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I . . ■ I // THE CBBONICLB StriTcs T* Bt ft Cleftft / CMftplcte. Nftwsj, ftftd f. If/Tov l^H BMd TBB CBBOMICLB Tm D«*t Cki Tht Nftira. c V^UME XXXVI / CLINTON, S. C., THUSRpAY, APRIL 23,1^3^ ROAD MEASURE I RECEIVES VETO GoTcmor Johnston Continues Fight Against Highway De- ^partment By .DisapiHroTiiig $8,000,000 Program. Says Bill Is Dangerous Legislation.-' / / Oolambim, April 21.—Gpvemor Olin D. Johnston announced^ 4odfty he had vetoed a^ atate-wide highway con struction bill becaone it was *‘full of jokers” which thdrew road expendi tures “wide open without executive control.” ^ / The goyernor said he would send a formal ^^eto mesaage to the house, whic^ originated the bill, explaining his/iitand in rejecting it., He disclosed that iie had “advised friends in the house’' to support the measure in its original form, which be described as a bil) simply to match federal road funds in accordance with bis policy. “The senate fflled it wifla jokers,” he said, “and ..the house concurred in it, apparently without going into the details of senate amendments. “The bill is a regular ^ $66,000,000 highway bond issue all over again- It is represented as a hill for a $6,000,- 000 bond issue, but has a joker per. mitting the highway department to selKunlimited amounts of bonds upon passage of a concurrent resolution. •lit does not provide for any form of executive control over the expendi tures of the department, nor does it attually designate what roads are to be built.-Itsays which are to be bmlt within the next two years, ‘or as soon as possible,’ frotn the highway de partment’s vi^point.” The governor said he vetoed the measurelyesd^rday, to avoid any com plication over it. His action upset cal culations in some quarters that the bill would become law last night, if not signed or vetoed. The question of tb? veto would come 14) with that of the adoption of a free conference report on highway reorganization as the legislature moves full awing into its fifteenth week in session. The reorganization measure wonld provide election of a cooimissioneT iron each of Hie 14 judi^ distrieta by the legislators of the‘circuit and would take from the executive and vest in the circuit courts all powers of suspension or removal, *Thqse close to Johnston said he would veto the measure if the house adopted it and ordered its ratifi^tion. -The-senate was expected to talce up first a ways and means committee measure to reduce anniiU automc^ile license tag fees to a scale ranging from $1 to $7. Meanwhile, conferees on the annual appropriations bill were expected to compose differences at an early date between the $6,550,000 senate figure and the $8,143,0^ house bilL AAA Substitute (jets Attention Changes In Plan Announced To Make New Soil Conservation Program Mpre Effective. Franks Is New . Laurens Mayor Well-Known^ Business Man Suc ceeds Joe F. jSmith. Two New Council Members.^ Washington, April 18.—The acting AAA administrator, Howard R. Tol ley tonight announced changes in reg ulations of the new soil-conservation ! program, designed, he said, to perfect jthe program and make it more af- I'fdctiye. ^ ' ■' --r——- Tolley said the administration had »dminister^ almost completed rates to be paid farmers for “soil building” practices. These probably will be announced for some regions “within a few da^.” Principal changes: 1. To allow partial payments to producers who may fall short of the minimum soil-conserving acreage quired for full payments. Under origi nal regulations farmers were not el igible for any soil-conserving pay ment unless they had at least 16 per cent of their soil-depleting plant ed to soil-conserving crops in 1936, or 20 per cent, in the case of cotton, to bacco, peanut and flax growers. Pay ments now will .be scaled down to the percentage of land in soil-conserving crops. I 2. To provide reduction in pay ments to farmers who increase their soH-depletii^g acreage until it ex- exceeds I he soil-depleting base. It also is provided that farmers with a large soil-conserving acreage and a moderate or small soil-depleting base may qualify for soil-building pay- inents without reducing soil-depleting acreage. 3^ Change in crop ,classifications to enable truck farmers and other producers to qualify for additional' soil-building allowances. It fs pror vid^ that acreage planted to winter cover crops and green manure crops, after used for vegetable crops, will be classified as soil conserving if turned under as green* manure between Jan uary 1, 1936 and October 1, 1936, pro vided the cover crops and green man ure crops have been growing.at least twQ monthf.- 4. iBroadaning of the definition of crop land to include orchards and vineyards planted between January 1, 1980 and Januftry 1, 1986, but that Laurens, April 16. — The city of Laurens has a new mayor, W. Henry Franks, prominent business man and ex-service man, having taken the oath of office at a meeting of city council in its final session under the out- Revival Gcrows I Presbyterians Plan NUMBE^R 17 'At Broad Street Messa{>:es' of Rev. W. B. Garrett Arouse Interest At Series of Meetings At Local Methodist Church. The serFes of specie] evangelistic services being conducted at NUrth iBroad Street Methodist church by Jubilee Program 75th Birthday ofJCKurch Form ed In Augusta In 1861 To Be Celebrated In May. Richmond, Va., April 18.—The First Presbyterian church of Augusta, Ga., wh^re the general assembly of the Prefdjyterian church in the United States was orgvnized December 4, 1861, as the Presbyterian church in ^ _ Rev. W. B. Garrett of Greenwood, are _ _ i going regime. The oath of office was g*’owing daily in interest and attend-Confederate States of Ainericii^ anw, and are receiwng earnest con- scene of the anniversary .vw. ♦ ^ Maj(v21‘-27, which will inau-' by Students’ (h’oup ' ' Hears ^yder President oC Wofford Collogc Addresses. CoUege Scholastic Fraternity At Banquet Hera. Thirty-one students of Presbyte rian college, comprising the upper nine per cent of the student body from a scholftstie standpoint, Thurs day evening heard an a^resa by Dr. Henry K. Snydef* president of Wof ford college, en the vidue of scholar ship at the annual banquet of Slgpia Kappa Alpha, the local scholastic fra- teniity. Present ftt tlw banquet wre the faculty of the college, ther~ eleven members of the fraternity and the other twenty students of the institu tion ^ho had made the DeanA Schol- astic roll of honor. January 1, 1986. This revision was made to afford fruit growers an op portunity to qualify for soil-building payments. 5. A new regulation to permit two or more farms in the same county, owned or opezated by the same per son, to participate in the program as one farm. Provision is made, how ever, that the owner may not receive payments if he offsets soir-conseiwitig on one^ farm by increasing soil-de- pleting'aerMge on another. 6. Changes in the division of pay ments in the East Central region be tween landlord and tenant so . that 16 2-3 per cent goes to the person futnishing land, 16 2-3 per cent to the person furnishing work stock and tools, and 66 2-3 per cent to be di vided in the same proportion as the crop, or proceeds from crops are di vided. 7. Authority to the secretary of agriculture to wnthhold parents to ^)roducer8, who, while technically el igible for grants, have adopted soil practices, which tend to defeat the aims of the program. Death (Haima ^ Infant Son Dr. Snyder, in his interesting and inspiring address, gave a compari son of the scholastic requirements of college today and college sonie decades ago. He reached the inter esting conclusion that the types of study had undergone drastic changes ,but that the theory oL scholarship was the same. Holding it to mean the determination of exact truth and the installation of mental discipline and spiritual culture, he concluded with the statemefit that in every wffi^ of life those same qualities that make scholarship invaluable in college can be applied with profit. , William P. Jacobs, president of the 'college, introduced the speaker. James Milton Pitts, 5r^/ three- weekS'Old son of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Pitts, Jr., died at the home of his parents Saturday alternoon. The funeral ^s conducted Sunday afternoon at 3:30 from the residence, with interment following in Rosemopt E. 0. Anderson, brother-in-law of Mr. Franks. The new councilmen, R. M. Brown and M. Hampton Hunter, Jr., were inducted along with four reelected aldermen, H. Douglas Gray, Ernest D. Easterby, Herman S. Boyd and J. * Manley Adams. Mr. Franks succeeds Joe F. Smith, also a World war veteran, who had serve^/three terms. Mayor Smith, in relinquishing the duties of the office, spoke briefly of his appreciation of the cooperation he had received at the hands of the councilmen, the police department, the city clerk and other attaches of the administration, and offered his support and best wishes for success to the incoming executive and his co-members of council. Mayor Franks pledged his best thought lind action in carrying forward the obli gations ofjhe office, and invited the cooperation ol council, the law en forcement department and the geWer- al public to this end. At the close of the session, it waa announced by the mayor that election of policemen and other city employes would be postponed until the first regular meeting of council, Monday night. May 4. NEW TAX BILL IS DENOUNCED Administration Measure Called Another “New Deal” Experi ment. Republicans and Anti- Democrats Plan Minority At tack Upon Measure. S. S. Workers To Gather Here Special Day For Presbyterian Sunday School Superintend- - ents Arranged At Thornwell For Next Tuesday. * “Superintendent’s Day” will be ob- aerved at the Thornwell orphanage for the ftrat time on Tneaday, April ■pi ftpoakd MIfttiMi X atkend the conference has gone forward to every Sunday school superintendent in the state, and indications point to a large attendance. The meeting has been, arranged to give leaders in Sun day Mhool work an opportunity to visit the institution and to gain first hand information as to its work and needs. Dinner will be served the visit ors in the central dining hail at on^ o’clock. • At 1:46 in the chapel, an in^i^est- ing program will 1^ presented in which the children of the ^stitutidn will take'part. The following prograni has been arranged, wiriTeach address limited to five minuj*4s: Presiding, Supt. Joel S. Morse, Ab beville First S^pday school./ Song by Baby cottage children. Welcome, Dr. L. Ross Lynn, presi dent. Welcome, Supt. Ansel B. Godfrey, Clinton First Sunday school. Welcome, Dr; A. E. Spencer, CJlin- ton, vice-president Presbyterian col lege. Messa^, -W. W. Harris, Mcretary board of trustees. Song, orphanage children. • M^Bsage^! Supt. C. B. Dwings, Ow- ings, S. C. ‘ Mensage^Jk^. B. Jones, '^neca. Message, Chairman John C. Knapp, Atlanta Central church. Message, Dr. A. B. Hen 17, Supt., Central church, Anderson. sideration from the congregations. The services will continue into next week, with 9 a. m. and 7:46 as the hours of worship. The meeting opened Sunday eve ning when Mr. Garrett, presiding ci nder of the Greenwood district, deliv ered his first ^sermon which was a challenge to Christ’s church to remove the brakes that are retarding its work and diminishing its influence. The wheels needed to be removed from within the church were cited by the speaker as prejudice, greed, the quit ters, inconsistent living and indiffer ence. The message was a strong ap peal to the church to be up and do ing, and effectively carry on its work by removing such hindrances. Mr. Garrett, who ranks as one .of the outstanding ministers of his de nomination, is an able and eArnest speaker who presents the gospel in a sincere and striking manper. His messages stir the hearts and probe the consciences of church mernbers. He has made 'a profound impression upon his congregations since the meeting began. The pastor and church extend a cordial invitation^o the general pub lic to attend the services. Goldville To Red Cross Joanna Mills ^ Community Re-, sponds To Appeal For nado Relief With Checl^ For $334.90. Citizens of the Joann^ Cotton millk community at Goldvill^have coi^b- fttodo toUI of $38490 for &a<^roaa flood and tomad^^relief wi^n the past few weeka^ a check /for this amount having been fd^warded the national headquarters^ The amount .representr contributions from indi viduals,^ churches an^ Sunday schools of the community. W. A Moorhead, George H.' Ellis, A. D. Barron and Superintendent P. B. Mit Mitchell visited ^Gainesville, Ga., the day after the storm. Upon their gurate the diamond jubilee anniver sary of the denomination. Dr. Edward D. Grant, ot Richmond, announced to- day. *\ . Dr. Grant .was appointed general chairman of the ju^lee committee by the general assembly in 1934 to su pervise preparations for the event. A churohwide historical celebration December 4 and 6 will be the second outstanding feature of the jubilee pro gram. The celebration will include the presentation in each Presbyterian church in the general assembly of programs, of addresses, music and pageantry depicting local church his tory, the organization of the assem bly and its accomplishments, present work and goals for the future. At the Augusta church, where the general assembly was formed follow ing withdrawal of all the Southern presbyteries from the Presbyterian Church in the Unite<l Stat^ of Amer ica, an elaborate histo^al pageant by the people of Augu^ under dipec- iton of Marion Sympis, of that city, will be presented 0t the anniversary of the assembly./ / - Mrs. W. A. ^mer, of Newnan, Ga., mittee in cliarge of the pageant, mittee in/charg eof the pageant, which wHl present'bikhlights of Prei- byteriftli history ^ront the reforma- tion.f^o the present. U Uther sp^al jubilee observances elude a chppchwide “day of humili ation and prayer” on Sunday,‘May 17, and “church loyalty month” to be ob served next Oct^er. The jubilee schedule began December 8,'1936, and ydil close March 31, 1937, with pre sentation of final reports to the gen eral assembly on the accomplishments of the jubilee year. Goals set by the general assembly for jubilee year include the addition of at least 25,fl>6o new members in the home church and 10,000 in the foreign fields, and an increase of at least $500,000 in offerings for benevolent causes. The Southern Presbyterian church began its existence as a separate gen eral a.ssembly in the turbulent days of the War Between the States. It was formed by the pre.sbyteries of the return. Mr. MiteWl i.eued . letter ‘o/“,X.7e eui:. whTch with- all employees of the mill telling of the suffering and need of the people in the stricken area and asking that all contribute to the relief fund. A can vass was immediately begun by Mr. Mitchell, G. N. Foy and others, the re sult being the magnificent gift' of more than three hundred dollars to aid the sufferers. Few communities anywhere have opened their heart and purse more gladly and generous ly than the Goldville people. To Raise Funds For Seminary Columbia Will Not Move Tp Union Campus In Richnmnd. Dr. Lyons Announces Plan. Decatur, Ga., April 17. —Dr. J. Sprole Lyons, chairman of the hoard /- '■> ■ ■ ■ ■»-.— jof Columbia Theological seminary, TTe'a announced today that Presbyterians ftVllnralllttllff 1 O. nCoT |of Southeast plan a campaign to Visiting Minister cemetery, the services being conuct- ed by the family’s pastor. Dr. J. C. Rop4n A large gathering of friends and relatives gathered both at the home and grave for the many bringing beautiful flowers to he placed upon t^ grave of the lit- ■’■tle-one, ^ Surviving are the father and moth er, and two sisters, Carolyn, 7, and Ann, 5. Mrs. Pitts before marriage was Miss Isobel Scarborough of El- fiolt, 'daughter-of Mr.‘and Mrs. J. L.l'wood. announcemefit followed an of^' The meeting time of the Kiwani^'^er from Union Theological seminary club for its xegular meeting at Ho^Vl of Richmond, Va., another Presbyte- Clinton this evening has been changed rian institution, that Columbia merge services.fft’obi 7:30 to 6:30, it was amvounced with it. Under the plan both would yesterday by the committee charge, retain their individual identities but The change in the hou^ 1ias beep Columbia' would move its faculty to made'in order that the cHk) may have Richmond. the pleasure of hearing a talk from Doctor Lyons said that while the^ it.s guest, the Rev. W. B. Garrett, pre- proposal presented many attractive siding elder of xlie Greenwood dis-' features be believed Presbyteriaps of trict, with he^quarters An Green-1 this section could not afford ^to con- drawn from the Presbyterian Church in the United .States of America in the summer and fall of ’61 following the adoption of the famous Gardiner Springs resolutions. These resolutions called upon-every member of the church to pledge al legiance and loyalty to the govern ment with which the Confederacy was' already at war. Their adoption, the Southern members held,' left them no choice but to withdraw and form their own general assembly. “It is not the purpose of the general assembly, however, to propagate nor unduly emphasize the facts and con ditions bringing about the separation from the Northern church, a state ment in the diamond jubilee manual states. “Christ and His church first” has been adopted as the jubilee theme and it is. thia* theme that will be str*ssea in the jubilee observance. The c^fch history will be presented as “^/chal lenge to a more voted sel^ce” and not to recall differences/ w^ith the Northern church/ with 3^ich frater nal relation.s, establis-h<^ in 1882, are The Souihem'^wsbyterian church embraces in ityferritory the states of Alabama, Aj^an.sa.s, Florida,_Gcorgia, KentuckyyL^uisiana, Mississippi, Mis souri, J^rth Carolina, Oklahoma, Washington, April 21. — A highly complicated, 249-page tax hill, carry ing no definite estimate as to its reve nue possibilitLes although claimed by its backers to be a potential source of between $700,000J)00 and $800,000,000^ today cleared its last hurdle on tb« way to the house floor. ^ ^ Even as the measure wa»^ finally introduced and approved two hours later by the ways and means com mittee, Republican, members of that group rushed tO/Completion ^a minor ity report attacking the program. It was.not, hoiweverv immediately made public. The bill, completed exactly seven weeks, to a day, after the plan waa suggested by President Roosevelt in a special message, varied in part from\ his proposals. Noticeably missing was his suggestion for new proce.ssing taxes. Anxious nevertheless to di.spose of one of the twa major barriers to ad journment, house leaders planned to take the bill to the floor Thursday, rush it through general debate by next Tuesday and pass it by the fol lowing Friday. Indicative of the fight awaiting the appearance of the bill on the floor was the fact that the ways and^mean.s committee failed to hold all its Demo crats in line'in approving the meas ure. The, revenue bill, designed to pro mote taxation reform and raise be tween the $700,000,000 and $806,000,- 600, was introduced in the house to day by Representative Doughton, of North Carolina, of the ways and means committee. The 249-page measure- was tossed in the bill hopper-immediately after the house convened—seVen weeks to the day after President Roosevelt had asked congress for taxes to finance the new farm program, the added cost of prepayment of the bonus and to plug the. gap left in this year’A reVft ndes by lbvt1id$tldn of AAA process ing taxes. The major feature of the bill con templates revision of the corporation tax system. It would levy a graduated tax on corporation income, based on percentages of earnings withheld from distribution to stockholders. With the relief bill, the bulky reve nue measure wa.s the major business standing between congress and ad journment, In an effort to get both to the senate as .soon as possible, ' house leaders planned to give them the right of way on the floor for the next three weeks. The Doughton bill, in addition to revising the corporate, tax systepa^ would: 1. Apply the 4 per cent non^ i come tax rate to corporation /divi dends, whicli now are subj^t afily to income surtaxes. 2. Place a flat rate dividends to foreign stockholders. 3. Repeal the present corporation income tax and unimately the capital .stock and exc^s profits taxes.- 4. Impo.se/an 85 per cent “windfall” tax on msdcesgor.s who avoided pay ment oyAAA processing taxes. rman Sampel B. Hill, Demo- of Washington, of the tax sub- mmittee which did the sjiade work fon the measure, said no official esti- fiuites as 4g-AbfiisfMco«{)ective yield had been made.* But he indicated he thought the measure wouhl produce upwards of $800,000,(K)0. Irby Appointed “^tate WPA Head South^^ Carolina, Tennessee, Te^as, , Lauri^ns Man’s Nqjrne Sent To Senate . For Confirmation By President Roo.sevelt. Vij^inia and West Virginia. It ha.s ^,460 ministers, 3,541 churches and approximately 477,500 communicants. Its 96 presbyteries are organized in 17 synods. '-sider a plan which called for allow-; ' Scarborough of Elliott. Mr. Pitts is ’ the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Pitts. | Mr. Garret is spending ten days ini ing their community area/to be with- the (nonconducting “an ev'angefi.stic out a Center for training young min- , - ■ . j meeting at North Broad Street ileth- istef.s. , /^ , , U 11 lyi - . , odist church. -Members of tlpEr Kiwanisj ' - lYlEiV ttOlCl iVlCCc ' iclub have accepted an invitation to L, "attend the service thi.s evening. L/CITlOCl^EillC TO MEET IN LAURENS X MRS. ROBBINS LOSES SISTER Under Ligbti •/ 9- \ Mrs. F. E. Robbins received a mes sage Sunday informing her of the eath of her sister; Mrs. R. D. Camp bell, in Austin, Texas. Mrs. Campbell death of her sister Mrs. R, D. Camp bell, Chairman and treasurer of the Texas Mexican work of the Presby terian church. Her son, Ralph* attend ed Presbyterian college two yean and while here made his hone irith Dr. and Mrs. O. 4 Woods. , Walter A. Johnson, directoi/of ath- stated [ letics at Presbyterian college A. R. P. SYNOD TO MEET / Meet Saturday ! The .local TTiornwcll orphanage ; alumni chapter will meet in l/iui-ens ,.on Monday eveming, April 27th, at the j home of .Mr. and .Mrs. Carl Bramlett .Sullivan street. The hour of the on j meeting will be 7:30 and those not j having a way to go artra.sked to no- , J 11 I tify F. M. Stutts at once, previously announced, all pre-> j , Chester, April 19.—According to an > ^ As * yesterday that the stat^ track, meet ^ announcement made here, the General Ij^ct clubs in the county will meet, * will probably be held at night this! Synod of the As-ociate Reformed j Saturday to elect officers and dele/ year, introducing thXfirst meet of itsi Presbyterian church will meet ingates to the county convention to be, kind ever held befieath the lights in'old Providence (Va.) ehurch Wednes- held at Laurens the finst Wednesday I Joseph H. Shcaly, sup<*rintcndent GOES TO SALUDA South Carolina. The new amplifying i system r^ntly installed, together with improved jumping pits in front of th« st^igls vU^pake the meet on May 1 and 2 i^c^rfyl event in .case the change' is^made frinn afternoon to night. ' day, .April 29. *The opening sermon wlil be deliv ered by the retiring moderator, Dr. J. W. Ca»OD./niH church is one of the oldest in t^e entix^ and is lo cated in The yailey of Virginia, about 15 miles nhrth of Lexin^on, Va. in May. The clubs, are to meet at their I the Cro.ss Hill school for the/fia.st accustomed hours and places. Each three-years, ha.s been ek'cted jmP®*'**^* club is entitled to one delegate for each 25 members . and ..each major fraction thereof, based on the num ber of Votes polled .in- the first pri mary in August, 1934. / tendent Of the Saluda schools for the coming year, a position he formerly held for the term 191r6-14. Mr. and Mrs. Shealy will /inove to Saluda about July the fi • Aj /.if.,* .'4 . . ■■ ■iSni' I ■ '..i ' / \ \ • \ a ^ Washington, April 20.—President Roosevelt today sent to the senate for confirmation the appointment of Jol !j. M. Irby a.s state director of Public Works administration for South/fafo- lina. Irby, whose home is at Lad'rens. has lH*-n acting dir»'clor of tne T’W.A in .South Carolina since lX). When the I*W.-\ was launcheii/early— in the lioose'-'/t adinln/tra-tion he was nmdi* .-tate engX'**'- liby is oijXears of age, a holder of J B. .Sydiegree from The Citadel, and wajX captain in the engineers during/the World war. . an act passed at the last .ses- of cohgr 's.s all employes in em ergency agencies of the .government who draw over $5,000 per year must be confirmed by the Senate. Irby’.s salary is $6,000. Irby’s administration of PWA in South Carolina Kas won fbr him not only wide commendation f^his o\.a state but full approval of ms supe riors here. ' " "V