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e (Elintmt ^'T :B»UMblwl4»O0^ WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publkhor Published Erery Thorpday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): ^ One Year $1.50; Six Months 76 cents; Three Months 50.cents Entered as S^ond Class Mail Matter at the Post Offife at (Hinton, S. C. ^ The (Hironicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—^the publisher vrill at alf tim^ appreciate wise suffffestions and kindly adf vice. The Chronicie will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications willNtot be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions its correspondents.^ CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1987 ^^PENDING SPREE GOES ON . The governinent was accused -last week in the naliohal house 6T repre sentatives (and the accusation haS not been deniedX of spending jxn textile^industry^of-this state as well 0 of other states. Nobody -questions ^thr right of an the aforementioned officers only so much ipf said information as should be properly in his possession with re gard to his particular office or. duties. ‘‘Section 3. It Js respectfully ^sug gested that the abo^ information is very necessary for a^complete under standing of the adminMration of the I'aforementioned funds, and to the f preparation of a progrram jPpr the_fn- 'ture. Y ' • . . ^ „ “Section 4. That in ease all the. in formatioit- be not immediately Wail- able, they each be respectfully quested to furnish immediately 'as much as possible." * This information is necessary, and unless it is forthcoming there should be no provision made by the legisla ture for a continuation of relief ac tivities in the future. It is a reflec- ion on the federal-relief department that such a request must be made because the records have been kept from the,4urf>li€» The government wants to know everything on earth about your busi- ne.ss and whether you succeed in mak ing a dollar, but has kept from the I^ess ''LawfuL But is It Expedient The Wagner' labor act is ruled le- gil an(L Ck>nstitutional, but ^s it wiSe •/ 1 * A ^hile buying a' hot tlog in flat rock Will it make uniformly for the ends and Nobody’s Bui&iess By Gee MeGee ■w Flat Rock Brevities the pocketbook which a tourist lost trobuted^wUl p)ease c^m9"1)eaiing gifts suable to the occasion^ #«.. r. u 1 • hiU-^way from floridy last friday for- which its partisans have claimed - f t i _ ' Ja it was dpviaed’ holsum moore and .. . ' . . *1. ^ j' -i turned over to "the poleesman, but Will it minister to the end of Lv ... j 4. • , * ^ the monney that was reported as achieving industrial peace? . . . * 1 being m same when dropped was mr. moore do not know how it got out. , individuaPto join a labor organiza- other federal agencies and activities tion if he so chooses. But it seems erage of $8,250,000 a week more than reasonable and sen.sible that ^outh- it collects‘TnT^revenues. This policy, the congressman charged, is moving the nation “inexorably along the path stoward disastrous inflation.” '\>!onthly »nc<>me“is up $81,000,000; ninthly out-go is up $97,000,000; with , an average monthly deficit of $18,060,000.' ^ i—^— If yoV are an average per.son, gov ern textile .workers should do some serious thinking for them.selves be fore they blindly follow agitators-of in this state. Several times in this county we attempted to get such in formation but failed, in the effort. Upon a visit in Clinton of-one of the high-up “relief”: administrators, we Will it be accepted as being as fxi.r, to employers as it is to employes? i”'** There are thfhgs, said ^int Paul,i that are lawful, but not expedient. ; ^This may be one of them. , —The Charlotte Obsejtyerr mr. green has newer stated why he backed out last year, apd seem ed* verry jtforry about his disgrace when he ^returned back hompJ^ 4 months later frpm out west, but it is thought that he was verry jelloos of heir, and would not risk being mat^ ried to her aa~leng as pete brown and skeet williams remained single, they are ’^h happily married else where at this writing. / v i The lOO-Per-Center The governor of South .Carolina re iterates that he is “100 per cent for Roosevelt.” That.is interesting, but it would be more interesting to know if he is 100 per- cent for the so-called “anti-lynching” measures which th6 presddent is said to. favor. The presi Ihe color scheme will be ro^es, lil acs, johnnie quills, running vines, and Htt.e work done since spring arrived onner i. , , • ever time count of it v-r^e- «be feels verry rams ever time tne ' ^ ^ u.. u-l j . j ■ u 4 j- »uce of her man thas time as he has ground gets dry enough to dig m with a hoe or pick, our wimmeti folks are getting badtly discouraged, some of them are tired of eating everthing out of tin cans ansofbrth. invested in a ring that cost at leut 1|L and he is too stirigey-^-^o. lose— that miKh monney oft apyboddy. miss Jennie veeve smith, our school no rote invertations w'lll be sent this time, but everboddy who looks like good present givers will be principle, is getting reddy_to have a [foamed or asked dn person to attend big commencement exerci.se at the [ this big nuptial affair, it will ' be puWae ^alk-^etaiis ^ut -WPA -and^ -d^bas^^iever uttered agaii^ close ^ beF “i^otl. she wtU "ha\'e ifhell arfhe“same place as^b^ar.^^ ..41— —I —A —4..,.4.4.- these measures and a word from him tj 1 11 4U 4 . . paggeants, 3 may-pole martches, 4 3 brothers will 4U* dialogues, 22 speeches, and sevveral' hands this time. U‘wi.s calibre; wh'o would destroy the [asked him why no such data was bles.sings that they now enjoy. If such | avaijjihle. Hi.s reply was that it wa.s high-pressure organization as is fdvor tl^m has been, reputedly PUb- ,piay,: she has rote way off for a li.shed. If the conghfess shall. pass an; ^ come and preech the back- anti-lynching bill and the president sermont this year. rev. will shall allow It to become a law, back-laurate was a complete Governor Johnston be 100 per cent,^,^ -3, for It? Will he say as much? Or will see thkt he-is on but man-power mought pot be needed, so everboddy hopes, wishing them many happy returns, i remadn— yore corry spondent. ' mike Clark, rfd, Crnment spent $112 of your money last year. If you are Head of a family K y , tif lour, that nieai/s $;>08 of your|y^y,^ ^ right to throw up joh.s ami walk posed leads to unlawful siit-uo\^ xcontrary to government policies to|he reduce has Rooseveltism by 15 per give out ’such information. Thereicent when he speaks to the .South .strikes in this state, as a weapon in industrial disputes, those who follow have been people on relief roHs in [ Carolinian.s ? thi.s county, and still are we pre; all of our bizness houses in flat rock reports the best bizness they have enjoyed since hoover started - , .../riTL*' r ‘“■-.‘■'I™'pre^/ro^vy- U*wis will be the one-s^o Wfer andjwho are de.servmg and entitled to the 1 ( arolina, in Aiken, Walhalla, and Un-j^.^j^ getting creddick for the im-' lo.se mo.st. Labor has a Hght to col-f^id they are receiving. There have 1 loji, the niobs were largelly^made up; everboddy is afeartdj that if he fails to pack the suppreine i SCRIPTO Automatic Pcfiril is tha best lOc value in the world. OM It-the Chronicle Publishing Company. lective bargaining if it so desires—it been others who had no right, to bej of people from cotton mill villages- eainings wenLfor faxes. The federal govei nmeivt is rM*w spending at the rate of almost $1,500,'0()(),000 a month; -$49,000^00l( a day, Sundays and holidays L^-Iudthh and $84,000 an hour.- —-T-- The.^e fjgmeh show'ckai’ly that the nation is having taxes piled upon it (hat are /confiscatory. 'They reveal that the talk of President Roosevelt and administration leaders ©bout a halanct^d budget is all ballyhoo. No the streets —hut not to trespass on private property. The Textile Bulletin, of Charlotte, ’ists several pertinent facts in con- Lewi.s’ CIO invasion of thr South, that are ^well deserving of the seiw>us thought ami coi>sideration I. of the thousands of workers to whom he is maktrfg his [lartisan appeal. They follow: .. (1) There is no money ip sight for anyone except the organizers. They 0n\)i6\ rolls. There are people holdingjor so it was .said in the published ac- salarii^ po.sjtions all over the state, | counts. There was no excuse for the.se tins'county incl’ideii, in varie<l W'1*A j lynchingss ^n the mob.s were no presi- at»tiviti(^ who will never make an^dents, secretaries or superintendents honest effort to find other employ-j of-cotton mills, no lawyers, doctors, Theiit so long as rhe government keeps hankers, editors, no “economic roy thi m iij) at the expense of taxpayc»*8. The ivcjuested information conoern- coart with .'fi yxiung men that prosperrity won’t last long. our hones^ effort has- been made to hal'-jhave guaranteed their salaries before ance/the budget, as figures clearly |thVy start. There is no money in sight show. When a declaration is made■ those people who go om^trike. that expenditures must be reduced,! (o) According to reports, Mr, Gor- .p^/rticularly the huge, relief appro-,,thought so little of the possibili- "iaiion, mayors of the great cities , ty of success of the efforts of the low living in large measure^ off thelcJO, that he completely sidestepped government, ru.sh to Washington and.j the issue in order that his own head loudly proclaim that there mu.st be n>ight not get hurt in‘the failure of no cut or retrenchment. And so the I the CIO. \ story goes — more spending, morel (3) jf Mr. Gorman thought a strike •waste, more piling up of debt all of|in 1984 could accomplish something, which means that inflation is here a„,j everyone knows its final results puhli^ record. The salaries of state and county federal \ office-holders .“hould he^made known. Why keep the the chicken and poultry bizness is ’ Iallso'picking up in our midst, sev- ft leral fresh laid eggs is being har- At whom arSthcanti-lynchinK billsi1 .Y 4 j'a-wako back-yarders. yore carry spondent fetched in 3 nice .yelitw the handling of federal relief j aimed? They^are certainly not aimed funds idwiuld be made a matter of at the “aristocrats,” the li^ilk-stock- ings,” of the South. Tlio—Ndrtbern Negroes are at the back of| them. Is President/Roosevelt against them? If eggs lin-one day last week, much to I the surprise of his wife who did- j e^en- know'. that all 3 of our.) den,|t riu#uii4 uv iiittiiu fviiiywii. rf ii^ tiic *■ icrniucxjy tiiviii • ii { . f ... ^ people in the dark by withholdinigri he is, why does Ke not so? Is tt | were laying now. with an inevitable upward spiral of living .costs for everything we eat, wear and use. Prices are rising and in death and disaster; and if Mr. Gor man, in 1937, thinks the effort of so much doubt "that he has'' been willing will continue to climb higher until ajto sidestej), the new effort of the Inidget lialanoe is a<‘hieved, and the (’K) look dark and-gloomy. <« lintry knows where it irt hwaded for. , (4> During the recent labor di.s- thi:* information ? .^ There i.s entirely too much secrecy in the handling of public affai4-'o- from the cross-country hainh : t:' the Capitol’s flag-pole. .And that such practices are allowed to exi.st, only the people are responsi ble. They can go to the ballot box, and put an end to “hid len tinancing,” ami will when pulilic opinion iK-coines ypfficiently aroused as it probably ’.viU one of the.se cthys.'' Tu 11 on the light, l.et the t*ixp'iy^ er.i kiiow how their money is being .spxnt and wasted—they hpve a per fect right to' kow', regardless ef^the attitude difficult for a Southern man, like Bymest, like Russell,* the Harrison, to be I^iO. per cent-ior Roosevelt—^and they do not pretend to be altHough they adore the' president. The New'.s and Courier agrees with Borah, the Republican, in this matter and will be 100 per cent against Roosevelt if he shall approve a fed eral anti-lynching bill. It believes that lynchers should be sent to the electric chair by juries drawn in their state coOTts, It is 100 per cent for .South Carolina. It is NOT 100^ per cent for any living man born of wo of politicians to keep'from' man.—The News and Courier. the soil erosion checks, have about all arrived and have been spent, j seven new cars are patrolling our | Streets onner coOnt of govverment aid; and everboddy is happy except a few- fejlpws wh6"~3ay that their checks were not as large as promised by the agents who measured their erq^ps for same, they have benn re ported to seckqr-terry w’allis of the biliousness, sour stomac' bilious indigesrion, flat leuce and headacb*', r’ to constipation. ~ 10c and 25c at dctlzr^. .agge\culture dept, Wedd jink in turlmnces in several of the major in- WH.AT H.'VIM’KNEF)?' jdustrms, several, rather outstanding AVhea .Senatoi- Byrnes ^originati'.l]/'Students of . industrial ndationship.s the senate amendment to _c‘'adenm i and labor prolilems have been care- r^it-doWM .strikes, he .step|)ed, into .the fully and earnestly studying the phi- fhneHght and his action was heartily h*/*nphy *nd—economics of Hie (HO,| ‘h'* puhr.cithe salaries ind wages p.aid by federal agencies.* The h.'ju.'-e de.serve.’’ comim'ndation for the effort it is nv.iking to inform the people. It Is always a .healthy thing to have a full accounting of the spcTiding of public funds of aR kind.s^ - ■ ^— eudoi se<| throughout the nation, for | and liave come to Half condusion-that those who u.-ii- their brains and have I the CIO Is not the answer or the best a>**nse of faii'iu's.s, know that he was, solution of eniidoyer-employee rela- I'jghl in his position. - [ tionship. with other Ranking on the iii.side ose Hoos-rvptr'nien, atpL referred to I often as (me of the ^jrresident’s coat-' WHY A I’RIVATE M.VTTEU? The house of representatives has passed a resolution calling on.Gover- .lohnston, Director , Kulp of the tail swingers, it wpS lieiieved that his , , , . ,, , .•riorl woul.i ,„M. it ■■.limliriiavi.]'""' l>ir,-ot,.i- l•lll|. .Um.., will tiu. svm|,all„.ti<’ i.it.Mvst!‘'’'I""''';!™' “f "■.•i- an,! ,u|.'|.o,t of.thf cliiaf l.x.Tiitiv,'j f;"'''', a,i,l a.lm,nistrativ,< r..a,I.T.,. ; I’inckna.v for compU'lo information , , , 'concerning expenditures for relief in Hut it didnt work out lhat^iy.l.a„^,th ('arolina .senator Byrin-s wont up the hUTr'so to speak, and then niarehed (quickly down. He got hold of something he Ptmldn’t handle. In short oinler his rid(M' to the Guffey-Vinson coal meas- - lire whieh sought to put the senate . on the spot against sit-down strike^ •ill industry, met defeat.- What happened, many have been askiM!g.._lVhy did Majority Ix'ader Robinson of th(> senate oppose and fight the Byrnes amendment* and coiiK' forth with his own bill, laleo* adojited, denouncing sit-down strikes, DimiWJuy pionage -liltion as “merely a definition of poli cy’’ and acknowledged that if it were violated cohgr«‘ss could d() nothing but feel regitd and continue'" to Iqok for some way to enforce this policj^ It was urged by other senators that during the past two year.s. The resolution was unanipious- ly adopted as it .should have been. •And now tho.si^ who sponsored the mea.sure should push it diligently and see that the accounting is made and not allowed to be aide-tracked or pigeon-holed. Johnston, Fulp and Pinckney are requested to give the public a com plete, itemized report'as the texr of the re.solution shows: “Be it resolved by the house of rep resentatives; 10 Years Ago (terns of Interest From The Chronicle of April 21. 19‘27 P. C. Trackmen ' Defeat Furmani^ Annual Encounter With Bap tists Result.s In 74 T6“SrFWin For Blue Stoekini^s. Bob Kins: Is His:h Scorer. / George W. A'uiihg, life-long Clinton citizen and farmer, died suddenly at his. home here Frh^y .moVning. __ The State Training school, located hear here, is included in the state ap- • Lonnie McMillian’s P. C, trackmen captured nine firsts and a 74 to 57 conquest of Furman on Saturday af ternoon in Greenville. Bob King took liigh scoring honor.s with three first.s . nd a'-second in the field events. Cole, Dennard and Green won .the 100, 2204ind 400, respectively, to dom Bells Will Ring Aloud Flat Rock During June the oncoming wedding of mis.s su- die lou hartfelt and mr johnnie green wishbone will be .solemnized some time,.,tfftduring th^ . njonth.., of according to a \statement made by* the bride’s fatheK at the drug stoar esday night. „this wediiing was place last year and have plans took w’ere CIO. across then made, the preecher* wa.s hired, flow ers were decker-rated about thei^ —^-iiallatial home of the bride, prfssents were; sent, and everthing was set, hut the groom failed to show un. propriatioii bill for $07,000 for two j dashes, and Huntley came additional donnitories and equiiunent. mile. Re.vnolds won both Mrs. S. A. Philson, 84, died yester, hurdle evenU and Thompson leajied 21 feet, inches to take broad jump no pressent.s or,anything were^re- tiirned last year, so whoever comes to \lhe new W'edding that fetched,, pressents befoar will be welcome ■A’ithout. .same, but the res.t of the folks who have not heretofore con-. ’I’hu U. A. W. organized /by the Committee for Indus^ial Organizat’on went cn ^rlke at General .Motors plants in y^ha- W*, t'amda, the-govern ment threatens to use/ troops against “foreigners.” Our _organization Renders a 24-hour, efficient, wdl appoint ed service. Each c^emony w4 direct is modern ift its refine ments, yet old-fashioned in its courtesy and dignity. Each fam ily decides upon the price that meets its wishes. D.C.TRIBBLCm AMBULANCE SERVICE -PHONE 94 r*i day morning at -her residence here follo’wing a |>eriod of declining health. honors. .Miss Hosanna Vance has returned!, bettered Kings performance to Lucy Cobb college after spending''^ javelin throw to take first, and the F.aster holidays with her parents, i annexed another ftrsC in the T ... . , “Sectjon_l. That his excellency, Slid ■an/iugkdAL.fea::, D.-. Johnston, governor of fc. Itobinsoi! ,tescnd>«i his reso- Carolina, and Hon. J;- D. Pulp. director of temporary staT^ depart ment of public welfare and admihis- trator of emergency relief funds, and Hon. Law-rence M. Pinckney, works progress administrator, are dseh of them respectfully requested to trans- Was dilator Byrnes attempting t(rj, “smoke out'’ the president on the sit- down .strike, or was he taking a posi tion which he knew w-as not objec tionable to President WilWam Green of the American Federation of laabor, and at the same time altogether ob jectionable to John L. Lewis of -CIO the measure be made a joint resohi-t^^jt reprejentatives, tion--which would require the presi- following information covering dent s signature or veto-rather than past two yeat^L ' ' y^concurrent resolution which would itemM report of all Tmt call for presidential actum. ^^^5 disborsmuents of federal Mr. and Mns. R. B. Vance. Rev. C. B. Betts, E. B. Sloan and A. B. Blakely‘^ere in Charlotte Tues day attendirnf^a board meeting of the A. R. P. church. '"Mrs. J. Lee Young returned Sun day from a visit to her sister in Phil adelphia. , Dr. and Mrs. D. M. Douglas and pole vault. ^ The summary: Mile run: Huntley (PC), Alston (F), Franklin (F). Time, 5 minutes, 51.4 seconds, 440-yard‘run: Green (PC), Bpasley (Ft, Whitaker (F). Time, 53.4 sec- ond.s. 100-yard dash: Cole (PC), Dennard daughters of Columbia, wei-e herei^^^* Thompson (PC). Time, 10.1 sec- Sunday for the funeral of George W Young. Mrs. Horace Payne and little daugh ter of Plant City, Fla., arrived yes- in ds. 120-yard high hurdles: Reynolds .(PC), Stevens (F), Davis (PC). Time, lq«0 seconds. emergency relief funds, AVPA funds, department of public w-elfare funds, social security board funds, and any other funds provided “by the federal government and used in this state for relief, work-relief, or administration purposes, including all funds provided *by terday to spend several weeks .with I S^O-yard run: Beasley (F), Green her parents, Mr. and Mrs. (jeorge A. Huntley ,(PC). Time,"'2 min- Copeland. [utes. 10.2. seconds. The many friends of J. Will MilanL " /^k^^irB^nnard (PC), No will regret-to'-know he is a patient in Ritch (I^C). Time, 2^.3 sec^. the Laurens hospital where he J 4 4. _ Thursday. 1 Two-mile run: Alston (F), Frank- Witherspoon of 1 (F), McCully (PC). Time, 11 min- WEAPB/iWOmif- eom MO Aitme to soy// Now you caa bwa the re- friftfmtor yov've always WMSed, ^ Geaeial BeccHc M>w oottt yoo less dien ever Mtaqr. Ottly retrigeratoc with derwent an operation on Thursday, and Mrs. J. H. Mr. fame? If his intention was to , purposes the president to take a sUnd on the . ..second; Copies of the last com issue he failed completely, even though he caused admi^stration leaders .to .twi.st and squirm and this city, announce the engagement ofi^^®®* ^^-2 seconds, their daughter, Frances Mason, to I - 220-yard low hurdles: Reyftolds Dr, Lewis McNeil Bailey of Spartan-j Davis (PC), Stevens (F). Time, burg, the w-edding tp take place in seconds. June. High jump: King (F)<*icobs (PC)„ Mrs. John Henry Hipp announces 1 Hicks (F), Height, 5 feet 6 inches, counties or cities for matching the engagement of her ^ daughter,' Pole vault: Beenian (PC), Hemj^- Emma Blanche, to William Carlih'(PC), MeSween (PC). Height, 11 Shealy,* the marriage to take place in, 1 inch. plete audits made of each of the'the early summer. * j Shot put: King (F),'Babb (F), ,Ja- aforementioned funds and- offices Third: A correct and complete A.marriage of interest was that of (PG)- Distance, 43 feet, 3 inches: Mi.ss Sara A. Dominick and James! Discus throw: King (F), Williams showing^ in detail the | Virgil Stilwell which occurred at the <P^)» Hipp (PC). Distance, 129 feet. later killed, had the president in. ai,^ou„t or aqiounts‘'of each of such close place. And it should be added that, up to this writing, the country Kas been given no -Comment by President Roose'veh bn the Byrnes resolution. FA<?rS WORTH CONSIDERING The Committee for Industrial 'Or ganization (C.J. O.) is an offshoot of the American Federation of Labor. • Advance organizers fdr“the“Textile Workers’ committee of the organiz*- tion ere now in this state holding ty of the eiate up to date. the funds spent in each county of state. - “Fourth: A correct and complete statement showing number of cases on relief, work-relief, WPA, and* in administrative* work in each "county, by months, for the past twelve (12) months. “Fifth; A correct and complete statement listing salAries paid nibnth- ly out of each of said funds and" in each of i^d office^jjind in each coun- maetinfs to nark tha beginning emnpalgfi to drganisa the ‘Section 2. it is- the intention of (ha tvaoltttion to request of each of Luth<*va«- parsonage at Silverstreet on ^turday. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B, Dominick, who reside near here. We carry a compile line of Mark books. Ledgers, Cash Bodu, Joomala, Day Books, etc.* Call 74 fbr your needs. Chronicle: PidiUshinf Oi. / SPECIAL J CoamopoMtan Magaziiic, 15 Months, I2J0. t .. - See me for other special offers. JAMBS W4 CALDWBLi^ CaU 88 at 18*40 P. M. 3 inches. Javelin: Hipp (PC), King (F), Stevens (F)‘. Broad jump: Thompson (PC), Ritch (PC), Hicks (F). Distance," 21- feet, 914-inches. . - y:' Relay: Won by Furman (Beasley, Hodgens, Whitaker, Jenkins). Time, 3.minutes, 42.7 seednds. The Furman freshhien defeated the P. C. freshmen, 86 to 46. WHAT DO . . . P. S. Jeanes OIL COOLING a 1