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VOLUME XXXIV
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 19:14
NUMBER 5
NATION HOLDS 'Legislature Enters
CHARITY BALLS UponF^Week
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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-
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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.
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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. (week at home.
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