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% -^ftv*- : \ *1 VOLIjME XXXVI CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 3Q, 1936 NUMBEil 5 BONUS ISSUE IStorm Clouds NOW SETTLED Tteeaten Sdons Congress Ovefrides Veto of the President By Wide Margin., Roosevelt Accepts Defeat and' Orders Treasury To Pay Off ' As Soon As Possible. » Follows Father To British Throne Legislature Enters Upon Third W’eek With Political Fights laming To Front. Columbia, Jan. 27.—The, South Carolina leirislature entered its .third wuek in session Tuesday,,4vith polity- , cal storm clouds clustering over the { Washington, Jan. 27. — Quickly ac ’ cepting a climactic senate vote of 7CjCapitol. to 19 as sealing the overthrow of his 1 Action on measures to reorganise ■ bohus veto. President Roosevelt today, the highway commission, reduce auto j sent orders down the line to pay off! tag fees, and modify the new liquor i the $2,491,000,000 • soldiers’ bill as paw appeared fraught with the niost quickly as “accuracy will permit.’’ serious election year consequences. No word of disappointment or cha- Problems also were presented in the ! gtin, no hint as to the possibility appropriation bill, new taxes came from the White j social security legislation, and to; House as the senate in a thwacking liberalize state truck laws bi-partisan ballot—with a two-thirds majority never iW doubt—declined to! Public hearings Wednesday trucking legislation and Thursda accept the president’s disapproval of hou.se bills for local option, ban- \the bill for immediate payment in liquor advertising and restrict- cashable bonds. The house previously' beer and wine sales afforded had voted"^324 to 61 to override. | portunities for the citizenry to In the second of two statements is-views. air . ,, - i.rvt u I House leaders expected the repre- suing quickly froiq the White House, ^ lumever, the president opened . drive [ 1.) lessen the strain on the treasu /! of the week unless they get deeply by arguing i» ;v«trrpns that they,„ controversy, should not cash Iheir bond.s but hold approximately thern as ne.sL eggs. 'half of the »7,89B,891 bill last week After a speedily arrange<i confer- ... , u j u rn i , - with only a half-dozen changes. These ence with the national commanders of . , i u,. „ e '., - -Jr ’, increased its total by a net amount the three major veterans organiza- ..r/. ' , tions, .Mr. Roosevelt authonztMl a: . „ i i .u • i ' ’ - ..i. . . I The representatives ended their de press release urging veterans to pre- — from vent “frittering away’’ of cash the bonds. “Permanent advantage as opposed to wholly temporary plea.sure. should be the criterion,’’ said the statCTiient, urging again that the hKvnds not be cashed e.\cept for a “useful puriiose, lilKM-ations in a wrangle over wheth er tho house judiciary committee ; should be instructed to j report out a dozen highway, reorganization bills before it, however, and | further dis- < cussion- of the topic tomorrow was forc.seen. ' , , . The committee announced through and apparently taking, cognixancc of .^homa.s of licau- thc spending splurge mdulgcd m by; ,.nhh„|,|, some veterans after they. we,e Ifi-1 ts on the bill*: with , the Consent I niitted. to .borrow up to oO per cent on sponsors, until the: their certificates in 19dl. ■ :„,„e|„sion of removal actions thatl Administration Ica^r.s have csti- q,,,, „ brought' jna ed that no more thap one billion; ^ dollars will he needed to meet the, fhe hearings were completed today, but the governor indicated it would be some time next month before he Bonus Paiimmi jHIGHWAY ffllL D^ U Seen' f,0T RECALLED President Sees Little Likelihood of Distribution of Bonds and Cash Before July^ Washington, Jan. 28.-—Pondering j I new taxes,-" Presitjent Roosevelt esti-1 mated the job of paying the bonus , was of such magnitude that the first' baby bonds might not~reach the vet-J , erans until two weel^s after they be- j jeome payable. 1 While, the bonus law says they may House Refuses To Request Re port On Bill and Practically Shuts Off Ro^d Bureau Reor ganization. Will Wait For De cision of Governor On Hear ing of Commissioners. Columbia, Jan. 2H. — Immediate prospects of passing, highway reoi - ganization legislation were practical - be redeemed in cash on Jtine 15, the'^^ shut oiff tiwlay by a house refusal confer-tecall reorganization measUre.s h — chief executive told a press , ence that distribution of the bonds I would begin about July 1 and be com pleted six to eight weeks later. .\t the same time, the president Jet it 'be known that due to the effect j on the treasury of bonus payment and 'the invalidation of AAA’s processing taxes the administration is studying the whole tax .situation to determine! ' t whether new levies are necessary. The representatives continued, 17 to 39, a resolution to reijuire the com mittee to report out all hill.s l>efore it desjiite its decision to withhold them, with the consent of sponsors, until removal proceeilings against the present commission are adjudicated. Ix'aders in the general assembly viewed the move as possibly making it He placed a final decision far in the i to extend the terms of a future. Observers were quick to note i Y highway hoard now slated .u.. ... ,u of office February 20. (lovernor Olin Johnston annourfctsl at the conclusion of .hearings again.st 10 commissioners yesterday that he a.s Presbytepans Plan ence Series Wright Funeral • ^^lurday that with the actual cash I the bonu.s not reaching the treasury 'until July.!, financial estimates for the'cunxmt fiscal year ending June 30 will not he affected materially by th<‘ payments to the veteran.sT.' V Kven as he sjiokedhe vast machin ery for payment^4\’as-in gear. From the veteians hfirA'aii, 3,000,0(1(1 lionus applicatior^ilanks woiaHdfrnailed (o "its oO ri'giimal offices, andanodier 1,000,- 000 were sch<‘<lul«'d (o go tonw>rro\v, iqxditirig a minor jio.stial prohlem^soon to lie magnified, officials .'-^aid, Into one that may reipiire “war time meas ures.’’ .•\t the bureau of en^iTTyitig" and printing, draughtsmen were pi-ejiai ing ' designs for the l»a!>y bonds. - would not he able to render a ilecisioii for at least two weeks. ^ In th« event that he removes them he did three others on .sihiilar charges, it was estimated that all-' othci w.ct'k or two weeks would* 1m> consy,juyd in appeals to the I'ircuit couils. which reinstated the thiec lu* oq.sttd. lic|iiesi‘ntalive, I’oag, (d‘ (ueenvillc, told the house, “If wn legislate them out Of office under a cloud, the cduyts will fir.st rush of demands for cashing the bond.s, and th^ president apparently intended to keep the figure belbw thi.s if possible. Within a little more than two hours after the senate voted, Mr. Roo.sevelt .said in his first statement that the treasury ahd^ veteriins administration had been directed to*pay as soon as possible. He wame<l of the* “magni tude’’ of the task—requiring "between transcriboil some could have the minutes and render his decision.^ '• i Terms of a temporary highway board, set up after Johnston ousted Ithe commission with troops and [pended them upon their reinst^e- ment by the supreme court, eypire Ft*bruaFy 20. jEv^ry l^mbei- Camass. St4.‘w- La.st^Riles Hel<j For Foritier ards^p and Diamond Jubilee[/<^Hntonian Who Died In Texas. PcAParations To Be Made. ^ j Interment At the Presbyterian (’hurchvard. \ Soil Worker hold th<‘ cases a mooted (jticsliori refuse to ruU' on tHeni.” ■ \Vrth alt house* rooi ganizat ion ! measures tied up iu the judiciary ' couiniit Lee, the first senate reorgapi- I zat mti hill \vas int ro<lu« <*d by. Senale+r sloan, rs. attempt to reach all of'thre min-* and one layman from each of e I’resbyterian churches in the state South ('arolina in the intere.sl of the- Minimi overy / member.- canvims, stewardship amf observance of ^the diamond juWlee of the Presbyterian 1* unerul services for William .Slj*ph- «*n Wright. K), why (lied at,a Houston, Texas, hospital early last Wednesday morning, were held from thcK Wright lesiileriee on'Woodrow street \Satur-1 2,.'i00 and 3,000 additional personnol ^ working for approximately .ix-month,^ acted, upon .wdil: to «o thtX Toh: Hv +attew ; upon veterans. Refrain from w-nting follow-up letters after filing an ap plication, he advisedi- So certain was the outcome of the ^enate vote that even before it was . ... I 1 / . church is^the object of a series ,of A .strong anti-Johnston elejYient '«| confcrt^nces mea- • a.s announced by IV, to retain i Ro,swelI (' Long, of (jieenwood, chair- Synod of South raro- tkken, authoritative ..oureex disdoscl.. „ , . , . nran tor tne ^yno(l ol .'south ( aro- < gis a lina of the stew'ardship committee and, ^ . also clwirman for the Synod of the' while spunx'd I ta- i i i t .. it - . .1 .'Diamond Jubilee cc'mmittve. Dr statement that , . , I, , , / I 1 . r I •■'Ong has seeuivd the ' he<.still preferre(^ ^popular election of commis*tioners irv/tead - of their elec- ,vca i, ti I - ' 1 ■ . 1 1 . 1. • 1 1 I . . ly with SOI (lay morning at II o clock. Inteiinent followed in the Presbyterian (•(•hie- t(*ry. Dr. TlT J. Woods conducted the services ihere, assisted by I)n J_, (', .1. II. Talliert, a (Menisoh graduate in agriculture, class of ’27, and for eight years agricultural U'acher in the Hate.sburg-Leesville high school, has been assigned to this county ns assist ant county agent in “soil conservation service with headquarter.s at the coun ty agent’s office, Mr. TallKTt’s work Will deal entire- 0 conservation in (-(innec- tion with the Laurens canij), his salary being ju-ovided by the-g+rvern- ment through the soil conservation servicr~Hts“Ttuties dn "tliF country wiltT^ of (iiecnvrlle, ahmg with a hilT by Senator.^ Tliurmotid, tkf Kdgefield, and Sims, of Drangelnirg, to limit the ^(gal" gat- rds’st’^TsTorT (’»T~lTr|Tn')FT(T“oTi(‘ Ion. , - The Sloan hill w(juld have a com mission of three take office to suc- cc(*d the temporary iroard. The chief commissioner wouhl Im* elect(*d by the |)('ople and would be paid $.■»,()()((. a year, The legislature would rkwt two other commissioners at $3,0(10 a year each. ’ - ' - ■ 'I'he bill was referred to the .senate highway committee and was not con- .-■idered likely to reach a vote on the, (-nate floor in tne rH‘ar future, peiu hands. - The governor meat his adherents with B. K. Tenney, of At la ci'iumittve. nr., i* Services of fDr, anta, .A.ssemljy’s favored I secretary to accompany him on a vis- the. gyernmvut printing office ha.l vtarV itx pi-essex roH.ng on applici,. ^ committee bill tions te be filled in by veterans. ^ Shor^ ^ er presi en spo olher tag measures have been Seeretai-Morgenthau ‘“U 1 i„troduo/d in it but there was little permen If -»<>““ *>'<*/ilikelihS of aeti'on on them early in to pay off bV next June 15—the date, . , when the bon* are eimhabte. up esti-j fc'cccs piinned a eonferenee ••ii*“j!'i, a’ • ^'’“''“‘■|w?Ve WednesiUy of executive com- on a wi nee* • ..... /niittee members of the state associa- ••It isn t an easy>b, _ he said ,.cf„™ to take boy.s who have beeh. around here/a' . . . . au j * a. . ^ , ,, a 11 u au . steps to combat the dry movement, long time tell me it will be the most' j a • j- • -aa * ,a • u ai. u- a t aiy J ' ^od thc .sonatc judiciary committee difficu t job in the history ,of the de-. ... •. . / -I planned to consider measures to limit par men . , . .. y [liquor pos.session to one gallon. Simultaneously, the veWan.s. ad- i ’ * r ministration issued a stat^ent of in- j - - __ - structions to veterans, Rising them | p|j||OCiC HCftClS - that applications woynd be- ready it to all of the eight I'reshytcrics be ginning next .Monday. Dr. Tenney will preach at the First Pixsbyterian Serving as pallbearers were; IL IL i Boyd, IL. 1). M (“nry, Joe L. Carter, I IL .S, Owens, Irby S. Ili|)i), Dr. J. VV.j Davis, .1. .M. Pitts, and .1. I). Bolnml. ' The body arrived Friday evening on th(‘ vI'stiTMilIe ari(f was reTnoved to the home "Of his sisters. Miss Sallie l)t\ confined to contacting farmers and writing up agreements for those who are niemlM*rs of the county soil con- servatibn association. Farmers inter ested in this type of work arc asked Jtp get in touch with .Mr. Talbert at I .Mr. Cannon\ office in Lauis ns. . Wright and Mrs. Z. .Melx*es, where!« , • . - . O' " , I many friends of the young man and4lllVltCB V^IIHlOFIISHTS church in Greenwood on next Sunday, - n , . ' .u «**t*»iV*o V. * • *• <• .u family called-to ex|)ress then va- svni-1 WrigHt WHS a‘ son of Life* late •Wright and Mrs. Wright, and To Roosevelt Ball The hearty cooperation of the rious chairmen of -.Stewardship and***” ^ Jubilee plans in each of the preshy-1 - . terie.s has begn secuix*d arid the fol-^ ■ {■'' '^^('iKht and Mrs. Wright, and CharleiC F, Fleming, ()f Laurens, lowing conferences has been .set iij>: j ^9**^*^ boyhood days here. In HH3! ^..^airman of the I>aurens g.(i)U|) spon- Feb. 3r(l, 9:30 a. m., for Piedmont went West where he resided for a soring the Birthday ball for The presi- Preshytery at ( lern^on College; at buniher of yeais.^ Several ^year.s agojij^nt, to he giyhn in’the LaiirCns high noon on the same day at 2nd Preshy-'accepted a position in Houston |x^-hoid gymnasium tonight (T.hurs- terian church, Greenville; at 3:0(j p.lwhi'i-c he had mad<* his home and wa.si,|ay) was in the City Titesday in the m. First ('hiireh Spartanbuurg, for' P'*** *’***^ 1930 to Miss Bertha h os-j joterest of the hall. Knoi-ee |)re.shytery; and at 7:30 the . . 1 “Me would be very glad to .se<* prolbably by tate tonudrow. All these swift ^ions were tak in the face of previous treasury warn same evening at Hill for Bethel j 4th at 2:00 p. i Greenwood for First Church, Rock B<*si(le.s his wMow, the deceased .Presbytery. On Feb. i^i^Wis, Mrs. m. at First chuix-h, ^ *’*'**' -Mrs. /. .Melx*(*s and .Miss South Carolina Pres-. '^ht, and one ilnothei, K IS V^’right, Jr., of .Jacksonville, Fla. Medical Group jfhytery, to W’hich conference 'all Asso ^(Ciate Reformed Presbyterian .Minis-] T": ters ami one layman &<>". vach JjfloOrhead’ Leads a ^ ^ 1 1. I The fir.st regular monthly meeting!, ‘ . .. . . . „ inirxthat It wnuta “not help the bon. society I ‘"‘'.T'- '/**’ I' market and/would "f,f“ was\held here Monday evening at the'''.'’'’- .“J “t ' “I""''*"'. Ar«mal I ,11 year’s defi^po.ssibly to $*^500,000,-, ! church for ( ongaree Presbytery. On riiany Clinton dancers at the hall 11- l*-lsaid .Mr. Fleming, “as it will hy^a Satlie [(.((unty-wide event. Our eommit^e is ! permitted to take 70 per cent/of the I net proceeds for infantile paralysis work in this area and we ha/<* decided to .1 ‘ College Drive send 11 lo me .so. n.y ..osp.i«i Grf^eenville wheiyowitny Kauren.s make”' ty hoys and girls hav ing ihT^drafting of other road legisia- tioii by a >pecial committee appijffited (•> do so. / ' ()lijc(tion by Uepres(>n(ali^ With- Crspoon, Piuidcr amf (Iranty'all .Ldiil- ston adherents, prevented/noUM* con l.srdei-nlinn of a W'ays upO’ijicaii' lull lo r(*duce auto tag fe(y to $1 to $7 a> *a substitute for thy governor’s flat ' $.3 tag lull of whi^ Grunt is a co author. / The represenmtives deferred action 1 (»n two highway reimtuii si'ineiit liond bills .went them by the senate"after it overrode (‘^‘cutive vetoes, j They ^lended and adopted a res-; olution/by W’itherspoiin re.iuiring in- fot in^ion on the relati(nishi)) (»f high- I wayMlepartment employs to members ol/the state judiciary. 'Hie ameml- u*n1 would I'cquire lh(*data from all state deparlment.s. X'l’he new li(|Uor l.ill wa> referied to th(* senate judieiuiy committcH*, which already had under advisement a smiilur bill by Senators Dunlap, of V(Mk, and Wise, of Ch(*st(‘r. The senate committee voted a fav-. a bill by Senator gross intdxic-Htkm" in 000. The man l^us taxes/must is ignored. ^ The sident’s warning in his -Paf^r The society had as its guest speak-j Feb. .5th at 9:30 a. m. First church veto last year that new be levied to meet all ap- er, Dr. Buck Pressly of Due West, councilor of the third district, who* Sumter for Harmony Presbytery; at / . public a *>niisdent(^anoi, and an unfav- Dannng will stai^at. 9:00 and will ,e,.77Ft on another l.ill by .Sloan .4 ft * vw 4ftl mAift.fti^ft ••ftftl'l \V’-. A. .Moorhead of Goldville, as Noon the same -day at First Church n hairman, and .Mrs. L. S. Mc.Millan of s/mu.si oe levieu lo nieei, an au-. « . \ftu • * * u j- * 1*lorence for P(‘^ Dee Prsebytery, and . Laurens, as ass()ciat(*, have h(*en nam- 4«om- outside the budget .I.S’oi''’*” "'X'* t"' ■"‘“‘-Ut 7:30 m. at W.lterboro forjed -for Uurens county to head the •***“1!^* .'Charle.ston Prc.shvterv. On Feb. 6th 1 state-wide campaiign in l**er)ruary to This being th^. annual election of last until furnished Greenvilh •tck. Ison Music will orchestra, named to serve far warning wa.s re- by infmelK^ in !»»( week'a ,^/^;; ^ veto. Democratic leaders, whether or not conscious that this is an election year, paid little heed to suggestions that taxes be enacted now. As matters now stand, congres.s e foBowing •were : the e coming year: i the ;se men w ill-^hold a conference-4ft-lj^ise $3Ll0J)tL0 for the Furman univer-, .* f'ii-Kt churcir .Augusta with the .sity-Greenville Woman’s college , to lower the rate of interest (.f indus-i " trial banks. \ new+y-<int rod need hill to cr(‘at(* a state hoard of dyers and cleaners lito license and supervise th(*y(-leaning, dyeing, and pr<*ssing industry^wa.s'set leaders of that area. Dr. George, R. Blalock, Clinton,tpre.s- ident; Dr. Frank S. Chapee. Glinton,! i « »% 8ecretary-trea.surer. Dr. R. P. Me-1 Qf q||||^ k Brokeil 4oidination program which is to be launched under Idirection of Prof, t J. F. Bozard of Furman university SmalKGain-In ^ public hearing hefore theX^ousc* Judiciary Tbnimittee next 'Luesday. Gowan of Laurens was elected dele-- held ./ ft^pljr has h.nM to the tr^xury the meeting to be IP »f .J',in April in Greenville, with Dr. D. O. Irietionmnj-robftbly will v»mej.along 1 alternate. later. '■ ■ _ ! ! l! would not di.scuss fi For County Hospital /'ottbn ginned in Laurens , ^ J pi'ior to Jan. 16, 1936, amounted to Ifaculty. .and ^.foxmer resident ..and/^ales according ftr the latest I teacher of this aty, / 1 report of the fountv census agent.' Mr. Moorhead has served as a m/nbiThis compared with 17,942 for the" ! corresponding date last year, a small ' incr?Sire f?Tf^’3.5 over ’34 of 930 hales.! t Reioe.senla(,jv(:s ,_Ppag, county Wolfe jiand Bridges C'linkscaRt^ introduced it. •“ How 'fhey Voted Morgenthau would not ai.scus.s n-i nancing plans for getting the neces-1 aary money. He answered newspaper j inquiries as to whether “orthodox j methods” would be used with a single) word: “Yes.” " • Chairman Harrison, Democrat, of 1 Mississippi, of the finance committee, ■ who introdiiceiT-the compromise meas-. ure on ibehalf of himself and Senators I Byrnes, Democrat, of South Carolina; I w Steiwer, Republican, of Oregon, and t Clark, Democrat, of Missouri, said the actual appropriation, only authorized [ ' by the law, would be included in sofhe 1 supply bill yet to be reported. j Fifty-seven Democrats, including | majority leaciei, Robinson, of Arkan->i sas; Harrison, Byrnes, and Lewis of j Illinois, the party whip, joined 16 Re- [ publicans, the Farmer-Laborites, Ben son and Shipstead, and tl^ Progress- (Continued on .page-six) ; Nowadays... ^ People don’t have to go to town, walk until they are “fagged out,” looking for worthwhile merchan dise. They shop first i n THE CHRONICLE, and then know just where they are,headed. ' If merchandise is worth .selling it's tvorth advertis ing. Buyers should not lose sight of this truth. Thb Chronicle “Where Thrifty Buyers Shop ‘ First” \ T . . . w. . . , z - This compared her of the r ui-man board of tiustee.s Says The Uurens Advertiser: f®*” »«?veral years jmst and ^cause { Ground whs broken Tuesday for thajo^ hu* interest in the iprstitution Ww Laurens County hospital to be chosen to head ^e drive in, orh * ix !built on Farley avenue out of a fed-l^*’’’^ county. / | I i KUAli lINLLlJlJllilf 'eral loan and grant, it was learned, , ,, ... , yesterday from E, D. Easterby, chair-' | o/v 11^ t*arth tyi>e surfacing of man <of the board of trustees. Pi-evi-' Imw \JIAI10. 'ously lumber had been laid on the Huff and Hunt of this county voted to continue the bill. WiHiersiioon voted against its ebatinuation.- I grounds, and shack.s erecte<l for hous-' I ing to<>Is and sapplies. t'ontractors for; 1 the job are Morris & McCoy of Grt^bn- Laurens, /Ian. 26. [ville, and the architect is William R. charging him with ( Ward, also of Greenville. transporting, Giles I — county jail Bid^xfor earth •|^4.8S9 milesvqf highway No.* 39, from - , ^ 0* .Newberry county line to Cross Liquor^Confiscated Hill, are to be oj^ned by the >Hate Dry Forces Meet In Columbia Today .\ w i NA.MED NYA SL’PERVLSOR I Miss Grace M’inebrenner of Mount- iville, has been'*ajy^binted country su- ^pervisor of the National Youth admin istration, it is aniiounced by Miss I.A>uise Kennedy, district supervisor with headquarters in Greenville. Miss W’inebrenner will have her tieadquar- ters for the present at MountVHle and may be re^hed there for .consultaHon. Columliia, Jan. 2S. — Dr. (’. E. Burts, executive .secretary of the Federated ... , ,, , . , Foicea for 'remperance and I..aw En- h.Khway dvpartmvnt on kebruary 4th., f,,.t -■dn’a warrant;;”'’'’*^'"'' -tatemvnt K.vvn out ,. held hvio pox«o».xi.,n and mornine, prelinuna.y to a F.tte.»on i.s hoarlnK on thr«. bills to in.Hlify tho priaonor. while the ®tetin $.► . are Jis e, in ®j,state liquor law befoiT thr* house ju- ,gallons of bootleg liquor he had in hisX"'"'' “* >**■ dieiary committee, car when arrested was emptied into' The bills to be considered at the a sewer pipe under direction of‘offi-' BOARD TO MEET HERE hearing would allow local option,‘pre- cers Friday afterntnin. ^ Th^ board of Trustees of Thoi-nwell' V(*nt liquor adv'ertisement andS*estrjct Patterson, who to^ the officers he orphanage will meet in special se.s-Uhe sale of wines and beer, liyed. in Greenville, was taken ipto,sion at the institution on next Tues-*' The wet forces of the state have highway. and this state,aKjj-^-^ liberal liquor law. ft. J