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i, DAWES CHOSEN TO LE^ RELIEF Retiring Ambassador Selected To Direct Nation’s Two Bil lion Dollar Economic Healing Plan. Stimson To deneva. PID YOU KNOW? ’ Presbyterian Men C^Teacher8 Due i Busineu Revival Organize Here' . More^T^an Million Bills Ga Forward f /V Washin^on, Jan. 19.—The firm and trcnial forcefulness of Charles Gates Dawes wiH guide the gigantic recon- sfruction Icorportlicn through its task of economic healing. President^ Hoover announced today that the brusque and distinguished soldier - statesman - financier would head the agency. Meanwhile indica tions came frojn Capitol Hill that in a few days it would begin its" work of .applying two billion dollars worth of soothing' credit to the nation’s husi^ " ness wounds. ' The corporation-all but had the« fatt approval of congress, Conference com mittees have the task of harmonizing the few divergent' views of the two houses on, ho'v the organization should function. Full agreement is not expected to be delayed. To place behind the corporation the fullest measure of psychological sup port and public confidence. Mr. Hoov er assigned the corporation’s presi dency to Dawes at the cost of an im- portan.t change in America’s foremost diplomatic personnel. - General liawes resigned as ambav sador to Great Britain, effe<-tive im mediately. He was to have served as chairman of the delegation to the Ge neva arms limitation conference dur ing its preliminary work. Secretary Stimson will now take THAT—It takes more than good in-! tentions to ‘ make a city bigger and busier. A city is getting .somewhere when it becomes known as a hub of pi’O- gress, an'industrial "tenter, a city of good schools and churches, a city of homes, and a good place in which fu live and make a living. Nowadays there is as much compe tition between cities as there is in business. There is no limit as to'^hat a city can do when its citizens work togeth er in a united effort ^-for the home city. Where the citizens have a vision of its future, and cultivate it to the ful lest extent by co-operative effort, the city g^ts somewhere. The success of a city is not usually *‘Men-of-the-Church” Orj^aniza- • tion Perfected With" Johnson As Leader. Shepperson Talks. ,”V Sur>¥y By Assoclal^n Reve^als; White House Soon To Get Re- Huge Amount nu>\^y Vari- construction- Measure. Copi ous Counties In State. mittees At Work. .\n enthusiastic meeting of the men of the First Presbyterian church was held last Friday evening in the Sun day school department. A delightful supper was served by the ladies of tl»is church, after which the program of the evening was carried put with Silas Bailey, president of the Men’s Bible class, presiding. The get-together meeting had been planned preliminary to perfecting a “Men - of - the - Church’’ organization. The speaker for the evening was Dr. FJournoy Shepperson, pastor of the Second Presbyterian churclf of Green ville, and a successful leader and worker with the men of his congrega tion. ._ll _ . .\fter expressing his pleasure in be ing in Clinton again. Dr. Shepperson doing his or her best to help. The world always pays 'attention to the city ' that show's a progressive spirit. It takes little interest in a city that is lacking in public spirit. Every city must have a certain standard of cooperation whicb it must maintain. U Clinton citizens must have faith— lots of faith; faith in ourselves, faith in our neighbors, faith tn our city. If we don’t we will be out of tune and the city wjll suffer.- Now is the time for red-bloo<led op timism. AH business must-be fed on that pqst, but will be unable to attend*CONFIDENCE. The clouds of fear the opening session of the conference. | uncertainty must he dispersed Until he arrives, Hugh S. Gibson, am bassador to Belgium, will be in charge qf the delegation. While President Hoover was UeH- ing correspondents of these develop ments today, other features of his program for lifting the nation to its normal ecdnotftic plane were progress- ing. The bill- to increase the capitaliza tion of Federal Land banks aw^ted only the formality of approval by a torference committee and then by the house and senate before receiving his aignature. The measure would holster land bank funds by $l‘2.5,000.0(i0, wt‘h '$25,000,000 of that amount earmarked for postponement of mortgage install ment payrkents to nee<ly farmers. due to, one man or set of men. but is' ^^^livered an inspirational address, us- due to the fact that every cUizen is' theme, The Importance of Some" Facts From Annual Report Miss Jennie Coleman, Demon stration A}>:ent, Tells of Activ ities Durinji: Year. I Miss Jennie Coleman, home derpon- stration agent for Lauren.s county, has filed her annual report with the offices of the service. Miss Coleman has .serve<l as agent for about sixteen month.s. This year’s activities r.s sum-!j>i*. marized by the agent included: . , Every Man Standing In His Place.” Discussing the “Men-of-the-Church” movement, Dr. Shepperson slate<l that it had been endorsed by Jhe general assembly .and that after several ykars experience in this type of,work in his own congregations, (he was prepare*! to give it his most hearty endorse ment as the very best thing yet pro posed to ally the men together in the Master’s work.' Continuihg, he said the men of the church have been overlooked, and np concerted effort has heeV made to call them into service as has been made in theVWoman’s Auxiliary work. GckI has put this great man [KHlirer-in the church for a purpose, heysaid, and the church has failed to prt/pef-lv capital ize upon it. This man force heeds to be harnessed and develo|>e<l, he said, to create leadership and to give 'to each mar a ^lefinite place and work ir the church. Dr. Shepperson then went into an outline of' the' organization, stating that its aims and objectiyes are en tirely spiritual. “When you organize your men for definite work, you are in competition with no other club or agency, for this rhx^st as its goal ( olumbia, Jan. l(i.--TTie South CaK' Washington, Jan. 18.—One business pl'na Teachers ass^iation estimated^Y<ivival measure was nearty ready to *pday that, on the basis of a survey it the WTiite House -tonight and had made, school teachers of the state Jthe leh^er of them all—the two-bil- are now due more than !>1,000,000 in lion-dollaK. reconstruction corporatioji back salarie-s. Some of this arrearage was said to bill—was noKfar behind. Ijate in the day the jsenate sent it date back almost to the beginning of to conference, anaxonTj the fact that the 1930-,81 school term. The associ-1 the house had alreaclysadjourned pre- ation pointed out ,^that the total was vented an attempt to hqve the first threatened with an increaese through! met*ting of conferees tomjpbt. House the possible inability of the state to make its ci^tomary school aid pay HOUSE SUCES SUmYBILL Further Cuts On Appropriation Measure Made. ^Bodv Stands V Toirether and Votes Down Every Increase Proposed. ments to the counties the first of the year. ' The association made its survey through questionnaire's sent out to the teachers. Replieis received 5,323 teachers indicated that 3,054 teachers were dug-a \otal of $440,305 in back salaries from September, 1930, to November 15, 1931. Since all the teachers did not an swer the questionnaires, the a.sis(K*i- ation estimated that the total arrear age by November , 15 had nacheJ $<598,333. , , The association said that sirce No vember 15 less and less of t^i .sal aries had been paid the teachei.s and that it estimated the past-due .salary action will get it to conferench\tomor- row. The men named by the senate ^nd the house to reconcile differences on the Federal I.and banks bUl completed their job today. from f sponsors of the Mlf are cOHfi- (lenL the two proposals urged ty I’Kcsident Hoover to restore credit and confidence for farni and finance wiM be ready for his sigrrature within a few' da.vs. Tht $125,000,000 land bank legi.^la- tion will Ih> up for final, senate ap proval toniofrow. Quick agreement on it in both houses is-expected. Tht .seriate spent several hours in another futile attempt by Senator ('opeland (DemcK-rat) of New York to extend the helping hamt-ef the recon struction corporation to cities and total now to he not less than $1.000,-j 000. ! ' The association said that 44 pr-rl cent of the teachers answering the questionnaires reporte<l they nad not drawn full salaries for September. October and up to November 15, 1931. fhe aggregate amount due them was given as $336,089. Six' hundred and thrtv teachers, or 11.3 per cent, re ported they had not received full sal- I aries for the 1930-31 term. The aggre gate amount due in this category was placed at $114,276. Detailed figures were announced by the association for five countie.^-^-Ai- ken, Florence, Greenwood, Hampton ilis motion was defeated, 53 to 24, after debate on the pleas of Mayor Walker of New York, and Mayor Gur ley of Boston, for loans from the fed eral corporation. The senate did add a provision by Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of Mon tana, providing tnat in loaning money from a .separate $50,000,000 fund for farmers to make the crops this year, preference^be given those whose crops failed in 1931. Another amendment by Senator Howell, Republican, of l^obraska, lim iting loans from the reconstruction coiporation to $100,000,000 to any sin- ami Spartanburg. The assm-iation said; sle corporation, was approved by the In the home management project 30 One phase of >(Ir. Hoover’s plans for kitchens were rearranged. To wiimen ’■“Ijalanting the budget advanced , obtained some labor .saving **i|uipTm*ht house ways and means commi*tee, an<F 31. adoptetl better which announced it would have a tax j increase bill ready f6r presentation j (’lub hiarket sales anuiunted to by February 1. I $1,239.71. The carlot A senate committee comlucLed hear-j poultry brought $311.67 to the p.- iple ings on tlie administration plan for ajof the county. system of home loan hanks to smooth Despit.* the drought ‘conditions, gar- that; In Viken county, $11,000 was owe<i organization hasi^*' of the 132 teachers replying to the 4'hrist is the pow-1'loestionnHire for the ' 1‘ .'10-31' Wrm, er that holds it together. Therefore,” i $14,475 was owc<l 76 teachers Torj Shl^pperson said, “its appeal is | services <Juring Sejitember, October une that no other; organization | **0(1 up to November 15. makes.” ‘ 4enate..T ■ /Two main points of difference re mained to tn* reconciltxl between the two hou.'cs. The house'provided that the i;aper of the reconstruction cor poration be rediscounted in the Fed-j on vvnicb it may l»c *ictcn*lc(l, and oral Reserve system. The senate ex-ljs th»* conditions we face. L’.s foo Columbia, Jan. 19.—'The generaUap- propriations bill began its laborious passage through the general assembly tonight when the house took up con sideration of the major measure and whittled at it with small hut persist ent strokes for over three hours. When the body had adjourned the bill’s total had been reduced by $18,- 274.43, bringing it down to approxi mately $8,232,000. The bill was the lowest introduced in the hou.se since 1923. . Not an increase was voted, every suCh^oroFosal being voted down by a I’bhsij^l^lh riiajority. The house ap proved soriij^ nine sections of the 74- section bill, and will resume Consider ation of it earl>Homorrow. Items cut out itriduded the position of director of stu(lem\ai'fairs at the University of South Ckrolina, at a salaiy of $2,310, and dirci-tccr of pub licity and alumni at the univei^y, an appropriation of $1,388. Dr, Ral^ K. Foster is director of .stiuk-nt affai An error in the bill a[)propriating $10,200 to the university for rent waa dbeovered and -the sum removed. Sal aries of all presidents of 'the state colleges were reduced to $5,000, '54 planned by the com millet* although ' erre^s had them at higher figures. The position of director o^ stu(k‘nt activities at tht* Citadel involving an appropriation of $1,726.12. was elrmU nated as was a $500 appropriation there for chapel servihes. The house struck out'$l,150 for re pairs and household eiiuipment of thci goveinor’s mansion. Clemson college appropriations are to be considered next. Before plunging into consideration of the bill, a motion by Representa tive Shirley, .Anderson, to recommit it with orders that it be reduced to under $8,000,000 was voted down. .Chairman Neville Dennett, of th‘j ways and means comniittec, said tho bill “can’t be defendecT ;in the grounTT of the needs of the in.^titutions a i departments. I'heie i.s,«(.ulv o’ e gr« a.i-.l h..*' ’.a financially for the home thi way builder. General Dawes has acconvpli.shcd so many important jobs ins’de the gov ernment and out, that today’s an nouncement brought (juick acclaim from leaders of both parties. He had dening proved profitable to many, and .scoros of club '’members had year round gardens. Canning, drying,.pickling and pre serving exceeded any jirevious year, the report saysc. Five pressure can- ners were bought during the year, iirtqnded to return to his, private j Over 10,000 containers were filled, as banking business in Chicrigo. a'ter reported. The canning of meats is he-. quitting his London post but instead responded to another call to public service. I>uring i the war. General Dawes served overseas. Afterward he was chairman , of th« committee which drew up the Dawes plan for repara tions payments. He served as vice- president from 1925 to 1929, and gave that post a new meaning by actively engaging in steering legislation th'rough the senate. President Hoover appointed him to the Loadon ambassadorship and he took part in the 1930 London arms conference and the extensive economic negotiations of last summer I'oc) many men tudav, the* sncakci a.sseited, are crowding Chri.st and the* auni:ci'int; j fhurch out of their lives, nlacing the emphasis on the material rathc>r than the spiritual. “If this is yviur atti- shipment of tude,” he said to his hearers, “yop had l>etter change your program and put (’hrist first.” In conclusion, he said “No Christian man puts his church second.” Following Dr. Shepperson’s ad- dress^ a motion was stiopted calling for the perfecting of a “Men-bf-the- Church” organization. Walter A. Johnson was elected president, Thom as Heath Copeland, secretary, and Mac Adair, treasurer. Monthly meet ings will be held and an effort made to enlist every man in the church in the new organization. J In Flore*'’c county, 171 of the to tal luim’oer of teachers replying were due $28,S»75 for thq first two and orie- hulf*monlhs of the school term. In Greenwood county, 14 teachers (fut of 127 were due a total of $1J<73 for the 1930-31 session and 97 were due an aggregate of $16,453 for the tw'o,and one-half months of this term. Hampton county teachers were due 1930-31 term unpaid 8ala*’ies totaling $29,443 and for the first two and a half months of this sesstoh, 41 of 61 report $8,882 was due them. In Spartanburg county, a total of was due 30 teachers for ser- pre.ssly prohibited this. i to attempt to l ai. e it’. \ii\ iin rca-<■ .,> ' The senate struck out a provision^ g()iiig to be at theCxpi-o.-c (if a (i»-.i-. j permitting loans to’ financial institu-. c it. . " 1 lions other than Uiose s}M*cifically j Kepre.sentativc* N* 1 tm .Mi Kinieiii 1 named.'The house retained this clause, j of Wjlliamstiurg, gau* notice that hc I'he conferees named by the .senate ■ would fight to have an aiipropriaiuoi on the reconstruction measure were for c(/untv farm anj home demon-i'ra- ‘Presbyterian Day’ To Be Observed coming mord^ general. .Two I.aurens county homes, were selected by Miss Walker as model ru ral homes. One that of Mrs. L C. Taylor, president of the Council of Farm W’omen, who lives in the west ern part of the county, and trie other was that of Mrs. Gray Harris, a resi- dent of Young stownship. j pgbruary 2Ist Set Aside By Syh The poultry industry has been prof- .a o • t w\ itable to many. More people are tak-• Special Day for I reS irig an interest in the scientific hand ling of chicks, and several brick brooders have been built."^ There are eight 4-H girls clubs 'in the county, embracing a membership ! of 150."The annual'report refers "to i od As Special Day byterian ColleKe. $1^30 vices during the 1930-31 session'and j 137 of 580 teachers answering report ed they were due $H,740 for Septem ber, Octolier and up to November 15, 1931. Baker Preserves Harmony In Ohio Democratic Delegates Will Go To Convention l*led)*:ed To White As Their-’Eirst ('holce. Walcott of Connecticut, Norheck of lion agent.s again le.st.iied to the }»:. South Dakota, Townsend of Delaware,' and Brookhart of Iowa (Republicansk; ( Fletcher of Florida, Cilass^f Virginia, and Bulkley of Ohio (lK*niociats). , i On the major 'point of difference.! [the house lami hank bill conferees ac-j ceded to the wishes of the senate. Will Be Observed Jan This concerned a senate provision that the land bank system’s capitalization be increa.sed by $125,00(),0(H), with $25,000,000 earmarked to permit the postponement of farm mortgage in stallments over a five-year periinl at the <n.‘>creti()n of the banks. The hou.se , originally approved a $100.(M)0,()()01 with interest centeni g arouml Presbyterians Plan “Week Of Prayer” 24-;0')t. Special Programs To Be Pre sented In Churches. Forei.gn mis.sions is the theme is emphasized during .lanuary by members of the I’resby-teriao church. capitalization increase. Dr. Darby Fulton Here Friday the j the ' I for I Definite plans are under way fori Cleveland, Jan. 17.—Party harmony the Hay of Prayer for Schools and j in Ohio Democratic ranks, threatened Colleges, February 21st, whicri this | by a fight to pledge Ohio’s convention . , year has been designated Presbyterian j delegates to Newton D. Baker, has When President Hoover made hi^lthe work of the club girls as directed. College day, having been set aside by^been assureil by Baker himself; it he- announccment today, Dawes was coo*^»along lines of health iihprovement,I action of the synod at its meeting held! came known here today. ferring with Secretairy ^Stimson. He was immediately b^’ieged by news papermen and gave them one of his characteristically gruff and good na- tured statemepts. With his famous underslung pipe clenched between his *4^eth, he pourided a table and said: 7.' personalappearance and “better pos-jhere last !:>epterpher, ture through posture exercises.” ^ .Accordirtg to the plan, a .‘•ermon on During the past year Miss Coleman,; the college will be preached in near- according to her report, spent 129 ly every church in the synod and a days in the office and 161 in the field, special offering taken. The money She traveled a total of 7,053 miles on raised in this manner will go toward official duty, held 189 regular club i retiring the institution’s bonds that Now that is going to he brief. I doj meetings, with an attendance of 2,688. |^re now due and relieving the strain not consider this a talking job. When addition 525 letters were written,fof current expenses. one is beginning important work it is not the time to talk about it and when we have accomplished that joh[ and 24 circular letters were issued to persons. During the year the agent visited 159 homes, had 64 news President MoSween states that the Raker, who has repeatedly and j»uh- licly said he will not seek the presi- dential nomination, today issued a s-tatement announcing that “all dif ferences of opinion have been recon- Dr. Darby Fulton", field,. secr(*ta.ry of the Foreign Mission Board of ^h** i .Southern Presbyterian church with; hea(l<|uarteps in Nashville, Tenn., will addvefJs the student body of Presby terian . college, Friday morning at 11:45. Dc Fulton is a distinguished grad uate of the college, a sonjif •Mrs. Sam P. Fulton of. Kobe, Japan-. He is'well known and admired in Clin ton by a host of friends and is always given a most cordial welcome upon his*,.return visits here. The public is week of January 2 4-31. which is “Week of Prayer and .Sclf-Deaial Foreign .MissPons,”' St'idy clashes are beink h.‘ld, uiing for a textbook, “Our Church Faces Foreign .Missions ” a bu(»k containing the findings of the si>t commi.ss’ors which reported to the (’(nigress on I'vorld missions held a* Chatlano iga, Tenn. in'"Februaiy, 1931. Special program.s and olfcrirg en velopes have been [irepaied by the 9.!- ^.'jcational department of th( Execj- live f'(*mniittee of Fmeign .Missp;:*.-, an*d these will be u-sed by the var.ous Dr I 4f**'’*’''ritions of *he mch. woineri; ami young people of the local yharche.' in observing this special >1^s0n in 'th> interest of missions. '.Church me:n- bers will be approacheiil with the'needs (tt the work and u*’gcd to c(riitril*ut‘* ciled,” and that Ohio’s delegates will, , go to the conveotior pledged to (iov-,‘ ''“I";' free from! tomorrow morning at which ernor George White but any sort dt control.’ “in thfc interest of party harmony, time Dr. Fulton will speak. it is not necessary. 'That’s all I have I grtideg published and diatributeii 503 to saj "and that’s enough.” ^ bulletins In sending t)»e reconstruction cor-} A* _ 1-211 A.Z^' poration bill to conference, the house j ^Qg0 CITIZEN instructed its confer.ees to accept at senate provisior^*'limiting loans from the c jrperation to >iny one concern to $100,000,0«D. The house originally set the maximum at $150/000,000. Other iihpprtant td be settled wpte: A hourfe provision mak ing the corporatfon's paper eligible ON SICK LIST setting aside of.this day is one of the: Raker’s statement said, “I have had ^[cOuCH From Road Body The many friends of “Uncle Tandy” Milam will regret to know that he has been ill for the past two weeks at the home of his daughtecA Mrs. John T. greatest things yet done for the col lege by the synod and is hoping that the result will be ^ substantial x:on»^ri- bution of several thousand dollars to help in the work. He is asking the whole-hearted support alike of pas tors and laymen in making of the un dertaking a success. CATAWBA COLLEGE FLAYS HERE SATURDAY Coach Walter Johnson stated^^yes terday that the last change in thti Little. “Unde Tandy,” as he is affec- i;diso;^7‘.7*th;>5’e7ai Re^i^ij ^V*"****? « *• •ystem asop^^ to x wnate^se basketball schedule for this expresaly P^*»*“"*^**'know him, unite in the hope that hejye**- has been made with the closing language ..setting forA specifically ... recover and axain be able'°^ • contract for a game in Clinton what Idnd# of financial institutions} ^ j^jg friends ^ Saturday night with CAtawba college shoiiaa receive loans while the housej^ ™ ; Salisbury', N. C. Th« CaUwba team bill Mid loans should go to any bona^^at Eugene Meyer, chairman of the: is under the direction of Coach Harry fide establishments. With the Dawes announcement, Presideiit Hoov^ coupled a jtat^ent mm Federal R/^rve board, would serve as ehaifmar. "of the l^ard of the new cor poration. y'lVaeiiih* B. Warner, a graduate of the Thom- well orphanage and. Preshyterian coi- conferences with Mr. Brunner, chair man of ♦he state comn.ittee, the Hon. Martin L. Davey and others and am happy to^ay that all differences of’ opinion have been reconciled. “It is how agreed on all hands that the delegation to the Democratic na-i tiofusl convention froin Ohio shaM he selected without a view personal preferences and shall he pLdged to Governor White as its first choice,’.’ A rift in party harmony in the state was foreseen by observers in 1 the growing differences of opinion h an- but intimated he might make an nouncement within a few days. Mr. McCueo, who represented the eighth judicial circuit on the comniis- tween members of the state executive, appoint^ by former Gover- committee and the faction represent-i riave ed by former Congressman Davey. expired this year. Davey initiated the “draft Baker”; ^ <lelejP»tion from Newberry called j generously to the'supivii * of miss'v- *ary enterprises in order that iire-rtjnt j-work rriay be continued and furrhtr c’Uirtl^ilment avoided. 'Phis church’s foreign,mission work i includes the support of 423 niission- I aries in nine distinct missions, three of which are located in Brazil, two in 1 China, and one each in .Africa, Kqrea ,, , . . , • , _ _ , /land Mexico, These missions are un- .Columbia, Jan. 19. — Gov. B ack- i .u j- ^ au r , ... .A . -AA der the direction of th“ Executive wood announced today that W. R. .Me- - -a* # r • •*'* • .u ^ A , L ..... . «. Committee of Fuieign .M.ssions with ( ucn, of Laurens, had submitted nisiu * * v» u n -r f. , , “ I headquarters at Nashville, Tena. (**■. resignation as a member of the state i,., . . ..r c> ‘.u ,* . • u . , 'Egbert \V. Spiith is executive sc-.— h.Khw,y «.mra.s..on The governor;,, «,d the vacncy had not been Mled, j„, j q candidate secretary. . PABSENGER TRAINS GO OFF FEB. 7TH The C. & W. C. passenger trains op erating between Augusta and Spar- i.ic «.*Av uAibiiA I. „A ..... :,.„o' Canhurg Via Laurehs, will be discon- movemert in Ohio and_l,aa thr«Uned | tinned on F*. 7th. «=«.rding to infor- to put up m slate of Baker delegates in every Ohio' diatrict where it ajb peared White delegates would not have pre understood to have urged the appoint- j ment of J. Marion Da Via, superinten dent of the Newberry cotton mills . , ^ • ^passing of ixcluaive passenger sef- mation from* Ct^lun-biu. 'The removal of these two trains will mark the 'i \ V'' \ ./