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yOLUMEjCXXV CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1935 NUMBER 14 RELIEF BILL IS DEADLOCKED May B^Used To Break J^. Conferees In Tangle Over Wage Fund Earmarking. Leaders Are Hopeful. Washington.^April 2. — Administra tion leaders contemplated the use of force 'tonight to pry open the bitter labor amendment deadlock that con tinued to hold captive the $4,880,000,- OfOO relief bill. -When a second meeting of senate and house conferees late today failed to strike out or modify the require ment that one-third of the $900,000,- 000 for loans and grants to states be paid directly- for- labor, Roosevelt leaders at once caited^ a meeting' on their own. Present were Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the ^mocratic leader, Vice-Prseident Oamer, , the house Democratic conferees, Md Senator ‘IfcK^lar of Tennessee, a senate Dem ocratic conferee. “Nothing was agreed upon,” Robin son said afterward, “I am hoping they <mn reach an agreement tomorrow.” But it was indicated, nevertheless, that unless an agreement is reached soon, drastic steps to instruct the senate conferees to elminate the con troverted provision would be made. Either this or new senate conferees will be chosen. Leaders plainly were disturbed over the virtual exhaustion of “dole” funds. » Little immediate hope appeared for a quick agreement between the senate and house groups. In fact, the gulf between apparently widened as Sena tor Glass, Virginia, broke up their second meeting late in the day. enviously annoyed. Glass rushed out of his committee office where the conference was held, grabbed his hat and said: - “There’f been noi agreement.” Asked as to the next move, the lit tle Virginian, his white hair rumpled and hts face flushedrAnswered: “I don^ know, it won’t come from me.' The meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chairman. Glass. And despite RoUnson’a expression of hope for a quick agreement tomor row, no meeting of the conferees had been called early tonight. At the first meeting today. Glass offered a compromise to reduce the amount for direct labor on state pro jects under the projected $900,000,000 ^allocation from 33 1-3 to 26 per cent. Representative Buchanan, of TezM* •chairman of the house conferees, turn ed this down and demanded that no percentage be fixed, although other house conferees proposed that a 10 per cent limit would be acceptable. Glass gave thejmpression to house conferees, they sfld, that he would not yield. In addition, he has the backing of Senators Copeland, of New York, McKellar of Tennessee, andjhe two Republicans, Senators Hale of Maine, and Keyes of New Hampshire. They claim that if the direct work percentage is not retained, the PWA cin~m^ cTlTesTb buy municipal light plants. House conferees are demanding not only elimination, or sharp modifica tion of the direct labor amendment but alsoithe ousting of the sendte pro- ' vision requiring senate confirmation of new relief officials appointed by the president. Ip addition, Buchanan said he wanted the language on con struction of public building broadened in order to assure such projects for relief work: Representatives. Tid>or and Bacon, New, York Republican house confer- ^.ees, said the fight “is a row between Democrats and we haven’t had' a chanM to say anything or offer any compromise.” Both said they had pro posals for compromises to submit. CUNTONf FOLKS YOU KNOW 'Ml ROBERT CHRISTOPHER ADAIR R. C. A<iair, known to everybody as “Chris,” 4s a well known and highly regarded young business man of the city. 1 He is a son of Mi', and Mrs. R. F. Adair, a widely connected family of the community, and a grandson of the late George Christopher (Kit) Young and Nannie Blakely Young. His fath er has served the city the past ten Mr. Adair’s entire life has been spent in Clinton where he was born. His • first position after finishing school was with the Spratt Grocery company, after which he was connect ed with the Southern Bell Telephone compaiiy and the Clinton Oil Mill. In 1912 Mr. Adair was employed b; Bailey’s Bank, succeeding T P. Carson. Since then he has continuous ly been connected with this institu tion except the period in which he was in tnilitary service during the Wortd^war. At the time he joined the bank its personnel was the late W. C. Railey, t^ler; M* S. Bailey, president, and W. J. Bailey, cashier. In recogni tion of his services and worth, Mr. Adair has clind^ the ladder from a mere clerkship at the beginning until he now holds the responsible position of cashier of the bank which is the oldest in the county. By his pleasing personality, faithfulness to duty, ^nd courteous and affable manner, he hai proved himsdf a valuable part'of the organization wit^ which hfi. H con nected. V Mr. Adair is' an honored membe^ of the First Presbyterian church, a mem ber of its board of deacons, and treas urer of the church. Mr. Adair was married in 1924 to Miss Luella Leaman of Cross Hill. Their family consists of twd attractive children, Chris, Jr., and Myra. Their home is in the .College^ View residen tial section of the city. School Contests CHRONICLE LETTER CONTEST ENDS First Place Won By.Jaines P. Sloan and Second By Betty Spratt. laines I Giv Honorable Mention Given To Several. Many Splendid Letters Submitted and Wjde Interest Manifested by Readers. This newspaper's letter contest on the subject, “Why I Am a Subscriber and Reader of The Chronicle,” came to a close Saturday. The winners were: First place, $7.50—James P. Sloan, son jof Mrs;"E. B. Sloan. Second place, $2.50—Betty Spratt,- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Spratt. Honorable mention: Rev. C.,Bynum Betts, Louise Coe, Billy Wade, Made line Gassanova, Tench Owens, Margaret Brice and Mrs. J. A. Harker of Atkins, S. C. The contest announced a month ago created wide interest among hundreds of the paper’s readers, an unusually large number of letters being sent in with several states represented in the competitions. ^ ^. It was quite difficult to select the winners from tBe large number of excellent papers. The letters from which the winners were selected were sent by The Chronicle to a widely experienced and capable newspaper man in the state with a request that he act as the final judge. His VAluable-ser vices arcTipprecIlted by TheXhrbliTcIeTirnd to all who entered letters in the Fulp Discloses Relief Changes / Laurens County Put In Green ville District |n New Set-up For Disbursement of Funds. ■ Greenville, April 2.—EstabtfehmCnt of a distrist ^'ERA finance office in Greenville for the disbursement of re lief funds for four, counties in this district was announced here Monday ffol' LIQUOR FIGHT ON IN SENATE State Store. Sy-stem Attacked In Debate AA Dangerous and Like' Old Dispensary Set-up. Graft Foreseen By Hughs. contest. The Chronicle extends it thanks and appreciation. The first prize letter appears below: WHY I AM A SUBSCRIBER AND READER OF THE CHRONICLE 'By Jaimes P. Sloan, Student Erskine^College The small town rules America, because, instead of being a place of hotels, restaurants, and amusements, it is a place for normal living'where men walk from their offices, mow their own front lawns, and weed their gardens; where they not only live today, but remember yesterday and plan for tomor row, where families and communities retain, cherish, and transmit traditions. There beats the heart of America. Hand in hand with the small town we naturally expect the small town newspaper. Week by week this- organ of the community reaches districts where city journals make little inroad, bringing the, news and comment of most vital Interest to the localities it serves. Crimes and scandals are glossed over or subordinated and first page “spreads” that reflect upon private life the public honesty rtrely find conspicuous pi.ee in the eoiumns of the e^ekly paper. i Such a town is Clinton and such a newspaper is THE CHRONICLE. We have a reason to read and support our local paper, because it is promoting the best interests of the town. THE CHRONICLE has watched every house on the town-site rise and made a record of it. In it are written up the wed dings of our fathers and mothers, and in-it are also chronicled the birth, of V. V. Richardson, disbursing of- llowing sweeping changee in the method of relief distribution in th« state by Col. J. D. Fulp, state relief adjninifitrator. The new set-up invedves' only fi nance departments and does not af fect county administrations. The new plan, wbi<^ ia tdready in force, In volves the creations of 1^ dishurse-.- ment districts in the state and aboli tion of all county disbursing agents and paymasters. Alva Bell is auditor and 0. D. Ta tum the disbursing officer for this district. Which includes Greenville, Laurens, Newberry and Pickens coun ties. A total of 5,774 relief cases pre registered in this district. Mr. Bell and Mr. Tatum yesterday conferred with approximately 12 re lief representatives from Pickens, liaurcns and Newberry counties at the relief offices here and explained the\^w method of handling the dis- burs^ent of funds. All funds, in- cludin^payrolls, payment of bills and others far the four counties will be l>andled ^ the district office here Greenvillb, is headquarters for dis trict one. Other district headquarters' and officers were announced as fol lows: .... District Two: J. M, Milam; auditor. their children. Scrapbooks are filled with its clippings. In such a memory book, some man in the prime of life reads the story of his little triumph in the world. Turning to the field of business, we find, that the growth of local stores has been made possible through the use of the advertising space of THE CHRONICLE. Also, advertising in our paper has Its educational value in that it emancipates housewives from drudgery, teaches men ways of handling business more efficiently, and shows firms and corporations more economical methods. Personally, I read THE CHRONICLE because it gives news of the home town people in whom I am vitally interested. THE CHRONICLE is the organ of no man, however high, no clique or ring, however influential, no faction, however fanatical, and in all things follows 'the line of common sense. Its editor might be compared to Diogenes. Like that one of old, he goes everjrwhere with his lantern in his hand, searchingJfor the tri^h. He IS find ing it and is receiving the approval and praise of his subscribers. Local Mills Now Supplying Power Contract With CUnton and Lydia Cotton Mills Went Into Effect Sunday. Duke Power Company Relations Severn. The five-year power contract re cently sign^ by the city with the (ilinton tnd^dili^ Cotton Mills be came effective last Sunday afternqon ^ __ et which time the rtew cut-in was -001j|0-^0|I|0|i|ii||<||jp'1nsde 4M The (Fe 'Duke 2 Road Projects Let In County Two Laurens county projects are hicloded in the contract awards mad# last Fridsy by the state highway de partment. They are; Bituminous surfacing of .7 miles of Route 7 in and near Mountville. Con tract to Boyle Road and Bridge com pany, $15,546. Construction of 150-foot reinforced concrete bridge over the Seaboard Air Line railroad on Route 7 in Mount ville. Contract to Spartanburg Con tracting company, $12,427. In the letting was included the con struction of a 118-foot structural steel bridge over the Seaboard Air Line railroad in Whitmire. MINSTREL AT LONG BRANCH There Will be a minstrel at Long Branch school Saturday night, April 6, at 3 o’clock. A small admission wrill be charged adults, while children will be admitted free. Mr. and Mrs. J. A Neighbors of Gainesville, Ga., 'spent the week-end with the former’s parenld, Mr. and Mr§, W, E. NeigMbort. # Annual County Meet Will Be Held At "Laurens. Clinton Schools To Be Represented. The annual school contests spon sored by the Laurens County Teach ers’ association will be held in Lau rens Friday with a number of schools participating. The preliminary 'con tests both in the high and grammar schools, were held last week. The seven high schools of the county are entitled to compete in the spelling, expression and declamation tests, the winners_to take part in the district elimmridn meets to be h^ld vemorrow’s schedule of competi- lion^has been announced as follows: Spelling contest at 4 p. m. at the Laurens high school; high school ex pression and declamation at 8 p. m. in jBchool auditorium; grammar school at 8 p. m. at First Methodist church. Medals will be awariled immediately following announcement by the judges qt the winners. Representatives from the Clinton city schools to the county contests are: High school, expression and dec lamation, Adelaide Roberts and W. P. Baldwin, spelling, Louise.Chambers; grammar school, expression and dec lamation, Virginia Weir and Walter Carter, spelling, Frances Speake. Cluuidia’ Meets Tuesday Night The April meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will be held next Tues day night at 7:30 at the tea room. Re cently nominated officers will be elected and installed for the year and a full attendance of the membership is nrged by the retiring officers. Friends of Fro Wciy will be sorry to 1bm)w that be is coiieniied to bis hohie on aceount of illness. The "semces s Power company di.4continued. It is stated that the new contract with the local mills is similar4o the one under which the city has beeh^jur- chasing its current from the I^e Power company since their lines wert, built into Clinton in 1924. It carries, hotvever, a fi^year period’instead of a yMr to year contract as heretqfore, and is seid to protect the cjty with the right to terminite fhe agreement in the event that the pbwer supply is in sufficient, or that power et a lower rate shall become available during the period of the conWet. The question of kiting a contract with th^- Clinton him Lydia Cotton Mills has been before cbpncil several times during the past th^e years. Sooii. after the present administration assumed office last Septembei’, the contract was' awarded to the local mills and the Duke Power compkpy notified by the maySr that contra^ with the city would terminate on April 1, 1986, _ High Winners Named The annual high school expression and declamation contests were held Tuesday afternoon. In the girls con test Adelaide Roberts won first place, Frances Simpson, second, and Mary Brock third. W. P, Bdld^ was the winner in the boys meet. *. i Death Clainu J. M. Simmons Prominent Mountville • Passes After Long Citizen Illh ess. Funeral Held Tu^day. .John M. Simmons, retired banker and farmer of Mountville, died at his' home Sunday night after an illness of three years. . Funersl services were conducted Tuesday morning at the Mountville. By Dr. LymanT^ete will Fred T. McGill. thrtversiBsi ’ churc'F Ward and the Rev. Interment followed in the Mountville cemetery. Mr. Simmons ^is'survived by his wife, who" was Miss Cora Teague; four daughters, Mrs. E.'^A. Chitt<ip- 4on, St. Petersburg, Fla.; Mrs. Walter Lwalnore, Miami, Fla.; Mrs. C. S. RaihMy, San Augustine, Texas; Miss Raclim Simmons,-Mountville; one son, John M. Simmons, Jr., Mountville; one brother, (Mrnrles P. Simmons, <3reen- wood; Gra ham, Mrs. T?A. Cobb, Hodges; Mrs. R. L. .Felder, ^endersonville; Mrs. Mollie MeDonsldAMiami, Fla., and Mrs. Floyd Seawngftt. Due West. Special Sei^ At A.RiP.Ch ficer. Counties, Spartanburg, Chero kee, York, Union and Chesteir. Num ber on relief, 6,580. Headquarters, Spartanburg. District Three: jJ J.-Welling, au ditor, and George C. Hodge.s, disburs ing officer. Counties, Greenwood, Sa luda, Edgefield and Aiken. Number bn relief, 4,605. Headquarters, Green wood District Ten: G. F. Cooper, auditor, and Miss Annie Henagan, disbursing officer. Counties, Fairfield, Kershaw, BicMaad. Number on relief, 6,278. Headquarters, Columbia.' District Eleven: J. H. Willey, au ditor, and Otto Bristow, disbursing officer. Counties, Oconee;- Anderson, Abbeville and M^ormick. Number on relief, 5,006. Headquarters, Anderson. Seaboard Plans Two New Trains Change of Law By^ General As sembly Affecting Entrances Will -Give Clinton Improved Service At Early Date. If the requirements of the South Carolina law are amended, the Sea board Aj^Line jrgil»au?Ia^_aiL.Aa^ add two local passenger trains between Monroe and Atlanta. A measure to authorize the Railroad commission to make exception^ in present laws governing passenger ser vice to permit the operation of one- door trains in the state over a dis tance of not more than 400 miles, is now under passage in both bodies of the legislature with no opposition to the legislation expected. If the bill passes, it" is poimible'thjiit the trains will go ino service on April 20th. The new trains would give the same service as''that rendered by Nos..-29 and 30 fpr a number of years, and would be operated on practically the same schedule, making all local stops. At the same time trains No. 5 and 6 would be operated as through trains, making about the same stops and Columbia, April 2. — Proponents"of licensing mustered their strength to night in the senate for an effort to kill a state store liquor measure which they assailed as “the old dis pensary system again.” . When the-store measure, drafted by a special copimittee, came up for de bate, it was criticised for its revenue, enforcement^ and administrative fea tures "by senators advancing the li censing qf private liquor dealers rath er than a state monopoly. A vote on the measure was expect ed tomorrow. It was offered as a sub stitute amendment for the Blatt- Brown county control bill and to re place three senate bills ineluding one for licensing. Striking; at provisions for a state board elected by the legislature. Sen ator Hughs, of Oconee, said, "We will have graft under any old liquor board set-up. “It’s the same old rotten dispen sary scheme again. Buying liquor at one price and obtaining a rebate from ’the sellers. And it’s full of politics throughout. Senator Cooke, of Horry, who with* drew from the speciaj committee which wrote the measure, asserted, “I wouldn’t be on that infamous bill for $10,000. « “I’d rather see liquor commission ers appointed by the devil himself than elected by the legislature .... The license pli^n is best because they can’t steal so much under it.” Cooke produced a pint of what ho said was Horry county corn whiskey in a bottled-in-bond bottle with a statement, “The others have been talk ing about whiskey. I’ll deliver th'^ goods.” He said “that whiskey would^ cost 25 cents where the liquor th^^origi- nally came in that bottle coin $1.25” in stressing his plan for state distill ing. HU iwvjtftion, “A^ of you who want to taste it, da so,” found no tak ers on the senate floor. Senator Hughs, of Oconee, assailed the commtitee measure as a “mon- .strosity” and Senator Lightsey, of Hampton, said, “Here is the old state dispensary again.” “This says no habitual drinker can buy liquor under it,” Lightsey said. “Who’s going to buy it, then? This thing is a jj)ke.” Hughs contended "cither the credit of the stato^rmust be pledged or we must put up cash to buy liquor with. We cannot afford either. “There will be graft and politics in this system.” 'Senator Seerson, -of Allendale, chairman of .the special committee, said the store system could be po liced “more cheaply and jefficiently” •would create-ft.-stater-tnonopoly" yielding more revenue. “We believe the return even for the first year will be $1,500,006,'’’ Searson said, “where private licensing could not bring nearly as much.” .Senator Jefferies, of Colleton, a li censing proponent, estimated stores would yield only half as much, how ever. Debate of the state store liquor measure was begun by the senate af ter it had voted to hear Chairman W. G. Query of the state tax commission tomorrow on possible liquor revenue. 'Passage of the resolution, by Sena tor Jefferies, of Colleton, followed a • sharp tilt between the licensing advo->-_ cate and Senator Brown, of Barnwell, k leading proponent of the state store, plan. ^ J Jefferies attacked figures of a spec ial committee which drafted the store The Rev. R.. A. Lummus, D.D., Igemoor, will begin a series of ser- vi^s in the Associate Reformed Pres- byte^n church this evening at 8:00 o’clocl^urei of the sacrament of the Lord’s supper time as Nos. 9 and 10. TluLnew trains will be two Diesel j measure as “absolutely, matiTCrnatic . .. incorrect.” _ ^ ~ 'Hie Colleton senator contended the figures were too high in anticipating electric streamlined, single unit ^rs 66 feet in length, wRh-a 20-foot space sfor baggage, mail and express, 40 re clining c¥airs in the center of the car fAXwhifA ^nd 20 ChairS on Sabbath^^oming. ’ Services wiU^ held ’^ursday eve ning, Friday ktemoon at 3:30, Fri day night at 8 :69k and on SaUrday morning at 10:30,regular hours for worship on Sa Dr. Lummus is one of ing preachers of his denom" the puUic is invited to this series of messages. outstand- ktion and .him in U. S. CENSUS SHOWS THERE ARE 4,476 FARMS IN LAURENS COUNTY There were 4,476 farms in Laurens county at the Jwginning H)f 1936, ac cording to tabulations which have been made in the nation-wide census of agriculture as of Jan. 1, 1935. The county had 4,460 farms listed in 4930, showing a sxkll increase of 16 farms Yor tile fiveryieaiLjieriod. This county, Greenville iuid Union made ga^ while Spartanburg, the other ^county of the Fourth district, dropped 79 farms in the 1936 tabulation. Spartan 8,477 farms. J The figures for the entire country so far received, show 1,888,080 farms in 740 out of 'a total of 8,071 coun ties, a compared with 1,063321 faim, in the same cpuntles in 1980. for\white for Piet been sent cM^d pa ictimes of passengers passengers. the cars which have here show tliat they are built . very much on the lines of streamline c^rS\|mw being operated by several railroads^ The proposed nkr schedule is de pendent entirely, it is stated, on a change ■ in present laws.x^Clinton will be interested in the forward step by the l^eaboard and it is hop^4^*^^ amendment to the law w’ill be adopted and the road permitted to inaugbi^ate the improved service, of two lie^ streamlined trains to serve this di vision. • FFICERS NAMED At the ai^nual meeting of Masonic Temple, Inc.,'^cf this cky, the follo^- ci I burg led the district, however, with[ii^ officers w^ re-elected to serve the coming ,yeari B- H. Boyd, presi dent; W. P. JiacoDs. vice-president; C. F. Winn, 8ecretary;"W. H. Simpson, treasurer. AddHionaT' diroetors: L D. MeCi:ai7, V. P. Adglr and^R. E. Sad ler. . - . $1,620,000 a year from a store system and $468,000 from fOe license plan. He said Chairman Query had spent yesterday in Washington getting the latest revenue figures. Brown asserted “the house i.s hold ing the school bill tonight to see if-we are going to make any seriqdSngffort to get $1,500,000 to $2,000,000 in reve nue for schools.” Hearing Query, he said, would “have no effect except to* confuse and con found members of this senate as to how much revenue to expect.” Saturday Closes' \-Contract8 Period The clb^ng date for the writing 1935 cottolv, acreage reduction cori- tracts has bfe^h fixed as Saturday, 'April 6th, at 6"p, m., according to an announcement yesWday by C. B. Can non, county agent. Mr; Cannon states' that his office force liKnow working as rapidly as possible gen^ the new conti^ts in proper shape to be for warded the state board withoiit delay; \ \