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^^'■1 ./'■ i -TH,4 CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON, S. C THUR^AYJ gEPTEWBER 24. 1938 Roosevdt Calls F<>r Crop Safety Insurance and Dr^srht Program Presented Neit ScB^on uf CungicM:— SPORT scripts r- By — NEWTON GARLAND Farm Tensincy, j / / ProUeih Looi^ President Calls For Program By W hich Land CoiiM Be Bought BRUCE BARTON SAYS... We Womter Whyi, Napoieon?' the pariprrationn and i I ■ r I •■'I* r Washington, Sept. 50. — President Roosevelt tonight caHed for irrnnedi- «te action towiml a two-fold crop in surance and drought prevention pro-lwith gram to guard the nation s ment of opening -games came new ^stars to twinkle on the southern grid iron. Veterans that they were with .Through.'Government ■ Lord Northcliffe, who directed the Lns^lish propaganda in thik' cbiihti^y, Hyde Park, N. Y., .Sept. ^ c i\n me ttvu R<><«^velttc^ay called hVmidf tViP j»iin Wt downhi'l John H. Bankhead, (D-fjbjgjjgg Napoleon auu imeu ms wi- fprpp Thp^irhteat T Marvin Vonee (D** j fjc^ with pictures and busts. His fel- exhausting force. Th^^nghtest, j^x,) to prepare ‘ plans for meeting' „„ » {trying to convTnee-' us that all the ' blame for the World war was on one on his resem- Napoleon and filled his of- /-I .*1 ■ prepare plans for meeting countrymen, as a whole, consider viemson s ^ farm tenancy problem. two sopho-, “Any long time improvement ! it a patriotic duty to belittle the Cor- fanners,«*• ‘h* '''<•* Md coiwumers against the danger «f; Dromise^of'ereatlv’^ in-' , ‘''n« improvement ofjaican, calling him “Buonaparte,” as food shortages or price eolhpse. inirr^.ll„g‘'ti:e Te^ of ‘.tX^^idrn^ = . — r V L^ss.er^,,! Pos-piiTsa in people, -the President wrote.^nd even such an independent thinker ^ ■ \ . 'n^ln . !Z.rf^“ ^E mr. impmvement a, H. G. Wells, in his‘foutline of «i». ^Appointment of two commHtees toitroduceu a nm , . T mai e I of the tenancy situation.’ their first] T,. „ , work out specific programs foX pre-1^ public by «.nUtion tothe ne^ congress year ^e varsity. ^1= nort prom-, i8ing/of these were Ed Clary, who A similar tory,” dismisses hinauas-of only pass- i ing significance. Napoleon please WT^te and tell why t , T New Meet a Gentleman ■ Recently there died a man who nl- ways shrantrfrom publicity. Bom in I8W, in a. community stiU suffering usiutdr to the cbmraunity chest; that ' half-dozen 'gpvernoTS in successic had drawn deeply upon his time- judgment to help him in the reoi zation oT the business of the sta^ the from the devaetaftion of the CivTl war. he attended the public schools and went to work in a little business own«d“by hi* uncle. Forty years lat^ er it had become a big business, and he had succeeded to the presidency of it. He was a rich man, but he never ceased to be a very simple man. Whenever I saw him he w'as down at his factory in his shirtsleeves. He liked to tip back in his old swivel chair and put his feet on his battered desk, and talk. He liked to have the jmen from the factory call him by his first name; he liked to have his farm- Finally the chief of j)olice city 'wrote A kttoxto tho new r As lopg as he lived,”-3aid the chief, ‘*iiiy lips wgl'g 'fwifaU; but new I ^1 ffee to tell the story.” And ,he jpro- Yet in the dictionaries of biography I er neighbors drop in to tell about Before leaving Washington annouwed m letters mad^public |;j;:!thrfandeVnmn-mg of the space is given to Napoleon than!their crops, the White House before the^ president devastating i the . House a^ic^ture com- j Mr Roosevelt named Secretary of to his opponents. Art Ur- ■Airicul^HJpry“. Winlce c^ir-*^'“''y<' 210 pounds of nophomoro Vov.- man of a coqjmittee directed to 0.^ er. prov^ to be a plunger who^will | committee.s to work out leg- pare a report and recomi^ations ^rdJoT any team to stop He is ' Islative recommendations for what fcr IngisMon providingTrpInn of onusunlly fiat for a man of hn. bulk-, . ^ .,^,1 ^ ' <all risk" crop insurauw’and suggest- '•“"'""S J'* ""‘f “‘■'-'anco plan and for efficient-utilira «d that the system^vide for pay- '» * " . , son produces at lea^ one, and usual- „ , „ , ^ „ a. ly more, books on some phase or oth- Hyde Park yesterday, .Mr. Roosevelt „ ,, Napoleonic Cnd, and al- ceeded to reveal how on many' a cold winter night this, simple man had tel ephoned headquarters and said; ‘‘My name must never be mentioned, but tell your officers to canvass the city and whenever they find a family that is cold tell them to order plenty of coal and send the bill to me:” He was a “gentleman of the old school.” That school has produced the most generous and mod^t men and women the world has ever known. SUPPER AX-JRURRICANE and insurance in ! him. ment of premium, commodities. ement..-loIlo,we4?ijiublU; Buggestion^by Wallace for a plan under wMch farmers would put part of their crops in good years into a 'from which they could draw on|on?d with Wfore the season jfrows ijX^lean years. It would serve to keep oU* They /must face s.ill heavier 'Surpluses from destroying the price fire Sati^ay when they ko uj> structure in good years and provide 1 against' ^eorgia Tech. The Golden an “insurance” against crop failures j Tornado/is touted as the team to in other years, , 'beat in/the South this year, having a Morris L. Cooke,* rural electrifica-' veter^ team ami a group of first tion administrator, was named chair-1 year inen who would add stiength to man of another committee to draft any/club. If Presbyterian can come ways there are a certain number of {individuals who fancy that they look I like him and put forth a desp^ate ef-j 'fort to play the part. You probably] 'e known at least half a After his death stories about him began to come out. It was discovered that he had been ~the principal sup- j porten and encourager of the hospital; Hurricane school house There will be an ice cream and box that he had been the largest contrib- Friday evening. Sept. 25, at 8 o’clock. -'.r I tion of the roMurf M of the K^trRsy,, k„„„„ least half a doaen ■" I Pinl-siaed lad.s who made themselves a nuisance to their employes and their 1934 and 1936. Coach Johnson’s sophomores show-j Today he asked/Bankhead to meet' . v m r • ed wr7ftTfn-sr'-'Tnrw-b-«i!ThfiirToS?T-ana--iTsr^^ .'tuMteinis did some costly fumbling b;it other-1plans for meeting the ten-'*^*^' ^ wise showed t^iat they rnu.nt be reck- lancy pi'oblerh that might be under-1 What is the reason for this strange Seaboard Appoints Bontqn General Manager of Road recommendations for a permanent land use program designed to avert drought emergencies in the great plains area. ^ ^ The president suggested that th crop insurance plah might be limi through this game without a large c^ualty "list they should be prepared ,yo give the remainder of their oppon- i4nt3 plenty of trouble. Weldon I seems to be a greatly Improved play er over last year. Jacobs hasn’t lost to one or two major crops at /he i any of the effectiveness of his toe start and that it should be formulated | and-this should be a great help. The with the advice and assistance <a na-j veterans in the line playe<l*up to par tional farm organization leaders so with Beeman showing that he is just that it can be submitte<l to ^bngresslas good a guard as last year when he with their-aupport. / . . /• -i- . « In his letter to Secietary Wallace, taken by the federal government He added: “1 relaize your long interest and fascination?‘\He devastated a conti-j nent, s>ie<l the youn^ • blood of mil-! Nions, and ended dp-,in prison; hardly that of (’ongressman Jones in this' ® recorded of him. important problem and wish that you and he would arrange to m^e^ with me early in December when we can complete our recommendations YeX little folks in very country look in the mirror, puff out their chests* and whisper his name. It’s too bad that George Washing-w to congresis for legislation designed'^®*' Abraham Lincoln were so big to bring about-‘improvements in the]*'^^ distinctive-looking. I am not tenancy situation. aware of ever having met a man who ] was mentioned for the A. P. all-state team. Mr. Roosevelt pointed out that during his administration- the government has helped farmers to meet emergen cies of two kinds—“collapse of prices ressulting from huge surpluses for lYhich-the foreign markets disappear ed and a failure of crops jn wid^ areas resulting from drought.” - “E^ch of these emergencies,” he continued, “except for government action to assist farmers, would have had devastating consequences to con- Bumers and business as well as to fariners. “The time has come to work out permanent measures guarding farm ers and consumers against disasters ©f both kinds- Crop insurance and a system of storage reserves should op erate so that the surpluses of fat years could be carried oyer for use in the lean years. “Measu,i:e3 of this kind should m^e three important contributions to the general welfaie of the country as a whole: ' “1.. Protection of Jhe individual farmer’s income against the hazards of crop failure or price collapse; “2, Pnktection of consumers against sbortajjeft of food supplies and against extremes of' prices; Assistance to both employment .through providing an even flow of farm supplies and the ealaWishing of stability in farm buyj ing fKiwer,” The president sard he Was especial ly iivteieste<l in Wallace’s 8tu<he« pro- vidinjr for the payment of premiums and insuran<{e in commodities. “This,” he said, “should make it possible to base the piemium rates on the pro ductivity of the individual farms as shown by records of past production, a large number of which the AAA county committees already have on file.” He suggested that for this rea son the federal insurance be made Announcement of the new attack • look€<l like either of them, on the farm tenancy problem came I Their goorl influence as moulders of in the middle of a presidential day j spix'sf's fo wane, while the spent quietly at Mr. Roosevelt’-s spa-l^®*^®'^ rooster influence of Najxdeon cious home- above the Hudson. J breaks out afresh in every gener- The President’s only appointment “I'®*!- Will some sawed-off imitation was with Vincent I>ailey, New York 7 The reception given to nighV foot ball in Columbia was very indicative of rising popularity for this under taking in South Carolina. Five thousand fans came to Melton Field to see Columbia high school make ^an auspicious debut. A large crowd is expected to- attend the P. C.^Caro* iina freshman game ’here in Clinton Friday uight ' The P. C. yearlings are in fine shape and should put on a good exhibition against the Biddies. Coach Petoskey has even a more promising team than the Biddies of last year. They aren’t as heavy but i pioach, are much speedier. Up in Durham, North Carolina, there is going to be one of the big gest football shows of the year, this Saturday. Some thirty or forty thousand fans are expected to gather state manager of the Home Owners Loan corpomlion, with whom he talked over the state’s political out look. The main feature of .Mr. Roose velt’s day was a birthday dinner in the evening honoring his mother, Mrs. Sarah Delano Roosevelt. She was 83 today. As an approach to the farm ten ancy problem, the Presjdent sug gested t© Bankhead government fi nancing of land purchased by, ten ants. Other countries, he, said, have ap preciably increased farm ownership through such a plan. He mentioned Ireland and Denihark particularly. “I think we need some such ap- he said. “It should give program on vSchools ami Christianity wa.s rendered after which the hostess served a variety of fruits. Birthday Party Given Mrs. Beulah Stewart delightfully entertained a number ^ little friends Saturday afternoon in'honor of herj little nephew, Kenpeth Smith, who was celebrating his fourth birthday. Many games were enjoyed, after which dainty refreshments were served. “ NORFOLK, Va. — ‘The appoint ment of H. A. Benton, a« seneral manager of the Seaboard Air Line Railway with headquarters at Nor- , folk, was announced today byj^ R. Powell. Jr., and Henry W. Ander son. Recelvert, and is occasioned by the recent death of E. C. Beg- well, chief operating officer. Mr. B. enton will have jurisdiction over all departments heretofore super vised by Mr. Bagwell, which Include Construction. , Maintenance and Operation. The new general manager, who has served the Seaboard contlnn- ously for thirty yeara In Increas ingly ImporUnt poaitiona. has had a total railroad experience of thirty- six years, and is noted for his bmd knowledge of the South and of the Seaboard properties. Mr Benton was born (Nov. 11, 1883) and educated In Monroe. N. C. . and entered the Sesboard'e eer- vice in 1901 at clerk in the llonroe' agency. In July, 190S. ha left for • Mexico and for three years he served various Mexican railroads in important poaitlons. Since his return to the Seaboard in 1906, Mr. Benton's rise has been rapid. He had served as train maa- H. A. Benton Norfolk aa aaslatant general man ager in Sept. 1934. from Savannah, where^ he had been atationed as ter and superintendent of all impor-, superintrp'' i.i of the South Caro- tant divisiotta, before cumiug to' Una Diviaiun. for Duke’s big intersectional^ tilt with the Red Raiders from Colgate. A team of Colgate’s repute is seldom tenants who have demonstrated their ability to manage land an opportun ity to buy farms on long time terns at mmlerate interest rates.” He told Bankhead an enduring agricultural civilization “must be built on the firm foundation of home and farm ownership.” Bankhead in the last Congress brought to the south. The Blue dev-; fatheiT*d a farm tenant loan bill ils in my opinion will semi them back j which was never acted on, although with a feeling that the War Between j the Senate agi’iculture committee, the States hasn’t yet beerTforgotten. Duki^’s opening against David.son wasn’t so impressive becau.se they were saving their power for the Raid- thtnlr that we play football as well as the Yanks and that i.s just my rea.son to believe' that Duke will come out on top.. ap- inrl grams.” “The expense in the past tO federal, state, and local governments of bur- <Jen.s caused by drought shows it ^is time to tieghr using the ©eoBomi^ Furman’s debut against Wofford Saturday will be closely watched. The Hurricane is expected to be much weaker than tW championship team of la.st year but they are still a team to be feared. Bob King is back at end and June Scott is again the Furman Mailman. Clemson and the Gobblers of V. P. I. meet at Clemson in a/contest which promisee to be a happy homecoming for the Tigers. ,. , , ^ Carolina- journeys to Lexington available only to farmers cooperat-^^^ ^ strong Y..M, L team which after considerable argument, proveil a compromise measure. Thoughtful jieople ^everywherej he wrote the senator, have been con cerned with the steady growth of tenancy since 1880. “Since the earliest days of their history,” he said, “it has been an ideal of the American people that every American should have an own ership interest in land or in some other means of production.’’ “Despite this fundamental objec tive, we have seen farm tenancy in crease relative to farm ownership decade by decade.” The President also gave further attention during the day to the per- ,som>ell for al federal maritime ommission, which waa expected to announced promptly. ikV the Gamecocks is a team com posed mainly of aophomores. Cita del meets Erakine in Charleston and should win easily. principles of insurance to lessen .the financial and human costs in th^ fu ture,” the president added. ^ “Crop insurance properly worked out slwuld give adequate abundance to consumers even though there are aeveral years of severe drought while At the same time farmers would be protected from the low prices like tboBe of 1932 which might result from Beveial years of good weather.” Cooke, as chairman of th© new committee replacing a temporary one- arhich recently surveyed the drought Area under his leadership, was direct ed to report to the president “not lat- T^Ferhaps tins Saturday will be more suited to football as the summer sun is becoming less potent. ’ Ministerial Groiq> To Hold Services West Clinton News Mre. Sam -Qwmgs ^ Spartanburf Cliff H. McLeod, preeident of the Ministerial club, announced today that members of the club will have charge of the probing services in local churches Sunday evening, the services to begin at 7:30 o’clock. The supplying of local pulpits one igg^ ir spending the week with relatives. . Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Whitmire and son, Marvin, and Clarence Fowler visited relatives and friends in New berry Sunday. Mr. and Mrs, Grange ^mpbell were visitors in Whitmire Sunday. Mrs. Bedenbaugh of Newberry vis ited Mr. and Mrs. Ammons Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Price and littl© daughter visited Mr. and Mrs. Fran cis Clark in Greenwood Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Dunaway and little daughter spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ballard in Ander- «r than January -1 on a long term "ItM j" »'='l ’>y "■“* program for the efficient utilization isterial students of the college began of the moources of the peat plain, ‘f* J* H / ' . I throughout this year. The schedule of “1 am anxious that we leave no ■tone unturned,” Mr. Roosevelt wrote Cooke, “in exploring and reporting on aU the poasibihties of this region, as eme in which reasonable standards of living can be ^haintained by the larg- possible population. W« should tioaB make special safeguards abs^ lutely necessary. I would like yout report to include recommendations for sooh as you may deern^ students to preach is as follows W. Ches°ter Keller, Broad Street Methodist; Cliff H Presbyterian; Hubert G. Wardlaw, Baptist; Virgil St. John, Associate Reformed Presbyterian; W. M. Ppt- ter, Thornwell Memorial (4 p.ml) Uet tfe f«t th.t the cHmatic c»n#-l. imrticul.rly ^ ‘'invited to these services. MASONS MEET FRIDAY Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Spires weore visitors in Greenwood Ti^day. Mrs. Minnie Brewington of Spar- visited her mother, Mrs. ^rgaret Dunaway, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Windsor visit- Windsor’s mother, Mrs. Lily Young who is ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Addy. Frmids of Bud Estes are glad he is better and has returned from <ihe local hospital. Sorry to report Miss Franiiee Thomas is a patient in the Qieen- wood hospital. ••I Camipbdl Lodge No. 44, F. M., will hoMs a regular communication Friday eight, 25, at 8 o’clock. AIF BhbebsTB are urged to be present ^ tnndtr of W. M. V.* P. Adair, Sedwtary. MisBioAary Society Meets - .7^ ’The Woman’s Mfssumary aodoty held its regular meeting Monday night at the home of Mrs. J.,M. An- dAiwoB with the prsoidept, .Mi^' 0.^ Chaney, presiding. An interesting / / We Have a^mplete Sup^ ....Send Your Children Here Their e ready to serve the school enuoren s eVMything class room except textbooks. We have a com plete auortment of aU sdiool supplies needed, from the small' tot to tho-coUege student Composition feodcs Pen<^ Pencils Paste Rulers Chalk Note Books Ink Tablets Fountain Pens Crayons Looseleaf Binders Erasers ' Spelling Books Cbmpasses Penefl l^arpmers- Looseleaf FiUers Pen Points Construction Paper Pubfishing Co Pid>lish«rs - Printm Stationers * ,■ :A ■ ■■/J