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4' • tf- tt You Read THE CHRONICLE Too Dont Get The Newo. THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be a. Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy, an^ Reliable. ^LUME XXXIV ir CLINTON, & C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20,1934 * Pressure Beiiig Brought To By South To Defer or Moderate Cotton Control Act % . ^ * Pthnetto State Senatore Active In Move To,Suspend Bankhead t| - Law. Conference Willi Secretary Wallace Saturday By Leaders Jn Congress May Determine f*plicy of Goverhnient. Washijigton, Sept. 18. — Besieged with urgent pleas from Souihem con gressional leaders, Secretary Wallace . may ask President Roosevelt to defer or modify operation of the Bankhead cotton control act. Whether Wallace will do this will depend in part on the outcome of a conference he has arranged for Satur-> day with a group of Senators and con gressmen, including Senators Bank- hetid of Alabama, co-author of the law, and Russelff of Gecrgia, Repre sentative Jones of Texas. Senator > Smith of South Carolina also was in vited but he in^formed Wallace today he would be ur|able to attend due to aQ engagement to address a farmers’ meeting in Des Mpines, Iowa, Thurs day night. ■ ‘ 'Hit short 1934 crop — one of the srn^lwt in history—^^star^ the agi- tation for a ide^rment of tfie act’s, op eration. ’Those leading the movement believe it wiIl-*v?ork a •hardship on 'many producers.^ t Saturday’s-conference was request ed by Bankhead, reported to Kave coiqplained that slowness on the part of the farm administration in admin- "jstering the act might imperil its ef fectiveness. 'Already Smith has asked that the law be suspended and his request has been forwarded to the president at Hyde Park by Wallace. No reply has been received. , Wallace himself, is' willing to be bound by the sentiment of producers. To obtain that. Caster C. Davis, farm , administrator, is sounding out farm ers through county control associ ations to see if their ^..views have changed since they had expressed a desire for a production control meas ure. Reports coming to Wallace have in dicated sentiment for abandoning the is stronger in the Eastern cotton belt, where the crop is more nearly normal than in the Western section. Which was hard hit by drought. The Bankhead act liihitSj 1934 pro duction to 10,460,000 bales'^ but ad verse weather conditions have clashed the prospective 'yield to 9,250,000 Secretary Wallace today -the reason for the Bankhead act had been re moved by drought and voluntary acre age reduction and that “the law itself should be suspended.’^ ^ “In addition to that,” wrote the senator, “policies adopts for .the ad- ministi*ation of the law n\a^e R ab surd.’’ Senator Byrnes of South Carolina, announced he had telegraphed Presi dent Roosevelt that “in View of the fi^ct the department of agriculture bs- timate.s the cotton crop at less than 10,000,000 bales, the object of the Bankhead law has been accomplished. "Many small farmers haye done more than their allotment,” Byrnes said, "and if permitted to sell with out paying tax they^^uld pay their debts to t"he farm credit administra tion and to others. If required to pay excessive tax upon all over their allot ment it wiir simply mean additional appeals fo^ relief. ^ "Hardships might be justified if necessary to accomplish results but the sesults having been accojmplished^ there is no justification for hard ships to any person and the act should be suspended for this year or allotments increased.” Battle Front Scenes in Great Textile Strike Hold Last Rites ForM. A. Sumerel Well Known Laurens Resident, Who Died Monday, Laid To Rest At Rocky . Springs -Church. . More Than Half Of S. C, Texdle ■“ Employes Work •Hi J—ii —^ Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 18.—Reports of changes and re-checks of previous reports today gave the following.tab ulation of approxiWiate figures on the textile strike in South Carolina: 7,300 0 3,500 0 0 l^UMBE^l 39 WASHINGTON ,, . Above it a photo of Prealdeat IVxMtelt’i Textile Mediation Board at headquarters hew in the effort to end the Cptton Textile Strike. . , . Left to right, Marion Smith of AtUnU Oa., Oiair- man John 8.' Winant of Vermont, and Bajrmond V. Ingeraoll of New York. Below;'National Guardsmen employing tear gaa to acatter ■trikerir at a textile mill at Greenville, S. 0. ' , ' PE^ Offices At Laurens Active Laurens,-Sept. 17.—Funeral services for Milton A. Sumerel, 78, were held Tuesday, afternoon at-Jour o’clock from Ms home on East wain street, conducted by the -Rev. W. Ray Ander- 'son, pastoo' qf Pentacostal churches in the Upper South Carolina, conference of this denomination. The rites were concluded‘«t the grave in the Rocky Springs chqrch cenrietery. The following served as pall bear ers: Honorary—Dr. R. ^R. Walker, G. ... L. Watson, Lewis Anderson, Hamp • nr*' * 1 j -„flHunter, Jack James, Wash Long, To control production under the .ct ^ p_ ^ g «ch farmer 1., given a quota. All pro-!g q p „,„p Holland. |J. C.,Wingo: Active-S. W. Sumerel, Victor Weathers, Ernest Johnson, penalty ta^x. . This situation has arisen: Even though the total production is under the Bankhead limit, some states not in the drought area have crops in ex'- cses qf their quotas and taxes ,must "be paid on the surplus. Al.so, individ uals in drought states in some cases ^^ave crops over their limits. Cully Cobb, chief of the AAA cot ton section, today minimised reports of disjratisfaction w’ith administratiort _ of the adjusfment program. Senator Smith said .in a letter to * » ... V * Johnston Named Party’s Nominei*! Executive Committee Announc es He Is ViHorious Over Cole L. Blease By 34,797^oli|8. Fred H. Walker, P. F. Burns, Joe R. Adair. Mr. Sumerel dyed, Monday morning at his home shortly'after he had re turned from a visit to the office of his physician, accompanied by his son, The^ore B. Sumerel. He had been under medical'" treatment for some time. During the past few days pre ceding his death he had been quite ill thougMpblo to be up and about much of the time. When apprised of his precarious condition, as result of the v; Applications For Aid Bein^ Re- ^eivedsJFrom People In Textile ’ CommuhUies. Ht '’T' Laurens, Sept, 14. ^ The local of fices of the FERA are beehives of ac tivity these days taking applications that are being filed by persons seek ing emergency relief. Many of the ap plicants, it ts understood, are from textile communities. Applications are received in all cases, with the under standing that investigation of each applicant’s claim will be nMide in rou tine order and reports given as in all such cases. / , / ' * The mill areas affected at^I>resent by the strike include: Clinton and Ly dia mills at Clintoif and Watts' mill here. The *Laureiw cotton mill resumed operations Thursday. Accepts Call To Pints Pints Idid County Clsed Opn Wrkrs Anders/n . „ - 0 Il5 2,700 Abbeville .. ' 9 0. 700 Aiken . . 0- 9 -. 0 Bamberg .. ..^1 0 . 250 Cherokee . '9 0 2,700 Chesier . . 4 3 1,400 Chesterfield-! .. O' 1 0 Darlington L . 1 r 475 Dillon 0. 1 0 Fairfield . .* 2 0 700 Greenville 0 32 1,.500 Greenwood 4 o AT 1,800 Kejshaw . 4 0 500 Lancaster .. 0- 1 0 Laurens ... . 3 2 2,500 Lexington 0 3 200 Marion .. ... 0 1- 0 Marlboro 1 3 250 Newberry . 4 0 ' 2,000 Oconee .. 1 5 • 2.50 Orangeburg . ’-0 o 0 , Pickens ... - 0 9 0 Richland 6 0 ■2,400 .Spartanburg 18 13 10,500 .8umter 0 1 0 Union . -. 5 2 2,6.50 York 14 0 4,150 Totals . 85 10(1 . 37,525 ‘ v GUARD AS MILLS OPEN • \ _ TerfS|ion Growinjf As‘ GuardsmoiY Repulse Strikers. Situation . Little Chanfi^ed In This State E.vccpt At Rock Hill. ClMniOtte, Sept. 18.—T’.vd men‘w/q;o~ woundwi by bayonets when .National. Guard.smen and a crowd of civilians cla.'^hed at Belmont, near here, to night. T'' ^ The two* men, identified as J. T. Brown ami Kimest Riley, were brought ito a Charlotte hospital. 1 \IU 100 300 250 0 11,500 2.400 0 2,000 1.400 800 100 800 0 2,750 3.50 3,351 .0 4,200 200 1,350: •v o' 14,751 First reports said the guardsmen I used their bayonets in driving back a ,jcix)wd ai'ound the Hatch Hosiery plant, one of the mills closed by the general textile strike. • Riley wfas said to have lost consid erable blood and it was feared hi.s condition was' serious. Brown’s wound was not regarrded as dangerous: • The .state’s .soldiers were reported To have avanced on the crowd when i. someone threw a missile through a' winow of the mill. Rev. S^*. Bowses Resi^rns Posi tion At Orphanage and Leaves Next Week for New* Field. . \ Jurors Drawn " For Fall Term r Colunibia, Sept. IS.-JOlin D. John- ^ ston, of Spailanburg, Uday was de- m clared" ttST-DewocrittC" nominee for last eJekmination Monday, he is quoteii as saying, “It is all right; I am ready ^o go any time.” WithiiT the hour he had quietly passed oii. Mr. Sumerel was an exdellent citi zen'^ and former successful farmer of the. county. He was a native of the ^esville church section, a member of a substantial Laurens county fam ily, He nvarried Miss Leila Bailey, also of a large and influential Lau rens -county family. She died only a The fall term of general .sessions eburt for Laurens county will open "next Monday^ morning. Sept. 24th, with Judge Dennis presidinjl. The following jurors have been drawn to servh:. ’ - Laurens township:.J. L. F. Sumerel, C. L. Waldrep, Rt^M. Bro^n, George M. Brjrson, feobert M. Erwin, J. Shell Benjamin, C. M. Wolff, R. L. Robert son and G. B. Coots. Hunter: J, H. Jacks, P. D. Adair, J. The Rev. .Samuel P. Bowles, Mrs. Bowles and four children will leave Monday for Tampa, Fla., where .Mr. Bowles has accepted ^e pastorate of the Palma Ceia Presbyterian church ind-fwill immediately enter upon his newSvork. -- 'Mr. Bowles came to Clintoi^^in 1928 from the pastorate of the Westmin ster Presbyterian church, Jackson ville, Fla^ to accept the position of trea.surer of ThornweU orphanage, co pastor of the Thernwell Memorial church and general assistant to the president oi the jn.stitiition. During this .six-year penod he has repdered Jaithful, unselfish service tp'the- Insti- tuiiop and has served a.s dne of the mo.st loyal and valuable-members of its staff. Mr. and Mrs. Bowles have made jjntemlent. Dr. B. O. Whitten. thepiselves a part and parcel of the) orphanage, manifesting a helpful « terest in the'large family of Isiys ahd^J^jQ V/alFUllfC 111 Local School To Get Federal Aid Announcement has been made from Washington-W,ithin thej past few days that approximately $1,0()0,00() will be alIocate<i to .South Carolina state insti tutions at an early date as loans and grants from the public works adminis- More Plants Ope^i ‘Charlotte, Sept.. 18. — Additional troops were assigned to strike duty in the Carolinas today, aciditional plants reopened behind rows of bayo nets and- friction between j)icket.s''a»d mills guards increase<l bqt failed to reach ignition heat.j Ciuston county’s long-ljieralded push" against the sliike’s hold be gan. with nine mills leopen^g and 'more expected to follow rfult tomor- roiV as two additional .Vatfonal Guard units were ordereil to the scene. At yelmont, N. .C., the Belmont Hosiery mill reopened but 18 others remained cltTsed'^despite troop pr^ec- tion as thousands of pickets hurled , jeers and imTults at the guardsmen and milled alsmt the area. National (Juardsme'n rescued Sher- tration and reconittrxctiffln finance cor- copratibn, working jointly. In the propk)se<l distribution the .State hospital will receive^ $500,000; Training school of this city, $125,000; Institute for Deaf and Blind, Cedar Springs, $25,000; State sanatorium, $.50,000. Senator Byrnes, who has been^at work on the matter for .some time, has been' informe<i that the chances are good that the money will soon be availabje. At the State training school the $125,000 will be used for an aministra- tive /building, infirmary, extension to the.laundry, dormitory an?Lother im- ! provements, it is stated by the suiicr-1 iff ('lyde Robinson of Gaston county when a crowd of Belpiont picket.** rushed his auto and dragged him out with threats of “We’re going to beat you up.” The pickets scattered before the bayonets of th(e' soldiers. Sheriff Robinson was unhurt but his car was. damaged considerably. The number of troops on duty in the two states "w^s approximately 4,000, They were augmented by thou sands of special officials. The .South Carolina situation re- matned unchanged during the dajr with the exception of the closing of a small hosiery mill at Rock Hill. Many y{ht% mills which have re- few years ago; — Ab<mt“ten* years'H^O' Burt' governor and J. E. Harley, of Barn-[the family moved to this city from well, the-nominee for lieuteni^nt-gbv- their fairm home in the ridge section, emor by Jhe South Carolina Demo-. The surviving sons and daughters cratic executive committee in, session are:'Theodore B. Sumerel and Paul here- ^ j Sumerel, Laurens; Ryland F. Sum;- Following-close on the heels of theierel, Clinton; Homer Sumerel, Green- committee’s declaration came a state-jville; M. A. Sumerel, Jr., Cincinnati, ment.from Cole L. Blease, former gov- Ohio; Mrs, Irene Todd 'tfnd Mrs. Jack emor and- United States senator Who [Anderson, Clinton, and Mrs. Dell Aus- lost to JoHftSton in the gubernatorial tin, Laurens. He is also’surviv^ by rtm-off primary Sept,^ 11, saying his Jwo brothers, W. M. Sd'merel, Clinton, future political course'depended upon, and Jeff Shmerel, Spruce Pine, Ala. hit health in 1936. “I would not havf{_run again for of fice if I had been elected^ governor,” the Veteran office-holder aaid. CMfieial results of the nm-off pri mary showed Johnston rec«v^ 34,797 moie ^ote^than^<P4 BIrtse. ^ PresbjCterian coHege enrollment yes- 'Returns ""as, declared by the com- terday hMl leadhed 280 for the new inittee were as follows: Blease, 122,-’year’s work. Of this number 9h are W. Anderson, C. B. Walenze, Q. B. Shockley and W.. Glpnn Davis. Dials: G.-AI. Brooks, John H. Wolff, William * Wham, Earle Buzhardt^ A. B. Terry and J. Q. Hipp. Youngs: J. S. Higgins, W. N. Steph ens and J. B. DeShields. — Sullivan: L. €/ Knight, W. I. Tur ner, H. B^Monroe, W. C. Arnold, Wr E. Bagv^l and J. H. Tumblin. WatWlM: William Miller, P.“W. Bagwq^, Herbec$> Cooper and J. F girls, and making a vahiablo contri bution to the social and religious life of the campus"'Their friends in the city will regret to leam that they are I opened in the past fe w days continued to operate with rcluced forces. .At j Higlj Point, N. a hosiery center, a I survey showed all'‘29 plants runninj^ with only ;t,92.5-(Rit of. (»,3.59 e.m- ' IVllil Situation'p!oyes at work. . Today’s reojKmings, coupled with, T,c' . 4 1 4 I -4 4- 4U 'belated returns showing a number of The-textile .strike situation in the; . , . , . leaving Clinton. As they go they will o..^ reopened quietly yestei- carrywith them jrrto their new .sphere, county remain^s unchanged. The thin brought the number of operatirg the very best wishes of those who , mills in North Carolina to 304 and in know and esteem them and who will P'^^cted by sti ikers and two opeu I Carolina to' 105, for a total of always have a deep and sincere inter- national guartl detachments Carolina had nH-rlosed, ‘ Vhe Laurens Cotton mills resumed I eat in their welfare. Ctlbss Hill: Jake Rasor. Jacks: G. H. Littlei Many New Men Enrolled At P. C. r- 876; Johiiii|Dn, 157,673; toUl vote, 28<0,649; total enrollment, 875,796. In the race for lieutenant governor Harley receive 147,279 votes to 130, members of the freshman class. While South Carolina naturally has ^ the largest number of students, nine j states, fifty-seven cities and towns,! 321 for Joseph R. Bryson of Green-J and one foreign country, have repre- ville. The total vote in the race for lieutenant governor was 277,6p0. Johnston spoke briefly to the com mentation in the class. In addition to' this state and Georgia, thew are stu- i dents from Florida, Mississippi, West) mittee, asseiting he inten^d to “try j Virifinia, North Caf^na, Kentucky, to make South Carolina a governor of j Tennessee, Wisconsin; and Korea. It is^ which ahe will^'^Ms proud**" and asking the cooperation of the -eommittee -Members ard the voters. No prdteifls or contests were, re ceived by the commitete. Blea^ in his statement, orge^ the people of the state^te "Work one for i ton. aU and all for one all for South Carolina, oi|r countrY and our God.” Johnston, sought for an interview, stated from tke registrar’s office that forty per cent of the new first year men are'from outside the state. "There are 28 co-eds included in the ptudent body, practically all of these young women being residents of Clin- had no comm^cti Mrs. Mary Pralfier returned Mon day from a fJw days’ visit with rela tives in Greenwood. P. C. 1934 Grid Schedule . VARSITY^ Saturday, Sept. 22^^Clemso^ aLClemson. Saturday, Sept. 29—Mfrcer at Macon. ~ Saturday, Oct. 6—^Howard at Birmingham. Saturday, Oct. 20—Wake For est at Wake Forest. Saturday, Oct. 27 —Catawba at Clinton. Friday, Nov. 9—Newberry at Newberry. Saturday, Npv. 16 — Erskine at Rock Hill, Saturday, Nov. 24—Wpffford at Clinton. ' Thursday, Nov. 29—Citadel at Charleston. ' FRESHMAN Friday, Oct. 12 — Carolina-at Columbia. , ^ Saturday,^Oct. 20—Citadel at . Clinton. Saturday, Nov. 8—Clemson at Clemion. Thursday, Nov. 8—Newberry, at Clinton. Friday, Nov. 16—Woffprd at 4 Spartaid)urg. 1 . T-u I -41 I i<>I 2b9. Idle workers in North (aro- operations last Thursday with guards- , /.o-.u oo n/./i • / ' I .4 4U 11 • lina totaled 02,.500, with 38,000 in men camping about the mill iiromiscs. .. r' i- i4i4i-nri f M u I,.(..'South Carolina, making 100,o00 for^. It IS reported runrtmg on full schedule' ’ , , u- ... ' .... - , rru , the C aj-olinas. North ( arolina had 87-,- with comlilions ijuiet. 1 he Wattsi.. ' , i- <- i. ... f . .' , u..,' oOO working and .South ( arplina 4;),- fmills, the first in the county to shut, . , i- i.,o ' ’ 000, totaling 132,500. Bank Resources Of State Higher Columbia, Sept, 16. — A report re-closed tight leased today by Thoma.s H. Daniel,] .Joanna ( otton mills was reported from Rock Hili; S. 'C chief state bank examiner, said total,full shift.s bo.h Jac Feinberg hosiery mill; banking rej^urces of all banks approxTiiiately^ 150 was^ forced to close by heavjr picketing." I A number of wsnkers entered the ' plant, but tWe managcMhent ordered TtT o The first close down of' the week South CaroTina had increased approxi-!Company .M. mately 50 per cent, ami available C Ufi'vard Boykin, per cent.during—the yyar ending;^*'*^'** guar4-<iuly. —^ Tune .30 1934 t The Clintofi and Lydia Cotton miUs\, , , ^ June ou, . i .. closed to avoid the possibility of dis- The repdrt, based on called state- this, oi.y, l>oth remain ^ < ments of sUte and national banks, 1 with no intimation from the manage- Buffalo mill fit Concord, N. C., showed the same number of banking 7' nn employing approximately mstitutions, 163, »t the end of the pe-jeraUons.^ 100, reopened today wit-h between 40 riod *8 at the beginning, incFuding a ^oth plants, with -q their jobs. Tliere was no net decrease of three state banks andj<’' disorder. , disorder, - corresponding increase in-the number j ^ [ Picketing at other C’oncorci mills, of national banks. * BlfitclcWOOCl BlcStSCO resulted in a.riot last week, waa ' considerably lessened, and national Total loans and discounts increased approximately 15 per cent, the state ment said, while stocks and b<mds owned by . banks increased slightly more than 72 .per. cent during the year, At Mill Situation guard officers described it as the quiete-st day .since they occupied the . . o. , _ ' 'town more than a'week ago. ’ Columbia, ^Sept, 16. Governor Ibraj largest mills to reopen since C. Blackwood said today he was “gen- .. . beiran Were the The-report gave total resources ofjuineiy gratified to observe the at Lockha^S. C.! and - j^atate/banks as $64,216,428. as com- behavior of textile mill operatives Lyir^an, S.’ C.. .pared with $50,246,707 last year, and generally throughout the state. which operated under heavy guard, j resources of national banks .as $44,-^ If«Jeft unmolested, the kwemory jj^p^jjj|,jg plants put about 1889,000 as compared with $22,060,000, said, “these people can do m6re for j qqq workers back at their jobs, - 'in 19M. Total resources of all banks thmselves than anyone else can pos-^ Smaller mills reopened at Spartan- ! in the sUte were given as $108,604,4381,sibly do'for'them, they are g ^ Concord, Goldsboro, Shel ias compared with $72,305,707 for the they will do nobody intention- Jarboro, Avondale, Bessemer City previous, year. BLAKELY STILL SICK ■d , ~ . J .u Statesville, N. C. Jroops formed fl believe^In the honesty and the jjua'rd around the.plabts a> tne op- faith of the people who find natives returned to w4rk. pldyment in the textile plants of this | ’The many friends of Gilbert Blake- state. " jly, one of the city’s most popular,' \ —— ^ ;young business men, will regret to! aQfarvA [know tl»t he continues ill-at the home t **I®* ^114*0 lo of^his parents, Mr. and Mrj3k-i''8n T * Blakely^ 1 Barbecue Today First Bales Cotton GihnOd i G- L. Penland bears the distinction of having the first new bale of cot- CHILD ACCIDENT VICTIM j Under the allspices of the Clintoruton ginned on the local market. It was* ^ I.4auren8,'Sept. 16.—Sam Latimer, 3, ; Retail Merchants association,, a barhe- ginned oh Sept. 13th by the Clinton ' I a Negro child, was ..killed three miles: cue will be given this evening at sev- Milling company, graded midd’ing, east of Gray Court this afternoon en o’clock at Young's -spring near (staple one inch. He was followed when he ran out into the road in front j here. The merchants are to have as 1 closely by A. L. Nabors with two bales • - —— — — - w.,w . ... — - w« I Asia; isi^« viiaatiwo «aav w iscaw ujf o wraii j of a car allegedly driven by Fred [their guests tbeir wives and employ-i ginned by the Clinton Cotton Oi I Tumblin. Tumblin was exonerated by^ees; with indications pointing to a'pany. The cotton wa« not offer ' the coroner’s jury holding the inquest, most pleasaxrt outing. Oil corn- offered for sale but stored in a local warehouse. *< .X