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t/ / r I - >' /* . i '' .'^1 If Ym D«i*t Urn* THE CHEONICLB Tm 6ft in^ nm. ’ ■ \- VOLUME XXXV ri i ~ COnON LOANS TO BE RENEWED ( ■ Senator Smitii AsMrts 12-Cent Advance On Cotton To Be Continued. Wallah and Aides Keep Silent On Plkns. Wa-shingrton, March 12»—A flat as ecrtion today by Senator Smith, of- Soilth Carolina, that the .government’s j l^-eent cotton loaiTwould be renewed on this year’s crop appeared today as a possible stabilizer for a market that has fluctuated wiWly duriiig the past two days. But Secretary Wallace,* Chester Da vis, farm administraitor, and other of ficials involved met Smith’s brief statement to newspapermen with same silence tl^ characterized their attitude throug^ut the day, despite rumored statements. Dfvis declined to discuss Smith’s prediction. His only statement con cerning the cotton situation^ was: ’’There is no immediate change con templated in ^he government’s cotton policy.” Other officials would say only that the Commodity Credit corporation which makes the loans had not dis cussed their continuation. They point ed out that last year’s loan announce ment was not made until August. Those quarters of the capital most interested in cotton were on tip-toe much of the day in the expectation of some official statement as to future plans. Senator Stnith had reported CLIOTbN, S. C., THURSDAY, MARClHt, 1935 V J. THB|CH|K02>flCLll Strives To^ a*(hean Nair»> paper. Complete, Neway, 'jaad Reliable. A . y NUMBER ll LUCKY "MI^ CLINTON” to BE CHOSEN DOMNO the WEEK Contest for Queen Closes Satur^5^Night, March 16th. Avalanche of Votes Now Being Cfist/for Tw'elve Young Wonten Selected * As City’s Representat)^. Nothing But Votes.Will Win and Bring Happiness Winner. Thirty-Two Firms' Participating. The avalanche of ^as started. I Owen.s'Pharmacy, The Elite Shoppe, Who will* be the ;w^ne'r, is fhe quesJ C. W, Anderson, Clin- tibn reDeatedlV^beinir ask^ Motor^Company. Giles Chevrolet tion repeat^^y being asxeo. JCom^ny J. I. Copeland & Bro., Joe Twelvey^ular young ladies of i l. Carter. City Sales Company, Coun- Smith Proposes To MOVE TO CLIP Impound Cottonl RJLIEp BJLL Break In Market Sets Senator . To Work To ' Hold 5,506,000 Bales Until December, 1036. Washington,. Mar. 11.—Aroused hy- the break in th^ cotton market, Chmr- man Smith of -Ithe Senate Agriculture Committee today .said he would pro pose the impounding of at least 5,- 500,000 bales of co^n in which the government has an equity, until the* Clinto^re in the race for the honor]try\i|j”rkU Smrth’rphaimacv^ nrice and exrvort tradc^j^Tifv“‘i‘tr-.aic insurgent effort to of bei% named “Miss Clinton,’’ to rep-.^^I ExSge The Bo^rstore! The - - • - - ^ propo.sed ai.propriation to Insurgents Launch Drive In Senate To Cut Appropriation In Half. “Can’t Buy Way To Prosperity,” Copeland Says. __ ' Washington, March 12.—Senate ad ministration ‘leaders herded the 880,000,000 relief bill through two test votes today, only -to meet later DAVID JUNKIN w6oDS, D. D. The Rev. D. J. Woods, D.D., pasj^r of the First Presbyterian church of this 'city, was bom near Fredericks burg, Vt.* He is the son of Dr. Fgancis Mv Wo^s and Mrs. Julia Junkin Woods,*‘his parents later moving to Martinsburg, W. Vai Dr. Woods’ early boyhood days were spent in Martinsburg. In 1884 he entered Washington and Jefferson coUege in Washington. Being the old- resent her home city in the great an nual Azalea Festival in Charleston March 25-29. The youn^ ladies are: Misses Mary Todd,-Ode^ Mauney,- Debe Dillard;^"Danziger’s. Alden Bailey, Medpra Browning, Georgia BeCi^Blakely, Nannie Sue Adair, Josie Prassley, Jamie Little, Hazel Boland, Collette Davis and Marion Cox. The contest will close at midnight, Saturday, March 16th. The votes will be tabulated Monday by a. commUtla of judges, after which the name of the proud and luclcy young woman will be announced. Votes and nothing but votes will complete the happiness of the young woman who is named “Miss Clinton,” so the friends of all contestants are urged to get into the battle of bal lots. Votes may be obtained only by trading with local* merchants who are cooperating in advertising this big event. Each merchant participating Ijeader, Kellers Drug Store, Sumerel’s Department Store', Young^’s^ Phar macy, Buchanan’s, J. C. Penney Com- pany, J. A. Bailey. J. B. Fmntis yesterday that a statement would be forthcoming from the White House. At the execudve.mansion, however, it was said that any such statement . would ,come from Secretary Wallace ^ or one of his aides. But at the AAA, officials said nothing of the kind was contempMited. Officials instead asserted tjiat any announcement at present regarding a ,.Moan policy would be premature and added that a guarantee of continuing the loans would undoubtedly have the effect of stimulating production this year. - * Smith, chairman of the senate agri- . cttHure• committee, toM ‘ newapaper-* ride huiidrtMly~Of imires' qh Kbraeback est of six Children and the son of a . .... pr..ohcr. he w.. ■ tunipellwl 10 -i»aTlc^ th« «o.p«nit.>»e .dv.rt..gm.nt » Committees in Charleston are rap idly shaping plans for the entertain ment of the queens of the respective towns and cities, who will be their guests for this colorful event. During their visit in the City By the Sea the queens will live at the Fort Sumter and Francis Marion hdtris and will be guests of the city. .Among the events at which they jwi]l be* guests of honor will be several balls, a floa^f parade, in which each queen will ride in a gayly decorated new sports .model automobile; a street carnival, a beau tiful water carnival, concluding with a parade of yachts to Charleston’s new yacht basin. The young lady who is chosen queen of the festival will be awarded a trip to Washington for herself and a chap eron of her own choosing, with all hotel and railroad expenses paid. In his w.y ’throuirh coll<i«., which he did y”*** y“,^ - - - principally by civil engineering v^ork I faccounts (100 votes with j\\raRhington,^he and her chaperon will ‘during his vacations and at other od^ times. He was the honor graduate of his class. Feeling a repeated call to the min- The South Carolina senator, in a formal statement said he intended to prohibit any hedging against this cot ton “or any sale of a single bale of it With a provision of still further extending its impounding until the price and export trade justify its sale.” “These are very definite objectives that we can control and the trade mhy understand now as well as any other time that we propose to do this thing,” Smith said. “It is alleged to be a fact that there is being sold a certain amount of the option cotton ami futures bought against the .sales. This, I hope, I have put a stop to, as it will be in cluded in the impounded cotton.” The senator’s statement follows: “I am informed that the break in the cotton market today was caused, first, by the statement that there would be no further government loans on cotton. This, according -^o drfhation, was attributed to the secretary of agriculturer “I immediately contacted him on the phone, ami he emphatically de half its size. The majority chiefs .succeeded in ‘ downing with a 73 to five yote an nt hy—Senator——of— Louisiana, to set a.side a billion dol lars of the furid to provide college ed ucation for needy youths:" Then they muittered a 56 to 32 vote to beat an amendment proposed by Costigan, Democrat, Colorado, which 'would have broadened the terms the bill to include “useful, public works,” especially state,* municipal and other- non-federal projects. The big measure then ran into a siege of debate led by Democrats both from the agricultural sections and big city>.states, From- both came 'question ing of the value of the measure to the unemployed in their respective types of communities. After Senator Byrd, of V’irginia, - made public a rejMirt from the treas ury showing that $1,5()(),n00,00D of tho- $3,300,000,000 public wuiks ifund ap'-^ ' to meet the expe^nses of a seminary course. Dr. Woods entered Union Theological seminary in 1893. During his theological training he did neigh borhood mission work and in the sum mers supplied churches in the moun tains of West Virginia. Because of the remote locations of his churches the young preacher was compelled ter propriate<l, two years ago remained unexpendeiC Senator Copeland, Demo- I „—, - erat, of New York, ojumed the battle each $1.00), * spent .seven days at the Willard, one phone, ami he emphatically de- to cut the now relief outlay to The bus'ines.s firms taking part in‘of America’si finest hotel.s. She will making any such statement or:000.0(Mi. Byrd favors a ${,0(H),mw,(Kid the contest and giving coupons to be taken on a tour of Wa.shington’s’The fact is, if the cir-|ai>pr<viw iation. elect “Miss Clinton” are: Prather-; many points of interest, including the;justify, there will Ik* “We are not going to buy our way than to prosperity,”Copeland told the soM- atc. "We.are going to !>viyour way to ^ V B i I tm c* IV^#VC*VV.Vi VAil tv 1/11% III III"^ I •*« m m ^ m mm m mm's, • %mxm m 9"^ istry, and having saved epough money' ^*'’^P’'^”^^"y>'niture Company, Coin*-; White House, and will be in the capi- perhaps more jH'r-pound mea who asked him -about <the cotton eitnatlon that the loan would be con tinued but he woultf add no details. He did say, however, that he would ask a senate investigation into the precipitate break in cotton prices which provoked concern on Capitol hill. , The ‘break was attributed by some In 1895 Dfr Woods was licenced as a Presbyterian minister by Winchester presbytery. That sLnnmer he rode 1200 miles on horseback in.Hampshire and Mineral counties, W. Va. After graduation from the seminary Dr. Woods entered Princeton semir nary in the fair of-1896 and took a graduate course. Soon thereafter he land Markets, Argo Food Store, D. E. tal when the ^nious cherry trees are Trfbble Company, Rogers, Chronicle' in bloom. Publishing Company, Hipp & Adair,t It is a lovely trip for a Clinton girl L. B. Dillard, Copeland-Stone Com- without one penny of expense to her. pany, Baldwin’s Grocery, Sadler-*Help your favorite to win!’'*"’”'^- Witherspoon Again | Laurens Woman To Head Schools^ -Bad^Bmmed^ the present 12 cents a poumi. “.Second, it was also I’eportcsl from poverty.” the market that on account of the nuxhfication or amendment to the Bankhead act, there would be an in crease in the amount of-cotton al- loWe<l to the merchandise without tax urfd The board of ♦•rasteee the Glintod Laurens, March 10. — Mrs. Odessa city schools at-their regular monthly j Hill, wife of Luther Hill, is at the list by the presbytery of Fort Worth in 1897. In 1899 he was called to the pastorate of the Presbyterian church to rumors that the government intend-1 accepted home mission work in Texas ed to change its^ lending policy 'and i and was ordained a “cowboy” evange that the Bankhead act, compulsory' ** * ’ * - - cotton control law, would be further liberalized. “I want to find out where these re ports originated,” Smith said. “I will ask my committee to report a resolu- toin asking senate investigation of the whole mess if wfi have to subpoena 'cotton exchange officials as well as officials of the department of agri culture.” Some observers were inclined to at tribute som^otf tHe decline to govern ment holdings of cotton., . Although the Commodity Credit corporation and AAA have actual or potential holdings approaching 6,000,- 000 bales, XAA officials discounted that factor as a cause of the present price situation. The government in 1933 agreed to lend fanners 10 cents a lint pound on th^r cotton and to take " iny loss which resulted if the staple fell below that price. Cotton was above 10 cents in the 1933-34 season b\tt the loan was raised in 1934 to 12 cents. Exports declined and the market' price rem^ained"SO" close to 12 cents that thousands of farmers prrferred the loan to the market. The slump in cotton prices was, however, driving the AAA toward its "Tlrit experiment with Secretary Wal lace’s ever-normal granary plan, AAA supply of a commodity held aghmst possible shortages of the future. Hie figures showed that enough— and probably more—cotton had beeh accumulated fqr the granary ex|)eri- ment. As of March 8 the Commodity Cred- ^¥b corporation and private banks had loans of 12 cents per pound on 4,071,- 417 bales oi cotton from th «1984 crop involving an outlay of $248,606,- 420. Ten cent loans were outstanding on 40,609 bales of the 1938 crop in volving $1,967,805. In addition, the cotton prodneers’ pool of the A'AA had 1,573,669 left - over from the Hoover administration. These constituted total holdings or ‘ prospective holdings by the govern ment of 6,691,585 bales of cotton ord; of the total of 11,901,000 bides now in the United States. Nevertheless, offi cials said, the present price slump was dns to “technical weakness” of the marked and speculative activity. '' Cotton was the first commodity which the AAA tpok up is its vast prodii0ti<m adjustment plans and soms offieiab eonce^ it 4i now nmaiiig in to diffkrfties. The prstsat carry-arer meeting/ Friday evening, re-elected J IL Witherspoon to .succeed him.self a-s superintendent for the coming year. The matter of electing the teacning staff* for the ^1935-36 .session’will be taken up later, it was_ announc^ by the board. Mr. Witherspoon came to Clinton from Gaffney fifteen years ago and ha.s headed the local .schools since then, during which time the system at Blackaburir. Va., th'a home of thei’'*’ “‘i Virginia Polytechnic inetitute. Here! he served as pastor for twenty years. Early in his ministry he erected at Blacksburg the first church plant built by any church with special ref erence to the student work of a big state school. In 1911 Hampden-Sidney conferred the honorary degree of doctor of di vinity upon Dr. Woods, In 1918 he accepted the call of the First Presby terian church of Covington, Va. On Feb. 4, 1920, he married Miss John Ella Gunn of Salem, Va. She ^passed away a year ago at the Presbyterian manse here following a critical ill ness. She was a devoted Christian woman whose influence for good was felt in this community, and was a great hel]| and inspiration to her hus band in his work, _ tn the early part of 1921, Dr. Woods was called to the pastorate of the^ First Presbyterian church of this city as a successor to Dr. Dudley Jones, who resigned to become a member of the Presbyterian college faculty. He is the tUrd pastor to serve- this church, the late. Dr. William. PIumer Jacobs and Dr. Jones being his pre decessors. Since entering upon this pastorate 14 years ago, the church has grown both in membership and in gifts, its budget for all purposes hav ing continuously increas^ under hit leadership. Dr. Woods -has become a distinct part of the community and is respected as a man who truly lives the tenets of Uie reKgion he preaches. He always takes an uncompromising stand for righteousness in the com munity and is a splendid type of the Christian gentleman. __ The schools now have their largest en rollment, 1900,Mlivided: white 1,490-, colored 500, Predbyterian Men To Meet Friday The regular monthly meeting of the Men-of-the-Church of the First Pres byterian church will be held FridaV evening at 7:30. This being the clos ing meeting of the year and the time for the election of new officers, a full attendance of the member.ship is asked by the officers. Prof. li, E. Sturgeon will be the leader for the occasion. Laurens hospital critically ill from burn.s she suffere<l Friday afternoon Senator Long jiredictiHl that “I*.") p.-r cent” of the big relief fund would be wasted. Senator Tydings. Democrat, of Maryland, who lives near Balti more, joim'd (^ojieland in his argu ment that millions to l>e spent on. Westem—iwiwer, ifrijafSTlon and soil erosion projects, would not help 2,000,- 000 on relief in New York-city. The ler this bill. _ \ “This Is alaoL,erroneou». Those-not making in exce».s of two bales will, be exempt from any tax or any al lotment hut any increase that mayi Marylander also called for a reduction accrue from thi.s exemption, will bejin the sum to $I,S80,()0(),()0(). taken care of by lessening the amounfl Arisifig’^to defemi the bill, Senator of exemption of those t|iat pro<)uce a j Robinson of .Arkansas,, the Ik-mocralic at her home on Simpson street. Heri^,x‘ater aoiount, so that th<* total will;leader, said the bill provided $300,000,- condition was thought to be some- not exceed what was allowed la.stiOOO for white collar workers projects year, an<l if it becomes apparent that ! in the citie.s. what improved tonight. At the time of the accident, Mr.s. Hill ha^.left her sick l>od to sit at suffere<l a fainting or a sudden sink-1 slight increase, I shall u.sc, my effort.sj nally, of Texas, contended the per- the fire in the living room, ^vhe either! in having the total amount allowts! tojsons to whom Tydings and Copeland ing spell that caused her to collapse'be merchandised, made less than last refenwl would.be taken care of by the trade is to bt* stampeded because of tin intimation that there may be a As the debate waxed bolter in a day of many developmerit.s, .Senator Con- in front of the open grate, near Enough for her clothing to become ig- niteil. She attempted to return to her room as the blaze surged about her shoulders and head, and was seriously bume<l 'before Mrs. Tillxnan Turner, who lives in the same home, succeed ed in smothering it. Mrs, Turner was 'painfully burned on her hands. Club Nominates - Officers For Year -At t^ie monthly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce held Tue.sday year. .1 think my colleagues in the the direct relief apiin.iiriatum. .Senate will heartily agree to this. j CojielJnd ass^'eted thaf* the large “In addition 4o what I have said| appropriation woubl’emlanger, the na- al)Ove, I hope to be able before thisi lion’s credit and agreeing with tfiTs, weekCs out, to have plans perfectediTydingS advocated cutting it down to for the impounding of at least 5,.500,000 bales that the goverfmb'r has an equity in, and prohibit Vany hedging again.st it or any sale of a thr provide for direct relief only and to “let juiblic woiks go for a while.’ Evidencing concern, the McCarran prevailing wage group today sought single b|ile of it previous to Decern-j to delay action on the controversial ber L with a provision of still i amendment to realign their votes. The further extending, its impounding un-1 battle over this propo.sal, which re- til* the price and J^he export trade justify its sale. “These are very definite objectives that we can control and the^rade may understand now as well as any other suited in an administratibn defeat 44 ■to 4.3, thr^ weeks ago, has lieen the principal cause of the measure’s delay. evening, the nominating committee] tiuo® Ibat we propose to do this thing. SERVICES AT LITTLE RIVER Clark Of Court Makes Three Sales ia aimat M06,000 bales ia (tettaaerf aa pace ««a) • of Clerk of Court 'niomas W. Bennett conducted three legal sales on March salesday as follows:, Mary B. Copeland- vs Janie Leo- plrd, et al, 96 5-8 acres near Barks dale, sold to R. T. Wilson, attorney, for $1,000. Owittgs A Bobo vs Miss Lou Hen derson, administraftriz, et ml, 220 acres la Ddils townriiip, sold to R. T. Wil son, attorney, fotr $1,000. Federal Li^ bank vs Mrs. Emma Sprout^ et al, 278 1-8 acres ‘'In Youafs towB^p, aold..to R. £. Babb, attdraesr* for IMM* ~ ^ . ' Services at Little River Presbyte rian church will be held next Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock, with a cordial invitation extended the public. 'The Rev. R. J. Williams, of Atlanta, evan gelist of the General Assembly, will bpeak at this hour. - previously appointed to bring in rec- omm^ndation.s for officers and direc tors for the ensuing year submitted its report, the following nominations being placed before the oiganization to be acted upon at the April meeting: President, D. C. Heuatess. Vice-President, W. H. Simpson. Secretary, C. F. Winn. Treasurer, B. R. Fuller. Additional directors: R. L. Plaxico, S. W. Sumerel, L. B. Dillard, R. P, Chapman and Irby S. Hipp. “It i.s alleged to be a fact that thtre is being sold a certain amount bought against these .saie.s. This, I hojK?, I have put a stop to, as it will be ineliKl- ed in the impounded cotton.” Three Degrees ' To Be Awarded $10.00 FREE! For the best article submitted on ibis subject— ‘’Why I Am a Suhscriher and Reader of The Chronicle.” I. ' $7.50 will be ^ix<Bn for the first price. $2.56 will be given for the second prize. This contest is open during the month of March to all subscribers of THE CHRONICLE or members of their^ families. Write your letters in answer to^this question and mail or bring them to the office. The winners in the contest will be announced in THE CHRONICLE on April 4th, and the first prize letter pub- li8);ied. The letter winning the second prize will appear on 11th. , ,f GE^BUSY —WIN THE3E FREE PRIZES All letters'must be confined to the subject, “Why I Am la Sub^iber and Reader of The Chronicle.” • ^ ■157^ — Clemson Men Gather Here Announcement has been made by pr. John MeSween, president of Pres byterian college, that upon the rec ommendation of the faculty, the board of trustees has voted to award th»x*e honorary ^‘greea at the approaching : comniencement/exerci.ses in May. — The (fegre^of doctor of literature , r. . /-.i - AI conferred upon W’. D. Mag- • “ P'-ofessor of soooodary eduX n, club.held .ncnj«y.ble?at.Bpr«hcrjii„„ r. T™"'* ’’"'IThc-de^rce of doctor.of divinity will l..t Fnitay n,gw. Supper was served eonferred upon the Rev. William by the l«al Eastern SUr ctapter, af-|„„,k P„.,bytery work ter which a program of intcre.st-was l j ... au o ^ “"‘i ^Pon the Rev. George Andrew Ntckle-s, pastgl- of Westmin- Jrter Pre.sbyterian church, Charleston. Mr. Nicklea is well known here, be- ^g a graduate of Presbyterian college m the class of 1913, after which he enjoyed, with a latge number of Clem son men and'a few vis'itors present fo rthe occasion. The guest speaker was Dr. John MeSween of this city, who delighted the group with hia address.’* — ’The annual meeting of the club, it was announced, will be held in May to elect officers. Present officers are: Thom well Dunlap, president; C. B. ] Owings, vice-president; C. K, Wright, C. B. Cannon, treasurer, meeting will be hold in l.aurens. attended and graduated from Colum bia Theological seminary. He married MiSs Julia Neville of this city, daugh ter of Mrs. W. G. Neville. ^secretgrj; The next 4 l Schook Close Today, Friday Founder’s. Day Exercises Friday / Presbyterian college will observe Founder’s day tomorrow, morning at the regular chapel hour of 44:45 in. the college auditorium, commemorat ing the birthday of its late founder, The board of t^^ustees of the Clinton 1 Dr. Wtlliam Plumer Jacobs, schools has announced that the white; The special address of the occasion schools of the city will be closed to day and Friday in order to give the teachers an opportunity to attend the annual convention of the South Caro lina Teachers association which will be held in Greenville. All members of the four school faculties will attend the eon\eatibB. , will he delivered by Di*. John Me Sween, president of the institution, who will give a review of the life and work of Dr. Jacobs as a minister, ed ucator and builder, Interested town friends are cordially invited to attend the exercises, President MeSween said yesterday. -v •W f \ IS iW)’