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» , ■ir VOLUME XXXV CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1935 WORK'PL TQ ^raSHED Plans Shaping^© Employ Three and a Hau Million Men Under Terms^ Relief Act. State To Large Share In Appor- loning of Projects. '. Washington, April 9.—R giant work program designed to put trees where none grew before, set rivers to flow ing in new channels and all but move mountains to give work to 3,500,000 men awaited only word from Presi dent Roosevelt' tonight before getting under way. : ’ All developments indicated that the administration, its plans aWry because of the long delay in enacting the bill, planned pressure to begin wbrK pro jects as soon as possible. As a move in that direction. Secre tary ickes today said there would be a greater degree of home rule in the selection of projects than there had been before. ’ ~ He said he planned to set up legal, financial and engineering divisions in “miniature" in the states so they “can pass on the projects and send them in here." Some of the states already have es tablished planning boards for continu ing public works projects so they may be carried out along long range lines with a dove-tailing-of state and fed eral activities. In government departments, as the presideik returned to Washington to start the four billion dollar work| pro gram, engineers worked over plans for: - Reforesation, soil erosion preven tion, flood control, rural rehabilitation and reclamation. Dams which will help in flood con trol, water conservation and rural electrification. Clearing river channels and improv ing harbors. EHimination of* grade crossings. Housing te replace-old tenements.; j. Even before the president arrived, at least one warm dispute over the use of four billion dollars was in sight. Mr. Roosevelt was given authority to use part of the nmney to pay crop reduction benefits to farmers. Secre tary Wallaoe and Cheater C. Davis, the farm administrator, planned to urge him to continue processing taxes to raise the funds. A delegation of cotton state sena tors arranged to ask him to make use of the central fund for farm pay ments. Secretary Wallace contended tl\at if the money were taken from the four billion fund it would virtually destroy the farm" administration because he did not believe the public would favor a direct subsidy to farmers. CUNTOfi FOLKS YOU KNOW NUMBER County School Events Held Clinton and Places. In Renno Win First High School, and Grammar Contests. ± W<n*k May Start \Pn Short Notice South Carolina Highway Depart- ment Prepared To Use New Federal Approipriations.’ Laurens, April 8.—Under the aus pices of4he Laurens Teachers’ a.ssoci- ation, the high and grammar s^iJjools! of the county held their annual con tests hew Friday afternoon and eve ning in spiling, expression and dec lamation. ' High school spelling winners: Lou ise Chambers, Cltntonj first; Cather- S Benjamin, Mountville, .second, and ■garet Norwood, Laurens, third, mmar school: Sabry Smith, Gold- ville, first; Frances Speake, Clinton, second, and Inez Lunsford, Watts 000 for the elimination of grade cross imirsVThiH: These cbhlesIs WrrbHdt^^ h U. S. Not To Mi In Europe—^Hull Secretary Stresses Neutrality of Nation and Warns of Pangera J^ARTHUR LEE SHEPARD A. L. Shepard, manager of the local J. C. Penney company store, is one of the well-known of the younger men in the mercantile business in Clinton. Mr, Shepard was born in Dublin; Ga., a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Shepard. At the completion of his edu cation he selected the mercantile busi ness as his life’s work and affiliated himself with one of the substantial firms of his home town. Two years later when the J. C. Penney company entered Dublin he was invited to join their organization and held this po- feition for four and a half years. He was then transferred by the^company to Shelby, N. C., where he was assist ant manager of their store for two yearsf ' — ■ When a vacancy occurred in the management of the local Penney store on April 1, 1933, Mr^ Shepard was aent here- aa..manager. succeeding A> J. Swanson. The promotion came in recognition of his splendid record with this nation-wide concern, made by the application of hix energies, abilities and faithfulness to duty. Since becoming a Clintonian Mr. Shepard has displayed great interest in various activities and organizations not connected with his business, and has made a wide circle of friends and acquaintances in the city. He is a member of the Lions club. Chamber of Commerce and Merchants’ associationr being an officer and^ne of the lead ers in perf^ting this latter organiza tion. last year. He. gladly gives his time in helping promote civic pro gress and though a resident here only a short while, he has revealed himself as a live Clinton booster. Mr. Shepard in 1929 married Miss Mary Louise Windham of Dublin, Ga. They make their home in jthe College View residential section of the city. In Present Trends. Washington, April 6.--Secretary of State Cordell Hull warned Europe plainly tonight that she must set her economic house in order if she hopes to arrest the present drift toward war. Hull’s indication was just as clear that the United Sates will have no part in the political and military dick- erings now going on amdng Eluropean statesmen for new alliances and bal ances of power. Hull believes that these attempts are not the wisest approach toward a solution of Europe’s multitude of problems. v The proper approach, Hull said, in almost so many words, in-a formal statement explaining the American trade agreements prograny must be through economic measui^ “designed to reduce or eliminate Europe’s my riad of artificial trade restrictions.— Hull indicated belief that- the new poltiical and military alliances which European statesmen are now so assid uously seeking must fall of their own weight unless they are built upon a foundation of economic stability. Economic stability can be achieved only by wiping out the network of dis criminatory trade, methods and trade ‘i^jractices which so completely ob struct nearly all processes of interna tional finance and commerce, Hull be lieves. . ' ‘ ' Seed Loan Blanks —r- Now AvailaMe during the afternoon in the high school auditorium, with W. T. Bolt,* of Laurens,' and W. R. Anderson, of Clin ton, as announcers. First place win ners will compete in the state spelling contests at Winthro^ college. High school expression: Adelaide Roberts, Clinton, first; Margaret Put man, Laurens, second, and Eleanor Bolt, Gray Court-Owings, third. Dec lamation: Duvall Weathers, of Lau rens, first; W. P;- Baldwin, Clinton*, second, and S. B. Goodman, Mount ville, third. This contest, J. K. Der rick presiding, was conducted in the high school auditorium, with X' com mittee of judges from Woodruff serv ing. The medals, awarded by the teachers’ association, were presented by R. E. Babb and J. K. Derrick. “The Show Must Go On" was the subject used by Miss Roberts, and “Thei Strange Drama," was the title of Weathers’ declamation. Grammar school expression: Jean Copeland, Renno, first; Bobby Jean Carr, Goldville, second, and Helen Gray, Clinton, third. Declamation: Johnny Brown, I^iufens, first; Johnny Jenkins, Goldville, second,“and James Weinbrenner, Mountville, third. These exercises were held in the Methodist church. The awards were presented by W. R. Anderson. •' Columbia, April 8.-rBen M. Sawyer, chief highway'* commissioner, an nounced-yesterday that the highway department “can proceed at short no tice" to construct roads wih a por tion of a $11,460^000 federal grant to South Carolina designated for high way construction purposes. Chamber Elects New Officers D. C. Heust-ess Installed As Pres ident df Commerce Group At Meeting: Tuesday Night. The grant, announced *at Washing ton yesterday, consists of $6,930,000 for the building of roads and $4,530,- Track Men Come Saturday Clemson and P. C. In Dual Meet For Week-end. Relay Expected To Be Feature Event. ^T. G. Harris, field supervisor for Laurens and Newberry counties, an nounces that he has received a supply of blanks for taking seed loan^appli- cations for farmers who can not re ceive credit' from any other source. L JR. Martin is in charge of the office in the court house in Laurens, and Jack H. Davis, Jr., is in charge of the office in the Jacobs building at Clinton, these being the only two places in the county at which applica tions are being taken. Last year 352 Laurens county farmers borrowed $36,145 and have paid back 95 per cent, 'Hie offices this week have bMh swamped with appli cations, indicating that the demand will be greater this year than last Mr. Harris ftetes that the office ex pects loans to be as large, if not larger, than last year. Prefibytery_To Afeet In Greenwood The spring meeting of the Second presbytery of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church will be held with the Greenwood church on April 23-24. About 65 laymen and ministers from chnrcbes in Georgia, Florida and South Carolina will attend' the ses sions and be entertained iP Green wood lioines. The local A R. P. chure^ will be represented by its pastor and a member of the.eldmrabip. / Clinton, Woodruff WinJHigh Debate The District No. 2 high school league debate was held here last week with three schools participating; Clin ton, Woodruff and Whitmire. The sub ject debated was, “Resolved, that South Carolina Should Adopt a Gen eral Sales Tax." The .Clinton affirma tive, upheld by Bill Wade and Ade laide Roberts, won, while the Wood ruff negative, represented by George Irby and Paul McChesney, downed Whitmire. The Clemson track team, fresh from the sting of its 3-point defeat at the hands of Georgia Tech last week, will meet the cinder and field squad of Presbyterian college Saturday after noon on the local track. The Hose also suffered defeat last week at the hands of a Georgia foe, going down before the University team, which was de feated a week before by the Tigers. Clemson yill bring with her Ford, one of the outstanding dash men of the state. Last year Ford was running mate of the famous “Mountain Goat" Lynn in the century apd 220 distances. His latest accQmDliahmfint ibii--yeiJ: has been the winning of both distancei against Tech last week. The most thrilling event anticipated for the program is the mile relay. Last year in the dual meet between the two colleges, Clemson gave the Hose relay team its first defeat in the state in seven years; but in the state meet the P. C. quartet captiued first place and smashed the state record. With both teams especially pointing for this event, almost anything can happen. The 220-yard low hurdles should be one of the best races of the afternoon. P. C. will present Thompson and Per rin, one a sophomore, the other a sen ior.. Thompson’s best time for the flighl so far this year has been 26.2. Folger, Tiger low hurdle ace, won the • (Continued on page two> Vided under the work-relief bill Mr. Sawyer/ said the department had not been‘Officially notifi|^d of the allotment and would have to wait the promulgation of regulations Washington to learn “the require ments and restrictiojis on jfipending the sum," which was an outright grant. “The-highway •commission has al ready approved a program )yhich can be adapted to the federal plans for highwaySj_ roads and streets," Mr. Sawyer said. “The department can proceed at short notice with this por tion'of the program. ‘The department has done consider able preliminary work on grade pro jects but no official program has been worked out along this line;-Wtr have approximately 400 grade^elimination, hazard approval, and traffic protec tion projects on a tentative dist." With the road projects, which the commission approved for every coun ty in the state under a two-year pro- gram_/formulated last October, Mr. Sawyer said the procedure would l>e to select work which was “eligible un der ‘federal re<iuirem6hts and^idesir- able from the viewpoint of .serving the traveling publk l^Jt."^ There were several hundred paving, surfacing, and bridge projects in the two-year department program. A spe cial survey^ was thade recently to termihe danger points in the traffic movement of the state with respect To grade crossings and similar hazards. The April meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held Tuesday~evc- ning with a large attendance at which time new officers for the coming year were inducted into office. R. L. Ptaxi- co, the retiring president, presided over the meeting. ' This being the annual election of officers meeting, the report of the nominating committee was presented ami the fbtlowing officers duly elected to .serve during 1935: D. C. Heu.stess, president. t>imp«y»»v"Viee-president; C. F. Winn, secretary. B. R.i^ Fuller, treasu'r^r. Board- of directors in addition to the officers: R. L Plaxico, S. W. Sum- frnm Dillard, R. P. Chapman and Irby S. Hipp. The retiring president thanked the club for its cooperationXduring the past year and asked the .same spirit of support for the incoming officers. In assuming the office of president, Mr. Heustess asked the cooperation of the. membership and pledged his best efforts to* serve the organization. He named three objectives that he would strive to attain during his term of office: (1) Foster and develop more friend ly relations among the citizens and with neighbOTTnjT'^communities and hlunicipalitiea. (2) To promote the upbuilding of the city and- surrounding area indus trially and commercially. Instill new BIG ISSUES FACE STATEl^LONS Appropriations, Education, Li quor Control, Social Security Are I^oblems Still To Be ~ Solved As Legislature Enters Its Fourteenth Week. Washington, April 6.-~ A table worked out here today showed that South Carolina will receive a total of $11,460,000 for general highway work. Of this amount highways, roads and ‘streets will receive $6,930,000 and grade crossing elimination $4,530,000. Details of how this fund will be ex pended were made public by the chair man of the house committee on roads as follows: “Funds appropriated under the emergency relief appropriation act for primary and secondary roads and within municipalities will be appor tioned among the states in the cus tomary way and all new highway con struction will be supervised by the state highway departments and car ried on in the manner now provided by law. These funds are to be exmend- ed by the state highway departments under the federal highway act of 1921. No portion of the funds so appropri ated need he matched by the slate." Tax Books WUl Close April 15 Monday, April 15, is the last day when taxpayers of the coUnty who have hot paid their 1934 propert^tax- es will have the opportunity to pay these ti^es plus the present two per cent penalty. After April 15, 7 per cent and cost will be added on all unpaid’ taxes, according to an announcement in tody’s paper by Treasurer D. R. Simpson. ' Postal Receipts ^ Show faicrease Receipts at the local postoffice for the quarter ending March Slst, show ed, an increase of 6 per cent over corresponding period last year, it was stated yesterdky by Postmaster B. R. Fuller. NEAR HERE IN FEW WEEKS Announcement Comes From Headquarters of Major- General Moseley, In Atlanta, That Clinton Is One of Five Towns In State To Get New Units. Bids To Be Opened April 22. Announcement was made from. Atlanta Tuesday that Clinton is included in five towns of the state in which new OCC camps will be located. While no authentic statement has been given out as to its location, The Chronicle is informed that the camp scheduled for Clin- tbn will be erected in Jacks township, several miles from here. The announcement from CCC headquarters said that 40 more camps are to be enacted fis pn expansion of the Civilian'Conservation corps as provided for in the huge relief measure pa.s.sed by congress last Friday. Major Gen^alf George Van Horn Moseley, commander of the Army Fourth Corps area, has statW that sealed bids for the camp buildings needed for the 40 additional units will be opened in Atlanta on April 22. Each camp will require 14 buildings of'a portable type. Towns listed in the state d>e8ide Clinton for the new set-ups are Georgetown, BamweU, Columbia and Manning. At present there are 24 CCC camps in this-^state. These now authorized will, bring the Total to 29 with a quota of 200 men in* each unit. / _ Columbia, April 8.—-yVppropriations, education, liquor control, and social .security is.suea—the big four—remain unsettled as the South Carolina legis lature faced the 14th week of the ses sion Monday, r Free conferences from both branch es planned tp resume deliberations Tuesday tn an effort to iron out a $500,000 difference in the annual ap- ' proprtattOTr rheasure”as^ piisseiflby the two houses. The house bill authorized total expenditures of $7,160,000 and the senate measure carried a total of $7,631,000. ) Meanwhile, liquor] control and social security proposals held high places on the legislative calendars. The senate agreed to i^sume consid eration Tuesday of the liquor control question, with a campaign afoot ^ half a movement toward licensing of private dealers and to enact a state store bill. The chamber last week rejected a state store measure brought out hy a special Committee, and Senator Mc- Eachin, of Florence, pointed put that the McEachin-Harvey store measure, of which he is co-author, is next in line inThe event the bill rejected last week is not revived and if a pending licensing proj>osal ^is tabled a's it nearly was last Thursday. Over in the house, action upon a re life in business already here and urge j vised workmen’s compensation bill local merchants to carry more varied heads a list of special orders. Stiff op to encourage stocks of* merchandise home trade. (3) To adverti.se the community’s products and advantages and support legislation on governmental activity calculated to improve local cohditions. The work rell^ bill recently “passed by congress was di8cusse<l by several members. resolution was later adopted inviting J. D. Fulp, state re lief administrator, to address the club at its May meeting. It was called to the club’s attention that a-C. C. C. camp is to be estab lished h^re and the club was asked to use its influence to have it advantag eously located. E. D.* Craig and R. L. Plaxico re ported that Senator Nance had prom ised his' support in having all main roads leading into Clinton improved as soon as possible. During the evening a rising vote of ^hanks was extended the retiring of ficers and a spirit of support and helpfulness pledged .their succes.^ors for. the coming year. The membership committee an nounced the following new member.s: Dr. J. I^ee Young, H. W. Simmons, Dr. Frank Kellers, A. E. McIntosh and W. H. Roberts. position loomed for the measure, with a number of legislators charging it was out of line with uniform compen sation laws . in other Southeastern states. A movement was understood to be Wallace Against underway in the house to have th'o bill as revised by a subcommittee tabled and the original taken up. Meanwhile, a bill to provide pen sions for all persons in the state 65 years old or older and the sweeping school bill to provide a seven-monfh state supported term and a 15 per cent pay increase for teachers await ed art ion in the house. ‘ Both measures were taken up last week, but debate on them was inter rupted^ by s|)ecial order bills on tfie calendar. Consideration of the important mea.sures was expected to be resumed during the week, with pioposals for highet; ipwor taxes, as suggested by Reprq'sentative M. F. Bush, chairman of the house education committee, be fore the representatives as a means of financing the enlarged .school pro gram estimated to cost $1,483,000. The senate already has passed the bill. ^ The pension bill would impose a $2 capitation tax, proceeds to be used to match federal funds, and wojjld pro- vide up to $30 a month for eligible Mill Tax Change Senator Smith Reports Agricul ture Secretary Opposed To Use of George Amendment. Wa.shTngton, April 8.—Hopes’ of the congressional textile bloc for elimi nation of the cotton processing tax through the George Amendment to the public works bill received a set back today when Secretary Wallace intimated to Senator Smith, of South Carolina, that he would oppose sub stitution of work relief funds for, the present levy. Senator Smifh, chairman of the sen ate agriculture committee, said he in terpreted the secretary’s attitude as unfavorable to exercise by the presi dent of the authority conferred in the George amendment, and added- “His~ attitude was that processing btxesr Treed'not necessarily ire a per manent thing but that they may be hsed until the United States, realizing it is a creditor nation, understand.s the necessity of modifying our attitude as reflecting high tariffs.” The George amendment would permit payment for farm benefits out of the works funds instead of processing tax receipts. persons statu.s. according to their financial Dick Accepts : Raleigh Call Goes From Virginia To North Carolina Charge On May First. Well Known Here. The Rev. James McDowell Dick, for the past six years hector of Christ Episcopal church of Pulaski, Va., has resigned to accept a call to becom'e pastor of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Raleigh, N. C., effective the first of May. Mr. Dick is a native of Sumter and a graduate of Preshyierian college of. this city. After the completion of his college >'ork h^re he attended and graduated from the theological senii- , MU’y at the -UaiverjiUy of ' the South, Sewaneee, Tenn. In 1929 he married Miss Elizabeth Young of this city, only daughter oL J)r. and Mrs, Jack H. "Young. <r> Nearly $700 From County Seal Sale figures given out iseveral days ago by Dr. B. E. Geer, of Greenville, state chairman. The total sale in the state amounted to $40,348.31, or $5,400 more than last year. Of the funds derived from the sale 5 per cent goes to the national organi- zation, 36 per cent to tlie state organi zation for health programs in 25 coun ties, and 59 per cent rensain for local programs in 19 county associations and eommitteea. r. The sale of Tuberculosis seals in I.Aurens county at the Christmas sea son amounted to $698.81, according-tojJudge S. W.'Dean ask^d the desperado Hamilton To Die In Chair May 10 Huntsville, Tex,, April 8,—Raymond Hamilton, lieutenant of the late killer Clye Barrow, was sentenced today to die May 10 for the slaying of Major Crowson, a guard at Eastham state prison farm. Before passing "sentence, District if he had anything to say, “I was conyicted on perjured evi dence," Hamilton cried out. Then abbut braggart to the last, he added: “You. did it because you could not hold me in the penitentiary.” The Eastham guard died in a blast of gunfire when Hamilton made a break in January, 1934, with guns cached for htm by Barrow and his gun-girl, Bonnie Parker, both later tlain by Louisiana possemeo. \ \ \' •T-' \ \ ' ■'U .