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'I' / ■ / THB-cinirroN chronicle, ci.intow,^8. g, Lzi^ak^ra Face liquor Probltem ♦ -—^ 53 jWet Victory In HReferen^m Pc ECS Question For General AssemblyvTo Settle. {■' , In Two CwOlinas MILLS RUNNING DAY AND NIGHT y’" W" n tBUbs&ay, September is. 1934 4 Charleatoiu^ Sept 9. Flying Squadrons Ineffective AsjQ^jjj Shifts ^re Nohnal WHh*Nd Cessation Froni Work By Em-, Second Week of Strike Begins. pfoyees Sinccf Strike Was Called. Workers and iNational Guard' Strikers. Plan Other Tactics. 1 ^ Unit Headed By Jpapt. Boykin Halt «nd Turn^Back Flying | thkrlotte, "sept io.-Piv» tK5.s.^dl 8««Hng To Cloae MIU. , • i Although . , victoriou*^^^’^® workers, filing through lines oTj^ . ^ . r , . iheavilyi armed soldiers and special! in the recent liquor ref«Mndum.,their^^_^,^^^^ returned to their job. in the Go South Crolin. wet. were ji«oriou.j —the mUtter be knoi™.- . rille, have continued to run 100 Asked as tO'What he thought shoHidij^ major ^task, that of passing |a satis-1 two Carolinas today as 53 strike clos-lpe^ cent since the textile strike was ^ the Bankhead, bill next I hear a great many people using factory state liquor law. lies ihead of ed mills re-opened. {ordered ten days ago, there being not ‘ .. , ' old words, withx new meanings. This them. ^ 1 ^ of unionists, call-1 the slightest change‘of interruptionf^g results in confused thinking and inis-T Already Half a dozen plans of li-jed outy to conybat re-opening plans, the usuah daily schedule at the big ^ Laberal* ui^^rstanding, ^specially when folk quor control are being considered but made little resistance 1» the workers' . are talking about political matters, opposition to all of them is expeqted..|returned to their- posts,, confiningj^ decide vyhat should be; done in 1935.” rens County, S. C., one" hundred and'-'fifty (150) feet.thefeon; on the south by lot Mo. 30, block N<t. • t®, as shown on- the aforesaid plat seventy-five (75) feet thereon; op the \yest by Cedar Ave., as shown on. aforesaid plat, one hunj^lred fifty (150) feet thereon; tbe' said Ipt of land is composed M lo;t3 Nos.,37, 38, and 39, the block No. 8^ as sh^ynj^on ,af%» «idL .plat. . _ S^id Tot of land is t1^' identical lot of.land conveyed tO'me (Pansy Smith Blakely) by (3eo. W. Young by deed dat^TSth day of Aug ust, 1925, record^ in ibqok 58, page 203.”' I Terms of Sale: Cash. The!success ful bidder will be> required tO' deposit V » The word “Libe^” is ofte which I indicating that the liquor battle prob-Thefps^elyes to. atatementa -of -theirr yeakmg of the situation yester rps^lyto. 1.V ababcmcn**- --vt - viicn | bear often loosely us€ds,as if it meant ably will be the main engagement of case.‘Tfey'irehne'd ah jhtenllvirbr-j day, W. A. Moorhead, local manager. j_j The senator," who is chairman sum of five (b%) n.ithe . senate agriculture committee,! pp,. centum of the amount of his the same thing as “radicTil.” A liberal the 1935. general assembly. By no^ganization campmgn for The next fewjgtated Ihit not a man^or woman in the crop had turned j ^pocked down Ho him;- said deposit te stated that Jm voted for the Bank- upon the property being scheme of government is one^in which means is there any assurance^ that li-jdays, as opposed to the force-out sys the rights of every minority group, quor will b« any Aiore legal fn South item followed last. week, however small, are recognized fand Carolina after the‘1935 general ajs-j Thirty-.seven of the plants .which re protected. It isj (, believe, the ideal ofvWmblj^ has adjourned than it now is. opened today were in Alamance coun . ■ every intelligeirit thinker on . political j Nriie'state constitution places defi- ty, N.-C., and many of them pperated ' matters. And it is not necessary to nfte Tiuiltation on legislation which, with a skeleton force, A considerable Timitation on legislation which, with a skeleton force, have a democracy to have a liberal can be^epacted by the general assem-"portion of them were hosiery mills government; in a broad sense the bly. The criiation of bar rooms, in the'not actually subject to the strike call British government is liberal, and so old sense, is^ohibited by a clause of until Wednesday, but shut-down dur- are other European monarchies. ^the 1895 cohstiTution preventing sale'ing flying squad activities last week. But the governments of Germany,'®^ liquor for cohapmption on the Observers estimated 5,000 of the coun-' Russia-and Italy today are anything premi-ses, or sale in quantities ^f'less, ty’s 6,000 textile employment were W liberal; and I seem lo see signs ^han half a pint. Anothe> clause pre-^still out. that tfie government of the United ***® between 8undown\Md sun-| Eleven mills which resumed oper- States i.s slipping away irom its 0I4 *’**®- The constitution also ^hibits ations today after being closed by un- liberal attitude. r l^*’® legislature froip giving munidpal ion flying squadrons last week are in I ! corporations the right to license tlie Lincoln county, North Carolina. They * Uale of liquor. ’ ^ [employ about 1,300 of the county’s RADICALIS.M — Its Meaning j The referendum placed befqre the 1.700 textile workers. Two plants re- “Radical” is another good word that people the following question: ‘‘Shall mained closed, has had its irteaiung corrupted. It legislation be enacted legalizing, reg-| Thr.e small Mecklenburg county i. , short and it fs obvious the leg-15^ ^ash, said sum to be applied on employn\a«t of the company has failed i islation is working a hardship on the | t^e bid^ should there be compliance to report for duty since the walk-out small farmers he saw np reason why ^^h same; but should there be a faR-' ^ suspended. , j^j.^ comply then it shall be fbrfeit- While here today Senator Smith an-i^^ ^^e plaintiff and the premises nounced he haa accepted an invitatmn! ^.,^ld the next convenient aalee to address the aanual’meeting of thei , „ fiva * 'day thereafter upon the same terms National Farmers union in Des,..„^ r ' o .. L on IT and at such bidder s risk. Moines, Iowa, on September 20. He C., plaintiff, vs J. Will Dillard, et al, Regnery, vice president of the!cal contest in which he was not a par^!defendants, company, from the New York office:|ticipant. ^ 1 Poirsuant to a Decree of the Ckiurt ‘‘Your management and the loyalty! ‘‘As an individual I have a right to in the above stated case, I will sell at of all Joanna Mills employees are both vote for the candidate of my choice public outcry to the highest bidder,' •8 if It meant one not, onl^ the sale of liquor, but-also'made Iredell county cumpleuly free‘"J ,I‘ ““‘“LL-'I*'’* "» "eht-tOjat Uurena, C. tt., S, C„mSaleaday, ' ^ - Informed lasJ Wednjeadcy-niyht that publiely take a-stitnd against or fd'r jh October next, being Monday, the .Iv'-^lylhg „Squadron” of strikers made ^ one Democrat in a Democratic pri-'lst day of the month, during the le- up of Union, Whitmire and Newbcrrylmary,” he asserted. gal hours for-such sales, the follow!ng~ mill employes were on their way toj .. Senator Smitl^ appeared to be in described property, to wit: nT?aT)s, literally, getting down to the ulating and taxing the' manufacture} (Charlotte) plants re-opened with ap * root of thing.s. Now.it is generally and sale of liquor in South Carolina?” Iproximately 500 at work. Other Meck- understood to<mean^a man^Pr a group Since the answer to this question Was lenburg plants remained closed, that seek.s lo uproot everyth-ing that in the affirmative, seemingly, the leg-} The largest mill to re-open was at exists and turn the wotld topsy-turvy, islature, if it carries out the will of j Mooresville, N. C., Where the Moores- *. The word “conservative” is also be- the people, will make provisions for ville cotton mills, employing 1,200, -ing carelessly used, as if it meant one not, only' who^as opposed to any change what- for'its manufacture within the state. }of strike effects, ever in the existing scheme of things. -The referendum demonstrated with-' The Cblquota mHl-at ■Honea-Patnr . _I know a good many genuine conser- out. question that the Carolina, low- s. C., where a clash between union vatrves, and without exception they country, with the exception of Colle-jmen, non-union men and officers 're- are entirely sympathetic to the ulti- ton and Jasper counties, is overwhelm- suited in seven deaths last week,: rier mate ideals of even some who' are_iligly wet, and that there is strong opened with a full force today. It wk^ . tlgssed as extreme radicals. wet sentiment in many of the inland guarded by 65 National Guardsmen. i(f be careful, these days, counties. The dry stronghold is in the ^ Reports this morning indicated ap- in discu^ing anything of a political northwestern corner of the state. proximately 4^000 workers returned to nntiirp'^to make siire that both nartias^ With such a difference of opinion their jobs under armed protection, to the di.scu8sion tiiean the same thing existing In the state, it seems ineviU Picketing at s^ch arrned points was at with the .same word.s. . *^^® that whatever liquor control plan a minimum. ^ , is adopted in the state, it should con- Union leaders apparently'failed to ri A'JSFq 'Vfbt H tain some locaToption proviso, which produce .the numerous flying ,«quad- LLASiSiLJs IN(rt were would permit dry counties- to bar the rons which last week coursed through One of the reasons why .the United ^.„ufacture and sale of liquor. both states, cloring more than 100 States has become the mQst power u /Under the constitution, the legisla- mills. Only one was reported this and the most prosperous nation in t e licensing corpor- mopning, and it splirinto two parts wor ( IS 0 u ept a isence o individuals to manufacture after finding itself ineffectual against' anion^ and .sell liquors. The legislature also militiamen-at Ware- blioals, S. C. order was issuekl by the United Tex tile Workers of America. The mill will continue to operate Mr. head stated as long as the employees desire to work, yith np trouble or dis order expected. Mr. Moorhead sent the following letter of appreciation to the employels last week: “Mr. Mitcheir and myself are profoundly grateful for your confidence in our management, and your sincere loyalty toward our company. The fact that you have not allowed outside influen ces disturb your own sound reasoning causes lis to feel that you recognize our interest in your h,e.half; and the deep responsibility each of you owe to those dependent upon you.”" Mr. Moorhead received the follow ing telegram of commendation from W. H saM he would discuss with the farm ers the question of repealing the pro cessing tax, explain tbe provision of his bill setting up a system Pf rural credits and other matters of general interest to rural America.. The veteran senator will return to morrow to his home at Xynchbui'g and be on hand to vote in the-run-off primary Tuesday. . ' Smith declined to expVess himself, explaining that he was following his long-established custom! of remaining aloof from any South Carolina politi- Purchaser to pay for stamps, pa pers and recording. ■ TttOS. ir. BENNETT, Clerk of Court of Laurens County. 3. C. Dated this 8th aay of September, 1934. 9^27-3tco NOTICE OF SALE Tbe State of South Carolina, County-of. Laufehs, ‘ ‘ In Court of Comrpon Pleas. " First-National Bank of Clinton, S. the ^ Joanna plant, employees armed the best of health and was as tan as themselvas with shotguns, pistols, an Indian from'-* the sun at Myrtle automatics, picker sticks, and stapl Beach where he spent the summer. rollers and made ready to repel the in-} r —r ^ Vasion after being informed by Mr. I - , NOTICE OF SALE the one hand we have no pea.santry can , , ,, u enact laws authorizing state,; Cowpens and Franklin mills re- no heieditary *^"aristoc°racy^ ^^Every and-municipal officers to buy opened in Spartanburg county, S. C., American to move vironment reared, into any (Hher system, or may undertake a licensing' Pickets succeeded in closing the mg to his own am ition an an y. giving business licenses to indi- Point Yarn mill at High Point, which oc • 1 .. .t I Moorhead of the squadron’s' plans to State'of South Carolina, invade the premises and close down! County of Laurens. , . vthe mill. In the meanvirhile Mr. Moor-j Court of Common Pleas, head sent an urgent call ■for troops to Clinton Buildinj; and Loan Aasocia-j Governor Blackwood and Adjt. Gene- tion. Plaintiff, vs Mrs. Pansy Smith* ral Dozier. Company M. 118th In-JBlakely and X A. Blakely, Defend-' fantry of Camden, headed by Capt. ants. j Brevard Boykin, arrived at 5:30 a. m.,[ Pursuant to judgment of the (^ourt • ' jgrd, l^ing the identical lot con- and immediately set up camp for (he and a decree of sale in the above en- veyed to J". Will Dillard by E. B. protection of the property and people Hitled cause, I will sell at public auc- Garvin by deed of record in the of the community. • jfion Sales Day in October, 1934, ' office of the Clerk of Court for The motorcade, consisting of 5,7} (the same being the Ist day of Octo- i^mrens County, carrf and 10 trucks,, aggregating 600 her, 1934), in front of the Court All that certain lot, or piece of land, Isring, . being and situate- within the cojrporate limits of the Tpwn of Clinton, in the County of Laurens, in -(he State of South Carolina, containing a fraction of an acre, more or less, bounded as fdllcjws, to wit: On the north by lot of J. P. Prather, on the east by Owens street, on the south by lot of E. B. Garvin, and on the west by e^te lands of J. B. Dil- Terms of Sale: Cash. The success- quest was granted by Capt. Boykin, sale, on the terms apecified belpw, the bid as a guarantee, of his good faith I do not believe this system viduals or corporations. Both of these employs 150 persons. It was the only improved upon. I am concerne , - various parts close-down reported from the ranks every movement which -f The committee was frankly advised by following described real estate, to wit fore, with of the United States at the present of mills which wera able "lb operate would tend to separate Americans in- states have' established throughout last week.' to istinc asses in ^ ifiiiovp *^*^® Hquor shops, from which liquors Active picketing was begun today condemned to remain. I don’t believe , r mi. .xV . • it can be done. We have not yet ex- are dispensed in packages between at the giant Cannon mills at Kannapo- , ^ certain hours. Others have licensed Us, N. C , where troops and special hausted opportunity or i - corporations, imposing heavy officers escorted 10,000 personi to .dependence. ^ . 'penalties for violation of regulations,'their jobs. _ 'in addition to loss of license. Almost I Best available figures indicated 63,- MONEYM AKERS — A Type^ I every state legalizing liquors has a^oOO still idle in North Carolina, with I have a friend who occupies a4iigh different set of regulations applying 52,000 working; 202 mills closed and position in ‘ the federal government to sale of intoxicants by restaurants 131 open. South Carolina had 89 mills and has a background of wide busi-i^nd other retail establishments where' closed, 63 open,"43,000 idle and 21,000 working. An inquest into Thursday*! Honea Path shooting, set for today, was ness experience. Dining with him in jt would be sold by the drink. Washington a few evenings ago, he^ Rjg^d adherence to the South Caro- * dropped this new idea: lin* constitutional provision for sale “If I were president of the United liquor in not .less than half pint postponed,* Coroner J. Roy McCoy an- States, trying-to bring the nation out quantities might defeat its purpose in nounced, because of the inability of of an economic crisis,” he said, “I tbe state. It is entirely possible that' solicitor Rufus Fant to attend, would have the treasury department g- half pint were the least that could j • John Peel, Southern strike director, examine all the income-tax returns ^'e bought, a drinker. Or a couple .of and Col. H. 0. Withington of Charles- and discover who aro the ^st moneys drinkers, having bought that quantity, j ton, commander of the dozen National makers in the country. Then I Wjpulu jr^jgbt drink much more* than th4y.Guard compaiues on duty in the put those^ men in the key position^ would have if they had_been able to, Greenville, Sr'/;^. areal conferred for instead of filling the high posts with jgg, than half a pint. ! several hours last night, but resulted , x 1 * ,.• men whojieveV made a dollar in their Varied plans for the manufacture■ in no agreement..?roposals for a form'll®*'* °° sq,without molesUrion Jives. They would be able to point the Uqu^j. have been advanced alfeady of truce were said to have bwn ad-|^^*** S'** way out of the depression with plans gouth CarolinilJ Last year, Repre- vanced and rejected, and there waa no Boykin, who handled the tenee the mill officials that the protection of the operatives and property had been- turned over to .the state militia authority and that any intrusion or interference by outsiders would only intensify the situation. After the con ference with Mr. Moorhead and a warning from Capt. Boykin that his men were armed and instructed to “shdot to kill,” if necessary, the army of invaders immediately left the office, returned to their caravan* and quietly departed, retracing the route they had traveled to Goldville. It was under-, etood that ^ the "squadron disbanded shortly after 'leaving the *Joanna premises/and there has been no indi cation of their return. Everything is quiet-in the village, with the people all Apparently satisfied. Capt. Boykin In Charge jCompany M, 118th infantry. South Carolina National Guard, rated as a machine gun unit, is still statioi^ at the mill to protect the property and to insure that the pepple d^iring to “All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with im provements thereon; lying, 'being .^‘j^rwise to be paid to the plaintiff and situate in the town of Clin ton, Coun^ and l^te aforesaid, containing! approximately twelve'' thousand two bupdred fifty (12,250) square feet, being bound ed on, the north by Walnut street seventy-five (75) feet thereonr^p" the east by lot No. 40, block No. 8, as shown on plat of College View made by Giro. C. Odiome, .Rng.t oh the 23rd day of October, 1923, recorded in Plat Bidbk No. 2, page 108, Clerk’s Office for Lau- in the bidding, the same to be applied to the purchase price* upon his com pliance with the terms of the sale, on his indebtedness, and a similar de posit shall be made by those who may thereafter 'raise the bid, in accordance with law. Purchaser to pay for pa pers, stamps and. recording. THOS. .W. BENNETT, C. C. C. P. And G. S., Laurens, S. C. Dated September 11, 1984,—9-27-3tcb. HAT DO P. s) Jeanes DOT i • -Si - o I _ ■ ■ \ that would work.” .sentative John H. Grahaip, of McClel- announcement of any modification of I pointed out that that wouldn t ^ lanvllle, .introduced a 'bill whipK-WO^d good politics.. Any president that did j^aje the manufacture of liquor that would ibe accused of “selling out ^ monopoly of the state penitentiary, to Wall street.” My friend agi-eed thatp Representatives of private Interests was a practical difficulty, in the way other states' on several occasions strike plans' or military i^rrangementa. Forty-three pickets, trespassing at Cincolnton, N. C., pleaded guilty in recorder’s court situation last Thursday in a cool and effective manner,'averting all poMible the company are let Lieut. €. H. Yates, Jr., and 2nd Lieut. Charles .P. ‘Lorick. The unit is composed of 61' } \ XX — there and threw themselves on the . j x ix of his idea, but I think it s a pretty communicated with chambers of mercy of th court. Prayer>-for judg-,®}^” dqty. Four ina-|<| .sound thought, at that. ' - commerce on the .possibility of hstabrlment, frequently the equivalent of ’Pl*®®d at advantagroua lishing ona,^ or more manufacturing plants in theH^ate. Some of the legis- ANl/uiTlES —-Grow In Favor I have a friend, a young doctor, who iators point out that it will be neces- dropplB* the c»e in North Cnrolini.!»he Property ud the enlirel;; w.> continued until September SO. I compnny armed with - flying squadron of approximate- rides and *piatol]» as a precaution isn’t worrying about his future. As sary, fropi an emph^ment standpoint, 1 ]y 150 pickets bore down on fast as he can get hold of $100 that to legili/ze the manuhE;ture of liquor'Mountain today, intent on halting op-' Boykin and his men speak in Welcome; P. C. 80vs We are glad you ai:e back. We want you to uiow that we are ready to give you the aame service we hare always offered in the past and aak fiur a continuation of your patronage and good wiU. } •Vi BUCHANAN’S DRY CLEANERS AND LAUNDRy| ‘THE OLD RELIABLE** \ • / Phone 28 -J their attack on the Phoenix ^niU, onei pay him a pension for tW rest of his There w®* ® time when liquor taxes ,of the town’s largest, which wa# cooperative,” the Captain stated _yes-i life, and if he should die sooner, all he were the chief source of’ /evenue” for guarded by militi.men ’who appearedonJoyint 0“”t.y' X • ■■ . _ ... J1 rest asaur-to h»y? the situation in hand. I‘'I I!"'?. .tX. has paid in will be returned to his the schools. The public can ...v 1 w j , 1 » u heir's. ' * < ed that any plan of liquor control Further indication that the United orus-Iy people, he said, ‘Any man who,tries to pick his own adopted will have a taxing provision. Textile Workers plan to depend more V- investments or to make money .^y for no legislature, in these- days of on organization and persqasion and SMITH AGAINST speculating in stocks is a plain suck- 5jtimpod appropriations, will permit less on intimidation came ftom Ches- ■ PROCESSING TAX er,” he remarked.“,Nobody .can make another potentiaL source of revenue to ter, Sr C. today where it was^said fly- „ ‘ money ift that way unless he gives his pggg by. If the state ^operates dispen-' ing'squadrons had dropped all plabs Continued from pa^ one) , whole time to U, and a busy profes- sariea, the tax wi)! be in the form of for storming the heavilj^ guarded head bill to stay in operation,” Smith sional man hasn’t the time or the abil- an addition to the cost of manufac-, Springs mills. They were reported i declared. ity to study investments. If the big taring or the purchase prief^, suffi- planning, instead, to develop local un-j , “I have no way of knowing tlw life insurance companies can’t do, giept to cover the cost of handling and ions at the three plants. A local of, viewpoint Of the cotton farmers -other better with my money than I can, leave a substantial * profit for the 800 to 1,100 workers is already onUhan from my mail and the contacts I Coal Advances .then their management is incompe- gt^te. If. private concerns are legalized strike at Great Falls, in the same .have with them in South Carolina;^ For tent, and,I don’t believe it is. Arid if the tax probably will be an ad valorem county, and a union at Lando was re- thi^reason I would sug( suggest to cotton jf they smash, the whole country will levy applied to every bottle sold. t ported to embrace 280 of 301 employes > farmers who feel the Bankhead bill ... J TVII A rvgw in -fx n A 1 a1 ^ ^! 21 .a. A a 1 -r W.V aa *19 m ^ m. ^ ••.•.a* •. smash'tmd I’ll be no worse off. m one Several of the authors of liquor bills'}of the'Manetta mills case than in the other.” - presented at the last session of the. The Springs plants entploy approkFH Insurance men tell me that a rapid- legigiature will he iback agaixv-this ^ mately 2,000 and have run continu-'- 'ly’’growing number of 'business and ygpr to push their plans again. The ously except for one afternoon duringMi professional men are buying present -^^gt leaders at the last session includ- a flying squad visit. ‘ <nrdtferred annuities, either for lump gd Representative! C. Dester Thomas, Three mills at St. Paul's, N. C., re- anmi'or on installment payments — - ... should he suspended that they write to Secretary Wallace ani^. let «their rastically roduced forces. One oe-twO plants had Jull shifts, but many rang- WHAT DO - , P. Se aieanes ed* down to as low as five per cent of of Hampton; Wyhdham Manning, of j opened without disorder, a majority | their total empldynient. -Estima^ Sumter; Huger Sinkler, of Charles- of their 600 workers returning to their I placed Hbe: number on strike tpn;- Senators J. H. Hammond, of luchland; W. B. Harvey, of Beaufort, and H. Kemper Cooke» qf Galivants posts under Natioqal Guard protec tion. . - V Twenty-eight ofi .\lamance county’s 39 plants operated ‘^oday, but with 4 operating miUs at approximately 23M, while 1,2(>0 believed at work. In tlie 11 plants eompletiHy closed 2,000 are employed normally. Due to Increased cost of jc^ at the mines, it wM be necessary for to advance tfce nrice of “DIXIE cSuf* after'Sept^ber 15tb. ' . ' ‘ ■ T^' If you have never homed “DIXIE GEM** yon know what yon nut missing. I^ink of bumihf S,0ttl^ of coal and aetnajjbr getting Im than a quart of e«.' CaU us BEFORE SATURDAY and let ns fill yotnr mn with “Dixie Gem,** the National Favorite. ' V / CUntoR Cotton OK Conpoiiy 1i J. H. Pitts, Jr., Bfgr, »■ ■ ■ -J \ -\ ■