The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, January 11, 1934, Image 5
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1934
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
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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]
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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.
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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
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.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
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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.
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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 ♦
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Name
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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
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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. ;
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'* 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-
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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-
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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-
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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.
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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'
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dwoy
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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. \
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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.
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