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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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