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01 * If Y®tt D<m*t Reiul L i - THElCHRONieLE IV You Don't Get I’ The News. : VOLUME XXXW CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1934 1 « Millions Pour Into This State 5 $63,250,000 Spent In South Car olina In Past Year To Pave Wav For Better Times. i SOLONS SOUND ECONOMY NOTE Ways anji Means Committee Be gins Writing Appropriation Bill. Wants State On “Cash Basis’* With Same Salary Schedule For Employees., Columhia, Jan. 2.—The housp ways: months to pave the way for better and ineans committee today sounded i times with hard cash an nore for the :934 ,e.- J^.asO.OOO in ne«„i,y iBlatiye tetn=,on. indicatmif a desire | not only to maintam the state on a to invigorate business. This vast resotve >-epresents an average of nearly -•v ’ i$37 for every man, woman and child At the outset of its task of drafting I m state. the all-important appropriation bill, j ^ does not. by far include all the the committee knocked out a recom-1 money put into circulation. The total mendation of the budget commission would be an inestimably larger sum. Stone To Head Credit Association Income Tax Time '^ County Sees Local Man Named President of Production Loan Agency To Supply Farmers’ I^ans. . Columbia, Dec. 30. — “New deal’’ I dollars poured into South Carolina by the multi-mrllions during the last 12 Is Nearing Again ' I 'I Internal Revenue Department Cotton Makes Plans For Collecting i Help Better Reduction - Contracts Farmers. Mills Give Taxes On Incomes For 1933. More Employment. STATE’S CROP VALUES JUMP Worth $94,718,000 In 1933. Stat istician Says Greatest Since 1930. Per Acre Yield Is High. Cotton and Tobacco Uad. •Columbia. Jan. 2. — Latest govern ment figures today placed the total ,co-oporahon of the farmers with the i value of all crop.s and berpfitji from I of Newberry, v.ice-president; and Rex|2, and he mailed co»’poration income j iCovernment nearly 100 jH'r cent, the | them in South Carolina fo- 19.33 at Lanford of' Waterloo, secretary andia^f* exces.^s-profit tax retimn blanks t returns from the farm in cotton alone |$114,718,000, the “greatest c.-op wealth” llrcasurer. The Clinton organization,'individual income tax blanks on!have brought to the producers a total since 1930. i which will serve the farmers of Uu- ^bat date to taxpayers who filed re- , of about $1,425,1 T.aurens, Doc. 30.—liauren.s county ha.s had its share in the “new deal” At a meeting of the board of di-, According to notices issued by Rob. rectors held here last Friday, C. W. f'ooper, collector of in^ornal _ Stone of this city, was elected presi-[district of South Car-' program, particularly as it has af- dent of the Clinton Cotton Production | olina, forms for filing federal income, f<^rtod cotton production. Through the Credit association; J. T. McCracken I tax returns were released on January' I rens and Newberry counties, will have i a capital stock of $55,000. t ’ The purpose of the country crop for a flat 10 per cent salary increase for all state employes, including school teachers. Meeting a week in advance of the legislative session, the committee’s de- ci8T6n,”By a divided vote, was “to leave the scale of pay for all state officials and employes the same as that now prevailing.” This action was estimated to cut The $63,250,000 figure is only the increase in dollars from certain well- defined sources over the somewhat lean year of 1932. , It omits increases in textile and other payrolls through the NR A. These probably would run into the tens of millions of dollars. •As a consequence of the loosening leaders production organization in line with the fann act of 1933, is to provide forl®^, knowing who the new taxoayer; the establishment of a cooperative I " consequently it will be im- 000 as compaivd withj Commenting on these fig- ires, -*-hich turns for the calendar year 1932, to Hast year’s crop of something like (.showed a striking increase over 1932 the address given on their return#*for $'50,000. The cotton yield for this | Frank O. Hlack, cron .statistician .said that year. year up to I>ecember 13 was approxi-! thip “farm situation presents a cVeer- The collector’s office has no way 22,000 bales. lAst sea.son the.ful picture in comparison with recent wing who the new taxoayers total was 25,000 bales. (ounting the i years.” amount farmers received for plowing* Rased on December 1 prices the to- of puise strings, merchant credit sy.stem to supply short term * Possible to furnish them with the.«Pa Portion of their ^wing crop.|tal e.stimated value of the principal I loans to farmers for production pur-1 returns except when'and the .sum that will W realize«I on field and commercial truck crop.s in ■poses. The new set-up will supervise to do so by the taxpayers, i the fovir-cent cotton options now be- and oreanize local associations and These forms ‘may be had from the png taken, the total will aggregate II ^,1 .u • \ til,. lUffice of the collector of internal reve- 5*^25,000. The value of the actual cot- .vvill supply their initial capital. Local count or oi mui nai rt ve- .......i,,,.., iror^-T--tirtr--TTrLrnrTtLL:L TTr ^associations will act as the connecting hue at rdTumTmi,^ from-The-deputy Jton-prodm-t^ link between farmers and their source i^^nllectors in .Spartanburg, Greenville, • 'of credit which is movliate ('rulit hank around $4fK),000 from the $5,985,000 have note<l “much l>etter bu.siness” appropriations proposed by the bud get commi.s.sion. This .sum added to a $600,000 surplus the commission esti-;nre spending it.’ mated its recommendations would than last year. One commented that “people seem to have more money and T he board of directors for this coun ty is composed of ('. W. Stone, Rex Lanford, B. Owings, I). K. Todd and Jack H. Davi.s. the sUte amounted to 886.347.00(1. This was 67 per cent or $34,525,000 grmer JhajiJn ..rj32^4uul. 22 per wnt or $15,590,000 above 1931. IS placed at $1,100,000. This | In addition, the farmers received the Federal Inter- Anderson. Florence, (’harle.ston and|amount of ready cash ha.s been a tre-iabout $8,371,000 in benef-ts from cot- Sumter. ‘ Failure to receive a blank j niendous stimulus to busine.ss, ^which , ton plowups anil form does hot excuse the taxpayer i'nerchants say is from 30 to 50 per ing the grand total of $91,718,000. from filing a return or prevent thoit*ent better than a year ago. Other' The government estimates gave lint assertion of the fixed penalty if a re-p'rops have turned out very well and|oiitton and tobacco a con.' ineii value leave . for the 1934-35 fiscal year, would make a total around $1,00,000. \ prominent agricultural authority said he observed a “different expres sion” on the faces^ of people in vil- The commission had recommended lages, towns and cities. .Mp entrusted the surplus be set aside as a reserve with leadership>-a£-the-afate likewise against uncollected property taxes, have expressed a more optimistic Nance For Supply Bill At ’33 Level turn is not filed. (the farmers and business nw'n- -are'xif'S56,805,000 Avhich va* 75 5>er cen' The folh.vvinK in,iivi,luals and finna! P'"''''the future than theyN.r WO.tKtd.OtHI above the ^itl.H-hOu have botm at the t)eginnmg of another' v;U,i,e.of |.hese crop.-^ in L; Addit year in several recent sea.sons. jof are required to file returns: Every corporation not exempted by the commissioner under section 103 cotton reduction payments The distriliution of funds to work-jlS^^de $28,184,000 nion cas'i from the and possibly for other contingencies. spirit. This recommendation or thiat of the -A large share of South Carolina’s salary increase was not announced jintil the ways- and means committee started work, today. , ^ The total of the commission’s rec- “new” money came frqm the various national .recovery agenifies, but the largest single item was the tremen dous increa.se in the value of the two Laurens County Senator Gives Views In Rejicard To I^isla- (irn He Will Favor At Session. to file a return, regardles.s of the amount of income, so long as its char ter is in effect. Every partnership doing business during the culervlar year is required to file a return. I.Aurens, Jan. 1.—At a meeting to day of the Ivaunms county legislative ommendations, some $500,000 above j.main cash crops—cotton and tobacco, j delegation Senaton Carroll 1). Nance idiscu.ssed several important phases of state legislation that he will favor at I the coming session. He said that he •j%’oilld-advocate 4he Jwlding^ ef the r li(33 appropriations, however, was! The increase in returns from cotton made public upon-completion of its j alone has been authentically placed at $18,750,000, or from $26,000,000 in 1962 tA $44,7r)0,j000-"(h4?f 'year; i' i report several weeks ago. The report sa)4 the state’s budgete would be “jwst about .balanced” at the end of the divided beween $10,250,000 from high- present fiscal period June 30. er prices and some $8,500,000 fi-om Neville Bennett, ways and means government benefits for acreag<^-re- chairman, .said the condition of thejduction. .state’s finances led him to believe thej Tobacco brought its growers $6,- legislature, convening next Tuesday, j 125,000 more than last year, or $10,- “ought to adjourn and go home in 401250,000 compared to $4,125,000. Added days.” ■ jto this was some $2,000,000 allocated “As far as the financial'condition j in equalization payments for prelimi- of the state is concerned,” Bennett j nary 1934 production reduction sign- said, “the legislature certainly can | ups. adjovirn iti 40 dayjf^^’’’ .Aside from the $26,895,000 incivase W. tJ. Query, tax commission chair-‘ from, the two big money crops, the man, appeared before the committee j next most fertile inlet of cash was the today to report he had been forced to, federal relief and civil works adniinis- revise estimates of current revenues t rations. upward “because actual collections Relief disbursements for the year have exceeded estimates made a were more than $9,000,000, all. going month and a haH ago.” directly into circulation. The (’ivil Query pointi^ out the inepaso had works allotment was around $10,000,- been especially large in bifsiness li- oOO, about half of which already has cense and income tax collections. He been spent. expressed the opinion that future^ Another golden source was the Fed- revenue of the state would keep pace -eral Farm Credit administration, and would depend upon the progre.<s Loans of the land bank and the land of national ,rcovery. bank commissioner to farmers of the E. P, treasurer, and .estate this year totalled $5,000,000. A.,J. Beattie, comptroller general, also 'These two agencies have made corn- discussed. re,venue and finances with rnitments for $17,000,000 more, to be the committee. turned loose as soon as necessary The committee decided to dispense agreements and details are completed, with its customary hearings this year| Also promised well for the future in an effort to place the supply .bilLis the public works administration. propriution bills, county and state, at aliout the same level as the 1933 gov ernmental ex|>enditures. In regard to auto license tags, he favors a reduc tion of one-half the co.st of the plates, of the revenue act of 1932 is required I ers under the RhYI or other govern-two crojis than in l;»32. ment agencies has contributed im- ■ Better juices and good ylphL- were measurably to the relief of the unem-iJfi^’en as the explanation ( f the ir- jdoyed and to trade channels general-j creased returns although the land ty. For instance, the payroll last week , from which these ct ops \ «> harve.--- ainqunted tq $*J,()00, in round numl>ers.J»‘d wa.s estimate I at $-1,151,690 oi 10 ’ TlVe^ cotton mills and othef indus-. her cent less than 1972. The y el l trial enterprises have given apd an* j wa.s 12 jht cent greater. ^7 Every single person, whether or not; employment to full quotas at: “Per acre yields for all crops com- the head of a family, whose pcoss in-1 which means that tex-jbined,” the governmert teoo-t s i i. come ecjuals or exceeds .$5,000 other workers have had mon-'“were 2 jier cent above 5 9.12 and 2- whose net income equals or exceeds , py j^y bills and to buy more goods per cent greater than the a eiage i- • $1,000, and every married person li'’-iand other supplies than formerly, or j the years 1921-1930. ing with husband or wife during the IpilmL fag, fou-r y«»rs . GolloetionM ut “In ihis Sfm»h entire taxable year whose c<>mbiried' jjjj jines of business have biH*n! third in the nation, being exce gross income equals or exceeds $5,000jy^,,.y People are jmying back |only by Georgia and li x.i.s, while to* or whose combined net income c^l^als' eurrent tax bills to a great-j coinjiosite jier yieM for the or exceeds $2,500. Persons who were^^^^ extent married during the year are retjuired to file returns if the combineil gro.ss en.. 1 country was five jier cent below a-- I I erage. and to take care of the difference that | ^be taxable year equals orlRoBt. A. COODCT would result in revenue to the hiirh* i «r. aaa .... tv.. ■ would result in revenue to the high* exceeds $5,000 or the combined net in come equals or exceeds the prorated exemption. Information returns for the calen dar year 193.3 are required to be filed with the commis.sipper of internal rev- way department he would add one cent to the gasoline tax schedule. On the question of liquor legisla- ^tion, the larurens .senator thinks the ' state should jmovide a measure where- ; by the revenue from the legalized .sale of w’hiskey would accrue to the coni- ; monwealth. I The itelegation has not formulated a draft of the c«»unty sujijily bill for this year, but consideration of it will be given attention in due time, it was {indicated at today’s regular monthly I session. Bank Deposits 1 Now Insured T- a 1 J L* 1 Hosemen Arrange To Gel Judgeship^ enue, sorting section, Washington, on; or before February 15, IDIM. | N.’itivc of This (’ounty and For- nuT Governor Goinu To '’’‘‘''"'’y**'''’*'''* I'uerlo Uico Soon. ' '''’■'ersilv : I “I ('ol’jmbia. Washinirton, Dec. .30. RidK>rt A. ^ ('ooner. former, governor of South veheilule f r Carolina and now general coun.sel for Presbyterian Blue St-x-kings has the Commodity ('redit corporation, is announced by the afhletie couh- slatisl to be the next 11. .S. district * ” ! ’ . /’ «. • joilge for Puerto "Rico. i I he Blue Hose open today with thF' Sonator Kobinspn Is ( erLlin Although the dejiartinent of justice "Strong South I'arolir.a Gami*ci>ck> at Congre.'-'S Will Lot Mcnoy Fro- t<><Juy refused either to confirm They will battle all the o’h- Says Roosevelt* Will Be Upheld Miram Alone. Confidence Seen. . authontativi i«* re|M)rt, it was learned froiiii^*'' collegiate fives of the state before .ative'sources that ('oojier has their .season ends hehruaiy 20ih. The .schedule: .lamtary 4: South Carolina at Co- before the legislautre the first day. Bennett explained the budget commis sion held exhaustive hearings on Loans and grants for i2 jirojeets mounting to $2,.500,000 already have been approved, and 73 applications in- Law Now I^rotects 97 Fer Cent of Nation’s Depositors. Few Banks Ineligible. appropriation requests and a copy ofjvolving the gigantic sum of $57,000,- its report was available to each com* ooO are pending. mittee member. % j * Miscellaneous government" allot- The committee now has 22 mem-. ments by which the state benefited in- bar9.^peaker J. B. Gibson appointed {eluded $5,500,000 for recovery read as. an additional member Dr. Olin | building arKi an estimated 4^«ilQ(h(iP0 reason that all its rei'ommenda- submltled to Sawryar, veteran Georgetown legisla- spent in establishing and operating tor, alected a imv weeks ago to sue- more than a^acore of civilian conser- ceed H. C. Davis, who resigned fromlvation camps. (he house. ' j H. G Sen«ney. of Ch.rl.»ton. Cltlzen I named to 8ucc«fed Gus J. Knobelock, I also of Charle^ion, on the committee, 1 Generous Gift By Greenwood Friends Loses Father W’ashrngton, Jan. 1. — President Roosevelt was informed tonight that 97 per cent of the nation’s bank de positors jwould be insured under the new deposit insurance which becomes (effective tomorrow. I W'alter J, Cummings, chairman of |,the federal deposit insurance corjmr- lation, rejmated-to. Mr. Roosevelt that • depOsitx in 13,423 banks will be in- {sured. ' ' [ He said that only 1#1 ^**^ ^^*|nomic conditions and wearing a happy four y«ars,-and the judgv’s been found ineligible and predicted ' Robinson told newspapermen i‘iuarter.s is at .San Juan, that a nunrber of them might *”*jthan President Roosevelt’s leadershiji sored by making certain corrections, “only leadershij) jiossible,” Jim Davis of Columbia, is sjiending Thus, tomorrow, for the firat private enterjirise must now several days here with friends. Wa»hinet,.n, .Ian. l.-The entire 7“ leyialalive nutloek for the aeasion of ,"''"^ conifreaa starting We(lne..(lay was .lis- "f cussed at a long conference of senate , . , . , Democrats today and culminat..<l in a' vx|.la.ned at the department predietion l.v Senator Robinson, of I"* ‘I’*' ""k** Arkan.sas, the majority leader, that President Roosevelt’s, monetary jioli-'T-"^* ciea would be upheld. tlon.s Kleven members of the nemocratie i""d that all apimintmenU ateerinit committee hpaded by Robin-j “g announced from the Wh.te House son. conferred for two hours and a In re«>|tn.tK.n of <.<»^r » cxins-ted. half in the senate office buildinit as , appointment the South Carolma SUte .lanuary .tl: ( lemson at I lemson. preliminary to a White House confer- Utanfly of Wa.shinKton plans to honor, hebruary I. Krsklne at Clinton ence later in the eveniny at which a reception .lanuary 1... a. (varsity and frosh). boU house and senate Democrats ‘'ay» '•fforo Cooper is ex|M-cU-d to: h*ruary 2t hurman at (ireenville were invited to talk over major leyis-;.*ail. - , Imtiye topics ' ^^ooper, if appointed, would succihhI February 9; Charle.ston at (.'hailes- Evincing greater confidence in eco- N*^***?** Wells. T^e term of office ton. ‘ heaujU^_Jtebruary 10: The CTUukl at Ch*r- lesion. January 6: (Tover at JTinton. N January 8; Wofford al Sjiartanburg (varsity and frosh). January 15: (^foigia at Clinton. January 16: Furman at Clinton President 1 (varsity and fi(>.sh). January 18: Ei.skint* ut Due West (varsity and fi(tsh). January ^0: Gefirgia at .Athens. • Friends of W, A. Gallp.iwuu-XQxmer Clinton citizen and business nian, will sympathize with him in the death of his father, J. M. Galloway, which oc- Christmas Sunday was observed by^curred Monday In Sumter at the home the First Presbyterian church of jof hi.s son, L. .M. Galloway, after an Greenwood as “Thornwell Day,” fol- illness of several months. The funeral lowing a long established custom. The {service was held Tuesday at the resi- exercises were planned under the di-1 dence, with interment following in rection of the Sunday school super- the Sumter cemetery, intendent, R. Poster McCa.slan, and an Mr. Galloway had visited here bn offering made of $610 which has been several occasions where he was pleas- forwarded to the institution here. antly known by many friends and ac- Rev. S. P. Bowies of the orphanage .quaintances. He was a brother-in-law staff, accompaneid by .several’ chil-‘*of B, L. King of this city. dren of the institution, took part in ' ~ the exercises, each of the boys anti! Maagafa fttllrc 'aKmif I pitch in and make the government’.s, emergency program less burdensome,; and that congres.s would have fewer major problems to solve at this ses sion compared with the special meet ing last spring. I in American history, depositors of 'sums up to $2,500 will be in.sured against loss. —— —.After July 1st this insurance will be I increased to $10,000. I “I congratulate you,” wrote Presi- 'deirt Roosevelt in response to the re- 'l>ort of Cummings and E. Q. Bennet and G. Fk T. O'Conner, “because you j j have in these few months accomplish-1 i ed with complete success a gigantic j jtask which the pessimists said could ! not possibly be done before January L , , _ ^ . “That 97 per cent of the bank de- Gray, for the past seven ipositors of the nation are insured will!ye«" as.^ociated with the firm of I). !give renewed faith. -1 L. Russell Gray Goes To Laurens T am also happy to know of the e cooperatio Reconstruction F inance corporation.' FL Tribble company f>f this city m their hardware and undertaking de- girls making short talks'about Lif* at Thornwell. Open Next Tuesday The January meeting of the Cham ber of Commerce will, be held next ' finv cooperation given to y'ou by the, •>“ di.posed of hie inter- eat in this concern and returned to Laurens where he will )>e associated with the I-rfiurens Hardware company. His new home on Calvert avenue ha.*! been purchased by C. A. Workman of Marion, N. C., and will be'occupijed by Mr. and Mrs, T. R. WorkmaTi and LAND SALES LIGHT Next I Tuesday evening at 7:30 at the Mary —-■ ! Musgrove Tea Room. This being the T^ Clinton city schools will open ■ first meeting of the New Year, Presi- nex^^^onday morning after a two dent Craig is urging a full attendance fxcation period for the Christ- of (He membership. mas liblklays. i — ^— t The Thornwell orphanage schools Miss Lucile Hollik has returned to II npinrit Monday arid work at Pres-: her home in Greenviljy after spending byterinh college iras returned Tuet-1 several days here with Mist Mary I Kate Hollis. I.auren.s, Jan. 1.-*-I>egal sales of p:oi)erty by county officials were light for the first Monday in January, daughter, Miss Irene Workman. according to Thomas -W. Bennett,j Mr. and Mrs, Gray made many' clerk of court. Mr. Bennet sold for a j friends during their residence here, special referee of Spartanburg coun-{who will regret to learn of their Icav ty 2.044 acres in Youngs township in the case of 6. H. Todd of Woodruff, a^inst Jonas P. Gray, et al., of Spar tanburg. The four tracts were bid in by Mr. Todd for $lS,90a One other sale waa nsade ^by the dork invohrinc a amall trad on Enoree rivar. ing the city, and whose best wishes will follow them as they return -t€ their former home. ifiaa Agnes Milling has returned tb her studies at Flora Macdonald Mi lage in Red Springs, N. C. I HOUSEWIVES! ■4’ ~ With the New Year here, it is in hrder to make good re-solutions, especially when it means money in your pocketbook. Many Clinton women have already re- ‘^olved to profit by THE (■HKONICl.E’S grocery ad* vertisements every Thurs day morning during 1934 and are saving much mon-‘ ey thei'eby. This is address*' ed to tho.se who have not yet formed the habit: “Resblved, that 1 will consult THE CHRONICLE grocery advertisements ev ery Thursday morning, se lect my needs for the week, and put the savings in the hank.” 7 All of your food, clothing, household, etc., noeds can ei^ily be supplied through THE CHRONICLE. F'ebruary 12; Charle.'itim at Glinten. F'obruary 13:' Newberry at Clinton (varsity and frosh). F'ebruary 15: The (htadel at CJinton. February 17: Woffonl at Clinton (varsity and frosh). February 20: New)>eriy al New berry (var.sity and fro.xh). +■ Merchants To Meet Friday Night •Merchants of the city a”e H 1 to attend a meeting F'rida.V' *; glc c 7:30 in the Masonic Teni’**e b’i'IJ i: at which time a local .M'."Ch'nt'’ .V .sociation will: be perfect'^d. o'fic > elecft*d, and the organizi’^.n .set ir». A petition calling for rb' ro-ria*- n of such an a.ssociation w.*..'- 1 a few weeks ago and gen. -P y sifrr 1. •All merchants and bu.-.im - men ;*i- tcrested in the new orgairt-a.i-m » -• invited to^nttend the* meeting tunvn- row evening. I IN A COLD LAND i j The Chronicle is in receipt of a po^t (card from R. E. Ferguson, now in I Boston, Mass., with the statement that i the temperature thei'c was 17 degr^s below zero. Thsit broke the AlI-tiqM; record in Boston, be added, b’jt furtlv er north, in Canada, the mercury, dropped down to 48 degrees belo^.'^ 4: -v* I 4 'y