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SMITH OFFERS Laurens NatWe {independents To NEW FARM BILL Dies In Atlanta South Carolina Senator Intro-1 duces Measure To Extend i Life of Crop Loan System To Help_ Farmers. Interest Rate To Be lowered. !Rev. W. L. Culbertson, Scion of Family In This County, Bur ied In Georgia City. Laurens, Dec. 4.—The Rev. Wash- Assist Democrats Would Absuidon Gold Standard State Meet To Be Held Here G. 0. P. Punishmentr or Roose velt Reward Not Expected By Group, Says Senator Cutting. arm Sprinjfs,* Ga., Dec. 4. The injrton L. Culbertson, 67, member of i Democratic president-elect and one of I the widely known Culbertson and Washington. Dec. 6.-Senator E. D. Godfrey families of Laurens county. Smith loilay introduced in the .senate the lifo of the crop died Saturday in Atlanta after a brief illness, according to word received production loan system. The South;a brothsr,~B. T. Culbertson, Carolina senator was author of the'®^®’’^ county supervisors of- the Republican senators who support ed him sat down for a two hour talk today and at the end Senator Bronson Cutting, New Mexico, said he felt the to plan concerted action on legislation. Senator Smith Believes Recov ery Would Be Helped By In.- flation. Cites Cotton Price. Washington, Dec. 6.—Senator E. D. Smith today suggested as one of the means for economc recovery that the United States go off the gold stand ard. The senior South Carolina sena tor gave two reasons for advocating Student Y. M. C. A. Convenes At Presbyterian Tomorrow for Three-Day Session. The regular fall meeting of the South Carolina Student Y. M. C. A. will be held on the Presbyterian col lege campus beginning Friday and continuing through Sunday. Each year the State Student Cabi- HOUSE KILLS REPEAL BILL Bold and Unprecedented At tempt of Democrats for Prohi bition Repeal Fails By Small Margin. Special Session of the New Congress I.ooms. Washington, Dec. 5.—The wets took an unexpected blow on the chin today when the house of repre.sentatives ing at some college in the state. This .stitutional amendment calling for year it is P. C.’s turn to be host. Dele- outright repeal of the eighteenth original amendment to the Recon-^^«neral .services were held Sun-j Less than a week ago, after a simi-i “To increase the volume and veloc- struction Finance cornoration act to!Ga., the home of his! lar call on Franklin D. Roosevelt, Sen-i >4' of money in circulation and to re- „ „ . , tv, ♦ o-, . Ixo'- R-W"-". of Arkansas, the Dem-' ado with the Onont.” S„,ith | .om all colU^ea ,n the f ofo; duction without requiring any .secur-i ^o** ^^'oral years he had been pas-1 ocratic leader, indicated that he hoped he could sell his cotton today in|^*o to be present. The purpose of the _ . ily ether than a lien on the crop. Th®'*^^** * Baptist chui-ch in Atlanta. i tor some Republican support for the Liverpool for 11 cents a pound but af- new Smith bill mei-ely provides for a continuation of this aid to the farmeis under the direction of the secretary of agriculture. .1 . .1. .vears. On the occasion of his last visit It was generally believed that the] , , u u . . back home a family reunion was held agricultural 4U^6dit-x-CorparalJQns. - He wc.s a minister and pastor of rec-1 Democratic legislative program, ognized ability and success, and hasj Gutting, who has been a friend of held important pastorates in .Via-1 the president-elect since boyhood, said hama and Georgia during the last 45 his conference with Mr. Rosevelt had up by the R. F. C., would take over irrMay at the old home^Tiear Ekom. “^with the attif ude or~the~ president- covejed a witle. range of subjects, that he was still in general sympathy ter securing American exchange the price was reduced to less than G cents meeting is to get representatives of the various Y. M. C. A.s to gather and discuss [iluns for bigger and bet- He was a son of the late Captain this function. Because of the re.stric- ,^ u iv. *. j t> i- , , , , , G. Wash Culbertson and Permelia tions placed on U>ans of the agncul- . ^ r- .vc ^ lu . u i , * , ,, - . Ann Godfrey Culbertson. He received tural credit convorations and the fact, . . u. i *• * * n ^ ^ ^ . u his early education at Centerville, that an interest rate of < i>er cent has u. i .u i * i a ivi 11 i i . j. V. f 1 o -.u .1 • 1 ♦ , "y James A. Madden, vors because of their supports of the L .k’ .k1 LI „ J- "■ In 1885 h. went to Domonratio ticket, Gadsden, .\la., and there taught school | The big bronzed Westerner met re elect on public (juestions and that, speaking for himself, he did not think the Republican independents either feared punishment or would seek fa in made through the ! finished his education at Walnut porters for a chat liefore leaving ^ ei>ai nu o * | Grove college, in which institution he ^ Warm Springs for Washington, He I *5 cultut^ In ltKl2 the farmers sub.se<iuently was a faculty member arrived shortly before noon and was paid .) I several years. In addition he entered ' taken to the cottage of the president- cent inteiTst on their loans, Senatm* j niini.stry, and later held pastor- elect in one of the Roosevelt automo- Smith .said tmlay. Who^ his bill L churches at Shellman, Cuth- biles. He was one of the few visitors considered by hi.s committee he will 1 Commerce and at other Georgia received today by MiO Roosevelt, vir- proxide that the interest late be h>\x- V tually nil of the engagements of the l*red to 4 per cent. ^ jj, .survived by his second wife president-»t‘Iect haying been cancelled -♦Oiticizinp the policy of thy crop, and three sons, Broadus, Aubrey and; to allow him to rest before traveling loan offioe last year in refusing to'Qtto ('ulbertson; one sister, Mrs. Lulajtjack to Albany. a pound. He predicted that if the | ter “Y” programs. Many addresses United States should go off the gold will be made, and a full program is standard,, cotton wouhl immediately go to 11 cents a pound, * ■ ‘There is not enough "gold tn-' world to "transact the world’s busi ness,” Smith said as he ridiculed the argument of those who insist that the gold standard must be maintained at any cost. The senator is strongly in favtvr of inflation of the currency, stating ‘Me- preciated money means appreciated commodities.” . Senator Smith has an appointment with Governor Roosevelt in Albany Saturday week, December 17. Smith said today he would di.scuss a number of plans for farm relief with the president-elect and ask his cooper ation in helping put them over dur ing the shoi-t session. The South Car olinian is going to introduce a bill di- expected. Speakers have been seTected who can best present the subject of the field in which they are best informed. Claude^ Nelson, the regional secretai’y in .Atlanta, who is in close touch with the organization xvill speak on ‘‘Con nections with National and State As sociations.’’ P. B. Holtzendorff, of (’lemson, where there is one of the best organi zations in tfie state, is to speak on the organization of a local association. Tbeo Vaughn, state boys’ club lead- A change of six votes would have given the resolution a two-thirds ma- •Jovity which is necessary for passage Every re-elected member of the South (’arolina delegation in the Iwuse of representatives voteil for the Garner repeal resolution. Representa tive—Ji'-red- - -Dmwiniek-, Newberry, who voted against the resolution when considered by the judiciary committee last Friday, again voted 'dry today. He was joined by Rejircsentative But ler Hare, of Saluda, whose district was combined with Dominick’s and who wa.s not a candidate lor re-elec tion. Representative Sti'venson, of Che- raw, also a lame duck, did not vote and was not jiaired. '' Representatives MeSwain, McM.I- er, will speak on “The Training and 'Ian, Gasipie and Fulmer voied for tlie resolution. U.se of Future Leaders.” Roy Cooper, also of Clem.son. will «ontiment exp.essed bj- mem- ‘Plans for Programs of loan the amounts applied lor by ihe j C ulbertson Ch^t^k, of-Betton; thretn—h, response "to frequent -tbe^ fedyia) land banks farmer?. Smith, “J JgLnL^bipg -tojJirolheriv >.W av ^Cj^barti^na>^.ipagiB-J Insist" ifiat^tHe rules'^ and regulations trate of Waterloo township; W. jP. ered ‘‘almost ej,erything.” closure and to .sell no farms'which be liberalized. If the farmer is entill-j Culbm tson, of Cross Hill, retired “We talked about the general leg ed to any K»an at all he is entitled to• teacher of I.4iurens county, and B. Y. islative situation, about agricultural an amount sufficient to pro|>erly | Culbertson, of I.Aurens. [relief, reforestation and the Indian make and harvest hi.s crop. j — 1 bureau,” he said. have already been foreclosed untij ‘thi.s farm problem is .solved.” Under tlw original 5^ith anrend- j ^ meeting of Republican inde- ment a fuml o? two hundred hiiTTibh | vMTCCUIlgS V^ArOo dollars was made available for crm|^ production loans but only sixty mil lions were used. The new Smith bill provides that the unexpended balance of 140 millions and the money collect- j |>endents suggested by Cutting would P 4.*%. J j enable that group to ascertain wheth- OolA^C OLALCU j ej* it, would rally as a unit behind the . farm relief, budgetary and beer meas- Death Claims Beloved Woman speak on Work.” Dean F. M. Bradley, of Carolina. ^wiffhha^F^a~taTr^^iiacS[fy^mp^^ tion. Christmas greeting cards may bejUi’P^^ that are being planned by the mailed for three cents if they are en-1 Democrats in the hope that they can eil from 1032 loans be ma<le available i n .sealed envelope and for'be passed at the short session in or der to avoid an extra session. Cutting said it was too early to peculate over’'the possibilities of a Mrs. Vtileria Jones Passes Al Ripe Ai(e. Rests Amonif Rela tives in Jacks Township. One of the most important parts of the program is the period of student discu.ssions, with talks by Dendy (P. C.); Hankins (Carolina); and Bennett (Wofford). ’These discussions are more helpfuLthan most talks as each stuilent gets to voice his own opinion hers of the delegation voting fi'r t'l? resolution was that they wore d ity bound to vote to submit a rc*| al ■!t4Amjpn<inicpt:ystTiPr44te' 4 form pledged thy party and its camli- dates to such a’"cou/s(*. .‘^ome of the South Carolina soloiis did no! apjno e of the method used Iry Si»eakor Garner in making it the first business of the session and allowing but 40 minutes for the debate. ReprowmtaUve McS:WaJLa,.of Green- ville, issued a statement after casting J. M. Inland, The Citadel’s execu- which he .said he voted for for^liClS loans. one and one-half cents if in an un- Farmei's in South Carolina &nd enveio]>e, according to instruc- North f'arolina have, despite h»w | tjons received by. Postmaster Ralph K. | commodity price.s, paid an ax’erage of Blakely. Regular postal cards will re-1 new party alignment of Western in about IH) per cent on their loans. In.qyi|>^ usual one-cent stamp, this dependents and Eastern Democrats some of the Western states which having been changed when wci'e considei'eil doubtful in tht last jjjg new postage on stamps went into election only an average of about 10 effect. per cent has liotm paid on crop pro-^ The cards which can he sent for duction loans. one and one-half cents in unsealed en- In the hill intixKluced today by Sen- velo|H‘s may bear no writing with the ator Smith the seci'etary of agricul-; exception of the stock phrases “Merry I new party growing out of the recent tui'e is direcUnl to gix’e preference in j (^jji-istmas,” “Sincerely yours,” and .so [election that thi.s, too, was deperdent making loans to tho.se farmers "’ho ’Qjj^ name of the sender. No I upon what the future brings. Mrs. Valeria Young Jones, 83, died tive secretary, is especially proficient in his department. His talk will be on “Personal Relation.ships.” Dr. Dudley Jones of thi.s city, will giye the inspirutionul address of the Sunday afternoon at three o’clock at' meeting hor home here. She had been in de-! Macla^an, president of the the resolution because he felt it Hi.s duty to do so as a result of,the action taken by the Democratic convention. He said South Camlnin uader st?* ' regulation could and wouM prevent the return of the .saloon and al.so reg ulate the liquor traffic. That depends entirely on what the Democrats do toward carrying out their program an<l what the Re{xuhli-i can.s do,” he said. . The senator added in response to a question as to the possibility of a dining health for several years and;, -'-v e--'7 Ti specula- sufferedia relap.se on Satunluv from I“ «Pt‘ak-|tion m Washington as to the chances- which she sank rapidly until the end j'*’*submis.sion of another repeal .imendment during the short session., Speaker Garner said following def- came. The funeral service was "ReTd ffiniT the residence Monday afternoon at 2:30, with her pastor, the Rev. H. O. Chambers, in charge. Interment fol lowed in the family burial plot in the ; Phillips churchyard near Renno. A Sims'Nain^ sufferesl from cix>p failui-ea in 1032. other writing on the card is permit ted, otherwi.se the cards must go as first-class. ‘‘I think the whole political senti- More Farm Bills Washington, I>ec. 6.—The iverennial i farm relief que.stion began sprouting ll/;_I I n rln xu in the senate to<iay with the introduc- TTlIlUirO|J llOIlQAyS lion of half a dozen bills headed by a Amaa A proposal that the farm board be em-j /A1IOOUOC6O l^owered to make effective the equali-1 xation fee, export debentui-e or do- Rock Hill, Dec. 3. — Holidays for IS more fluid than ever,” he ment said. Cutting said he did not have any reason to think that those Republi cans who placed them.selves behind the Democratic candidates would be consulted regarding patronage affect ing their sections. The New Mexican .said he had no he large number of friends and ivlative.s gathered to pay tribute to her pass ing, and many beautiful floral offer ings were laid on her grave as a tok- P. C. Captain Rock Hill Boy To Lead Blue Hose Gridsl^rs. Players Ban queted Tuesday Nisht. ,en of the high esteem in which she meslic allotment plan if it sees fit. Winthrop college students open on ; specific, legislation in mind that The measure was proposed by i'en- Wednesday, the 21st, and continue Iw^s ready to talk about now. ator McNary. Republican, Oregon, through the Yuletide .sea.son and to [ —__— and referred to the agriculture com- Tuesday, January 3, it was announced was held, Mrs. Jones was th<‘ widow of the late .1 An.ly Jone.s la.Iuvcd (•onf<-,l<|r. ^ ^ ate veteran of Jacks township, who | .sin,7^vill be j Perrin, quai-terhack, who feat of his resolution it wouHl Tiave to come over from the senate. There is serious doubt if the wets could inus’ter a two-thirds vote in the sen- aU* and there is alway.s the probabil- Hy of a filihustei- in that body which would prevent a vote. All in all the wets are very much di.sappointed over the action of the house today. With 10 state legi.sla- ere xtremely anxious to get a repeal at a banquet for the letter men given, amendment on its way. The odd.- of putting over a. repeal anienilment at a senior next year. Bob ^^i.s se.ssion are stionj/ly against Rob Sims of Rock Hill, Presbyte rian college fullback, was elected cap-; meeting in January, they wer tain of fhe 10,M Blue Stocking team [ ^jxtremely anxious to get a repen mitti'A*. which he heads. Early favor able committee action was in pms- pt‘Ct. How the Democ’-ats will regard the pi-oposal may develop from the party conference called for tomorrow by Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader. Robinson announced a Democratic measuie on the farm mortgage situation would emerge around Christmas and another party in..'asurc dealing with the farm mar ket problem would await decisions at a conference of farm organization leadei-s h^re this week. The farm prbolem is one on which the Democrats hone to act this ses sion so as to avoid a special meeting of the new congress in the spring. Besides McNaiy’s bill. Senator Har rison. Democrat, Mississippi, int’-o- duced one to authorize the lt^con.struc-j tion corporation to make loans to in-, dixriduals whose homes or farms ace mortgaged and who afe unable to pay property tmtes. here today. Students may leave at 12:30 p. m. on the 21st and must be hack by 8:30, the 3rd. SOLVE YOUR REUEF LOAN IS GRANTED TO STATE Columbia, Dec. 5.—A loan of $77,-^ 000 to South Carolina was authorized^ today by the Reeonstruction Finance- corporation for relief of the needy, r eight counties during December. The state relief council received tice that an application qf. Cove Blackwood for this amount -had bera approved. .. .. Members of the council, aftex • formal conference, however, said tain details"' remained to bq worked out hefinre the money is actually dis- . tribntad. Pending final .arringegtfntp PlM’^'^mbursiiqr the funds ik> announce- GIFT PROBLEM BY. V. BUYING AND SELLING Through THE CHRONICLE of the countiee includ- •The PRper Everybody Reads’* Woman Faces Electric Chair preceded her to the gave in 1914. hoi „ . .*11 , mi i ' , u u I I Pt*rrin, quailerhack, who will lie a the past fifteen years she had made . . , , . , , } , MU 1 next sea.son, was elected altcr- • her home here with a daughter, .Mis. , . n r it • ' . ' , I r/ * I nate captain. He is from Union. I Spark*, ami was affac-lionataly _known an,l love,l,nha, comraun,tyaS|„f Mc.Swoon, prasWant of firandma. , college. But two talks were made, A gent ewoman of the old school, . . i o- 1 r. - * I,. ’’.short ones by Sims and Perrin. An- Mrs. Jones was endowed with many, ^ , n u u 1 1 i- • 1 , a M ^ I a I a * other banquet will be held Friday lovely ti-aits of character and strong (’hristian faith. She wa.s a lifelong I t- ,• * 1 1 at ^ i " y a 1 u rau \f*u i-Tl Service stars were awarded the fol- and devoted member of the .Methodisti, . church and wa* loved for her swwt; Woman To Get Death Verdict. y-'' "'“"y | Kwinic, Copeland, Sin.*, nar,ett, Ad- an.*.How..|l and .Nettle* grieved by The news of her TfeatTY; urnr she leaves behind a blessed heritage them and many of the slate lt*gis!a- tures will afljouin befoiv (iovernor Roosevelt can call a .s|H'ci:.! scs>;a;i of the nevy congress. , Jury Convicts York Woman for I Killing OflRcer. First While York, Dec. 6, — M rs. Beatrice Fer- (guson Snipes, a prospective mother, was convicted today of the murder of ! Elliott Harris, York country rural policeman, and thereby became the j first white woman in the history of • South Carolina to face the electric I chair. Date for her execution, mandatory in this state under a murder verdict when mercery is not recommended, was not fixed pending a motion for a j new trial which her attorneys said would probably be made before pre siding Judge Thomas S. Sease Thurs- dya or ’Friday. Mrs. Snipes, seated beside her hus band, Clyde Snipes, who is also in Text of Garner Bepea! Measure Washington. Dec. 5. - Hero is the text of the Garner piohihition repeal resolution voted down today by the house. “Joint resolution proposing amend ment to the Constitution to repeal the , Eighti'enth amendment. iRosolved by the .stma*.!* and hij,«.ag.. ’Fhe following players were award"-]representatives of the Urrt-.i for her family. She is survived by three daughteiv. vvridVpn Mrs. L. M. Blair and .Mrs. W. H, Long . ' of iBlair; Mrs. Jessie Sparks of tliis ’ city; one son, A. Y, Jones of Sedalia; 24 grandchildren and 24 great-grand children. , , repiesentatives o e< e . 0 1- u 1} States of .America in con-ies.s a.-.-^e Kce.lcr, Mi ls, Pernn, Bohek, HoKK»,|j,|,,,| (two-thi.-fls of o.lrli li.nt'*e co Tolbert, Harvin, Hamer, Me-1 curring therein), that tl.e follovvin.' ager. and Covington, varsity man-i p,opose.l a.s a.i amendme: ’. I to the (’onstitutiou, which shall hi ivaliil to all intents and purposes a.s John C. Calhoun • Last In Cabinet MeSween Attends New Orleans Meet ... J ■v The thirty-seventh annual meeting of the Association of Colleges and part of the ('onstitution wdien rati fied by conventions in three-fourths of the several .states. ‘‘Article ‘‘.Section 1. The Eighteenth article of amendment is hereby repealed. ‘Section 2. This article shall be in- . u- I ir „ Secondary Schools of the Southern, operative unless it shall have been o um la, . . .• * , ^oKinpi been in session in New Or-' ratified as an amendment to the Con- l.m.n.» K,von a pl«c m conventions in three ivolved in the e<.>» but on le*» »eriou*,the first time in many year* a citiaen coilc^-e vva* repjv.*ente,i by the pres|^ fourth* of the several ; charge*, received the verdict wHh lit-1 of the *Ute ha* held Ithi* honor. ■ ''‘-"t' Dr John MeSneen. "S seven years from the date of it* sub- Witih the mentioning of South tie show of emotion when the juryi filed in after deliberating three hours Carolinians for posts in the next cabi- and four minutes. Mrs. Snipes, hand-cuffed to her husband, w’as led away to the jail cell she has occupied sinte Harris was shot to death last July 17. She is the her second child would a month. ^Tonight she said she was confident s^ would be given a new trial. ;She would be the first white w«ma^ heThxecuted in this stat^ sinfce bf-r fore the War Between jlStatek. I Prior to J912 persons sentenced to die {were hanged in the county in which I they wer^convicted iwri the records I show several Negro women were exe- < cuted in this manner. net, The Columbia Record made a his torical study to determine how many had held portfolios. Last year the meeting was held in'mission Montgomery, Ala., and was attended | by Dr. MeSween, Dean Brown, and Mrs. Brown. Presbyterian college has been a to the states by the con- It found John C. Calhoun, who was memWr of the association since 19‘23,| secretary of state in 1845! nearly 90 jlfij] remains a memlfer in good- Rasor Appeal In Court Monday mother of one child and said yesterday years lego-was the last of four Queens-Chicora college, in be borii within together held six cabinet posts. Cal-, «„nnn,-tp,i imntlv hv thp , , , - . : Charlotte, supported jointly by the hoim ^ad been seceUry of war pre,byterian Synod of South Carolina lolT. The Record li«t* other South Caro-: "> The appeal for a new trial in the case of Henry Rasor, Lathap Crisp and Eugene Crisp, convicted of murder and sentenced to life impris onment in connection with the death linian*:who*e distinction in public ,f.!Carolina, waa admitted to the associ- faira bj-ouitht them cabinet .position* !®Don at .the meeting last-week. hnnif-,Qf Rasor, father of one of'tbo aa:^ ...- jing the total college membership up 1 aefendahta. is to be argued Ware Pa^ Hamilton, secretary of tl^e:to 189. The secondary school member-‘the state supreme court on Moii<i», navy in 1809; Joel R. Poinsett, secre-iship is a tittle over 1100. _ Dec. 12, it has been announced ^ Hugh S. Legar^ tary of w^r in 1837; utwtney general in 1841 and secre- taiy of state in 1843. E. M. Baker of Columbia, spent. record in the case was filed with the Monday here with L. W. Mahaffey. | clerk in Columbia several-weeks ■» * ,ltl' ' Dec. 12, counsel interested in the case.