Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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, -THE _ f tWANT Ic per word for firal firo iaoortlodo fo priw of .foiir. mateao ctergo mt, ,4 . ■ < Cold of tkoaka oad trlMoo :'of reopoet, le o word* po^oUo in odTonee. Minivino 'SOc. • KOllCE—Let me <k)*your hoose-mov- ing. C. A. Owens, Clinton. ' 25-4p FOR RENT — Apartment, with pri- "" Tate bath. Mrs. R. J.. McCrary, 93 * W. Main Street. , Ic -\ ,,...■ ■ / ... . l^UBSDAY, FEMtUARY 18. 1M7 if. mcLvs RATES FOR RBNT—Furnished apartment, 4 rooms upstairs, with sleeping porch. •Private bath. Phone 66. Mrs. Mary Henry Arthur. ,1c SmitlvOpp^ Ffmtn )Program South'^Carolina Senator Thinks Each State^ Can Work Out Its Own ihroblem. WANTED—Man for nearby Rawleigh rpute. Bo\«te will be permanent if you are a hustler. For particulars ■write Itawleigh's, Dept. NCH-27-103, Richmond,* Va ^ Ip ■ Washington, Feb. 13. — ClUinnan E. D. Smith of (the senate agriculture^ committee, today expressed opposi-* tion to natioital ileglolatiojn doaigned to convert tenants into ■kuadownera and said he would oppose to the" bit ter end any plan ior creation in Washington of a committee of arbi tration to intervene and settle dis putes between Taodlords and those wIk) work their farms/ The South Carolina' senator took the broad position that thie federal government should center its atten tion on making those who own farm land prosperou.s and then the tenant pi-oblem will take care of itself. President • Rdbsevelt’s special com mittee on farm tenancy has made def ~K1"'©AYS SPECIAL—'Buy 114 inlte recommendations for the estab- of cedar slabs for the price of one j {{f^hment of a farm security adminis- cord. Priced reasonably at $2.00 per j tration to finance tenants in purchas- cord, delivered. Call Five Points Ser- jng farms on easy terms and to oo vice Station, phone 0260. ‘ la.fir Mi, NOTICE—Finder of a bill of paper money since Mdjiday afternoon can ascertain owner by inquiry at The Chronicle office. Ip For Your Electric Sup plies, House Wiring, Contracting, Repairing, Light Fixtures^ Phone 36 RADIO EXCHANGE the president and at^'kis' press con ference Friday he announced he would soon /recommend to r congress legislation dealing .with the farm ten ant problem. Whether he will follow the vigorous tone of the finding^ of hib committee oh' the plight of the tenant, especially in the^South, is not known. _ Whatever the president’s , recom- mendatioRS are they will be referred to Senator Smith’s committee and the attittide he expressed today indir cates serious opposition to the admin- istratioi^s tenau^ relief proj^m. The house agriculture committe has al ready started! he^ngs on a ^nant bill and some memhers of that com- the United Mine Workers. e wcMTKm To ' ive Green Out Policy COBunittci^ Sholits Ap|m>val of Profi^ia] , Withdraw Card. 1 . Its To Washington, Feb. — William Green, who r^ from nmnuitl labor in coal mines to the pi^dency of the American Federation W Labor,’ appeared destined ^night’ toNl^ ex pelled forthwith from his old union. BABY CHICKS—See ua for Genuine B. W. D. X^sted Chicks and also Fountains, Feeders, Walko and Pratt’s Chick Tablets, Feeds and Oys ter Sheila. Blakely Brothers Seed Store. T‘'I<-‘Pbone 188. . f Ic -—FOR SALE—We have a few new and 3>a^ Frigidaires that we are clos ing Put at very special prices. Terms /to etfft^ur-xujnvenience. W^C. Bald-, win, Local Dealer, Clinton! tf Prompt and Efficient Refrigeration Service on'Any Make Refriger ator. ' \ Phone 36 RADIO EXCHANGE PLANTS, SEEDS —Pansy, Cabbap, and Onion Plants, Onion Sets, Irish Potatoes, English Peas, Bulk Sweet Peas and a lanre Assortments! oth er Flower and Vegetable Seeds. Blakely Brothers Seed Store, Tele- 7)hone 188. ^ le WANTED — Young man or woman. with car, to collect oti established route in mill villages of (’linton Fri- <lay aftern<H)ns and Saturdays. Gas furnished plus lil>eral commission. Apply Mr. H. K. Bniuer, Newberry Hotel, .Newberi'y, S. (’. . Ip f— I’OULTUY R/MSEK.S — .Solve your poultry problems by fi*eding the chicks on Sjjartan .•\lI-.Mash Chick "Starter, .Ma^h or Pellets. Grow more and bigger chicks with less trouble. W. .S. (iuano ('o. Ic For RADIO SERVICE, TUBES and RADIOS ^ Phone 38 RADIO EXCHANGE Hear "Vouns America On the Air" over WBT, Charlotte, Sat urdays at 10 A. M. Good music by little ehildfen sponsored by Norge. PRATHER-SIMPSON - FURNITURE CO. operate with state governments *“in <irafting proper'regulat(^ry measures regai’ding tenant contracts and to stimulate and cooperate in state re search and extension work aimed at improving lease contracts.” The report looked with favor on the organization of tenants, cropper and farm laborers “to increase thtiir bar gaining power” and as a “partial remedy” to the alleged abridgement of civil liberties of the tenant classes proposed thftt. the states should “guarantee to these groups to enforce the rights of peaceful assembly and or organization to achieve their le gitimate objectives.” / The reports and rec^mendations of the committee hayg beeq sent to m 111 e e; including Representative Hampton Fulmer, of South Carolina, has taken the position, that until the ^rmer is assured prices fpr his pro- which will enable him to make a profit any legislation to convert tenants« into landowners is putting the cart before the horse. ' <_ “I am opposed, to a national farm tenant bill,” Senator Smith said in an interview today. “I think ecah. state can work out its own problem. Why in the name of God should we in TRlb South have to run to Washington to settle problems between landloixls and tenants ...” Enraged because Green called the outcome of the recent General Mo tors strike a^ “surrender” by John L. Lewis, the policy committee of unkm’s officers to take st^way f^re^’s card,' •“ ;Lewii is - president" of the mine workers and is hesMl of the G^- mittee i|br Induatrial Organizatioty There is bi^r co^iict”between the federation feadeiwhip and the^ I^wis committee, ifhich isf eeeking to build up huge industrial unions in mass production indiKtries. . Th^ milters' policy committee said Green, a memb^ of the mine union wince it was founded in 1890|^mDd secretary-treasurer from ' 1912 to 1924, was gruilty of ”treaaon” ahd “a betrayal of^abor.” __. Throughout the General Moton strike, GiWen insisted ^ thatGeneral Motors should make no agzeemeot with' the United Automobile Woric- ers that would freeze’ A. F. of L. craft\inione out of the auto indus try. Lewis, director of the . auto the Mine Workers shouted unanimous approval of a resolution directing thejstrikj?, is trying to bring every auto I worker into the United Automobile indictment^was ordered dropped from I Workers Union, regardless of' craft the docket-by the oourt. lines. — .\^ —t— No Bill Against Orphanage Lad At the time the accident occurred, Joseph and Htdiry were engaged in a boy’s argument and scuffle. Henry was seated in a chair cleaning his Today’s agtioik widened a split between ^wis and Green that be- gSLTi behind the scenes many years ago and broke'into the open in No finger nails with a knife. In the scuf-1 vember, 1935, when Le-wis organ- fle he threw back his arm to pushjjzed his Committee for Industrial Jo.seph away, the knife inflicting a i Organization. wouml from which the lad died in a| Green, now 64 years old, ^nt to few minutes, ,The boys were class-'work in the mines near his ^sh- mates and friends, with no malice orlocton," O., home before he was 10 . The I^aurens county grand jury in session Monday, heard evidence in the case of Henni Hh<^es, 14, a Thorn- well orphanage lad^ against whom'^'a charge had been brought in connec tion wKh the death of another or phanage boy, Joseph Beeks, 15, which occurred in one of the cottages on the campus the latter part of De cember. After con.sidering the case and evidence submitted, the jury re fused to return a true-bill, and the ill feeling existing between them. The Rhodes lad, with an excellent rec ord at the institution, was greatly crushed by the death of his comrade arid expressed the deepe.st sym pathy to all conepmed that it oc curred, \ .Since the deplorable tragedy Henry 1ms been staying at the De la Howe school at-McCormick pending the out come of the case at the present term of court. He w^s retume'd to the or- phaijagc here J^turday afternoon by the presidervt, Dr. L. R. Lynn. He became a local union leader hii ’teens and roee through the va rious offices of the United Mine Workers until he was elected secre tary-treasurer in 1912, He held that post until he was elected A. F. of U president, after Lewis nominated him, in 1924. Green still is a dues-paying member of the Coshocton local of the U. M. W. Hi-Girls Made :S> In the'' baskeitball tournament lieid ’Tttesday in P. C. gymtasium for district N1O1..2 eliminatioDa, two clase.y 'basketball teams, the Fahrfprest boj^ and Clinton girls, wef© crowned as champions. ^ 7 The Clinton girls smothered the Whitmire lassies in the finals, 46-13. No one Clinton ghi tH|tplayed the other, although Dkns led in indivM- ual scoring witlf .29 potnta. Poa. Ointon (46) Whitmire (IS) F—Dkms, 29 Hipp P—Brice, 10 1...'..., Erskine C—Kelly .. Coau^ C—Henderson —h Farah G—Painter Young G—King"T7rrr;— jSimpsoti Substitues: Gtintm: Sadler, 6; How ard; Graham; DiHard, 1. ‘Led by tKe flashy and elusive “Pep per” Martin, of junior haseball fame, the Fairforeat baskeRmll quintet routed Whitmire, 36-14, in the boys’ fjnals. , f. FOR THE NEW TEAR LEDGERS CHRONICLE PUB. CO.~ checks COLDS FEVER SCRIPTO Aatomatic Pencil Is the best*'10e value in the world. Get eat at the (Chronicle PubUshing Cmnpany. first dsv Liqnid, Tsbiets Headache, SO mlnntee Uqnid, Salve, Noee Drape Try “Bnb-My-Tisai,** Warld*s IM linfaBsat . .V. fOP-DRES6EP - WIUI NV POTASH .,7 3-9-3 NPK FERTILIZER AT PLANTINQ, TOP-DRESSED ONLY WITH NITROGEN Top-dress With- 3-S-3 NPK FERTILIZER AT PLANTINO, TOP-DRESSED Wmi NITROGEN AND NV POTASH J " U. S.' APPROVED CHICKS PulloruQ} bloodtested,cooperating in National Poultry Improvemant ^an, a'dministei-ed by official Agency and the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Supervised fof your pro tection. Our fin^ sturdy, qutiity chdeka will please you for broilers; or a flock of pullets that will idy lots ol ■ ^ggs. Our Square Deal policy^ pro tects you. Buy from* us with confi dence. Our'l^h year buil<hng; good will with our chicks. R. I. Reds, White I.«ghom.s, and Barred Rocks — $9.50 per 100. Cheaper if called for at hatchery. Write for prices on quan- titiee. UV POTASH ^ 100 POUNDS u\i UAINIT 200 POUNDS PIH ACH! NV MURIATE PEK ACHt • .•4 LCT US CUSTOM ftATCH TOUR-- EGGS . in our fine electric incubators ;with aepaiwte hatchers. Prices reasonable.' We hatch Hen, Turkey, and Duck agge. We got 80% to 85% hatch out trf aome of the turkey eggs.set last deason. Write for prices. FARMERS HATCHERY S98 Main St. Newberry, )S. C. NOT ENOUGH POTA! ./ '' Don't COUGH YOUR HEAD err t r - ■ ", A IN THIS FIELD 3-9-3 NPKjfertiliaer at planting plus nitrogen top-dreaaing pro duced only 770 pcAindt of seed cotton ^ acre. Where NV POTASH waiaddedto the nitrogen top-dnstting the yield was increased to 1,640 pounds of seed cotton per acre. A little potash is not enough to prevent Ruit and increase yields. You must make sure you use enough to produce a healthy, high-yielding, high-quality crop. T^ 100 pounda^ NV MUlUATE p<y pqoi^ of Wf KAINIT, or a nitrogen-potash,' mixed-gfdods top-dzeiner contaii^ 10 to 25^ NV POTASH. If you prefer to use your extra pot^ at planting, adect a fertil^ containing 8 to^ 10^ NV POTASH. Where Rust has been very severe you tnay need both high-potash fertiliser at luting and potash top-dressing to'STOP RUST and START PROFITS. Thousands of farmers have found that it pays to use a lot more ix>taah the average fdtilixer containa. When you buy your fertilixer and t<^;>-<lresser, tell your fertilizer man you w^t more NV POTASH. It costs little and pays BIQI UNTY OF NV POTASH --•v ./^orMEMTHO-MUl'lON COTTON RUSTS