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THE CHRONICLE StriTCt To Be ft Cletn Newft> paper, Coaiplete, Newaj, ftftd BeUftble. -\ VOLUME xxxvn .-77 CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1937 If Toft Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE Ton Don’t Get The Neira. NUMBER 34 CONGRESS ENDS LONG SESSION Democrats Blast CoUeagueis As Curtain Falls. Many Predict . t' e Fight Will Be Resumed In Fall If President Calls Extra'Ses sion. Gnffey Sets Off Spark. DEATH CLAIMS MEMBER OF COUNTY DELEGATION SPOTCOnON HITS NEW LOW Washington, Aug. 21.—Congress ad journed tonight, embroiled to the a last in a spectacular warfare between fighting factions of the Democratic party. —= After .eight month.*? of furious • wrangling, the wearied legislators t^rned homeward, wondering if the party'^8 onJfe solid majorities had been split beyond repair. ^ They wondered, too whether, they ^ would be summoned back into spe cial session this fall to dei^l with problems left unsettled, and, if so, pessimistically predicted that the intra-party row would go on then, from where it stopped today. For it ended on a note of wrath ful defiance. Four of the TVemoerats who oppo.s^d the Roo.sevelt bill arose one after the other, and challenged the administration to unseat them because of that opposition. Upon Senator Guffey (D.-Pa.) who had suggested such a course the four, Wheeler, BUrke, O’Mahoney and Holt, •poured vials of contempt and denun ciation, while he sat grimly straight before him and said nothing. Then, they circulated a peti^ among their Democratic colleagues, asking that Guffey be ousted from his position as chairman of the Democratic senatorial campaign com mittee. They said they had obtained from 15 to 20 signatures. Aside from this heater conflict, congress spent the day working swiftly and smoothly to adjournment, with little left to be done becau.se most of the president’s legislative program has been beaten, stifled in committee or postponed by a coalition of Republicans and Conservative Dem ocrats. Shortly before the .session ended formally at 7:22 p. m.. Eastern Rtandeard Time, Mr. l^oosevelt sent the senators a letter expressing' his “regards and good wMShes” and hop ing the legislators would have a “pleasant, happy vacation;” f iPacltod gallbries during today’* debates contra.sted strangely with a sparse attendance on the part of leg- •' islators. except during the Guffey dis pute. One roll call in the house showed 250 of the members not in attendance. When the day began, congress had two tasks left to perform, approval by both hou.sei of conference rer ports on the $.526,000,000 low-cost housing billVand on the third defi- -ciency bill. The hou.<?ing conferees, who worked into last night, had their report ready when congress met. Both chambers quickly approved it, after .some minor, sharpshooting on the measure’s provisions regarding civil ser\-ice requirements for em ployes of the new federal housing commiasioii. P. C. Football ' Schedule Given Saturday, Sept 18, Clemson at Clemson. , Saturday, Sept. 25, Georgia Tech at .Atlanta. Friday Oct. 8, The Citadel at Clinton,\>ight game. Friday, Oct. 15, Newberry at Clinton, night game. Saturday, Oct. 23, Furman at Greenville. Saturday, Oct. 20, Emory and' Henry at Emory, V’a. Friday, Nov. 5, Mercer at Clinton, night game. Saturday, Nov. 13, open. Saturday, Nov. 20, University of South Carolina at Columbia. Nov. 24 or 25, Wofford at Spartanburg. J. D.'Witherspoon In Cohunbia HSJt.roke Causes Death of Mem ber of Legislature From Lau rens County, Serving Second Term. Known As Advocate of Economy. Price of 9,87 Cents Lowest Av erage Since September, 1933. Other Commodities Also ^ff. COUNTY HORSE SHOW TO TOntHELD FRIDAYWCHT Washington, Aug. 21.—Spot cotton prices dropped to the lowe.st point; in nearly folir years, the bureau ofj agricultural economics reported to day, to average 9.87 cenLs a pound at the week-end. This was the lowest average since September 2+? 1933, and about five’’; cents a pound less than the high; point on March 30 this year. , j Government economists attributed the decline to improved 'weather Laurens, Aug. 24. f'^neral jj.^jnditions for the indicated large rites for John Donnom Wither-1 cotton crop, particularly in the wost- I spoon, Laurens countv legislator, Ibdt, ami .slow de f. ....... ■ , mwwif'for new [were neTa Tuesday afternotni at; business. the First Presbyterian church, conducted by the Rev. Jodie A. Martin and the Rev. W. D. Spinx, lx)th Baptist ministers. Mr. Martin, friend and neighbor of r Mr. Witherspoon for many years, made the eulogy, paying tribute to Prices of other commmlities and securities moved down with cotton • which was 69 points below the aver age of a week earlier, 10.56 cents i for middling 7.8-inch, and nearly two' cents under a year ago, 11.73. Spot | I)rices declined more than future con tracts. Sales of 108,000 bales at the ten First Checks Are Received In County ihim for his steadfast consistency as si>ot markets wejv larger than the corresponding week in any rlecent They compared with 69,000 j citizen and lawmaker,--* \N*ith spi*cial I respect to his stand for prohibition. I Here for the funeral included Gov- |ernor Olin D. .lohnston. Speaker Sol Welfare Board Begin.s Distribu-; Blatt, Senator Ben Leppard. Repre- tion of Funds For Needy Chil- s^ntative .1. D. Long and btherV in official life, including the official dren. Aged and Blind. / The senate had voted to put all such employe* under the civil service, the house to put none of them in that etfttus. The' conferee^ recommended tlial clvn seiwTce" requrrement.s be ap-. plied to all receiving salaries of less than $1,900. 'Representative Fuller (D.-Ark.) chairman of the Democratic patron age committee, denounced the com promise as “an ineult to 95 per cent of the menrbers of the house.” While the report was before the bouse and senate, conferees on the deficiency bill, which carried last- minute appropriations reported a par tial ag^ment, and asked the house for fresh instructions on several points. As the result of their labors, the bill providing for expenditures, of $150,000,000, was slashed by $53,000,- 000. The largest cut was the re moval of $49,7^,000 for the pajment of benefits un^r the sugar control bill sent to the White House yester day and expected to be vetoed. The cotton provision developed a battle-royal which was not settled until Sp^ker Bankhead and Ma jority Leader Rayburn had inter vened with pleas for approval of the item, which already had the senate’s c. k. They were opposed by members from the com and wheat sections, who charged the measure discrimi nated against thedr states. Senate approval had been obtained by a coalition of cotton and grain state senators, with the former prom ising later assistance to tbe latter. A division vote in the house show ed 157 in favor of the cotton sub sidies and 93 against. While mem bers shouted objections to that time- consuming process, the opposition de manded a roll call vote. « 'Through the tmnult, one men»ber shouted “let’s vote on the wage- hour hill instead.” sharp reminder that the measure was stuck in the rules committee because of opposition from (Csotiaaed on page aiz) Dr. L. E. Bishop, secretary of the county welfare board, announce<l that the first checks for assistance of needy aged, dependent children, and blind of the county were received from Columbih Saturday and were distrib uted by Miss Jean McKee, member of the county staff, and himself to 16 persons in various parts of the county. * Dr. Bishop stated that there were no Checks for the blind in the number received Saturday, but that payments to, those in this classification will be gin next month. It is said that the average amou0 of each monthly check will be $16 for agsd, $10 for dependent children,, and $20 for the blind. Dr. Bishop states* that the'small number of checks received was due to the fact that case workers had only two days in which to investigate ca.se.s and get their reiwrts to Columbia. Hereafter checks will be issued from Columbia on the 18th of each month. Dr. Bishop says he expects a substan tial increase in the number receiving checks next month. The distribution of funds is made under the law pas.sed at the la.st .ses sion of the general assembly, and provides financial assistance to aged^ persons who have, no means-of sup port, dependent children and blind of the state. Each county has set up a welfare bbard which operates uhdef the direction of a central state agency with headquarters in Columbia. The county boards have a force.,pf office workers and investigators, in addition to the board itsalf. — assembly (iolegation. .Also many oth er friends were present from lau-. ren.s c()unty and throughout the state, Mr. Wither.spoon died Monday moming at the Baptist hospital in Colum<bia, following a stroke he had suffered Saturday afternoon while qn a visit td the capital with a party of friends from .Mountville. In .May, last year, Mr. Witherspoon was stricken with' apoplexy while attending the .session of the general assembly. He w^ ill at his hqine and at a hospital in -Laurens for tifree. months after returning from Columbia. While un able to' make any speeches, he en- tere<I the Laurens county campaign last summer for cenomination to the hou.se, an<l ^s returned for his third term by a handsome vote. He was able to attend tha session this year, and since adjournment he had .gone about his usual routine, being pres ent at frequent delegation meetings an<l making visits over the county and to his farm in the .Mountville section at intervals. As a legislator, .Mr. Witherspoon was alert in behalf of improved cross country roads for his county. He advocated the election of all state court juilges by popular vote, and sought to give the people county and state bond i.ssues School Bells To Ring Wednesday The 1937,-;38 term for the Clinton .schools will begin next Wednesday morning, according to announcement by Supt. W. E Monts, who is^ 'beginning his thin! year as head of the schools. Teachers and pupils are ■exp<‘cted to be at their re.spec- tive buildings ready for the year’s work. With the compulsory attend- ^ ance law in effect, it is exjK‘ct- e<l,that the schools will have a record enrollment.. Mr. Monts states that the buildings have been put in go<xI condition dnring the summer and everything will In* in readi ness to insure a sueoe.ssful term. The Thoinwell orphanage schools will begin their work on Tuesday, Aug. 31. Clinton Lions Club ‘ Sponsor Of Event Second Annual Affair To Be Enlarged and Improved With Many Horses and Riders En tered. Stage l8(^ College Field Under the Lights. year, in the preceding week, 60,000 in the ^?ame 1936 week, ami 57,000 for the corres|M)nding week in the five-year p<‘riod (‘uded in 1935. Other members of the bosrd for Laurens county, besides Dr. Bishop, are J. M. Donnan and W. L. McDan iel of Laurens. Highway Survey Car^ Returned Of the 4,885 questionnaire cards sent with applications for drivers’ licenses to passenger car owners Repre.sentative Witherspoon i.s sur vived by his widow, formerly Mi.ss Maude Gaines of Gainesville, Ga., to whom he was married July 19, 1904; one son, J. D. Witherspoon, Jr., of Rock Hill; two daughters, Miss Phoebe W’itherspoon, teacher in the public Bchools, and Miss Jean WlTherspoon, Exports Were, about the .same as the previous week and larger than the corresponding week of the past two sea.sons. The jlmreau sai<l merchants and' shippers bought freely against odd commitments with few inquiries re- 'ported for raw eottoif to apply, against new business. • Domestic mill activity, the trade said, increased somewhat after the sharp reduction early this month. The bureau reported unfilled onlers for cloth have Invon.. mluccd sub^ stantially and that mill stocks of cloth have increased considerably from the unusually low levels earlier thi.s year. The trade reported increased sales of unfinished _ cloth although theae_^ were„yp®lkF in yqlume than mill out-" put. Cloth prices continued to de cline and mill margins averaged less in the first two weeks of August than the same July perio<L Exports from August 1 to 20 ag gregated 135,000 l)ales oompareil with 107,000 in the same perio<i last sea.son and 110,000 two years ago. Of exports since August, 1 about 18 per cent went to Great Britain, 69 per cent to the Continent of Eu rope, four per cent to the Orient and nine per cent to C/anada. 'The bureau said India repordied about -the same cotton acixvage as at this time last year. India’s 1936 Beloved Woman Claimed By Death Mrs. G. N. Koy, of Goldville, l*a.sscs At Columbia Hospital After “Extended Illness. Mrs. .Margaret Moorer Foy, 48, of Gobivilie, died at 10 o’clock Monday night at the Baptist hospital in Co lumbia after an illness of several weeks. : Mrs. Foy was the former Miss Mar- gatt*! Moorer of Parler. She atUmded the Parler schools and Winthrop col lege. She was a memiber of the Gold- ville MethfMlist church and leaves many friends who regrot to learn of her death. iShe had made her home at • Goldville for eight years[l her husband; G. N. Foy, U superin tendent of .schools. Mrs. Foy was a woman of many excellent traits\f character, making friends entered into and influenced the life of the community, where she was highly esteemed . Mr.-.Foy is .survived by her hus band; one sister, Mrs. I). J. Avinger of Vance; three nieces, 'Mrs. H. B. Rhame of Columbia, Mrs. N. C. Bern In what promises to be ,an outstanding county-wide event, the Lions club of Clinton wdll present its second annual hor.se show' Friday night. The show w'ill be hehf on the'athletic field at Pre.sbyterian college under the floodlights, and will begin at. 7:30. interest in the show is not confined to the city of ('linton, but is wide spread, covering all swtions of »the county. It is estimated that about forty horses will be entered, some of them Ix'ing capable of competing in any show, even the largest and most fashionable events 'm the South. Besides <*vents judged hy the (|uali- ties possessed hy the horses, there will l>e prizes for horsemanship, and the county’s best riders will be com peting for the iblue riblx)n represent ing first place. Red ribbons will he given winners of second place, and yellow ribbons for thir<l. A spi'cial event has Ix'en arranged for the wo men to exhibit their horsenianshii», and also ope for childrt'ii. A comedy event will be the mule race. ALso in- clu<I«<I in the program is a laiicing toumament, participated in by about eight riders, who will attempt to thrust a shaft- tliVough a series of rings about three inches in diameter. The rings are suspended in the air and the rider^r-coming down .the field at a fa.st pace, will exhibitt^ir^ski 11 in “bitting the bull’s eye.” To succes.s- fully perform this feat requires piuch practice and an eagle’s eye. The committee heading the shovr says it will be jbigger. and lK*t.er, and states further that the show Ts'a Iau- rens county affair ,and that all riders and horses will be confined to the county. Ten events are on the schedule. Pro moters jjf the affair have l)oen un tiring in their efforts to stage a show nett of Holly Hill, and Mrs. Dorothy that will satisfy horse-lovers and fur- high school pupil here; a grandchild, J. D. Witherspoon, 3rd; two brothers, H. W. Kitherspoon of York and J. Harvey With^spoon of Cross Hill. For a number of years he was en gaged in farming at W’hite Plain.':, near Cross Hill at the old homestead and as a traveling salesman in this and other states. He and his fam ily have made their home in Laurens for the past 10 or 12 years, following a residence of several years at West- Laurens county, exactly 1,026 have been returned to the Highway Plan ning Survey. This represent* about 21 per cent of the cards sent out in this county. The information on these cards is to be used by the survey to make a financial study of South Carolina driving and driver*. The study, as' a part of the survey, is jointly spon sored by tne state highway depart ment and the federal bureau of pub lic roads. Only 57 of the 486 questionnaire cards sent to.Laurens coxmty truck drivers were filled out and returned. Thus, the percentage of the return from truck drivers was lower than the return from privately owned pas senger cars. A total of 24.^37 cards were mail ed to vehicle d^ers in this state. By July 31 of this year, 55,170 of them Mr. Witherspoon was born in Lau rens county August 15, 1876, so he pas.<?ed his 61 st birthday a little more than a week ago. He was the son of Dr. James Harvey Witherspoon and Phoebe Williams W’itherispoon. On both sides he was descended from ari.stocratic families. He spent most of his youth at York. He was educated at Catawba college, Washing and Lee and the University of South Carolina. Speaker Sol Blatt of the house of representatives named the following to represent the house at the funeral: Representatives C. L. Milam and R. C. Wasson of I-aurens, John D. Long of Union, Neville Bennett of Marlboro, production was 5,287,000 bales of 784 pound.*?, an all-time peak. Netxled rains aided the crop in dry portions of Texas and Okla homa during the week and generally fair weather was reporteit for most of the central and eaatem parts of the cotton belt. Junior Matches To Begin Today Boys of the City iTo Compete For Cup In Tennis Series. Sev eral Already Entered. Matches scheduled for the first of the week in the Clinton Junior Tennis Tournament were postponed because of rain, but competition will begiif today if weather permits. About 14 boys under 19 years of age have entered the toumament, which is the first Junior toumament ever held in Clinton. Matches will be played on the municipal courts and the P. C. courts the latter part of this week, -with the finals scheduled for Fridayr-orJLhe first of next week. It is expected that a cup will be obtained to be awarded to the winner for one year. This will add to the interest and make it a permanent affair, held each summer^ The following boys are entered in the tournament: Tench Owens, Billy Wannamaker, Rufus Sadler, Bill Cbx of I’arler; thVee nephews, I). M. Avingec-of Holly Hill, Jojk'ph Avin- gef of Vance, an<l R. T. Moorer of Parler. Funeral services were conducted at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon from Jerusalem .Methodi.st church, near El nish an evening of high grade enter tainment to the public. 'Fhe .schedule of events has been an il uonced as follows: 1— Grand parade. 2— Draft mares (under halter). 3— Children under sixteen years of loree, by the Rev. M. K. Mcdlock of age (hor.semanship only to count). Graniteville, and the R<‘V. E. S. Jones, pa.s.tor of the Goldville Methoilist church. Internment 4—Sa<ldle brood mares (under hal ter). yard. Bell St. School Opens Wednesday J. B. Britton of Sumter, and Thomas H. Pope, Jr., of Newberry. (Jovemor Johnston said: “It was Wade, Irby Hipp, Duncan Workman, with deep regret tliat I learned of thei-l^^l*^ Mimnaugh, 'Bill King, Tom Mar- death of Mr. Witherspoon. I consider-j I-Awrence Ferguson,^ Bill Dicus, ed him to be one of the outstanding: Walter'Coker. d b«,n re«iy«l, or 22.4 per cent of Carolina. He was the total number sent out. Closing Union Service Sunday The final union service of the sum mer will bey held next Sunday eve ning at eig^t o’clock in the ThomVrell Memorial church. The pulpit will' be occupied by Dr. J, C. Roper, pastor of North Brostd Street* Methodist church. Regular evening services in the churches of the city will be re sumed on September 5th. All con gregations are invited to unite in the closing service. ' hone.st, trustworthy and fearless. He Rev. Edward Long wa.*? known to us as the watchdog of the trea.sury, and performed fine ser- kes for state. He will be sorely missed in the legislature. Mr. Wither- .*»poon never missed the ses.sions of Bell .Street school (ct^ored) will open W<*<lne8day, Sept. 1, with the fol lowing teachers as members of the faculty. Dorothy Lomas, Clotelle Harris, .Mary Ruth Yoyng, M^gie Mims, Claudia Dorroh, Ruth [ Alexander, Dollie Mae Elli.son, H. L. Evans, all of Clinton; Raherta Mosely, Roanoke, Va.; J. F. Hicks, Florida; J. R. Har per, Orangeburg; Anna J. Simons, Washington, D. C.; Georgia Willis, Albany, Ga.; J. T. W. Mims of Clinton, is principal. Supeary Beasley is principal and teacher in the Bethel school. Principal Mims states that the high school begins the year as a standard four-year school, being giv en the rating by the state public school authorities. ‘Training for Citizenship,” is the motto of the school, Principal Mims states. manship only to count). 6— Three,-gaLted sa<ldle horses (walk, trot, canter). 7— Mule race. ^ 8— Plantation walking horses. 9— ■F'ive-gaited saddle horses. 10—Lancing toumament. To PreacK Sunday Rev. Edward Long, treasurer of! , Furman university, Greenville, and the hou.*»e and he did not hesitate to former pastor of the First Baptist* speak out when he thought it was necessaiy. TO NEW YORK Miss Ella Adair left yesterday af ternoon for New York where she will spend ten days buying fall goods for the well-known Ladies’ Ready-to- W’ear shop, ^ church here, will occupy the pulpit i Sunday morning, Mr, Long is replac-i ing Dr. B, E. Geer, president of Fur-1 man, who was scheduled to speak, but' it is stated he found it impossible to' be here. j Mr. Long was pastor of the church for twenty years and will be wel comed to the city by his former mem bers and other friends in the city. DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! 4 DEATHS from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in MURENS COUNTY 1937 Let’s Strive To Make This a Safe Year On the Highways. MiU Official Dies In Enoree T. Crocker Was Formerly Superintendent of Lydia and Joanna Cotton Mills. T, N. Crocker, 61, died at his home in Enoree on Augu.*?! 10, after an ill ness of .several weeks. He is survived by hi.*? widow and one .son, lice Crocker; one brother, James Crocker of-Tueapau; one sis ter, .Mrs. C. B. Buskin of Greer; his father, W. A. Crocker of Enoree, and a niece, Mrs. C/olie Adair of this city. Mr. Crocker is i-emembered here, by many friends. He was superintend ent of Lydia Cotton Mills from 191.‘I to 1918, and of Joanna Cotton Mills.' from 1919 to 1925. I- County Tax Levy Fixed .For Year The county tax levy will be three mills higher than last year -arid will j bring the total for state and county 'purpo.se.s to 34 mills, according to a I .schedule of levies fixed by the coun ity delegation at a meeting held Ao- Igust 2nd. The total last year wa.s 31 , mill.s. The .schedule fqllow.s: state ! leyy 5 mills, constitutional sc*hoof 3, high school 1, road bonds 8, pa.st in debtedness 3, ho.spital bonds one-half, agricultural building 1, ordinary cx>un- 4y 10, and current, Joans 2 1-2 mills. vr Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Boyd will be sorry to know their small son, Jerfy Milton, is ill at the Columbka hospital in Columbia, where he haa been a patient the jiast two weeks. \ \ < i 1. \ \-