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VOLUME xxxvn CLINTOH S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25,1937 NUMBER 8 SOIONSFACE- MANY ISSUES House Re-opens Question of Electing: Its Members To., As sembly-Created Posts. Rien- nial Scions and Other Ques tions To Front. Columbia, Feb. 23. — The house of representatives reopened the question of electing legislators to assembly- created posts today while the senate Report Made By Grand Jury Committees Named For Year and Several Recommendations Made In Final Presentment. The grand j^ury before adjourn ment of the Febniary term of general sessions court last week, made its final presentment as follows: To the Presiding Judge of the Court of General Sessions for Laurens County: WASHINGTON S PRAYER This Pniyer Was Written by George Washington ? When Twenty Years Old . Almighty God and most merciful Father, whq didst command th^chil- dren of Israel to offer a daily sacri ficed® T;Kee, that thereby they mig glorify an^ prkise Thee for Thy pro tectiotU botli night and day; receive, O Loi^, my niqrning sacrifice which I no;w offer up to Thee. I yield Thee (k ft 4 call^ on Governor Johnston for an explanation of his suspension of a Spartanburg county magistrate. Both bodies handled numerous statewide measures in lively sessions opening the seventh legislative week. Senator Burnett, of Spartanburg, present for the First time, this ses sion, sponsored a resolution asking the governor to report “forthwith” his suspension of Magistrate R., D. Hicks of Inman, Spartanburg county, “as prescribed by statute ... togeth er with the cause thereof” and the “record upon which he acted in is- auing his order of suspension.” Johnston 8u.spended Hicks Febru ary 18 after extended hearings on the charge that the magistrate was un fair to textile workers of a Spartan burg county mill in issuing ejectment orders against them to remove them from company-oiATied hou-ses. The house approved by a 55 to 23 vote a resolution by Representa tive Ijcse.sne, of Clarendon, to allow civic groups to nominate persons for places to be filled by Ih^ general as-' 'T-hg grand jury fnakes tbi» its final! t^^at Thou nd Chain- lan, John C. 0. Smith, P. H. Miller. Committee on Roads gang: M. L. Cheek, chai Langston, C. D. Wilson,^ W. B. Mundy. Committee on Ed^ation: W, M Henderson, chairmam P- B. Adair, T. M. Ray, P. H. Harris, H. W. Tur ner. It recommends / that the G<‘neral Assembly provid^an appropriation of not exceeding $W0,00 to be expended by the County Hoard of Commi.ssion- ers of l.AureiM County for the pur chase of uniforms for deputy sheriffs on active duty. It n'conmiends that the General sembly, but met a snag in the consid- Assembly /provide funds ample for eration of a bill by Representative the maintenance of cross-country Long, of Union, to piohibit selection roads to/be expended under the or^ of'legislators by the general assem- ders of/the County Boani of Com- it preserved me from the dangers 9! the night past, and brought me to presentment for the term: It has selected E. E. Simpson as . foreman. * of this day, and the com ' It has passed on all bills presented forts-thereof, a day. which is conse to it bv the solicitor / orated to Thine own sen’ice and for following c</. Th-' o"-” tn-nor. Let my heart, therefore. Gracious God, be so affept^ with the fflory and majesty of it, that I may not do mine own works, but wait on Thedv Committee on Public BuiU^ngs: L. and discharge tho.se weighty duties L. Moore, chairman, E. W/. Brown,!Thou requirest.of me; and sihee Thou are a God of pure eyes, and Wth be sanctified in all who- draw near unto Thee, Who dost not regard the sacrifice of fools, nor hear sinners mittees for the year: Auditing committee: L. H. Taylor, chairman, R. J. Copeland, J. L./Bald- win. who tread in Thy courts, pardotv/i be seech Thee, my sins, remove thent from Thy presence, as far as the ea^ is from the west, and accept of me for the merits of Thy Son, Jesus Christ, that when I come into Thy temple and compass‘Thine altar, my prayer may come before Thee ais in cense; and as Thbu~wbuldst hear me calling upon Thee in my prayers and give me grace to hear Thee calling on me in Thy'Word, that it may be wisdom, rigl^wusness, reconciliation and peace to the saving of my soul ^n the day of th9 LoVd Jesus. ^ Grant that 1 may bear it with rev erence,* receive it\with meeknessj mingle it with faith, apd that it may accomplish in me, gracious God, ^e good work for which Thou has ^nt K. Bless my family, kindred, friends, and country; be our God and Guide this day and forever for His skko. Who lay down in the grave and rose again for us, Jesus Christ our lx)ixl.—Reli gious Digest. \ ~bly or the governor for positions cre- . - ated...at the session of-the-general asr sembly in which they .served. The senate sent the Lesesne. resolu tion to its judiciary committee for study, buL followed the lead" of the house in adopting a resolution by Representative Adams, of Richland, providing for a legislative Commifildh to provide participation of South Car-^ elina in the celebration of the sesquj centennial of the U. S. CoraitituQo^ " Moorer, of GoMeftag^appoaed, pn^MMtal to bar members from asMm- bly-created positions. But Walke/, of Union, call^ it “one of the miost meritorious biHs to come befora this session,” and Graham, of Fl;6rence, asserted that a requirement f6r elec tion by the general assembly was “to be a member of the Colombia or Barnwell ring.” I The house adopted a judjeiary com- ^ mittee amendment to the original bill which sought also to bat legislators from a position which its salary raised byibe assembly ^of .which the' were members.'* j The senate considered briefly^ but postponed action on a resohrtion by Senator Leppard, of Greenville, state Democratic chairman, to^ndorse the presidents* federal judiciary propos als. Action was deferred when mem bers suggested a^wait to see what the house would do with a resolution previously adopted by the senate. Hie bouse passed on second read ing, in a much -amended form a bill by Representative Ousts, of Green wood, to regulate pursuit of fugitives by officers coming into South Caro lina from other states. As amended the proposal would al low an out-cfftstate -Officer to make an arrest in South Carolina, but would require him to turn the prison er over to a magistrate untif extra dited. At present a foreign officfr must ask a local officer to nvake 'de- sired arrests. The senate gave final legislative approval to a bill by Representative Nevill^ BenneU»»-of MarU^ro, to au thorise the state highway department 'tOTiay'claims against the military re gime, whei^ Governor Johnston con trolled the department with militia. Materials and supplies bought- by the department during- the period have not been paid for because the supreme court held that those in charge did 'not have authority to act. After Senator Epps, of Sumter, de scribed it as “a dimgerous bilH^ the 'senate killed a proposal by iSenator Thurmond, of Ekigefield, to allow sur vival of the cause of action for death by wrongfjul against the personal --representative of the wrongdoer. The house did not consider two res- <riutions pending before its judiciary committee to endorse President Roosevelt’s court reorganization, but it did IqH a resolution commending U. S. Senator James F. Byrnes, for his support the president. “L am far" more interested in the missiorters. . -It.-recommends .^that-the_XQmpensa- tion M the Clerk of the Court for the performance of the duties of his of ficer be made on a fee system, instead of/salary. 'v It recommends ^at the General sembly provide for a collector of ^Hnquent 4axes in Laurens county, ^he to ^vo his full time to the office and his compensation to be on a fee, or commission basis. ’ It recommends that the Gei A9ef«NMYT)rbvMrtn'«tfO{»Fatmh^ by the county with the extensjon ser vice under the direction' oL/and with the cooperation of, the Ufiited States government, for the/^iwtion of a suitable agrjculturaj/building, for the accommodation of^the county agent, and home demdratration agent, and other agen^ids looking to the ad vancement^ of the agricultural and home jnierests of the county. These agencies are occupying the court and other offices in the court use, which are needed for other purposes and the work of these agen cies is often hampered by reason of inadequate quarters for the perform ance of their .duties, and for the con venience of the public. The jury rec ommends the erection of a separate building for these purposes. The jury h« not yet had oppor tunity to look further into the fiscal affairs of the county, but will from time to time investigate same and make such reports thereoh as it may deem wise. • The jury wishes to thank the Pre siding Judge, the court ^officials, and others for courtesies and help extend ed to them during the present term. All of which is respectfully^ sub mitted. E. E. Simpsdn, Foreman. Gets Petition For Local Option SenatniUC. A. Cromer stated the past week that Jie had been presented with-^ petition -with approximately 100 names from the Watts Mills com munity asking hini and the Laurens county delegation to support the lo cal optioh whiskey measure now in the general assembly. The list of names on the petition was headed by that of the Rev. E. J. Ingle, Baptist pastor, and contained the names of several other ministers. Senator Cromer is a co-author of the local op tion measure in the senate. “College Day” In y GreenviJle Sunday PreMident and Members of Pres byterian College Fatuity Speak In Behalf of In.stitu- tion. Glee Club Heard. Lines Drawn For Battle On Court Hearinfi:8 Set For March 9th-On Roosevelt’s Proposal To Re vamp Federal Bench. Washington, Feb. 22—Capitol ^lill received notice today that the iriten- sive phase of the gigantic struggia ^ver President Roosevelt’.s coyrt re- organization projKisal would* begin March 9. .Supportei-s of the presidential pniposal^i^ucceeded in getting the sen ate-judiciary committee to set that date for the beginning of hearings on the program to empower the presi dent to name new justice to the federal courts^for each justice over 70 who refu^ies to retire. The committee acted without ^ record/^oto after rejecting motions thay hearings be postponed until rch 16 to 21. Chairman Ashurst (b-Ariz.) said Attorney General Cummings probably would be the ^flrsllrStnFsJ ^ " By a vote of 13 to 5, the commit tee directed a favorable report on another court measure, which is sup plementary to the presidential pro gram but which is comparatively non- controversial. ^t is the long-pending Sumners bill to permit the retirement of Supreme Court justices at full pay upon readying 70 years of age. Al ready passed by the house, it now will go to the senate floor. Meanwlule, the subject of revamp ing the Supreme Court vbobbed up incidentally at a White Hqu.se con ference, in which Mr. Roosevelt dis cussed his agricultural program with leaders of farm organizations. It was mentioned, parucipants said, as one of the things ^t must be borne in mind in shaping farm pro posals. . Other developments: Senator Burke (D-Neb.), an avow ed opponent of the president’s bill to name new Supreme Court jus- ti^s, asserted in a radio speech that “tne independence of the judiciary is undergoing the most' insidious at tack since the Constitution was writ ten.” He asked that the youth of the "nation rally to the opposition. Speaker Bankhdad told a press conference the senate should act first on the president’s bill. Because the-j---E, .TribWe of this city, was in QUAIL SEASON CLOSES The open season for hunting part ridges in Laurens county was run up from March 1 to February 15, ac cording to a publidied advertisement the past week bearing the signature of A. A. Richardson,Utate game war den. The action of closing the season fifteen' days earlier was taken to _ _ _ make, the.dlosing date the same as endorsement by the house of the pro- *kat in nearby countiw. posal of the president than I am of any commendation of a speech deliv er^ by me,” Byrnes wrote authors of the -resolution favoring his stand. The bouse tabled the resolution on motion of L(H|g, of Union, one of the ^Wl^rs. * Eight representatives sponsored a bill to enforce a six-day, 48-boar "wftk for employes earning Isas than |3& g week and in executive positions. TAX MAN COMING Rutledge P. Adair, deputy collector from the. office of the collector of ib- temal revenue, will be m Clinton on March 4th for the purpose of assist ing taxpayers in filing income tax re turns for the past year. Mr. Adair wUl have his headquarters in the di- raetors’ room of tlM Commereial De- poaitory from 9 ajn. to 5 p.m. senate has the responsiblity of ap proving appointments to the federal bench, he sadd, it has a deeper in terest in the legislation. Represenfatfve Rogers (R-Mmss.) introduced l^islation requiring that all men appoint^ to the Supreme Court be native-born American citi zens. Its passage would preclude tbs-appointment of Senator Wagner (D-NY)_and Felix Frankfurter, both frequently mentioned as likely ap pointees. Senator Neely (D-WVa) announced his support of the presidential pro gram asserting that the “greatest danger” to the repuWic is “the dic- tatorshpp over the executiveand! legislative branches of the govern ment which the Supreme Court has arrogated to itself.” Thomas Leading Services Here The annual Week of religious ser vices sponsored by the college Y. M. C. A*, opened Monday night* at the First ‘Presbyterian church with the Rev. J. N. Thomas, D.D., pastor of the SecMid Presbyterian church of Charieston, as leader. The services will continue through Friday evening. Each morning at 11:45 Dr. Thomas speaks in the col lege chapel, and. in the evening at 7:80 in Ibe church auditorium. He is delivering a. series of helpful and inspiring messages and is being beard with interest both by studoita and many Clinton citixens. Presbyterian chuirhes of Greenville on Sunday united in observing “Pres byterian \Col lege day,” with Presi dent Jacobs an<l several members of the faculty filling pulpit.s of the churche.s. At the First Presbyterian church, President Williaih P. Jacobs a<Klress- o<l the men’s Bible *cla.Hs at ten o’clock and conducted the worship services at 11:15. The glee club was with Mr. Jacobs during the fir.st part of this service. Dr. F. D,/Jones, pr6feV8o¥ of philos ophy at Presbyterian, address^ the congregation of the Second Presby terian church. He was assisted by the glee dub during the latter part of the larvka.. .. . . . . The services at the Third Presbyte^ rian ebureh were conducted by Rev. B. H. Boyd, professor of Bibli^ at P. C., at 11:16. The morning -services of the Fourth Presbyterian church were coMucted by Dean Marshall W. Brown. He was assisted by short talks’^m two prominent P. C. alumni in Green ville, Charles H. Garrison and Dr. John M. Fewell." • The Monaghan Presb;^^rian church had Prof. H. E. Sturgeon, professor of chemistry at P. C., /as its guest speaker at the morning/ services. ' At 5:00 p. m. a deputation.team of students of Presbyterian college, led by Dean Marshall Brown, con ducted vespers at th^ First Presbyte rian church. Mr. Jacobs, assisted by the glee club, conducted the vespers of the Third church at 6:00 o’clock. At 8:00 o’dock the college went on the air over radio station WFBC, when Mr. Jacobs gave an address and the glee club of the college gave sev eral , selections. Americans Pay Tribute To Hero Gwrge Washingrton Honor^ At Home and Abroad .Ry Record Crowds. _ New York, Feb. 22—Americans at home and abroad joined today in celebrating the anniversary of the birth of their first president. Record Washington’s birthday crowds flowed into New York, jam ming hotels, theatres, museums, and various places of amusement. ’Thou sands more viwted Washington and picturesque Williamsburg. Tl:e holiday activities ranged from dignified tribute to the first presi dent’s memory in great cathedrals of the world to the drink-inspired at tempt of four New Yorkers to swim the East river “because Washington swam the Delewkre.” Pan-American friendship w<as toasted in \^aris, at the traditional Washington’s birthday luncheon at Iqe residence of Amba8.sador Wil liam (\ Bullitt. In Washington the house and senate met briefly to near the first president’s farewell ad dress read. ‘ ' r III; New York the New York, state Polish clubs, whose earlier compat riots ha<l fought beskle Washington in the War of the Revolution, com- partni him with President Roosevelt. “In the IHth century work of George Washington in leading the ptHipIe of America boldly forward along an unfamiHar road, we see a prectalent for to<lay’s actions of I’resident Roosevelt,”\.said bklward C. Rybicki, president of hq; Polish club. “Washington, if he were -alive, woubi support President Roosevelt’s plan for reorganization of the federal judiciary. He and hir, colleagues were t’ne iH.ldest of experimcn‘e-F.” The federal judge, John C. Knox, of the .Southern New York district voiced his opposition to Roosevelt’s proposal at the annual Washington’s birthday dinner of the Sons of the Revolution. “The effort of the president to ac hieve -hi.s policies should and must stop short of the impairment of the authority and dignity of o'lr c '.irt of last resoirt.” be declared. RoUine college in Winter Park, Fla., celebrated the 62nd anniversary of its founding today by conferring honbrary degrees on three -citixens of the Unit^ States, one of Great Britain and one of Holland. Elsewhere, in nearly every Ameri can city or colony, groups paused to pay tribute to the memory of Wash ington. ' Financial institutions snd markets in moot American cities suoponded operations for the day, as did courts, public offices, and thousands of busi ness places, . ■ Miss Jennie Wolfe Dies At Monroe M^roe, N. C., Thursday for the fumkml of Miss Jennie Wolfe, whose death \occurred at her home on Wed- nesday\night following an extended period of dedining health. Miss Wolfe was an aged sister of the late W,_T. Wolfe of this city who passed away earlj^ this month at the residence of B^r. and Mrs. Tribble, where he had jmiKle his home for forty years. At\ the time of his death he was sui^ved by two sis ters, Misses Clementine and Jennie Wolfe, bo‘Ui of Monroe. MINISTERIAL CLUB HONORS GlrfCSGOW The Rev, Samuel MePheeters Glas gow, 'D.D., pastor of the Independent Presbyterian church of Savannah, Ga., has been elected to honorary lifetime membership in the Ministe rial club of Presbyterian college. Dr. <iUaagow will speak there in the college chapel on Friday morning, ^.rch 12th, officers of the organiza tion have announced. In the evening he will also speak at the annual ban quet of * the club, at-which time he will he presented withj^is certificate of membenbip. ■Each year an honorary member of i the club is elected from the Presbyte- rian ministry in the synods of-Gcor-l gia and South Carolina. The honor in this state for the year went to Dr. John MeSween of Chester^ a former president of the college. Training School , Bill Passes Senate The bill recently introduced in the senate by Senator C. A, Cromer, of this county, to provide a system of paving for the principal streets of the State Training school here, has passed the senate, and is now over in the house. It is expected, the sena tor .states, that the bill will pass there also. Several other senators in this sec tion joined, with Senator Cromer as co-authors Cf the -bill. “SIT DOWN” STRIKKGROW Many Factor!^ Close and Pro duction StoI>ped In Widely Separated S^tions of Coun try. To Picket Plants. Wsahing^n, Feb. 24. — New “sit down” strikes balked industrial pro duction Tuesday at widely .separated points scattered from coast to coast. The huge Dowlas Aircraft factory at Santa Monica, Calif., suspended operatlbns after approximately 500 of its 6,000 employes sat down to en force demands for higher wages. Ijeaders reported the demonstration was orderer -by the aiircraft division of the United Automobile Workers of America, a unit of the committee for inddstrial organization. The Metcalf'J'feckwear company at Cleveland closed after 150 members of the Amalgamated Clothing Work ers of America precipitated a .seden tary stalemate in seeking recognition and more pay. ^ A similar strike wa.s called in the shipyards of the Electric Boat com pany, manufacturer of submarines at Groton, Conn. Official.^ of the firm and the Marine and ^Shipbuilding Workers union disagreed on the effec tiveness of the move for collective TiargaThihg: About 35 employe.s of the Century , Wallpaper mills at Decatur, 111., took possession of the building and barri caded doors and windows. A move to carry out a cduft order for their ejec tion was held in abeyance pending the peace projt'cts of MayV ('harles I^ec. Approximately fiOO jiressmen, ex ponents of the “sit do^” system, qdft work at Springfieh^ Ohio. The concern employs 4,000. Recognition of the International Pres.s.men’s union and wage ami hour adjustments were thi^objectives. Some 80 “sit downers” held two factories of the Fansteel Metallurgi cal corporation at North Chicago, 111., / for the seventh day while Governor Henry Homer stepped in as interme dia^ in conferences involving repre- seiratives of both sides at Spring- field. Peihaps the strangest of all the sRting sieges — wherein President Walter of FryTroducts, Tnc., sat if out with his employes for four days—was ended at Detroit by a vol unteer mediator. The agreement pro vided a compronrtise on wage requests and included a promise of no discrim ination against meters of the Unit ed Automobile Workers’ union. On Detroit’s rapid-change strike front, seven comparatively brief strikes were settleii, sixx^continued, and several others were called. .Homer Martin, president of the Unite<l Automobile Workers’ union, tdld Q)e Michigan legislature wage boosts -totalling (50,090,00 annwlly had heed granted since the Genert|l Motors strike was .settled. Offstage, but widely watched, spokesmen for the committee for in dustrial organization disclo.sed their plan for a “big push” in the campaign to unionize 500,000 steel workers was approaching a showdown. H. D. OFFICERS HAVE TRAINING SCHOOL A training school for the officers and departmental chairmen of the Laurens County Council of Fann Women, together with the preaidei^ of all home denpinstration clubs of the county, was held last Tuesday hr Laurens by Miss Jennie E. Coleman, county home demonstration agefit. The class was held for the purpose of teaching the officers their respec tive duties and how they may carry on the., work of the various depart ments in the most efficient manner. Miss Juanita Neely, district home demonstration agent, of Rock Hill, was present and gave ah instructive address. A light lunch was served following adjournment at 1 o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. [ Brice visited Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Margin in Laui^ns Sunday. O dZaths from , AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS In - LAURENS COUNTY 1937 Let’s StriTO To Make TUs m Safe Tear On I tile Highways. Railroad Unions Ask Wage Boost More Than One Million To Seek 20 Per cent Increase In Pay. Will Total $360,000,000. \ Chicago, Feb. 23. — The nation’s 1,100,000 organize<i railroad workers were united tonight in demanding an annual wage increase of approxi- mat^y (360,000,000. Spokesmen for the R00,000 mem ber^ of the 16 “non-operating” rail way brotherl^oocK voted today to seek a HO per cent hike in their pay. Representatives of the 300,000 men in the five “operating” brotherhoods recently initiated a move to obtain a raise of the same .size. ^timating about (360,00d,000 in yearly income would be at stake when negotiators for the brotherhoods and for the management of the carters sit down to a parley on the demands, George M. Harrison, chairman of the current mectihg declared: “These are the largest negotiations ever undertaken by organized rail road workers.” BIENNIAL SESSION \ MEASURE FAVORABLE Columbia, Feb. 23.—The hotise ju diciary committee/drafted favoniile reports today oiv^ll.s to amend the constitution to >proyide .^biennial ses sions. ~ — Sponsored by the Spartanburg del egation and others, five bills, ahnedx {at altering the constitution in aa many places, to provide biennial terms, met unanimously, favorable re- c^tiona with one exception, a major ity being in favor of one bill to ia- creaae’ terma of bouse members from two or four years.'-One of the kills proposed to allow the senate to Wait in special aeaeion to “advise and con- sent to appointment’’x .. / . r, ; , , _