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•f’rrjPT' ■■^{■A'U' I > .«< .ie- THURSpAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1931^ / >v J> I $72,500,OQO To Cpttoh Producers lo TOE CUNTON CHRONICLE. CUNTON. S. C. -t. - , " ■/' *1^ ti4rd’ peyment in the 1934 cot-1 ants and share croppers had an i^iter- .<1 .f—• ------ ji .. _ ^^^ustmeot pr<^m ^ipjat^ ^ddi^h^p^eM Mrs. J.'D. Guerard and little son, of^beeh spending several ^ays with John Public Statement By The Cotton Textite Code Auflioiity in ‘ the adjustment - contract as the ~*^parity” payment and due during tl^ i''month of. December will be combined jpth the second installment of the y renatl payment and both will be dis tributed beginning in October, it was announced today by the AAA. . The “parity” payments to contract ing co(^ttqn producers total $^8v000,0G0 and the "Second installment of the rental payment is ap^iroximately $^4,- 500,000. By combining the paytnents, rental payment and -both will be dis^ tributed to the contracting cotton .pro- the luuel season tor ni.iiyteil.lrts .li<l iCl'»rt«‘OT, »r« visitin»-her parents; ^ siflir •vrH \ln« irs^tilr KaTiaww • renters to move to other farms, would, ' \ ducers be^nning in October. It is, be lieved that the majority of these pay- and Mrs. Frank Kellers. caused unnecessary co^ipliCations. I Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Poole and fam- Of total 1934 benefits estimated atply attended the Dempsey remyion held $117,052,539,* payments on the first; at'CampobelliTon Sunday, r installment totaled 441,061,775 up to^ Mr. and Mrs. H. JS. Finley and sons Sept 14, leaving payments yet tp ^ j left last week for Hatelton, Pa., where made to farmers on the 1934 cotton .they will mak^'theiFTlome. program of $75,990,764. ^ j j^jr. %fid Mrs. The first installment was one-half of the rental payment, with the sec-. nsrehts, Mr. and ond payment to be the. remainder of! j)uncan. 1 the rental. The third installment is a' parity payment, calculated on the ba- t^s of one cent a pound on the esti- Moorhead: Hi|[fh Eargle Mftt the w with^his father in YV’mnsboro. ' FriCnds of. Mrs. R. AV. Benn will be'^rs eek-eiJ Washmgt</n, D. Ci, Sept. 12.i voluntarily abtfolished child labor/ sprry to know that she is a patient at jthe local hospital. ‘ . ' , Mr. and Mrs. Kari vy. Sloan of Saf- ford, Arizona, are spending several 1. T^e United Textile Work-raised its aVerage hourly wago ' 3, same organization which {rates - 70%.' It shortened its. on September 1, 1934, called a]"^®ekly hours^ of wprk nearly general strike throughout thelPne-third. It add^^ 140,000 textile industry, previously call-{workers to its payrolls. At the ed a_slmilar_strike last Junc^n^fWKKestion of the Agencies of "" the Cotton Ellisor Adamsv of,weeks with Mrs. J. Reed Todd and|the Cotton Textile Industry be-{the Government at the old Sloan nonkscs ollAnsA^I * InPAYf'ila Tn^1iaf'«-,r Mrs>,. W. J.j'horne place near here. Mr. and 5Irs. RexTYoung and Miss ry, spent Sunday with the lat-iMrs. Janie Sloan at t^e old Sloan cause of alleged grievances’;' jTextile Industry was also the mated share of each farmer’s average menta Y^ill be dis^ribuUd during that. month. “Payment of the second and'third installments dup under the cotton con tracts was combined in order that the distribution of the payments to the past production which enters domestic consumption 2. Following .this June strikel^^*^®^,^^! creation of r» i yut D w T u u It i v * . .u " v . . btder Conferences were held bvl®^ Industrial Relations Board Dr. and Mrs. R. ^ with rei:tTv« ‘"j‘he Nation,! Recovery AdminS^ ^^PO^^d of an eqwl number of rcdd.nsr tr,p,,to,v nsriot,e. V., with relstives. Mr. Thomas P. Me-ilabor .aiiLin. returned from their wedding North Carolina, and are now at home on N, Adair street. ' ^ | leave today for their home in'Brook-1 Mr. and Mrs, George Weathers of i lyn; N. ,Y.,'^fter spending the past'few Mr. and. Mr... Sheldon P. Beentah I yy -pY^^i^Vormanl'^'^'"’“ Chairman repr^^^ in lsrook^t /_ >• *•> .. . _ lanrafin/v Toul estimated rental and parity iPi®4moht. are spending a-few weeks, weeks with the latter’s parents, Mr payments under the 1934 cotton pro gram, the amount o'f benefit payments made to data, and the payments re interested parties might be more easi- maining to be made, by states, include ly and more pi^mptly effectuated,” South Carolina $6,950,338 total bene- C. A. Cobb, chief of the cotton pro duction section, said. Mr. Cobb pointed out that the ten- fits; $2,548,211 paid to Sept. 14, and $4,4C2,127 estimated balance 'to be paid with the latter’s parents, Mr, and Mrs. George Speake. ;' Dan Morrison, student^ at Pre/b>^- terian college, was called to his home and Mrs. E. D. Chaney. W. E. Shepard and daughter. Miss Neta Shepard,. of Thomastqn, Ga., spent a few days last week with their (representing the United Textile interest. Workers), and also with the! 7! In’the face of all this and Uhairman of the Cotton Textile under conditions of declining in Hartsville last week on account ^ofj son and brother, A. t. Shepard, and the death of his father. \ Mrs. Shepard. Code Authority. 3. Qut of these conferences there gp-ew a written settlement volume of business! in tbe Indus try, the United Textile .WorJeers, who repres.ehLQnly a minority of between the Administrator andj^^® employees, ignored all agen the officials of-the United Tex- A- called ^ D. M. iVIcNaull of Mullinj, spent a Mr. and Mrs. Holmes Prather and'tile Workers, some of the terms I strike in this Industry few days last week with friends at (soft, Willian| Holmes, have returned to Bayonets Uphold Presbyterian college. Mr, and Mrs. P. B. Adair, and Mr. Governor Ehringhaus against the use. o t i . of troop, for reopening the Brown Mrs. C^,. S L«nkfo^v.s.te<ii mer, mother, Mrs. Mary Emther, and ’ - relatives in Crdss Keys on ^nday. rother relatives. Miss Catherine Jones left last week Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Oxley have re fer Aiken,’ where she will teach the Hartsell plants at Concord. . V^OI Oim&o a were closed by voluni- tary walkouts, and cited reports that year Nine Mills Reopen Under Guard,only.200 of l,00a normally employed] Johnson. Jr., James Hitt. Crene But Strike Rstnks Hardly 'Are Dented. State Fairly Qtfiet. had returned to Work as support forU- turned from a few' days’ visit with relatives in Bluefield, W. Va. , Misses Ola Davis, Virginia Dukes, of which are as follows: their home un Kissimmee, Fla., afters, TjnjfpH Tpytilp spending several davs with the for-l,x® i • UnueO iextlle Workers receive representation on the; Labor Advisory Board of the N. R. A.' Industrial RelatioS”BTarTuthe!;?f®"'®®tL^'’!iTu‘Yl;lt/“'l^ notwitlVstanding the June settle ment. / ■ ■ ' 8. No one deplores more than this Industry the lawless vio lence that has grown out'of this conflict. We regard the.se cdnse- Bruere Board) be" enlarged hv• assault upon men wv ^ ® . ^!and women’ pxprrisinor t.hpir his claim ^^| and Hayne Workman, students atiXewsom, Lois Page, and Mrs. Selma j representative and one employer /«/\n ACTA. <tr\Ck.r%f f HA ^ if^i •! ' ... to troopa. under the governor’s initial]spent’the annbuncement that guardsmen wouldhome.' ox, L. H. Davidson, Thurston Giles Olive Nabors. Maude Geer, Lillian; the addition- of one employee' (I Mtm- i ronroisonfofI’vo onrl nnti amn1rvi,a*>! gne to WOrK. their _ f. ; Franks attend^! the Hairdre.ssers and]representative from the CottoniJoint Resolution kosnietologists banquet and dance at T/vtilo Industry i the Board of Inquiry is inquiring )the Columbia Hotel on Monday eve- ' ) v rru *. ' ' i. x- knto the facts. We believe liueh (c) Thut one representative of Inquiry will be useful, and we employees of the Cotton Textile-iwill gladly cooperate in this ’ Indu.stry_be appointed Labor Ad-vestigatiom visor to the (Government ^ - --- "1.. Charlotte, Sept. 17. — Unyielding lines of troops and pickets faced each other along the Carolinas' textile front tonight, the situation becoming tenser almost hourly air a- handful of mills reopened with forces insufficient to dent seriously the strike ranks. Nine mills in Jthe two states resum- ed operitiin., and .n estimaW 2.100 j ,oo troop, are on duty persona roturnod to work. Rpports Carolina and 1,700 in South be used only at plants where walkouts wt’-e involuhUry, From Raleigh came reports that' trcK)ps_Qn atrike duty, were costing the state $4,500 daily. ’The figure for Miss Patricia Giles left last week ^for Bri.stol, Va., where she will re sume her studies at Virginia Inler- mont -.-.r- . - ■ Rev. J. R. T. Major, pre.siding elder South Carolina was not known. There! of Greenville district, occupied the troops get regular army pay, ac cording to rank, plus expenses. Ap- from all sectors, however, indicated the day practically produced, a sUle- maie.-. The number*of hosiery workers esti mated away from their jobs at High Point increased and .while figures were lacking, strikers in that section of the industry were believed to be near the 4,500 mark, an increase of 1,500 over Friday.^ Belmont, Concorii and other points wer^ taut during the day as pickets taunted national guardsmen, of which thirty-eight companies were on duty in North Carolina alone. “You’ll cause a revolution, you little tin*^ soldiers,” was among the milder remarks directed across a highway at BelAiont to guardsmen before the Hatch Hosiery miy. . 6ne man receiv^ a slight, bayonet scratch as thp troops drove pickets from the mill property. R. R. Lawrence, president of the state .federation of labor, protested and said strike leaders were consider ing seeking an injunction against use of “unnecessary force” against pick ets, including requiring them to re main considerable distances a^sy from mills. Lawrence also criticized Governor Ehringhous for using the state’s pow er “to help break a strike at the Hatch mill, which has itself been adjudged a violator of the national recovery act and which seeks to force its opera tives to work out from under the wings of the blue eagle. . _ The largest mills reopening were Carolina. ^ The day’s developments brought lit-, tie change in the estimates of the strike situation. . ' North Carolina had 206 mijls closed, 285 open, 64,000 idle workers and 82,- 000 active workers.. South Carolina had 90 mills closed, 103 open, 40,000 idle and 44,000 work ing. ^ The relief situation, which has brought sleepless nights to strike leaders, seemeil to be straightening itself out slowly. Numerous localities, including High Point and Rutherford county, *’ei»rted ample resources for feeding strikers and their families. A, High Point delegation tpld state re? lief headquarters the 'local union would be able to care for its adher ents there, and might even “give a few hundred dollars” to aid other sec tions. In addition, Lawrence reported that Mrs. Thom.ae^D’Berry, 'state relief di rector, said that government funds would be made available te all alike, regardless of their union or strike af filiation. He- quoted her as saying work would be ajpportioned on relief projects after case investigation, and that those for’ whom there were jobs would be given direct relief. the pulpit of the Broad Street Metho dist church on Sunday morning. Miss Margaret Jones leaves to.day for New. York, where she will be a I student at Dr. White’s Bible college. Mr. and Mrs. Jobe D. Holland have returned from their wedding trip to North Carolina and are now occupy ing an apartment with Miss Arva Henry on Musgrove street. ^ Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Johnson of Co line voiumoia notei on Monday ning. ' ^ Mrs. Mac Adair returned Sunday from a weeks’ visit to her sister an<L brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. George Williams in Rock Hill. Mr.' Adair, Mrs. R. F. Adair and Mrs. Cora Mc- ^uiston spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Williams and Miss Emmie Adair, who is'a student at Winthrop college. f Joanna Mill News Goldville, ^ept. 14.—Miss Ruth Mc- lumbia, visited the latteris sister, MissiC'uHy Chattanooga, Tenn., was the Annie Lou Norman, last week. [week-end guest of Mrtf: Frj^nk Reeder. MrsrAl^J. Sproles spent the week-1 Mris Evangeline Duke is spending em- ode hers on the Cotton Textile Authority. (d) That Ithfii^jVdministrator further clearly define the pow ers of the Cotton Textile Nation al Industrial Relations Board, in- eluding the handling of pending or future claims and complaints, the alleged violations of Section 7 (a) and other working condi tions,, ^ (e) That the Research' and in- '^10. We have been unable to find any basis for a request to the Board of Inquiry to att as an arbitration board. We have already commented on the im possible conditions attached by the^ strike chairman t6~ his sug- grestion for such a request. ll. Apart from that the issues them.selyes are not, in our opin ion, appropriate subjects for ar bitration. ' ■ - \ We brieve that: j \ Planning Division of the N. R. The right of workers to re end- in Gfe«nwood with relatives and friends. Misses Gene McKee, Mary Ander- the. week with her parent in Bates- requested to investigate,niain at work free from mass in burg. and report on the ability-of the-fiTTiidation and viol’ence is cre- son and James Sloan le^Tuesday for] in Newberry T"V VI* A. .TV .4 A4 ra Dai Mr. and Mrs. J. p. Odell spent Sun-'Cotton Textile Industry to as*^ated by law; sume any further burdens oft The right to collective bar- Due West where they resumed their] Mrs. Carrie Reeder of Clinton, spent cost arising OUt of increases in K^iTTlTlg in each plant, defined by studies at Erskine college. They were]the past three weeks with Mr. and!wage rate or a reduction in!the National Recovery Act and no CARD OF THANKS accompanid by^Dr. L .Ross 4||y,nn and Mrs. Frank Reeder. Miss Ahna Mae Tarre. The latter vis ited her brother, Earle Tarre, who is a ftudent at Erskine. Miss Grace Davis left last week for Birth Mr. and Mrs. C. E, Barbee announce .. , .,, , . .. the birth of a daughter on Wednesday, Aiken, where she.will .be * member Wijjept 5th — the school faculty the coming year. and Mrs. A. E. Tin.sley an- Dr.' George Cousar, medicat mis- L^unce The birth 'of a son on Thursday, sionary, ata-tiOned at Lubondai, Africa, (ggpj -Thornwell is visiting friends «t the orphanage. Mr. and Bfjrs. James Bradley left this week for Decatur, Ga., where the , former wiir^sum.e his^studies at the] seminary. ^ _ | William Blakely left this week for Due West, where he will resume his studies at Erskine Seminary. f Mrs. Dan S. Hollis and little^ Mr., and Mrs. Gordon Boyc-e arr- nounce the birth.of a son on Satur day, Sept. 8th. , , hours, or both. (4) the terms of this settle ment were promptly applied by the Government agencies and the Industry. (a) Mr. C. M. Fox, a cotton mill .employee, was appointed to the Cotton Textile National In- by the law; embodied in the Textile Code, , and the demand of the strike chairman that his group be rec ognized as having the right to speak for those textile workers who have ;rejected his leader ship, is an issue already ^settled .1' % - dustrial Relations Board. (b) Mr. 'Di of Changes in the Code pfovis- president Workers, was appointed to La- C>l«br.t., Birthd.y . bor Advisory Board of the N.' Mrs. E. B. Streetman was honored |* ^* ai -u o* * by her children and clo.se friends with' Mr. Abraham Binns, an a birthday dinner.on-Sunday, Septem-1 official of *the United Textile !ber 9th. Those enjoying this event i Workers, was-appointed Labor to * the HiiiJ,were': Mr. and Mrs. E.'-L. Stewart,'Advisor to '“the Government * ji' omas F. McMahon,'ions as to-minimum wages an® the United Textile'maximum hours involve Code' amendments — amendments to’ - the law. The Recovery Act and the Code provide the only lawful methods for amendments ;■ - ■ Matters relating to the so^ * called “stretch-out” and to al leged violations of Section 7 (a) and Mr.s. I am deeply grateful for the sup-1 . port of the people of Laurens county j ^‘\*'** j ** rv * i UichenibleVm« .toWelectedto thc Tom Davenport ami the Monarch mill at Lockhart and the' House of Representatives. Please- ac-. * « V nn r Pacific plant' at Lyman, S. C., which cept- my sincere thanks for your vote, under heavy guard, put about 1,000 I again renew the promise made in peraons to work. Smaller mills re- j my campaign that I will, use my best opened at Spartanburg, Goldsboro,|effort* as a legislator.for all the peo- Concord, Tarboro, Shelby and Avon-!pie of the county. " dale. t ' I - Respectfully, • ^ ^ ^ Lawrence said h^ would protest to' * S. J. HUNT. 'whc™*thj“'h«e hi7r vis'itTn'‘g, rcial B- C. Streetmsn Mr., members Of the Cotton Textile'are mattera of Governmental ad- *' and Mr.-*. Odell streetman af Goldville, j-Code Authority. I ministration. Changes in C3n- Mr. and Mr.s. J. Bj,Streetman, .Mr.! (d) Research andPlan-'C^uct of Governmental'adminis- ahd .Ml;. R. E. Roberts of.Anderson.-1 of the N. R. A.*re-ftration are matter.'^ for action ported that there was no factual by the con.'^tituted authorities. . or statistical basis fof any gen-| 12. The Board of Inquiry will eral increase at that time in Cot-'find that the Code Authority- Charles Crain and son, Charle.s, Jr., of . / Laurens were here Thursday for the] Surprise Party Crain-Madden wedding. About twenty young friends of Paul Mr. and .Mrs. Carl Chaney announce Taylor attemled a ‘Saturday heretofore urged the the birth oCa daughter, Ida Eugenia, report concluded that increased strengthening and improvement i o t a 4a.1_ .* - i /kii I /\ /■» I rta r\nntxa\r\r\ ii®o a * . ^ ^ * * .on Kriday, September 14th. ,. ' s.ree.. production, more or less simul- of the functioning of Govern- taneously, in all industries, was merit machinery in the.se mat- Your We need you and you need us. Your influence, your deposits, your business will help us grow bigger, betterlliiid stronger. ' You need our facilities in the conduct of your, business; you need the prestige of our institu tion in your transactions. Friends of Mrs. N. J. Edge will be plann.'d to commemon rer'hoL'*orN''“Ltir!,\rM/on^c!''"'(:am« wv;«'arTn«d''fo;;th^ necessary prior condition tei's. W'e continue'to urKe the counf of illness. cream and cake were .served ^01* ^ permanent increase in real >trengthening of this machin- Claxton Shepherd has returned <'j Claxton Shepherd has returned to'during the evening I [ his home in Miami, Fla., after visiting] i h44 -br»ther.4md...al3tec!d.a-i*iMt, -Mr.—atuL jSimdajL-ScipBol. llaas PArty .Mrs. A. L. Shepherd. Mrs, A, M. Nelson spent Sunday in Mi.ss Lula Mae Attawoy delightfully wages. ' ' |ei*y. ' - 5. This settlement was .<signe(l ' 1.3.The Cfotton Textile Nafion- by.„ML^ .Gqc- al :,Inj.iustnal_R.eJatioiLi.^.BQarA man in behalf of the Uniteil Tex- (the Bruere* Board), estA'liIished entertained the members of her Sun-jtUe Workers. On July 16th the und’er the Code, has been expect- Rock Hill'with her son and daughter-[day-.school class at the. community;United Textile Workers called a ed to functi6n for'450,0()0 work- in'^law, Mr.,and Gordon Nelson. jbuilding Friday evening. Games andj^trike in cotton textile millsjers employed by 1200 c5tton Mi.s.s Elizabeth Buzhardt left thi.s proms were injoyed. Miss Carrie Ivou throughout the-State of Ala- mills in 25 states, with ilisuffi- bama on is.sues.covered by the cient Gefvernment appropriation w'eek for Due West', where she will ep-j Ross assisted m entertaining. 4y ter Erskine college. ‘ - ' • •• Mr. and Mrs’. R. L. Plaxico and son,. (• 4 • ClasH Ele^s Officer* June strike .«ettlement. ^Ir. C. to obtain an adequate .‘Itaff. We M. Fox, although a member of therefore specifically urgq that Re- the. cotton Textue S-atiopal In. k> J It is a matter of reciprocity-. We ^help each other and thereby help the entire community. ‘4 NEW BUSINESS CORDIAILY INVITED A. $. tiiln t Soil BANKERS i: .OLDEST Strongest spent the w’eek-end in Blacksburg, class No. 3 held a busine.sit meeting ^w ' .u i i ’u.!. with relative,; , 1 Monday evening at the home of Mi.,Va“«”- i?® Boa'-,l be Mi,,e. Sarah and Charlotte Walker Modeene Finney,, The follo'win^ clan, tionduct of the Alaliama stvnle, properl} Hnanteq 4o further and Janl6S; Davis of Winston-^SaleinJofficers were electcni: Miss Frances' laterMjt?CHrn6 a iTKfipb^ of witb adfc?(|Uat6 N. C., spent the w’eek-ertd here with]Hunnicutt, president; Mis.s Jessie Maej^he general .strike committee of'staff of its selection and epera't-- r^iVei. |Gaskin, vice-president; aMi.ss,Willie the United Textile Workers,;ing under its direction .to'per ils* Martha Phillips of Columbia Mae'Wofford, secretary^.Miss 'Ethel thus ignoring his dutibs as k form the important tasks as- .spent the past week-end wi^ Jier Harrelson, treasurer.-^-, ^ _ member of the official agency .'igned to it. * - , , , — .. created to promote industrial 14'. After long conference with Goldville Student* At Presbyterian' iharmony. He was supported in many manufacturers we have < mother, Mrs, R.-E: Jones, ' Billy Owens left today for Atlanta/ Ga., where‘he will‘resame hi*' studies af Georgia Tech. The College foUow'ing Goldville girl.s and this action by Mr. McMahon, reached deci.sions that seem to- president of the United Textile us inescapably and which repre- ■ ■ '5tsi(’ ' • Ben'Covington <kf Florence, spent boys are members of the student body 4 , i i Horman vpnt the' co5tsi a few days laat week here with friend, : at'Pre.,bytenan college, Clinton: Mis, ‘ at Preabyterian college. . LSarah ClarlK Mi„ Doris Abrams, y'f't'®-'"?®?*- " idered opmion^of Miss Margaret McCaughrin of New'* Miss Stella Beckam, Tom solernn con- berry, was the week-end guest of [Hugh Holman, and James Addison."^ iP^ June 2, ,1934 viction that the issues at stake Mis* Mary Howze Dillard. ^ Miss Helen Connolly left Tuesday i for Rock Hill, to visit relatives. Mr. ..and Mr*. A. L. Shepard and Claxton Shepard spent the week-end in Atlanta. ^ Miss Mildred Whitten attended a dance held at Clemson college on Fri day evening. Friends of Mrs, T. D. Jacobs, who its a patient at the local hospital, will I be glad to know that her condition is 'reported as jmproved. 6. The Cotton Textile Industry go far beyond any temporary EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE ' ! was the first industry which ap- industrial dispute. We -believe FROM-M..A, W’lLSO.'^ t peared before the agencies of the that the future of our country I Federal Government and accept- , depiands our support of the I wish to thank the people of Lau-^d a code. To further the‘Presi- principle that law shall not be rens county for the gehertms'iFotc giv-[dent’s ^overy program this In-1amended by fdree; that the pro- en mein the first and'second primaries I dustry gladly made improve-! visions of a Government Code“ for superintendent of education, — and more so for the kindness, cour- Friends of JR^pb R. Blakely will be earn mat ments in working, conditions,shall not be changed by iritimi-^ , . * „ u which have been-subject of-uni-1 dation and violence; that the will *fr?hrhii“"r i versa! comment-duriilx the past of Congress and of the Presi- teem in whiyh my ,upi»rters held me. Year. The Industry in Its cooper-ident, as expressed in the _pror I shall always be interested in the schools ’and children, and especially of Laurens county. So may we all co operate with the educational system •orry to learn that he is confined to hit home on account of illnefSf William Moorhead has returned j for good results, froifa Durham', N., C., where be has I MILTON A. r .m"- ——t— ii:;;; ? ** ON. ation -with the Government inicedure of the N. R. A., shall not- the first days' of the New Dealjbe set aside by flying squadrons. Subscribe to The Chronicle — SL50 a Year V- t • '