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The CKnton Chronicle, Clinton, S. C., Thursday, June ?, 1934
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its correspondents.
More Food Crops
Urged For State
not forced to buy its wheat, com, pdrk state have signed the. 1931 cotton acre-
or beef from any other sections. It age redikrtion contractj The govem-
can grow all of these. .'ment Tented fr6m these farmers 708.-
, “Now. tt» only possible way for 21S acres at an average rental of $7.51
the South Carolina farmer to profit acre. This means that Washington
Home from the acreage reduction program P*y farmers more than five
Great Revival of Farm
Life Is Need of South Caro- is by growing his own grain and meat ^nd a..iiiiart«r miHron dollars rental,
lina, Savs J. Rov Jones. does no: have to pay any and--e^iraI}ow the farmer to grow
* * * processing tax. L , f®^d and feed crops on the land so
Columbia, June Z.—A return of the “Seyenty-^one thou.sand three hun- long’as be. does* not grow them far
day when the storehou.^es of the farm- dred and twenty-one farmers in this saJe. but uses them on his own farm.
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CLIXTON, S. C.. THURSDAY. JUNE 7. IS34
In the matter of bringing about a wounded n^n-fatally in action.
decrea.He in cotton production, the Sounds awful, doesn't it. And yet
weather ha> of late l»een a strong al- that is what it is estimated will occur
ly of the Bankhead bill and it does not jf the automobile accident record dur-
the enforcement o. {pjr the next six years follows the ex- own homes and tenants. Almost
^ will be ver>- difficult. perience of the past four. As a matter invariably such farmers are leaders
^ ^ fact, there is an excellent chance Jn their communities. I should like to
STl DENTS -ARE .MISSED. jthat the number of fatalities and in- others follow their example.”
Tbe enjoyment of the commence- juries will be greater still—the acci- pointing out the ’ advantage of
commissioner
of agriculture, a.« a result oi cotton
and tobacco curtailment.
‘‘We should see a great revival of
farm home life in South Carolina,”
Commissioner Jones .said. ‘T want to
see us return to the place where
wheat, oats, com, rye and other grains
Vill be grown in abundance in this
4tate. '
‘‘Also, with so many thousands of
•icres of land taken out of cotton, in
addition to thousands and thousands
^hould be a tremendous increase in
fcattle and hogs.”
"I know there are many able and
independent farfrters who have long
grown and cured sufficient meat for
commence
ment exercises of the college on the dent cune is tending upward. gueh a system of farming, the com
part of citizen.' of (. hnton is tinged T^iere is only one way in which this xnissioner said the South had a mo-
witfa regret -by rea.son of the fact that gha.stiy forwast can be proven wrong.'popoly on cotton and the balance of*
of the senior class a- resident.** of the
erty and the ab>ehce of the
duiing the summer months.
on the part of resfK*n.sihle motorist.s and pay 90 per cent of the processing
cla.sses modernize and strengthen traffic tax on thisi commodity.
laws, pass legislation which enforces
adequate exam.nation for drivers, and
laws with teeth that will take drunken
‘But,” he continued, ‘‘the South is
N*o*nrE I
Bids on Transportation of Pupils
Bids for the transportation of school
children of ail school districts of Lau
rens County who do not own their!
WHAT FUNNY THINflS ME IK)
What funny th;ng> are done by the drivers off the roads to be put in jail
government. A few years ago the ,and kept there where they will not be
Farm Bureau was organized to help ^ menace to the lives and property
the farm to produce—now the .same of men. women and little children who
organization is working overtime to travel the highways. So long as the school buses are called for in accord-j
lessen production. All of which reckless, tbe incompetent, the irre- ance with an Act passed by the (Ten-
i proves nothing except that t^e human sponsible, and the intoxicated rule the eral Assembly of 1930, To Authorize
race is a nutty outfit, not even guided highways, as they do now. the lives and Regulate Di.sbur.sement of Funds
" of a!! other motonsts are in con.stant for Tran.sportation of Pupils to and
- danger.
bj in.stmct.
A MI.SE RULIXC.
/As an onlooker, it api>ears to us that
the college authoritie.s decision to pro
hibit iiaddiing and beating of fresh
men in the future is a wise decision
and one tkat should hav^/ be* n taken^^*^**** -I^fere»t Iroi
before now. cC JaaeiS,^
Haz.ng has no place in a college — ^
r.ow-a-days and i.- an extremely poor
10 Years Ago
■ The ('hronkle
1924
advertisement for an
institution. Anderson left this week for of Education
from Public Schools of South Carolina.,
1. Each bidder will make two bids.*
(U On a baisis of per pupil per
mile. i
(2) On a basis of total number!
of children to be transported. *
2. Each bidder will submit his bid-
on the basis of the sjMjcifications on!
file and available for inspection* in the
office of the County .Superintendent
Young freshmen coming to college, Lexington. X. C... where he has accept- 3_ h.ds shall be addressed to
probably leaving their parents for • pbs.,ion. ' ' the County Superintendent of Educa-|
the first time. re>ent being beaten and , tion marked on outside of sealed ^n-j
knocked around-by upper classmen be- The Sauthwe^tern Presbyterian uni- v'elop^ "Bids for transportation of
cau.se they are in the minority and versity of Clarkesville. Tenn., at its pupils, District No. — Route No. —.
can't protect themselve.s. hun and comhiecement exercises on Tuesday 4. Bids must be in the office of the
amu.'emeni is all well and good, and conferred the honorary degree of County Suprintendent of Education,:
has a proper place in college life, but LLD. upon Dr. Davison McDowell Saturday, June 23, at 2 P. M. 1
should not be allow'ed to go to an ex- Douglas of th.s city. 5, The bids shall be opened and
awards made at the July 3rd meeting,
next of the County, Board of Education who*
t-eme. The time to take the precau
tion is before some .serious or fatal
accident occurs :nat will reflect upon,
and I-e einbarra>.'ing to the college.
ALL MUST ENROLL
Enrollment book.- a-e now open for
the enrolimen*. of voters for the coun
ty and state pr.manes to l>e held in
August. The^':: wilL remain open
tkroi^rh July 24ih. giving to all eli-
g*ble men and women an opportunity
to enter their names. If this impor
tant matter is not attended to in the
de.signated time it will mean dis-
frarK'hisement for the negligent and
indifferent \oler.'.
B4K>ks are now ■»p-n n the-32 pre-
eitts of Ijiurvns oban’y. 'Previous
The city election will be held
Tuesday. TTtiere are four candidates shall have the right to reject any and
for mayor: Lee .Add Blakely, P. S. ail bids and to readvertise for new;
Jeanes, J. F. JacoW, Sr. and R. ^L. or additional bids. j
Bailey. j C. .All contracts for transportation^
— shall be aw'arded to the lowest re-1
M.ss Nannie Young Tribble .is at sponsible bidder. j
home from Due West Woman’s col- 7. This notice shall not apply toi
lege, where >be was a member of this districts owning their own school'
year's graduat.ng c!as>. buses. '
8. Following list of bases for
The follow ing \\ inihrop students w'hich bids may be receive<l and any
are at home for the summer. Misses and all other routes designed by the
Ia>iS and Loree .Adair. Hattie Mae County Board of Education:
Horton. Frances W thersjKKm., Marie
Motz and Katrryn Blakely. Misses
•Adair. H*>rton. Motz and Blakely were
members of the gradaaiing class.
enrollments are not valid, the club
book? being discarded every four
years and a new .-tart made. The sec-
fvtary of your ci.ub -.annot enroll for
you, no one can attend to this, duty
•jor you. Every,^ name must be entered
in person anew. a duly, a «aesjwn-
sibility re-ling ui>on every n an and
woman that ?l...'U.d not be overlooked,
or ahiiAed.
Messrs. Duii.ey Steer. Walker Bai
ley and Weir Dav:> are at home from
Clemson college.
Mrs. Edward Long attended a meet- ern.
Hurricane No. 15 Hurricane—
Route No. t. Hurricane to Clinton.
Mountville .No. !♦;, Mountville-^
Route No. 1. Lisbon to Mountville.
Route Nol 2.-Mt. Pl^sant to Mount-
ville. . . '
Route No. 3. R.nrk to Mountville.
Sullivan No. 17. Hickory Tavern—
Route No. 1. Merna to Hickory Tav-
ing of the board of trustees of Lime
stone college in Gaffney on Tuesday.
SHOULD 4 HAM.E BY-LAWS
1 he by-laws of the < ity Democratic era! weeks,
•lub should be changed and require
The friend? of Re\. E. L- Wiggins
will be glad to know that he is at
home from Johns Hopkin.s hospital,
where* he has been a patient for sev-
I^ureirs No. 6. Oak Grove—
Route* No. 1, Oak (irove to I,^uren
- Vouhg? No. 5. Grayk—
Route No. 1. Grays to Gray Court.
Young? No. 7. Youngs— _ \
Route No. 1, Youngs to Gray Court, j
Sullivan No. 2. Ml. Bethel— ' |
Route No. 1, Mil Bet,hel to
Shoals.
Suilivair No. 7. Brewerron—
Route Nor 1, Brewerton to
Ware,
Wa
•Very voter to qualify *'>' signing his- Mrs. Ji-Hamr Stone left Monday for
♦r her -name on the club roll as in all ^M^utpbis. Tenn.. where she will serve
other flections. The state requires oi as a chaperone for the sponsors of the Shoals.
each elig^le voter that he enroll in Confederate veterans. j Waterloo No. 1. Mt. Gallagher
per.>-OB- The county- makes-ibw same — ,j_. Route NV; U. Mix-G
demand. Then why the exception in Dr. B. O. Ayhit'>n is in Washington,'Shoals,
the munxipak pnmary? D. C.. a::end.r.g the .American Psy- Hunter No. 3 Rock Bridge-
Enrollment committees are now cholcgica! conveht.on. Route No. 1. Rock Bridge to Mount-
*4>u?'y charged with the duty and re-
&punsS*iIi:y of running down the qua!
Col. and E. Lr Glasgow and
ified voters m a city-wide canvas? and family have g*>ae to‘Salem, N. J., for
listing their name? in order that they the summer. j
Inay be eligible to vole in the ap-
'preaching primary to select a mayor The highest average .«tuients in the
and six aldermen. It is a big, thank- city schools for thgx-past sc.^.-sion have
—unnecessary job. and one that been announceKjy^
ville.
Hunter No. 5, Clinton—
Route No. 1, Lydia Mill to Clinton, f
Jacks No. 6. O'DeU’s-
Route No. I, O’Dell's to Whitmire.*
Dy^^order of the County Board of;
Education. j
C. F. BROOKS,
Co. Supt. of Ed.:
NUTICE
requires a con?iderab!e amount of High school. George Smith, Frances 3^^
tame and work and care if attended Shealy and Isaac Cop^nd. ('entral —
lo properly, y ' graded sch^I: Billjv^wens. Inez By- .-w.-vm,. ^
Voter? should W sufficiently inter- rum and Mary H«w'ze DiJIani (tied A meeting of the ^^e.sident qualified^
carted in the kind of municipal gov- for second place) and Cornelia Hentz. electors of Hunter Schtnil District No.j
eminent' we are to have, and in the Providence school: Ernest Blackwell, 5 will be held at 3 o^clock P. M. on
type of men who are to head their William Bobo and Frances Wilbanks.
(ovemment, to qualify themselves to
ei^press
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their
go to the polls and
choice.
‘There is no plau.sible reason why
the voter’s responsibility should be
4elegated to some one else.
On^Teacher Units
Fast Disappearing
Tuesday, June 1934, at the Ijigh
school building iii Clinton, S. C., for
the purpose of selecting a trustee.
By order of the Board of Trustees.
Colombia. June S.—The one-teacher
school with its single instructor, pre-
sidijig over all the clksses still holds
i»wi|y in some sections of South Caro-
. A GH.ASTLY POREA .AST
It is estimated that between now
1940, IdOJiOO people will be killed
is antomabUe accidents.
^tal of faidlities for the entire ** ** foA losing ground,
that began with 1930 will bef A study of 6.452 teachers released
SlhJMO, aad the injury recoil will today by the scate depiltment of edu-
lao^ 10,000j)00. The fatalities will be cation showed that only 330, or less
grmUr than the total of th^ soldiers than foor per cent, were employed in
kilSed in battle in the entire hiatory yhe one-teacher schools.
0t this eounuy—aa<L will surpam the Nearly three-fowths of the teach?
battle ensnahita of the A. E. F. in the era—C,000 to he exact*—were engaged
than six times. ’The^ia^sehools ef moen than four teachers
fimniilil
mssgtstl
£. Mood Smith. O. J).
Felder Sssith. O. D.
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Gen. Johnson^s Textile Statement
Special to The .Vcit York Times.
"■^WASHIFSTON, Jane 2L—The announcement by General Johnson on the
textile strike settlement follows.
“The threatened cotton textile strike was conditioned on XKA rescii^ijig-
its own order restricting machine hours 25 per cent during the usual Sumfeier
slump, which for the past few years has averaged appyoximat^ly 25 per cent
decline in prirduction. At present there is a very large surplus of goods A|n-
sold and disastrous shut-downs were threatened. The idea of the order was
to spread these inevitable reductions over the whole industry equably (with
exception.s for the smaller mills and certain special cases and thus to sustain
enifiloyment on the widest p<.s.sible basis.
The order prevented shut downs for long periods by rei^uiriiig that reduc
tions be by days instead of weeks or months, except that shut-downs for normal
streb as invemory. repairs, &c., shall not be prevented.
Xo argument against either the wisdom or tjie equity of this order has
been [»re?ented? - On the contrary, labor representatives in the present con
ference admitted the necessity for this action and that the strike was not
against the order ^ all, bat only to secure 33 1-3 per cent increase in hourly
rates of pay and certain other demands.
Labor’s View of Issues.
\\ hih* XK.\ is willing to do anything it can to comjMisc differences as they
ari-e. ii raiiiiot proceed to any aetion under the threat of a strike against its
own onler Aecording y. the lir^t arriele of ^ertlement countermands the!
>!rike order.
Lab;»r representatives m the present eonference now concede that the real
is>ues are;. ' ^ •
'1 I heir right to re'preNeyt nieiiibers of their union
gaining:
icTcollectiv^ bar-.
^2 Ceftain other grievances alleged to be in violation of the code; but
principally, _
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13- A demand for an increase of 33 1-3 per cent in the labor element of
cost of cotton tcxiiies. -
There is no question that labor is entitled to prompt idid effective relief
of any just complaint under 1 and 2. or of the duty of .\RA to insure it. 'The
most effe. tive instriiinentality we have as yet tried in labor disputes was the
I’resident *s .suggestion in the settlement of_the automobile strike.
There is already an Industrial Relations Board in the cotton textile in
dustry and it has functniued exceptionally well—better. |>erhaps, than aiiv
similar .set up, but, to bring it into the fiefd of aetion of the Wollqian Board
its powers required further definition and its membership had to include a
representative of lal>or in the cotton textile industry.
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Auto Agreement the Bntia.
A basis of settlement was the administrator’s agreement to urge upon this
iudu.siry sueh definition and amendment of the industrial Relations Board as
would a«‘c<)rd with the President *s formula in the automobile settlement.'
Labor aceept.s this and it i> l»ciieve<l that this will go far to quiet the present
unrest ami prevent future disturbance.
Labor in this indu.stry is also to be given representAtnin^'on the labor ad
visory board and is to have an adviser to the government members on the
J «*de -\uthorit}. Studies of all assertions of other general grievances are to
be continued.
So luueh for the firnt two ci
-es of complaint. As to wages, it is clear
that no such violent im-rea-e aA :W 1-3 per cent in all wage si-ales, if any can
be coiiMdered at this time The rise m the price of cotUm textiles has’ been
one of the ehief consumer complaints.
Iiieludiiig tl c procex^iiig tax. raw cotton co^ts have increa.>cd 150 per
eent There has 1 ecu a 70 |»er cent increase in labor costs due to the co*le
and other iiiriuences, and an increase of 04 per cent ih cost of labor, material
and supplies-in cut Lull texXiiea. _ . ,
A very clear cause of dccrca-sed coiisuiiiptiou is this increased cost and in
crease.! jirices whn h How from il In this situatnm any such increase in cist
would paraly/c |»roduction and employment and defeat the verv ends aimed at
ReperU Are “Corrected.”
The cour>e of neg.uialions have not l»een helper! bv the eoneurreiit news
paper debate between the partio to them. Fairness to .\RA and to a great
industry ami t.i its aecom|d4»hmeut> for labor under the XRA compels me to
correct several iiiaecurale stateiiieiits which appeared in news dispatches yes^
lerday ami which were attributed to officials of the United Textile Workers
A statement that the administration of the C otton Textile Code “through
la. k of eiif.ircement has br.mght it to a point of pre-eode conditions, ’’ is simply
W ithout foiin.latirim w faetr-l Iniow nf m ITOTtliit ~
minixtered more consdentionsly and more effectively than this code has been
and is being administered by its Code Authority.
_ Ihe statement that wages **have been forced down-to lower than ever
before * is equally unfounded. The very oppo.site is true. The record showi
that the present hourly wage rate as well as weekly carningi adjusted to
living costs (real wages) have reached and passed the highest 1929 level
Between April, 1933, and April, 1934, payrolls in this industry
over 100 per cent; between March 1933, and April 1934, en^iloyme^ increased
34 p« j»nt. Average adtnal we^y earnings increased between March. 1933
and February, 1934, about 35 per cent. *
Points to Gains for Labor.
The improvement of labor conditions under this code surpass^ that in
tnj other indnstiry,'and., in addition to the wage improvements mentioned
inelude the wiping out of unfavorable working conditions sueh as child labor
tiiieonseioiiabie hours and unregulated stretch-out. J^* ’
^ The improvements have-been retained and, At the time they were obtained
through an XRA code hearing and months of patient work with the Cotton Tex-
;:Ie Institute prior to the code, there was no substantial labor organization in
the iiulustrv.
For that work the^generous co-operation of the industry' with the
steady insistence of XRA. deser> es credit. In sueh circumstances’insistence
that labor m this industry cannot expect protection under the code excent
through mi^iiibership in a. particular union is also Unwarranted. It is not
necessary to be a member of a paiticnlar union in order to enjoy the benefits
of the Cotton Textile Code. » «ijoy ^ Deneflts
This is Code No. 1 that of the first industry to*juiswer the President’s
early observations on the benefit of the principles of XIRA, made weeks be
fore the^enictment of the law. Strictures on the good faith of that industry
are unwarranted and unjUst.
• Thu a<Elti,UiU is nprimud by ike Colton Man^joelurtri Auodetion of South
CaroUma, exactly as tf m Ae Mew Y^k^imes exdkpt tkm six of the inu'
portant points are empkmazed ky the mse of bold foAd type. '
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