The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 13, 1934, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXIV
CLINTON, S. G., tHURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, WU
NUMBER 50
ALL THE WORLOLOVES THE
CHARAaER OF SANTA CUUS
His Cominjir Is An Event of, Interest To Millions Everywhere.
Stores of City Are Filled With Wares That Tell of Hfe El^rly
Approach To Spread Joy and Happiness.
Christipas will soon here and with 1 France, St. l^icholas is called 'Bon-
the happy event will come Santf: l^omme Noel, or Pere Noel, meanin^r
-.i. V 1 j j.# * T Good Noel ori Father Noel. In Ger-
Claus with ms load of treasures. In ! v •
I many the name is Knstkindlein or
preparation for this day of daysjjj^^jj^ Krimfle.
many local merchants stores have laid; Not only are older persons seciir-
in a supply of delightful and appro-j injc pretty things for the children, hut
priate thinjrs that are now being daily j the Christmas shopping ha* begun
viewed in the windows by the little Un earnest, and stores are crowded
folks who are all excited and wonder-!with persons hurrying here and there
ing what Old Santa Claus will leave in order to secure presents for their
in their stockings. ! families and friends. It seems prob-
No other Christmas symbol has i able that the custom of exchanging
such a hold on the youth oCthe world
as the character of Santa Claus. Prob
ably he originated in Holland and was
transplanted to thjs country by the
early Dutch Settlers. As St- Nicholas
be is the patron saint of the children,
a portly, jovial person who has found
his way into the hearts of the little
folks and is cherished lovingly by
th^. According to iiT popular myth
the desire to follow the example of
presents at Christmas time came from
thfe unselfishness of Christ. It is said,
however, that the pagans exchanged
gifts at their winter festivals. There
wa.s a custom which may be respon
sible for modern Christmas giving. It
was know’n a.s the Priest’s box. Among
the Romans it was customary for a
prie^ to put a box on all outgoing
he is supposed to sweep down from the| boat.s in which money had been placed
'North Pole driving his sleigh, laden; The box was^ sealed before the boat
with gifts for good c*hildren,..to w’hjyph set out to sea. When l-he, boat re
is hitched reindeer.
The picture of our modern Santa
^laus p probably descril)ed in most
picturesque fashion by Clement Stark
Moore’s familiar poem:
turned, the box was kept until Christ
mas, when it was opened and the con
tents distributed among the poor.. Lat
er the Pi iest’s box was known as the
Christmas box an<l those who had not
was drcs.se^in fur from head to^’placed anything fn it came foriA’ard
foot,
•And his clothes were all tarnished
with ashe.s and spot.”
Fven the reindeer were named in
this jiopu'xr tale of Christmas
night:
and offered gifts.
People Sometimes think that ’the
true significance of.Ohristmas day is
overshadow'ed the stress placed on
eve the buying of Christmas gifts. This,
I however, is not a late develppmentf
“Now I^asher, now I>ancer,
X > Prancer and Vixeni.
On
now The Germans were so fond of thisx;us-
jtom tiiat it became an obligation and
lomet, on Cupid, on Dohder and j cases were known w'here men actual-
iBlitzen!” ly the country St -this s^eason in
The idea of having Santa Claus [order to escape gift giving. From
come down the chimney may, be ex- Germany the custom spread over Eu-
plained by an old English custom. It
was supposed to bring good luck to
sweep the chimney at that time. In
rope and to America, until today we
are drifting into the.habit mui-h. as
the Germans did
wers
WILL FIGHT
^eFndayi CRIME WAVE
€rs of State To sIoiif; Na-|
^nwide PoU On Retention of Calls for Divorcement
From AppreheAstoiL Punish-
Bankhead^ Cr^p L^w.
South Carolina cotton growers wi
participate in a nationwide, referen-
^dum on the Bankhead act at a special'
election to be held Friday, Dec. 14
The voters' will answer only one
ment and Detention of Crimi
nals In Conference To Combat
Jnderworld.
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Wa.shh^^on, Dec. 11.:—The attorney
question, “Do you approve of out en-
Ba^ikhead act.” On the ballots, which 1^ achieving the
will be distributed by the cousty ™^®*’Policy eo-oper-
agents at the variou.s polling places,if Roosevelt
jthe act is explained as a law provid- night to aid in buying crime,
,ing for a proccs.sing tax on cotton; -Suggestions, ranging from an en-
' raised in excess of a certain .specified j barged Yedei'al enforcement agency to-
allotment. 1 state compacts for apprehending law-
Eligible To Vote "
Persons, eligible to vote must fall
in at least one of the following classi
fications, according to C. B. Cannon,
county agent:
Anyone who has signed the 1934-
”5 cotton reduction contract; anyone
breakers, weix- receivtxi by. the 5001
men and women summontxl to Wh^h-
ington by the attorney general, CunV?^
ming.s, to fashion weapons against ^
the underworld.
While these pixiposals were being
translated into resolutions, for. adop-
who is or was eligible for cotton tax tion later, the delegates wereHold by
exemption certificates in 1934; any
person w’ho owns' and~has a right to
produce cotton on' a cotton farm; any
innson who sign.-v and files a wRness-
fxl statement tf^tifying that he has
ntado arrangements to produce cotton
■in 193.") (.shuie croppers particularly).
cotton farm is defined by the
agricultural adjustntent administra
tion H.s any faiin on which cotton has
hLM>D. p''oduri‘d—commercially—one—or
more years since 1927. '
The polls will open. Frjtlay at 9 a,
J. Edgar Hoover, director of the divi.s-
ion of Tnvestigation:
“No greater forward step could be
taken by thi.s conference than a deter
mined effort tfowartl the utter divorce-
nunt of. politic.^ from the apprehen
sion, the inini.shim-nt and the deten
tion of criminals. Not until this .sepa-
tuition has Ikhmi accomjil;shu<l, will
law-bieakers lie foiced to obey our
statutes.”' .
^he suggestion that states enter
into coihpacts was advancixl hy Goi--
m.. and will close at 5 p. m. No count |,ion Doan, special attoimev of the ju--
will l>e mad4‘ until the following <lay. uico 'department. It wa.s'^ imme.liately
Arrangements .have been made to I i„,|,„.sed hv Newton D.'sBakor former
compile the results of the vote I svoretarv of war, and hy P-ter .1 Si'*-
throughout the nation as soon as pos-l^.a,.,!!, president of the li*k'rnatioral
sible hy one of the leading news dis-j Assmdation of ('hief.s of Polh-e
tributing agencies. ^ *Siocanli said off the conventi-.n
fifK>r that h<‘ expected evi-ntually to
Board Upholds
Mill Woiicers
Clinton Cotton Mills Told By
Textile Relations Body To
Reinstate Four Strikers.
Washington, Dec. 7. — The textile
labor board today ordered tbe-plinton
Cotton mill, of Clinton, S. C., to rein
state four employees .affiliated with
the United Te3rtile Workers of Amer
ica.
Unless the board is notified by De
cember 15 that the company haa re
instated the men, the board will cite
the company to the NRA compliance
division for-~Blue E^gle removal and
to the justice department for prose
cution.
The four men, Paul E. Deen, T. J.
State Teaches
$769 Yearly
Salaries Are Less Than Office
Help of ERA Stsffr Ssys Ihv
H. L. Fnlmer In Survey.
Columbia, Ddc. 5.—A survey re
leased by Dr. H. L. Fulmer of the
state department of education shp^wed
the average pay to South CetollTim
teachers during 1933-34 was |64 a
month, which he said was $5.50 less
per month than the avera^ pay for
ERA office employees.
The statemeht, which, said the av
erage salary dropped/from-^$968 in
1930-31 to $769 in 1933-34, pointed
out that the teacher^ were paid an av
erage of $2.90 a d^y; 'Or on]^ 50 cents
a day mote than common labor under
I.aurens Ready -T«d, Vote
C. B. <'annon, I>aurens county farm
see an '.mlarged ju.stioe (lep:irt ment in
vestigative staff, equipiK'd with mod-
CLINTON AGLOW FOR CHRISTMAS
agent, said yesterday that final in- ern crime deteejion facilities, which
structions had been given thb^chair-■ would he available to all local coin-
men of the committees who are to^munities.
conduct the Bankhead cotton act r^-j ITie day’s intensedy .sei'ious .session
^ ^ lerendum tomorrow. It is estimated | was enlivene<l by the challenge of Ed-
Transfel'r^ Into Fairyland for Holidays ^Ith Brilliant Street j that 4,500 cotton piXKlucers are en-j ward R. ('ass, representing the Ame’-i-
.Illumination Adding Beauty To ReUil Section. Great Crowd jt’tled tb vote in the Laurens county |can Pri.son association, to police offi-
Gathers for Aipriva] of Santa Claus In His Triumphant March
Tuesday Night.
In spit* of th* «i(trein«ly cold
Weather, the streets ^ were jammed
Tuesday evening at 6:30 for the an
nual visit of Santa Glaus to Clinton.
Eager-eyed children, together with
grown-ups, were-op the sceT»e to view
the spectacle with joy and be-auty
rampant as the great crowd caught a
glimpse of the “grand ole man” from
the North Pole.
The big parade, headed by the 118th
Infantry Band of l^ion, marched
fh)m ^he college un^ North Broad
on his gorgeous float. In his honor
the light* were flashed on and again
Clinton donned her Yuletide robes
and announced that she was ready for
the Christma.s celebration.
election. Tenant cotton farmers, in-^cials attendng the conference to name
eluding Negroes, who may qualify,
which means eligibility, can vote as
well as landlords.
Mr. Cannon announced the town
ship election committee, as follows:
the “big shots” who he said were be
hind notorious criminals, giving them
financial and political support.
Cass mentioned A1 Capone and
“Dutch” Schultz as two who bad “big
LAurens, at the courthousb — J. W. shot” backing and _a8.serte<l he would
Tinsley, chairman,. John H. Towel's j pre.ss his challenge before the parley’s*
and Sloan Mahon. resolutions committee.
The city now presents the. picture
of a beautiful vari-colored Fairyland,
the decorations being much more
elaborate than ever before. The big
globes on the white way in the busi
ness section have all been tinted to
harmonize with the color scheme on;
Hunter and Jacks, at Clinton—W. E. Into the meeting also, was hui lcd a
Bell, chairman, George W^C-ojielandi virtual blanket c ndnnnation of pris-
an<l Randolph Davis.
Cross Hill, at Cross Hill — E. A.
Adams, chairman, Sam l.eaman and
C. S. Pinson, . ^
Waterloo, at Coker’s store —J. M.
Broom, Lank Furr and L. M. Brewer,
complained to the board that they had
been ke^ out of their old jobs after
tbe textile strike in September. They
were members of the United Textile
Workers.
The board also found that the com
pany had not “refused, failed or neg
lected to bargain collectively with the
representatives of its employee*,” :'|i»
the union contended. - ^
the ERA.
The average salaries paid teachers.
street.and circled around the monu
ment where Santa paused to greet the
youngsters who had come out to
greet and welcome him. In the pa
rade were several attractive businens
it was explained, were figured on-aj^®®^* suggesting tbe Yuletide sea-
12-month basis. »on. A beautiful float, deekting the
Court Officers Make
Seven Land Sales
Clerk of Court T. W.^Beni>ett and
Judge of Probate Ross'D. Young made
court sales in seven cases Monday
“The salary level has dropped al
most to the bottom when compared
to other states,” Dr. Fulmer said,
adding that* salaries reached a new
low figure during the year by a 26
per cent drop in the pay of white
Christmas season, was entered by the
Florida street* school, a number of
children dressed in white costume be
ing mounted upon'the truck, this be
ing the outstandirvg exhibit in the line
of march, excepting of course, Santa
teaicbers and 1 to 19 per cent in that j himself, waving cheerily to the boys
of negro teachers. girls. The float whieh bore the
' : [jolly visitor through the great crowd
the square. - To add to the Christmas[Ghldeti/ chairman, J. Y. Smith and
setting streamers heavily laden with
red, yellow and green bulbs shine in
on recreation activities, which includ
ed football and I)usel>;ill gaims op:‘n
to the public.
The criticism, direc1.«'d espwially at
Sing Sing, came from .Miss Dorothy
Fiooks oT Peekskill, N. Y. Dui'ing the
recent campaign, .Miss Krooks, candi
date fort congress, clialivngcd M,i:s.
.lohrw H. Wharton.
Sullivan, at Hickory Tavern — John
the entire business district in fes-jPat Maililen, chairman; R, A. Nash | P cafiklin I). Roosevelt to a joint dc
toons of lights. An ad<titional tree,-ml H. 0. Abercrombie. — bate.r
brilliantly illuminated has been added
at the monument, while the merchants
abd'tnisiness bouses for the first time
have small cedar trees vari-colored in
Dials, at Gray Court-r-Roy White,
chairman, J. M. Willis and B. V, Gray.
Youngs, at R. A. Harris’ store —
Wallace Martin, chairman, ^fic.hard
their decorations in front of their i Harris and C. R. Bobo.
respective businesses. The lovely
tree*, the large star placed on top of
A re.solution, introduced by Bymes
MacI>onald of the National Institution
o{ Public Affaii-s, called on the dele
gates to “aiou.se in youth an attitude
of active antagoni.sm and abhorrence
of crime and criminal.s.”
Hoover empliatically told the con-
P. C. Glee Chib I gaily trimmed. Standing up in order
-sfs [that the tiniest of'bis-admirers might
- V^U v/H M Om*| see him, the venerable gentleman
jdres.sed in red had a smile on his face
and happy words of welcome for^the
Scuffletown, at Betsil’s store, San
_ _ _ dy Springs .school — N. .L Amlersoti,
the^moriumVn't/ ftnd the" thousands of j.thairman, J. G. .Roy ami Bi-yan Gooil-1 ference that “I am he le to ixqiort
lights covering the business blpcksiwin. ^ j piogieH-s, ’
complete the Christmas picture and ’ ; " j "John Dillinger, the'flag-be^rer of
make the city distinctive in its artis-| Egldci* | lawle.ssness, is dead, he said, ‘killed
tic and unusual decoi'ation featuies. i
Few towns anywhere thi.*i year will be
was covered with white material and more Christmas-like, more lovely,
than Clinton.
The decorations are, made possible
To Speak Sunday
;Hy federal bullets.
The Pre.sbyterian college glee club,
under the direction of Prof, S. M.
morning, December .sales day, as Jol- Huntley, left Tuesday on a trjp in the
lows:
E. W. Wallace, adm. of estate of
W. Wallace vs W. W. Wallace,
Jr., Mrs. E. W. Boyd, et al, 77 acres
in Youngs township, _ sold to M. K.
Setzler for $1,000.
Charles' G. Garrett vs Queenie Sax
on Williafms, et al, 73.51 acres near
Owiogs, sold to 0, L. Long, Atty., for
'|1,«00.
V. M. Babb vs J. L. Mahaffey, Jr.,
and M. R. Mahaffey as executors of
tba will of J. E. Mahaffey, two tracts'
of land in Dials township aggregating
400 acres, sold to the plaintiff for<
$4,667.
First CATolinas Jt Stock Land Bank
vs'Clara Lanford, et al, 15L acres in
Cross Hill Township, sold to A. E.
'CleTeland, Agt., for $1,750.
Elizabeth Boyce vs B. Frank Owens,
et al, two tracts of land near Crbee
Hni, sold aa follows: Tract No. L
86.5 acres sold to I. G. Hill for tlJdffO;
i «p»
Nance for $2560; also lot in Cross
Hill, sold to J. H. Nance for $805.
Probate Judge
In settlement of the eathte of G. M.
Hanna, lot in Cross 'Hill, sold to J. W.
Haana, for 1345; 216 acres of land
sold to L. L. Hanna for $P,335.
In settlement of ^ eeti^ of J.
SqMeU.Patterson, two tracts*of land,
60 aersa fmd tbe other of 5S
acre*, eokl tp R. T. Wilsdn, Atty., for
Hie
children who gathered close in order
that they might not only see, but hear
“ ‘Pretty Boy’^Floyd, who for ycar.s
laughed at the law, lies in his giave
dead of gunshot wounds inflicted in
open battle by our specijiJ agents.
“The career of ‘Haby P''ace’ .Nelson
is'pxer; he die<l of 17 bullet wounds
while two of the fine.st m<'n I ever
Rev. Fritz C. Beach, the new pre-
through the cooperation of. the City-aiding elder of the Greenville dis
and the Merchants association. The'trict, will preac^ at Broad Street
lights are for the enjoyment.of the en-j Methodist church next Sunday morn-
tire community abd the public is asked Ing at 11 o’clock, ii is yinnounced by'knew'gave their own clean lives that
not to removey-tibuse or. interfere with'the pastor. Dr, J. C. Roper. Imme-jthey might serve society .hy ending
them in any way as they are turned on I diately after ’the service the first his filthy onei. - '
every ni^ht to remain lighted untibQuarterly conference will be held. ! “Wilbur Underhill no longer cariiea
after ChrwtmasT ^ public generally and all Metho-jthe name of the tri-state terror.
— : dists will be interested in hearing Mr.i’''^“He is gone a.s well as such*Imen as
lower part of the state, to last until ihe had to say,
the beginning of the Christmas holi-f 'Center <)f att^tion in the color-
days. Concerta will be givep in Dillon, mounted
Mullins, - Conway, Kmg%troe, All ^official, members of ^iba-^Homer Van Meter, Tommy ('an oil
-church aro expected to remain afie*jand bthers. That is'progre.ss.”
and Lake City.
The program include twelve num
bers by the club, with a variety of
sacred, Negro spiritual and secular
selectio'ffii.r The orchestra is headed by
“Shoisty”' Mb^nald, who plays his
saxapbone as\^ leads tbe ten-piece
unit.
County Ginning
Off 3356- Bales
In Layrens county 17,606 bales of
cotton w«re ginned from the 1934 crop
prior to Dec. 1, miMording to a report"
issued yesterday by the county special
Llagpnt A>r the department of commerce
census bureau. For -the same period
Tract No.'2, 120 acres aoM to C.'-D.'iast year 21,462 bales hMl been ginned.
showing a decrease so far this year
of 3,856 bake.
SORGEE GOES FREE
Talmage Sorgee," of Laurens, con
victed of maastiaghter in Septirmber,
1983, had hfa sev^year sentence
commuted .last week by Governor
Blacl^pod to two years andjthe un>
" portion of the twe year* sua-
preaching for the business session.
Laurens Business
None wa.-^ a supei man, HooV'er said.-
“They killed from ambush,” he assert-
4*d. “They numJered wTTh machine
guns. They were pi’otected by steel
„ ve.sts. .Any person living a life of hid-
»'den debau^eries and robbing and
* killing to make friends along.his rot-
I.aurens, Dec. 5.—At its December ten path by strewing favors is not a
! meeting held Tuesday night in Com- hero.”
munity hall, the Lauren* ^sines.sj In a different tone, he named the
' league -elected officers for anotheri fedeial agents who weu* L.il.q in g-'. i
year and arranged for a special-boost-1 battles with gangsters — Raynior, 1
Ier .meeting January• 29, whep C. 0, ' Caffrej% who had died in the Kansas
Kcuster, business manager of the
Charotte, N. C., Chamber, of Com
merce, will be guest speaker. The
City massacre; W, Carter Baum, Sam
uel P. Cowley and Herman E. Hollis,
the latter two victims of “Baby Fac ”
j newly elected officers of the league Nelson,
■who will take office January 1 ar€:.| “They were soldiers, fighting side
(Cecil P. Roper, president; C. B. Can-,by side with other brave and honor- ’
non, vice-president; directors, T. L. ^ able soldiers of the divi.sion in a war
Monrw, H. D. Gray, Herman. S. Boyd, i against the enemy of the people,” he
and R. B. Terry. At a meeting of the'said, “Yet, soldiers though they were
hoard of directors, L. i>C. Barksdale'in the service of the nation, they
twas rfe-elected as secretary.
W. C. T U. TO MR^rr
The Woman’s Christian Temper
ance union will meet Friday-afternoon
at 3:30 at the home^f Mrs. L. R.
Lynn. The program will be in charge
of the ladies of the A. R. P. churCh.
fought without the supporting influ-
(^nceiT^whlCb are the usual lot of sol
diery..,.,---' ^
There was no martial roll of drums
8.4>uoy up their spirits as they went
to face their death, no crash of cym
bals, no ^are of bugles nor burst
truippets-'Minly the vicious rattk of i"
fCoatiautd on page two)
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