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Sk;/. .i // 1 -A T9B ontmCLB Btthm T» B* a^Otte Nava- V CwmpUff, M«wa7. VOLUME XXZV ./*■ I CLINTON, S. C, THURSDA?, OCTOBEB 3,1936 PWA PROJECTS ARESTRAMDH) Binkm Dollara Worth Tomed Bocmno of Tnuwfer of Mon^y To Works AdmlnistratioiL taUi Fiicd By Commaiiitics. Wathington, Oct. 1.—A MlUon dol lar* wortli of pabKc work and hoosing proioeta were left stranded today ea the Works Progreea administration stated syphooiDg itS what was left of the $4,000,000 velief food. • PWA officials, watdiing the nsooey go beyond their control, said that they had reoeieed many proteite from com- mmiitiea whose applicatioiw were em braced in that hilHon doUare of pro jects turned down becaoec the funds hare been switched to the Works Pro gress administmtion. The latter agen cy proposes to use the money in its effort to put 8,000,000 persons to work before the end'of this month. S<Hne of them hinted k was unlikely congrese again would make any H^ty relW appropsiatlpp wkhout specifi cally deteiling how the money was to go. A request for a separate appropri ation of $500,000,000 for the more de sirable left-over applications was re ported to be under study. The concluding phases of the argu ment between Secretary Ickes of PWA and Harry L. Hopkins of WPA over how to spend $4,000,000,000 was as sumed to have trsveM westward with President Rooeevoll Ickes and Hop kins were with hihi on the cross-coun try (trip. — Wkh the propoeed but rej^ted PWA projects program drawn up by the National Resources board headed by Ickes, the heavy projects the board recommended were found to cost too much per man given work, «md its recr ommendstions, which included a chap ter on *^plannipg for planning” a perr manent public works program' were hurgriy ignored. PWA last night announced virtually its last allotmsnte, it tallisd up $827,000,000 from the woiha re lief fundi. This oontrasted with a bil lion and a quarter in applicatipos for the $900,000,000 earmarioed hy eon- grsii. The houstag diriakNi hiu de cided on 87 projects which will abeorb its $100,000,000 leaving out in the cdd ■ double thik sum in applications. Slum cleiU»noe, also handicapped by diflKcttltiea in acquiring land, fek the effect of Hopkins' insistenoe on hold ing down cost of materials, and offer ing jobs only to those on relief. Con- grees. The homing division has 'de- the 'president made a pj^hminary re duction to $250,000,000. ITiis' was slashed to |liM,000,000 last month at the same time that Ickes, in <H>en re volt against Hopkins, ^taih^ the president’s approval of the final $200,- 000,000 for PWA. Bsn Bi CUNTONPdLK^ YOU KNOW . Mill Ref cHrming Halted In Court Amendment^ by congress to the a^ ricultural adjustment act and the na tional bankruptcy act w«r« brought into the reorganisation plan of Lydia >■ Cotton mills, in Greenville last Wed nesday whm government officiaic filed an objection to the plan taking effect until it «>nforme with the ameadmente.' Judge H. H. Watkinc Ordered coun- eel for the mille to show cause before him in federal court at Rock Hill at 11 a. m. on October 7 why the plan should not be modified to conform. The <4>jections contended Lydia mills shouM pay all processing taxes owed at once ittstead of waiting on pending court decisions on the~ validity of the AAA and that the plan should be ap proved by the secretary of the treas ury before going into effect. JOHN HENDERSON PITTS, JR. Georgia Otf P.C. Gather Acting President Jacobs Ad dresses Rennion of Former Students In Atlanta Saturday. Steer Appointed Greoiwood Agent Friende of R. D. S^r, eon of R. A. Steer of this city, will he iaterested to know that he has been appelated J. H. Pitts, Jr., the subject of to day’s column, belongs to the younger business men’s group of the city and is admired by his frimids for his ex cellent qualities of character and per sonality. He was bom in Jacks township in 1898, a sonjof John H. Pitts, Sr., and Janie Copeland Pitta, one of the sub stantial and highly r^^arded families of the' Shady Grove section. On his maternal side his grandparents ware David T. Copeland and Mattie vA^air Copeland. His paternal grandfather and grandmother were Rtd>en Griffin Pitta and Martha Hannah Meadows Pitts. He is one of six children bbm to his parents, those living besides himself being David C. Pitts, who re sides at the family home place. Miss Martha Pitts, who teaches at Pied mont,^ S. C., and Miss Sarah Pitts, county home demonstration agent at Bianaaaa, Va. The other two children, who were twins, died in infancy. Mr. Pitta received hia early educa tion in the jammer achooli ot the oomninnity in which he yras reared. Hi was prsparad for collsgs at Wof ford FHtinf school, after which ha ba- CMM a fr^man at Wofford eoUegs, from, vriiieh he graduated in 1921 with the bailor of arts degree. His rirst year’s work following hja graduation was as a teacher in the Carlisle school at Bambwg. next year he tauglk in the Bethany school near Fountain Inn. Not being attracted to the teach ing profession, he then retiuued to the home ol his boyhood where he engaged in farmii^ for the next two years. In 1924 Mr. Pitts became a citizen of Clinton at which time he accepted a position with the Clinton Cotton Oil .company as cashier. In recognition of his services he was made manager of the concern two yeara later. The in dustry, engaged in the manufacture of cotton sled oil and fertilizer products, was reorganized last yaar under the firm name of the C. W. S. Guano com- imny, with Mr. PitU retained in his former position. During his eleven yeara connection with the concern he has filled his position in a couiteous and satisfactory manner, the efficien cy with which he carries on his duties and Ms efforts to please their custom ers being well knovm and appreciated by the large public he serves. Mr. Pitts, by his achievements and activki^ hM made himaelf a valuable citizen in thia community whera he hoMi the respect and esteem of all those whose privilege it is to’ know him. Coming from a family long ad herent* of the ^Wesley faith, his re ligious affUiatiotts are with North Broad Street Methodist church, in whose Sunday school he is a teacher. He has always taken an effective and helpful part in the civic, social, sdoca- tional and religious life of the com munity and represents in'every_K- speet a fine type of usefulr~rigorott8 and publk-spirited citiaenship. —In 1925 Mr. Pitts married Miss Esther Byers of Spartantmrg, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Byers. They are the parsnts of one son, John Hen derson ntts, Sd, buaring ^ name of both his grandfather and father. The Thf Georgia alumni of Presbyterian college niet' in the Pompekto room of the Atlanta-Biltmore for a luncheon prior to the Pi(^C.-Geo(rfia Tech game Saturday. .1 William P. Jacobs,, acting president of the college, was host to a group of 50 P. C. graduates. A few roembeca of the school staff and their wives also were piasent An mterestii^ fact was thv. bring ing together of William P. Jacobs, president of the ^lege, grandwn and namesake of thalfounder; Dr. Tbom- well Jacobs, president of Oglethorpe univorsky and son of, the founder of P. C., ai^ Dr. Dillard Jacobs, son of the founder and business man of At lanta. An alumna presept at the meeting was Mrs. William H. James, formerly Mattie May Neville, daughter of the Rev. W. G. Neville, D.D., liL.D., presi dent of the college from 1994 to 1907. The luncheon was spiced with brief talks from sons of the college. Dr. Dil lard Ja^bs, Dn Thomwell Jacobs, Dr'. Ellis F^ler, ^stm* of the First Bap tist chdreh in'Atlanta, the Rev. T. W. Simpson, trustee of the coUege, of Bruiiswick,^ Gs., we're called' on for talks by S. C. Hays, of this city, president of the P. C. Alumni associ ation, who presided at the luncheon. William P. Jacobs gave the prin cipal address of the occasion, which marked the first state gathering of F. C. alumni in Georgia. He sounded a significant warning of the growth of radicalism in thinking and emphasized ^ need of Christian education in developing men and wom en with*their feet planted solidly on the ground of conservative and con structive thinking. Lake Gives Up * "Body Of Gray Comes To Surface At Lake Af ter Eight Day$. Funeral Held At Gray Court. Gray Court, Sept. 30.—Funeral ser vice* JejrTT? Gny, who was drovrn-; «d at Lake Murray September 21, were held at 4 p. m. Monday at.the grayeaide. in C^y Court Methodist church cemetery. Services were conducted by the. Rev. 0. A. Jeffcoat, the Rev. F. E. Dibble and the Rev. F. C. Beach. Gray is.survived by his mother, Mrs. Ehnma DiaLGray; five brothers, Cecil and Carroll Gray of Gray Court, Dr. E. B. Gray of Spartanburg, R. A. Gray of Taylors, apd R. L. Gray of Abbe ville; and two sisters, Mrs. C. D. Greg ory of Lancaster, and Miss Laurie Gray of Gray Court. Gray, a graduate of Duke univer- sky, and a member of Kappa Alpha fratertiity, managed extensive farms owned by his family in thjf vicinity. Churches To llold Senace Body CoBses To Surface Prosperity, Sept. 29.—The body of Jerry Gray, 29, of Gray Court, rose to the surface of Lake Murray Sunday almost”where Gray had plunged over- temrd eight days ago enwrapped in flames from his blazing motoitewt. - -The wash behind A fast state game department boat eras believed to have stirred the deep waters of the lake into yielding up the badly-burned corpse. The boat, containing A.jA. Richard son, chief game warden, and V.' F. Funderburk and R. D. Nance of the game department, speeded with churn ing propeller blades across the place where the body disappeared. A few minutes later, Richardsbn said, Ernest Bagwell Callqd out from another boat patrolling for the body, “There he is.’’ A Fountain Inn undertaker who had been posted since Sunday on the shore 75 yards from where the tragedy oc- curted, went out in the game depart ment boat, caught the body, and Nance paddled the boat back to the shore with it in tow. Richardson said the body waa badly Roosevelt New Deal Farm Effort Called True Function of Government By President. Says Its Legal. / Fremont, Nebraska, Sept 28.—Pree- ident Rooaevek today hoisted the New Deal agricultural program to challen gers in apparently unfurling his first issue in the 1936 reelectioh campakpi. In the heart of the nation’s farm lands before famera of the important northwest states, Mr. Roosevelt as serted a 15,300,090,000 increase in ag riculture income oyer the 1982 level, and emphasized the agri^jhltural ad justment act as a prime i^. He sard the effort of the AAA to provide cooperatibfi among farmers and crop control ^‘is the true function o( govemmei^t under ou/conetitution.’’ If Tea ^l’t Rani THE CHRONICLE , Tea Daa*t Gat TkaNawa. NUMBER 40 LEAGUE FEARS / WAROTTpJ Italian Press Renews ItA Attack On England^To Aj^gtavate Sit uation. FrancePianning Bor der Air Maneuvers. V London, Oct. 1.—Great Britain hint ed offi^lly tonight that both the Unked States and Germany will be aoupded out on the question of cooper- aitibn in case the I^gue of Nations slaps collective sanctions onto Italy. iniis responsible British source also cleared up a several-day mystery by confirming that Great Britain has asked France what its attitude would* be in the event of an isolated attack on Great Britain. " It was necessary to deten^ine this, it was explained, because of a “grap” gram,” hb said, “is merely to sQpply in the league covenant which makes ‘The government’s part in this pro- Provision covering the indetermin ate period between an act of aggres sion and the time the league decides upon collective action. France has not replied to the ques tion, it was said, but in informed Brit ish quarters the belief was expressed that the answer would be (“satisfac tory.” Tha churehaa of tha oity will uaila kmmaA akout the laoa, hands, and vanoeeed E. C. Tumar, who haa bmm traaaferred to Cloaioon college aa ag- rienHoral angineer. Mr. Steer will go to Greenwood from Laaeaet^ eovnty where he baa aerved as agent for the past Hirss This Wed^s Menu 'sr Presbyterian va Forman at Green- villa. - - ' danuon vs Wake Forest at Clem- •on. Wofford v« Guilford at Spartanburg. Newberry vs Catawba at Sallaboit, N C. ^ Ekakine vs The Gi^l at Charles ton. SovUi Cardina vs Koidi CaxoBna Stnts at ColSBibia. promising lad is a mmnber of the third !«. .««>t for G««Hr«d to ^ —^ V r* torkA ktoM- home is on Woodrow street. Chamber Meets Next Tuesday Hie Oetober meeting ot the Cham ber of CooMBoree srill be held next Tuesday evMing af 7:80 at the tea room. FoHosrhig the usnal dinner a bttsineas session will he held with an invitatkm extended all members to be present MEANEST MAN FOUND Boek HiU, Sept 28.-^Poliee today hunted a thief who Saturday night en tered the First Presbyterian church here and y)ok most of the church’s sil- varwara tmd food being eoUaetad by the ehureh to send to the Thomwell orphansge at CHtaton. v in a nnkm^^wnrice next Sunday eve ning at the First Presbyterian church at 7:30 in celebration of the 400th an niversary of the printing of the Eng lish Bible. This is a nation-wide movt- ment to be continued throughout tha fall, culminating on univeraal Bible Sunday, Dec. 6th. The address Sunday night will be delivered by Rev. R. L. Robinson, D.D., dean of the theological department of Enkine coUege. Dr. Robinson is one of the outstanding scholars of his de nomination, a most attractive speaker, and it is hoped that a large congrega tion will gteet'bim. Dr. Jones Named Synod Moderator Rock Hill, Oct. 1.—I^, Frank Dud ley Jones, pix^essor of philosophy at Preebyterien college, was elected mod erator of the Prediiyterian synod of Sooth Carolimnat.^ opening session tonight at its annual meeting here. «Dr. Jones succeeded Dr. George A.' Nickles, of Charleeton, who aa retfr- ilig moderator, preaclMMi tbe,opoirittg aermon. Hk subjtet waa “Jesus Only.” Various oomndttee meetings preced ed the formal opening. The synod will hold sessions through Thursday. An attendance of 200 was Indicated. arms,, bearing out reports that the contents of the gitooline tank of the tiny boat had exploded into Gray’e face while the tank was open^ Mies Irene Todd, of Gray Court, a teacher, who waa the only other occu pant of the boat, swam 'ashore and told of the explosion, which left her shocked and highly nervous. Mr. Gray was believed to have lighted a cigar ette wkh the tank open, resulting in tbe fumes being ignited and causing the unifying element that the farm ery themqelves, rft their past efforts, found so eesential to success. It is de mocracy in ,the good American sense of the word.” He attributed the agricultural re adjustment to “many factors”: “Our monetary policy was one. The drought wae another. Tnereased demand for products caused by the economic re- vfval was another, .and the operations of our agricultural adjustment admin istration was still another.” Speaking from the rear platform of his special train, Mr. Roosevelt looked into the faces of a huge-throng extend ing over the Station grounds and be yond to the town streets. In the background of this flat coun try were the vast farm fields, visible for mites. Opening his spi^h, the president expressed delig’h^'^at coming to tha home state of “one of a half dozen greatest Americans — Senator George W. Norris.” Governor Cochrane and Senator Burke, of Nebraeka, jtqod beside the chief executive. Mn. Roosevelt was v^h him. Dan Stephens, former rep- rteentative, introduced the president. “Is 4t surprising,” he asked, “in the lifdk of this improved income that tha farm. implement faetdries in Illinois and New York and the automobile fac tories in Michigan, and the steel mills of Penneylvania are springing into ac tivity. “Now, with export surpluses nb longer pressing down on the farmer’s welfare, and' with fairer prices, farm ers really have a chance for the first time in this generation to profit from improved methods.” Turning to the constitutional argu ment over AAA impending in the courts and on the political stumpe, Mr. the explosion. the Constitution embodying this effort department had kept constant watch daily since the accident occurred. Co lumbia firemen and others dragged for the body early last week without suo^s.-It was found at 5:16 p. m., eight days almost to the hour after the boat blew up. Revival Services At Bailey Orphanage Family Gets Holioay Following a long-established custom, Monday was^ibserved at the Thomwell orphanage as a holiday with a eea- sation from all aehool and departmeiit work. The oelei|»ration was “Founders’ Day” of the institution wh'teh opened its doors for the admission of ehildiea on October 1, 1876, with the late Dr. William Plumer Jacobs aa founder. Beginning Sunday evening, Oct. 6, at 7:30 o’clock, and continuing through Friday evening, revival services will be held in Bailey Memorial Methodist church. There will be no Monday morning service; ~ but each morning thereafter through Friday services will be held at 10:30. Dr. J. C. ^per, pastor of Broad Street Memodist church of this city, will assist the pastor, the Rev. B. S. Drennan. This week a series of prayer meet ings are being held m the church pre paratory to the revival of next'week. The public is cordially invited to at tend the services. AIRPORT GETS AID The WPA in Washington, has ap proved an application of $89,845 for the improvement of the Laurens air port, midway between Laurens and Clinton, and known as Baiksdale field. AnenONTREAT FROM THE PEN OF REX BEACH STARTINO NEXT WEEK THE CHRONICLE will bring its readers'* real fiction ^ treat. Three short stories by Rex Beach are on the program, the first of which starts next week. These stodm are in four inetallments each. They are full of ac^on and highly entertaining. We are confidmt you will like them. The first ' story is ‘Towder**... an oil field yam moves at a rapid pace all the wpy. ^ THREE SHOBT STORIES —fd(STALLHEms EACH The First Story Is ^POWDER” TOITLL ENJOY IT. IT BEGINS NEXT WEEK. \ \ -y as: Fear War Will Spread Geneva, Oct. 1.—The League of Na-_ tions observed the 11th anniversary today of its protocol for the pacific settlement of international disputes— and listened anxiously for the possible opening guns of Africa. y The protocol outlines various meth ods by which a dispute between two' .states could be throttle<l by league ac tion before it reaches a military stage. What worried league statesmen, however, was the possibility of an Italo-Ethiopian clash—already looked upon as almo.st inevitable—developing into something far worse thalf a war between two states. " Activity itself in Geneva was almost at a standstill, as all eyes watched Rome, Addis Ababa, Paris and London. New attacks in the Italian press on Great Britain discouraged those who had hoped iItalo-Bi;itish tension was lessening. News of suddenly announc ed French maneuvers scheduled tomor row on the German border also came as an unpleasant reminder o^ the grave .stresses and strains* of the Eu- rojiean continent itself. Reported Franco-British conversa tions as to naval coopteation in the Mediterranean and persistent, though repeated-ly denied, rumors of a Ger-. man-Polish'Hungarian air pact .were seen as additional indications ojLJiow vast a circumference of complications i.^ radiating out of a “mere colonial” controversy in htictheast Africa. 1 X “To promote the general welfare, not by interfering unduly with individ ual liberties, but by bringing to the aid of the individual those powers of government which are essential to as-t sure the continuance of the inalienable rights which the Oonstitutiim is in tended to guarantee.” “I like to think,” he said, “that ag ricultural adjustment is an expression, in concrete form, of the human rights those farmer patriots sought to win when they stood at the bridge at Coiir ^d, when they proclaimed the Decla ration of Independence, and when they perpetuated these kteals by the adop tion of the Conetitution. ““ “Methods and machinery change, but principles go on, and I have* faith that, no matter what attempts may be made, to tear down, the principle of farm equality expressed by agricul tural adjustment will not die.” The president stated the readjust ment of loans through the farm credit administration had brought a saving this yew of $65,000,000 in interest alone to 850,000 termers. He eaid the next effort was to im prove prices for commodities spld by the far^rs. He believed . the new monetary system did that job. Pointing to “the longer future” he said this agriculture program included prevention of soiiJ^ei^bn and floods, encouragement of forestation, and elimination of unprofitable submargin al lands'from production. The crowd interrupted with ap plause when the president dedar^ one of bis first moves sought “to free our monetary system of bondage to a suffieieik extent to permit money to serve the people rather than to force people to serve money.” He was applauded on the statement of increased farm income, on his dec- laiation that “farmers really hfve a chanee for the fiiat time in this gener ation to prqfit from improved meth ods.” COUNTY GETS .FUND As a part of the sanitation program being carried on in the counties of the state, Laurens county was given an allotment last Friday of $25,252 as its share df the on* million doIlarB ap proved in Washington hy the WPA for this state-wide work. France and England Sidestep i Paris, Oct. 1.—Negotiations between Fiance and Great Britain for a mutual assistance agreement, inspired by com plications of the Italo-Ethiopian crisis, today found both powers side-stepping specific pledges, officials .said. France, these officials explained, i.s unwilling to go any further for Brit ain in the event of Italian attack on the British Mediterranean fleet than it expects the London government to go in case of an air attack on France by Germany. The official French answer is expected to be drafted at Friday’s cabinet meeting. At the same time, France authorized immediate military measures. The air force was unexpectedly ordered to be gin maneuvers in the I^orraine and Champagne sectors, near the German frontier. It was officially disclifsed that French efforts to make the Djibouti- Addls Ababa railroad neutral have not found either Mussolini or Emperor Haile Selassie very receptive. Ethiopia, it was said, pointed out that the con cession-governing the railroad gives it the right to use it in time of war. The neutrality of the Suez canal cannot be nullified by action of the League of Nations, officitla of the Suei Canal company conteirted. The treaty of 1888, they pointed out, pro vides, that it must remain opwi in peace or war. • Recall Italian Consuls Addis Ababa, Oct. 1. — Increasing tension between Italy and Ethiopia led the Italian minister here, Luigi Vinci- Gigliucci, to order today the five Ital ian consulates in Aduwa and Harar provinoee evacuated. Some 20 other Italian consular agents in the interior are trying to .reach A^is Ababa, the Sudan or Erit rea. 'Niey are forced to travel by horse or muie^ and^because of the boggy roads, are making slow progress. Floods have marooned four of the agents from ,Debra Markos on the right bank of the river Nile at Dejen, a week’s >>urney from this capital. ^ Ferries are unable to cross the strsam. ** Foreigners, convinced a general Ethiopian mobilization is imminent,^ exprewed belief Emperor Haile Se- kuisie would call it this week-end. Such an action, eaid the Ualism anfai- \ inter, would be only a formality. He ^ asserted all Ethiopian able-bodied men long since have been called to arms.