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mm •IWiiliiPIPilPf / . r. \ / ■ V /' j= THE CHRONICLE StrfTM To Be a Clean Newt* paper, Complete, Newiy, and Reliable. VOLUME xxxvir If Too DonH Read THE CHRONICLE Iron Don’t Get The Newa CLINTON, S. C;, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16,1937 NUMBER 37 MAHON SPEAKS! -^T-ttUB-MEET BE SAFE Parents Given Safety Tips To Impress Upon School- bound Youngsters. Congressman From This Dis trict Addresses Chamber of Commerce. Discusses Nation-1 Timely .dvice to Clinton p.ront., ai Affairs and Strongly Advo-f f ■‘'"“f . . «T j o.. / ler school year, is offered by the safe- cates That United Statw Keepi^^ American Anto- Out of Far Extern War. I mobile association, as follows: The Septei;;^ .^tihg ■ of the' Caution youngsters to crbss streets Chamber of Commerce held at the teaj^hly at corners and to obey traffic room Tuesday evening, was addressed i sisrnal^^ ^ by Congressman G. Heyward Mahon,] Familiarize .your children with of Greenville, special guest of -the route.-* to and from school that avoid TOWN OF CLINTON SUED FOR ! $20,000 BY iESSEJONG Suit Brought By W. E. Dillard. Plaintiff’s Attorney, Both Against the Town, Mayor P. S.‘ Bailey and Policemen Pitts, Ballard and King, Individually. Jesse King as plaintiff, through |ually, as well as in their capacity as his attorne^’pW,.^. Dillard, has served officers. . . V ; . _ . TViP nlfli complaint against the Town-of Clih- The plaintiff claims that the actioni , of the policemen and of the mayor inj^u illness of about a year. J. W. Lyles Dies EMBARGO ON At H Funeral Services for Venerable Man Held Monday, With In terment Following In Union County. John William Lyles, 76, died at his home hebe last Saturday night after club. The meeting was presided over by President W. R. Anderson, Jr. heavy traffic. Impress upon them the necessity ton and P. "S. Bailey as mayor, to-1 alleged arrest and im-| Funeral services were held Monday gether with three members of the prisoning the plaintiff wasjllegal and|^^ o clock from Nor^ Broad Street iniinitif>ns, to the Far Kastern war city police force, askin]^ damans in without authority, and that the po-|^tHhodi^ church, jronducted by the zone. the aggregate of $20,000. nTcenuMr were a dfrectTy underj^slor. Dr. J. C. Roper, assistej by. After conferrimr wi-h Secretarv ’Tu 1 • ♦ 11 -.u » tu ^ the in-!tructions of P S Bailev as'^^*'’- l-<ung of the First Baptist! / o, , n i n n / c etary The complaint alleges that the'; in. uuiiion.s cu i. oamy as. ^ ^ „ v /I uf State Cordell Hull and Joseph plaintiff has been damagtHi in instructions i ^ ° ,®! Kennedy, chairman of the maritime person and property in the totaF^**! "‘thout authority, ] fnii <*ouimission, the chief executive is- ’’Ni^lleged in the complaint that the de-i^'^’uunt followed in Mount Vernon fTendant, P. S. President Roosevelt Bans Far East Arms Shipments In Gov ernment Owned Ships After Conference With Hull. Washington, Sept. 14.—President Roosevelt invoked tonight a partial embargo on shipments of arms arrd ., . , jurk'nn for uot playing with pets and toys amount of $20,000 resulting from an After being introduced by Dr. D. O. crossing streets. — —[-lUegal^-Mrreat and imprt.sonrnent made Hh*me,' Jr., of the program commit tee. Congressman Mahon spoke of his pleasure in being present and of the value ol a commercial (Organization’s crossing Stress upon your school patrolmen are on duty for their for full coopef- Bailey, individually and children thati^v the policemen. The officers named h" of Clinton, has, are C. D. Pitts. Brunson B. Ballardoccasions ordereil and di- reetetf-the saM police force To" pur- work in the upbuilding of a comfhu- _n4y. Turning'to national affairs. Repre sentative Mahon said that the sue- ces.s of the national body in W'ash- ation. V " • Use every opportunity to point out ington depends on the cooperation of errors made by pedestrians, particu larly in coming from behind parked cars. Teach your children that the curb the people back home. It is my oh- eervation, he declared, that in spite of much that is read in syndicated articles, the greatest majority of the men in congress are endeavoring to honestly represent the people. He de nied charges_that the past term of congress was a sit-down session and is the danger line and that playing and Ed King. It is set out in'the Complaint: “That sue and catch all violators of the city ' oidinannces and in so doing to dis- ■PA ,Saturday night, July .I fth, 1937,.| continmiusly farmed until forced to limit and all state and cdunty lines.’ the plaintiff herein was driving his model “A” 1930, Ford .sedan automo bile in an orderly and lawful manner, and while proceeding out North Adair!, . 1.111. ♦' iV .... Pl^’as, Laurens county, schedule<i Ui The case is expected to come up at l^e next term of court of common street, in the town of Clinton, and out gave facts and testimonial? showing j traffic. in the lanes of traffic is unsafe. Reward youngsters for careful at tention to school bus drivers. 'Stress tbe necessity for care in crossing highways after departing from or before entering -a bus. '■ Point out that the correct way to walk on rural highways i.s to face Caution youngsters for careful at- convene on the fourth Monday in Oc- state highway No. 7, m the direction . 1 n-u 1 . • * 1 i .. . ^ toher. The iilaintiff i.s repre.sented by of the town of Whitmire, in an or derly and lawful manner, the defend ants, C. I). Pitts, Brunson B. Ballard and Ed King, while acting under the orders of the said city council of the town of Clinton and the mayor, P. S. Hailey, driving at the time a model 1937 Foi<i V-S sedan which i-s owned W’. E. 'Dillaixi, I(H’al attorney, and the town of Clinton by City Attorney Robert S. Owens. by the town of Clinton, overtook and that much constructive work was ac complished. * , i tention to the simple rules of safety.j wilfully, wantonly and in a high- Continuing, ( ongre.ssman Mahon ,1^' ! handed manner steered the said Foixl aaid that no general farm legislation' ^ was enacted because the farmers and j a ISll iVICOL their'f leaders from various sections { -- • Itil a.L could not reach an agreenient. He re-|_ A tUS iWORvlY Ttei^ted hi.s intention of continuing to Stricter Control Of Crops Sought church cemetery,. Union county, with" a number of friends present to pay their last tribute. Mr. Lyles was a halive dC Union county, ami moved into this .section about thirty years ago where he had give up work on account of ill health. A year ago he moved, to Clinton. He was a man of many admirable traits of character and high ideals, devoted to his family and church, and loyal sued a formal statement announcing that no merchant vessels owned by thi.s government would be permitted or Japan “until further notice.” The order applies to 37 vessels owned by the government and op erated privately under management contracts. / Other American merchant ships carrying* ann« cargoes to either country^ the president said, will do ^ always to his friends. There are so at their own risk. V-H sedan into, and against the 1930 model A Ford sedan of this plaintiff, froni the „ leaj' _,eml Ihcrcof and with Farm Leaders Report Price De- Pro- clines Have Convinced ducers of Need. j great force and violence, frightening , , „ , - . i ......... this plaintiff, and this plaintiff then work for Southern cotton farmers in ■ State Association To Hold An-1 fu,,i in the direction of W'hitnire along Clubhouse N^ar Clinton. order that they may get justice in the solution of their problems. Speaking of balancirtg the budget, Representative Mahon .said that con gress was anxious to do .so, but that it is up to business men to help and to be consistent. The budget must be „ , „ . b.l*i.ced, nual Cohi'entibn Sept. 2.1 hiftbway No. 7. aiui when tho Hunters aiid fishermen will gather in Clinton on September 23 for the seventh annual convention of the plaintiff had reached a jioint on sai<l highway No. 7 at approximately three (3) miles beyond the city limits of Clinton, the said defendants, C. D. ’itts, BruTison B. Ballard and Ed must realize that to spend, you are going to pay.”"ii^ "i^T(r"lhat so long as large sum"S of money are to be spent in other sec- tidhs, he intends to work to obtain a chare for his state. Congressman Mahon discussed the Far Eastern and European war situ ations, which he termed as very se- entertained at a barbecue dinner at noon given by the host chapter. “Our association is pledged to ser vices furthering liKe game and fish resources of South Carolina through the united efforts of our members, highway No. 7 and all persons resid- . I cTTrrhTTt""The meeting will be held at i tiff, in a.,4vilful, wanton and high- If you are clubhouse on John T. YpWa haA.uSa I.»ro|iei ly iTPar here, 'wTtF aH delegaws WashThglon, p{ "14,-1—AiTrhiriistra- tiori leaders began to prepare to<lay for stricter control of major farm crops in 19:iS. (^ailing in more than 100 state AAA officers, state agricallural committee men and others, they canvas.se<l pros- pwts. The men from the states re ported that recent declines in crop weie leading njoie 'ahd more ha’hdt^ ma n ne£, _w i t h u 11 e r <1 i s r e ga rd of the laws of South Carolina and of the property rights of this plaintiff, and the safety of his person and that of his fellow passenger, his brother, Eugene King, and in complete disre gard of the safety of all Users of said rious. You may not believe it, he said, By working hand in hand with con- but there are people it. thi. country! •bn-i,"i«''ative aiten- now who want America to plunge; ^ con • . uv .r • L / u I vat ion ourselves, fish, game and lor- into this foreign war because of huge! , • • j r jests may be materially increased for the benefit of all,” declared Dr. Ha- vilah Babcock, state president. expected profits by munitions manu facturers and others. I want America to keep out of this war, he feelingly eaid. My war formula is “to stay out of that awful piess over there, but be ready if they ever come over here.” He expressed the opinion that Ameri cans in the war zones should have warships put at their dispo.sal by the government and admonished to come home. Then, if they persiM in remain ing in China, it should be at their own risk, he said. Congress and the president of the United States can not keep us out of war, he said, but the^ people can. I believe, he added, that the best insurance against war is preparation for war through an ade quate national defense. A World war veteran himself, he ^oke of the hor At the annual convention the fram ing of the year’s ^ program and the election of the state officers will be the order of business. “We are expecting a good attend ance from all over the state,” said West Jacocks, state secretary, “and the Clinton crowd are making plans for good entertainment. There is suf ficient important business to come before the convention to attract scores of thinking hunters and fish ermen.” ’ Rutledge To Speak Archibald Rutledge, poet laureate of South Carolina, and nationally known naturalist will be the guest ror and suffering of war, with the j speaker at the convention. Doctor declaration that the cost Is altogether i Rutledge was for 30 years heed of too high in money and human life, j the department of English at Mer- for what is gotten out of such con flicts. He said that'the military af fairs committee of which he is a cersburg academy in Pennsylvania, but retired last spring and has re turned to South Carolina to make his ing in the vicinity of said highway, began shooting with high powered fire arms, u.sing metal jacketed bul lets, so this plaintiff is informed and farmers lo demand production con trols. * Technically, today’s conference was called to outline the 1938 farm pro gram under the present soil conserva tion act. However, this act lacks drastic crop controKs wanted by the administration, and congress has promised to make up a new farm act early in its next ses.sion. H. K. Tolley, AAA administrator, said the farm leaders were keeping many hero and elsewhere who will join with the family in mourning hia' (jealA Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mat- tie Lyles; two sons, J. W. Lyles of Washington and L. V. Lyle.s of New York; nine grandchildren, Mrs?. Wil liam I). Crenshaw of Columbia, Mrs. James H. Hodge of New York, Earl Hodge of Miami, Miss Iant;lia Hodge of Washington, Betsy Hodge of Clin ton, Miss Donitliy Hodge of Colum bia, Mrs. Beatrice Karioy of (’har- lottt^, Tiaekie Lyles ^aaiL Joan^ -Marie Lyles of Washington, and two great grandchildren. House Election Next Tuesday Vacancy In Geunty Delegation To Be Filled By Voters. Four Candidates In Race. - Br .M. Welffjf of Laurensj^ chairman of county and state elwtion commis sioners, staleil yesterday that all ar rangements were practically compleU ed for the general election to be held next Tuesilay, Sept. 21, to fill the va cancy in thei general assemWy cau.sed by the death of the late J. D. With erspoon. The elwlion boxes are being pre pared in the court house ami will be ready for delivery to managers Sat in mind the fact that new legislation ^ believes, ahil shot off both the rearjuiay (>nacte<l and were trying tojurday, he said. tires and tubes of the plaintiff’s said j shape a program that would dovetail Indication.s ye.sterday wefe that the with whatever congress dwides upon, i race would lie a four-cornered af- automobile and shot holes in both rear fenders thereof and causing other damages to the rear wheels, and greatly frightened this plaintiff and endangered the lives of this plaintiff and his fellow passenger and guest, his brother, Eugene King.” Suit Against Officers and Individuals The suit is against the mayor of Clinton and three policemen individ- “Bob And Betty” Back In Cl^ton member, has unanimously agreed up-1 home, dividing his time b^ween on a bill that will come up for con- (Spartanboirg and his planUtion on sideration at the next session of con-j the lower Santee, near his native gress, prohibiting any munition fac- MdTlellanville. An active hunter and tones from making excessive profits should war again be declared—making it unprofitable for such manufactur. ers to get rich again with blood money. Congressman Mahon was hea^ with much interest and heartily thanked by the club for his visit and timely address. He closed by pledging himself as ready at all times to serve fisbM’manr and a recognized author ity on the wild‘Turkey, Doctor Rut ledge from his own experiences has written a number of out-erf-doors sto ries for leading nature and sports magazines. JOINS LIBRARY STAFF The college administration has an- the people of his district and inviting bounced that Mrs. Mary Ella Osman his constituents to call u?on hhn for*I'" appointed as assistant li- whatever services he might render. An added and enjoyable feature of brarian for the coming year. Mrs. Osm'ah was an honor graduate at the and the evening was a musical program I during the sum- by Profs. Erickson and- Moore of she took a coum in piano and voice departments of New-Te^^ce at Greenville Womans college, berry college., President Anderson directed the club’s attention to a recent order from Washington calling for the clos ing October first of the colored CCC camp near here. He stated that ieV ters had been forwarded the state’s senators and Congressman Mahon asking their assistance to keep the camp open. Congressmen Mahon said he had taken the matter up with Di rector^ Fechner in Washington and would do all in his power to save thei Football Season Opens This Week The attention of The Chronicle’s readers is directed to “Bob and Betty,” an interesting verse advertis ing story, beginning in today’s paper to continue for the next six weeks. A similar feature appeared in the paper several years ago. The experiences of “Bob and Betty” will be enjoyed by the reading public. Fifteen Clinton firms are inicluded in the unique feature, as follows: D. E. Tribble .company, Blalock’s Grocery and Market, Pitts Coal company, Hipp & Chandler, Clinton Dairy, B, H. Boyd, Insurance, Sowers Garage, Clinton Finance company, Clinton Motor company, Clinton Body and Fender Works, J. B. Frontis, Jeweler, Clintoh Flower Shop, S. M. & E. H. Wilkes & company. Smith’s Phar macy and C-W-S Guano company. '‘We are going as far as we can under the present legislation,” Tolley said. “We hope that the new pro gram will supplement what we do.” Tolley and divisional AAA heads outlined situations existing in cotton, wheat, corn annd dairying at the clos ed sessions. They said large production of sev eral of these commodities this year had lowered prices and increased sup plies so that a repetition next year might create critical surpluses. Although Secretary Wallace has consistently advocated a special ses sion of congress this fall to speed the new farm legislation, Tolley said no attempt was being made at the con ferences to create sentiment along this line. Ivy W. Duggan, acting director for the Southern AAA division, said a coordinated feileral program was needed for the South because cotton, tobacco, rice, peanuts, sugar, wheat" and other major crops th^e each offered distinct problems. W. G. Finn, acting AAA director in the East central division, said- farmers in his region, which produces 80 per cent of the tobacco crop, were chiefly interested in stable tobacco production and prices. fair following the announcement this week of John I). Davi.s, of Clinton, T. L. Cooper and Monroe Wilburn were guests yesterday of Mrs. Jen nie Sparks in Union. LARGE ENROLLMENT AT COLLEGE that he would be among the candi dates. Three other men, Phil D. Huff, W. T. Bolt and A. Homer Moore, had pre\riou.sly announced their intention to offer their services to the county. (’hairman Wolff called attention to the fact that qualifications for voting are the same as prevail in all general elections and that the high man on the first ballot will win. The quali fications for voting, he pointed out, include the provision that the voter must produce his or her registration certificate and that male voters must furnish proof of payment thirty days before the election of any poll tax due and payable. John D. Davis of this city, who entered the race, this week, has never held public office before but was a candidate for the house last year and tjbiree years ago. Phil D. Huff, of Laurens, is a for mer representative and is a practicing attorney at Laurens. ^ His statement was issued a short time after Mr. Roosevelt at his reg ular press conference had reiterated that he would do" everything possi ble -to keep this eoiuitry out of war. The action, howev(‘r, did not for mally invoke the neutrality act, which • wouhl automatically forbid all ex ports of implements of war to bellig erents in addition to clapping an em bargo on all Ainerican financial as-' sislance to the warring nations. The president emphasized that the -goV-gi nmeql’A.policy. with-- wis-fuict t o application of the nmitrality act still remains on “a 24 hour basis. He said the (juestion o-f invoking the act always is under consideration and has hei'ii for weeks. Whether any speeifie attempt to ship arms on government vessels prompted the president to act toilay -ur_,wjuithep -he--was—motivated only hy general apprehension for the fu ture was not made clear. There was immediate .speculation however, as to whether the presi- dennt’s edict will apply to the steam- .ship WichUa, now enroute from Bal timore for Uhina with 19 large air planes. The Wichita, government- owned l’)ut privately operated sailed from - Baltimore in August. It was scheduled to arrive at .San Pedro, (’alif., today, according to available information here. Some ob.scrvers eunsidered it likely that the maritime commission would order the ve.s.sel not to proceed with its pre.sent cargo to China. Only last week the state and navy departments warned American mer chant shipping of the dangers to be encounteixHl off the China coast be cause of the Japanese blockade and in the Mediterranean Sea because of raids by unidentified aircraft, surface vessels and submarines. William T. Bolt has never offered for public office before. He is a prac- ticin^-attorney at the I^aurens bar. A Homer Moore is a farmer living near Laurens. He has served as county commissioner and last year was a candidate for the house.^ DRAWN AS JURORS Acting Clerk Young Makes Three Sales Acting Clerk of Court Ros.s D. Young made the following legal sales in front of the court house on sales- day for September: Federal Farm Mortgage corporation vs Willie Franklin, et al, 49 acres in I^aurcns township, sold to R. E. Babb, attorney, for $.350. Federal l.and bank vs Tommie Irby, et al, 95 acres in Youngs township, sold to R. E. Babb, attorney, for $500. Janie B, Roper, executor, vs W. C, Byrd, et a I, house and lot in l.aurens, sold to R. E. Babb, attorney, for $3,250. Davis Enters House Race «<1 John I). Davis of this city, an nounces 'himself in today’s paper as J. H. Pitts, Jr., and R. M. Ijcagueij^ candidate for the House of Repre- of this city, have .been drawn as grand gentatives in the special general and petit jurors, respectively, for the election next Tuesday to fill a vacan- term of United' States court which Three Hundred and Twenty-seven Matriculated For New Session Opening: I^ast Week. 113 In Freshman Class. Several States and - One Foreig:n Country Represented In Student Body. will open in Greenville on October 5th. The total matriculation at Presby terian college for the 1937-38 session just' opened, has reached the mark of 327 which is about the same en- m. roJInient as at this time last year. The football season opens in Souttri, . v , ... no o 1- r ‘j the freshman class there are 113 Carolina Friday with eight college! ^ * .i. r • students, 13 transfers from other teams swinging into action, as fol-: ,, ’ . .. . . . . low's: Friday Furman vs Newberry at Green- ' colleges, and 201 old students. Thirty of the enrolled students are co-eds. Forty-Eight From Clinton camp. Since many of these camps are vllle (night). Erskine vs South' Georgia Teach- Ixins clo^ in .11 McUon. of the Andereon (nijht). country, I can give you' no great amount of encouragement, he said. Paul League left last week for Co- iumbia where he wrill 'enter the fresh man class at the University of South Carolina. Saturday Presbyterian vs Cl^mson at Clem- son. Woffttfd vs Citadel at Spartanburg. University of S. C. vs Emory and Henry at Columbia.-. . - derson, W. P. Jacobs, III, Laetitia Jones, .Shannon Simpson, Joe Don- nan and Walter Todd. Sophomores: Sam Anderson, Lau-j rence Hall, I^aurence Davidson, Rob-1 ert Ellison, Thomas Ellison, Henryk Finney, Ida Gamble, Harold Gilliam, Mary Ix)u Johnson, Charlton Mc- Swain, Martharene Pitts, W. R. Pitts, 5, Adelai Jr., John Rawles, laide Roberts, From Clinton, the 'Thomwell orph- Jane Sturgeon, George Taylor, May. anage and Goldville there are 48 young men and women enrolled as students: Seniors: Walter 'Beeman, Francis Blalock, Reta Chandler.' Clyde Conrad, Bebe Dillard, Evelyn McCrary, Charles W. Wannamakes, Jr., and Nancy Young. Juniors: Sara Clarke, Lykes Hen- Thelma Taylor, James Terrell, Charles Trammell, Irma Underwood, and B L-^Wood, Jr. Freshmen: Marion Stokes Adair, Nora Cannon, James Freeman, Bessie Fortner, Peggy Harding, Robert Jones, William Jones, William Light- foot, lone Neal, Tench Owens, and Elizabeth Tpeker. DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! 4 DEATHS from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY 1937 r Let’s Strive To Make This a Safe Year On the Highways. cy caused by the recent <leath of J. D. Witherspoon. Mr. Davis was in the house contest larft summer and in the second race was defeated by a small margin of votes. He ha.s many friends here and throughout the county who i^ill be intej;e8ted in his candidacy. PRESBYTERIAN MEN WIU. MEET TONIGHT i This evening at 7:30 the first fall meeting of the .Men-of-the-Church of the First Presbyterian church, will Ik‘ ; held in the men’.s room of the church, lat which time supper will be served. A cordial invitation, to the Presby terian men in the city has been ex tended. All are urged to come, to talk, sing and mingle together. The subject for tonight’s program wrill be, “The Layman’s Part in the Church.” James Hitt of Richmond, Va., spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hitt. itili V ■ 1