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■ J C*- - • THE CHRONICLE • • * t , , * • StriTcs To Be a Clean Newa- • - '\ ' \- 'L !,.ii.VIPPPII"IfJt* •M.T., X i S'* s • paper. Complete, Newsy, ^ and Reliable. ••••••••••••••• Jr . • *■ 2 . If Ton Don’t Read' : THE chronicle S Ton Don’t Get 5 The News. Liptt^ VOLUME XXXIII CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, xMARCH 2,1933 ^ NUMBER 9 /Colorful inaugural parade ^ ANNOUNCED FOR ROOSEVELT I GENERAL PERSHING TO BE GRAND MARSHAL. CLOSE *• GUARD \MLL BE KEPT OVER NEXT PRESIDENT. ^ VVashinptoiji, Feb. 27.—Franklin Roosevelt will become the most care^^'delegations, which full-y guarded president in peace-tiiifie inclutle rovemors. D.{second division, will head the .state in mo«t cases will The Coe college history on the day he takes the oath band of Cetlar Rapids. Iowa, will pro of office, but the precaution—reflect-' cede the first delegation, that of 'Del ing the attempt on his life made in aware. Pennsylvania. Xe\y Jersey.' Miami—will erase none of the color or’Georcia. Connecticut, Masjiachusetts. brilliance of his inaugural two weeks' Maryland. South Carolina. Virginia, hence. |New York. North Carolina, Rhode Is- fn announcing final arrangenrents land and \cnnont delegations will fol- for the parade, the committee in that order, all led by their cheif charge said it would measure up to 'executives. thf best traditions of inaugural a'-raneed for marches. At its head as grand mar- repress ntation in the parade will ap-! shal will rise Gen. John J. Pershing. in the following order; Kentucky. ^ Si vK..''s6JCwX.«^-.vv».'- .‘o-* . 'SvTS war-time commander of the A. E. F. During the parade, as well as at the capitol, where* he will lake the oath, Roosevelt will be guardtnl close- Ty by a detachment of secret serrke men, while crack detectives from Eastern and Mid-Wt‘stern cities will mix with the crowd rea«iy for any emergency. Cnifolbned police from other cities will augment the Wa.sh- a guanl of marine** will Ohio. Louisiana. Indiana, Mississippi. Illinois, Maine, Michigan. Florida.} -m Iowa. M'isconsin. Oiegon, Oklahoma { and .Xrirona. Bands from Bedford. Va., and -Augusta, Ga.. will parade in i this division, which will alro incfude | presidential ejector.- from variou.s i stall's. I.oul- .\. Johnson, national com-f mandcr of the .American Legion, will be ii'.arshal of tW Third division,. ington force, , . . be on hand; in addition, many units '*h*ch will mcluik* many units of ex- of the army and navy will l*e prc-enl' ***^’^^ men. One car has been set as paraders. * *a>Mle for ve*erans of the Grand .\rmy While the recent attempt on Roo-e- vt !t’s life will Jm* fresh in the minds of vi.'itors -expected to excin'd OUO—the committee has been inform ed that it is Roosevelt’s wis^ that the epi.>ode.^he forgotten for the da^\ Pa., aryl .several crack msrrhing units will lie in line. In the fourth. division, headed by of :h« K-.'puuHc and five for ('onfed- eia*e veterans. Twenty cars will Ih‘ us*^^ by members of the United Span ish War Veteran>’ organization and* one ca*‘ ami two buse.** for nationa* i Ir.J'an war veleians. The Boston fire- Roosevelt will occupy the inclosed band, the G-eon Trojans’ hand reviewing stand in Ironl of the \' hite;*'^ tfKtnVurg. P*-. a^l House during the parade, which u 11 consist of four divisions. With Gener- ^ al Pershing as chief of staff w ill ride ’"d. Rolert N. Hai iier as marshal, j Brig. Gen. P. L. Mites and a group aict- wUl be J^ludiML The »,>ff'c<'rs, membiM’s of their paia«le Imiian Bag.e and Drum corps fioiuj staff. Four .sergeants hearing the na- S:and;ng Rtick reservation ^in ; tional colors and the flag of the gen-j^***^b Dakota, the society of Tam- eral of the armie.s will follow. , many from New York, the Franklin The first division will be led byj D. Rxiseveit Home club of Hyde Park, Maj. Gen. Paul Z. Malone as marshal.. N* Y.. the Grover Cleveland associa- It will include five army bands, sev-^tiw** of New kork. the John O Nqnnell eral army units forinetl in close col-j ^•*^bing club of Philadelphia, and umn.s of eight.s, two marine bands *nd,tbe l.^«jrue of .American Penwoinen.^ several navy bands and battalions of j Three mounted boys w ill ride near the end of the long column, which wall require about two hours to re view. Tliey are Toby C-ook, Gaorgia lad. who is riding to Washington for the ceremonies; Stanley T. Greene of Virginia, and Leonard, Meaking of Washington. The Private Duty .Nurs es* organization will he the last unit S <:< SMITH COTTON BILL PASSES "" Amended'Measure Wins Approv- ' al By Scant .Majority In the j House After Vijforoas Oppo- j sition. Fear That Hoover May ' Veto .Act Is Expressed. 'i ... — ■ I ■ I \\ a.shingtoii, Feb. 2'^, Overriding ; stubborn Republican opposition, the ij most part coming from Western “lame ducks.” the house late this af- ernoon passed the Sr*” h cotton bill j by ilie cIo.se vote of ISM to 1S3. When the. clerk finishe<l calling the toll, it wa.s appartMil that the hilL had not (•ariMcd, l)ut a suden change of three votes and two ad<iitiona! votes being cast tinned defeat into victory. There were different reports in Wa.shington tonight as to whether Pre.sident HoT*ver will approve the measuj^e designed to help the cotton fHiniei.One report was that the presi-. jident ^h'tfd already state.l his views to ^two Fra*stern senate t i s .'and that a veto may he expected. ' Thi.s iep*)it is siienglhened bv the fact that to the very la-^' Republican Leader Snell fought the Smith hill. If f’lesident Hoover ha I sen' word to ''apitol iTill that he ^^Jt^oproved the measure it is reasonaibU* to ])resume that the Republican leanership in the I house- would have no* m. de sue!', a (K’tei Miineii fi.ght. 1 • I On the other hand, .Se»’i’ stated that a Repuhiican told him the president won) I measure. The only news 'or Smith •laLor had d sign the f'o.m ‘he bluejackets. The Richmond Blues, the Hichmond Greys and the Richnnond Vowitzers will follow the 246th Gowst .Artillery band with, the Sedgewick Guards of M'aterbury, Uonn., just be hind. R. O. T. ('. and student cadet corps w’ill complete the division col umn. Jame.s A. Failey, marshall of the] in the parmtie. New Cabinet ! County Teachers Now Complete Hear Dr. Evans Ronsevelt Announces Ollirial SparUnburs llduralor Speaker Family. Roper, of This Stale.} •'« -Vonlhly .Meeline. To.Name I^ands Commerce'Portfolio. Officers Next .Month. I White House regarding the '-inith i d was that the pie.sideint v. >ul;) giv-' it his careful consnleration. indica'r g that no dec'sitm had'beer reache i as to what action wtuild I’e taken. ' if Hoove*' does trot favor the 1 ;1 the chanct's are 4hHt it " .11 die h;. /i juK'ket ve1(t. I'Or the hil! j law he ma.st sign it hi f >* LSatuniay when he tunis j rein.s of goverrinH'nt t-) elect Roosevelt. I Nepakur .Smith wa.s on j flottr today dining the consideta* -anil wa.s elateil over tin* results, '1 * j doploied the sectional fi'ght m:i ;** j I against the bill, declaring that he h*d •always voted in the intei''*st of ''* * Wester n farmers and ns ehairmun of ' the agricult ure committee in the r. ‘W I congress he would consider agri ' il- I tine as one unit, no Sou‘h arrd 'i) West. ' Kmilh said toinori'ow he wiutld i-k the senate to accept the ho'U'e ame" '- P T? m r\ 17***Cl_ 1 toVhe hill, thereby prevent, ig ror rorty Uays Virginia ochool At Brief Trial the measure from going to eemf THIRTY . FIRST PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES ' No Chance Seen ' Grafton Joins Acquits Owings ) Laurem^. Feb. 2x—.At the Fe’oruary ^<sK»n of the Laurens County Teach ers’ association, held at the I^urens high school Saturday, the general, meeting of the members was addres.s- ed by Ih-. Frank Evan.s. su)ierintend- Hyde Park, N. Y., Feh. '2)^.—Presi dent-elect Rfiosevelt broke precedent tonight with the selection for the firal time of a woman ^or the cabinet. He named Miss Frances Perkins of New York, commissioner of labor, hi.s eat of the S|airtanburg city schools, .secrotary of labor. and I>r. R- L. Coe, professor of edu- The next president made his cabinet ration at Presbyterian college. Dr. complete with the announcement also Fvans discusaed the history of educa- of Danitd C. Ro|>er of South Carolina tion in South Carolina. Dr. Coe, in ad- SLS si'Ti-etary of c<>mmeice. dition to an informative talk on an Earlier in the day he gave out the education topic, told the teachers of name of the veteran Senatoi Thrtma.s. t||e decision of Presbyterian college J. Walsh, of Montana, as his attorney conduct a summer school session of general. ‘ m* weeks for teachers^ and invited the * Bo^h .Senator Walsh and Mr. Roper Laurens teachers to attend, were leading figuros- in the uru^- Saturday's ^e»»ion of the teacher as- oessful campaign of William C». Me- ^ociltiAa^ Ijie departmental Adoo for the Democratic presidential ^ .announced, nominatirm in 1924. Mc.Ad^s an- meeting of the current nouncemenf oTthe fwitth oTf^lifor- — 2,7, Wficera nia’s vote at the Chicago convention ^ , program for the, asf^ured Mr. Roo^velt s n»'«»natidn. ^ y W’alsh was active for Roo^velt s mm- principal of the Clinton high General Assembly M’on'l Finish In That Time. Appropriation Kill Now' In Senate. Presbyterian Uolletfe (iraduate To Head Belij^ious Education Department .At .Mary Baldwin. Broker Freed of .Murder Uharffe (irowinij Out cf Farmer’s Death In Striijr^le. measure trom going luice^ This will enable !he hill tv) he placed itn .Mr. lh)Ovej's desk late to- m('i row afternoon. o ence.s torr, Va Columbia, keb. 27.—With primary pn^blems yet to be solved, the NTvneial’ as.sembly has small pros|>ecl.« of ad journing sine die within the consti tutional 40 iegi.slative days’ |>eiiod. The biggest obstacle to adjourn ment is completion of the general afi- propriations bill, on which the senate finance committee will liegin ^work Tue.sday. Changes in the measure are expect^tf, which, of necessity, will pio- Ibng the session. Staunton, on ha.*^ of reiigiou.*i \ a., K**b. 2.k. I hoiiia.s been i'.ppomte I pn)fe.'- education and .social 11. t so? sci- at .Maiy Bahlvvln college, .Staun- tlx- aiUHiMituient -to tak'* ef fect al the lx ginning of the .session, ' .Mr. Grafton wa.- horn in ('himi, where hi.n paieiit.' wcie missionarje.s for many years, and obtained his ear- fly education in that enuntj-y. He cam.- After the committee reports the l.ill/*^ his*gra<lu- out. which may he a matter of one or two week.*..C|A.will then be sidnnitted entered Pre-hyterian college, riinlon, .S. from which hr to senate consideration, followed by free conference committee work. This'*"’*^ .*’1**,^*^*^! . 1927. In 19:12 he rec i.au.ens, Feb. 2,1. it took a Luu- lens county jui*>' Ic.^s than two h<uu«s Thursde.y to acquit J. B. Owings,, Giay Court cotton broker, of a del' charge in connection with the death^ of Clyde Hughes,* fa; mcr. Hughes (IumI last December several days after his heatl had been struck on a desk in Owings’ office at Gray - 'otii i as he fell to the floor while icuffling with the cidlon broker. Testimony showed the men argued over farm land. Owings saiil Hughes called him a “liar” three tirm- liefore he struck the fanner. The men (dini h- Itl Scheme N(i\el One Washington, Feb.‘^ 2S. A r..>'.-‘l sfheme'Tor rui.sing cotton prices y offering shares in ,a huge governm-nt I pool to pi(iduetion-sla.'hiifg Soothe n mur- far,,,ers today survived a scathing Repiddicaii. attack to win house ao- proval by a scant five votes. The lull ri'tui'n." to the senate wh-^'c Its sponsor, Senator Sini'h, Democrat!, South Carolina, plans to ask accep tance (d' tin* |iou.-e amendment-, to ^ t the jiieasure Mo tlie White H^use oe- fore Saturday. There its reception was unknown. But in reaching 1‘resident Hoover the eiitton plan promis(*d to join the hark- and other matter* indicate there is|'" *" ' little chancy of an early completion ^Theological of the a.ssembly. The eighth week of <kc M. A the session will commence Tuesday, J^^'**** Northvyestern university, which will be the 29th legislative day., now comjilet- . ing work for the doctorate at .N’orth- TWO iir three ofThe^coTintyrattp-tvvesf?7n ply bills have completed their legis-' ' ‘ ' \n-! i^^ive ethiise, with more than half of ' an ’r irdegree-. r floor. Hughes heatl struck a glas.s anv tPhei important tarm reliei e to thel'uptcy hill III tra.eling fariher tlutn desk. iuiy He tlied a few' days later, j returned it.- vectlict at m. after receiving the case at j m. Only four .shhrt arguments topped The :i: 1 r». p. 1 ;20 p. were made by attormy,s in the ease ination in 1932. Miss Perkins has served in public office in New York under both Gov ernors Alfred E. Smith and Franklin D. Roosevelt. She was formerly a member of the state industrial com- missiem. Her advice has been sought fi-equerttly on labor problem? by con- g^ressional committees at WashingtoR. Mr Roosevelt offered no cora<neBt whatever on his 'choices, simply in forming newspapermen in hi.s stiiay at the residence here that Miss Per- 5ehool.' is presidenV of the association and presided Saturday. For two years foll»»w'!ng his giudu- them yet to be introduced. Presbyieiian college, Mr With the appropriations hill in the I »»djunci pi ofes.Hor of senate, the ways and means committee of the house has begun ron.«ideratiun -Hintl .lUflge Thomas* S^ Sea.'Ae’s cha- ge, covering th** law governing the tna fiu't of the “lame duck” congress. “It is a hill for the lelief of the hanks,” etuitended Repithlicun Leail^r Snell, insisting that if wouhl cost the government $27,.’)U(l,(t0d to retire ba'tii loans on 1 ,r»U(),,00(i hales of gove *> "liy'' I ment-financed cotton -T'TC wa.s brief. Bible and Winners Named In School Contests ■Tl r The pratiminary speljiing and the F'lor- lling and roci- tatlon coolest* for pupils of ida Stre^ school were held on Monday afteraooB. The following were the kins and “Dan” Roper would complete winners. Spring: M*. P. Baldwin, his cabinet. He treated the womanJlfirst plore, Nell Wood, second place, menrber on exactly the same terms.Recilation: boya. Harry Baldwin, first a.* the’ men. * Thomas BaMwia, second place. Apparently well foundeu repM.-u. hooorohle asencian; Billy Dictts. First that Mayor James K. Curley of Boa-j plow girls* roiiteat : Ranoah Lou Dar- ton. would be the next ambassador to gao. arcood plow. Virginia Wier, hon- Itaiy, brought neither ^firmatkm Bor;oroble meotioo. Frances Simpson and denia’ from Mr. Roosevelt- He .replied ATrgioia Sadler. to queries that “nothing has been! The 'wiooefs in the above recitation done at all about that—nothing, has: coot—its will eompete with pupils of been taken up about the eabassies.** |the .Acodeoiy Stn^ and Lydia Mills He expects to announce the choke, schools a later date. The winner In | income Uxes. Whlt^lw ii^emT diplomatic assignments next week af ter consultation with Senator Hidl at Tenness^, his secretary of state. The name of Jesse L Straasa, New York merchant, continues to be meetkicied for Paris or Hdbano. {Robert W. Bingham, Louisville p«d>- HriMr, is kept at the pwmier Loodrp ' _ (Continued on page tsro) of revenue bills. Several of the.se were I referred to it but because of pressing I work it was unable to give them at- I tention earlier. The committee has granted a hear ing Tue.sday afternoon on the Crum sales tax bill to the legislative com mittee of the South Carolina Feder ation of Labor, Earle R. Britton of Columbia, chairman, announced yes terday. A bill to change the cigaiet tax from a priw basis to one on the nun^- ber of cigarets is expected to be drawn by the conoiittiw shortly, mem- strong bers said. FoUoaring ciraget price re-1 •**<?veral ductions, under the present system of taxation the state “would lose” sev eral hundred thousand dollars of rev enue annually, they asserted. Another measure before the group is one providing a drastic increase in as- Um speili^ eootest represent the; gembly will levy new taxes or increase Oiotoo claoeidaw f schools in '* —* oo Alaiitih 31st. Friends of J to kodw thot after bring a City D. the will be glad biiri wtomed home in the preen- for the past two present ones likely will not be deter mined until the senate completes ac tion on the i^ipropriatians bill. r.,tHot|w sponamra of the measure in sist, however, that it is arithin reve- for the no new sourres mathematic.'- at his alina mater. He later wa.- an in.siructor in EnglL-th Bible while a .'Student at Co lumbia .seminary. In 1932 he awardiMl a fellowship at .Northwe.slern university. .An ab.siihct * of hi.s .\L .A. ’ thesis, entitled “Tbe Relhtbm of B! >- lical Information to*' the .\’»ility to Make Ethical Discriminations in 1 irst ‘ and Second Year High School Chil- dr,eil,” i.s hting published by No'th- w^stern university .this sjn ing. He i (kiveloping a series of tests in the field or personality mea.suremenl for hik doctoral disrefrtation. The ecclesic.stical tradition ha.s been in. Mr.. Gi afton’s faituly fo r generation^. His father, the Rev. T. B. Grafton, after .serving 2r» years a* a missionary in China, is now pastor of the First Presbyterian church in V'ickaburg, .Mi.s.s. His grand father, Dr. C. W. Grafton, has beenj pastor of the Pre.*byterian chuixh at Extension Made For License Tags *1 oluinbia, Feb. 2.'».—.South ( aridin- ian- now operating autoniohile.s withi licen.'^e plates may continue to, do .-.o without fear of arrest until the ^ highway department has given them notice, Ben .M. Sawyer, Chief highway coinini.ssioner, said today. ■.American ation. ('huiiiuaii conimiltee, lie askoc;-' ( (»lton ( oopeiative s • loncs of llie .agricultu e retorted the farm board was obligaietl to pay thi.s money any way, unless cotton prices appreciate, and Bankhead, liemocrat, Alabama, said the bill presented “the last chance to ilo anytlung for the cotton farmer, for he’s already lieginning to plant.” Th(* final vote was 1S8 to 1S:{. The necessary majority was won a.s three Demoeruts Kniffin and UnderwiK.!, of Ohio, and Huddle.ston of .Alaban*a, As proposed legislation for reduc-*their Note.'l f^»m no to a\ | lion in the price of Iicen.se tags is still befoie .Speakei (lainei anmmrt.' ( pending in„the general assembly, the! exten.sion of 19.'{2 licen.se tug.s is con-' tinned in effeeft until further notice, he-said. ' 4^ th** le.sult. 'Phe bill was contested stubboin y jail the way. First, Snell raised a ps*- jliementarv point of order that the Columbia Host To Upper Conference I bill hail not Wen veporled prone, iy !from the agriculture committee, O'O'- I ruled by GarritM', he forced a ballot i;:i taking up the measure. It was ado;' - -d. 19:l to 1T9. Snell .said thp bill wa.s a stabil!:u- tion measure, supported by Norttie.n .in|Tnniif|Wi'iiwi Columbia, Fob. 25.^-.South Carolina ^ Union Church, Misa., for 60 years. Mr, confevence,- .Met h od i .st ^Episcopalj sjiinners who wanted prices stabib;^ I Grafton, himaelf, is an ordained min-j ('hurch. South, will meet next in Cam-T^y hanks. < ister, beloRinng to the Presbytery of .jon, with LyttJeton StreeV church, and “This is a banker’s bill and a South Carolina. ijpy^,cr South Cafolina\conferonce | hill more it is a, g In December, 1932, Mr. Grafton was' in Columbia with Main Strwt chuirh, hill.” Sn^ll said, married to Mia* Martha Staekhouie according to announcement yeaterday of Dillon, S. C., and Staunton, Va. in the Southern Christian Advocate by Mr*. Grafton has been registrar and thd respective eommitiee chairmen, assistant dean at Mary '^Idwin for; Rev. Peter Stokes and Rey. J. R. T. several years. Ulajor. ■ \ ' ' sp 1- owe"'s McGugin, Democrat,' Kan.sas, stAio ^ew England and New Jersey Repub licans had formed “a coalition wLh Southern and TVmmany Demeexats to (Continued on page two) aifirWtjjjliiri iTii-amrimn iriTiiri'ii»rni»ir,in ■rifeiTiiKiraBa MMmhbhm mmmm