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-L ' WWTTC’ ''^*«'-5i(r^'-' —■^■. ■ I ■■■'"■. A V ^ , ” ■ ('■ ..L,-> ^ ■ { « If You Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE I You Don’t Get The News. —>»♦••••••• •••• *♦•••••••••' VOLUME xxxiir •••••••••<*•••••••% • THE CHRONICLE • Strives To Be a Clean Nens^ t paper. Couple^, Newsy, 2 and Reliable. i CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1933 NUMBER 50 URGE SUPPORT FARM PROGRAM Wallace and Peek Join In Urg ing Farmers To Back Presi dent Roosevelt’s Agriculture Recovery Plan. ^ . Chicago, Dec. 12.—Two disagreeing leaders, in the Roosevelt farm recov ery program, Secretary of Agricul- Wallace and Administrator George N. Peek of the agricultural' adjustment act, united today in urg-j^ ing the American Farm Bureau Fed eration to undeviating support of the president’s plan. They arrived in Chicago on the same train but in separate cars fol lowing an announcement in Washing ton that Peek was through as ad ministrator and would take charge of a movement to increase .American farm exi>orts. Neither had anything to,say about _ thmr dispute (^r policies of the AAA, hut tluy expressecT^\^yTftg o^ThTdh^ of the possible importance of Peek’s mrw jobs They oecupietl the same speakers’ stand during Wallace’s ad dress, the secretary arriving after Peek had finished speaking. ‘The .\.\.\ cannot claim credit for i the recognition of Ru.ssia, hut the re-' opening of that market for our pro ducts .should absorb some of our sur- plu.ses,” Peek said. “The whole (pjestion of further for eign trade will reward, I believe, a careful looking into. There has been .•iet ue an inter-department trade corh- missibn td study the entire question «f p<»s.sible exports and imports; and on that commission agriculture is rep resented.” Said Wallace on the same subject: “A f*uoign purchasing power for our farm products which before^the war j ojHTated automatically, as we paid \ I’-urope our ilebts to her In cotton ftnd wheat and pork products, since the, war has shriveled and almost van- ishiHl. "I hope that no enthusiast will try to pi^suade us now to lend millions of dollars abroad unless and until we are definitely ready to receive foreign goods in payment for the loans as well as for the interest on them.” After he had finished 'speaking and ' ^ || « had posed with Peek and F.dward A. V/OllCff® O’Neal, president of the Farm Bureau j Federation, for photographers, VVal-l lace was asked about the exact na-! ture of his differences with Peek. He! Turn Christni2i8 Street Lights On At 5:45 Friday t’linton will Ik* all Christmas- like Friday night. The streamers on the .square, heavily laden with bulbs shining in festoons of lights, Iwill be turned on for the first time Fri day fiflerruion at 5:+,'^ p. m. .\dditional lights this year are added at intersections of Broad' and Pitts streets, and Musgrove and Pitts street. The lights are provided by the city to beautify the business sec tion and to lend to the entire city a touch of gaiety for the Yule season. STABILITY OF DOLLAR SUBE a American Dollar Best Jn World, Je.sse Jones, R. F. C. Chair man, Tells Manufacturers. Supports'president’s Stand. " ; dollar is I- I .fosse f*h:cngo.. Dec. 12.—The Xmerican the be.st money in'the world. ^ H. .Jones, chairman of the Re- I construction Finance coloration, said in an Hftdre'^ tonight. The stability of th/s coin is “simply not nnen to ques- tu' ion. Hutt Awarded Jacobs Trophy .lonqs spoke at the annual banquet jof|the Illinois Manufactures’ associ- ' ation. j ”For the past few weeks.” Jones I said, “.some have been worrying about my way of think- I do not mean to imply th.at our money and its stability not of paramount importance, hut our money and, to ing. unneces.sarily. IS urman Buck To Receive Here Today At Rotary Dinner. Hambrij^ht Comes Second. Williapi C. (“Bill”) Hutt, Jr., of I .Xtlant^, Ga., h'urman fullback, w'ill , be a^yhrded the trophy offered annual ly by William P. Jacobs of this city, fo/ the best blocker in South Carolina gdllege football. I its stability is sinqily not open to Uuestiom In my, view, the dollar is the jT»esT mimey' Th the wprTd and arways be. I have ho fear that the presi- 'dent or congress will 'nakc* it other wise. “The president ha< stated frankly that he intends to increase the price U»r commodities and with tha‘ pui-pase there can he no hone.-t ilifference of opinion. The methods to he (‘moleyed should be left largely to him and to congress. j “'Fhe president has told I us quite Fred Hambright of Clover, Caro- frankly that his course is in son|e na halfback, who won the honor in llUl, was runner-up in the voting this year. Those receiving honorable men tion were: “Slick” MH’own of Clem- i spn,^fullback; McCulloch of Presby terian, halfiback; Ho»b Sims of Pres byterian, tackle; Workman of the Y’itadel, halfba^; Allie McDtmgall juf m sorpe re spects experimental. In daring to ex periment, he is bringing to the sur face niany conflicting opinions and some criticism. “But'are not thi'se opposing opin. ions and this criticism a good si.gn? Is it not evidence that the patient is coTtvalescinfr? We were in .stich de.-- j Carolina, fullback; Bu«t<oy of Krskine, i straits, no one dared to siuj- luarterbacki T gest, or hardly to speak above a whi.s- The poll was conducted personally per. The president was accorded a free ALL THE WORLD LOVES SANTA CLAUS by Mr. Jacobs, former Presbyterian player and him.self a blocker of note, ami the margin of the winner this year was larger than in any of the hand with unstinted and practically unanimous support. Now that we are beginning to h*el our wings again, we are apt to. forget those dark day' SIX elections. South (iarolina coaches,'and start criticising.” officials and .sports write»-s took part' Jones.de.sedhed at length the work Mrs. R. L. Whitlock ' Seriously Burned Passes Suddenly M2:riin In 42nd ^ Year As Pastor in the balloting. ' • The trophy will o.f- the R. F. C. replied: “George and I are working toward the same ^)hjectives and have the .same i<i»‘a for the future. We be lieve our ideas will dovetail.” Peek devoted much of his address to his'^irm belief in the profit System for "et'nvi II. Colin Hu.l'on. P''eshvte»ian col)'*:" sophomoiT from hands badly hu’ n afternoon v h'oi with a high ten: Mud'Oiv at 'ht agriculiure and every other-dndustryv, which views were reported in some quarters to have varied from thosi* of Wallace. It was his first lengthy, ma-. jor pronouncement, as w'ell as his; swan .song, since becoming adminis trator seven month.' ago. j “lx*gitimate profits always have' ieen regarded in this country as a! proper reward for individual initia ' live, industry, and thrift,” he said, know of no substitute for such traits 'vtd h' d la'e la f Thu'sdny lio came in contact i< n wire. titi'r> was on tr*;) <>; doad'ng h i'Tage fol lowing the glet- club’s return fioin a trip in th«* lower of tho state, ff • >Tvs, I »r> 11 the college !i was handing down 'ur.* when the bus suddi'nly began r(dlin'. Inekward. ng his hak'fice hi* inadvertently grabbed an o\eriiead wire to preve.nt falling. The young man was rendered un conscious by the .contact, the power-in ji-the w’ire being so heavy that he could ' not rel4MAM» it. fine »»f the hoys stand- B. 11.. Whit*'oek^ di''d siid- 'y at her home he’i* last Wedni's- day. lier death .eamin r ns n great -hock to ’he fnmilv and maiiy friends and acounintanees. I'nrii :o| services wee cond’cted Trom C’alvary Ba»>ti'.t ihirch Thurs- lay afl(*riioon, with inteniient follow- i ing in the ch ireh cemete'\v. The ser-| vices were in charge of her past ir, the !!ev. V. McK. .Marlowe. .Mr,. Whitlo(*k has been a resident I of thi.'J community for a number of years during which time she had made numejious friends. She was a woman of strong Christian faith and charac- t<*r, endowed with many admirable j virfttt-s; — — under th»* expanded he awarded at a j f***''’**''-’^ granted it by the la.st session Rotary club dinner to he held at 7::i0 I’ongress. lie touched on the $S0t),. this evening at the Mary' Musgrove f‘'l'ef, $2()U,0(M),t»0(> for dj. 'Tea room. All South ('urolina jfor joint coaches, officials, sports writers, the!'^tw*< hanks, to honfe Pre.shyterian college foot.hall squaiG ^**‘*** hunks, ihJOO.OdU.UOU for honie .. land all pla.vejrs mention(*d for the eoi pui ation, S.d .‘i.ddu.iiOD '* trophy will he gia'sts for the occasion.' depositors in elos"d hanss, hank Dr. John MeSween. president of Fre.s-i <h*posit insurance and ' ing of hank siruciurc l.aurens. Dee. dl.' The Rev. A. Marlin, pofudi'd* Laurens county Baptist miiiiislcr, wlkt has rounded out,, . l* i* ; . ' I \, . hyterian eolli'i'^iV Dr. }{. K. (leer, presi- forty-one ye:irs u’ Khe sm-\ ice, has / r i- i v - . . i . dent of I'unnan, have been invited to <*ntered on fiis twe fth\vi‘ar as pa.sto'v , -n . i ..l, - \ . u i sticak. There will also he remarks f the I.Ucas .Am'iuic lv'>ptist church IV! or nu* laicas .am'iuic iraptist ) jat Watts Mills, an import;int textih* j center at l.aure.as. At the regular ser- jviei's .Sunday 'u o-ning the eongrega- i.ion gave a rising vide of’indorse- ' nient of his mini.stry with unfinimous rc<iuest that he coiitinue his shi’vices as pastor. In luii'f remarks, .Mr.XMar- I .m in fa;-oroMhe profit "J* 't'T''. ^ sho ia »or. favor of starting with the ■ ‘'’'“''“J' "f vive.l hy three daughters, Mrs. Clara .n* up, caught Hudson by the coat and ,, pulled him from the wire. In the fall in iuit I am farmer. “'There is abroatl in the land a prop-, the young man escaped injury. I One of Hudson’s hands was serious- -4^ eganda of more or less importance for doing away with the profit sys-., .u .u i ^ , i„„.'ly burned while the other was also in tern. This means no more and no less » u u . , „|juied. He is now* at his home in than doing aw'ay with the in.stitutions ^ , , A. ,, Greenville where reports yesterday under which we have all grown up and ■ ■ ■ . • , „ stated that his condition is improving prospered more or less. n u u * i • ■ -.... - Peek Mid he wtil HYorTM^t wcou d be,y|BlUd_m of destroying ••the eiutketeers of high ‘h' senoos burns he rece.ved, | . finance” and the “malpractices of the | so-called monopolie^.^ > — i He continued, however, that busi-. men need have no fear of gov-j p'Q|^ OlliristrilSLS ayne, Helen Thomas, all of this place, by three sons. Fretl^'K'., Reuben L., an<l F*aul Whitlock, also of this city; by two .sisters and- two hrother.s, Mrs. .Annie Fitts of Greenwood, Mrs. Lula Hitt of ('ross Hill, I/ee Cole of Green- woofl, and John Q. Cole of, Win.ston- tin fi'clingiy acknowledged the cunfi {jence and honor. The church reelee^ officers, including George H^__SlJ*waVt us superintendent of the Sumlay .school. church has .oL'i mcm- .sfieak. There will also 1 from the coaches. I Hutt, a junior at Furman this yi‘ar, iaiid al.'o all-state fullback, will he Uhe honor gue.st and will receive the jtn>phy as a rewanl for his record of Kiiiseinsh performance, i Other winners of the .Jacobs award have been: l‘J2H—O. D. Padgett of Clemson. Hugh Stoddard of (’arolina. (lOO.POO invest(“(i to ■itoek and eafiital no.' “'I his caiiital stock | said, “will prohakly kt ing and tlu* of the R. F tlimugh .'tti'iO.- «' in o^'cTt •'••i 'S .1 U" if ' o-: hi'., nio.-st :m lor.cut Liric'ii n C. and hvppily it sliouM VI r on the not lie any drain wha' iHxpayer.” In ad(iiti(tn, .Jones .said, $2’)i),o(i!i,(rHi I had been allocaLed for the Itt-ceiit-.i- ' pound loans on cotton ami ^ 1 .'id.PtM',- |0()t> foj loans on corn at • .'> cent.' a hu.shel. ' llk'lU—Grady Salley of CIvmson. IlKtl —Fred Hambright of* Carolina. I “Notwithstanding the fac* that vye Lucas Avenue hers, the secondoJargest rnemhership of any Bapaist elmrch in the|county. When .Mr. .Marlin came to the pastor ate eleven year.s ago there were about 200 members. A new church edifice has been erected during this time and the contributions have increased four fold. are a yenerous creditor and that .'omes ,—diobXLriffip ttf- Furman^-. „, \ Mr. Jacobs is akso offering u trophy tli|s year for the best blocker in the] will never he repaTd," Jones added. Southern conference.’ Players of i “our collections have ave.agvd $2.- Clemson and ('arolina will he eligible j MlO.OOO a day for the last nine month.', for this honor as well as for the South' ineluding Sundays-, and aggregate Carolina trophy. The announcement;sk^htly more than .'«l,(HKk0(HM)00 to of tht* winner will come soon from date, out of total loans of IfJ.tioO.tHtO,- C. P. .Miles of Blacksburg, president, | of the conference, Mr. Jacobs said! Jone.s .summed up: Monroe President I today. “I shall not attempt to give any statistics as to conditions of indu.stiy Special Music ness eminent intruding too far on business,! adding, “unless the government hus tles, it has more hay down now than it will get in before the rain.” . Wallace asked the farm leaders for strict accord with the AAA—supimrl ^Tng at already reported pledged in a resolu--Mrs. J. ?. Jacobs, Jr., Mrs. Dunlap To Help Couty Agent Laurens League A program of special Ch’-istma.s music w'ill be presented at the First .Mrs. Annie H. Dunlaj), of Mount- ville, has been appointed emergency assistant worker for Laurens cooperation I^aurens, Dec. N.—The Laurens Business league has elected new of ficers for jjinother year, the rules of' rre^ytorian chureh noxt Sunday eve-, “■'■ ■'v. .... c(|unty 7:.30. In the absence of the j'he county home ; demonstration agent, it was an-i iin'drifted in co^miUee and waitingiWu.sical will he given under the j director.s, aDo chosen at the — the convention - and I tlon of .Mis.s Sybil Burdette. ^ Wright. H. D. Gray, R. B. Terry, in different sections of the country, hut, if we look hack a title more than ... I m/* .• half a year and picture the situation \^r6clc Victim confronting the nation when President ) Roosevelt started his recovery pro- V, L u • I ♦u.. ..Ua.'grum, comparing the price.' then ar 1 News has been received in the city i. . i , , , y. now of cotton, corn, wheat and mar" of Leonard ( . ( oggms, | * * farm product.s, we might vety ston-Salem, N. as a result of n-*'!'' ■ ■/ ' —* our conf.- presentation to the convention — and | Don of .Mis.s Sybil Burdette. I already commenced upon her duties, said the program might be modified Decoration.s for the .service will Ip pro in some respect to bring about a long'm charge of a special ladies committee Uo time era of nationally planned agri-| headed by Mrs. B. F. Wingard Mrs. B. V. Wingard asi culture. , chairman. For the present, he said, the ^a.s- The cantata wlil he entitled, “Holy sumption must be that thd plan is na- Night,” by Ashford, and will consist tional i-ather than international until,of beautiful Christmas selections. ^(Continued on page six) A cordial invitation is extended the , I public to attend this special service. Honored Methoihrt Church gy S. 1. A, A. Group .of the death ... , - , , the organization providing that rota- occurred last week near Wirt- tion in office be followed. (ston-Salem, N. (k, as a result of in-' |’ro(H ily i^ay, Well done T. Lane Monroe was elected us sustained in an automobile ac- 1 resident and cominue* president for the coming .Vfar, >wilh i ^^e time of his death he; <h*nce and support. C. I. Roper, vice piesident. The .superintendent of the Kdna Cot ton Mills at Reidville, N. k Mr. Coggins was a son of Mr. and •M-Ulrs. W. R. Coggins of Reidville. for- Smith, Hei man Boyd and .0. L. i ^ler resident.s of this city, and sf><*nt Ix)ng. 1 his. boyhood and young manhood days ^ Mr. Monroe, a leading business man' j^^,Ye where he is pleasantly rornein-' A three-act comedy, “Whe:-^ here for many yeaiis, is a charter i he,.ed. Besides his parents, h«- is sur- Grandma?” will be given at the' Lyd s member of the hu.sine.ss organiza-1 y|ye,j hy his widow, two daughters and ' Mill school under* the auspicc.s of the ,tkm and has served it faithfully" in ^,pe .son two hrothers-and one sister. Hurricane Parent-Teacher association with familie.s receiving-^qod from the^^j^her official capacities^ from time to! — ~ Friday night, beginning at 7:30 OB|B j|!M dqs -uoi^BJ^^iiuiuipy jaRSH time. C. K. Wright* is the retiring] Friends of S. Wk .Sumerel will be o’clock. This play was successfully assist the home agent in meeting.s and j Tt«,,,.rv to learn that he is confined to given at the Hurricane school re visions of the State Kmergency Ke- i lief administration. Mrs. Dunlap’s special work, it was said by Miss Coleman, will be in meat canning demonstration.^ and in work Play At Lydia Friday NigRt * I offiefe work. Any community desir ing Mrs. Dunlap’s services is request- . ed by^Miss Coleman to notify her or Mrs. Dunlap. At 5:30 Sunday afternoon Christmas” exercises will be the Broad Street Methodist “White held in Prof. H. F. Sturgeon, president of church, jthe athletic association of Presbytarian The l)ublic is invited to*the service. college, has returned fro.n BirniiijL&.- For thi-ee years “White Chrsitmas” tham, Ala., where he atteflfded the an- has been observed and the gifts re- nual meeting of the Southern Inter- ceived u.sed for local needy and the collegiate Athletic as.sociation. balance sent to the Epworth orphan-! Local friends will be interested to age, fMethodist institution in Colum- know that Prof. Sturgeon was elected bii,. vice-president of the first district at flThe service this year will be in the this meeting. The association’s h^ad fora ofjpWgMOf Jdepicting the birth is Dr. J. W. Provine of Mississippi of Jeaua. ! college. College Holidays Start Friday $162,518 Paid To County Farmers hi.s home on acoun otf. illncs.s. 8.— Xt the county was said today, that Christma.s holidays at Presbyterian college will start tomorrow and con tinue through Tuesday, January 2nd, The entire student body fs expected to leave the campus for the holiday sea son to be with their parents in this and other ^states. —Laurens, Dec. agent’s office it I.,aurens county farmers-had received a total of $102 51K in return-^or cot- Buy Christmas Seals ton acreage plowed up last summer. > Approximately $24,000 of the. whole j amount involved in the farmer gov-1 emment agreements remains to he disbursed through the county agent’s office upon receipt from Wishington of about 130 pay vouchers still out. Flght^Tubarculosis cently. Following is the cast of c’.TiaY-acter.s; Grandma—Mrs. Rex You’g. Grelchen Blake—Miss .Mary Lottye ! Ri.«er. j Boh Blake—F.^rle Monon. 1 Jack Worley—Lewis Horton. Ljjcy King Miss Mildred Nx.bors.‘ Arline Truesdale—'Miss Ethel Spen cer. Carol Worley—Miss Mihlied Young. Midnight," a “chocolate brown huu.seman—Billie Hall. Dahlia, a “high yaller” and wife of Midnight—Miss Rosa M. iSumerel. The admission will be i(K and 20. 'fr.e public is cordially Invited. \ m U ■X.. ■1. A . . .•* X -i' .. I.. ■fci- f,.. ..Y ' ..v:-..4 S. .L.