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r'®' >'''i PAGE EIGHT j S. C. Legion Head , Drowns In Richmond H. Hilton .Was Hero of World War. Held Conures- sional Medal of Honor. Columbia, Aug. tS.—'Richmond H. Hilton, of Columbia, state commander, of the American Legion, drowned in THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON, S. C. Zl /■ I \ THURSDAY; AUGUST 17, 1933 » r New’ Testament and the Sermon on the I Mount again.st the Old Testament and ;the Mosaic law.’/ NRA Prepares I Against Winter ” .Moley and Crime The detailing of Professor Moley. " ^ as.si.stant .secretary of state, to make Johnson Says Idle Millions Will an inve.stigation and report on crime and what the federal government can ; do about it is not in any sense a “de motion.” Mr. Moley retains\his state ' department post and title, but was ne glected by the President for this task Washington, Aug. 14.—The respon.s- criminology has been one of Be Given W'ork Under Blue Eaji^le Before Snow Falls. Washington, Aug. 14. — Assurance that millions of idle w’age earners would be back at work under the blue eagle of the NRA by the time snow Lake Murrary today when a cabin President Roosevelt’s invitation! chief interests. He wrote and pub- boat he w’as aboard tprned sharply to ^j^iplovers to sign a direct agree— lished a book and several articles on go to the aid of another boat and he h,m-the “voluntary’ code’'f^*-*"*® X^ars ago, and is looked recovery nro^ram-Huirh fell into the water. .^.^rh the blue eagle emblem—has met' “P*'" best-informed men " ' y p g m g L.’ Hopkins, the relief administrator./ Coincidently the recovery admiitis- trafion announced approval of modi fied scales of wages' and hours for eight industries under which they may operate pending adoption of perma nent codes. j This brought close to the century mark the number of codes and agree ments that have been provided for sep arate industries in the campaign to blanket the nation with Blue Eagles by Labor day. The agreements were for cigar, sau- flies W’as received directly today by . President Roosevelt from the ehief of I'**' “*'"/• «IU'F"nont, sheet rubber and related sundr.es manufac- of Columbia. V. G. I.ander with Hilton and a party of fri*md« were cruising on the lake in the boat said that when Hilton fell ov#‘rhf»ard he threw him a rope and a hfe ’•'•e- server and started to go to h - aid. Hilton then called out to I.'i’' ‘e** that he “could make it” and I.'»’'der went to turn the boat around When the boat reached the spftt where Hil ton fell into the water. H.ilton could not" 1k' found. Hilton drowned about 2 a. m. H:> body was recovered in .‘IS-foot water about 11 a. m. by a squad frorh the ('olumhia fire department. The craft the cabin boat turned to aid was a small boat owned by PM Buster, which was stranded on the lake by propeller trouble. Its occu pants later joined in the search for Hilton’s body. - — ► lliJton. 34-year-uld Columbia atlor;^ ney. served ^ with distinction in the* World waftand was twice wiiunded.HjM was one of six men from South ( arfuma to receive the Congres-, sional .Medal of Honor, the highest • American decoration, for service^ in; Prance. This decoration was awarded him for aHivancmg with a few other men through enfilading fire to rout a (ier. nian machine gun at Brane<»urt. on October 11, IblH. In the course of ihi.s daring exploit he lost his arm from a bursting shidl. , He also received other decoratn»ns adi^itional an'I awards for consprcuous bravery. Among th(‘m were the Pislrnguished Servici' cross, the .Medaille Mililaire French). the Cr-oix de (iuerre tp'renchi, the Medaille de (Montenegrin) aud the Distihg ^'onduct medal (British). ^ Hilton entered military ■ service tile age tif IH in IblT as a private Company M. llbth infantry. He serxiee on the' .Mexican border went t( who -sirith such the admin1strati4»n feel that a real dent is being made in the unemploy-, men* situation and that the purchas- n" power of the American p<‘op!e is •a.-'idly being increased. Thi.s volun- : y code is intended only as a <top- ! Ajx. i>ending the adoption of general les by all industries, and it does •: Irecome effective until .September hut many of the husine.ss concern.'^ which hax’e signed it have put it.s pro visions into effect at once. The greatest good from the agree-' mont to limit the hours of work and increase the minimum wage will, of cour.se, come from the large business the large cities. .Many small town business men, employing, only three or four per.sons, are sign-. ing the code and cutting down thcj hours of their workers wTthout aiTding; anyone-to take up the seriously 1 'eventual benefit is exi>ecl^d 5?. John.son. a wide re.sponse as to make It is being predicted here n .i- *• v • that out of Mr. .Moley’s work will Personally directing his economic come a bill, to be presented in the next re.storation program, the chief execu- session of congress, greatly extending received a comprehensive state- the r>ower and authoritv of the^federal ment of progress from Johnson and government over all .sorts of crime.s, ordered closer coordination. for three from kidnaping to larceny. At piy.sent. great agencies of th^ recovery Uncle Sam has no jurisdiction over campaign the NR.A^ and the public crimes which do not directly violate ''orks and relief adimhistrations. federal statutes and. do not involve This drawing together of the forces interstate matters. aligned pgainst w’inter unemployment .Hull and the Economic ('onference "as revt^aled after a conference at the .S«*cretary of. .opiate Hull, returning "^lite House participated in by the uring, cotton compress and warehou.se. j telephone manufacturing, yeast, and retail confectioners’ industries. , While no estimate of employment in the.se groups was available, the ad ministration .'laid thousands of new jobs would be provided. ' There .still was no official calcula tion of the number of workers who hax'e been reached by the NRA codes and agn'ements providing for higher, minimum wages and increased em ployment through c’jrtailed hours. Statv Hull, returning |.artic!pawa in oy me officials pointed out that i from the World'Economic conference 1 resident. General Johnson, and Harrynation’s biggest employers at London, is quite .satisfied with the r- •* at a- - t. j a a a i—the 'retail and construction indus- ' results (*btain»d .so far. It was foolish. nations had to to-1 5,000,000 work-1 ers each in normal times now had WTiile unemployment in the con struction business is heavy, the wage and hour agreements will militate, it W’as pointed out, toward increased purchasing power as the federal pub lic works program is expanded Confident that hi? general program is going forward satisfactorily, John son still had on his hands tonight the controversy within his organization engendered by ^ dispute between .Mrs. Mary Harriman Rumsey, chairman of the consumers’ advisory board, and Professor - William F. Ogbum, a Re signed member. j Failing to see the administrator to day after waiting for several hours, Ogburn apparently brought the con flict to an end by leaving his resigna tion behind and declining an appoint ment fi"*m a secretary to see Johnson later in.the day, '4 < The dispute, running over a pt*riod of s''veral weeks, wa.s between the '.veil-known economist and the wealthy Mrs. Rum.sey.- Og'ourn In his final statement 'va.s critical of the entire setup of the board designed to protect the interests of consumers. 4 4 * Ik *# le points out, to expect all the world’s sion; first the nations had to get to-1, gether and tell each other what their j WHAT DO P. S. Jeanes troubles to be ironed out at one ses- resjiective troubles w'erel scales of wages and hours in effect. DO? Bravvji^^ ex/n in .such cases; for when business definitely begins to improve, as it seems to l>e all over the country, it. wilUlte necessary for such empU*yers* to add to their staffs in.stead of work ing their rc'gular help overtime. I .As an examjile of what the code is doing in the mattc?r of re-employmenl. • the largest of all the chain groc<*ry store systems, which has signed up. announces that in its stores alone it Will mean the employment of 1.>,0(K) alcspeople. The “No Strike” Hoard * There are not gtring to l*e any strikes under the “New Deal” if the administration c?ah help it. The right ..f collective bargaining, guarantc*ed In to employi’es under ^he National • dustrial Recovery act, has hern, seized ‘ Ojxon by many labor leaders as an op- jMirtunity to organize all xxorkers into unions, and strikes have Ixeen called and »-hich have paralyzed whole indu.s- France at the outbreak of the tries, notably the soft coal mining and war with Germany. He was promoted full-fashioned hosiery industrie.s. to coiitoral in 11H7 and to sergeant in Tiie Presiilent’s appointment of a ItOh. _ X hoard of seven, for the ailjustment of The young former soldier liwamC jabor disputes, ii^icluding tndtiKtrial commander of the South < arolina leaders, labor leaders and political .American l.A“gion last year. His term it-aders. and headed by Senator Wag- would have expired, in Octolxer. and n^i- Sew York, has the backing of M'illiam D. Schwartz. .Ir., of Fharle*;- the .American Federation of I.jibor a> ton, xvas elected at the last state con- well as of the heads of the nations vent ion to succeed him. NOTICE OF SALK State of .South <'aroIina, ('ounty of I..aurens. Court of ('ommon Fleas. Clinton Buihling and Loan Assixci- ation. IMaintiff, vs Fr«‘(l Burnett. De fendant. Fui-.^uant to judgment of the C«>urt and a decie** of sale in the ahoxe en titled cause. I will sell aT public auc tion on .'^ales Day in StqitemU'r,. (the same lieing the Ith day of .'iep- teniher, I'.tJ.’l). in front of the Court House door, in the City of Ijiurens. County of Laurens, and State afore said. during the legal hours of sale, on the terms sjiecified below, the fol lowing dc.'criheil real estate, to wit: .All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land together with dwelling house and otlwr improvemehl.s theri^- on. lying, situate and being in the Town of Clintiin, County of I-aurens. .State of South Caridina, containing a Tract Ton of ah acre, oiiuhded as fot- low.s: on the north by lands of Mrs. Mary F. Nash, ninety-three CJ.'l) fee\ thereon; on the south by West Mam street, seventy-eight <TH) feet there on; on the \ve>t iiy Burns street, two hundred <2<)<)) feit thereoni and i»n the east by 1 C Wilson, one hundred ninety-four and seven-tenths illM.T) feet * hereon; the saol—kH ■'*e+ng the identical lot conveyed to me l Fre«i Burnett ) by Clinton Building and I.«>an Association by deed dated the 2^'th day of Maich. l'.*2s. and recorded in ’he office of t h«- • lei k of Ceiirt. I.au- rerr.s County, in Deed Book 4'.‘. page 1-!.■». ’ r Te m'' of Sale: Cash The succe>-ful bidder xvill he lequiied to de|KX.-il at i»nc“v. vx ilh^ ine tb,y„-"Jim of three i jK'r c mtum of thr amount of the m'-rt- gage indehte^hes.- of the defendant a- fixed 111 the decree herein immediately upon the properly being knocked dow n to him.'said di posit to be in cash, .said .sum to be applied on the bid should there he compliance with the samf; but should ther^ he a failure to coni, ply then it .shall be iorfeiled to the plaintiff and the premises resold on the next convenient sales day there- largest business enterprises. It is ex- |H*ct|ed to be an effective measure to keep men at work and get payroll money into circulation. (•lavis Comes Hack Strange things happen in politics, hut it i;^ m.t often that the turn of the whe^l brings to the top again a “forg<itten man” like louis R. Glavis. who has just ibei*n restored to his old status in the civil service by Secre tary I ekes. "This seems quite in line with p<»etic ju-'tjee, for it was Glavis. as much as anvone else,’ who touch**d off the f'le- works that destroyed the Taft admin istration and made the'election of a Ik'niiKTrat possible in lt)12. Glavis, an employee of the interior dei»artment. charged the secretary of the interior in Taft’s cabinet. Mr. Hal*, linger^ icilh permi.tUnjt_his_west coast friends to take up valuable .Alaska timber lands through “dummy” home steaders. He made such a fuss alnnit -5t that- Giffoxd Finchot. now; goyernor of Pennsylvania and then head of the United State forest service, looked into It and joined the hue and cry against Hallinger. “ They enlisted Ixiuis D. Brandeis as attorney; now .Justice Brandeis of the U. S. Supreme court. President Taft disnii.sM'd both Pinchot and Glavis from the fe«leral service but Secretary On The Dotted We, the undersigned concerns of this city, take pleasure in notifying our customers and friends that we have signed the President’s Re-employment A^eement—and that we are giving our whole-hearted co-qperation to this great movement. 4^ We’re doing oig* part. Will you do yours? Ballinger resigned under fire and the **pr<*gressive” element of the Republi can party started the movement which split the parly and let W’o^dmw Wil son stop into the White House. So it seems only fair to gootl DenuH'rats to restore Glavis. although a Republican, according to hi.s old staus under the civil .service. Uich''erg a Urusader WE ARE PROUD TO PLACE IN OUR WINDOWS AND IN OUR ADVERTISING THE NRA SYMBOL. - _1 '.A hot her man in. the "ho is getting a great limelight has not always been a adminis'trhlioh of the^- IVnn*- crat; indeed, there aie^ some who say that iKmald R. Kichbeig, attorney for (General John-son’s” national relief ad ministration. isn’t much of a I>emo- crat now. B<»rn in Tenne.s.see. where Secrel*ry of Slate Uordell Hujl and .Ambassador-at-I.4irge Norman Davis also hail from, he practiced law in lifter upon the .same terms and at such bidder’s ri.sk. “played around” with the Republican Purchaser to pay for sUmps. paper* ‘urgents, Theodore Roo^velt’s Bull and recording. Moose party and the I.4irollette Pro- THOS. W BENNFTT gressives. His clients have frequently Clfrk of ('ourt of liurJns unions apd-idmilar organi- . County, S. C. Dated this 14th day of .Augu^^r, 11*33. 8-3l-3tc-o. - Everything In FLOWERS Clintcm Floww ^op Member F. T. D. Phone 33 WHAT. DO ~ ^ ' P. S. .leanesx. DO? zations. He led the fight of the city of ('hicago against the InsuII electric power organization and won it, wa< the author of the railway labor law ‘wnd drafte«i the labor provisions of the Industrial Recovery act. Mr. Richberg is a crusader. He said , in a speech not long ago that “the long.u}i8cusHed revolution i* actually under way in the United States, a rev- . olution by the pen and voice.” The w“mr j -OB depression seems to Mr. Richber^^ a •holy war. As he puta it, “it is the |•dea of national welfare against the) jidca of unrestrained selfaatking; ihei This Advertisemmt Sponsored By These ^ Members of Clinton’s Roll (d^ Honor The Leaider, Inc. Gilen Chevrolet Go. - n Abram Barbor and luty Shop Spratt Grocery Co. Galloway’s Barber Shop Clinton Lunch - Lydia MHls Store Hotiel Clinton * F. F. Hicks, D. D. S. Anderson’s Garage Calhoun Service Station - 4 • C. W. Anderson ji’**-'! Clinton Mercantile Co. Joanna Mercantile Co. GpIdTille, S. C. WE OO QUR PART % Give The New Deal A Square Deal! / •* * -I / 2*.