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■ - ■ - f ( ■ \ /- 4 ■r A .\ COTTON EDITION VOLUME XXXIII CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1933 WILL OBSERVE COnON WEEK • Public Asked To Aid In Making Event Success May 15 to 20, Movement Has National En dorsement. Local Merchants I ^ To Feature Cotton Goods.. To Make Drive For Relief Fund Canvass Starts Today To Raise $3,000 For County’s Tornado Sufferers. Red Cross Directs. At conferences of the Red Ooss; committee's held in I^urens and this i ’ ^ city Tuesday and yesterday morninR, I Merchants, manufacturers, and bus- study of surveys of the storm strick- iness houses of the,city are af^ced to (.p area of the county caused tht' chap- participate next week in the celebra- Uer to adopt plans for raising $3,000' tion of “National Cotton Weelu’^ It is foj. ^'elief work and certain rehabilita- suBTpested that merchants make spec-1 tion work amonp the hoineless and ial store and window displays featur-j storm impoverished. .After a careful inpr cotton yoods and talk enthusias-1 survey of the stricken area by Mrs. tically endorsiner the advancement Lena Moss, field secretary of the State Red Cross, together with Chas. F. Flemihjr. the county chairman, it was foun4“that the aniount af $o00 which had been set as the froa'l, was entirely inadequate. 1 aurens county citizens will join be-, pinning: today, in a drive to raise the and popularity of cotton fabrics. Post ers entitled “Everybo<ly Uses Cotton” have been distributed-in the city and hearty approval of the plan has been given by a number of merchants. The Chronicle appears today as a “Special Colton Edition” setting forth j thfe objects of the movement jn it^ j ttr help^ the tJti families news columns, and ^stressing the value, registered by the Red Cj’^^^s and durability of cotton goods jynd to assist in rehabilitating these advertising columns. i unfortunate j)eople stripped of all Next week, May lb to 20. is to goods in last Friday’s celebrated throughout the nation , ^^iJ,aster. It is hoped that as the com-; National Cotton Week, ^be mo\e-1 launch their drive in all see-1 tions of the county, that there will be i of agriculture and com-1 quick and liberal response to the' Af »Y>A)» * ^n^^jj.jjency call. It is .'-stated that the j than 20,000 merchants and many j pqo goal \vill be necessary to pro-1 vide those in the tornado area with j the necessities of life. It is further' ment is heartily endorsed by the m-1 partmcnts of agriculture and com-1 merce and lias the backing Of morej merchants and many of j the largest distributors-of cotton an(b cotton goods in the United States. | The plan, according to its P*'^'*'*'**'^'I pointed out that every dollar contrib- ers, is launched in terms of uted by Laurens .county citizens to this cause will go direct to aid the sufferers, w'itb not a penny spent for salaries or overhead charges. Mrs. Moss, Red Cross field repre sentative in charge, after a visit to the affected territoiy, described condi- rttTTtl tirr moat urgent. Resides the 20 families who suffered loss of houses and prop erty, additional families are under the care of the Red Cross and R. F. C. for emergency needs such as food, cloth ing, bedding and medical care. In the list there are seven farm owners, 18 tenants and one not stated.. In these families stock, was killed and injured, poultry lost, 11 houses destroyed, six damaged, and clothing and household effects almost a total loss. Mrs. Moss on Monday wired the National Red Cross beadquarters- fot-—additional clothing, bedding and flour for the afflicte-d families: The county Red Cross chapter, headed by Charles F. Fleming, as gen eral chairman, is an entiiely voluntary organization^ it is pointed out, and wrll have charge of the rehabilitation work with the personal assistance of .Mrs. Moss, of the national chapter, who wil establish headquarters at Cray Court, .se lected bv the committee as the most central jeoint from wh'ch to operate the relie'f work. Mr. Fleming stated yesteriay that the committee in Laurens will he headed by T. U Monroe, and in this city by R. E. Sadler. W’ith approxi mately $500 already in .«ight, an in tensive drive will start ♦oday to raise the $3,000 goal in the county as speed ily as pos.si'ole. merchandising in recognition of the improvements in styling and design ing by the cotton mills in the United States during the past three years, said to excell the aggregate improve ments of the preceding eighteen years —ftris felt that a sumer interest in such an'important commodity as cotton will contrjbute to a genefal buying movement in oth- I er commodities. It is conservatively estimated that five million American adults and five billion dollars in capital are employed in the production, manufacture and distribution of American grown cot ton, and that approximately twelve million persons In the’ United States get their living directly from coUon and cotton products. Today 122,775,-j 045 people use cotton in many of its '.932 known major uses. W^hen interviewed yesterday, Bailey of Lydia Cotton Mills, Bailey of Clinton Cotton Mills, and W. A. Moorhead of .Ioanna Cotton Mills, (ioldville, gave their hearty en dorsement to “National Cotton W’eek. In speaking of the idea, these kmAvn local manufacturers said: C. Ml VV. J. well ‘The proposal for a “cotton week” in May is heartily endorsed as very oppor tune and the time selected is most ap propriate. Every patriotic American should l>e proud to w'ear any article made of cotton, the national, home grown fibre—the finest gift of the Almighty to our Southern states. There is no product of nature so close and continually useful a companion to mankind'as cotton; nothing better, cleaner, more sanitary, more economi cal, of longer w’car, and more appre ciative in giving service than cotton. The idea itself bespeaks success, artd should prove a distinct aid in the res toration of normal conditions cotton industry the nation ovei-, “KING OF DIXIE” ’ Repeal Referendum Vote November 7th Total Slate-Wide Vote Will Be l^?ed Rather Than the County l"nit System. ' COTTON EDITION I Columbia, May 5. South Carolina,: fouiMi state to ratify the ISth amen;l-j ment, today .scheduled a referendum; on prohibitTon repeal November with machinery generally more acCep- tahle to wets than tlrys. The state senate without a record NUMBER 19 COUNTY HIT BY TORNADO Heavy Property Dnm^^e and Many Made Homeless and Destitute. Relief Agency Be gins Efforts to Aid Victims. 33 Families Suffer L^ses. 7 i Laurens. .Mav Totlay fhe office force of the R. F. C. rt^’ief council compiled lists of people who suffered .. . .1 '» 11 r • iu 1 . of houses and ot’^p*’ nronerty by vote enacted a hill fixing the tlate foi ,,, . .l . , .. ^ ^ . ;• , , V * ' .'i Hoe storm that tore thro--.Erh a section electing 4b delegates to a state con- : , . t- •. r of the county Friday af*e"noon, from Ret'dy 'river on the we.«t sMe to the vicinity of Ora towanl the east. ' The listed, names and losses vent ion to meet here December 4. The house “bob-tailed” the measure and sent it to ihe .senate yestenlay in <hai>elfoi enactment by a single vote. Dry forces in the senate, defeatetl ea-rlier in- the session when tho-hody. supported unrestricted'sale of beer, put up a short-lived fight in which their full strength was not mobilized leader, offered an amenttment Lanivj-. of Chesterfield, been prepared from gathered Satuniav bv has memorartdum six rrnresenta- fOT Tf, countv' t)lan under which the entire t ivi's frorn the staiF7>f worked” here 'who made the s»ir\*'v with the view of giving aiil and reb f wherever neetf is-4mmeffmtely u-gent. Also the - purpo.sd of extending future hi(K* of convention delegates of each ct unty wiHibl have been bountl to vote ‘by or wet as majority returns in the county directed. LUle. of Marion, who saitl he woultl vote tlry rcganllcss. arguetl against ^he amen Imcnl, saying “the assistance consistent with th« policy of the relief agency. This list anti other names of per sons in similar contlition as re.-.ult of the storm will he used, it is said today I y the Retl i nt-^s chatiler com mittee' now engaged ;n collecting demo- ^hvthing anti household ~i plies for The Cotton Plant a royal pTanOf itTTTho world wait t^hower that falls w in attendance^ ;'ing on its on its growth. The leaves is heard around the earth. The sun that shines on it is temper-ed by the prayers of all people. The frost that chills it and the dew that descends from the stars are noted, and the trespass of a little worin on it^ green leaf is more to England thah the advance"of the Russian army on her Asian outposts. Its fibre is current in every bank. It is gold from the instant it puts forth its tiny shoot, and when losing its fleece to the sun, it floats a^Iranner that glorifies the field of tht humble farmer* It is the heritage That-God-gave-t(r this people forever as their own when he arched our skies, established our mountains, girt us about with the ocean, loosed the breezes, tem])ered the sunshine aiulfmeasui'c^l the rain-^ours anil'olir children’s forever! I * Hctirv W. Gradv. ch,'t‘ic plan is to let the people say whkt they want as ilirectly as possi ble. 'Wet.s lait) ilown a barrage of ob jections to it..advocating the state wide plan. The arpcntlment was rejectetl, and the hill oixlered enrolleil for ratifitjn the sufferers thrt>ughout the stiicken zone. Th> two are Wiit^bing oopt ratively. and the |>eo; le of the city and county generally a re renort- “d to be resptmding to the call in a fine way. The list gives heatls of families in tion bv a choru.s of “yea.s.” Parliamen-' "T'- l‘»sl houses ami other prop- tary mancuv'ering d.y Ard, of. Wil-pi‘.v and in numentus instances they liamshurg. and Nasli. of Sumter,: are unable to go forward with farm placed the'measurt* in "position for thei work (all being farmers^ until .set I up in other quarters pr4»vuled w4tk Each legislative delegation will j ?'omt*~supidies. Of course, neighbors nominate TWO coTivcntton deIe|f»Teiahaye given tem^r^ reTier. many- from its county, a dry and a wot. The 4b wets anti 40 drys will be named under .separate groupings on a :<tate- l wide ticket, apd would meet to declare the results of the election. Hi-Graduates To Hear Sermon I (tf in II the Young People Gather Here Huge Public Works Plan Introduced Cotton Mills - Increase -Pay Measure Provides for Expendi ture Up To Six Billion. Five- Day Week Provided In Bill. — f • J ' Washington, May 8,—Creation of a Sct'CTal Textile Plants-Irr ■ “public works-administration” and eXi Wai(e Level 10 penditure of up to six billion dollars I in the next two years on construction mont Boost Per Cent. Local A. R. P. Church Host To District Meeting of Young People’s Christian Union. The Central District of the South Carolina lYoUng People’s Christian union of the Associate Reformed Pres-! byterian church held a conference in the local A. R. P. church last Friday afternoon and night. In the opinion of those attending, this conference was the best in point of attendance and spirit yet held. Representa^ves were hei-e from Newberry, Pwsperity, Ora, Green-^ ville. Cannon’s Creek and Due West ioniC The thetne of the conference IIow God Depends Tjpon ( Hrls- Speakers For School Closing Greenville Minister and Presby The comiuencement program of the Clinton high .>icht>ol graduates will lie iisheretL in -next Suntlay. evening at eight o’clock when the Baccalaureate sermon will Ik* preachetl in the First Presbyterian church by it.s pastor. Dr. D. .J. Woods. .'M*rvices in all churches'. in tht city will he withdrawn in ortler that the entire community .may unite for this s|H*cial occasion. The graduating exercises proper will be held <*n Fritlay evening. May 19, in the Floritla Street school audi torium. Besitles the usual class exer cises and awarding of diplomas, the aildress before the graduates will U* tieliveretl by Dr. .John Mc.'sween, pres ident of Presbyerian college of this city. cases of noble generosity being? in eimneetiou with ‘he work of canng for the homeless ana tlestitute." Here is the list: Henry Searls (on R. 1,. Bro^k'.s place) hou.se and barn destroycii, chickens and turkeys. Mrs. John Armstrong, hou.se un roofed, window—jtanes t»ut, saw p'iU, and gin house destroyeti. » Bainie Curry,- house. house‘'o!d furniture, crib, completely destro."^?<l. ' Ernes ('urry, eveiythii g destn-; .*d. Haymontl (’amplH'lI, complete lo.s.s of httn^ amL^^vei ything. Mack ('ampbell. hoii^e tlania^.T barn, outbuibling', crop. timU’r. nnd elotht's destroyeti. ’Mxs-Julian Vui.gh:., complete i -s everything, anti sI..511 in cn-ih gone in machine Jiawer. - Homer .Vrmstrong. co. n crib a”id ,stald< s gttne, C(*tl«»n htuise iinrttoi. 1 I.aee Hendei stin. l»ai n unro i*^ d, crib tlestroyetl, feisl.'ti.ff blown aoay. Dllie Walker, home and every thing iestrovetl. lerian ColleKe Head On I’ro-1 ''•'i'* f,Z' Z ! po.setl of 4;> meml>erK, one of the larg- gram At Thornwell Oruhanage.j in the <u’httol*K histoi-'V. Drphanage. i est in the .schtml’s hi.story. The commencement exercises of the; Thornwell orphanage- will begin on' Suntlay morning. June llth, at 11:15,1 anil aJreatJy plans are under way at' the in.stitution for its closing pro-1 gram. ^ ' | To deliver the baccalaureate sermon Dr. .John Mc.Sween of this city, presi dent been securetl. The eommem.t'ment athlreKs before the graduating class will he tieliveretl Select Four Men As Declahners I.ast * Tuestlay afternoon the pre liminaries for the declaimers contest held in the college auditorium, i .Mrs. Mollie Owens has two boys in hospital. ’ Jasi>er Simms, home and everything tiestroyed. Jay Sption. everything tiestroyed. Dave Ray. home aml'Tiuin dam aged. Ell Fleming, barn tlamageu. J. L. Boyd, home damaged, iT-st mill and cr<»p tiestroyed. Sam Burns, htnise, i»iit'>uil<iing' and Cl t»p damaged. \ - Connor .Spotm. \vite killed, house .^on s wife was and everything tlestioyec. I in ho.spilal (Tiuil Spoon.) of Presbyterian college, has the college autlilorium.|., rum Bark.sdulv. htune and ■ Twelve men tried out..The following thjng conipletelji' d.'tioyed. ' four men were elected to speak Fri- j Alger Simp.son. hmne ami May' 12.Tt a special chapel hour j completely wiped away, in conifH-tition for thl* medal: L. M. Kinard, home and everything- Ward, who.se theme i.s '“The Hough e\Kiy- evevy- Greenville, May 8.—More than 9,000 employes fn 20 Piedmoqt South Caro lina textile mills were given a 10 per cent wage iricrease today, reflecting better business conditions and appre ciation of the loyalty of the workers. Mills here and |n Greenwood, V\ ood- ruff, Ninety-Six, Renfrew, Liberty, Simpsonville, Easl<*^ and Fountain -Inn were affected by the increases. Meanwhile^ other milf officials were adding workers to the' factory rolls ' while -still others contemplated “wage adjustments.” Over the week-end, the Greenwood, Matthews, Panola No. 1 and Grendell mills-at Greenwood and the Ninety- Six mills announced The increase, ef fective today. ^Toiiay the additional announce- were made by the Brandon and for the Brandon and , Che Renfrew, and was called for today in a bill by Sen ators Cutting, Republican, New Mex- iso; I^aFolIette, Republican, Wiscon- son, and Costigan, Democrat, Colo rado. " , Formal introduction followed a con ference of the three this morning to iron out details of the program, which vested extensive authority in the ad ministration. F'unds would be .provided by the treasury through, obligations of the government, to be issued under con- ; ditions the secretary “finds most suit able and best adapted” to employing the government’s credit. on Tuesday morningv^4«ne 13. at ;10:3(H:;r^:r^-harU.s II. .\al*r». !.<-.ml..l..U-l>- ».,u.,l a«a! Riders’; T. r. Upshur, The Face On Claude Siodda'd. home Stone .Mountain”; R. R. Potter, “The tenant hmist- u- tiahs Today,” and addresses were giv-j pastt»r of the F'ir.st Presbyterian iii^ Macaiilay.nf of ville; I)r7 iT'RosT XynhTirXhTs Cltyi Dr, R. C, Grier, pre.sident of Flrskine usual high sehctol play will be pre college;, Mrs. Sleigh of the Cannon’s | senteti. The annual meeing of the boar of trustees will he he.ltf on Tues^-- an,y-jLffarniuin, the l.TlL, at 1 vvti nVrni-k . tlamaxed, troyed. Other men who tried out . Hamer, H. M. Wilson, H ^'ew- Creek church, and Messrs. Calvin Smith and l^euoy Malonery, of Fh:skine seminary* in Due West, A rountl table discussion wa-s con- tluctedlby Dr. J, W. Garf^on of herryi on the conference theme. Willi’am Blakely of ClinTon, and now jn the seminary at Due West, is dis- \rict secretary rgi)d pia*s^ sessions of the TOnference. '.Special mqsic was furnished by the sixty Ers'kine quartet. About sixty young The principle of the five-day week, j people were in attendance. The an- six-hour day is embodied to provide | ^,^1, state convention will be held in for “the most efficient use of labor.” < [j^ We.st in June. wel'i*; R, P. Hamer. H. M. Wilson, H. W. Cal- ! vert, F'. G. Little, Tom Plaxico, Fk.G. * If uirkml Rex ;MmrnTtM. p Death Claims Ora Citizen Die'wmn^F TnTs"(<6TOST VCTLtVlll piece, and the will receive a five place) httnu*. barn, co^itin hou-^ completely tJe.stroyed. 4-;r Mr:*--Guinn idace) liarn blown away. a he m^nts milLs here, Poinsett mills here It further stipulates reasonable wage”, shall I will be sufficient to insure “a |dard of living of decency and fort.”-. ‘just and paid that stan- com- the Br^ficlon nlant at Woodruff. The ran Hide Woodside millsi 'with plantTTiere,. in Simpsonville and Fountain Inn and tie Easiey mills* with two plants at Sberty and one at Easley also jump ed their employes’ pay. WOOD NAMED . BASEBALL I.EADER Northerners Here To Visit Orphanage [*' - Jack Wood was elected captain I Tuesday of the Presbyterian college Late today officials of the Victor- baseball team at a meeting of the let- Monaghan mills said their five plants | ter men. would immediately increase wages ofi Wood is from LaGrange, Ga. He is employes, but the. aniount of ihe in-ja junior and plays right field. He' bat- crease was not siHJcified. ^ Ited in'thjrd position the past season,] east * —— — >hitting 342 for the year Miss Rosalie Jones of J^hester, able baseball man and will make the spent the week-end with her parents,’Blue Stockings a fine leader. Dr. gnd Mrs. F. D. Jones. | T. H. Wingate was elected manager, feeing done^ in Southern orphanages. On last Thursday Mr. A, Rene Moen, assistant ti*pasurei*.of the Ed win Gould foundation,' of New York, and Rev, W. H, Smith, representing Mr. Gould, made a visit to the Thorn- well orphanage, and expres.sed them selves as favorably impressed With the institution. They were'^visi.ting a numTier of orphanages in the south- and went from Clinton to. Co- He is a valii- lumbia, ' ' (• Mr. Moen stated that Mr. Gould feels an especial interest in the work W. .M. Hunter. .5W. died F'riday night at the Laurens hosjutal after Is'fng in declining health for the pa.«t several months. He was a prominent farmer of th“ Ora community, wa.s-a meinb‘*r * of the F’irst Presbyterian fhurch and had lived tht*re most of his life. He is .survived by one brother, J. 1). Broadiis H Gray, tlaughter in Li -^- ' pital, anti tlamage don»* t<» barn, home and other outbuildings.(Daughter has i broken leg.) ^ _ .■ Willie Hark.sdale, home damaged, m « •' I barn damaged, outbuilding and one ;‘enant house tiestroyed. One mule land one ^»w killed. I ' Highland i Home church and ci*?ne- ! a ten dollar gold I onti place winner 1 tiullar gold piece. HOW THEY STAND Hunter, of Oi-a; three .sisters. Mrs.-j F. A. I.(ewis. of Hamlet, N.’C., .Mrs. L.' T. I..ay, of‘Falgefield; .Miss Janie Hun ter, of Ora. ' “Funeral i service.s were held at his home aY ^:30 o’clock Sunday after noon by the Rev. A. G. Anderson, of Greenwooth, assisted by Dr. M. G, Woodworth of Clinton, and the Rev. B. A. White, of Charlotte. Interment followed at 3:30 o’clock in the Presbyterian cemetei*y at WocKlruff. ‘ Clinton Watt.s Ottaray Joanna .Molloh'*n Monarch Whitmire .\’ewber’'\' W 3 3 2 2 1 1 ■ 1 0 L 0 1 1 2 2 2 <> 3 Pet. 1000 75'I, 6ft7, 500 !l33i 333' .333 (.00 ('linton Wins Again Watkins’ smash that drove in twoi runs in the ninth settled a pitchers’! duel between^iTrammell, for Clinton | Mill, and .Sbippey, for .Monarch, Sat- . urJay for Trammoir, third win of sea.^on. tery damaged. .yvia Owings, house completely de- - stroyetl and los.s of all household gootls anti clothing.' C. Fb F leming, nou.st*'- destroyed, owned by Frank Nash. Damage tlone *o furniture, clothing, and chickens, J. U Fiolt, complete loss of clothe.<.^ household furniture, am! chickens. House completely* le.stroyed. Luther Tollison, house and every thing lost. Luster Gootigions, complete loss of everything. ^ * Hallie ,Higgins, complete loss of the ’jea.^on, 3 to 2. Trammell allowed; only three hits but Shirley and TO GIVE PAGEANT » haj homer.,runs for two of tliom. 1 -r- Mr and Mrs. IL K Neely‘and little Both'teamriflddcd sensationally. \ A pageant. “Mothers^ of the Bihle.” paughter, and F'.leanor Neely of .\vdn-..Clinton ' 3 1 ‘ will ^* presented by the yoang moth- (^le Flslates, Ga., spent Saturday with Monarch 2 3 Item of the First Baptist church Soa- Mrs. Neely’s parents, Mr'.' and Mrs.) Trammell and Welbom, Shipp<*y day school next Sunday■ morning A. B. Blakely. > {and Morria. . 110 o’clock. \ \ saatm V smaiaasm V - i J-..i rd