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- t r J 0- . If You Don’t ke«d THE CHRONICLE T'ou Don’t Get The Newt. ^ L / ' • • • : THE CHRONICLE S Strives To Be a Clean News- | • paper. Complete. Newsy, • ! and Reliable. ^ S . and Reliable.. : : Volume xxxiii CLIN S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1933 NUMBER 30 nation uRG^ QIinton Merchants to Stage Georgia Plows Start Job of Reducing Coctoo Acreage President Roosevelt Summons America To Quick Attack Tp- on Depression and Calls On All Employers To Support Blanket Code. New Deal “Bargain Days’’ A Great Merchandising Festival And Entertainment Stunts Are Planned Are l*articipatinjt In the Offer of a Great Array of Special Bargains for Two Days. Washington, .luly 24. — President Roosevelt tonight called on employers in the nation to put into immediate 'effect the voluntary code to shorten !—_ working* hours and elevate wage [^tading Merchants In All Lines levels. Summoning the country to a quick attack upon the depression, Mr. Roose velt in a talk to the people announced ^ his purpose to keep posted in the post-* office of every town a roll of honor “of all those who jom with me.” ' “I a.sk,” he said, ‘‘that even -before the date set in the agreement which i * i i r. - W,. havi' sent nut.-the em|.loyers of Kvont to bc staged here on Fri- the country who have not already (lay aiul Saturday, August -1th done so- the big fellows and the little 5th, by offgrttlg some of the fellows—shall at once write or tele- ,, , , i- i • White outstanding values in ev- Capt. Rube Perkins, Blind-fold Slunler, Will Provide a Program of Thrills for Visitors Friday, August 4th. State rMerchants To Back Program ROAD PROGRAM TO START SOON Every County In State To Share In $5,060,000 Program By Highway (ommission.^ Lau rens Cpuhty Gets Three Pro jects. Calhopn Highway To Whitmire Included. Uolimrhia. .July , The gro.nd- wcirk for the 'jbo.ooo hurhwjiy im provement program in this 'Jtate un der the national recovery act was laid today when the highway com^ii-■'ion or more With a majority of Clinton’s [leading business houses partici pating in a “New Deal Sales S. {.emon. Association Head. Wires Johnson That Group Is Fcr Rettn erv Plam J H .T.ickso^of Pahoetto, ft,«orgia, wm ®** of tbe fint cotton gro' in tli»* s*>nth ty nturt plowing uW’der cotton in accordance with tbe Federal Agfiriiltur.Tl XdiustiiH'nt .\ct for reduced acreage to inereaacd price for ^ th» 'tapir, ^loto shows (left to rigiR), (liarhc Kritb. Huiot Eobiaaoa aa4 - M T j*t Uic ^ackaon fa Columbia, July 22.—C^ S. !,em»'n. of Coluni ua, president of the State Mer- c*»ant'' a*:-ok‘iati<m. 4«slay telegraphtsl the national admini.<trator the ass<xn- ation na> “lOlt per cent" U'hind the a'i graph me personally . ^ - , , , House, expressing their intention of^erv type 01 needed merchandise rect-very program and said that going through with the plan. And it i.s my purjiose to keep jiosted in the iiostoffice of every town a roll of hon- and surrounding eommuniiies Hugh S. Johnson, ad- are expt‘Cted in Clinton on the minl^^r»:o^ of the national Itvovery (lavs mentioned SOUTH CAROLINA FARMERS TO GET $4,798,894 IN BENEHTS approvofl 120 projects, one for each of the 10 countie.s. The estimated co.t of the projectA \^a.s $r>,000,000, leaving .something j more than $400,000 of the state’s .-.hare of the federal allocation for use a- an emergency fuml. THb^Lisahds of“men willTe given“JbhA M. Saw- in iiii {when the work begitis. Hen yer. chief highway commis giving out a list of thi 'project.' lone*- / the fir or of all those who join with me.” .. Praising the cooperation so far giv en to the attempt for .\mericah indus try to spread work in increa.''ed wag es, the president said he recognized that a few men might try to thwart “this great common purpose by seek- nenal of Cajit. Ruhe Perkins, globe trot- He noted there are adequate penal- „ i , i- l u Knt K,. oraoH of fortune, who has ever seen in this section, .several ® it would jom with , . other< to “six'cd completum of the thou.sands ot visitors from this pigi,- communities this p«‘i‘hai)s wa.' Jects had been undei takt n countit's at one time. The road plan.' are,tv. 1 lime pro rr m a:’ TT he ('lenison ('<>lleg«*. July 22. V nr ires Only about 2S |H*r cent t»f the cot- ri’o '‘Oiol plans are Jji he'^^rbmiV.eil tabulated through .Inly I‘J. the last ton acreage in the state, according to^ot once to officials of rhe V. S. Hu'cau This promises to he the greatest bargain carnival the\city ever experi enced. It is staged iri^connection with the appearance here h'riday. .August ties in law to meet this, hut )\e urged instead a voluntary cooperation and i "announced thi.s would be the only in- .strunient used j^'in this great summer j offensive against unemployment.” « “Kut we shall use them to the limit' to pixitect the w’illing from the lag gard and make the plan succeed.” , The president said the American j I»eople “w ill pull them.selves out of, Jhis depres.sion if they want to.” ' “The essence of the plan,” ex^ idaimd, “is a universal limitation of hours of work per week for any indi-1 \ idual b.v common con.sent and a uni-1 \ ei-sal payment of w ages above a min-1 imum, also by common consent.” j In his third talk to the nation since his inauguration, the presiilent ana- ac:. as ftillows': “South t arolina State Mercharlt.s’ ass,»ciation l*egs to advise that it ple«l^s~ 1(1(1 per • cent' ciMtpe'Tition to you and ^he President in administer ing the national recovery peoeram. Hup entire organization is at ymir dis- i;>«»<al and pledge.s *its every effort in any manner w hats«H*ver.’’ The state merchants piesi«lent. who has ju<t iVturned fri>m New York, said he found general sentiment .soundly Itehind the presulent and was 'Confident the recovery program would ; go over “ in a remarlcablv short time.” ‘ He 'aid he had talked with many mer-. chants in this state and that he ex- ^ ipressed their sentiment when he said; ’the association, when called u|M>n andj 'day cotton offers were mailed to \Va>hingtonr-sho\v for South C.irolina that rt.3,311 acres of cotton has b«‘en off«*red the seci-etaiy of agricuUnre for de.'lruction in the campaign now bi'ing wagetl for that purpose’ 'ays , D. \V. Watkins, assistant direetov* of .extension in charge of the tatmlations. ; The total mimh»‘r of sepa*-at«* t»ffer< ' 'eceive*! amoiinte<l to dP.TdP and the -average estimated yield (>n all offers is 2ol jMuinds per acre.. This is just twelve pounds more than the five year average yiehl for the state. Mr. Watkins’ figure.^, is not repre sented by offers ranging from 2r> to oU per cent to be destniyed. The hales optioned lilO.OiM) while the cash bene fits total .$4.71>S.,S‘.M. -Actual destruction now only awaits itTeipt of ni*ce.ssary blank forms from Wa.shington and should be completed within ten days, .Mr. Watkin.s thinks. of Public Roads for afipifival and O. Hearon, of .'spartanburg, chair man of the commission, saut he lioped everything would he rea.iy wuIimi a week bid »UJ'. or ten day.' to cal! for l.a^urens Count> This county’s projects are; Route 7, from (’lint«»n to Newi-eny .county line, 13.H miles, bviimiuojs Kvery grow er w ill have to show that j he has taken out tht* acrt>ag« offered! Wfore certification can be made for cash benefit.s. surfacing, $I2(l,blMl. Route 2*21, widening bl idge wr'i o’ l.,;uiren.' <■. $t JKW; — — r- Itoute 392, ('loss Hill toward Ci.bl Point, ten miles, bituminous 'Urfacin^r. «;.’)(l,(id(>. Carolina Farmers Mrs. Stevenson L Start Plowing Dies At Sumter/ Time In History I'otton AVife of Former Pastor of Lm'al Has lieen Destroyed In S<iuth By Moying Plowshares.' A. R. IV ('hurrh JVisses After Brief Illness. ( AIT. Rl HK PERKINS fame bv his bltnd- we half won nation-w'ide fold stunts. Next week’s issue of The Chrimtcle will go into hundreds of homes in this !an<l adjrdning cirunties, 'un«l will be l»ar- have • lyzed the full program which cimgress ^ gave him the power to carry through I He said khe credit of the nation had i l,cen maintained by balancing the bud get. The creilit of the individual was leing maintained by restoring the,' jturchasing power of the dollar and by the home loan act, the farm loan act., and the bankruptcy act. Turning to the task of building a “more lasting prosperity,” he said can not attain that in a nation 1)00111 and half broke.” Two things, he declared, must he bnmfuli ’of the most marvelous done to find better days. First: Im- }rain« the merchants of Clinton provement in the juices of farm pro- ever offereil t(* the buying puidic. as ducts. Second: Hringitig back indu-tryja token of their apjireciation of the along sbund lines.” jiatronage of the peojile. Businc'S in- He assured there would be no. slitutions of the city have unitexl to “smefl of the pork barrel” in the ad- make these days of jileasure and pri*f- ministration of the )^3,3l)(),«MM).(>(M» pub- it for thou.sand.s of visitors who wd! lie works jnogram. c<»me to ( Imton. .Mr. Roosevelt expressed confidence|^ Dealh-Defjjng Slunt.s_, that farm conditions were imjiroving Th * aifjiearance, heix* of (’apt. 1 er- and would continue so under ojier- kins will be an event in itself and an ation of the farm act. attraction such as has not been -'een He then went into his'-apjieal for here before. The death-tlefying "Itinl-' ^hearted sujipOTt for the national of Cajit. Perkins never fail to thrill, for shorter working hiturs and On Friday, Aug. 4th. Cajd. Perkin". tightly blindfolded by a committee uf given details, “would make immetliale plans to join fouvs with' like organi zation' to .'pee<l completion of ..the Columbia, July 2r>.—They |»ut plovv.s plan.” under cotton on ('arolina farms today Hie slate ass<K-iation has a memlier-1 for the first time in history a' hun-;Stevenson, wife of the Rev. \V ship of several thousand, and is affil-'dreds of farmer' took to th«* fields to-Stevenson,' in a Sumter hospital lateol with smaller groujis vvhirh have make good tlieir act'eage retliicliim lowing a brief illness. Fully Explained Stalentent_B\;^ ('oitirnissioner of Internal Revenue Department News was received here Monday of { the death of Mrs. RidHTca .Addison Outlines Application of Tax i, H fol- largei memberships. with the federal govern-i Th * funeral Union Service At First Presbyterian agreements ment. In the .''outh i arolina low eounliy I .some of the fields were nearly white with newly o|>ened Indls while up in the Pu'dniont stctions Ibwiin.' w re J.'cattiM'ed here an«l there as the |dow> ran d«»wn the row. •'■•I Th*- cjty union service n«*xt Sunday •*veniJtg w jll lie held in tin* Fir't Prc*s- Heyward .M I ayior, of Ividgelaml bv'j'rain church. Th«“ pulpit will by oc- P*a bis biiiul' to work de>troying cups.il by I»r. 1.. R. Lynn, president qf,acres in a 2.=»U-aere field so white wi‘h the Thornw 'Il orjibanage. A cordial i of.M-n bolls it w a> n*-aily ready to pick. Bolls were alsO o|)en in *he fiebls of many farmers who started jiiowing uji parts * f their eiqji in .Allendale eoiinty. invita’am is extended all tongr»‘ga tion- to unite in this service. I Washington. July 22. \\ tax of 4.11S4 cents per pound on all jiroducts ma<lp cotton or containing co’ton jgnes into effect Augus! I. aml lKn- services-wer,. conduct-; missioner Helvering of the Inte-oal ed at the Due West A K P. church .m, U,.v,.nue dejuirtmerit ha' outline.! ‘be Tuesday aft-moon, inte-ment fcdlow- nites fully in a statement issued Iv-e. •ng IP the Due We't cemetery. A n’i.n-1 The tax is known a' th hvr of Clinton friends went over for',.,.s.wing tax. ami wi't mu 'v th- services. ^ * (Jiat has been ginned at tlu Mr .^tevi'ivon wa^ the daughter of pi,j int(, processing. Ml'. <allie Wi.leman Addis-on of Due fabric, thr. a.I ’w .ne'. roi West. For se'.eral years her hiisbamt sliver laps ami othe- ' will w:i' jiast.ir of the A K P. church of „nder the new ra»e a- will ‘he this city, later going to the pasU.-ate.c.nUnt of any sejiaiat^' 4eirtd of the Prc-.sl.yterian church at l>al7.ell. j processed prodiiet he'.j Sumter county. He is a son of Dr. R j,p,j e coMoTl »>' c- U- :o <• tune >11 ■aTifac* n. whob plan higher wages. Mill Workers Get First Holiday citizens, will drive a car alaiut the -^treetje, -J mowg-^Mw'^‘4ow;4'-iV04b veiucU traffTr, .stopping at the varmo' -^or*** oailirijiating in the “New [teal Sale." While thus blindfolde.l he will al'o walk the edge of a wall of .'ome buibl- 'ing, which will provide hazard enough foi a good thi ill, an<l he will engage in games of checkers, and do many things wil.nout the. to ( linton 'Free from work by the 40-hour week piovision of the new textile code, a large population of tbt* two Clihton mills and Joanna mills at (loldville, other marvelous moved In on the city Saturday, giving use of sight, an* impetus to local retail business. Cajit. Perkins comes Under the new schedule, Saturday was highly reciimmended by the merchant' the operatives’ first whole-day holi- of a number of Carolina,, (ieorgia and day, with the mills resuming opeia- Florida citie.s where he ha.' pre.sented tions at six and seven o’clock Monday .his stun^^ morning. The first pay roll under the A general and widespread invTtation new system will he distributed Friday*is extended by Clinton’s marts of and Saturday of this week, the jiay trade to visit the city on Friday and rolls of the pa.st week having lieen Saturday and take advantage of the under the old schedule. (extraordinary bargains offered in so At the Clinton and Lydia Mills, the many oT the stores, working schedule is now (> a. m. to 2 a. m p. m. and from 2 p. m. to 10 p. m. for dav and ni^Ft shifts. At the Joa-ona mills, Goldville, the hours are run ning from 7 a. m. to 4 p. m. for the day shift, with one hour out for lunch. The second shift runs straight through from 4 p. m. to 12 a. m. Calhoun -Highway To Be Improved Silk MiU On 40-Hour Shifts The way was cleaVed Tue.sday for a start soon on the improvement of state highway No. 7, known as the Caihemn highway, from;_Clinton to the New berry county line. The road, a^i.slance of 13.H miles, is to be treated with bituminous surfacing at a co»t of - $120,(HK). The* improvement of this The Stutz-Hadfield Silk corporation missing link ha.s been sought for 'ev- of this city, changed Monday from a eral years by the Chamber of Cora- 55-hour a week schedule to a 40-hour merce, and now that it has been in- shift. The miP is operating under the eluded by the highway department un- recently approved te.xtile code which der the national recovery act, also includes silk and rayon manufac- promi.sed that woi*k will get turei^s. way at once. It IS under a. m. to 10 p. m. re w’eek-end here with friends. Kills P. Lujiton, who farms near Alolilsboro, N. ( .. ad«le.l cotton to the stock diet on Ins |)]aiitntion. He cut ,c<»ll«*n fioin 3<l acres, de>troyed under haJ«‘d jthe nxluction canijuiign.""“aiid Tk»JetI it 'to be used l<* fev'd stock. In doing thi.', in<js. ‘ he was folhiwing a recommendation ^from Cleinsim cullege. South < ivro- I lina’.' agricultural school. ('|em>*‘n au- ithorities saal that cotton while n. -cr extensively experimented with as a I livestiK’k fecil b<‘f*"4‘. showe*! qualiti**- M Stevi'n.'on of Du* the r* si«U*nc*' here of Mr. and .Mrs. St<vens«>n they forme*! mariy warm fiM’nds, not <mly in their church, but wath all denomination' in the city. The news of h*T |ta.4.'ing brought genuine regret h<Te t*» those who knew' and estei'nu'dFtM" TjTr'FFr'mirhyTmt \V**st. During^ “The rate ..f tax pri>dlict lielij ’ly a not sold with.n 3U ilar a a I TTiiaii- pie i-nlx'd 1' 1 2 cents |)er jiound »>n the net -lUitrPifv of the lint cotton, that i cotton v. a -h has heeii ginned at flu- ’line U i.' put into processing or niam fac’ure." the stati'ineiit read. "In (l«*t«‘il'mining 'In nf w.- gli* ’h-- dr weighj, of ta» hek, t ie .in 1 oite '^hoiil;l be lied r tar* or other bagging haV when eiit t>e- nimilar to‘da*:! vine fore the Isills o|»en. Th" pbiwing up j)n*grani n .*<11011*^ county startl'd >11 'V.tuiO I't ’iie Link'd., acres |d(*dg. d th* rampaigii. ’Aork w ill !**• >tait*'*l *>n th>* Resules her htislniml jiml Mr.'. Sl.'venson is survived by fpur ,,n,*•*•'>. at th. „uom n' 'he little sons, two brothers, W. U. Addi-effict, loclud ng virn, f.in- s*.n an«l .lohn W. .A«l*li'on of .Atlanta,^ thr«'ad. twiin's. i* v.tig ...er ia!)', and thr.e si-ters .Mrs. J. (). Demly of!.,,,,) _,|| . ]., '’ros' Hill, .Ml'.' Virginia .Aiblisiin and'^j^j. ^at*' of I list Mrs. Kill.', of t’harlotte. ' “The cotton ! ( i-rit- ontent ,a\- per i»ini; o! .illl a* ! ' » ■) - other' a.' 'oon a- jo'rmit' can !•*■ Gould Leaves. Vast Estate 'To Charity c*'s.s*'d, [irodia t **1' whni (Mill jtorU'nt of chief \ a a* 1- ;i; signed. MeSwain Given Magazine Write-Up “\A|icii ('hariev Thane wan sjieriff- of (hw here roonty. siieriffti had a heap more to do oith poK>e*> than forecioKnre ^le* ...” Well OM Charley Thane still nts in with the West. . . . You’ll like him a lot when you come to know him in . . . Congiessnian .1. J. Me.Swain, of thi- jdi.strict,'chaiiman of the military af- j fairs coniniiltee in * *»,ngr*''S, came m « ’^-for plenty TTf dnTMtrrtr m the-^Itrfy-'r*- I sue of “The Reserve Offieer.” { f'<»ngressinan .MeSwain’s picture decorated the criver, an«l on the first 'page in.sitle was a sketi'h of his Ijfe and career titl*Ml. “In Our Gallery of j Illu.Htrious.” On the first reading .sec- ition page were excerjjts from his atl- WHISPERING ROCK It is a srippinRly told hu man story, wel! told. By JOHN LEBAR Read “Whlsperinsr Rock.” Yen will enjoy if from be- ginninfi: to end. IT STARTS IN THIS ISSUE. „T| RX TOJIAGJEJL I'niler th«* will of the late Kdwin Geiibl. w h«* dunl |•*■^•«•ntly |in Oyster Pay. N. Y.. Ml instit\iti«ins are listed to shar*' in th«‘ iine-half of hi' large e'tate left t«* th** Kilwin Gould K.mn- .iation for (’hiblren in .New Y*trk .'tati*. Tie other half from th** r«*si •luaiy, acfonling t*» the will, shall 1*** paiil to .Mrs. (huild during h«*r life- :im**.^ .After her death it shall Ik* *Iis- TihTiTe*! am<»ng~Mieh phdahth'rbj.i*-' ;is ire p.*rmitte*l underj.he chi^rter of th<* ilat»• u hei fier in ' :;i or, iiomiifact iii *•). . »! 1 = saler will lx* taxe.i a! ’.IIHJ cents pet joiimtl 'I •« of tax will aj*j)!y u 'h i- aratc ii'lail sto*'k' of c*fi.n li<‘ld by a I«‘tail d*':ib o • ) m ■ ' \v| the la* •« ane* •>lf- ni'** u- tiv«* dat*' jtrovi<ling 'Uch ' 'old or tli'pos*i| of witcin t<*r th*' (*ff<‘ctiv*‘ dat**.” f<i<t'.IC' 1 ‘‘I da\ .- J. M. Pitts Taken 111 On Texas Vacation foun<iation. The ('onnie Maxw**ll orjihan.Hg** of Gieenwoo*!, i.s **ne *»f the institutions *l**signate*l to share in the estate. .Mr. (jouI*1 furthe*- pr**vi*l«*«l that ‘he Fiiumlation in its uncint'-oled'diseee- dress at the ( hicag*» national conven-* muy a*l*l to the list the names *>f tion. Local Attorney "" I Named For Board R. W. Wade, K-«j.. well known <'Un ary <ither chil.Iren’s hom**»-. hospital.* »r similar charit;.!»l*i iivstilutions to which he ha*l mn*je d*»nations during the year prior-to the probate *if the will, .'^ince .Mr. GouM ha.s been c(»ntrW>- iiiing f<*r a jiunibe>‘ of years'to the Tho. nwell otphanag*' *»f thi,« c ty. ’his Wide latitude gi'xen in ’he will is taken Friends here of .1. M. Pitts, ^well known l(K*al busine.'s* man. w I! rvgret to know that he is ill in Tyler .Texas, the home of his brother. Geoi g,v* 1.. T’itts. .Mr. Pitt.s left.here the fir.st of July for a month’s visit to friends and rel atives in Texas. .A'fter spending sev eral (lays at Hot Springs. .Ark., he went to Tyler where he became ill and ha.' been confined ti- his ri»«»m at a hotel for the jia.'t two weeks. Hi.' daughter. Miss Emmie, 1. ft .Satunlay Ionian, has been' appointed attorney for the Home Owners’ lx>an, corpor ation in Lauren eoi:n*y. acconlmg to !an announci-nient from the state Kea<l- .[quaiJLer' in (’ohim'na by I). S. Mathe- son. slale’"inanager. Mr. \Va*le sj*vnt yesterday in Sjiaitanburg, th*,* *li'lric^ in which this t iinty is locatcHl. when appraisFp and att*»rneys gnthes-ed to hear Mr. Matheson explain, the adiiiin- iatration of the new agency, or Tyler to remain imtil he is able tfrin<licate that th" insliiulion, along to return. Reports yesterday stat**d with oth* rs. will be eligible to partici-1 that his condition was iciprovir.g aiul pate in th** fund if so aniiirovetl by the that it is h*»i)ed that he .will b<* able m*mb«.*rs of the foundation who arc to be brought to his home-h<;‘e within inix*.»lrict*»<i ill tlwir jiowers. the next week or ten *lays. Mr. and .Mrs. Sam Prather anil'chil-1 Mr.'and .Mrs. Tom Workman ami •(;en c*f Ki.s.'imnu'e, Fla.,-spent the Miss Irene Workman ha’e returned ur« k-< n(f with the f >-raer’s mother, from a visit to Mr. ami Mrs. CTaudt M'-s. Mniy Phtther. Workman in Marion, N^ .. Ia; -M.:ss iom: is spendii^. . .Air, luuiied appraiser for the county. r and ‘Mia, AnseU Godfrey and r^l-" liifr-iiw in A Ik. 1