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VOLUME XXXVI
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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
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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