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VOLUME XXXVI
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THE CHRONICLE
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Tkt News. ^
SOLONS PLAN
EXTR^E^ON
Roosevelt To Address ^^^MiRress
Fridsy Nifht On Stole of the
Nitim I. ReOson For Action
Not, Apfiirent But Idea Is
From President.
CLINTON, S. G., THUR^AY, JANUARX 2; 1906
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Waahinirton, Doc. 31.—Creating a
now precedent in congressional his
tory, senate and house leaders tonight
arranged f^r an extradordinary ses
sion next Friday night to receive
personally from President Rdosevelt
his annual message on* the state of
the union. *jf •
Never before m the annals of con
gress has a president delivered his
opening message dt night. Only
once before, when President Wilson
delivered ^is ww* message, has a chief
executive appeared before a night
cession. \!
The rea.sons for the unusual open
ing day se\-up were not-immediate-jeovery forces, business and industry
ly made clear. On Capitol Hill, where I should now move forward courageous
Face New Year
Wi^ High Hopes
Labor, ^Bu^ness and Govern
ment Spokesmen Look For
Recovery pains In 1936.
Washington, Dw. 31. — Spokesmen
for .government, o^iness and organ
ised labor—speaking generally in op
timistic tenms—tonigm welcomed the
New ’Yelir with suggestions for car
rying forw'ard in 1936\he recovery
gains of 1935.
The exprieaMons'of optimism, how
ever, were not unqualified. One busi
ness leader saw obstacles should gov
ernment impose “burdens” bn employ
ers. A labor chieftain was concexned
with the fate of new deal legisla^n
in the supreme court.
Secretary Roper sunvmarized t
government outlook as follows:
- “On the basis of the broad gains
recorde<l in the'economic and social
‘life of the nation in 1935 ap'd in view
of thf cumulative strength of the re-
both majority and minority leaders
met to di.scuuss the arrangement in
Vice-President flamer’s office, it was
understood the suggestion originated
at the White House.
At the executive offices thtVe was
no comment other than the statVment
ly in the new year with long term pro
grams, looking forward to sound and
stable progress.”
Harper Sibley, pre.sident of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States: “With all of the-evidences of
the new .strength and vigor cumula
of a spokesman that .Mr. Roosevelt ttive in their efftK*ts, we can depend
>
f I
would appear in person at the inVka-
tion of congressional leadei-^j. ~
The extraordinary arrangements all
but submerged — other developments
pointed toward the ope'ning at noon
Friday of the second se'ssjon of the
74th congre.ss.
At the capitol,' Senator Byrd (D-
Va.) let it known he would move
to «put congress, .squarely on record
for economy in government bxpetKii-
tores. -He set about preparing a reso
lution calling for strict retrenchment
federal .spending in the 1936-1937
fiscal year.
At the White House, the president
<kvoted the last day of 1935 to prep-
aratibn of his message to congress.
Beaause of the arrangements for
a night meeting, there was wide
speculation that it would contain
upon continuatitm into the New Year
of the improved conditions of l ocent i
month.s^.
“How'far these forces will carry u.s
depends at present almost entirely,
upbn the burdens which arc imposinl'
upon business.^ |
Willem Green, president of, the
American Federation of Labor: _
“The indications are that the im
provement in economic and industrial
conditions which set in during the
present year -Will continue during
1936.”
Terming the next' 12 months a
“fateful year” for labor. Green said
the sujwme court’s decisions on the
consti^ioirality ot the Wagner labor
State Can^iaign
For 1936 Shapes
Factionalisn Rises As Word
**joliiistonite** Is Coined In the
Road'Controversy.
Columbia, Dec. 27.—South'Carolina
politics seethed in 1936 to a white
heat almost unprecedented for |ign
“off-year.” . i
NUMMaK I
ROPER SOUNDS
HOPimNOTE
Cominerce S)Bcretary ^Sees Fur
ther Economic Gains Ahead
In 1936. Cumulative Forces of^
Recovery'Are Cited.
and still stirs to
Washington, Dec. 29. — |n a New
Year’s statement to the nation, Secre-
f tary Roper predicted today that the
j “broadening of the recovery process”
c-jin 1935 provides a basis “for further
Itoral consciousness that once reacted encouraging economic g.sins in 1936.”
Noting' specific business improve
ment, the comnfierce secretary sai<l
that “the fact that the general cumvT"
lative forces of recovery are gaining
is even more important.”
“Just as the forces of depression
were cumulative in their effects, so
the forces of recovery operate to ex
pand activity in an ever-widening cir
cle,” he, said.
“In dealing with the p^amount
problem of unemployment, we may
take courage and renewed hope from
the steady expan.sion of productmri
and distribution in the past'year.
“Perhaps the’most striking conclu-
ito “TiMmanite”
j“Bleasite.”
I Behind it wa'^ the story of a young
1 governor who brought courts, militia,,}
the legislature, and public ^opinion
into ^lay by one of the most vigorous
exerxMses of executive actibn in half
la century.
j Factionalism in South Carolina was
(k-ad or dormant, to all evidences,
when thir^,-eight year old Olin D.
Johnston was inaugurated as gover
nor January 15.
His election the previous fall was
facilitate^} by a combination of anti-
Blease forces in hi.s support, yet he
had much sympathy that day fromlsion wan^inted by a review of the de
friends of the former‘govc’Tior and I veloi)ments of the year is that we
'now have a broader and firmer foun-
Road Row Up '^Lindberghs Now
Again Fridley! In England
senator he defeate<i.
His inaugural demaml fm* the res
ignation of the state highway com
mission as a i»o<ly ushered in a i)eriod
--that rent the stale — one element
agreeing that the commission should
l)e (Vu.sfed and the othef opposing the
i-move or disagneing with i|ohnston’s
(methods.
The clash presenUsl such (jue.stions
I as whether “the will of the people”
dation than in the preceding year? on
which to build in 193(1.”
Reviewing the year, Roiht' sawl
that production of consumers’ giawis
l^a.s- “above the jeJatively high level
of Ud31; there was further imj)rove-
ment iVi agriculture; some i-evival in
the dui'ahle goo<is industries; wide-
si>read improvement in.consumei' pu. -
chasing Imsed on increased einj)loy-
as evidenced in Johnston’s cU'ction on ment; more equitable price relation-
an anti-highway platform, might sus-
p<*nd the stale constitution as inter-
LitiRation Before Judges Affect
ing Removal of Commi.ssjon
. ers By Governor.
Famed Family l^Ands In Port
At Liverpool and Retires To
X Hotel. Will Visit Relatives.
ships and a larger harvest; imj)n>ved
industrial earnings; an increase in the
preted by the South Carolina supreme valih* of our foreign trade; and fur-.
ther improvenient.s in the financial
After the governor ousU*(i the com-1 including a rising tendency in
missionr with the militia October 2«,|«ccurity markets and a .gradual re-
the supreme court held his use of opening of the domestic capital mar-
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some announcement ,of major import-'future policies of labor.
V.
ai»ce. Whether it would deal with any
or all of the foremost questions—in-
cloding relief, neutrality and the bo
nus—was not levealed.
It was '^ssible that neutrality
might be made the subject of a spe-
eial message, and that the meat of
Columbia, Dec. 29.—Proceedings in Livert>©i)l,--K.pgland, Dec. 31.— The
disputes act, the (iiiffey coal regula-jjwo state courts in connection with iCharles A. Lindht*rghs arrived in
tion law, and other labor legislation South Carolina’s highway situation RnKPland today maintaining the secre-
today were in prospect for this week.
Attorneys for thr«*e highway com-
“will have a profound effect upon the
ket to the flow of private funds.”
He added:
1
Secretary Perkins: “Integrated ac-jntis.sioners ordered removed from of-
tivity and sound constructive cooper-jfjee by Governor Olin Johnston for al-
ation among employers, wage earners
and farmers to increase purchasing
cy that\had surrounded their entire
voyage, b\it a txdative said they were
reKigees f^m American crime.
, ^ . . , The flier,\his wife and thr<*e-year-
legetf mi.scoLnduct prepared appeals ,,, ^ Liverpool celehrkt-
from the orders to be presented he-'^^ ly.
suite at the~'Adelphi hotel.
. New Year, spent the eve in , '•
power, aitd with the government j fore three ciixruit court judges^ere ..» ■ 'k'gislatur
troops unconstitutional, (the governor
ousted the road board again by quasi-
judicial pioceedings following the de-jV “A sidwtantial increase in emjiloy-
cision and kept 1 he troops on duty two ^H‘nt was effected during the year,
weeks longer). .with the major part of the gaiiT'atr-
The renaoval proceedings weie ex-j^**^^!*-*^ manufacturing in-
pecleii to gravitaU' before the court l<Ui«tries. There was also an encour-
unless the 1936 legislature enacts a jatfing expansion of employment in the ^
highway reoiganixation bill soon af.'copstimction industrj', particularly in
ter convening January 11. re.sidenfial building-. The latest month-
A special tweive-day session (7f-the I.V factory emplrtyment data available
e was hece.s.sary this month . 'how an increase tif Id |)er cent’'in
sUnding by to aid in accomplishingj^'^iday. ' " rne.r seue a. u.e ^,eaMn...ute.. ^ temporary road board.ji'omparison with a year ago, factory
this objective, will consolidate thaf *ttomev General lohn M Daniel [The governor had threatened during I>ayndls being 25 per cent higher.
Attomej (leneral John .M. Dnnul the moment they\left the American j record-length regular .session last; “Wages of factory workiMs gener-
i ,, Luporter under the eovei of a »f*'oup | . Ktiimu the state in the elec- ally maintained at the level
preme court ‘before the new year j of ^detectives and police. summer against legislator.s reached in 1931, when hourly rates
But a member of the ' ....
relief issue~the amount of money to,^ade since the low Po«nt of petition the slate su
be requested—might be left for his
ion
Jbudg^ine!«a»e nexM..^^^^ an era whjehr wilUiringj a ^ portion of state high-
The agreement on tbe nigbC se.s- treater degree or-secur1ly t6 all-otir-^^ - fipif- bv iniunction
«k)n was^ reached at a parley lasting pt^opio.”
long after nightfall *in Gamer’s office, j .fos.se H.
and caiTy the United ,
, . .. . . . v— - . T r Vhe_Jajnj^ (If ■ ji^. ihi. niitetmie were as high as in r.t2i».
|way tied up by injunction l. .Morgan in Llandaff, VVales. saldi^^, the I'db> session was exjiected to, ‘‘Among the iiHiie specfaeular in-
Jones, chairmlin of |he Re-) the Lindberghs woOtd U. guests Vre |o,,a.s<.s in retail sales in 1935 were
Speaker Byr„.,, Senator eon.truction Finance eorpor.tion: J,*", .‘tem^iy .-oC leJurcre:rThi::^l;:Z^ai;^ }a;;.r.:rZor.l
riKhl now. It ia ^ally i thin* of theZifka/ron of thrinjunc the vletinr of kw!
MeNary or Oregon, the minority
leader, an(L_Repiesentative Snell, the
house minority chief.
past. We have just the aftermath of
'There was speculation that the Re-jthe depression to clean up. W’e are
publicans were included in an effort behind in construction work in Amer-
ta prevent a and IbeHeve thiU building will'be i;“\'y;;
tion to release money tb meet certain' as was his older brother, lit-
obligations, including bond inU-rest jtie Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. Business
due in the near future. Authorization i had pothing to do with the journey,
for
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block the joint night meeting. .the big leader in 1936.
To permit such a joint meeting,! ■
Byms said, it would be necessary to; ^ ,
obtain unanimous consent in the i KjCSlfflkS
.house to recess after the noon con-j ^
vening until the desired hour for thci KCllCa
meeting. ,
- If lh.t i» d4ni<sl . rule mu.t Tu.«I.#, the iMt
be hr,o«ffht out fi^m the t'tyee year, S. Boyd Seaton, who
toiV‘>tesworth 1». .M^ans, of Charles-, per cent in dollar expendituies
ton asserteil the govemor himselfInew passenger automobiles. * —
was dominated by a “ring.” : "Although railway freight traffic
Senator Harry Hughs of Oconee, in lagged in the general recovery, by
one of a series of legislative syieech-mid-October the carriers were able to
es against* Johnston’s stand, said it [report an'increase in the cumulative
• was the governor’s intentiop to run total of loadings in comparison with
Welsh countrpide, some^time U)mor-|^^^. 193611934 and a corresponding decline in
**■ ^y,g dfeficit.s.
mittee and pasi^ by a tvio-thirdsj^^^^^^^ the various fedei-al re-
majority of th^house. Ijjp^ agencies in Laurens county since
On the senate side, a majo ity inception in January, 1933, ten-
aent can cbntplete the arrai gement. h^ppp^ y^y^ resignation to accept a po
In this cpnection, hoy^verj i as traveling salesman with the
recalled that the late Senator Huey ■
-state general fund made money avail-; xy^^. Morgan family exjiects the
able for current operating expenses. Lindberghs at Llandaff, in the quiet
j ('ircuit Judges (\ (\ Featherstone
I of-Greenwood, M. .M. .^ann of St. j. Morgan is the. father of
Matthews, and K. (’. Dennis of Dar-j Aubrey Neil .Morgan; husband of Mrs.
lington. were to hear arguments on Lindbergh’s sister, the former Eliza- house” in
.pp«al..,fCh.. le«O.IU.ronof Spar-'beth Mori-ow, who died l.,l yaar in Z. u, ? J j"..vow
day of UnburK, highway CO,nmiaaron c-hai,-. califoi-nia ■' - South ai-ohna, but d,<l not d,»avow
* Vvaiiioinia. j senatorial anrbitioijs while iietitiop
and marches on the capital came/ln
pr 1938.
Johnston
commented that he was "It is believed that this tendency
has
man, and Commissioners K. L. t'uller
of Orangeburg ,and; John C.^ Bethea
('ol. Lindbergh, bareheaded
with little Jon in the crook of his
I'l-ight arm, hurrieil down the gang
plank of the Importer after Mrs.
Lindbeigh while a dregiy rain. fell.
*i'- a'
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of removal.
The governor said meanwhile he
expected ouster proceedings against
t y.- \ . 'Southern States Lumber company, a Chief Highway Commissioner lk*n M. j * ^
Long staged one H.jiuren.s wholesale lumber concern. {Sawyer and 10 members of the 14-if aiif*An*
filibusters in an effort to (Isarrange, j^xton first became work su-'man road board would be heard i * 1^11 w UC
plans for a joint meeting of t ® for Laurens county on Jan. [“within the near future ”
ate and the house, to hear 'Pre.sident
is now finmly undeirway.
“In this field, as of course in many
others, we have formidable problem.?
still 'before us, but-we find hei-e, nev
ertheless, an illustration of the ten
dency of the recovery movenient to
accelerate.”
» lfi, 1933. upde/ the RFC. A month | He explained he was ready to begin
Chamber’s Guests
to attest to his strength.
United States Senator James F.
Byrnes, of Spartanburg, was exyiect-
ed to run for reelection next summer j — j; ^ —
in a campaign already stirring tinder-, wq-. I
currents. With his work in obtaining I v^fllloallltto
a 610,1100,900 federal allotment for'
the Sanlee-( ooper pniject as a point
Are Taken Down
in his favor.-
.
j ilandidatOs in the field against himj^ yyi^ Christmas lights in the busi-
?!
RodMvelt deliver his messa^ vetoing he Vas’promoted to tiirector of'the hearings “most any lime’^ on r- , i i i ,1 i w ir 11 .im.. nf *" lu ~ 1
the Patman bonu.s bill la.st Kprmg. ^y,^t capacity un-1 rules for the 11 to show cau.se why, The January meeting of the Cham-, included (olonel William Hail ec. of-ness .section of the city were taken
Bryn’s colleague, the veteran ^ ^ j jggg he was ap-1 they should not be removed on charg-ibcr oj: Commerce will be held on the Dillon,, retired i^arine. colonel, and^down ye.sterday by the water and
;»torGU..of '■'‘■K'n'V poinwd ehunty .dminUtrutor und«r • . ...... .
nearly two hours with the presi- j^A. He also served as county
dent at a luncheon conference eWA durnig its life,
over the new budget . after which., he served as FERA ad-
moved on charg-iOvr oj; i^omniercc win oe neiu on me, wiuun,. nni..* uuwn ye.sieiuay oy me watci «ii.»
brought against'evening of January 14th, it has been former .Mayor Thomas P. Stoney, oftjijjht department afU*r burning every
lethea (announced by President I). ('. Heus-^Chah’leston, both of whom tinged their i for the past two weeks to add
es similar to those
Hearon, (Wller and Bethea
With the question of fixing a dateltess,
left to however, the l^ar- i Memlrers
of the Uurens Business' «i*PP«'-ts.
• talk with criticism of the New DcaLto the beauty and impivssm*ness of
to Glass, a‘'“wide range of j j^jjijg^rator until August of the pastjings were not expected to get under- IjeagTPe have been extended an invita-i Wyndham .M. Manning, of Jiumter,. ations have been a souix*^of pkasure
. ,^,^'year at which tinte ^e office wa'sjway until after the circuit courj; pro-[tion tp he present as the chamber’s,
I abolished. ‘He conHnu^ as 1tiMia“6flcwBdingH here Friday. [guests omtRTs occasnrri and have no-
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and personalities
The “personalities” .wire
•asuraed to have referewe to thel^ county ERA as wdrk supervisor
make-up of the new fe^ral *’*s®*7*i until the administrative office was
boerd which undw the law miUst to Greenville and was hokUnd^
reotganiaed by Feb. 1. i , offi^ at the time of his resignft-
a candidate for governor in 1934, an-
the Chrdstmas sea.son. The decor
K'
(Ham would not say
Bohjaet was discussed,
jnaite the flat anno
weaM ym no ibanking
the coMg session.
Beetdee Glass, w
ed to coBthwe. his
spending by
president went oee:
with Secretary ‘
M Beil, acting bi
. jV*
whether this anfteuncement has been made
>ut he didji^^ ^ whether ft-successor will be ftp>
Iment there; cotfnty to Mr. Sexton,
legislation at j
Meanw'hile, the temporary high-Jtified Mr. Heu^tes.? of their intention
way administration set up for a 60-;to attend en
day preiod, awaited federal approval
of a proposed road and bridge con
struction program of more than $1,-
500,000.
masse. The meeting,
which is to be of a get-together na
ture, promises to be a pleasant affair
with an interesting program ar
ranged.
Dfttn For Taxes
County Fi
SeOsHi
Dec. 27.-
also is expect-
'dvocftcy of less
vemment, the
hia hudgrt plans
ntyu and Dan- . jo. — Comptroltef
director. ! General A. J. Beattie anpounoed Mon-
Iday he was authorising county treas-
\ jurers in South Carolina to “collect
[taxes without penalty until January
because of weather conditions.,
1 OWfiCa I “Due to weather conditions,” he ex-
. jplaiaed, “many residents of the coun-
ermaa Pow- ties are not aMe to reach the county
er,
eom;
i
of -eounty
the lead-
H—in .of the BarkedalskNamia
•Sool^'^GlArkt, has .ftaarkMtd^
r of the boai
rs, and one
achool
"P -
hasEac tipped the sc^
Um
ehamphlE^rker of the senaonj^
feats, and requests from some sec
tions for
eerved.”
extenskm have been re-
Ha~ciaid the e^nBio«„was static
wide. '
A one per cent penalty for {ataVfty-*
h(« was bought b/'a h>>lment of the 1986 Ihvies would baas
|been effective Wednesday,
• • •
REAIMBRS, don’t ngjiss this treat.
PMNENADE DECK
, y By I8HBEL ROSS
—the story of people on a fiye-month world cruise, aboard
a great ocean liner. Like **Grand Hotel,** this story is a
study of people in situations entertaining, romantic — and
tragk — NOT A DULL MOMENT,. It starts in this issue
of THE CHRONICLE. -
DONT MISS THE-OPENINGXHAPTBR ON
PAGE SEVEN.
to visitors as well asyiinton people
h^nced during the" year that^ hcfai^ have been described by many as
would seek that office Jn 1938 rather [the loveliest in this entire section,
than run for the national senate next i Mayor Bailey ba.s i-eceive<l several
summer. letters from visitors in regard to the
Cole L Bleaae, former governor Halits, W. H. Keith and L. f*. Hollis,
and .senatJir, strongly hinted some Greenville, writing that Clinton
time later that if he ran, it would be th®, prettie.st Ghnstmas^ town
for the governorship against Manning j^i'®y seen during the holiday
instead of for the senate. ; season.
Half the state senate and the entire “
house prepared for elections involv- j LalCdlS^S
their seats next sununer after!
ing
passing a state liquor law, a work
men's compensation act, and other
major bills during the 1935 session.
Due This Mo
I According to an-ofdinanc^ap
iing'inTast week'-s paper, ths time
i the payment of city business lice
_ _ _ for WHO ha.s been set on or be:
MiOIlQ&yL5th:.with a penalty o
[iH'r cent'aiqilied if not paid by
" Idate, and with February 15 set as
School^ Open
I The Clin^ city Khool. will re-1
(open next Mondny morning VtC- ‘li„, brought uniier Section 5 of
two week’s vacation for the Christmas
holidays.
The Thomw^l orphanage—schools forms of enterprises in the city
ordinance.
The business fee
for 1936 for
i
began work Tneeday following the
holiday season.
Presbyterian college will resume
daaa-^oom work Friday morning.
be approximately the saase as for
past year, it^was aimounoed
following passage by counoil
nerw license ordinance.
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