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/ » I If Yon Don’t Read THE Chronicle You Don’t Get The N^ws. • i / ■ L THE CHRONICLE • Strives To ^ a Clean Neira- S paper. Compile, Newsjr, I and Reliable. : •••••••••«•••••••«•••••••••••••• VOLUME XXXIV CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 19:14 NUMBER 5 NATION HOLDS 'Legislature Enters CHARITY BALLS UponF^Week rHER GR :> ’V Tr> t . \ 'Ll V-^ vJ C\Si; iU' Albert 't: Rebi Gifts and Greetinjrs Hail Roose velt On His Birthday. Huije Sum Raised for Warm Springs Work. I^esident Thanks Na- _ tion In Radio Speech. Waishington, Jan. 30. President Xumbtir of Varied Measures On Calendars For Consideration of State’s Lawmakers. Columbia, Jan. 29.—.A. lull faced leg islators as they prepared to enter the fourth week of the 1934 .session with major measures either in committees Rofisevplt thanked the nation tonight cal™'lart=- . , , , . , , T , 1 With the liquor issue apparently for the happiest birthday I have everj anti-trucking: known." measure laboring under a majority! unfavorable committee report. »tag X Leaving his own party table-jn the White House where his intimate legislation appeared to be almost the friends were gathered with him, Mr.! only big question in imme<liate reach. ^ Roosevelt spoke over the radio his i \ new center of controversy over* thanks to the thousands who partici-* tags Unmied in the senate finance* pated in the benefit balls and birth-1 committee’s proposed amendment to a| day-parties in all sections of the coun-| house tag bill to reduce license foes I try to help the W’arm Springs, Geor-1 by half effective .May 1st. ! gia, houndation for ti-eatment of in-j pbe amendmt'nt provided a half-| fantile paralysis victims. cent a gallon increase in the state | “No man,” he._&aid, “base"ever had tax, w’bich both clxanibers had a finer birthday remembrance from j ,.(,j^ted despite pleas that it was, Ids friends and fellows than you have eounteibalance the cut in' given me t.-night. fhighway revenue. —-4 ! Possibility that the gas tax raise ' Svould ’h> used as a legislative lever to i ‘‘It is with an humble and thankful heart that 1 accept thi’s tribute through me to the stricken ones of our great nalidnal family. I thank you hut lack the words to tell you how <kH ply I ajipreciate what you have «lone and I hid you good night on what is to me the haiqiiest birthday I have ever known.” Mr. Roo.sevelt said he spoke as the of the hundix'ds of force the house into accepting the sen ate jirojiosal for a o(> per cent tag cut m \t .November 1 instead of May 1 remained unfalhomoil last wt*ek. The tag hill as passed liy the senate jwiHild, make the cut effective six months later tlian a similar hill ap- ipi'oved by the house and to which th*' representative oi tne numiixms oi nittee offered tho gas tax thousands of cripple.1 chihlren in the '-j country. He stressed the need of sup-J senate license tiiTriay over in, port and interest of the citizens in the 1 Ihe house, hut there was I -4?ripplexl-children, many of whom, he possibility it might be brought out sa.id, are not receiving attention i “Let us well rymemln-r, saui the anprojiriation hill of ...p£caiacnt.:.ThS-t..every child every person who is restomi to l^.^niniitteo where ,it was ivferml Jan- ful citizenship is an assot t<» the country and is enabled ‘to pull h's own j the chance.s of a pay raise for ^weight in the boat.’ In the long »^ti, state employes and in- hy helping thi.s work we are not eon- j ^ppropnations for in.stitutions tributing to charity hut we are eim-higher prices of the tributing to the buihling up of soun<l nation.”' ! A sales tax or revenue from legal- The recipient of more than jliquor apparently afforded the mes.sages, letters and other gix*elings ^^jy of additional state in- aml hundreds of birthday gifts on i other than amounts which might .')2n<I birthday, Mr. Roo.sevelt t(M>k the ♦f)portunvty to make a personal reply to those who remembered him. “Today so many thousands of wel- condi- Gold Bill Passed By Senate, .66-23 Seizure, Devaluation of Dollar and Stabilization Fund Go Through Upper Bodily Easily. CUT MADE IN LOAN Sum of $1.^,000,000 Is Agreed .Upon For 1931. Limit of $230 On Each Loan Sought and In spection Fee of Fifty Cents. I W’ashington, ./.m. 2!l. .'supporters I of a 1934 crop p’T>(iuc*irn joan ,plan I ngTf*e<l toflay that a?i npp’'OP"iation of .l.?:L'i,0()p,000 instead of tb- «U)() 000,000 .contained in a hill now !' -fore the sgn- ! ate, wouhl he sufficient to meet the j newls of farmers. ! Uhairman Smith. DemocraN of South ! UaroJina, of‘the senate agriculture eommittiH*, author of the crop loan hill, made this announcement after a conference attended l>y flovernor W. I. Myers of th<* Farm Credit a<lministra- tion and approximately J.') members of congrx‘ss. Governor Myers, who advocated a loan fund of iLRLROO.OOic-^'Hd-he'.was not in a fiosition immed;at<ly to ap prove $!.'>,000,(100 as a conipronii.-e iiut senators and r»‘]),e-(‘nla. yes pre-^ent agrtvd to siippott ThT^'Tlgu'v. In a.ltlition, .'-^in.’ii -aid it was agriH'd .hat an ir;^piagi( n f.'c (T bO cents for examination d’ >,;.n applica tions should h(' ch'agrd and th:i, ;n terest should i'c at ’h - r-’te of .b 1-J per cent, the same charged Iasi year, j Imlividual loans woiih $2b0 with the adrii'nj' authority to incTca-e lionjif ca.si'.s. Crop production loans woula n made along the same lirus a< in p!'*- vious year.s with a litn on the jiro - j pective ciop as the only ivq iiied (•(•!- 1 lateraTT” : Ag?aann<'nt fo reduce tile fund from i$100,000,000 to $4b.(>00.000 came after ,’ers rejMirted that”of the $90,000,0(M) authorized for logins last year, only $57,000,000 ha<i heem paid out. Governor Myers also argutnl that q I . laml n'ntal payments In'ing made un- Froduction Credit Wants of the I.ife-Long Resident of This Com- !^“ .se veral voluntary acreage re- 1 e : I .it; hi'- imiU < 1. t-. in 'h T.l . !'’g e'ccep- r Farm Agencies Death Claims To Meet Needs' G. R. Davidson accrue from present taxes as t4o«s improve. both house and senate, President Twin hills to punish kidnapei's "V1 Poosevelt’.s monetary bill tonight only death were stramUMl in opposite chain- Jacked the hnef final formalities of come telegrams and postcards and let-^ difference as to which !t.pactment liefore it could give the ters of birthday greetings havt should ix^come law. S<*nator Ward, <*f chief executive power to ilevalue the ed in on me at the White Ibiuse. i Georgetown, author of one of the hills, q|„||g,. |,illi„n dollars to said, “that I want to take t 'saiil he understood It. I. Lane, ' the task of jirotecting the foi'eign val- tunity of thanking all of you w o a\e m(.hiaud, author of the bill now in thejm, the nation’s currency, sent them. senate, hail ol.jected to consideration; heart I am b', , Lbelf ,h,. e„nsi,l,.,ali„n and tnad.- thoutrhte^ I wmh I could hv, U n s ^Vanl had aedm,, on •'I''-1,,,, by e,x thousand and attend tn l»' ■,,i,| ,,,,1 w hat , .i,,,;,. . 1^,. ..f. 1 . M • *' he means. fectiveness of the niea.sure to thrix* Hills to liixM’ali/e the li >el laws am gp^j making several minor publish names of drunken ‘! ^.hange.s. Then it willlie sent to the were lither likely senate s^lijects. They occupied much time last wi^'k, | “a week,” Senator I>rehe., of Ix'xing- ; i .i , , 1 ..1 ,uiol Passage by the senate came after ton, said Friday, "during which this' u i i . it ’ , :• II .administration fore<>s had fieaUm hack senate dul practically nothing. ! iT i i ii i I , ... , „ . , J,.. 1 u,, a determined challenge and the ex A “hone-dry’ hull mtixiduced by wet , , . i i i wu At t . rrru f 11 ..,^.1 o ponenis of remonetized silver by the T. l>ester Thomas, of Hampton, and a| , 1 I c.. .L-r... ineuth-taking margin of two vott*^. , mea.sure prepared i»y Six-aker »»<*;,,,. , dr ♦ i-i birthday cakee the pretidenl received, .p Claude A. Taylor, of Spartan-1 The birthday halls ranged from af-;, f,„. ^ ..eferen.ium offered j, "avenny )em«-rat.s were swept f„rs of splendpr m-iuK -Sow York ho-: ^ the issue in " tels to a little leathering of l.i in an ,,„n,„,ry rejection „ff’'"'" ‘heir fbair leader. Illinois hamlet and the p^>eeed.^ all ^ dispensary bill Thursflay. went to the Warm Springs Founda-# which the president himself' Carolina.s, (Georgia and Florida To Be Adequately Met. munity Basses After Short III- ne.^'s. Interment At Rosemont. Washington, Jan, 27.—Approved by, Washington, Jan. 30. — Officials of fiMleral farm agencies .serving the and Florida said Carolina.s, Gt'orgia heix* today the production credit nee«ls of that area would •«* " U I 11 tl t met” iiy the srevices zatiiths. Frank H. Oaniel, president uf tin duction plan.s wouhl furnish farmei's a source of cash they lacktsl last year. In aiklition, he .said prices had impiMV- ed and Iht* numlKM- of loan aiijtlican's j.pj^Iwas ex|H‘cU*<i to he much smaller. On I ^Lvers iniinted out that the Farm jCmlit administration ha<l been orgio- iiefore I jyg.jj finance farmers bi^ Smith ivj each and every one of these liirt inlay parties. I cannot do that, but I can la* ami I am with you all in spirit and in the promotion of this great „cau-e for which we all are crusading." It was a busy day and a happy one for the president. Before leaving the executive office late in the day he received the more than 2(K) office em ployes who w ished him a hajipy iiirth- <lay and shared several of the many Again the Grim Reajxhr has down one of Clinton’s native sons, la.st Sunday evening shortly lie "adequately eight o’clock, Gisirge Roia'rt I>avidson jotht'rs jne-sent argued the plan wor*. i f their orgaiii-i .suddenly jmssisl away in his (iOlh year admiriis'rat ion ref|uir o I ' [after a iirief illness of a few hours,jll"’ posting of liquid collateral which his death coming as a gr(*at shtick. jinany farmer.s were unaiile to do. Federal Land Hank of Columbia, Sb Funeral services were held at thei "This hill," Smith said, "will lake )al»‘ rcsidmice Tuesday morning at 11 can* of the jaior <levil who has noth- o’cl<K-k with his jmstor. Rev. 11. ().'•"»? the crop he ex- ‘ jiects to make.” tion, foiTned after he had begun at the Georgia spa his fight back to health. The Negroes of the South matched the white folks’ enthusiasm and held their own Ri^osevelt parlies. Added to the money jmuring into Young Chosen Probate Judge Former Clinton Citizen statement from theiF floor leader, Rohin.son, of Arkansas, that the jamd- ing amendment—to direct government purchase of 751) million dollars worth of silver ami the issuance of currency against it was "in conflict” with the jiJans rff President Roosevelt. A little later, without administra- Itive ojijioHition, an amendment by Named I qj.nator Pittman, Democrat, Nevada, country will confer on ■ [Thursday. » 1 Daniel said the continiHsi refinaiic-| ing of farm mortgages in the (.aro*. linas, Georgia ami Florida uader—the | federal farm mortgage c(>r|M»ration ^ act would "afford _a. very favorable recejiiion” for the act in the Colum bia district. Rev. M. K. M<*(lliK‘k, pastor of the Rennoj adilition to asking lioit the .Methodist church. Interment followisl InuHcil to ^ .(i.OiMi.ou, ^ty^•|1 in Rosemont cemetery with a Jm-jr,. lecommemlcd that the la e i*-'. corjioratIon concourse,of loved ones, neighlairs ami l‘cr ceiiu t t. it imi hbial fnend.s attending the s<*rvices at lioth hniited to .>J0U ami t ha* the The c i.-ikot was'^iorm* |,yi rower jiny all e xt i t nephews, the honorary escort consist-■ this iBta.sure V^.g in' t ■■i reed fuml also rale »,'an ■ l)i>r- t if I V. la: ,e cost ot co*'- iior- loall Tund are tenants ami that liie cr.op jiroduetion Joao ttegamzaeLo+n U aii .sL‘L,., a* the of all liict ion and J. H. ,Scari»ornngh, general agt*nt for the (’oluiniiia district, ctime here to study tile fe.leral farm nuirtgagt* Pharniiers, in charge, assisted hy corpol^at ion l>ill v Inch would caust* a change in t iie p/dcediire of making loans in that farmer--’ cn*ditors would lx* jiaid in iionds of this instead of ca-li. FerJeral land hank presidents and' general credit agents from over the , - i m i ,» •ed of life-long friends, and the floral j Myeis ..aid .e jofft'rihgs were numerous ami lM*aufi-jc<»vered ti e ad.nin. Ifnj, . ' , I making tie* loans. .Mr. Davitbion, known by his friends). hrough' i {as "Hoh," was the younge,s1 son of the * Mute George H. and Klizahelh .AtJair 'oweis from the c op pri I Davidson. He is survived by his wid- fow, iie-ftire marrlag<‘ Miss Sara Hell,' by one iirother, L. II. Davitl.son, three D*P •f’ the .Southern -states Wi.h the e .- 'ceplion of 'I'exas and Oklahoma. Th«* conference \va‘s told that Soj'h (’arolina and Georgia led all states in I payment of'the !91't lo.ans. .North (arolina was third with Fd per*ivn'. ix'paid to date. The nation’s repaynieiU Mr. Davidson jjvas widely conneetisl “‘verage wa.s estiiiiu.id a, lo pel ceii.. with”the .Allair, Jacks and Heirfamil-b —^— — lew of thi.s community and lacks low-n-j J .ship. He was alway.s una.s.suming init had the rare gift of making fri^'ml- oduction loans ships which la.sted through life. Thos-e who knew him intimately will remem- sisters, Mr.s. .1. (b McMillan, .Mrs. T^ R. Owens, and Mrs. H, F. ('ojieland, all praxluction credit associations to make|„f this plme. Just three we4*ks ago short-term loans to farmers have heenj;,, ,ht, day, another brother of this set up in the district. With the excep-i^,.|| family, G. H. Davidson, had passed away. ScariMirough saiil that to date 115 the tion of a few counties, h<* sakT, as.sociation.s cover the four stak's. 'rhese organizations, sujiervTsed by I'poration of e»“<r. Or- romiileted Tag Proposition May Cause Hitch from annual re-olutions confrratulatinK th<- l-res,- treasurer, ha.s hren racommandrel by “') .More than 75 |a-r rent of ,hr capital her him for his love of home and his j- .N„: dent on his 5*2n<l hirthdayt-^ (State Senator Carroll D. Nance for measures life to .three years — and g,tx)ck of the production credit associ-1 hf*' fompanion. his loyalty lo ms , American colonies in foreign fitifs appointment to the office of probate'^hat was put into the hill wKthoul oh- ^tions is hemg suhscriiH*d by the (V : Liends, high .sen.se of honor, (myie.d- ,ggy jg^,j^|^. also held danoes to celebrate the oc- judge which will be vacate<i within the jection from the administration. Thejjyg^j,jg j),.o.iuction credit corporation, mj? atlitiale to principal, and .sacn-n^j^ ,,g. cation. next few day.s by C. A. Power, who, l^‘x^s<;velt forces defeated efforts to ^^ich means, Scarlmiough said, the After a regular business day he sat ^pen selected for appdrhtment to PUt the two billion dollar stabilization agg^,gt,ohs will lie able to secure a down to a birthday party tonight in ^he postmastership at Laurens. It .is {fund in the charge of a board. maximum line of creilil and b«*gin the White House with his "buddies qf expected that .Mr. Voupg will assume! pa.ssage was making loans immediately by dis- r birthday custom that ha.-^ l>re- office this week. The unexpired term —L that year when he firing sjiirit of heljifulne.ss to iiis friends'and neighixirs, in t1irn*s of t-nm- ble or sickness. $l,lH)0.iK)0 tag costs. Hiils to ijv r the I I CC mvim ’'in to o* auio'.nol County Library counting well-.secure»l farmers’ notes with the federal interme<liute credit , bank of (kilumhia.” ) lAaniel said that “greatly increa.sed j services to farmers” under the farm credit •administration "has jinxluced a very favorable treml <if feeling to ward the Uoluinliia Ijind Hank.” “The federal farm mortgage cor poration act is'designed to enable the i K 1920,” a vailed since that year when he ran covers less than a year for vice-president. Mr. Young is a native of Clinton, a Intimate members of the White son of the late Mr. and .Mrs. G. C. House staff joined Mrs. Roo.-sevelt and Young, and has a wude circle of rela-i - PatfOUlZCCl her daughter, Mrs. Anna Curtis Dali, lives and fiiend.s here who will be in-j_ TfCll in the celebration. teres ted to learn of his appointment.; •— Some siunCs were arranged, but the For twenty years he held the office Laurens, Jan; 27^—Accordmg to the. whole party was very informal. Mr. of county treasurer, bemg succeeded annual report, given at the anhual Roosevelt, ft-s u.sual, sliced the huge in this position in 1931 by D. Roy meeti.ig of thh tru.ste<»s by Mrs. Clyde birthday cake containing 52 candles, j.Simpson. . K. Ray, librarian, the Laurens cxiunty |land banks to continue these services, "Louie,” "Mac” and Ste\*e”—Louis By deciding to exercise the author- jij^aiy [gst year loaned 30,028 books M. Howe, Marvih H. McIntyre, and ity vestifd in a senator, Mr. Nance to 1,772 readers. With a totaj[numlx‘r ^ephen Early — seci-etaries to the promptly set at rest rumors to the'of 5,317 bixiks in the library, the re president, formed the nucleus of the effect that he would order a sjiecial port shows that there were approxi- 1920 "gang.” Others were Kirke primary on the probate judge va- matety six readings for eacH book on Simpson of Washington, Charles Me-.^^ancy.^ It is understood that a large the library slielves. During the year Carjthy of Albany, Stanley Prenosil of' list of applicants sought the plac*e now [742 books were added, 71 volumes be- New York, 'Thomas M. Lynch of New held by Mr. Power. jing donated by friends. York, and James Sullivan of Boston. A nominee for the new term, begin-i in addition to the central library These members of the White House ning next January, will be named in'office maintained at the county .seat, staff also were present: Miss Mar- the regular primary in August. It has 23 stations, located in all parts of the guerite Lehand, Miss Grace Tull6y, not been announced whether Mr. .county, form a circulating medium Miss Margieet Durant, and Mm. Mai- Young will be a candid^ then for.{whereby patrons in various localjlies Vina Scheider. Miss Marian Dickerman the full term, but'it is assumed that have the advanLugesi oY borrewing of New York, aod Miss Nancy Cock of he will. I books at regular intervals, each ata- Lutherans Approve Budget For Synod make a .5(1 per i*ent licen-t*. .sla-^h aniuunling 1 (Highly to .$1,00(1- ()U()“ on differing dates have pa.sst'il both legi.slative chambers, but the job of final enactment is not the simjile jirohlem of lecoiK’iling the varying dales of effwtivity. The biggest obstacle is $42,405,000 Hyde Park, completed the group. Nearing the end of his first year (Continued on last page) P. S. Jeanes was a business visitor in Gj^nvill^ on Friday. ^ tion being allowed fifty or more^ books every two weeks in ei^hange for new seta. .Newlx'i'i-y, Jan. 30. Represent at ivi*.s from more than 100 churches, attend- jp county and district I'eimliui'sement ing the 109th annual convention <»t highway bonds hahging like a dagger the* South tvarolma Lyncxl of Lvang(*l- over ^be countie^i. ic Lutheran churches tonight adojited 'pj-jj. general reimbursement act of ' the' .synod’s budget of $44,000 as provides that if the revenue of Ihiniel said. “The act will make pos- expenses for the coming year—(he highway dejiartment is not suffi- sihle the financing of millions of do!- The meeting, -the .H4*cond in a three- handle thus indebtedness it lars of provisional commitments of ^i‘ty ^<*H.sion, was jiresuled over by the fgjjg back onto the counties. .New leg- the Columbia bank on applications ap- R'(V. 1’. D. Hixiwn, who earlier in tin* j.slation is not even neces.sary. The proved, but which otherwise couhl not w'us iwlec^ed president of the |•J26 act directs county auditors to fix have been funded.” [synod-. . j^he neee.s.sary property levy to meet IXaniel said that since Jan. 1, ap- ^ ^ ^ ^ [the obligations, proximately 5,000 loan.s aggregating . I’11’ TEEN NATIONS ARE j Senators and repiV-’vrtaiives a’c more than $7,H00,00() had been cIose<L making a total of .mare than $23,000,- 000 advanced in the third district, BEHIND IN PAYMENTS agreed that a tag cut is w idely in de mand and would he iHqnilai with their constituencies.. .Many of them would W’ashington, Jan. 30. — Fifteen na- since the farm credit administration; tions are in arrears on war debt pay-;like to elintiinate it as an is.sue in the was organized last May. ments due the United States, the coming election, but the reimbursc- He said farm mortgages in the dis- treasury department reported today merit bonds are to be considered. - tract were being refinanced at the rate to the .senate in a special review of; —*— of 360 a day, with 18 per cent of all the debt situation. * Miss Medora Bro>vning of Convene the borrowers securing a sckle-downl The amounts in arrears from these college, Spartanburg, is spending thU of the claims of their creditors. inations total $304,155,582. 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