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CLINTON,-S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1937
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NUMteR 11
TWO CLUBS GATHER AT FE^AL
BOARD TO HEAR MIOSSICKI
Clinton and Laurens Cfltnroefcial Orsranizations Held ^Annual
City Meeting Hertf Tuesday Evening. Occasion Featured By
Scholarly Addr^ From President of Slate University.
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The annual inter-city meeting of
the Laurens Bysiness League and
Clinton Chamber of Commerce held
here at the Mary J^usgrove Tea
Room on Tuesday evening, was at
tended by 125 members of the two
organizations, afid featured by* a
erwise called the Civil war.
Farm Act Plans August Bench
Involve Billion
60 Million For ^il Saving Add
ed To Roosevelt's Billion-Dol-
lar Budget Proposal.
Creates Flurry
. (JUSTICE TALKS
On 10th Week
U. S. Supreme Court Again Re
-fuses To Pass On Wagner
Act. Takes Recess.
Washington, March 13.-^The crop
of farm legislation sprouting in con-
Thf number of killed end wounded j If™** “'■* *'**'»" '*"* f"' .
South CeroHnn 'Confederate soldiers ““"“I'* totaling well over $1.1100.00,-! Wagner labor relations act. causrt
Washington; March 15.—The sti-
preme court, by refusing today to re
view eight new cases involving the
a
was greater than the number of
white voters in this state before the
jOOO. ^ I new flurry of discussion about^the
Prospective'expenditui-es for agri-',tribunal’s views on the legislation.
war. Not only were the South Caro- mounted steadily since, tribunal’s refusal tempoi-anly
liniana and the other soldiers of the
scholarly address on South Carolina’s Confederacy far outnumbered, but
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past hi.story by Dr. J. Rion McKis-jthey wtre also often well-nigh starv-j®°^^^
sick, president of the University of led and frozen. Clad in rags, living
President" Roi$»evelt,
mo-s.sage^ early this year. Proposed I govermmmrin\‘VchVorth7eight
in effecT lower court rulings for
a
billion dollars for this pur-1
South Qarolina.
imiserably in trenches . uoKheltered 1. ^hen?
The meeting was presided over by
President L. B. Dillard, who extend-!famine,
ed to the Laurens visitot's a mo.sti A South Carolina Confedjjrate sol-
cordial welcome, and spoke of the I dier .stepped at a home near
fraternal and cooperative spirit exist-1 company was encamped
additional sums have i
crop insurancOjl
cases. Supreme court attaches jioint-
od out, however, that the action could
Several Important Measures To
Receive Attention, Including
Money Bill.
Columbia,' March 15. — Legislators
returned to (^olumbia Tuesday to be
gin the 10th week of the general as
sembly's session with a number of
important matters to give attention.
Although thd senate finance com
mittee was not expected, to report
out the genera! appropriation bill,
Chairman S. 'M. Ward having said
he doubted if the measure would-be
ready before n^xt week, there were
ON COURT ROW
McReynolds Says Qath Binds
Him To Rights of All. Good “
Sportsmanship Cited As Ac
cepting Verdicts. Fir^t Judge
To Speak.
from cold, they wwe even more op->^‘‘‘’' suggested for
a^sisitance to tonar
normal granary.” drought relief anc,
! a^sisitance to tenants, the “v*air-, ,„t.asure
not be interpreted, as reflecting the j several oth(‘r measure of wide in
attitude of ju.-^tices toward the | toresf lo be oonsidere<l.
1 Wagner measure. 'p^e house will give third reading
It was saiid the court’s opinion on ti> its..!i:i,045,0()0 .social security
bill
ing between thF two cities.
R. T. Wilson, president of the Lau
rens club, in response, expressed the
pleasure of his organization irt being
present. Others voicing similar senti
ment from Laurens were L. C. Barks-
<&le, secretary, L. S. McMillan, vice-
president, and O. L. I.K)ng, a member
of the board of directors. Secretary
Barksdale during the evening extend
ed an invitation to the Clinton club
to be their guests at a similar meet
ing on the first Tuesday in May^
which was enthu.siasticplly accepted.
An enjoyable part of t^.,evening’s
program was two sblos by W. G.
Coker, of this city, accompanied at
the piano by Mrs. .William Brooks
Owens."
Several guests were present and
introduced during the evening. Capt.
L.A. Brooks of th^ local OCC camp.
.•itated that the fourth anniversary of
OCC will be observed April 3-5, with
a cordial' invitation extended the bus
iness men of the community to visit
the camp for a special program to
ble presented at that time.
t^ean M. W. Brown, of Presbyterian
college, was introduced by President
DiHaiv!"lin3“spoke of his pleasure in
intimately knowing Dr. McKissick,
^be guest speaker, and .said that the oak
the ladv who lived there
iar which his five pending case.s, which might be j and send it to the senate, which
and asked . I dwided two weeks hence, might de-1 has already passed a .swurity bill
, The biggest item lecommendod all^the points at issue in the of its own that provided for a pro-
R “Could you lend me a frying pan.
madam?” i
She gladly got it and handed it to
him. Noticing that he lingered and
hesitated, she said:
“Well, sir, can I do anything hiore
for you?” —
He grinned and answered, “Madam,
could—could you lend me a pieccv of
meat to fry. in it?” ♦
If ever any people lived at home,
they were our South Carolina women
of the Confederacy. Shut off from the
i^Os^of the world by the Federal anny
'and navy, they displayed marvelous
productive industry, ingenuity, 'and
resourcefulness. They made countless
'•by the agriculture deiiartnient for
thousands of articles for their-de*-stored supplies of corn, cotton, and
fenders in the army, continually send
ing them food, clothing and comforts,
often tlepriving themsblves <8f the
things they sorely needed. The.se wo
men became expert with the spinning
wheel, lo^n^and dye pot.
For them wives and their children
they made dresses of homespun dyed
with . pokeberry juice. They made
gloves from old stockings, shoes from
squirrel skins, buttons from gourds,
hats from ryestraw, stationery from
wallpaper, ink from a conrbination of
bijklls, green persimmons, and
•ktate is fortunate in having a man rusty nails, tea from blackberry
' of his character and ability directing leaves, coffee from a concoction of
itr foremost educational instittition.
Dr. McKiaaiek
hir
Dr. J. C. Ropee, who spbkF in thejThey carried on at" home with good
highest terms of the university head,'^eer and high hope,
both as « South Carolinian and edu
cator. ^
Dr. McKissick, in his opening re
marks,' expressed his pleasure in be-
.ing present and his grateful appre
ciation of an opportunity to talk to
the inter-city group. He delivered a
Xhistorical address on South Carolina,
depicting the state's true spirit in the
greati^ises of the past. He portrayed
the Ipl^and hard stru^le of South
which he held up as a les
son and/^hallenge to guid^and En
courage* the people in solving the
many perplexing problems which be
set the state today. '
Dr. McKissick’s address follows:
The lesson which South Carolinians
now most need to learn from our past
concerns the morale, the spirit of
South Carolinians in the great crises
. of the state’s past, the spirit of your
own forefathers.
What was that spirit?
Look at the pioneers who settled
South Carolina. Their lives were in
constant danger from wild beasts,
hostile Indians, and deady epidetnids
of influenza, malaria, and yellow
fever.
One of these settlers, an exile from
France, Mrs. Judith Manigault, wrote
a letter home in which she said of her
experiences here: ^
“We endured all it was- possible to
endoie. I was six months without
rye,, wheat, and sweet potatoes, and
sugar from the juijip ittjvatemielone.
In the last days of the Confederacy,
a South Carolina woman wrote a let
ter to a friend in which she said: “We
long for our own small sufficiency
of wood, corn, and vegetables. Here
a struggle unto death, Although
IS
-tasting bread, besides workixig like a. ter. South Carolinians,displayed "the
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slave. For three or four years I never
halt enough food to satisfy the hun
ger that devoured me. And yet
accomplisheid greal things in our fa
vor, giving- us strength necessary to
support these trials.''
That was the story and the spirit
not only of one woman, but of vir
tually all the people of South Caro
lina at that time.
Look at the people of South Caro
lina in their first great crisis”, the
Revolutionary war. 'During the seven
long years of that war there was
more ligbtinig and bloodsh^ in this
state than in any other. One hundred
and thirty-seven battles, actions, and
engagements took place in Sodth
Oatolina, one-hundred and three of
whiich were fought by South Caro
linians alone. No other state was so
completely overrun by the British
forest. '
The great Massachusetts historiaiv
Bancrc^ nys of tlM part played by
South Carolina in the Revolution;
“Left mainly to her own resources,
it was through the depths of wretch
edness tiwi-her* eons' were to bring
her bade to her place in the republic;
after suffering more and daring more
and a4^ving more than the men of
any other state."
That was the spirit ef Sooth Csip-
linians in that great crisia.
Look at the people of Sooth Caro
lina in her second great erisis, the
for Soutbem independence, oth-
the neighbors continue to feed us, as
you would say, with a spoon. We have
fallen upon a new device. We keep a
cookery book on the mantelpiece and,
when the dinner is deficient we just
rei|ul off a pudding or a cream. It
does not entirely satisfy the appetite,
but perhaps it is as good for'the di
gestion.” 'That was the spirit of South
Carolinians in that great crisis.
Look at, the people of South Caro
lina in their third great crisis, the
tragic era of reconstruction, the
eleven terrible years following the
war for Southern independence. What
did the South Carolina Confederate
soldier find when he came back home
after that war?
As Henry W. Grady said, he found
his house in ruins, his farnis devas
tated, his slaves free, his stock killed,
his bams empty, his trade destroyed,
his money worthless, his social sys
tem swept ^away, hi* people, without
law or legid status, his comrades
slain, and the burdens of others heavy
on his shoulders. He was without
money, credit, employment, material,
or training*
In that period of poverty and disas-
l'.»37 is $7’(>0,00ji),0(i0’to ^'ontinui' l>one-
fit payments under the soil conserva
tion act. This is $60,000,000 more
than t^e pn'sident sugR*ested in his
budget message.
Administration 1 leaders have esti
mated $12.5,000,000 would he needed
for the first year of tenant aid' and
$100,000,000 to set up all-risk crop
insurance for wheat.
Legislation to establish the- “over-
un-
new disputes. It would thus be
necessary to review.
Afterms' brief session, to read one
opinion and announce orders, the
court adj'ourned until March 2U. Dur
ing the next fortnight the justices!
will jje free to devote, their time to
completing opinu^s on the Wagner
act cases, on litigation involving the
Washington liy\’ establishing mini-
provided Tor a pro
gram to cost $1,996,000. The seo:!.
ate bill was in the hands of the
house social legislation committee,
which sponsored the measure to be
passed in that body.
Differences in the two bills must
norrnal granary” advocated by St*c-
muni wages|j^r women and on other
retary Wallace has not yet been in-
tnaluced, hut officials privately esti
mated it would require a minimum
controversies.
In the opinion today the court de
cided an employee of a municipal
water works .system did not have to
pay a federal income tax on his
of' $100,009,00(1. Lnder thiT; pro- salary. The litigation was brought
posal the govarnment would lend on
other major farm , products.
The cost of measure^ proposed c^-
by William Whitloek Brush, former
chief engineer of the New York City
bureau of water supply, but the
be compromised.
Another senate approved measure
before the house will be the local
option ‘ bill that would give coun
ties the privilege of voting, on pe
tition of 25 per cent of their qauli-
fied olector.s, on whether the aale
of whiskey would be continued with
in their borders. s-
Before the senate is tht* house bill
to enforce a 40 hour week in the
state’s textile mills, but the measure
was still in the hands of the com
merce and manufacturers committee.
United States conference of mayors This group held a hearing on the bill
last week and might probably hear
pecially for the great plains, area of!decision might affect 200,
drought and dust storms,, is more in- (;q() vniployees throughout the
definite.
Congress already has approved a
$50,000,(MK) emergency fund for seed
and feed loans to farmers and $?4,-
000,{)00 for rural rehabilitation work
of the resettlement administration.
Other appropriations for the agii-
culture department, the farm credit
administration, the resettlement ad
ministration, the commo<lity credit
administration, the rural electrifica
tion administration, and affiliated
agricultural agenciei are involved in
the total proapattiva .outlay-
Federal outlays for the agriculture
have averaged near the billion-
dollar mark for the past four years.
Expenditures by^ the , agricultural
department alone in the past four
fiscal years Were: 1936: $891,000,-
000; 1935, $1,219,000; 1984, $629J)00,-
000, and 1933, $251,000,000.
Thomwell Family
Givoi Holidkyl
dignity of quiet courage and aelf-re-
apecting endurance of privation and
hnmiliation.”
Two of them typified the spirit of
all our people then. Richard H. An
derson, who had been a lieutenant
geiieral in Lee's army, went |o work
as a railroad yard worker. Another
crippled ex-Confederate soldier, with
his buildings burned, his lands run
to wMte, and his livestock stolen,
went to work “with a crutch in one
hand and a hoe in the other.” He was
Major' James Lkle Coker, who be
came one of the most successfiti^ bus
iness men and one of the most public
spirited citizens of our state.
In the era of reeonstnKtion South
Carolina was controlled by ignorant
Negroes, unprincipled carpetbaggers,
and traitorous scalawag. A noted
Northern writer who visited South
Carolina then said that the men who
governed South Carolina were lyt
different from, or better than, tne
men who filled the prisons and peni
tentiaries of the world. The largir
number of the members of our legis
lature were Negroes..^ South Carolina
had a Negro speaker of the hbuse of
representatives, a Negro tieufenant
governor, a Negro associate justice of
the si4>reme court. Negroes held state
and county offices and were elected
to congress. Our black and tan legU-
latore of that time- spent and stole
ssery eent in the state treasury. At
(Continued on page seven)
Friday was observed at Thornwell
orphanage as a full holiday in honor
of the birthday of the institution’s
founder, Dr. William Plumer Jacobs,
who was born March 15, 1842. The
president of the institution, Dr. L
Ross Lynn, spoke of Dr. Jacobs’ life
and work, following a custom that
has been continued since he came to
Thornwell.
The orphanage first opened for the
admission of children in 1875. Since
then, for sixty-two years, March 15th,
or as close thereto a.s convenient, has
been celebrated as a holiday for the
children in commemoration of its
foimder Jhd president until his death
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County Projects
In Road
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Two Laurens county projects are
included in bids to bb^'epetwd- March
23 by the state highway department,
according to adveitisements published
last we^.-^Both are under the U. S.
works program, being a bridge
project in the city of Laurens, ^nd
the other being a road project on the
Greenville jiighway.
The brHljge project refers to the
[foverhead bridge on Weat Main street
over the Greenville branch of the
C. and W. C. railroad. The specifica
tions indicate a cement structure
with steel reinforcement.
The road project calls for reloca
tion and earth grading of youte 76
between Barksdale and Fountain Inn,
a distance of 9.267 miles.
Laurens Hoqrital
Aindliary Formed
country.
Justice Sutherland delivered the
.seven-to-two opinion. Justice Rob
erts joined by Justice Brandeis read
a dissenting opinion contending that
“the claimed exemption'may well ex
tend to millions of persons” em
ployed by municipal subdivisions and
to “hundreds of thousands” of simi
lar employees of federal agencies.
Exorcises Recall
t!!o9!^e Founder
Dr. Jacobs' Memory Honored On
Birthday With Addrdhs By
John A^ Law of Spartanburg.
Presbyterian college celebrated
Founder’s day Monday morning at
which time John A. I^aw, bf Spartan
burg, addressed the student body in
a spM)al chapel service.
March - commemorates* the
birthday of Rev, William Plumer Ja
cobs, D.D., 1A..’D., for 47 years pas^
tor of the First Presbyterian church
and founder'of the college and Thorn
well orphanage. Dr. Jacobs died in
September, 1917. He was the grand
father of the present president of the
college, William P.'^Jacobs.
Mr. Law is one of the most promi
nent figures in banking and manufac
turing fields ini South Carolina and
the South. He long has been connect
ed with a number of outstanding en
terprises in the state and has Seen a
member of the executive board of the
American Cotton Manufacturers aa-
sociation. He has been iintimately^as
sociated with the Jacobs family for
a number’ of years and his remarks
about the founder of P. C. were given
from fir»i,-hand knowledge.
Mr. Law spoke of the relationship
between, his father, Dr. John Law,
and Dr. Jacobs. He stated that his
fathe^ ^d Jn many places in his
diary"^ade reference to the wonder
ful work of Dr. Jacobs. The two were
pictured as men who had grWn up
together and had been intimately as
sociated with one another even in
their later years.
Mr. Law showed that the conditions
under which Dr. Jacobs labored had
been trying ones, even though that
was a day of progression in which he
did hi^great work here.
He spoke briefly of the relations of
Dr. Law and Dr. Jacobs in Charleston
where Dr. Jacobs attended the Col
lege of Charleston and Dr. Law was
a student; at The Citadel at the same
time.
Laurena, March 15. — A Woman’s
auxiliary to’ the Laurens County hos
pital has been organized for the pur
pose of cooperating with the super-
Presbyterian Men
To Meet Tonight
The monthly meeting of the Men-
of-the-Church organization of the
First Presbyterian church wilj be
held at the churEh toniglht at 7:30
further discus.sions on the proposal
liefore Importing it.
Bills to authorize construction of
another state office 'building, to
“tighten” enforcepient of the liquor
law and to set up a probation and
parole system in the st^te were
scheduled for consideration in the
senate. The house also had an
identical! 'bill to create a probation
ary system.
The controversy over the work
men’s compensation act will be aired
in the house which was sat to de
bate one of the proposals to repeal
the law.
The last day of the legislative
week, Friday, will mark the ^d of
the constitutional limitation of 40
days for members to be paid, the
constitution prescribing legialators'
salaries'^ at $10 per day for 40 days.
DuBose To Lead
Hare
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A scries of special services will be
conducte<l at the First Proabyterian
church of this city from March 29th
through April 2nd, it is announced by
the pastor, Dr. D. J. Woods..
The leader ftr the services will be
the Rev. Henry Wade DuBose, D.D.,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of Spartanburg, who is known
by many people in the,city, and ranks
as one of the most prominent minis
ters in the Presbyterian church. Dr.
DuBose is chairman of the board of
trustees of Presbyterian college. He
will speak each night<»at 7:30, with
an invitation extended the congrega
tion and general public to be present.
Preparatory to the meeting cottage
prayer-meetings will be held during
the week March 22-26th.
Washington,March 16. — Justice
McReynolds of the suprebie court told-
a small fraternity audience tonight
that tha “evidence of good sports-
manship” was to accept, the outcome
of a “fair tribunal.”
For the first time since President
Roosevelt subn^ted his proposal to
^reorganize th^court. a'Tiieniber of
that body expressed some of his own
view.s on the, relationship of the court
to the jfovernnient.
McReynolds, speaking extenipor-
aneously at a haniiuet'of Phi Delta
Theta fraternity, ileclai'ed:
“I have taken an oath to do justice
to the b^t of my ability, to do jus
tice to rich and poor alike. That ob
ligation I try not to forge-t.
“I try to protect the backw’oodsiiian
in the hills of Georgia as well as the
man of wealth in a mansion on Fifth
avenue. And I have the same oliliga-
tion to the man in the nVansion on
Fifth avenue as to the humblest man
in any walk of life.”
Without referring slirectly to ad-
'ministration cases before the court
in the last four years, Justice .McKey-
nolds said it sometimes was the jirac-
tice of attorneys, after losing a case,
to complain of the unfairness of thb
court.
‘IBut the evidence of good sport
manship,” he said, “is that a man who
has had a chance to present a fair
tribunal must be a good sport and ac
cept the outcome.”
He wars repeatedly interrupted dur
ing his speech by applause.
“Courts only dwide things that aie
submitted to them^’ the ju.stice con
tinued in his rathe/ high-pitched
voice, “and only things that are in
dispute come before them.
“Thousands and thousands of things
come before them that ai>e .settled to
the general satisfaction. If things
come that are not settled to the sat
isfaction of all, put yourself in the
place oi court- and see if you
could have done better,”
He paused momentarily near ^ the.
end of his speech, then said ;
“I should like to be optiinistic. I
should like to tell you that thV situ
ation is rosy. 1 can’L But I like to
believe in the courage of the Am«ui-->
can people, anl I hope they may make
a solution -of" which they may be
proud."
, He said the United States under
its form of government had “succeed-
jed beyond the understanding” of the
Club Nominates
Officers For-Year
At the monthly meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce held Tuesday
evening, the nominating committee
previously appointed to 'bring in rec
ommendations.^ for officers and direc
tors for the ensuing year submitted
its report, the following nominations
being placed before the organization
to be voted upon at the April meet
ing:
President, Dri Felder Smith.
Vice-President, S. W. Sumerel.
Secretary, C. F. Winn.
Treasurer, B. R. Fnller.
Additional directors: L. B. Dillard,
E. D. Craig, W. R. Anderson, Jr., J.
H. Pitts, Jr., and Dr. J, C. Roper.
intendent in the general welfare of f ^^e com-
the institution. At the organization ‘“^ited to be present both for
meeting:,.ifrt. H. W. Kiser >f Watts .the supper and an ‘"tej^tin^ro-
Millir was I elected president; Mrs. W.
A. Moorhead of 'Goldville, vke-presi
dent; Mrs. Dial Gray of Laurens, sec
retary, and Mrs. P. E. Cannon, also
of Laureiys, treasurer. i
Mrs. J. W. Crawford spent a few
days last 'week in Oamden with her
skier, Mrs. C. E, Watts. 4:
gram that will follow, Prof. H
E. Sturgeon as leader. Tonight’s
gathering marks the closing meetiikT
of the church year, and neSr offieers
will be inducted ipto office.' L B.
Dillard is the retiring preeidimt, with
Heath Copeland recex^ nominated
as his successor for the coming year
as president .
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LAURENS COUNTY
1937
Let’s Strive To Make
Tliia m Safe Tear On
Hi^waja.'
men who sat in the constitutional
convention. He declared he saw
“clouds ,in the sky” and .said the na
tion was “not without its dangers.”
Baptists Meet In
— Laurens Today
Annual Conference To Be Held
For County Church Group.
Rev. W. N. Long, of This City,
On Program.
The annual conference of the Lau
rens Baptist a.ssociation will be held
at the First Baptist church of Lau
rens today, it has been announced by
the executive committee,
A qiecial program has been ar
ranged for the morning services and
a conference of the representatiiMs uf. j
^B-fehe'churehes is plannne'd for the
afternoon.
The executive committee has '^eai -
nestly requested that every church ia
the a^ociation be repre.-o-nted by the
pastor and also some ofThe lay mem
bers.
Following k the program:
10:16—Song and Praise Service,
Rev. John L. Bobo
10:46—God's Plan of Giving,
_ Rev. W, D. Spinie.^
11:15—Special Music,
First Church, Laurens
11:25—-Address—Rev. W. N. Long
ll:’65-^ng.
12:00—Inispiratiional Me.isage,
Rev. A. B. Langston
12:30—.Adjournment for lunch.
1:30—General Conferences.
Exclies In Favear
0^ Higher Taxes
Washington, March 16.—A .'■ugges-
tion by chairman Marriner S. Eccles,
of the federal reserve board, that the
i government increase taxes on income
I and profit If-necessary to balance the
budget met a cool reception today on
Capitol Hfll.
Wall street bankers and several
econoorista .endorsed his goal, but ex-
preslsw iess enthusiasm about his
sngNited, methods. The chainnun, in
a 8ta4em<^t last night, said it ivould
be better to jack up federal in''' Tie
to meet outgo tiian to keep tiie
emment in the red. .
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