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TIIE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. C.
THKRSPAY.-MARCH Igf 1933
Roosevelt Declines 'Chanibier Holds
To Sign Smith Bill
President, Holds Approving? of
Cotton Pool Measure Would
Bring Legal Complications.
March Meeting
NO MORE EPIDEMICS BANK
President Pledtres Word That Period of Bank Closings Is Endedl"”"'’''* "f 'n ‘>>e process '
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him by the ni.tion during this crisis,
Mr. Roosevelt added:
r* 1 If flnro C iiro n/\/\Or'irr’I 'I’l you’can we from this cle-
FA1LUKC.S SAYS K00SEVELTi™"‘*'vf“i »r:''"‘>-“'^8<-™^^^
ment IS doing that there is nothing
Talks of Encouragement Made
By.Several Members. Officer^i'
Nominated Fcr New Year. ;
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' Washingtt
The March meeting of the Cham-i
' er of Commerce was held Tuesday would be no more epidemics of have been far more and, greater loss- i
•'vening at the .Mary Musgrove Tea | failures and urged the people to>s had we continued to drift. \
Rvom, with President <5i}bert Blakely i banishing fear.’ | ^'*1 can even promi^^e .you salvation
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at(f Urges People To Banish Fear. ;
IMcSwain Offers
n, .March 12. — President j there will be no losses that possibly
nmised the nation tonight! could be avoided; and there would ^^0ASllf*G
Washington, March 14. — President
Roosevelt h|is decide<l against signing
the Smith cotton 'pool bill — pocket
vetoed by President Hoover—holding .w , , - vr c . • ♦ j • . j i .
among other things, that the consti- pmsiding. lit* made this pledge in a 1,200- for some at least of the sorely pressed' ^ tMay^ intr^uccd in [ agricult
tut-nal nupstionability of his right to i n^embers made talks touch-1 statement to the public is ued to banks. We shall be engaged not u/ ^ ®rarrv irt! ' SITRSrRIRF^TO THE CHRONICLE
do so would bring on legal complica present national bankmgil^^ broadcast at 10 p. in. !y in reopening sound banks but in the' ^ ‘ ^ . osed to carr> into o. er-_ SL BSCRIBE TO T 1 t .
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velt has for development of the Ten
nessee river and valley.
The South Carolina solon’s bill car
ries the title, “The Tennessee Valley
Development .Authority.'”
The bill will be referi'ed to the rr^ili-
tary affaii*s committee of which Mc-
Swain is chairman. “The bill will be
considered by my committee at an
early date,’’ the representative dc-
1 clareil.
Senator Norris has introduced in
j the senate a new Muscle Shoals bill,
Washington, March 10.—Represen-1 which has been referred to the senate
ure committee.
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ituation and urged a united spirit of
Mr. Roosevelt explained in simple creation of sound banks through plans which President Roose- ThevP^per Everjbodj Reads
tions. ^
In authoritative quarters intore.^te j ‘ooperaUnn on the part of the com-! events leading up to the . organization. ^
in the passage of the b|ll, it was stat . Tiunity by a renewed confidence' bank holiday and t^hen reveal-1 He listed thr|lee points of hi.s bank-j
ed tonight that .Mr. Roftsevelt might; hr In c'Smbat and overcome these dif-,^ he is employing la “stagger program a.s (1) his nationwide
combine some features emoi - ficulties. 1 system” of bank reopening beginning^^ banking holiday proclamation; (2);
gency cotton plan in a gimPT^l fa.m! Plaxico gave an interesting j ' , congressional action in broadening his j
program he was expected to send ^cciiunt of a rccujnt trip to Washing ; government,” he said,’ “does j powers and (3) the scries of regula-i
congress shortly. ^ ‘on to attend the iHaoguration exer-[ I'ons permitting banks to do.emer-j
The cotton bill, which President licises and spoke of his impressions of>^^'^ repeated. M’e do gency business during the holiday. '
Hoover decline.! to sign the closing fVesiden^ Roosevelt. want and shall not have another j “>;o sound bank j.s a dollar w’or.se,
day of the last congt'cs?. would com- The club took cognizance of the ap->^P'‘^‘''’'''' failures.” off than it was when it closed its;
bine under one agency all the govern- pointment of W. J. Bailey, local manu-1 .said “incompetent' doors last Monday,” the president
ment’s cotton, which would be sold i fneiurer and linker, and one of its ' dishonisst” bankers wore partly to said. ^
credit to cotton grovver.s^in exchange j j,barU*r members, as a member oi the I'*'" bad banking situation” j He replied to criticism mat state
for agreements to reduce production. .1 state advi.sory committee of hank con- confronted him on the day he i banks woul d not receive benefits un-
After Mr. Hoover’s refusal to ap-1 trol. Resolutions expressing the or-j office. He said most banks w’ere;jjp,. bis progr-am by saying: '' ^
prove it, members of congres.s from * ganizatien’s pleasure in, Mr. Bailey’s j and that all the assets of the **j know that many people are wor-j
the cotton states called on President appoint ilnent, and citing his qualifica--**^*"'^ would be conserved. rying abouf'state banks not members
appoint ijnent,
Roosevelt and appealed to him to sign j tions for the position, wei^e unani-1 ^’oaruing, the chief executive cb- of the federal reserve system. The.se
it.. They contended that the law gave'niously adopted. j .served, ha.s become “an exceedingly' banks can and will receive assistance
the president — regardless of who w. P. Jacobs, upon invitation of the pastime” during the , from member banks and from the Re-
—‘ 'veek. He^ said it was possible' construction Finance corporation,
•hen banks resume business a I These state hanks are following the
... - J- .lacoDS, upon invuaiion oi iritr
might be in the office—the right to. president, brought to the club a most ''
sign a bill for te:i days after the ex- i optimistic talk on the future outlook l^at wl
optim
piration of congress. business. He staU'd that in his
President Roosevelt took their ap-! opinion the bottom has now been
peal uhdeT acTviseTOent and Snwth-said-LreBthed in the readjustment j>eriod,
the congressmen U’ere told he would
refer the question of whether he could
sign it to the attorney general for a
decision.
few |>eople may again begin- with-1 same course as the national banks
drawals.
“I.et me
make it clear that the
This raised such questions of the
constitutionality of his action. Smith i the near future, a ateady Incline in
and that the coimtry ia now headed in l " needs,” Mr
the right direction. He said that the f Roosevelt declarer!. “I can assure you
merchant with goiodi* •« going to be in
a Iiettor position than«the man with
money for there is bound to come
that it is safer to keep your money in
a reopenerl bank than under the mat
in tj^rtT.
iht Kmpha.^izing the need of confidence
said, that “w ith this cloud on the le-1 commodity prices, and he citedTigufes 1 ^^^courage on the part of the people
gality, somtHine might have enjoined, to substantiate this belief. Raw ma-
ojieratioi.s under the measure if ap-1 terials, said Mr. Jacobs, will, come
proved." [back first, and already there are
“As it was such a questionable ^^'gns of improvement. His speech was
point. Mr. Roosevelt felt that reintio-jone of optimism and encouragement
except that they get their licenses to
resume business from the state au
thorities 4md these authoritieR have
been asked by the secretary of the
treasury to permit their good banks
to open up on the same schedule as
the national banks.”
Again Mr. Roosevelt emphasized
that the fact that certain banks do
not open at once should not be con
strued by the public a.s indicating
if the banking reoiganization plan is
to .succeed, the president warned:
“It is your pioblem no le.s.s than It | they would not open,
is mine. Together we cannot fail.” j “A hank that opens on one of the
Turning again to the reopoening of, subsequent days Is in exactly the
thr^iirwoul'd^and Enthusiastically received by thej^“''ks. Mr. Roosevelt .said: j same statu.s as the bank that dpens
legality and operation,” he added.
Roll For February
ducing and lepassing
be a safer way to insure its undoubted , club. J ,
The nominating committed* submit
ted its i;ecommendationa for officers
- 11 1 I « ' coming year, as follows: Pres-
Thomwell Honor , >d«nt, E. D. Craig; vice-president, L.
B. Dillard; secretary, J. H. Pitts, Jr,;
trea.surer, Ij. D. M^'rary. Additional
directors: GiH>ert Blakely, R. E. Fer
guson, Dr. Frank Kellers, R. L. Plax-
Filevt-nll, vrade: (ilenn Beenian. J. j jfu and S. AV, Sumerel. The nomina-
K. Jacc'*'^. .fosse .Iordan. Rofsrt I-e-i tions, according to the by-laws, will |
sesni' K( l»e^t Miller. .1. D. Taylor,taken up and acted‘wpon at thei
Inez Tucker.\ M'alter VV’illiams. i April meeting. ^
Tenth grade: Rita Chandler, Clyde j —
Oonrad. Martha Fliedner, Houghston
Frowein, Myrtle Moore..
Ninth grade: Lorene Briggs, Robert
Campbell, Pat Cook, N. F. Garland,
Muriel Ijot>g, Margaret Mahaffey,
Shannon Simpson, Ruth Tucker.
Eighth grade: Samuel Anderson,
Ida -Gapible, Ophelia Kennedy, Jame.s
Terrell..
Seventh grade: Johnnie Brewer,
W. R. Dill, Bessie F'ortner, Martha
not promise you that every
bank will be reopened or that individ
ual losse.s will not l)e suffered, but
tomorrow,” he said. j
After expre.ssing his gratitude at
the, expres.sion of confidence given
Street Tax
Notice
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1933 Street Taxes for the Town of
Clinton are due and payable on or
r before ■
APRIL 1, 1933
.All able-bodied male citizens be
tween 21 and 55 years of fage are
Tax $1.50. After Aixril 1st, $2.50
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By order of Town Council,
D. C. HEUSTESS,
City Clerk and Treasurer.
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S. C. Earthquake
Took ToU Of 87
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F.lizaWth Tucker.
- Si-xl-h grade: Mildnnl Gamble, >
Fifth grade: .fud.son Keen. Sarah
l»avis, Clifford Koen, F'.lmer Parnell,
Eleanor Powell, .Alto Spivey, O. W.
Folk.
Fourth graiJe: IVrlene Burnette,
Frances Darnell, Susie Pressley,
Hairy \Ch1taker.
Third grade- Kathleen Carroll,
Woodrow Malpu.s.s, .Ame .S.axon, Lois
Sistar, Marguerite Crawford.
Second grade; (jlailys Darnell, Jer-
rell I’l^avis, Myde Rogers, Burley Spt*n-
<er, Ruth Wil.son.
First grade; Kutli Dover, Ruth
Bowles, Caiolyn Murphy.
Chark'ston, March 13.—'^'alifornia’s
disastrous earthquake recalls to tht'
minds of ’ Charlestonians the earth
quake here of August 31, 1886, still
remembered vividly by many residents
who were living at the time-and fa-
Keen, Virginm Painter, Ruth Ryan,^ miliar by hearsay to those born after-
wards.
Thodgh the' loss of-life in Charles
ton did not approach the losses of
California’s disaster, the city was
transformed in the brief space of a
night from a calm and beautiful sea
side town to a mass of wreckage, in
iPany places smoldering from fires
caused by overturned l^mps.
Evidences of the earthquake dam
age in Charleston may be seen today
in the Ravenel home on East Battery.)
the columns of which were thrown
down and..never have been replaced,
and St. Michael’s church, where the
floor iieneath the steeple is seven
inches below the level of the remain
der of the building, the steeple having
settled instead of toppling over. Many
Charle.ston buihlings still are pegged
{together with iron bolts where walls!
i were sagging from earthquake dam-i
! age. j
t The first shock occurred at 9:51 p.
m., the clock in St. Michael’s steeple!
stopping' at that time. The old police
station at Broad and Meeting streets!
Jb.st its jwrtico ih the first shock, the >
wreckage falling on a womgn and!
killing her. The portico of the Hiber-l
! nian hall fell td the ground, carrying
Its ^)assi\|^ pillars with it.
People /deserted Iheir houses and
WORLD’S LOWEST-PRICED ~
FULL-SIZE SIX-CYLINDER ENCLOSED CARS
A NEW AND ADDITIONAL LINE OF CHEVROLET SIXES
ROOSEVELT
MILESTONES
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Janviary 3<). 1KH2 - Born at Hyde
Park. N. V.. .'0>n of Sara Delano and
Janre? Hoostnifltr - —
190(>---Matnjculau*d.,at Harvard.
Marftr’’i77 i'l');')- .Married Anna El
eanor R(»osevelt, a sixth cousin, Pre.s-
ident Roosevelt giving away the bride.
llfOT Admitted to bar and began
practice‘in New York City. '!
191(- Elected to .New York senate. , , . .l
1911 -l«l fight of
»g.mst Tomra.ny choic. of Willi.m •'vor.l w^k. .fterward*.
P. Sh...hjn fo, Ut.lt«l senate. Ternfied by the poeslbllity of falling
liiia-'lleligiite to Baltimore con- ”"■* over-taming lamps, a.
vention ami w,trite,I for nomination of milling orowd made for all the open
VVoodrovv AVii-on; le-^leeted to state! ^*“*1*^’*
-enale. I . -V second shock* occurred at 8:30
1913 — Bt*came assistant secretaryo-q'tlock the following morning, fol-
ef the navy. * ^ ^ lowed by another at 1 p. m. and others
VV.uked actively to bring the at ,5 and 8 p. m. The city yearbook for
navy intf> readiness for war. IKSO say.s that one-fourth of the build-
J91k Visited Europe on naval m- iiypB in Charleston were demolished
spection tri]). which brought him into j and the ruins lay piled in streets,
friendly association with British and {yards and gardens.
French loaders.
1920—Was v>e-presi lential run
ning mate with .James M. Cox.
1121—^Stricken witK infantile par-
Tweniy-seven persona were killed,
twenty Negroes and seven white peo
ple, according to the yearbook. The
total number of deaths attributed to
alysis. Continued business and law in- the earthquake, including thcjse who
tereits with I.ouis M. Howe as his died from exposure and injury, was
active agent. ! eighty-seven. The World almanac
192*\^ Made first visit to Warm gives the damage aa amounting to
Sprinir? and became interested in its $5,000,000 in value. It givea the death
development as a health resort. toll as forty-one.
1924 — Plfced Alfred E. Smith in Railroad communication was crip
Another great new line of cars from the
leader! Chevrolet introduces, as an addi
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Standard Six line: Big, full-size, full-length
automobiles. Built to Chevrolet standards
of quality . . . performance ... depend
ability . . . and economy. And selling
at the lowest prices evep placed on six-
cylinder enclosed, motor cars.
The styling is modern, aer-stream styling
. . . ultra-smart and up-to-the-minute. The
bodies are Fisher wood-and-steel bodies—
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mission has an easy, clashless shift and a
second gear. The engine is a smooth,
fast, responsive six. And Chcvrolct-engincers
have made economy an outstanding fcaturel
Engineering tests show that the Standard
Six goes more miles on a gallon of gas, more
on a filling of oil, than will any other full-size
car on the road. As for reliability—remem
ber. it’s a Chevrolet.
In«.roduction of this new Standard Six opens
the way for new thousands of people to enjoy
the advantages of Chevrolet quality. It ^ves
the public, for the first time, a full-size auto-
molMle combining maximum quality and
msudmum all-round economy.
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nomination for presidency, at Madison
Sqtiare Garden. ^
1928 — Placed Smith in nomination
again at Houston.
1928—At ui-gent request of Smith,
ran for governor of New York and
was elect^. - ^
1980—Re-elected governor.
1982— Elected president.
1983— Inaugurated as president.
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pled,’the rails being transformed into
•twisted- masses of iron. Residents on
the ^skirts of the city saw the land
billdivihg like waves of the sea. Minor
tremors were felt at Mount Pleasant,
Sullivan’s island, St Andrew^s parish
and SummephlleAnumerous fissures
being founef in .,tKgj|frodiKL Brightly
colored sand u'as found in some of the
crevices, . '
Clinton, Sckith Caroling