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/If You Doi|*t/Re«d " THE CHRONICLE Ton Don't Get the Newt. /»> - VOLUME XXXVI CLINTON, S.-C.,-THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1936 NUMBER 12 tlLTlMATUM TO GERMANY Issued To Nazi Reich By France ollowing Soviet Blast. Major Progress Toward sl>Iution of Rhin^lfi'nd ~ Crisis Imperiled. Britain Works for Solution. London, March 17.—^Major progress towaird an ultimate solution of the Rhineland crisis received possibly se- Knotty Problem Delays. Congress Hope of Adjourning May 1 Is Abandoncfd As Tax Plan Be- comes Involved. Lawmakers Take Exerches Recall - Steps.Toward End! College Founder War Crisis At Glance Troublesome' Matters Now In:Dr. Jacobs' Memory Honored On Adjustment. Liquor Questioti! 'Birthday With Address By Dr. Washington, March 14.—The knotty problem of writing a $792,000,000 tax bill for President Roosevelt virtually has scuttled congress'ional hopes for May 1 adjdhmmenit.' Seems ,To Be Settled, Columma, 3 highway Dr. Charles Little, Nashville. March 15. — With the reorganization question Monday morning in the Presbyterian college chapel special services were held as a tribute to Dr. William Plu- Great Britain scor^ a double “dip;^ lomatic victory, staving off imposition of sanctions against Germany, by ob taining the piresence of German dele gates at the League of Nations coun cil table. The council postponed until Thursday a vote on the Franco-Bfl- gian resolution demanding Germany's indictment as a treaty breaker. The French foreign minister, Pierre- Etienne Flan<|lin, said he would sit whipped into shape for early enact-{mer Jacoby founder of the college ment and the liquor control issue | and i'homweil. orphanage. The anni- ■ 1 Jpractically settled, the South Carolina j yf^sary of the birth of Dr. Jacobs, with the Genjians but would not taJk ^_5P, rffect circulated o^ ’'■1 t h d t k 1 'd f^***®^ ** observed as Founder’s]with them imtil: is the admin-1 ^ Jong institutions which he i I-—France had obtained satisfaction HIGHWAY ROW FLARES ANEW House'Members Attack Senate's Reorganization Bill. Sawyer ' Attacked and Defended In De bate. Measure Expected To Go'To Conference. the ;apiioi nuj^oday even _ French “ultimatum” to Germany was istration's relief pfogram for the next|toward sine die adjournment ycster-• organfzed and developed. Th address for military reoccupation' of delivered on the heels of a fiery So- fiscal year—another potential source i day before expiration of the constitu- on the character and work of Dr. Ja-! Rhineland. ^ Viet blast against Adolf Hitler. of delay—began to take form with then tional “40 days.” cobs was delivered to the students by! 2—The council had voted eondem- Di^Iomatic gloom was somewhat president preparing his recommenda-i Two dry-sixinsored proposals to‘l>r. Charles F.. Uttle, of Nashville,'nation of’Germany, dissipated when Germany agreed to-ttions for submission to congress be-'nio<lify the,present liquor legalization Tenn. -I 3—The World couii, had passed on day to be represented at th^ League: fore heading for Southern fishing law met defeat hy .senate votes so organized and <leveloped. This mom-1 the (juest ion as to whether the Franco- Xolumbia, Ma^ch 17.—Senate m fication of a house highway reori “ ration bill aroused a storm of today during "Which it was sugg on the house floor that Ohief hig' of Nations council ssesion considering grounds Thih’sday. violation of the Locarno treaty by re militarizing the Rhineland. Then the storm broke. Maxim Lit- vinoff, Soviet Riwsia^i foreign com missar, bitterly assailed / Hitler and said his substitute'' peace proposals were a “smoke-screen for agi^^sion;’*' Swiftly, Pierre-Etienne Flandin, France’s towering foriiign minister, issped a statement containing two de- vmands. which he. said must be met jconclusive as to be ngarded as .set- Even Speaker Byrns conceded today! tl'tig the 'issue for the current ses- that adjournment by May 1 looked less promising than it did before a house ways and means subcommittee ran into difficulties over the tax pro gram: But he added that he was mot yet ready to revise the goal fixed ear lier. “I’m trying to spur them on,” he said. June 1 was the date vrhich Repre before France will negotiate od Ger^ sentative Martin of Massachusetts, many’s peace plans. He demanded: the stadents^by Dr. Charles E. Little, sion, and both branches aii*proved in principle a drastic reorganization of jof Nashvill^ Tenn. the present state highway commission j Dr. Little was introduced and pre setup. 'sented to the student bodiy by Dean A bill for local, option on liquor was, M. W. Brown. Dr. Little is on^ of the killed by a 21 to 14 vote by the sen-(leading educators of "the* South and ate some time ago, and last Tuesday [has recently completed his / fiftieth the body in a surprise move took up a year of service at Peabody $dilege. He measure to ban liquor advertising and I was a personal friend of Dr. Jacobs rejected it, 18 to 10. and was intimately acquainted with The votes, together with simdlar ac ing an addit'ss on the character and ( Soviet pact was compatible with the work of Dr. Jacobs was delivered to i Locarno treaty. Augustin E<lw’ards't of Chile, insist ed upon a World court verdict. ■ The Soviet foreign commissar, Max im Litvinoff, scored Germany for “brutal infringement of international treaties and sabre rattling.” He insisted the council give Fmnce and Belgium the gi^atest possible sat isfaction. 1. That the league officially regis-j sionaj business his early work in Clinton assistant house minority leader, con-'f*^*' elimination from another bill a! In presenting his topih for the sidered likely" for winding up congres-1 P*’®vision to limit private possess.iftn.;Founders^ day address, Dr./Little stat- ter Germany’s violation of _the Locar no treaty. 2. That Germany must submit her complaint against the newly-ratified Franco-Soviet mutual defensive treaty Both Democrats and Republicans on the ways and means committee pri vately expressed the thought that he might be right. “The tax bill probably will require to the Hague World court, accept the'another ten days in subcommittee,” court’s “inevitable” (as a French j remarked' Representative Knutson^! spokesman fpJ^cast it) decision, then' R<.puhlican,. of'Minnesota, “and open] Meanwhile, the senate amende<l a withdraw the troops from the Rhine-; hearings by the full committee will [house highway reorganization ball for of liquor to one gallon, and House ac-jed that every institution/ must have tion, in killing a bill to <kclare the i many men with the vision of a found- latest hours of sunrise amf sunset as'er if it is to grow, but/that it is to the times for opening and closing li-j the original founder thit our tribute quor stores, were taken as indications j is principally due. In Mescribiug th<* the present liquor law would not be character of Dr. Jacobs he stated that radically change<l at the present ses- the gj-eat work w'hich/he had done in Clinton was a msult lot his great en- Mill League To Open April 18 Joanna Mills Team of Goldville, Withdraws From Circuit (or Season. Enoree Comes In.- land. “In other words,” said a French spokesman, “Germany must restore legality' before France will consider Hitler’s proposals.” Hitler had given as his excuse for breaking Locarno that the Franco- Soviet pact was a violation of that treaty. Frants contends the Hague court would hold otherwise. take at ]ea.«t two weeks. (legislative election of highway com- Then it will take some time to draft h"‘«^>oners to retain present commis- tiatiom. Flandin >^turned to Pans tonight to participateHp charhber debates and his place here will be taken by Joseph Paul-Boncour, min'Hjter of state. Ger man delegates will ajgcive by air from Berlin tomorrow to take seats at the council table for the first time since the Reich angrily left the league in 1933. These developments came only a few hours after Great Britain pledged to work as mediator between j^rance and Germany in trying to reach a new security framework for troubled west ern Europe. No soner was Hitler’s acceptance announced at St. James palace than Litvinoff assailed Hitler as a menace to the peace of Europe a bill in final form and probably.four days will be needed on the house floor. The senate probably will w’ant to take its tinw on taxes. Beset by troubles in the courts, sen ate lobby investigators arranged to resume th«fir inquiry Monday. Some possibility that open hearingrs might be started on the tax legislation late next week was seen by Chairman Doughton, of North Carolina, of the full ways and means committee. He suggest^ time might be saved if the subcommittee would file a report on Flandin’s. demands were given out side the league conference through a spokesman of the French delegation. They will not block German attend- a^ at the council but forceast a de lay ^ FVench participation of any’ Q^w ipra^ral^pTOpw fito, exptowiWry etwhea vather'ihan alof zo^ oommUsionera. tentative bill as the basis for hearr ings. “Anybody that has a right to be heard will get a chance,” Doughton promised. The subcommittee was expected during th^week to reach a decision' on how to treat foreign stockholders and dig into the question of a “wind fall” tax to recapture unpaid, or re funded, AAA processing taxes. sioners iji office until the expiration of their terms. — Other Tesser amendments were made in the bill before it was relum ed to the house Friday for concur rence. . Although the measure admittfdly was headed for a frrfe conference, ap proval of the basic reorganization plan hy both branches was considered an indication of speedy enactment. Whether Governor 01 in Johnston woul(^ approve_it was problematical, hut he has advocate<i popular election and unselfish visioiyi He stated that Dr. Jacobs’ key not^ through life was unselfish devotion/to his ideals and issued to the students of the college a challenge to imitate the life and ideals of the fovinder of the institu tion. The service Was dismissed by W. P. Jacobs, president of the college and grandson of iu founder. Aetjon upon the two major, issws left appropriations and social security among the principal questions yet to be" considered. Senate finance committee spokes men said it had practically completed At a meeting held in Greenwoo<l the : 1 • J u 1 1 1 I past week, the ■Uentral Carolina base- ergy, financial geniuL scholarly mind,' n i <• n • i . , L . ■ ■ JT ti , ,.1. ball league* was formally organized way Commissioner Ben Sawyer should resign. . The bill was attacked by Represen tatives Bennett of Ms^rlhoro, Poag of Greenville, and others as embodying* “no reorganization at all” after the senate had shorn it of provisions for an imme<liate change in highway com missioners, transfer of the motor ve hicle division to the .state tax commis sion, and other revisions. When the bill was returned to the ho-qse with the senate amendments, Repi'esentative Foorer, ef Colleton, proposed an amendment to the senate substiitute to provide for the election of the chief highway c’ommi-ssioner in the primary instead of by the com mission. The plan stirred a roving of argu ment during which Representative M. M. Johnson, of Kershaw, suggested that the time had arrived for Sawyer to resign to help end the highway con troversy and other members ’pointed out that an executive veto threatened the bill. • The house deferred action until to morrow ujion the question of non concurrence in the senate a.mend- and plans made for the oiH*ning of the ments, entailing a fret* conference he- Byrne^ To Be P .C. SpetJeer / I^an Announces ^\1936 Honor List He pledged Russia’s fullest .supporter CHnto®. Sludehts Oh Roll. Valedictory Honor Goes To Co lin Hudson of Greenville. Nine - of whatever measures the council may take to punish the Reich as a violator of the Locarno treaty and said Ger many’s peace proposals are but The dean’s honor roll at ^rf^hyte- rian college for the present school a (year was announced Monday. It con- smoke-screen for aggreseion.” | tain.s the names of 31 stmJents, and i Before the council is a Franco-Bel- gave to Colin Hudson, of Grhenville,, * / ouncement was made Saturday by W. P. Jacobs, president of Presby terian college, that Senator James F. hearings upon the annual appropri- B/rncs of South Carolina, will be the aroHna Junior Senator iRtl Open-Air Commence- t Address On June 2nd. looj) on April 18th. A game a y»’eek thereafter , will 1h* played until .June fith. when two games will be playe<l. The regular season will end August Hth, with the playoff set for August 28th. The circuit will again consist-of eight teams. Announcement was made by Manager Bruce Galloway of house to reduce tags fees from $5 Joanna Cotton Mills team, last year’s champions, that Goldville will hot oc cupy a berth in the league this year. Enoree was selected to fill the va cancy. The other clubs besides Enoree are; Ninety-Six, Watts'^Mills, Green- tween the branches, or of tacking new amendments to senate revisions to make the bill more’ acceptable to Gov ernor Olin Johnston. The senate, which eliminated a pro vision for lower auto tags in altering the (highway bill, moved to take up a ways and means comm-ittee bill from to $14 to $1 to $7. It requested its finance committee to report out the hill upon motion of Senator Nicholson of Greenwood. Members of the committee said the '.measure might beTaid before the sen- wood, MatthewfT, Ware Shoals, Clin-(^^^ if . information on the ation measure and was ready to beginiV**her at the institution’s 5r)th corn- intensive work upon'revision of the ^encement exerci.ses June 2pd. $8,000,000 bill sent over by the house/ The closing exerciwjs this year are in an effort to bring it out as soon ^ Bailey Memorial stadium possible. ton Cotton Mills and I.aurens Cotton Mills. Cy Gordon of W’are Shoals, has been elected president of the league for the coming year, ami H. E. Rungo, vice-president. The secretaryUreasur- er will be named at a meeting to be 'held in Ware Shoals, March 23rd. Senator Henry Sims of Orangchi^g chairman of the senate social seci^ty committee, said he would presy for action next week upon a joint ryesolu- tion for a referendum upon a impos ed constitutional amendment to enable ■and will also include the formal inau-; guration of Mr, Jacobs as pre.sident College Election Results Given of the coHwe. The program for 4he occasion will be pre.sented to the au dience by means of the amplifying system used last year in the announc ing of track meets. The invitation the state to participate in tl/ fe<lerarSenator Byrnes has accepted. effect of the red.uction on state high way finances indicated the bill w'as not harmful. The senate approved and sent the house a hill by Senator Brown, of Barnwell, to make the state board of hank control in its present form a permanent state agency. It first de- feate<l a movfe of Senator Dunlap, of York ,to transfer^bank supervision to three constitutional-officers., The Brown bill as passed would have the goverpjqirappoint, subjeet_to senate confirmatiori, a boanl of six to Charlotte Boy Named President Uh* headed by the state treasurer ex of Student Body. All Places On Campus Filled For Year. . officio and to take office when terms of the present temporary boanl expire June 30. < pension program. / Ju i. .u ,, , -r ,, . s Iby the 62 members of the senior clas^. He .Iso .n<l.cate.l he vfm m1ro-| Senator Byrnes is the slate’s junior duce measures for uMmpioyment:,^„,,„^.j„,, ,, „„„ rounding „ut his Mmpensation and to cre^ an agency:,;,.^, ■„ tva.sT.ington. He to adm.msler a fUte^wial secunty ^3^^, ,, program was exitended him several weeks ago The Preebyterian college student! TA^ill by Sienators Light.sey, Sini.s, body, in tw’o days of balloting the past 'and Stukes to increase the maximum week, selected its student bddy lead ers, its publications heads, and its re ligious leaders. legal width of buses from 90 to 96 'inehes in accordance, its sponsors if the electorate uion. Elected to jxtvc as president of the favors I "■ (student ho<ly was R. A. Shoemaker, of iporteis in congiess of the New Deal | who defeated J. K. Uol- said, with modernization trends was sent to third reading by the senate without l)eing debated. The house heard Representative gnan resolution branding (Jermany a.s breaker of both the Locarno and 'Versailles treaties. Tension was yis- the' valedictory honor for the'^1936 class. Edw’ard Andrews, of Milledge- ville, Ga.,4.« the second honor man and ihly eased by (Germany’s agr^mentlsalutatoriant Hudson had a cumula- to take part in consideration of the resolution. Anthony Eden, British foreign secr retary, pledged, that he would work for a conciliatory plan acceptable to Blue Ho) Nine live scholastic- average of 3.6753. An drews showed an- average of 3.6724, only two-thou.sandths of a point be- Ccach W: low Hudson^ Miss Sophia .Sullivan, of Laurens, Play *id Games the the both France and (Jermany. I head.s the junior class which has six Under his plan of action, however, j representatives on the honor roll; E. Great Britain would immediately rush , A. Johnson, of Columbus, Ga., heads to the aid of France, ai^ Belgium in^the sophomore class with three repre- tlhe event of an attack by ■Germany. !sentatives; and Miss Laura Fleming, — Eden contends there must eventual-j of Laurens, heads the first-year class ■ ty tie^negotiations for an entirely -newj with seven members on’-the framework of European collective s^^luished list, • . _ curity replacing the scrapped Locarno ( Clinton Students On List treaty, j The names of nine Clinton st Germany’s consent to come to Lon-(appear on the honor li.st. Vena! * Johnson Announc es EootbaJl Schedule. To Open MMth Clemson Sept. 19. and as a close and intimate friend and ! of Atlanta, in a second .-I'ace.' chairman of the powerful advisor to President Roosevelt. Hel/v.n;’ ant^tmatieflllv heenme vice-'ways arul means committee, speak will ,„.ak on national affairs wht.n|,,“,"|™i. Th^ 7nL «mnciln.ani“>ftm-'. tl'«- «-nal.' rhangos in he comes to Clinton in June. (chosen was Alien Mc.S'ween, of Ches- highway hill and also against — j Moorer amendment to have the chief i Trank .Johnston, of Jefferson, Ga., commissitmer elected, [defeated Julian Hogg.-, of Pickens, to to lay the futum become s<“eretaiy-ttx‘asurer of the foun<lati(m of tVie highway |(lepart- council. Clthi r unci 1 men elect- take it as far away from pol- —— led w(*er Hoggs and Jack Witherspoon <1!^ possible, Hennett said. Re*- .Monday was observes! at Thornwell of Lancaster. Flt'cted as sophomore fc|‘»'ing to the amendment, he adde<l, 10 7*ttco won* Vir- i ^ hflvo iKtliticcil rond-i Thornwell Famify Given Holiday -/■ , r,. , u' 1* . 1 u orphanage as a full holiday in honor (councilmen in the first'race were Vir-i nave pouiicai roau-hvniding m e ^ ^ ^ birthday of the in.‘ititution’.s vil .St. John, of Charlotte Court Hou.se,, state under this proposal a.s yes er^y announc^ e ras y erian £)j._ William Plumer Jacobs, jVa., and Morris Hitch, of Charlotte*, you ye never had Ix-fore. ^ varsi y o a ^ c u ®^jwho was born oh March 15, 1842. Thej Chester Keller, of Greenville, auto-i Voud have a hous^e divided against , an remar a i was one institution. Dr. L, R. jmatically became head of the Y. M. itself, It would W ju-t as sensiUle to disting-' the that ** /Three varsity games will .he played don, it was understood, was won by Eiden’s promi.se the British would con sider Hitler’s , .peace proposals, ad vanced as a substitute for Locarno. Eden was reported .to have conveyed j Clyde Conrad is given seco: this promise by telephone to Berlin; the sophomore class, while today with French knowledge. Ices Baldwin and SuhUa Martin, Cath^ne Blakely, Howze Dillard, Elizabeth B Sara Cannon and Robert McLaes are members of the graduating class. ■In Clinton, two of them being under the lighting .system installed last fall. The Blue Stockings will feel the Slaze of bright lights again when they meet Mercer in Macon in a third night “The whole world,”^declared Litvin-1third and fourth, res; off, “knows -that neither the Soviet'freshman class. Union nor Prance has any claims toj German territory and that they are, not striving to change the frontiers I L/ClIlOvi ft of Germany. , . . “Analyzing the sum total of Mr. Hitler’s proposal, I come to the con clusion that they not .only would rep- game. The Calvini-sts will officially open place in [the South Carolina football .season in 1917 ra Fran- j ^ith Clemson at Clemson Sejitember j nson are (19- Five of the nine gamt^^-will be Lynn, spoke of ftr. Jacob .s’ life and f A. when trifr TwminatioTi was uncon-i^’t-me pick the Umants- work both on Sunday and the chapel ^testt*d. Elected to !4erve umler him a.s|“”‘^ a-jna^in another cei^y hire hour Monday. ) secretary-trea.surer was" Jack McAl-1 The orphanage first ojiened for the pine, of Hartsville, . . " ' ^ admi.ssion of children iij 1875. Since; Joe Patrick, of Atlanta, was chosen i Frai* then for sixty-one years March 15 th [editor of the annual, The PaC-SaC, AACaU rUa has been celebrated as a holiday fpr 1 with J; K. Gollings, of Allans, as his I the children in con^memoration of its j bu.‘*ine.ss tmuiager, and Malcolm founder and president until his death ; Hemphill, of Griffin, Ga., tising manager. (Jranunar School adver- ively, in the i •g’^inet Southern conference teams. ’ ■ The Module follows: V- H. L. EicMIherger, secretary, in ac- resent fio compensation for the harm cordance ^^h the by-laws, has called done to the organization of peace by the Clini^ Municipal Democratic club! at Charleston. Club ts Tonight September 1^, Saturday, Clemhon at Clemson, September 26, Saturday, Georgia Tech at Atlanta, Ga. October 3, Saturday, open. October 9, Friday, Erskine at Clin ton (night game). Eight Clubs Form The hoard of trustee.'- of the city Stuart Campbell was automatically .schm»l.s has elected H. F. Harris of 'made editor of the literary magazine, Hishopyille, as principal of the .\cad- - (The <k>llegian, when his nomination emy .Street school, replacing A. L. I uncoptested. Cliff McLe<Ml,-of 1 Duckett, resigned. The new principal *"**^"*^^**^^ Ocala, Fla., was elected managing ed- entered upon his duties Monday morn- . ' 'itor and Allen Mc.Sween, of Che.ster, I ing. He is a graduate of Wofford col- The Miid-State Textile League was (business manager. ’(lege and for the past four or five (organized in WTiitmire Monday night j i years'has heade<l one of the grammar ;with an eight club .setup, Team.s ^ ! Qjy0. (VIoFC TilHC '^hools of Greenville. hold places in the circuit will be:| Whitmire, Lockhart, Newberry, Great 1 October 17, Saturday, The Citadel Falls, Buffalo, Excelsior of Union, Jo-1 Mr. Duckett, who recently resigned I anna Mills and Winn.sboro, Excel- left this week fpr Charlotte condoning his breach of inteniationalito hold its regular biennial meeting'^ October 23 or 24, Friday or Satur-Lsior, Winn.sboro and Joanna are new! County Treasurer D. Roy Simpson j where he now holds a clei-jical position with the Universal Credit company. treaties, but would themselves strike [ tonight, March 19th, at 7:30 in the day, Newberry at 1!7tewberry. a blow at the organifation <3if ^ace high school! building. j , October 31, Saturday, W’ake Foi'est 'The object of the meeting is the (at W'ake Forest, N. C. election pf officers and to set machin-j November 6 or 7, Friday or Satur*- ery in motion in pretparation for the day, Furman at Clinton (night game) /and at the League of Nations. - Litvinoff said Russia would identi fy itself with members of the council “who register in their most decisive city municipal primaiy to be held inj November 13 or 14, Friday or Sat- manner their indignation at a breach of international treaty obligations, who condetan it and who-support the ((Continued <m page sis^) June at which time a mayor and six;urday, Mercer at Macon, Ga. (night team.s, the latter having formerly held has been instructed»by Comptroller! a berth in/the Central Carolina!(Jeneral A. J. Beattie, to add an addi-! League. The .sea.son will open April tional one per cent, making a total GASQUE IN HOSPIT.U. aldermen wi31 be noniinated for (a two-year term. Members of the cltib are invited", to attend meeting. game). November 21, Saturday, Woffhrd at Clinton. , . Roy Gasque, proprietor of Royal 11th, with a 21 game schedule provid-lof three per cent, on delinquent taxe.sj Cleaners, is a patient in the Green- ed. (beginning Monday and continuing to]wood ho.spital where he underwent an . William W. Lewis of Whitmire was 1 April first. After' that date four (operation la.st Wednesday night. His elected president of Che organization; per cent will be added, making a total j friends Wre will be glad to know that of seven per cent until April 15, at his condition is reported as satisfac- Clarence (Jalloway of Clinton, vice president; and Henry M. Miller of Whitmire, secretary-tz^asurer. which time all uncollected 1936 prop erty taxes will be placed in execution. tory and he hopes to he fwle to re turn to the city in the next few days. ■\. r.. -X.-. t - X - i. .. \ . ■'