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.J -- f Vr- f- r -j ■ -r THE CLINTON CHE r )ttth Carolina, .Lauren. the Opart of Common P^s. _ Boyce, Plaintiff, against ,Fraak Owm, Reed Owens, et aK, Mendaivta. Pinvoant to ^ Decree of this- Court in the above etated cme, J will sell at pnldie'outcry to the liigheet bidder, eiither in or in front of .the Court Bouse pi Laurens, ,C. H., S. C., on aalesday in December' next, being IConday, the 3rd day of the month, daring the legal hours for such sales, the following described property, to wk:. - '■( ‘ SOUTH CAROUNit FARM BANKHEAD Aa - " * ^ cLe of CfjE, CLINTON, S. C. sr THURSDAY, NOYPIBER 29, 1934 SFOR Go On Record As> FavorTng Principle of Compulsory Production ' Control With Amendments To Care For Small Farmers. Nine Changes Suggested* In Law. CoiOfiaittee At Work. I On Wide Program Meets Today To Consider Seek- Teacho* Sa|iu*y Raise Fretted A State Budget Commission Ea- Loan To Launch Farm Ir-1 pected To Recommend Step. rigation^jCdoperatiYe Dealing., -Body Hears Other Requests. Columbia, Nev. 23.—A state conven-jtion and AAA; that Secretary Wal- Jrt of South Carolina farmers de-jlace set up in aech state a unit to ^ dared today for the retention of theihandle all rental contract j store, prosperity to a section rich in ation ha<l requests for raises under RnnlrTiAnH oftttrin a/»t anH tha and that all illformation Upon the fU” I j; J ._j 1 1 i__A Greenville, Nov. 26.—-A wide pror gram for thy, development ci the T\* J A. ^ ■ 1 • * , • • a . re Bankhead cotton control' act and the voluntary acreage reduction program in modified form. t - r • ? The 101 delegates elected at county '/heelings a week ago adopted almost ,, unanimously a resolution calling for All those thxee tracts, pieces or par ■ o i u a ^ , , J , • . -ll „u,,„.o^nine changes in the Bankhead act cels of,land, lying, being ' ^i^ht in the acreage airreements and in the County of Uurens, State of j®**^?: " th* acreage agreements, and A I- * •*. I making eight general recommendav South Crolm., to wit: j ti„„s (or tetter op-iculturo. ^ hv lends* In rtspohse to pleas to aid the n ^ ..int. nn^ther*^!^*'^ fanner,” the convetion amend- of Enoma F. Owens, estate, on the , , . eteuby lands of J. T. HollingsWorth,!'^" ‘he ■'Wlufon to request an ex- andV N. Hannah’s estate, on the mpt.on of three bales instead of two oooth by Unds of J. T. Hollinicsworth '>••< ol-if "oily proposed. and on the west by the lands of J. W.- Its declaration included an appeal Hannah, being the tract of land of fcir Soutlv Carolina cotton farmers Colmnbif, Nov. 24. — Forty-nine' of the fifty-six state agencies drawing funds by> annual legislative appropri- . I naturaF resources, will be discussed at advisement today by the state budget i"i;! “I- '"'k" '*™t i" «I>P«ia>nieetm, of the' crop diversi-icommissioh. befbre 1936 planting tepns. ,, |. |fication and marketing committee of More than $l,060,i A delegate from -each congressidn-1 the Association for th*. neveioom^nt i iqi i -.u-j i Mrs. Henry Stok^ . Dies In QiarloMe ■>V Wife of Well Known Methodist 11 'Minister of South ''|Pa88es Sunday. I^bester, .1 Csjrolitia Nov. 25. — Mrs. Florence Heiith Stokes, 60, wife of the Rev. Henry Stokes, pas^ bf the Blacks burg Methodist church, and a former resident of Chester, diedjn Charlotte, N. C., Sunday. j FuneraPservices were held Monday . . , . .. — —, ...ww..., ....u v.,vvv,000 of the $1,908,- A delegate from -eac^t congressK^n-1 the Association for the Development j 181 increase asked by the agencies at afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Methodist al district and two delates at large j of Upper Sojith Carolina here Thurs- hearings concluded this week was Monroe, N. C., and iniermen^ £o a proposed southwide conference <jay moring at the Chamber of Oom- production control were merce building. The meeting has been called by R. higher salaries for state employees, officials .estimated. The commission, composed of Gov* which A. D. Owen^ died seized and possessed. ^ • One hundred and twenty (120) acres, moye or. less, bounded on the North by lands of Dr. C. B. Mills, on the East by lands of G. N. Hannah’s estate, on the South by lands of A. D Owens estate, and on the; West jy the Martin lands, being a tract of which Mrs. Emma F. Owens—died seized and possessed. Lot in the Town of Cross Hill, on which is located a one st^ry brick building, bounded on the North by lot J. H. Bryson, on the East by va cant property, on the South by lot now or formerly of Mattie Bradley, and on the West by Main^Street, be ing the lot of which Mrs. Emma F. Owens died seized and possessed. TERMS OF SALE, CASH: The lands shall be sold in separate par cels and the successful bidder on each tract being knocke<l down to him shall deposit with the Clerk of the Court five per centum of the amount of his bid, a.s alguarantee of his good faith in the bidding. Such deposit shall be applied to the purchase price upon the bidder complying with the terms of the sale, otherwise it shall be re- to vote in favor of the Bankhead law in a southwide referendum next month after United States Senator JamCs F. Byrnes suggested that 'the'^convention make a recommendation to guide farmers of the state. The clause on the cotton control referendum “urgently recommended” approval of the act to prevent it from being completely rejected and “to pro of Lynchburg, as the other The other delegates elected by rep resentatives from their congression al districts were: First district, H. M. Kinsley, Colleton; second, Wyndham Manning, Sumter; third, Louis C. Richardson, Pendleton, with Dr.^ J. H. Johns, Westminster, as alternate; T. L. Johnson of Rock Hill, J. E. Pea- gram^^of Chester, D. A. G. Ouzts of Greenwood, Alien Johnstone of New berry, and Leon Rice of Anderson. Plans for making a loan from the governmeilt for 200 farmers in each county "for irrigation and labor on five .un,., .. i acre, of truck produc* and for aatate :teacter piy. legislature week. a > • Whether the commission will order a general pay raise, knoiwn to be fa vored by at least one of its members, remained, to be seen but^t was con sidered likely in state circles that it would approve an increase in state followed in the Monroe cemetery. ^ Besides her husband^ she is sur vived by the. following childreij: Miss Mary Bolling Stokes, Lyndhburg, Va.; Thomas Stokes, Meridian, Miss.; Allen Stokes.. Abbeville; Wilson Stokes, Lawrence, Mass. ri Three sisters and one brother, Mrs. W. 0. Nesbit, Charlotte, N. C.; Mrs. Charles Massey, Warhaw, N. C., Mrs. Luke Bivens, Pickens; W. C. Heath, Monroe, N. C., survive. Among the charges served by her husbands wer§T'CheSter, Great Falls, .-"H serve it for appropriate action by Coh^ gress to remove its injustices, ine-* qualities and defects.” - A committee of nine appointed by Governor Blackwood, who called the convention and presided over it, brought in the resolutiojj after state ments adopted at county meetings had been read and debated with tndividual proposals for four hours. When Neville BennetL of Marl boro, presented the measure, J. Wi Cathcart, of Fairfield county, moved to raise the tax-free quota from two to three bales. The motion carried and the resolution as a whole was then approved upon muiion of ('apt. L. C. Richardson, of Anderson. The state session • advocated the port, Greenville, alternate; fifth, for mer.. Governor John G. Richards, Lib erty Hill, with Henry C. Moore, Gaf fney, alternate, and sixth, D. R. Cok er, Hartsville, with R. S. Rodgers, Dillon, as alternat*. . Olmton, Georgetown, Abbeville, Wal- . \ Iterboro, Seneca and Gaffney. At pres- win Ko nno r k. ♦ . tocher pay.lent he is stationed at Blacksburg. Will be one of the chief matters to be from $66 to $76 a month, has comei discussed at the me€t:ng here. from a number of quarters includingi Loss In Taxes Believed Heavy TkiB plan, calling for a loan of] Govemor.qlect' Olin D. Johnstoiu-aiullM^^ news of ^ tte of 1200,000, of which M.ooo would te the Farniefi arid Taxpayers league loaned each of the 200 farmers in ev ery county, and $60,000 for the estab- Cooper Says Textile Strike Cost Federal Government $500,000 To $1,000,000 In Revenue. Columbia, Nov. 23.-—R. M. Cooper, lishment of canneries, was adopted at a meeting in Spartanburg last week. Under the plan the farmers would pay back $600 the first year, $500 the second year, and $370.80 the third year, after which time they would own their irrigation systems and have an interest in the canneries. It was esti mated that the farmers would .pro duce $200 per acre, or a total of $•1,000,000 per year. By cooperative marketing and buy ing, Chairman Tohn.son said $202,000 changes in-the cotton progrfam for'showing that the tux, paid principally collector.of internal revenue, cstimat-|^^y|j saved on the buying of cans ed yesterday that the general textile j fertilizer, and by cooperative sell- .strike cost the federal government be- j monthly deliveries the farmers tween 4^0(1J)00 and $1,000,000 realize a profit of $200,000. Af- ce.s.sing taoces in South (.wolina alone/, group payment on the .Mr. Cooper is.sued a statement' tained. and distributed amongst the ♦he consideration of a propased south wide conference and to be laid di- by textile mills in thi.s state dropped to $001,027 during the strike month of first year’s debt the 200 farmers would ^ he able to divide $100,000 profit, or $500 each. Each one of the 200 farmers would parties in interest, as liquidated dam ages. In the event the successful bid der should fail to make such deposit. rectly before Congress, the governor jSc'ptenvber where it averaged $1,772,*,, equal share in the cannery said, if the .southwide meeting fails UUU for the first five “normal operat-L„^j land, and net profits would be di- to materialize In the Bankhead act, the conven or should fail to comply with terms proposed: Strike out Sections ing” months of l'J34. vided each season among them. Ihe South Carolina collector 'pre-j ^hts is only part of the program The Agencies asked a total of $8,- 856,886 for 1935-’36 compared with $6,948,704 appropriate for the 1934- ’35 fiscal year ending next June 30. Only the comptroller general, insur ance commissioner, and board of phar maceutical examiners were list^ as havipg requested less than last year. The Medical college, John de la deep regret by many who knw and adnnired her for her gracious person ality. She made her'home here for four years, during which period her hosbknd served as pastor of North Broad Street Methodist church. WANTS Howe school and state forestry com-1 FOR RENT—Furnished apartment ott mission asked approximately twice; Mysgrove street. Phone 66. Mrs. their current allotments and other Sara Bell Davidson. Itc state institutions and departments varying amounts above the 1934-’35 sums. NOTICE — If you want your house moved, . see C. A. Owens, Clinton, S. C. , ' - ll-29-5tp MeSwain Favors Old Age Pension lIF IT CAN BE CLEANED OR I pressed. Royal can dp it. Royal Dry Cleaners. South Broad Street, Phone 77. tf „ ? tA XT D I* FOB SALE—1934 standard Plymouth Representative Does Not Behevel coupe, for ca.h. Call .Mrs. J. H.^ Much Can Be Done Bui Lay Groundwork For Future. Washington, Nov. 23.—«Representr- Witherspoon, phone 306. Itc FOR SALE — One' of the prettiest building Ibts in College View, 150 tive John J, MeSwain arrived in Wash-; by 150 feet, at a bargain price. Apply inglpn today for a week’s stay during j to The Chronicle office. 12-6-8c of his bid, said lands shall be re-sold on the same, or some subsequent sales u..y, on the same terms, at the risk of the defaulting bidder. Purcha.ser to pay for papers, stamps and re cording. THOS. W. BENNETT, C. C. C. P. & G. S., Laurens County. Datetl at laiurens, S. C., 8-A and 8-1) which “give extra al-[lowing statement: «. .>i» •« ■'AAViri* . aI the development of in this community. lotments to farmers who have no need “Working on the surmise that the|jhe support of Congressman John J.| LAND SALE tas by the 'pereentage saved by strik ing out these scetions; continue Sec tion 8jC; provide an allotment for new producers; notify each producer*^ of his allotment before planting time. Also impose a heavy penalty for speculation land sharp practices in buying and selling certificates; per mit free transference of certificates with,-national pool tran.sfcrence op tional-to the farmers; allot a min imum of three tax-free bales to farmr era who produced .that amount for one hiisiness years of the base perUxl on land now worked by.them. Also, “that the 10 per cent - stale Pinnacle ^ reduced to a 5 per cent state, reserve and that a 2 per cent U> i propped it the next neelt, "P"«ht, ju»£like new. (or for them”; increase the county quoi federal government lost in proc^s^’ltig | Sion. balance due on same. Terms to suit, .‘itate of South Carolina, County of IxaUrens. . In the Court of Common Pleas. W. J. Bailey and the Estate of M Bailey, partners doing uigler the firm name and style of M.^ S. Bailey & Son, Bankers, Plaintiffs, against Fenella B. Milam, Mills, el al. .. - . yv , I reserve be set up in each county, the Pursuant to a I>ecree of the-C(wrt| reserve to-be administered and Mn the above staUnl ca.se, I will se 1 allotment commit- ' public outcry to the highest buldcnUpp reserve by the either in or in front of _ the j county committee, as their judg- Houae, at Laurens, S. C., on sales- dictate, free frnm all orders, day in Deceml^r next, being Monday suggestions from Washington.” the 3rd day of the month, during the Racommended changes in the vol- legal hours for such sales, the acreage reduction program ing described property, to-wit: follow* ^ taxes during the strike somewhere be’rj Congressman MeSwain, in writing' tween $500,000 and $1,000,(W0, it wiIL^q members of the crop diversifica- be seen that the program of the agri- aniTmarketing committee, said: cultural department, in which ipost South Carolina farmers participated, has been damaged to that degi'ee.” For the three months preceding the strike, when South Carolina mills were operated umler a 25 per cent curtailment schedule, the average pro cessing tax was $l,249,y3T a month. We trust that, all our citizens may be stimulated and inspired to k great The Greenville represenUtive Act quFck- ed that he favored the passage of so-* / ^J?"^**^**^ bargain. Ad- cial legislation at the next session I riress Box 478, Concord, N. C. 12-6-3c but expressed the doubt if anything: i FOR SALE—Several pure bred Poland could te done other than lay thej Chin%, shoats. 6c per pound. Apply movement and cooneration in “hr i *®'' '!>' «' Point-1 to Mrs/H. B. Workman, phone 3603. velopment of our state, and the test!"* O'"* f «« « >““■ “ way to serve our state la to serve our I "I""* 'ooperate in the pro part of it j* congress could do toward provid- . “Inorderroinduce'diversification'in,*"* “nemployment insuramte, old age pensions, and medication to the must cooperate in the program about «?.y™.NMENT _WORK - this state. the pi*oduction of crops, fruits, vege-. Mr. Cooper said the estimate waa tables and dairy products, W^ must! a .1 ui.. *u„ ' i Mr, McSwain said he favored such All of that Certain piece or parcal not thoroughly indicative of the situ ation ibec'ause September ix*porls from organize and operate adequate mar- Washington. Men-wojuen, For free particulars about qualifying write Civil Service Training' Bureau, Inc., Box Z, The Chronicle. Itp BABY GRAND PIANO some mills hud been received very re-j supplied for diversified pro- keting facilities A diversified market!* thought the facta' FOR SALE—Old reliable rrtanufactur- Ktung laciiuies. A aiversuien maMvei| , , , - . . , ^ i„x .... o.... Cently. He made public the following figures for processing tax collections by month* this year: January, $1,836,- 287; Febrijary $1,643,095; March $1-, 807,807; April $1,754,804; May, $1,- 819,051; June, $1,195,270; July $1,212,- 246; August, $1,342,295; September, $901,627. Grand Jury Makes Final. Presentment ducts. “To assist in building up our farm lands and country homes, we serious- should be faced and the people not er has^ra beautiful late model Baby led to believe these forward social:Grand Piano in this locality on which strides could be made overnight. purchaser is unable to finish pay- Representative MeSwain will re-'meirt*. • * * . main ■•here until after Thanksgiving. ly need rural electrjficatipm It mustjlllr i* i « -u,,,. -T- o.-_i.'Then he goes to Greenville to re- Contjnue the acreage reduction con- of lafld’ situate, lying and being in [tracts in effect in 1935 with'a 25 per the Town of Clinton, ('ounty and State cent reduction *Ln acreage.; increase aforesaid, and being my home where, tha parity payment at least to the ex- I now reside and having thereon my j tent that the reduction in pe7 cent of one story frame shingleroofed dwell-1 rented land will make funds avail- * ing, also one one-.story frame, metal ,able; permit those who did not' sign a roofed store room and lying on the' reduction contract in 1934 to sign one itouth side of West Pitts St. }*I17I facingjfor 1935. thereon about one hundred forty(140)j Authorize county committees to re ft. ami bounded as follows: On the thogC contracts in their counties North by Pitts St., on the Flast by lot :.v^>)cre it is clearly evident that ine- vw,i,„i,i,vxrxrw of^.H Elli.s, on the South by land*-qualities and injustices exist, setting ports on*thraTflirrsubmUted^lTtheiT f ' ®o''"ty*tchargefortheirinvestigation. and we by lot of Mrs. E. T. Richburg. ,ba.se acreage pnd production for the'^j^ ^ ^re ^TERMS OF SALE, CASH: The purpose; have Secretary of Agncul- conmor\. Our i*ec- Buecessful bidder on the lands being , ture Wallace give farmers >>Timediate repairs on the knocked down to him .shall depo.sit notice of the status of 1935 contracts;' ^ house and eountv home are be- .with the Clerk of the Court five per have payments under the contracts centum of the amount of his bid a* a ntade at the time they specify. progressing satisfactorily, guarantee of his good faith in the bid-1 “Where a contract signer fails to ding, the same to be applied to the comply with a contract, after re- par^ase price upon his compliance ceiving payment from the secretary, The county grand jury made its final presentment at the court of gen eral sessions last week, as follows: To the Presiding Judge: The grand jury of Laurens county, S. Cst. makes thiMts final presentment. We have passed on all bills pre sented to us by the solicitor except one which is being held for further investigation. All committees have made their re* mean cheaiH'r electric ertergy. Such water power as remains in our stregms undeveloped should he devel oped by and for the u.se of all the people, and distributed at the lowest possible rates. - ^ “We believe, also, that cheaper pow er will encourage the location of new industries in our section of the state. ■“Our human resources must also be developed to the * highest possible pitch, along with this development of material resources.” Rather'than box and ship back to factory we will sell to reliable party main until December 15. He will then for the unpaid, balance, on terms if return to Washington permanently.' Mrs. MeSwain Jiaving already rented desired. This instrument is practically new a home in Cleveland Park in which < and in excellent condition, they will live during the n^g^t session j If intereateii write to Factory Sales- of Congress. 'man. Box No. 1624, Greenville, S. C. 9B! Best Christmas Since ’31 Seeni:; Merchants of Nation Predict Greatest Sales In Nuniber oT o Years In December. New York, Nov. 24. — Merchants from coast to coast are anticipating the largest Christmas trade since 1931, the National Retail Dry Goods association reported tonight, asserting LUKE RILEY SAYS THE RATS DIE BEFORE REACHING THE RIVER Since moving near Uiq river several' years ago we’ve always used BEST*YET. We watched thejricious water rats nibbling at BEST-YET outside the house. Abcmt 15 minutes later they darted off for the river to cool their burning stomachs but di^ before reaching it. Kills rats and mice only. Will not hurt cats, dogs or chickens, snd^here is no smell from the dead rat. BEST-YET comes in two sizes 2 oz. size 25c, 5 oz. size 50c. Sold and guaranteed by ' / YOUNG COMPANY IN CLINTON HOTEL BLDG.. PHONE 63 'A y The jail- is well kept and the j expected to show an increase oTTl per cent over 1933, and 21.6 per cent above December, 1932. The as80cia;Uon’8 estimates were grounds, due to the efforts of Mrs , „ , . , , Owens, are in mort excellent condi- with (die terms of the same, otherwise tne secretary* shall take such_legal | yards would be a credit to ‘ to be paid to the Plaintiff for credit steps as are necessary to collect ^^om ,jjg on the indebtedness. In the event the contract breaker all rent^and par- ^^g commended for her efforts in on » survey of its 6,000 member soeceseful bjdder should fail to idake ity payments already made to such maintaining these "grounds and prem-H®P**'^nfient and specialty stores and aoeh deposiit, or should fail to com- person.” _ — Iggg gy^jj beautiful and presentable state* are represented in the tabu- ply with the terfhs of the sale thej By 'way of general *‘®oommenjia- ^ jlations. shall be. re-sold on the same or tion* td improve the cotton planting j We recommend that a record be 1 'Should this' upswing extend, to all Subsequent Salesday on the same program, the convention suggested: Vg^^ j^y clerk of court and other ^‘nes, the organisation’s statirtkians , at the risk of the defaulting] “That the federal government con-handling bonds of all moneys»’*tail sales during December bklder. Purchaser to pay for papers, tinue its efforts toward 'cotton pro-^p^j^j bonds of persons held for U*iali^®“I<I ^ about four and one-half bil- Nftemps and recording. • duction control” with revisions to cor- .^n ^my court in the county and'of pay-j **®" dollars.'Thr mssoclation pTrevious- THOS. W. BENNETT, [rect inequalities; that it “broaden »nd ^ forfeited bonds, andi^y estimated that 354,000 extra work- C.\C. C. P. t G. S., Uurens County, quicken its efforts towards increase j,11 moneys so collected be paid!®" ^ould be employed by reUilers to Dated, at Uurens, S. C., i intend widening the world markets.’jg^g^ ^g treasurer promptly upon the Christmas rush. You Will Enjoy Reading RiiA (Eottrier Mavaittbdr lith, 1934. 3tcB! That a survey be made to arrange ^j^g „^g forfeited to the ooun- MI*T lEILECf ¥••1 IIIIEYS! a faft and equitable adjustment ^ ^y^ ^j^g treasurer keep a full between states and counties on C'Oss!,g^ complete record of all such pay-►P*«valenoe of favorable wither. The boundajr line ginning’^ that ^reta- ^ ^e into his office iry* Wanace “set a 1936 quotr for rlcan production that will return our farmers an Income permitting your kldneya are woriOw Ja reasonable standard i>f living.”, right ahd you *•*T That the 1'936 quota be boocd {pr «it .SriS'woito itet ;'*2' “•I' "pr^ feel lame, sUlf. “all tired I cate production during the peri^xl . use Doaa’f PUit. > 1928-82, disregarding the existences qhoaaaads'^rely upon JDoea's. [and the holding of ahy 1934 surplus Bankhead certificates that may be im the hands of fanners.” That “men acquainted with south ern agrkultuire” tta^gteen preference ^nm art »raMU.the country over. ‘Oil Itenn’t PiOt today.- For Mia hr PILLS 0^1 Un a reorganizatiMl m the cotton soe In conclusion we wish to thank tU Presiding Judge and all of the court officials for their oourtesies shown ..us and the|r help accorded us in the per formance of om: dvdaes. ' J. E. PHILPOT, Dated Nov. 13, 1934. - Foreman. LOOK! LOOK! American Boy tew ll.Ot por year. I2.0t for S yoara. JAMBS W. CALDWBLL Realiution of the antkifmted totals, the survey showed, was predicated on December- Mies total was estimated as indicating a leve| of retail activity al most equivalent to 1931 results. More than 2,1^,000 individual items would be sold. The toy association estimated a CHiristmas Duress of $200,000,000 in this division alone. Christmas Mvings clubs, with 7,50(),p00 members partici pating, were expected to pour approx- imatfly $369,000,000 into the Dheem- ber 81^ totals. SUBSCRIBE TU THE CRROHICLE Anything In the Way af ,Mi#itftll> **The Paphr Bvarybod^ R^nda” •Thp South's OldMgt 0mj Jioirspnper* It earncf thd ”*Q€wir or tiio suH notion knd .trorld! tho nosi "populnr domlos; eompltte tportn; moot intortqttef fontiirot.— in foot, Tho Notei nnd Omrior is n 1—plus Btwspapqr. 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