami that a vast majority of our people have not been <ienied their accustomed comforts, or' lux uries, though many of them have felt the biting sting of juiversity and want following in the wake of depression which have hovercxl over the nation, and have come W'ithin our honlers; and “Whereas, the difficult peritxl Hirough which we are nassing affords glorious opportunities to those of our p«‘Gple who are blessed with means to share their Isiuntv with follow- citizens l(‘ss fortunate in the finan cial world, and al.so affords ihe re- cipi«‘nts of their genenrsity cause for gratitude to the All-Wise Oeator for His merciful pi-ovision for th^n in ’mplanting in the heart of humanity a spirit of Christian charity and a sense of obligation on the part of each community, and its individual citizens, and for the splendid organi zations now at work, with the avowed purpose of preventing suffering ami di.'tress in the present crisis; “Now, therefor**, 1, 1. C. Blackwoo*!, as governor of Sevuth Carolina, do fol low the lead of our presid<>nt in pro- elaiming tlu* 2(»1h day of Noveml)**r ns I cauc*ais Decomiber 5, “umler circum stances as they have developed.” This was considered in Democratic ence of governors and their represen- ■, i i * titives at Jackson,-Misa.. this week. !'*""■<'« P™**’’ »>’*■ <I'-»PP<^ ‘ho last He iind Senator E. D. Smith wore “The only sy.stem of diversifi**d farming which in exjjerience else- w’here as well as in the .Southeast ha.s stood imjjregnable, has been a diver sified livestock system to supple ment the production of cotton and to- ing i(tn of power In'tween the Norih and South. ' McDuffie al.so was proimptod by ho tllanjor raise<l by the Northern mem bers for more rtscognition in party af fairs since the Demwrats assum***! the house majority from the. Republi cans. The Northcrner.s claimed that with the s|H*ak**rAhip going to Kepres<*nta- tivo Garner of Texas and most of the commiitteeships to Dixie, that the South would be in the saddle. Unless there is an unexpected swing of .sentiment Imek to the South at the caucus, the leasiersihip pnrhab- ly will go to Representative Henry T. Rainey, white-hairt*d veteran from Il linois. Although R(>pre.sentative O’Gonnor of Nerw York is a Northern contend er, a part of the Tanmiany ddlegatiun aflready has i)fle<lged it.self to Rainey. Indications were that other possible ,Sounth**rn contenders Inc.lmling Crisp of Georgia, Rankin of Mississippi, and Byrns of Tenn*‘ss<>e, would be unable to muster sufficient support to com- l)et** with Rainey, In a 200-word statement, however. Thanksgiving day throughout South McDuffie l<‘ft the door ojM'n to hi.s Carolina, and <lo caH upon our citi-1 lea<l*>r. He sai*l in the last .“en- zeiis to (ihscrve this day in th** sam«* | (,f jh** stat*im<*nt that, the post spirit of revcri'nce ami gratitude with i,(. uttractiv** to him “only as which it was observed in the <lay.s of j the choice of the Democratic mein- yore by our Bilgrim Fath<‘rs, who, de- l)(.rs” t**gar<IU'3.s of .sis tion inten-sts. -|)ite the bitter hardships they had endured, were move<l to give puldi* acknowledgement of their gratitmle to the Sujirome Being for the m»*as- ure »f lomfoit and prosjjerity which was theirs. “On this Thanksgiving Day let us turn our thoughts from the <lrah, ma- “As attractive as fhe duties of this jkosition are and as appt'aling as the pos.'iihililies of service which are as- sociate<i with their dis<’harge, party harmony for the sake of the party ami the ])Uihlic inU*rest or consideration which may he involv<xl,” the Alaham- terial si<le of life to the spiritual an<l lejoice in the opiportunity which is ours to giv(* of the milk of human kindness to those who are in nee<l. .sheaf of harvest into the granary, closed the door, locked it 4ind carried breakfast guests of Governor Black- wood at the gubernatorial mansion. ^^e key fo ^ K<^vern . • k R , ^’hen this simple ceremony among us, but we have indisputable JI proof that we can compete success- just before the governor and Senator ^ fully with others in the prf»duction-of Smith I.ft for the Jackron mootine. I>«<■'' rompleU'd, all atood with bowed product.," .aya I)r. W. W. Both Governor Blackwood and Sen-i again hey sang, e Long, director of the extension ser- ator Smith, who have taken an active ‘^y out and thy ’ * in from this time forth bacco, and not only is such a system! And we may turn our hearts toward capable of universal application ^ the true eau.ses for Thanksgiving— that we have been .spared the horrors and part in earlier efforts to find a solu- tmn of the problems facing the cotton | forevermore. ♦ Wa.iu-Vt fbat So was garnered the first harvest irrowers. agreed with .Mr. B.-irucn tnat _ , . , ..v . i !. f ^ t.r'tinn” is necps- f*^^^ uf great clearing, "a uniform plan of action is nece. , ^ “Mr Baruch, who held a ehort con-|P™»<^ “"-i thank.iriving of the pec ference with President Hoo‘-er vest' r- P*®- day in Washington en route to Co- lumhia, asserted the cotton situation , is “not a problem for the federal gov ernment to solve.” ! “The South brought its present con-; ditior. upv.n itself,” he said. “It must ^ find its way out. Self-heln is the gnl> ! I vice at (Memson college, discussing j of a<lvancing civilization, or to mar j the importance of livestock in a bal-'our glorious privilege of life as " ’ American citizens, crowne<l with cul tural «*nvironment, love, high ideals of citizenship and the really worth while things of life. “It is my personal attitude ami ftM*iling, as my record in the house shows, that as a party we are one party; that as a country, one coun try, without lines of s*!ctional cleav- ige. “That conception we must hold and of war, epidemics of di.s«‘ase ami wide-! that fact we must prc.serve. If the .spread calamities, and that the eco-j yf me for floor leader nonlic depression has m»t been strong i ghoubl operate against these things, enough to stop the tide of progress j ^hich I hold are of first importance The ten state delegatifois whjrh lined up iH'hind the committee amerid- (*<1 resolution offere<l by_J4t;ile .ihtwa- ran legislator ami jdanter, were of Alabatna, Georgia, Louisiana, .Mississipid, Missouri, Arkansas, Ok lahoma, South ('arolina, Tennessee and Texas. Harmonious action and a definite trend for acrt‘age reduction as opijos- e<i to total cotton proh bition pre- <l</minated among the apjfroximately 200 delegates, including four gover nors, who gathered at the reijuest of Gov. Harvey Parnell of Arkansas, ami G*)V. Theodore G. Biiho of Mississip. pi. Differences threatened to <lca<lli>ck the a.ssemhly on several occasions, hut when the resolutions committee rejMirb’d out late this aftrx'uooM in fa vor of uniform deduction there wa.s little opposition before the vote. Th*‘ liotierts re.solution *'e. (»mmer.;!- t*d s-pecifically that “an acreage con trol jaw similar in eff*ct to the law now in force in the state of Texas lie adoptt‘d by all cotton pnxlucing states. With .such modificati*»n.s of ad ministrative features as will prevent grave injustice to citiz*‘n.-, (if seetion.s of such states and that " the indepen dence and sovereignty of otluT states in a<lopting laws securing at least a 50 per cent reduction of acreage he iesp(*cted.” The original re.solution additionally ie*-(.mmendt‘<l that states (iiacting .'I'ueh reduction laws liuring l!t:{2 and 19.‘>.‘{ .shall repeal them iinle.-s similar laws are adopted by .Ian. 20, 19.12, by st.’iU's |»rodu<*ing at lea.st 75 per cent of the .South’s cotton crojt. In two ainemlnu*nL.s the resolutions comniit- tie urgesl the governor.s of those .■itat<‘‘S which have not already enact ed similar laws to convu'e their U*g- i.slaturei for that purpose no later than Jan. 20, 19;J2, and nouiinaled a permanent steering committee to car ry out this program through sub- corn mi IU(S in each state. .Mernlsers named on the pcnnan>*nt cmnmittee were Dr. 'fait BuiUt of -Memphis, E. F. ( reekniore of .New Orleans, vice-president and general managiir of the .'Vmeriran ( i/tton i5)- operative a.s.s(vciuti(-n, Harry 1). Wil- .-xju, Louisiana’s commissunii r of ag riculture, W. II. lljidge.-i of Elm tirove. La,, ami J. E. .McDonabl, cum- mi.ssi(inor of agriculture of I'c-xas. Kiwanians Stage Spelling Contest anced system of farming for .South j Carolina and neighboring .states. Such a system, Dr. Ix)ng says, in-i dudes: j 1. Sufficient dairy cattle as war-j ranted by labor, pa.sturage and acre-1 ! ages available for feed crops to pro-1 ! Jute sufficient milk and butter fori the family, with some surplus for! j sale either as sour cream for butter | manufacture (and the utilization j Heart ‘ skim-milk for hog and poultry feed- Charles W. Coker there is hut one thing for me to do and that is, as I have indicated, ask Xrfc my friemls not to present my name IVClCl 1 O for con.sideration.” The Alabaman decidetl to make known his stand after thre** days of conferences with party Iea<Iers and Salvation Army Due to the increas** in calls for a-- members of his state dc’legation. Dm* I -istance fn^m the destitiit*- aiul uncin- ly last w**ek, the Alabama group ! pbivixl in fhe * iiy, the .Salvation 'ic m eu rmy, in or.icr to care for th«* {x'ojdc and to av lid duplica tion. desires that all societies and in- of Clinton coop«‘rate with An old-fashioned spelling bee, spon-ling) or w’hole milk for the manufac- lomedy.” j sored by the Kiwanis club, was staged ture of cheese or condensed milk, and “If the producers do not agree in the Florida Street school audito-jthe manure to go hack on the land to through state aeticn to reduce pro-' rium Tuesday night. While the at- increase soil fertility. Ruction,” he said, “bankruptcy a year tendance was small, this was offset' 2. Sufficient hogs to furnish meat or so hence will force them automatic-} by the quality of spelling displayed.: -for the family, to consume farm by products which might otherw’ise b«? ] for many years has been ToLtavi Rv DerniK-ratic momVr.shipi I atVCll ijy lycatMl .support McDuffie in announcing it: ^ planned to present him f(>r the leiwl-1 Attack Fatal To Harts-} ership. i ville Man. Prominent Inf^f des^gV^"^ in_ handling this problem. Affairs of South Carolina. I naUxi him as Democratic whip in the ask***! that all people ap- J eongre.ss i It is known that McDuffie also Ithe .Salvation Army, who will marie the sacrifice bec-ause of his de-, to mve.t.gate ca_ _ *< and r**Ti wa.sted, to furnish a profitable mar- in public, civic and indu.strial ket for the increased production of corn, and other grain and grazing crops, with enough surplus for sale to furnish additional cash income. 3. A farm poultry flock to furnish i two days. farm week- aHy to quit planting cottorv. Why, The match was run off in splendid ehould they not voluntarily cooperate i style under the guidance of Jc’nn Hol lo aid in bringing a bah nee between land Hunter. Two rivals of old, J production and consumption and avoid | Will Milarn and Dick Heustese, were the disaster that otherwise is cer-j asked to chooseiwdes for batUr. .Some ' i will recall a similar conflict .oeld in He said he did not believe in deal-j Copeland hall aMut 1914. When the ing with “any artificiality” or inter-! smoko had cleared, the only person [eggs and poultry meat for the fering with the “law of supply and >left on his feet Waa Dr. F. L. Webb, family with a surplus for .sale demand” in ordinary circumstances, j A.s a token of his being a high light jy throughout the year. “But the present crisis is like a in this line, he was^warded the prize, 4 crop rotation system calculat condition arising out of w'ar,” hi said, bronze,battery-li^d a;^ tray.’ to build the fertility of the soil. “The law of supply and demand can’t Many have expressed the opinion j 5, j^e production of cotton and to- be given time to work itself out. Some .that they could have remained stand-j,y improved methods and prac- sneo’-al agency must be employed tojin^ longer if they had not been i tk-es, with high yields per acre of the hi^g tei^orary relief.” particular word that came, character of prtxluct in demand at He suggested that the states, with I their way. If such rumblings continue b^st prices, the volu^ry cooperaUon of produc- it may ^ found^ylsable to arrange ers, undertake for a period of “not for another confhet in the near fu- niore than two years” to curtail cot- ■turo- Harstv’ille, N'ov. 21. — Death early today ended the constructive career ^ of Charles W. Coker of this city, whojj.jj.g only to promote party har-j‘loi* the aid n(‘C,essary. Th’s wil] pre- prominentj but to help Garner congeal the veyit .luplication and a!y- 1 el,eve the ial affairs} and South into a united front <>‘i7.(‘ns of a great oeai * of his .state. Mr. Coker, who died shortly alter m attack. He had been slightly ill for for F'lineral s<‘rvices were held Sunday .at 11:30 a. m. Interment followed in the Baptist cemetery here. A menaher of one of the state’s best known families, Mr. Coker had .served as mayor of Hartsville, senator from! ^ presc'ntation to Repiihlic’an op- was .53 years old, i when the hou.se convenes De- lidnight of a iicact 1 j.j,^bcr 7. Whether McDuffie will retain hi.s position as whip depends upon wheth er the ne for the place. As .such he charged with keejdrtg the scant Dc*m- (Xiratic majority ])ie.sent and in line on all party affaii*?,. ill urinece:-.- saiy trouble. ft is further reiiuested of citizens W’ho might have odd jobs from time to time also to notify the Army. If this is done emplo.v’ment w’ill be found rxt"p^rt7'leader'names him|f‘"- « number of applicants for help, would be ton production. “The question asked,” he contin- Mrs. T. L. Cooner has returned ued, “is, how are you going to put this j from a week’s visit to her daughter, plan into effect? The answer is, by community control, thro<ugh commun ity boards or similar organizations, as during the World war.” * Mrs. E. E. Ashmore in Charlotte. She was accompanied for a visit by her little grand-daughter, Jean Ashmore, and Ann Hargett. f). Home garden, truck and fruit sufficient to furnish the family menu with a balanced table. 7. Small areas of such- crops as suf ficient .wheat to furnish Hour for the family, sorghum for rfiolasses, etc. 8. The increasing use of labor-sav ing devices and farm machinery, in the home and on the farm, to increase man-pow’er production. Darlington county, a meml>er of the State Board of Public Welfare and a mt-uiber of the state tax commission. Mr. Coker is survived by his widow, two sons, a sister and two brothers. His brothers are James L. Coker of Hartsville, and Dr. W. C. Coker of Chapel Hill, N. C.; his sons are C. W. Coker, Jr., and James Lide Coker, III; . . , ^ 1 hU sister is Mrs. Richard F. Watson; P™*” plant "nlP'- "ake repairs Public Schools Get Two Days The Clinton city schools closed yes terday for two days on account of 'Thanksgiving. Class room work will ELECTRIC POW ER TO BE TURNED OFF SUNDAY Electric power in the city will U* . . „ , cut off next Sunday morninK (roral >*■ "''y Monday ™.n.n>t and 8:1)0 to 11:00, and in the afternoon jil';" ’’’k from 2:00 to 5:00. The curtailment of the .service is nH^uestc’d by the city of Greenville. Mrs. Coker before her marriage was Miss Carie Lide, of Darlington county. on certain lines. In case of rain the power will remain turned on. House wives and other users of current are asked to bear the hours in mind. '7>erid the holidays at their homes. Practically all schools in the county •ire uniting in observing the same hclidays. Mr. and Mrs. Hammond .\fiams and childVen of Charlotte, were week-end guests of Mr. and .Mrs J. F\ Jacobs.