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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^
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-M.:ss iom: is spendii^. . .Air,
luuiied appraiser for the county.
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