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VOLUME XXXIII
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1933
NUMBER 43i
RETAIL STORES Baptists Hold
CODE SIGNED ' Meeting
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General Pro%'isions of New pact, Association Meets At
Bear Few Changes From. Chestnut Ridjje. Local Mani
Draft Formerly Completed. | Re-elected \ ice-Moderator.
Stores In Small Towns EX'| Laurens, Oct. 19.—.After a two-day
empt. Gees Into Effect Nov. 1. session with| Chestnut Ridge church,
1 i the Laurens Baptist association ad-
Washington, Oct. 23. — The retail journed its 3Tth annual' meeting j
^ode, broadened hv an appendfix to! Wednesday afternoon (with the an-^
cover all drug .stores and bearing pro-*^^e presiding officer
, ^ \ . that next year’s, session would be held
visions ...xemptins establishments in l
small towns, today bore the presiden- le-eleoted are: C. B. Bobo,
tial signature necessary to put it into moderator; S. \V. Sumerel, vice-
opet '.tion a week hence. mo<ieratt r; W. P. Culbertsojh and B. Y.
Signing of the document late last Culbertson, clerks; R. K. Thompson,
night by Pros-ident Roosevelt over- .treasurer.
shadowed all other developments at j .A feature of the morning se*ssion
the headquarters of the industrial ad- was the address on temperance by
mini.stration today. Mrs. E. B. Wallace, Columbia, and at!
Incorporation of the drug provis- the afternoon session Dr. C. E. Burts,
ions in the general retail code elimi- head of the F’ederated F’brces for Pro-
nate^‘the ne'ci^tsSity for a separate-biVitlon, s}H>ke fr> minutes against the!
compact for druggists. i repeal of the ISth amendment. The
The exemption of employers of five Rev. ,1. .A. Martin, anti-repeal candi-
persons or less in towns of less tivan date in the November 7 election for !
2.0OO was provided in an executive Laurens county, followed Di^. Burts
order issued by the president. It ap- with a brief aildress.
plied to signers of the presidential Connie Maxwell orphanage was rep-
reemployment agreement as well as to, re'^ented by Sam Smith, assistant to
the code, allowing the release of those Dr. .A. T. damison, who gave a report
employers in such towns who do not and discussetl the activities of the in-,
desire to continijie . to observe the stitution at Greenwood,
agreement. .At the first day’s session, a moving
Red Cross Poster of 1933
Appeals for Help, for Needy
Promising Lad
Killed In Wreck
-Another section of the executive
order instructed the industrial ad
ministrator to set up'adeijuate organi-
addtess on the subject.of education i
was ma<le before the association by:
Dr. J. Dean ('rain, Greenville, who
xations to han«lle complains against'came as the repre.sentalive from Fur-
retail price increases. —- ! man university, and Greenville
The drug provisions of the retail ^ Woman’s college, taking the place of
code were stripped of the highly ron- the president of these in.stitutionK,j
Iroverted provision by which drug; R. E. Geer, who had another appoint;',
gists sought to provide that trade- ment fur the day. Dr. W. M. White-
marked drug and toilet articles who.se side, superintendent of the Baptist
retail price is fixeii l)y\he manufac* hospital. Columbia; Miss Vonnie K.
should-nuL^he solil Al a greater Columhia. secretary of state !
discount than 21 per cent of the fixed * Women’s Missionary union, and the;
price. ' _ Rev. R. F. Terrell, reiiresenting Tfiej
This eliminated a provision that Bapti.st Courier, Greenville, also were |
had been vigorously fought by |he heard in the discussion of the causes
consumers’ i“epresentatives at the they represented.
NRA. The drug retailers were given To the reports on missions, the Rev.
a separate trade authority for cqde:H. J. Snider of Poplar .Springs spoke
administration. 'on home missions; the Rev. John H.
In its general provision.s the retail Washington, Laurens, discussed state
compact bore' few changes from the mission activities; the Rev. NN. D.
drafrc6mpl<*l‘*<F'^<'inP jSptnx, also of I^aurens, foreign mis-
Provi.sions for banning prison labor sionaiy work. ^
goods were suspended for 90 days to - The convention was opened with
peimit formulation of a code or com- devotional exercises, led by Dr. A. B.
pact among the states having iienaL Langston, pastor of the host church,
factories to insure thtir goods
,T. L. Cooper, Jr., Dies From In
juries Received Sunday When
Car Turns OveF.
T. L. (’ooper, Jr., Ifi yoLr old .son |
jof Mr. and Mrs. T. Ij, Cooper of this!
|city, died Sunday night at eight 1
R. F. C. BEGINS
GOLD BUYING
First Purchase At Fixed Price
Hoped To Achieve Monetary
Control and Hi;, her Prices As
Envisaged By President. /
Washington, Oct. 2L The
o’clock at the Hays hospital as a re-1 struction corporation will make
; suit of injuries received a few hours jfir„t purcha.se of gold at a fixed
I earlier in an aulomohile accident oni* , . ,,
iMu.sgrove stivet in iront of the resi-i
dence of B. F. Copeland. economic, mechari -i
The funeral services were held fromi^ re .eident Roosevelt hopes
'the home Monday afternoon at 3;;u) currency and higher prices,
and condui'ted by his pastor, the Rev
Recon
its
price
in motion
by which
to achieve
Edward Long, of the First Baptist
church. The interment was in Rose-
mont cemetery. Hundred.s of friends,
I both young and old, gathereel at the
■ home to.* pay a last tribute to the
young man and the unusually large
Jesse Jpne.s, chairman of the cor-
horation, and Henry .'Horgenthau, Jr.,
acting as spoke*sman for President
Reio.sevelt, will call at the trea.sury at
IL.IO and with Acting Se'cretary Ache-
son eleciele how much of the newly
mined me'tai is tei he* bought and what
number of floral tokens attested the'
genuine anel widespre*ad love in which' Through
he was hcTd by alFwhe) knew him.
he paid for
the regular
it. -V
^ tV.cilities of
the* treasury and fe'doral re.scive sy.s-
Shortly after five o’clock Sunday I •'"I'PpI’ed with gold
aflerneion young Cooper and several ‘li'etalior.s from London. Paris and
beiy companions wore coming up rore'ign centers. 'IVo price they
Mu.sgrove stre'ct in an aiitomeihile | higher
driven by Romulus McDaniel when the foreign figures. Th**y p'(;Tm-
fatal accident occurred. In an effort!announcement by l o oVlopk.
lo pass a parked and approaching j ^'' dh President Roo^^t-vi !' continu'd
I car, the machine in which the boys j <‘X( cuti' e mansum by a cold,
were riding began skidding on the |. < d e
wet pavement, ran into the embank-jtoday niaking prepai/atiun.s for
ment and completely turned over, transaction. .Nunieri'u. fie'a'ils had
Young (’ooper was pinned under the.^“ J^rranged and a <>-‘0111 d'visf'd
car, his chest being crushed as well 1 assaying, delivering .' id irg
as other injuries. Aid was instantly | tho rm*tal.
given and the injured lad rushed to, These officials, neverihvl-
found
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Smith Urges
Loans On Options
Laurens t]!ounty
i Crop Yield Big
he
aft<‘r which the \ssoeiational sermon
was jireacheii by the Rev. W. A. Ste
venson, Greemillo, l>astor of the
Princeton church in I.aurens county.
Practically all the churches in the
a.-socialion we i t* rei>re.senteil the fi|st
day, and ilelegules and visitors were
a welcome greeting l>y John
rnanufacttireii and sedd on a fair com
petitive basis with the products of
free labor.
Likewise, provisions to do away
with company .''tore cn'dit and u.'c ol
non-negotiahle company scrip at retail
establishments were suspended until
next March 1 to permit a commiUee
to^ inWstigate and make recommenda-
-Vions on the company store project, pastor of Durbin church. \
This .sectiop would become effective
upon approval by the president. „ lOQO
A new change was made in estah-i | ftXCS rOl*
lishing» wage differentials for the ^
Southern states. Where formerly a; |q LiOWCi
flat one dollar reiiuction in minimum,
wages was provided this was limiteil
under the ctale
mor ethan 2.'»,0(I0
ones an increa^^e of not less than 20
per cent would be required, provided,
it shall not require a raise to .above,
$10 or payment or less than $9 a week *
except for juniors and apprentices
Senator Wants Ten Gent
• Extended To Those
Plowed Up Cotton.
PIaniWeevils Hurt Cotton But (,’orn,
Whoj Hay, Potato and Other Crops
I Are Excellent.
Th<>
Gohimhia, Oct. 24. — Senator E. D.j Ijjurens.b Oct. 21.
Smith, of South Carolina, in a tele-' a^^|.nt’s office at Laurens has received
gram to President Roosevelt, tonight i,r,30 cheeks so far for farmers who
proposed the government 10 cents a ’ plowed up cotton hack in the .summer
pound loan progjam »»e extended to under the government crop reduction
of clieeks covers a
thus far received
given a welcome greeimg •'''■■■•^cotton held on option by farmers who'piuu. This numliei
D. W. Watts. The response was by the plowed up a pai t of then- crop hist j total of .'R101 ,K0()
Rev, John H. Mitchell, (iieenyilh, .summer., 'here. The total contract agreements |
! The chairman of the senate agi'icul-.call for $180,000. I
plural committee telegraphe(,l the nrwi-! In connection with this statement'
j dent‘that this would he “simple jus-; by G. B. ('annon, county agent, he {
ticC to farmers Who “so loyally re- said it was gratifying to note that
I rvi * isponded’’ to the 1933 reduction move-! many farmers are now engaged in
ment &^d w’ould put “between $40,- sowing oats and other grain crops,
0fM),000 iind $50,000,000 in circulation But there are some who are waiting
on the completion^ of government
plans on the propo.sed acreage reduc
tion for next year before going ahead
with arrangements for the . coming
^ear, as to tenantry and other “share
cropping plans. However, .Mr, (’annon
the hospital where he lived only a few : to» scan reports of secoml day
hours. 'The other occupants in the car ^ reactions to thi* President’s
esca{H'd without injury. j pl^Li> announced in his address of Sun-
Young (’ooper was a member of the.^^^y night. They wi'ie plca.'ed to note
(’Iinton high school graduating class I upward trend in wheat which car-
in May past where he was very popu-1 (piotations to the highest point of
,lar, l)oth with students and teachers.: the current movement, even-though"
^He was an ouTstandThg athle^S an of-was latt'i* t^mstnl by imtfit
of -hift class, .n-nJ..i..nLt.ri‘d-u/haW! ikkiruT.,. A McadE/ cotton nmik^e^t
heartedly into the varied activities of brought encouragement,
the school. ' The dollar slid downward, hut this
All who knew L. T., as he wa.s pop- brought no expres.sions of concern. In^
ularly known, admired him as a prorti-1 f^ct, it has been intimated that one ^
ising lad of fine, clean habits, pos- aim of Mr. Roosevelt’s currency pro-
isessing a pleasing personality, high Kram was tn encourage such a trend
Uense of honor, and many admirable as a means of helping domestic prices.
traiLs of character. His tragic and un-I The stock exchange after puzzling
I expected death coming just on the | for two days over the effect of the
throiihold of life, brought .sorrow to'Roosevelt plan on t hi- general ec«—
old and young alike, and a very deepjnomic structure decided late in the
.'Sympathy from the community goesjday that the move was inflationary
out to the parents and memhiTS of .in nature and a strong rally ensued,
the family in their heavy bereave-'As yesterday, gold stocks were par
ing, nt, jticularly buoyant.
' The decea.sed is survived by his j As with virtually alLpf Mr. Roose-
county j father and mother, IWr. and .Mrs. T. L., veil’s recovery projec!<, the ju ime
Gooper, by two sisters, Mrs, Mike purpose of the gold-li ying plan was
Caskey of Seneca, and Mrs. E. E., to increase the prices of llie things
Ashnion* of Charlotte; five brothers; the farmer and inaniif u to; e; prouacc
C. W., 1.. 1., T. R., U VV., and T. B.ito a level that woiiM g-ve them a
Gooper, all of this city.
Presbyteries Plan
Conference Here
led this was hmited ^ hands of those who sorely need
to communities of County Auditor s Annual Report , „ \ -t—^
and ^hOY^S Le\ies To Be About; ^ v.0Jld, the senator said, put the
$156,000 Less Than 1932.
I holders‘of option cotton on parity
— iwith the government lO-cerit loan pro-
- I.aurens. Oct, '^21.—Property of all gram, have a“marvelous effect on the
kinds assessed for taxation in I.au-; m(»rale of cotton farhiers’’ and “be a
, ■ . , ... f rens county for the year 1933, includ-1 wonderful stimulant to general husi-
Thfso hav<. an «a,l,t...nal re.luct.on of ^ .Ic|„..ss.”
one dollar a week.
The hours of labor and store oper
ation were left as before, giving each j
establishment the choice of three
crea.se of about a ijuarter of a
mil- .Senator Smith’s telegram, a copy of
1932 which was sent al.so to Secretary of
lion dollars from the total of
and the amount to be collected shows Agriculture Wallace, follows
F(.'reij;n Mission ProKnun To Be
Presented At First Presbyte
rian (’hurch On Nov. 2nd.
A foreign mi.Hsion conference for
the churches in South ('arolina, En-
profit and thereby mcivase busine.ss
activity and. consetpi.'nt iy. employ
ment.
Gold, it was pointed out, was .still
the basis of commodity pr.ces de.spite
that they were mea.sured in dollars
and that, since the almndonment ^f
the gold standard,- dollar.^ could no
longer he exchanged for the yellow
metal.
Regardless of these factoi.s, gov-
lernment economi.sts said, the cunen-
cy still had a gold hacking. By arii-
ficially increa.sing the nuinlnT of dol-
hree and Piedmont presbyteric**, wilt l iars represented in. the jN’ice of an
ounce of gold they expect(‘d to intlu
ll* held in the First Presbyterian
expects full instructions on procedure churrh of this city on Thursday, No-U*nce the
with the next few days.
While the cotton crop
syniMl, ari* to be held in other parts
of the state.
IS Hot pan
ning out as well as expected, because
mainly of the havoc wrought by the
boll weevil in many .sections, the coun-
vemher 2nd, Similar conferences cov
ering the other presbyteries in the
H decrease of almut $I'r)(>,000, accord<».|. “I thirvk-+t-would 4)o of-in(^JculabUi.,-ty bas prqijuced an J*5y;e!l<!-nL_ oorn^. devotional 'exercises, { were the equiy^alent in value of a cvr
chcdUle.s. The l^Ger jsaj^i^l e_^. ^ ^ ^ abstract completed benefit in our effort to aid you in i^d-jbay, poUto and other crops.
a 48 hour work week and ()3 or more
hours of store operation. The store
staying open 56 to 63 hours may work
its help 44 hours a week or nine a
day and one operating less than 56
hours shall observe an eight hour day,
40 hdur.s a week.
Ol
price
of commodities
.Sind them upwaid a.-i well.
Putting the proposiiion
way, both gold and.
•wheat, might he classm
and
another
foi- instance
as comnuxli-
'The day’s program will begin at 2 |tii*.s. If, theoretically, an ounce of gold
uuj yuLi ifi «(i- (followed by greetings from the host J tain quantity of wheat
farm^roducts,! T’oT^mpte, a faiWiiriTTtiJwn from . chur^,“arnLTiTraddress by Drv 3a7ncKji,er of dolRmr that
nu;n-
.Saturday by .Auditor S. R. Dorroh and vancing the prices
forwarded by him to the comptroller, and particularly cotton, that the farm-Jthe Gray Gourt section‘stated yester-|(). Ri'avis, member of the foreign mis-j were increased, there would be, it was
general with his annual report. jers who so loyally responded to the [■day that he had made enough cornjsion board. j argued, an increase in the number of
s- program of plowing up 25 percent of|and feed stuff to last him tWo years.' A pastors’ executive session will heljjoHars that parti'-ular ijuantity of
He operates a small sized two-horse 1 held from 3 to 5 p. m., w’ith the dis- j wheat wi>uld command in ;hi^market.',
farm, he said, and had made this yearicussion led by Dr. G. Darby Fulton, of While dis.senting views have lieen
11 bales of cotton on the land that he I Nashville, Tenn, At the same hour a' (.xpre.ssed," .Mr. Roosevelt and,.ad-
The total amrtunt of properly as
sessed for taxation for the year their growing crop and who took the
amounts to $8,797,2:10, as compared fotP'i option should lx* allowed now
a pound on the option^cotton.
The houL's worked by any employe ''I ‘‘i hij, would put them on a parity jdid not plow up. In other sections the daymen’s conference and open forum visors, however, evidence I belief tha:
not to ex- collected, including state, county and] with a program that you have en-
'teed onl hour Am* rest periml given school district, amounts U' $37^957 I dorsed for advancing 10 cents a pound
tr addUion might not L deducUd for 1M3 as compared witi, $529,012; to those who arc willing to .accept the
from working time. Bn.ploye.s may fo.^ 1932, representing a
work an extra hour one day each $l;9..0oo, , . , , that the government would advance,
week but this-must be w.thm the al- The tax mcome for school pyos-i f ^
■ cent collection, will he about I6S,000 P?**"'' >" "■ '""'“y!
less than last ,vear,.aSc5rding to theOf I'*.'™'' f-Pp**"''-
report, "nte leduction comes about the morale of the cotton'the flhamhcr of Commeree wii
both by the reduction in asses.sed:ui.un tne u. . u m 't i v*
^ enhofil grower who oya ly met the request held on Tuesday evening, .Novc*
consecutive The total amount of 'tax^s 'to he
0
cotton yield has been far less per I will he held with an address hy Dr. ^^he results would be wl.at
plow, though feed and food crops were L. T. Newland, missionary to Korea. ' hoping for.
good. ' t At five o’clock ihiere will be an ad-i
were
lowable wjjekly total.
Adult Teachers
Work
1 idre.ss for pastors and laymen, with'
Trs ' ji'ocess at six o’clock for sufiper. M('-
m O £ lOlO ' lion jiictures will he presented at j
.. “Ladies ’
I The‘ladies of the church have ox-'
AnderM>n Named
As Magistrate
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“This would have a marvelous ef- The “ladies night’’
celeliration
will
of tended a
he members
cordial
of the
•invitation to the
.Men-of-the-(’hiirch
Begin
valuation and. changes in the school
The adult schools to be operated in
the county under the emergency re-
lief administration opened Monday ^
morning.'The teachers approved by
the County R. F. C. bureau have re-
turned trom Columbia where they ^ ^
s|>ent last week pursuing a special
training course and have entered upon
their work.
In Clinton, at the Clinton and Lydia
Cotton, mills, adilit classes are now'
being organized under the direction
of Mrs. Dave Copeland, Mrs. Irene
Pitts and Miss Louise
three teachers were
R. F. C. forces* at Laurens, and ap- . . • .
pointed upon the recommendation of P’^PPy** ‘p ''»p“'-
mbe!''organization, as well as all other men
will Ih* .served for 35c.
Governor Blackwood has appointed
E. Frank Anderson as magistrate of
Scufflctown township, succeeding t*he
, I I f col 0/ the.* gfivernment as well as placing} 14th, at the Mary Musgrove Tea of the congregation, to attend the af-
aw evies.v ncome rom yj/tyG him on a parity with all growers who i Room, it wa.s announced yesterday hy.ternoon and evening program. Supper -* f
ev,es. amount.ng U pt the 10.cent proposition, ThU,;the committ,;e in charge. ^ >-■ - y'"'*'
last Tear will amouht to about $13T,- f M.v;ws.in nf n,Renville.
the 4 mill 6-0-1 levy and the 2 mill i'*'"'^ *" ^\ ^ . *
oun.ja high xchool levy have been $.30,000 000 m the handa of thoae who eepted
The 6-0-1 levy would be a wonderful
amounted la.at year to around $36,000|st''P“IPPt to Koneral buainexx,
and the high .school levy about $18,-
000.
to delivej'j
the principal address. Other features!
of entertainment will al.so be provided
FOOTBALL
THIS WEEK
TO REPRESENT COLLEGE
"This, of course, does not mean a'for the occasion, which i.s always an!
final settlement for the option cotton j outstanding social event of the early I
but is placing it on an exact parity
with the 10-cent proposition.”
I
Mr. Anderson operate.^ a store on
the Musgrove highway in the lower
section of the township and is well
known in the county.
HERE FROM ROCK HILL
i Senator Smith said farmers held
options on a little more than 2,600,000
THURSDAY
Garoline vs Citadel at Orangeburg.
SATURDAY
Members of the Bible class of the
First Presbyterian church of Rock
Pre*<byterian vs Wofford at Spar-Tdill were gue.sts Sunday of the Thorn-
CITADEL CADET ILL HERE
tanhurg. iv/ell orphanage. 'The delegation came
pound I J. K. -lackson, a hTlfhnck on the Furman vs Mercer at Greenville. over in time for the morning worship
se Kem. These jy-jHe Saturday to repre.sent Pre.shyte; as a res^ult of last summer’s plow-up ,Citadel fre.‘hman football team, was Carolina vs V. P. I. at Blacksburg, hour, and had dinner with the big
certified by the college at the inauguration exer- campaign. '.stricken Friday night with an attack Va. family at twelve o’clock. After an ia-
~ appendicitis and rushed to the Hays (Vmson vs University of Mississip- spection of the institution and ming-
^ . _ Miss Emmie Pitts ha^ returned-koapjtal for an emergency ojierationi pi at Meridian^ _ / ling for the day with.the children, the
the local board of trustees of Hunter, newly elected head of turman uni- f^om Seneca where\8he/y^as the guest, Reports state that he is doing as well, Newberry v.s Rollins at Newberry, [visitors returned late jn thp after-^
school district No. 5. \ , iversity. lof Miss Louise Humb^. jas could be expected. 1 Erskine vs Oglethorpe at Atlanta, noon to-their Jiome. ,
Dr. John MeSween will go to Green-, cotton at .sii cents
»y to repre.sent Pr
college
man
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