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NUMBER 47
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Funds For
To Be DistoiEuted
Sant^ IrEBEL shells
Forecast For Fall Bushiess Is
Level of Year 1929. Dividend
Distributions and Increasi^
Wages Expected To Stimu-
late Trade Channels.
Canvassing Degun 'l^esterday
and Will Continue for W^eek
To Secure Coal of 800 Mem
bers In This Community.
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A, ^rpup of Red Cross workers for
the annukl membership drive in Clin-
Washington, Nov. 17. — A holiday thia^oommunity took the field
business boom, hitting 1929 prosperi- yesterday and started a house-to-
ty levels and rising 10 per cent above house canvass of th)| residential and
l.»t year. w„ for«..t today by 800 "i.m-
... ’ ! bers for the local Red Cross chapter,
partment of commerce officials. campaign is being directed by
Millions Will W Paid Forth
Through Chi:mmas Clubs All
Over the Nation.
BLAST FOES
New Yorlc, Nov. 16. — Yule-tide
spending/money to the tune of ap-
proxhnately $366,000,000 will be dis-
tribmed in * the next two weeks to
about 7,600,000 persons, Christmas
4Jlub, Inc., reported today.
SociaKs^ Fire Upon University
City Where Insurgents Stand
Firm, Many Killed In Streets
and Fires Continue To Rage.
Madrid, Nov. 17.--Government bat
teries tonight shelled Univer.sity City
in the northwestern section of Madrid
where fascist insurgent.^ stubbornly
This is in addition to approximate-> defended their positions.
Assistant Secretary Ernest G. Dra
per said preliminary reports from all
Jack H. Davis as chairman, ^soci-
ated with R. S. Owens, chairman of
fields indicated many lines: of .busi- .thft. permanent local-unit,
ness would operate at 1929 i^aks. He I the campaign now under way
based his contention on improved | every interested citizen is privileged
conditions, lessening of unemploy
ment, higher earnings and distribu-
erither to renew" his annual member
ship or join hands -With this great
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ly $44J)00,000 in Christmas clubj The once beautiful campus of the
funds already reported by mutual modern university In _a few hours
Lvings banks in the 18 states in became a crater-pocked
no man 3
^ whibfa, they operate, bringing the > land, its spacious ia»na.. and...parka.
tion by scores of corporations of mil-1 organization in its work of relieving
roundto almost $460,060,()()0.
ChristnmSsil^b^ Inc., through its
president, Heihart F. Rawll, estimat
ed thje average ye^r’j’ acjiumulation
%
foi^-^each club mer
lions of dollars in dividends, and in
creased wages and bonuses.
Major fac^prs in the improvement
picture:
1. JJividend distributions by many
corporations because of increased
earnings or /a desire to escape the
1936 revenue -act’s provisions for a
heavy levy on undistributed surplua,-f ^.Qrkers was held at the Tea Room
2. Increase in cash income of farm
ers from $7,201,000,000 last year to
an estimated^ $7,760,000,000 this year,
although it is still below the $10,417,-
000,000 in 1929.
-,3. Estimated 8,975,000 unemployed
as against 15,000,000 in 1933.
widespread suffering throughout the
nation iwhen storm, flood, fire or
other catastrophe strikes, by becom
ing a new member. It is hoped that
the canvassers will be given a liberal
response on the part of the com
munity and the set goal reached. |
A get-together meeting for the
IS cus-
Tuesday night presided over“ byi
Chairman Davis. The group was ad
dressed "by Miss Allie McNeill of Co- j
lumbia, a mehiber of the national Red
Cross staff who explained the work,!
objectives and needs of the organiza
tion. Edward Barnett of this city.
4. Estimated rise in national in-i^ho g^w overseas duty in the.JkV’orld
Ann non iqqc , ■* v . - ,
come ‘from $53,500,000,000 in 1935 to
$60,000,000,000 or more this year.
5. Industrial production at its high-
e.st peak since 1930 and rising
This cnild was hurt whe^a tornado struck Tupelo, Mississippi, necessitat
ing medical, and nursing ^e forniundreds—care which In many cases could
not have oeen given without Red Croas assistance. It Is a fine tribute to the
organization that tha^;^ung benrficiaries of its health and relief services in
variably place then^Selves In'the hands of the Red Cross with a completely
tav me—*. —
war, also .•'poke of the'work of the
Red Cross is it had come under his j
observation.
The city-wide canvass wiltJbe made
confident. “Now l^ray . _
Business is continuing at a rapidity the following-workers:
rate,” Draper said. “Undoubtedly] Business district: J. J. Cornwell,
part of the acceleration is due to the >fac Adair, Wm. Brooks Owens, Mrs.
increase in dividend payments. The
laggards in industry appear to be
construction, ci^pital equipment and
export trade, but even in these fields
the trend is upward. It looks aa if
we can see an increase in business
for the end of this year and during
the coming year. '
“Of coarse, profits cannot be ex
pect as proportionately la^e as in
1929 and 1930 as prices in many lines
are down but this undoubtedly works
to the adyantage of ba|ers in the
lower income groups.^’ _
Administration economists report
ed that retail sales were running
about 15 per cent ahead of 1935 but
below those of 1929 because of chMp-
er prices. Bank deposits are above
$46,000,000,000, an all-time peak. '
Payment of the soldiers’ bonus
• waa_cited as another factor stimulst-
ing trade. Another is the steady
creeping of steel toward 1929 levels.
It is about 12 per cent below that
year but profits are more frequent
and wages have been increased, it
was explained.
The automobile industry is enjoy
ing one of its best years from the
viewpoint of manufacturers and dis
tributors, while labor and farm wag
es are higher.
Despite the general increase in
wages and, profits, experts predicted
that the ratio of national income dis
tribution would nol be affected ma
terially.
Ljist year, payments to farmers
~lnd labor employes accounted for 67.3
per cent and may be slightly higher
this year. Dividends and interest pro
vided 13.6 per cent.
Officials said the federal reserve
Heath Copeland, Miss Agnes Millii^r-
Ward 1: Misses Lidie Leake,
Frances Roper and Sadie Chandler.
Ward 2: Misses Helen Adair, Joyeb
Pitts and Mrs, Stanley Pitts. /
Ward 3; Mrs. Leland Young, Miss
Dolly Hilling, Mrs. J. J. Cornwell.
Ward 4: Mrs. Ben Townsend, Mrs.
John W. Little.
Ward 6: Mrs. Gary Martin. ,
Chairman of Advertising: Heath
Copeland.
Golihrille: G. N. Foy, diairman..
Lydia Mills: Eugene Johnson, chair
man.
Clinton Mills: Claude Trammell,
chairman.
Mountvill^ Mrs. Caroline Rasor,
Miss Ella Dunlap. .
Hopewell: Claude Lawson, Miss
Mary Ellen Workman.
Colored: J. T. W. Mims, chairman.
P. C.-Wolford Game Saturday To
Feature Home-Coming Event
Large Crowd From AH Parts of State Expected For Final Game
of Blue Hose Schedule. Alumni Luncheon and Meeting In Judd
^ Hall At-One O’clock, With Talk By President Jacobs. Last
Game For Fifteen Seniors.
Presbyterian College’s gridiron
stars will close their 1936 season Sat
urday afternoon on Johnson Field,
when, amid the loud hurrahs of a
homecoming crowd of old grads, they
clash with the Terriers from Wof
ford College. _
Saturday will be a big day aL the
Calvinist school. Old graduates are
expected to flock into Clinton then
to sweH the crowded streets with
gayly colored decorations and to pay
their annual tribute to their alma
mater.
At one o’clock they will gather in
Judd Hall, the college refectory, for
the annual Alumni meeting and to
elect new officers be^een reminis
cences of days gone by. President
A A n n /’SI t ‘Jacobs will give a brief address to
At t^liurcn the group and a graphic picture of
Revival Closes
Fine Attendance Attracted By
Series of Services and Strong
Gospel Messages of Dr. Orr.
'The series of revival services which
had been held at the Associate Re
formed Presbyterian church last
week, came«to a close Sunday night
before a union congregation that ov
erflowed the seating capacity of the
church.
The services were led by Rev. Ernest
Neal Orr, D.'D., pastor of the Taber
nacle Associate Reformed Presbyte
rian church of Charlotte, and one of
.board index iarJtha iirsl^iiiae .montha. of his denomi-
of this year showed that industrial
production waa running 102 per cent
of the 1923^5 average but that a
spurt during the last part of the
year.would bring it to 104 per cent
for the year. This would be above
die W 1980 but b^bw
the 119 per cent in 1929.
Retail trade, generally, is expected
4o be about 15 per cent above last
Christmas season. Mail order houses,
on the baeis of increased tarm pur
chasing power, reported to the de
partment of commerce that trade is
improving rapidly.
Rice Addresses
Kiwanis Club
The Kiwanis club had as its guest
speaker on Thursday evening, Leon
Rice, prominent Anderson attorney
and well-known Kiwanian in the Car.
olhms district Hr. Rice gave aa ex
cellent talk on Kiwanis education and
waa hieard with interest by the club.
Announcement was made that the
election of ofneers for the new year
will be held at the next meeting on
December 3rd. 1116 annual celebration
of “ladies night” will take place on
the evening of December 17th at Ho
tel Clinton.
TO SPEAK SUNDAY
W. C. Allen, editor of Tka Bap-
tiit will b# tlie gtiesi speak-
ar at thisFI^ Baptist ehindi oa flan-
the worship hour. Dr.
Afiaa^wm aliio>4ddreM «ha mea’i
Bihie class atHte i^bdnr fdMOl hour.
nation
Dr. Orr did s week of earnest and
effective. preaching end made a pro
found impression upon the large con
gregations with w|iich be was greet
ed from the opening until, the closing
sei^ice. He is an able minister, and
delivers his messages of Gospel truth
with ability and earnestness that stir
the hearts and'-priibe the consciences
of church members and have a win
some appeal to those who have not
accepted Christ.
This was Dr. Orr’s first visit to
Glinton for a meeting. His father,
the late Dr. W. W. Orr, conducted a
revival here about twenty-five years
ago and is' pleasantly remembered
by many Clintonians.
POUNDING GIVEN
FOR THE ROPERS
On -Monday afternoon the ad^Hary
and missionary society North
Broad Street Methodis^i»arch gave
a pounding to Dr. amkMrs. J. C. Ro
per at the parsonMPdT Dr. R<^r, who
is higUy regaidi^ by his congrega
tion, was reeemly returned here for
a third yearoy the conference.
tthe great progress that^their insti
tution has made in the past year will
be laid before them.
At two-thirty they will adjourn to
Johrlson Field where the closing bat
tle for fifteen Presbyterian College
seniors will be just beginning.
The Terriers iMk like the losers
of the game on paper, but Blue Hose
supporters remember those . many
years when the Hose have been given
huge odds before the game and were*
humbled by a determined Wofford
crew. Therefore, it is doubly true
this week-end that anything can hap
pen, and since there has never been
a P. C.-Wofford game that ..wasn’t in
teresting it is safe to conclude that
this one will b» too.
And when the Blue Stockings meet
the Terriers fifteen Hosemen will'be
enterilig their final battle as college
gridmen. •• 4
.Captain J. B. Jacobs, the best pturi-
er in South Carolina and a grej^de-
fensive back as well as a line plunger,
is pro'bably the outstanding4fnan who
wilf be lost via graduation^ome June.
But running him a clpde second are
three other men. plenp Beeman, a
scintillating gua^ is* making a
strong bid for^lill-state honors and
this game wijFprobably be the decid
ing factor ill the race. - At present He
is proba^^ the leading contender.
Coo^rn¥eldon, line-smeiher par ex-
excellent, and ^e blue-clad warriors’
most able receiver of paues, is enter
ing his final fray with high hopes
thit hU many long runs will be^up-
Hcated against the determined Ter-'
riers.
Bill Thompson, quarterback, for the
fighting Presbyteriana, ia closmg a
season which has been a disappoint
ment to him. Injuries have kept him
out of much~ play but when he has
entered the battles he has fought
valiantly and 'well. Probably his fin-,
est game was played against Geor~
gia^ Tech.
Several others of the number grad
uating are regular members of the
squad: Vic Correll is guard. Claus
Cappelmann is center and so is ^hn
Hutchinson who also has sqffered
from an injury jinx. Raleigh Shoe
maker and Jim Colings a^ iackles.
Pitt Bird is a guard. Bill Degner
is a back. y
The remaining two seniors are
members of that gr^p which is made
up of the unsung heroes of any foot
ball team. The Bbhunks. ‘ John Stee
bergen and Fumiian Wallace
guards.
These men, fighting their ^st bat
ties, fighting against a l^itional
foe, and fighting befoye k huge
Homecoming crowd, are almost cer
tain to perform with a brilliance
that has been unmatched in the four
years of freshen and varsity ball
that lies behind them.
The usual procedure of reserved
sale tickets will be followed out for
this gs^e. The price* of admission to
the xiadium is one dollar and fiftjr
c^Sf tax included. However, the
bleachers in the end zones are avail
able to children for forty cents.-
,re
METHODIST ME^
FOR ATOUNG PEOPLE
be held at Bailey Memorial church of
this city, will open one week from
next Monday night at 7 o’clock. Lead
ers for the institute are Dr. J. C.
Roper, and Rev. E. 3. Jones of Gold-
ville, with all young people from 16
to 24 yearx of age in'vit^ to enroll
for the week.
MKN MEMT FRIDAY
The Men-of the-Church of the First
Presbyterian church'will hold their
regulai* monthly meeting Friday eve
ning srt 7:30 in the church dining
room. An interesting program xmder
the direction of Dean M. W. Brown at
the college, hM been arranged for
the meeting unt^ aa invitation ex
tended aU men at tiiia congrMpatioB
and other PrmdiyteriaBt to beVprea-
en/t . ' ^
“SPORTSMAN FLIES HIGH”
By Lawrence A. Keating
BEGINS IN TODAY’S ISSUE
A fast-moving mystery novel. Money-madness, murder, a beautiful
girl and two-fisted he-men . . . these are the ingredients Lawrence
Keating mixes in a masterful plot to concoct the thrilling story,
“Sportsman Flies High.”
Don’t miss the opening chapter of this detective story packed with
action and thrills from the first paragraph. It appears today on
page 7 in your favorite family newspaper—-
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would be
$46/50. A total of abour^600 banka
throughout the country act
todians for the funds.
The total to be distributed repr
sents an increa.se of about 14 per cent
over the 1935 figures, ,but it only
slightly more than Jialf the amount
saved in the peak year of 1930 when
$632,000,000 was poured into the
hands of 1,000,000 members.
Only about 42 per cent_of
money will go for Christmas pur
chases, Rawll estimated on the basis
of previou.s experience. Permanent
.saving.s will account for,fully 26 per*
cent, he said, while taxes, mortgage
interest, insurance premiums and
education, travel and charity will
take the balance.
New Yorkers will have the liqn’s
share of tliis year’s distribution,
Rawll said, with a total in the neigh
borhood of $96,500,000. Pennsylvania
runs si'cond, with $36,200,000 and
New Jersey third, with $31,500,000
saved.
Here is the diutribuHon by sec
tions: New England, $40,000,000;
Middle Atlantic states, $164,200,000;
East North central, $66,600,000; West
North Central, $18,660,000; South At
lantic, $32,140,000; Eaaj;» §ooth cen
tral, $7,190,000; West South central,
$4,830,000; Mountain, $6JS30,000; Pa
cific, $14,660,000.
Last year, Rawl said, showed the
itnallest accumulation of all the poat-
depression years, with $312,000,000
paid put to 7,600,000 depositors. He
explained thd poor showing" by a de
crease 'in the number of participating
banks fbd the fact tint fonhCTly
most pt the banks paid interest on
the accounts while in the la^year or
so the majority have cancelled the
interest feature.
Mutual banks, through the Nation
al Association of/Mutual Savings
Banks, reported 1936 their best yekr.
Their $43,800,0Q0 will go to 1,063,000
members.
la Fair
No w Being Held
the newest battlefield of the bloody
civil war which will be four months
old Wednesday.
The, roar of shot, shell and bomb
rumbled over all of Madrid today.
An unestimated number of the
city’s war-weary populace was killed
in two raids by .fascist warplanes
from which bombs streaked down into
center of the city. -
rnment batteries «lirected a
barrageNigainst insurgent communi
cation line^xacross the Manzanares
river already rooivled by Gen. Fran
cisco Franco’s aitvknce units.
In mid-afternoon the leaders of
Madrid’s defen.se announced the fas
cist advance into the city Kkit been
checked.
But the fascists held their har(
won posts within Madrid’s city lim
its. Into the stately buildings, many
of them newly completed, in the uni
versity they straggled, mounting' ma
chine guns in protected niches.
The Madrid government, while
suing manifestos that the city it^lf
was not in immediate danger ^ be
ing captured, warned that hpuse-to-
hopse fighting might occur^hon.
Renewing their vi.sils yriiich killed
60 persons the night befc^re, insurgent
warplapes bombed tMe Plaza San
Miguel, the north station, Martin de
Los Heros street and the Cuatra/
workers’ section.
Many-persons in Martin de Los
Heros ttreat were killed before they ^
cdpld dash for shelter.
tlie apparent fascist plan for com
plete subjugation of Madrid, defense
len^^rs Skid, wka.rirst to occupy Uni
versity City and the four streets in
CuairP Caminos.
Downtown Madrid was shaken
throughout the day by artillery fire.
Windows. were shattered, showering
pedestrians with fragments of glass.
One bomb tore a hole 30 feet in
diameter in the pavement near the
famous Prado gallery.
Another hurled shrapnel among
passersby in Nortaleza street.
Nevertheless Ma^id defense “Ivtrf-
ers said they, were confident their
milRia woulld hold off the fascists
and urged the civilian population to
renMiin calm. -— —— —
Annual Event At Goldville With
Competing Community^Booths
Attracts Many.
The Joanna Cotton Mills Communi
ty fair, always an event of Interest
in Goldville, opened last night and
will continue through Friday evening.
Each evening at seven o’clock in the
auditorium, an interesting program
will be presented. The opening exer
cises, last night were given by the
Joanna school. This evening there
will be a moving picture shew and
other entertainment by the or
ganization. Friday evening wjU'fra-
ture “stunt” hour by various groups
oT the coraihuhity.
The fair this year consists of three
home-makers booths, one repreMnt-
ing each section of the villk$;b. Sec
tion No. 1 from Milton road to Og.
The Christian Culture institute to, .^ensburg street, is headed by Mrs.-
W. W. Hsir as chainnan; section No.
2, from Milton road to Hartslunm
ehl^-
street, by Mrs. R. L. Francis as
man; while No. 8, for the section from
Hartshorn to Toronto street, will be
directed by Mrs. Clarence Fiilmer as
chairman. The booths entered will be
judged for first, second and third
places. The three days’ program will
include other interestiDg displays
also, with stands added lor the
of refreshments. The fair is an an
nual event at Joanna, with no admis
sion chkrge, and is always attended
by large crowds of interMted men,
women and children of the village.
“Madrid is a big place,” said Gen.
Jose Miaja, “it cannot be taken so
easily.” - —At—
Columbia Chapter
Re-elects Wyman
President Jacobs Addresses P.C.
Unit At Capital City. Ta
tablish Scholarship!
Dr. Hugh E. Wyman, president;
Dr. Chapman Milliing, vice/^resident
and Dr. W. P. Beckmai^f secretary
and treasurer, wfere rcTdlected for an
annmil term at a meting of Colum
bia chapter of tte/Presbyterian Col-
J^e AlUmni asp?ai^n meeting Mon-
dsy night at the Hotel Columbia.
William P<r^acob.s, president of P.
C., deli versa an address on the ideals
and aims of the college,^^ cited the
pragma of the institution and called
o|ma his hearers for continued co-
x^ration and activity on-^he part of
almpni. -■ ^
Coach-Waiter A. Johnson, Prof. H.
E. Sturgeon, W. L. Jones and Turk
Osman bf the ^college made brief
talks.
The chapter decided to establish a
Walter Johnson scholarship for P. C.,
farther details concerning which were
to be announced later.
'President Wyman appointed an ex-
eentive eommittee in^ding Ifarion
Kirven, Dr. William T. Barron and
John A. Montgomery.
KENDAL COMPANY
BUYS PELZER BOLL
Boston, Mass., Nov. 16.—Hie Ken
dal company of Boston announeed to
day it has purchased all the capital
stock of Pelzer mills, a South €aro-
Pelxer Manufacturing
business of
company.
The announcement said operations
would continue without material
change. J. F. Blackmon win rtmain
as iresident executive ip charge of
manufacturing.
Union Thanks
Service Planned
line corporation recently organized to
take over properties apd carry mL^h^will be Dr, D, J. Woods, pastot. of
The annual mrion service of the
chnrches of the city fo? Thanksgiv
ing day will be held on W’ednesday
night preceding Thanksgiving, at
North Broad Street Methodist church
at 7:30. The speaker for the service
the First Presbyterian church. The
change from Thursday morning to
Wednesday night was made by the
Ministerial umon in the hope of se-
earing a larger attendance for the
spccifd service to which the public is
eordialiv invited.
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