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■''i* ■' >A ■ i. _ b- ■v-v;., ■^. ”■ : ^7' ^ i THE CHRONICLE Strives Ta Ba a Clean Naira- ' i t —paper. CampM^ Neway. { and RfBabIt. - 1 1 '' ' "*>■ VOLUME XXXVI L.i * \ COUNTY CAMPAIGN OPENED TUESDAY BEFORE BIG CROWD ThrM Hundred Voters Gather At Cross Hill,To Hear Office- Seekers Present Their Claims At Initial Speaking Engage ment. Meeting Was Quiet Affair,: With Close Attention Given All Speakers. Many Issues To Front and Attacks Made By Several Candidates Upon Records of Present Delegation. Sena tor Nance and Representatives Hoff and. Hi^nt Defend Their ^ Adminkrtration In Asking For Reclection. — SnuJi Crowd ilNCOMPLETE RGURES FOR YEAR Curdidate. Here DEFICIT FOR CITY SCHOOLS Aspirants For Congress and So licitor Recount Their Careers and Qualifications. MeSwain Paid Tribute. / Clinton provided the forum Friday morning for the candidates for con gress from the Fourth district, and Report;of County Superintendent of Education States That Pay I Warrants For Clinton Teachers For Last Two Months of Term Were Not Drawn Through His Office. Trustees Estimate Bud get For 1935^36 Year $67,190.70; Total Receipts of District Were $51,253.14. ^ ' Cross Hill was the battlefield Tues day momiifg for the county candi- mMi as they engaged in their fint verbal eiM9anter of the cam^paign that will carry them into every sec- tflm of the county during the next two weeks. The meeting was held in the school auditorium with county chajjxnan R^.T. Wilson, of. lAurena, presiding. The invocation was made by W. P. Culbertson, retired educator of Cross Hill. The chairman read a letter at the outset from J. D. Witherspoon, house candidate for reelection, saying that he was unable to take part in the "opening meeting on account of the condition of his health. The office-seekers were greeted B; •k good-natured crowd of about 300 including a humber. of women, who had gathered to hear the speakers set forth their qualifications ahH” claims for the offices they are seek^ ing in the August primary. AH were given a close and patient hearing and enthusiastically applauded at the concluusion of their speeches. A'wide iange. of topics were dis cussed by the candidates for the sen ate and house in their speeches. Is sues to’ the fore were liquor, roads, schools, free text books, rural electri fication, old age pensions, bond is sues, the, election of the state high way commissioner by the people, the county poor house, and the fixing of school levies by the. senator and house members as provided by a spec ial law applicable to Laurens county rather than by the trustees and tax payers of the respective school dis tricts. Several of the speakers hear-, tily endorsed the New Deal ai^ spoke in the-highest terms and eulp^ of President Roosevelt. Little i^er- ence was made to Governor Ow D. Johnston, only one speaker /in the them this road through a contingent fund when they already have a road .and there are hundreds of fanners in the county whose roads in their section are almost impassable. Why , ... A financial statement on the oper-Ithe trustees for payment since that for the solidtors^p i schools of Laurens coun-'date except one of $400.86. The to tal expenditures of $49,377.24 includ* judicial circuit. The candidates ~Wwt ^ week by County •from here to Goldville, wlwre t^y I Superintendent of Education, J. Le- spoke to a large night crowd in their purns appears .in today’s* paper, final engagement in this county^ as lowing that the schools nearly provided by the district itinerary. I broke even for the year 1935-36. The The speaking was an open air af- figureji of Mr. Burns give the defi- wasn’t this money spent through the fgjr near the business section of thel'cits anji balances of the 47 school proper source of the supervisor’s of fice, he’asked. Continuihg, the speak er told of comiitioaa at., tha county^ home which he described as deplor able. He told how the old inmates had to march up with their httle plates and were hardly provided with the necessities of life. If it "takes more taxes to help these poor people, I am willing to provide them, he said. He said that he favors old age pensions. In conclusion. Dr. Cromer said that if elected I shall always be ready to city with about 100 persons present. The candidates were given close and rwpectfut"iltt«Htf6n7 thfe entift meiff- distrie^ at^ the end of the year, with a con/parison made with la.st year. The report showed the total defi- ing, however, being marked by a lack ^its^at the end of. the year were $36,- of enthusiasm for any of the contest ants or issues presented. ,053.71 as compared with $38,053.71 last year, and total balances of $22,- The meeting, at the request of the' 874.77 compared with $25,162.32 secretary ._of the Clinton club,- was last year, presided over by 0. L Long, Laurens attorney and candidate fdr solicitor FRANCE SEEKS BLOCKADE AID Asks United States Tq Join Eu ropean Nations In Civil War Neutrality Pact. Americans Ordered Out. ed the payment ?^of a bank note of $8,500 outstanding against the dis trict at the end of the 1934-35 ses sion. This amount of $49,377.24 does not include, however, operating ex- l>enses of the schools for the months of.April, May and June. .public statement .baa been bu, sue<l by the local board of trustees as to the cost of operation of the •schools for the past year as has been ilone by previous school boards. To Keep Hands Qff Washington, Aug. 11.—The in tention of the United States to “scrupulou.sly refrain from any interference whatsoever in the unfortunate Spanish situation” was announced tonight by the state department. .^Ageje;.. ,.]La- AUengtbon.. bon- proposals for neutrality in the Span ish civil war hoped last night (Tuies- (iay) the United States might even- The estimate submitted by tiustees to the county delegation on 1 The French foreign office, inform- Mr. Burns stated that the report duly 1, 1935, asked for $58,190.76 forjed sources said, had made an infor- . was practically complete except that I operating expenses for the term, „ial approach to learn the attitude of m this circuit. It openrtl with no -warrants were drawn on his of-j 1935-36, .and m addition for $8,500 to j the United States, but had received u ^"^Ifice by the (llinton school district for j take care of an outstanding note au-|no response from Washington. ■ '"ii Both si,I.-, their drive* yesterday, the 25th day of the upris- serve you in a sober and honest man-i nft”" '■ •» ^ ” " ner, and no man shlal ever Accuse May) 1 of the previous year, and $500 for me of drinking liauor I am going to sudden passing of J. J. McSwain, several warrants for small audit making a total of $67,190.70. me Of drmltm* liquor, am going ^presenutive for the past 16 year,,, carry my character into this race, and I am going to bring it out, he said. He paid a glowing tribute to President Roosevelt, whom he termed as the greatest man this country hks ever produced^ I think he is a Demo crat, a man with a gteat heart Want ing to help the /people, he declared. I do not term him as an anarchist, communist or Bocialiit. At the co)»clu8ion of his address Dr. Cromer/was presented a basket of 'lovely floors from admiring friends. He thanj^d the givers and said that as tho^ flowers are pure, I will keep myse^ pure and upright and clean as Wur senator. ~ ^ 1^. A, Gedeist, the third, speaker, s^ted thal after annouheing for the house he had changed his plans and entered the senate race on his own initiative and is the candidate of no clique, corporation or individual. 1 am rusningf he continued, to retirni the county and state back to the masaes^ w^^/Jt belongs. As regards hpuM rum, Ralph t. SuUiv.?; ?■ tiiartiw »iro fhl'^pai'gii-ti^ and expressed his regret over his death. Upon his suggestion, the gath ering sto^ for a moment with bowed heads in reverence and respect to the late official who was a native of Lau rens county having been bom and reared in the Cross Hill section. AH of the congressional candidates com mented at the outset of their address es upon the passing of CongressmiYi MeSwain and spoke feelingly and in the highest terms of his life and work as a faithful and efficient pub lic servant. The congressional candidates in ad dressing the small assemblage re counted their careers in private and public life and told of their qualifi cations fpr the position to which they aspire. All praised the New Deal and President Roosevelt and pledged their wholb-hearted support to the Demo- cratic. administration if elected. No new issues were injected in the speeches the talks being along the same line aa thost followed in the er districts. The .salary list of the Total receipts for the year against this estimate<l requirement aV shown mg. Clinton .schools, Mr. Burns stated, I from the treasurer’s books have been amounts to about $5,000 per month. I $51,253.14. \ ing that be was for ilte g<^mor 100 eent. Several speasf^In thb two races discussed and columned what they termed as the ^ta$orial atti tude of the delegation^ver bounty af- Jlairs, including tVt schools, and charged that the delegation has made itself into an adntmistrative and ^v- eming board ^th unlimited poifer rathgr than aylegislative body as pi^- vided under/the constitution. Scaa^ Aspirants Lead Off Candidates for the state aenate led off ,wite Elmore G. Bramlett as the first speaker. He said he was s veter an ^ the last two wars and had been engaged in farming And the lumber iness for a number of years in county. I am no blockhead, he said. I have the ability and courage to meet all issues squarely, putting bUfineas always before pleasure. He stated that he was a prohibitionist and deplored increased drinking in the county with the legalizing of Ti- qoor. God forbit it, he said, that wb Imve come to the point where we moat have' liquor revenue to operate our schools. I ask that you invest!, gate me, he sAid in conclusion, and if elected I will make you a good sena tor, ^ Dr. Chas.’ A. Cromer, the senator from a'legisUtive staadpoiut and not aa an administrator over them. Your coun^ officials are bond ed and no senator^ legislative mem ber has a right tO\tell them what they can or cannot do. Your delega tion has no right to put their hands in the administrative affairs of the county. Discussing schools, Mr. Gedeist said i^he was for local self-government— tliat levies and school affauctjAhould be\ handled by the patrons and trui- the delegation. Why are taxes lowered in the bounty, he asked. One princi pal reasOu is that that great and able man, Pr^ident Roosevelt, through relief agencies has put $400,000 in this county ^rough federal govern ment giving road work to hundreds of needy men denied by the aristo. cratic bunch who own this state. He commended the Rqoeevelt adminis tration for taking boys off the high ways and putting them in CCC camps. Where would your farms an(P homes be without Roosevelt, he ksked. Another reason your t^Aes have been lowered ie that more than SOQ farmer loans have been nlkde in the county and this impetus in tax eollec- haa-eoatributed to improved fi gan. Those speaking were^Joseph R. Bryson, J. G. Leatherwood and G. Heyward Mahon (ft Greenville, and Claude A. Taylor of Spartanburg. All have held public office except Major Mahon, who is offering as a businese man and is making his first venture in politics. The records of the couhty'^teasur- er’.s office .show total receipts for the Clinton district, July 1, 1936, to June 30, 1936, from all sources, of $51,- 253.14. This included a brought over balance from the previous year of $2,459.81, making net receipts of the district for the year $48,793.33. The trustees have issued no public statement covering the . requested budget and scfiool levy for the ses- .sion 1936-37. Inquiry made Monday at the office of the secretary to the county delegation disclosed sthat no estimate had been filed by the local trustees through his office. Last year The treasurer’s office also shows | on July 1st, at the call of the delega- expenditures for the district amount ing to $49,377.24 for the school year, July 1, 1936, to June 30, 1936. This amount, according to the treasurer’s books, represents the operating cost of the schoolsjip to March 27, 1936. Uml treasurer states that no claims have been presented to his office by tion, the -trustees submitted their es timate for the operation of the schools of the district for the year 1935-36.\ \ ' Members of the district’s board of trustees are W. C. Oxley, W. E. Dil lard, C. N. Mauney, Dr. S. C. Hays, and C. H. McCrary. \ Cotton Forecast Decrease Sdalli Taroiriik Kkptets Only 586,000 Balmi As Compared With 744,000 Last Year. te^/. of the district and by office from which Columbia, Aug. 9.—A cotton crop of 586,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight is forecast for South Carolina from conditions as of August 1, ac- Following the congressional speak-j cording to a teporf released by Frank ers, the five aspirants for solicitor'q .Black, agricultural statistician tor of the Eighth ji^cial circuit werejty,^ United States department of ag- heard as they presented their quah-* riculture. Production last year was Gain Made In State Enrollment Total Readies 481,878. Laurens County Climbs From 11,269 To 12,865. Columbia, Aug.' 8.^—Lane L. Bonner, state Democratic secretary, said to day every county in South Carolina showed an increase over 1934 in en rollment for the Democratic pri speaker, said he had entered the race l nancial conditions of the county. I am I i on his own initiative\and invited an investigation of his life and charac ter. There Ts a great over the county now, <he said, on tlte eve of the ^^deetion, that 4here are te be no more making this campai^^ on my own merits, Mr. Gedeist said. I have no hired campaign workers running dl over the county. I stand by the con- dirt roads and that unemployment is'rights. I am a friend of labor and over, but don’t be fooled by such ^opposed to the starving of laboring imopaganda. I am in. favor of keeping taxes down, and in every county in people by rich capital. ^ SeMtor C. D. Nance, seeking re- the state conditions have brought election, said he would deviate from ’/ ' about their :x!eduction. .He' diaeuMe<f the^ former tpEool law and tha change made in 1933 which gives the Lau rens county delegation power to con trol all school lertea in the county. I stand for the controlling and ^xing of school levies by the patrons and taxpayers of the respective districts, he said, and not through a dktator- ^hip-by the senator and a majority of the lower house delegation as the presefYt law provides. I stand for free textbooks in the grammar grades of our schools, be‘said. As te roads. Dr. Cromer said, there his former custom of not speaking in Cross Hill since he wanted to give ah account of his doings in office. Ffiwr yean ag& whep'jl was elected as your senatoi^I made promises and oted planks in my platform which I have carried out, he said. I bring my recoad back spotless and defy any one to abow any promise I have brokeg,. I promi^ to put the ylMtion of the game warden in the primary and I did it. I promised to let the pepole vote on the question of abolishing or retaining the ri^l policy system and I carried o|^Rft promise. I prom- Solicitor H. S. Blackwell will volun tarily retire the first of the year, these aspirants sre Senator fi. V. Chapman, Newberry; K. Charles, Hugh«Beasley, and C. A^ Young, of Greenwood and 0. L. Long, Laurens, a native of this county and former mayor of Laurens. Blakdy To Speak ' For Home Chturch Rev. William ^M. Blakely, of Salis bury, N. C., will occupy the pulpit of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church next .JStupday morning at the 11 o’clock service. Mr. Blakely is a Clinton boy, being the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Blake- ly» and has been a life-long resident here. He graduated from Presbyte- lows: County Abbeville Aiken Allendale Anderson .. Bamberg Barnwell/.. Beaufoi Berk^y Cal^un .../ Charleston" . rokee .. he.‘;ter .... Chesterfield ...\ .... sit^ wScR all ^ ' after a year in business entered Erskine Theological seminary at dde West and graduated in thejclass ol 1936. In June of that year he topk up work in Salisbury as paator of'the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church therd and*has been rendering a moat acceptable service in that fieM. The public is cordially invited to bear him next Sunday morning. are now many promises bemg made ised to give you the lowest tax levy "of .roads we should have had long ago. He spoke of Commissioner Saw yer’s $7,000 boat gift and said^^There if something‘irtxpig; there’s a black cat somewher^ He advocated ^the election of the m$rhw^ commissioDer by the people. He 4poke of the $12,000 contingent fu^ lfe^up in the county npply bin to be' exp^ided colely by the senator and a majority of .lEhc dalegatian. Now we. have the expla nation, he said, that about $10,000 of this amount is to be^'spigit by ddegatkm to build a paved road from highway No. 2 to one of the Bailey cotton mills at Clinton. Why give in a quarter of a century and I kept that promise. I am going to keep on “dictating” the taxes of. the county, he said. When I assumed office the coi^ity had no credit, employees were unpaid. Now they are all paid and tne deficit reduced from $387,000 to $125,000, a reduction in taxes from 35 to 40 per cent. I voted to give you cheaper license tags, he said, and beginning next November the state will have the cheapest ia America. Senator Nance s^ he waa reepon- sible for the building of the paved highway bow under construction from (Continued on pAge two) Hunter Announces h 744,000 bales, 678,000 in 1934, and 736,000 in 1933. The-average produc tion for the years 1928-32 was 856,- 000 bales and 848,000 for the yearsH/^^ith allowances for 1923-32. Condition oh August 1 was report ed as 54 per cent of normal, compar ed with 75 per cent on Augiwt 1, 1935, and the average August 1 con dition of 64 per cent for the years 1923-32. 'The indicated yield is 200 pounds of lint per acre, as compared with 261 pounds made last year, 252 in 1934, 265 in 1933, and the average of 208 pounds for the years 1923-32. A prolonged spring drought de layed germination and caused the poorest stand of recent years. Judg- ihg* Ti’om reported dates as to when a stand was secured, the crop is a month later than usual for the stat as a whole. However, in the lo^r I (;jarendon .. half and on light or sandy soilyup- state, cotton was upM^iuch ^rlier than on clay 1^1187 ^Hth^^ are sontewhmt ragged over Practical ly the entire 8y|.te. / / Reported weevil, infestarion on Au- \t 1 wae the lowestj6t record for thAt date but the l^ness of the cro^increases the vwvil hazard more than \isuaL / Genmlly th^older cotton has j jjampton .... about maturedyi good crop,- particu- Horry ...! larly in the ^uthem counties where Jasper a few bakm^ave been ginned, and at present, th^voung cotton is making satisfartU?^ pi^ress under favorable weathrtr influen^. ^ ’Hi^Jower pan of the, state, dis- trierNo. 8, is the only locality in the the manes. He said total enrollment* wa ported to his office as 481,8'^ highest in the state’s history Final reports today showed 5,538 in Saluda and 12,865 in ^urens. me duplica tion due to incomplete/purging, the enrollment in the various counties compared to the 193^enrollment fol- The Kovernment air force launched a bombardment of rebel concentra tions ami reported many fascist col umns disorganized and in retreat. One of the mo.st successful, the gov- ei’nment asserted, was against Pozo Blanco, goal of a loyalist attack on Cordoba province of the south. In the north, rebel forces advanced to within \hrce miles of Irun, on the Bay of Biscay, after a day of fierce fighting. Pushing steadily ahead in their effort to split government forc es in northwest Spain, th^ fascists captured Tolosa, on the roAd to San Sebastian. The government, however, main tained it had beat a strategic retreat to trap the rebels. / In bitter fighting/in *the Guadar- rama mountains, the government as serted it had safeguarded the capital against attack by that route. Two general/ convicted of sup porting the r^llion, were sentenced to death by / council of war in Bar celona. . „ , With the adhesion of the Nether lands to^he French noTi-intervention proposa/ ten European nations had indicated willingness to subscribe in prinej^ at least. * ile_no formal program has been mfffiped to bring the United State.s d other countries “more distantly elated” to the conflict under the “hands off” pledge, there were indi cations this would be done after the European nations have mapped a definite, course of action. 1934 6,817 11,046 2,012 17,0141 3,877 4,073 2,145 3,287 1,931 21-,785 "9,998 6,071 9,104 3.684 6>54 8,8^ The United .States was being kept informed of progre.ss of the French program through the emba.ssy -at Washington. The Italiain response to the pact reached. the Quai d’Orsay today and was de.scribed there “as much more favorable'than some expected.” Italy proposed “complete” non intervention, informed sources said, by adding even more stringent re- ! strictions-to the armament ban than those advanced by France. Although definite replies have not been received from Germany, Portu gal and Poland, these natiorw were believed ready to participate with ^,^731 Prance, Italy, the Netherlands, Rus- 2j513 i Great Britain, Czechoslovakia and il.433i . .. - 1936 9,863 2,102' 22,802 4,329 5,291 2,571 Colleton .... . Darlington . Dillon Dorchester Exlgefield\ - 3,182 7,521- 9,520 4,319 8,110 10,591 ^,378X 6,722 4,067 \ 4,952 \3,919 Fairfield Florence .... Georgetown Greenville .. Gre«nwoo<^ A new nalM, that of J.* Benjamin Hunter, eanditete for county commis- atete where conditions appear to be sioner, is added to The Chronicle’s As good as last yeaK It is estimated candidate’s column today. " yfthat this district willXproduce 65,000 Mr, Hunter is a well known citi^n bales again this year, the san» pro of the Lanford Ora section, and/for jduction as in 1935. All other districts many years has taken an act^ in-! are considerably below 19^ produc- terest in county aff^rs, thoi^h he'^tion, according to the estimates, haa never before offei^ ipr office, He has long been an adv6^^, of good roads and has served n^y years as a trustee of his schc^ district. His^ friends and aequaigumces in the' county will be inte^ted in "riw o^- come of his face/ \ Mr. and Mrs. Frapk Miller and daughter, Mudorie, are on . a vacation trip dlb WMiingt^ Atlantic' City, Phibl^bbk|^-«nd other points of in terest- ^ ■ McMILLIAN OFF TO Kershaw .... Lancaster .. LAURENS- Lee Lexington .. Marion Marlboro McCormick Newberry... Oconee \... . Orangeb^g Pekens Richland .... Saluda .... .... Spartanburg 4,153 13,139 ^3,375 27,118 •7,577 3,220 12,010 1,649 7,248 ....^7,436 .../11,269 4,2^ 4,556 18,611 4.297 40,443 No Appointment For House Post Successor To John J. MeSwain To Be Named In ReRulaf Elec- iion-Jn November. Columbia, Aug. 10.—There will be no congressman from the Fourth dis- 9»847Nnct to succeed the late J. J. Mc- 4,0551 Swain until after the general elec- 15,403 j November 3. 1,933} UKlike senate vacancies, gaps in 8,3611 the ranks of the national house are 9»7441 filled by special election rather than 12,865 5,501 9,2^ ll,93r 5,13k 6,312 \ by appointment of the governor Iri the state where they occur. COACHING INSTITt[TEl||“7^’ Williamsburg.. Lonnie S. McMillian, member bf York i^resbyteriaij college’s coachi * .... \jtsn .... 8,885 .... 6,737 .... 9,825 .... 12,724 .... 21,625 .... 4,304 .... 28315 .... 6,671 .... 8,U62 ;..V-. 5,621 10383 It was* pointed out at Governor 01 in 6,577 j D. Johnston’s office that the United 8,5821 States constitution provides that 2,007 j “when vacanci^ happen in the rep- 10,716, reientation from any state, the exec- 10,857 jutive authority thereof shall issue 13,writs of electiojurtp fiil such vacan- 14,6T^ cies.” v Primary electi^s will be held Au- 26,614^ deft' Saturday fbr IndianapCiT.:r,"""tri;f., where he will attend the But 1?" uni versity coaching school from Augus^ 10 through 15. Several outstanding iigdres in thk coaching world xrill in8ti;d^rt| in the schbdi. 6,538 ^st 25 and September 8 for the 41,689i Democratic nom.nation, and the gen- 6,7101 eral elerrion v.'ll take place before 9,6491 congee convenes. ^ 7,115i ,‘<inW jt does not appear impera- 12,310/ive the vacancy at onca, it —T »aitkat executive Totals .... .... .... ...375,796 ' 4813TB , ular elecl^bn machinery wilr pperate u> ^elevate ^ new congresamap. ^ ^ £. B. Sloan and son, John, returned frdVn Si>artanburg, they visited her.sister. Mss. wis. I \: Claude A\ Taylor af Spaptanbi^, and J. G. t^atherwood, Joseph Bry«un and Greenville, are