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I ■ h : 1 , ' r-f '7 ^ THE CJHRONICLB t ■ r ■ t ■' f Strives To Be a dean New*- piaper. Complete, Newfy^ f aad RdiaUa ■ e-- a ■i- 'r., \ JC. VOLUME XXXV CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 16,1935. ■ J.V I i*t .I' •<5 f ■ ( If Yoa P^*t RMd jHE chr6ni(x«b- ; / Yoa Don't Got / Tho Nowi. / 1/1. { i' i NUMBEKai STATE UQUOR LAW PASSES Governor Johnston Si^ns BiU Legtjiting Liquor In. Strath Carolinn and Attenii»ts To Ex plain Reasons. Issuinf of Li- ' censes Begins; 40 Seniors At Clinton High V Commencement Exercises Begin • May 26th, With Rev. M. R. Wingard and Br. P. I>. Brown As Closing Speakers. ColuB^io, lUy 14; — Governor Olin D. Johnston, « peononnl nad political dry, signed n lieensiiur li<iuor act at 11:82 p. m. tonight with a statement that be bowed to the will of a wet ma> lority in a primary referendum "as a good Democrat.” The ~ stroke of the executive's pen set in m<^on machinery for the pack age sale of liquor through licensed dealers. Sales b^me legal at sunrise tomorrow. .. Chairman W. G. Query of the state tax commission, which would admin ister the law, sskid'a number of appli cations for wholesale and retail li censes already had been received. He announced th^ the commission wouldf; epeedily set up an alcohol tax unit to l^dle licensing and tax matters. Query said: “The tax commission wiir proceed with due caution in issu ing Kcensea to both wholesale and re tail dealers. Forms on which applica tions for licenses must be filed with the commission will be available Wed nesday afternoon. “The tax commission has designated one of its members, F. C. Robinson of McCormick, to take charge of the en forcement of the act." Prospective liquor dealers from many points within and without the ’state prepared for an onslaught on the commission for permits and there . weiv reports that liquor trucks would begin rumbling into, the state immedi ately to end a drought of legalized liquor that set in 15 years ago. In approving the act. Governor Johnston commented that “the same voters whs vbtecT'to legalise the sale of liquors" by a 24,000 majority last August 28 “will have the future con duet of this businesii in their hands" aM may vote to oust the system in 1986. ~ ‘ The governor, with deep lines grav en in his face, affixed his signature aolamnly in his private office in the presence of 13 witnesses. He'had waited until 28 minutes be fore the midnight hour at which time the bill would have become law with out his approval. Immediately upon signing it, he is sued a statement calling upon “all Of ' our citizens to join forces with me in the rigid enforcement of the liquor laws" and announced .that he would request sheriffs of the 46 countie.s to be “vigilant in this enforcerhelii .pro- Commencement exercises of the Clinton high Mhobl will be ushered in on Sunday evening, May 26th, at the First Preid)yterian church when the baccalaureate eermon before the grad uating class will be preached by the Rev. M. R. Wingard, of Greenwood, pastor of St. John’s Lutheran church of this city. This will he a union ser vice in which the churches of the city will unite. The graduating exerciees will be Farmws Favor AAA, Davis Says GUn Tickets Now Two Years of ARricultural Or- > ganization Have Shown Its Value, Chief Claims. . ^ eve Ready For Fiurmers Must ured’By May 24th, Advises. Time Not To Be Extended. ust^e'-Seci Citmion Ad exerciees held on Monday evening, the 27th, in the Florida Street school auditorium. Rev. P. D. Brown, D.D., paator of Elbe- nezer Lutheran church, Columbia, will deliver the literary address, after which diplomas will be presented to the graduating class. The list of this year’s senior class, including twenty-eight girls and twelve boys, follows: •• Kohn Barnes.* Joe Donnan. John W. Finney. Faye Anderson. Mary Anderson. „ Sara Anderson. —-n Sara F. Baldwin. Madeline Cassanova. Louise Chambers. Ehrline Copeland. ' Elizabeth Dobbjns. Emily Ferguson. Katherine Graham. Booker Henderson. Laetitia Jones. Elizabeth Nicholson. Martha Ramage. ^ Christina Sowers. - . Margaret Sullivan. Archie Adair. »» gram.’ “I have stated from \ t- time to time ,my opposition to the legal sale of li quor aiKl other alcoholic beverages in the state of South-CaTOlirva," he said. “However, it is my duty' as chjef ' executive, aqd as a good Democrat, to recognize the fact that the voters of our state in the last primary elec- ion very definitely expressed them selves on this question, and by a sub stantial majority, voted that South Carolina should bMome a wet state. I personally deplore this, but my per sonal conviction in the matter must bow to the will of the people. I stated during the campaign that no one in dividual was greater than the people^ and if I were elected, I would respect the wishes of our citizenship as re flected by the referendum. “For several months efforts have been made to di^ver an ideal liquor bill. It is my candid opinion that no such pi^e of legislation has ever been written in South Carolina, and I doubt - seriously ^ one shall ever be pro duced. Members of the general assem bly themselves are sharply divided, oyer ways and means for the legali zation of liquor, there being some in sistence that a state-owned store plan has many admirable features, while numerous champions of a straight-out license system arose to luppoit that theory of control. The govenKM* emphasized at the outset that be had neither sponsored a liquor UIl nor, dictated to members of the legii^ture who enacted one. “I am rejuctant to sign any liquor bill for South Cai^oa,” he said.' “Nevertheiese, my duty in carrying out the wishes of the pM^le ie clear- cut and I shall not evade it, however personally distasteful the tmwk' may be. 1 cannot champion the eaofe of democracy and do otherwise." “After long'delay, and mu^ study ukI deliberatioB, a free eoniweaee -committee was appointed to reconcile the differences and seek to piece to gether from all of the viewpoints a meaeure intended to minimize the enormous traffic in bootleg liquor now prevalent over the state, and at the same time clothe the legal system ' with adequate enf<Hvemeiit and pro vide a source of much-needed revenue fer our schools. “I believe free conference com mittee did Re beetsin the handling of a very perplexing and dii^cuk prob lem. During its sessions, by Invitation (Continued on page eight) ^ Forrest Adair. W. C. Baldwin. William Boyd. Roy Burgess. Lyices Henderson. Louis Murphy. Walter Todd. Mary Brock. Mildred Brown. Faye C^auley. Olive DeYoung. * Modeefte Finney. Margaret Hughes. Gaynelle Kanning. ■Ruth Smith. Mary Stone. Hazel Strickland. .Mildred Young. Mattie Amlerson. David Dixon. Joanna School Faculty Named Members of Present Staff Re* elected for Next Year. Eighth Grade and Two New Teachers Added. The board of trustees of the Joanna school at Gold^lle, announced yester day that all membm of the present school faculty have been re-elected for the 1935-36 season. The curriculum of the school has been expanded with the addition of an e/ighth grade to, more adequately Mrve the community. It will also include for the first time home economics and manual training for boys and gifts of the seventh and eighth grades. At the present time fifty boys and girls from Goldville are aflending Clinton high school. Thirty- seven will finish their elemental^ work at the Joanna school this month with indicatioiM that about this num ber wiil be prepared each year for high' school. Members of the faculty, all of whom have been re-elected, are: G. N. Foy,/principal, Goldville. A.^. (Sallc^y, Jr., Goldville. Miss Ruth Todd, Clinton. Miss Emma Little, Clinton. Miss Phoebe Witherspoon, Laurmw. Miss Mabel Aldred, (iainesville, Cku Miss Rosa Dreher, Leesville. Miss Mildred W’orkman, (TlinUm. Miss Dorothy Hagan, Dae West. - Mies Katherine Blakely, Clinton. New teachers added are: J. E. Blackwell,’' Laurens, manual training instructor, and Mtes Bknae Johnson, of Easley, edm will head tiie hoina eco nomies department. Mr. Blackwell will graduate from Clemson college in June, while |fne Johnson finishes at Whithrop college at the same tinie. Washington, May 11.—On t!be of the second anniversary of creation of the agricultural adjustment ad ministration, Chester C^ Davis, admin istrator, leaned back in his chair 40- day and ’described the AAA as “a farmer’s movement, planned by farm leaders, at the request of the admin istration." President Roosevelt signed the ag ricultural act two years ago tomorrow, bringing into existence what adminis tration officials have acclaimed as a new era in farm economics but a gov ernment agency which has been round ly criticized in recent months of Capi tol Hill debate. , The AAA claims to have poured into hands of American farmers a total of $789,288,841.79 since its in ception. Most of this money has come from the processing tax. “The AAA has lived up to—and in some instances, exceeded—^ur ex pectations,” Davis said. “Look at the prices. On May 15, 1933, farmers were receiving 8.2 cents a pound for cotton, or 65 per cent of the parity price of 12.6 cents. On May 15, 1934, tht* price of cotton had in creased to 11 cents, or 73 per cent of the parity price of 15 cent.s^On April 15, 1935, the farm price was 11.7 cents, or 74 per- cent of the parity price of 15.9 cents. “The same Tuluation exists concern ing'other basic crops under the con trol program. The farm price for wheat May 15, 1933, was. 59 cents a bushel, or 65 per cent of the parity price of 90.2 cents. On April 15 of this year, the'farm price bad increas ed to 9Q.2 cents, or 80 per cent of the parity price of 113.2. “Corn increased from 38.9 cents a bushel—69 per cent of parity—:On May 15, 1933, to 85.2 cents April 16, 1935—104 per cent of the parky price of 82.2. Hogs ' increased from 388 cents a pound at the beginning of the period to 7.88 cents—85 per cent of the present parity price.” Working through the agricultural extension service, the AAA ventured into controlled production with the cbtton plow-up campaign of 1933. Other prod-Uction control programs were whipped into shape quickly to meet what administration leaders terrfKMl a farm cri^. The A A A-men produced figures to day puiT)orting to show that more than 3,700,000 production control con tracts have signe<l. Officials say this represente more than 50 per cent of^ the cash croj) farmers in the United States. Davis expressed the belief that con- trollSiT production will be permanent under the prwent Economic system, then continued: “Undoubtedly something had to be done back in 1933. The skiiatioTi was simply -impossible for the farmers. Something would have been done. It might have been simple, price fixing. It might have been establishment of a marketing quota. “Rut I b«iicve the AAA is the logi cal and the natural answer to the farm pjrf^lem. I am convinced whatever had been done, the eventual solution reached would have been a program similar to that we are now following." Davis said the movement toward production control and distribution control had begun long before in the farm ' cooperative associations, that these had not proved satisfactory. “The AAA,” he edntinue'd, “is a farmers’ movement. It was planned by farm leaders at the request of the administration. It is essentially a farmers’ organization. “I do not believe the farmers are going to let go of it form or ks alphabetical designation. The time has come in the present eco nomic scheme of things when such a controlling agency is necessary." Processing taxes, Davis pi^ieted, would continue until^ better means of raising revenue was found. “The farmers of America,” the ad ministrator said, “have kept their eyes on the ball and have shown a remark able capacity for oooperatkm. This program, and the farmers in building this program, have developed a class of leadership that is hard to beat.” City Schools Faculty Named Corps of Teachers Re-elected lor Coming Year. New Principal At Florida Street School. Laurens county farmers must apply for gin tickets between today. May 16th and the 24th, it is announced by County Agejit C. B. Cannon, who at tended a conference last week in Co lumbia when plans for the state set up were perfected. ' “It is very important that each person apply for gin tickets in this period as the State Allotment Board will not extend time for Laurens^^oun- ty," said Mr. Cannon. Every person wishing to gin cotton must apply for tickets. if they expect to get tickets for t ginning cotton tax-free. Holders of contracts will be notified by card where to report. Those farmers who do not have a contract will have to apply wkhout further notice in tba^ respective townships. Each .cotton farm with an establish ed base production of not more'than two bales will this year receive under the Bankhead Cotton Control act an allotment of the full amount of its base production, says the Agricultural Adjustment administration. Under the ruling, the farm with a base prckluotion anywhere between one pound and ^56 pounds will receive an allotment equal to its base pro<luc- tion. For example, a farm with a base production of 366 pounds jwill receive an allotment of 356 pounds, the exact amount of its ba.se. The farm with a base production be tween 956 and 1,471 pounds will be given an allotment of two bales, or 956 pounds of lint cotton, while the fann with a base of over 1,471 pounds will receive'an allotment on the basis of 65 per cent of ks establisihed aver- age production. Chairmen of the committees an<l headquarters of each township have been announced by Mr. Cannon as fol lows;' Jacks township—Tan M. Ray, chair man, Renno. ” Hunter township—Hugh B. Work man, chairman, Musgrove street, Clin ton. Cross Hill township—Sam M. Lea- man, chairman, Sam Leaman’s Store. Scuffletown township—B. A. Good win, chairman, Sandy Springs school. Laurens township—John -H. Powers, chairman, Court Hou.se. Waterloo township—John O. Strib- Hng, chairman; Center Point school. Younifs township — C. It. Bobo, chairman, .Rol>ert Harri.s’ .Store. Dials township—Fred S. Stoddard, chairman, AhercromjMe-Owings .'jtore. Sullivan townships H. O. Aherciu)m- hie, chairman; Hickory Tavern school. CLUB HEARS RELIEF HEAir The teaching staff of the .Clinton city schools for the 1935-36 session, headed by J. Harvey Witherspoon as superintendent, was announoed laat Friday by the board of trustees. The resignations of Mrs. W. R. An derson, Jr., aa principal of Florida Street school, and of Mies Nella Long of the home ecoiKimics department of the high school, were tendered the board "and accepted. A. L^ Duckett, for the past five years a member of the high school facility, was elected principal of the Florida-Street school, Sucoe^ing Mrs. Anderson. The place vacated by Miss Long’s resignation was_filled by the election of Miss Ra chel O’Daniel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. O’Daniel of this city.y^ho has taught home oeonomics the jWst two years in the Blacksburg higl^school. The faculties elected for the schools of the district the coming yehr follow: State Administrator Fulp Makesj Talk To Chamber of Cora<« merce Outlining Works Pro« gr^ Activities. C^mmitte^ Named By President To Head Year^Work. High School How Tlwy Voted ■ On liquw Bill W. R. Anderson, Jr., principal, Miss Azile Livingston, Miss Alice Gaines, Miss Josie Pressly, A. H. McQueen, Miss Lily Mae Werts, H. H. Taylor, Miss Olive Tuck, Miss Gladys Stilwell, Miss Rachel O’Daniel, Wade B. Perry. Florida Street School A. L. Duckett, principal,' Miss Lily, Yarborough, Miss Ina Curry, Miss Nancy Owens, Mi.ss Agnes Davis, Mias Lucy Burns, Miss Paul Vane Elrod, Mias Margaret McC/ord, Miss Anna Bell Hudson, Miss Irene Workman,' W. T. Henerey. Academy Street School Miss Allihe Newsom .principal, Mrs. John W. Little, Mrs. L. Br^Dillard, Miss Helen Milam, Mias Collette Grif fin, Mias Elizabeth Fliedner, Miss Martha Davidson, Miss Mary Pinson, Mrs. Teague Harris, Mrs. Hugh B. Workman, Miss l^ry Johnson, Mias Georgia Bee Blakely. Providence School Mrs. H. A. Copeland, princii>al, Mrs. W. H. Shnpson, Muss Melda Von Hol- len,-Mis.s Margaret Blakely, Mrsr J. Gary Martin. The May meeting of the Ghambet of Commerce held Tuesday evening, was featured by an .address by Col. J. D. Fulp, state relief administrator, in which he gave an outline of £ed-^_ eral relief activities contemplated un der jthe new works program soon be pul into effect. The meeting was presided over by the-"new president, D. C. Heustess. The college orchestra-was the gues^ of the club and added to the evening with a musical program. President Heustess announced the appointment of the following standing committees for the coming year: ^ Entertainment, Attendance and Tone; W. R. Anderson, Jr,, chairman, B. R. Fuller^ Carlton Winn, B. F. Wingard, W. W. Harris. Vigilance, Improvement and Mem bership: L. l!. Stiller, chairman, Irby Hipp, Joe L. Carter, S. W. Sumerel, P. M. Pitte. Advertising, Communication and Tact: E.’ D. Craig, chairman, R. W, Wade, R. L. Plaxico, W. H. Simpson, H. D. Payne. _ ■ x. In his opening remarks Col. Fulfl Craig President Merchants (h*oup stated that while the job he has ac cepted has many interesting angles, It is one that is shot at from all sides, the FERA being under criticism by about half of the people of the state. This was brought about he said, by the lack of a proper and trained set-up when the program was inaugural^ and put into operation. The new works program is expecte<l to get under way by the first of July. Under this new set-up rural rehabilitation will be tha most worth-while division of the work irt Col, Fulp’s opinion. We have al ready put 7,000 familiwhack on farms in. South; Carolinia since la.st Decem ber, he said, as a self-liquidating pro ject; lo^ns being made to these fami lies to make their crops and to repay their indebtedness when their crops are gathered. (^ol. Fulp said that the FERA has jjurchased 7,000 acres of valuable land in' IxT county on which it plan.s to lo cale 200 families, A federal grant has been made of $954,000 to complete tH^ Memorial Day Observed Here At a meeting of the local Merchants’ association held Monday night, thej resignation of-J,. J. Cornwell as jiresi-1 colony, $.30,000 provideil for a school dent, was present'd and accejited by {building now under construction. In the organization. ' j addition the colony will be provided ’ To fill the vacancy, F. I). Craig wasjwith a community iHulding, church, li-- unanimously electe«l and in ass*uming hrary, te^spital and recreational facili- office promised his best efforts and7ar<* finding, lie Miid, that a asked the coo|K!ralion of the member- gieat many iK'uple. want to go hack to ship, Mr. Ciaig is head of the Clinton’the farm.' Here they may liecoiiH- s»-lf- .Motor company, a former president of j supporting and indepeiuletiL ami liy the. Chamber of Commerce, and a w<si}l-ijth4“ end of thirty years own th<*ir own known and public-spirited yoking hlJsi- homes, forty..aeres of land, stock, etc., IntereHting Exercises Held On Friday Under Auspices of \Ai- ' cal U. D. C. Chapter. ness man ()f the city. The Stars and Bars fluttered again la«t Friday- in Clinton, i^venty years after the fall of the (Confederacy, as the community paid tribute to those who died in the War Be<twe^n the States* The exerci.scs began at the mdriu- ment at 10 o’clock with music by the Local Kiwanians Merchants Endorse Sununer Closing the procession marched to the Flori da street school auditorium where the exercises were presided over by John H. Hunter and opened with prayer by the Rev. C. B. Betts. The program consisted of music by the hand, songs by a higIrischoot3!horu8, and a play by a group of grammar grade pupils. The address, of the day was deliv- regardless of its^red by Dr. J. C. Roper, pastor of North Broad Street Methodist church of this city, who spoke of the glorious record of the-soldiers of-the Confed eracy and pronounced a fittings eulogy upon them: Services were then concluded at the Preabyterian eemeiery, l«d by the band, where hundreds of school chil dren placed wraeths ai^ bimches of Xpring flowers upon the grawM of the sleeping heroes who wore the gray. ‘ Dinner for veterans, their wives, widows of the Confederate dead and friends, was served at the tea room folknrinc the exercieee. ThM« are now only two Confed erate survivors in Clinton: Capt. J. W. Copeland, and A. M. Copeland. with a maximum annual payimmt not to $170 ami with Ifss than 3 lpt*r cent, interest chargt*s. j In siK'aking rtf l.aurens .county, Col. I7rifAirs ® survey a.s of April OOjf0^22n(l showed there aro 117 uneniploy- ^ — lable familie.s in the county represent- The Clinton Kiwanis club at iU reg-jing about 350 {leople. This is a I.au- rens county obligation rather than ft*<leral, he said. And it is to provide for this deiK’ndent class throughout the state that Ihrector Hopkins is call ing ui>on the 'state to supplement fund.s. There are 7,000 such families in the state*. Col. Fulp exj)resse(Hiho opinion that ular meeting Thursday evening had as Its special guests the hoy members of the Clinton and Thornwell orphan age high school graduating classes, following an established custom of several years. Coach Walter Johnson, clean living. The Laurens bounty legislative dele gation split Thursday night upon the adoption of the &ee oonfersnoe report on the liquor license bill. ^nator C. D. Nance and Phil D. voted for the licensing of liquor in the state. J. D. Witherspoon vot ed against the bill, while S. J. Hunt, who wae paired on roll call, was re- e<Hrded as voting no. The local Merchants’ association at its monthly luncheon meeting at the tea room Monday night, endorsed the proposal *that merchants and other business men observe the usual half- holiday plan for the summer. It is planned to begin the closing arrange ment at 12 o’clock noon the first Wed nesday in June and continue through August A committee Was appointed by the president to circulate a pe tit^ in an effort to get a full co operation on the part of all ^for the eloeing schedule. TO MEET The pien of fhe church of the Firot Presbyterian chiirch will hold their educational training for their children, regular monthly nWting Friday eve-r ^Col. Fulp said that in March there ning-at 7:30 Tn the ^urch dining de-j^re 805 families on relief„in Laurens pXrtment. Supper'^wilf be served esjcounty. In May the total has increased usual, after which an interesting pro-1 to 860 famrties. For the past year the gram will be given. Men o and all interested friends a ly invited. irCv e church; county spent in salaries $35,323.44; cordial- \ A X HOW THEY RATE » \ Parade On Plaza Friday Afternoon Capt. R. h, Wysor. Jbead of the mili- tary depar^ent at Presbyterian col lege, announced yeeterday that on Friday afteHioon at 5 o’clock, the R. 0. T. C. unit will give its final pa rade on the plaza in honor of Dr. John MeSween, recently ieeigned to accept a Chester pastorate. At this time an nouncement will also be made of tl^ advanced corps for 1935-36. .CENTRAL CAROUNA LEAGUE W L Pet Joanna 5 Ware Shoals .... 4 Clinton .... 2 Matthews .... 2 Watts 2 Nineyt-Six 2 Laurens 2 Greenwood 1 0 1 3 3 3 3 3 4 1000 800 400 400 400 400 400 200 Where They.Play Saturday Clinton at Watts, Ninety-Six at Matthews. Greenwood at Ware Shoals.'- Laurens at Goldville.- BIG-FOUR LEAGUE W L Mollohon .... 4 Lydia :: :. .... 3 Newberry < .... 2 ,(}q}dville .... 0 Pet. 800 600 400 000 J'- i I „ « ^ « „ , . „ . - of the college, wa.s the guest speaker coUege R. 0. T. C. band, From^hei^ ^^r the program, and‘made a very . . timely and helpful talk to the boys the federargovernment will not pro in which he emphasized, the import-'vide public education money for the ance ef work, fidelity to duty and state during the 1935-36 .session. Washington Is only conccnied in pro viding aid for unemployed teachers, he .said, and in no way will attempt to relieve the state, counties and di.s- tricts of their obligations to provide furniture and fixtures, $678.60; trans portation, $6,762.20; miscellaneous, $4,212.00, making a total of $46,976.24, an administrative cost of from 15 to 20 per cent, which he termed as high in comparison with many other coun- The amount distributed to indi- vid^ls and relief families, was not given by the administrator. Carrying on this relief work has been an extremely difficult job. Col. Fulp stated. When the plan was in augurated almost over-night there was a scarcity of trained social work ers in the state, and this demand ia yet unmet. Investigating and setting up lists of people in need and deserv ing relief requires trained workers and leadership. These new ventures, in the administrator’s opinion, will have the" helpful result of revealing to the people tlM true conditions that exist among the unfortunate and needy. Under the new works program, Col. Fulp said, it is suggested that towns and communities center upon some worth-while project or projects of permanent value, sfihce those now (Continued on page eight)