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COTTON
EDITION
VOLUME XXXIII
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1933
WILL OBSERVE
COnON WEEK
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Public Asked To Aid In Making
Event Success May 15 to 20,
Movement Has National En
dorsement. Local Merchants
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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Monarch
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('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.
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