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i 4 t I 4 -'.r J», \/ ■/ ^ / . 7 t : : If You Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE You Don’t Get . The News. ®he (Ultnlnn VOLUME XXXIII CLINTON, S. C., THUllSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1933 r) ••••••••••••Mi < 5 THE CHRONICLE • Strives To Be a Clean Newa- paper, Complete^ Newsj, and Reliable. NUMBER 39 RUSH COTTON LOAN PLAN! 11 j W4 1. r> 'Credit Expansion Given Ehnph^- Conference Called With Co-op- . ^ j • *• rkoi • 1 D At White House.,Funds In erative Officials By W^hing- j u i rr o n i j • v^iT i. m ^ ... Closed Banks To Be Released, ton In Effort To Prepare the, Program As Quickly As Pos-j Washinfrion, Sept. 24. — President DIGEST OF COTTON CONTROL Begin Survey PROGRAM FOR ’34 ANNOUNCED! Size Of Surplus County Production Control Asso-h ^f-^) The producer, through the ciations To Be Established In^ounty associatipn, shall enter into the Several States. To Allocate! contract with the secretary of agricul- Acreage To Be Planted. ture agreeing to rent land proposed to be left out of cotton production. It shall be made clear that the secretary- of agriculture may prescribe uses for acreage rented and limit or restrict crops to be produced thereon. “(5) Each producer shall file writ- county cotton production control!^®” application for membership in It was emphasized both by the Pres-' associations. i county association and an offer to en- justment Administration, plans a con-j jdent and the conferees that “no newj “(2) Determine the amount of acre- acreage restriction contract, ference tomorrow with cotton factors moves” other than reinforcing the na- age to be planted to cotton in 1934. such membership shall have Relief and Farm Groups Work On Problem. Over-Supply To Be Given To Poor. 'sible. Option Release Oct. 15. iRoosevelt and government financial' Washington, Sept. 22.—Here is the I leaders mapped out their program j digest of the 1934 cotton control plan Washington, Sept. 26.—In an effort ^or credit expansion tonight in a issued Saturday by the Farm .\djust- to prepare the cotton loaru-plan as'ment administration: quickly.as possible, Oscar Johnson, <i-'banks'-^'^ ° establishment nance administrator of the Farm Ad- Washington, Sept. 25. — Surveys to determine the exact extent of the sur plus problem as it affects current farm products that can be absorbed by distribution to the needy were qn- CONVICTS IN PRISON RIOT Ten Desperadoes Shoot Down Guard and Make E.scape From • Penitentiary. Long Plotted Plan To Flee Perfectly Car ried Through. and cooperative officials. It wa.s understood that American Cct*on Cooperative association, offi- tipn’s credit structure were in contem-IThat amount should be approximately granted and offer accepted, pro- plation.i ! 25 million acres, approximately GO per j" have agreed to abide by This was accepted generally as defi-Jcent of the five-year average. The sec- regulations promulgated. Michigan City, Ind.. Sept. 26.—Ten desperadoes shot down a guard, kid- dertiken today in the roganization ofjnaped a sheriff and motori.st, menaced 'President RooseVelt’s double-edged|two prison officials with death, and program to cut surplus by aiding the ,e.scaped today from the Indiana stat» hungry. penitentiary. Harry Hopkins, director of the relief now lying idle in bank bills andfunds termination shall be proclaimed with reference to acre- loeked up in closed bahks. " ' IWfiire januaif'l, 1934. reduction and for crop production nitely eliminating at this time any in-iretary of agriculture shall have the I shall be granted for pe- ciais had under consideration a planjflation of the currency. It means the!right to increase the acreage which years, 1934 and 1935, the to lend the farmer 10 cents a pound j government is going to use every may be planted if circumstances ap-1 aCT'ceing to comply with any on his cotton pending the time the power to put into circulation m.(}pey|pear to justify such actioijj. That de-; •’^‘1^’irements made by the secretary government could begin making loans. - * - ... .,r :.i. The cooperative lending may also con tinue, if decided upon, as a supple ment to the federal loans. Johnson said today it w'a.s impera tive that actual lending on cotton held by the producers begin as soon as pos sible. A native Missis.sippian, Johnson said he realized that many farmers could not continue to hold their staple indefinitely unless govrenment aid was forthcoming. Representative Wilson, Democrat, organization, said “we can use a lot,” in announcing his office was attempt ing to ascertain accurately the poten tial consumption of unemployed and others on relief rolls. . ’' Farm administrators, meanwhile sought to establish what surpluses of locked up in closed bahks. Mr. Roosevel^ was primarily inter ested tonight in coordinating all of amongst cotton producing states on the government financial agencies to-the basis of a ratable proportion of- the five-year average. The county as sociation shall allocate to each farm assure full support to agriculture and bu.sine.ss in his price lifting re9b\’ei^' program. - William H. VV'oodin, secretary of the treasury, headed the group which met for almost three hours with the Presi dent. 'The Wfiire January “.\llocate the acreage to be planted year. Regulations for 1936 shall not "require the procruoer to re- ! strict acreage in excess of 25 per cent of the /Ive year average planted to cotton as set forth in his applicatio^n. Comi)ensation for 1935 shall be on same basis as 1934. “(6) The average annual domestic consumption of cotton for the five- farm pibducts irew : ^ T^: agencies led to the definite conclu sion that Mr. Roo.sevelt is going to tor had informed him the 10-cent loan would be made on the basis of seven- eighths inch middling cotton and that slightly lower loans would be made on cotton below that grade and staple j take quick action on the closed banks, length. Wilson said it was his under-1 He wants the four or five billion standing no loans higher than 10 cents | dollars now locked up in these in?ti- would be made regardless of the cot- it.s portion bf the acreage to be plant ed by the optuatoi' on basis of five- year average. If land has not been planted to cotton continuously, adja- ^ cent or land of similar character shall period ending July 31, 1933, was be used to determine basis for rental; ^PP’’^^**^^*^tely 5,065,000 bales. AIlo- |Cate the average to the countie.s of the Reconstruction Finance corpor-i "(3) T'ompensate producer in part state in proportion to five-year ation, the budget, the Deposit Insur-'by paying cash rental and or benefit Iproduction of each county. Successful in what appeared to have been a long plotted break for liberty, the convicts speeded away toward Chicago, .55 miles distant, in two au tomobiles commandeered from the men they abducted. Two of the fugitives were .sentended' for murder and five for bank robbery. presence of .Attorney General Louisiana, said after a"“visit to John-together with the heads of payment and allotment purposes, son that the farm finance administra ance corporation and other financial payments fe” orveage left oMt of cot-allotment committees shall al- ton pioduction. No rental and or ben-1 R'^‘‘^te to individual produc^i^s ratable efit payments shall be paid producers * P<’*tion of county s allocation, !«ich al- in advance of actual planting. ThelRdment being ba.sed on individual’s amount of cash rental or the amount j f've-year average acre production. On ton’s quality. The farm administration ha^ announced that the loans would 'Tarm—pyico- or-- 10- <«nt.s on the cotton in the pos.session of the farmer. Johnson said today he believed the options given farmers on almut 2,400,- tutions to be made available as soon as possible. An early announcement of benefit payments shall be deter mined by the county association si^b- jeet to the approval of the cotton sec- appeareil iu prospect, but just whatttionof the agricultural adjusUmint atl-i him paidty price plus his ratable pro- the President has in mind was care-; ministration and shall be based on a' portion of any suri)lus of funds avail- the allotted baleage, the secretai'y of agriculture shall agree that producer will receive payment tending to give fully withhold tonight. Mr. Roosevelt is believed to hold the opinion that if these billions coupled OOO bales of government owned cotton with the others now lying idle in the would be released about October 15. schedule, which is now being worked inble for the benefit paymehjjs fSAdlt- out^ ‘The per-acre production shall be ling fiom failure of some producei;>^to coopei^ate. In the event .secretaire* of determined by the county association agriculture must pay producer a sum banks can be pnf work there is no'based on the preceding five-year av-j representing the difference between The options were given to farmers j doubt of keeping pace with the price'erage production of the land in ques-1 average farm price and parity price, who participated in the emergencyirising efforts of the industrial andjtion of lands of like character where!rental payments shall be deducted cotton reduction campaign and were agricultural recovery campaigns. not planted to cotton continuously. Ifrom such sums.” Leaving the White House, Woodin and which could be most readily ac quired and distributed. They have yet to determine to what extent the pur- cha.se of surplus products will be as sociated with their production control plan. Major Robert M. Littlejohn, fl.scal expert of the army’s general staff, as sumed direction of the program for the agricultural adjustment adminis tration, which is considering organiza tion of a non-profit organization un der District o^ Columbia laws through which to carry on. Whether this will be necessary will depend on the extent of open market purchases that is decidetl. If the pro gram is coupled with product^Jn con trol there mightbe a limitation of purchases to the products of the farm ers who join in agreements to curtail •production. One plan under consideration calls Tor purchasing surpluses, fruits und dairy products. four were serving maximum sentences of 25 years for robbery or auto ban ditry. They were regarded as the most dangerous men in the prison. The e.scape started in the pri.son shirt factory. Assistant Warden Al bert Evans was summoned to the shop on pretext that he was needed there because of a breakdown in machinery. He was greeted- l)y seven men with pistols and four with clubs. The con victs'disarmed Evans and forced him and 1). H. Stevens, plant superint;‘nd- ent to accompany them. Taking with them a 10-foot steel shaft for use as a battering ram if needed, the 11 prusoners forced Evans and Stevens to accompany them into a ventilating tunnpl running under the prison buildings. There they held a conference. After the “council of war”, each of the despera<l(M*.s picked up a bundle of iBCtuding (shirts and they nrtarrhed up into a ce4l from or-ib)<)ck, at six cents a pound. The farm administration decided to withhold release of the options until all could be turned loese simultaneous- said “everything looks very hopeful.” The law providing for insurance of bank deposits becomes effective Janu- ly, taking the attitude that it would | ary 1. f'eMain requirements must he he unfair to give one farmer permis-imet by banks which are not members sion to sell option cotton while deny-j of the federal re.serve sy.stem to be ing the privilege to others. jeome eligible for this insurance. If the price of cotton remains j There have been rejjorts that some around 10 cents, farmers who took jbank.s in ordei-to obtain this eligibility options on the 2,400,000 bales will are remaining too )i(|uid and not make a profit of about $.50,000,000. granting much needed credit to indus- itiy' anil agriculture. This wa.s gone :into thoioughly tonight, I 'I'he President wants the hanks to do 1h(iir pait. H-* has the |»()\ver t(t issue woum YOU VOTE AGAINST ' THE TEN COMMANDMENTS? • N Dr. Georife B. Cromer, of New berry, Asks Several Pertinent (Questions. 2,750,000 Pounds Pork For State ganizations of producers at less than open market prices. This would be directed at the double aim of relieving the mark^s of the threat of over-supply, thtre bringing supplies closer to active demand, and making use of products which mar kets could not otherwise absorb) and which in ca.ses where producers are organized might ho permittetl to go to waste. Hosemen Drill For Tarheels (From The Newljei^y Observer) •As has been announced, u he pastor of the Lutheran chureh, by vote of his preachin, Hopes Runninj^ High for Lenoir-. Rhyne Game At Hickory Fri day Night. Offense Works Smoothly. new cui rency but }tp|)ai ently he doe- not belie.e it is nft • ar’' -f the banks pinnp out the is now idle. a .vcjies of Ten Coinmand- ererLl wh u he think- Freshman Team Showing Up Well congregation, i.s night s(‘rvices on the ments. Woodrow Wilson laifi down I 1 prin- cijiles for the e’liidance of the nations in the interest of world peace. Th»*y were known as Wilson’s 1 ourteen surplus of Ihi Announce Opening Of Tax Books ' Opening of the tax hOok.s on October Agricultural Administration Al-jlb for the eolleetion •f state, county lots Amount To Needy In announced ! by County '1 rea.surer !h K»»y Siini)son , in this Each guard they encountereil told by the escaping men, "We’re tak ing these shirts out.” Menaced by pi.s- tols concealed Inmeath the bundle.-- of shirts, Evans and Ktevens could not give a warning. Half a dozen iron doors were open ed in that manner and the procession filed through. Finally, they reached a ' guard r(M>m, one wall of whu’h formed part of the main gate f)f the prison. At that point two guaids, (luy Burk- low and Fred Wyllnit'C. <|uestion*d the group. Wellnitz was slugged into un consciousness by jiistol tnRt.-s. Burklow was forced to ojien tlie outer gate, j l,ooking for mom-y and weapons, Ithe convicts entereil the jui-an cUaJv’s Offit-e out.'-’ide-th«* wa'l . (ire of a half !do’/.en clerks in the- ofCce, l-'inley T. .(('arson, beeatne eonfu -d a"'* tailed to drill their men this week in offen sive work in preparation for the tilt Coach Walter Johnson and hi.s as-1 sistant, 11 L. Eichclberger, continueFortv Men Now Hard A1 Work. First (’ontest With WtHi I.enoir,Rhvme to be played I'ri- day night in Hickory, N. C. With the performance against Clemson la.'d .Saturday as an indication the Blue Stockings w'ill d'-e’v more than repeat last y(“Hr’s score, when they bested the Rhyners by nine points. With a - s4ar44Crvg- pa>^>dtig. combi nation—Lbin;in, to Higbe, and the offensive drive of Holick the Hosemen are expected to uncover real strength in their scor ng. positions and f’hacIi'McMiHiaJLid’ophe- The enti)»e P. ('. line .showed how pow- i . . erful they were in the ('lemson game and much is expected from them in this contest. This week Coach Johnson is spend- his time in smoothing out the Points. There is a .story that after Wil son's death his sjiirit met Mri.ses, and Mose.s said to him, “Wilson, you would fin<l it intei-esting if you could go back to earth and see what they are doing I to your Fourteen Points.” Wilson re- i plied, ".Moses you would find it intei' South ('iirolina This F;ill. / Columbia Sept. 21. S'oulb ( arolina has been allotted a minimum of 2.750,- 000 pounils of cured pork to lie dis tributed by relief force- in th»* gov- ernnuml’s movenumt to cut down the eominodity, .Malcolm lief administrator, an- ing rough places in his team that appear ed in the game against the Tigers.; Punting, a noticeably weak point, will j also claim attention but with a little ' polishing the Blue Stocking eleven! will look as one of the .strongest teams in the S. I. Ar. A. Miller, state r< nounced today. (lovernor Blackwood today signed a lequisition ciAering one-foui th of this amount, and Miller said, the initial shipment was exjiected around Oeto her 7. He is now working on details Garofina At (^umhia Get. 13. ; oKiiiig if t.u eaiDi .and j♦4-44,*^ l.y ilie eoualy-^e-. Opfiuntr Home Game Oet. y""*" ten,ii..f ageneie.s. . " i ' ' points.” “This f(iO( With a large number of candidate.-' ^ wonflei’ if, at t he clo.-e of the series reporting for freshman football each .-'ermons, the congregation will he after/ioon, Coach Lonnie McMillian look.s to the coining .-eason with much t^ic Ti n ^ omrnandments, on the fol- not meant places on the team. Theie are seveial 1. They unduly interfere W'iih per- excellent Candidates for the backfield .<onal rights. 2. They unduly encroach upon the .oes a strong line if hi.s material de- «f the local church, velop.s as he expects it to. The men; 3 prohibit, have had two or three hard'SCTimmag- i , viillion.s break them every day, t^s and are rapidly getting into wilfully, for their first game, which comes, - ^ thousands of , , , , , years billion.s* have been spent in the hollowing 1.S the complete •‘schedule: enforcement. surplus that the agricultuia ment administration has made avail- reaiily to vole in favor of the repeal able to the feileral emeigency ridief admini.stration to be given in aildition to Ihj sulistituted- for any food that ^ {already i.s being provided iTy^the re-, lief dollar.” 1;' ' i “The desire of th^ rUi^Tladminis-j tration i.s that this suriilus, 1^ con-1 sumed so as not to depre.-^s the mar- ^ ket price for this product.” Ti in an adverti.scnu'nt el-cwhen F>apcr. The arinouneeiuent shows that the levy for state pul|u>.•^es, including the 3 mill constitutional school levy, ri*- rnains the same as last year at H mills. The levy for all county purposes is'Te- dueed by 11 mills. Tin* total levy for state and county purposes is 25 mills as compared with !IU mills last year. Reductions in .school distiict levies ai'e shown as follows; t -Trinity Ridge, IV-mtlls; Prospect, j ,„ni„bile: — 1 mills; Bai k.ulale-.N'arnie, 1 mill;* \ yhoit distance down tie- hiuliwav, Bethany^ 1 mill; Youngs, 2 mills; I .an- other seven foieetl ihc inu-r of ford, mill.,; I Bethel, 5 miHs; 'an ai7tolm>rrde“carr.ving I Wo ws-meii to I ' I o , , 'Mt. Gallagher, 1 mills; Bethel Grove, b,-ad his eai into a dii« h. fhey rodi- the agricultural luljuHl-1 ^ Pleasant, J mills; ( ros.Sj^wuy with the ilriv. i , leaving the wo- i a choi us of 01 t ..e 'l.ru'e d at ^ him. ) Bullct7 sliuck him . 1 lil.i’! .ihe ■ s ly in the leg and in tin ■Id'i. no j (U'spci adiK's finished 1 a* 1 eo-k'tlg il c 'office, and fled whin th ey heaiti ! ail {alarm sounded iri.-ulc l! !ie pii.-on. j As they fled, tin eneoun red j Sheriff Charles Hill, 0 f G oiyloM, Ind.. • who had brought >eve ral pii '>ner s l(. Ithe pemlentiai y. 'I’hc y o . » rpovM cred • him, look his weapon.-. . a’' 1 forced him j Lo can y four of them aw; iiy in his a it- Hill, I'-.. Goldvilie, 5 mills; O’Dell’s, 3 mills. mills; r. (Minton, f>'At Ren no, 6 iriillk; ; Pchinii. Tlw driv er vva I 'eed lat- rnills Many New Men- Enrolled At P.C. er at nearby Gary. I Rotarians Hear — I Belgian Visitor V ~ Dr. Edouard VVillfirs .Addresses Fourth Distriet Members at I Presbyterian college enrollment yes terday had reached 2X3 for m a* . , , ( t ,,r • Laurens Meetintj. •^veai H work. Of this number 115 are 1 October IT-r-Carolina at Columbia. October 21—Citadel at Clinton. October 28—Clem.son at Clinton. November 9—Newberry at New- I berry. November 10—Wofford at Clinton. Mrs. Sanders Nam^ Cotton Reporter 6. They were imposed upon the peo ple without a referendum. 7. Th.-y,.CAn Atver be enforced. _ san.leir, of the [a,Reel number of eludenta, s^ven near here, ha.s been ^ jjj.g represented in the student freshmen and upper-clussmen from, ,,aurens, .Sept. 23. An inter-city other colleges, which gives the >nsli- m^gting was held here Thur.s- tution the second largest first-year {.jay night with representatives jclass in its history. the [ires- clubs in , 8. The world call* for education anj j moral .suasion, in.stead of arbitrary laws. County Farmers Receiving Ca8hl“"'‘T"...fL'’!l.';f..i'l7.!','■'■“''''"‘*7i7nai''7ar;7e»ented"by“'k,.iH.7t be named as coUon statistician in this county. Mrs. Sanders succeeds R. Stanton Blakely of this city, who has held the position for the past two years. In two w'eeks time the two coaches. roster of freshman candidates,, have done remarkably well. "'together with the towns from which! ball experts in the state were sur- follow.s: prised by Saturdays game and much, p^reeman, Clinton; Miller, Thornwell credit is due to the team an to orphanage; garland, Thornwell; Ox-j coaching staff. ' |gy^ Clinton; Matthews, Winnsboro;! —— jHarvin, Manning; Bulwinkle. Charles-! " ' ' (ton; Poulnot, Charleston; Bird, Colum-j announced Monday ^ fiom ijinnings onow Ibi,. Gamble, Walhalla; Robinson, Fay-1 Couniy Agent C. B. Cannon’s office at I Talmadge, Atlanta;! f^kt 297 cheeks have been re- LaOTge mcrcaoc MeSween, Clinton; Kendall, Florence;, ceived for farmers in this county who ^ iWallace, Chester: Buchan, Mullins;!plowed under cotton in the reduction Washington, Sept. 23. — Cotton of Kapperrnan, Paris Island; Thomp.son, campaign early in the summer. The this year’s crop ginned prior to Sept. Camden; Hutchinson, Point Pleasant, third installment of government 16 was reported today by the census'w. Va.; Harvin, J. R., Columbia; Jor- checks received increased the amount bureau to have totaled 3,100,701 run- dan, Thornwell; Smith, J. B., Clover; covered so far to about $28,000 out,of ning bales, including 84,307 round Collings, Atlanta; Jacobs, J. B., Thorn- ® total of $185,()94 involved in farmer bales counted as half bale.s, and 63 well; Mansfield, St. Petersburg, Fla.; contracts. bales of American-Egyptian. Beeman, Thornwell; Williams, Thorn-{ Of the total amount to be distribdt- To date last year ginnings totaled well; Abbott, Walhalla; Moore, Rock ed to farmers in thi.s county under the either 1932 or 1933 poll tax receipLs 2,645,674 running bales, including 52,- Hill; Dabney, PMorence; Davis, Flor- government plan, $17^4,536 is to be^would satisfy voting rjualification.s for 254 round bales and 325 bales of ence; Smith, P., Anderson; Evan-s, Iva; paid those farmers who accepted the,the repeal referendum November 7. American-Egyptian. (Jacobs, M., KingRtree; McCutcheon, cash payment without the option fea-j Prospecti^ve voters must\ possess Ginnings this year included; North Florence; Plunkett, Conors, Ga.; Shu-1 ture, while $10,568 will go to those:registration certificates dated at least irolina, 68,491; South Carolina, 170,- maker, Charlotte, N. C.; Clark, Union;'who accepted the cash jiayment withjso days ibefore the election and must appointed as cotton census reporter {H3, Georgia 14, for Laurens coijnty, it was announced. Florida 3,‘.Alabama Saturday. Mrs. Sander.s is an active 2, West Virginia 2, Virginia 1. member of the I^uren.s County ('oun-j There are twenty-.six co-eds incluil- cil of Farm Women, and hears the dis-jej the student body, practically all ^nt from practically all While South (’arolina naturally,has {h^. Piedmont section. The feature of the gathering was the address by Dr. of Clinton. Repeal Election Rules. Are Given Columbia, Sept. 20.—Attorney Gen eral John M. Daniel todayi handed down an official opinion holding that Carolina, 48^ FWnee. !3aifiitj:eaid£nce,j:£auk(ua^ P.C. 1933 Grid Schedule September 29 lanoir-Rhyne at Hickory (night gams). Oct..7—Howard at Clinton. Oct. ‘28 Wofford at Clinton. .Nov, 4—The Gitadfel at Char leston. ^ I j Nov. 11—.Newhefty at Clinton. Nov. 17 - Flrskine at Due West. Nov. 25'— (’atawba at Salis bury. by Dr. Edouard Willems, of Brussels, Belgium. “Rotary Inter national” was his theme, with special reference to its organized succe.s.s in I Europe.) The noted educator, lecturer 'and high official in Rotary Intelna- F. {Phillips, Asheville, new governor of {the Fifty-eighth district, after Gover nor Phillips had been introduced by I E. I). Easterhy, president of the Lau- Jrens Rotary club. An entertaining musical prograim 'w^s given during the evening by Mns IL, S. McMillan, Mrs. E. I). East^by, I Mr.s, R. H. Roper and Mrs. F. N. Ken- .nedy in a quartet, the Mis.ses En'iily, j Elizabeth and Nancy Babb, sisters, in 'trio selections with accompaniments I by Mis.s Kathleen Sanders. I The meeting was held; in the com munity hall, which had been suitably (kcorated for the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. Dillard, Miss Nelle Dillard of Spartanburg, and Miw Ada Dillard of Charlotte, tpaa$ ■>a ■M ■ s '^ .4 •'V j'-r..>'1*^