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If. _l. -X ; , .V ' THE C^omCLB . 8tiit« To B« a Cleim lf«wa> papin’, Conpleta, Ncwoy, Reliable. VOLUME XXXVH CLIN1X)N, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11,1937 NUMBER 6 %>, * UNION EDITOR HEARD BY tLUB L. M. [Rice Addresses Chamber -eifi Commerce. Officers For. N^w Year To Be Named. Oth er Matters Considered. The February meeting of the Cham ber of Commerce was held at the tea room Tuesday evening, with Presi dent L. B. Dillard presiding- The club had as its guest speaker, L. M. Rice^ editor and publi^er The Union Times. He was introduced by Dr. J. C. Roper, who prefaced his remarks by paying tribute to the small daily and weekly papers of America. Mr. Rice began his timely address with the statement that there are many challenges before the people today that must be met. We are wit nessing, he said, troubled conditions, upheaval^ war and war threats, and antagonistic influences that afi^ at work to destroy. In the midst of such conditions the average man is p^one to ask, “What can I do?” He then discuseed in<Kvidual reaf>onsibility%nd declared that minorities have always run t?he world. Ahi organised minority always prevails'^against an Unorgan ised majority, h?^ asserted. Jesus Christ took to himself a smaHimnoe- ity rather than a| great crowd, and established his eyerlasting kin^om, he saicT."" ’ . x Continuing, Mr. Rice declared there are social and racial problems right “^here at our m Clinton, Union and everywhere else, that are pro found and far-reaching. He assei^d that upon President Roosevelt and the outcome of his policies, 'rests the destiny of Democracy for the next fifty years. :::i A minoirity in any group is always Wallace Talks New Farm Plan Presents Four-Point Program To Conference of Farm X^oh- ers In Washington. Fig^t Lxtpms On Court Proposal Johnson and Borah Unite With Opposition Against Roosevelt Reform Plan. Washington^ Feb. 8.—A famous senate team that helped defeat WoodrowIVilson’s League of Nations covenant locked arms once more to- R.O.T.C. Tourney Closes At College Intramural Boxing Tournatment Sees Champions Crowned In Eight Divisions. “Washington, Feb. 8.—The adminis tration invited farmers today to sup port a broad new government farm program that Secretary Wallace call ed the “ever-normal grjanary.” Sixty-two farm leaders called here'day in an effort to block President by Wallace to discuss the plan atjKQf^^velt’s court reform legislation. .onf jr»n^i to favor pr^imrariM, contin- It, With a few dissenters. • ,1 * ^ on Wednesday night, and closed Wallace said it would protect both supported Mr. Roosevelt finals Friday night. Forty- farmers and.-consumei*8 "against the jin 1932 ^ut took no ..part in the elec- ' emergencies caused by drought asition campaign last fall, anncunced well as those resulting from sur- j would oppose ‘tthis extraordinary Right new campus champions were crowned—in more ways than one—at Presbyterian college Friday night as the annual R.O.TU. intromural box ing program came to a c^ose. The contests begfan on Tuesday four men took part in the fights, many of theni entering the ring for the hrst time In these bouts. Renew Efforts To End Auto Strike Conferees Working ^On New Framework For Peace Nego tiations. Detroit, Feb. 9. — New settlement prpposals which some obseiwers be lieved tonight might be the answer in the Oeneral Motors automotive strike dispiAe awaited consideration tonight in a < conference of opposing leaders. A more optimistic view by high ad ministration officials in Washington, as well as disclosure that President Roosevelt had talked by telephone sxt= nCHT STARTS ON MONEY BILL Wannamaker Leads Attack On Ways and Means Committee Measure, But Move To Re- commit Fails. Colinnbia. Feb. 9. — The house of representatives, holding its second evening session of the year, tonight commenced a di.scussipn of the gen eral appropriations bill section by pluses. He said the program would be de-1 pucity/* signed ^to provide ample supplies of food and fiber, adequate of these in good years for-use in /ihort crop sea- rons, and machinery to prevent the legislation to “the limit of my ca- A few moments later the Califor niap'^whO has just returned to the ' '’^after a long illness, was ca in conversation with Senator Borah, surplus stocks from becoming so; jjj^ho l^rge-.Uiey would force prices down I ..yj,e lion of Idaho” already had and injure farmers. ibeen preparing to take a leading part The secretary proposed to do this jjj fij^ht against the president's 9 I the dominant factor, Mr. Rice said. In the world today there i« not a prob- tluce production, lem that does not exist right here <in Clinton. He cited high taxea, capital and labor, the poor and rich, crime; atheistic tendencies and teachinga, aa a few examples. Jesus Christ two thousand years ago portrayed what'a good neigttior i« in the paraUe of the Good Samaritan. The gospel we'now hear preached of brotherh^ is noth ing haw, he siud. War Js. not the greatest danger to day, or any of these other distmhing problems that crowd upon us. The growing Ude of unrest, showing itself all over America today, is the great est danger confronting the people. It ' has reached- the boiling pot stage and to whene it will lead, nobody can say with certainty. ' In conclusion, Mr. rRiice said that bskck in the pioneer dgye small minor ity grroups banded together and built this community’s college, orphanage, churches, sclxmhi and homes. This * same challenge comes to you now. This organization 4s the i^bcleus for the building of a sweeter, holier, let ter Clinton. The world doesn’t need social security, he said. What it needs instead is godly men and women; not more money, but a true understand ing of stewardship and a vision of eternity, and its meaning. If ignor ance, immorality, or vices exist here the challenge is to you. He closed his address by holding im Jesus Christ as the great hope a dis turbed people in a perplexed and rest less world—as a h^ and fai^iration that should encquragi^ mai|kiiKl. Mr. Rice was ex^dM a nsihlf votiH of thanks for his thought-provoking address. J. H. Pitts, Jr., said that he had been deeply impressed wHh Mr. Riee’i address and spoke witli concepm of what he termed the dictotorial trend of the thnea and what such policies allowed to igist and spread, have led to in othtf oounte^. Ha saki he thonght liumbera of the organisation should express themselves to congressmen and senators when sn^ drastic measures as the supreme court proposal are before the pwpls. The matter of employing a full time secretary for the orgmnisat^ was again up for consideration. D. 'C. Heustess and E. D. Craig spoke in favor of tha plw. A motion, later adopted, called for the appointment of a committee by the chair to make a thorough study of the proposal and rtporf back to the club. W. H. Simpson, treasurer kf the lo cal Red Qroas chapter, reported that Clinton and Goldville had contributed 11,536.00 for flood^sufferaa’ relief. The president was atfthorised to appoint, a committee to work with Dr. J. C. Roper with the purpose of per fecting a local (Mcganization to work as a unit of ^ National Peace Mov^ ment Piesident Dillard announced Uwt •in accorilance with the by-laws, Feb ruary ^as the designated time for appointing a nominatiog committee _ to bring in nominations at the Maith meeting for of^cers and directors for the coming year. He appointed the foUosring committee: D. C. HeUstess, W. D. Copeland, B. fL Fullar, P,. M. . Pitta aafi Dr. L. B; l^nn. , by four stages: First, the present ^soil conservation plan with its- benefit payments to farmers for improving soil would be continued. Wallace said this would provide abundant farm products in normal weathers and also protect against possible droughts. Second, when - supplies of wheat, cotton, corn or anjr other major farm commodity were found “above nor mal supply^ the “government would offer loans to farmers on the 8tore<l commodity. Wallace, said the loans would prevent farm prices from ‘fall ing to levels that would l^e ruinous to farmers and injurious to business.” Third, if the supplies continued tpo large, the farmers would be offered additional benefit payments to re- IVallace apid this would be. paying farmers to store the product iii the soil. Fourth, pAxluction expanded dn spite of the^ first three methods, a rigid crop control plan wo^d be op erated. WaHace Mid “this last-ditch oper ation would make positive control of production poeaible in an emergency brought ew by evlren ai^luaee.” . It would be used, he eoid, only when “the ^ever-normal granary was ftffl and running over.” proposal to appoint new supreme court justices and federal judges for each pre.^ent one past 70 who refuses to retire. Johnson aitd Borah teamed suc cessfully in two historic controversies in the pa.st. They helped keep the United States out of the League of Nations and joined hands again to lead the opposition against President Roos»v»lt*^^ iwoposal for Anierican To Make Film Of Campus Life Here Representatives “uf the National Bureau of Private Schools of New York have been at Presbyterian erf- lege this week making movie shots of campus life. Agents of the com pany are on a tour throughout the South preparing" movies of various colleges and universities. According t6'the announcement, a reel will be made requiring fifteen minutes to be reproduced on the screen. It will show pictures of the personnel of the college, views of the campus, college equipment and ath letic activities. The film, when com pleted, will present a bird’s-eye view of a full day’s life at the college. The picture will be used as an advertis ing feature in soliciting students, at .^umiM gatherings, and other instan ces where it arill he helpful in pre senting the institution before its con- atituency. I^wnding Elder Mra. S. &' Pritdiard of BMdksbhrg, Va^ift qModiqg aometiraa with W Mn. w: a Neville. Regular services will be held ait North Broad Street Methodist church Sunday with the pastor. Dr. J. C. Roper, occupying pupit at the 11 o’ekxk hour, A meeting of the local board cT Christian Ei^ucition will be held in Uie afternoon at 3 o’clock. ' At the' eveniitg worship hour of 7:30, the Rev. W. B. Garrett, .presid ing elder of the Greenwood district, in which the Clinton church is sta- tii^ned, vrill preach for the congrega tion. At the conclusion of the service the second quarterly oonference^of the year will bf held. AU officials of the church and haads of departments sue expected to remain to present their reports. Mr. Gsurett is well knd\rn and greatly a<hiiired as a preacher in Clinton, and it is expect ed that be will be greeted vrith a large congregation. Todd of this city. IN SPARTANBURG HOSPITAL Reese L. Holland, well known and hiilhly regkrded farmer of the Tyieris- ville section near here, is a patient in the Spartanburg general hospital where he has been quite ill for the psMt ten day«. He Iws been under going treat^nt since admitted to^ the boapital Jn preparation for, an ope ration eiqpected to be performed as soon as his condition permits, — Mr.-Holland has a number of friends in Clinton who will ke sorry to learn of hie iNrejM, a^i wim nnitc in hopiag tbeWhe ri:ay sOoo lie fuUy rtetoi^ to beiutli. adherence to the world court. The present struggle continued to day to cause a tumult of discu8sion.s that doubtless will not abate' until congress acts, weeks or month? hence. Administration supporters in the senate-^where the hardest contest is expected—bided their time. Num bered among the leaders on their side were Robinson, the Democratic lead er, Byrnes, Democrat, South Caro lina, ]^ttman,tDemocrat, Nevada, and Ashurst, Democrat, Arizona, chair man of the judiciary committee which dlMussod the proposition informally fqr the first time this morning. Senator Gillette, Democrat, Iowa, joined the ranks of Democratic op posing the president’s plan for deal- Ifl^ WIM1 XzlV W%lf¥9nt9 vrlDIHMIl* IWffi group already included Glaas and Byrd, of Virginia; Burge, of Ne braska; King, of Utah, and Van Nuys of Indiana. Senator Thomas, Democrat, Okla homa, returned to Washington "^dur ing the day and gave limited en dorsement to the president’s program. “1 favor a liberaJ retirement sys tem,” he, told reporters, “but I am nolf ready to endorse the proposal to Increase the supreme court to fif teen members.” Elsewhere in the capital, the out lines of new legislation whose path might be smoothed by a more lib eral judicial interpretation of the con stitution began to take form. Secretary Wallace pre.sented to a national conference of farm leaders a plan for an “ever normal” gran ary and rigid crop control legisla tion. The latter, he said, would be used only when the nation’s sup plies of farm products piled up exces sive!/, and afrer less dra»8tic meas ures had failed. The secretary of agriculture did not mention the supreme court by name, but referred to the invalida tion of the orIgih)|l>^AAA crop con trol plan as one of the “emergen cies” which agriculture had faced. He Mid the new rigid, control system could be developed “under the power of congress to regulate interstate commerce, or the power to levy taxM ;toj>Povide for the gen eral welfare, or through effective cooperation between the states and the federal government.. . Freah word that the preaklcnt hae in mind new indoatrial-iabbr leg islation was given at the White House by Representative EJlenbogen, Demo crat, •PeiuMyIvania.'~ After visiting the prerident to discuas his own bill for “ar^little^ NR A” for the textile industry; he told reporters Mr. Roose velt had given him a “clear idea” of the industrial-labor legislation he wants. EBenbogen declined to dis cuss it, however. Both Chairman Afhurst of the sen ate judiciary committee and Chair man Snmneran Democrat, Texas of the house ju^iary group had lunch | today with Pyesident Ro^velt. They declined to dlsctus the conference afterward. "infant passes Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Workman, Jr., will regret to learq of the death of their infant son which occurred Sunday night. The child lived only a short while after birth. Funeral services were held from the -graveside at Hopewell church cemetery Monday at noon, conducted by the hRev. E. S. Jones^ of Goldville, assisted by Rev. C. Bynum Betts, of this city. The infant is survived by his father and mother, and his grs^parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. 'R. Worionaa,; Sr., of Goldville, and Mr. and Mrs. J. ^id Emerging victorious in the bantam- conferAiS who for six days weight class' was Jimmy Reeves, a freshman from Atlanta, who defeated W. R*. Pitts, a freshmen from Clinton for the title. In the feathei-weight jiiivision, Cogburn of Roanoke, Va., a freshman, downed Jimmy Richardson of Sum ter, freshman, for the belt. The lightweight class saw ftedr- * meeting first scheduled ~ be of brief duration. kource, saying that “I think we see a ray of light” in the difficult strike situation, declined to discuss man Rowland Worrell of Batjesbqii^^^. * ripfAAf. hia <<1aaBirviAfo DSVid DingS- ' - OTS defeat his classmate, man of Charleston. The junior- welterweight das? title was won by M. D. Shuler, Jv., fresh man, of St. Matthews, as he defeated W. W. Moore, a freshman from Dil lon. The senior welterweight honors went to Be Moore, freshman football star, of Tork, whb ddwhed George Mabry of Sumter. In the middleweight class, Billy Kee, a freshman from Rock Hill, de feated H. W. Paschal, a freshman from Washington, Ga. The lightheavy glory rested on Da vid Buie, a first year man from Dil lon, who downed D. P. Henley, fresh man from Summerville, Ga. Thomas Dixon, a freshman from MulHns, defeat^ Wayne Potter, sophomore from Atlanta. These intramural bouts each year uncover able material for Coach Wal ter Johnson’s boxing team and there it every indication that this yMr will be no exception. ^ Ndbon Assigned To Flood Distrid A letter receiv^ yesterday by a friend of a former Ginton boy, Con nor F. Nelson tells of his being called from church services in Atlanta to the flood-swept city of Louisville, Ky. Mr. Nelson has charge of the work of installing transformere—and , other electrical equipment for the Western Electric company. He said that he started out in a pullman, changed lo a day coach, ended up the last few nviles in a truck—the last to get through the flood. The men who fol lowed Mr. Nelson u.sed boats because the water had reached to the body of thjC truck and they had to be pillled to safety by' a tractor on the main streets of Louisville. Mr. Nelson stated that no one can picture the horror and suffering on every hand during the rise of the Ohio river. But now order is rapidly being restored he says, and their work is just beginning. He believes it will take a month to repair the damage done electrical equipment. A former teacher at 'ThonmeH, Miss Nelle Rearden is also in Louis ville. Another former son of the in stitution who saw much flood waters around him was "Harlan McQuistoiir of Henderson, Ky. have sought to break-the strike deaxL I(Kk, heightened hopes for an agree ment that would return more than 100,000 General Motors workers to thei|; jobs. The new pro^saLs were advanced, gn authoritative source said, in ah ex tended meeting of the^ negotiators the nature of the proposals. He said President Roosevelt had made no de mand.? of either aide but, maintain ing neutrality in the dispute, had urged that an agreement be reached as soon as possible. — 'White House officials 8ar(rthh prM- ident spoke to Governor Frank Mur phy, who called the conferences here; William S. IKnudsen, executive vice- jpresident of General Motors, and John L. Lewis, strike director'^neral Iwho i« chairman of the committee for industrial organization. • Secretary Perkins was reported in frequent phone conversations in con nection with the strike, and Edward F. McGrady, ^ assistant secretary of labor, received woP(L-Qf progrese of negotiations from James F. Dewey, department conciliator. \ Dewey, who' has taken an active' part in conferences with both sides in the far-flung dispute since the strikea became widespreiul 40 days ago, was in contact with leaders of the United Automobile Workers of America and of General Motors. FUnt SUII TenM Flint, Mich., Peb, 9.—'Phis “capital city” of-.the General Motors strikes, where unemployment is greater than at the depth of the depression, passed an uneventful day today under the rirtual dictatorship granted to Mayor Harold E. Bradshaw, by the city com mission. J^ational guard officers, watching warily for any hint of impending vio- lent^e, said that tension was no great er thati it was lasb week. Col. Joseph H. I^ewis, commander of the Flint area, conferred in De troit with Adjutant General John S. Bersey and Col. Samuel Pepper, judge advocate. With them was Assistant Attorney General Edward Q. Kemp, but the conferees said there was no .significance in their meeting. 31,535.00 For Hood W. H. Simpson, treasurer of the lo cal Red Cross chapter, stated yes terday that Clinton and Goldville had contributed $1,586.00 for the flood auffereri of the Ohio valley. 'This amount has been forwarded to na tional headquarters besides donations of clothing and bedding. Chas. F. Fleming of Laurens, county Red Cross chairman, reported tbat the^^tal amount collected in the county reached $3,845.27, not in cluding clothing and other supplies. Drunken Drivers Increase Rapidly Columbia, Feb. 6.—Figures compil ed from staite highway department records today showed that the month ly gven^ of drunken-driver»caaes had increased from 94 caaes in_the last half Of-im io 245 for the same^®*’ period in 1936. The number of automobiles regis tered in the state has increased dqr* ing the same period, but noi in the Mme ratio, figures rerealed. Total regiairittion ip 1931 was 195,406 eoni- pared with 217,690 in lOMw Court Convenes Next Mon^y sectiorTbut adjourned^until 10 o’clock tomorrow in the midst of consider ation of section one. The bill, as introduced by the ways and means committee, contains 90 sections. Representative Neville Bennett, the ways and means chairman, moved for consideration by sections after the motion to recommit the bill to the convmittee was tabled by a roll call vote of 69 ^ 48. Bennett’s motion carried in another roll call, 71 to .33, and the “cliiteher” applied. t/ When the motion to adjouro wa's carried by an overwhelming third roll call vote, there wa3 a mati5n before the house by Representative Ouzts of Greenwood, to reduce the general state tax levy from to IMs mills. He said taxpayers “ought to have some relief.” The general tax levy is provided for in the first .section of the bill, which calls for a total appropriation of $9,477,302.67. Representative Adain.s, of Richland, •exhibited the budget commission’s re-/ port carrying an itemized statement of funds recommended for institu tions and departments in an effort to Jiave the appropriations measure itemized. Representative Ouzts argued for itemization by saying "we have two elassps—the taxpayers anti the^ tax- epters and I want to see how mucb the tax-eaters pay.” - The motion to table the motion to recommit was made by Representa tive Poster of Greenville. The body returned to work at 8 p. m., jowever, for the second night ses- ■ion of the year to continue discus sion of the important money meas ure. . Representative L. G, WHjWijnflifar. of Chesterfield, defeated candidate for speaker on the administration ticket, Ied_ the fight to recommit the appropriation bill because “19 items that are not itemized carry appropri ations for overJt3,000,000.” He held that lack of itemization violated “the spirit of the constitu tion” and was “against sound public policy.” Chairman Neville Bennett of the ways and means committee was quick to defend that group’s position with the declaration that "all appropri- ations'^re itemized that are capable of statistical analysis.” He read from the 1930 house jour nal- the record of an amendment in troduced by a group of legislators in cluding the'’pre8ent Governor Olin D. Johnston, then a member of ‘the hou.se, to substitute a lump sum ap propriation in the place of an item ized list. ^ ) ' He said the point of constitution ality was raised -afe^that time and Johnston spoke in favor of the lump sum appropriation and was sustained by the speaker. Bennett also read from the acts of 1896, “the' year after the" constitution was adopted,” to show that lump sums were appropriated in some Some ir>stitutions could not have their'funda itemized, Bennett ?aid, as they combine federal funds with state money before budgeting them. “The federal government requires that we put this in a common fund,” he said. He told the house that the present bill went farther than in former years in (bat it would require the highway department to report on expenditures monthly while state institutions' would be required to report at the end of each year. , . . . .i' “There is a lot of difference for The February term of crnmnal | opinion as to what constitutes eourt will convene «t Uurene Mon- ju-miaition,'’ he said. Chamber Invites Laurens Les^e The Chamber of Commerce at its re^Iar meeting Tuesday evening unanimously adopted a motion ex tending an invitation to the'members of the Laurens Business League to be their guests at the March meeting here on the 9th. A joint meeting of the two clubs wah held last year both here apd in Laurens, inter esting program will be arranged for the occasion and plans made for a full attendance of the membership of both organizations. day morning, the 15ih, with Judge G. Dewey Oxner of Greenville, presiding. Hugh Beasley, of GreenwcM, recent ly elected solicitor * of this district, will represent the state for the first time since he assumed his office Jan uary 19lh. . Rev. L. pulpit of chtDch of morning. / /- -i-' ■' occupied the Preidyyterian 'on Sunday O DEATHS from AUTOMOBILE ‘ ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY 1937 , Lei*s StriTe To Make nils a Safe Yejr On the HiRhwajra. -—^—u. I- \ Representative Moorer of Colleton, a ways and means committee mem ber, said that it was "a que.xtion of common sense” as to the amount of itemizati^ required under the con stitution. ‘Ilf ypu look at the 1929 bill,’? Wan- namak^r told the b^y, “you’ll see it itemized in every detail. This has only grown up in the past few year.s. “If we refused to itemjze this bill,” we are assenting to a form of ap-/ propriation agai^t a sound public policy and which doubtle.ss you gen- ^ement would not tolerate in- yqur county supply bills.” Wanfiamaker held that failure to itemize all expendtiureS took from the governor his right to pass on each expenditure, under his partial veto power. Both houses met together to hear an explanation of social security leg islation '£y Prank Bane of Washing ton, executive director of the fedacai social security hoai^. “Inseci rity has -c -st -thi' .date fa?. ^(Oootinned on page eigbt). > ' X /