The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, June 28, 1934, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXIV
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1934
NUMBER 26
BAILEY WINS MOUNTAIN LION
MAYOR’S RACE RAPS JOHNSTON
Member of City Council From Says He Voted For 14 Members
Ward Five Wins In Tuesday's
Primary By Substantial Mar
gin. Several Changes In Board
of Aldermen. _ I
On Highway Commission. Can
didates Dis^ss Taxes and Re
view Their Platforms.
Orane^ure. June 26.—State office-
Silas Bailey easily won the nomina- seekers brought their county-to-coun-
tion Tue,«day for both the 1 unexpired ty speaking campaign here today aug-
and reg^^ar terms as mayor of Clinton mented by State Senator C. E. (Moun-
over his opponent W. M. McMillan, tain Lionl Sloan, candidate for gover-
The vote stood: Bailey 912, McMillan nor, who was prevented from joining
in last week’s treb because of illness.
McMillan carried the city wards, audience of approximately 500
one. two, thr^ and four, receiving 5^4 exchanges between two
votes to 285 for Bailey. At the Clinton candidates for commissioner of agri-
mills precinct, comprising wards five culture. Commissioner J. Roy Jones
SIX. Bailey received a landslide farmer Commissioner J. W.
HOW CLINTON VOTED
In Municipal Primary Tuesday
Candi<^ates
For Mayor
eo
u
ee M
ec CC
38 Tf
k.
88 iiO
*
ee o
BATLEV
MomLLAN
43
82
55
171
131
148
56
113
%0
64
327
52
912
639
FOR ALDERMAN
Ward One .
W. J. Henry
N. W. McDaniel
no
15
T
HALSELL ROBERTS WINS TOP
PRIZE IN THE CHRONICLE’S
SHOWER OF GOLD” CONTEST
4<(
Close of Campaign Saturday Night Finds Other Youngsters Are
Winners of Cash” Prizes. Final Decision of
Judges Made Monday Morning.
and
vote, polling 627 against 116 for his
opponent.
The short-term vote for the unex-
pi-red term of the late H. Y. Abrams
stood: Bailey 946, McMillan 640.
Several changes occurred in the al-
dermanic races, two members of the
“It has beer, stated 1 entered this
race to vilify some candidates,” Sloan
asserted. “That is false. If 1 did not
think I was the best man I would re-
.<ign.’’
.After reviewing accomplishments of
present council offering for re-election legislatures he has participated in,
being /defeated. In ward one W. J.
. Vloan added: “If I had made extra pay
Hfnry «as re-eleoted over his oppon- h,,..
ent, N. W. .McDaniel, by a vote of 110
to 15. In ward two Pet B. .Adair
Tliree
J. F. Jacobs defeated \V. .1. Duncan,
incumbent, by a margin of two votes.
In ward four F. M. Boland was re
elected over his opponent, J. H; Town-
.send.'Jr., by a vote of 121 to .50. In
wait! five, where there was a three-
coinered race, no election was declared
and a 'te-ind race will be run over one
wiekzhencc lietwten ,1. .1. Smith and
perby L. Wilburn. The vote stood:
Mathes 95. Smith ILl, Wilburn Dh>. In
ward SIX Roy Holtzclaw', incumbent,
was defeated by John W. .Hedspeth by
a vote of 238 to 146. The administra
tion a.'isumiffg officej in September will
consist of a new mayor and three
Coiincilmen, together with three hold
over meml*ers.
Mr. Bailey, the newly ncminated
mayor, is well known in the city, being
a son of the late .Mr. and .Mi^s, P. S.
Bail^jT'a-Hd a grandson of the late .M.
S. Kaile>\ He i.s a graduate of Presby
terian college and since completing his
college work has been (Connected with
the ('linton Cotton Mills, and for the
past two years has held the seat in
city council flora ward iive. He is
piominently identified with the busi-
nes.s, civic and social life of the com
munity, and has a wide circle of
friends who are delighted with the
outcome of his race in Tuesilay’s pri
mary.
race and will do what Lsay 1 will do,”
the (treenville senator said in refer
ring to the projiosal of Olin D. John-
sl»»n nr reduce the highway commis
sion from 14 to six members. "The
paw.
record shYwvs .lohnstim voted favor
ably on a lull proviiling for 11 in 1921
and in-192.5'voted to keep 1 1.”
Wyndham M. .Manning of .'sumter,
ahofhrT' giilH-rnatorial a-pirant, in
touching on Sloan's reference to extra
legislative pay, asserted he ha<l do
nated his extra pay to the Salvation
.Army.
Sloan’s address followed that of
Lieutenant Clovernor James (). Shep
pard, who reiterated his position on
liquor. He declare*! himself opposed to
the sales tax, but said he advocated a
sfate iratrol for law enforcement un-/
a special commission. He also de
clared himself an advocate* of higher
pay for teachers.
Cole I... Blease, former governor and
senator, stre.ssed the need of more
adequate health protection for chil
dren. He recounted his fight against
bureaus and commissions yvhile he was
governor and also the legislation he
supported for public schools and good
roads. He reiterated his local option
proposal Tor the liquor problem, say
ing “I will give the people what they
want."
Ward Two
Pet B, Adair
2-20
Ward Three
W. J. Duncan
J. F. Jacobs 4
,144
..146
Ward Four
F. M. Boland
J. B. Townsend, Jr.
121
50
Ward Five
J. L. Mathes ..
J. J. Smith
Pcrnv L. Wilburn
95
113
166
Jt’D<;ES’ REPORT
We, the undersigned, who have been selected to act a.s judges in
The Clinton Chronicle “Shower of Gold” campaign, certify and state
that we have this date made a careful check and count of the votes
cast in the ballot box and find the winners to be as follows:/
--— Votes
First P-ri-ge $500.440—Mesv-W.-Hr Rdberta ":-:::-:-.;:;::::- ■:
Second Prize $250.00—Mrs. Henry Young
Third Prize .$100.00—Mrs. R. G. Carr
Fourth Prize $.50.00-—Mrs. Ma.son Simpson
Fifth Prize $25.00—Mrs. Arthur’ Howard
Sixth Prize $10.00—Miss Rena Abrams
22,885,750
21,407,8,35
8,864,009
7,622,508
6,1NJ,593
2,2.33,004
Prize Vote Ballot Winners
From June 4th through June 20, 19.34
, ../ Mrs. Henry Young
\w 14 Robert.s
M r,s. Mason Simpson
We further find the candidates whose nanies appejar above received
e number A/t votes given opposite their names and are declared
3,000,000 Votes
2,000,000 Votes
l,00(k000 Votes
winners in their
216 Million Paid
In Farm Benefits
Democrats Praise
Recent Session
/
re.'.pective po.«itions as set out.
(Signed)
I
Dated .June
19:M.
JOHN D. DAVIS,
W. H. SI.\1P.S()N.
F. .M. BOLAND,
•lutlges.
Well.
Ingl ’I h«’
u-i
$S,(I5S,^223 Received By Stiuth
i'arolina Growers Tp To June
20 From (lovernment.
\Vu>hingt«»n, June 23.^—The farm
atlministiation noted today an ever-
mounting total of rental and In-nefit
payment.^ .w hich on June 20 had reach-
11 S ail over even the shout-
eurtain was i un down on The
Picture T3rd (onuress As One ofi hromcle’s big “Shower of
, ... . . 1 Gold” campaign for the children of
Ir..m..n<»«us A.-hiev..ments AA- ih,. .ommurfity at lo oVIock last Hal-
\ancinK Welfare of Nation. iirday night, bringing to a clo.se one
■ of the mi>st exciting and m/)st inter-
Washington, .lune 25. Democratic esting contests ever conducted in this
leaders of senate and house, sounding community. .
off for the fall election'battle and an- The winner of first prize was Hal-'
.swentig Republican critics, tonight ^‘*11 Roberts; the second prize winner a a , ■ u
picturetl the 73id congress as pne^af P«A‘y_ “CC Kate
of (loldville was winner of third *''*'^‘**'** tnanas to those among the
Martha Anne .Simpson, fourth of The Chronicle who helped
fifth prize goes to Kathleen attain the object of their' re-
thanks to all lh*»se who in any way
contriliuted their efforts to the mak
ing of this campaign the sjderidid suc
cess it has been, also to the gentle-
m’en who.acted as- jutjges we want lo
acknowledge our indebtedness. Their
pr(»mptne.ss and efficiency were great
ly appreciated.
.All of the prize winners together
with their families and those of the
ed $216.tHi0.lKHI. To the end of May.
4tl2h.379,.50li had Wen collected in pro- tremendous achievements that ad
cessing taxes. \anced the welfare of every section. , - , . . , i / u
Payments to wheat growers exclu- The session “performed a set vice to l>i ize; fifth prize goes to Kathleen object of their
Howard, ami sixth to Robbie King. All •‘*P*“^‘Dve campaigns and without w'hich
Can
piize
sive of administrative costs of county l*t*ople of this ‘country unmatched
would have been impos-
help .success
sible.
hard during the cam
paign,” said one of the prize winners,
“but 1 enjoyed the work' to the ut
most in spite of the occasional dis
appointments. I^ believe 1 have a bet
ter knowledge of l.aurens county and
its people than I coubi have secured in
any other way. Even if I had not se-
Farmers Advised
To Secure Blanks
< ounty .Agent C. B. Cannon has an
nounced t4ie distributing points where
application for the Bankhead cotton
application tags may he procured by
farmeis. .Mr. Cannon called attention
to the fact that all cotton bales gin
ned prior lo June I of this year must
Ibear the cotton tags or else they will
be subject to thje tax under the Bunk-
head law. The applications, he said,
roust W secured at once as the cotton
is to W tagged by July 1. >
His notice, said.Mr. Cannon, is in
tended particularly for farmeis hav
ing cotton in their personal possession.
Where cotton t-o the amount of 500
bales or more is stored in warehouses,
he said, the warehouseman is author
ized to do the tagging him.self. s
After the applications are received
at his office, said Mr. Cannon, an
agent will.be appointed to affix the
tags. / ,
The foJlowing'Ls the li-st of distrib
uting point.« announced hy the agent:
TederaT BohdeT XVarehousb, Clinton.
Copeland-Ntone Stone, Clinton.
Joanna Cotton Mill Store, Guldviil^.
t Bed-Company Store, Renno. I
—l^qth rarotrinrT^viTigfi Btrrrk, Foorr-
tani Inn. *
Bryson-Stoddaid Store, Owings.
Bobo Brothers’ Store, Gray Court.
Roy DeShields' Store, I.anford.
S. H. Byrd’s Store, Ora.
Babb Brothers’ Store, Princeton.
L. C. Taylor’s Store, Princeion-
the state highway department and ad-
vocatetl biennial sessions of the legis
lature, consolidati(*n of hoards and bu
reaus where feasible, the seven-month
schmd teinii tax-free gas for Iracttirs
on farms and encouragement of can
neries.
“I ctinsider the source from whence
they come,” was .l«»hnston’s reply to
references t<r«him by .Sloan.
.Manning t<dd the audience that “the
taxjkayers are at the forks of the
road.” He said a surplus in revenue
would result if business improvement
c«>ntinue<l normal. He advocated uti
lization of any surplus in retirement
of indebtedness rather than' increases
in appropriations. He said he would
vote for a Ijquor law that could W en
forced. and. if elected, promised law
enforcement. He said the ad valorem
tax on merchants was one needing
study for relief-from 'tha burden.
Mayor I^ B. Owens of Columbia, aq-
uther gubernatorial candidate, said he
favored canneries an^ was sympa
thetic with the common schools. I.Ack
of organization, he said, keeps teach
ers and farmers from obtaining their
proper recognition. He added that the
Iml its cost (of which the prize ^
moiivy is hut u. small part) precludes game»l something
ihe possibility yf *loing this, and we which will In* of great JheIp to me as
know the lostusi will take their deft^aL.,^” individual.
ill the spirit of true sportsmanship for 3 he contest Has been conducted /
which all Americans are noted. throughout hy Charles T. Stockton,
It lias been a hard ftmght and campaign manager, who has made
cleanly contested race wherein the in- many friend.s during his stay,in Clin-
piialuctiun control ass(»ciatiuns, total- ‘•u*' history,” saiil Senate Leader other were paid commissidn.s.
ed $66,94.5,373 as of June 20; corn and Jo^^cph T. Kotnnson of Arkansas. I'he jmlges in the contest, who made ^ . l i
h<»g fiaymcnts $5,713,563; tobacco. It was a session ’Dvorthy to rank the final decision, were John D. Davis,' * worked
$11,751,982. . ^with lh»*se outstanding legislative H. Simpson^^nd F. M. Boland. .
Kentaljpiul benefit payments on cot- Inalies which ma^k the creatii»n of new Unfortunately, in all coijitests of
ton. on old and new reduction con- the struggle for human pro- this sort, there must, necessarily, be
tracts, aniounte<l to $131,822,949, of f:***'*^." echoed House Chieftain Joseph the losers, andthis competition wa.s no
which $112,631,125 was on 193’3-34'W. Byrns of Tennessee. excei»tion tp this rule. I’he one source
contracts to May 12, and $19,191,824 Citing iiidexe'^ (»f general recovery, ff.jegret is that every one concerned
on l‘*,34-35 contracts to June Vo. Ad- Kohinsi*n in an aihlress carried m the nimpaign caiiiKd receive a large
Johnston continued his jittacks upon _ nation, argue*! the lu ize,
990,928 on cotton options exercised ‘’’ieas«in we are getting along pretty
through priMlucers’ pools and $11,785,- well is Iwcause the president of the
408 through direct sales of cott«>n. Cnited .States and the congress *»f the
Collections of pr<»cessing taxes to Unite«l States harLthe churage ami ca-
June I by comimNlities were liste«l as pacily tt» c*tncei\’P ari*l cany out a
follows: , definite rec**very plan.”
M'heat, $im»,602,252; colt*»n, $134,- That program, he said, ha*l its r*»ots
♦’>.35.293; tobacco, $16,066,606; field in the principles set fortb at the
corn, $-3,9I.5,3Ka; hogs, $.59,47.5,786; iH-mocratic convention ami n*»w is
pa|>er and jute, $7,684,181. Cidlections supimrted hy a 2-to-l popular major-
for May a lone on all commodities had >ty-
tkeen $4.3,2tt2.4*>0. The finance *livision “There has been a re-hiith in this
estimated a total of $373,8tK),00.0 will nation of that Jeffersonian principle
have l>een collected by June 3Ur which places human rights above
Rental and l>enefit payments on pro|MMty rights,” said Byrns, "an*l we
each comm«Mlity by states, include*!: as members of this congress liave con-
Wheat: (Does'not include admini.s- tribute*! our share toward that en-
tiatUe (jlxpenses of county asso<'i- deavor.”-
ations): The new *leal, he sai*l, "may l»e
North Carolina, |.3<5,6.57. imnlified, it may »>e change*!; imt I am
<’otton: 1933-34 contract.s: North convinced as surely as the sun rises
Carolina. $2,8.56,728; South Carolina, m the heavens this nation will never
$4,717,073. ‘ ” revert''to I-condition oi-^ sanction a
system of government which permit
ted 2 per cent of our population to
hold 80 |>e: cent of our wealth.”
During the campaign Republicans a»y
will make much *»f the cost of recov-
^ery, agencies running into many mil-
lion.s, Byrns] predicted. .Many i>f t%fse _
agemies.~T»eConIeaTe7irair7eTf-s^- The loanj* were made t*).a totalof .595 gra.'.s. ^
taming or self-liquTdating. Loans farmers, the average (Idan being “(•'ram harve.sting, ’ the report con
made hy the KF'H', home loan hanks $230.93.
1932 t»‘lligent application of effort and per- ton, and The Chr*>nicle wishes lo
s*mal p<ipularity were the only ele- thank .Mr. StiH'kton for the clean, hon-,
ment.s that entere*! into the winning est and gentlemanly manner in which
of a prize. he handled the campaign for suhscrip-
In cmiclusioii we wi.sh to extend our lions to The Chronicle.,. '
Farming Loans j Weevil Activity
Average $230.00 Is On Increase
$137,405 Advanced By Credit l*roKreN.s Reported In State In
AHKOciation In l^aurenK and| (.'hopping ('otlon and Other
.Newberry Counties. Farm Work.
Cotton: 1934-85 contracts: .North
Carolina. $4'24i9l6‘; |’South Carolina,
$1JM6.390.
Total payments in all pitaiucts
grown follows: North (?arolina, $8,-
U*9,30H; South Carolina, $8,0.58,223.
weather.
Columbia, June 13.— Farmers ofi i-oliwnhia, June 21. The
Newberry and Laurens Ci»unties bor- bureau reported that consitlerable pro-
rowed a total of $137,405 from Junu- ^p^.ss was made in chopping and cul-
pres«>«t wa.« ne^vime for tax expansion.—^—v ^ ^ —;
Tom B. P..r« of Columbia,, ..id a ActaiT AnnOlUlCeS
“business administration” is the chief
need of the state at this time. He re-
ferred to his w'ork in power investiga-
tlons and resultant savings to consum
ers. If elected, he said, he would say
1 to June 1 through the Clinton
l’r(»duction Credit ass*»ciation, accord
ing to figures released hy the Farm
Cre*lit administration of Columbia.
tivat’ng cottim last week in the state
ttul that much of this week remained
to be dqne before .the fields- are-rid-o#—
■/J
Jl
k.
For Supervisor
tinued, “was rushed and some damage '
and land hank.-*‘.w ill he repaid in the In the four stateiTserved by the' resulted, from previous prolonged
_ ’prntT'fkVm iwhefit pa.vnnenfs~'kT^^'glTT|r. Fatm 'Crrdit admrni.stratton of (/olum*" rains’-and an-over-ripe .stage;' thresh-~~
New interest develop this week in met’ out of special pna^^essing taxes,’hia. North Carolina, .South Carolina, ing ha.s begun. Coin continued to
^ the race for coutity supervisor when liquof revenue.^ will meet niU?!^ of the (ieo.gia an.l|.Flo. hla, over $7,000,000 make gf»od growth and the early crop
to stale officials: ’You are huflen. wa.s borrowed hy 28,120 farmers. An is making in central and southern por-
do the work of the Aktate and noCthe ^is hat m the ring and
state do your bidding.” An adequate ^
system of marketing, he said, is the
Ware Shoals Kighw&y.
Bank of Ware Shoals.
Jeff Jones’' Store, Mt. Olive.
E. V. Golding’s Store, Waterloo.
J. B. Pinson’s Store, Cross Hill.
L. J. Jones’ Store, Moyntville.
G. W. Hendrix’s tStore, Barksdale.
greatest problem confronting the
farmer at present.
H. Kemper Cooke of Gallivant’s
Ferry, said he “had the honor of kill
ing the last rutal eleeirification bill.
He also registered objection to the
proposed Sante^-Cooper power devel
opment project. Referring to the state
Some
Byrns pointc*! out that national in- additional $450,000 is tieing advanced tions.„ |
was out to Win. come has dioppe*! from a normal an- to farmers who are »ibUining their “Gardems, truck, tobacco, sweet po-
.Mr. Adair is a native of Jacks town- nual figure of about $90,0W),mM»,000 to.Hoans in a series of installments dur- tato, pepper, cane, jieAnuts, melons
ship, laiurens county, and for many $-37,lKHi,tMKi,000. V ing the season. , and other minor crops, pastures and
years was an extensive farmer, ginner “If we can restore that normal fig-
and
highway commission, he said:
Federal Bonded Warehouse, ‘Lau-
, of you fellows are fighting tr
rens.
and yet you vote for t^eir candidates.
Paschal and D. R. Sturkie,
candidates for congress, were the la.st « « • ^
• 1 A ■ ■ 11 Ctongressman Fulmar .sent a ^IUOH wCI^ViCCS
^e regretted inability
Both Conferences
a series of installments dur-
the season. , and other minor
The spring Seasonal demand for meadows made excellent advance. Na-
merchant near Renno. For the ure. which we can and are doing, there crop production loans has now passed live vegetables, roasting ears, early
past ten years he has been a resident will l.e no hardship imposed in paying "jls peak and a larger proportion of fruits and blackberries are lieing mar-
of Lauren.«. during which time he has any slightly higher taxe.- which may the farmers borrowing from the as- keted; Irish potato digging is about
Operated farms nearby and engage*! tiecome nect*>.'ary through expenditure sociations are obtaining loans for gen- completed, and cucumbers are being
in road woHt. “Looking after roads is of money for re-employment and re- eral agricultural purposes, such as for. shipped.
right in my line,” said Mr. Adair, lief of distress,” he .said. 'purchasing work-8to<^, equipment and “Cotton squares are forming freely
“I love that kind of work and feel .Answering Republican charges that machinery! and for financing repairs in southern find central portions, the
fighting that ring^j^^ j ^ of great benefit to Uu- congress was a mere “rubber stamp” find improvements. This trend towards first, bloom being reported from St
tens county if elected supervisor.”
tend.
The senior cqnference in .session the
pai^-'week at Pfesbyterian college,
closed Tifl^sday at noon and the 3.55
young people in attendance left Lm-
Begin Sunday
DR. JONES IN HOSPITAL
The first union service of the sum
mer will he held next .Sunday evening lion.s
for ttw president, Robinson said: general purpose loans is reflected in George on t^ 15th; there are numer-
“We were anything but that. Every the gradual increase in the size of the ous complamts of increase^weevil ac-
measure we enacted was debated at 'average loan. tivity; plants are generally small for
length. .Many of the president’s pro- Farmers borrowing from these new- the season,’especially in the Piedmont;
posals were modified and amended. 1y organized, short-term credit insti- stands are poor in places. However,
Sometimes we found memljers* of our lulions partially owned and operated some ilnprovement is noted ip the con-
owii sole of the senate in opposition 1>y the borrowers, are effecting a con-^ ditlon of cotton on account of recent
to details of the president’s jiresenta- jsideiahle saving on interest charges, favorable weather.
.Many time.s a large proportion
which are now' at the rate of 5 per
Friends of Dr. Dudley Jones, pro- ^ght o’clock with congregation of the Republicans in the senate voted cent a year, charge*
^ fessor at Presbyterian college, w'ill be of tke Broad Street Methodist church, tyilh us. In short, what was done by basis and colhcled at
charged on an annual and forage crops.
‘Stubble is being seed to late corn
mediately for their respectiyg^-horaes. at Presbyterian college, will be of the Broad Street Methodist church, tirilh us. In short, what was done by ba.sis ami coii*'cie*i ai maturity of the iruits made good progress, but the
Both the interm^iate and senior that he is a patient at The pulpit will he occupied by Dr. D. the 73rd congie.-s was the matured loan. Thus, a faiiher borrt^ing $.500 crop is short in some mountainous sec-
conferences this year broke all pre- the Columbia hospital where he was j„ VVoods^ pastor of the Fir.st Presby- judgment of a majorky of that body, for a year would pay $25 interest on tions. ’
.JL..,....!.. iw, -...I admirtMl last Frdiav and will., nrnk. fhurch * “The ’forgotten man’ w’as remem- a loan fdr 12 months,'while a farmer —
■ ■ ’ to bered in our legislation, and we were bonowing fh*J
vious records in attendance, the icol- admitted last Frdiay,.and wilF prob
kge facilities being inadequate tei ac- “hly remain for several days.
commodpte all who desired to attend*it —: — .
Beth were unusually successful, ae- „llr. and Mrs. W. D. Copeland
eprding to ^he leiTders in charge. visiting relatives in Greenville.
are
All denominations are invited to bered in our legislption, and we were bon owing rhil same amount for six Friends of Jeff Prather will he glad
unite in these services i during |he careful in taking care of him that no months would pay only $12.50 inter- to know he is getting along nicely at
months of July and August as they j undue Restriction should be placed on est, or if the loan was^ for three; the Hays hpipital, after an appendix
j (Continuett on pagg*two) ' months, $6.25. I operation last week.
rotate with the local churches.
i-iiiiiliBli i I