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t:j ■r' - THE CHRONICLE , SteiTcs^jCo Be a deui Nava- paper, CMipleta, Neway,/ aadBeliabk. X A If Toa lloa*t Raaii . TOE CHRONICLE Toa DaaH Gat TTia Noira. VOLUME XXXV CLINTQl^, g. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14,1935 ry PONDERS CASX Hisrheet Body Takes Highway Departraepit Injanction Under Advisement and Win Rule Lat* “Usurpation” AUeged By Ousted Board, While For ^ Repeal Fight Call On Legislature To Enact Dry Law Next Session Or Issue Will Go To Primaries. Columbia, Nov. 11.—The South Other!Carolina Federated Forces for Temp- Side Contends Governor Has «»"“ Uw Enforc«nent-»hirt • bitterly fought state repeal—launched Supreme Power, sj^jj offejjgive here today for the re- ^ */ enactment of a “bone dry” law in Columbia, Nov. 11. ~ Governor Olihj South Carolina. D, Johnston was charpd with bav?^I Delegates from all parte of the authority of^^hf state attended thej:ally, presided over .,4atupa and-the oourte iottejMn Mpreme j ijy-^rmeT"Gov^^^ John Gi^^ichai^ court proceedings to en>oin Ins tr^-|^^ Li^e^y Hill? ardent, dry and mem- establishel state highway admimstra-jj^^^ state lax commission. tion from functioning. Resolutions were adopted calling up- 'Counsel for 13 highway commission- ere the governor ousted by a mdlitary coup October 28 made the allegation in asking that his road board of six on the 1936 legislature to repeal the present liquor law “on bt'half of the defenseless women an4 children of the state, who are the real sufferers,” be enjoin^, while attorneys for the; board glared ^ acted as the su-, primaries next summer if the leg- preme auth<mty for expre^ing tn® reenact state pro peoples wishes m a ipove that was people's wishes m a not subject to court review The court took the injunction pro- “We believe,” said a • resolution . . , . . y ' adopting i four-point program for a ceeding* and four cases arising fromi„„,,.^ .i,,. i-™.., . , j . . .return of dry laws, “that South Caro- the refusal of the ousted c<^mission| ^ to accept four Johnston appointees un der advisement after a fiery, six-hour exchange of arguments. Former Governor John Gary Evans of Spartanburg, the president of the constitutional convention of 1895, and A. H. Dagnal, of Anderson, its reading clerk, opposed each other ifi arguments j ‘dry’, state, and jLhaCt we shall win in intoxicating beverages, which indude this fight against the legal sales of all beer and wines.” The organization adopted a pro gram deploring enactment- of the law legalizing liquor last spring; called , , .. .upon the legislature to repeal it and ®n th* «op« of pomr tlK constitution ^ p,n„itni„g advortisomont of ?r NUMBER 46 §tate is Cut Off Dole By Hopkins / WPA Faces Task of D^blinR / Pace To Reach December 1 Employment Goal.^ ' Washington, Nov. 9.—With the ad ministration still short of the half way mark in its drive to provide 3,500,000 jobs, figures made public to day show^ it must.double its recently ; accelerated work relief pace to meet the December 1 goal ITALY WARNS OF LEAGU^ACTION II Duce Serves World Notice Forcing Hand. Policy of Ge neva Declared By Rome ‘True Act of Hostility.” Mussolini and British Envoy Confer On Situation In Mediterranean. Rome, Nov. 12.—Italy served notice upon the world today that sanctions Harry L. Holikins, works progress i drive her from the Leagu^of admjhistratpr. said the numt^r Put_to Nations. work in the week ending November 2 totaled 194,425, compare<i with 121,715 in the preee<iing we<‘k. The total given jobs in place of di- 'rect reflief Nov 2, however, iaus only in a formal note of protest to all sanctionist countries, the government branded the ban-of imports from Italy a “true act ^f hostility.” The document, coupled with a dec- 1.737,610, in contrast with the origi-jlaration that "until now” Italy had not iial plan to have the entire 3,50i\000| wisher! to leave Geneva with a request employables at work in a day earlier, for inforipation from each of the niem- If the nejv ,Ik'cenil)er 1 goal is at tained, 1,762,390 jobs reniainiHl to be ’Provided in the four weeks beginning Novenibea* 2, a Wrekly average of 440,,597. . Hopkins,"nevertheless, expressed re- newtsl confidence the program would j.succeed.^Simultaneously he cut four states—Ohio, South ("arolina, Missis sippi .and Gonnectitiit—off direct re lief. her nations on t1\e manner in which sanctions would be\^pplie<l. Responsible soureeA said this clearly imlicateri Italy might naave-the league should the application of^sanctiongf be • “too hostile.” Whether or npt she d|^s -SO, these .sources assorte<l\ .she has clearly in<licate<l she will sahe- tionist countries “individually iVspon- sible’* for the actions against hef un der the league aegis. .What thiV actually meant, hoviover,! Premier Mussolini an<l .Sir F’ric liecanie unci‘rtain when he deejined to Drummond, the British ambassador. 1 gave the governor Dagnall asserted at the climax of his speech that the governor “has "^usurp^ the power of the courte, has usurped the ^wer of the legislature” in .setting up a highway tward and putting a .militia about it to prevent the service bf court drdeta. M. Rutled^ River^ of Charleston, attoriiey for the Citizens and Southern bank of South Carolina, concluded the hearing by ass^ing that the gdver- 'nor apparently had tried to seize pri vate deposits as. well as highway funds in his confiscation of money in the bank here. Johh P. Grace of Charleston, a for- ihef highway commissioner, and C. S. ^wen of Greenville, contended as-at- ' /tomejrs for the board tlMt the -consti- / tution made thp executive, .legislative, and judicial departments sepi^te and that the court lacked jurisdiction to inqiyre into the governor’s action. Grace asserted the governor had ‘supreme authority” to carry out the liquors; urged ministers and chureh leaders “and all good citizens of the state” to “enlist 4n the fight;” and added: ‘In making this call we are fully aware of the nature of the fight which will be precipitated , and in-the event, that the legislature refuses to take any action as requested, that this fight be carried into the, primaries next summer and that legislators be nominated who will pledge them.selves to restoring statewide prohibition in South Caroiina.” The program was adopted -after speakers had asserted increases in crime, automobile accidents and deaths, were caused by liquor made availabte by legalizatkm. - Highway Troops Cost $9(1 A bay will 'of the people who elected him on I Squad Remains On Duty To Give Dictator Johnston Control of highway a platform promising ’ hou.se-«leaning. - V He charged that' the commission “Was packed with new appointed for unlawful terms” .before Governor I. C. Blackwood left office; said the high way department was “full of nepo tism” and charged that a $110,000,000 “machine” had been built in disregard of the public rights. The governor was fully justified ih declaring the commission in “a state of insurrection and rebellion,” he con tinued, because it had paid Chief Com- miasioner Ben M. Sawyer despite an executive veto of his salary with house approval, while it was “illegally con stituted” itself; had employed attor neys “te keep seated ^isurpw. in of fice,” aiiSi admission o^ three mem bers to the ^rovemor knew “nothing” of the handing of its huge interests by Sawyer. Bowen, joining Grace in making the repjy to a rule for Joe Calus, of Spar tanburg, Francis Drake of Greenville, Wade Sanders of Anderson, Robert Road Department. Cotton Subsidy Blanks Ready Must* Be Signed By Nov. 16th. Cannon Tells Farmers How To . Obtain Cash Margin. “Sawdust TraU” Minister Buried Columbia, Nov. 9.—A new item of government expenditures-—for upkeep of national guardsmen on active duty — has crept into the state expen.se sheet. It appeared last year under Gover nor I. C. Blackwood and appears again this year, although in a*smaller sum, under Governor CMin Johnston. The maintenance of two officers and 16 men on'active duty here under the governor’s proclamation of a “state qf ' I insurrection” by the highway commis sion was tentatively estimated ,to cost $90 a day. Bills ..rendered Adjutant General James C. Dozier to date for expermes in connection with the presence'of troops in the Pelzer textile strike area from July 16 through Sept. 16 amount-, ed to $28,600. A force varying from two companies to a section was on active service for Gregory of Chor,w, W. M. Smo.k of f"" ■"onth-- “nder the governor', pfoo- Aiken .nil W. A. Stilley, Jr., of Con-i‘‘"’‘“-“" Hundre48 Pay Final Tribute'To Billy Sunday When I.aid To Rest In Chicago. County Agent C. B. Cannon has is- Chicago, Nov. 9.—A crewd which in- ^..^1 tv... fvviirv...:.... ...» .u.. eluded hundreds" of his converts paid sued the following statement on theL. . . u . o * i . .u u ur-i . I final tribute Satuixlay to the Rev. Wil- cotton bounty: ^ “Billy” Sunday at funeral ser- ‘Any farmer wishing to apply for | vices "ST the M,oody Memorial church for the famous ‘“sawdust trail” evan gelist. Dr. John Timothy Stone, former minister of the fashionable Fourth Preabyteriao ehuroh and now president of the Chicago Theological ^minary, said in a brief tribute: “This cannot be. a.day of mourning, but a day of coronation ami welcome to many who. knew him on the other side. Few will he welcomet! there more than he. “There has been no greater soul among American citizens or mien. ‘Billy’ Sunday wa.s loyal, ^devoted, 'eager, intense, fervent, positive, im pulsive, sympathetic, human, humor ous, guileless, plain, pointed, forceful, direct, colorful, conscientious, .strong and sweet.” Mrs. Helen Sunday, intro<luced to thousands as “Ma,” sat near the flow er decked coffin with her two sons as the Rev. H. A. Ironsides, pastor of the church, told the mourners “the more people liked Cl^fist, the more they loved ‘Billy’ Sumlay.” ' say how much he had simultaneously allotUsl these states to supplement earlier November grants. Ohio already had received $2,084,000, South Caro lina $349,688, Mi.ssis.sippi (Connecticut $401,500. Most of the thirteen other state.s. siniilarlycut off direct relief received ;.sui)plementary allotments. Hopkins .said only that-tl|e allotments have way, to show*cauAe, cited statutes he subsidy or bounty on the sale of his cqtton must apply to* his cotton buyer at onre as these blanks are to be in the county agent's office by Saturday ,of this weelt, Nov. 16th. All farmers receiving tfie bounty or si^idy will be required to participate in'^a 1936 con tract. No information^has been re ceived from Washington as to the re quirements of the 1936 contract. “The farmer is entitled to the dif ference of the average sale of ten spot markets on the date of his sale, 7-8 inch middling^and 12. The blanks are to be made in triplicates. The originala to be sent to the county agent’s office at the producer’.s risk, one retained by ithe producer and one by the buyer. The person who made application for gin tickets is the person to. apply for, subsidy. If a tenant on a'farm hasjKild his cotton in his name, but the appli cation for gin tickets was made in the landlord’s name, it is i^p to the tenant and landlord to see the cotton buyer and cettify that this tenant belongs to his farm; otherwise, the tenant will not receive any subsidy. All checks will be made payable to the holder of the Bankhead application of which said person will Iwb required to turn over to the tenant the s-hare of the benefits. “Those; farmers holding more than one application for gin tickets should see that the sale of this cotton is dis tributed according to the amount of the individual allotment on the indi vidual application. The subsidy or bounty can be applied for only on the actual production of the cotton or a state of insurrection, application, whichever is the nearest executive parallel to martial law, in the Anderson mill village.. Increare ^own h IJ"*" G>tton Ginned said-authorized the governor to “enf),T play such civilians” and call out the volunteer militia to execute the laws during a state of insurrection. “We take the position that the gov ernor’s proclamation of a state of in surrection cannot be investigated by this tribunal,” he said, “and that it is binding upon all departments. The re cital in t^ proclamation that a state of insurrection exists is final.” Grace said the governor had “almost of the census, kingly power” to “carry out the will On the same date last yeVr the bf the people” and could be made to j county had ginned 13,247 twies, show account “only to the ultimate apver* ing an increase of 2,808 bales for the eign people, the custodian of wf^oaelsame period this year. endinl for the sovertteen state.s liecause works program employment i.s either well enough along or will be s<K)n to take care of employables transferred from the relief rolls, and al.w, the nee<ls of unemployables are provided for, by states ami their, localities.” conferre<l for half an hour to<lay on the Mtdjterranean situation. The talks were understoo<l to Ih' “progressing satisfactorily, hut officially there were $442,580,1 no details. Italy’s note warned each sanction ist nation vigorously of the “moral ami iw^ychelogical consequences” of |ianc- fcions and stated they_. would prolong the “w,>rl<l’s economic discord.” Rome’s reijuest for a reply recalled that the Fascist grand council is to meet Nov. 16 and the cabinet Nov. 30. Sanctions go into effect Nov. 18.? Enough Left for Month (Columbia, Nov. 9.—Stete Relief Ad ministrator J. D. Fulp said today hb had not been advi8e<l by national ERA authorities that the November aljot- pnent to the state would be the last. “Funds now on hand are sufficient 4o-carry us through the rest of No vember,” Fulp said, explaining that $300,000 for general relief had been allotted the state early in the month. Relief expenditures have been re- France Anxious ) Paris, Nov. 12. — France anxiously faced the prospect tonight of an eco nomic war with Italy. Premier Pierre Laval is expected to reply to Premier Mussolini’s warning that reprisals will follow sanctions wi;^ bhe explanation that sanctions are^navoklable. The effect of the loss of-Italy’s for eign trade on French busine.ss is fear ed by flhancial quarters, since France' is still suffering heavily from the de pression. Authoritative sources .said France and Britain are penning similar replies duciHl as the works progress adminis tration took workers from ERA rolls,!to the Italian xiiotest against sanc- he oxplaine<i, ami no persons were ad- tions and that neither nation would •niittcil to ERA Ixills after November 1. waver in its adherence to the league Hopkins’ anmiQncement said 26,011 Covenant, persons were on work relief_,empIoy-l Laval is iletermined to save the ment in South ('anilina, of wKlcR I li-| franc from <levaIuation and today de- 154 had WPA jobs. 1 fended his budget eeonomiW against efforts of the chamber finance~com- mit^ to modify deflationary decree laws. Board M^ts Here Friday % New Hospital Trustees Named To fill five vacancies on the I.aurens County Hospital board of trustees, due to a death and resignations, the county delegation 'at its November meeting Germany Joins Berlin, Nov, 12.—Germany indirect- TrUHtees of Presbyterian College! *y Joined countries taking sanctions To Elect Permaneiit President ““‘v !>y I'tacins.a bjan- rr M t3 emihargo ufion certain important As Successor To MeSween. prtKlucts rei^rdless of their destina- tion. The board of trustees of Presbyte- The' embargo i.s effective Nov. 16, rian college will meet here tomorrow!two days before jeague sanctions begin to consider the matter of electing a [to function. But an official announce- permanent president for the institu- ment studiou.sly avoided direct mention tion. appointed the following: W..A. Moor head of (Joldville, John Henry Nance of Cross Hill, T. C. Owings of Ijau- FoIIowing the resignation of Presi dent Mc.Sween in May, the board elect- of Italy or Geneva, although once appeare<l to be refcrreil to. Italy smaller.’ Not To Change power he is.” Evans maintained in a hected speech, emphasized by rapping on the court desks, that the justices would - assume the governor’s post of “su preme authority” and “destroy” the coDstitutioa if they ^joined an exec utive action. . He said the triple authority set up by soostitution should be kept in tact to “protect the hbertiez of the people.” \ Arguing the issue of court jurisdic- i tion, Dagnal' and H. K. Osborne , of ‘ Spartanburg, maintained the supreme court could review the executive action. ^ Dagnall said every move-'the gov ernor made in calliag out military forces was 8iff>jeet to court review, aid^i« “H that vrere not the ease this state would be a despotic fowmment and there would be no relief., ^ (Ck>atiiMied on page twpf “ The board -'of stewards of the First Laurens, county fanners ginned j Methodist chUrfh of Laurens, was ad- 16,055 .baleSiOf the 1935 cotton cropjvised Thursday by Bishop Paul B; through Nog..,. 1st, according to thejKeni that the Rev. J. 0. Smith will county’s special agent foy the "bureau remain in Laurens and not be trans- ftrred to theOntral Methodist church at Spartanburg as previously an nounce at conference in ()reenwo6d. The decision followed a conference at Mooresville, N. C., between the bishop and presiding elders of the Greenville and Spartanburg districts. Rev. F. C. Beach and Rev. E. R. Mason. The -Rev F. E. Dibble of Spartan burg, first assign^ to-the Laurens I church, has been transferred to the South Clarolina conference wjth a Charleston assignment. ‘The Rev. W. V. Dibble comes- from Bethel church. Charleston, to Spartanburg. This. Wade’s Menu Friday Presb)rterian vs Erskine at York. Woff^ vs Newberry at Newberry. Satarday Furman vs Carolina at (^lumbia. demson vs The Citadef at‘Charles ton. General Standings Furman Wi .. .... L 1 T 0 Pet. 857 ClemSbn .... 5 2 N) 714 The Citadei ... 8 2 1 60p Erskine 2 4 1 333* Carc^ina : 2 5 0 286 W<®OTd 4 U 200 Preabytarian .. 1 6 0 167 Newberry «»>-v - ' 6 0 148 Clinton Armory , Project Approved In a list of projects approved dur-* ing the past week by the WPA admin istration at Washington, as certified to the state administrator, Clinton k Bated, for $19,009 for the construction of an arinory building. For the same purpose Laurens is given an appro priation of $18,099. League Indifferent Geneva, Nov. 12. — Officials of the league of nation.s remained imlifferent ed \V^ P. Jkcohs, well-known busine.ss man of this cHy, as acting president .of. the institution. At the same time ron,, M. I.. Motw of Uurons, and appointed to p;;7;r;o‘''s^'clio'n- DouKlae Cray of Uarene,. ,.. i" permanent pi^ldent and the report,j Other members of the board-are: recommendation of that committee] « D. Ea.sterby, Uurens, chairWn; L. G.|i« expected at tomorrow’.s,^ meeting, j ^ Balle and J W Todd laaurtns’ R E i Members of the committee arc: Rev. cour.se of execution- .Sr at) R. W. ilJide.S^Vc. R.>.- K. Phillips. Columbia, chairtnan; |-‘ho-ed a ™f exemption, ^ Workman, Goldville, and U. D. Peden, Dr. K. J, HiH of Athens, Ga., Rev. T.| ™: K. i Gray Court. 4 Brunswick, Ga, Dr. G.'l’^-" ^P ^ fulfilled. The hospital is toTi"built in Lau-|^- Mayes of Winnsboro, andJ)r.J:. C.\ rens out of funds derived from a coun-|^®y® Senrea. ty bond issue, a WPA grant and a| While it is under.stoo<l that several gift by the city o^ Laurens, the estr^^mes have been considered by ^he mated cost being around $60,000. j special committee, no public announce- I ment has been made as to their choice or recommendation. A full attendance that only conti-acts Erskine And P. C. Play At York I II -i York, Nov. 11. — Friday, November 15, will be^a red-letter day here for on j that day will be staged the first col lege football game to be played in York in the long Rititory of the itown. »The contestants wili be the teams of Erskine and Presbyterian college. Both teams ate said to be in fine form and a warm battle is expected. The York stadium will accommodate the big crowd that is expected to see 750,()00 Bales Is, S. C. Forecast [of..the board is expected for tomor row’s conference to consider this im portant matter now before it. Flames Destroy A South Carolina ■ cotton crop of 750,000 bales of 500 fiounds gro.'j.s weight is forecast from condition!^ as of November 1. This compares with 745,000 bales forecast a month 'ago and with final crops of 681,000 bales jin 1984, 735,000 in 1933, and an av- Laurens Church'"**' Laurens, Nov. 9.—The newly remod eled Watts Mills Methodist church was destroyed early Saturday by fire, that pickiiig and ginning hav the origin of, which has not been de termined. The Rev. W. Fred Hedge- path, paster, said to<jay that iinmeii- jthe game. Already many tickets have ate plans would be underiaken for re- been sold and a rush of buyers is ex-:building. pected as the game draws nearer. I The church hou.se had bren recently The contest will be staged here un-j remodeled and enlarged, to provide dee the auspices of the Meech Stewart post of the American Legion. '' Merchants will clo«e.„ their stores during the game, and pei^le here will attend almost en masse, ^ngressman J. P. Richards and other men promi nent in public life have accepted invi tations. ■ • eight class rooms for the Sunday schopl, at a cost of m^re than $4,000. Only two servi^ had been held in the new church. The loss is placed atabput $7,000. > Mrs. Ethel R.( Pitts and 'Mrs. Adaar spent Monday in Colum ing the years 1928-1932. With the exception of early Sep-y tember rains the fall has" been vm favorable for harvesting cotton.y so pro gressed rapidly. / The indicated yield i.s ^4 pounds lint per acre, which is .at>proxiiii.^ly the same yield made/^n each of the past two years \ The pteliminacy e.stimatolof^eottQp land harvested^jis 1,413,00 aci^ wiich' compare.^ wjtn an avei-a^ lof 1,873,- 000 acres harveste<l during the yeass 1928-3^ I^M^nsus report shows 615,000 nmiung bales ginned in the State prior Novem^r 1, compared with 6<)6,- V. ^ 000 ginned to this date last year and Wpr 631,000 in 1933. '-tea#