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.// if tW Doii!!]t Rea4 THE CHRONlCtk //Too Dost G«t / • 7. Tlw ... ■r; t i THE CHRONICLE Strivn To ^ « Cleon Nein> pa^, Cofliplete, Ncwejr, and Reliable. f ' VOLUME XXXV APPROPRIATION BILL IN SENATE 'Money Bill, Liquor and Highway Issues Up This Week., Com mittee Hopes For^l^uick Ac tion On House Bill. CLINTON, S..C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7,1935 i ^ * • ■ : 1 ,/ . - - - - ,.V NUMBER 6 CLINTON FOLKS YOU KNOW Gold Decision Not Yet Given Columbia, Feb. 4,—Committees of the South Carolina legislature were expected to be tenters of interest this week as they prepared to take up pjv- otal issues. Appropriations, liquor ahd highway legislation topp^ tfieTisf of questions scheduled to come up for committee consideration as the legislators re turned to the Capitol tonight set to be gin the fifth week of the session to morrow. When the senate officially-receives the 17465,842 appropriation bill to- nwf row record time last week, it will go to the finance committee, of which Senator S. M. Ward of Georgetown is chair man. Senator Ward'sn annoucement that he did not intend to issue a- blanket invitation for aU state agencies in the bill to appear at committee hearings brought prospects of speedy action on the measure. < The finance committee chairman said he expected has committee to “go right to work” on the bill and indicat ed he would press for early senate ac tion on it. Meanwhile, as, a thYee or four corh- Supreme Court Will Require Another Weds To Rule On Momentops Case. - . ~ RooMvelt Curb I On Relief Drawn Washington, Feb. 2.—^The supreme Senate Demoerats Agree To Modify Authority Over Fund of $4,880,000,000. Washington, Feb. 4.—A little group The Rev. James Ervin Mahaffey, 70, well-known retired Methodist min ister, died last Friday afternoon business world that it probably must' 'oafs' to curtail j home on East Carolina avenu ♦ . . ^ sharply "the broad authority sought by! lowing an extender! perio<l of il court stepped outside the bounds of' of senate Democrats who hold the fate precedent today” to. inform a tenSe 1 $4,880,000,000 jobs-for-all bill Death Clnims Retired Pastor Rev. J. E. Mahaffey, Methodist Minister, Passes At Home. In terment Sunday At Duncan. ■the wait at least another week for “ethical decision of gold ca.seis.” • ( With the administration virtually President Roosevelt to administer the huge fund. The funeral service was held Silh ).R.-LAB0R SPLIT WIDENS Federation Told Some Decisions I Are For President Alone To Make. Automobile Board Is Point At Issuer .Washington, Feb. 5.— The split be tween the administration and the American Federation of Labor was widened measurably today when Pres- :day afternoon from North Broad Rooseyelt pomteilly told the or- Th»?ir ranks torn by dissension over' Street Methodist church with Dr. Dud-.some decisions con- ready to meet all eventualities of anhbe wide power demanded by ' the Hey Jones, a friend of long standing, Iwerr for him alone to * T» .. 1. ^ jt. . . . - .% ’ a Ir/x adverse verdict, markets ridden with suspense and all expecting a decision Monday, Chief Justic^e Hughes sum moned the clerk of the court andj dic tated : t •s " “The chief justice, in order to avoid »n unnecessary crowdfng”bf the court JAMES HARVEY WITHERSPOON J. H. Witherspoon, superintendent of the Clinton city schools, was born at White Plains, near Cross Hill in this county, a son of Dr. J. H. With erspoon and Mrs. Phebe Witherspoon, daughter of Col. John D.. Williams of Laurens. He graduated from Dayldson col lege in 1898 with the A. B. degree. He then entered the University of . - , ^ ,1 . . South Carolina law .school where he ered flffht over liquor loom^ in th. graduated in 1900, recaivirw both Iho legislature, the senate judiciary com mittee prepkied to take up bills be fore it at an open hearing Wednesday. With extreme drys, moderate drys, extreme wets and moderate wets all hoMang different attitudes toward the liquor i.ssue, tne lineup at the hearing appeared pro*>lematicaJ. Bills before, the committee are; The Blatt-Brown hill, passed by the house, providing foy control by county com missions in 40 of the 46 counties; the Chapman bill, introduced in the senate by Senator fi. V. Chapman of Newber ry, providing a state distillery and dis- LL.B. and M.A. degrees. He then be came a graduate student at Columbia university, New York, and received his M.A. degree from that institution kfter specializing in history for four years. Mr. Witherspoon, upon the comple tion of his education, selected teach ing as his life woVk" rather than the practice of law. He beigan his woric as an educator in the old Kihg^i Mountain Military academy of York. From there he went to Fort Mill in 1905 as superintendent for .three years. In 1908 he was elected super peuMryand limifin* purchase, to on. ^ iratlon a month; aad th« McEachja-| remaiaed until 1914. From ther. Harvey bill, also a senate measure, setting up a “state alcohQLi>ev4rag« control bMrd” to operate government stores In oounties lhat voted wet last August. - Another liquor bill, by Senator H. K Coolie of Horry, to set* up a state he went to Gaffney where he headed the cHy schools for six years. IiultSO Mr. Witberaitoon waa elect ed by the local board of trustees to head the Clinton city schools and each year since that time has been re-elect ed. Under his superintendency marked temi^rance board” to suj^rn^ advancement has been made in the diatUling and.licen^ j!BtaiLdealer^ iS-j,.^jj^dard~of work done aiid he has L.-'. before the senate finance committee but whether the measure would be considered at the hearing Wednesday was not known. ^ Over in the house, Representative f alhoun Thomas, chairman of the im portant judkiary committee, has fixe<l hearings .Thursday afternoon on two highway departmcri't raeg.sures not be fore the convmittee. " One of the bills, the .so-called “ad ministration” measure, would abolish the present highway commission and create a six-man commission. The made a distinct contribution to the growth,'expansion and prestige of the school system. The high school is a member *of the Southern Association of Schools aqd Ghllcges where it holds a. record unexcelled in the stkte. In addition to hi.s work as an edu cator, Mr. Witherspoon has alwa3rs taken a keen interest in civic affairs and is one of the community’s pro gressive and useful citizens.'He is an active member of the Kiwanis club and Chamber of Commerce, being a past president.of the latter organiza- room Monday diiects the clerk to an-;, nounce that the court ‘is not ready tp announce its decision in-- the gold clause cases.” With this announcement, Monday, February 11, became probably the earlie.st date upon which the decision, oh. which the whole Roo.sev4lt mone tary' program is delicately balanced, could be expected. There, Vas, how ever, a remote_ possibility it mighlf come in mid-week.- The court had just met previou.sly for its^ usual Saturday conference, but the jfeneral impression was that it had concluded its consideration of the ghld clau.se issue and -was busy with lesser matters. ' • ' White House, Democratic members of the powerful senate appropria tions committee met sCCKetiy in an ef- officiating and paying an eloquent. I tribute to the life of the deceased. The service was attended by a large gath- fort to agree upon a measure which luring of friends and acquaintances all could support on the floor. At the close of the session, Chair- man Carter Glass, Democrat, Virgin^ who gathered to pay a last tribute to his memory, many beautiful flowers The president spoke directly of automobile labor hoard headed by Leo Wolnian, pointing out that it^was for him to say whether the board was ful- ia, admitted the committee had agreed to “modify” the bill but declined to elaborate on the proposed revisions. He saad the meeting was harmonious and that a complete discussion of the measure had taken place. From oth er sources, however, it "Was learned that the reluctance of individual mem bers to give Mr. Rookevelt a free hand to disburse the giant appropriation was expressed in sharp tones. Although Glass persisted in his i*e- fusal to detail proposed revisions in the bill, it ivas learned that: 1. The group agreed unanimously to strike from the measure the words attesting the respect and esteem in which he was held. The body was tak en to Duncan for interment in the church cemetery at the family burial plot. Pallbearers were: J. M. Pitts, H. H. Boyd, W. E. Neighbors, J. W. Milam, H. D. Henry and W. J. Duncan. Mr. Mahaffey waa born in Spartan- DUrg county on Sept. 19, 1864. He was admitted.to the Methodist ministry in 1886< •tnd for 44 years served as a faithful minister of ' the conference, holding a number of assignments dur ing this period in the Piedmont sec tion of the state. Due to ill health ho retireil from the active ministry in filling its duties apd should be contin- ued. “economic maladjustment.” This.was.i930 and returned to Clinton with hi a definite limitation upon Mr. Roose- veR’s power as under the measure, for The epurt must decide whether example, he could have spent money congress was within its constituyonal powers in invalidating the gold pay ment promises of bondfand contracts ■to aid livery stables outmoded by the automobile. The bill is expect^ to specify more directly that the money and ordering payment instead at face value rency. in the present devalued cur- Mrs. W. Drummond Passes At Laurens Mother of Mrs. T. L. W. Bailey of This City, Succumbs To Ill ness. A Lovable Character. smaller commission; would include. member from each_ copgressional dis- LauTOns, Feb. 3.—Mrs. Mary Rogers Drummond, 75, widqw of Wash H. Drummond, died Sunday morning at 7 o’clock at the home of a daughter, Mrs. J. Willie Henderson, South Har per street, after an illness of several months. ^ Funeral services were conducted at the Lanford Baptist church, Lanford Station, Monday afetrnoon at 3 o’clock by the jia-stor, the Rev. Alva B. Langs ton, D.D„ and C. B. Bobo, Laurens. Interment followed in the church cem etery at the family burial plot. Mrs. Drummond, a native of the Hobbysville section of—Spartanburg countywa.s bT daughter of the late Mr, and Mrs, John S. Rogers, the last member this family. After her mar riage to Mr. Drummond, for many years a succes.sful farmer at Lanford trict, with the. governpr as an ^ ex- officio member. An “anti-administra tion” bill would divest the governor of the power of appointing a highway commission by providing that the com missioners be elected by the legisla ture. The mea.sure also would retain a 14-man commission. Members of the highway Gonvmis.sion .have indicat ed they would oppose the administra tion bill, ‘ . The hou.se judiciary committee also was expected to take action during the week on a bill by Representative H. C. Godfrey of Spartanburg to es tablish a 40Hhour maximum work week in the state. Other pending matters which may come up for action during the week! hyterian church and superintendent I the coun- of its Sunday school. Public .spirited became a member of’tbe and a tireless worker, he can always be counted upon tp do his part for worth while things for the city, coun ty and state. ' In 1903 Mr. Witherspoon maPried .Mis.s' Anahel Darby of Ix)Wiy.s. Their family consists of two daughters, Mrs, Lewis Bailey of Spaitanburg; Miss Isabel Witherspoon, niernher of the University high school "flculty, 60- iumbia; two sone, James Witherspoon, now engaged in textile jnanufactur- ing in South America, and Jack^With erspoon, a menrber of the freshman class at Pre8hy4e^'^ian college, ^ Will Liquidate ford Baptist churqh and for &u ^ars or more «he had Wn identifipd^with the activities of the church./In recent yeaVs she had made her home at Lau rens and Clinton, and h^ a wide cir cle of friends. ■“ *^ /^ Mrs. Drummond is survived by four daughters, Mr^^ Hendersonj Mrs, I»uis Andemn, Mrs. C. P. Vincent, all of I.«utens; Mrs. T. L. W. Bailey, CIinto|T^six sons, Toy A. Drummond, Greehville; C. C. Drummond, ^A.she- N. C.; W. L. Drummond, supers *1ntendent of the. lygh school at .Jenk- “insville; Frank T. Drummond, Lan- ■ford; J. M. Drummond, Wellfordj and S. M. Drummond, Spartanburg. include.A'’* Chicorfi College tend the sti^-paid school term from *n’mi must be expended on job creation and marr-and powsessed~~y •tion of sincere religion and active relief. / • \ 2. An amendment which would lim it forthcoming Construction to those projects “heretofore or hereafter au- fhorized by law” is expected to be adopted.. This is another limitation, in that it would prevent the expendi ture of fundi on such projects as that initiated at iReedsville, Va., to which congress objected but which was fa vored by 'Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. 3. A revision which would make it Unpoaible for Comptroller General J. R. McCarl, the “watchdog of the treaa- ury” from interfering with expendi tures under the* program, was gen erally acceptable. 4. The conferees are determined to eliminate that provision which would authorize loans from the appropria tion to needy individuals. 5. Senator ('arl Hayden, Democr&t_ Arizona, has j)repare<l an amendment which would direct that nioriey dis bursed from the fund for highways or grade crossings be expended through established federal agencies. This was regardwl/ti^s an indirect ad monition to the/chief execurive that congress wantx part of the works fund allocated this purpose. 6. .Senator Pat McCarran, Demo crat, ^vada, will introduce an amend- which would specify that the vernment must pay the prevailing riy wage scale under forthcoming construction. Admini.stration spokes men had indicated tha,t the relief pay would be an average of $50 a month. MoCarran’s amendment, it was learned, will have the whole-hearted support of .Senator Robert F. Wag ner, Democrat, New York, co-author of the special legislation before con- gress. " Despite the minor revolt in Ibmio- family to spend the remaining years of his life in a community he loved dearly, and one in which he was high ly regarded. He was a deeply pious Fbi A letter containing this statement ' was his answer to the^ federation’s demand that the board be abandoned because, the A. F. of L. said, its em ployee elections and the method of collective bargaining it provided were illegal. The release by the White House of an exchange of correspondence between the* president and Charlton Ogburn, federation counsel, regarding the Wol- man board also apparently was a pi-esidential an.swer to. the federation’s claim it was not consulted in negotia tions leading to renewal of the auto, code. The White House actioTf''‘was inter- _ pieled further as a defense of Donald Richberg, emergency Council director, who has been bit^^ly lambasted i>y organized labor^or his part in the achievement for his religious beliefs and the promotion of the Master’s work.. As a young minister fresh from college, Mr. Mahaffey served as a supply for the first two years of Ws ministry. Two years* later in 188^^e was asittgneil by the conference^^o the Clinton Methodist church vd^re he labored for three yeara/ On this pharge he succeeded the Rev. D. P. Boyd, who had 'been sj^htioned here for the period 1884-87./When’ Mr. Mahaf fey was transfer!^ lasew'here in 1891, he was succeeded by the Rev. W. A. Betts, 1892;^. The loch) station of Clinton and Sardis/Was formed in- 1905. Rev. W. dges served the charge for the four years, 1905-08. Mr. Mahaft ey was then returned to Clinton for the next four years for a second pas- code renewal. Ogburn’s/Iette^ asking abolition of the boariFwas dated January 28, three days before the code was renewed. Th^eply went into the mail yester- Green also wrote a letter to the president 'regarding labor’s proposals for the renewed code. From those two, 'the president , said last F'riday, he got an ample undi*r- |tanding of labor’s position. Before he received Mr. Roosevelt’a letter,"Dg^urn also asked NRA’s ad ministrative board to toss out the Wolman board’s election returns so far, and to abolish the board as ille gal. Ogburn said tonight he would file the same petition with the presi dent. Only about- 10 per cent of the- votes recorded thus far favored the A. F. of L. -In his petition to the NRA admin-r torate, 1908-h2. His work then was istrative board, substantially the same confined to (’linton alone, Sardis hav-}as his letter to the presiilent, i)gburn' ing been placed on the Kinards cireuitlmaintajned not only that the Wolman in 1909. At the conclAsion of his re- board elections were illegal but also turn assignment he was succeeded in that the board deliU-rately selected 1913 by the Rev. S. O. <’antey, whoIfor elections plants “wh(*re the union.s me^ gOveri iiourlj w-as here for one yaoj*. Mr. Mahaffey was married ^in 1K8H to Miss Mattie May Wingo, also of Spailardiurg county. Besides His wid ow, he is survived by the following children: thi'ee daughters, Mrs. M. M. Mann, >81. Matthews; Mrs. F*. A. Trip lett, Chester; Miss Rosa Mahaffey of did not have their largest strength.” Before seeing Mr. Roosevelt’s letter to Ogburn, Green told ne\v>papermen he would suggest-to the executive council that it call at the White House to talk over the auto situation with the president. • “We have all confidence in the this city; four sons, the Rev. .J. B. president,” Green said. Mahaffey, pa.stor First Methodist church. New Smyrna, Fla; J. Paul .Mahaffey and Ixirraine Mahaffey, of this city; 'and I^awrence Mahaffey, Furman university student. “He’s our ho'pe and our strength. But we feel thdt he.’s being .surround-, ed by advisers out of sympathy with the aims and purposes of labor.” cratic ranks-4»n the works bill, it wa'S'j Acreage Plan Up This Week evident tonight'that party members partners Holding Eight |j.ill give.. Mr. Roo|..velt two a.,ur.n- Tri„rt.ship MeetinKS To Clan Agents To Aid ■ In Tax Returns For New Cptton Contracts. ces whic^i he has demamled: 1. That the money 4m* appropriated in a lump sum. » 2, That the fund be not earmirke<|J Township mcetin. for individual projects. Thei Will He At (>)minercial Deposi tory Feb. 20-21 To Assist Clin- tonians In Filing Reports. K. I... Cooper, .Ir., field jigent for or farmers are' the,-South Carolina Tax commission, ng held in' the coj^inty' this weclTfor* will be in Clinton on F’ebruary 20-21 [the purpose of .setting up the machin-jto assist taxpayers in making their six to seven^onths and raise teach-1 B«y an everase of $9 a t0onrt.|p,^„, Former Woman’s Col- an ‘inwaUgation of! lege In Columbia To Be Sold the exercise of'the pArdon power by; By PresJtiyterians. I. €. Blackwood and former j^vernors With the appropriation bill out of the way, the house w-as set to turn its attention to other issues. Johnston Seeks 30 New Colombia, Feb. 2.—Governor John- Columhia, Feb." 4.—The South Caro lina synod of the Presbyterian church at a cidled session hero today adopted a resolution aOthorizing further action toward liquidating tl» Chicora college [property hero. j j The resolution provided that the, liquidating ^committee for the property j [redeem coupons on “Chicora bonds ston today telegraphed President Rooeeveit a.sking that $l,o00,000 ih federal funds he spent in ^uth Caro lina for the construction of 30 anh- oriea to house natiorial guard units and fbip?n\mental equipnient. Adjutant General James C. Dozier also sent messages to members of the due November 1, 1934, out of funds now in-hand” and that the committee be instructed to “proceed with the dis position of the property, in such man ner and St such times as may be agreed upon in collaboration, with the bondholders protective cortnttittee, the proceeds to 1^ applied to the rodemp- tion of bonds in such manner as may South Carolina delegation in congress i be in the best interests of all con- j asking that they assist in efforts tojeerned.” secure the funds. . j At a meeting several weeks ago, a General Dozier estimated that the > special committee received a report construction under the proposed pro-1 that bondholderi^had declined to ac-j gram would give employment to ap-feept the propertjt-ih iiilmdatlon of thei proxhnately 5,000 men. Miaa Mary Higgins spent the week end in Columbia with friends. ^r' $2^,000 bonds sold when the college plant was buil^ but later abandoned when Cfaieora college was merged with Queens college at Chariotte. A THRILLING NEW SERIAL ’‘SLUMBERING GOLD” By AUBREY BOYD BEGINS NEXT WEEK t The story of man’s struggle for gold almost always is a tense tale of. action . . . “Slumbering Gold,” from the pen of Aubrey Boyd, is a story from the raw . . . a recital of the deeds of adventurous men who swarmed into the Yukon field in *97 . . . It combines all of the elements of mystery, adventure and romance, a thrilling, well-told story as tense in action as any fiction ever written of the West and the Northwest. It's a story of good men ... and bad. Of human struggle, adventure, mystery and romance. “Slumbering Gold” starts in- your family newspaper 'nm week. Watch for it. From the first to the la.st chap ter it is packed full of exciting drama. Read it every Thursday in— THE CHRONICLE “THE PAPER EVERYBODY READS” ery for *the 1935 acreage induction income ta:^ returns for the past year. canYpaign. Farmers who did not sign'He will have his (iffice at the Coin- voluntary contracts last year will bejmercial IVpository, giving free aid, given the opportunity to line" up for ^ advice or informatibn to thiJsa who this year’s" program, it is .stated hy, desire it._'' County Agent C. B. Cannon. | Every individual receiving an in- The first meetings were held here come of $1,000 net, if single, or $L800 on Tuesday morning in the high .school!net, if married, is reijuired to* file a. building, at Cross Hill in the after-! return. noon, and at Sandy Springs at night, j A return is also required of every for Scuffletown town.ship. Yester-, individual receiving a total of more day morning a meeting was held at the court hou.se in Laurens, followed - F J by meetings at Gray Court-Owings classes of income. than $200 from interest and dividend.s, regardles.s of the amount of other and Young’s .school house in the after-! in addition to the returns of in- noon and night. This morning Ihejcome, every person, firm, or corpor- place of meeting will he Hicl^ory Tav-;ation making payment.s of salaries, ern, and at Center Point in Waterloo -wages, rents, commissions, etc., in ex township at four in the afternoon. I cess of $1,000 or interest or dividends j At all .of the meetings-the county jin excess of $100 is required to make !agent will explain the re<luction pro-^returns of information thereon, givjng gram, what changes haV^^ivetin made the names and addresses of those to j in the contracts this year, and super- jVi*_the organization of the adminis trative machinery, in'leach township. whom such payments are made~ and the amount so paid. Corporations and partnerships are County Agent Cannon states that requh-ed to file returns regardless'of i to date farmers* of the county have!income. All retilrns must be filed bc- i received $268,824 on their 1934 cotton Tore March 15, it i>s explained.. I reduction contracts. There are' yet to j ^—■ !be received, he also states, about-6001 ATTENDED SYNOD MEETING- rental and parity checks. ' ' i Dr. L* R. Lynn, Dr. John .MeSween,. ■ V j Dr. D. J. Woods, Thornwell'Dunlap Mis.ses Frances Williams 'and Vir- and Rev. F. T. McGill of Cross Hill, ginia Gault of Fountain Iiqi, spent the week-end with their aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Leake. were in Columbia Monday for the spe cial called meeting of the synod of South Garolina. \ \ _ ■ C- 7