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VOLUME XXXIV
THE CHRONICLB
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p|pcr, Complete, N«ir*7,
I ' and'RefijiUo.
. CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13,1934 ..
NUMBER 38
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JOHNSTON ELECTED GOVERNOR;
, UENT, GOVERNOR
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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.
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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
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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
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Cotton Estimate'
Up 57,000 Bales
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Clinton Mill
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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.
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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
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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
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90
56
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66
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586
289
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247
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568
667
635
372
356
475
438
492
396
509
477
431
177
463
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333
260
155
430
210
135
456
477
171
891
245
496
144
75
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68
62
56
38
48
86
15
76
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72
30
114
132
112
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101
142
187
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63
76
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121
221
185
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172
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98
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79
55
96
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107
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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.
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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
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PASSES ONE
in the night it wsis'apparent that hisja new high. Total world consumption
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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
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Gold
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Hopewe
Lydia Mi
Mountville
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231
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137
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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
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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
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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.
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