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,r' THE CHRONICLE StriTM To Be a Cleu New^ paper, Complete, Neway,. aad ReliaUa. ... 4-'-« /' If Too Dea't R«aid THE CHRONICLE Too Don't Get The Ncwn VOLUME XXXV T . CLINTON, S. C.^ THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1935 NUMBER^ i. f' ' SCHOOL YEAR ENDSFRIDAT Thornwell Ori^iaiiage Grand Ral ly Reunion Opens In the Eve- " ning. Baecalaiureate Sermon Next Sunday. Many Alumni Expected Here For Week’s ^ Program of Interest. " The sixtieth commencement exercis es of the Thornwell orphanage will be ushered in Friday evenina at eiaht o'c^in the cha^l with the/anrLl readina end declamation contest in Dr.W.RDial > Dies At Home Retired Physician and Former Laurens Mayor Succumbs To Illness'^of Several Wedks. Laurens, June 1.—Dr. W. H. Dial, 75, retired physician and a former mayor, who had been identified with the profeeeional, religious, civic and business activities of the city from early manhood, died Saturday tnomina at bis home here after an illnees of which several boys and girls will par ticipate. ' On Sunday ^morning the baccalau reate sermon before the graduating class will be preached in the Thom- -well Memoriid church by the Rev. Clarence E. Piephoff of Greenville. The regular, morning services in the churches of the city, following a cus tom of long standing, will be with drawn in larder that the entire com munity may unite in this special oc casion. In the afternoon at three o’clock Rev. A.*T. Tsylor of Marston, N. C., will speak. A communion ser vice will follow, with Rev. Matthfew L3rnn of Coleman,“‘ Texas, and Rev. Wm. Clarence Sistar, of Fort Valley, Ga., administering the Sacrament. Monday evening at eight o’clock an exhibition by the schools of the instit tution will be presented. , Tuesday morning at 10:30 the grad uating exercises will be held, at whjch time diplomas' will be presented and ■ medals and prizes awarded. The ad dress before the graduates will be de livered by Hon. Joseph Grahabv. Miller of New York^ On Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, the annual meeting of^ t^e board of trustees will be held, u^lth Chairman ^ niartin F, Ansel of Gbeenville, pre siding. At this time the president’s report and reports of committees will be read and the work of the institu tion reviewed for the past year. -The schools on tomorrow will 'close a successful year’s work. The gradu ating class is composed of eleven members as follows: Lorene Briggs, Robert Marion Campbell, Eetaline Capps, Russell Patrick Cook, Richard Whitman, Euts- ler, Newton Farr Gariand, Marvin Miles Land, Macie Catherine McKee, Charles Evans Smith, Katherine Shan non Simpson, Ruth Tucker. The commencement exrecises this year are to be featured. by_ a grand rally reunion of the sons and daugh ters of the institution, with indica- tibiw pointiivg tc^ an attendance of sev eral, hundred. This-home-coming cele- _bration is observed every five years and those who will attend will come from all parts of the United States, had not become critical until a few days ago. Funeral services” were held from the residence at 4 p. m., Sunday, with his pastor, the Rev. J. O. Smith of the First Methodist church, in charge of the rites. Interment followed in the Laurens cemetery. William Hastings Dial was a son of the late Capt. Albert Dial and Rebecca Barksdale Dial and was reared at the Dial country home five miles west of the city. He was a graduate of Wof ford college and of the University of Maifylihd, medical department. He eh; tered at once upon the practice of his profession here and for more than 40 years he was engaged in this service. He had acquired large farming and other interests to "which he had devot ed his time in recent years. He served two terms as mayor of Laurens, from 1922 to_1926. For many years he had been alhember of the boa^ of stew ards of the First Methodist churcb. He had also been a member and of ficial of the Laurens Medical society and of the Laurens Business league. Doctor Dial was thrice married. His wife was Miss Lall# Moore 7>f Cokesbiwy. The second marriage was to Mrs. Alice Smith of Rock Hill. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Bessie Roland Dial; three daughters and two sons, all of the first union: Mrs. J. H, Nicholson, Statesville, N. C.; Mrs. Paul Gallant, Greenwood; Mrs. J. C. Calhoun, Greensboro, N. C.; J, C. Dial, Charleston, and Frank Dial, Laurens. He is survived by one brother, for mer United States Senator N. B. Dial of WashiiHricn; a half brother, Con way Dial, of Cross Hill; one sister, Mrs. R. L. Gray, Gray Court, and a half sister, Mrs. John D. W. Watts, Laurens. Cotton Control Plans Held Safe Oscar Johnston Says . AAA. Staple Policies Face No Dan ger From NRA Fall. New Orleans, June 1.—Oscar John- with a lange number of the alumni head of the government cotton baking part on the interesting pro- today that in his opin- School Primary To Be Held In . Hunter [^strict Next Tuesday • ^ Five Trustees To Be Selected'By Voters of District. Time For Filing Pledges Expired Yesterday With 11 Candi-^ dates Qualified. Present Board Offers. A preferential primary in Hunter School District No. 5, to elect five trustees, will be held next Tuesday, June 11th. The primary is called in pursuance to an act passed at the recent session of the legis lature by Senatoi;^ C. D. Nance and three members of the house dele gation, Messrs. Phil D. Huff, J. D. Witherspoon and S. J. Hunt. ‘ The polls will open at 9 a. m. and close at 4 p. m. Three'precincts are provided for the district, in the Town of Clinton, at Lydia Cotton Mills and Clinton Cotton Mills. The official notice of the election and managers as issued by R. T. Wilson, county chairman, appeared in The Chronicle last week. Mr. WHson states that the election will be' held under the rules and regulatioffe governing Dejpiocratic primaries in this state. In accordance with the act, he states'that only tho.se who reside in the district now and whose names are on the cliib rolls used in 1934 are entitled to vote. Any one having changed his residence from the district, though his name be on th|. club roll at either of th« three precincts composing the district, will not be entitled to vote, according to a ruling made to the managers by the chairman. Time for qualifying as candidates expired yesterday afternoon *t 5 o’clock at the office of the county superintendent of education. Ac cording to Mr. Brooks, the following qualified in accordance with the act, and their names will appear on the ticket next Tue.sday: W. C. OXLEY, Secretary Clinton Cotton Mills. C. N. MAUNEY, Manager Lydia Mills Store. DR. S. C. HAYS, Physic>an. ^ C. H. McCRARY, Merchant. W. ELWOOD DILLARD, Lawyer. WASH M. PITTS, Real Estate. E. D. CRAIG, Prop. Clinton Motor Company. B. H.'BOYD, Insurance—.B. & L. Sec.-Treas. DR. T. L. W. BAILEY, Physician. S. W. SUMEREL, Insurance. W. W. HARRIS, Newspaper Publisher. The latter four are members of the present board of trustees who have recently been attacked in several public speeches in the district by Senator Nance. C. M. Bailey, the fifth member of the board, who has rendered the district valuable services for a number of years, recently resigned on account of ill health, and did not offer for elec tion in the approaching primary. Bonus Battle . Off Advocates Congress An nounce The> Will Walt Until 1936. Confident ot Success. ^ gram arranged for the weric. It is a significant fact that all who are to appear on the program are former pupils of the institution. On Saturday afternoon at five o’clock .a barbecue will be given on the campus. An address before the alumni will be delivered at this time by Dr. J. Dillard Jacobs of Atlanta,’ Ga. Oh Monday afternoon at 2 p. m.l the meeting of the association will be held with its president, W. P. Jacob^, presiding. This will be followed at five , o’clock with a lawn party at the home ^ know of no litigation pending ion the recent NRA puling will have no effect on the government cotton program for the current .season. “After a careful reading of the NRA decision,’’ he said, “I hnd noth ing at all in the entire ruling that casts the shadow of doubt or occasi ions in my mind the slightest belief regarding the validKy of those' phases of the agricuKural adjustment act un der which the cotton program ef the department ofsagriculture was formu- of Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs. Meetings of the alumni will be held in the morn ing each day at which time addresses will be heaid and plans formulated to organize alumni chapters In various sections to work in the interest of the orphanage. An interesting program has been arranged for the week. F. M. Stutts, secretary ofyAhe alumni association, states that a record-breaking attend ance is expect for the happy home gathering occasion. Pi('esb]rterians To - Meet At Augusta Montreat,. June 3.—The ^ne/^ As sembly of the Southern Presbyterian church today voted to meet next spring in the city where it was found ed 76 years ago while clouds of civil strife overhung the nation. The smsembly will convene next May in Augtieta, Ga., where <m December 4,^1861, the Presbyterian Church in the United States was founded as a separate denominationL Training School To Entortain Chib The Music Club of Clinton will be entertained by the State Training school today at 6:30 p. ra., with an outdoor dance: festival, “Sleeping Beauty,” an adaptation of “The En chanted Princess” by Senoia Serova. The public is cordu|lly invitfd. or contemplated before any court that calls into question the validity of the AAA and the voluntary program of crop control.” Johnston said that while there was language in the supreme court ruling that might he pointed out that this piece of legislation was auxiliary and supplementary to the voluntary acre age program of the AAA. Regarding the effect of the recent break in the futures market on the activities of the cotton pool which he heads, Johnston said the decline in the market was a serious effect on the demand for pool cotton, but that they would continue selling as long as there I were requests ftfr the staple. Mrs. W. A Galloway has retmmed to her home in Florence, after spend- ii« the pact week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. f^nncy> CENTRAL CAROLINA W L Pet. Joanna 6 2 760 Ware Shoals ..*• ^ 2 750 Mathews 5 3 625 Ninety-Six .... 4 4 :500 Clinton .... — 3 5 375 Greenwood .... S 5 375 Watts .... 3 r 876 Laurens 2 6 250 Where They Play Satarday Joanna at Clinton. Laurens at Watte Mathews at Ware Shoals. Ninety-Six at Greenwood BIG SIX LEAGUE W L Pet. Lydia 8 0 1000 Mollohon ....fe 2 1 . 667 Goldville 1 2 333 Newberry 1 2 838 Watts 1 2 383 taurene 1 2 888 Wlashington, June 4.—politi- cally-potent bonus issue was hqrled squarely into the 1936 national tion campaign today by a decision or outstanding Congressional advocates to delay their cash payment drive until the next session of Congress. 0 Leaders of the Patman inflationary blocs in the House and Senate an nounced after a joint session that in stead of compromising in an effort to get immediate action, they would car ry the issue to the country in an ef fort to win full payment at the next session. — ^ Their d^ision spelled out at last a temporary victory for President Roosevelt, who appeared personally before a joint session of Congress to deliver a veto of the new-money Pat man bill. The veto had been quickly over-ridden by the House but sustain ed in the Senate by a nine vote mar gin.- - It was a present victory not only over the bonus forces, but over the intertwined inflation bloc whicji had used the Patman hill as a vehicle for culation.' Prominent at the confer- ,the drive to get more money into cir- ence today were Sen^itor Borah (R., Ida.) and others more interested in ihe monetary issue than in the bonus. In view of the agreement today, congressional leaders saw little chance at this session of Congress. Senator Clark (D., Mo.,) who led the fight for the American Legion’s cash pay ment plan, was not a pftrticipafit but he said he was not going to offer any thing “unless I have a reasonable chance^of carrying it.” ' Clark said-he I would make his own check of sentiment to detennine what chances he had^ But the Patman ites had already polled the Senate to de termine whether they could get through any kind of a cash payment bill in the face of the veto, and found they coLdd not. In view of this situation, they de cided almost unanimously to let the issue go over until tba next session of Congress, feeling that they could muster the greatest strength in a cam paign year, when an election would follow quickly after the adjournment of Congress.' The conference today, in the Sen ate office building was attended not only by House and Senate leaders of the.cash bonus drive, but also by Louis Ward, personal r^resentative of Father Charles E. Coughlin, the De troit priest, and officers of the Vet erans of Foreign Wars which sup ported the Patman bill. Representative' Patman (D., Tex.,) author of the Patman bill, headed the House delegation. Senators included Borah, .Tfaomi^ (D., Okla.,) McCar- ran (D., Nev.,) Frazier (R., N. D.,) Smith (D., Sr G^) McGill (a, Kans.,) and BuUow (D., S. D.,) _ MeSween Begins Chester Work Presbyterians Clote Session Assembly To Be Held Next Year At Augusta, Ga., Where Or ganized. Docket Is Cleared. Montreat, N. C., June 4.—In a flur ry of rapid fire business, the 75th general assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States was brought to a close here shortly after noon today. The high court of Southern Pres byterianism will meet next year in, Augusta, Ga., where the denomina tion was founded 75 years ago dur ing the War Between the States. Lacking the controversial issues of previous sessions, the as.semhly cleared its docket with dispatch at its concluding session with adoption of only minor _change3 of standing committee recommendations on Bible cause, theological seminaries, histori cal foundation, women’s work, synodi cal reconls and induntaTh retreat as sociation. TV’q judicial commissions disposed oT^compiaints brought from the sy nods of ?buth Carolina and "of Texas. On the complaint of Dr. W. F. Gregg vs the synod of South Carolina, a commi.ssiOn vote<l not to sustain the complainant on a decision appealed from church session through presby tery and synod to the assembly. The decision held that the constitutional rights of the church session in ques tion were not invaded. The other commission voted not tousustain the complaint of Dr. J. W. l^ehman -vs the synod of Texas. - , Both were merely technical trials in which,, the right of original juris diction were questioned. The assembly, which convened here last Thurs<lay night, mapped a course for its newly created committee on morals and public welfare, giving to the moderator the power of issuing public pronouncements within speci fied limitations on contemporary top ics; defeate<i an effort to have a PROPOSES NEW NRiLP^GRAM Roosevelt Offers Stop-Gap Ex tension For Devitalizi^ Code. Determined To Have Nation _ Decide On Business^Control Issues Raised By High Court. ^ . _ — Washington, June 4. — Apparently determined to have the nation decide on the business-control issues raised by the supreme court. President Roosevelt today proposed a fragmen tary, stop-gap extension of the NRA. Announcing that an agreement had been won from Democratic congres- , sional leaders, "on the propost^l, the president- outline<l plans for a code less, “.skeleton organization” that would keep business statistics and re quire that government contractors live up. to minimum wage and maxi mum hour standards. Mr. Roosevelt emphasized through- ® round of extraordinary confer ences with the cabinet, and senat4-4incr\ house lea<lers that this projected shad ow of the old Blue Eagle machine ' would not seek to enforce the working s comfitions or fair trade practices that existed under the code structure abol ished by the supreme court’s deci.sion of Monday before last. ^ ^ndicating that the administration would seek to prove that conditions under the old NRA were better thap would have existed without it, Mr. Roosevelt disclosnl that one of the* duties of the fragmentary NBA would he to list in parallel comparative col umns .statistics 'on industrial oper ations with and'without the codes.) - To new? men- who jammed every inch of his office late in the day, Mr. Roosevelt noted that the national la bor relations hoard and subordinate boards for settling labor disputes had been abolishe<l by the court’s decision. Quickly he gave inferential approval to the Wagner labor disputes bill. Also to meet the problem created hy the lapse of 7-A- Welcome Service Extended For mer Presbyterian College Head By Chester Cliurches. I (From The Chester Reporter) -Dr. John MeSween assumed his new duties yesterday as pastor of I’urity Presbyterian church, and proached to lari^esCongregations at both services. At tlie evening hour the congrega tions of the other churches united-with their Presbyterian, brethren in a ser vice of welcome to the new pastor. Dr. Paul Pressly, pastor of the A. R. P. church, presided; Rev* L. P. Mc Gee, pa.stor of Bethel M. E. church, led tn prayer; and Rev. M. L. Minis ter, pastor of the f'irst Baptist churth, delivere<l a .short address of welcome. Mr. Banister lold Dr. MeSween that Chester is notable for its elevation, al so for the home-lovTng characteris tics of its people, and the beautiful harmony that prevails among the churches here. He hade Dr. MeSween a hearty welcome on behalf of all of the churches of Chester. Dr. MeSween responded briefly, but feelingly,*and took as his text a part of the twefth verse of the first chap ter of Paul’s second letter to Timothy, “I know whom I have believed.” Dr. MeSween ‘said that facts relating to the spiritual life are as real an<Ljas demonstrable as any* other kind of facts. H^i^spoke of Paul’s absolute certainty that all was well with so fas as his trust in God and the fu ture wefe concerned, although at the time he was in a Roman dungeon, and his death imminent. Three facts^ in the life of every Christian were pointed out by Dr. MeSween as truths that defy contradiction and^oubt: 1. The knowledge on the parf of every Chris tian that he is the lost sinnet that Chriilt is seeking. 2. That Jesus loves the sinner. 3. The knowledge that death from which every living crea ture instinctively shrinks, has been conquered by 'Qh.rjst's, sacrifice, and that through Him we shall live again. Dr. MeSween illustrated his sermon* with a nunrher of incidents from the experiences he gained as chaplain in the American forces in France. Dr MeSween is a preacher of greAt power and earnestness, and his ministry in Chester is sure to be fraught with great blessing to the* entire com munity. the labor section I of the NRA act—he called for a $600,- member of this committee attend de-iOOO appropriation to "enable the sec retary of labor to conduct additional- mediation and conciliation activities and thus take over a small portion of the work of the boards which are abol- libiM-ation.s of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, and sent to the Presbyteries for action a referendum which will permit pastors of churches containing members of ished.” both norChern and southern churche.*(| j .Mr. Roosevelt, apparently in cheer- to affiliate with assemblies of both'ful mood, parried all (luestions as to denominations. j Budget for the yt«F~of various executive committees were set with but mjnor changes as reports of the prevldus year revealed increased in come from virtually all fronts. plans, for additional Jegi.sJation supple- First Ransom Money Found Justice Spokesmen Say Case Will ’Break’ Within 48 Hours. Kidnap Trail Warms. Tacoma, Wash., .June 4.—The trail of George Weyerhaeuser’s $200,00 kidnapers warmed tonight with dis covery of the passing of the first ran.som bill in eastern Oregon, and the statement of a justice d^artment spoke.sman that the case will “break wide open in 48 hours.” The assertion concerning tpe “break” came but a short time after the first ransom bill in the kidnaping came to light, and all the cunning of the justice department’s criminal hunters had been^thrown into a search for the suspect. menting the measures he proposed to day. He was asked numerous questions regarding such .steps, including one as to whether he inten(le<l proposing a constitutional amendment. His only reply to this was that' was all the news there.was today, with emphasis upon the word today. -As on last Friday when he ad- Sunced veiled sugge.sTtehs for a con stitutional amendment giving the fed eral government power to reach into intra-state business, Mr. Roosevelt made it .plain that he felt little goo coubl be accomplished with what been left to him by the court’s de cision. A White House statement, after saying that the proposed-legislation’ would require that all government contractors live up to minimum wage an(| maximum hour standards, and that this also would apply to"the use of government loans or grants to states and municipalities, added: **ft is believed that thi.s jiroposed bill carries out a moral responsibility .on the federal government and it i.s hoped that such action will be follow ed as.largely as possible by private industry in every ojr&Nqf its blanches. “This case will break wide open in “This piopo.sed/ni.eas''Ui::^, however, 48 hours,” the spokesman said. “The j like the firsty4(K*s not' mtrke much ransom money is loo.se now.” progress, tojvard obtaining thK.ulti- He added his belief “a local gang— by that I mean Seattle and Tacoma inen—wa.s responsible.” No hint was given as to who was mate obj^ive of national .standfffds for the/Working population of Amer ica for national .standards which .Hc'elr to protect honorable employers suspected, but there have been deTi^i against the unfair practices of less MEDICAL SOCIETY MEETS IN LAURENS The regular monthly meeting of the Laurens County Medical society was held in the Seville Ckiffee Shoppe in Laurens on Monday, May 27. Nine members were present. Prof. H. E. Sturgeon, of the dapart- ment of chemistry of Pres'byterian col lege, read a paper on “The Relation of Chemistry to Medicine.” After the reading of the paper an interesting round talble discussion was Kcld, with Professor Sturgeon leading. nite indications the pa.^ few days the kidnaHJtng had been laid at iKe door of Pacific northwest crimimils. Justice department headouarters here was intensely interested^ncern- ing the ransom note pa^d Sunday night in Huntington, Ore., and asked for “all you’ve got” when given infor mation about it. Reports another ran.som bill had been passed today at Blaine, Wash., were denied by Deputy Sheriff Stew art, "who said the money in question was not one of the “hot” notes. \- $5,761,968 Given For Road Fund onorable competitors.’ The chief Executive also .said there were 16 agencies having their base in parts of the national industrial recov ery act which had been invalidated. New legislation, it was added, would be needed for continuance of the fed eral alcohol .control administration, the electric home and farm.authority, the petroleum admini.strative board and the central statistical board. Mom** ures to accomplish this, it was added, are under consideration. By the simple expedient of amend ments to executive orders the national emergency council and the national resources board can be kept going, the White House statement said. ITiree agencies will go out of existence on June 16 jn accordance with.'previous plans, it was added. These—the committee on economic security, riie advisory council on eco- Washingtoni June 4. — South Caro lina today was allocated $5,761,968 from the works program fuhd for cOn- : Istruction of highways, roads, streets} office of the l and grade crossing eliminations. j special advisor to the president—on The allocation was divided $2,702,- trade—he said had completed 012 fbr highways, roads and streets, work, and $3,059,956 for grade, crossing elimination. * I - A total of $40Q>000^0 was appor tioned among the states, the District of Columbia and Hawaii for these pur poses.* Dossey Howze ’McFadden, student at the South (])arolina Medical college, Charleston, spending the summer with his parents,' Dr. and Mrs. Rt. J. McFsddeh. \ 4 I . \ ■\ . . '.AjjCr