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T TRB CHRONICLB StriTcs To B* a Cloaa Nowo* ■ paper, CMoplete. Newij, aad lUHable. VOLUME xxxvn •9 If You Doo’t Read THB CHRONICLB Ton Don’t Get The Newt. CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1937 NUMBER 30 RALLY SEASON LOOMS IN STATE ' Joily Street, Filbert Pknic and Mullins Festival To Furnish Political Stage for Candidates and Officeholders. Columbia, July 24. — It’s i)vlitical rally time in South Carolina. Politicians are polishing their ora tory and ^housewives are planning picnic lunches because, the annual sea-1 son for country political “speaking” is rolling around again. Absence of primaries and elections this summer will prove imall hinder- knce to sponsors , of the meetings. Two major races—^for governor and tl. S. senator — will take the lime- -J%bt m 1938, and alrtfmiy'inc^'i'^spnr the contests-is gaining momentum. ' Possibly the oldest of the rallies is the annual event at Jolly street in Newberry 'county, which is planned for August iT, with both U. S. sena tors and all the -South Carolina con gressional delegation on the program. The day before, the annual Filbert picnic in York county will be held with a similar list of notables down for talks. All announced or rumored candi dates for governor in 19,38 will share the roster at the annual, Mullins to bacco festival July 29. The Mullins event is not strictly a political rally since its day-long program—in celebiation of the com ing tobacco sales sea.son—spreads out to include open-air acrobatic and mu sical acts, an air circus, baseball and B dance. The canny minds on the program committee insured interest from the politically-minded, however, when they requested speeches from Cole L. Blease of Columbia, Burnet R. May* bank of Charleston, Wyndham Man ning of Sumter, Ben .Adams of Co lumbia, Neville Bennett of ^Bennetts- ville, Edgar Bcowm of Barnwell, and Ben T. Leppard of Greenville, all mentioned or announced candidates for the gubernatorial race. In addition. Senators Ellison D. Smith andUames F. Byrnes, Governor Olin D. Johnston and Congressman Allard H. Gasque will add to the day’s political tinge with talks. There is little at Jolly Street ex cept the school house and an attrac tive grove nearby, but each yMr for a day it becomes a storm^ center when political differences are 'aired. The rally is closely allied with the personality of the former govempr and U. S. senator. Cole L. Blease,' perennial program committee chair- n<an. Each year the program is built around a paramount question of the day. In 193.5, Governor Eugene Tal- madge, who was at his height in Georgia politics, was the featured speaker. I^ast year. Governor Olin D. Johnston and George Bell Timmer man, chairman of the highway com- . mission, were pitted against each oth er to air the flaming hi^ghway dis pute. This year the speakers hi^ve been invited to talk bn “any national issue they please.” Unexpected action by congress in terminating the fight stopped the plan to have a discussion of President Roosevelt’s proposed su preme court reorganisation. In addition to the national repre sentatives, invitations to speak have been issu^ to Butler B. Hare, former congressman, of Saluda; James H. Hammond and Gary Paschal, Colum bia; Dr. J. C. Kinard, president of Newberry college; James H. Hope, state superintendent • of education, and Dr. S. J. Derrick of Newberry college. - Solicitor W. Gist Finley will pre side in Mrs. H. G. Brown’s pastuse when the annual Filbert picnic gets underway. The governor and the com- . missioner of agriculture, J. Roy -Jones, have accepted invitations to speak, and others will be added to ' the list. Both Filbert and Jolly Street date back to the days when people had to / travel for weary hours over dusty roads in wagons and buggies to hear the silver-throated orators of their day. . They come from Jonger distaacea in automobiles now, but the atmos phere is much the same and the,poli-j ticians still hold the .center of the I stage. { Road Program To Cost $13,000,000 Two Hundred Jobs Included On Year’s Building Card. Six Pro jects In Laurens County. Columbia, July 25.—A total of 211 construction projects involving an es timated cost of $11,794,270 was initi ated by the state highway department in the fiscal year ending June 30. Chief Highway C(^mmissioner Ben M. Sawyer, in announcing these fig-j ures Saturday, said an added 10 per cent cost for engineering, rights-of- way and incidentals would boost the outlay to approximately $13,000,000. The program, he added, was the largest amount of work undertakenj by the department in any one year dLU3..bi&toi:y Goldville Man Drowns In L. Efird Hayes Loses Life Wheji Motorboat Capsizes At Lake Murray. Four Companions • Rescued. The^body of Efiad Hayes, 33- year old textile worker employed by the Joanna Cotton Mills, Goldville, was recovered from Lake Murray, near Adams’ camp, Monday morning at 10 o’clock following a .search that began shortly after the motorboat in which Hayes was riding capsized Sun day afternoon. Funeral services for Mr. Hayes were held Tuesday afternoon at six o’clodt tfv-the Uni0n“Church"at Gold^ ville, conducted by Rev. Boozer,. State To Launch Welfare Program ments Receive Their First Application Forms. Columbia, July 26.—Thirty-two Jh**!iY‘Two_County D e par t -iDistinguished Service Plaque To Lepon To Honor JCHINESE ARMY Orphonage Head; PRESSED BACK Go This Year To Dr. A. T. Jamison of Connie Maxwell. Columbia, July 24.—iDr. Atha Thorn- county departments will begin this j a^,-jamisob, of Greenwood, will re week receiving iheir. f,iT,st ^appltca- Leive the American Legion’s dis- pons from the thousands of needy Itinguished service plaque for 1937, persons seeking und^r South,Miller ('. Foster, of Spartanburg and Carolina 8 . new ^1,000,000 welfare chairman of the award program. State Director Thonfas H. Lommittee. announced tonight, aniel said today. , Dr., Jamison is superintendent and He explained the means of apply-j treasurer of Connie Maxwell orphan ing: The applicant should go to the!age. county office, if convenient, and se-| Foster said the award, conferred! iciire the .blank in P^s^n as . thjsjannually fo_r distinguished tervice to 'wmrfd-^acilitate Tbe went to Dr. Jamison Otherwise, he should have some-1 for his work for humanity, especially Forty-Five Japanese Airplanes Bomb Barracks Near Peiping. City Thrown Into Uproar By Attacks From Four Sides. Tientsin, July 28. — The Japanese high command announced today its advance guard had captured Nanyuan barracks, after desperate fighting in which the Chinese 29th army was ^driven back on the walls of the an- icient city. . . • ■ A list of the work .showed 118 bi tuminous surfacing projects at an es timated cost of $8,034,357; 43 bridge projects at $1,570,3.35; 25-grading projects at $1,290,334; 17 paving pro jects at $821,156; three widening pro jects at $32,264; two house moving projects at $11,281; one roadside im provement project at $27,690; one storm sewer project at $3,850, and one sidewalk, curb and gutter pro ject at $3,000. assiste<i by the Interment followed in Resemont cem etery, Newberry. The decided is survived by hjs widow, Mrs. .Mattie Hazel Hayes, and two daughters, Mildred and Margar et; one son, L. Efird, Jr.; his mother, Mrs. Minnie Hayes Rawls, Batesburg; one sister, Mrs. Julia .Miller, Colum bia; one brother, Horace Hayes; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Smith, of Bate.-burg. Rev. F. W. Brandt! the''blank for him, or as a j youth. final resort, write for it. . The placpu' will be presented Aug- Daniel pointed out every persoh ust 2 at the legion’s convention at over, sixty-five yeais of age would Koc-k Hill. not be eligible, but that hjs_ need | The award was first made at Rock must first be established. The national security board approve the state board's plan of before disbursemenl.s an or aggregate of 15,584 approximately three . . , At the time of the tragic accident, a "ith Win- ford Taylor, F.d Frazier, Moody John son and Perry .Swygert, all employees of the Joanna Mills, When the motor boat capsized, .Mr. Hayes called for help, but sank before he could be aided, while his companions managed to swim to shore. A detachment of represented lineal feet, miles. The road work represented miles divided as' follows; Bituminous surfacing, 733.8 miles; grading, 108 miles; paving, 21.8 86i OiieiiUion b<>gin. ^ Counties ^vhich Daniel said would open offices this week: .Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Bam- !)erg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Chester," Clar endon, Darlington, Dillon, KaicfieliLj the Confederate Florence, Georgetown, Greenville, I ute from tin (Ireonwood.. Hampton, Horry, J as-' comrades of"7861-65.” It IHill ten years ago. The recipient was must the late Dr. D. B. Johnson, president of Winthrop college. Others who have can-been honored; David R, Coker, Div ! H. N. .Snyder, Richard I. .Manning, Dr. Howard .Anthony, ('aptain Wil liam K. Gonzales,.. Dr. C. F’red Wil liams, General ('harles P. Summer- all, and Mrs. A. Foster McKissick. The lihlti plaque .was presented “to veterans as a trib- men of 1917 to their per, Kershaw, I Lee, Marion, I burg, Pickens, liancaster, .MarlbtHO, Richland, mile.s; widening, one mile; roadside' ('olumbia fire i^'^'^ter. Laurens; Orange- Spartan- World war has been memorial improvement, one and one-half miles, and the sidewalk, curb and gutter, one-half mile. In Lauren.s County Lauren.s county is included in the letting for six projects amounting to $199,037.77, representing more thanj 21 miles bituminous surfacing, grad ing and new bridges. The projects listed by the department follow; Bituminous surfacing of a road leading from U. S. route 76 to the State Training school near Clinton and a section of the road in thO school grounds, -1.344 miles, $15,000, 17 per cent complete. , ' Route 39 — Bituminous surfacing from Newberry county line to Cross ^ill, 4.907 miles, $17,157.64, complete. Route 7 — Bituminous surfacing from approximately 6.9 miles north east of Clinton to New’berry county line, 6.687 miles, $85,.325.28, 57.2 per cent complete. - Route 7—‘Bridge over Duncan creek approximately 11 mile.H east of Clin ton, 302 feet, $16,205.10, 85 per cent complete. Route 76—Grading from Barksdale to Fountain Inn, 9.257 miles, $39,119.- 81, 3.8 per cent complete. Route 76—^Bridge over the C. and W. C. railway and approaches on West Marijfltfeet In Laurens, 75 feet, $26,229.94, 24.2* per cent ^complete. To Receive Bridge Bid In additional bids to be received on August 10th by the highway depart ment, Laurens county is included for a 210-fiipt concrete bridge over Dun can creek botween. Clinton and En- oree fiver-on route 56. P. C. GRADS GIVEN RATINGS IN ARMY Five recent P^sbyterian college graduates have received commissions as second lieutenants in the U. S. army this summer, according to Ma jor R. E. Wysor, head of the R.O.T.C. unit. J. B. Jacobs of Clinton, and Ra leigh Shoemaker of Charlotte, will be itationed at Fort Screven, Georgia. Walter Williams, of Clinton, will be at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Wil liam Thompson of Camden, has re ceived ' an appointment but his loca tion is n6t y^ known. Roy W. Fore hand of Portsmouth, Va., will be sta tioned at Fort Howard, Maryland. partment went immediately to the 5cene of the tragedy to^as.'ji.st in the .search for the body, .Mr. Hayes’wa.s reported to have drowned in approxi mately 26 feet ofwater and wa.s bhiy a few feet from .shore. The search for his body was discontinued Sunday night shortly after seven o’clock when the water became too rough for safety. The searcl^was resumed early Mon day morning. Using drag hooks with sinker attached, Winford Tay lor, one of the occupants of the ill-fated boat, recovered the body of Hayes at 10 o’clock. A cut across the drowned man’.s head confirmed the theory that he was knocked un conscious by the propeller or the boat framing. After the boat overturned, his cbmpanions said that Hayes rose to the surface of the water one time, then he disappeared from sight and did not come up again. The four Goldville men, carrying Leave Today For Summer Campi; Seventy-Six 4-H Club Boys and Girl.s Off For (^lemson En campment. in the buibiing h(*i-e\ * Beside.s Fo.stor, other members of the award committee are: K.T. Bill ings of Lancaster, .A. Stanley Llew ellyn of ('amden, S. L. Latimer, Jr., of ('olumbia, and Oscar 11. Doyle of Anderson. Dr. Jamison was born on a farm near Murfreesboro.Tenn., in 1866. He Seventy-rix members of 4-H clubs in Laurens county will leave' their respective communities this morning for their annual encampment Clemson college. The group will bei almost equally divided between boys and girls, .37 boys going on the trip and 39 girl.s. The club members will be trans ported on bu.srfes driveu by experi enced drivers, under the direction of County Agent C. B. Cannon. The county agent and home dem onstration agent will be assisted at received hi^ early education in a pri vate school operated by his father, U. I). JamiLson, and in 1885, at tiie age of ninete«-i|, entered Y.M.C.A. work as general secretary of the association at Charleston. Charles ton’s first Y.M.C.A. building was at erected during his nine years there. After .studying at the Southern Baptist Theological seminary, he was pastor of the Baptist church at Camden for five years. He was named to his present position with the or- [ihanage in 1900. He i.s the author of .several works dea'ing with youth and Connie Max- W( li. For .several years h(‘ was pre.sident of the Baptist Young People’s union The Japanese arnly communique^ .said its victorious troop.s entered the stronghobl at 11:30 a. m., and the de feated Chinese, of the 37th division a were retreating to the northwest to ward Peiping. The main body of the Japanese army was reported executing a wide flunking movement to cut off the Chinese retreat. The Japanese infantry attack was sui)porte<i by s<iua(lrons of bombers whose repeated attacks inflicted heavy casualties. the camp by Miss Miriam Wood, their own outboard motor, went to I Barksdale-Narnie school teacher, Mrs. j for South ( arolina. He was a mcm- 'W. .M. Henry Balentine, Brewerton' her'of the child labor committee'in L- M. Mohley, J, Hermnn I'^tHith Carolina^from its beginnL’ig Lake Murray Sunday afternoon and rented a-boat. They-entered-the-t>oat, rode down to Martin’s camp, and then circled back toward Adams’ landing. The water was rough, one of the men stated. .About 50 yards from the 1 an ding, ^n e of the men in the boa t made a movement that tipped the craft over on its side. Water started pouring in, Frazier said, and forced MR. BETTS OUT OF CITY The Rev. C. Bynum Betts left yes terday to assist the pastor, Rev. W. C. Kerf, in a revival meeting at Low- er Long Cane Associate Reformed Presbyterian church in Abbeville county. He will be out of the until next week. T ^ the boat far over on its side, throw ing, the men into the water. F'razier and Swygert swam to an anchored boat and climbed into it. Taylor :sup- ported himself on a kerosene can the nwi-had carried to hold fuel for their motor, until he was rescued. Johnson swam around in the water until,_he was picked up by a rescue boat. All efforts of re.scue parties to ,^ecover Hayes m the area where he "went down were unsuccessful. . The news of Mr, Hayes’ tragic death brought genuine regret to his large circle of friends in Goldville where he had lived for several years and was a highlj^ regarded 'citizen of the community. Kiwanians Plan District Picnic Power and G. Rojier. ' All dub members, said Mr. Gannon, will be re<iuired to have their record cards and books up to date if they ‘^xp(*^LJo .Attend,^of board and lodging will be $1.75, The group will return on the after noon of the 31 st, unloading at the beginning points and arriving in I>au- rens county about 3:30 p. m. ■and a trustee of the state industrial school since its foundation. Dr. Jamison has won a national reputation for his knowledge :^y.mi)a,tbef ic. intivcciJ. jn.4MUjnX-P?!!>pld. He was a member of the board of di- reotor.s of the child welfare league of America for three years and went to London last year as a dejegate to the third international conference of so- cia, work. Hospital Adding New Section *■ Last week marked the* breaking of grpund for an addition to Dr. Hays* hospiUl, in the form of a new wing fronting on Hampton avenue. Work' has progressed rapidly, the brick- j work and concrete floors being com*! pleted for the basement floor, which j will house new wards for colored pa- ‘ tients. The second floor will consist of a new operating room suite with adjacent sterilizing room, doctors’ dressing room, and physiotherapy ^room. Jiodemization of the reception room is in process of completion. f DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! - 2 A number of Clinton Kiwanians and their families are planning to at tend the Carolinas district Kiwanis ! picnic to be held August 6th, at Camp Greystone, six miles south of Hender sonville, N. C. Dr. Joseph R. Sevier, of Hender sonville, governor of the Carolinas district and o"wner of the girls’ camp, c'ly states that preparations are being made fori'1,500 Kiwanians and their families and guests from 73 clubs in I the twa states. JJwi mming, tennisj 'horseshoe pitching, boating, pageants jand a softball game between North [■and South Carolina team.s will make up the day’s program. In ca.se of rain, the camp’s large dining hall and pa-‘ — DEATHS , from , AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY 1937 Let’s Striye To Make This a Safe Year On the Highways. Severe W.eevil Damage Begins 'Clemsoni July 27.—County agents in the lower Piedmont section and coastal plains section report an av erage of 36 per cent of the cotton squares punctured- by the boll weevil for the week ending July 24. In the upper Piedmont section weevil.^ are not very abundant. The year. 1937 will go down as a Cannon Reports On Hail Damage A detailed survey of the hail dam age done in this county on July 11 showed that 52 farms were affected, including five colored and 47 whites, according to a report made by Coun ty Agent <’. B. Cannon. In the area were 24 share croppers with 411 people depending on the year of serious weevil damage; nev-'^^*^^ crop. There were 817.5 acres in ertheless, better yields are expected Planes Aid Army Tientsin, July 28.—F'orty-five Jap anese waiplanes, including heavy bombers, roared from Tientsin air fields at »la\vn't()(lay''tT) support a ma jor Japanese offensive against Chi nese barracks, guarding Peiping. Tiooji.s* moved to' encircle Peiping itself, carrying out the Tientsin Jap anese command’s warning that it was taking “free action” to force withdrawal of Chinese troops from Pei p i ng and ne igh-hor ing ba rrack^. Kbiim^ the warning as a vir tual declaration of war by the Japa nese army. Japanese troops were pushing from Fenglai, along with the Tientsin force. ( Barracks west and south of Pei|)-* ing were objectives ^ of the aerial bombers, but the Japanese command insisted that Peiping itsdf would not be bombarded from the air. The bombers first attacked Nan- yuan arracks; south of Peiping, and “large losses were inflicted on the enemy,” a Japanese communique said. The attack was at 6:20 a. m. \ Tretops moved against the ('hinesC barracks of Hsiyuan, just thrCe’ miles northwest of ancient Peiping itself. The Japanese, it was\ believed, had delayed a previous encircling move ment about Peiping, begun ten days ago, hecau.<e of the small force then at their command. —The present—Japanese—force Jn north China was estimated today to numher 20,000 troof)s, most of them he Tientsin unit, 5,(100 field quarters at Kengtai, and the re- matnirrg 500 eomprising the normal garrisop within Peiping. Tlje ^Chinese, foreign sources said, have an estimated 17 divisions in all Hopeh - province, numbering 150,(M1() men. This estimate includes 50,000 in thi! ('hinese 29th army, but the posi tions of^all are obscure. Ten thou sand are believed in the vicinity of Tientsin, 5,000 in the Peiping area, and the remainder at Paotingfu—85 miles south of the battle zone. Peiping Ik Prepared Peiping, July 27.— Peiping prepared tonight for an eventuality in the Sino-Jai)anese crisis as the zero hour .set by the Japanese for evacuation of Chinese troops neared. . ■The international legation quarter took on the a.spect of expected siege than was the case in the early 20’a when late-maturing va-rieties "were commonly planted and better meth ods of cotton production were not as widely practiced,” says W. C. Net tles, extension fentomologist. ~ “uMany agents have reported that early applif:;ations of the 1-1-1 mix ture gave excellent results. Even at . this time poisoned fields are showing less weevil damage than those unpoi the area of which 686.5 acres were! as United .States marines rn^de ready affected. The per cent of damage ran {sandbag fortifications to protect the from five to 65 per cent, with five people requesting aid at once. There were 495 acres planted in legumes. soned early in the season. “More dusting for weevil control has been practiced in South Carolina than in recent years, but even so the per centage of the- total kcreage dusted has been very small.” AWAY ON VACATION Dr. D. J. Woods, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, leaves, tomor row for a month’s vacation to be relatives in Blacksburg, Va., and Martinsburg, W. Va. During his absence his pulpit will be filled by visiting ministers. Union Service At Presbyterian ■(dTHon will be used. A special com- mjttee is arranging for a large at tendance from the Clinton club for the event. » The city union service next Sun-! day evening jatiH -be held at eight) o’clock at the First Presbyterian,, ‘church. The pulpit will be occupied’ by the Rev. W. N. Long, pastor of j the First Baptist church, with a cor-, dial invitation extended all congre- j gatjons to unite in This service, - MRS. I. C. BOLAND ILL BAPTISTS ATTENDING RIDGECREST MEET Seven members of the First Bap tist Sunday school are attending the 1 Southern Baptist Summer Sunday school conference at Ridgecrest, NL C., Mrs. -Ira C. Boland has be'en se-* tWis week. Thoi^e at the conference riously ill for the past week at her are; Mrs. Drummond Bailey, Misses | home on W-est Main street. While Pauline and Adelaide Roberts, Miss Mary Lou Johnson, Miss Elsie Neigh bors, 'Mias Annie lAie Jackson, and Roy Johnson. her many friends will regret to learn of her illness, they will be pleased 1 to know that her condition is how I showing a slight improvement. [ Groceries - Meats Food is es.sential to every individual and home. The house- wife must provide a daily menu, she wants something different, food of quality and priced right. ( Helpful Grocery and Meat advertisements appear regu larly in THE CHRONICLE tell ing you where to shop, what price to pay. Don’t overlook these important •food messages. Keep yourself informed through the advertising col- urhns of “Your Family News paper”— The|‘Chro^le “The Pap4r Everybody'Reads” •■V four gates to which they are assigned and precautions were taken by oth er foreigners. ' . ~~ The Japanese gave the Chinese un- tif noon tomorrow to withdraw units of the 37th division of the Chinese 29th army in the Peiping, or west barracks garrison, to the west bank of the Yungting river. Another ultimatum gave the Chi nese ^ntil noon today to evacuate to the south those units of t’ne division in the area west of Peiping near which the conflict first broke out July 7 in a clash during Japanese night maneuvers. The Ch ine^ *Ce-n tral News agency, said the Chinese announce<l officially ‘rejection of both ultimatums tonight, A Japainese spokesman indicated minor ketion might be expected to night in the area west of here be cause of the Chinese failure to with-. draw but warned that “a grave cri- sisV would result unless the demand in the second ultimatum was met to morrow. (Chinese military head<iuarters> in Nanking early Wednesday morning reported fighting broka^ out around I Peiping late Tuesday night. Previ- jously Chinese and Japanese were re- {ported fighting at Uanyuan. south of Peiping, where the grq^nd and air base of the 29th Chinese army is lo cated. Other hostilities were .said to be continuing at Tungchow, *12 miles east of Peiping, where Japanese said they killed 500 Chinese soldiers Tues day).