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TT [■- V' If You Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE You Don’t Get T^e News. , THE CHRONICLE • Strives To Be a ^lean Neww- • paper. Complete, Newsy,' and Reliable. { Z VOLUME XXXIII CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1933 NUMBER 33 WADE TO DIREa DRIV^ HERE FOR NRA PROGRAM \ ,, "" / ' ■ I^cal Attorney Chosen for Key Position of “General.” Committees Named To Assist In Work Throu^ Intensive Effort To Line-up Community. A Giant Who Reaches To The Sky •Bf Albert T. Reid : ■» ’ ■9 R. W. Wade, attorney, has been I ducts a jocal Enierjrency Re-employ- named “prenerar* of the re-employ-|»noTit drive. ^ ment drive in Clinton, and the organi-! “Then we come to. the city organi zation for the campaign to support i zation. The local committee, as I have President Roosev-elt’s program is now j saiti, is organized along strictly mili- being completed. The committees in' tary lines, the leader being designated charge of the w’ork met last night to/as ‘General.’ He, in turn, selects three map out all details preparatory tp.colonels, each of whom is to have launching the campaign which is to he!charge of a specific part of the cam- educational in its nature, and in w^ich paign. For example, Colonel No. 1 wdll the entire community is asked ^ co- have charge of the man-power or or- oi>erate. / i ganization department, and he is to The personnel of the organization: appoint seven majors, more or less, includes a “lieutenant gene^l,’’ three | depending on the size of the territory “colonels” and numerous o/ner execu-jto be covered. Each major appoints tjves. ' seven or more captains, each of •whom Mr. Wade named Mrs. Clarence Gal-''“i''and direct a company of loway hia ••lieutenant iJene_ral,''W.W.,^P^ HarrisTli^^Svflinpn^ Plaxico his three “colonels/ and Mrs. Emily “Now, let me explain how we are C. Bennett, his aid^. dividing the work among these three 11' 11^ II • / -n k divisions. It will be the job of Colonel \A. W. Harri.s/will be in charge of ^ i i ii i i publicity. «ith/Gilben Blakely, E. » I'lock-to-block and CraiK add Mr/ ,1. Hamp Stone as hiS|'" “ hou.se.to.house canvass of ••majors.•• Irby S. Hipp will be in mt.re city, thus makinif a com- charye of volunteer sales army, with, /eck-up on compliance with the W. I), Copeland.! Miss Ella Adair. F » Emergency Re-employ- and C. N. Mauney, as his The educational divi.sion ment agreement. It will also be his job to make a complete survey of the will U headed bv R. E. Plaxico, with i them , as to Dr. Dudley .lone^ H. Y. Abrams and!'‘'I»l‘*abilit,v by experience to trades W./l.,Simpson as his ••majors." “"'1 ‘nterme.liary /In speaking yesterday of the canv i ^^e duty laign which is de.sjgned to .«ecure vol-' paign Which IS .le.signec lo secure voi-, workers to check on tintary copeiation of all citizens, both ^ insignia by dealers and consumers. employer.** and con.sumer.s, for the NR.A drive, Mr. yVv’ade/statCti that C'lii^iton is lining up behind the Presi dent and General .lohn.son with ardor and enth-U^i«^oi Further sneakintf -4»f^ “Colonel No. 2 will, with his sub ordinate officers and,workers, have a twn.'^ irtat- the propose*! campaign, Mr. Wade as imiiortant, in fact, as that ofViAo- stated that the committee is going; nel .No. 1. It will be his duty to con-- into this movement with^ a distinct I duct and organize the pub icity and understanding that there is going to'educational campaign. It will be up to be neither ballyhoo nor attempted/im and his organization not only to coersion. This is a great patriotic i»upply much of the pep and go so to movement, he said, and nothing will speak, but he will ibe intrusted with be done contrary to the dignity that ^he dissemination of information should accompany such an exalted through the medium of the pres^. His movement. -iwill be the job of moliilizing the^ staff COTTON CROP MUST BE CUT / Heavy Surplus Giving Concern To Wallace. Speedy Action Hoped for In Curtailing 19.11 Crop Throughout Dixie. Hour by hour throughout the nation the giant machine of the President's of writers to have charge of the new’s and advertising work, the di.stribution the giant macnine oi me i resu.ent» ^ material EmvrKvnoy K'-'mploymvnt campa yn, ^ IS KainiPK momvntum. Hviv in flip- . Death Claiihs Lovely Girl Miss Mary Pitts Passes After Ixing Illness. Many Friends Gather For Last Rites To Pay Tribute. Drys Arraign ! Promising Lad Wet Leaders, Is Laid To Rest Call llpon Repealists To Let Peo ple Know Plan They Have For Control of IJquor. ton, as in every other city and town in the United States, the big drive to put men and w’omen back on the pay rolls at once is being .speeded up to the limit of human possibilities. constantly before the public through any phase of the prinLe<l word. “Of equal importance with Colonels No. 1 and 2, will be Colonel No. 3 ami Jhis staff, whose work principally will This was the word that came yes-jbe the organization and direction of terday from R. W. Wade, who, under tbe speaker’s bureau. Thus, m a way, the title of “General,” is at the head 't will partake somewhat of the same of the sma.shing campaign to be stag ed in th -x city to rout the forces of unemployment and depres-'^ion. character of work as will be under the (iin'ction of Colonel No. 2, but there “Nothing so stirring and spectacu lar since the wartime days of 1bl7 has I will r+fally be no conflict. In connec tion \^th his speakei>i' bureau. Colonel No. 3 will maintafr^anformation and ““ appointment bureaus, thus schooling been attempted in thus country, ap^^iinting .speakers who can go Mr. Wade. For example, we aie v,pfo,.(. audiences and explain the great ning to make a house-to-hou.se and i The funeral services for Miss Mary I’itts, 2r>-year-oId daughter of J^rs.' Nannie A. I’itts, were held Friday af ternoon at the residence and were con ducted by her pastor, the Rev. H. O. Chambers, of the Broad Street Metho dist church. Interment followed in Roseijjiont cemetery. The young wo man passed away early I'hursday morning at her home. The very deep sympathy felt for th<* family of this lovely girl in their affliction ami af fection for the girl were shown by the large number of persons who at tended the funeral and the beautiful and numerous flowers sent in tri-bute. I Columbia, Aug. 14.—.Dry lea<lers of the state today called upon of the .\ksociation for Prohibition Re form to make public their “definite plan for liipior control” in this state. After a brief meeting here, the ex ecutive committee of the Federated Forces for Prohibition, which is press ing the dry fight in the state, issuetl a statement saying; “THe committee desires t»> call the attention of the people of the state t(» a statement recently nia<le by the ex ecutive secretary of the .Association for Prohibition Reform in South Car olina to the effect that the offieers of Burns Workman Passes At Hos pital After Critical Jllnem. A Popular YounR Man. The which death of occurred Burns Workman, 21, officialsoccurred last Thursday in a jColumhia ho.spital after a critical ill- ^ness, cast a pall of sorrow over the whole community where he wa.s known 'ami a.lmire*!. feasible in The body was brought to the home; ppj,„.jpj^| j-mps of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.* C. R. j cotton far W'ashington, Aug. l b. — Believlmr that despite a reduction of 1.000.000 bales or more in this year'« cotton crop there is still too much of the staple on hand, the farm adjustment bureau prPbably will work out vithin a few weeks a new curtailment plan for next year. Secretary WalLace said loday that during his recent tour of the South he found growers anxious for such a cam- I paign and added that he expecte*! them to bring forward a plan soon. The .secretary of agriculture indicat ed the farm administration i.s in a re- mood for Rwh a plan. The census bureau reported today cotton mills continued high speed pro duction during .July, with consumption reported at 600.113 bales compared with 27H,.')6S for the corresponding: month last year. In an annual summary, the bureau also reported that stocks on hand -August 1, were 8,176.133, or ah*>ut 1,500,000 bales less than on the sarm* date last year. The total in P.»31 wa>s 6.:i«0,y93 Theoretically, the rarm administra tion sits back and awaits moves by the growers before deciding on any program affecting a farm commodity. Actually, it does much advance plan ning and frequently has a good idea of what it intends to do before the farmers’ plans arrive. Tyw inipcllinjf-'facforr caril n arriving at a permanent arrange- iment for cotton production control. I One is that the emergency plan for reducing this year’s crop still leaves^ an anticipated production of over 12.- 000,000 bales. Another is that any pro gram probably would be applied to the land iLself, and it would avoid compli- cation.H if a plan were drawn before land is rented or let out for share cropp’ng next year. Farm officials agree that the plan for cotton is pretty certain to be drawn along the lines of the Wheat program. This would corrt-spond to the dome.stic allotment plan which farm indicated they believe the case of the lAv» Workman. Funeral Friday afternoon >erviees at the u pro ! ;e- upon mer, if he -•xigr.e i weie held c'ontract, wo iM c n j tion in the ami*unt (Id iih d rhu.eh an*l were con.lucle.l by the Rev. j adrninistratin i In nturn, he niigh* '»•• [ail th jamount of the proce.sn' tax on c ton, at prerent 1.2 cent a lint J, ■M. K Medlock, assisteil hy (’eeil laiw- ler. .At th«* home and church a laige c'>nct»ur.'-e of friends gathereil to jtay th»‘ir tribute, the grave Udng covered with many h^utifu) flovver.s .sent in loving tribute. * for ev»*ry pound he prinlue.-d for t'.u* block-by-block canvass throughout the entire city and vicinity, and the same mopping-up process will presently be what is expected qf them.” Mr. Wade stated that while the or- mopping-up process win p.rsri.tiy uc p,.e. under w.y in every p.rt of this ^ into country. It certainly means tremen-1 J' ... . . „„ dons orKaniznlion effort to carry out;*"/,'*' auch an undertaking, but the objective He suggested that pubto •11 watch the newspapers and listen to la wal worth he effoit. ••(K course, continued Mi. Vtade campaign ax it is it would not be possible to carry out f i such an enormous task-without i „„t an individual or fam- matic planning backed up by charac teristic American enthusiasm. You! ily in the city of Flinton that is not teristic American eninus.asm^ *'/'/itally affected by thi.s drive because know, there is Just will be an important factor in he power o e^peoji . . breaking up the backbone of a nation- try. once they catch the spirit of the, ^ thing and decide to put it over. j “Now, as to the way this big-drive/- " ^ has been mapped out by the National 1 ipAnrlirlaf Aft Recovery administration. In the first i-^wUrCOo V^ttllUlUwlCo place, the organization has been .seL Vgaf AnnniinrArl up along military lines, for if everj l^Ol 1 Cl /\IiriOilOCC\l there was a war and a righteous one. it is this master offensive against un-1 Laurens, Aug. 9.—The selection of II in (.i.iia i.aurens, nug. ;i.— me ncicv-iiwn u employment. Heading the work in each'candidates for the No state are a state chairman and a state ^ vember 7 referendum probably will woman chairnu-nw both appointed- by f notrije announced for some time yet. it the governor of the state. These two, been indicated by .spokesmen for in addition to the chairman of the|j.j^g Laurens legsilative delegation. It committees representing the principal beeh understood for a month or cities of the state, and the state com missioner of labor, will constitute the state committee. Active jiallhearers were: Dr. J. W. Davis, Dr. D. O. Rhame, J. 1. Adair, P. M. Pitts, Phett P. Adair, P. B. Adair, V. P. Adair, and Jack Adair. Miss Mary had been in declining health for several month.s. Through her enti,re illness she was always bright and cheerful, thinking of oth ers, caring little for aelf, »nd mani festing a beautiful Christian faith and fortitude to the end. Miss Mary was a bright and prom ising young girl but was overtaken with ill health soon after her'gradu ation from thq local high .school. She was a sincere Christian and a devoted member of the Methodist church. By her kind, gentle and unselfish person ality, she made many friends who mourn in her passing and will always cherish and revere her mehiory. The young woman i.s survived by her mother, one .sister. Miss Jeannette Pitts of this city, and four brothers, W. D. Pitts of Greenville, Carroll L. Pitts of Inman, Davi.s V'. I’itts^Uf At lanta, and S. A. Pitts of this city. Mr. Workman was a promising' I the association have a definite plan for li<iuor control in this state in the, young man, highly esteemed for hisi event that South ('arolina shall vote admirable traits of character.- for repeal of the IKth amendment, but Lver courteous, kind, upright and true decline to make this plan public at this jif' »I1 relations of life, he made friend.s time stating as a reason for not giving !‘‘^•‘'ily, and having made them, kept publicity to this plan that it might them. His untimely death brought divide their forces. genuine sorrow to many and the Iie- “The Federated Forces for Prohibi-j bw the deep sympathy tion declare that the withholding of ^be community in their great * such information is unjust and unfair to the voters of South Carolina since on the 7th of November they cast their ballots for or against repeal (domestic market. Ills domestic inarkel probably would he one-halt nmre of hi.s total |)rodin‘ti(fn, proilue: ii>n or .'iligh'ly sinet- cotton croo i.-i N»f the community reavemenl. !' He is survived by l>e- his parents, two must '^bsters, Mrs. .Ace Workman and .Mrs.!' Hen'Workman, two brothers, ('harlesj of the piollibitiull amendmenl, "“S'"'’ W"'''"'"". »" iirL'iMU l<7 UH 1. Kami adminirtru- should be in pos.session of the facts; _ ’ ‘ / " jtion .stati.sticians estimate the i>!er- lover 50 per cent of thi exjioited at jiresent. Hut because cotton has tleclined con siderably in price sine** the proces.-ing lax was fixetl the tax may be raised tiy Secretary Wallace. The theory of the processing tax i.s to raise fumt- to pay the grower the difference be tween the market. pric«* of his proituct and the jiarity [trice, oi the price al which it must sell to have a [turchas- ing power tnpiivalent to the [letuui concerning the jilans for control of the liquor traffic in the minds of the officers of the wet organization.” Walter Pyles Buried Here armimi 1.^'^ cent.s MR. BAILEY BETTER “The duties of these state commit tees are tor^nake certain that every city in the state organizes and con- THE CHRONICLE is cooperating with Presi dent Roosevelt ^and is a member of the NRA. more that a candidate unfavorable to repeal had been decided upon by the I dry mentbers of the delegation, but his or her name will not be disclosed, it is said, until an opposition delegate has been agreed upon. The name of the tentative dry candidate is prob ably known to some high up in the councils of the party, but there has not been a suggestion of importance as to who may be .selected on the wet side of the contest. Miss Jamie Little has returned from Wards, where' she Tiasi'heeh‘“\'1srting friends. .Mr. and Mrs. Snow an<I Mr. and .Mrs. J. W. .Snow of .New Orleans, were guests last week-end of Dr, and Mrs. T. J. Peake. Reports yesterday from Greenville, where G. .M, Bailey i.s a hospital pa tient, stated that he is resting com fortably and his condition now i^how- ent parity^ ju ice , at a lint jtound. Outlining a general jilan, howevt-r. and working out details a/e entiiely (hTferent as farm officials liav I D. Pyle.s pa.s8ed away Mon- covered. Questions of how much tlu* TtsrmoTBTng mJIparlahburg’-ir-rh^ ktamllfhe Waite 1 home of his si.ster, Mrs. .Alice ('. Car lisle, after a lingering illnc.ss. J The body was brought here Tuesday morning for interment, the service be- IK' a--- I Schools Open September 4th As another gentle reminder that ! Clinton school bells will be ringing jkoon comes the announcement frbm ’the board of trustees that Monday, Sept. 4th will bring th,e..forraal open- ring of the new session. The faculty has been completed, the buildings are [now bejbg put in first-class condition, and everything will be in readiness for [the opening. PRICES ARE GOING UP iririu'cil wi a primary one. The am will be l • 'bring the cotton carryi'ver down la [about 5,600,006 bale.^, a normal be ing an improvement. .Mr:. Bailey wa.sjjnj, Presbyterian cemetery of the amount removed troni h.s home to ^e bospital ^ilh Dr. Dudley Jones in, charge. .n.l.v.dual larmer must- ten days ago in a serious condition jl» survived hv two sistors Mrj> < i ■ i l h u i ^ i . ru——, nui yivt u. oje wrftibf-be hantHed by t-otinty trrnir- with much coficern felt over the ouT- Car isle and Mrs W P Irwin both ^ i .u j . r f u 11 ii: U.-I 1 t *• ‘cwin, „„(tt.es but some nielh***! must t*e come of his illness. Jlis hun*lred.> of ,jf Spartanburg. i i i i - . . • III s ' wi>ail detertiiii e w leui' i »h«, friends here and elsewhere are genu-1 \fr. Pyles formerly lived in Clinton,! inely plea.se-d to know that he is im-1 having moved from here lo .Spartan • provinK anil unite in Hie h,.|«- that he , l.urp alaiut thirty-fi.e yearx aKO. lie lx; .,uh yinnei s b. whieh they will aoun rerover, ^ j>lca,5anlly remembered here by many; — - ** “ boyhiMMi flays, all of i amount the farmer ayi eeil to pro- _ ;«/o,n were sorry to learn of his pa.s.s-pla„, ‘ Penalties for over-production are felt to be necessary by some officials of the farm administration. turn agivfiiierit ha.- bVen tarried out. This might be tbme -thiough an a.- Pricea are advancing. It is rej^rted that the Adminis-i tration at Washington is seeking to bring prices up to al>out •the 1926 level. Housewives will do well and save money by watching prices clo.sely and putting in a supply of their needs now. The be.st way to keep posted on prices is to consult the grocery and dry good.s advertisements api>earing in THE CHRONICLE every Thursday morning. It will be profitable to read them, to keep yourself informed. They tdl you how to get a jump on “The Honest Dollar.” / THE CHRONICLE “The Family Paper Everybody Reads* Union Service At First Presbyterian Swansen Goes To Andersen 1 The union service for next Sunday , 'evening will be held in the First I*res-i , /yterian chuich. Dr. John .Mc.Swi*en,- Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Swansen left president-of Prenbyteriun college, will Monday for Anderson whereMhey be the speaker and all congregations will piake their future home, Mr. BBSS in the eity arci-invUed to unite in this Swansen having accepted a manager- ,-service. lial position with the S. H. Bailee com- The service will be featured l^y a'pany, operators of ^yeral large de- special jirogi am of congregational partment stores, singing under the direction of Mrs. J.; Mr. Swansen until recently wa* F, Jacobs, Jr. The men’s choir of the manager of the local J. C. Penney chiireh will lead the music, using old- company and made a host of friends time .‘'ings of their fathers and grand-’ during his residence here the past five ; fathers, such as ‘’Palms of Victory,*' years. As he and Mrs. Swansen go to '“On Jordan's .Stormy Banks 1 Stand,’* their ney home they will carry thecor- l“I Will Arise and Go To Jetma,’*. dial good wishes of many, all of whom Ddwn At the Cross,” and oUwra. I will be interested in their