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CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST ^1936
PELZEE STRIKE
AREA QUIET
’HfflU Worker Caoscs An:^ of
Four StHkers. Barricades To
Entrance of Villace Remain
WHh Clinton National Guard
Company On Duty.
Moiits To Head
I Cfintcm Sckools
Georgia Educator and Native of
nUs S^te raected By New
Board Aa Witherspoon's Sue-
NUMBER 32
Greenville, Aug. 7.—Quiet prevailed
in Pelter last night as two companies
of National Guard under the command
of Ma|or FranK H. Barnwell, of Plor.-
•noe, patroUad approaches to the eom-
munity and barred those without busi
ness. »
Sheriff W. A. Clamp of Anderson
county, in declaring that Pelter was
**as quiet as a lamb,*Vdeaied | that Gov.
Olin D. Johnston’s *^8tate ofi insurrec
tion” order was being used by the
Pelter mill management for the bring
ing in of strike-breakers. He said there
was no indication that strike-lneakers
were entering the village, although
Paul H. Ross, president of the United
Textile Workers union there, had
charged that 96 strike-breakers had
entered the mill in one day.^ —
Barricades remained up at entrances
to the village, but guardsmen esg^ri-
eneed no difficulty.
Guardsmen had orders to admit no
worker in the mill who was not em
ployed there on July 15, and Sheriff
Clamp said the orders were being car
ried out.
Four strikers at Pelzer were arrest
ed and pladed in the Greenville county
jail yesterday afternoon on charges of
assault and battery with intent to kill
and highway robbery, preferred by F,
C. Ware, a worker at the mill. The
alleged attack took place on the
Greenville side of the Saluda river last
Friday. . n
John Roberts, Elbert Johnston, Lu
' ther Ramage and David Epps were
maaed defendanU in the warrant,
aHhich was signed fay Ware before
Bftfistrate Louie E. Smith, of Green
ville. Ware Alleged that the quartet
did ’’point- a gun at deponent, place
aa open knife on deponent’s thrMt and
did hH^deponci^with a heavy iron in-
etcument anddld-hit deponent with
tiMr fista iuid did beat the deponent
and did wound the deponent; defend
ant! did put depoxwnt in fear of hU
lila and did taka from the iiereoa of
deponent $9 in currency and coin . . .**
The men were arrested by Deputy
ShcriiKs J. Hi Granger and W. A Da-
cue and lodged in the Greenville coun
ty iail. Magiatrate Smith set their
bonds at $1,000 each.
The men, from their cells in the jail,
last night declared they were innocent
of the charges and stated they had
asked for a prelimiiur^ hearing at 10
o’clock this morning.
Johnston, one of the men arrested
yesterday, was released from the An
derson county jail early yesterday’un
der $1,000 bond on several charge's
growing out of alleged disorders in the
strike zone Friday night.
CONGRESS TBS SUPREME
power -
The form of government set up by
the. Constitutional convention was a
compromise between the loose alliance
The hew board of echoed trustees
announced last Friday that W. Edward
Monts of Washington, Ga., has keen ^ ^
cImM superint«i><i«it of the Clinton J*'* Confederntion,
cHTMhool.forUiooM.ionI986-S8.Hol""* ‘1>« 1>l»n
TOccMd. J. H. Withenpoon. .iho The
hold iW. porition for the pMt fifteen • hni.^ i? ^nnl
^ „ **|yoice ^% every Other State. The large
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years.
Mr. Monts it a native of Newberry
county, having been reared in the
Prosperity section. He is an A. B.
graduate (tf Newberry college of the
class of 1910, and since that time kas
been^ engaged in school work. He rqr
ceiv*^ his master’s degree from the
University of Georgia. -
Leaving this state andrgoing to
Georgia 18 years ago, Mr. Monts held
the superintendeney of the schools at
Cochran for Bve years, at Dawson for.
four years, and at Washington for the
past nine years. During his service in
that state he has been closely identi
fied with the educational work of his
section. He has served at president,
secreUry-treasurer and a member of
the'executive committee of the district
high school association, and has been
affiliated with the Georgia and Na
tional Ekiucation associations. He
s«>rved several years ts district chair
man of the Tenth district of the Geor
gia Education association for the
study and revision of the state school
code. He has also done special work
at the University of Georgia in admin
istration and curriculum revision. ^
Mr. and Mrs. Monts have two chil
dren and expect to move here imme
diately to enter upon his work. The
board states that he comes highly rec
ommended for the position and ex
pressed its pleasure over his accept
ance.
Witherspoon Goeft.^
To Lancaster
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Workers Turn Back
Anderson, Aug. 6. — Three carloads
of Anderson textile workers, who have
been working in plants of the Pelzer
Manufacturing company at Pelzer
. since a strike there three weeks ago,
rode to Pglzer today, looked at; the
barricades and soldiers, and then came
back to Anderson.
As far as could be learned, none of
the workers tried to get through the
tightly-drawn lines.
.. Meanwhile, Elbert Johnston, charg
ed with assault and battery *in a
Greenville county warrant today, ap
peared here before Magistrate Harold
G. Dean and made bond in the sum of
$1,000 on thrte charges against him
growing oui of a disturbance on last
Friday night which res^ted in John
ston and six others being jail^. Five
of them, Lems Kneese, El. J. Rice, El
bert Hc^kins, Russell Davis, Morgan
Ford and Jim Caiieton, remain in the
coimty jail here. 1. J. Pittman gave
bond the day after his arres^
Johnston is charged i#tth assault
and battery, simple assault and car
rying concealed weapons. He is re
ported to Have clashed with two depu
ties during Friday night’s tHeorders.
About a score-of textile workers,
regularly emplcqred.kjr tW'Anderson
mills, now curtailed, Imd been wMking
in tiie Pelzer idants siaet tke strike.
After declaration of a stale of Insar-
rectioB at Pelxer, iSey-kave gmie to
Pelzer every morning but have tamed
back the last two.
McQuemi Resigns
Position Here
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states felt that their wealth, size and
importance entitled them to a larger
voice in the affairs ef the country.
Theze conflicting views resulted in
what historians call the “Connecticut
compromise.” , -
The colony of Connecticut from its
earliest history had a dual system of
representation in its legislature. One
house represented the towns as equal
units. The other house represented all
the people as individuals. This plan
became the basis upon which the con
gress of the United States was set up.
The Constitution provrdes for equal
representation of all the states, large
and small, in the senate, and for rep
resentation of the people in the house
of representatifes, in proportion to
the number of inhabitants.
The convention was a unit in agree
ing that all power to direct and regu
late the affkirs of the country should
reside in this representative organiza
tion, the congMss. S^ection 1 of Article
I of the Constitution reads: “All legis
lative powers herein granted shall be
vested in a congress of the United
States, which shall consist of a senate
and house of reprewtnatives.”
.That provision of the Constitution
has never been altered. It has recently
been brought to the front/of public
diaettssion^ through the decision of the
Supreme Court that certain acts of the
78rd congress were unconstitutional
because they run contrary to this first
and fundamental provision of the Con
stitution as drafted in 1787. Congress
cannot delegate to the executive, or to
anybody else, the power to enact laws
or to issue regulations having the
force of law unless it puts clear and
definite limitations upon the regula
tive authorityr
Members of the hepiie of represen
tatives, aleeted directly by a vote of
the people, must be at least 26 years
old, and bc inhabitants of the state in
which they are elected. Them i* no
constitutional requirement for dividing
the states hito diitricts, or Tot mem
bers to live in-'the districts they repre
sent. That is something fo^ state
to determine. In New Y<^, several
members Jive outs^ie of their districts.
In Missouri there gre no congressional
districts. The 13 r^resentatives are
elected at Urge by the voters of the
whole state.* Senators must pe 80 years
old and residents of their states.
As the bq^ originally closest to the
people, the house of representatives
was given in the Constitution the ex-<
elusive right to originate bills for
raising revenue.
The insistence of the smaller states
brought about another restriction upon
congress; it forba^ the levying of any
direct tax except ifi proportion to pop
ulation. This was later changed by the
income-tax amendment, which became
effective March 1, 1913. That is the
only exception to the mle e8ta>bli8hed
in the original Constitution, intended
to provide that direct taxes levied by
the federal government shall bear
equally upon all citizens.
The senators, as the direct represen
tatives of state governments, were to
be chosen by the legislatures of the
states. That prevailed until 1913, when
an amendment was ratifi^ providing
for the popular elections of senators
as well as representatives. A still lat
er amendment, the ti^tieth, ratified
in 1933, changed the date upon which
the terms of offic^ of senators and
representatives beinn, from the 4th of
March to the 3rd qx January, and fixed
that date for tM annual meeting of
congress, instead of the first Monday
in December, as originally provided in
the Constitution.
Former SlS|>erintendent Ginton
Stohools Becomes Educational
. Supervisor of the County.
Janies Harvey Witherspoon, super
intendent of the Clinton school sys
tem ' for the past fifteen years, has
accepted the position of educatioMl
supervisor of Lancaster coimty for
the coming year, and leaves this week
to enter ilpon his work.
Mr. Witherspoon, in this new and
responsibU position, will have general
supervision of all schools of that
county and thelx staff of 177 teach
ers. The board in electing him ^to head
the school system expressed the opin
ion that he" is especially qualified for
the position. His duty will be to ob
serve and improve the teaching work
of the schools and to equalize educa
tional opportunities throughout the
county, both in urban ahd rural com
munities.
Mr. Witherspoon was graduated
COnON MILLS
GET TAX
Court Continue Staying Orders
On process Tax Injunctioiis
Until Legality Is X!leAred.
Judge Glehn Says There Is
Doubt of Constitutionality.
Columbia, August 6,—United States
District Judges J. ^les Glenn of Rock.
Hin, and Frank K.' Myers of Charles
ton, today ordered temporary injunc-
ttons against collMtioh pf the AAA
cotton processing tax from 55.South
Carolina cottOTV mills continued in ef
fect “until the constitutionality of the
act is cleared up.”
The judges’ orders were handed
down after day-long arguments at
which counsel for the cotton manu
facturers asked that the injunctions
be made permanent and-attorneys for
the government sought dismissal.
“I feel,” Judge Glenn said, “that we
ought not to dsimiss these suits. We
should, I think, continue the restrain-
, rv J 11 • tono .u .u orders or grant ah interlocutory
from Davidson college m 1898 with injunction
Lydia Mill Plan
Hearing Set
Artkor H. McQueen of MnUins, for
several yean past a member of the
Gintoa high adiool faculty and ath
letic diieetor, has nsigned his position
to accept a similar place the
Latta high school His successor has
not been announced by the school
board.
Mr. McQueen is a graduate of Pres
byterian college where he made an
outstanding record as an athlete and! Judge H. H. Watkins, of Anderson,
student. He is a splendid coach and announced from his office Friday that,
leader among boys, and has a wide cir- he has set August 26th at 10 a. m., a/
cle of friends here who will regret to the date for a hearing on recently sufa-
leam of his resignation and wish him mitted plans of reorganization for the
Judge Watkins Will Review Pro
posal For Reoiganization..of
Local Corporation On Aug. 26.
continued success as he goes to Latta.
Mr." McQueen and Miss Mary Pinson
of this city, are to be married at the
home of her parents here on next
Wednesday.
Uhion Service
At Presbyterian
BAILET WILL riLH)
Tha wiU of tbd laU C. M. Bailey of
thia city, olio died at hit home hers
on Ji^<, fth,'was filed lest week at
Laarazs with Judge of Probate Rees
D. Yi^ong. The entire eetete is left te
Ua widow, Mrs. EMze Daveaport Bai
ley, who; was also named executrix
Hie williwas written in 191(1
^ TO SPEAK SUNlur
^ br. Dudley Jones of the college fee-
. ulty, uid a lonner paMor of ilw First
Piwbfieriail charriw will ha Mw gniat
speaker wk this dinish Suadjsy at tke
nsnal moggliMr aefvtee koux. Tha pas
ter, Dr. D. f. Woods, is edt 'Mw
engr Mi n wuivnwL
The city union service next Sunday
eveinng will be held at eight o’clock
at the First Prcsbytei^n church. The
pulpit will be occupied by Dr. J. €.
Roper, pastor of Broad Street Metho
dist church, with a cordial invitation
extended sll congregations to unite in
this service.
. The service will be featured by a
song service led by the men’s choir
of the church, with the following old
familiar Goqiel hymns being used:
“On Jordan’s Stormy Banks,” “I Shall
Not Be 'Moved,” “Nothing But the
Blood,” “Down At the Cross,” “Since
Jesus Came Into My! Heart,” and
“When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder.”
Chanjier Meets
Tuesday Night
- The August meeting of the Cham-
er of Commerce will he held a^ the tea
room Tueeday evening at 7:30. Follow
ing the eerriag of diniwr the usual
business meeting will be held, with all
members of the oihranizatkm .Invited
to be preaent.
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P«t.
3
749
Joanna — .... 7
8
700
Ntnety Elz - S
4
664
Ware Mioala .... ....
5
^ 546
Matheprs %
6
m
Greesiirood .... .... f
7
800
Clhittm :::r.... .... 8
8
200
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Pet.
Newberry — — 8
0
1009
Laurens .... S
1
760
GoldviOe L
1
600
MoUehon 1
2
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WitU 0
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Cq^t
on
financial structure of Lydia
Mills. /
The hearing will take p^hce in
Greenville. According to the 8>ibmitted
reorganization plan, the mill proposed
to discharge its indebtedneiis by issu
ing 7,000 shares of non^rumulative
five per'cent stock and"exchanging
this for the evidences of obligation. If
the plan fs accepted by the stockhold
ers and approved by the court, the
charter 4*^ by-laws of the company
will be amend^ to make the stock is
sue of $700,(M)0 possible. The total in
debtedness of the. mills was set at
$916,967.86.,
The reorganisation committee con
sists of W. J. Bailey, J. A. Bailey, Geo.
H. Cornelson and J. Will Leake.
Much Land Is
flentedByAAA
Over ^7,000,000 Acres Are Tak-
eii Out of basic Crop Produc-
^on This Year.
Washington, Aug. 6.—The AAA an
nounced today that its crop adjust
ment program has taken 27,600,000
acres out of basic crop production this
year.
Of this total, the AAA said, 27,500,-
000 acres have been planted in other
crops. The 1935 total compares with
more than 36,000,000 acres rented in
adjustment programs in 1934.
Officials said the switoh from baaic
crops (wheat, corn, dottqn, tobaciro)
has been the leading fattor in the
largest increase, in legume acreage
ever reported in the United States.
Legumes are pods such as are borne
by pea and bean plantiT
Joseph F. Cox, head of the replace
ment crops section of the AAA, said
the 1935 acreage of alfalfa hay^, a
plant of the bean family^ is 1,760,000
acres larger than the total of 11,482,-
000 planted in 1934.
A. B. degree. He then entered the
University of South 'Carolina law
school where he graduated in 1900, re
ceiving both the LL.B. and M. A. de
grees. He then became a graduate
student at Columbia University, New
York, and received his' M. A. degree
from that institution after specializing
in history for four years.
His first work as an educator began
in the old King’s Mountain Military
academy of York. From there he went
to Fort Mill in 1905 as superintendent
for three years. In 1908 he was elected
superintendent of the ^ York schools,
where he remained until 1914. From
there he went to Gaffney where he
headed the city school for six years.
In 1920 Mr. Witherspoon viras elecU
ed by the local board of trustees to
head the Clinton city schools, succeed
ing A. C. Daniel. Each year he has
been re-elected in recognition of his
competence and falthfuliiess. ^
This spring a split on finances de
veloped between Senator Nance and
the board of trustees. Following a citi
zens school mass meeting held here
in May, the senator with the aid of
members of the lower house delega
tioa succeeded in pessing through the
legislature an act to abolish the .old
board and to provide a new one to be
elected in .a preferential pVimary. Two
slates of tickets were put ip the field,
one composed of the old board and its
friends, and the other by local inter
ests who were supported by Senator
Nance in speeches made here at the
two cotton mills. Opponents _of the old
board con>bined with opponents of Mr.
Witherspoon and defeated the old
board which immediately resulted in
the elimination of Mr. Witherspoon,
“There is prima facie evidence of
doubt of the constitutionality of the
act, particularly as to its delegation
of power to the secretary of agricul
ture. It is clear we should continue
these restraining orders.”
Judge Myers expressed similar
views. ' "
United States District,, Attorney
Claud N. Sapp, of Columbia, cited re
cent amendments be said were intend
ed to clarify the question of constitu.*
tionality, and Judge Myers replied, “if
the amendments are adopted, and if
they make a different stiuation, then
the government can renew its motion
to dismiss the cases.”
Whan the court convened, the ap-/
proximately 60 lawyers repre.senting
the mills chose B. Finlay Henderson
of Aiken, and A. C. Todd of Green
wood, as their spokesmen.
They argued there was no way to
recov^ the tax after it had been paid;
that the mills were unable to pass it
on to the consume; snd that it' waa
not a tax. j' .
“1 don’t call it penalty,” Henderson
said, “but it is something other than
a tax.” He added that it resulted
“merely in taking the money from the
pockets of some and putting it into the
pockets of others.”
District Attorney Sapp, Assis^ht
District Attorney Louis M. Shimel of
Charleston, and Eldward P. Hodges
and W. Crof Jennings of the tax di-
vi.sion of the department of justice at
Washington, contended that the is
sues were not betwq<‘n the plaintiffs
and the United States government.
“The suprmee court has held num-
i)er.s of times that you cannot sue an
although he had previou.sly been re-the United States to, by in-
Grange Formed
At Mountville
The organization of a (Grange unit
at Mountville was completed the past
week by<.a representative of the State
Granlre: The fbllowing officers were
elect^ to serve: S. J. Hunt, master;
L. P. Bums, lecturer; C. L. Chapman,
secretary. T~
Announcement Iiii"been made that
the next meeting of the new organi
zation will be held Friday evening, at
which D. B. Anderson, State Grange
master, will complete officers’ instal
lation services ahd give them frater
nal instructions. The charter Kst will
be opened at this time for the enroll
ment of all members who may desire
to affiliate with the chapter.
elected superintendent fbr the 1935-36
session.
The Clinton schools under the sui)er
vision of Supt. Witherspoon haive im
proved in many ways through hi.s ef-||^^^‘ temporary
forts and untiring labors, until today
the high school holds a scholastic rec
direction, overcome the provision that
the United States cannot be sued,”
Shimel asserted. ' ^
The order of each ju<lge applied to
injunctions he had
ord in the Southern Association of
Wysor And Blanton
Promoted To Major
Witherspoon Given
Silver Loving Cup
The men’s Bible class of the First
Presbyterian.church preaented J. .H.
Witherspoon within the past week a
beautiful silver loving cop in recogni
tion of hit faithful and efficient ser
vices aa anperintendmrt of the Sunday
school daring the past several years.
Before aceepting tiw superintendeney
Mr. Witherspoon was a regular at*
tendant of the class and the parting
gift bearing his engraved nama came
as an evide^ ^ esteem in which
he is held (by the men with whom he
aaeociated- during the past
.Nineteen regular army officers now
stationed in South Carolina will re
ceive promotions under the provisions
of the promotion bill recently signed
by the president.
Indluded in the list are'Capt. Robert
E. Wysor, Jr., infantry, Presbyteriai^
college; and Capt. William L.'Blanton7
infantry, Presbyterian college, these
two officers being promoted from the
rank of captain to their majority.
Capt. Wysor will again be stationed
at the college for the coming year as
head of the R. 0. T. C. unit. Capt.
Blanton recently left the city for Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, where he lias
been given a government assignment
for the coming year. He is succeeded
here by Capt..GMrge Beptty, who re
cently arrived in the city to enter upon
his duties.
Schools and Colleges unexcjelled in the.
state. Marked advancement has been
made during the fifteen years period j
in the standards of work done and he |
has made-a>distinct contributioir to the {
growth, expansion and prestige of the
school system.
Local Citizen
h
OSes Sister
Friends in the city of Ira (!. Boland,
well-known local merchant, will bo
sorry to loam of the death of his sis-
jter, Mrs, John A. Shealy, which oc-
jcuri-ed at her home near Little Moun-
jtain last Friday.
The following Little Mountain ac-
FIRST BAL^ IS SOLI)'
Orangeburg, Aug. 6. —- Orangeburg |
county’s first bale of the 1935 cotton count of her passing is taken frorh
crop, grown by A. T. Whetsell, of the
Bowman section, was sold a public
auction here today and was bid in by
the Orans^Cotton mills for 14.10
cents per pound.
The State:
MOVES TO COLUMBIA
Frieds in the city of Dr. and Mrs.
R. L Coe and daughter, Louise, will
be sorry to know that they have
moved to Columbia during the past
week where they mil make their home
this winter. Dr. Coe was recently ap
pointed Sooth Carolina^ dire^r of the
national youth administration and has
established offices in (Columbia from
which he cwijl serve the state. '
' - ATTEND GAME MEETING
L 6. MeMilltan, A J. Milling, A. B.
Galloway, Ansel GoArey and John T.
Young spent yeatarday in DilHm ai-
tandiag ^ atate n^hatiog of tho Gaipa
and Fi^ aaaoeiation.
Local Battery
• Now At Pelzer
Battery G of the 263rdi Coast
Aftillefy of Clinton, Consisting
of three officers and 65 men ;ah-
der command of Capt. Walter A.
Johnson,' was ordered out^ at
noon Monday for relief duty in
the Pelzer mill strike area.
Two station wagons and six
army trucks arrived here early
in the afternoon to ipove the lo
cal boys to their assignment
which was issued by Adj. Gen.
Dozier. The equipment was im
mediately loaded and the com-
pMiy on its way to its first as
signment since it became a part
of the state military unit.
The Clinton reinforcement
was sent to Pelzer, officers stat
ed, “not because of. any antici
pated troidile” or rumors of any,
“but to provide assistance for
Batteries D of Greenwood, and
E of Andersoitl who hare been
on night and day duty since or
dered to the scene. > "
How long the Clinton battery
will rqmaih in Pelaer is not
known. -'>1
Mrs. John A. Shealy, 82, diqiTat her
home here E’riday after a^irolonged
period of declining health. “She was
Happy Boland, the difughter of Mid
dleton Boland antkoarbara Frick Bo
land. ^ i
j Funeral service.s were conducted
i Saturday afternoon at 5 o’clock at Mt.
j Taboj>dl.utheran church, of which sho
jW^jra charter member and in which
psfie was an ardent worker. The Rev.
P. M. Counts, h«r pastor, conducted
the service. Interment followed in the
church cemetery.
She is survived by her husband,
John A. Shealy; the following‘chil
dren: Mrs. J. W. Ballentine, Leesville;
Mrs. George E. Lever, Columbia; Mrs.
Will Koon, Chapin; Mrs. H. C. Clark,
Mrs. J. W. Long and MUs Bessie
Shealy, Colun^a. The late W. A,
Shealy, long connected with the state
department of education in South Car
olina, was her son, and Mrs. C. A. Ep-
ting, Leesville, who died about a year
ago, was her daughter. She is sur
vived also by the following brothers
and sisters: £. J. ^and, Springfield;
L. C. Boland, Charleston; I. C. Boland,
Clinton; the Rev. L. P. Boland, Tay-
ilorsville, N. C.; Mrs. Enrma Brady
'and Mrs. B. B. Davis, Colambia;^ Mrs.
J.4W. Linder, Little Mountain.
J
SPOKE HERE SUNDAY
Dr. M. G. Woodworth of the college
faculty, occupied the pulpit of the
First ihresbytorian church on Sunday
morning in the absence of the pastor.
Dr. D. J. Woods, who is out of the city
on vacation.
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