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• / t. ^ r' ±:“ -4. If Yoh DoB*t Reftd THE CHRONICLE " Tm CrCt 'The News. / f VOLUME XXXIV THE CHRONICLB ^tircs iTp B« ■ €k«n N«#»- p|pcr, Complete, N«ir*7, I ' and'RefijiUo. . CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13,1934 .. NUMBER 38 a. - -ji JOHNSTON ELECTED GOVERNOR; , UENT, GOVERNOR ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ Hunt, Witlierspooil, Martin, Power, Wharton^ Burns and Lee Are County Winner SPARTANBURG AHORNEY LEADS COLE BLEASE BY 33,000 MAJORTTY HOW LAURENS COUNTY VOTED TUESDAY STATE AND COUNTY TICKET — SECOND PRIMARY Carries Practically Every County lit the State. Harley Defeats Bryson For Ueutenant Goyemor. New Governor Assumes Office /Mnnury 15th. lUlUMT} tjohnston, Columbia, Sept. H.—Olin^D. |ohnston, 38-year-old Spartanburg lawye^, won the Democratic nomination for governor of ^ South Carolina over the veterai^ campaigner, Cole L. Blease, in today’s \ run-off primaiy on the face of unofficial and incomplete returns from all quarters of the state. • Reports from 1,425 of 1,474 precincts gave Johnston 168,781 votes against 120,845 for B^pase. In the contest for lieutenant governor, J. Emile Harley, of Barn well, had a commanding lead over Josel>h R. Bryson, of Greenville. Returns from 1,422 precincts gave Harley 142,198, Bryson 125,619. ' Thd nomination in this overwhelmingly'Democratic state is equivalent to election. " ‘ ; Johnston, state legislator and former cotton mill empjoye who worked his way through college, led a ticket of eight candidate^in the first primary two weeks ago. Blewse, 8«€king for '«(third term t^e post he filled two terms between 1914 1916, was second by about 19,00(9 votes. Since Johnston laclfed a majority, the run-off primary, was ordered, 'x , No direct ■'issues were developed in the-campaigner the nomination for governor, which e equivalent to elec tion. Both candidates stressed their advocacy of economy, Is^d both agreed to be ^governed by-fhe SMult of the August 26 referendum onSt^ liquor 4- Cotton Estimate' Up 57,000 Bales PRECINCTS Governor n J. « 5 I s- Xi o cr c © Lieut. Governor B 2 n « o k a SB U House of Representatives « m & S' n J ■ ■ B M . 1 Wi B Vp.« t: i s' .V X m S I u § •4a» 1 H' as S —* 41 X ri . Q 06 .to Supervisor to (1 d B .jB O •-» “ County Commissioner 0) •"■a a I. a n B •*ia a u U. K a V 1: a hi V b o CW B a B O I B JC- O •-» Barks.-Namie, Clinton City.... Clinton Mill Cross Hill. Government Report'Points To Improved Crop in Southeast ern Area. Totai Is 9,252,006.' Washington, Sept. 8.—^The South’s cotton crop was estimated today by question. The result 6f the relfa^ndumUhe department of agriculture at 9,- WM. vlctop for of imlii- 252^00? Mm. tn liicreu«.of 67,000 ing liquor instead of maintenance\of the present state prohibition laws. N, Johnston, who was runner-up four years ago in the race for gpvemor, on a platform criticising the state over the yield forecast a -month ago. .Should the final^figure approximate tW September l~'^imate, the 193-t erop'Vfould be 8,796,000 bales lesr than last 5,414,000 less than average hi*hw.y ’in th. ftrt-yMr p.rio<l, I*, j . >028 to >»»*.‘nd th. .horti.t .inc. highway bonds, continued ms csm-l - - y wnuB, v.... the's^ception of 1921. paign against the department thisj ^ department noted that cottm I prospects member of ;the United.jj, to 1931, ifanerally, favorable weather condi- !ts were improved.during Aug- all states eas^q| Alabama l-y year. ; Blease, a Statea senate from 19^5 sought renomination upon theuj^„g of Alalbama fiirther <lam strength of his record of more than resulted from drought. 40 years in piAlic life. Along with th^ crop forecaHt^thj Taking the lead in the first returns,' department reported, a decline of the 38-year-old Johns'uin, making his *000 bales in world consumption O' second race for tlte governorship, | Amencan cotton for the year ended steadily pulled away from his more July, 1984. During the same period exponent adversary as additional ^consumption of Indian cotton increas- counties were heavd from, and early, ed and use of Egyptian cotton reached Dials Ekom Goldville Gray’s Grsy Court....... Hopewell Hick. Tavern. .. Jones’ Store..... Lanford.............. Langston....;..!... Laurens City.... Laurens Mill.... Lydia Mill Mt. Olive Merna Mountville... Mt. Pleasant...; Osa Owings .;7 Princeton 1. Pleas. Mound... Pop. Springs.... Renno Stwt’s Stole Shiloh ...^, Shady Grove.... Trinity Ridge.. Tip Top.... i Watt! Mill.,..:.. Waterloo. Woodville Youngs Totals.....^.,.... 28 78 43 50 39 90 56 62 59 66 29 92 53 81 40 54 27 586 289 \ 449 449 247 398' 568 667 635 372 356 475 438 492 396 509 477 431 177 463 \502 123 - 493 333 260 155 430 210 135 456 477 171 891 245 496 144 75 22 38 68 62 56 38 48 86 15 76 50 44 35 61 41 72 30 114 132 112 134 40 101 142 187 178 63 76 54 121 221 185 56 172 71 45 98 103 40 41 79 55 96 112 29 69 51 53 107 82 60 131- 11 39 27 • 49 18 13 34 20 67 45 23 65 20 42 20 '■ .7 60 42 26 *67 79 92 54 81 24 98. 87 . 51 95 ^ 101 28 65 98 65 81 106 40 215 310 334 187 321 200 229 287 318 206 159 354 344 177 317 . 208 ^97 127 31 15 28 I 22 29 12 31 V 88 9 • 25 19 85 16 23 24 44 3 117 166 195 92 - 70 158 190 152 >288 50 222 76 177 '102 182 108 207 83 19 67 40 ■ 46 14 S3 65 57 K 42 46 X .16 45 62 55 31 -:> 42 44* 81 169 198 *49 140 76 147 129 * 122 128 146 77 173 91 . 89 161 211 39 86 72 103 52 55 53 91 105 128 28 69 104 no 31 103 54 139 . 18 29 66 62 41 32 45 45 64 ■ ' 74 20 Jl 19 58 44 34 61 60 36* 37 39 61 25 39 28 43 42 58 1ft •48- 29 16 ,57 . 41 35 * 36 40 669 791 736 731 546 777 975 565 669 816 943 322 ,777 847 638 848 7.32 766 141 333 306 161 276 217 221 210 330 * 141 mr 216 342 . 186 310 164^ 344 132 110 189 ' 202 95 204 159 107 122 .171 128 ' 87 150 221 140 154 145 196 104 27 81 h' ’ 63 .45 19 65 21 86 65 43 ' 60 26 39 101 68 40 101 70 22 30 40 12 15 11 32 39 26 26 " 43 15 37 ft 7 45 42 --10 54 77 81 50 7 41 127 91 81 -62 75 V 66 106 77 55 91 42 41 40 53 28 36 29 35 62 53 27 39 24 27 72 45 ■ 36 68 13 -18 39 27 32 19 24 46 29 51 11 49 9 36 80 36 25 21 41 41* 107 118 29 25 IIT 88 68 114 -36 - 137/. 28 . 7Q 63 _:43 106 lib 32 36 68 73* 31 49 2S 60 76 52 52 51 28 54 67 43 83' ' 21 19 61 29 48 46 22' 47 39 61 18 45 31 38 42 60 19 59 21 45 145 136 63 106 92 77 102 88 106 111 , 60 .114 93 118 71 175 13 54 35 29 60 20 64 76 58 31 39 23 47 68 16 73 63 26 23 65 49 38 48 • 48 31 83 5 46 66 39 25 50 38 73 14 89 59 76 22 60 34 51 49 62 36 69 18 72 36 20 78 P2 /46 26 25 26 26 19 31 33 17 39 12 23 36 16 30 15 . 36 50/ 2 ' 28 53 53 29 33 39 62 32 39 44 . 50 16 44 66 ' 24 54 24 51 62 16 45 18 19 72 31 47 13 1 63 77 60 28 78 0 146 431 346 228 878 267 305 203 447 126 241. 288 406 201 355 22V 302 276 51 65 76 35 17 61 98 67 65 53 37 11 73 116 64 $6 59 59 65 189 136 70 33 x94 103 179 153 52 124 116 no 58 86 171 '84 28 85 70 461 63 46 53 70 108 9 51 24 76 67 / 49 77 '40 T46fW6 I-520O8O4 I am 8919 4TR9 4¥m\ 8860 88881 4886 3386 8050 42731 4^ 4138 5740 2886 1 ..■I., 4.,.. Supt. Education n £ 9 PQ B O O Game Warden ii -i ( •V 03 CQUNn RACES CLOSELY RUN Hunt and Witherapoon Win House Seats. Supervisor Watts Defeated. Power and Wharton Named County Commissioners. Burns Defeats Wilson for Sup- erinendeni of Education. Lee Wins Over Little for Game Warden. County for Johnston. 'I r The five ruft-over county races in Tuesday’s second primaty were decided shortly before nine o’clock and announced by. The Chronicle. The winners obtained early leads which they held un- tn the tabulation was completed. In the race for the hou.se of repre-'" .senUtives, S.^J. Hunt'and J. D. With.^ ersjioon were elected. Their Vote, stood: Hunt 4,760; Witherspoon''4,402^/ ][^’Georgp T. Cook, offering for re-eleC- tioh, was defeated. His vote was 3^16, wnile the fourth entry, L- M. purges*, r4iey, was nominatedthe first Hot. The delegation^will con.sist of 42 101 Huff, Hunt and Wjtherspoon, the lat- fornier hous^ delegation. fatts Ib Defeated JohiyH. W. Watts, coonty super- tor the past .sixteen years, was^ 'lA. Rhett Martin. The vote stood: Commissioner Race Close The race for county commissioner was unusually.close with th^ result in I doubt until the last precinct had been For Ma^trate At Clteton PRECINCTS , 9 (0 B, PASSES ONE in the night it wsis'apparent that hisja new high. Total world consumption l-r margin could no<t be overcome.. ^ ^-7-25,094,000 running bales was the Many counties that were regarded largest since 1929-1980. in past'years as Bleaee strongholds! ^ The report placed the condition of were found in ithe^ Johnston column the domestic crop on Septeml^r 1 at when virtually complete' reports were! 53.8 per cent as compared with 60.4 received. / ' .on August 1. . The .utco4 made the Mcond'con-1, «co>inM for the 67.000 b.le eecotied f.il^ of BloMe, . colorful i*” >”“• production. k and someti South Carol] 40 years, to s disturbing figure in politics for more than tage a comeback. Folir yeaits' ago he lost his senate seat to Jamqs F. Byrnes, after serving The yield par acre was estimated at 162.6 pounds,, against-1^.9 a month ago. • r. The indicated production this year inton City 681 Cl Gold n Mill le .... Hopewe Lydia Mi Mountville 181 231 68 137 108 S w "152 460 288 17- 162 25 Smith' Against MARK Wharton, by a margin of 37 votes over. W. H. Barksdale, won second pU^. The vote of the winners was: Power 5,050.; Wharton 4,273. Barksdale, third in the race, polled 3,236 votes, and J. Warren Crain 3,392. Bums Defeats Wilson J. Leroy Bums was elected superin tendent of education over his oppon- ~ - Incomplete data last night on regis- lent, Milton A. Wilson, by a margin of _ jifation at Presbyterian college for the*320 votes. The aount stood: Burns I ftyfnew session;,showed that 100 Fresh-*'4,458; Wilson'4,138. ('. F. Brooks, in- ,men had already matriculated with cumbent,* was eliminated in the rirst ToUl ....1406 1104 Depositors Name Bank Committee « a m J ji several other additions expected to be primary. Senator. Tells Peace Board/Head ^ list "within the next sev-i . Little Is Defeated It Preveifts Higher /Textile eral days. The.enrolment is expect-’ Sidney A. Lee easily defeated F. W. Wages. Talks Coiton control. ^ mark, with all dor-' Little, incumbent, for* game warden. niitories filled, and ^veral states rep- The vote stood ^ Lee 5,74(); rersented in the student body, j 2,885. ' The,^new boys” are being cordially | Johnston Carries County welcomed on the campus by Presi- In the governor’s race, Johnshm Little Washington, Sept. 8.—Senator E. D. Smith entered the textile strike pic ture here todafby proposing to Chair-j dent’MeSween, faculty" memWs, andcarried the. county over Blease by _ man Winant, .of the president’s medi-lynembei^of the Y. B|. C. A. and stu-1 majority of 1,62J votes. In the lieu- ation/board,* that he recommend Undent council, Tuesday evening, the tenant governo^contest, Bryson won SMtiury of ■ Agriculture WulUce tKe!*'."‘ ,!™V • ?‘colleie over Harley by e meryin of 1,902. , , , ' .] night’ pVogram m the gym with sev- suspension of the processing tax on ^al welcome addresees from the pres- cotton as a means of enabling manu-|ident and members of the college one term. A meeting of the depositors of the Commercial Bank, in the hands of ai ,, , . conservator for the past 18 months, to pay higher wages as de- staff. Yesterday morning the first will fall 3,748,000* bales l^ow normal ! was. held Monday afternoon in the manded'by strikp leaders. devotiortal exercises were held, and; consumption of 13,000;00a and will cut j high school auditorium, about fifty The senior Smith Carolina senator |®»t night a welcome service was held Sloan* Frowns Upon Proposal into ythe 10,836,OOO-bale persons being present. Senator E./-D. Smith' for the latter’s place, but was defeated. He had been defeated, for^othe senate in 1914, and carry-over. The object of the.meeting as called for governor a number of times before 1,397,886 running bales as 'coni- Ginnings to September 1, as report- by the conservator, H. D.. Henry, was ed by the census bureau, was placed jto select a committee qf thr^ deposi «nd after bis two terins running frora|p^„^ with'1,898,189 in the same pe- 1911 to 1915. Emergency Tags riod a year ago. Drought damage has cut the ptoa- tors to confer wKh and advise the conservator in the liquidation of tbe bank, this .being a requirement of the State Board ef Bank Control, now told Winant that because of the pro-!'" ^^e college auditorium with ad-* Chairman of Textile Walkout cessing tax burd^ the manufacturers repre^ntatives from tb®* Held Unable To Sneak for could ;.t p.y hl,h.r w,y« .nd .hort-1 v.n<u. oryuulMtlon. of th. city .n'i. ««« for en hours of work as proposed by labor ^ Y * Ok . leaders. Smith,contended that Ruspeh--.- mV v VTT sion of the tax would be a boon .-to ev- wiH be attended by ^e pastors of ew\ oi , ep . pect in Texas, the largest cotton holding, jurisdiction' over the closed - ^ - growing state, almost half under last B^ing Distnbutcd 4,428,000-bare crop. The 19341 institution. George A. ery one connected with the cotton in-'^^* ^ity whe will bring cordial greet- Sloan,-president of the Cotton-Textile dustry—from the farm to the loom j’**?* ^ke young men from the Clin.- institute, .said tonight the proposals of Winant told the senator he would I ton churches. On Saturday eveniH^ the strike chairjnan were “of k char- aive his DroDosal consideration but'^t the president’s home, the Y. M. C. lacter which makes them utterly rm- j A. and College Dames will give a re- p5.„ibie from e^ery .standpoint.' Several nominations were made for made no definite promiso-of action. , . , ^ j . u ^ .. 1 saaL- *.1.-! ‘ti/u:!- u..— oi. 6..- e-luL -^.‘ception in honor of the student body. jpro^uction* was estimated at onlyUh* personnel of'the committee, thej ‘While here today Senator ^ith re-’‘^®PJ^®n in nonor oi me siuaent qouy.j pjg referred to suggestions of Fran- following three well-known local bdsi-inewed his efforts to have the provis-' upper qMsmen 'began arriving j Gorman of the United Textile Tenipoipgry Certificates For Gln-j -y^^ter damage has been donefnss men being elected: W. Simp-lions of the Bankhead bill suspended.®®****® -work Workers for a method of arbitration - ' — t ^ ^ -.-— JL.- 1 .. * . - at An ^>4«11 A/i r£\- rmxiA o.r a mfxa/i a a a/\f\va a a r laxs a.. - . .« nlng, CottOD Go To Fanners 'in Oklahoma where this year’s crop G. Dillard and 0..-L Bheely. *jHe said Of tjhe County. I estimated at 424,000 bales against lasfp a year’s production of 1,266,000. Iti Ar- Uurens, Sept. 11. -C: County Agent Kansas a 711,000-bale crop is fore- C. B. (I^annon said today that he was as against 1*041,000 in 1931. issuing temporary cotton ginning car-' '. ^ tific.t(M until th. ruriiur fory... Revival Scrvices receiv'ed from the department. Tenants j^rmers must be accompanied by the! iudiprd in order to obtain the emer gency certificates,^ he stated ip this reports he is receiving from' to get started as soon as the Qf the'general strike in the indusl^ry in bdt indicate that the legis- ^islriculation and other details are| “I ^want to make it clear,’^ "^d , the cotton belt indicate that tbe legi, • jlation is wolJ^njr a* hardship on •the'®?”'P*®^®°- small farmer. A similar statement*! ' . was made to AAA officials today byj| $1,719350 To Aid Jobless bl Representative Paul Brpwn of Elber-! ton, and Representative Emmett of; Sloan in a statement, “thtft any ques tion of arbitration between employers and employes in this industry- is a Washington, Sept., 8. The FERA matter for the determination* of .the Still Shut: Down employers and employes in each of the Grow In Into'est 719.850 £ 719350 for relief in South Carolina. Harr/*^ L. Hopkins, administrator. connection. lUotton is opening ireeiy The special evangelistic services be- made no mention of the strike in'con- in m£ny se^ions and ginning it get- ing conducted at North Broad Street neetion with the .grant, sUting that ting I underway; hence the temporary Methodist church are growing- daily $800,000 woidd bemused for general Mr. Cannon also said both in hiterett and attendance. Ser-, relief during September; $600,000 for that/prmctically all the acreage com- vicea are being held at 10 a. m. and cattle program; $100,000 for rural re- pHance contracts or forms had-.'been 8 p. m. and will continue through Pri- habilitatlop; $29,000 for transient re- tura«d in and soon'would be sent to day evening, ‘ $50,000'for profwsional work headquarters. A survey of these con-i Thp-leader for the meeting is the projects; $50,700 for edyational pre- tnu^l he said, showed that comPieni-! R- R* Morris, presiding elder of gram; $9300 for studentlaidr $80,000 ti^ly few farmers had given kw ex^ the Columbia district, and one of the for work projecU during ^ptember report, and that these had been outstanding* ministers of hie denomi- and $80,000, for, worker projects .dur- . ^T7 I. .. il_ -ill_-Ai— If— I- .1—Km—Ml—‘■Imcv A a« waII >•« 920.850 fflil numerous mills concerned. , “The strike chairman is not author- Griffin.'These two Georgia congress-1 men said.small farmers in their states are up‘in arms against the Bankhead'^ The Clinton and Lydig Cotton Mills'ized to act fo.r^the great majority of bill and wanted the tax suspended! ' of this city, still remained closed yes- employes in~the matter of arbitration. The Gedl'gia solons also took up terday, with pickets on duty at the Nor am I for any of thei employers. with the AAA the delay in. sending; g»tes of both plants. The situation re- “We are proceeding with the order- auitiably adjusted in practically all I nation. Mr. Mkrris is delivering n se-'ing. Au(ri*»t ** w®H ‘as $20,850 for casQs.'The bounty ag«^ praised the iries ' of strong^ gospel messages in a trained social workers > cooperative' spirit that has prevnfled.most earnest manner, and is making, in a,ll quarters in carrying but tl4e cot- a*deep impreesion upon his congrega- ton.control program. tions. lOTH. GRAD] The tenth grade < lie al^ annonaeed that the cottonr A cordifd invitation la extended tha school has ei tiected., taggera qg all old eo^tbi^ had about public to attend tin remaimng" ser-j^ce^fmr the .coiriple^ their wOrit, ’"the Report vices tqday and tomorrow. You willi Preaident, WilUal abo%ing that nearly 15,000 bales were find yourself helped and well repaid'ident, Frances owned In^his county. ' , by attending. I Adelaide Roberta. OFFICERS f the Clin^n high he.fdUpsriigs^^P school ^ear: __il Wade; vlce-pres- night; secretary. out forms to permit 12-cent loans to niams quiet, with workers and strik-j-ly presentation -of the.facts to the farmers on thi* year’s crop, as well,®*'* going in full force Tuesday to the president’s board bf inquiry.”',-- . as additional two-cent loan on cotton ^PoH* t® expi^s their choice in county v- — held by the government, on which the'nnd state cbhtests., ny , ! 11- k* VUf* I government had already advanced 10i • No .effort-has been made to open7i!*Uudr TvlUS Uli- centa a pound; They w'ere assured that j®>ther of the mills by the managemenl- the necessary blanks for the loans 8*id when they will resume operation' would be forwarded to the banks and****^ not known. Neither of the plants county agents without further delay. *! have been visited by “flying squad- I In the run-over race Tuesday for Smith arrived in Washington today *’®***» ’ the complete shut-down having magistrate' of Hunter township at — , Magistrate’s Race from New York, He said Secretary been put into effect by local union Wallace had* promised him to take upl^yjnpathizers at the twq mills, with the president his proposal for suspension of .the Bankhead bill. Clinton, B. R. Fuller, incumbent, won o^6r ^his opponent, H. W. Simmons, by a ^majority of 302 vote^. The vote Fuller 1,406; Simmons 1,104. stood^ ENROLLMENT CLIMBS “From my copversatlon with Secre- Enrollment in* the city schools yes- The township tahjilation will be found taiir 'Wallace, I understood that the terday had shown a sriiall increase elsewhere in today’s paper. - / department ie under impression thgt over theeopeniVig week. The matricu-j"' ^^ the farmers do not want the Bank- lation, white and colored! totaled 1,6201 Miss .Louise McCrary spent Sunday ((Cbntlnaed ojf page tiqo) ^ [against 1380 l^at w^. in Union with relatives. 4: \ I V h . \ ■ ' J \ >» \ ■ (' \