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I ■ r TH^^CHBONtCLB , Striret To B« Cle«B Koiro* j paper. Complete, Newoj, . aad BeUaUe. ^ VOLUME XXXVI Don't Rand [RONICLE Ton Dan^ G«t / Tho NowiL i L- CLINTON, S. C.( THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1936 DR. L F. TAYLOR DIES AT HOME Beloved Jacks Township Physi cian Succumbs To Illness. Un usually Large Crowd Attends " Funeral Services At Duncan's Creek Church Sunday. Dr. Edgar Fleming Taylor, 84, dean of the miedical profession in Laurens county and a general praetitioijer of medicine in Jacks township since Tax b fau(dequate Falls Short of Government Re quirements, Committee Told. More Money Must Be Secured. 1876, died at hie home near here last Friday morning after an illnese of two weeks, and a period of declining hearth covering the 'pisf y»r.~’~^ f The funeral services were held Sun* day afternoon at 2:3(]^from Duncan’s Creek Preabyterian church, of which he was a ruling elder and which he dearly loved. A congregation that filled the church to overflowing as well as the large adjacent grove, was ‘■present for the services which were led by. Dr. D. J. Woods, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of this city. Others taking part in the rites were former pastors and preerat supply ministers of the old church. Dr. M. G. Woodworth of this city-; the Rev. John McEIachem, Whitmire; the Rev. John Willingham, Laurens, and Chester Keller, ministerial student at Pres* byterian college; also Dr. J. C. Roper, pastor of Broad Street Methodist church of this city. Music was fur* nished by an augmented choir from eevei^l churches of the community. Interment followed in the historic burial ground' adjoining the age-old church building, with his grandsons serving as pallbearm. The respect and esteem in which be ■was held VMM evidenced by the hundreds who gathered to pay their last tribute and the many and beautiful floral offer* -ingm hi^dced hifti about his grave. ' Dr. Taylor was bom May 1, 18SS, near the city of Laurana, a son of S. Kirk and IMkh Bates Taylor, boybeoid da^ wain spahC at. his eot’s home. In 1872 hs' i eitsippi to'ascapa arrest by^be can- , stab^ry foresa- in DMwana. Ibe following, year he rrtdmed to kit home and begin raidiag nwdieine pa* dor Dr. Tyler !Naiid«ton. Later he Hit Washington, March 30.—The House ways and means committee was told plainly today by Guy T. Helvering, internal revenue commissioner, that its 1799,000,000 tax program,, while promoting tax equity, would not meet administration money needs. Snatched l^om Dpom By Reprieve V Hardly had he stepped down as the first witness before the Cemmittee when Representative Lamneck (D. Ohio) roundly assailed the^new reve? nue plan on the House floor with the assertion it would “destroy every small incorporated business institu tion in the country.” , , Following this open attack, the committee in continuing its hearings heard M. L. Seidman of the New York Board of Trade characterise the pro posed corporation tax as a “revolu tionary change.” He said it would “turn upside down the established methods of producing government revenues from cCrporation income.” In his testimony. Helvering sug gested that ~ the congressional tax drafters consider tapping additional sources of temporary fimds to bring the projected tax bill ’into full con sistency with the President’s recom mendations for redressing the bud get” The commissioner warned against padding too thickly the “cushion contemplated for certain types o^^r porations. Virtually every case uf' special treatment, he said, imrolves loss of revenue and “it is^^ghly desirable that they be kep^K^ a minimum con sistent with fairness and sound public policy.’^ For Hie general- program brought forvraiu by the committee for public ngs, the commissioner had only ords of co.mraen«iation. A new tax on corporation iimomesr bseed on por tions held in. reserve, be enid, would produce an additional 2691,000,000 x> • -S .-.w . •* . ••■-.V.- •f ^ • • > > ^ Young People’s league of South Car olina presbytery was held in Green wood last Saturday with the largest attendance in its history. The conferj. enoe was attended by 236 young peo ple, a number of this group being .representatives from Preabyterian coileg^ the First Prsabyterian and Tkocna^l Memorial churches of this cfty. MiM Constance Armfield of'New- mainly by removing'inequalitlea, dis-Kcriy, -traa elected president; J. B. Ja- pbost Allld Vksaspaon om wrtilitgbaiwalad^^eoafaa by^kb ^Pmsideiit Mors 7^ xtew a young physician .following Us luation, 'Dr. Taylor ^PaCuribld ^ native county and antersd upon a hard country practioe covering a radius of 25 milas in the Jtaimo sec tion. Those WM« thf days of hard ships, of horseback travel with sad dle bags, ai^ unpaaeable roads. In the days when antomobilea ■were not thought of be was a familiar figure in his community riding a horee ai^ later driving in bla borae drawn bug- For the first four years of his prac tice the young physieian baardad wirii the late Sam F. Vance. On Jan. 15, 1880, he was msrrisd to Miae Frances Copeland, also of Jacks townetiip, and a member /oi one of tbo widdj^ eoq- 1 Um hbetbd and highly regraded families of that community. On July 26, 1897, bra devoted wife was claimed by death. Following bar death he eon* thlubd to reside at bis home place. Several years ago his daughter sad son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Milam moved therejto make their home with him. A^ut~a year ago be was forced to give up hjerpractice because of de- clindng h^lth. For sixty years Dr. Taylor gave .freely of his time to the people he and who in turn loved him. 'day and night he was subject to their call, rendering service at the bed- crimination and opportunities for tax avoidaaoe. - Skit, hSjaddedtj it sHll would Ml m sovree by thS Trtskleiit More importept, he said, wa^ the fact that no conslete pnorteion hae been made Hhe ^tioml tempormrf reveauee that will ][^ required.” That s^t r^uiie was aimed obvi ously at the oonmittee’s, iwjeg^ion of a presidential propml for new and wider processing taxes on farm com modities. (In addition to the 1591,000,000 from the corporate tax, the commit* tee has proposed to obtain $100,000,- 000 from a “windfall’ levy on proces sors ..who collected AAA prooeesing taaw from, the public but did not pay them • into the "‘treasury, $88,000,000 from temporary retention of capital ^)ck andv excess profits taxes, and $25,000,000 from' taxes on corporation dividenM (o foreign stockholders. (Tto Prwident had asked that the corporation tax be permanent and that $517,000,000 be raised over two or th^ years from ths windfall imd processing taxes to meet this year’s loss of revenue through invalidation of the processing levies.) Ths Roosevelt suggestions thus aonteniplated_raising $^2,000,000 an nually oyer three years and $620, 000,000 thereafter. But the committee progrtim would produce $799,000,000 the first year and $616,000,000 in succeeding years. Some members have contended, how ever, that the corporate tax yield will sides of those ih T>ee3 aT»d''*8Sffering7[incfea8e in future yews. -/t., bringing wor<^ of cheer and happy tnoouragement to many. Of tender sympathetic'^ iiaiUK and generous heart, he gave himself unstintingly id hie profession; he was never too weary nor -was tte wkathar esm too ^ngh or the night too dark to pre vent him from responding to demands made upon him; he did a vast amount of charity work in hundreds of 'humble homes where he was needed, 'not counting the cost of bis aCrvicee or the exposure of himself. Likewise he was held in high esteem and wi^ regard by members of his profession wbe recognized his worth and ability, and sterling character. Not 01^ was Dr. Taylor a beloved country phyaieian of the old type now aknost extinct, but be was an out standing type of Christian gentleman. He never paraded his many charities or religion that he constantly lived. Coining from a long Una of Presbyte rian ancestry, he wap a Ufa-long and earnest member and officer of his- iarie Duneanh Credi dmreb near here. Ill 1891 he was electsd as a deacon of the church and in reeogni- tkm of Me ftuthfnlnsss and fitness for the position, be was promoted in 1902 to the eldership, fie put his church first always. Ha atood fear- leasly and laeomproml^iglji idwaya for tha troth^—nothing else wi hdy hiBB. A gentleihaa qf dfevatad gmcsa, his ii&^ wai uaMul Another to oppose the tax program was Melville F. Weston of Boston, director of Raymond Whitcomb Trav el Tours and Cruise company, who urged that the committee in its tax bill take care of companies - like his that have contracts to salt definite percentages of their incomes into finking funds to meet indebtedness. Helvering testified that alternative jneana-^ cftitaining revenue.had re- oRved “the careful study and consid eration of the Piesideat, the treas ury officials and members of this committee.’'^ But the fact that 61 per cent of total federal Venues in 1965 came from consumption and similar taxes weighed heavily, he said, against ad ditional eiuise taxes. It was feH al so, be added, that no increase in in come tax rates-should be considered until it was 'certain “all important sources of tax evasion, or of tax avoidance in the axistang income tax lawf had been eiiminated.” .. ands of friends who will join with.tbe family in mourning his death. Dr. Taylor is sunrived by onepmn, E. C. Taylor of this city; by two dau ghters, Mrs. M. D. Sfihun and Mrs. Jodie McMilUan, alto of this plase; by three sisters, Mrs. W. T. Finley Mn. M. A. fhl- of August^, Ga; Mrs. Juno fiar- ^ W^^ymnioa, Ky., and aevaial NUMREk 14 HAUPTMANN EXECUTION GIVEN 48 HOUR DELAY AT LAST MINUTE V Dramatic ExtensiotiComes At Request of Grand Jury To Further Probe WenjW Confession. Delay Probably Means That\Con-| victed^idnaper Will Go To Chair Today or Friday. BRUNO RICHARD HAUPTMANN^ League Meeting Greenwood I’esbyterian Young People Hold Interesting Conference. Offi cers Named For Year. The annual spring meeting ^of the cobs, a Thomwell. orphanage boy, vice-president; Eupbemia. (jordon of Due West, secretary*; and Anna of AbbsriUa, trsasuiar. The new president tueoaede Miss Rosalie Bailey of Greenwood, ^0 has aervad in this offioa the past two^ years. The counties oY Grmnwood, Abbeville, Laurens and Newberry comprise the league’s membership. The program Saturday began yrith a devotional conducted by Virgil . W*- ters of Abbeville. The theme for the day, “Why Have a Diamond Jubilee?” was introduced by Miss Rosalie Bai ley witha talk on “Why Am 1 a Pres- b^rian” in which she pbly presented the heritage of her church ai a rea son for observing her 75th anniver sary. She ■was followed by Miss Julia Telford of Abbeville, who spoke on “Why Examine Myself?” and Rich ard Potter of Presbyterian college, on “Why Tithe?” and by Miss Jose phine Taggart of Greenwood on “Why Read the Bible and Pray Daily?” and Miss Constance Armfield on “Why Practice Personal Evangelism'?” The Presbyterian college quarts rendered several numbers to the delight of the league members. At the business meeting, a consti tution and by-law|Pfor the organiza tion was a<mpted and plans fo£ the new year’s work announced. A fea ture of the morning program- was the group plan of discussion by which the league meeting was divided into eight groups'^ follows: the intermediates; under Henry Reynolds of Greenwood; Jhose studying the “Life Enrichment Highway,” under Julia Telford of Ab beville; “Beyond the Seas Highway,” under Dorothy Simpson of Whitmire; “In the Homeland,” under Constance Armfield of Newberry; /‘Enlistment and Training,” under Virgil Waters of Abbeville; “Highway of Learmag,” under Josephine Taggart of Green wood; “Highway of Stewardship,” Josie Wells of Greenwood; “Christian Social Service,” Sara Frances Bald win of Clinton. These various groups made their reports and recommenda tions after the lunch hour. ' The feature o(^ the afternoon ses sion which adjourned at 2:30 was the address by Walter Dickson of Dayid- son college, president of the Synod’s Young People’s League. Special Smvices - ~ At A.R.P. Church Rev. W. S. Pattenam of Lancaster, will begin a eeries of services in the AaeocUte Reformed Presbyterian ^nreh on Thursday evening at 8 o’clock to continue through the fol lowing Sabbaith night. Ihese services a<re prepanstory ■to the celebration of the SHfcerament iof the Lbrcfe Supper Off Sunday morning. Mr. IhktevBon is one of the strong prsafehsri of his dsoomiimtioii' and the pnUie is cordially ivritsd to heir Idn wh^ hsne. Social Security . Board Proposed Bill Introduced In State Senate To Create Machinery For Car rying Out Plan, ' was Columbia, Mgrch 8k-A introduced in the sensilg tonigld by social security committee to set machinery for administering a social security program. The measure, which was p^ced on the calendar without reference, would set' up fi state social security commis sion to be elected by the legislature to “supervise and administer the so cial welfare and functions of the state M provided in this act or as subse quently authorised by law x x x.” It would oonekt of a commiseion- Trenton, N. J., March 31.—.-Bruno Richard Hauptmann was saved dra- Imatically from the electric chair I kgain tonight—at least for 48 hours— even as the executioner waited for hiim to enter the death chamber. . I ..The hour of death was at hand. Hauptmann had writtR!t~a~fareTyell letter to Governor Harold G. Hoff man, protesting anew that he was in nocent of the Lindbergh baby murder. Then the Mercer county CTrenton) grand jury took' the perhaps unpre cedented action of asking that his life be spared. Col. Mark^. Kimberling, prison au thority, complied with the request by ' I delaying tfie execution for 48 hours. He could, on his own authority, have postponed it until Saturday night, but noi beyond that. The delay was announced by Colo nel Kimberling at 8:05 p.m. Haupt mann’s execution was set for 8 o’clock. The request was made, Allyne Free man, foreman of the jdry explained, because it was inw^tigating th^re- pudiated confession to the Lindbergh kidnap-8la}ring,^ade by a disbarred Trenton lawyi^ Paul H. Wendel. Freeman said_there were-.still some “interesting new angles in the case” worthy of inquiry. The Wendel “confession” and the circumstances which led Wendel to ^ome a prisoner, charged with the ''nrm #r from each congressional distrtetr dead. with staggered initial terine and six- year ones, afterward, and a chair- mtii, named for a fbor-yegrtedm.' The members would be^pdldha per diem of $10 and expenaes fojr attend ing meetings for a maximum 'of 40 daya the first year and 20 afterwq|d. The bill would create county boards of social welfare as the commission’s representatives iiT^ch county. The commission would be author ized to “act as the agent of the sUte and to cooperate with any federal agency for-the purpose of carrying out matters ormuluii concern arrf to administer any fede^l funds granted the state an furtherance of the duties now or hereafter imposed upon the said commission by law.” murder of the Lindbergh baby, had been discredited earlier in the day by Supreme Court Justice Thomae W. Trenchard, Haputmami trial jurist. ’ In rejecting an application for a judicial stay of execution, "He called the Wendel statement “incredible and out of harmony with the known facts in the case.” ^ Mrs. Anna Hauptmann, wife of the convicted Lindbergh baby killer, re ceived the nawa his life had been spared with hyetericai weeping. She was at her hotel, waiting for tbs woril mote, .although Col. Kimberling had announced he would halt tonight’s execution should an indictment be re turned. ■ The grand _iury remained 1 in ses sion long after its action had saved Hauptmaim. - . - . —— Fisher said he told Hauptmann only in a general way about the rea- Hauptmamif hia hair already shora for the metal cap of tha chair, his trousers leg already split for the elec trode, too'k the news quietly, his chief counael, C. Llqyd FiaW, aaid. __ ' “He took it as he takes everything. —in stride,” Fisher said. * ' “He told me, ‘I am very happy. I think Xhis, means better things for Crippled Children Seals Being Sold Laurens, March 29. — The general public will have opportunity to buy seals for the benefit of crippled chil dren in a selling campaign from April 1 through Easter, .it has been an nounced by Miss Betty Richards, (firman of Laurens county for the South Carolina Society for Crippled Children. The seals bearing the Words, “Open Wide the Door,” are to be used on stationery, letters and packages in same manner as Red Cross Christmas seals are utilized. Crippled children und^r 16 yea#»r of age may receive aid and treatment through the agency of the association. Approximately 50 children in need of me Earlier he had written Governor Hoffman, who on January 16 gave him a 30-day reprieve: “Please investigate because this case is not solved. It only adds an other d4ad to the Lindbergh case.” In another sentence he directed this statement to Attorney Geiwral David T. Willentz, chief of the prosecution staff at the Flenvington trial: ' “Mr. Willentz, -with my dying breath, 1 swear by God, that you con victed an innocent man.” The letter was n^arde public by the governor’s office two hours after the execution had been postponed. The dedskm of Justice IVenchard, reached after an hour and 26'minutes of argument by Fisher and Wilentz, left Hauptmann virtually without hope, although he <had consistently said, while proteeting his “innocence,” that “something will happen” to save him. Few persons who had followed the case through all its legal phases, be lieved the Bronx carpenter had a chance. It was even remarked ironically that he seemed doomed to be deprived of a few extra minutes of life by the fact that Charles Zied, who was to son for the 48-hour delay and about the WendeXcase. ; Go-verrior'^^tftjffmanr^thrbu iiia" press aide, Wi1|iam S. Conklin, was quick to disclaim\iny connection with the grand jury’s action. “The- action was ^aken,” Conklin said, “Without the governor’s knowl edge. ’The governor tah^ to Col. Kimberling who told him tl»t Major Freeman (foreman of the j^y) had asked a delay while the gra^ jury did some investigation of intere^ing angles’.” - \ Neither Attorney General Wilentk^ nor Prosecutor Anthony M. Hauck, Jf., of Hunterdon county (Fleming- ton), Hauptmann’s prosecutors, would make any immediate comment. Both have fought vigorously to send Hauptmann to the chair. Through all the warm spring day, the atmosphere of tenseness, presag ing death behind the brown prison walls, had hung over the neighbor hood. And as twilight came the knots of persons gathered at the roped off sections of the streets increased and swelled into small crowds. Squads of state troopers in bright blue tunics, prison guards and city police patrol!^ the streets. Only per sons with passes were admitted to the street facing the prison. News and camera men swarmed the entrance to the prison. There were few rumors. The time of rumors had passed, but there was a vast deal of speculation, and eyery newcomer was asked eagerly for news of the grand jury’s action. When night fell searchlights shon» from the guard towers on the walls. Prisoners, daric against the l^ht'.of their cells, could be aesn frm the atreet, aiii IlMlitySisissa sama4o«ra to those who waited, a confusion of sounds. Later tGn%)it Warden Klifiberling said? “I am staying the execution at least forty-«ght hours. It may be Thurs day or Friday. I am making a.further statement tomorrow.” He added that “I made t|he state ment and assume all responsibiitty.” Executions in New Jersey u.sually are on Tuesdays or Fridays. \ Keller Names YM.C.A. Cabinet New Lieaders of College Organi zation Enter Upon Work For Coining, Year. treatment have been selected in Lau-ihave prece<k>d him to the chair, re county during the i>ast three [oelived a 30-day reprieve from Gov ernor Hoffman late in the afternoon. rens months. The canvass, which will be conducted by committee td be named —That-meant naoptiiiaiin would by Miss Richards, is expected to yield march aloM and probably on the at least $500. ‘Jafsie’ Silent On Execution Delay stroke of 8 p.m. into the death cham- j. b. Evans,-Peden Smith ber, Nbw York, March 31.—Dr. John F. (Jafsie) Condon, who negotiated pay ment of $60,000 ransom in the Lind- ^gh kidnaping, wss informed to night By Gregory Oileman, his press spokesman, that the execution of Bruno Richard Haputmann had been postponed. .Coleman said he would not comment. He had wept bitterly in the morn ing. He had loused food. From Fish er be received eome consolation, and from his epiritual adviser, the Rev. John Matthiesen, and from i\former spiritual comforter, the Rev. v. G. Liith«rans Plan Special Services On Moiidsy and Tuesday everungs of next week, at 7:30, Lenten eervioes will held at St John’# Lutheran church, conducted by the pastor, Rey. M. R. Wsngard. Sunday morning at 11 o’clodt Easter serrices and the eomorankm will be sssraad. The public ie eitewdact a cordial kwitatioB to at tend these aerviosa. Werner, be had xeceived further sol ace. His wife bad written him a note:\ “I love you and I will always re member you. I will continue to hope and you must, too.” But mucH. President-elect Chester Keller, suc ceeding Ernest Arnold as head of the college Y.M.C.A., has announced hia cabinet for the 1936-37 session as follows: Program—G. F. McInnes, chairman, C. J. Bradner, E. A^Johnson. Publicity—^E. F. McLeod, chairman, M. M. Hemphill, R. A. Shoemaker, N. S. Heeth. Religious activity—^M. C. Patterson, chairman, Virgil St. John, H. C. Gar rett. — Jiui Collings, ^ chaiman, Keitt^Darby. Deputations—-Cliff McLeod, chair man, Harris Grey, Allen MeSween. Social—Joe Patrick, chairman, Wil liam Jacobs, C. B. Holcombe. Hi-Y — M. W. Bird, chairman, Hu- tiSrl Wardlaw'. Jl _ ~ Missions—^Tom Newland, chairman. Freshman supervision—H. W. Wil liams, chairman, E. W. Evans, D..N. Morrison. Speakers Named Thomwell Closing The Rev. Williani Huck, D.D., of Atlanta, Ga., will preach the Baccal aureate sermon before the Thomwell orphanage graduating class on Sun- neither actually hoped for!day morning, June 7th. Eh-. Huck is Mrs. Hauptmann had 'bought. superintendent of home missions for herself a mourning veil in the after noon an^ was said to be under a doc tor’s care in her room, awaiting the dread ■words that would mean all was over. But she looked fotward late tonight to another visit ■with her husband to morrow. She asked - Fisher if she might Me Hauptmaim. Fisher said he assumed so ainoe only on the last day —now set for *niin«day—do prison regulations forbid a ■visit. Even any action tbs grand jury, suddenly eemveMd to eooaider Wendel case, might take aeemed iq* Atlanta presbytery, and one of the outstanding ministers of the synod of Georgia. -- The literary address before the graduates will be delivered on Tues day morning, June 9th, by the RefV. A. R. Larrick, D.D., pastor of the First Presbyterian- church of Plant City, Fla. 1^. Larrick ,was recently elec^ a member of. thejorphanage board of trusteea-^ by Florida synod. Mias Flerenoe Adair spent Sunday in Gaffoey wMi friends.