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VOLUME XXXIV CLINTON. S. a, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1,1934 PASSAGE OF FARM ACTS Administration's Influence On Capitol Hin May Be Tested In Ccnsress. To Pus^ Controver sial Amendments. V NRA Stresses T^th In Codes Punishment of Vihiators of Blue •' Eagle Pacts Given Emphasis In ^ Report To President. WashingJton, Oot. 27. — The nation al recovery administratioo had upon President Roosevelt's desk today a re quest that the coipmand^ top-speed 1934 Red Cross Poster Invites Your Membership < i Washington, Oct. 30. — A possible test of the administration’s influence on CapHol Hill was shown to be in!court prosecution of NRA code vio- the making today with word that I lators by all United l^ates district at- passage of controversial "farm actitomeys., amendments will be pressed vigorous- Dissatisfaction with justice depart;-* ly at the next session of congress. jment cooperation in code enforce- Chester C. Davis, AAA administra-■ ment. held by .many to be the Blue iar, remarked that “the time for pass-jl^agle’s most vulnerable spot, is be- age is up to congress, but we favor I hind the recovery administrationV enactment as soon as there 4«s been-r*wwe a sufficient period for careful consid eration.” “We believe passage of the amend- ments would clear up present uncer- tainties,” he added. The AAA -decided on the form of the amendments only a few weeks before the^. Jast session of congress ended. Before they ever were approv- The entire compliance situation was reported authoritatively today to have besen- placed before Mr. Roosevelt by Clay Williams, NRA board chairman. The White Hou.se 1? understood to be giving the problem careful study,, but no public changes is expected before the electron. Election day, in fact, is considered ed by the senate agricuHural commit- by NRA official.s the starting line for tee. Senator Byrd, of Virginia, and any policy shift by the reorganized others said they would “regiment” admini^itrrftion. agriculture and make Secretary Wal- Involved in the whole compliance lace a “Hitler” of agriculture. This' the AAA denied, farm admin istration officials insisting the modi fications ^’ere intended only to clear question is the future status of the Blue Eagle, which many consider doubtful. But the immediate apparent aim of NRA is to have court action up uncertainties in the act which had | march quickly in' the footprints of ,led to* delay and litigation. j every Blue Eagle’s withdrawal. But Byrd, Senator Bailey, of North Likely to have a hand in solving Carolina, and others were not con- vinced. The administration finally the problem is Dr. Robert M-. Hutch ins, president of Chicago university. sial. The amendments w’ere never con sidered on the chouse side. . The AAA then decided that its dropped the amendments and the receiving mention as a co-ordi- ate took up something less.contrpver- Qf code enforcement although the White House has contjnue<l silent since conferences with him more than , ,1® week ago. f^tiategy had been wrong. It set about j -.u 4.U _ • Some NRA officials acquainted with another campaign which has. contin- ^ . , . .. I compliance difficulties say the lack of ued since congress quit, farmers \ whose senators opposed the amend menti have been urged to exert pres sure tq change the attitude of their represenUtives. In particular, AAA officigls have aimed at Byrd, charging that he court actions has had a demoralizing influence, not only on the attitude of complying competetitors of code- vio lators but also on NRA-’s own compli ance workers in the field. In many cases, despite NRA pleas Baptists Conclude Annual Meeting All dfficer» of County Qrganizar lion Renamed. Session Held At “Old Quaker” Church. NUMBJ3R 42 • ssasBBSSBSssssxsss±a METHODISTS IN ANNmMEET Conference Opens In Spartan burg. X^mak SelWt^ As Head of HtetoHcal Society. Old Cokesbury Paper Read. " . fc." ■ Spartanburg, Oct. 30. — On the-eve df the Upper .South Camlina Metho- di.st confj'rcnce here, its Historical so-, ciety tonight eketod Dr. 1). E. Camak of Rock Hill, a.s pii*Ni(Ient of the ao- er yea'r:--The Rev. Ah’a BTl.anjr- riety, to .succeed the Re /. L.\P. Mc^ Laurens, Oct. 25.—The laurens Baptist as.sociatibn closed its- 3Hth j annual .session Thursday afternoon at Union (Old Quaker) church, aft er selecting. Beulah church, ' Dials township, for the next meeting and reefecting all officers of the body for stpn, D. D., was nanied to prbach the Cee. of Chester, i associational sermon at the 1035 ses sion, with the Rev. J. H. Byrd of Cross Hill, alternate. In addition to giving a rising votei^j^^ of thanks to the church and cotn- Jmunity for hospitality, the association instructed its officers.to convey greet-. ■ ings to Dr.~Z. T. Cody, editor The'j Baptist Courier, and a message of sympathy to the Rev. •ft*-I;angston and family, recently beref^ of their father, Thomas S, Langston, familiar in the council.s df the denomination for ' A paper on the Historic Cokeshury conference .school, the campu.s of w'hich was .laid off 100 years ago in old Abbeville di.strict, was read by the Rev. C. E. IVele, presiding el der of t)he Greenwood’ district. Attention to a fireproot Vault built at Wofford college to hold historical papei's of the church was called by Dr. ,J. C. Roper and the Rev^, H. 0. (^hamhers. Th6 vault was established by children of Dr. .1. W. Kilgo, w’ho died last year while iircsident of the society. Thi* society chose.„Lhc R:'y, O. M. many yeara> The officers, all of whom were con- tinued'for another year, are; C, B. Bo bo, moderator; S. ^W. S'umerel, vice!Ridge...Sprirtg, ns yice-presi- i moderator; W. 1*. ('ulhertson, and' B. H. K. Bulling* in of ('o- 1 Y. Culbertson, clerks; R. E. Thompson, ti'easurer. The session opened with the an nual .sermon by tdie Rev. .1. T. RojW- den, pastor of Warrior Ctvek churth. The th?x>e mission reports—hyme,' state and foreign, were discussrit by Dr. ('. A. .Jones, general seore-, j t.iry ^d, others. In the report onj^*’**''y Connie ^laxwell orphanage,C-ead.by iimhia, seert tai y-tr<‘asuier, and Dr. 1). 1). Wallace'of Wofford college, as curator. The ,conf. I ence wliic h will iijicn to-' niqrrow morning, enk Sunday night with the. reading of appointments. Bishop Paul B. Kei n, of (I censlioro, •N. andu.bout 251) delegates arrived for the meeting.-^ at Bethel Rejiorts were received at pre- the Rev. V. McK. I^arlowe, it was|^-'»M"*‘''.V meetinjrs of the imiiortant brought out that the Stinday schools, ( hristiun ediicatiori, hoa!'<l of the .state had contrlhut^'d $31,000numei'ou.s.ciunmitted-. to the supiwrt of the instituion. du-1 ^ constitutional (|uestion deinan I- ring he past year. The -report on the nought a return to the farm relief!for swift court procedure, these men methods of the IJarding-Coolidge-1 contend United States district attor- Hoover days. . o®y® have put cases foi^ard to future The Virginian has had little to say about the amendments since congress .quit, and. unless they afe modified terms of court. NRA wants them at the top of the current calendar. One explanation advanced - for the Bankhead Cotton ' Act May Expire Difficulty Id Enforcement Leads Offitiials fo Prjedict Its Death. Small JFarmerS' Kick. considerably since -the' last session, he, present situation is the new field of probably will fight them again. j jurisprudence involved in the recov- ^^ jery law. District attorneys are found ^ . II « 1 hesitant to take the first'tstep in ex- L^dllls r&miwrs jplonng the ground, especiaJIy if they • a • SI .feel the NRA case may mar their rec- Meeting Nov. 11 ord of court Victoria. . iSt'XaT^hwo’ The lack of court prosecutions has Washington, Oct.^ 27.—Difficulty in administering the Bankhead cotton bill has led AAA officials to the con clusion that the first compulsory leg islation for the control of a major crop w^ll expire at the end of J934. A referendum‘s of continuance of soon to be held un auspices but two-thirds of Second Presbytery Meets At Abbeville Baptist hospital, Cojumbia, was ix/ad [by W. P.^Thomason and discqssod by the- Rev. .lodie A. Martin and the Rev. Edward I>ong. The Baptist Courier, ing a three-fourths majority vote in order to ratify renmt genf'tal oonf ence^legislation whereby presiding el ders who have fferved the .same dis-^ triot for four eonseeutive years nui.st I J ni.,.. cotton growers must vote for it by the Rev. .1. ... , ToGaflier At County Seats. Gov- J? , snatehmg away of e ^ presidential proclamation's toiTroy church. Mr, Buzhardt was the|^ ern^Wanta Opinions On Pres- Wfender, ^v. t7n ' I m,„.cr.tor. The Ro, !.^uea .with and often perauaded steady -aerie, of complainla and (hJ.tn Smith, of the ehureh of ? • a i A„ raf othcr rcports*fiwH tHc cotton grow- presided ov«r thu mecUng here, with, , j r set hack mto ime.> Aa the result of,,__^ the AAA to I)f. S. W. Hier. of McCormick, an,I the! Other rr-port., aubmrtted• and dm- denominational publication, was rep-,^® appointed to. serve Jour years in resente<l by Dr. WJ Lr Ball of Green- <*apacity before^ey are tville.whQ.brought greetings from Kdi-1 ^'^er r . / itor Cody, who was unable to attend'brought before the con- A. R. P. Churchmen, Gather In j because of illness. ifeience. - , n- /-■ ir Fall Session. William Blakely | The report on education was given r Tomorrow afternoon, the Rev. G. H. Trl«l Q^rmnn FAlwgrd Long and on min- Hodges w,II. deliver a .sermon before I reaches Trial Sermon. ^teW education by Rev^ P. H. the undergraduate.s. Dr. II. N. Sny- Ahhaaviiu ’ Hughcs. The main disc4i8.sion of the Prc«>der»t of Wofford college, will Abbeville, Oct. Z.r.—The meeting of, , M-hnnl. was madeiheliver th? main a,idre.as tomorrow the Serond Presbytery of the Asso* . ^ ^ j ^ niirht at the conference ^cs<|ui-centen- ciate .Reformed Pre.byteeian church 1>I' Ml- f hare Tuesday and Wednesday brouahll*!/ hpurg^n Sumerel. H. h. Thomp- . : to'the town aboat 60 deliwtc, both:*”"' P^fhent, discussed the activi-l _ ministers and laymen. The first sei- i "n MtS. T. M. RoDCr vie* of the meeting was held Tuesday in connw ion with h.s re- aw|,«i. night and the communion iyss a.lm'in- ™ J”"”'' I”'"’’'? * . . , istered, the sermon being .Mivore.l. Al'cne hranks, superu,ten,l- W. .Buahaidl, of the < .. Dies At Laurens uction Measures. U. work in the association, iiesides | Funeral Services Held At Rabun Creek Baptist Church. Injured In Accidental Fall. J ^receiving departmental reports as Q jtriven by Mrs. .1. Broadus Cook and Mrs. R. Guy Smith. N. Baird, of Iva, ^as clerks. Columbia, Oct. 27.—Cotton farmers]such persuasive effort, NRA says that] vAlimf-rv nr-n«^am' Ra.v r in all sections of the .state were called $2,000,006 has gone to workers m ^ • .j /k tko' r m m r k t i th on yesterday by Governor Blackwood,wage restitutions within the last year. bill would not be “avail-lercises of the to meet at the respective county seats But this means only restoring the* . _ ' 11 XT/va,aa.M-1/IIrfaa,.An/.Aa K<itur<uan nrhttf fk/i wnrlrorB I lUoO. cussed incluiied: Public morals, by the Laurens, Oct, ‘2i».—EuneraT services for Mrs. Myra Bohb Ro|ht, 77, who W ;s. rinal sei hRpv. John H. Washington; __v*ligi<.u»lj|^.j ho.spital ' last' night, were conducted at Flabuny.Creek WodncKlay morning,''‘'-•'■f"'-'' meeting and the Rev/ .S. W, Reid 'Baptist church at, 11 a. m., .Saturday. at 11 0 clock the morning df Novem-'differences between what the workers eri. v • i *• j u o u j .u j . ' -m.' Watts: ministenaJ re lef and annurty, . , , n i • .u <• -i i * U aa a.1. a au • 1.4. u V . -..*..-11.. ——j.e/wi —* fkaa, Thc legislation, pioposed by Sena-,preached t-he doctritial .sermon. The,f m i i Interment followed in the family plot her 41 so that they might, have the have actually received and what they' u ,. j /i4 , ri,. . . . T • • # . i ’i.brenared by Dr. T. L. W. Bailey, read • u u , n * ... a - . Ti. • J- -J ij u . —.-..-.J -* -/v.ik —ifor Bankhead (Deni. * Aik.,) aims at,trial sermon of two young thwlogical . m the church, cemetery. Her pa.stor, '’T'iir ■ndivid-ikhou d >«« ‘^'."‘"•'crop control by impo.ing . Uk bn .tudontn wer* given durtag the meet- ^y ‘J' ' ‘''‘"'''■ith* Rev. w! 1). Spinx, of the Pimt ujd 4d«. g. to the .m«rgency crop cotton eold .boVe . .D.tified ing .nd both were of . Tii-h „r,ler m"">ber canvae, by W. h. Power, production measures of the govern- out no more money tha»n the com- 'ibroken down into individual of the various states, allot- CQun- sold above a specified * 1 *•* u ... - -ui li:-/. U/x -fill I Quota for each particinar season, ment. Ipetitor he was chiseling and he still ,, . \ _ , * . ; J « ™ 1 iu ij -1 'The allotment for 1934 was, in round During the day Governor BBack-'held any commercial Advantages ininnftnn u i Vv.- , ■ , n J wv ^ 1 V u -u* 1 u— numbets, 10,480,000 bales. This was wood likewise'called on the farmers which might have been obtained., , _ . .. -to name delegates at these same!through that chiseling. What NRA meetings to-a fetatewnde gathering I wants is the extra court fine provided i JV®”^ .. a 1*1^ _u *u t.-. in Cdumbig, Novcmb.r 20. The chief jV lew to brin.g home to the offenderl^’ leveThin lOOOOOOfl 'bato executive .aid hi. action in calling the and all other, th.t cod. violation ->1^" meeting, followed a recommendation prove very ^ made U a general meefng on cot-, , becauM they rained mw* than the ton production control in Columbia,' withdrawals alone are proving so in- \ October 2, at which the opinion was effective that violations are remaining expressed the controlling measures permanently outside codes. This is ad-' should contrriue fh effis^t. quotw assigned them. The resi^tment, particiLilarly amon^ The young .students were Mr. 1/eRoy „ . , . Baptist church of Lauren.s, ha<l charge The Laurens association embraces, Maloney, of’.Sharon, and Mr. William ^2 churches and approximately j Blakely, of Clinton. The Rev. J. W.,"’®"'^®''”* ’ 'A. Baldwin. Carsoii presided over one of thenieet-i ^ .. ; Mrs. Rojier was a liaiighter of the ings at which the theme was home; in IftAIIGA C^All missions, and talks were made by thel _ _ Rev. W. A. Macau^ey, of Greenvi!!e,t Pq|i DeVelOPIIieni R, E. Huey of Tucker, (j«., and thej * * Rev. R. N, Baird'qf Jva. The spring meeting will be held in'jgtteV"from Washington, announces Greenwood in May with the Rev. VV. j,g j,as taken the responsibility late .Melmoth and .Mahulda Babb of the Rabun section and the widow of Thomas Mac Roper, who, before mov ing to this city with his family more , , »g t, • • 'than 20 years ago. had lived near Congrt.ssman J. J, MeSwain, in a • i i ^ iif^..u: Hickory Tavern, extehsively engaged in farming. .k. Three week.k ago-Mrs. Roper suffer- imong L. Pressly as host to the gathering a meeting of public spirited V . i farmers, exusod several south-jand the presiding officer will In* c\t]7^n>^ .t 10:.30 a. ni.. November 10. an accidental A Tesolution adonted at the meet-'brosecutibn. Further, court action is congressmen^ ampng them-Sena-^IRer., James Rt Kennerjy, of StiHrlail- p* tlnn Fndnrgl hoilding at Spartafi-' home on W<^t .Main street J JJ-J for Smith m«Nm .S G .i and Sphu- K.ir - . . . r _Trrr7rir‘*T>— ing, the governor said, recommend-1 the orily punitive procedure provided; tor Smith (D^., ^ C,,) koH Sena-jburj ed the meetings in accordance with in the recovery law. The Blue Eagle tor Russ<^ (I^m., <rt.) to urge sus- -a desire expressed by the secretary came later by executive order. i pension of the bill this year; by the of agriculture to know what type oft NRA said, in detailing wage resti- < • production controi the farmsre wish, tutions through. compliance efforts, j and asserting > the. primary question that from the date of the con)pliance||^^|.l-a is decision upon a “definite and con- division’s creati^ a year agev until *"*^^**^^*^^ I4 cDwlvio structive edt^n contarol program.” ^ 'last June, more than- $1,000,OCK) wasj At the meeting in Columbia rep- returned to woricers. resentatives will be named to a south-i r— ' ■ wide meeting to be held later, to „ „ -TT which •Secretary of Agriculture Whl- Dl^ Afl laoe will*fee invited,*^ was expected. 1 the Columbia I __VipOilOIl \mI111cQ M'pnday, is being attended by the Rev.^vemlber 15 Off To Conference South Carolina Given Potatoes f *• !■ was immciiaalfclx-Jtimuvvd to the bufg for the purpose of promoting di- versification in agriculture and manu- suwtwd Columbia, Oct, 30, — F. M, The 'Upper South Carolina confer ence whibh opened in Spartanburg foodstuffs had been Tuesday night ind will continue until Carolina and would arriSte about No- jted citizens to attend. , . . . o *v .-UIV1VX.4 by th)(p son^,' facturlliR in the upper part of S»uth Carolina. ... „ Carl D.^Roper oC LmuTn^^and Truman "Now I. the time to bcKin action, „ ^ „f-folumhia;'thr«. daugh- he .tate,"Of courac, It will take imy- ,, x,„„horn of Raker ''''' 7'’“'*' Princcton. Mr.,. E, W. Tyler of Black- Baker, „e earneatly aeek. But, unl»s a Mi.e,~Cleo Roper of Texie Gray brothers, Tully ww r, - ’L II ui! • • ^ .nauu ui vji ttjf v..uurt, and Clinton bouth Mr.^McSwann invites all public spir- 'jstate relief administrator, announced beginning is made somewhere end/. ’ '’ m,c ' I today that 78 carloads of Irish pota- j^nie time, there will never be the - rmv’ rmirt- two hrni ■'lo« and. large quantitiea of other „eee.,.ry cKang*.” , p VwwwVirFtvrrai K/>/>p> allotted -w-o. -n -..wn- ^ .Babb of day Court, iBabb of Fountain Inn. . Representation to meetingr it was said, will be upon af \ basis of one delegate for every 4,800- Laurens cotton producers. county, farmers H. 0. Chambers, pastor of North ginned Broad Street Methodist churrii; Rev. Chib Plans Fw The commodities, alloted the state' ^ by the federal surplus relief corpor-i ation, include 2,136,000 pounds of po tatoes, 320,000 pounds of rice, 147,000 _ “Ladies Night” 9,454 bales of the 1934 cotton crop R- A., Husky, pastor of Bailey Memo- through October 18th, according to rial and Lydia churches; and Rev. M. Hn. Mattie B. Sanders, special agent K- Medlock of GoldvUle. Several lay-^ poun^ of, butter, 84,000 pounds of of the bureau of the census. rnen of the respective churches will cheese, 120,000 pounds of sugar, and On the same date liisr year the attend the sessions during the 132,400 gallohs of syrup GRIDIRONMENU Teacher s. MeeC In ^ Laurens Tonight i .. — The first county teachers’ fneeting county had ginned 16,147./b^es, sho^ 'ing a decrease of 6,893 Ijples. The'har-1 Hr “Ladies night," observed annually vest of the current crop ii^ ‘far ad- »c®ordapce by the Chamber of Cbmme^ with a vanced. with future report* expected with the Methodist law is eipeo^to banquet, has been set for Tuesday eve- to show 8in>}lar decreases. ***'^®" * new assignment b^ Bi^p ning, Aov. 13th, it was announced " K^rn. Mr. Husky is jclosing h?s first yesterday by tte committee in charge. | STATE GIVEN -$1,686,7(M) The club will have as its gueht and r— . .. rr- . - -x * principal.speaker, Dr. D. W. Daniell Washington, Oct. 30. — Harry L. ment^n the Kinards circuit. ‘ of Clemson college, well-known here Hopkins, relief administi^tor, today - lind throughout the etate both as an announced relief grants to states forV-. lU.M WBUUiNi. educator and ente’rtaining speaker. November which included: South Gar-j The primary children of the Hur- The program*committee headed by W- olina, $1,686,700; North Carolina. $l,- 'ricane school will present a. Tom H. Simpson as chairman, it perfecting 744,325. '' ' plane for the evening’s entertainment | Friday "lEl^fikinf vs Oglethorpe at Green- of the new school year wtll be held received information from wood. thi.s evenini^ at 7:30.' in the Laurens Chambers has completed hisicalinery officials that 275,000* cans of Hlewberry_v8 Sc>uth Georgia at Now- high .school building, it has been an- Baker year’s work here, while Mr. Medlock (is concluding his third year assign- meat are being sent to counties over berry the state from the FERA cannery at FairfM/Kjrill not be distributed im mediately. - Wai Cut Off Water To Make Repairs The city water mains will be cut off South Carolina .... Thumb Wedding on Friday evening. I tonight from 11-^p. m. to 5 a. m., in Citadel _ Nov. 2nd, beginning at 8 o’clock. The order to make repairs on several lines, Wofford which is always one”o£ the oytstand-' Mrs. Charles Hanes of Winston- public is cordialLy invited. A small jit was stated yesterday by-Supt. Aus- Newberry .... imr social affairs of the early fall Salem, wag the guest of R. Z. fright admission will be charged for the ben-' tin of the wat^r and light depart- Presbyterian .... «eaao|L . • „ • and family lapt week; , fefit of the school. ment. • Erskine .... ^ nounced by J. E. Ford, president.. Saturday * The seSsfon will open with devo- Citadel vs Wofford at.Spkrtanburg. tional exercises by the Rev; Jodie A." Clemson vs N. C. State at Raleigh. Martin, to be' followed with depart- Carolina v,s V. M. I. at Columbia. mental meetings and a talk by J. P. Furman vs'Buckhell at Greenville/ Coate.s, .secretary of the South Caro- The standing in the state race; Teachers’ aS/Sociation. : \V Pet. /The jiripcipal addre.s.s will be deliv- 1000 ered by.M.‘ F. Bush of Aiken, chair- 1000 ntan of the house of r€pre.sentatives fi67 committee on education at tlie last 500 session. 500, : — OOOi Mrs.-Robert Benn'and,Miss Ellen Clemson Furinan 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 000 Copeland were visitors' in Columbia poo on. Tuesday. 4--, A.