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If Yo« poa*| RtU / T^E CfiRONICUl Yoa D«i't Gat Tha Newa. VOLUME XXXVI CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTORER 15, 1936 NUMBER ROOSEVELT IN LAIMAREA President Goes To Kansas and Gets Hand. Defends Ex- pendituf^ For Youth and Hits Whispering Campaign. ! - Kansas City, Oct. 13. —^ President Roosevelt cut across the home state of Governor London and into Idissouri tonight with declarations that; he did not believe Kansas could have “pulled Death,Claiins J William Bobo Well-known Lydia Mills Resi dent Succumbs To Long Ill ness. Interment At Padgett’s Creek Church. OLD DELEGATION ORDERS LOAN i Former Clintonian 'ROAD SURVEY THREE HIGHWAY PROJECTS HasNa^Ewape jQ gg William Norman Bobo, 66, died Sat urday afternoon at his home at Lydia Cotton Mills after being in declining health for several years. Funeraljservites were held Sunday ■« - Treasurer Authorized To Borrow $86,,100rfor Road Improvement Work. Two New Projects Included for Clinton Area and $78,000 Additional for Eden and Lisbon Projects. SjenaW an(k Three House Members Vote Unanimously for ExpendituiV Requiring AboutITl 0-Mill Additional Tax Levy. Jack H. Clarke of Forsythe, Ga., L^aps From Car In Train Crash While Two Companion^ Are Killed. through” the last four yearn without i afternoon at 3 o’clock at Padgett’s federal cooperation and assistance Creek Baptist church m Union coun- and that the school “is the last ex- ty. attended by a large concourse of _ ^ penditure upon which America should, rien s rom is communi y an o *jpQrding to minutes of the meeting Dollars, for the be willing to economize.” was an available at the supervisor’s[nient of the roa Mr. Roosevelt made his assertions regarded. The services were m ... ~ ■- Laurens, Oct. 8.^—The treasurer of Laurens county Was “authorized and directed” to borrow a total of $86,100 for permanent road mprovement work I lOO.OQ) Dollars, for the purpose of in a two-section resolution adopted; permanent road improvement in Lau- at .a meetingc.of the “old” I.aurens rens Oounty, to be used as follows; county deiegatiion held Oct. 6th, ac- “Thirty-one hundred ($3,100.00.) permanent improve- ajl from Lydia Cotton Friends here of Jack H. Clarke, publi.sher of The Monroe Advertijjer, , „ , , , . , . iPuoiKsner oi ine aionroe Auvertijjer, Laurens County, be and he he^y is Ga.. and a former pupil and authortied and direeled to bor^w[g„„uu,te of the Thornwell orphan- the sum of Ei(rhty one hundred (d,. Preebyterian college, will be interested to know that he narrowly in a spectacular day of strenuous campaigning'" ywhtch' carTted him through cheering stadium crowds at Wichita, Kahias, back platform visits with hundreds., including William /Al- charge of Rev. J. R. Moore, assisted by^ Rev; B. Sr- Brennan, - Rer. B. L. Wood, Rev. A. J. Boling and Rev. E. P. Taylor. Mr. Bobo was bom in 1870 in Union len White, and an i|iuditorium address county, wlwre he engaged ^ in farm- here to massed throngs measured by thousands. A great cheer went up as the chief executive stepped to the platform. He Started/off extemporaneously by say ing he had seen* a lot of things 6n his Western tour that “needed mending,” and then quickly added the depres ing. Seventeen years ago he moved here and in recent years had been a sembinvalid and unable to work. He was a devoted member of the Bap tist church and was /long active in its service so far as his health would per mit. A man of high ideals and fine qualities, he was loyal to his family, his church and his friends, a man in whom those who knew him held ex plicit confidence. His friends were rrumerous and are saddened by his aion was “behind us.” He appf?*l-ed somewhat fatigued by the busy jour ney which began in Washington last Thursday. Large blue and red banners dotted, passing. /the circular tiers in back of Mr.l Mr. Bobo is survived by hiv widow, Roosevelt. One read: | daughters, Mrs. F. M. Estes of “Roosevelt will carry Kanses.” Washington, D. C., Mrs. W. F. Lynch Speaking in Lawrence stadium, Mountville, Misse.s ^ara and H^en from an open car, the chief executive j ®ubo of Clinton, several grandchil- said he was certain the American three sons. Rev. P, B. Bobq. of Leesville, Wm. N. Bobo of Greenville; Robert Bobo of Clinton;-one sister, Mrs. J. R. Murphy of Union; one brother, D. B. Bobo of this place. office. - Tbe -minutes report that Sen. Nance and Representatives Phil D. Huff, S. J. Hurtt and J. D. Witherspoon were present and that all “Of them voted for the resoluton. A statement to the effect that the resolution was unanimously adopted also carried the signatures of me four members of the dele^tion. The first section of the resolution provides $8,100 for two projects in Clinton and the .second section pro vides $78,000 for the Eden and Li.sbon projects. At a previous meeting~of Mill Store by way of the school build ing,- towards Bell Street.— “Five thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars, for the permanent improvement of road from Ro.semont Cemetery on* the Calhoun Highway to the end of the pavement of street through the Town of Ointon, leading towards the Pres byterian Church. “The note representing said loan Uncle .Sam To Join Stat^e ‘in Drawing Up 20-Year Program of Highway Construction. , Federal Roads Stressed.. Columbia, Oct. William-* .son, chief highway engineer, en gineer, announced today that the state highway department was set ting up a new^^ivision to make an escaped death last Saturday in a train! state-wide highway plan- .accident, which he related in his survey and to plan a 20-year per the past week. j construction program. Mr. Clarke, together with two South Carolina is one pf 36 states friends, W. S. Boatwright «nd Roland' or planning such suiweys. Anderson, of Forsyth, were rel^niing from a fislirhg trip at the time the accident occurred. The automobile in which they were riding was struck, by a fast passenger train. The car slowed down as a crossing was ap The work will be financed almost en tirely with federal fOnds and will bC carried on under the joint supervision of the highway department and the federal bureau of public roads. - Officials said they expected to have proachedV when” Mr. BoatWrigbt, the ^ persons working on the driy/y*^ jasked if the crossing wia clear. Mr. Anderson, who was in the back seat, replied that it was. Mr. t’ people would not be frightened by “fairy tales” in November and add ed “The people who talk about these class distinctions^re the very ones who are encouCagingeclass antagon ism. For they tell ore story in the East and another story in the West; Che story in the city and another irtory on the farm. TTiat is not my way and never will be my way.” Mr. Roosevelt did not mention his l^epublican rival by name. He de clared the “leaders” who were dis seminating “this silly false fear” are the men “whose blindness to facts and refusal to act caused the real fear and the real danger of national disaster in 1932.” After outlining in detail the objec tives and philosophy of his adminis tration as having bwn based, gener- ^ally speaking, on economic security, fr^om of religioa and full opportu nity fbr education, he said: “We^ are comipg through a great national cri sis with flying colors. —We have n-)t lost our self-respect. We have ^ot changed our form of •government. Farewell Service Fpr Longs Sunday A union farewell service in honor of Rev. and Mrs. Edward Long will be held at the Firrt Baptist church Sunday evening at 7:30, the special occasion bciiy; arranged by the local ministerial associatipn. An invitation to all denominatiom hi the city has been extended to be present. The ^rewell service for Mr. and Mrs. Lbng is being held as an expres- sioir of the esteem in which they are held here. They left yesterday f^r Greenville where they will make their future home, Mr. Long having accept ed the position of treasurer of Fur- man-G.W.C., after having faithfully served the First Baptist church con gregation here as pastor for the past twenty years. Mr. and Mrs. Long will the delegation the sum of $25,000 was- rens County shall be pledged to se- provided for the latter two Toad.s to cure the paymen? of-the sun^s so be raised out of this year’s taxes, borrowed, with interest theron. Three thousand dollars of the $25,000, | “Section 2. That the Treasurer of however, is 1o be allocated for an-j i^u,-,»ns County is hereby, authorized, other purpose, it is understood, leav- j and directed to b.orrow as necessary, ing^ *, $100,000 for the Kden j^during the progre.ss of the work, a surq-of money not exceeding Seventy- shall be payable • not exceeding one | ®oatwright then drove up the incline year from the date thereof, and ^hall j ^1*® crossing and the car apparent- 'bear interest at’ not exceeding j ly choked down before it cleared the per centum per annum, and the fuMJ track. At that moment from around faith, credit and taxing power of Lau^ll'® curve which -had cut it off from the view of,the occupants of the car, the,^fast train appeared, being only* a short distance away. Mr. Clarke stated that he recalled hearing some one shout, “Open the and Lisbon roads, as was stated in The Laurens Advertiser of la.st week eigth thousand ($78,000.00) Dollars, The county treasurer and auditor]for the purpose of permanent road Turning* fb peace, the president' ^tum to the city for the service said the United States had taken the Sunday, lead among the nations of the world in “restoring eco^tqmic oeace which is so essential to military peace.” “We are gaining peace and security at home,” the president said here, “i am confident that I have the sup port of the American people in seek ing peace and security abroad.” The president said he did nqt be lieve “Kansas would have pulled County Ginniiigs Are Far Behind Figures ' as 6f October 1st, an nounced yesterday by the special agent of the census department, show a substantial decrease in cotton 'gin- through Uie difficult problems of tliejned in the county as compared to the past fi)ur years as splendidly as it t same period laat year, due to the late- has, had it not been for federal co operation and federal assistance in many fields of our endeavor. ’ “If you think we were wrong to give this assistance, then, to be logi cal, you^must ask that in the da^hr to come every state in the union shall set itself up "as an individual 'entity! for the solution of all of the problems of all of its inhabitants, save possibly the maintenance of the army, the na- and the handling of our foreign a^airs.” Re repeated a previous statement that^with “income increasing and ex- pendixhres decUnii^, we shall be able to balaii^ the budget and start pay ness of the crop. While 7,374 bales had come from the county’s gins on October Ist last year,\ 3,534 had been ginned for the corresponding period this year, a de crease of*8,846-49ai€« Wedc*$ Menu On Gridiron were unprepared yesterday to say oni their own responsibility what the procedure will be in raising the mon ey for the repayment of the loans. Both of them agree<l that it woulld require about a ten mill levy to pay. off $86,1.00 in a year’s time and that the tax cbuld not be levied this year in view'of the fact that t^ tax bpoks are already in process of being made up. Auditor Dorrdh said that he had not seen a text of the resolution and could not express an opinion as to whether or not, under its” terms, he would be required to fix the levy him self Without further authority from the (M or new delegation. Mr. Simp son said that he had been infoimY^ by the delegation that the auditor would be requited under the resolu tion to fix a levy large enough to pay off the notes without further leg islative authority. Mr. Simpson stated that he had made no move as yet to borrow the money. The delegation, he said, had not informed him when th money would be neededK Bids for the con struction of the Eden and Lisbon roads are to be received by the coun ty board of commissioners next I'ri- day, according to an advertisement printed for the first time last week. ^ The Resolution The resHilution adopted by the dele gation was as follows: "Be it resolved: - > , "Section 1. 'That the Treasurer of door!” Hd was already struggling survey within 30 days, and during the "peak” periods from 200 to ^50 per sons will be k^t busy. During its course the survey will furnish em ployment to 400 individuals. They explained that all employes of the new divwion except supervis ing officials would be taken from the relief nrfls of the national reemploy ment service and preference would be given -those available and best quali fied to do the work. The staff which will direct the sur vey has already begun to move into improvement in Uurens County, the Anderson were ins^ltly killed in the with the door, he stated, to which the | street party’s fishing, poles were tied, and having broken tlwm loose, leaped to safety. Both Mr. Roatwright and Mr. same to be expended for the perman ent improvement of the road leading from the Laurena-Princeton Im proved highway, near the Armstrong place to the Greenville County line, by way of Eden and Reeves store, commonly known as the Eden road, and fST'The permanent improvement of the road leading from the Laurens- Greenwood Improved Highway, near Prospect Church, by yay of the resi- dence of A. R. HofiySSi, to the Cal houn Highway, above Mountville. The sums so bo-rrowed shall be~represent- ed by notes maturing not exceeding one year from the date thereof and bearing interest at not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the taxes levied, and to be levied and full faith, credit and taxing power of Laurens (bounty shall be pledged to secure the payment of the sums so borrowed with interest there^. “Upon the question ’for the adop tion of said resolution being put, the following members voted Aye; “C. D. Nance, Phil D. Huff,"S, J. Hunt, J. D. Witherspoon. -“The following voted No: None. “Thereupon the resolution was de clared to be unanimously adopted. “Carroll D. Nance, “State Senator, “S. J. Hunt, “Phil D. Huff, “J. D. Witherapoon^^. “Representatives.” hoad-on crash, while Mr. Clarke had a narrow escajie as he jumped from the car with hardly a second to spare btdore the machine wa.s struck by the engine of the train. The two Forsyth men killed in the tragic accident were prominent and highly regarded citizens of that pl^ce, x^th being very intimate friends W Mr. Clarke. The latter’s friends he™ dent and relieved later to know that he escaped without injury. County’s Oldest r- Physician Dies Dr. A. R. FuUeV Dies At Mount- _ ville Where He Practiced For Fifty-Five Year^. from the state bffice buillding here. A group of workers have also been sent into the field to begin the work. As far as poasrble, officials said, the personnel of The division will be drawn from the countie.s or sections to which they are as.signed for work. C. B. Ramsaur Will represent the highway department as state man ager of the project and A. C. Taylor will represent the bureau of public roads. W. F. Hudson, a veteran employe of the highway department, has tak- were distressed to learn of the acci- f" ^**^^*°*' Ike rural road Synod Re-elects Board Members Orphanage Trustees Whose Terms Had Expired, Re named For Five^Years. Two Oianges Gin'College Board. Frlday\ At the annual meeting of the South Carolina synod in Columbia last week with ‘the First Presbyterian church, two members of the board of trustees of Thornwell orphanage whose terms i^had-^expired, were re-elected for* a ' five-year term: Joel S. Morse of. Ab- P. C. vs The Citadel >t Charleston beville, and Allan F. Xide of Elloree. i(nightV. . \ Erskine vs Lenoir-Rhyne at Due - \ Clemson vs Forest, N. C. Furman vs N. C. '^tate at Raleigh, N. C. (night). Pet. ing do(wn\ on the public debt in a j year o*" ^ .. ^ Newberry vs Cumberland it Lelna He sard the people spreading the ro,p.l of fo.^ h.d “iiitim.t«i th,t T'""- farmers belong i;q one class and in dustrial wbrk|ers another class, and business men to another class.” “I deny this,” Mr.\Roo8evelt said. “They all belong to same class for the very simple rearon that none of these occupations can survive with out the survival of the oil Turning to what he cai^ the “devil-take-the-hindmost” poli^ of the 1920’8, he said the, samd\ few. * “speculators” who profited at the ex- pense of the “great masses” pleaded with him for help in Mare^ 1983, were now giving “lip service*^ ' « to the word “aecurity” and at the ^ ^ aame time trying to block all meas ures designed to “restrain the kind of individualism which hurts the com munity itself, individualism amuck.” These with eleven other members, constitute the synod’s representation on the board. In addition there are twelve mem^rs from the other two controlling synods* of Georgia and Florida. ' \ Four members of the Presbyterian ... W.\ L General Stsndihpi Furman 2 Carolina 2 2 2 1 1 0 Tisdale Goes To New Assignment Popular Commander of Local CCC Camp Transferred. Suc- Iceeded By Capt. R. M. Price. Friends of Capt. A. D. Tisdale, for the past year and a half director of the CCC camp near here, will be in terested to know that he has been transferred to Galeton, Pa., and will leave for tojajajuaigmnent jn Laurens, Oct. 9.—Dr. Ajsey R. Ful ler, 82, dean of I^aurens county phy- sician.s, died Friday at Mountville at the' home of his nephew, N^lugene Stokes, who had purchased tne doc tor’s old rtsidence. Because of failing health Dr. Fuller ha<l withdrawn from active practice several years ago, although he had continued office work up to a few months ago. In all, he had practiced at Mountville and surrounding terri tory for approximately 85 years. Dr. Fuller was a son of 41 physi cian, the late Dr. Franklin G.^^uller, and was reared near the Beaverdam Baptist church, three miles west of Mountville. His mother, was the laU Sarah O’Dell Fuller. He was gradu ated with first honors from Wofford college at the age of 21. After read ing medicine in the office of his brother, the late Dr. Clarence E. Ful ler, ,h€L.acAi..graduat^d fromrJkdJIeiaie Medical college and serve<l his intern ship at Johns Hopkin.s. He had been church since early manhood Dr. Fuller married Miss Fannie Tillman,, daughter of the late Con- gressman George D. Tillman of next few days. At jjresent he Is at Camp Moultrie in this state, organiz ing a new white company to go to Galeton. Capt. Tisdale is succeeded here by Capt. Robert M. Price, who has been engaged in this type of government work for the past two years. During his first assigrnment he built the camp Saturday \ Carolina vs V. P. L at CJolumb^. -Monroe, N. C., and from there was Wake Forest at. Wake cbHege Iward of trustees whose terms . ' » Gaffnev from expire this year, were re-elected as ®r folWw.; W. J. B.iley of Clinton. Dr. E. Jo Chnton. C«pt. Pneo C, Doylo of Sonoo., A. J. Thack.ton C.rolin. .nd ox- of Or^ngoburg, and W. M. McLaurin' ><■« ‘o inventory, the only phase of the work * which has been definitely launched. Ramsaur explained that the survey will fall into three phases: 1. Rural roads inventory to deter mine what roads have been improved and their present state. 2. A traffic survey to determine the travel oh\varipu8 roads. 3. A financial survey to determine how much taxes are paid, how they are raised and spent and “just how much we are paying for roads and 'who is paying for it, for the purpose, among others, of adjusting inequali ties.” The survey will entail driving over every mile of the highways of the.„ state with careful attention to secon dary or feeder roads. Synod Favors - Pastorate Limit South Carolina Presbytorians Overture General Assembly To Amend Church Law. Columbia, Oct. 9.—A resolution placing the Presbytrian synod of South Carolina favoring limited' term of pastorates presentation of an overture to the General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian church to*'^ con.sider an amendment to the book of church law which would put such a member of the Beaverdam -Baptist f^ effect were passed Thurs day by the South /Carolina synt at its closing sessiob at the First^ Presbyterian church. ^ _ This recommendation was embra^d* In thereport of The comTnittee on sup-^ ply as presented by the Rev. W. H. Mills, D. D., chairman. The matter brought forth considerable discussion, and during the debate Doctor moderator, relinquished the chair/ln favor of moderators-pro-tem. In the resolution it was stated that niece of the late Senator B. R. Till man. Mrs. Fuller died more thXIl 20 years a^. Dr. Fuller is survived by a daughter, Miss Marguerite Fuller; one brother, Adolph^ P. Fuller of Mountville, and a rister, Mrs. William C. Mitchell of Waterloo. . Tuneral services were held at the'Ike highest tribunal of th^Presbyte- nm TO ELECT ELDERS \ A eongregatioiial meetisc of the Urst Presbyterian church will be Mid Sunday foliowing the ihortiiiig wbr- jiour, for the purpose of electing eighi additional eldera Ipr the church. Big/Four Standiiifs W L t Furman V. 1 Citadel .\ .... 0 Carolina \... 0 Clemson 0 1 0 0 Pet. 1000 000 000 000 little Fo«r Stakdiafa J W *L T Preabyteriar 1 Erskine 0 Newberry ...^ 0 Wofford — 0 I a 0 0 0 0 0 Pet. 1000 000 000 000 of. \yed^field. Two other members whose terms' had expired. Dr. Jack H. Young, pf this city, and Rev. .T. Ellison SimMOh" Of Darlington,, were replaced by A B. Sibley of Darling ton an(l,R.\E. Henry of Greenville. PRESBYTERIAN MEN MEET FtllDAY NIGHT The October meefiiig of the Men- of-the-Church of the F^^t Presbyte- church, will be held |n the church dining department Frida^ evening at 7:30VcJock with all members invited to beS. jiresent. An interesthig pro gram ms been arranged te f^lOw the serving W dinner by the ladies\of the ^mreh. \ move his family here Since coming to Cliaton, Capt. and Mrs. Tisdale have made many friends, all of jvhom will regret in their de parture, and whose best wishes will follow them as they jump from South Carolina to Pennsylvania. Mountville Presbyterian church Sat urday afternoon at 4 o’clock with the Rev. F. T. McGill and the Rev. J, H. ' Byrd of Croes Hill officiating. B^al followed in the Presbyterian church cemetery. PRESBYTERY HOLDS of Brazil, is the guest of ln| MEETING HEREtMrs: if. G: NeviHe, and tives in the city. A special called meeting of South'! Mr. Neville has a/^de circle of Carolina presbytery was held here friends here who Are extending him a Monday morning at the Thornwell | most cordial welpdme. He ie a grado^' Memorial church. The object of the ate of Preebyt^rian college and Co- rian church had ruled iJoAt a church cannot call a pastor a limited time. y/ The question discussed both pro and con with some of the lead ing membeM’^of the church in the state, pr^^ at the seMion taking part. The resolution was brought up near the end of the morning session and^s under debate when hour for noon recess arrived. The vote was taken shortly after the body The Rev. William G. Neville, ndw i^reconvened. on furlough from the mission^vel^ I In order to make the plan effec- Neville At Home From Brazil Poi tive the general asseniybly would have to approve the overture and submit its a^ion back to the individual Pres byterians of the synods comprising membenrhip in that church bo^. meeting was to receive Sam Hughes under care of presbytery as a minis- lumbia Theological seminary, and for the past a^ral years has b^n eenr- Rhett P. of Duncan Sundijir. attended the fun in in Newberry terial student. Mr. Hughes is a Thom- ing in ^Brazil as a mmsionary under well orphanage boy and a graduate of the^auspices of the Sonthem Preaby- Presbyterian college in June past. He terian church. Mrs. NeviHe and ehil- baa already entered upon his tbeolo-^dren are spending the greater paH ef gical course at Columbia seminary Atlanta. TO FLY BACK HOME C. C. Giles will leave for Florida today and will fly his plane back from Bradenton where it waa dam aged several days‘ago. Mr. GileUand hia son, Thurston, were attemr^’ng their tirlough atey with rejativea in, to make a landing at the Augusta. {escaped without injury. \