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Cm A ■ r / ••«•«•••«••••••••••••••«••••••••• : THE CHRONICLE • • Strives To Be a Dean News- • • • S paper, Complete, Newsy, • and Reliable. I If Ton D<m*t Road 1 THE CHRONICLE t Yon Don’t Get 2 The Newa. = ii VOLUME XXXII CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1932 ' NUMBER S2 FEDERAL COTTON FORECAST ! SENDS MARKETS SURGING THE REAL MENACE By Albert T. Reid Estimate of Crop Is 11,306,000 Bales For This Year, 5,790,000 Fewer Than Last Season’s Production. Boll Weevil and Weather Are Big Factors. Washingrton, Aug. 8. —The depart ment of agriculture today forecast an ll,30(i,000-bale cotton crop for tliis year, 5,790,000 le.ss than last season’s production, and thereby sent the prin cipal markets in that commodity surg-! its forecast, said the lack of the u.se of fertilizer was explained by the farmers’ effort to lower the cost of production within the price received for the raw pixxluct. The forecast showed the condition ing upward. of orop Augu.st I was 05.6 per cent j The prediction was nearly 1,000,0001 of normal, compared with 74.9 a yearj bales less than any private estimate ■ ago, and 66..4 the ten-year average had been, and the markets’ reaction to the bullish news w'as to send prices up $5 a bale in both New York and New Orleans. The department gave two main rea sons for the startling drop in prbduc- tion: First, the boll weevil; second, the lack of the use of fertilizer and conse^quent smallness of plants The indicateil yield of lint cotton • I w'as placed at 149.6 pounds per acre, I compared with 201.2 pounds la.st yearj and 151.4 pounds the ten-year aver-1 age. The first ginning report, made pub lic today by the census bureau, show ed 70,978 running bales, counting round bales as half-bales, had already Another factor in the price increase' found their way to the gins this sea- was a report that banking interests son. This compares with the abno-- were looking with favor on the or- mally low figure of 7,307 for 1931 ganization of a syndicate of mills to land the approximately normal figure purc-hase cotton at present prices for of 78,188 bales for 1930. . future use Fmgene Meyer, gt)vernor of the fed- ••ral reserve board, had discussed such a plan with officials of the farm board, which, with some of its agen cies, holds approximately 3,000,000 bales. Chairman Stone of the board said today the bw forecast would not al ter the board’s i)lan to sell 650,000 The census year’s supply bureau I'eport on this and carry-over of cot ton will be made next week. Secretary Hester of the New Orleans cotton/ex change has estimated the carry-over in this country .luly 31'at. 12,911,000 j bales, compared with 8,710,000 bales t a year ago. | World corifSumption of United States i cotton for the year ending .luly 31 was 12,580,000, bales in the crop year beginning .\ug- estimated by He^ster at 11 ust 1, 1932. compared with 11,045.000 the j)revious That old familiar jH'st of Dixie, the I year, boll weevil, has had nature on his side! Exports for this crops year have throughout the growing season.. The.het'n nearly 2,0(X),000 bales^more than <lepartment said infestation was gen- last year, totaling 8,2.58,0(2 for^the 11 months ending with Jurfe,"against 6,500,868 for the same' period a year, ago. The August 1 condition and indicat- lepart ment eral throughout the belt, out particu larly in the delta lands along the M ississippi river, where the heaviest planting ha.s taken place. The aid of nature came in the form of a wet .season which encouraged the multiplication of weevils in many places. Continuation of such weather, the department said, would cause a loas from weevils even more than seemed probable at this time. The difference in this year’s crop and last year’s on the basis of today’s forecast would more than absorb the holdings of the farm board and its agencies, but Chairman Stone warned that in' addition to those 3,0(K),(K)0 bales, there were approximately 10,- 000,000 bales being held in storage and in compresses throughout the country. He added that pick up in textile production which, he said, seemed pro4)able, would cause rapid inroads into this surplus as much of it was —hekl 4ty pr<»fess'i<^B.al-Ara<lers -4«-- mills. ^^tone said prcaluction coats per bale this yeai would be the lowest in re cent farm history. The department in commenting on duction, nor in California. CAMPAIGN TO OPEN HERE Aspirants for Office In County To Fire Opening Gun In Clin- tcn Next Wednesday. Itiner ary To Cover County, With 55 Candidates In Field. of- ('andidates aspiring to county fices will sw’ing into action next Wed nesday morning at 10 o’clock w^hen the official county campaig-i will open 'n this city. A second meeting ^ill r>e I held at Ho’chn’k in the evening at '^he ' Clinton Cotton mills. These open M.. Friday, .\ ig- A. .M.. 8 1*. .M., .Mondav, ed total production, low: hy states, fol- Indicat- ed pro- Co ndition. duction Virginia 71 35,000 North Carolina 05 509,000 j South Carolina 5t5 .590,0001 Georgia '60 842,000 Florida 20,p6o Mtssotiri 81 224,000 Tennessee 69 392.000 .Alabama —/ 59 _ 950^0001 .Mississippi 60 1,148,(K)0 Loui.siana 62 500,000 Texas 69 3,826,(M)() Oklahoma 70 770,000 Arkansas 70 1.213,(KK) New .Mexico 85 78,000, Arizona 91 81,000 1 ('alifornia 91 113,000 AIL other .alAt.es - JO.. ^OQO- Lower California 85 11,(K)0 Lower California, old Mexico, not included in United States total pro- Red-Letter Day At Great Crowd Gathers for One Hundredth Anniversary Cele bration of Baptist Church. William L. Gray | County’s Cash Dies In Laurens J Remains Steady .All roads led Sunday to Hurricane Baptist .church, five miles east of bration of its existence. Early in the morning the crowd lH>gan to assemble, it being estimated that fully 600 peo ple from this and adjoining'counties i*ie present for the highly interest- g commemorative program. The pastor, the Kev. Edward Long, Was l^rominent Citizen and Oc-1 Report By Treasurer of Receipts cupied'Leading Place In Civic! and Expenditures Show Slight and Business Life. ! Increase In Cash On Hand. l.aurens, Aug. 4.—William L, Cray, 76, Who had been clo.sely identified with the religious, civic and business life of Laurens for .50 year.s, .die<l of Laurens, Aug. 5.—^Cash in the liand.s of the county treasurer on June 30 of this year was practically the same as meeting- will be followed S' the s|H*a<kin>, ‘itinerary arranged t,y the I exi*cutivv committee, with the cam- • paign coming to a clo.se at Lauren.s I mills on the ni;/ht of .Augu.st 26th ; Fourteen meetings will be held throughout the county as follows: j Ulinton ('ity- 10:30 .A. .\1., Wednes- I day, .August 17. • ' Ulinton Mill—8 I*. .M.. Wednes.liy, I August^ 17. Cross' Mill 10;:’.u A. M.. Thiirs.li;-, .Augu.st 18. ! Center Point —10:3(1 .A. M., Fr: '..ly. I .Augu.-t 19. * Lydfa Mill 8 P iust 19. I Hickory Tavern ! day, .August 22. I Watts Mills I .August 22. dray Court 10:30 .A. .VL, Tuesday, i .August 23. j .lones’ Store — 8 P. M., Tuesday, August 23. [ Wallace Ix)dge— 10 A. M., Wednes- ! day, August 24»» > I Woodvillo — 8 P, ^M., Wedne.stlay, i .August 24. j (loldville—8 P. M., Thursday, Aig- I ust 25. I>aurens 11 A. M., Fridav, .August 26. laurens Mills — 8 P. M., Friday, August 26. The time limit for the filing pledges expired last Satunlay at '. The last minute surprise as an ent i'*t was Miss Fmima Mc.Swain Dial, o- tiied-school teatduir (jf -Dials tow - ship, for the house of representatio--. Rex Lunford of Waterloo, also i - fied in this race just i>efore the ing hour. .Miss Dia'l, iiuidtoitallv pt.ral>.sl.s la.-t mKhl h„ horn,- ! yfar, a™ .njr lo tho r,., o,d ..f r.- He was a former nuunber of the leg-1 ceipts and disbursements for the islatuie. cal year ending ,lun(* 30, 1932, which Forty-Two Former Charity Families auui ia^ i>ehalf- »f--the- rhurrh- anri romri: munity, he extende<l a most cordial welcome to the big congregations. The morning service was featured by an excellent address from B. Hobo of Laurens, well-known layman and j church leader of the Baptist denomi- I nation. O If O 1. • • C* The afternoon service was exceed- V^TI r&rrilS| ingly interesting. Harrison Copeland 1 .^poke on "Pastors I Have Known for Funeral services were conducted at ; completed l)y Tn-asurer the First .Methodist cliurch Thursday «"d mailed to th«* comptrol- afteinoon at 4:3(1 with the Rev. (I. H.^l<‘»’ 8<‘neral. Hodges, pa.-tor, in charge. He was i The total tax assessment f(M- the assiste(i i)y Rev. J. K. T. .Major of I <'<‘dn(y for the Greenville. Kt wo(m1, and’ Re ney, all former pastors of (h(“ l(K‘al the hands of the sheriff Methodist church. f<»i’ execution, and $12,893.79 was ''M'. >•. , ...v ...i.of court; f( lev'. F.'P. KiTgo Ylit's- of-4W,H03.74,-amuuaUuLJjULJlf>6iL-4-fo4^ .....nm ev. I.. P. McGee of Gaff- •■5'i'(t.3;». ()f this sum $11(;.167 was, check of candidates, after Smtry list had closed, revealed tha iUic socking the three S( uts to Ik* f in the hou. e; three are (lualified in I senate race; four for sheriff; one *■ .\eai, including pt'nal-, oourt; four f ir coroner; ' . cummi4auuiii.;r3_a.iiil 2-5 ‘ ates. The full list of cipididales Red Cross Districts Works Out Successfully After Test. Experiment With Residents of Greenville Textile Greenville, Aug. 7.—Forty-two for- Utoes, 80 bushels of beans, 50 bush- mer charity families from the textile | els of fruit had been dried, 1,000 gal- districts of Greenville have proved a i Ions of syrup had been made, 10,000 living can be wrested from the soil | quarts of fruit and vegeUbles had and, after a year on farms, are Inde- been canned, with a large quantity of pendant. j other produce; 400 bushels of peas The movement began in late spring a year ago, when the Greenville coun ty Red Cross chapter decided to ex periment in rehabilitation work by sending poverty stricken families to I bushels of . had 150 busi^l^ 400 had been raised, as of Irish potatoes. With care the food lasted until spring garden time and the harvest ing of spring wheat. Di/ring the gath- farms and supporting them until a crop could be raised. Most of those af- ering of the wheat crop, one man was I Knew Them’’; and Calvin C. Young on “Some Interesting Incidents at Hurricane." These talks >hy life-long and beloved residents of the commu nity were filled with historical data and reminiscences that told of the ravages of time during the past half century, and of the loyal and indomi table spirit of the membership band ed together for the promotion of the Kingdom of Christ in that community. A delightful surprise of the after noon was the presentation to the church by Barney L. Jones of Lau rens, of a handsomely bound hook en-' ‘The Century Book of the 10ur- found in the field, cutting wheat with fe^ had farmed at some time»-butj k acythe, but his pockets were loaded 1 titled a few had never been on a farm. {with rocks. ricane Baptist Church of the Reedy A gift of $5,000 was secured from I Unaccustomed to the heavy, un-i A?^ciatiop.’{^_’nje book which the United States department of la-j wieldy tool, he explained, he was 1 taj as pos.sible, a complete bor. With this, a farm colony of ten | thrown to the ground on each swing,!of the church during the past families was set up on 1,000 acres of j so he loaded his pockets with rocks to]®"* hundred years, was compiled by land in Abbeville county. The rent was $26 a year for each family, and the money was turned back into .the property to repair houses. Each family furnished a mule. Tools and truck were owned cooper atively by the colonists. Close supervision of planting and cultivation of crops was given by Mrs. B. S. Hill of the Greenville Red Cross, tvho Bad- formerly oneraUd a maintain his balance. Cows, pigs, and chickens were pur chased with money . sent voluntarily by residents of over half the United States. This year the colony farms were financed through government land laons of less than ^100 to a farm, ex pected to be paid with crop Mr. Jones and transcribed and bound .Mr. Gray wa.'< u sdu of .Mr. and .Mr.s. Roln-rt .A. Gray and was born at Gray '('ourt, Lauren.s county. He was edu cated at Wofford college for a pro fessional carcK-T but after a few years of law practice with the late John L. M. Irby, he entered the mercantile j business which he continued with suc cess until failing health overtook him a few years ago. ! Mr. Gray was twice* married, his [ first wife being Miss Lula Dial of j Laurens. Of thi.« union three children | eurvice, A. Dial Gray, I.aurens, Miss j Wil Iy)U Gray and R. ('oke Gray of Columbia. His second marriage was to’ Miss Mary Dunklin, also of I>au-1 rens. iShe survives together with two I children, Mry. T. J. Blackwell and W. I L. Gray, Jr., of Miami, Fla. Twoi brothers, R. L. Gray of Gray C-ourt,- and D. P. Gray and a sister, Mrs. T. | M. Mahon of Williamstdii, also sur vive. $228,901.27 $440,308.76 Short Course Given Here marl'.cd off a.s error.« or double <*n- trics, leaving a total ca.sh collecticMi for (}ie yt*ar of $440,;{08.76. With the above figures, except the iotul net collections, eliminated to simplify the table, the following is the statement as compiled by the treasurer: Cush Balance on Hand * June 30, 1931 DEBITS: * Cash collections from Taxes Collections fr<im Sheriff: 1927 and Back Taxes 1928 Taxes 1929 Taxes 1930 Taxes .MiKcellaneouH CollertionK;. (bounty PurpoHes; Borrowed .Money Fines and Licerfses Gasoline Tax Highway Department (Road Aidl. I Accrued Interest Sam B. King, Ins. Com. I.<11 urens Co, Hwy. ('om. Sheriff and Sui^rvisor School PurposeN: $ 1,912.06 $ 6,155.81 $ 9,723.54 $ 35,945.70 awaiting the opening gun of the ' - paign on next Wednesday, follows: State senate: O. P. Goodw'in. inca i- bent; C. D. Nance of Cross Hill, i .1 W. Call Wharton of Waterloo. H )U. e of representatives: Phi i *. Huff and R. .A. Babb, se<*king re-e.e - tion; W. .M. Abercrombie, .A. Ri-s Blakely, John Holt Culbertson, tl. T. {'ook, Emma .M. Dial, F. .A. Gede st. Rex Lanford, J.. P. .Mahaffey, W.i'' .* .M. Nash and I. D. WitlierspoTiv. Sheriff: (adumbus L. Owens, ”• cumbent; Hicks K. Owing.**-, 1). Peden, Caldwell Weir. Clerk of C'ourt: 'rhomas W. Ken incumbent (unopposed). Coroner: J. .A. Thomason, in. 1.. H. Good, W. H. bent; W. E. Adam.' Whitl<K-k. ^ ; (’ounty Commissioner: W. H. Ba ':-- $167,492.31): L. A. Blakely, incuii>be’-ts $ 3,898.95 J Herman F’ower, A. Homer M . e $ 2.),131.8( yp(j John H. Wharton. ' Magistrate, I.aurens township; L.'- l-Ji(U69.M. incHtmbewU 3.-^4- $ $ $ $ ;>5().04 3..335.36 376.82 168.00 by hi. broiiiCT. T^ili aToMYoTAu" I-aurens County Girls 4-H and i gusta, Ga., "in loving remembranc* of their parents, E. P. Jon^s and Eliz abeth Goggans Jones, who for many years were devoted members of this church.” The book gives the constitu tion of the church when organized, a Farm Women’s Club Hold Sea-1 state Aid aion At College. large» planUtion with comsiderable success. The Laurefls county .“hort course for 4-H club girls and club women ... days last week at Pres- fKa r'Aftytn 1 pgstors and bacons during | byterian college, under the auspices too toiwnj^tj history, iwmbership rolls, and ^^e county home demonsrtation de- many hiatoi^aJ r^onU covering Ibaf partinent. headed by "MBtr Jeittrte Game Protection Patrons, etc. Fund $109,8()I).(H) $ 52.80 $ 92,069.34 $ -2,175.40 $^ 4,963.13 Last spring 32 other families were early period of the chun*h on down placed on land which they purchased] to the present day. It is an elaborate! Tue:^day and Wednesday the prb- Total UollM-tions All Sources- CKEDITS,: Paid Stale Treasurer Taxei^ $1,193,031.01 Donnun and .1. D. Williams, Dials town.«hip: R. D. Aimsti / imumlH*nt, .A. C'. Shell and Will H. Henderson, .Sullivan: .A. C. Owens, incumbu':, and I). Todd Knight. Wuteiloo: \V'. W, Culbertson, in- cgiin’oent, E. B. Boland, H. C. Sims and .S. E. Williams. -Cross Hill: R. F. Wade, incumbent, .M. F. Workman, J. H. Bryson and VV. E. Jones. .Mountville: M. A. Cannon, in<-j;n- bent, and Walter F. Lynch. ■Clinton: W. Roy Pitta, incundjenty j Paid County Warrants Paid County .Notes * John D. Glynn. $104,542.44. . .. Enough cotton was planted to pay^or rent^ with ^ t j-gram www-given over to the farm woJ and Bond:^ the rent, to settle a fooif bill, whl^ had to be made when the $5,000 be came exhausted, and to furnish ferti liser for a portion of the-present crop. Special emphasis was placed upon food crops for animals and the colo nists. Large gardens were planted by the families, who sometimes worked far into the night to achieve success. One man was so concerned when froet gathered that he rose before the sun could get in its ^mage, carried buckets of water, arid wa^ed the frost away from his riibbage 'plants. Another man’s mule died, and every moYrty;* N^or a 8ih^'“one oT These; service— families returned this year, for all! A historical sketch of the church •made arrangements for themselve.s I was presented by the pastor, the Rev: —$331T;3()(M)() for another farming season. .. ' All the families hope to purchase the 'and after a few more, years’ work. Rdward Long. Itaj^ars in somewhat condensed form elsewhere in today’s paper. At the mid-day intermission, the! men, Mrs. L. C. Taylor, president, and Thursday and Friday to the club girls' organization. The program for both provided play and recreational hours for the young people as well as the adult members. Paid County Coupons and Interest Paid S<-hool Warrants Paid School Bonds and Notes Paid S<-hool Coupons and Interest Jacks; A. I. Dixon and W. M. Fer- -gugonr " ~~ .S^uffletown: $ 62,729.71 $2H<»,4.50.64 Union Service With Bs^tists The union service next Sunday eve- ' ning of the congregations of the city one else gave a day’s work with his j will be held with the Firsjt Baptist mule to help him ranke his crop.. I church. The pulpit will be dccupieji by * .1- * « laai !* Rev. C. Bynum Betts, pastor ^of In the autumn of 193^ it was found that there had been railed 3,150 bush els of corn, 700' bushehi of sweet po- the local Associate. Reformed Presby terian church. The address of welcome was given large crowd ^thered for dinner on | corning by I>r. John Me-1 the grounds. There was a bountiful i president of the college. Miss I Total I)i8bur.sements spread consrsti^ of everything “K<x>d j Lonnie Landrum, state home demon-' Ca»h on Hand to eat for which Jacks township i*|gtration agent, assisted in the exer-' June 30, 1932 noted, witR several baskets of food un-i^iges, as did Miss Hallett of the SUte ! opened^ when the dinner hour was i Training school. Miss Ethel Balentine, Miss Annie George, and Mrs. Annie H. Dunlap. Mrs. Taylor gave an out- be, line of the council’s program for next $419,100,001 I $ 15,902.50 J. Wess Donnan, ii> cumbent. Youngs: J. H. Abercrombie, inc'j*n- btmt, and Hugh B. Cooper. $961,909,151 Presbyterians To Hear Dr. Frazer concluded. Grand Total $1,193,031.01 t The guest preacher at the First $231,121.85^ church next Sunday morning will be the Rev. W. H. Fra- , Friends of W. Roy Pitts will sorry to learn that he is a patient in year, the City hospital, Columbia, having undergone an appendix operation on Sunday. Special musical programs were fea-| turesT)/ each day’s exercises Mrs. Leima Franks is spending sev eral days in .Marion, N. C., with rela tives. i itory of South Carolina was given in Friday night at 8 o’clock the his-1 pageant by a group of young women. S ^ zer, D.D.i president of Queens-Chicora college, Charlotte. Dr. Praxer is an outstanding minister and educator and formerly held the pastorate of the First Presbyterian church of An derson. A cordial invitation is ex tended the public to' hear the disting uished visitor next Sunday. . L