The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, February 18, 1932, Image 6
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THE CLINTON CHIIqI^CLE, CUNTON, S.
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Radio Address Over Columbia System.
COUNTY TREASURER’S NOTICE
l»Sl . ^
The books of the'dounty Treasury
^vill bo p^n for the collection of tax4s
for the fiscal year, 1931, at the
Treasurer's office from October ‘’..5th
to December 31, 1931. After J^cem- r
ber 31 one per cent will be added, The Reconstruction Finance %rpor-
ter January 3l8t, two per cent will be jation as it applies to aprriculture was
i:. u oQ*v 'explained by Senator E, D. Smith m
added, and after February , | follows,, in a radio address over tne
en per cent will be added until the Broadcastin<f ayst?in Thiirs-
15th day of .March, 1932, when the' day niirht: >
books will be-closed. ! There has been quite an amount of
A.1 p€?rso>s owning property in' misunderstanding about tin appro-
, ^ j priations made at this session of c.'>n-
mor. *,a« school district mo ^ airriculture. .Some con-
quested io call for Receipts in each of | arose as to whether the S50,-
Senator Smith Explains Objects ' jCotton Week To |
Of His $200,000,000 Aniiendment| ' Be Celebrated
' American Cotton
THVRSDAT, FEBRUARY 18. 1932
Again Qn Throne
Money Will Be Advanced Directly To Farmers, He Points Out In'Plans Under Way For Observ-1 Rej^ains Place As Foreign Users
botight by’ the Eliiibpean and Oriental
minjL
But now ^tBe European mill? have
about exhausted the supply of this
foreign grown cotton and have tuVned'
to America w’bere the present price k
RAo-in Tolrindr 'f ^ them. In addition, the
Begin Taking Sta^e In Urge estimated at one mil-
Amounts. v bales below that of last year and
the Chinese and other foreign crops
were reported below norma:. \
That has sent' Japan and China Into
the American maricet |Jopg with Eu-
„„ . . intMiiwviB VI mtr iitrw uaco i copc to Steady the American niarkei,
Men-of-the-Church Organization; committee,” were told that European mills, particulariyivchich slumped last year because of
Begins Its .Work TomtH’row 'a National Cotton week would bec€4e-'^®*« Great Britain. This,'added to. the decreased foreign demand.
Evening. .MeSween To Speak. Ibrated tins year from May 16 to 21. !the large takings of American cotton-
Manyjinquiries have been received; by Japan and China, has placed the
run tVu» nnfatunrlinar notail I * i ^ -i . «
Presbyterian Men
ance May 16 To 21. Many New
Uses For Staple Are Found.
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Ne^v Orleans, Feb. 13. — Amerifan
Officials of the de#>artments of ag
To Meet Friday ?>><* "P'**®"-! cotton « regaining Us plac as king
jtatives of the Cotton Textite institute I the cotton world by heavy demand
who are members of the new usea
•d-d-'-
The second meeting of the men off**®*^ country’s outstanding retail I American commodity ahead of the
e First Presbyterian church will be i ^»tioi»llf„eeig„ i„ the world's trade. .
the several school districts in which I qqq qoq^ w’hi(jh may be incieased to'the First Presby
the projierty is located. This is im-,300 million, if the emergency re-, held Friday evening at 7:30 in the! ,titute reported, and which eneourag-i
nortant, aS additional cost and qyjjepg provided for in the reconst mc- o , Jv i u -u* a j * i. j .v i i- * -j ■» m> me loreign grow
iwriAiiw • I ju , >/ J • • . , J- ,! .Sunday sdhooi building. A dutch sup- ed the belief that more widespread; the first time in hietnrw-c
t:on bill was to be administered djre -i, .. ..... . , I _a n u v ^ * *u- * n.story^r-
It .-J..-, r ^ per will be served by the ladies of the support will be had at this event than hv htor>» Tvri/sa
I Cotton week, the Cotton Textile in-1 Last year American cotton lost its
j crown to the foreign grown crops for
alty may be at^hed.
All-Jible-hodied male w.. — .
tween the ages of twenty-ene (21) h mMed through what is known"as lo- church
and sixty (60) years of age are.liable al agricultural- corporations and
to pay a poll tax of $1.00. Commuta- ivestock cre^t corporations,
tion Road Tax $1.50 in lieu of road The amendment providing $50,000,-
in 1931, w-hen mbre than 10,000 vpdi-
vidual retail stores were active par-
Stimulated by high prices and large-
demand, increased cotton, crops were
raised in India, Egypt, South Africa,
lure department as were the previous principal address of the evening main
be delivered by Dr. John MeSween,'expansion.
advertising program will be followed
essentials with natural i
eit-zen.s be- |to individual farmers dr was
church after which an interesting
pr^ram will be carded out. , ticipants in the campaign to promote|China, Russia and"SMth Amerka.”It:
The program will be in charge of R. cotton. In many comipunities pro-(^as a cheaper grade of cotton than
Ferguson, one of the department i ftrams are now being developed and, the American and it was readilvl
duty. All able-bodied men hetweer ^CO was offered by me. It is now ^ the ncir onrimi-ntinn The ** considered likelv that last year’s i ..
the ages of 21 and 55 are liable t ,n4i is to be handled by the agricul- oriranization. The I™™™
road duty except those in milita’-' ture department as were the previous
service, school trustees, school teach-1 seed, feed and fertilizer bills here-
ers, ministers and students. itofore paa«e<l and administered. That
Proper atUntion will be given those ji'. the agrinuiture department is to
who wish to pay their taxes through , t« farmers the aid
tne mail bv check, money order, etc.,' Provided m the bill.
939
persons were killed in
automobile accidents in
the two Carolinas in 1931!
DRIVE CAREFULLY
AND SAVE A LIFE!
giving name of township and number
of scN-jol district.
Ttie lax levy is follows
.State Tax
Ordinary County Tax
Road and Bs'idge
Railroad J^’-nd
Road Ponds -r'-r-
Past Ind*»bte<lness
Statewide School (6-0-1)
■Weak Schools
High .‘-^choo!'*
Constitution**’ S<hool
5 mills
This mea.«ure differs from previous
loan.s of this character in that it ^is
not re.stricte<l to those who have* suf-
ferc-d from
president of Presbyterian college-,
with several other members also on
the program for short talks.
.Since the recent organization of the
Promotionat work, the institute re-1
ported, is being continued with impor
tant clothing man-jfacturers and dis-‘
trihutors to develon irr-'-iter interest j
Men-of-the-Church considerable inter-'in men’s cotton sui.ts for the coming
est has been manifested and indica- summer. The institute reported fuT-
droui?bt^^*tofo« or clothing dealers in twoj
, , • I *■ ) \ u 4 ■ i work IS begun tomorrow evening Northern cities prophesy that .50 per “
natural or providential cau.s<*svbut in-j,,„^i „ ....i i- r ne . i ^ . L , l •
p-jy milU ) 1. 1- ♦u * • *-11 w. 1- i^ider the general direction of U. A. cent of their total summer business
mills !e]u(j]ng these it i.s particularly'appli- „„ i ... *11 r .u , 1 j • •
o miiU I 4 4U u * ♦ c iu -'Ohnson, as president. .All men of theiwill be done on seersucker and simi-
« S ■ , , i * u “‘T"''’’',.';' ‘<’’|.chur:-h haw bvim giwn a most c<,.',lial lar suits.
... 1 mill unprm..ient«l colla,.«. of era,lit atl<in„vitation to affiliate with the new
price., of farm proiluct.., are unable
to obtain crtniit otherwise. Never Ik*-
EXCURSION
$2.0(i Clinton to Atlanta
AND RETURN FEBRUARY 19th-20th
SEABOARD
Consult VV. H? Shands, Ticket Agent, Clinton, S. C.
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6*i! mills
3 mills
' 4 mills
. 1 mill
Many new u.ses for cotton bags of 1
various sizes, cotton hajing for fleece I
following have been nam<*<1 as cotton fabrics in road constnic-
America has such a\-ondition exTsteil; K- Fuller,. I'rof.; ii, n, cotton baling for raw cotton, cot-
fore in the hi.story of farming in
4? oills
Tot--.’ ■
Laurens ScIiiMiI Dislricts
No. 1, Trinity-Rid.-p. 16^ mills
No. 2, Prosp<*<-t
No. 3. Barksdale-Narnie
No. 4. Bailey
No. .5, Copeland-Fleming
No. 6, Oak Gro\l¥
No. 7, Watts Mills
2 mills j as that which occurs now. h'or a pe-i
3. mills riod of years farm prcKlucts have been'
selling below the cost of production j
while taxes, intt*re.st and other ‘fixed
charges which the farmer must in<‘et
have not fallen in price or amount j
or have-not dwlinefl in anything like'
the ratio of the <k*<.-line of farm jirices. {
As an illustration, in 1929 cotton!
was bringing 16 cents per pound or ;
$H0 per bale; in 1930, alniut nine cents
per pound or $45 per bale; in 1932, six
16 mills
i7’4! mills
. 7 mills
8 mills
... 6 mills
8 mills
Nq. 11, I/aurens 22 mills
No. 42, Ora 11’ik mills
y'ungs School Districts
^4 mills
M .W, Brown, Frank .Miller, Dr.^.I. H.jton cloth stationery, and cotton hats'"
Davis, John ,H. Hunter, R. E. Fergu-'wCre reported to the conference.*
.son and ( . VV .xOrafton. lhe.se gentle-j |j.^ addition the ’ institute reported
OKm, together ^^^th the group leaders, it had also carried on the fol-i:
and off« ers, are ^‘nthusiastically'
working to make tontorrow evening’.-il ,. ■ , . . ,, / - ^ '
' (otton fabric wall coverings (print
ed, coated and mounted woo;l veneer
types); fabric belting (power trans
mission and conveyor typt*s), fabrics
for seasonal specialties, including suni
bath cabinets, beach e<iuipment and '
travel accessories. For areonautk-aJ, (
use, camouflage dloth, awnings, tents ‘
meeting a succe.sis in every way.
To Urge Wearing
Of Cotton Silits
H. I>. IIENRT
TP
F. M. BOLAND,
H. D. Henry & Company
insurance
STOCKS
BONDS
REAL ESTATE
LOANS NEGOTIATED
No. 2, Fhti dship (I)-5)
No. 4, Bethv..*
No. 5, Grays
No. 6, Central
No, 7, Youngs
No. 8, Warrior Creek 15 mills
No. 10. Lanford ^24’^ mills
No. 3-B, Fountain Inn . \ 24 mills
Dials School Districts
No. 1, Greenpond 10 mills
No. 2, Fden
No. 3. Shiloh (Sul. 47) 22 mills
No, 5, Gray Court-Owings ... 24 mills
No. L-3, Barksdale-Narnie imTIi'
cents per pouml or $30 p<*r bale. There
wa.s a loss per bale bedween 1929 and: Columbia, Feb. 13. — A vigorous| and tarpaulins, buffing and pfilishing
19»10 of $35 per bale; betwe*en 1929 j ^^mpaign for (ot.on suits for men as | wheels; for laminateil and moulded"
and 1931 of $.)0 per hale. j well as cotton dresses for women this* industrial specialties, in coiiihinatioii!
with sulphur, for industrial purposes;!
in:»ulation for wall l>oard screens fori
The present crop of cotton which is -summer is urgedi by the Association
12 mills about'16,000,000 bales at six cents jier j for |the IiKrea->x_d use of Cotton, ac-
17 mills pound, will bring $485,000,000, while! cording to a statement issued from j sleeping porches bindings for straw
10*4 mills I at 16 ents per pound would bring the headquarters of the association | coverings on nursery trees, coatings
Southern merchanbk are being [for underground pipe*.
17*4 mills I $1,200,000,000—a loas of $800,000,000 j lielre.
in one year. The average co«t of pro
ducing cotton, ac^;Qrding to expert
statisticians, is 16 cents per pound.
No business on earth can stand sell
ing below cost of production for any
...17*4 mills ! length of time, even when^such busi
ness has reserve capital. There is then
no wonder that the farmer who jia*
rtVfeserVe to dra-w)‘upon I* bankrflpt.
-No. 8. Merna (.Sul. 17)
' "No. 3 - B, Fmantain - fmr
22 mills debt and mortgage ridden when a
-24 mills
asked to prepare for such a demand.
Gotten dresses for women have been
steadily gaining ground, it is pointed
out by the association, and this sum-,
mer all qf-tiie smartest styles can belRRAL BARGAINS IN PIAN^ Ap-
found in cotton. Reports from New to A. O’Daniel. 2-25x4to
York and Paris indicate that cotton 1
W A NTS
ALL PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED
BY LICENSED PHARMACISTS
CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED PROMPTLY
*
SADLER-OWENS PHARMACY
**At |UiiioB Station**
Phones 377 and 400 Phones 877 and 400
Sullivan Schind Districts
No. 1. Princeton
No. 2. Mt. Bethel
No. 3, I’oplar Springs
No. 7. Brewerton
No. 17. Hickory Tavern
Railroad Tax
elass -i^'-them{ Rueb- as
suffers ih one year a loss of .$800,000,-
will be the thing this summer insofar
as milady’s druses go. ' 1 ^ breed. Mbst be cheap. Mrs. A. E.
The association says that men’s eat-■ ~
ton suM are expeHea^TBTjOT^niK^TTrNrTRY? -^-Get yTvur‘T5tTtlTir“t^^
22 mills 000 below cost of production.
15 mills
25 mills
16 mills
‘22 mills
3 mills
Waterl<M» Sch<Md Districts
No. 1. -Mt. Gallagher
No. 2. Bethel Grove
No. 3, Kkom (Sul. 17)
No. 4. ('enter Point
No. 5. Oakville
No. 6. Mount Pleasant
What is true of the cotton farmer
i.s also true of the wheat and other
gmin farmers and (he,live-stock grow
ers. There is now a collap.se of bank
ing credit institutions .so that through
out the farming stH-tiliJi^^of this coupr
try an- - ap^paHing
that the farmc
No. 7, Mt. Olive
No. 14, VV’aterloo
Gross Hill SchcMil District
No. 13, ('loss Hill 2\Vi mills
Hunter School Distriits
*12mTirs
9 mills
2‘> mills (aken to apply
14 mills i leaving nothing wnoic counry
8 mills i FAxes and interest, home expense i i orkers, natives of
13 mills repai
of farm property.
It was for this rea.«on that I offer-
e<l an amendment to the reconstruc
tion finan.'^e bill, asking for 200 mil-)’^^ cot,ton belt,
lion to aid such farmers as could notf
o ne an o:
rage, particularly in the South, thisj .sandwiches at P. .S. Jeanes, on the
summer and an effort is to Vh? Tna<leI corner in Utopia Bldg. 2-25-2c
men in every for rent. Apply to
h-i.T.rlr h. f ,K ,i,'’'‘l Mi-i.. C. W. B. Smith, 178 <i. Broad
; heir wardrobe for the warm month.s.^ ^
! Some lieautifuL styles in men’s suits
1 will he on the market, it is said. FOR SAl>E—Nice P. C. pigs ready
for delivery at .eight .weeks old.
pair. 'VY. J.^ HeiT-
, . Itc
the whole counry. Prominent!
New
ing -situation exists. All' n<»t4._
T has nnsluced has been thi.s campaign for men’s eacli, $<.00 per pa
iGon ,l,.Mrrreat..,l to'»“i‘'‘i in the .South'but to extend it | ry. .Ir.. flinlon. S'. C.
21 mills
8„mill8
( HIUKS High production white leg-
the South.; horn baby chicks foTsale, 10c and
e are hatching every Tuesday.
, , ,. ,,, .. ^ , I laif your order eaily. Thornwell Or-
I hiladelphia. WaxhinKton. < hicayo , p„„|t „
and other big cities in sections outside ' —
BABY CHICKS AND HATCHING—
irs and upke^iTf^''^ be asked to set the pace in New
\ ork, while the same will be true in pi .
iliate >
No. 3. Rock Bridge
No. 4, VVad.sworlh
No. 5, Clinttin
No. 6, (loldville
No. 7. Belfast
No. K-19, Kinards
"No. R-42, Reederville
No. 16. Mountville
Jacks School Districts
No. 1, No white sch.iol
No. 2. .Shady Grove
No. -t. Renno
No. I, No white school
No. 6. O’DeH’s
No. 7. Gailington
“No. 15. ItufTteane
Seuftlelown ,Sch<M»I Districts
No. 1, Long Branch
No. 2. Mu?grtve ... 8 mills
No. 3, Langston ' 3 mills
No. 4, .Saiitly .'Springs 4 mills
No. 16, Lahfoid 24’-2 mills
No. 12, Ora i . 11mills
)*ersuns sending in lists of names
obtain cmlit otherwise. This con<lition
cf the farmers has been gradually
■growing worse for years until 11 has
at last reached this tragic end—and it
is the end unless constructive meas
ures are taken to relieve him of this
now impo.ssible bunlen. The condition
irT'which He now finds himself i.s not
of his own making—he is in no way
re.spon.sible.
When danger threateiusl our r.^iil-
6 mills
8 mills,
23 mills
18 mills
8 mills
8 mi.’..s
13 mills
21 mills
4 milLs
11 ***i^j*^‘’‘>oads and insurance -companie.s. hank-
ing and financial in.-titutnms, con-
3 mills wa.s inqHirtuned and urged to
13 nulls , billion for their use and
d mills relief. This has been <lone. Does not
C milts I inilliorT seem a pitiful amount to
Likewise 4^he association is planning i Hatchery opens Monday, Feb. 15,
to urge-air graduates from high *‘Ustomers’ hatching. 3c per egg.
schools and coH^ges and universities •
in the South to^gra^luate in cotton thisi’y'"* ^ Blakely, phone 344. |
year. l>ast year th^> association con-'Poultry Faifm. Itc
duced a campaign along that line with i ~
.splendid iv.culLs. An earlier start ^ ''A^TKD—Man or woman for
planned this year and it is 4(0^ to I collecting month-
have practically every gra4M&li**f?
class in the South rolK*d in co-ttoYi^Jhis
year./
Local Surgeon
Highly Honored
d-
ly magazine aectmnts and renewing
old subscribers. Commission basis.’
Small bond;* required. Ten F'orsyth St., i
Room 814, Atlanta, Ga. * Itps
H.\TCH f\Ci— I et u’s ha^t;<ih your eggs.
3*4c Tess~tWan *00 lots.'.^c for larg
er quantities. We are equipped with
three Petersime electric incubators'
'that will hatch every hatchable egg.
by
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
AT cuNTOi^ Purport
$1.00 par Rid^.
Special Dollar Day Price,
SPECIAI. STUNTS BOTH DAYS — WING WALKING
Guinea Flying Circus will release several guineas from
1,000 feet height. The lucky ones catching guinea may ; [
have same and also a free ride.
^ TURNER AND HUIET
Bob Tuenegp Pilot
c
tf
Friends in the citv of Dr. S. i' Get strong chicTts by hatching the
be u-’ed for the relief of the vast army I ^urge.m and ‘Orphanagt
of suffering farmers who produce that* ho.-pital, will he “
which fetils aiul clothes u.- . ! ntcrested to learn of the recognition
There aiv provideil other means recently come to him in b«*-
U^d farmers. The agricultural , i^g elected a Feilow of the .Southeast-
coruoi ations and livestock i ojpora-^ Surgical ('vingress as-a te.stimon-
ial of his quulif'catlons in the art and
science of surgery.
•MemlH’i - hip in the congress i.s by'
ttx>;i.s a'o auFs to tho.se farmers who!
have collateral that may be used in
to be taken off are itniuested to send ! SA'ttlng up thejo credit institutions as
them earlv and give the township and a basis for government aid. However,,. . , t. - • *. #
school d.s'tricl Ilf I.i.. h, as the Trfxx- th,.«. are not availahle for those |^
urer is veiy busy cluring the month ol faimers ami tenant farmers who havei^stmiuIatinK progre.ss in
DecemU-r, nothing but their yearly crops as
D. ROY Sli.iPSON, ' basis for credit,
tf County Treasurer.
^ nunlicine and t»f promoting the science
j of surgery. Meml>ership is limited to
in l',l->i«, on arrmint of the sorm i„ i ■'“''8™"* "f recoeniied abjiity who,
the fall of 1828, which swept ,he;“_T,
southefLStern coast,. I obtained the
Announc)ainent ! pa.ssage of a measure providing 1.5
million to aid those states that suf-
a complete fere<l this disaster. This amount was,
We hav
line of
be glad
Com
kinds.
Liine Sulphur for
fmit trees. "
roceries. We will
reduced in the house to six million dol-
colleges, who l^avo served as associ
ates to .surgeons of recognized abil
ity, or had. arf internship in an accreti-i
' ited hospit^ least two years, I
land who shall diSVe been in active.
lars. In 1930 I was su^essful in get-J P*^*^^**'^ least ten years,
ting thwugh the serrate a measure for |
serve you.
w. » to J t million to aid those who had siif-
line of Feeds of aBjfered from the Hoods of 1929. In 1931
j there was passed a mea-sure appropri-
‘. I atiog some 60 miUidh dbtlafM to aid
spraying | drought sufferers an^o es-
f t
far-reaching, more dangerou.', more
serious than our so-called leaders real
ize. It challenger^tfie best brain, cour- '
age and patriotism in Amenca. It*
must be met and solved.
Can 137 fdr Quick D^Wery.
FittllERS
UCHANGE
This sgricultursl conditior. is more
Colds.
LiquiD
Most Speedy
|tablish credit CM-poratjons. ToN^iis
amount I secured two miUkq} to a
certain southeastern states that were
still suffering from the effects of' w,
storms and floods. But all of this^was I of Tables used Jfntemally
toy meet conditions brought about by j ***4 66^^^lve external^, mak^ com-
providential cause*. The present con- i plete andt effective Hvatment lor
dition is not attributable to providen
tial causes. It i* the result of an eco
nomic collapse.
BLETS - 34LVE
High-Grade
CHINA
Imported high-grade China, in
the following well known pat
terns, can be had in complete
setsi or individual pieces.
See our window display this
week.
Crown Ducal M'arc — Gloria
pattern. '
Royal Doulton — Old Trent-
ham.
Ha^il
'WT
iland—M aintenon.
,,Noritake, in Monica, Merce
des and Laureate.
Force lain
Tree.
M’are in Indian
Galloway-McMiUian
Book Store "
Wait For The
New FORD
IT WILL BE HERE SOON.
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Watch the Papears Foi*.
^ Aimounceni^L
Clinton Motor Co.
Anthoriied Fori Doiers
edies K^n ! SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHR0NICL3
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