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▼ : I 4 » If You Don’t Road THE CHRONICLE* You Don't Cet The News. * VOLUME XXXIV »•%•••••••••• 1 • ’ j THE CHRONICLE • Strives To Be a Clean News-« ; paper. Complete, Newsy, J and Reliable. „ * • •••M* •**•*••••••*<>• ••••••••••• fLlN'TON, S. C.^m'RSUAyr<IANUARY 1IJ19-M NUMBER 2 COUNTY OPEfiS FLOW OF BlliS COTTON DRIVE IN TWO HOUSES Campaign Launched To Reduce Members cf Legislature Get 1934 Acreage. 600 Farmers Hear t)r. Sikes of Clemson, In .\ppcal To Back Roosevelt. I Down To Work Soon .\fter i Opening Exercises. Many - Is-' sues Tackled. > Dr. E. \V. Sikes, jvresident of Clem- Columbia. .Ian. 9.—A short session; son collepe. addressed 500 or 600 appeared the poal of South Carolina farmers in I^urens Tuesday morning lejrislators todav as they launched into- at the courthouse, launch np the 1934- ,},e.crucial i.ssues 4>f liquor lepaliza-' 1935 cotton acreage reduction cam- , • . p,i?n in this county. He was foilowol >'™- ’•eduction and appropn- by R. W. Hamilton, also of Clemson. aliens imriiediately upon convening.] \ assistant to \V. \V. Long, director of Represehtatlves blaced a bill to es-* the extension service, who explained tablish county dispensaries at local ^ in detail the cotton reduction con- option and the $5,56,5,S32 general ap- tracts. propriation bill in the house hopper,: Doctor. Sikes, after reviewing the and six auto tag measures were intro- j success of the cotton reduction' pro- duced in the senate .soon after the gtm-j gram las summer and fall, praised the oral assembly opened with prayer at j cO-operalion of the farmers in the noon. j great economic experiment as let! hy A seventh and more drastic auto the national administration, and as- tag bill was introiliiced laiei I j Rep- .serted that “it behooves every farmer reseritatives filymph wnd Wood, nf in this county and throughout the cot- Oconee. It called for a .>0 per cent le 14*34-44eensea and 66 per cent the V ieTT^fH Pwsaent \l). Roosevelt 100 per cent support reduction on future tag fees. Md co-oi>eration.” S|H‘aker .1. B. (lihson urged X'Stand by the president.” Dr. Sikes house to a strenuous effort to com-j ur^d in the stirring address before pk“'<* Us business wihin the constitu tional 40 days while new rules were ^ the \massed group. The speaker i*t‘- viewed the farmer’s past from World promulgated at the suggestum of Jef- w’ar d^*s up to the present. - feries of ( olleton, in the senate to “We don’t want to get hack whert' ^hut off filibu.sters and speed debate we were.T he said in referring to the there. future, “'^.u were in a bad fix when, The senate adopted a resolution by Psreslikmi ^oosi*\'elt introduced his Williamsburg, calling ujmn it." policy of comrolled production. We are finance committee to .set a.side prtce- living in an gge where we know not dent and In^gin consideration of appro- w’here we are going. W’e do not know pnalion reiiuests without waiting fo/ where wv have^en! ^he house lo approve and .send ovei;/fls “The World war was fought to fjnamce bill. . make the world Safe for demtH'ra'rjVi The house appiopriation ilU intrq- TW W».. d..m.uoa.-y ductMl bv Chairman Neville Bennett) as we know it safe for the world?’’ for the way^rand^mFSTf?^ rniiiiiiiltir he a.sked. \ was given first reading and placeil on ^ In a brief sutnmar^ of condilions <'a«**ndar. ( ommittee members said, one year ago as comparyd with today. 1 bey hoped to^begi^mdebating it in de- ^^StVlUSOH CLUB HONQRS 'SUGGESTS CUTS VARSITY TEAM LICENSE FEES j t C hamber of Commerce Dedicates jHiirhway Department Recom- .lannary Meetini? To IVesby- terian Colleufe Football Eleven, Sweater Awards Arc Made Byi (’oach Johnson. mends .lO Per Cent Reduction. ' Insists That ( ut Be Taken Care cf By Increase In Gaso line Taxes. ‘ ' Columbia,. .Ja^n. 10.—-Tb*'* state high- way. depav‘mont will r-'Cf>nmend to^ The Chamber of Commerce with the I ‘ Presbyterian College varsity footh-tl' I team a.s their honor guests. gal\here<l I around the royal hoard of hospitality South Carolina gn-..as-jemhly I Tue.sday evening to enjoy a hail jiiet atj'vhen it convenes tha‘ t'- ‘ a itomobile the Mary Musgrove tea room. It wasUicense fees he reduced ’ :A_jk!igbhfuI!y informal arfair:::riin4^.,^(^^ ton’s tribmo to a fi.ghting foothalT^ M [rent- and tha, toani ami ns coaches. r''venue froni thi'; s<)>ur(e uy annroxi- that, the dosx he replac- The mooting was presided over bv : increase in the g.^^soline tax. ! President E. I). ('raig, who extendcil j ^en M. Sawye ’o chief commi.ssioner, I to the team a most cordial wc!(;('me i said yesterday. and spoke of. the pleasu~e derived 1,y , It Will also‘recomir.end'. heUaid that J the club in having the gridiron fight-i.Lo m i \ms as their guests. department lie authorized to make , R. E.. Ferguson was asked hy ■'refunds to all motor ve- f h’etrt to bring greetings -4^—tlre|bicle cwner.s who l•t‘gintor^ lt hh>- , team in behalf of the Chainher of vehicles between' \iigiist 1. 1933. -jijJUjiipiecee.,,H.c j^ppjee of the splendid i Octoher dl. 19.33. and who during ■ epriTin byn dhe teirm' has- mowth*. twrowf- ** Birthday Balls” for President Roosevelt on January 30th., will be held in towns and cities throughout th» eountry. Col Henry l>. IX*herty New A’ork, is chairman of the na tional committee sponsoring the move- nu^nt, the returns to go to the Warm Springs, (Ga.) Foundation which is to be endowed as a national eenler for the development of methods of treatment for infantile paralysis, a movement to which the President has lent much support. Photoa show President Roosevelt: a group of th^ cheerful little patients at Wgrm and, Inner right, tK» hirlh.tsy fur the Preeideut nr held everywhere. He said that in his regular annual fee.'j., , travel he had seen many teams in ac-f <b*partnient issued ,m conipara- tion,- with thousands of specTatnrs shinying t estimate’} filling the stadiums, but nowhere had ^ <‘xpendirure . '' .r the f: i. be seen a harder fighting, or a finer yt*ar. .July 1. 19:{3. C> .lime 39, sjyirit of sportsmanship than right here ajt home by the Blue Hose eleven. Dr. John Mc.Sween, president of the 1931, and for the year .lu’y 1, 1931, to June I’O, P.»2r>. This statement sho\e>; that t’o,. *he Dr. Sikes iHiinted out that when the tail by next Tue/day. new administration took oWr the gov-, -4 public hearing on tlk* county dis- ernment. cotton was selling at five pensary hwl «Aas .scheiluled by ipt* cents a pound, wheat, toha,cco, corn house judiciary committee for 3.30 and oats at similarly reduced prices, p. m., Wednesday, January 17, in a School Building college, expressed his appreciation of; year which tuids .lane 3u, r,«3!, the invitation extended the team to from gasoline ' tax will ap- de the club’s guests, and stated that .'?.'>,2.33,.).70.p.3; {ha* the rev- the P. ('j. team is the greatest adver- y*^*^**' from license fee-^, less l'.»33 cred- tising medium that Clinton possesses. Us and refunds, will amount Ijo $1.- He spoke further of the pleasant and ^^5,050.28. As to the fiscal year which sympathetic relationship existing be- July 1, 1934, the statement tween the town and college and of that the gasoline tax will*ap- fine loyalty manifested toward the proximaU* $.5,800,000 and the revenue j in.^tituliun hv-CHtiton people aineo Jte LlojIL licnese sajes^ $2,250.000. founding in 1888. * ' ) The .statement shows further that. Coach 'M'alter A. Johnson, intro- total receipt.s for the present fiscal duce<l by IVesident Craig, called on including $6,545,373.60 hi regu- ('oaches Eichelherger and McMjllian J®*’ emergency federal funds, wall Is Laid To Rest To Be Elnlarged for a few w’ords. Roth expresseil their to about $1.3,802,994.81. Next appreciation of the courtesy extended (July 1, 19,34, to .June .30, 1935, i the team and spoke of the pleasure 1'^^t contemplating special afipropri- - Life-long and Esteemed C'itizen Trustees To Add Four Class and satisfaction o£ working with ai^tions from the federal government or farmers were building up hiige sur- cautipus approach to the controversial | passes After Extended Illness. Rooms To Academv Street 'f**^*^* bunch of students such as is foundkno^Adng what action congress w 11 pluses while millions pf uneirtoloye<l liqmJr question. ii a a i> • * nt the college. i. [take in thi.s connect ioji, t h • eshina: persons were walkingThe streetihun- Representative Calhoun thoma.s of Interment Here. Building As ( M A I roject. ^ Boh Sims, captain of Ue team the [ ‘‘^Uculatcd at gry and the homes of many we flqr sold be- Yleaufort, who introduced the hill with Blatt of Barnwell, Sinkler of Charles-j The citizens of Clinton, and es|>er- As to ilishiM'senicnt n , past season, and Harry Bolick, newly hour additional class rooms are to ^.^ntain for ’M thanked thei^Umt the total for tho oi \v7 had rvachi'd thf point »;KV '»"• r..n»i,uni- I" Ih*’ Acaclomy atr.vt schooUf,,,, ami asko.i l.war «ill r. ndi i.-rt71. T U’) '.I.tM-iti. e. ‘ nri* ■■rv l' "" it was danger<>us,’’ the siwakeiy^anli Martin of Bt*aufort, moved in the com- ty, are saddened at the passing of «ne "‘^''dmg it was announced yesterday^ continuation of this iupporl for! Uitement shoe. ’ tb it ro .ivai’: “The cau^e of the farmer’s/distres\ mUHH‘ that the hearing In* held. of her native men, Gustave Beaure- h«‘ ti ustees of Hunter school di.s- (-onung ycaC: i -Udy 1. 193.3, amounted to ^ was attributed hy the ^aker to\) One-lhird of the qualified electors gard J>avid.son. familiarly known a.s *>• »<. start im-, J.rhrrMmT^Hceetor of athletics j and that this a.lded ; } 3 :.U:.9 1:* World war davs when. > » disinm-. (.us, who died early last SundayUiattdy an.l he |.ushed to a speedy, inltitution since 1915, spoke inisuspended haul.’ hut ful'v <cto'r * X ^ k a-Ia! jet* 1 ft. ^4 ifi/A I * ... cimclu.sion. to he a hOO.lKK) acres of land were brought -'^iry referendum by ludition under morning at the residence of hi" daugh- into cultivation to f^*ed the armies tepni.s ,.f the hill. “County commi.s- ter. Mrs. .Molly Donnan. of this city. The construction work . ami Kurone machinerv was mtrudtic- ^e appointed'to jm|H-r- To have known I'hnton for .seven project under federal govern ed for farming, thus releasing to iheU u"e\lhe manufacture and .sale of li- decades was to know Gus I>avidson., r"''! ' ' ';' market the products of 2(M>0«MHH» quor \n wet counties hy tne governor for he was a vital part of the city.^ been^»«d ,s^te, county, and municipalities ; having been horn here 72 years u»iskilled, he emplo.ve<l hy the Hvvould^vide the liquor profits , (lax ; and had witnessed the growth, of Clin- A- forces. The entire Jahor cost, ,441 (ton from a mere hamlet to a real city. is expi'cled to aggregate oiu*- iied Furoue again Ingan to nroiluce Si»eakei: C.ioson in a lengthy address : .Mr. Davidson was the .sectmd .son. ' ’*‘‘1 .imount, is a direct . ■ ' ^ VIjsuggested \that the ipiestion of liquonof the late‘George H. and F-lizalndh >*^^1 to, .aid i mployment and inqiosps Uso«„c,.mn.o,i,tm>. II.kH U,,fj «.n>u t.. a ..at. ..-f.-r-;.k.lair l,av„ls„„, ah., a,..,. r«l pK.-|n“ ahalMmv.M ..n Ih,- .Im- Tt- Vn'l.rnal KO^uciwn to mato t'ho'votoriinff- aaJtRit-^ha, South'no. r, of Ho will bo I'*"- l»’ai l n '-a- has n. sr..lia. Carolina woujd become a “haven for rememlK-red most for his rugge<l hon- qtll more skcres aJiich had formerly consumed by farm stock, .The war ended, the speaker con: *n-1 deep appreciation of the fim coiqieration he had always the Community towards his teams and [ departnieiit esiim itc' ........ .................... fighting spirit. He then pres<*r All labor, skilled and , ^ i i r .u * . to each hicmhcr of the v;irsit.v (• ■'■>•), arnoiinim^ “ ‘ - .cash Hvailahlc at ihe-f !."*■ *’ that- ba»iK ’ Imi{ fubv <v('U:' c a l'a!a 'If .*!' (.“;9 ing ‘ ' ~.9tH .♦‘i.l. 1 t csiimitf. July 1. 193 •', li)'Jii;ic : e< were thrown up by nation up its internal pi ”rs'7r7suAr»u'!n"tomalion.l-tr»do;bootloreors" i|nlos, a,lo.iuato oontr..i;ost.v, his lovo for h.s family, his loy- died,” I>r. Sikes continued, and there ^ vWeted was no place W sell our surpluses. ; The si*eaker ilso urged that “For the first time .since the early taken on all slate- dasiof this countrySikes said. saying that not all i^eg.^ lions under way to secure a federal refund on the cost of the material. ‘7,:* ‘o l.’>7, t;i \ s<)imd a Iwaiitiful blue swealer hear- vash available at ihe-f '.s** *' that-cf- ing'a large garnet block “B.” 'ITie St 11-; I'icd would aiMoiirit to wh.-t i dent holy, in voluntarily dejiriving total taken from ro*a! recti'.'s wo.i.ii themselves of four .Sunday suppers, | h'ave a halam i- ot .'■illM,, l ,, 1. had made available the fund with' “The gem-al funl- (U the s'a • which the sweaters were purchasefl. j highway departmcMt cmi' ' of t Dr. .MeSween, following the presen-i vmh^cle ticnn""^"ax i * 1 Mic ' - tation, paid beautiful tribute to “hne tax. I.M" sui tii;- .it. “W(P have a president who is a farm- knew the contenU of a 1933 er, and his chief advisor is an agri- which aroused cntici “ cultural economist.” , a. i. n Speaking of the results thus fv The .seven new bills were re history that tried men’s souls and j * art3ilion to the Imilding is bad ;ferred to the finance committee in the, that of children too. He was the faith-. needed it is stated hy the trustees I'he club during the evening receiv-j “There is a denntml for a >e(liic* .,'i ing lieek reared in that era of South-}‘he trustees and approved, vrn history that tried men’s souls and j "^he addition to the huildi 11^ ... ,' nicnihers (ieorge VV Holman llr I'’el- 'way department will lei'otjiine .. I diT Smith and S G Dilard '‘he general assembly that the ' steai i y increasing enro - i . • r i . i Mason, (lus Ma in the “new deal” and how they were . ♦u r i u i i r m m accompli^^hed. Dr. Sikes said that (he house. Committee action on them was ful husband of Mrs. Maggie nresident called to his elbow for the expected tomorrow. Three of the sen- daughter of the late Uncle C, •first time in hi.story of'the nation the a‘e mea.sures would provide a .50 ikt son. a loving father to his three of Ainerica” and “slu- eent cut in tag fees, one without im- daughters, Mrs. Molly Donnan of this dents of great problems.” ^ posing a new levy to balance high- city. .Mrs. Ethel Aull of iVndleton, I ion-* c«id inofMiftOO acre'j of way revenue. The others, however, Airs. Lizzie Ruth Little of Greer, who which was’ nlanted and grow- called for a cent and a half-cenl a gal- survive him. He was a younger broth-!‘he Academy building will ^ niowed un through the co- I®" increase in gasoline taxes respec- er of L. H. Davidson, the oldest living '”**‘*‘ P®^'<*hle to add additional - ■ng. «»-. plo"^ up chil.l of Clinton, G. K. Havidson. '*”•>■*V lolu-vmit Ih, Miscellaneous new leglsia.lion de- J. C. McMillian, Mrs. T. R. Owens, and U’d and cordially welcomed three new iautomobih* lieen"e fe(*s. The hig v to relieve ov care for the steadily increasing ment. All class room.s in the ^ ~ ^ school buildings are now occupied, 1 Tav ^qIIapFiqyic several lK*ing crowded with inore than* fifty children. The addition of the will recdtamcml l • HU*. - mobile license fees l e reduced api)r>*'- imutely 51) j'cr ci-nt and that the lo-.-. in* revenue from this source he repht Qii * ' ed hy an increase in the ga-olim* t;*v. llTCF02tS6 or that it he* replaced fi( n siu h oti (.source as the gene(al as^e(llhly n. ./ operative ‘camp«^ government. Notwithstanding, h$ said wtton pi^uctii^^^ ‘x»‘^h branches of the general Mrs. B. F. ( opeland, all of this city.. * A - _ . I _ — t - ^ ^ A- « . A kw ... I AW W A • W AA AA Ia a w fcn— • ftAA A —X —— II 1 w A * , AM # M ■ A , W 4 I.A W AiA w w . W 4 AW A.^ . . A 4 AA • hales V/iihout the reduction plan, the a."-sembly before the lawmakers re- and all living within a stone’s throw . , . , , would probably have b^n cessed overnight. The bill.s included of the old David.son home on Muss'- P*'®J**<*‘ ‘his week undei suiH'rvLMon Laurens, Jan. 8. 4'olJection of 1933 *^‘*9 lb provide foi. Florida street county taxe.H for the period ending December 31 have shriwn a de- LoCSil ' Work is expected to .start on the improvement over lust year, ac- , ^ cording to figure.s given out hy Uoun- INqTV C 1-33 crop would probably have yn “■"•’ ihe cuunly rW.\ adinmisirat.on, ' U'Treasurer I,. It. Sin.pson, While the | VI -No man knows how low it (the By .Senators Ward of CAOrgetown, J.argely attended, the funeral „ I Ibl l r \ a* l“»t y>'»t. Percent- Irb.V S. Hipn'Uwids New ,\ss<,- price. of cotton) .would have been and Burnett of .Spartanburg, to make vices were conducted ^ts V,* t I \V llaUev \V w' “< »-» conshlerably I ciiltion <if Business Men. Ot(tl- '’77" , f■ O cia^Xt' “aT'^LU .tsid^oi'»"•' K- •> Adtir.'' ' [“tt-r due to the amount to| Aiso Named. produced 17,700,000 bales which, with death. U. Ghamiiers. at the rgsuience oi j ■ be collected. ' the 11.0(10.000 bale surplus already in By Representative G^n.ph of ()co- his daughter, .Mrs Donnan. His body ' Of the'total amount of 1)00 to j At a well attended meetins of Jocal whrehousies would have made up the nee, to esUblnsh “the South < arolina was interred in the family square in ill iM ^ world. develop the vast Santee-< ooper power .sjoiTowing throng or mourning friends- ^ •N’otion now, as a result of the pre.s- projejcl as a slate enterprise. and under a beautiful ma.s.s of floral i ident’s efforts’thus far, has risen to By Seqalor Sloan of Greenville, to offering.s from loved and sincere ad-"j 10 cents a pound. Prices of corn, abolish the state tax commissaon and mirers. — be collected thi.s year, he said, $‘200,- i-ftail merchants last Thursday evc- 000 or 53 per cent was turned in be- jn the Masonic Temple building. Contest Uf the year, whereas the Clinton Merchants association w'a.^ _ of $529,000 to }«* collected la.st year ptM-fectiKl and plans outlined for it.s nn. 11 „ u , d-g $255,000, or 16 per cent, was paid in future work. , e oca • • •„ . c ap 1 r o *is year. By subtraction Irby S. Hipp was elecUht jiresidept; whMl. MU. •«( tobacco have regis- devolve its duties upon the-countyi Clinton has lost a faitfiful citilen. .each year a medal to the ptipil of the treasurer shi.wed that $274,()00 a. I,. STteppanI, vice-pits-'ident;-1,.‘ tered a similar advance.” treasurers. t. celcvepth graile of the linfon high and carried^ over for Janliary last McMakin, s<‘cretary-treasurcr. Addi- This year. Dr. Sikes said, the ^v- _ By R^te^ntahye towardj.f^Am,q WuiS ' ' T.-".T*7iI.. L *11"y’*''’ ’*» y”'- memlwr.s of the hoard of direc- Free Chevrolet emment wants farmers to reduce their derson. to prevent legislators from cotton crops by 35 to 45 per cent of being elected to office by the. general the average acreage they planted dur- assembly unless they resign froni^,lhe iag the last five years, 1928 through legislature at least ten days before g 1932. In compensation for this, farm- election time ers will be paid three and a half cents --— per pound rental on the cotton that AUDITOR ON TAX TOl’ would have been raised on the land left out oT productiph. In addition, a .Auditor S. R. Dorroh starred his an- ing the liicky numbef 29073^ isund.s. th.. hdst ..vuminatiun on the ' i„,„ Wr-(^Bal.lWin, I.. 1.. Stiller, American Revolution. This year the examinution was jire- ;effect January I, to which will be i R. K. Sadler, Joe L. (’iirtei and E. D. added another one i»er cent on Feb. 1, 'C'raig. Jpwred and the papers graded hy Mi.ss uni,.,, the legislature extends j Elizabeth Harris of the .same school,, one-centjier pound parity will be paid nual rounds Monday tnorping for the The Ca.sino and streets adjoining ***** third to Rita C handler of the or-; on 40 per^entNof the farmer’s average purpose of receiving assessments on the .building were crowded with inter- pbanage high^ .school.-^ crop for the five years. ( property taxes. ested spectators, fully eight hunilrfd “Defeat him by laying the lash of - Yesterday he was at Goldville, to- people being on hand for the event- public sentiment on his back,” Dr. day he will be at the Clinton Colton The automobile purchased from tha Sikes advised in connection with the Mills, and Friday at Lydia Mills. Next Giles Chevrolet com|tany, local dis- operation of the acreage reduction Monday and Tuesday he will spend in tributors, was given away by a group campaign-' Tte ‘speaker referred to Clinton with headquarters at the’ city-of merchants and business houaea of *'eheat«*” who agree to reduce acre- clerk’s office. Wednesday morning heuhe city who have been spcHworing ,a age a*d then plant mom than allotted will be at S. W. Dean’s in the momjng, j trade ei^ansion campaign for the past ^Continued on page two) and at Reano in the afternoon. ’ jsix weeks. TO STUDY KMBAI.MING The president I appointed a commit- draw up by-laivs for adoption ubsequent meeting to be held in near future,“to which all mer chants and busine.s.s men < f the city are cordially invited. The new iH'ganization voted to ac cept membership in thy .State Mer- William I). Adair leaves today for.chants as.soclation. It also went on GIRLS SI Alt r IKE U'incinnati, Ohio, where he will spt'nd' record as unanimously ojipqsed to the The Clinton high .4*hool girls open- the next six'months-studying embalm- adoption of a state retail sales tax. ed their basketball season* Monday af- ing at the Cincinnati College of Em-| Forty-five merchants and business temoon with their first practice at balmers. At the completion of his houses have already signed an agree- the college gymna.sium. There were course Mr. Adair will return to the thirty-five out for the first try-out, I city to be affihated with the firm of with indi^tions pointing to a success. D. E. Tribble company in their under fill season. \ taking department. ment circulated by a committee from the Chamber of'Commerce calling for the organisation of a locai association to be affiliated with the state body. • \ ^ (- H', ■ . Q . /. \