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COURT ROW TO BE FOUGHT OUT Objection Made To Endinsr Ju diciary Probe April 17. Battle On Roosevelt Plan Still Rages In Codiraittee and Broadcasts. G>leman Fuiioral 1 Held Sunday Highly Esteemed Citizen Passes At Home After Critical Ill ness. Large Crowd Atieifds Services. - . TARHEEL GOVERNOR GIVES WARNING TO SIT-DOWNERS Hcfey Announces Such Practice Unlawful and Not To* Be Toler ated In North C^lina. Statement Comes On Eve of Unionization Drive. James Allen Aleman, 54, well- known merchant and hicrhly regarded Washington, March 30. — Mexribers of the senate judiciary committee Clinton citiaen, died early last Satur- eouared off today for an inevitable j momi^ at his home after a ^ n 1.. week s critical illness the outcome of t«t ..of fl^renrth on thox^ovelt, court reorganization leeislanpq. ! stricken. - — —^ «> /■ / 1 Word spread that there an effort soon to terminate ,hearings on the measure—now in their fourth Funeral services were held from the residence Sunday afternoon at three o’clock, with interment follow- week—and thereby shorten the ap- ing in Rosemont cemetery. The un- parently long road to a vote in the usually large outpouring of friends .Raleigh, N. C., March 27.—Cover- aoe-^Glydc R. Hoey of North Carolina tonight sounded a warning to labor that “sit-down strikes are unlawful and will. not be tolerated in North Carolina.” ,. In a half-hour addreita over a five. “I hope that any differences be tween employers and employes in this state, will be peacefully adjusted and that any serious disruption of busi- neee conditions or of the relationship between all of our people will be averted,” he said. — ; senate. —■ Preliminary to a motion that this be done. Chairman Ashurst, Demo crat, of Arizona, asked opponents of the measure today to agree on a di both at the home and grave, and the exceptionally large number of lovely floral offerings, attested the high es teem in which he was held. It was one of the largest attended funerals station network, Governor Hoey, for mer attorney for the Duke Power company, said that'“no man or set of men has the right to take charge of jK^acefully. Labor likewise has the the jiroperty of others and hold it j right to baig^in individually, ‘the adversely against the will of the right to work and the right “Under -the law, labor has a right to bargain collectively, to petition, to strike if it so elects, and to picket ikewise has Continues Drive On Slot' Madhines Governor Issues. Orders To Thir teen Sheriffs To Proceed With Seizures of Devices. - Columbia, March 30. — Governor 01,in D. Johnston..i^ued orders to the state constabulary and 13 county sheriffs 'today to proceed with the seizure of slot machines, pin tables and other gambling devices despite (^lurt action seeking to restrain the officers. jCircuit Judge E. C. Dennis, of Dar lington, sitting at Greenville, issued' an order against Chief J. H. Jeanes of the constabulary and law enforce- vision of time, with the idea of end- Clinton has known, Mr. Coleman be- They ing the hearings on April 17 promptly refused. “We must have at least three or four more weeks to present our wit nesses,” said Senator Burke, Demo crat, Nebraska, an lippdsition leader. “We will oppose any proposal to cur tail the hearings by the middle of April.” The vote^ on the Ashurst motion, legislators said,—would provide the first definite test of sentiment within the. committee. Meanwhile the committee heard testimony opposing the measure from Professor Erwin B. Griswold, 32-year- old member of the Harvard law school faculty, and John D. Miller, presfdent of the National Cooperative, council. The supreme court’s reversal yes terday of its 14-year-ol.d position on state minimum wage laws, dominated the questioning of witnesses, as it did discu.ssion of the court issue else where. ’ One committee member, Dieterich, Democrat, of Illinois, in questioning Griswold, contended that public dis cussion of the court bill had “in^ enced” the court. Grisw’old. however, contended thit Olar from being denounced for inaon- latency, the court should be p for its “juatke and rourage’* in/cast ing aside the precedent vHIlm haa controlled its decisions on swh laws. The day also brought the resigna tion of Raymond B. Stevi^ of New Hampshire, from the twuff commis sion so he might be free to “take an . /dynum D. J./Woods, active part” in advoci^ing the “presi dent’s court proi “It should put ai/ end to ‘tortiired constructions' of (Jw constitution that i wdHh. ing an unusually popular and w'ell- liked gentleman by all classes who knew him. The services were c/^duct-, ed by his pastor, the Rev. C. /Bj Betts, assisted by Dr Dr. J. C. Roper, and Rev. B/S. Dren- nan. , . / Active pallbearers were/ Olin Shoa- ly, Jack.^ W. Anderson, Fate Arnold, J. Clarence Copeland,/F^irl Horton and Hubert Todd. The honorary es cort consisted of a number of friends of the family. Mr. Coleman w/s born near here on Jan. 30, 1883/ a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry A- pieman. He moved to Clinton in 190^and operated a bicy cle shop for VeyeraT years. I^ater he formed a pjirtnership with Jack W. Anderson ^d' conducted an auto ga rage und^the firm name of Coleman &, Andean. Eight years ago he dis posed m his interest in this concern and siwe then had been engaged in the grocery business. At,„the time of hisAeath he was associated with Fate Aimold in the operation of a grocery ^re on Sloan street under the firm 'name of the C. A A. Grocery. Mr. Coleman held the respect and confidence of all who knew him. He was a devoted member and elder of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church of this city and was the high- Mt type of a Christian gentleman. He had a strict sense of honor and integrity, a man in whom was re posed the absolute trust and confi dence of his fellowmen. He made friends readily and held them, and many expressions , of regret were heard on his passing from those who knew him and appreciated his true embody the of individual letter to the dent that yoi ilnomic predilections' hie said in iresident. “I am confi- proposal will be adopt ed if there/s wide public ^^understand ing of ra purpose, and 1 deaire to Uke an/active part ih its support.” ConOTuing the unending radio bat tle oyer the bill. Senator Robinson, irat, of Arkansas, the majority leader, planned to speak in favor of measure late tonight, while Sena- )r Bailey, Democrat, of Noi;th Caro- made an address against it. Another deyelopment of ^e day was a statement by Represehtative Kerr, Democrat, North Carolina, that a speech last night by Senator Glass, Democrat, of Virginia, against the bill, assured its passage by the sen ate. The Glass speech, .he said, wzs “the most vicious and imwarranted ' attack ever made against a president of the United States.” In a prepared stateTnent, Griawold challenged contentions that the •sixe of the supreme court has been chang ed in the past for the purpose of in fluencing its decisions, sad orgad a constitutional amendment limiting the tenure of justices to 18 years. He expressed the view that the court has exceeded its prerogatives and by its interpretation of the Con stitution had added “incumbfances” to that docament, one of which, he added, was removed by yesterdey'h mininqum wage decision. But he added: *^Even if the court has on occasions strayed from the truly judicial path, and acted like a 'super legislature,' it does not follew that it is good gov ernment for the president to be. made a super-court Moreover, the court is not all bad. It hat done some very statesmanlike things, even in the past few years.” / During cross-examination, he said that “some friends” in Washington had told him the preskWnt'a original idea waa to estaMisb a “new court” to consider questions of constitution ality. Its derisions yvould be appeal- able to the supreme court, only when ~ the decisions invalidated acts of con gress. Tlie intent was, KJriswokl adJ- ed, to ask Associate Justices Stone, Cardoso and Brandies to resign from the supreme court and accej^ appoint ment to the new court. “You are opposed to* taking any •judicial power from the courts smd lodging it in coi^ress, are you not,” Senator Ashurst ariced hhn. “Hiatls tma.” ^You and I.agraa on that, but I (Continned on page s4ght) ^ Surviving are his father and moth- er, Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Coleman, of this city; his widow, pefore mar riage Miss Carrie Adair; three daugh ters, Mrs. H. F. Morgan of Laurens, Mrs. J. D. Henry and Miss Miriam Coleman of this city; two sons, W. Allen Coleman of Laurens, and Har old Coleman of this place. Also by three sitters and one brother, Mra M. T. Motes, Mrs. John Carter and Mrs. Herbet Chaney, all of Clinton, Rufus H. Coleman of Cocoa, Fla., and one grandchild. Wtaiaeri Picked In County Read ing Testa For Primary/and Grammar, ellipses. Oth^ To Be Held Friday. ' Luturena, March 28.—With about 75 girU and bpys participating, the county-wide school bonteats in oral and written reading tests in primary and grammar riassea were conducted at tlM city achools here Friday after noon. The committee, representing the Laurens County Teachers' asso ciation, under the auspices of which the contests were' held, announced oral I winners in the primary depart ment as follows: _ •PErst Grade: First, Ann Oweni, Clinton schools; second, Mary Kate Carr, Gokhrille; third, Betty Daven port, Laureoa. Second grade: First, Betty Jean Smith, Laurens; second, AyKffe Ja cobs, Clinton; third, tlorris Rhodes, Gray Court-Owings. Other reports, through the seventh grade were sent to the department at Columbia for grading. ^I^ianage Shares In Duke Fund Trustees of the Duke Endowment in session in Charlotte Tuesday, ap propriated $938,499.30 for 95 hos pitals and 44 orphanages in the Caro- linas. Of this amotmt ‘ $824,213 went to hospitals and $114,286.30 to orphan homes. Orphans cared for, in homes aided by the endowment-Aotaled 6,060 in 1936. The Thomwell orphanage d this city, in the'distribution to institutions of U* type participating in the fund, wB receve $6,548.88 aganst $5,274.83 last year, <fr an increase of $1,274.0^. owner. “Men would have no more right to sit down in a mill and refuse to va cate than an employer would have to go into a labor .union hall and refuse to let the unionists hold a meeting,” he d«clare<l. Governor Hoey’s stat,ement came on the eve of the committee, for in dustrial organization driye to. union ize the textile industry, a large part of which is located in North Carolina. There are 500 cotton and rayon tex tile mills in the state, employing .se('- eral hundred thousand workers. Already groups of organizers from the textile workers’ organizing com mittee are ml the fiehl, urging em ployes of North Carolina mills to en list under the John L. Lewis banner. “I ple<lge the w.hole power of the state to enforoe the law and to main tain owler^and piHiteet the rights of ail thcrTTOople of this state,” Gover nor Hoey said. His address ,was a re view qf the activities of the 1937 as sembly, just adjournetl, and the dis- cu.s«ion of .sit-down strikes grew out of an analysis of the labor legislation raised by the aasombly. be interfered with in that right to work. “The right to qujt work and the right to work both aiv sacred.” “Every citizen has the^right to ex ercise his ^oice without fear, without molestation and without intimidation. “Most of the mills in North Caro lina and employers generally have ad hered to NR.\ standards, and- the 40- hour week and minimum wage rate have been adopted by a larger per centage of our mills. I am very an xious to see all rour textile plants conforin to these standards, but it is a gra<lual process that must be adopt ed in other states before its forced adoption can come by law in North Carolina," Governor Hoi*y piaised textile em ployers- in the state for the rt*cent wave of pay iucreasos to •workerii. Upwards of 100,00 textile employes have benefited by 10 per cent wage FINANCE BILL FACES SOLONS Apprt^riation Measure -Shuttled Back and Forth Between ' Houses By Members. No So cial Security Agreement Yet. * - ♦—i- Columbia, March ,30.—The general appropriation bill ahuttled back and fbrth between the house and senate ■today with appointment of aYFee'eMP”" feranoe to reconcile differencet he- -(.tween the two chambers only a step ' away. With most members chuckling as they voted, the house passed a reso-, lution to fix tomorrow as the (late for ment officers of 13 counties to adjournment. The measure hikes during the past few weeks. —.“Employers ■ of labor in the state are showing fine appixKriation of the obligation to increase wages as rap idly as possible,” hi* said. Fight / imminent As House Meets Warfare Over Concurrence In Senate. ChahRes In State Ap propriation Bill. Columbia, March 29.—Strained re lationships between two strong blocs in the house of, representatives open ed the 12th week of th<l general as sembly Tuesday. The question of concurrence or non-concurrence in Benalte. amend ments to the general appropriations bill held a preferential place on the house’s order .of business, but action of a~minority group in preventing a vote last week indicated there might be a further fight to delay balloting. Representative Leppard of Ches terfield threw the hou.se into con fusion by exercising his prerogative that the 68 pagb money measure be- read in detail. Although it took two hours and a* half, the bill was read with the result that adjournment came ]without action on concurrence. The senate increased the bill from the $9,588,000 approved by the house to ^0,814,000. Representative Neville Bennett, chairman of the ways and means committee, .Voiced’ the feel ing of a large group when he said “I don’t believe this house is going to agree with the senate amend ments.” Goldville Included In Textile Loop The Mid-State textile baseball league, composed of—ten clubs and recognized as one ‘ of the fastest semi-pro oiganizations in the state, win open its season on April 17, ac- coixling to the official schedule drawn up and adopted during the past week. The loop is composed of the follow ing clubs: Newberry, Great Falls, Buffalo, Winntboro, Whitmire, Eu reka,. Mollohon, Lockhart, Monarch and Goldville, the latter being the only club in Laurens county hriding a beKh in the league. The Joanna team will again be directed by Bruce GaUoway aa manager. At the completion of the regular ■ohedttle Anguat 21at, the four teams finishing in the first division will compete in a championship play-off series. Cannon To Hold Farmer Meetings Farm Program To Be Discussed and Committeemen and Direc tors Elected For’County. C. B, Cannon, county agent, an nounced yesterday that he^ had re ceived official instructions to proce.«*d with the 1937 farm program by hold ing community meetings for the elect ing of community committeemen and a board of directors of the soil con servation association for the county. The program, he states, will be prac tically the same as that of last year with; minor changes. In order to give first-hand infor mation on the farm program, Mr. Cannon has arranged eight meetings to be held next week which he in vites all farmers of the respective communities to attend. His schedule^ follows: April 6—10 a. m.—(Hinton high school auditorium. ' April 5—2 p. m.—Cross Hill high school. April 0—10 al m.—Gray Court- Owings high Khool. Appl 6—2:30 -Youngs «:hool house. „ April 7—-10 a. m.—'Hickory Tav ern high school. April 7—2:30 p. m.—Centerpoint school house. / .. April 8—^10 a. m.—Laurens court house. April 8—2:30 p .m.—Sandy Springs school house. Ball Games Here Today, Saturday cause why they should not be en joined .from action against the de- vice.s. The order was issued on the peti tion of J. B. Barrentine, who gave his address as Richmond county, Georgia. It applie<l to officers of Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Greenwood, Iian- caster, Newberry, Greenville, Ker shaw. I'ickens, Spartanburg, Sumter, Union and York counties to prevent thoir''molesting what the complaint described as “amusement devices and games of skill.” JiKlge Dennis set Marril 29 or "as s(K)n thereafter as counsel can be heard”' for a return on the rule to show cause. The hearing, ffic gover nor’s office said,*had not been held today. “Meanwhile,” Johnston said, “I ex pect the constables and the sheriffs to continue to act in the regular dis patch of their duty and seize and de stroy any machines that are bein^ operated in violation of the state law«” against gambling. ' “These couii^-actrfihs are designed simply to beat the state laws. The op erators of the gambling devices ^leize upon every possible technicality to keep their machines operating as long as possible. “Last year enforcement of the laws against gambling waa tied up for about six months by similar court proceedings. Aa I recall, five or more orders restraining offiipera were is sued by dur circuit judges. Things went on anthout any definite actimi until I issued orilers to constahles and sheriffs to go ahead with the enforcement despite the court orders. The court prori;eding« - were with drawn in several instances after the officen^ went back to work. “There is no doubt about the state laws against gambling. They have been tested tiime and again and have not lu'en altered. The legislature this session already has defeated several efforts to legalize gambling, and I dw’t see w'hy the proper enforce ment of our laws should be tied up by legal technicalities which are Ite glaringly intended to get around a law the state ha.s spoken in favor of so often. “I hope that not one single seizure of tui illegal machine will be stopped because of these court proceedings.” wduTd have ho unless the. seTT;-;:_ ate also approve<l it. * The resolution as / introduced by- Representative LittlejShn'of Spartan burg, would set April 9 as the dale for the assembly’s final session. Rep- reaentative Sawyer, of Georgetown, offered the amendment to change the" date to March 31. Instead'of voting non-concurrence on senate amendments the hoase amended the senate changes by again substituting the measure as original ly passed in the house.. The senate refu.sed to accept the- suggestion ^nd shunted the measure back to the hoase where a vole of msistance on house amendments will result in the appointment of threq^ members from each house to draw up a compromise bill. The senate meanwhile returned rrr the house social security bill, amend ed, however, to conform with the terms of the original $2,000,000 pro gram approve<l by the senate. The house bill carri(Hl a program to cost only $1,04.5,000. Refusal of the house to accept the senate chang es would throw the <jue!?tion into free conference, legislatoi-s said, The senate also passed and return-, ed to the house with amendments a bill to authorize the commissioner of labor to conciliate * and arbitrate in dustrial disputes. Senate amendments eliminated sec tions which would have given the comiHunioner power to compel wit- naaset to testify and require produc tion of records. A $500 appropriation was also eliminated. Representative Bailey of Cherokee county, told the house that the sen- ate had rnwie<l the money bill $2,410.- 000 over last year's appropriation. He expressed the opinion that the $1,- 181,000 increase in the house hitl over last year waa enough. Representative Moojer of C/olleton, said that $600,000 to $700,000 carried in the senate bill for an extra month of state akl'/or scho()ls would allow counties to reduce t]|ieir levies on real State Bar Group . Agamst Change Memberg Go On Record Against Proposal of President To Re organize High Court. Speakers Named Thomwell Closing The Rev. J. A McClqre, D.D., pas tor of the First Presbyterian church of St. Petersburg, Fla., will preach the baccalauristte sermon before the Thornwell orphanage gp^aduifiting'class on Sunday morning, Jtme |5th. Dr. McClure is pastor of one of the larg est churches in the Florida synod and a devoted friend oi the institution. The literary, address 'before the gradua^ wiU be deUvered on Tues day nighty-'Jone 8th, by Dr. Edgsr Long, « mem^ of the faculty of Ecildne erilege in the department of Engdii^ «nd an outstanding educator ih thia state. Coach Gklloway’s undefeated Pres- Qreehv bjrterian college baseball team tinued its winning streak Tuesday Ijf* i trouncing Wofford 7-3 in a well- played game in Spartanburg. They bad previously defeated Ehnory and Henry, of Virginia, here last Friday and Davidson on Saturday in the sea son’s two opening games. The team is now in excellent con dition and promises to be a strong contender for the state championship. A big game is on this afternoon’s menu, with Newberry coming up to furnish the opposition at 4 o’clock. Saturday afternpon at the''sarae hour, Wofford will journey over to Clinton for a return game. Both games prom ise to be close and hard played, with large crowds expected. ORPHANAGE BOY WINS HIGH HONOR Columbia, March 26. The Soutii Carolina Bar association went on rec ord as opposing the president’s court reorgjapization plan and elected J. N Nathans, Sr., of Charleston, president at the annual convention here toda3^ Debate on the resolution, which was in line with the address of retir ing President M. G. McDonald of Qreefiwood yesterday consumed near- bouFs. The attorneys voted 86 lor the resolution, spimsored by Irvine F. Belser, of Columbia. The resolution set forth that while the group was in “entire sympathy with the president’s objectivermsofar as they relate to the promotion of the welfare of the masses ... we briieve the present proposal ... is unwise as tending ^ subject the courts to po litical pressure from the party hr power, and hence impair the confi dence of the people in the yitegrity of the count and as tendini^to under mine the liberties of the peo;^.” property. Traffic Deaths Show Increase National A^Midation Reports On^ Heavy Fatalities. .S,500 Die Since F'irst of Year. Clyde Conrad, a Thorni^ell orphan age boy, ,was recently elected .by the faculty of Presbyterian college to membership in the honorary scholas tic fraternity, Sigma Kappa Alpha, one of the highest honors a student! can receive. He is a member of theJ junior class and for the past three years has ranked as an outstanding member of tfie student body. ^ ...Mrs. Heath Copeland spent the week-end in Lockhart with friends and relatives. . O DEATMS ,from AUTOMOBILE ACX:iDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY 1937 Let’s Strive To Make This s Safe Tear On the Highways. Chicago, March 29.—The national safety ^uncil reported today an in crease in traffic deaths accompanied mild weather during the first-two months of ]937/<^ ~ It is estimated 5,.500 persons had died as a result of motor vehicle ac cidents in January and February— a gain of 1,050 over the same 1936 period. 'February fatalities numbered 2,- 360, IgninM. 3,150 in January. This waa rited as “the usual (seasonal slump” but 24 per 'cent higher ..than the totAl for February last ‘year. "increased travel is believed to ex plain partially the advance,” said * Managing Director W. H. Cameron. "In the more* populous states, Jan uary and February this year were exceptionally good driving months in riiarp contrast to the heavy snow and severe coM of 1936.” The urban uptrend was most pro nounced, increasing 33 per cent. Only 19 of 81 cities of more than 100,(MK) 'population had fewer deaths in the two months than in the same months last year. Fall River and Lynn, Maas., hafi perfect "no death” records while Milwaukee and Seat tle totals were the same in both years. ’ • Kiwanians Go To Newberry Today Clinton Kiwanians will go to New berry this evening for an inter-city meeting of -the clubs of 'the Niatk Carolinas district to be held at the' country club. Dr. Joseph R. Sevier, Carolinas dis trict governor, of HendersonriBe^N. C., will be the honor guest and nuiki thp principal address. IKrwKuans will be present for As oeeaakm from the cliRib compririag Ae district, Clinton, Ande^aoo, Grocn- vrfls, Greenwood, Greet, Sj Reck Hill and Newberry.! ur/,. \' 'f'. . 1. A- ■i--. \ ' ? \ \* 4\ -X*