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\'f /■ v^- \ ./ { - M; I NiCUl '• B« « CUmui Nifir*^ Caiipktei N«inr, 1 VOLUME XXXVI tpBSSSSSSSjt T«« Dti^ KmI THB CHSONICUI Tm Dwt Oit Hm N«w& ■JCfti CLINTON, S. G., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10,1936 NUMBER 49 Saiita Claus Arrive in Clinton Today At 6 P. M- EVENT TO DRAW GREAT CROWD; COLORFUL PARADE IN HIS HONOR \ AD In Readiness For Gaia Christmas Display. City Holiday Lifirhts To Flash On For First Time. Celebration To Be Featured By Phrade and Attractive Floats. Thousands Expected To Welcome North Pole Visitor. -fB¥ OABfcE)—— THE CUNTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. I AM DELIGHTED TO COME TO CLINTON AGAIN THIS YEAR FOR A VISIT. PLEASE TELL THE BOYS AND GIRLS THROUGH YOUR PAPER THAT I WILL ARRIVE AT 6 P. M., THURSDAY, DECEMBER lOTH. I AM FLYING RIGHT ON SCHEDULE. MY PLANE IS LOADED DOWN WITH MANY NEW AND NOVEL TOYS MADE ™iS YEAR IN THE NORTH POLE ABODE. . * ALL MY LOVE> TO TH^ICHILDREN OF CLINTON WHO ARE MY FRIENDS. SANTA (^AUS. Santa Claus will ^me to Clinton at 6 o'clock this afternoon upon a special invitation from the Chamber of Com merce and thousands are expected to gr^t him upon his, arrival. Wiree have reached "The Chronicle that the white and bewhiakered visitor, as gay as ever, is speeding toward Clinton today from the snowbound regions of the North Pole. Preparations have been completed by spe^ committee* heading the celebration to give b^n the greaiteet wleoome he haa ever had. He ia expecting tiie kiddies to turn out en mu Mr to meet end welcome hhn. Santa’s arrival will be the occMkm for the hegiimihg ol the Ynletide’sea- aon, the turmng on of the city’s beau tiful Uflite, and a «ifaatk parade w^h proasiaea to ba a CMatanaa diaplay. Itaa-of-isiadi wffl include fleets by merehanft^ bua- inem houaaa, eotton mtila, orgaaisa- tkaa, aoboola end other*. Ihe'thrilllnc news that Santa Claus ia acaun to be the city^ guest this year means that everything has been in readinsaa for his visit. The city water and light department has corn- plated its big job of stringing the necessary wires to furnish the power for another brilliant array of Ohrist- mea lights. The entire business Bection has been decorated with thousand* of vari-eolored Christmaa lights to be flashed on in honor of the presses through Broad street, and as a part of the exquisite and brilliant adoriiment planned fob the city dur ing the holiday season. To add to the setting, Streamers of heavily laden electric bulbs strung in festoons of lights, have been arranged around the monument. Several lovely trees in the center of the town brilliantly illumi nated will complete the real Christ maa picture and produce * aosjie of staitling beauty. The decorations, which are beii^ pfovided by the city and local merohants, will be up to die standard maintained in recent years. They will be so bebutiful that they lue likely to take Saint Nick’s breath •way. ~ Today’s colorful celebration -^will uaher in the city’s pre-Cbristnias Tmds' Festival which k being spon. •ored by tha nerehMCU end Chamber of Cenunarce aa act forth in an at tractive prbfram-advertitemenl in to day’s paper which you abould not overtook. .The gala decoration of the Jacobs Trophies Awarde<rAt Fete Shbados, May and Gormley Get Interference Honors At Ban quet Given At College. CROP CONTROL AGAIN PLANNED Three of the South’^ best blockers were accorded honors here Tuesday night when William P. Jacobs, presi dent of Prq§bXl«riaj[L.a^^ awarded Amiy ^bados, The Citadel^ William May, I.«ouisiana State, and John Gormley, University of Maryland, the annual Jacobs trophies for exception al interference during the 1936 foot ball season. The awards were made at a ban quet at Prcsb^rian college held in their honor and attended by coaches, officials and the 1936 all-«tate team for South Carqlina. Sports writers from all parts of the ^uth also at tended vhe banquet. Andy Sabados was awarded the South Carolina blocking trophy. A1 Sanders, Clemson back, received hon orable mention for thc Mate trophy. William May, Louisiana State, was ^recorded the beet blocker—in Southeastern conference, and John Gormley received that honor in the Southern conference. Forrest Fletcher of Washington and Lee, president of the Southern con- Wallace' Reveals $500,000,000 * FarmYPIair For 1937 For Shifting Acreage From Major Crops To Soil Building Prac tices With Corn As Target. Washington, Dec. 8. — Admini^ra- tion leaders unveiled their 1937 fed eral farm program today an<l reveajed a more direct attempt at controlling crop production, especially of com. Under the program, farmers are to * he paid'up to $500,000,000 for shift ing acreage from major crops to. oth er plantings classed as soil-consorv-♦ ing, and also for approved “soil build ing practicos.^^ To keep com acreage from “run ning away next year’’ as a result of this year’s 'drought-shortened crop and accompanying high prices, offi cials said com belt farmers would be assigned planting quotas bevond which they could not go without caus ing their federal payments to be re- duce<l. A probable limit of r)4,2()0,U00 acivs upon com plantings by co-operating , . ■ , I, . farmers in major producing states ference, in the principal address^ predicted. This would compare evening, attacked the GrahaSnjr.^r.nnnnn ehopping dktrict^k tfxpikfed 'to bring T929. many people into the city during the Christina* aeaeon—to make Clinton a live, busy ahopping center. Boys and girls throughout this en tire section, and grown-ups, too, are invited , to greet Santa when he ar rives this afteroon and to extend him a great reception as the lights flash on in his honor and joy and beauty run rampant to inaugurate the Yule- Sees Big Value . In CotfoirCrop Black Says Return Will Be More Than Any Year Since 1929. Columbia, Dee. 9.—If curreat indi- cationa prevail. South Carolina farm ers will realise more" from their prec- ent cotton crop than for any since Public Debt To Reach New Peak 1 Govei;nnient Financing Q p e r - ationa Will Set Figure At $34,441,000,000. ^ North Pole guest as the parade pro- tide season. Club Honors Dr. Jamison Head of Connie Makwell Or- phaiutge Givpn Recognition By kiwanis Club. Creenwood, Dec. 6.—Dr. A T. Jamison, superintendent |and " treas urer of Coimie Maxwell' orphanage was guest of honor at the oelehra- ^QfD of annual ’’ladies’ night” by the Greenwood Kiwanis dub at the Ore gon hotel Friday night. ]^r several years the club by vote of its members haa chosen out dti- zen -for recognition on ”)adles’ .mgbt.’’. for ..his outstanding seririce to the eommuaky 4«>d 1^. Jsgnkon was ths choice this year. He was unaware of Ihe honor until hk name wn announced by M. G. McDonald, who said: ”The best-known citisen of Greenwood- is the head of Connie Maxwell oi1>haiisge and wherever he it known <he k esteemed and honor ed and he k not honored for his nwterial success but becauss he has devoted his loiig and >uscfnl life to tte service of humanity. We honor ourselves in honoring Mm, whoif character we revere, whose attain^ ments we admire and whoee preaoo- ahty we love.” ' r ^ . Dr. Jamison fedtngly expressed hk deep apprseieoon of the high honOT and thshked Mr. McDonald tor Ms kind words, saying ”it was a golden speech whether it was true or not.” Another high .light .on ths even ing's program was an address by Dr. W. Daniel, of Oemson college, guest speaker, who sustained hk reputation as an olitstanding after- dianer speaker. AT BAPTIST CHURCH First Baptist thureh, speaking at tbs vo’clp^ worship hour. Dr. Lang- nativd^of thk county and a from BraML Ths eor4ialiy Invited to hear Fanner .Retires 69 Crops 81-Year-Old Robert Crow, of Laurens County, Say8 i**Keep Out of Debt.- Laurens, Dec. 7—Robert LaFay- ette Crow, Laurens county farmer, felt that 69 years of ploughing was enough for an 81-year-old Than so he sold hk mule- and planned “to take it easy from now on.” "'*'7'- Cnadj^^iate at^d hearty despite hk li yearn beyond' ^e Biblical allot ted span,' said Ms retirement was vplantari^ 'Iw^ier than ei^oreed, ior he^can i^ll do a good furrdw. He first went behind a plow at the aga of 12. Having cultivated' 69 crops and s<dd ootten aR the way from 5 to 40 cents a pound. Crow left young agri- culturists a mark #t which to strive. He said his motto had been “keep out of debt and live at home.” Frank O. Black, agricultural statis tician for the United States depart ment bf agriculture, estimated that “at current farm prices the lint from this year’s crop has an approximate value of |52,070J)00, whioh is |10,- 406,000 more than the $41,664,000 brought by the 1935 crop and repre sented the myst money received from any crop since 1929.” Mr. Black placed the number of 600-pound bales for the current sea son at 820,000. The estiToste represents 76,000 more bales than produced last year. Averages of 718,000 bales were Tnade Ahiring the past four years and 856,- 000 for the period 1928-32. Farmers of the state will average 279 pounds of lint per acre, Mr. Black said, compared with 261 pounds last year and with average of 247 pounds for the past four years, and 219 pounds for the years 1928-32. The highest yield per acre was 810 in 1920. The largest crop was 1,649,- 000 bales in 1911.The 1981 crop with 1,005,000' bales was the largest of re- CMt years. /Its yield of 273 pounds wss also the highest recently., * One br i^ro-tenths of the l,42p,060 acre* in cultivation’ July 1, 1986, has bean abandoned since that date, leav ing 1,408,000 acres picked. INFJkNT SON PASSES William D! Bailey, infant son of Mr. aiM Mrs. W. Dioimmond Bailey,^ died at the Ixnpe of his pareots here on Saturday. Funwal rites were held from the graveside in Rosemont cemetery Sun day afternoon at 2 o’clock, coiMucted by Rev., Edward Long of Greenville, and <Dr. L. R. Lynn of thk city. The many friends of Mr. end Mrs. Bailey will sympatMze with them m their bereavemeM. BOUCK IS BETTER News comes from the Kelly sani- tarium in ‘Kingstree that Harry Bo. Ikk i* now showing improvement over The Rev. A B. Langston, D.D<, will Ms serious conditkm of the past two be the guest minkter Snn^y at tha wsaks^used by tfiiuries sustamed iir ’head-on automobile collkion be tween Cades and Lake City. His friends here will be glad to know tiiat he has iqrparently Mssed die ertsk, mdUjiMt hk.iA^idans now expect for 1^ a full recovery. Waehington, Dec. 7—Government financing operations du,rii^ the next six weeks will rake the poblk debt to a record smashing ^4,441,000,- OOU and will eliminate what Sscietary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau called the ’chiseler,” he revealed last night. He defined chiseleres as those who take advantage jof preferential treatment in bond purchases. The figure exceeds by nearly $300,- 000,000 the peak of $34,188,543,000 which President Roosevelt estimated would be reached on June 30, 1937 —the end of the fiscal year. It will be more than,$100,000,000 above thej all-time high recorded on last June 15 as a result of soldier bonus pay ments. Morgenthau said that he felt the success of the treasury’s $1,487,000,- 000 mid-December operations, wMch will deny preferential treatment to the little investor, was assured. TJie treasury program seeks to: 1. Rake $80,000,000 in new cash to replenish its cash baknee now below the $1,000,000,000 “safety mark.” 2. Meet $400,730,00 in cub treas ury bills maturing on December 16. 3.. Refund $786,651,000 of federal obligations' maturing December 15 and February 15 for lower interest ;^y|btaring sactn Hie*. In additbnj^^Jhe treasury is ksu. ing $500,000,0^ weekly in short term paper for dM next six weeks tb take care of cash needs during that per^ iod. Thus the adtual addition to the present public debt of |33,84r,000,- 000 will be $609,000,000. No further financing .. will be ne cessary before March 15, when tiie fir*t.“fat” retjirns from the_4^® venue act tax collectkyns aie expect ed to boom' revenues to new peaks, Morgenthau said. The change in the treasury’s pol icy toward the little investor was de cided upon after considerable study of past operations^ Heretofore, Mor- genrtiau said, it has been the cus tom to let each investor of moderate f means subscribe to hew treasury k- plan with the charge that the anti subsidization rule makes for dibhon- esty among players. He said the Southern conference’s first football season under the plan had proved hk charges. . ^ , Fletcher said amateur' fdbtbaU in American college would “again be poaaible only when profesaioaal foot ball has been built up to the extent that it will draw the money crowd.” Jake Wade sports editor of Hm Charlotte Observer, praked the value of the blocking trophy awards to football. Approxl/nktely 250 playsvs, ooach- ea. officials and guests sttsndsd. . Jules Carson, head coach at Wof ford, was elected preskkot of the South Carolina Coaches’ association St in afternoon seasibii at wUcK a clinical demonstrtkm of the new bae- keiball rules was given by the Pres byterian varsHy. Air colleges of the state were rep resented. Prof. H. E. Sturgeon of Presbyterian college, acted as toast master. Red Cr^ Drive Completed Here Canvassers Secure $518.38 In Annual Campaign for Mem berships. Langstem Named JUiurei^ De^ty Laurens, Dec. 8. — Sheriff 'John D. W. Watts said today that R. Mason Langston, of the Namie section, had been appointed as a deputy sheriff to fill the unexpired term ot Sam M. Thompson, who hsd resigned to be come chief of police at Fountain Inn. Mr.. Langstmi had been Msted for appointment by Caldwell • W. Wier, who will succeed Sheriff Watts early in January. In commenting on the sues* up to $5000 before making securities available 'without restric tion to banks and financial institu tions. In the future, all will share alike Jack H. I>avis, Jr., chairman of the recent Red ’ Cross membership drive in this section, announced yesterday that $518.38 was raised during the campaign by the list of workers who volunteered to make the, annual can vass. > . In speaking of the canvass, Mr. Da vis and other officers of the kxml chapter, sta^ that they were pleased with its outcome. The amount raised is the second Mghest subscribed ih a aingle year since the World war. Part of the amount will go to national Red Cross headquariers, while the remain der will be kept in the community to be used under the direction of the lo cal chapter. The $518.38 was sontributed as fol lows: * - Through Clinton Cotton Milk com mittee, $77J5. Lydia Qotton Mills, $47.00. Ciinboo business district, $98.93. Clinton residential district, $134.10. Hopewell section, $10.50. Mountville, $7.00. Thomwell orphanage, $8.00. GoldviUe, $120.00. Colored, $16.00. naming of Mr. Langston to the post for the short interval, Sheriff Watts said he had deferred to the wishes of the inrcoming sheriff as a matter of ethics ^and courtesy. Mr.'Thompeon had been connected with the sheriff’s office for a long period of years, first a* rural police man until the system was vot^ out four years ag*, and then as deputy rtieriff. V STATE EMPLOYS 4,911 Cotumbia, Dec. 7.—T. Keith Lcgare, cMef labor inspector for the state highway department, reported today that 4$tll peieons were employed on the 123 road projeota laat week. He aaid 876 of the employes were as relief laborers. i r s with an acreage of 54,500,000 in the same area this year ami 69,000,000 in 1932-33. Spokesmen for the agricultural ad justment administration said the 1937 plan could be accomplished unj^r the present soil conservation act.' Secretary Wallace asserted the rules and regulations for next y/Mr generally were “similar in many re spects ‘to the 1936 program,” with ■ome modifications intended “to adapt the progxwm more ckieely to the n—^ of the vmrtooa regions.’' H. R. Tolky, i^uatment adminis trator, aiMj^ thp new program pro vides some important changes “to pkoe moK responsiMlity for admin istration upon the farmers them selves.” I Wallace called attention to -expan sion of the program to include more range and grass lands, and provide larger payments for growers of vege tables and fruits. He said more money would be avail able for soil building practices. Although congress authorized pay ment of- $500,000,000 of benefits an nually when it passed the soil con servation act this year, Wallace add ed, the actual appr.oprition “remains to be made,” .so the program “is de pendent upon the action of congress.” “The progranT for cotton and to bacco farms,” Tolly continued, “will be very much like the plan this year, and divers'ion from these major soil depicting and surplus crops will be encouraged.” Deduction.s will be made from pay ment on any farm where the corn acreage is largeV than the quota es tablished by county AAA committees. Similar deductions will be made the 1937 acreage of cotton, tobacco, peanuts or general crop exceeds the base eStabii.shed for these crops on any farm. These bases are the avef-^ age of previous production over sev eral years. v.JL3^MS moves were regarded gen-- erally as a direct ^attwnpt to block the usual tendency offarmers to ex pand acreage in- certain crops after abort yields have pushed—pnees sky- ward.) * The average rate of payment for diverting acreage from soil-depleting crops was cut from $10 an acre thi* year to $9 for next year. This was qualified with the provision that $3 will be deducted unless th^ ae^ge is planted to crops classed as, soil- conserving in most regions. Prizes Offered In CeleMation Today ■> in the big parade to be staged thk evening at six o’clock in honor of the triumphant entry into the city of Santa OlaiM, a number of lovely floats will be entered by business concerns, organizatkma and achoeds. For the outstanding float of the parad«,^a cash prize of $15.00 will be awarcM, $10.00 for second place, $7.50 for third, $5.00 for fourth, and $2.50 for fifth place. First prize for the moat attractive busiineas wiiUdow will be $10.00, for second place. $7.50, third $5.00, fourth $2.60. ~ ' For the moat attractive residerthUl ^oration in the city $5.00 will mvt prize, $3.00 for aecond place, and $1.00 for tMrd. 4’ Nearly 30,000 KiUed By Cars In 10 Months Chicago, Dec. 7. — The National Safety council marked up its 1936 traffic death total to 29,850 today— for the first ten months—and ^calcu- lated that at the same rate 37,000 would die before January, 1937. That would be* a new all-time high, exceeding the record 37,000 of 1935. In the first 10 months of 1935- the j death count was 29,680. Statistician R. L. Forney' an nounced that pedestrian fatalities in creased 2 per cent, including a 10 per cent advance in the number .killed be tween the ages of five and 14. D. aths in other kin/ft of vehicle accide de clined 1 per cent. • ^ la October the safe^ councL’s -ec- b/nds ahowed 3,930 fataJitieft <>:m- pared with 3,850 in October, IJou. \s was the sixth consecutive month iP which the toll exceeded that' ot tha*- corresponding mouth of 1986. 4-,.^.. r - -A-' • V' : 'X •V