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/ : THE CHRONICLE • • Strives To Be a Clean News* { • paper, Complete, Newsy, S • and Reliable, • I J / , ••••••—m— I If Tea Oeat Bead THE CHRONICLB Tea Dea’t Gel j TV News. } VOLUME XXXII CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1932 NUMBER 29 1. f NOTED SPEAKER HEAKD H£RE Cdngress Ends Long Session The Worst Spot On the Koao By Alltert 7 Held ^ ^ . „,.i • , ^ ! Relief and Home Loan Bank Er. Barton of Wilmington, Con-1 « 4 rr « r> ^ • , ,, I • Bills Sent To Hoover. €ompro- demns Repeal Plank, Urges 1 m j 1 i? u o Fight To Finish Against \Vetsj and Defends Prohibition. j Washington, July 16. — The 72nd ( j congress adjourned its long session at Dr. A. J. Barton, pastor of Temple 111^25 o’clock tonight, racked to thei Baptist church, Wilmington, N. C.. last with dispute such as has embroil-1 nationally known dry leader, address ed a Clinton audience Tuesday eve ning at North Broad Street Methodist church at which time he denounced the ed it for many of the months since December, but able to say that at the • very end it had settled its differences! over tlie long-pending relief and home , liquor traffic and called upon his j loaq bank legislation. hearers to use their influence to pro mote the cause of prohibition in South Carolina and throughout the nation. Dr. Barton came here from Columbia, where he had attended a statewide interdenominational rally and was enroute to Greenville for a temper ance address yesterday. He was intro duced by the Rev. Edward Long, and ^ at the conclusion of his convincing ad-; dress in behalf of temperance and pro- The agreer.vent on the ^2.122,(KK),- 000 relief biil came through the senate yielding to the house on the controversal clause for publicity on reconstruction corporation loans. Conversely, the house gave away on the home loan bill, accepting at last the Glass rider which will make possible nearly a billion dol lar expansion of the currency. By the slender margin of 120 hibitibn. was heartily thanked by the ^ to 114, the house capitulated after | Rev. H. O. Chambers for his visit tolt^wico \Toting oWrw'helmingly to Clinton and the timely message he, resist senate votes on insistence on brought. i the Glass-Borah propo.sal which al-' Doctor Barton said that a very se-'lows for almost one billion dollars -ious condition confronted the prohi-' expansion of the currency, hitionists, and that there was a great It was expecte<l that President fight on hand despite the fact, that Hoover would sign this bill, the prohibition had carried in 36 states be- home loan s<‘ction of which repre- fore the adoption of the ISth amend-j sented the last major item in the! ment and that the amendment had | hi-parti.-an legislative program he', beeir^doptcd by the largest-m4tjuw4u spitilMlLvd. JJ^ ever given any constitutional amend- ing the $-,112,000,001) relief bill for ment in ^modern times. He said that ^ a few days. the liquor people said that prohibition; Many were on hand in the last was temporary, but that they should | deliberations of congress, but one* be shown that it was to be perma- j prominent’ figure wa.s absent. .'Speaker nent. He said that too nnich empha-j Garner, democratic vice-i^e.^idential sis could not be put upon the ,yvils of'nominee, chose not to wait for ad- iiquor traffic im any form, that the 1 journment—heading for his home inj pleas of obedience to law amUrespect “rest and fish” prior^ to going into' for the constitution had failed, and that there should have never l>een any let up in showing the iniquities of the liquor traffic and the evils of intoxi cating liquors. The young people of today know nothing of the hideous- Carolina after getting rid of the sa^ loon had tried the dispensary, but that had failed, and that the only solution of the whiskey question was prohibi tion. He advised his hearers to organ ize and to hammer and hammer on the evil* of the traffic. He descrilml the condttions in saloon days in -At- Uvalde, Texas, at twilight there toj the campaign. , In the dragging finale cau.sed by the final day deadlock on the two points, the senate turned to prohi bition. debating at length on the PARTIES GIRD FOR CAMPAIGN \ _____ Democratic and Republican Ma chines Generating: Steam for Four-Month Contest. nesa of the saloon, and that South "Glass resolution to submit a sub stitute for the 18th amenment. Theo cause held up for hours the resolution for adjournment, both^ houses having been in session since 1 befoe noon. The conclusion of the session found the gleaming footUghted capitol, building still picketed by Fanil Population Showed Gain Of 648,000 Persons On Jan. Ist f I^ei;ea8e l^argfeat and Most Significant Recorded In Ten Years of Bureau of ARricuitural Economics. The farm population was 31,260,000 persons on January 1, 1021, as com pared with 30,612,000 on January 1, 1032, a gain f>f„;648,000 according to^ ianta and in Memphis, in both cities scores of bonus seeking veterans j n which he had lived. He said that ^ho earlier in the day, knowing their, the biggest fool in the world was the hopes for immediate payment lost,j business man who opposed prohibi- had broken through police lines and? tion. Saloons nw*ant the damage to •iwiarmed in protest, legular business. The wiskey traffic was recognized hy all, he said, as an, evil. If evil w'ere to be licensed so as j to be regulated why not license auto-| ^mobile thieves? or any other form ofj evil? He quoted the Declaration ofj Independence and the constitution and and sun.shine. It would be a mistake, however, to count the.se all as addi tional farmers. ...—, _ . —„ The number of persons leaving an estimate issued recently by the U.'farms exceeded the number arriving S. department of agriculture. The in-i at farms in 1931 only in the New crease in 1932 was the largest aqd Kngland and .South .Atlantic states. In mo.st significant recorded by the bu- ^ach of the remaining .-even Railway Men Organize Here County Association of Railway and Express Employees Per fected. Shands Is President. Baptist Pastor Loses Wife ri*au of agricultural economics in the ten years hi which the bureau has been estimating changes in popula tion. For seven, yeaI'-s of .this period geo graphic divi.^ioiis, the movement couritryward exceeded the movement citvward, this movement being most, pronounced in th<- East North .('entral ^aid there had never been a constitu- Mrs. J. tional saloon. A saloon was in viola tion of the principles of both of these instruments. He said that the Chicago convention A. Martin Passes I^aurens Home. Beloved This County. At In Laurens, July 16.— Funeral ser- had committed political trea.-on to-iYjt.^.s for vjrs, E|ia Rasor Martin, 69,j wards the South, and that .Southern j of the Rev. Jodie A Martin, paa-i politicians who had voted for the; tor of the Lucas avenue and other| Democratic national platform had|gapti8t churches of the county, were bein false, to the .South. He urged a from Chestnut Ridge Baptist mo.8t milfiixnt campaign for dry offi- church Thursday afternoon attended cers throughout, beginning with con- j tiy g large concourse of friends and _1_ 1 wvx « .• • mi * A. X ^m .iiii/iixrxtiivxxa •II nil «4ca>r'i annual decreases were rep(*rted and ^fates. West North Central statc.s, and only during 1930 and 1931 were ap- .South Central states, preciable gains indicated. .j,, popuU Don e. timaU-s are ’>as- The bureau estimates that 1,472,000 ^(1 upon inform, tion .supplied tu ihe l>er.sons left farms.for towixs and t^it'iLureau by thousands of*farm._XahiliB‘> ies last year, and that 1,679,000 per- yp over the country. They are md, .sons moved farmward. The surplus of however, strictly comparable with fig- births over deaths on farm.s was 441,- y^es published in previims years by 000. The gain in number of persons j^e bureau, because this report has living on farms was 648,000. For t^^h^,cn revised on the ba.Ds of the 1930 year 1930 it was* estimated that l^Sensus. The statistics concerning pop- 766,000 persons moved from cities to 1 movements to and from farms . ^ ^ .OV ... II The Laurens county Association of Railway and Express EmpU»yee8 was organized in the Masonic Temple last Thursday evening at a well at tended meiding of railroad\ and ex press men from this section. The meeting wa.s presided (»vor by W. H. Shands, loyal Seaboard agent, who wai later unanimously elected pre.s- ident of the assoviation. .About forty employoe.-' were present. Impressive talks were made by; .Supl. li. W IL ger.s, and .John White, , of .Xtlantu; O. B. .McRae, of .Abbeville am! 1'. K. Ilailin of Laurens. W. W. llairis of this tity was an invited guc.'i, aiul w .s on the program for a talk. 1 he t»bjevt '»f the organization as expr«s.«ed in the by-laws is to work for the inteie.st of the railroads and allied business in securing favorable stable, mayor, .sheriff, legislators on up to United States senator. Tell them all that they would not get a dry vote if they stood for liquor. relative's. The rites were conducted by the Rev. W. D. Spinx, the Rev. B. F. Garson, the Rev. J. L. Lawrence, the Rev. M. G. Woodworth, the Rev. Ed- faims and 1,720,000 persons moved' from farms to cities — these two movements almost balancing each oth for the period 1920-30 are being re vised so as to take into account the 1930 census as well a.< the trends in- er. The surplus of births over deaths j by sampling reports obtained was 399,000 in 1930. There was ajypyyyUy from farmers by the bureau slight decrease in the number of per- ^ agricultural economics."* . sons going to farms in 1931, and at considerable decrease in the number Doctor Barton said that there was j ward Long and Dr. Graves L. Knight, nothing farther from the truth than j,Interment was in the churc4i ceme- to say that both the Republican andjtery. Deacons of the Lucm avenue Democratic platforms were the same|church were the active pallbearers,' on liquor. The Democratic stood for j with the deacone from Midland Home nullification through a Aiodification of and Mount Pleasant forming the hon- the Volstead act. The Republican de- orary escort. Flower pris were mem- nounced nullification. Hoover was sin- bers of the Jodie Martin Bible class of cerely in favor of the 18th amend- the Lucas Avenue chuKh Sunday ment. Roosevelt was for its repeal. He ^school advised his hearers to consider these | Mrs. Martin died^ Wednewtoy af-| thin^7irr 8aia~lKanre^ 1iad~bmT bred|tcrneon after-a Jirief illneaa. She Wtaj and born a Democrat and had never; a daughter of the late James C.j strayed out of the Democratic fold,! Rasor and Lucy Agnew ’ Rasor of| going to cities. In the movement from cities to | farms for both 1930 and 1931, and; contiDuing into 1932^ were many farmers' sons and daughters who had previously migrated to towns and cit ies. Many of these upon losing their city jobs have returned to the home farm, many bringing families with them. Some city families have 'found refuge on the farms of other relatives, Tbe?e figures oo not take into ac- couHi' another change that has been ■ ^'’^cY-to-the- Methodists Plan Conference Soon The Intermediate departments of the .Methodist churches of the Upper South Carolina Conference will hold iheir assembly at Rocky Bottom, Pickens County, July 26-29. .An excellent program has been pre pared and will be conducted under the supervision of the Board of Christian Eucation and the leadership of 16'tTO~nf the uulstamliiig worker.s. with Washington. July I8. — Heri>ert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt have given other problems precedence, but the political machines due to whir I through the ne.xt four months are j generating steam none the less. I It will be several weeks before I things get going with a speed to Lar i' ry through to November 8, weeks to ' l>e filled with more and more confe**- t ences and arrangements by the al- I ready busy national committee chair men— Everett .Sanders for the Repub licans and James A. Farley for :he Democrats. Pemfing the president’s speech ac cepting the nomination, probably early in .August, few conclusions can he drawn on the full effect of cleavage between the papties as to the domi nant economii- ami prohibition iss'jes. Once h^ has stated his views, how ever, it can s.ion be showed whether two pn»s])ects now engaging wide spread onjecture are to nuiteria'i/.e. t. ' Those prospects are; That the choice to b** put uy* ' > llie electorate will bo as U’tween a n- -ervative working out of trouble \v the Republicans and Democratic r -a- diness for trail-blazing efforts; ai,,) That prohihitittn--to’gani2«t-H»H8 decide to back Ho(»ver because* ^h * D<*niocialic repeal plank is so n.nch more objectionable to them than '■he Republican submission plan, woch they also dislike; while extreme w'‘t;4 among the Republicans may do con- trarywise. On the first, results have already begun ti> show for the Democratic convention’s invitation, and that of its nominee, for Republicans at odds with administration policies to swing over. Senator Norris yf Nebraska was the fiist of the independents to make the break, and others of his mind are thinking it over. In Pennsylvania, Gifford Pin MOt has yet to say what he will do. but already some of his followers have showed their readinej-s to join R 'se. velt. It remains ti» l>e .seen to what tent this might l>e counteracteu Republican gains from among Democrats who differ with Koos/ 'm fundamentals i»f government. In s*»ine of tho.se dry quarter- slie |); e. ideiit's acceptance speech is le- ng esptH’ijrlly awaiteil, to ^et* ex;c.’ti^ to what extent he goes along or -.be platform or in just what word- He chooses U* express himself. Wher^er a flat po.sititm will be taken by the or ganizations tiefore that time ha.- yet to be decided. *—— — .Meanwhile, the wrmien’s organ.Zji- lion for prohibition reform w ■'icn numbers its members in the tens of thousands of both parties—has com mitted itself to Roosevelt w’ithi»u'; t*e- lay, Itefore swinging inU» the exteri v-* campaign he intends to make pel CO proceed with the ease of Mayor .lames J. Walker. This week will be dew J ted iin*- to recreation and a .stuily of the .'Jew . I Vin k mayor’s reply to charges pC'Ki- t'-e ex- 'jy :r'e legislation, publicity, etc., placing the ir.ilroads in a more favorable posi tion as conq ari-d with the bus, and motor freight lines. The object of the ally, (lovernor Roo.s<-vell^ exnect meeting wa.s presented bv .Mr. John White of .Atlanta. The attention of the nu*eling was called to the qualit:e.s and unfairness of the pres ent laws regarding railroads anil dig against him. Once the non bu.'Hs and called on all f^^ilroad em- that problem on the road to e: ployees to u.^e their influence and support to a.'sist the roads. The following officers were elected^ to head the new organization whose memlH'i-'^hip will l>e confined solely to lailway employees: W. H. Shands, ('liiitoii, president; J. W. (’oleman, Clinton, secretary; O. H. Sheely, (Jin- ton, treasurer; J. D. Boland, Clinton, | first vice-president; W. C. Shealy,! ^ ~ Clinton, second vice-president; (’. F.j District Meeting lo Be Held In ith ,Manv Cement, he will o ive as much tfn.o l an be spared from his chair ir, A - Lany to putting the Democrats >veF- with. the country. Masons Meet Here Tonight but he advised all prohibitionists to consider carefully the present condi tions, and he asked if there should be greater allegiance to the national . platform than to the wishes of the people at home. He told of the pernicious influence of saloon keepers in politics and of the worldwide ramifications, of how the wine growers in France contribut- -’T<yw«rQ5 iniiuem.iiiy Texas. Blakely Stands i-election .Announcement of his candidacy for re-election as county commissioner is made in today's paper by Lee Add Blakely of this city. L^aurens County. She and Mr. Martin ^ celebrated the golden wedding an-j niversary about 18 months ago. She. was an estimable woman and hadi maq^ friends here and in other parts of the state. • In addition to her husband she is survived by four daughters^ Mm. Maude Noffz of Laurens, Mm. R. C.j Jones of Bamberg, Mm. B. L.. Mitch-j Mm. AlVadet Hajppton Bryant of Richmond, Va.;] i five sons, Luther Martin and the Rev j |j. Guy Martin of Cross Hill, Paul! ' Mar.tin of Greenwood, Broadus Mar-' tin of Laurens, ad George Martin of Hendersonville, N. C.; one brother, John B. Rasor of Greenville, and three sisters, Mrs. John M. Clardy of Mullins, Mrs. Ida Daniel of Or angeburg and Mrs. Sallie Pyles of Greenrwood. widely heralded as a _ , farm” movement, a change that has young people of South Carolina .Meth- Harlin. I^uuens, third vice-president;: Masonic Temple \V pivSidetit; . O. Baiksdale, Lauieiis, been under way since 1930. Many cityjodism. Some of the workers are Ri v and town families are now planting;J. O. Smith, Clemson College; Rev. subsistence gardens of 1-4 to 2 acres I R, F. Morris, Columbia; Rev. and where formerly they purchased all of* Mrs. J, D. Griffin, Great halls; Miss their foods. Some of these families Ies Haskell Wright^, and Elizabeth have moved to abandoned farms as a Hicks of Greenville; .Mary Smith, means of lowering their house rents 1 Conestee; Grace Sanders, Rock Hill; in addition to raising some of their (Hannah Leitner, Bookman; Rev. J. H, foods. Others have obtained small Kohler, Johnston; Rev. J, E. Brown, plots of ground close enough to their Greenville, and others. pr4>«4.nt hnm4.a to avoid moving. Re-1 A full prQ_giamjBf-^tiidy^J^irshilL^ lief agencies in several cities have aid-1 fellow.ship and recreation has been ed by furnishing seeds, fertilizer, j prepared. some gardening equiphrient, and the; This camp ministers only .to that use of plots of ground. In a lesser!group of young people between the number of cases these agencies have'ages of twelve through fifteen years, moved families out to houses where A large enrollment is expected, some cultivatable plots of ground j would be more accessible.. j The bureau points out that this | movement is not a genuine “back-to- the-farm” movement since very few of the people are engaging kl farming | as a business. It is almost wholly an I !>• filth vitc-prcsidenl. Five committee.s are to be app.iiiil- ed by the president as follows; Bub •f li.'ity. Suffrage, Membership, Enforcejneni and Legislation. I>aw A District metting of .Mason.- |thi.s, the eleventh Masiiiic ili-st.-i-*. ; has luH*!! called to meet in (’li".ton tonight at 8:06 P. M. at the .Masonic . Temple. .Mr. R. R. Nickels of Lau- ' lens, 1). I). G. M. of this district will be present and will preside. The Seventh .Masonic District is Rmade up of nine .Masonic lodges, ror IvC eieciion uurens county and one at Fountain- fim. Coroner Stands a his Presbyterians To Have Picnic IS a ouamess. iv i» > Members of the Sunday school of ittempt to obtain low-cost housing | the First Presbyterian church have Mr. Blakely is ZSEKVICES 8D two-year term on the board and nisi „„ 1— - u” I •— announcement will be welcomed by I AT DUNCAN’S CREEK land partial subsistence. And for the (planned a big picnic outing for this many friends in all sections of the J. .A. Thomason, who is completing, fj^iiy^vs: four-year term as coroner, places' palmetto Lodge No. 19 at Laurens. Campbell Ixidge No. 44 at Clinton.» today’.s paper. .Mr. Thi»mason is a ^Vallace Lodge .No. 49 at Owings. highly respected citizen of the Owings | Princeton Lodge No. 129 at Prince- ' section and has faithfully dischargeil ' the duties of the office during his .Schroder Lodge No. 144 at Gray teini. He state; that he is asking ('ourt. re-election upon his record. Cro.ss Hill Lodge No. 159 at ' Ijjij, I Brewerton lx>dge _No. 183 rVVare Shoals. Fountain Inn I.odge No. 192 at Union Service With Baptists Cross near ' Fountain * Inn. county. He has liberally given of his time to the duties of the office, and will continue to give the county excel lent service. His friends are glad that he is offerirtg again and will watch the outcome of his race with cordial interest- . ' Preaching services have been an nounced at Duncan’s Creek Presbyte-j rian church for next Sunday morning • at 11:30 o'clock. The Rev. A. G. An-‘ detson will preach at this hotir and the public is cordially invited to at tend the service. * IKIICl wbll/«Ssofc^llV^» s^gsaa svs , ^tClIlllaXl A jJsv mx. AfUvltll^ *»/* LII19 relief agencies it is,a means of reduc-' afternoon at Yarborough’s mill. The • L-,. C .* I i „_-ll 1 .L. .. ing somewhat the cash cost of meet-! party will leave the monument at ing the^minimum subsistence needs ofjt|iree o'clock and transportation pro persons for whom they are carings Jajvided for all who do not have a way addition, it give* tbey^unemployeoHb go. All ^re expected to bring pic- something to do i^nA^r some of the ^ nic baskets and an enjoyable after- chlidren jt. means an opportulRly to' noon has been planned by the commit- benefit by an abundace of fresh air i tee in charge. Waterloo Lodge No. 288’ at W'ater- The union service next Sunday eve- loo. ^ ning will be held at the F’irst BaptisFii- The^^e nine linlges have a total church, with Rev. H. O. Chambers, membership of a little more' than pastor of the Broad Street Methodist j seven hundred. It is expected that church, occupying the pulpit. A cor-,811 of the masters of these lodges dial invitation is extended all congre-1 will be prt*sent with quite a number gations in the cify to unite in this ser-1 of other officers and men>befs of vice. I their respective lodges. .4'. ^ ' - .'•'fT ■> t" -t' .