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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.
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