The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 17, 1931, Image 1
• i
S THE CHRONICLE •
• StriTes T* Be a Clean Newt- •
• paper, Complete, Neway
• and Reliable,
J........... ....
*
Olltttton (Ebrnniclr
If Ton Don't Read
THE CHRONICLE
Too Don't Get
The Newa;*
VOLUME XXXI
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1931
NUMBER 50
HOOVER FLAYED Special Music
IN CONGRESS For^lma.
Charge of “Selling Out To Ger-|
many” Hurled At President |
In Moratorium Debate. Ac-|
cuser Told To Prove Charge.
Choirs of First Presbyterian
Church To Present Program
At Sunday Vesper Hour.
Washington. Dec. 13. — The word
A pKi'gram of special Christmas
mus^^ will be presented at the First
Presbyterian church next Sunday af-
“impeachmeiit” was heard | temoon at the five o’clock vesper
house today during debate on Pr^i-1 under ,the direction of the or-
dent Hoover’s debt moratorium which i Mrs. J. F. Jacobs, Jr.
the administration at that moment I presentation will consist of
^^'as asking a committee to appnjve Christmas .selections bv the
A charge > epresen a i'p • ^ a ’ adult and children’s choirs, the latter
den. Republican, Pennsylvanm, in an}
■ti
hour-long speech, that the chief exec
utive “proposed to sell us out to Ger
many,’’ brought a dozen representa
tives to their feet.
A demand from a Democrat, Rep-
re.sentative O’Connor of New York,
that some Republican “should defend
"^he president from charges which
Were grounds for impeachment’’ fol
lowed.
While I’nder.se-retarv MiLs of the
^j^ATiiairpriy foldm tito it.iUfiS
committee that fhiliire to a’iiprove the
from the Christian Endeavor society.
The program, to which the public
is cordially invitinl, follows:
Prologue and Scripture.
Prophe^’y (solo), Rruce Galloway.
Processional.
Tidings of Joy (chorus). Soloist,
Mrs. John MeSwoen.
•J Little Town of Bethlehem (chil-
dnn’s choir).
Sing, O Heavens (chorus). Soloist,
.‘\n('.unoements and offertory
moratorium “would l>e an everlasting' Cele.stc -Strang,
di.sgrace to the g u«Tnment ard peo-1 Mrs. R. O. Whit-
ple of the United Stages,’’ RejireM-n-^^.^'
tati'-e Chiperfield. Illinois Republi-j (;),,ry to C.o<i (chorus). Soloists,
can, r ise up and answ) re 1 .Mcf lulwer . y ^ -inti Mrs. VV. P. .lacobs.
Ho i.s a new memlM-r. Ii was his first Manger .Sleeping (chorus). .So-
speech. :'oi.-t. Mi s. .Marshal! Hfown.
“I de?i< uiua as false ami untiue an> ^ Silent Night (children’s choir),
staienlent liiut tlie jiresi lont has ne-| ||j;]y \ijrhtl Peaceful .Night! (iho-
gotiaii'd diic“ tly with (e ruiaii finan-1 ri;v i,
< lal interests,” he said. “I denounce! ILces.sional.
the statement that the pre.suient is
the agent of any interest adverse to
the people of the Unitial States. . . If
Benediction
The choir will consi.st of: First so-
pramts: Mrs. .Dim MeSween, Mrs.
theix* is one particle of inlegrly in*^ ^\jjirshall Brown, .Mrs. W. P. .lacobs,'
the statement the genleman (.MeKad-; Mrs. A. W. Brice, Mrs. Silas Hailey,
den) has made, let the gentleman, Record sopraros- M.ss ('lara Duckett.
oof of his charges. Miss Norma Hallett. First altos: Mrs.i
that we have a Hrimm, Miss Sybil Burdette, j
produce pr
“Ix*t him
know
Second altos: Mrs. B. O. Whitten,
DEMOCRATS TO
CUT EXPENSES
Congressional Policy Kody Plans
To Concentrate On Limiting
Outgo. Decide Debt Program
■ Not Party Matter,
Washington, Dec. 1,3. — ('^ncentra-
tion on a slash in governmental ex
penditures was agreed upon today by
■ a score of DcnncxTatic leaders as the
j first item of the party’s legislative
program.
I In addition, they came* to the con
clusion that the Hoover moratorium
I was rot a cpiestion on which the party
could take sides, it was left to be set-
tlc'd by the persona’ view ''f the
I mc'mhership. ‘
Meetii.g for the first time, the
Democratic cungre.ssior.al policy com
mittee. composed of ten jiarty load
ers from each house of the fwlcral
legislature, discii^-siui taxo.s, tariff and
the big troa.sury deficit, too. Decisions
on fhese issues weyp left to future
A statement was issued by Speaker
i Garner and Kenator RobiMsor. of Ar-
president who is worthy of occupy- ^ ^ YoOng.
HELP THE ( OMMCNITY’S EMITY STOCKING FUND
ing that high office or let him go
from this chamhe< as a foul traducer
of, an hone.st mail. , . .
“If the gentleman is sincere, let
him and his associates prepare ar-
ticles of impeachment against the
president and let those articles of^im-
peachmexit be tried and then the truth
may be known, and let the guilt and
infamy and horror fall where it is
due’’
McFadden. last chairman of the
hanking committee, made no answer.
He declined any further statement ex
ikansas. Democratic floor huider, at
I the end of the two hour s<‘'Sion. It
follows in full:
“There was a p.urtial irgorchange
( f views regarding th<> jiioji' ^cd mor
atorium, governiiumt expenditures,
taxatif n and the tariff.
“Wilh resivecl to the nioratorium.
it was the opinion of the cuinniilti-e
that the same is not suhje t matter
for parly consideration and lK*ino-
jciatic memhers- of eooi>-res.s are ex
pected to reflect tluir personal vie.vs
ami eonvietions.
“It was agreed that every possible
( ffort shall he made to reduce govern
ment ('xpenditures and with that end
in vii'W .'-tudies will tie ciu ried on.
“No details with respect to the tar
iff and reviseil interna' revenue taxes
were agreed upon, the.se and other
matter.s being def«‘rred for future con-
Tenors: Bruce Galloway and Charles | There are a number of children irv Bat<‘s of th(‘ Salvation Army has re- only a few days in which to act. Send
A. Smith. Basses: W. P. Jacobs. D»''’'yjthis communit(y who will wake on ^^everal homes in the coininu-j a dollar bill, or whatever you may de-
Wilkes, T. D. Jacobs, Organist, niorning To the h<'art-'wheie poverty and privation pre-. sire to give, to Lieut. Bates in charge j !^'<J‘*''-Bion.’’ .
J. Jacobs, Jr. i . r- * <■ uii u t-. l-hcre will he noiof this work, to Capt, R. E. Wysor, Garner and Robinson were auth.ir-
hreakmg tragedy^of ^hild-hood—The f,,,. jjm^. , |yjclarence Galhway, or to 'The <o convene the committee soon
will
The following young people
compose the chlldren’a-choir
rence Ferguson, Jack Arrington
tha Ixiu Blakely, Luda Nell
liott Jacobs, Inez Young, Carolyn Me
Sween, Virginia Dillard, Frances
Simp.son. Billy Johnson, Billy Light-
foet, Henry
Juiir: Laur_|_Emply Stwking —unless there -ia—a) those of us who cafe-r-hel]> to make it j t^hronicle, and it wUI-he-turnetl-over i no ilate was fixed.,The group_mll
igton. Mar- re.sponse to the appeal that has al-1 so. ^ , to the eoinmilU-e. j continue as an official advisory^ com-
11 Scott, El- ready been made and is again repeat-! Here is an opportunity for you to Humanity calls. Study the accom- mittoe for the party throughout the
oept that ha would tostify la-foro 'p’ t Hri.o. Ihino
ways and mea- committee on the
Abrams, Robert Wysor. Harriett Da-
,ivi.s, Frank Itoland, Marv Jane Ktur-
an W(/rk-
Thurman
Holmes, Scott Finley, Agatha Jones,
■ • Peggv .Sprunt, Katherine Graham,
by the Democratic majonzy, .^iiis ()wcn.s^, Ruth Davis, Mar-
cussed for over two hours the world ^ laightloot. Allyne CopeL-nd,
( aw ley.
debt plan.
Before this group, newly organize
bv the Democratic majority. Mills dis
ideed to entt'r into the reaLpanying picture. You have a oom-
Ihe Empty Stocking bund,’’ which sp;rit of Christmas. You can do this | forlahle home, well pr<*pnre<l meals,
^ is being sponsore<i by the loeal relief by a small contrihiition to assist in I !ove<l ones and adoring children to
Meadors \oung, Paul committee of which C aj)t. K. L. W y-1 br inging hai piness to sonic hoy or|mak<‘ life worth while. But what
sor is chairman, has one purpost*- to 'rirl or unfortunate man o»' woman I about those who are not so fortunate?
shed joy and hapjiiness into the lives'The a| peal is one to th(* cuniinunity’.s i Ai<* you going to let Christmas t»e
and hearts of the community’s poor, i iuoirl. i ju.-'t another blue day for them. “The iMi:’-sissi[)j)i; Bulkley. Ohio; Wag-
A careful inve.ytigation hv I.ieut.l Time is short, and there remain j Tiagedy of the Empty Stocking.” j rwr, Ne./ York, mhI i’ltman, Nevaila.
*■ I Besides .Speaker Ga'in-''. the ehair-
.'^e.s.sion. It represents virtually ever>
section of the country.
The senators are: Robinson, Ar
kansas; Glass, Virginia; Walsh, Mon
tana; Walsh, Massachu.set (s; Hall,
I'enn'ossee; Barkley, Kentucky; Marri-
economic and financial factors ln-hind
the president’s proposal. Tomorrow
Secretary Stimson is .sch(*duled to
continue th- ^dn^inistration’s side. , Mouvf:, Irby Hipp, Thon.as Ba!d-
Meanwhile ihe ^e^ate heard Sena-
H. A. Copeland
Diek At Home
Elizabeth (iraham, Bessie
Edith Henderson. Virginia S.idler, Ev-
Udyn Henry, .Mary Elizalndh Baldwin,' Esteemed ('itizen I'as.ses After
I, 1 n VV waMwin Uonj; Period of Illness. Fun-
w in, Paul Benjamin, VN. P. Baldwin,
tor Reed of Pennsylvania.-a ranking Holmes. Betty
Republican ' Sptatt, Emily Ferguson, Bob Jones,
tee. before which Mills is Cawlev, Pauline Benjamin, Tench
tomorrow, charge bankers holding j Jacoh.s, Sara France.s
foreign securities with « .P^opaifanda ^ Jacobs.
campaign for debt cancellation. Reed
is opposed to revision of the war
debts and favors the moratorium.
His statement followeo nn asser
tion by Chairman Smoot of the fi
nance committee, that a definite cam
paign for cancellation was under way
and an earlier statement by McKellar,
Democrat, Tennessee, that interna
tional hankers want foreign debts
cancelled “in order to make their own
private debts surer
eral Held Sunday.
State’s Largest
Crop Since 1920
H. Arthur (’^peland, .33. highly os-
teemed citizen and a nuMnhe*- of one
E.stimaU* cf 1,015000 Hale.s of
Cotton For South Carolina
This Year Bv (’ensos Bureau.
Two S. C. Solons
On Committees
In its final estimate of the season
the United .States department of ag-
Clerk Of Court
of the city’s widely known fnmilh'S. I riculture places the South Carolina
pas.sed away late last Friday afto--1 <.otton crop at 1,013,OdO hales of .*,00
r.oon at his^homc* after a cril'oal ill-1 pounds gros.s weight. This is the larg
est crop m:ide since llt^iO, hut is only
Byrnes and Smith Given Im
portant ('ommittee Places In
Senate.
man, the rcpiesentativs ar-: Rainey,
IllirioLs, D(‘m<Krati'' h-adcr; Byrns,
’ri'nnes.see; Culh n, New York; Ciisp,
Georgia; Bankhtad, .Mal'ama; Tay
lor, (ailorado; Drewry. V’itginia;
.Sandlin, I/juisiana, aii<l Greenwood,
Indiana.
rvess of a few days fron*. ehich he
Makes Four Sales
rap (ily sank until the sad « . came. |a little above the crops of I'.l'Jd and
Clerk of Court Thoimas W. Bennett
made four sales at public outcry on
salesday, a.® follows:
Lizzie Goodlet and Luther Goodlet,
The simple ’uneral service was heh! 1 IR-'R), when l,00^.<hhl uiul LOOl.POl*' cation and labor, po.'-t offir-ps and post
Sunday afternoon at two o’clock atjhal**'’. respectively, were made. The
the grave, interment following in th(* l »vc*^;age pro<lu tion for th<* five years.
J’re.shyterian cemetery. The .lervice, has been 8.3',! ()(M) .balls of
was in charge tf Dr. 1). J. Woo,is arid ! 300 pounds gro.ss weight.
Dr. Dudley Jones and attend-'d l»y an i The area in cultivation on July 1
unusually large number of neopie.' was 1,0.30,000 acres, of w'hich 0..3 per
vs N, O. McDowell, Inc., and R. -M.i - - - i ...
This issue was even then receiving Davenport, 1.131 acres in Scuffletown | Thj*. tributes were lovely, in-i-'cnt was ahandoried, leaving I.IMO.OOO
the attention of Mills. Flanked by township, sold to W. L. Daniel, at-' many attractive de.signs Ac-! acres fnm which cott^^^^
four treasury and state department! torney, for $100.
experts, he paced back apd forth be- Union Central Life Insurance Co.,
fore committee members seated at a, vs MMlliamson E. .Martin, 41)8 acres,
semi-circular desk where he explained i sold to 0. L. Long, attorney, for
with emphasis and force the reasons' $4,.300.
for the moratorium. j Clinton Buildng .and Loan associa
“Admitting there were any benefit! tion vs Janie f^-ttis. 1-4 acre in
live pallbearers were: W. f). Cope-■ This comparcH with a harve.sted accre-
land, T. I). Copeland, Dugas (’ope-i ag<* of 2,17.3,000 acie.s last year;
land, John T. Young, K -ese Y.iung, 1(1,000 in 1020; and 2,3(11,000 in
J. H. Witherspoon, H. D. Henry, and 10‘Jd,
Washington, Due. 11. Senate com
mittee assignments announced today
for .Simators Smith and Byrnes as
follivws: Smith: agriculture, int<*rstati*
commerce, manufactures and patents.
Byrnes; appropriations, auilit ami
control of contingent expenses, edu-
Chemists Hold
Session Here
Piedmont District Society Met
Here Saturday. Papers Fea
ture Interesting Proirrair.
T. .M. H vtts of (lolunvtiia.
The average yield of lint is esti-
roads.
Thi'se are all excellent committis's
and would give Senator Smith the
'•hairmans'hip irf the first three namisl
in the event the Democrats g<*t con
trol of the .senate.
Thofie given .Senator Byrnes are al
so all that could he de.sired. Place on
appropriations will put him in a po
sition to he of great .service to the
country; that on education and labor
would handle la/bor pr.blems, and that
At 11 o’clock op .Saturday morning,
the annual meeting of the South Car
olina Piedmont .section of the .Ameri
can Chemical .society was called to
order at PreshytiTian college by Dr.
.1. E. Copenhaver, chaiitnan of the
section.
After the business meeting of the
morning had been complete<i, the
memlH‘r.s of thi.s s<*ction an<i their
friends were the gue.sts of the college
on po.stoffice and post roads an ex-1 at luncheon. At the afternoon session
eellent opportunity to expand the ru-jpaT)t.rs were presented by outstanding
taI Hi»liv<*rv sprvipp and nfhpr KrMn/»K-t __. r xi_*
Mr.J ..peland was a native of thi.s i pounds per acre, whim
„i,vlplaee, a son of the late J. (’. Copeland! pounds in 111.30 and ral delivery .service and other branch-1 0,^;^ (,f ^^is group.
ia ten ymr average, i:i20-2:i, of DJI), cs of the government’s po.stal under-1^.^^ire program was as follows:
* • *• -A-I 1 IdlO a. m.—Weleoine address. Dr.
wa.s I The senate appropriations commit- .
' A. E. Spencer, vice-president of Pres-
to rm7;ic.n" intomational banker,-j of Clinton, aoM to R. W. \<-a.le, at-j-i Klir.abeth Voun* Copelan,!. A, “ I,, I’j'’n; bin
ahich I don’t_I wonid ,ay, what of itorney, for »200. ' ho located ^7
r tion. ini w'"''.Y'"’" .Y , i l>u,lne,8, and later in Union. From 235 pound, per acre
American banks are institutions in j ph^onia Monroe, 46 acres in Prince- i
♦tio nAAvn1<a Hennsit their sav-1 * t \\r noiek «i lor, mere ne
which the people deposit their sav-j^^^^ j $1,42.3.
ings. Te destroy them is to destroy'
the savings of the American people."
went to Columbia where ho
tee increa.scd its memibership in order I
The year as a whole has been the i that a .special place might be created college.
Again when asked if approval of
the moratorium would constitute a
commitment to cancellation, he said
the two questions “are as separate
and distinct as any two things could
be.”
“It never occurred to us to couple
the two,” he said.
Officers Take Man
Re.sponse, Dr. J. E. Copenhaver,
was affiliated' in bu.sine.S3 with his Ifavorable for cotton since the; for Senator Byrnes, it being recog-^
brother, J. C Copeland i advent of the weevil and a uniformly. nized that several years ago while he; chairman of the section.
Because of ill health Mr Copeland I s^^rving in the house he was a
returned to Clinton in HH4 from Cc-^ s^a^* ^ tbe appropriations
ArkA 1 Immr he was associated with, The census bureau report shows commRtee of that body. For this rea-
/^nu Laifuur brother in the operation of Cope- 97.5,(KM)^ running bales ginned in the j son the membership of the senate
^^hite Christmas”
Program Sunday
I^aurens, Dec. 12.—With Sheriff Co
lumbus L. Owens in pursuit, a car was
wrecked in Clinton last night, result
ing in the arrest of Nye Burns of ^
Laurens, the seizure of about ten gal-, he was always bright and happy, and
land company as president of the con
cern. Since that time he had been an
invalid, and for the past 11 years his
entire life had been spent in a roll
ing chair. Through his long ill health.
Ions of liquor and the car,. Another
person who was in the car with Burns
made his escape amid the confusion
that was caused by the wreck. Bums
complained of injuries, and after he
On next Sunday afternoon at five j had been placed in the‘ Laurens city
o’clock, “White Christmas” will be j Jail he was given medical attention,
observed at North Broad Street Meth-i Today he was allowed bail on a of the highest ideals, and his death
enjoyed conversing with his friends
and family. He manifested a beauti
ful Christian fortitude, patient and
cheerful to the last, with never a word
of complaint. He was a man of many
delightful and admirable traits, an
upright Christian gentleman, a man
state prior to December 1, which com
pares with i;42,(>00 last year; 703,000
in 1929; 682,000 in 1928; and 701,000
in 1927.
ROAD WORK PROGRESSES
committee wi.s purposely increased
so that he might get on it. On the
house .side the list of com-mittee as-
sigirnients places Gongresaman John
J. MeSwain next to the chairman on
the military affairs committee.
Business meeting and round table
discussion of matU'r pertaining to the
welfare of the section.
12:40—Luncheon at the Presbyte
rian refectory.
2:00 p. *m.Reassemble in the
odist church. An appropriate pro
gram for^he Christmas' season has
been arranged by the choir, and the
■church will be effectively lighted and
decorated for the service. At the
morning hour, the pastor, Rev. H. 0.
Chambers, will preach a special
Christmas sermon. A cordial invita
tion is extended the general public
to attend the vesper service.
charge of transporting whiskey. Ap
parently he had recovered from the
night’s experience.
The chase took place on the high
way near Goldville, about six miles
southeast of Clinton. In its flight, the
Bums car attempted to cut a comer
in Clinton and the race was over.
Sheriff Owens was accompanied by
Deputy Sheriff Thad F. Moore.
brings much sadness into the hearts
of many.
Besides his widow, before marriage
Miss Ro^ Moore of Newberry* Mr.
Copeland is survived by three chil
dren: Mrs. T. F.‘Wallace of St. Mat
thews, Arthur Copeland, senior at
Presbytaricn college, and Miss Sarah
Copeland, member of iho sophomore
class at Winthrop college. Or« sister,
I..aurens, Dec. 12.—Contractors do-!
ing the paving job on the Laurens-1
Waterloo section of state highway I
No. 10, have completed seven of the
15 miles of the link. The work was
started at tHb Calhoun highway and
has been finished through the town of
Waterloo and on toward Cold Point
for almost one-alf the distance of the
route under contract. Weather condi
tions have interrupted the work for
several days this week. In favorable
weather one mile a week is completed.
City Schools
Close Friday
The Christmas holiday season for
the MpiJg of Ihe city schools will be
gin Triday and continue for a period
of two weeks until Jan. 4th. The or
phanage schools will close next Tues
day for their holiday period.
Class work at Presbyterian college
terminates tomorrow and the stu-
Mrs. Jack H. Young of this city, and
one brother, J. C. Copeland of Co-
lundbia, also survive.
dents will leave for their respe|tive
thhi
homes to spend Christmas with ihi^ir
parents. iTie session will be resumed
on Monday, Jan. 4th. \
chemistry lecture room. The following
papers were presented:
1. The Sweet Potato as a Starch
Producer — J. H. Mitchell, Clemson
college.
2. The Influence of Acetates and
Phosphates on the Amylase of Asper
gillus Dryzae —Margm'rite C. Tyler,
Limestone college.
3. Relations Between Fundamental
Physical Constants—J. E. Mills, Uni
versity of South Carolina.
4. Aluminum in the Chemical In
dustry—W. M. Dunlap.
W. P. Jacobs and J. F. Jacobs, Jr.,
are business visitors in New York.
Miss Lila Dillard of Hendersonville,
N. C., spent the week-end here with
. elatives. a
iMIiailiAltailHiUa