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► • If You Don’t Read ; THE CHRONICLE • You Don’t Get I The News. t ■ -< —5*. ■ V • ' •’ • i THE CHRONICLE • Strives To Be a Clean Neir»*i • paper. Complete. Neway, I and Reliable. : { ••••*•••••••••••••••••••«•••••••« r i t VOLUME XXXIV LEADERS SAY TREND UPWARD CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY; FEBRUARY 22, 1934 NUMBER 8 WASHINGTON AT VALLEY FORGE *4, BanRutii: and Industry Chiefs i Optimistic To President Roose-| velt. Private Federal Aid Now Being Conskkred. j There is no finer example in Ameri can history of faith and pluck than [that which was made at Valley For^e I by the Continental army under its .Washinfrton, Reports oflcommander-in-ehief Giwge Washin ^ . . . . 'ton, in the-vrmter of 1 < r «-l mH, improved conditions in banking It is doubtful whether the sacrifice industry ivere g’iven to Rfesident'of the Continental army has ever been Roosevelt today by leaders in these | adequately realized, Arthur "Weller fields. They came, at the-same time; National Republic Map- that the chief executive considered ef azine. Half-starved, ill-clad, poorly sheltered and in great peril, not only forts to move the heavy capital goodsthe pangs of hunger and void, business into higher speed to take up^bu^ also from^nemy attacks, they slack from, the government’s emer- huddled about their campfires while gency program. the British under Lord Howe, at the Henry I. Harriman, president of the. “rebel” capital of iTiiladelphia, cele- Chamber or~Commerce of the United' brated the takingxof it with dances States, and Francis M._Laj\j president and other gala events. of the .American Bankers association,! In~Marshairs Washington we find in separate talks with the president! this: ‘‘.At no i>eriod of the war had the; spoke optimistically of conditions and j Americarf army been reduced to a sit-1 di.scussed plans for the future. juation of greater peril than during Harriman said the crux of the proh- the winter at Valley Forge. More than i lorn was to stimulate the capital goods j once they were absolutely without; industry “in order to get men to work food.” What hardships were under-- there as the government’s emergency I pone can be deduced from the fact program fades out.” ithat only .5,000 out of tTli* 17,000 who' I.a^' said “the banking structure is encamped there in December for that very sound” and the banks were “get-'winter were fit for active duty. Cloth- ting back to a more normal lending-ing. no less than food, was scarce, policy.” ' . , Mon wore each other’s uniforms in or- • However, he agreed that federal aid (R.j- that the naked could be clad and v neck Shows Almost 10(1 I ec In providing private credit and l«ng-; uke jJujir turn at active didiYs. | _ Cent Co-operatlon In Reduc- term financing might well he consid- Opp account tells of Washington.! ered. one cold/morning, meeting his senti-: •Mr. Roosevelt has been busy with .pei as the commander left headquar-1 ('ollege. Feh. 17—A check his financial lieutenants planning tors, the Potts house. The sentinel waspumb<*r of per.son.s who have somethjng aljong_ this line and a pro- | niaking--vig^Qus-.4novewmts^’ith-hi&^^^^.p^. "Mrs. D. J. Woods Called To Rest Beloved Wife of Pastor of First Presbyterian Church Passes * / Ifere. Interment lA Virgrinial After a' critical illness of four weeks, Mrs. D. J. Wooils, 63, wife of the . pastor of the First, Presbyterian church ofrthi.s city, died early last MONEY BILL TO^PfiSHED Senate Finance Committee En deavors To (omplete State Appropriation Mea-ure. Small Variance With House Set-Cp. ('olumbi-i; Feb. I'J.- Wi^ the teach er Tray -qitPKtitm 'apparenTly disposed ;of, the .senate finance eommittee de- Friday morning at the local hospiUl. [cid^d tonight to make a determined I .A brief service was held from the [effort tomorrow tt) comnle'e its draft (residence Friday evening at 7:30, con- of the general anpropria:ion bill. ;ducted by Dr. U R. Lynn, president! Several members of -he emomittee of Thornwell orphanage. IIundreds*^of >came back to Columbia .Monday in ad.- persons in all walks of life, gatRered vence of the reconvening <-f the legis- ‘o pay final tribute to a sweet and no- lature from the week-en.i recess fo ble spirit that had been an influence j work on the money bill. Enough mem- for good through a life of unselfish-j hers for a meeting failed to show up mess, devotion and kindness. Beautiful jduring the afternoon, an.l a ses-«ion l.arniys of flowers, sent by individuals'was called For Mondav night, with land organizations, attested the affec-iwilling vqj-of the a^m^priation re- 'tion of a wide and loyal circle of ,,ort as the anh«)unced gcua! I friends. „ .i \ The body* accompanied by Dr. Wqpi].s.Hand several members of his Most Farmers Sign Contracts Presbyterians To lion cf Acreag:e. congregation, w’as carried bj/ motor early Saturday morning to the home (if a sister in Salem, Va., where the ifWl .service was held from the Pres- jbyterian church Sunday afternoon, ♦ jwith interment following in the fani- Hnlrl burial ground at Vinton. I lUlU marriage in Mrs. Woods was Miss John B. Gunn, daugh- i ter of Giles Gunn and Virginia Mor-i rison of Lexington, V’a., a widely con-j I nected and influential family of that community. Her father was a minis ter, faithfully serving his church for fifty^two years. Mrs. VVoods had made her home in her First Presbyterian Church Of This City Will Be Host March Isl To S. V. Presbvterv. “gram Tor establis]dng intermediate : y^^nd^ and legs in order to keep warm.. nunrln-r of eligible farmers jiank.s to assist the Federal Re.serve' Noting this. Washington a.<ked hiih last census shows that very artL'hVi s^Vresln-Umian^cMif^^ system is contemplated. , if he had had his breakfast. Upon jH*r cent of all eligiblei this city on March i according to • .A one-day institute and conference on religious education and men’s work :greatimportance To membors ofM^he as + South Carolina presbytery will lie held very at the K W inthrop Aldrich, chairman of the c^.iving a negative •'‘*p!y* W ashington farmers have signed, said R. W. Ham-; announcement by Dr. Roswell C. Ixmg board odihe Chase National hank, was f the sentinel inside the house, another caller at the White House. and while he was being served a “There is every evidence,” said Har-j breakfast by Mrs. Washington, (Jeorge riman, “of greater-.business activity V^ashinglofi, with the sentinel’s gun, than we have had in the past. It has <to»d guard outside his own house un- been steadily- upward fdr the last til the soldier’s return. W. of W’.[of Greenwood, chairman of the Pres-jj^ the'hytory’s committtH* of religious educa- _ , ,,, dm his work. She wa.s a woman who, [tion. [Clinton since 1921 at w-hich time of the re. She immediately became a devoted and ac tive^, member of this church, a great and inspiration to her husband When the appointed hour arrived, however, a large numb(*r ^)f members were still absent knd resumption of work on revising the vital finance nicasurt* went over umil tomorrow. .As the committee apparently neared the etui of its long ta-^t;. one or two memhets ventured the eTimate “ihere won’t be more than or 000 difference”' between bill and tlje .$6,211,000 hou-e inea-vim refoire l i to it. exclusive of the • -acher pay raise already pas>ed by the' house. APhough the memb^^r derhTTeTf |(luoted directly, one intimated most of the increase would In* tv>- a 10 per .cent raise for all state employes, ip- jcluding those at insti*utio:is. Tlie -sm4rwn.3V4t>made- 44«er-^‘irrt- new lax-sv will he recommended and th.it ric rnendations will be within recer . sr* three or four months. I think it will continue. However, I don’t think aJI Illustrative also of the conditions in the camp at beautiful, yet tragic. Val- the problems are .settled. 'The crux of jj^y Forge, so close to Philadelphia, so the situation is in getting private in- the British, is the account of dustry to work in the capital goods Washington’s visit to a detachment field?*- in <*rd«r to get men to work. men. He had been keeping his there as the government emergency-pyp^ on the ground, apparently not- prograin fadeA out.” , , liog something interesting there on I^w said reports from throughout «he snowy slopes. Upon drawing near the country “lead me to believe there'^o the chief officer of The detachment is a very definite and very real im- Washington (piietly returned the sa- provement in business.” lute, then abruptly asked; “The banking structure is very ‘-How conies it. sir, that I have souml.” he added, “and that has help- tracked the march of your troops by ed to restore confidence. Business men ^he bloodstains of their feet upon the ‘ng are attacking their problems with rc- frozen ground’.’ Were there no shoes in the conimis.sary’s stores? To this the officer replied that his detachment was one of the last to re ceive shoes, also that the supply short ly after his detachment was reached had been exhausted. WashingKin■ listened in >ilcnce, but his deep sighs showed Wuh what emo tion he heard this r(*port. lurning to his men he said, his voice trembling,. “Poor fellows!” Then he gave rein to his charger and rod** rapidly away. Valley Fo-rge is more than a beau tiful state park today. It is symbolic iof something more than forced priva- TV'enty-seven Pr<*sbyterian college ^jops. It is a shrine that instills in all ^ students are now at work on federaUtrue .Americans a deeper appreciation works projects as a part of the gov- (,f the manhood and the sacrifice of ernment relief program. The work will ihose who were quartered there dur- be done on the college campus to give the darkest hour of the Reirolu- ‘ part-time employment to‘needy stu- tion. It is syrnlmlic of a never-dying , dents until the end of the current aca- ‘ rit-vothm^ to a caW and to ^ great demic year, according to President commander that kept hope alive. MeSween. " — ———-— These funds have been made avail able by the Federal Emergency Re- The allotment of' ilton, assistant to Director Long, discussing the closing sign up ficriod February 1.5. The totals for acreage and produc-] Outstanding speakers of the oc- tion and average yield of contract j easion. Dr. Ixmg said, include Dr. J. signers is very close to the figures l. Fairly, co-ordinate .secretary. Dr. of the crop estimating'board for the.;!, e. Purcell, dirwtor of adult ^uca-'^n" co'ntacL^ **" there would be sfifficient reven- base period. In .some counties which'tion, and Miss Atha Bowman, writer ‘ , . . i. . r-r . available to raise teachers in per ccr.. have overrun their 'quotas all con-jand field worker, all of the Southern I.‘nto^res-j considered proposed ex tracts are being returned to signers | Presbyterian church’s headquarters n!<^’nce, Mjs. Woods made;a wide , tension of the state aid school term lived truly to the tenets of the (’hri.s- tian religion, who typified the ideal wife and friend, and whose influence I for good was felt by all with whom she came in contacL be !)Ut, )>eni'ling com|)!c'.ion riiittec’s report, no staiv ni cn out as to/where ,ad«i. would be derived. Two member^ of :i committee, Senatios Pickens, and Nance of 1. late today they the c t—was ; ev;! f ; p ■e.al if lUiin larep.s. had definuely dccid revision. Continued eo-operation' committee of religions education in <iuickly revising excessive figure.s' Richmond, Va. is urged by Mr. Hamilton since de-j The program will la-gin at 4 p. lay on the part of farmers in making , with dev<)tional .services conducted at cle of friend.s her and acquaintances to m.mths. b (he revision will necessarily delay the first, rental payments. Considering that all necessary data of acreage and yields were plvtained by farmers and committeemen agree- upon something that took place m. i !‘y [mourn ner pa.s.sing. her adopted home. Her place in this j^^^y „,^^.hcd the conclusion wh«‘re she lived,' Dr. D. J. VVoods, pastor of the church, followed by afternoon addresses iiy Drs. F'airly and Purcell and group discussion. .A Joe supper will be served, from .5:50 to 6:.30 and recon- , ,, ... , ,, . ■ . II ( anipbcll and .Mrs. U>ra Davis e w 111 ■ ' ^ ..Austin, icxas. - »ut sH I this coul! not be done at the |tr(‘st nt s, vsion. They said, liowcvci. th:«’ :if‘cr p:*. - Besides her husband, Mrs. W omls uf some $1,000.0"" m WT.i teac" - survived by two brothers, Ralph Gunn' loved and worked, will Im‘ hard to fill. of Richmond, Va.. Rufner Gunn Salem, Va., and three .sIsUts, .Mis. E. Robins of Salem, Va., .Mrs, R. vening at 7 o’clock the c«*nferenc< of F. 1). of newed cunfideni'^e and looking forward " to profit.s-this year. “Banks arc getting back to a more normal lending fiolicy.” I^. C. Boys Get Federal Jobs (Jevernment Funds To Provide Part-Time Employment For Group of Students. as far back as six years ago with no continue until 9 o’clock, written records to go by it is a re-' All of tin* leaders of the Assoei- markable tribute, Mr. Hamilton as-! ated oKeformed Piesbyt*-rian chiirch- st i ts, to the honesiy and willingness es of the seeond presbytery are in- of farmers to co-operate for the wel-jvited to attend and participate in the fare of all that the'^total figure.s for conference. Dr. long said be had is- Major Measures Facing Assembly er notes falling due ui ’.In- l.'51-:!.'> f • cal year, they felt -'lire money w:ou, i he available the folbiuiiiL' f 'Cal y- ir, to lengthen the 'cbool The finance comiv tlee apii?<i| i ,- ation report, the |ut>iiiiii (>» more thin four weeks <»f lab"i. ai pia'. l dest.n- ed for u fierce fiirht on tht' .-enate floor. One senator. Purdy "f ■la>P'‘r, Hopes For Early Adjournment Fade As .Money Bill Remains In Com mil lee. the state arc such a sniall per'cent, sued invitations through their minis- in excess of ofTtcial figures. ItTs nec- ler.s to eluiieheNTin GreenwoiMl, New- es>ary, however, liefore the state can berry, Abbeville, {..'lureris and .Andcr-- he accepted by the VV’ashingt'ori au-ison Counties. Tlui-^e expeetetl Jo at- thorities that even the small overrun [tend aiv the pastors. Sunday schoid , must be eliminated. [officers and teachers and officers and, j leaders in auxiliary, young iM*oples , and men’s groups. i i i •■M.nist.-rs »n.l whi. “'IJ""™'''-'"' l|.•Klnn.n^■ I.. li.ok af.- S pil- made the statement over ’‘ i that to avoid “■'pembVi,: than we’ve got.” it ••ueli' i rm-d even behtw tin- litm-r* - Earlier, .Senator .\i< h<r ■ w;ooil, had a-e^ailed p' l iio',- i Uolumbia, Fi-b. 17. .Memb(*rs of the general assembly set on early sine die cipeciai oervices (..-hansiv.. u,„,„ th.. .as, At 1 he ,LoHegeLrai»»i<.a« h..... I«st N..v..mlK-r “I’ I'Tislal.v,- m.ll. ' ' j anticipate this conforerenee with much j Li.st^^l in the category uf week-end itK'u y lr;n- • i;,-,. ncrea os, 'Uft'cien* re\c- : io TIM men’. ' • of th * 'f called ar.g'M lief admini.stration jobs will be e<iual to ten per cent of , the full-time student enrollment, and i the types of work for w-hich the funds! Small Crop Seen For South Washington, Feb. 17—The The Rev. A. C. Haipis of Milledge- ville. Ga^, selected to lead the services, was unable to fill the engagement oh account of illness. The Rev, Joe 11. ("■arter, pa.stor of the Central Pre.sby- terian church of Anderson, was .se cured by Dr. Mc.Sween as the guest speaker for the week and is being heard twice daily, 11'.dr) a. m. and 7 the number of important measures in .dition to the general ajmrfqiriation “unfin- .SiK-cial services'began at Preshyte-i eugern(*ss,” Dr. Long .slaU-d. “since ‘shed business’ at the end of the sixth wit h rian college Tuesday morning and wi)l>‘t is designed to do for religiou.-^ edu-'week of the .session yesterday wen continue through ’-'riday evening. cation in an in.-'piiutionai way what wa^ don(* for the cause of foreign I <cvcr-;i • Tjc.-dHy. ' s;nt' 1 c cd w ; "i n missions. aw .1. • • the ■>Y ill '.lie South P' ® series of helpful, inspir- may be used cover~the range of jobs probably wlil have a cotton prop rig-- customarily done in an institution by idly set 9,.500.0U0 bales this year, students who are working their way President Roo.sevelt favored such a i through college, .including clerical, li-, plan today. A hint of presidential brary, research, and w-ork on build- desire usually is sufficient to turn con- ings and’^'grounds, and in dormitories gress in the direction indicated; he' and dining halls. The college is to be wrote a letter about cotton. i the final judge as to the type of pro- The plan which the president said , ject carried on within the institution, he believed “in principle” best cov- ;church will be occupied next Sunday j Industrial bank.-- making on a Students will be selected for the ered the situation would levy a tax at niorning at 11:15 by Dr. John Me- monthly payment basis with no collat- the gin on'cotton prepared for market,-Sween, president of Pre.sbyterian col-feral except under endorsement may in excess of b^oOO.OOO bales. The taxilfRe. The gue.st minister at the 7:30 virtually would equal the value of the-evening service will be Dr. Dudley (’olumhia, Fch. IT In^|^|:t^t rates in South <’ar()lina will ttP'Iowered l<* one per cent effective July 1. An act to cut the rale effective on that date’ was signed today by Gov ernor BlaekwotHi. The' measure low from seven to .six contract rate made by "express agree- The pulpit of the FiV.st Presbyterian i ment” from eight to seven. MeSween, Jones To Speak Sunday be selected for the jobs on the following considerations: Need. The ^udent’^ financial status shall be such as to make im- saying he did not -cm mic to meet t 'I 'ln. A was - imlivatc I ai'i->it I10U.S4' membo w u u|ion to Concur i-i .ii’\ senate makes in th- mor The legislator.'.. bet;,i!i • week of the session a' n---. some.siU1 ho!> f-i! Y a adjoin nment van n a- ad-; ten weeks and oti'e-- doub.f i! (^uite a stack of o“>ris!:it >11 bill. ing their ac-tTon. Inchj.icd:'; » There wore* for instance, apprnx--1“'CCj?! “bt" ‘“g kM--. w imately 10 bills touching on the liquor of a free conf*'iea . . mmitlc^; (jue.stion from one ahgl*- or another, a !!*" Santee-( ooper bill: 'oaMk ng b:!l>, 50 p«»r Ci-nt tag cut in free confer- V"! 1" be introduced; an an!;-m*j>o;.' i once, a 10 per cent teacher pay rSise nieasure; hoiist* ihsposition i-f the hoc! iCoupled in the .senate with a !"!!* various other me.i>iires. to lengthen the state aid -schoid teiri! total of 121 act' already has be One month, the Sanlee-Uooper devi-l- f'J'ned out by the legisiature •opment and a civiLservice proposid—tsV ^y (iov<*rno.> Blackwood, abolish rfepotism. - dargeOiajoi ity i-f ih- ni. how(;,er. Still to he introduced were bills to' nature, "O-... *pmv4dfc;;Xpr bttnkriig control when the' (^ne, fiassed sevc.a! day.' ago c l w ers the legal rate emergency law expires in Ke|>-' approved by the , govei no u\er t • K per cent and the |»ossibly a .series of textbook ■ directed a one-'iah refi’v 1 , , and other measures l.Ll.I auto lags >.dd fri.pi \ugus I by express agree- otner imasun..-*. • Approximately 100 measures have tKlotiei for ears not previoir'.y already beeo enacted but practically lireiiM-d during that tag year. JBl of them are local in nature. One Interest Rate Lowered In State n an H' at college cotton. possible his attendance without this aid. (b) Character and a’uility to do col lege work. The students shall be of good character and judged liy the us ual methods of determining ability^ Political B2dl Starts Rolling Jones, a member of the college faculty and a former pastor of this church. The pastor. Dr. D. J. Woods, went from the funeral of .Mrs.^ Woods'at Salem, Va.U to .Martinsburg, W. Va., where he is spending several days vis iting his aged father. i • charge one and *>ne half per cent per month on anai>unt.s from $10 to $200. by Governor legal interest effective July employed by the particular college,; shall possess such ability a.s to give ■ The political ball in Uurens county lussurance that they will do high grade starts ruling.this week with the for-^|X To mal announcement, seen elsew-here in I^I • AUUdl - * v work in college. - mai announcement, (c) Status as to present attendance, this paper, of R. Miller Brown who Not more than 75 per cent of the has thrown hjs hat in the ring for funds alloted to any institution shall game waiden\ of the county. Mr.} be paid to student.s who-were regu- Brown is a w'elH known grocerof I^u- larly enrolled in some college during rens and is a fo^ hunter of long stand- Baltimore, .Md., where he is now pur- January, 1934. ■ - suing a special course in dentistry at (d) Equitable division between sex- The race for game warden will bt- the University of Maryland, Jobs shall be allocated betw-een the first of its kind held in thi.s county. Dr. McFadcien will in the near fu- and girls in proportion to the Heretofoie the office has been held tuve resume the j^ractice of dentistry Resume Practice Gain Shown In Enrollment statewide act, signed Blackwood today, cut ' rates one i>er cent, 1. In line with repealed recommen dations of the governor to the gen eral assembly, the act will lower the legal' rate from seven-to six Goldville Scouts \ - Visit Capital , . ' .ttnd the contrai^t rate ftom eight to The enrollment of the t'linton cAy jX''" ' fndu?rtrhil b^nks will .-Schools' at the-end of the fifth month, ^ "^'ITb'i^ed -(o charge' ! 1-2 iper cent has reached 1,340, a* small increase^® month 6n monthly paymend loansof $10 tA'$20(E urt'set-ored etteprt by en- over the corresponding 7>eriod last year. ’ In the four white .-chools comprising ;dors( ment. the district,-there are l..i3.3 popils ma-^(‘()I,l,KGK ‘STIJDEN'FS Dr. M. J. McFadden left Monday for j ^nculated. In the two colored sch.ools the enrollment Ls ^07. ! ' 'The Joanna Mills Boy .Scouts wen; ; to Uolumbia last Wedne.sday lo alien 1 r cent'night !W>«8K>n’of the general a - per ttn semhly. The boys were met in ihe cap. ital by >ienator Nance who gave them a cordial welcome and eseoiit-tl the group to the sUite house where they were given reserved seats in the .sen ate balcony.* Jchi’morion- from Senator 'Nance, the senikte rose in recxignition of the visitors while several compli- BOARI) TO MEET . —:—^ and Dr. Hugh W'yman, addressed the! The board of rustces of 1‘reshyte- students of Pre-sbyterjan college dur- enrollment"^of ~ each in the particular on appointment by the governor, but in the city. He will occupy attractive |pian college will hold their annual ing the past week. Dr. Wyman and Dr, es boy^ f ment.s were paid the Juanna village HEAR PHYSICIANS the senator and Lieutenant Gover- — — - I nor Sheppard. ■fhi ee .Uolumbia physicians. Dr. [ Heyward Gibbes, Dr. W. P. Bwkman, FEDERAL .MAN C(1MI.NG A field deputy co!!tvt«*r be in U1 inton March 1st for the purpose of -aXKWft: -—,,;i rhe I.Tgt spsKTorr of the legi«la- un-stairs^ rooms in the new buil4ing-rmeeting-.an. ihe euUcgii xaJBp_Ui_ncxt Beckman spoke. Ijtie psycbolo^ and assisUng tiiYpjyMrs in piypaulny the r These student- loan funds are being ture the law as to this county was being eiocled by John rf. Young, ad- ''i'uestwy.'rhe mt^ng wnll bcfSW*:ti»4edclaSsea. DrLBibbH~4ddre«8e<I feoeriff^cofTne tax n^turtis f<JT extended to colleges the United States. in all parts of changed so that the wardeh is to be joining The Chronicle office on South j elected by the people. ICroad street. over by Dr, H., W, DuBose of Spartan-!^the entire student body on' the sub- year 193.3. No charge is made for tb'i burg, the board’s chairman. ject of sejtual hygiexte. service. -f- \ y #.• ■