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/ a ij 1 / *•" .* • A , .'<r A V i. page; four j u / .^.■pu. ' ,' i I- ■:' I . THE CL I^TON ^ V 'I ^ ^ ^ f CHRONICLE, (CLINtON. 3. A ■f - .J- •... a'■•'/: *■ '.'-v.a ,■ 4/ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1934 > / ,r _j alt;^ (Elinto / EtUbttak«« 11»0« WILSON W. HARRIS. Editor /lAd Publisher Publish^ Every Thursday ‘By . THE chronicle PUBLISHING COMPANY A- Subscriptioh'Rate (Payable In Advance); Ore j-car $1.50; Six l2onths 76 cents; Three Months 60 eente Laterld as Second Clash Mail Matter at the Poet Office at Clinton, S. C. fhe Chronicle sdekiTthe cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise aur^estions and kindly ad vice.-The Chronicle Wil’i publish letters ol general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will'npi .Be noticed. This piper is not responsible for the views or opinions of •ts correspondent. t rk T obody’js Business By Gee MeGee ' Increased Cr ' Of Cotton Seen ■r-H -t'l will be continued for aflother^ear, I 193.6 proarram is yet \o be made indications are the rentair'oenefit plan,^^^^^”i " i / "W .i»i ^ ^ ne HP 1 -Fresh Breezes From Flat Rock ,homed to mr. and mrs. art square, 2 'twins, they will “be, nafned fera and AAA Conference, nira after the goyy'erment. both ofjt^^ ^ posibly wit^ some modifications. the Bankhead! ^ Sale bi State^ * • 'ri - - -1 Administration,, of New Government Forecast of cotton bill also was reviewed at the Western Farmers Who Cannot 9,433,000 'Bales'^ CaUs Jor conference today. Most'of those pres ent frankly-said delays.and difficul ties arising from the measure itself >rr; they- cry a powerful hew., »» h®',forecast .of 9,433,000 bales today sent^ ‘ - AAA officials.tmo conference to draft! [a-progran. for next year which prob.' ft IIv A V jf C ilatr II L/ * v U* a scholl, is' in progress at this place ably will have as its aim a yield of be-'".^ received their exemption cer- ■ , .1 • irlTl/*?l7<l AI'T' iTl/>o^xaa ri i /* V* «11 /vr«r l[se Certificates Are Offering I Them To Growers, Columbia, ^ct. sX-Rbbei^t M. iCoop- collector of inteimal re^^ue-for South Carolina, said . today cotton farniers who have^produ^ed^ in exces.s of their^ Bankhead allotments may. .1, V 1 ♦ ^ and miss jennie veeve smith, our prin-'tween 12,000,000 and 13,000 000 bales. 1wnicn allow buy tax exemption certificates fi^om jciple, has her hands full of schollarS.i ThU wnnld nnnrf»o/.Vt » nnrr«oi r.,.rx« ^ sell a certain amount of cot- cotton adjustment officials in their la*great manny from outside districts anj would mean a lont^pnind- u the',fact that counties for four cents a cotton poun'S. '.re pili^* o-n her in bu„e,. and ehe^^lSLt re.!X7T„^^.It -P'»-‘'' not know at presecnl what thereduction in planting! do state means not letting each district age of around '27,000 000'thisTea? 1 ^ou^th^rn farmers are to vote on a take - rT- were those unused by western farm- .ersbl take care ,of its own youngun.s as belo’W the noriml „of 40.000,000 Acres’ heretofore, flat rock childrens have .a iq^k? V continuation of the Bankhead bill The South Carolina, qtibta of cot- CLINTON, S. Cw THURSDAY, (XTOBER II. 1934 ’ There are multitudes of people in^bring profits to all, our citizens the World at the' present time who cause, whether or not he is the owner never had le.ss or wanted jnore. -A news item the other day stated is looked for in 1936 y®**'*^ County control com-] ton allow-ed untfer the Bankhead act, been crowded out. j jhc govemmenf fjrecast today w.a' "’'^?* probably will direct the rcf-|rt w.s>ointcd out, ia *pproxiin.tely Ian increase of m.OOO bales above‘ "' 5''“I the laWsuit-betwixt holsum moore; the September estimate but it had! ® .state in today's federal report and judd alli.sson^ded in a mi.ss-tri'al^beeh discounted in advance apparent-! Indications a monthl ago were for given a? 695,000 bales, or 145,000 , be- at the cOBnty .seatf the dog which bit T by both the AAA and the private ^ 9,252,000 bafes, while ‘n excess of the quota, upon wner rhr. allisson was proved not toiJS tl>e trnde. i months ago a crop of 9,195,000. bales ''’hich the tax will have to be paid or .US- k,v A I n la- ai- . . . ;. 'waa inriir-afori Production last year exemption certificates purchased. of home or business property, he is’liroperty of mr. moore by 4 witne^es.j Despite the upward revision, the indicated, bound tOfbenefit by the general stirhu-ibut was -proved to be his’n by ^ wit- anticipated yield is still the lowest 13,047,262 bales, while two years " “Thbre seems little doubt that there lation of business t^at folJ(})ws every ' that a kidnapiHT hung himself in hist great revival of building activity." cell with his neckt.^e'.AOjjr slogan is, j '"More and Stronger .Veckties for Kid-' i>es.«e~3; hense—a miss-trial. 1^ is be- 'since'1899, with-the exceptibn of the a^o it_ was 13.002,000 bales and iniwiH be sufficient certificates fori^ale ing sued for 25$ blood and/lesh dam-1 abnormally low harvest of 7,954,000^^^^ 17,095,000 bales.' j‘-o cover all* excess cotton riised m age.s, and for a pair of/blue serge,bales in 1921. Drought and acreage The .condition of the crop on Carolina,’ nappers. tfgo Christopher CoAumbus set out|2$ In school, a iKfrsOn may get by his Palos to find a new, short route Drought and acreage The . condition of the crop on Oc-^ooP®^ cof"r^®nte<L -"COLU.MBUS DAY” 1 britches Which he tore off of him injcurthilment combined this year in!t»ber 1 was 55.9 per cent of a nor-,,"® a numl^r of cotton Four hundred and forty-two years; the .seat when hp^ bit him, valued at,causing a production drop of ap-' mal, .compared with 53.8 per cent » growers had already paid the ta\ in exams by rambling pn at great-length 1 India. As someone writer He did about subjects of which he knows know where he was going, he did nothing. But not- so in the te.Sl^-of 1 know where he was when he ar- proximately 3,604,00 below 1933 andinionth ago, 66.7 per cent a year ago, their excess cotton and others the r. f. c. workers haye struck, and in the 1928-19^32 period, so has morst/of the o.ther unemployed.! Chester C. Davis, AAA admiitis- 5,233,000 under the average harvest‘and 56.2 per. cent, the 1933-32 aver- P^bably would carry theirs over un age on October 1. jtil next year. I ' 1 T cotton I changes made in . ..... , , they are demanding 3 days a week of j tra'tor, H. R. Tolley, director of pro- per acre is 165.9 pounds, compared life, either you know or you don’t T^’C'd, and he did not know where he i .j hours each at the same pay'instead, gram . planning, Victor .Christgau, with 162.6 pounds a month ago, 160.9 'know the answers, and there is no bad been when he got back.” He be- of 8 hours a day’for 2 days, or 40c Davis’ assi.stant, and/ officials from pounds two months ago, 208.5 pounds bluffing about it. j lieved that he had found the eastern p^r hour, plUs time and haff for dub-ithe cotton section participated in a picked Jn 1933 and 169.9 pounds, the j coast of Asia. Instead, he had found \yiQ time, with 1.5 days off for christ-' dLscussion today which followed the'average yield 1923-32. - - I.MIMIOVE.MENT SEEN I a new world, undreamed of by all but 4u:„'a few adventurous dreamers like him- Farm purchasing power is up ^bis.^^j^ year, in .'■pile of the •drouth. Latest ‘ mus, and all vi govvernient deli at their front pi' estimatvs are that farm income from . ,^>'’*''7, ’’i? voyage, Columl.us in the raw the year will excee.i $f,.000,(100,000- the Queen of Spim in the|,„,y, a, no,v a figures. ' ^ by the , crop report, cooked' The conference lasted i The condition and. indicated crop, , . , , . , . of October 1, in the various states h, and hours and at its conclusion the cot- commer- ■' .. . . BANKING HOURS fully a billion above last year’s name of her religion. Isabella wa.s not j 1 interested in exploration, but she wa.s ton section was given dhe task of, preparing the details of the tehta-jj^ live 1935 program. Announcement 6f new banking hours was made yesterday by M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers, and the Com- .•nercial Depository. Effective today the two institutions will open for busi- Xlrginia, condition, 78 per cent of Jlf ■' »” Mond/y. Tuesday, Wednesday, normal, and indicated production, jT'’“''-'day and Friday from 9 a^ m._ to 1p^ nf son and on Saturday from 9. a. 36,U0U bales of 500 pounds-•eatdH- and 646,000; -lApfurauun, uu^ W«.., boughf the: watch i There-have been reports that ttie'xorth Carolina ' 76 A-good part of -this increase, ofpond shop from izzy winski, a,nd'Progratn next year would be .shifted^South Carolina.*67 ana uoy.uuu; i^or- courj, is dL.dirccUy ta the-federal now hav% charge af everthingrlto a domestic allotment basis. The 67 and 970,000; Florida. 66 and government’s benefit paymenfs'. These'^JHlded Columbus uhredcM^med pledges Present plan provides for rental pay-.ou.oco; Missouri. 66 and 195,000; Ten- ar^ expected run to appi'bximately Pa,os on and whoever has annything in jnenfs on acres taken out of produc-j ^^ssee. 64. and 370,000; Alabama. $780,000,000. Higher prices for farm ^ f jj ^ j ^ I bis stock will -please call for same: • • 1.71 and 980,000; Misaissippi, 64 and T,- produce will mV up the rest of the ^*';**'with the monney and ticket at once a. Concerned over the mere.emg ,„„.„oo; fcnulei.na, 56 and 480,000; inlicipated increase. uLd sand, aTdVreel with hU Vole ''' watche,,,cornpe Ition from foreign cotton eome-Tcxa,, 47 and 2,345,000; Oklahoma. 28 rings, and bed quilts t5bl< in by the|officials have talked about waiv,ng|a„a 370,000; Arkansas, 48 and 810,- former owner, izzy Winski is going|all restrictions to allow the growers joou; New >texlco, 77 and 77,000; Ari- into the labor agitating bizness, and: to plant their qjaximum acreage. This -on^, 93, and 104,000; California, 92 will help pggernize s^me. he. say.s I scheme embraces a virtual guarantee' 2.39,OOO; all other states, 78 and nu. to 12 m. The public is asked to bear the change of hours in mind. • Now while th^ bulk of thi^ rise is company in prayer, artificial, the godd effects of it should j hordes of adventurers that fol- be evident, nevertheless. The fa. nier Columbus to the New VVbrld will^ be able to buy more things this thought more of gold and silver than year than he boiight last. This, in ;‘f;jH:i;“''‘Vet 7ero"and‘thVreTsV'^®''^^®’'" ‘r allotment, or the avera^ y^QOO. turn, will help.toltimulate itidu-strial eentuirwent oV groups of men! r production—-and, wfe hope, will .help to women whose first care was for start us on that upward spiral wc .,oui^ rather than for material have all been looking for by uqich the things, settled on tjie shores of the prosperity of each class Ol gioup com- Columbus had found. And it is municates itself to tl^e \jJiole countiy.little groups that our na tion derives. 'THE I*E()I*LE\RELAX ] That, it .seems to us,-is the impor- Eaeh year, about \this time, the tant thing to remember on October 12, American nation sits qown to prove Columbus Day. It was liberty ourl of same, he plans to get rich allso. number of bales he produces which;, are consumed in this country. I Farmers who joined, in the volun-j[ Mike Writes for Instruction.^ wnu joineu, in me voiun-i CJlCSt Ool(lS ”* flat rock, s. C. ockt 8, 1934.' P''os:'‘am this year, however, are Don’t let them get t ttrangle hold, Fiihl mr. henry 3, wallis ' 'under contract for 1935 and ap- them quickly. Creomoluon combine* 7 helps 'patently most officials take the view>; ^hi one. Powerful but harmless. Pleasant to E. Mood Smith, D. D. Felder Smith, O. D. Dys. Smith & Smith OPTOMETRISTS SPECIALISTS . Eyes Examined, Glasses Prescribed Labor story for Prompt Repair Service."* 13 West Main Street Phone 10^ CLINTON. S. C. from you about diffrent to the rest of the world'that it.s great- forefathers sought, that liberty which'looki est salvation from the worries of the Woodrow Wilson termed a spiritual | an.'^ofortn for next year, day‘is its love for .the iwo predomi- conception. That the.v found, also, ma-jwbich is 19.1.), possibly you have rant sports, baseball aniil football. iterial wealth far beyond that of the alj'^^ddy heard; tlrferefoar, i seat my-1 No matter what the immediate po-1 peoples of any other land,, wa.s ^ii‘bP you a few lines to let .VOu| •litical and economic prpblems may be,jpiea.sing l)ut accidental result of theirjb®^*' fi’Om me and to ask .vou to, let the world series and the bpening of j niigration. ' ..{oie Hear ‘ ‘ the football season permit uV to relax, j This, it .seems to us, is a goo(Ltime'Vbings. breathe easily, forget our troubles fot to ponder whether we have so far de- —the moment, and look with aunore jo- patted from the spirit of our fore- vial and op.rmfstic eye upon Whatever | bears that we'are willing to. sacrifice' difficulties face us — and there are 1 liberty for material wealth; that we many. , \ j place economic security ahead of spir- In few other countries does thisjjtual freedom. psychology exi.st. True, several na-j —s_ lions have their national sports\ but' nowhere dws the sjurit of play appear* as enthu.siastic and overwholminj^ as Vthi'n'gl^n “tI I that-this ■ «i,„..i„„“:'„;cvV,iuie,, " a : '“k'- N« Your ,« dn.„U. U . ■looraif: ' ' ' ‘’“TV"! it is cu.stom-merry for us southern cje'cision on j^e form of the* CnMmulsion.- (tdv.) j , Everybody Reftdt ing about for- 10 Years Ago in the United States.' Perhaps, on the other-hand, So.uth Americans get more fun out of revo^-' lutions, and Europeans out of war preparations, than we do out.of our ' national games. * j Items of Interest From The Chronicle of Octobeyg. 1924 plese rite or ftiam me at once and advise me'what yore rates for jilow- ing up cotton next year will be, all.so what will you pay per hog for not raising hogs enduring 1935—before i trade with my tennant, scudd Clarkr who works on- the halvers with me,, and plow.s hi.s own mule.i will have to " know yore rates for the above. I where i plowed up in 1933, you havei paid me 2 or 3 installments, and ii have just wound up a deal with yore| Dr. VV. C. Harper, a former resi dent of this city, died at his home in'agent on luy option cotton; i clo.sed; HOME-OWNING MADE EASY The Federal Housing .\dmini?tra- Spartanburg on Tuesday. The contract for Clinton’s new grammar school building was Iqt tion is now offering financial help to Tuesday to C. M. Guest of Ahderson, the people in’every section of thei^he^^bid being $53,000. country who want to help themselves to, the enjoyment- of home comforts. The Synod of South Carolina will James JV. Moffett, housing admin- meet in this city next Tuesdi^. Dr. istrator, in a recent addiess under the! Alexander Martin of Rock Hill, is the auspices of the United States Build-j retiring moderator, ing and Loan League, explained the| ——— purposes of the federal government; Miss Sarah Copeland of St. Peters- foj enlarge credit plans to enable prop-jourg, Fla., is visiting her father, R. erly owners to enjoy housing improve-1 J- Copeland, Jr. it» and" jiay foe-them~.in—srnaH j-T Monthly, installments; both bail.s out to hTnrifor 9$, in mon- ney, and have alredily spent same for| 4 inner tul>e-i, 2 .^hoes for my front: tires, anil .some patching cement fori my rare tire.s, and we are doing 'some' vefty nice riding in ^ame at pressent. | (do you think the.currantcy will be in-i flated?). if you will pay me 6$ per aker for all i plow up, ;i 'will plant.twiste as much as i can cultivate,, and when it comes to raising hogs, i wont even start off with one, but will, leave the remittance entirely in yore hands, as I'brheTe -yQU wTlT Treat me~ ngHTi'you and also tol Jl'® Methodist church" was repre- always have, but plese pay me for mtke ,iV possible for more people tojsented by the following ladies at the j at least 9 hogs and 2 shotes, as i gen-1 obtain credit to build new homes. The I district Missionary conference held in erally raise that manny when i raise A New Serial “LOVE ■r- By Margaret E. Sangster T — / An intense story of niodc»*n youth in a mod em dty.. Administrator says: 1 Fountain Inn on .Saturday: Mesdames /‘‘The basic principle em'bodied in the|Tom Adair, 'Thorny Leake, E. G. Ful- lational Housing Act is that govern- ler, W. H. Simpson, J. V. Edwards, anny^ af alL-send it in cash. scudd plans to culty-vate 8 akers in ment insurance is to take the place R.,W. Wade, C. C.\Bailey and John D.!cot,ton, and rent you 8 akers; i will of the property .security ordinarily de-'Yarborough. \ —> manded by financial institutions, thus; reducing the cost of the lending oper- Dr..F. L. Webb ,of\the State Train- plan^ 10 akers in cotton and let you have 10 akers* as heretofoar, and we I will plow up at least haff of every-j thing, and he will get 10 per cent of .ation to both the borrower and the, ing school staff, is voting several in lender.” \ * jstitutions in New Y'ork and Massachu-.same. my farm has^hnlydO akers in it,| Most of the expenses of title re-'setts. , \ .' jail told, counting theeow pastor, front i searches,'abstracts, and irumerous oth- . ——r" * j.vard and the patch to the spring, butj . J.‘W. Copeland, Sr., is on an extend-'we can get our qudt'a, vizzly: 40 akers] ed“Aisit to his daughter, Mrs. Dave by taking in the'entire plantation. -1 er fees will be avoided under the pro gram. ■ Q- ' - , .Building and Loan Associations Craig, in Statesville, N. C. liave generally accepted 'the plan ' which is consistent with their Ipng-i yr. and Mrs. M. J. McFadden and draws a nice Compensate from e^aiblished methods of doing busine.^s. soiL Dossey Howze, are~spending the The factthe govechment is back-;wee^at Horse Shoe, N. C. \ Ing thaa^credits proves that the co-t - , , operating] as~ociations are on solid; ,The\following attended the funeral ^f same to, me direct, he got gassed ground. ' ‘of Mrs^jT. S. F. Giles in Greenwood in camp jackson and haster get all of ^ The better housing program aims on last Thursday: Dr. and Mrs. T. l.!his breath thriu his mouth ansoforth.| to supply every po^ible provision to/W. Bail^v Rev. and Mrs. Edwar4:yor® hind attention to this infopina-] hid property owner.s, who'are ur^d Long. Mr?\and Mrs. J. F. Jacobs, Jr.,| Hon will be appreciated, and you to ‘‘^ecognize the importance of keep- Mesdames D. Jeanes, Jodie Chand- hiought as.well send me a p.o. monney scudd was in the world war, and his uncle sam, so he will not need army of the plowed up monney, or the hog monney, so you can plan to male all ing their homes and business pro'per-ilet. Frank Killers, T. J. Peake, W. H.i^iVder on the plowed up account ©f| tie* in an efficient operating condf- Shands, J. Jacobs, Sr., and F.^M. 1 15^ to puU thru the winter 01^ tlon.” Communities everywhere are Boland. , . \ , .. . an^_save the f.e.r.a. the trubhie ofi f - ' ’ msked to get behind the program, and • doing 80 "not only aid in this great program to r&store normal activity in one of the most important branches of American industry,” says the Ad-j nkii8tiat6r» but also "to put new life j into, practically every line of business in the United States.” He adds: "Fur- ibermoiro, its success will assuredly feeding us. Radio Ouarant Radio Exdlmiige airmg Service yores trulie, , mike Clark, rfd, dirt* farmer. WHAT DO P. S. Jeanes — 1. ^ DO? * - -7' ■ .• It will hold your interest from beginning tio end. /■ Don’t miss the first installment do today^s paper on page seven. L / FOLLpW THIS THRILLING STORY EACH weexIn •/ “TTie Paper' Everybody Reads” . ♦ f ■A