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r > \ THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be a Clean Now^ . f paper, Complete, Newsy, and ReHaUe. VOLUME XXXVI COnON SALE jRichey ^tes Are STUDIED! Held At Laurens N*w JPIan Would Get Rid County “B»f, Former 4,404,000 Bales and Extend Dpe Date' Provided Farmers Part With Portion of Their Holdings. Mayor and Businessman Laid To Rest Last Friday. A Washington, Feb. 4.—Administra tion leaders studied today a new plan to get rid Of the 4,404,600 bales of cotton held under the 12-cent loans. It provided for extending the due their hoddings. The government would take a loss on the loans equal to interest and carrying charges on the amount of cotton sold, estimated roughly at about $6,000,000. . The loans, advanced on 1934 cotton, were due February 1. The Commod ity Credit corporation which advanced the funds, announced the loans would be carried forward until some ar rangement was made to aid sale of the cotton. Records .showed on January 25 a total of $287,428,38^—including in terest, insurance, and storage charges —"was due on 4,404,000 bales. Laurens, Jan. 31.—Funeral \fr- vices for William H. Richey, Sr., 8l^ prominent resident and member of the^ Laurens Bar association for 50 years, w’ere held from the home on West Main street aL..ll a. m., Friday. His VALUABLE PRIZES OFFERED FOR BEST LETTERS ON ADVERTISERS pastor, the Rev. E. D. Patton, of the j be awa First Presbyterian church, had charge There - the Rev. W. tape- of Contest Is Open To All Readers. No Red Tape and No Entrance Fee. Simply Tell Why It Pays To Trade With Clinton Firms Represented In Page Advertisement In Today’s Paper. The Chronicle today announces a i letter-writing contest which is open to levery person who is a reader of this paper. To -thi persons writing t^e ^st letters about our advertisers will / D. Spinx, of the First Baptist church. Burial was in the family plot in the Laurens cemetery. Active' pallbear ers were selected from his Sunday school class. The hoTi^rary esejort - included the members of the Laurens Bar associa- tiO|n, of which ha had been president for a long j)eriod of years. Mr. Richey died Wednesday night at his home after a critical illness of about oh^ w’eek, although he had been in declining health for a year or two. In addition to his long and suc^ cessful career as an attor^y, Mr.^ ,, ... .. ^ iRichey had been a contributing factor Meanwhile the senate deferred un- * _ . .. Kill to the program of the city as civic td tomorrow action on the Smith bill. * to the government cotton holdingir at a $50 in valuable prizes entrance fee and no red indrit is simply" bn ef-^ fort on the part of The Chroncile to get expressions^om its readers as to ■ just what they think of the different i firms who are using advertising .space in the next few issues. | Get your pencil and paper and write a letter of not over 100 words telling why it pays to tra<ie with the firms whose adds appear on page six of this issue.'You may write asNfnany letters as you desire, but they be written about individual firms not collectiN-ely. .You should have little trouble writ ing a nice letter about the business houses who have made this conte.st' possible, They are the leaders- in their, respective lines and handle only the; * .V. header, public utility-promoter and in i best. The only requirement is that! set up a three-man board to . ^^hurch activities. He had a leading: you must answer the questions asked ihust 8 and A stipulated weekly rate. One agriculture department quar ter indicated the administration might oppose, the forced sale "plan. The new proposal would operate as follows: / The Commo<lity Credit corporation would grant farmers w:ho obtained loans, an extension to a given date, probably July 1. The extension woul^ be granted only to farmers agreed to sell 15 or 20, per ceny of fheir loan cotton by that time. Confi dence has been expressed t^t. the market would absorb readily/ a part in the organization of the Lau-jat the head of each advertisement rens Telephone company in 1895, and! These ads will appear again next .served a.s treasurer, manager and 1 week and you will be given until Mon-, president until a few years ago when' day, February 17, to get your letters ownership of the service was acquired j to The Chronicle office. The winners,^ by another company. together with the l)est letter about!/ Mr. Richey wa.s a native of thejeach advertiser, will be published ip^ Coitesfbury section, then in .Abbeville, j bhr issue of February 20. / ' now in Greenwood county, was boml Get busy today and win one of the i September 24, 1854, a son of the late valuable prizes offered for your ef-' Lsaac Cown and Jaqe Rasor Richey, forts. Complete rules will be /lound, con- The Contest Mad^ Possible By T^se Progrressive /firms ^Ik’s Uepartrn^t ^tore. Baldwin's — .Gt^roceries and Meats. / Royal Dry'jCleaners — Clean ers and Dy^s. J. C. Pei^y Co.*—Department Store. / Joe 1/Carter — Ladies’ Ap-. panel. / __ J. B. Front is—-Jewelry. Blalock’s — Groceries and Meats. D. E. Tribble Co. — Builder’s Supplies. I). E. Tribble Co. — Funeral Directors. Mai-y Musgrove Tea Room ,and -Beauty Shop*. F. (' Pinson—Gulf Petroleum Promn^. Tiw^nd Radio / Store. .Abrain^ Ik*auty Shop. —-— Gray Funeral Home. . /l. B. Dillhrd Gent’s Furnish- /^ngs. H. J), Henry &«Co. — Insur ance, Bonds, ReaJ Estate. Cooper’s Garage—Repairs. The Ladies Ready-to-Wear Shoppe. nthers 'BORAH THROWS HIS HAT IN RING otton Measure Sector Win roslr"Bin Td“Dis^ pose of Government-Held Sta ple On Weekly Basis. Washington, Feb. 3.—Legislaton to dispose of the government’s holdings of 6,000,000 bales of cotton started through Congress today. , Chairman Smith. (D., S. C.) of the Senaet Agriculture committee, in troduced a measure to create a board juf^ three to hold- weekfy sales of the' lint, with the receipts going into the Federal treasury. The bill, somewhat changed- from Jan original draft, would limit tfie sale I of 25,000 ba\es a week with a mini mum isales quota of 20,000 bales. How’ever, during September, Octo ber and November, peak moath.s for ! movement of the new- crop, sales could 'be suspended by the board. Its mem bers would be appointed by the Presi- jdent and confirmed.by the Senate. Smith said his committee would meet tomorrow to consider the pro posed plan for liquidating government cotton obtained through 12-cent loans on lint and through a producers’ pool. At the beginning of each week th^ cotton sales board would announce its sales allotment for that week and the cotton >vould be sold.io the five hig^iest .separate and district bidders, non^ of whom coulil purchase more than 20 per cent of the allotment.— It was estimated nearly six years would be reejuired to dispose of the holdings. Smith predicted his plan would have no undue effect upon the price or consumption, pointing out growers and the trade would have knowledge His father served in the Confederate Y, ’ ■ . '/*v. Later he was connected with business ^*r.ble iSlS? firms of Hodges until 1881 when he thf opening of the l««6.*?/m.flietingh^l^^_^^ ^ business of his HIS iHiiier sci veu iii iiic ... V..V V..-V.......u ... . Om. a\ army. He -attended the commoh pirgetTieT with a list of the prizes of- iVlOtOriStS La Ot&tc Spend $30,000,000 For Gas Last Year schools until 18 years of age when he took a store clerkship at Cokesbury. year. / Then the-government wuold agree to pay the interest /Yand^- cartyifig charges on that portion of the cotton sold by the "due d^. These charges, it was estimate^ would amount to about $6,000,000/on 15 to 20 per cent of the cotton ^Id under the loans. One majop^ problem for g|[hich no immediate solution has been figured, an officii^ said, would be the source of revenvie to pay the interest- and carrying charges. , 'The official explained much of the cotton under loans is of premium quality and should sell for more than 12 cents a pound. Thus relieved of carrying charges the farmers might sell the cotton,'repay the government 12 cents a pound, and obtain a profit on the sale. Cross Hill Boy At Home own which he continued until Janu ary L -1B86, when he moved to Lau rens to take up the practice of his profession. He had previously stud ied law under the late Judge J. T. Johnson, -with whom he immediately fonhed a partnership, which contin ued until mutually dissolved in 1898. In 1907, his eldest son, William /Jl. Richey, Jr., became associated with his father. Mr. Richey had served as special circuit court judge on.different oc- casion.s, and he was highly esteemed in the profession. He had also served as mayor of Laurens for two terms, and during his administration many permanent civic improvements were made in the city. For a number of years’he was a bank director, and in other ways he had been identified with the business and professional life jof the town. As a member of the First Presbyterian church, he bad taught the Men’s Bible class of the ! Sunday school until his health had be- Icome enfeebled in the advertisement in Uxlay’s' paiier, fered. Read all the ads canrfully and| be sure to answer the questions asked. If you desire, you may call the mer chant oF business house for the an swer to the^ querttonr tf-you -tJo -not know it. The co-operating merchants will be glad to give~you any aswist- ahee you may desire in writing your letteri. The Chronicle would like to take ^his opportunity of expressing its ap preciation to the Clinton business firms taking part ini this contest and to assure them it stands ready at all timevto co-operate with’them in mak ing Clinton a still .better and bigger trade center. Party Lines To Be Tightiy Drawn Leaders of Both Parties Mysti- fied As To Puzzle of Coining Year. Upheaval Likely. Washington, Feb. 1.—The campaign First " Formal .Declaration 0 f Pfesidentialj/ Candidacy B Outstanding Pos.sibility Ma^ In Ohio By Idahoan^ Washington, Feb. 4.^Sen^r Bo rah of Idaho formally flung^own the gauntlet to the Republican organiza tion late today'by announcing he would campaipiii in Ohio for delegates^ pledged to bis presidential nomina-* tion. I “After a thorough survey,” he said. in a statement, after conferring for hours with Ohio independent leaders, “I am convinced the people of the state should be_ given afi opportunity to express their choice fn the prima ry for May 12. “Under- the so-called ‘favorit-son* plan, this privilege i.s denied them. “To obtain an expression of pop- ‘ular "will, it is my intention to place at least eight candidate.s for dele- gates-at-large in the field.’’ “I shall make a number of^speech es in Ohio and present the issues as I see them.’’ It was the first formal declaration of candidacy by an outstanding pos sibility for the Republican nomina tion. It came after some-doubts has been expressed that Borah would “fol low through.’’-— Unless conditions change,, it means he will directly op pose the plans of/the regular party organization in phio. His disinclination to seek a pledg'^d delegation in Massachussetts had be come known shortly before, raising questions wKether his field was being narrowed rather than expanded. Ex plaining /himself there, he wrote to Robert / M. Washburn—jyresident of of the amount to Ik* disposed of with-1 the (T. R.) Roosevelt club of Bos- 1n any given wt“ek. t^m—“I had-not thought at any time As originally proposed, the Bmithjthat it would be a practical thing to weekly .sales policy plan lipiited the 1 " Charles S. Pinson, Aged 15, Suc cumbs To Five Months’ Illness. Charles S. Pinson, Jr., 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mr.s. Charles S. Pin son, of Cro.ss Hill died at his home Tuesday morning at 7:30 o’clock af ter an' illness of five months. He was born June 23, 1921. ‘ Charles was a most promising young lad of many admirable traits of character,-and.an unusually popular 'yeAr congress ended its^first mon^ to<lay largely engulfed in the national politic*!- VQrtex and mystified over Mr. Richey was married in 1875 toj^ow decisively party lines mi^t be- Miss Julia Hart, daughter of the late I disrupted by November/ ^ Dr. B. C. Hart of Cokei^bury. Mrs. possibility of party ^ipheavlls Richey died May 24, 1923. The eldest freshly illustrated. / daughter, Mrs. J. J. Adams-is also Workers conven- dead. tion unanimously endorsed President Three sons and two daughters gur-j re-^'loctj/n and promised vive the father. Captain Will R. Rich-i suupport ey, of Laurens; Robert Hart Richey 000 reported in it/treasury-the first Columbia, Jan. 31.—South Carolina motorists traveled an estimated/3,- 000,000,000 miles — and burned /144,- 779,000 gallons rof gasoline jCosting $30,000,000 during 1935. They consumed 13,943,^0 gallons more of gasoline in motort^ approxi mately 200,000,000 moj/e miles than they did the previous^ar, on the ba sis c(f gasoline tax/collections. Tax collection words at the office of-UhairmflT^^. Query orthe state tax commissioi^showed gasoline taxes of $8,7i7,03y collected during/the year oi) .sales averaging approximate ly 21 cents a gallon. ~~ On a Msis of 15 miles to the gallon, li was Computed that the fuel carried -the motorists of the state 8,171,670,- 000/miles, - —— /Query said revenues from the-gaso line tax had increased steadily since 11^20, except for the depression years, an^ had swelle<J continuously 1932. weekly sales allotment to 20,lK)0’bale#" a*d sale of the cotton would have J^ea -placed in the hands, of one-.man . / who would hav-e been designated sales agent by the President. ■ ^ - The chairman said it was decided that a boa.rd of three men would, be best for conducting the sales. Baptists Meet Although he al.so had indicated h« would seek no delegates InxPenn- sylVarna, it developed that this may not be final.*' 4Ie may do so in New York, but his friends believe that, in the main, his campaign will center in the West and Mid-west. Borah’s Ohio announcement stir red Republican circles just as the Democrats were contemplating the possible effect of new signs of East- Febniarv party, to * MCal jr «•. renomination of President Roose- Annud Conference To Be Held At First Baptist Church of Laurens Late This Month. velt. In Massachussetts former Gov- ,ernor_.Ely said be would seek the. se lection of an unpledged .state delega tion to the Democratic national con vention. ^ ■ v Unless administration policies are changed, Ely said, reelection of Pj’esi- (lent‘Roo.sevelt is “impossible,” The remark prompted 'immediate inquiry whether he would “take a walk” wjtli The annual conference of the Lau rens Baptist association will be held at the First Baptist church of Lau- rens_ Thursday, Feb. 27, it has be<*n _ jjjpdunced by th.- jroerarn .coramiUce.! Smith If "\>w vlrt All churches „^he as,<u:,ation havej., convention .liffer, with him. been rcoucslcd to send three or more, dcielfates as th.s is considered the,^„,|, , ^ ^ jjint^ most important meeting of the asso- jciational year. i “I>eveloping the Spiritual Life of . ^ Extension Granted For Cotton Loans Washington, Jan. 30. com- and Grover C. Richey, Columbia; Mrs.sl.^^^^ action the^njon ever took Annie Richey Parker, -Laurens, and Mrs. Gilbert Tyler, Bradenton, Fla., Laurens Baptists student in the Cross Hill high school.’ ®"^ grandchildren His many “^friends, and tho^ of the | family, are deeply bereaved over bis untimely death. Besides his parents, he js survived by his ^grandmother, Mrs. Martha J. Youpg, who resides near Clinton. irknr<¥ wrr The funeral services were conducted; H. G. LCC Of MompIllS, lenn rom the $2 000 - int^dity’credit corporation tonight an- : ' nounced that the twclvc-cenl loans j 1 wliuld be! the Churches” will be the theme of the .program which the committee has arranged as follows: — 10:30 — Devotional, conducted by Rev. J.iL. B<)bo. ('hurches?—Rev. E. J. Life of the Ingb*. ' 11:1.')—How Develop the Life of the. Churches.—Ur B .Spiritual Bobo. at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon at the home by the Rev. J. H. Byrd and the Rev. Fred T. McGill and interment followed in Liberty Springs church cemetery xwith thef following servii^ as active^pallbearers: William ^[0 lingsworth, James Marshall Leaman, Claud Mills, Jr., J. A. Richardson, Jr., and Everett Davis. . x The honorary escort was coihposed of J. H. S^aly, superintendent of the ^Cross Hill^hools, Dr. C. B. Mill^^and ^^the boys of the high^'^hool. / Seed Loan Bill Passes House " Washington, Feb. 4.—^Tbe hodi^ to day passed a senate seed and feed loan bill but first cut 4he fund pr posed from $60,000,000 to $40,000,' Senate acceptance of the chdnge woidd send the bill to the White House. If the senate rejects the amendment a conference will be nec essary. - The money would be used to make loans up to $1,000, taking a first lien on the crop. r-r Dr. S. H. T^pleton of Winston- Salem, N. C., Mwnt Tuesday and Wed nesday witV^Kev. and Mrs. Edward Long. / I Next Month. Again.st thU,” the United Mine Workers’ re^lution said, “are the chaokber.s ^ commeYce, the Manufac turers as.^iation, the Liberty League and th^representatives of special in- IXerestsv’ . 1^1 M • |! pY^sident J. L. Lewis said the'elec- 1 IAH txCVlVfiUilresult would be assured if th’e - lAmOTican Federation of I.*bor would Tollo^/euit. President William Green, of the federation, however,-.said it would ad- To Lead Ten Days here to its traditional policy of merely-demands. aptjst Laurens, F*b. 1.—The Firs <»KiiT<»h ■Qiiihotia ;« p series or^vivai -services/to be held March 9-19. // Dr. R. G. Lee, pastdr of Bellview Baptist church of Jumpihis, Tenn., will conduct the preaching services. He accepted an Invitation, given by the Rev. W. D.ySpinx, pastor, to join with the lAurras church in a ten-day meeting dqrag the month of March. Subseque^y the date was set for Sunday, Jaarch 9, as the time for op- enmgjme protracted services. Rev. Mr. Lee, native of South Cai^lina, is a widely known pastor add evangelist, and the Baptists of nrens fei^ themselves fortunate iq securing his services for a special season of devotional and evangelical meetings. ' Pr. Lee is personally known to a ^publicizing the labor records of all candidates. the other side, John J. *Raskob, former Democratic chairman, had just appealed to^ 150 business, industrial and civic leaders to rally behind the Liberty League’s campaign against Roosevelt. Sumerel Given Aetna Promotion S. W. Sumerel, of this city, in rec ognition of his highly satisfactory services with the Aetna Life Insur ance company for a number of years past, has been prbnvoted by the home office at Hartford, Connecticut, to the position of district agent with head- have under his supervision, the coun great number of the church member-1 tics of Laurens, Cherokee, Greenville, ship as well as to m<iiy Baptists over! Spartanburg, Union, Anderson, New- the county. ' His first pastorate was 1 berry. Greenwood and Abbeville, with Harmony Baptist church, nearj Mr. Sumerel is one of the be§t in- Owings station. Later he served as j formed and most popular ‘ insurance pastor at Princetom Waterloo and, men In this section. His friends here other churches in the* county. Since j and throughout the large territory he 11:45—The Relation^ of the Spirit maturing on February calTied pa/t due so that ah effort ^ could be made to work out/arrange-‘ ya] Lif^, of the Churches to Church ments that this cotton coulilf l>e made 1 iiy,|jr<.ts—-Rev. J. H. Byrd. ‘ availabje to the market, / 12?15-' Announcements. The ‘Y:orporation believes that the. Lunch. . ^ market will absorb a Substantial j 1 ;;R)_ Round Table Di.scussions of amotint of this cotton duri^irtbe next j('hu,(.h Budgets and^AppOTtionmentR. ;' twelve months without adverse ef-1 j fects. Some observers belipve the mar-1 * ■11 ■.• p* 11 ket could absorb as much as a half ori/\u|i6vlC ri6lCl three quarters of a million bales p’ro- vided-Jt ia-only available to meet cur- The reaction of other potential nominees to Borah’s' determination was awaited. Colomd Hank Knox of Illinois has lK‘en speaking in Ohio with increasing frequency and friends of Governor Landon of Kansas have been active in similar key states. tij-i. TA 1 .u o • 1, alone it is nroessary for I0:45-Why^m.y.lop the Spinlual ^ („ have delegates [iledged to him. The devel oping situation may soon indicate whether either friends of Knox or i Landon intend to counti'i- the Idahon. “That constitutes an announeetiH-nt of your'Candidacy, doesn't it?” a ro- j porter asked Borah. . “It would ai)])ear so,” he replied. '"You are going to sign the neces- “Certainly.” . ' The re'guJar organization in the state has been working toward an unin.structed delegation, possibly by / Ra I having the members pledged to “a lo.^DC .rencea|,,voriu-" R,p. ' '' —jresentative Bolton, chairman of _the Announcement- hw been made by j Republican congressional ’commlltee,^ Quarterly marketing in the inter- ■ ^ J xA J a1_ I —— j jvrpuuiivAJi I «t «rall cotton growers and the „ting president oflha, been mentioned in that connee-' Of cotton aa well as the! that-a-woodeni-tRm.- tpre price Borah's announced ’aim has been to influence a Ribera! platform, as views of the old guard. present is and Aviil continue to be the erected and additional principal objective of those charged facilities provided for miiuenc with the re.spon8ibilitrof administer-j young field in the near future in t^e Ing the loans and seeing that the pot-1 jgj. improve the baseball and- prac-! ton is marketed with these purposes tjgg football field. jpt f The material for the construction | ^tlSmiDGlT IVlGCiS of the fence and'the new stands is t TT " W* the gift of John H. Young and John' 1 U0SC12t^ T. Young of this city, secured through! the efforts of Coach Walter^ A. John-j February meeting of the Cham- son. As soon as, weather conditions;her of Commerce will be held next in view as contemplated in the act under which the loans were made,” an announcemenf^ said. P. C. STUDENT DIES The flag hung at half-staff last permit it is expected that work on the j Xue.sday,evening at 7:30 at the Mary new addition to the athletic plant will get under way, Wednesday and Thuraday on the col lege campus as the student body mourned the death of Joe Stalhaker, member of its freshman class, whoj|>^ a died last Tuesday night at his home 1 Dval 1 CalT in Ninety-Six, where he had been ill “ ' quarters here as in the past. He will [•for only a few days. . Dean M. W. Brown, Coach W. A. Predicted For _’36 St. Louis, Feb. 3,—A merchant lead er forecast today that this will be “the best year for retailers since 1928.” j “From all available facts we may^ a member of its student body and bad [with assurance expect a decided im-jbeen arranged, at Presbyterian col- made a wide circle of friends who I provenient in the retail trade oVer last j lege during February. The prelimi- Johnson and several of the students represented the college at the funeral, Mr. Stalnaker had done excellent work at the college since he became! Musgrove Tea Room with President D. C. Heustess in charge of the meet ing. An interesting program has been arranged, with a full attendance of the membership requested. Intramural Bouts Arranged At P. C. Intramural boxing matches have those days he hM been pastor of churches in Cl^leston and New Or leans, aiid np# for .'lOveral years pt Memphis. / has been serving will learn with inter est of his promotion by this well- known company with which he has es-- tablished an enviable record. mourn his passing. , Friends of Mrs. C. B, Betts will be glad to know she is able to be out after being ill at her home. / y / spring and in my opinion this condi tion is due largely to government spending,” said L. K. Sharpe, presi dent of the American Retailers asso ciation which mm veiled li'ere. •N- narifcs will l)€ staged on the 10th and •12th, with tlie final iJouts set for the night of, the 19th in the gymnasium at'7:30 o’clock. A popular admission of 125 cents will be charged. •/