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t t.. ■/ 4 ft < ./ f ( If Tm Dmt Umi THE CHRQjIfICLB ^ Tm Didl G«I Ntiri. VOLUME XXXV ? THE ^RONtCUl . Strirca To B« ti Cloui Nowv- papor, Conpicte, Newajr, and RcUabla. CLINTON, S. a, THURSDAY, APRIL 25,1935 NUMBER 17 JUDGE RULES Aa ILLEGAL R , I I II I i,. — Watkins Says PWA Without Right To Finance Buzzard Roost Power Plant and En joins Greenwood County. Greenville, April 23.—Federal Judge H. H. Watkins today held that use of Public Works administiation funds to establish a local proprietary busi ness in competition with an fisting utility -vras unconstitutional in en joining Greenwood county and the PWA from carrying out plans for coitstruction ,of the BuzzaMs Roost power project. The injunction was sought by the^^ Duke Power company and was direct ed again the county add - Secretary ■ ,Aw nf a? a.tO|nnft. fna a county-owned hydroelectric plant at Buzzards Roost on the Saluda river had been made by the PWA. Three major questions were in volved in the ruling by Judge Wat kins. He held: 1. That the power company had the right to seek the injunction because it was a taxpayer in Greenwood county and bemuse its business would be seriously impaired by construction of the project: 2. That the proposed loan w’as not in compliance with the statute creating the Public Works administration and .^that the power company was correct in contending the cost of the construc tion would exceed the amount to be appropriated CLINTON FOLKS “ YOU KNOW Cdngress Leadera Drive For Speed **Musr* Legislation of New Dekl Program Cut To Six Bills To Shorten Session. ^ LARRY BYRD The name of L. B. Dillard and the gent’s-furnishings business in Clinton have been identified together over a long period of years. , Mr. DiMard, who is a native of this county, was bom at the old Dillard home place in the Sandy Springs sec tion. His father was James P. Dillard, a son of Dr. James-Dillard, w'ho came to this county as a general practitionr er from Henry county, Virginia. His Washington, April 20. — Narrowing their “piust” legpslatJive list to six big bills. Democratic congressional lead ers to<|Ry planned a drive for speed which i?lwy hoped would let them end the session before Augusti; The “must’’ bills were: Social se curity, NRA extension, utilities/ hold ing company legislation, banking, tax es, and an increase in the funds avail able for the home owTiers loan corpor ation^ « those measures only one the HOLC‘fund increase—has been passed by both house and senate. It is in con- ' fereiiice for an ustmenrt or diner- ences over minor amendments insert ed by the senate. All the other “piust’’ bills are still locked in senate or house committees, although the security prp- grkm has been passed by the hou.se. In arriving at the six-bill program, leaders l£d to shunt aside legislation dealing with transporiation, ship sub- sidk>« and amendments to the farm adjustment and the food and drug acts. ^ ; , It was their understanding, one said speaking primtely, that “the presi dent will be willing for congress to adjourn without aC/ting on those bills.’’ Imlicative of the desire for sp<H?d was the fact that Senator Harri.son, Highway Bill t ' Facing Fight 5 -'f Anti-Adminisiraiidn Bill Threat^ «ned By Senate Opposition. May Lie Over Until Next Year. Cotton Textile i , Study Launched Cabinet^ Committee Calls' for In quiries As To Cause of Present Troubles of .Industry. 3. That the proposed contract be tween the PWA and the county was moved to Clinton as a young man and <^of Mississippi, w'as considering night Capt. ^wns Byrd, alw t>f ^18 county, sessions of his'^ finance com^itte%-to In the fall of 1901 Mr. Dillard unconstitutional , In connection with the latter rul ing, he aiberted the power plant could not come under the conetitutiomil pro vision allowing regulation of inter- Bt«te connnerce because it jdid not pro pose to do business outside the state . of South. Carolina. He ruled also that it could not be allowed under the general welfare powers of the constitution since it was not national in scope, being lim ited to a r^atively small area, j Judge Watkins said the proposed power plant would be in effect a pro- prUtary a«d not a public cnteri^ae ^ainee its primary purpoae would ba to ,sen power to private interests. The rates to be ,charged, he said, would furnish a yardstick to regulate the'fates of the Duke Power cdmpany and its business would be seriously impaired. been a resident of this city he has al/ ways contributed his part to Hs growth, development aqd betternient. He is known by hundreds as “Larry’’ as js genial friend, a useful, .sym metrical citizen. Sfnce his ii^ancy he With respect to the rates, he said’has been affiliated with the Presby- tthat his opinion was that the act cre-Iterian church and is now serving the ating the Public Works administration was not intended to give to the presi* dent and the Public Works adminis- accepted a position as salesman with J. A. and P. S. Bailey, well-known local merchants. Six years later he enitefed the gent’s furnishings busi ness with F. M. Boland under the firm name of Dillard & Boland. In 1910 J. Will Dillard-purchas^ Mr. Boland’s interest in the firm and it then oper ated until 1922 ms Dillard & EHllard. At this time he acquired Mr. Dillard’s interest and since that time has oper ated the business under his own firm name as sole owner. He recently nwved from his former location on South Bromd street into the George W. Bmiley building on North Bromd ctreet. expe<lite three hills now before it. Monday and Tuesday hi.s committee will hear witnesses on the “compro- mise’’ bonus bill; Wednesday it will hold an executive session on the bill, with Harrison hoping for prompt ap- provmh After, m bonus bill is reported to the senate, Harrison’s committee will take up the NRA and the social se curity bills. It was forecast the first would taka ten days to two weeks in committee, and the latter probably an equally long time. On ^e senate floor the questiCn of sen^i^ back to committee the bill up a billion dollar corporation ^ ^ 3 ^ aid farmers will be considered Mon- Dunng ^34 ytars Mr. Ihllard has ^jjj followed by the anti- Ijmching bill on which « filibuster is promised. And Senator Huey Long, of Louisiana was back in town on Monday to answer Secretary leke.s’ assertion that the Louisianan suffers f rom *%aIitosia_Qf the intellecL’’ _ - - In the house, most of th<' atlminis- tration’s bills are a Ijttle farther Columbia, April 22.—^"Stiff opposi tion threatened an “anti-administra tion’’ highway bill totlay in the‘senate. Indication„.of adverse sentiment ap- peare<i last week when the chamber, which killed a $3 tag bill favored by Governor Johnston earlier without a word of debate, came to the bill on .its. calendar. Senator Nicholson, of Greenwood, objected to immediate consideration. Senator Sims, of Orangeburg, then moved that it be made a special or- <ler for tomorrow night. “It’s not that important,’’ Senator 0»»he, ef Hofi'y; rinwirfeml;' Washington, April ^2.—Studies or dered by the president in an effort to settle both emergency and long stand ing problems of the cotton textile in dustry were launched to<iay by the special ^cabinet committee designated to. conduct the inquiry. While thekoabinet heads sat in a' hutldle over th^ situation. Representa tive Warren, of North Carolina, work ed on a .speech to be delivered in the house tomorrow in which, his friends predicte<l, he will defend the process ing tax and unloose scathing criticism onNewEn^^eraurgsngJk-£SB^ The four secretaries assigned to the task of finding a solution to the cot ton textile problem — Hull, Wallace, Perkins and Roper — discussed the question at length today, named a sub-committee to conduct a fact-find ing investigation, on which the cabi net members will base their studies, and suggested that conferences be held with manufacturers in both New England and the South. Secretary Roper was electe<l chair man of the cabinet group ami Chester H. McCall, special assistant to the commerce seeretai’y, was designate<l •Hccretary. The sub-committee, which will do most of the actual wo-tk in the tile inquiry, consists of John Dick inson, assistant secrotaiy of com merce, chairman; Isador I..ubin, com missioner of the bureau of labor sta- ti.stics; Paul Porter, executive assist- ant to the fann adjustment adminis trator, and Alvin H. Hansen, economic analyst of the state department. • This sub-committee today met to draw up the . agenda for the entire study, ami announce<l that agencies from which it Will request aid will include the Federal Trade commission, the 'Tariff comihission, the Textile Planning committee of the 'National Recovery board and the cotton and cotton gootls. committee of the com merce department’s business advisory and employment council. Furtlwr indication of the president’s desire to plumb deeply into the entire cotton textile situation was seen today in the announcem^t that Marvin H. McIntyre, of the presidential secre tariat, would leavF here Wednesday night to attend the meeting of the I fAmerican Association of (’otton Man- CHESTER CALLS DR.J^WEEH Presbyterian Collei^e Head In vited To Become Pastor of I^rity Chirrch. Has Matter Under Consideration But Has Reached No Decision Yet. ator Folk, of Bamberg, moved to table the motion to make it a special order for Tue^ay night. A full-fledged battle over the bill threatened when Senator Stukes, of Clarendon, moved and the senate agreed to declare the bill a special or der after other special orders. In this classification, it may not come up for several weeks. If the leg islature adjourns sine die meanwhile, it would lie over on the calendar until next year. Development of opposition to the bill in the reputedly anti-administra tion and pro-highway senate after it had passe<l the house cieeteil some thing of a legislative paradox. Cooke, a spokesman for the senate minority, asserted he saw no reason to “upset precedent and change the procedure for naming highway com missioners under this governor.’’ He said the fight would be renewed when the bill came up. The bill would have the 14 com missioners elected by legislative dele gations of their districts rather tham appointed by the governor. Introduced by Representative E. C. Lewis, Of Anderson, rtjivas passed by the house .and received a favorable committee report in the senate. Meanwhile, high on the house calen dar was a |3 automobile tag bill simi lar to the one rejected by the senate. W^Mn the measure came up for sec ond reading consideration iMt week, debate was adjourned on it after the house had refuse<l to table it. Pending is an amendment to require the pay ment of property taxes on automobiles before the ^ tag rate would apply. It wa.s considered likely the house. ^ would take up the bill again diwing! ufacturers In Augusta, Ca. The posi- the week. ’The measure, intro<liK'e(l by Southern manufacturers is Dr.'‘ John MeSweenj president of Presbyterian college for the past sev en years, was on last Sunday morn ing extendcil a unanimous call to the pastorate of Purity Presbyterian church of Cluster, without a pa.stor since the first of the year. The Chester church "is one of th^ largest and most influential in the synod of South Carolina, hnd in the past has been scrvesl by a nupiber of KHnfM - % DR. JOHN MeSWEEN Repre.senfatives Grant of Che.st<‘rficld, First church here m chairman of it* I along. Tuesday the $480,000,000 naval o rr <■ i i a r ^rd of deaoons. Ho i» a past pro.-.-1 ,pp,„pri»tidn bill-noxt to last of ami Arrowamittl of dont and charter member of iie loeal|„i„p ,„ppij^oasure»-will h, i W.liamabutv would provide an an- X tration the power to regulate electri- Kiwanis club and One of it.s active inual license fee of $3 for autnmolules cal rates by forcing companies, irre- members. Likewise, he is a charter spective of their ability, to lower rates |member of the Cumber of Commerce] ^ ^ by means of publicly-owned utility J and has alway.s done his part ^through j ami also would authori/.e distribution plants. 'J S. C. Presbytery Met Tuesday South Carolina Presbytery, compris ing Presbyterian churches in Abbe ville, Laurens, Greenwood and New berry counties, met Tuesday in regui^tive daughte^, Misses Mary Howze lar spring session with the Smyrna church near Newberry. The deSca- tory sermon for the new church was preached by Dr. John MeSween of this city, the building just having been completed to replace the one destroyed by hre last winter. The Rev. C. A. Caleote of Newberry, was idected moderator for the comii^ year, suc ceeding Joel S. Morse of Greenwood. The meeting was attended by Dr. D. J. Woods, Dr. John MeSween, Dr. L. R. Lsmn, W. E. Owens, F. M. Stutts, and C. F., Winn of this city. Four or- irfianage boys, asember* of the senior class at Preidjyterian college, were taken under the care of Presbytery as students for the gospel ministry, Fur man Jofdan, John Rhodes, Edward Graham and Boyd Underwood. this organization for the community’s advancement. He is deeply interested in the educational life of the commu nity, a lover of sports; and an ardent backer of athletic activities at the high school, orphanage and college. Mr. Dillaixl married Mifis Wrenn Hafner of Chester, a valued member of the city schools faculty for the past several years. They have three attrac- and Irene being s^tudents at Presbyte rian college, while Emily is«a member of the eighth grade at the local high school. Young' Fanners' Now Organized School Meeting Friday Night la accordance with a letter from Senator Carroll D. Nance to B. H. Boyd, chaimnan of the school board of trustees, every taxpayer in the dis- triet, and all others interested, arc itnrited to attend a mass meeting Fri day night, AprH 26^ at 8:30 in the Florida Sif^ school auditorium to diacuss the* present school situation. Attracts Many A congregation tjiat filled the First Presbyterian chur^ auditorium as sembled la.st Sunday evening ,/or the special Easter cantata presented by the choir of the church. The presenta tion was under the direction of Mrs. J. F. .Jacobs, Jrj, organist and choir director. The church was beautifully and sippropriately decorated to depict the story of the Risen .Saviour with its illuminated cross, lovely Easter lilies, ferns and flowers. The medita tion in the form of song, wlis"'a beau tiful interpretation of the resurrection of the Lord.. "Joining a natk>n-wkle movement, the young fanners of the Wadsworth community met last Wednesday night and organized an active group of ‘ “Yotmg Farmers.” The organization has M its purpose the serving of, young fanners who arc out of school kfetthews but not yet established in a farming system for themselves. The Wadsworth club has a mernber- ahip of twenty-five. Its officers are: Stuart Brown, president; Randblph Davis, vice-president; Augustus Ram- age, secretary. Meetings wiH be held /'twice each month under the supervis- i 'ifm of W. B. Perry# MrricttIturaJ ^ teadh^ of the CHnton high sdiool. CENTRAL CAROLINA LEAGUE - _ W Li Pet Clinton 2 Joanna 2 Ninety Six .... ^ 1 Laurens ... ... 1 Ware Shoals 1 1 Watts 0 Greenwood .... 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 of tags_at county seats. expecUd to ])e disclosed at this ses sion. ' I Ih*cause of the apparent intention of the.presi(^ent and His cabinet com mittee to n^ake a sweej/ing m<|uiry into all -pha.s<*s of th<‘ cotton textile outstanding ministers. Report.s stated that the meeting Sunday was largely attende<l and that the congregation was of one mind in desiring Dr. Me Sween to bwome their pastor. L At the time the call was extended pr. MeSween was in Charleston where he was the Easter guest minister at the Second Presbyterian church. When Informed of the call extended him, he issued the following statement: “I mm greatly honored by the call from Purity church at Chester, which J consider to be one of the most in fluential chujrches and one of the nib.st delightful pa'stSrates in the synod of South Carolina. “I am a minister of the gospel in the service of the PreshyteT’ian ehviich and have been attempting to serve the chuivh for the j/a.st seven years at Pre.^hyterian collegt-. As the' (’hester church has felt led to call me I feel that 1 must prayerfullv consider the call” . ' When seen yesterday in rOferrnco to the rail, Dr. MeSween stated that Fre<> conferees'on the appropriation j Repre.sehtative Mct’ormack.l blH were to continue their efforts thisl®^ Ma-isachusetts, said to<lay he wouhl reached no decision and that it the house ways and!.. i i • n weeks before he will i/Mi v-iTiimiuc wiAii ATiiwu-.-i i , iiiie had reaened week to adjust a $500,000 difference recommend that the house ways andl^ t-hi-c^. SAM CAUBLE WINS IN CONTEST AT L lA The manual story telling conteat mt Providence mebool wms held Monday afternoon _^th several children par ticipating. First place and the $2.50 given each year by C. M. Bmiley, was won i>y .m~7 Cauble. Blanche McColg waa veh second place. Teachers not con nected with the Providence school acted as judges. in the hou.se and Senate bills, while another free conference committee was to l)egin work on the liquor con trol bill The renato amended a house county cont)X)l measure to legalize package sales of liquor by licensed dealers and the house refustHl to concur in the amendment. The free conference com mittee was to hold its first meeting tomorrow. Action meanwhile loomed large on .school extension and social security legislation. Before. the ^senato are house bills to provide a system of old age pensions and a*workmen’.s com pensation law, while pending in the house is a senate bill to increase the state-supported school term to seven months and teachers’ pay 15 per cent. The senate measure earned no means of financing the enlarged school pro gram, estimated to cost approximately $1,600,000. means committee su.s|)en<l its.o\vn con-1 , , i . . . /.i i. . 1 . I . 1^ ii.u ■ J It ; make a formal statement. 1 have template<l study of the import iirohlem ', . . , ... I 1.. . ilieen veryvhappy, indeed, he said, m and instead name a sub-committee to . , i * « u , , . •.L .u i- .'niy service and association at Presby- confer an<l cooperato with the cabinet . . A. .. .• t-Tj . iterian fioHi'i At the same time, Kepresenta-' * * ' much to sever my group. .‘ge ami would regret' very relations here. In facing any call d must determine as clearly as I can what I believe to he God’s will for my life.” , 1.1 •. Dr. .MeSween came to Clinton in be added to the presidential commit- a t ir.oo r ^ e . , f, , . August, 1928, from the pa.storete of live Edith Nourse Rogers, of Massa- chusidts, said she would recommend that a manufacturer and a represen tative of the United Textile Workers SPOKE AT BARIUM SPRINGS Dr. L. R. Lynn spent' Monday lat tee in either a full or an advisory ca parity. . Meanwhile,- Rcpre.sentative Martin of Mas.sachusetts, awaited from the I White Hou.se a definite date for a promised presidential interview with a bi-partisan group of house members, who will demand removal of the pro cessing tax and will suggest that the farmers'^ benefits be taken either from the works relief fund or ftom the general fund. McCormack deplored talk erf “pro test” shutdowhs by m>ll owners and asserted the present administration intended to give both New England and Southern mills more consider ation than was accoreled during the ears when mill after mill moved out ti»e Barium Springs, N. C., orphanage^ of the Northeastern states. where he delivered the address fore the graduating class. be- NEW SEABOARD TRAINS GIVE CIH EIGHT PASSENGER TRAINS DAILY WitH the inauguration of the two modem gas electric trains on the Sea board Air Line railway next Sunday that road will operate eight passenger trains through tlmTon lSany. The new' lanta, Dirmijighani and Memphis, ATTENDING CONFERENCE -r*-- Dr. and Mrs. Lw^Xatbii and Met. Jannia Newkirk are^ Charlotti^, N. C, attawliiiM tJie •nftmd * tkMRftte OrpiiMta WfriMra. Where They Play Satarday Matthews ^ Watts. Clinton at Greenwood. Ninety Six at G<rfdville. Laurens at Ware Shoals. BIG FOUR league W L Mollohon .... 2 Lydia .... .... 1 NewbaTry 1 Goldville .._ 0 Paal Todd mpeaik Sanday m Lao- ■M wHii reiatHpet and fidindt. 1000 1000 500 5p0 WO 500 OOO 000 j schedule will give the city two local and two through trains txrfh day and night and will speed up the schedule of two other trains. * The gas electric train will leave Clinton for Atlanta at 12:53 in the af ternoon and for Monroe at 2:30 in the afternoon. Trains Nos. 5 and 6 wih[ become air-conditioned through trains. Pet. southbound arriving at 11:55 a. m., 1000 and northbound at 5:35 m. The 600 CotioB States Special soumbound will 500 arrive at 3:02 a. m., and aorthbound JMW ^ 11:44, no stop. Tbe paasaocar, mail and ezprasa tfain wiH arrive zooUi- boond at 1:00 a. m,, and novthbpond at f:10 a. nt * The trains Nos. 5 and 6 and 9 and 10, will be fast passenger trains be tween New J York, Washington, At- Under the new .schedule, passen gers may leave Clinton in the after-1 McCormack said he believed it had been shown that sharp increases in textile imports had worked a harmful effect on the cotton industry and rec ommended that-rthe provisions of the NRA should bejwed at once* to afford protection to American manufactur ers. lL noon, arrive at Washington at 6:45 which closed April 15, the next morning, spend the 'day in Washington, leave about 9 o’clock p. m., and^reach Clinton at 11 ‘.fib thJ next morning. Hiese air-conditioned train; are the last word in traveling comfort, with lounge cars, dinet^, sleepers and coach. It is, expected that the two local gas-elertric trains will take care of all local traffic. Due to the indica tion that one car will not be suffi- oient to handlo tba traffic on this run the Saaboavd will not attempt to place the ooe-niut ear in operatimi at this time aa waa at first eontemplated. Tax CoUectiom Show Little Change Tax collections for I^aurens county, showed very the Central Presbyterian Church of Anderson. As president of the college he succeedwl Dr, R, L. Parkinson, rei signed. Since that liine he has untir- t ingly lalwred, day and night, in the interest of the institution and has achieved notable success. During his administration the student body has been substantially enlarged, improve ments made on the plant and cam pus, and a substantial reduction made in the indebtedness. Through the fi nancial depression and storms of ^ re cent years he has safely brought the institution and strongly establishetl it among the^colleges of the state in the type of work it^-4?r'dc►ing. Dr. MeSween is a widely-known preacher and recognized throughout the synod as an outstanding leader of his church. Since coming to (pinion he has identified himself with the community, ever ready in co-operative movements looking towai-d the city’s ujijbuilding. His hundreds of friends here, appreciating his personal worth to the college and community, and holding him in the highest regard as friend, educator and useful citizen, unite in hoping that he will remain in Clinton to continue the splendid work he is doing for Presbj^toriah college. Dr. MeSween married Miss Lina Washington Crews of Durham, N. C. They have four children, Jean and Caroline, .students in the city schools. Bill MeSween, a senior at the Darling ton School for Boys, Rome, Ga., and Allan MeSween, sophomore at Pres byterian College. little change from those of last year, according to figures given out by D. R. Simpaon, county treasurer. The percentage of the whole collected, he said, anjounted to atout 81H per cent! : Dr. lyfcSween is a native of Tim as compared with about 82 per cent, mo ns vi lie/ S. C., the son of John Mc- last year. Total collections were $299,940, leaving a balance of about $^,000 to go into execution. Lim4 year approxi mately the aame amount went into .execution, of wUeh $8,151 hae since been eoUeetedMaml tum^ over to the tireMiirar Vy'jyif •btrtff. _4_ Sween, for fifty years ah outstanding merchant and banker of the Pee Dee section and also a life-long friend and member of the board of trustees of tbe Tbomwell oirphanage of thi; city. In 1908 Dr. MeSween received his B. B. degree from Davidsoa cqUege (CentiBoed on page two) -J-- r-