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•/ THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1934 e THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. PAGE Sigp-JUp Begins On 1934-35 Cotton j| ‘ Contracts By Farmers Of South" ^ /Personal Mention. ^ i Campaisrn Is Expected To Close By January 31. Blank Cards Sent To Farmers To Be Filled Out. The signing of the 1934-35 cotton adjustment contracts is under way in the South, it is reported by the agri». _ cultural adjustment administration. Efforts are being made to complete the campaign in as short a time as possible. — Under the program, the cotton pro ducers of the South are being offered approximately $125,000,000 in benefit and rental payments to reduce 1934 j production to 25,000,000 acres, or- a 40 per cent reduction of the five-year, average acreage. The cohfracls'pYpvide that the sign ing must be completed by January 31 in order that by that date the secre tary of agriculture may declare the program effective. farm are included in the totals for the cbunty. Do not mail this card back, but fill it out aitd keep it until called for. A ' committeeman will come for it, or you j Miss Maude Sumerel returned Wed-)be sorry to learn that he is a patient iOesday from a trip to Florida. |in the Veterans’ hospital in Columbia, f Miss Frances Hitt of Cross Hill,| Miss Mary I.,ou Bell hast^turned to spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. j her home in 5taunton, V’a._ . r" Clifton Adair. - Miss Ella Adair, Mrs. Ethel Wier,j Miss Elizabeth Harris spent thejW. L. Lynn, Jack and Dillard Adair] 7 Clemency Shown To 174 Laat Year More Than Third Freed Servinj^ Terms For Murder or For Manslaughter. ' Jan. 6. — More than persons freed by exeen- jcan bring it with ypu to the county agent’s office. - . Yours sincerelv,' C. A. COBB. Chief, Cotton Section, Production Division. . week-end in Williamson with Miss were visitors in Columbia on Thurs- Narci.ssa Gray. iday. I Mr. and Mr.s. Harry E. Bolick re- Thomas Grayson of Prescott, Ark., turned last week from Charlc.ston, is .spending some time with his uncle .\cres .Total number of acres of all land in this farm including -woods and pasture; (include land rented for cS'sh from others, but not land rented to others for cash or fixed rent.) 19,‘J3 Total number of acres of crop Cully A. Cobb, chief of the cotton j . ^1,^3 section of the agricultural adjustment! ,, - . . . , ■ . .u . r. 1 Cotton on this farm. 1928 administration, states that agricul whe’-e they spent the holidays with and aunt, the, former’.s parents. lian. *' Mrs. Mary Prather spent last week The out-of-town in Greenwood with her daughters, local schools have teachers returned of to- the their, at the office qf the seipre- tary of state listed 24 persons convict- tural leaders, extension workers artd vocational teachers ha\;e all been sup plied with contracts and instruction books and are ready for the sign-up. In fact, several thousand contracts are already signed. Other thousands are being signed, and still more' will be signed. Contracts which are being offered producers give them the option of re ducing the acreage of the five-year base peried, to 1935; from-8b 4,5 per cent. The agricultural adju.'it-|- ment administration hopes to achieve a 40 per cent reduction of the five- year average acreage, which was 41,- 347,000 acres. Farmers are asked to fill out the following blank: To carry on the 1934-1935 Cotton Acreage Reduction plan, we need the following information about the cot ton grown on your farm. This infor mation is needed whether you sign a contract or not. Your county cannot Cotton on this farm. IFiTl but as completely as to you can) Si 1 — ^ I- c ^ ^ 5 j: 3 i: « C a - -o C CO a ^ V- ~ Crf -1. i. C. c- ^ c „ c u a SJ Zj ^ < ^ c ^ pj a >> a > u a E < " 2 -C >» ^ I Columbia, VACCINES FOR COLDS 'third of the Thore are still .some good physicians 'll'^® clemency during 1933 were aerv- that look with suspicion on vaccines, for murder or manslaugh- [given for prevention as well as treat- a survey today disclosed. I ment for colds. I must say, I believe ^ Goveimor Blackwood granted only lin vaccine treatnient and immuniza- 174 clemencies during the year,^ k:omr. holidays with and aunt,'Mr. and .Mrs. L. S. Mc.Mil-j ^'*0 268 during 1932. He sus- yesterday a farmer came in to pended 125 sentences during good be- see me .saying: “Doctor, Pm going to havior and issued ,33 full pardons prin- let you give me two or three shots of cipally to restore citizenship to for- _ T, II A. o I J- ,1. r-u • i. vaccine; I took only two last fall mer convicts already at liberty Mrs. Eugene Pratt, Mrs. Rae .McGee, work after .spending the f hnstmas,—fiidn’t have a cold all winter—and I Records and Mrs. Joe L. Bcaudrot. holiday.s at their re.>jH‘ctive homes. 'don’t want any cold this winter .Mr. and Ellisor of Dr. and .Mr.s. L. R., Lynn spent Tues-i vSure enough. It is the fourth win- ed of murder and 40 convicted of man- Newl>erry. spent Sunday with the lat- t^ay and Wednesday in .Atlanta.' ^ |ter that farmer has escaped having slaughter as among the recipients of Mr. and Mrs. .Mac Adair have re-:^^y ®old. Isn’t that proof enough for clemency during the year, turned from their wedding trip, andtreatment? | The life termers freed in 19.33 had now have an ajiartment with Mr. and] ^ patron about served an average of eight and one- . , Mrs. John W. Finney on E. Carolina ; 'njjections a week—of standard, half years in _ p^rison, and four .end with .Mrs-. Arrington .s j^-en>s,._.j^,^^^,^ /respiratoi jr-wacT’tn?7frpwh0 won freed0m were originally sen- reliable maker. Six doses, I regard a.sitenced to thp electric chair five to 10 Miffieient to immunize fill-the greater [year.s ago. Predeces.sors of Governor pait of the cold weaiher. 1 may say' Blackwood commute<l their sentences with this—I take the stuff myself, and and he liberated them. have, no reg;;els; and I can I'eniemher , ,, TA • r- 1 , . back to the four day.s in bod with in-; may condemn vaccines. .Much depend.s Mr. and Mr.s. B. emy in Greenwood, spent the week-end J fiuenza-and I treated it with vaccine,. on the use of a reliable parents, Mr. and .Mrs. J. 1) ter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Dun can. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Arrington and children of Greenvijle, spent the week- "TTF- alTd 3rrs]"R F. Blakely. Mr. and Mr.s. B. R. Fuller, Jr., of Daytona Beach, Fla., announce the birth of a son, B. R., Ill, on Thurs day. November 28. Mr. and Mr.s. C. E. Nichols visited the latter’s parents. Dewey Wyndham has returned to. his home in Jacksonville, Fla., after spending the pa.st several months with his sister, Mrs. A. L. Sheppard. , Jeff Boland of Bailev Militarv acad- Yr. 1933 1932 1931 19.30 receive full benefit unless the produc- — tion and acreage of cotton for every] *('ount round bales as half bales. Farm Demonstration Notes C. B. Gannon, County Agent E. Wilson, in Spartanburg last week. Mr. and .Mrs. W. 1). Peay and Miss Bert Poay spent Sunday in Clover with relatives. The latter ivinained f» r several days. \V»tU Davis of Spartanburg^ si>ent the week-end he re with hi s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Davis. Miss Evelyn Botts vi.sited Miss Lidie Blakely last week, on route to her .«-'ch,Hd in Dillon, after spending the holidays at her home in .\lwevillc. Mrs, R. D. Lewis and chiMren of Spartanburg, spent Friday with her sister, Mrs. E. B. Sloan. Miss FJizabeth Humphries, formerly coniu*cted with Lady Fair Beauty shopiH* m Spartanburg has accepted a |>osition with the Mary Musgrove . Beauty shoppe. Friends of J. A. Bailey, who has been confined to his home for ^several It is very^important that ^ach farm- wtH*ks, will regret to learn that he is er, and especially the landlord, to at- now a patient at the Hays hospital. ... I - vaccine, .on the use of a reliable preparation. with his parents, Mr. and .Mrs. J. D. and cured it! j Some call it “serum treatment,” and Boland. ^ j my only illness in bed—| believe it may .be poisonous—harmful Mrs. Paul^ Burroughs and little ^ those four days—for an uninterrupted to the one taking it, b have not found daughter of t oncord, N. H., a'^e visit- twenty-eight years; a fair record, I it so by any means. I believe it i.s more ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. I. think, for one whose daily work is | direct, accurate a treatment than the .Vdair, — ^ 1 mini-stering to the unfortunately sick, j swallowing gL so »uwy drugs. And I Mr. and Mrs. Sam Crouch announce 1 (.Jootl physicians, a.s I sail! before, judge from experience. the birth of a son. Robert .\Ilen. on j ■ - Monday. January 1. .Mrs. (.much be- | fore marriage was Miss Opal .Xiightry.i ♦ 1929 I Name Post Office Township, waixl. County or - RF1> beat J State daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. Guy L. Coneland.'' j ?<Ir. and .Mrs. J. .A. Marker and chil dren have returned to their’honu* ini .Atkins, after spending several ilays; w’ith Mrs. Barker’s parents, Mr, and, Mrs. .A. B. Blakely. | Mr.s. John T.’ Blakely, Mrs. R. ,R. I Blakely and children, Florence Ella] and .Ann, and .Aldine Blakely spent | Monday in Columbia with Ralph R. Blakely, who is'a patient in the V’et-j erans’ hospital. ; Mr. and Mr.s. R. P. Thornton ha.jv] H.,D. HENRY F. M. BOLAND ! H. D. Henry & Company INSURANCE $ ♦ ! STOCKS • BONDS - REAL ESTATE LOANS NEGOTIATED tend as many of these meeting^ as possible. Cotton Option Contracts Something over iTOO cotton option Community .Meetings for ('otion Acreage Reduction Campaign In addition to the county-wide meet ing, which wa.s held in the court house at Laurens Tuesxlay, there have been nine community • meetings arranged! for in the school buihling.s in various! sections of the county. The agent or other competent speaker will be at the.se meetings to go into detail in regard to the w'ork of the 1934 acreage reduction campaign. These contract.-i have been delivered to farm ers and the remaining nurntn'r is either in the county agent’s office or have n(*t been received from Washing- toh. It is very necessary that the farmers call at this off ice. for ct>t;on option'contracts as soon as notified. No checks have been received from I Washington in regard to the cotton c'^'inty option payments, but^as soon a.s >vich are received, each farmer w-ill l*e noti fied as to when to come to the office to receive same. It will be the policy Mis.ses Mary and .Mildred Crisp of returned to their home in Tampa, Fla.,] l-aurens wort* the week-end guests of after .spending several da:,s with the , Miss t^arah Ray C^oleman.- —^ ^ fjCimior-* .pare.nl.s, .Mr. and. Mi.ss Margaret Be/ who Pr the Fuller. They were accompanied home, gue.sl of her sister, Mr.s. K. E. Wysor, by Mrs. Fuller, who will spend sev-! has returned from a visit to Atlanta, oral weeks with them and her son. Friends of Ralph R.' Blakely, will B. R. Fuller. Jr., in Daytona Beach. ; o o o < ► < > o o i ► -1 o Johnstone Speaks /sues Warning '* On Recovery Acts To Hog Buyers i; Chapel Speaker Gives Explana-^Secretary Wallace To See That tkm of Roosevelt’s Program Processing Tax Law Is Not For. National Recovery. Violated. To Protect Sellers. of this office to require each tenant, meetings are scheduled as follows; ! regardle.ss of w’hether or not he re- Gray Court-Owing.s, 6:30 j). m., dan- same farm for 1934 that uaiy 9. Princeton, 3:30 p. m., January 10. Hurricane, 3:30 p. m*., January 11. Cross Hill, -6:30 p. m., January 11. Lanford, 3:30 p. m., January 12. Bethany, 6:30 p. m., January 12. Wadsworth, 6:30 p. m., January 12. Oak Grove, 6:30 p. m., January 16. .Allan Johnstone, a member of Pres-1 Washington, Dec. 29. — Secretary ident Roo.sevelt’s emergency rtdiiif or-1 Wallace Thursday threatened to use he lived on in 1933, to bring his land- ganization, spoke in the Presbyterian all jKiwer.s of the farm administration lord or a written statement from him. college chapel Wednesday morning on to prevent the evasion ^of processing certifying that it will be satisfactory recovery program. taxes by local hog buyers. Mr. Johnstone spoke of the magni-^ In a statement the secretary'declar- WHAT DO P. S. Jsanes DO? t I with him to deliver the check to his tenant; although the check is drawn . , , . , . . j .1. . 1 i u u in the tenant’s name. Instructions. undertaking and pointed ed that local hog buyers, small , pro- have been given to the office force to-out the difficulties that are encoun- ee^-''ors, and other purchasers of live be very strict on the delivering of-*.ered in the effort to guide a-greaf commercial slaughter have these checks according to the above nation out of the depths of depre.ssion. keen reported to be deducting part or schedule. - ^ “The condition of the United States.processing tax from the ■■■'■■ • ' 'n this world depression Ls much more 'price quoted to farmers selling , -erious than that of any other nation,” | [he .said. “The terrible condition of*. “Country buyers and others, who, i Tio’^ than IS,000,000 citizens on the'*’' settling with the fariner, make a ■elief rolls of our nations is unprece- deduction for the processing tax on the bill of .sale, are penalizing the farmer and are tending to frustrate The recovery program, the speaker policy of the agricultural ad- pointed out, consi.sts of four pha.ses, Mallace said. — ail of which are mutually supporting.' There is ab.solutely no excuse for The first is relief. This part (.f the « practice and farmers should e.«gram puriioses to care for the des- .1 ite u"*.:! oth<'r conditions cnrible < ► i > o < > i > i > (> <► < ► «> i * : (► I * ^ , (► I (► < ► (► (► «► ' ► I ► (► I ► Safe, Sane Sensible Service SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHROMCIJ- “The Paper Everybody Reads’* ♦ ♦ : 4 •f dented in .Stales." the history of unprece- the United H fu':e to sell to any buyer who makes proposes to make any such deduc- • Coolgr roadt little >^ear also “cold-cure” the rubber. Ez; 4 perience proves that new tirea Umbered up in winter areraga thouaands more miles than tiirea started off new on hot roads Get the ful^ non-ekid safety of Goodyears for winter drivinit at today’s low prices—and get mors milM—by buying nowl 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ t ♦ ♦ ♦ him to t.ike care of them udye.s. 1 ho si'cond i--: the nuich-dlscu sed -NHA, of whiidi the .A.AA is a part. What .he NR.A is to industry, the to agriculture. 'Hie NR A pro be opc'iation of industiy un- Kt self pronialgat'‘(J etxies of n>iy’!X>t'Tltio;i, the hibjST'-iJmiiiirtant de- .lopinenl of which i.s thi abolition of h;!d Irbur. The .A.AA proposes a plan- ♦ AAA i> to 4 lOt ■> fo. t t lumt. ) I The r-eVietaiy urged that the names of hog purchasers who deduct the amount of tax from the price they] pay to farmers be .sent to Dr. A. G.J Black, chief of the Corn-hog section of lAiiii lidmini.stration. r Sinqe the doors of this strong financial insti tution. were opened, 17 years aijo, its officers have endeavored to provide a cohstructive, help-, ful, dei>endaf)le service to all who have become its patrons. The policies of this institution have been as liberal and proi^ressive as safe, sound bankinii: principles would permit — every possible .safe guard being provided for the protection of our depositors. This has been our unbroken record for nearly a half century. NEW BUSINESS CORDIALLY INVITED M. $. Baikyi Son H A N K E R S ULDRST .STKONGKST t ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ : ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ t ♦ Sicps ,will then be taken to prevent such “fradulent practices,” Wallace .-aid, adding that processors who de- nvd -ystem of agricullure to cut do.vn duct the tax*from i)i(ls ba.sed on legu- :.';p5u- p.eduction. liUi i;'.ai'l:et quotations e.scajve paying .Wxl :s public work.s. The CWA.'any proce.ssing tax becau ;e the sum off.set by' GOOD/YEAR Goodyeor All Weather Trod* In OtdTir*« Good id D*p*iidobln Quality lyear dwoy *4®? OrW S«*M «ii4 TyuM vbich put four millions l.o work in six 1.- part of this p ogram. The mam part is the development of plan- pidgranis of puolic works in every cf unty in the United .Slates which w ill be |K*rmanenl.' f i The la.-t phase is the reatljusinunt of' the inalion’s foreign trade. T hus i s ^ to be accom])lished through legislation the president h9pes to get through the present session of congress. they pay the g(»vernment is the deduction they make in the price paid to the seller. \ Hurricane News w I t Trial Of WUes Set For Today w I ♦ ♦ I 4 X ' ‘ Vulcanizing Works Phone 2 Clinton, S. C. I Columbia, Jan. 8. — Solicitor A. F. Spigener and counsel appointed to de fend Robert H. Wiles following his indictment today for the murder of Hubbard H. Harris, Jr., 15, fixed Thursday for the trial. The 46-year-old jobless mechanic pleaded not guilty, the only pica al lowed, when he was brought into th? crowded cou t room and arraigned eaa'y this afternoon. A guard of ^6 city and county po licemen surrounded him as he was idipped into the dock. Every person in the court was searched for weapons upon entering, but only^one pistol was found. Mrs. Irby Hollaad ami children were the guests of .Mr. and .Mrs. G. C. Na bors last Wednesday. .Mrs., .Sallie B. Nabors and children spent Monday with her parents, :Mr. and .Mrs. R. <’. Turner. -Mr. and .Mrs. R. W. Young and lit tle daughter of Newlierry, spent Sun-']^ day with the foimer’s jiarenls, .Mr. and .Mrs. C. C. Young. .Mr. and Mrs. .Mace Young and chil dren spent last Wednesday in .New berry with the latter’s sister, .Mrs. Willie Mae Reighlcy. ' M isses .Maiy Lottye Riser and Rosa Sumcrc! returned Sunday to re.sume teaching in the Hurricane school af ter .spending the holidays at their re- P'ectivc home.s in Whitmire and the , H ckoiy Taveni section. WHAT DO P. S. Jeanes i DO? An Unexcelled SERVICE aOORLESS, SPOTLESS NICELY PRESSED CLOTHES ... will give your valued dress or suit the appearance of newness that yoii desire it to keep. That is the only type of work produced in our plant. —— ■ We repair small rips and replace buttons on your gamients when nec essary. Cleaners Phone 77 HSBWRSffSBes V A . J