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nr''=T|Plpnf|^F3wr7*^ * r / « 1 If You Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE You Don’t Get The News. • ' *••••••♦•<•••••••%•••••••••« f THE CHRONICLE • Strives To Be a Clean News- • • paper. Complete, Newsj, | and Reliable. VOLUME XXXIII CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1933 NUMBER 36 SYNOD NOW IN ITEXASAREA SESSION HERE LAJD WASTE Dr. L. R. Lvnn, of This City, Hurricane Sweeps Rio Grande Elected Moderator. Opening Sermon By Dr. J. M. Wells of 0 Sumter. Sessions Being Held 'At Thornwell Memorial and Delegates Entertained A t Presbyterian College. Valley With Great Force, Kill- ing 12 and Hurting Many. | Cities Lie Prostrate In Path As Aid Is Rushed Survivors. here Tuesday night for tpe fourth con secutive year as the Quests of the Presbyterian college. Tha opening se?- 'k.i Edinburg, Texas, Sept. 5.—Twelve i known dead, more than 50 injured and . , ,„lmany millions of dollars damage was With an enrollment df nearly 200hurricane which ministers and elders, tpe,Presbyterian I, ^ ^ \ * .u Synod of South CVolma eonvenedl '”’? *1' fdr ttie fourth con- populous lower Rio Grande valley. W. R. Marler, engineer of a north bound train on the Missouri Pacific, reported upon his arrival here tonight I from Brow'nsville that the bodies of j three persons had been recovered from the .hurricane area in the lower Rio Grande valley “and there undoubtedly The opening .sermon was; preached least a hundred more. He said the body of one person was found at Brownsville and two others lornwell Me- L. R. Lynn sion was held in the morial church, with Dr presiding. The business sessions are being held daily in this church, while entertaimnenLior the delegates is pro- "^vided on the college campus. by the Rev J. M. Wells, D.D., pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Sumter, and the retiring moderator. | were located at Harlingen. He delivered a timely and able sermon from the text, Nehemiah 6:11, “Sha’l He said hastily-organized rescue crews from the cities (of Brownsville, Such a Man As I Flee?” The sermon i fjarlingen and San Benito had been j in full will be found elsewhere in to-i unable to reach outlying and rural’ day’s paper. {sections to determine accurately the] P’ollowing the opening the synod ; fatalities. 'j w-as officially organized for it, work | confirmed reports of heavy 1 of the session. For moderator, one j three cities, asserting I nomination was made. Dr L. Ross ' all buildinRs except the larue.st: Lynn, president of Thornwell orphan.! stronifest fell before the wind’s 1 age of this city. Dr. Lynn was j attack / ' mouslv elected and immediately es- ’ ' corted to the chair Indefinite and meager reports from ; . General regret was expressed, and, edge of ^e devastated j special T«-8y®r offered for Pre.sident area told, however, of ^dies lying on Jotm'^pSwcen~of-theeoHegei -afld-4h^~® Rev. F. H. Wardlaw, stated clerk, who were absent on account of illness. Following the selection of the new moderator. Rev. J. W. Davis of Kings- tree, and Rev. Frances Mayes of Beaufort, were elected as assistant* to Dr. H. Waddell Pratt, stated clerk. The sessions were continued yester day morning with the usual devotional exercises, followed by a consideration of the docket. The session was given over to the receiving of communica- WELCOME SYNOD VISITORS : We are delighted that you have again chosen C|inton for your meeting place and we hop^ that you- will profit greatly from your stay in our midst. ' All Clinton is very proud of the Presbyterian College and Thornwell OVphanage—two of our outstanding assets. We are pleaded that you are being entertained and holding your sessions on the campuses of these institutions with their nofble records of service. V ' Our homes, our business enterprises and the hearts of Clinton people are thrown wide open to the members of the South Carolina Synod. May your stay here be healthy, happy, helpful days. W'elcome—thrice welcome to Clinton. SMITH OFFERS COnON PLAN NEW SESSION STAm SOON South Carolina Senator Would | Presbyterian College Open.s Next Have Government Take Six j Tuesday With Indication* Million Bales and Pay Nine Cents Pound In New Reduc tion Proposal. ‘ Washington, Sept. 5.—Senator E.‘I). Smith, of South Carolina, today pro posed a new cotton production Vl®^ for the 1934 crop which he contended ! would immediately increase the price | of cotton to 15 cents, stabilize prices next year around 20 cents, and elimi nate the processing lax now imposed on cottqn mills. A newspapermkn, Jack FokTer, made a trip from Brownsville to Me- Alien, eatimated 200 persons were in- , o , o rm. ’ Washington, Sept, 2,—The recovery program radiates r^b” every Kome and store, factory and mine, and forest, and literally into every field where for the next two years production was planned. This week it reached out to cover every ship that flies t|he Star* and Stripes with the submission of a code by the American steamship lines. As the President tojd his neighbors at his New York farm, “Recovery can not be applied to one industry or one section. The national government must think and act in national terms.” Delays in starting work immediate- m of Florence, pre.siding. This was I inipos.sible. In his survey, however, he j ly on numerous local public works pro Slowed by a special consecration, j said he found only a few seriously jn-1 jects throughout the country hav< “The ruin is almost impossible of description,” he said. “Small house* have been smashed to kindling wood in the three cities Which apparently bore the brunt of the storm. Browns ville, Harlingen and San Benito. Fronts of* brick buildings have been battered to piece.*. Debris is every- tions and reports of standing commit- where.” tees. At eleven o’clock the Sacrament of the Ijord’s Supper wa.* adminis RECOVERY PROGRAMAFFECTING EVERY INDIVHMJAt flf AMERICA The estimate of injured was only tentative, he .said, since crippled com- tered, with Dr. Alexander Sprunt of ^ munication and the littered streets Charleston, and Dr. H. Tucker Gra- i made an accurate check immediately ham of Florence, pre.siding. This was I inipos.sible. In his survey, however, he followed by a special consecration, j said he found only a few seriously jn-j jects throughout the country have confession and prayer service, after I jured, most persons having been i been due to failure of regional govern- w'hich synod recessed. {struck by small particles of flying; inents to comply promptly with the In the afternoon thy reports of com-i glass and wood. / provisions of the federal .law, for mittees were continued and Rev. S. J.j entered one hospital ip iMercedes 1 which many sessions of state legisla- L. Crouch \'yis heard in the interest of yj, fmm Brownsville,” | lures were called. Projects for the fed- the Pre.^byterian church at Clemson j small hoy was being ieral government alone are going for- college. A report on the work of the; yp f^r a broken leg. Treat-: ward very rapidly, resulting in tens Thornwell orphanage by the chairman I was being given a girl. The ho.s- of thousands being put to work daily, j take care of increased expense, of the executive cormnittee was j pjtal authorities said they had treateel i and scopes of approved regumal jobs, Following the success of the initial presented for synod’s consideration. large numlier for minor injuries. ifor which there is availalile instantly cotton reduction campaign, filans arc the federal government’s advance of being rushed to reduce the existing .30 per cent to cover,cost of materials, oyersupply of that and other crop.s to The senior South Carolina senator’s dents of the Y M C Cointin* To 300 Students. Special Projt^ram For Fresh men Arranged. Only One Fac ulty Change For Year. \ -lay Sept IWh r ,^pt. lith. when —noer wiP Sp a colle„ the / roy hpnngs gymnasium. Welcomt 1- droz,e.,,„ the b"h from President Me.S«,,.n the n i dents of the Y M y- a i ^ body, and Coae'he^ W A T iu»vf ii- L dohnson and U S. McMiOian. This will be followed by__a sw™ the pool for the new ri.IT"’!I^''‘'f?' at 8:30 the Orst devotional exereises for the introduction of the faculty and psv" l«o oclock the freshman curriculum will he presented hy Dean M. W Brown. At 7:30 in the evening a wef come service will he held in the col- leye chapel with addresses l,v repre- senlatives from the R„,„ry. Kiwanis and the <,hamt)er of fommeree. The .. ...V ...s [iTj.Tr r? a heart, bale.s of cotton the government would ® President .Mc.Sween. proposal is an amplification of his original cotton plan which has already been used by the department of agri culture. Senator Smith now proposes that the federal government step in and take over from the farmers one- half of their 1933 crop estimated at 12,000,00t) bales. The government would advance the farmer nine cents a pound and allocate to him the num ber of bales by which he would con tract to reduce his production next year. With next year’s crop only about 6,000,090 bales, Smith said prices would be around 20 cents a pound. Then the cotton would be sold and the farmer paid the difference between nine cents and the market price. Smith addd: “If the farmer has 10 that the campaign will be highly suc cessful. Many large towns and hum dred* of villages in all part* of the country signed up 100 per cent during the first three days. In sections of New York, New England, Iowa, Texas, Oregon, Michigan, Colorado, Missouri, and Georgia, every family id entire city blocks signed. In 80 small towns the people went to central point.* and qualified for the Blue Eagle without waiting for the canva.s.sers to vi.*it them. Returning by jilane from a qall by the Pre.sident at Hyde Park, iJe.s.*e Jones, chairman of the Reconstruction Finance corporation, began conferenc es ijumediately to set up a medium for granting prompt temporary credit for deserving firms which have com mitted themselves to the reemploy ment program. The purpose is to tide them over until their sales jirices can The devotional exercises Thursday rmirnmg will he attemled by the pas tors of the erty who will bring cordial "■reetmgg to the young men from Clin- -n choree.*. The remainder of the * . IDven over to coufereTices perUm.ng to the year’s work with members of the faculty, and added rt creational features. . On Satui^ay evenfng at at the presidenpH home, the Y. M. C. • and College Dames will give a re- ception in honor of the new students. Sunday morning the students will he welcomed in the city churches, follow- in fh« * T*^'**] Y. M.-C. A. meeting >n the evening in the college chapel. Indications point to one of the larg- PHt freshman clas.ses in the institu- rge In the eveninir at eisrht o'flwk a foieipn mission hour was «;„f ,he injured and i'w d ad, if any, special order with addresses by Dr u"”? ■ ■ ‘ town-', where the house.s are N^hville’Tenn. - substantial coPstruction. It The work of synod will rontinue thus moaninx as .se up on e wor inj? ^.|j were hurt or docket by the steering committee. At; . ten o’clock synod wilt recess to hear; ' “ — an address by Dr. C. E. Burts, exccu-“Brownsville, Kan Beniio and Hai - tive secretary for the Federated, linger apparently were in the center Forces of Prohibition. This will be a -hurricane, which struck in full pledges the first week and re popular meeting to which all interest-1 fo*®® about midnight last night, he . .\RA headejuarters indicate ..A r>nmmnnitv are enr-isaid. “While everyone had been warn-1 _ are being started as local action is taken. ^Mlotments of funds to speed up the movement and create jobs are be ing made at the rate of more than ; $50,000,000 iier day. The objective of the 1,500,000 volun teer workers now bu.sy throughout the United States is to secure the signa-iself under a national code of fair cam- lures of 20,000,000 consumers’ cooper- petition is being .studied, with the code submitted by the fluid'hiilk industry take over five and advance him $225. With half of this year’s crop taken off the market cotton would go to ^15 cents a pound ipid farmer would receive $375 for his remaining five MJes. ~WTtH a sKort Wop iwxt year cotton should be selling for around 20 cent* a pound and the farmer would receive a^ut $250 on th^cotton allo cated to him. Under this plaii the farmer would recrive an average of around $80 a bale for this year’s cot ton crop.” The South Carolina solon said un der his plan the mass of details re quired in an acreage rental program would be unnecessary and the pro cessing tax could be eliminated. The government will be repaid in full and nothing will have to come out of the tion’s hi.*tory, with practically a]| treasury, he declared. Smith said the j rooms in the four dormitories already Recon.struction Finance corporation j assigned. ^Several of the old .student ; could loan the department of agricul- members of the Y. M. (’. A. and stu- lure the money to advanije the farmer dent eounciJ, will arrive Monday *o on the G.OOO.OOO bale.s taken off the assi.st the college authorities in ex market. {tending the “glad hand’’ to the new Senator* Smith said he would pro-1 studen’s and assi.st in ml-ipthg tli m sent his plan to Seendary of Agricul-1 to t heir new environ-.icnt. The upper lure Wallace within the next few (laysjelassmen will report .on Thursday and urge its adoption instead of a land morning and rx'gular class room work leasing program. old and new .students is expected Smith came here yesterday to at-, to begin on Friday as ^eon as the ma- tenil the flue-imred tobacco cOTi'ferene.(» triculation and other details are' cam- and expressed satisfaction oyer theipleti'd. being rushed to reduce the existing plan to he used to help the tobacco! one change is mad(> in the fac ial mer. . jolty for the coming year. I’rof. II' T. The senator reiterated his pU'a for j .Swedenherg of Greenville, who ha.s Inflation and .said President Roosevelt j Ix en aw.ay from th(*, colleger' for the should finance the public works pro- pH.st two years on l(*ave bf ab.senee gram by issuance of currency. will return to the department of Eng- Srnith will return to South (’arolina lish, succeeding W. Grafton, who tonight. • 'now holds a business position in Lmis- l^lle. Ky. During his absence Mr. awedenherg Tias “Been doing post gmd obtain a pi()p(*r balance between pro duction and consumi>tion and restore prices to a fair exchange value. Hear ings on the milk marketing agree ment.! are being held in a dozen states. A national policy to supervise the gov ernment of the dairy industry by it- Missionaries Speak a.* a basis. ed citizens in the community are cor-isam. • »niie everyone dially invited. the storm woul^ by very se-1 Reports of .the various committees I vere, many were unprepared for what of synod were heard ye.sterday and i did happen. ■ will be continued todav as follows: ! “It had been blowing hard all day ’ t the first high wiml was Greenwood Visitors Here Tomorrow Director of TolUinbia Theological‘felt about 11:30 p m. .Suddenly they . of (he Fir.t setninarv became deafening, ^ ly .Sunday school oi the hirst seminaly. i i i u.v,o/i orriv Presbyterian church of (ireenwood. Trustees of Presbyterian college. i8nd we knew the hurricane had arnv irustees oi rresoyienan cuuege. | - J* — VriVinV tumh-1 headed by Supt. Foster McCftslan, will l«cted W. 1. ( rews and the Kev. .lodie • Trustees of Queens-Chicora college. |ed. The sound f f ' ^ive a pantry shower to the Thornwell' A. Martin a.s wet and dry candidaU*.* Report of sUted clerk and treas-Jmg ^ J. A J orphanage on Friday when every for thi.* county in the repeal referen- ur®r. compassed everjt g. .,r. I memher comimr over for the trin will dum to be held in South Carolina On man. -If x-tu .root anA vpaf>h#.d rnnre '^®f’''her coming over for the trip will Committees* 'from the northwest and reached more . u i i 0 (..ommiiA-ees. _ ^ r,-1 n mo 1 „ (bring something for the children of cha^rmfn™-" ‘‘'“u bTew^th^t^ayTnti.^about 2:3«’‘H' i-tUutiou. A. the noon heu^ the On Education, .1. M. We.la, {the college campu.,: The Greenwood Presbyterians are Property. W. G. Query, chairman. [til about 5 a. m. when the wind oe^n among Thornwell’s most dOvoted and On Woman’s Work, J. W. Jackson,! rising again, and soon it was tearing chairman, {away at 100 miles an hour. Historical Commission, F. D. Jones,! The high wind continued until about chairman. 110:30 o’clock this morning, when it be- On Foreign Missions, Fred J. Hay, Igan to recede. This marked the begin- chairman. jning of the end-oi-the storm, although On Assembly’s Home Missions, J. w'ind* continued. M. Wells, chairman. . j “There was rain and water every- On Christian Education and Minis-1 where. It fell in torrent,fS. People tele-! Laurens Selecto Wet And Dry Men juate work at (he University of. North summer has »»/LlllUC*jr been in England diong re.search work at Oxford univ^er.srty. Rev. .and Mrs. .1. G. Dale, mission-j Faculty for Year jarie.s from the As.sociate Reform<‘di Tb(* complete faculty for the i:«33-34 'Presbyterian church to Mexico for j'ession foJJow.s; over thirty years, will speak at the | Presidtmt Dr. ,Iohn MeSween. Vice-President and I’rofessor of I,auren.s, Scfit. 1.—’The Lauren.s county legislative delegation has se lected W. T. f'rews and the Rev. Jodie .morning service of the local A. R. P-1 * church next Sunday, at 11 o’clock. jGrcel. k and Frcnch^Dr. A. K. .'>'pcncer. For the jiast six weeks they havej .Matheniatic.s—F’rof. .\. V, .Martin, been attending and speaking at vari-1 Latin and German Prof. Hothwell ou.s mi.ssionary and Christian life con- (»raham. ferences throughout the North and Canada, and memlKTs of the l(K‘al church feel highly privil(rg(*d that they English .Dr. M. G. Woodworth. Bible and Religion Dr. D. Brimm. J. November 7. Mr. <"ipws has long been an oppon-jare to hear these two missionaries be-; Economics ami .'^ociolotiy -Di*. J. B. ^'visitors will have a picnic dinner on|®>it of prohibition. He is a retired fore they return to their work inj Kennedy. liberal friends and their coming to morrow' is being looked forward to w'ith a grqat deal of interest by the officers and children of the institution. Chaml)er Meets Next Tuesday terial Relief, chairman. (Continued On Page Six) Opening Sermon Before Synod newspaper man. »|Me)tico.‘ The public is cordially invited The Rev. Mr. Martin, pastor of the I to this service. Luca* Avenue Baptist church, is an ■ ardent dry. and has been for years. ! SENIORS NAME OFFICERS j The eleventh grade .of the Clinton 'high school was organized yasterday Thornwell Gets ASIV*17 I with the •election of the following of- ! Fergu.son, president; Jack Wither- Bequests of $2,000 to the Church j j,poon, vice-president; Nancy Young, Home orphanage of York, and $2,000 secretary-treasurer. to the Thornwell orphanage of this city, are provided for in the will of phoned to the office all during the j storm, saying rain was ( The September meeting of the | George H.'0’U‘arv, retired N>w York thr(>ugh the roofs, and s®"'.® Chamber of Commerce will be held I business man. who died last Sunday.: The opening .sermon before the Synod of South Carolina was delivered Tuesday night in the Thornwell Memorial church of this city by the Rev. John M. Wells, D.D., pastor *6f the First Presbyterian church of Sumter, and the retiring moderator of the synod. The sermon wrill be foimd on roofs were about to be carried away. Property damage w'as tremendous. The loss to citrus growers was esti- ! mated unofficially at more than '$3,000,000. Only the most substantial buildings wete standing in Brownsville as the. gale blew Iwser structures away like chaff. next Tuesday evening at 7:30 at the Mary Musgrove Tea Room. Pre.*ident E. D. Craig is urging a full attend ance at this first meeting of the fall season. FIRST NEW BALE Mr. O'ljcary had been interested in} orphanage work for many years and I had,made .several contributions during| hi* life to the institution here. ’Thej money willed fh6 two orphanages isj to be paid over to tjj^m#ither during j the lifetime of his widow or w&et her death, the time being left to' her dis- Municipal water and light plants I Thefirstbaleofnewcottonsoldohi®*^^'®"- were put out of commission, telephone I the local market was furnished by Ryan Lawson on Aug. 25th, and wa* (J and telegraph lines were batted to the ground and highways were torn up. J. F. Reed, assistant director of the Texas rehabilitation and relief com mission, announced that Harry Hop- ina, federal relief direptor, had destitute. ginned by the Clinton Milling com pany. It weighed 503 pounds, graded low middling, and’wa* bought by the Clinton Cotton Mill* fot cents. The t •jiindled by W. the People* Bonded warehouse. GOES TO IRMO A‘ -v' Prof, and Mrs. A. C. Daniel left the past week for Irmo where Prof. Dan iel is Ruperintcnrlent of the schooUforl the coming year. Their son, A. C./Dan- 1 ^ iel, Jr., will return here next week toj Sft^yTirwSytiffifir-eoHe^ "a""iBeiM«t ber of the freshman class. ' \' Going Away To College or To Teach? If you want the Clinton news -have THE CHRO.NICLE-fol low you. Its weekly visits will be “like a letter from horhe.” Special student’s and teacher’s rate of $1.00 for nine months. Li*t your subscription today. The Chronicle Chemistry Prof. H. E. Sturgeon. IVsychology and I’hilosophy — Dr. F. I). Jone.s. , Physics—Prof. Thos. F. Lolhery, Jr. Education—Dr. R. L. Coe. Dean and I’rofessor. of History — Prof. .M. VV. Brown. Biology—Dr. John H. Davis. Engli.sh- -Prof. H. T. Swedenborg. French Dr. S. M. Huntley, i Physical Director—Walter A. John- I son. ' .Assistant Physical Director—Lonn'e- jS. Mc.Millian. 1 Librarian—Willard L. Jones. ' Military Science .and Tactics—Capt. Robert E. Wysor, U. S. A. As.sistant Profe.ssor of Military Sci ence and. Tactics — Capt. William I- Blanton, U. S. .A. — Asaif?tant in Military Science and 'Factics—Sergeant Sterlin Y’oung. Regi.strar—Mrs. M. W. Brown, Bu.sines.* ManagerJohn Holland Hunter. College Phy.sician — Dr James W. Davis. I Secretary to the President — Miss I Alma Davis. Mrs. J. R. McTeer and daughter re turned to their home in Denmark Fri day after spending several days with J*. . '.C: '