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THE CHRONICLE • V w • Strive| To B« a Clean News- • • pvitr,' Complete,! Newsy, ^ • • and ft^able. • (•••••••••••• VOLUME XXXII OITICIALVOTE ^Many old Solons | Contest Seen For iCrimiml Court j'Cottcm Christmas IS nF.ri.ARF.n| WUl Be Massing: House Speakership Jui7 b Drawn! b Being Planned Executive Committee Names Characteristic of'Vigorous Campaign Under Way; Heavy Docket Scheduled for Ses- Nnminrrq and NnminatM ■ Fate of Many W'ho Have Been I By Numerous Candidates fori sion Opening ^ptember 26 Eight Presidential Electorsj *’“**” ^ • i Post. j Inelij^es Four Mui^er Cases, for November Election. Objective of Movement Is To Have Elvery Present Given Made of Cotton. ■ Washington, Sept. 17. — IMien thej Columbia, Sept. 17. — The list of| Laurens, Sept. 15.—Thirty-six petit gavel sounds opening the seventy-1 legislative leaders who have announo-i jurors were drawn Tuesday by the of- Plans for a ^ second congress there wdll be a score led their candidacy of have been men-;fi<^i®l board to serve at the term A campaign to make Christma.s of 1932 “a cotton Christmas and a hap py Yuletide in the South” has been FARMERS UR TO HOI^GOODS Word Goes To 2,000,000 Farm ers To Hold Grain Rnd Live stock Off Markets Until Prof itable Prices Can Be Secured. scheduled to meet Monday, September 26. Judge W. H. Grin>ball of Chai^s- ton, will hold the court. Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 20.—Near- announced by the Association for the! ly two ^million farmers In 11 middle Columbia, Sept. 20 , ^ ~ I tvi*« w. ci .^vaa.iwa camvii vcaciui\acav. ^ nave: iinril* ; • *'-•••• w cav tii^ i<V4i ctti lit Democratic “sweep” of South Carolina j of solons missing who have been on 'tibned for the speakership of the general sessions court whk h iS in the Nov.mb€r elutions were laid Cpitol HilUso lonir that it will ,«mih«u« of repre«nt.tiv,, U growinit ' ' Lh /r J J”*'*, .>®8*»>«*'ve ina-u,,,di, larger a, the date of the 1113.1 gathered here today to canvass results! chinery functioning,without them. j •of^^^nd prhmt^. - * — TtepfeMWtive-mr^^^ The outlook *U for'a vigorous eo-i- This term of court will face a heavy Developments at the session of the | feat for the senate at the hands of . . . . . .. l , . i'criminal docket, for the reason that holiday season made of cotton or|be sold profitably. South Carolina Democratic executive j Georgia’s “boy governor,” Dick . r i u w fi • r <^^oufts of the year were taken involving the use of cotton in sohne j Officers here of the National Farm committee included; ;sell. removes from congress a man. V Hamblin of Lhiion, who hvld >t for ^^ree ofjw^ Many practical and useful ar-ers Holiday association pointing to 1. The ordering of recounts in three who has rendered valuable service to six years. Mr. Hamblin did not offer , defendants in the Rasor case, thus ticlekmade of cotton were suggested! the non-selline camoaiim’ which start Darlington county races. jthe Democratic organization in the 'or re-election to the house this year, j a hig “carry over” of numer- ^ ' " f a , 2. Establishment of the official vote’lower house since 1913. Going out of Word has been received from Beau, joug felony .and misdemeanor Increased Use of Cotton.with head quarters in Columbia, The obj^tiye of Jhf IbOYement ia tb have every present given during Western states, hard hit by debts and low prices, have been asked to start Wednesday-to withhold grain and-live— .'•tock from markets until produce can Kvu, V., — |Qyg xeiouy .uno misaemeanor cases. in the second primary as: Senator E.joffice with him will be Representative fort county that Calhoun Thomas,; \jpan^j,xxe, the officers have rounded D. Smith, 150,468; former Senator Hawley, Oregon Republican, who elected to the house from that county j up scores of law breakers, and many Cole L. Blease, 114,480, a Smith ma- to congre.ss in 1907, and rose to for his third successive term, will be'of these are now in jail, about three jority of 36,628. |the powerful position of chairman of in the midst of the battle for the im- dozen, to be exact. 3. The naming of eight presidential f the ways and means committee. Rep- portant house post. Mr. Thomas has electors. ' re^ntative John Q. Tilson, Connect!- been nominated in the firSt primary. 4. The i»tatement of Chairman Claud <^“t Republican, is retiring after 17; but his majority this year, with fK*e N. Sapp that the Democratic primary j y^**^ service, Rperesentative Col- men in the race, was larger than in vote "fullv refutes” Republican claims j chairman of the ways and means former years, that the Democrats “sulkeii in their •has represented Mississip - Murder indictments awaiting dispo sition of the court include homicide charges against J. B. Monroe,' white man of the lower section of the coun tents.” ' tv, alleged slayer of a Negro near .\lfred Scarborough, nominated in Kinards last I)ecembt>r. pi in the house sim;e 1909. He is run- Richland county in the first primary, other defendants with murder 5. Revelation that se<^ county "‘"X independent in the general has announced his candidacy, and I charges pending against them are Ne mmittees in addition to The state ^*^ti®n. and as a rule independents among those en as api^pnate gifts. ' ed in Iowa August 8, as the “biggest ^ ^h>nstmas will mean a, success in agricultural history,” de- happy Yuletide in the South, the as-1 clared that its extension was predi- sociatioh s ^^nouncement said, “and j cated on arou.-ing favorable sentiment we believe that the people of the South among middle Westerner'* and that to- among those endorsing him is R. Bey-- jjrj.ocs, ('larence Fuller, James Crom- erly Herbert, a fellow member fro'm\vell, and John Payne. Inasmuch as the supreme court will he expected to pass on the appeaUnl case of Henry Ra.sor, luithan and Eu gene Crisp, convicted of murder and given life sentences at the special committees in addition to the state committees have pledged contributions down South.. to the Democratic national commit-' wer on tne senate side of the capi- Richland and a former candidate for tee’s war chest. Brookhart of Iowa. Sena- goxernor. The committee in ordering recounts-®** Shortridge of California and Sen- Others mentioned for the position in three Darlington county races, sus- t*. 'n<*lude J. B. Gibson, Dillon; A. L. Gas- tained appeals from the rulings of the Chester; W. Yancey Williams, county committee. . i Lancaster, and E. L, Fishburne, Colle-^ K. rm in Mav, the jury having recom- An expected appeal in the Pickens r''f"’”''”"' »»"• mended meny, in the klllinK of W. „ coudty sheriff’s race was not prewnt- ®f, fr;"ernnient lep alatore never, pishhurne and one or two of: Rasor at Cross Hill a year aRO. the eotton Christmas idea.- ed, but the committee, advised that ® ^ mowe others have said they will not be other defendants in this celebrated " - this appeal is being prepared, author-, h,,,'strong sup- Ijiurens county case will not be put iaed Sapp to appoint a sulwcommittee'defeated, and the list will un-■‘-""•t 'heir names' to act on It. should It come up. ,«.rti,„,bly grow longer after >■? («■• consideration anyway declared the ST. i Ii--.:— ' will enter wholeheartedly and enthu siastically into\hd idea, “We trust that\the merchants of the South will take du^ note of our plans, and prepare for theXholiday season by laying in large stocW of cotton pro ducts. We warn them\iow that there is going to be a tremendous demand for them this Christmas season. “The giving of such prWtical and useful articles as shirts, pajamas, un derwear, lisle socks, handke^hiefs, towels, sheets, bedspreads, n^kins. bath sets, draperies, automobile tj^res, cotton content stationery will \be stressed all over the South and we a hoping to perfect organizations in communities all over the South to put i morrow “the ball will start rolling.” Farmers in Minnesota. luwa, Wb- consin, Indiana, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Kansas, Illinois, Ohio and Oklahoma will be asked to join the movement, which .siiu-e its inaugu ration, with the exception of a brief hiatus recently, has pursued a fever ish course. In each of these state.s there i* a unit of the national assen-iation, lead ers said tonight, but in most of them the farmers have not yet been organ- ize<l into closely-knit groups. In the effort to get ikroductHm-^e^^^i^ for the products, persuasion among dividual farmer.s will be the faVored method of operation. I.eader.s al.so t m- op trial until the higher court’s decis ion is handed down. The a.ssociation’8 statement contin- Phgmzed it may be several days before ut*d: I effeiHs of the campaign can he seen. Sane, practicii^ gifts will be made this j[!hristmas in imost of the homes. Senator Smith was November election, there are two vet-| The election of a speaker, whoi Ernest Hitt and two Negroes, Coot Something to wear, something for the party's nominee for the-United .SUte5,^„ wnator, who have weathered the'‘^™“'''> ‘•PI'<-">''>»'" - “"<1 senate, his vote in the second primary p third '!>' "f other duties wields con. being officially tabulated at l.SO.dW. „Mtor in point of service, »«*«'™ble power, will be watched with and that of former sSenator Cole L. ^ smashing victory over former *^^** »»iterest this year. The selection Blease, his opponent, at 114,480. Senator Coleman Liringston Blease in »'*» ^ '****‘1^ “ house predominated The committee named eight presi--South Carolina. A nomination in that|hy new members. Only 31 of last dential electors whose names wMlI ap- (state is UnUmount to election and >*«**■’* •"^^.'nhership are back this year, pear on the ballot in the November. «q|j Cotton Ed” is sitting pretty, ^-he remainder of the 124 being new election. With Democratic organization of thefn*en or former legislators nominated Sapp and State Senator Edgar A. senate he will become chairman of the being absent from the general Brown of Barnwell, were elected pres- agriculture committee, not to mention • assembly for a term or so. idential electors at large. The others,’fart that he will be the ranking^ —— —— named by districts,'are: member on three other major commit- Rao'FFi^ Pir.st district, Dr. Jo.'wph .Mayhank,* tees. fTfUIIO (’harleston; second, Gen.’Wilie lon^fe. The wot.s are exceedingly disap- Columbia,—veteran—trea^urer^of the pointed over Senator We.sley Jones* parly; third, Dr. (L A. .Neuffer. .\b- victory in the Washington primary Richards and l.ee Payne, who have been indicted in connection with the murder of the banker, are prisoners at the county jail, as are the convict- house, the more useful gift, the great- Mea'hwhile, the ball wa.'* already “rollingXin Minnesota and North Da kota. i Near Worthington, in^ Noble.'* c-ur.- er its success this year. i ty, Minn., picket.* patrolled nine “Here are some suggestions of wel-| ways and maiiHained a bbickade si c?f- come wearables fof women made of i fective that onlXa comparatively few head of cattle reat^ed the market*. Some farmers s^d, however, that cotton: abbreviated velveteen evening wraps; lounging pajamas of velveteen, Of Big Deficit ed men who are held there pending the appeal in their behalf. Hitt and the , . . . . , . , two Negroes were used as witnos.*es suede cloth jackets in natural cham- shipments that ordinanly went to by the state in the trial of the three o'* color, vibrant shades or rich dark Worthingrton (which is in southwe.it- alleged principals in the Rasor mur- tones; lisle sweaters; sweat shirts iniem Minnesota near th^Iowa boun- igay colors; winter sport suits of cor-|dary) were being routed tOs,Soux City, Jurors to .serve at the appreaching'duroy or cotton garbadine; riding' lowa, and Sioux Falls, S. E)\South St. term’ are- j clothes of tailored cotton fabrics; lip-jpaul and Fargo livestock midkets re- Laurens township: Rrrr. Briggs, gerie blouses of organdie or c >ttjn j ported an.. unusually heavy ^sinMs R. L. Hunter, Geofge H. Stewart, (\ j lace. or dotted swirfs; fabric gloves; theiiKship- T. Latimer, Ira 0. Brown*-; "’■th flaring cuff*; li.sle mesh •‘’i j ments before the general embarg- . jw3^arle Ow’ings ings. ... About 100 holiday ailherents ton.ibt lee. M. B. Cochran, and J. F. Dermid. Hunter: J. W.’.Ander.^uh, G. B. Swy- llere are some cotton gifts for childrclT: Tharmrng~lTlfle~fnick* for heville;’fourth, J. D. I’oag, Greenville: Jone.< and Smith entered the .*enaLte Comptroller General Sees Inabil- K. Townsend, li. A. Black, 1 school o- play, or gingham oi chain-j worked in shifts in Nobles cou-'t.) with logs and wire at hand to «<too rOfusc*! to hvH-'l I'S prinian.1, Sapp said, "fally rvfat«" 'Vhvn llua.V|^ l.<mK camv to the i h,.-^ " Dial.: 1.. D. ArmatroriK, .M. W. fine broadoloth. Repiitiliean elainis that the Dvnuaratal»•» I*"* >•<■»'• hv «»* enn.-idered a joke , ^ ^ j jona' H-y-l. I- K- Henilerson. .1. J. Hunter.l "kor men »ueh Ihinifs as -hirts, a J au_a . , H - II I K J H e ndc r soH, K. O. Bobo. J. C. H 01-| hundK o rch ie f .s, underwear, sweat .state salaries for the last two, voiiiIm- and t'leu Thompson. ' shirts, ties, suede vioth lumb.- jark-| nepuniican ciaims iriai lmc leviiMiv laii* i—- •—• -•— ^—- than H5 DC “sulked in their tents” and refused to anticipated that instead of . , ' J being a “kingfish” hip would he ju.st a .Moviile, Iowa, to addres meeting of farmer*. ■r:-! s Be Sharply Cut Sapp ma.ie the statement dorinit I»n1. But ^ ; Beattie saW,! Younitf: lain Hiil a^id W. .M. Hun-i'ts, novelty lisle socks, bath rohe.s, CoStS MuSt discussion of a resolution recommend- h« ti"m"ed. He ha.s a wool,, 1,.. or. sJiaiC XeUOAO ITIUOk in^ that the state convention provide “• .•*'’ “*■' ""' and there is no way in sixht, as he I Jacks; M. U. ,Mllam, for enrollment fur the primaries ev- )«''■«' « is rrowin* should ask Se^- pay them out of 1!»32| ery two .years iusU-ad of eiery four “' J”® avenues. ! ^ « as at pre.sent. ' , Caraw« over in "ArUnrar He has^re-' “l‘ «-•'mply a case of not havinK ClultOIl HI BoyS tion. sugitested by Tom B. 'P®*-. C^sentZ: Over on ‘ “*"<* “f '>■*-■'« /Worloilg Hacd Richland county chairman, and for- r^^^ The eonditior. of the many introduced by T. V, Williams „f ^t*®".»« 'hi*. ,lrouisiana is sending a l.ancaster, as wel) as one ... ... ^ senator had such power. treasury' '» •--■‘“nrof“r.pprp“flXSrC«“'« MeQu.en Hasurg. Field Caldwell Chester, urging that ev- -Jj^ ,fu,r :ioe Robinson’s scalp as -J -a aL . h>« y- automobile tires, would be most ac ceptable. I "For the home might -be mentioned | garment bags, bedspreads, bath and i face towels, chenille and hooked rugs, I gf Wavs and Meains shoe. hags, leadymade drapenies pil. Emphutif lows, smart dish towelk, lamp shades, I _ an- cocktail napkins, slip covers, table Declaration As To r inances. cloths, luncheon sets, closet accesso-' ties, laundry bags, bridge covers, floor cushions or cOated fabrics. Sport handkerchiefs, espradiles. Columbia, Sept. 17.—“The 1933 .in- pi'oprTation^ bill must be far be iw the 1932 hill of $9,350,000," Neville of Try-Out Men for Varsity Squad. Prospects Good. I scarfs, hat boxes covered with oil j Bennett of Marlboro, chairman of the Coach i Pr<*»**nts. house ways and means committee, sa 1 ‘To take advantage of the cotton will be the maximum payable with cry safeguard be thrown around the'"^",““; ™ iTn“o“w''ap"perr'.'‘'thli,k”'’; "-y®"®®-4" ff®?. •" ®f‘W* party’s enrollment. Huey will succeed in replmiing the Ar- *:r, Sapp, who favored the two-year en- Mfnator with a more liberal- <**>■ Thirty-six boys reported to jollment plan, sajd this year under nemoctat. Mr. Beattie explained that indirect j Arthur McQueen of the Clinton Wkh ; ,pi, it this Christmas, cigar and candy the four-year system there were man, „uu-ome of the Georgia primary " rSfTCopm Augnsrtl. and^ave b«ni ^,„^f,eturer. are urgantr uke cot- duplications in enrollment but in-,„ith k„n interest; '®-4'®.'*'®®>‘'"Kl><‘r<* f®.'( ton wrappers for their boxes and cig-1 Mr. Bennett, a member of the i i - crease of approximately 30.000 in '^ throughout the United States. Crisp,*'" f®'”* '•'"P;''' N'" definite Ime-up has been manufacturers are urged to u,se j mis-ion, has been designated by „> Drimarv vote “can fully refute the acting chairman of the ways and collections $1,000,000, making but the spirit that each player is tiMlay as steps were being take'' to collect data for hearings of the bu ig‘‘t commt.sirion next nroTitlr. . , ^1- -1 isfc wsanaaa sasansa sea wssx: w«b,0 aaiann • • J • H IrHiisparent wrappor made out of direct a survey of the various -- ate* claim of the Republicans, widely her- committee, led the fight for a * *"'* tS,500,000 anticipated reve-, showing indicates that the entire which has rtsenlly been put on institutions and departments in e rd - alded. that the Democrats, by reason. „l t The toUlawropnatiOTS he - • ■ -tj -a:-, __ :j— • _ added, were $0,440,000 plus J-lOO,000 of their presidential or vice-presiden-■ |u (iemocratic ranks. It was not t=al candidates, or other reasons, have tax fight, however, which '** ‘**‘^*‘®*^ obligations. squad is putting forth its best to make the market.” New Who’s Who ‘sulked in their tents.’ ’ , (bright about his defeat, although “Two year* ago,” he continued. Governor Russell made it a prominent 1 Im “when all state officers were elected, jn the campaign, the vote was approximately 241,(W0. ' Crisp owes his defeat to one act—' ^•‘This year the enrollment was 417,- the power tax. When the revenue bill i odb—but that was an erroneous en- fn conference. Crisp inserted a I _ rollment as the books carried the provision whijph passed this tax from ’ Two Clinton citizens are among the names of many who had died or who the power companies to the backs of i 215 South Carolinians who have biog- had moved away from*the state in the the consumers. While the veteran sol-; *^phiea^^in “Who’s Who in America,” two years since 1930, or who had on has long been rated as a conserva-1 issued for '3931-32. The Clinton moved from one county to another, f tive, his action on the power tax was|™*n *•"* Dr. John MeSween, president There must have been some 60,000 or the first time he has been caught out: ^ Presbyterian cpilege, and C. M. 75,000 duplications in the last enroll- on a limb. Russell, who is liberal to!®^dey, president of Lydia Cotton ment. tl>® nth degree, seized upon the power, mills and outstanding textile manu-1 “This year, with no governor’s race, tax, made it the paramount issue, and fmrturer of the Piedmont section. ^ Democrats cast 271,000 votes in the results in the Georgia primary the first primary "and Tiboat 3S5J)Q0 tell the-atory:- a good eleven. The loss of Adair, Addison, (/ooper, ■ j Hart and Bailey by gra<luation, and K&liy 'UfitV I Williams, Oxky and Nelson, who have | l • entered prep school, will be k«*enly! rOf r reSbyteriailS felt, but these places are being filled 1 ^ ' by promising new material. in the second. Had Criap stayed out of the sena- “This increase over the vote in lft3t|torial face he would have been re shows the Democrats have not sulked'wned to the house without opposi- in their tents and that they are en- tion and in all probability been elect- thusiastically supporting the candi- *d speaker, dates of the party — “state aAd na-. ^ tional ” SPECIAL MUSIC SUNDAY NIGHT i WINS WINTHROP SCHOLARSHIP A special musical program by a Miss Copie McCrary, daughter of^gnMip of girls from the Thomwell or- Mr. abd Mrs. L. D. McCrary of this.phan^. will be an added feature of| city, has been awarded a competitive the regular service at the First Pres- examinatlon scholarship from thi^®byterian chdrch next Sunday evening.: county at Winthrop college, and left The choir/will present its program* the pasV week for Rock Hill where she under the direction of Mrs. S. P.; has matriculated as a freshman for*Bowlc£ A cordial welcome ia extend-j tihe coming year. \ jed the public to attend this service. Going Away To Collie or To Teadh? f 4 If you want the Clinton news —have THE CHRONICLE fol low you. Its weekly visits will be “like a letter from home.” Special student s and teacher’s rate of $1.00 for nine months. List your subscription today. The Chronicle *The Paper Everybody Reads* The fallowing schedule has been ar ranged: . Sept. 30 — Honea Path at ilonea Path. Oct. 7—Williamston at Clinton. Oct. 14—Duncan at Clinton. Oct. 21—dewberry at Newberry. Oct. 28—Thomwell at Clinton. Nov. 4—Union at Clinton. Nov. 11—Rock Hill at'Rock Hill. Nov. 18—Laurens at Laurens that specific recommendations ma. made to the ways and means con' tee fn writing the supply bill. He announced J._ M. H.nith, ‘ auditor, and his *taff of worke •* > - ready have begun to gather infv.‘ tion which will .supplement h's - With th. Moitan, "Every member of'".‘•I “udit of the depart,neiit and - ‘ ” R«11v Stl “The real problem is the funda - tal one of preserving the opeiati'r ,.* the state government,’’ .Mr. said. ‘'The government must be op-*--- ted on the .slenderest resource.*, a-^d order to surmount the financial >b- tacles the highest degree of ? *•»- the ('hurch in Sunday School.” Rally stitutions. _’rhe^‘memJ)ej'sj)f are: Eu-vSouthwestern sUtes. Day at the First Presbyterian church will be ob.«?ervt*d next Sunday morning i at 11'"o’clock, in harmony^ with the I general plan of the Southern Presby- ^ terian church which ha.s as its theme^ “' for th<* day, “Forward With (’hrist,” I” ^ and the practical efforts,-the taking -7,. I of the story of Christ to children legislature must be deman k-n Jof Sunday school in seventeen .South-; ..^rastic action is demanded by tne }>t*opIe of South Carolina and the 1 ‘33 ’gene Abrams, T. I... Cooper, Verrief^ A special and -interesting -program jjppropftattons bill must be far he*->v* i Ross, Darrell Franks, Paul Odiorne, viH b® presen^ Sunday with the fol-Uhe 1932 bill of $9.350.tHH). We face a James Hitt, 'Roy Smith, R. W. John json, S. Y. Adair, Sam Daniels, John D. Davis, Guy Pitts, William Jacobs, lowing committees in charge: Pro-jg^^aj deficit unless the budget corn- gram: Mrs. T. D. Jacobs, chairman,; brings about that drastic act _ __ Horace Payne, Mrs. L*. B. Dil-; Lykes Henderson, Jim Hill, Eugeheilard, Miss Ansie Kirven, Miss Floyi Reorganization of the financial ad- Knox, Jack Jeans, Ryan McCrary, Owings; Membership: Mrs. M. J. Me-1 ministration of the government may 'Thurston Giles, Tom Addison, Edwardi Fadden, chairman, Mrs. J. Gary Mar.U>e recommended by the budget com- ' Ferguson, Wallace Franks, Bill Ab-, tin, Mrs. Frank E. Miller. Mias Ethel j mission after -Mr. Smith make* his re- rams, Joe Donnan, James Brown, Billy j Copeland, R. F. Henry and T. H. Cope- port which is expected to include rec ommendations regarding consolidation and abolishment of certain agencies. Mr. Bennett said the compilation of • Hart, Jeff Boland, John W. Finney, land ' Archie Adair, L. T. Lawson, John Max Ray, Francis Blalock, L. H. Davidson, , Howard Gedeist and Billy King. MAKE AIR TRIP Messrs. W. J, and C. M. Bailey are 1 facts and figures in the survey is bo- Mr.- and Mrs. Wilmot Parler and • children of Batesburg, spent Sunday I on a week’s business trip to New j ing done by state employes and will York. They made the trip by air from not incur extra expense Spananburg, using a fifteen passen '\ with Mr. and Mrs, Tom W’orkman andjger airliner of the Eastern Air Trans- Miss Irene Workman. (port system. - Miss Lina Howie of Richmond, Va. is the guest of Miss Florence Bailey. C V ’ '.*-**"'