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/. A" -p->- \ THE CHRO^CLI^^ StriT^ To Be ft Cleaa H paim, CMi|»let«, Nowaj, ud BeP^M^T ycaiUMEKxxv If Ton Don't Rond THE CHRONIlCLBl Ton Don't Got llho N^o. Treasury Ends Year In “Red” Greatest Outlay of F^eral Ap- propriatioBi^ Yh History. Orer . Three BUlkm Deficit. Waabington, June 29. — The secre tary of the treasury, Henry Morgen- than, Jr., closed the government’s I books for the 1985 fiscal year today on the greatert peace-time outlay qi federal funds in history, spinal figures on the government's finances will not be available until next week. But preliminary estimates placed total eiq>enditures at $7,800,- 000,000 or about $59 for each man, woman and child in the country. The expenditure8,v of which nearly half went for recovery and relief pur poses, exceeded slightly the $7,243,- 025,OQO spent In the previous fiscal year and compared with normal an nual governmental costs of about $^,- 00c[,000,000 in the^ _ pre-depression days. To meet these record breaking ex penditures the treasury through in creased taxes and improved m^hods of collection was able to boon its revenues for the fiscal year to $3,800,- 000,000, leaving the government “in the red” to the extent of' $8,500,000,- 000. This was the fifth successive fed eral deficit. Following is a cross-section of the government’s fiscal operations in the fiscal year Ending today compared with the previous fiscal year: This year: Tdtal expenditures,' $7,- 800,000,000; total income, $3,800,000,- OQO; deficit, $3,600,000,000. Last year: Total expenditures, $7,- 243,725,625; total mcome, $3,277,733,- 940; deficit, $3,905,99L685. Included in this year’s expenditures was about $3,600,000,000 for recovery and relief purposes, compared with more than $4,000,000,000 last year. Because government revenue this year fell $3,500,000,000 under expendi tures, the government wai for^ to borrow new billions of dollars from banks and the public to carry on its operations, in addition to dipping hea vily into its cash holdings. ^rthar heavy borrowing, con ducted at successively lower interest tataa because of sp^al conditions, earned the gross public debt to anoth- all-time record peak of $28,700,000,- 000 at the end of the year from $27,- 000,000,000 a year ago and nearly $3,000,000,000 above the war-time peak. It was $13,000,000,000 above the low pmnt reached in the Hoover administration and about *$8,000,000,- 000^ above the <^bt at the time Presi dent Roosevelt took^offioe. In the 11 y<Mr8 ended June 30, 1930, the- federal ‘government’s income in each year had exceeded tis outgo. This t)ermitted the paring down of the pub lic debt after the World war. Begin ning with the fiscal year starting lluly 1, 1930, the federal government was “in the -red” for five successive fis cal years. A sixth unbalanced budget is in prospect for the new year begin ning Monday. Already the accumulated deficit over the past five years has reached approximately $14,600,000,000. Desfpite the continued depression, ^he government in this f^iscal year spent less for credit and financial re lief and more for direct relief. Fund Is For Farm G)- Ops South Carolina To Receive Fed eral Money For Co-operative Extension Work. I Washington, July 1. — Under the terms of a bill signed by President Roosevelt today, $8,000,000 will be di vided ajnong the states on a basis of farm population to encourage co-oper ative agricultural extension work. The bill imivtdes that future appro priations for this purpose shall in crease $1,000,000 annually until the to tal'readies $12,000,000. The agricul ture department hu estimated that the shares of states in the initial fund, and in the annual increases, will in clude: Georgia: Share of initial fun, $370,- 773; share of annual increase, $46,346. North Carolina: Initial fund, $418,- 188; annual increase, 52,273. ^ South Carolina: Initial fund, $^9,- 548; annual increase 29JI43. 3 Cotton MiUs Idle This Week The Clintmi and Lydia Cotton Mills both suspended operation this week in observance of the Fourdu The Joanna Cotton Mills at Gold- ville, are observing the week as a holiday period following a custom of several years. A hearing on the Lydia Cotton Mills, cloeed for the past two weeks, has been set for Friday in Greenville at which time a decision will be rendered as to the future operati<m of the idantfeot .-vV •' Big Shake-Up ] In City Sdtook New Board of Trustees Refuhes To Retain Superintendent and L4UYe Group of Teachers Elected By Furmer Board. The board of trustees ,of Hunter school district No. 3, in session Mon day night, alected the corps of teach ers for the city schools for the session 1935-36 with the exception of a super- intendentT Their announcemenf was made on Tuesday. The board consisting of W. C. Ox ley, Dr. S. C. Hays, W. E. Dillard, C. H. McCrary and C. N. Mauney, i^n assiming office, instructed all tJach- eia^previously elected for the coming year by the former board of trustees to make new applications. ’Three mem bers formerly elected did not apply. Tl^ result of the election shows that of the 39 white teachers elected by the former board of trustees on May 10th, 25 were retained «by the new board, while 12, including the superintendent, were dropped. Teachers applying for work they formerly held,' and who failed of election at the hands of the new board are: High school, Miss Gladys ^.tilwell. Miss Olive Tuck; Florida Street school: Miss Ins Curry, Miss Margaret McCord, W. T. Hen- erey; Academy Street school: Mrs. John W. Little, Miss M^y Pinson, Mrs. Teag^ue Harris, Miss'Alline New som, principal; Providence school: Mrs. J. Gary Martin, Mrs. W. H.^ Simp son. The list of teachers as announced by the clerk of the board does not carry the name of the new superin tendent. It is understood that several names are before the board and that their selection for this post will be made in the near future. No statement has been made by the board to the teachers or the district as to the scale of salaries for the year. Neither has any announcement been made concerning tha, colored schools of the district. t! >** J. Harvey Witherspoon, superin tendent of the city schools for the past fifteen years, was re-elected on March 8th for the session 1935-36. Following the recent primary in wMch an entire ly new board .was elected, Mr. With erspoon was advised by certain mem bers of the county delegation to file his application with the board, an en tirely new precedelii in the matter of sele^ng a'superintendent. He filed his upplieation with the trustees and was informed that it would be given consideration. Mr. Witherspoon stated yesterday,' following ^the announce ment of the teaching staff, that he has been* entirely ignored by the new board since its election on June 11th, although his term for the school year 1934-35 did not expire until June 30th, and he had been duly elected for the term 1935-36. The faculties elected for the .schools of the district by the trustees for the coming year follow: High School W. R. Anderson, principal, Clinton. Miss Asile Livingston, Wosperity. Miss AMce Gaines, Greenwood. Miss Josie Pressley,- Fayetteville, Tenn. . - Miss Lillie Mae Werts, SilVerstreet. A. H. McQueen, Mullin.s. H. H. Taylor, Greer.. Miss Rosa Mahaffey, Clinton. J. Paul Todd, Clinton. Miss Frances Roper, Clinton. Miss Vera Burnett, Greenville. ~ J. L. Cochran, Ware Shoals. Florida Street School A. B. Godfrey, principal; <ninton. Miss Lillie Yarborou^ Enoree. Miss Nancy Owens, Ginton. Miss Agnes Davis, Clinton. Miss Cecil Latimer, Due-^West. Miss Paul Vane Elrod, Greenville. Miss Anna Bell Hudaon, McColl. Mrs. Myrtle Blakely, Clinton. Miss Irene Workman, Clinton. Miss Ella Little McCrary, Clinton. Miss Lucy Bums, Sumter. ’Academy Street Sehoel A. L Duckett, principal, Greenwood. Miss Elixabeth Copeland, Clinton. Mta. L. B. Dillard, Cknton. Miss Helen Milam, Clinton.. Miss Collette Grifhn, Clinton. , Miss Sadie Chandler, Clinton. Miss Martha Davidson, Clinton. Mrs. Hugh Workman, Clinton. JRrt. Mollie Donnan, Qinton. Miss Odetta Mauney, Clinton. Miss Mary Johnson, Clinton. Miss Georgia B. Blakely, Clinton. Providence School Mrs. H. A. Copeland, principal, Clin ton. Miss Lou Belle Nabors, Clinton. Miss Beatrieje Highsmith, Clinton. Mra. Melda Johnson, Clinton. Miss Margaret likely, Clinton. CLINTON, S. C.,-THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1935 The Spirit of ‘35 NUMBER 27 hy A. B. Chapin TO THE PEOPLE OF CLINTON; For over a half century the Presbyterian college has been very near to the hearts of the people of Clinton. It is Clinton’s own cre ation, Clinton’s own child. Actuated by Clinton’s inspiration, influence, support and leader ship, the college has grown from the early days of the academy to its present position as an outstanding A-grade official college af the people of Clinton a^ of the F^byterians of South Carolina and Georgia. / There have been occasions in the past when the future seemed most insecure^mes when the outlook seemed aiiything but promis ing. There hP4U emergencies to meet, problems to solveV diffi culties to overcome and there has been Ah abundance of resistance to break down. In every emergency, however, the ^od people of Clintdrf have rallied to the support of the college and have defended its inter ests as any other mother would devotedly defend her child. If the college is just what Clinton has. made it during the past years, its future will also be measured'by the devotion of the Clin- ' ton people. For while the Presbyterians of the two states are helping us carry the load, we, the people of Clinton,*will never lose sight of the fact that this is our college. — , ' The college now faces that which is perhaps the most serious emer gency of its hktory and in the'solution of its immediate problems I have been asked by the board to temporarily assume the leadership; not as an individual, for no one man can solve these problems, but as the. acting spokesman of the people of Cjinton. As your representative in this ne<v position, I am undertaking| a program which, if successful, will assure the permanency of the col lege, solve its immediate problems and enable us before the end of the year to seek and-secure an outstanding .leader to take my place. In this effort, I need your prayers and ypuf active assistance. Today the skies are brighter than they have been. Thanks to a vigorous cam paign, our enrollment is over a month ahead of^st year, an4 thanks to the liberality of the Clinton people; we Jiave made excellent pro gress in the direction of the three-yeax. underwriting fund to assure' the permanency of the college. I call upon you now, not as an individual, but as the caretaker of your child, as the one of you who has reluctantly been forced to carry the lion’s share pf this load, that the college may carry on, will con-; tinue to grow and continue to serve as effectively as wp have under the inspiring leadership of the fine, Christian gentlemen who have preceded me. In this appeal, however, I am urging you to rally to the suppOTrt more vigorously than eyer before and to voluntarily assume your share of this serious responsibility. I will never lose faith in the generosity of the Clinton people where Presbyterian college is cw- cerned. You always have stepped into the breach, and I know will now. This can only be a labor of love for us all. It would be a sacrilege to measure the value of the college in.any other terms. But what a love it is.' * “~ ~ , I WM,P. JACOBS, ^ Acting President. Big Program At Goldville Tpday Glorious Fourth To Be Celebrat ed With Home-Coming Pfb^ gram, Athletic Contests and Baseball Game. All roads will lead today to Gold ville for the big Fourth of July home coming celebration to be staged at the Joanna Cotton Mills, with George H Ellis as the directing head on arrange ments. R. G. Carr, contest chairman, has announced the following committees to have charge of the- various events arranged for the day, morning and af ternoon. Walter Byars, greasy pole; J. J. Clark, centipede race; Sloan Rowland, sack race; i<''red Ross, three-legged race and 60-yard dash for girls,, and 100-yard dash for boys^ Grady Spires, swimming and diving contests; Char lie Meeks and Jes.se Hawkins, tug-of- war. Schedule of events: 9:00^:30—Pole climbing (boys). ,9:30-10:00—Centipe<ie race (boys). 10:00-10:15 Sack race (open to all).- 10:15-10:30 — Three-legged race (open to all). , ' ■ 10:30-11:00—rSO-yardnTnd 100-yard dashes (girls undyr 12, years and over 12, boys under 12 and over 12). 11:00-11:15—Tug-of-war (men). 11:15-12:00—Swimming ami diving contests (open to all). 12j00-2:00—Dinner hour. Barbecue dinner served hy Hopewell Methodist church, proceeds to be used by the church. In the afternoon at four-o’clock a ball game will be the attraction be tween the fast Joanna team and Mathews of Greenwood, / July To Make Or Break Program So Says Hapkins, Director of Re-, lief. Thousands To Get'Jobs During the Next Month. Washington, June"8t)! The Nevr Deal heads tomorrow into a month c^f policy-making that Harry L. Hopkinsb tays ,will “make’or break” the $4,900,- 000,0*00 work relief program. Within the next 30 days a hondred thousand or so were scheduled td: get jobs while some hundreds of thotu^it^s of others already on emergency relief work will have their pay checks sign ed by the “Worics Progress Adminis tration” instead of FERA. But more important than the extra jobs was the decision on the type of projects to be carried oiit. July 1 finds the $4,000,000,000 pret ty well parcelled out: $1,000,000,000 or more for the relief administration, $720,00(1,000 for tlie' civilian conserva tion corps, $600,000,000 for highway, street and grade crossing elimination and at least $300,000,000 to' help set up again some of the 1,000,000 farm families on relief. Frankly acknowledging the .similar- .ity between the old civil works admin istration and an estimated .$2,000,000,- 000 of works progresf? administration activities, officials still insisted that the works projects would be w'orth while. Rut they qualified the ittate- ment with a remark that states and communities must contrihute—as they have contributed under the CWA and the old woi'k relief piogram — if “good” projects are to be available. With the excej)tion of roughly $175,- 000,000 in reclamation projects, and perhaps $250,000,000 of low cost hous ing developments, no funds apparent ly will he available fdr projects where the ^ost per man given work exceeds the $1,1()0 or $1,200 average. This Ti^ves it to local contributions to pre vent a recurrence of the “leaf-raking” charges which helped prompt discon tinuance of the CWA. V Except for the diminished impor tance of the public works administra tion, few Oibservers could see essential differences ibetween what has been done in recent months and the new era that begins —•. nominally — tomor row. The president plans to attain the 3,500,000 works employment goal by enlisting 600,000 in the civilian con servation corps and providing other jobs for 2,900,000. But 2,500,000 al ready have jobs with the nelief ad ministration and 300,000 others are members of the CXX'. The “unemployables” — those phys ically or mentally unable to work—■ originally were slate<l to be cu^ off federal benefits immediately. Actual ly, they are likely to be still on the rolls in November, when the’ president hopes the works program will be at its peak. •» ^ • In many respects—the leading part played by Hopkins, the decentralized methods,, the dmphasis on direct em ployment instead of indirect through buying materials—the work relief pro gram stood on the same ground as CWA in Novemlwr, 1933. COMMUNIO!^ SERVICE ON NEXT SUNDAY The regular quarterly eommunion service will he held at the First Fres- byterian church next Sunday morning at U :15. The p^tor extends to the en tire congregation, and the general’ puUkp. a cordial invitation to Im prea- Miss Willinghahi To Sing Sunday Miss Naomi Willingham,' Of the Westminster School of Music, Prince ton, N. J., and a graduate of the Thomwell orphanage of this city, will be the guest of this institution for the coming week-end. ^ Miss Willingham will sing at the morning service Sunday at the First Presbyterian church, and also at the union evenijig service at the same church. . To Hold Annual M< The annukl mejleting ofLaurens county B. Y. P. U. will be held Friday, July 12, at Princetonylt is announced by R. E. Thompsonyof Laurens, presi dent. The meeting will be an all-day session with dHmer on ‘the grounds and will tal^the place of the quar terly meeriii^ generally held on the fifth Sunday. , ' CONGREGATIONS TO UNITE/ The Thornwell Memorial church/Con- gregation will worship with tl^First Presbsrterian church Sunday^bming. The pastor of the churchy^. L. R. Lynn, will be out of the my attending the adoeation conferan^t Mostreat where he will prefch/sunday eveniiif Meets ' Next Tuesday The July meeting of the Chamber of Commbij,ce will be held next Tues day evening at the tea room at 7:30. The usual dinner will be served, after which a business session will be held, with all ihenrbers invited to be pres ent. HOW THEY RATE CENTRAL CAROLINA W L Pet: Joanna .... .... ... 12 2 845 "Ninety Six 7 5 581 Ware Shoals 8 6 568 Mathews .... 7 7 500 Greenwood 6 8 426 Watts 6 8 426 Clinton 6 9 355 I^urens .... .... 3 . 9 249 BIG. SIX LEAGUE W L Pet. Lydia 6 1 858 Goldville ........ 4 3 672 Mollohon 4 3 572 Newberry 2l 4- 429 Laurens .... .... .... 3 4 429 Watts 1 6 143 Club Workers Go To Rock Hill Six Women, an<l seven girls, repre>' sonting the home demonstration and l-H clubs of I^iurens county are in Rock Hill attending the annual short course at Winthrop college. A^.seventh woman, Mrs. Ralph Co ker of the Bethany Hqme Demonstra tion club,'went to Laurens to accom pany the party, but bi'oke an arm a.s a result of a fall in the court house and was unable to attend. Those representing the home dem- onstration cluns. including Miss Jen- nhe E. Coleman, home agent, are Mrs. L. C. Taylor, Mrs. Earl Workman, Mrs. J. Gray Harris,^ Mrs. Rgrold Wal lace and Mrs.. Annie H. Dunlap. The 4-H club representatives, who were also headed by Miss Coleman, included Misses Louise Roi)er, Annie Ijee Culbertson, Sara Godfrey, Odessa Motte, Dorcas Elledge, Virginia Cog gins and Dorothy Mae Bramlette. UNION SERVICE AT PRESBYTERIAN The evening union service of the city churches will be held next Sunday at the First Presbyterian church at eight .o’clock. The Rev. M. R. Wingard of Greenwood, pastor of St. John’s Lutheran church of this.city, will be the speaker. All denominations are in vited to unite in the service. COLLEGE LOOKS TO BRIGHT YEAR • a Mi .idvLd -J r. Dean Marsel W. Brown announced Friday thagthe records of his office indicateytnat when Preirfjyterian col lege pf^ns in September the student will be larger than ever before in history of the institutibn. At this date high school transcripts regis- tration fees have been received from more applicants for entrance to the freshman class th'an had been received by August 1, 1934. This combined with the fact that mor^ old students have signed i)p for rooms for ne^ year than signed up last year are the bases for, Dean Brown's statement. r t .^2 "1