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i '*Vr. loJic THE CHRONICLE StriTM To Be a Cleaa Newt* paper. Complete, Newix, and Reliable. / • V. . 'I- -1' / .. If Ton Dop*t Read THE CHRONICUl You Don’i Gel ' The Newn. VOLUME .XXXVII QLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1937 NUMBER 40 New Deal Tests New Attitude' Confront Court Stirs Circles Eight Laws Attacked In High- Diplomatic Circles In WasKing- est Tribunal. Docket Is Heavy ton Stirred By President's Years Received. Amount' Is yoT New Term. Quarantine Words. Twice That of Last Year, Washirijrton, Oct. 4.—Eight adniin^^ Washington, Oct. 5. — President 3 Beeves Bring Enough For Car Highest I*rice For Stock In 18 WARNING given iSwM; Veleram ON WAR PERIL Hoi^t Her. — Officers of Recently Organized Roosevelt Statement Calls For John .J. McSwain Camp For- Concentrated Jgrive for World ranlly-lnstallad- By State-Of- Ptacir “Says of ficials. ^ Ci>ilization Now Threatened. John J. McSwain Camp Span-! istration laws are i»voIve<i in the' R‘H»sevelt’s hint of an international i beef cattle, moving steadily upward Chicago, Oct. sZpresident Roose-iawaiting action by "quarantine* ’against aggressive na- jfor four months have reached the velt bitterly arraigned aggressor ® j the Supreme court at the term which ^tions .stirred the imagination and j point where a farmer with three tions before the bar of world opinionCharleston, assisted by Past ^ today. wonder of diplomatic circles today! finished animals can take them to today and caRed upon peace-loving j Commander George A.| The ooui-t’s new member, .\sso-'with its tremendous potentialities, countries to join in a concerte ^ - ghillito, of Columbia. Iciate Justice Hugo L. Black, thus will important did the state depart- fort to restore Internationa r. -j following officers were Rivenl^ave an early opportunity to sit in nient regard the Chicago speech i Chicago, Oct. 3.—Prices of prime BLACK FIGHT WILL NOT DOWN quility. the obligation of their offices: Few Hold Hope, However, Tkat Court Will Bai/ Ex-Klansman. Pending Efforts Likely To Be Dismissed. Washington, Oct. 5.—Many oppon ents of Justice Hugo L. Black here agreed today there is slight chance the former klansman Speaking Out formally and aggres-i 5; Chaney, Laurens, com- sively on foreign affairs for the first j niander. time in months, bat withholding any j (jjff fj. Finley, Laurens, senior vice- definite proposal for an international j (.ommander. coference or invocation of peace pacts,i Guy 0. Watson, Laurens, junior', . he a.Mrted bluntly, in dedicalinit the viee-commander. % accumulated > Outer Link bridge here: M. I). Milam, Clinton, adjutant. “There must be positive endeavors J. Clinton, quarterma'S- tw prweirr peace."^' ter. He said America, determined tol E. G. Bramlett, l^urens, chaplain, stay out of war, woOld not remain 1 J. C. Duncan, Kinards, trustee. jiulgmeiit upon measures for which 'va> made that copies wore cabled to United States representa-’ of the he voted while a n.emlHT Iw ,„ado available^tu United States Senate, *iiy foreign power desiring to study Moi^i^ than 470 cases, most of which the president's utterances, ' since adjournment' J'P«‘Culation centoreil on whether lof the 1030 term last June. ;ue pend- K/>*'-''<'velt had any specific course market and get enough money to buy'of removing ‘a new automobile, tractor or mechani-|, ch! coni picker and have some left supreme court, but they clung nevertheless to three admitted- not uncommon these days ly forlorn hopes. The first was that the court itself to put in the bank It hi ing. The <court is expecte«l to an-.*** mind when he called repeatedly nounce next Monday those it will con-,^'*^ conoorted effort’ against viola- e it will not. ; tors’'of treaties and rights, when ho 1 already has agreed I "*'*'’*''** *^*' "'orld that there is no es challenges of the gov- f*'''*** "international anarchy” ii at Chicago .stockyards for a single animal weighing upwards of 1,300 ,, , , , ", ' 7" ds to bring as much as $2b01ineligible fo- his pound.' tlw hichv.t priov ill oiKhten umliT Iho ou.vti-r artioa mid almost doubl.. tho amount the Kv Albert Lev.u. farmer would have received a year i'’.''"'®' '‘'''•'''•■'I '«'• Xirpiti present lufice undi'r the ouster action year ame animal somewhere ago. Back in llrt3 the would have bixuight around F,«l Reiter, Dubupue county, Iowa, brought thirty-nine head of prime steers to the stockyanls this week sider and those it will not. The tribunal . upon challenges of the gov-j“international anarchy in aloof from these efforts, and, as if I J. I). Glynn, Greenwood, officer j righ"^ to make loans and ‘***’*‘*'^‘ isolation of neutrality,’’ and in reply to those who have been uvg- the guard. ! grants for the building of puhliclv- communities have'.- ing an American neutraHty proclama-1 C. P. Finley, Laurens, officer of ; , u..,i,.opiL,*,.ic i '.«"**>* *iH'eting disease with quar-U*'*** >f'*‘ «P't‘ve for them. Uou. deelered: - . I hieuts piUUly wiUe heard la-er ' ' ' | \Vliile Im^mivos complain loud Kelly Johns, Clinton, patriotic-in-Xo responsible official in the capi-;**'*.'• •‘’"b' the high price of stnictor. . I Alabama Power company and the tal would envision in these remarks this or that cut ami threaten l>oy- Jesse L. Baker, Clinton, color ser- j ihe extreme of a proposal for an in ‘The peace-loving nations must make a concerted effort in opposi tion to the.se violations of treaties and .those ignorings of humane instincts Vhich today are creating a state of international anarchy and instability from which there is no escape through mere isolation or neutrality.” Without mentioning any nations by name, it wa? clear his indictment of afrgressors for “definite” violatio of agreement embraced the Sino-Jaf? .anese conflict, the Mediterranean sub marine “'attacks, outside interference in the'civil war in Spain, and possibly went as far back as the Japanese in vasion of Manchuria, and Italy’s Efhi- .opian campaign'. He said the “present reign of ter ror ard international lawlessness” be gan a few years ago with the “un justified Interference in the internal affairs of other nations or the inva- geant. The meeting was held in the Anieri- pany. Tho Duke Power company has tcrnational polief* force. There was ^ asked the court to decide the ‘same ‘‘xoilod conjecture, however, that they can I>egion cluWpoms here. Com- -might mean any of these things: mander Chaney, Mr.,_Shillito and Mr7 Before-the tribunal also are several' s»PP‘m and encourage- hchaefor expressed thmr apptecat.onu^^^,^ involving the Nali.mal Laboi “lenl f.w eunvnt .TTSrta or thivds^e I for th^e . attendance and^enthusjasmi Belalions act. " ' ^ ‘ of nations To'rBssU^^^^^^ from if- In one the national labor board war-like course in ( hina. 1 appealed from a decision of the first' -• sju'cific proposal by the Unit- circuit court in Boston, which en-,**'* .^*»'*’^ ■**«'***• t>****‘ '** fhe future for joined the board from acting on a>*''*h'n by peace-loving nations” complaint that the Bethlehem Ship-|*»f*'**^^ aggressors, either through building Company, Ltd., had engage-»****^*‘ measures or other means, ed in unfair labor practices at its Testing of public sentiment in shown. le Auxiliary, composed of the wiiies of the veterans, held their jeting in the club room of Hotel Clinton, with .Mrs. Mamie Chaney, president, presiding. Mrs. Louis Knox of Charleston, department president of the Auxiliary, was introduced by President Chaney and gave an out line of the work. Mrs. Clara K. Schaefer, past de partment president, chief of staff, in structed the color team in their work, and Mrs. Lula S. Jones, department •ion of alien territory in violation of treasurer, instructed the secretary treaties, and has now reached a and treasurer in thei»^ records. Both stage where the very foundations of civilization are seriously threatened.” Speaking of more recent disorders, he continued: **Without a declaration “"of war and without warning or justi fication of any kind* civilians, includ ing women and children, are being ruthlessly murdered with bombs from the air. “In times of so-called peace, ships of these officers are from Charleston. Oth'er visitors were Mrs. Josephine Black, past department president; Mrs. Florence Shillito, junior vice- president of the department Auxil iary, and Mrs, Mattie* Irby, all from Columbia. Mrs. Minnie Doyle, of Or angeburg, past department president, was also a visitor. A letter of congratulations from arc being attacked and sunk by sub marines Without cau.se or notice. “Nations are fomenting and taking j Mrs. Chaney, sides in civil warfare in nations thatj ^ have never done them harm. | “Nations claiming freedom for themselves deny it to others. “Innocent peoples and nations are being cruelly sacrificed to a greed for power and supremacy which is de void of all sense of justice and hu mane consideration,” The president, near the end of the longest and most significimt speech Mrs. Mildred X. Rhodes, Athens, Ga., plant in Fore river, Quincy, Mass. The Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock company of Newport this country toward coliahoration with 4. Ultimate invocation of the nine- News, Va., has filed an appeal in aniP**"'*^*" I*®*** guaranteeing'the indepen- effort to prevent the labor board.'^*’***^7 integrity of China, or of from conducting a hearing to de-j R<?iiugg anti-war pact outlawing termine whether the company en-; war as in instrument of national gaged in unfair labor practices connection with the dismissal of em- . League of Nations advisory ployes. It contends it is not engaged ^ drafting committee recommended to- in interstate commeTce and hence'*^*^ the nine-power pact signa- is not “subject to the inquisitorial • *®''*^*» includes this country, be summoned to a conference to consider the undeclared war' in the far east. State department officials declined immediate comment on that propo.sal. Tomorrow, the British cabinet is scheduled to meet and, well informed powers” of the board. Still another case involves the sit- down strike, and indirectly the Wa^ ner act. In it the American Federa tion ol Full Fashioned Hosiery work ers appealed from a third circuity court decision ordering sit-down strik-11**'**^®*’^ .''aid, discuss among other 1 L- X J u to vacate the Piiiladelphia plant• *^'**1^^ the presidents speech. naLona|^ chief of staff, was read y|of the Apex Hosiery convpany. j Regardless of what Mr. Roo.sevelt "The Validity of the 19.33 act re-1 may have in mind for the future, ob- quiring securities sellers to tell the servers here generally considered his truth in statements filed with the address a powerful stimulant to pres- securities commission also is at is-,ent international efforts, centered in sue. It is involved in a case inrthe league, to forestall threats to [which Charles Martin of Greencastle.j world iM*ace presented by both the State Ready For Visit By the Ind., sought damages from Harry E. iJ'ino-Japanese crisis and tho civil Hull, former immigration commis-j strife in .Spain, In effect, the observ- sioner, and another director of theiers .said, the president threw the Plans Complete On Cotton Meet cott, tlie fannei with cattle ready for market, (and not many have them) recall.s that he fed many bush els of corn worth around $1.30 a bushel to fatten and finish them off. He insists he niifst got close to 20 cents a pound, hoofs, hide, tail and lames tv> make a profit. He also points out that he took risk.s in view of the feed shortage cau.sed by last year’s drought in undertaking to feed out young animals. The American Institute of Meat Packers, sai»l that, although aver age prices of prime and choice cat tle are alx'UtlM per cent hig^r than a year ago, wholesale prices of cor responding grades of dressed beef have not increased as much. Marketing of hogs during Septem ber, the institute reporte<l, was ap proximately 20 per cent Ie.s.s than in the same month a year ago and was considered about 3.) per cent under normal volume. Prices, however, de- cline<l during the month with quota tions slightly above $12 a hundred compared with a top of $13.75 in Au- KVwL ' Islands. 1 he second was impeachment. And the third lay in tfie invocation of a little used legal device known as an “extraordinary writ of quo war ranto.” ' The general exjiectation in the cap ital was that the court would di.s- Sonate Agriculture Commit tee In Columbia October 18. GolumWa, OcL 4.- Roy Jones, of his current coast-to-coast trip, as- state commissioner of agriculture, an- serted America was “determined tolnounced today plans-were complete keep out of war, yet we cannot insure i fo*" th® hearing the United States against the disastrous effects of war and the dangers of involvement. “We are adopting such measures, as will minimize our rifck of involvement, but we cannot have complete protec tion in a world of disorder in which confidence and security have broken down.” senate agriculture committee will hold here October 18. Th ecommittee will stop here in a South-wide tour seeking informa tion looking to important cotton legis lation when Congress reconvenes. Jones said those to appear before the committee, which is headed by At another point he said it was his j Senator E. D. Smith of Sbuth Caro- determination to “pursue a policy of i Una, would be W. E. Atkins, of peace and to adopt every practicable Orangeburg, and. E. W. Dabbs of measure to avoid involvement in 1 Sumter, representing the farmers who y/hT." jheld a state-wide meeting here last “No nation which refuses to exer-i Friday; D. B. Anderson of Moore, cise forbearance and to respect the | pi*® si dent of the State Grange, and freedom and rights of others can long remain strong and * retain the cofi- dence and respect of other nations,” iK For those wha bave been advocate ing complete American isolation, the president had this to say; “There is a solidarity and inter-, dependence about the modem world, both technically and morally, which makes it impossible for any nation D. W. Atkins, director of the Clem- son college extension service. “But any dirt farmer who desires Unitetl States’ unqualified moral sup port to the league’s, efforts. Continetal Distillers -contended the corporation’s registratlQn statements contained untrue statements. The constitutionality of the 1936 act which broadened government regulation of commoditie.s exchange es also is under attack. Three cases have been filed by members of the u ^ it • j c . Chicago mercantile exchange, a group ‘ iMnghai, Oct. 4.-—United States of Chicago grain merchants and today protested to Kansas City board of trade. There are also disputes over the Treasury’s right to call gold bonds for redemptiorr prior to the given maturity date, without continuing interest payments until maturity. In another proceeding, Gertrude Kay of New York has challenged legality of the Home Owners Loan Corporation act. She was convicted U. S. Marine Protest Sent the Japane.se against a Japanese bom bardment Saturday night during which eighteen shells fell in the American defense zone of the inter national settlement. One Chinese "was killed and twelve were wounded, and United States marine telephone communications were severed during the barrage. The lines were repaired under fir. One mi.ss the Levitt proceedings without comment when it lueets again next Monday, together with a similar ac tion brought by I'atrick Henry Kelly, a Ho.ston attorm*y. ^ Both Ix'vitt and Kelly contend that y since Black was a member of the senate which passtui the .supreme court retirement act, he comes under , a constitutional ban forhidiling the appointment of a senator to an office who.se emoluments were increased while he was in ctmgress. Washingtonians generally saw lit tle prospect of impeachment proceed ings. They doubtless will he attempt ed, however., when the house recon venes. Levitt has said that, if the court turns him down on his motion that Black be required to show cause why he should bt* perniitte<l to S4,*rve on the court, he has a second course of action in mind. This may be a “quo warranto” proceeding. The phrase means “by what right?” It 18 a proces.s provided by law for preventing an individual from occu pying or attempting to joexmpy a pub- of violating sections which prohibit'^hell fell close to the marine post on the making of false sUtements. j ><«cao road near the .Soochow creek The Tennessee Vall#y authority,! the administration’s power and plan-! J*P«ne«e Vice Admiral Kiyoshi PWA Millions Poured In State Columbia, Oct. 4.—'I*rojt>iots number ing 170 ami costing $.'>9,311,711 were approved for South <'arolina by the public works administration during its four-year opt'ration. State Admin istrator .1. U M. Irby said to<lay as he reviewed the work preparatory to closing hi.s office October 30. .South Carolina projtvts will be su pervised beginning November 1 by the Atlanta regional office as a re- fluced budget-elirainates ^itate offices. Irby reportt'd that his figures in cluded the Santce-Cooper and Buz zard Roost power projects. Allot ment of $6,000,000 for the former and the entire amount for the latter have been provided. Irby .said JWO projects were sub mitted to the office, calling for ap- proimately $120,000,000. Fifty-five projects, estimate<l at $8,942,000, he said, are on the ap proved list at present. Many others were rejected because of ineligibility. The largest numl>er were approv ed in 1935, seventy-five, with an estimaic'd cost of $45,029,000, in cluding the $37,.500,000 Santee-Coop- er application. Irby .said fourteen applications were allotted $1,771,708 this year. lie office illegally. Only an “interest ed party” may resort to it, and it has been e.stablished that “interested par ties” include only officers or agen cies of the government. However, a private citizen may re quest formally that the attorney gen eral inslitutem^h proceedirig.s. If the latter were liirH use, the citizen then could apply to the courts for a writ of mandamus compelling him to take such action. Or, it has liecn suggesteil. the sen ate coubf institute “quo warranu*” proceedings itself, asking the courts to .settle the controversy over Black’s eligibility under th" constitution. The senate once instituted such an action a ga i s t < J eorge Otts Smit h. seeking his removal as a memlier of the federal power connnis.sion. It iiad confirmed Smith, but later voted to recon.sider. President Hoover refused to return the nomination. The senate went ahead and took a vote rejecting the nomination. It then adopted a le.s- olut'iun directing the di.strict attor ney to take “quo warranto” action for Smith’s removal. The case was carrieil to'the su preme court and that tribunal upheld Smith’s right to hold office, ruling that the act of confirmation naJ bct*u made complete and could not be recon sidered. . I experiment, is involved in • dis-1 Hasegawa Jo^lly tendered Jhis re whether the G«r,i. ing for compensating the through a government subsidy, for what he loses on the high tariff. The government would pay him the difference between his product, or farmer, effort to prevent TV’A from expanding its activities in Geor gia; manes ii impussime lui miijr iimuiuu ... ^ _ completely to isolate itself from eco- what it brings, and the price he has 1 • C* OtlluClltS nomic and political upheavals in the [to pay for necessities which - ' rest of the world, especially when higher due to the Uriff. are A she]j[ also ;Mruck the sector dur ing the Japanese bombardment last night, but as one marine put it: “We don’t mind a few strays, but we do object like hell to semi-bar- * rages like Saturday’s.” Chamber Meets -NwcUTuesday such upheavals appear to be spread ing and not declining. Besides Smith, other senators on the comniittee expected to att^d are There can be no stability or peace, Thomas of Oklahoma, Bankhead of Ellender of Louisiana. either within nations or between na-j Alabama,'"Moore of New Jersey and "Who’s Who Among Stiidents in tions except under laws and moral standards adhered to by all. It jeo pardizes either the immediate or the future security of every nation, large or .small. “It is, therefore, a matter of vital interest and toncem to the people of the United States that the sanctity of interriational treaties and the main- Make W. Wh.”!F^ guMing To Be Defeated The October meeting of the Cham ber of Commerce will be held next Tuesday evening at 7:30 at the tea room. Following the usual dinner a business session will be held, with an invitation extended all members to be present. Seven Presbyterian college atudents will be listed In the 1937-1938 edition This Week’s Menu On Gridiron Friday Presbyterian vs The Citadel tenance of international moiydity be iGijnton (night). restored.’ LITTLE RIVER HOMECOMING, Homecoming day will be observed at Little River Presbyterian church next Sunday . with preaching 11 is. m. and 2:30 in, the afternoon. Offi cers state this will prol^bly be the last homecoming at the old church as plans Jiavc been made to build at a new site-. . ^ at / Erskine vs Wake Forest at Wake Forest, N. C. (night). Saturday Clemson vs (Heorgia at Athens. Carolina vs Alabama at Tuscaloosa. Furman vs N. C. State at Green ville (night). Wofford vs Oglethorpe at Spartan burg. Newfterry vs Emory ,and Henry at Emory, Va. T American Universities and Colleges.” The Laurens county agricultural 1 Those selected by the student coun-1 |***R*I***R’ located in Laurens near the 'cil to represent the college in the j*il» nearing completion. It is being !volume are* constructed and equipped at a cost i Joseph M. Commander. Florence. approximately $9,000 financed i president of the student body and of «PP*'‘>P*-*«tion by the leg- the student council; Malcolm Hemp- eegaion. j hill, Griffin, Ga., editor-in-chief of County Agent C. B. Cannon, who the college yearbook. The Pac-Sac^ h«'*® ♦**<* >»^«<iqoarters in the Macon Hipp, Charlotte, N. C., athlete building, has announced that formal and captain of the track team. Frank <J®<R<»7*on exercises will be held at; Johnston, Gf^r^ yke jpresident of th« *be , bti’i<|ingM on Friday, October 29, student body and vice president of beginning at 2 p. m. i uthe Y. M. C. A.; Cliff Mill McLeod,; Educators and fann leaders whoj Dcala, Fla,, editor-in-chief of the‘ are expected to attend and take partt student newspaper, The Blue Stock-*in the program include: D^. E. W.j ing; Ralph Waldrep, Lanford Station, * Sikes, president of Clemson college;; athlete and captain of the basketball D. W*. Watkins, farm extension direc- i team; Jack Witherspoon, Cross Hill, tor, Clemson college, and Miss Lonnie a leader of several organizations andll. Landrum, state supervisor of ex senior councilman. . {tension work," Winthrop college. DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! 5 DEATHS from AUTOMOBILE “ACCIDENTS in LAURENS ^ COUNTY 1937 Lei's Strive'To Make This a Safe Year On the Highways. Justice Black Takes His Seat Marches Into Court With Col- 1 ) M _ leagues. Suit Instituted Ques- tioning His Eligibility. Washington, Oct. 4.—Ju.stice Hugo U Black, wearing his new $90 black silk robe marched into the supreme court Monday with his eight colleag ues and took his seat on the high tribunal. A challenge to his right to fill that position awaited action. It was presented to the court several weeks ago by Albert Ij<*vitt, forqicr federal judge of the Virgin Islands. The new justice entered the pack ed chamber to the accompaniment of the Crier’s traditional “Oyez, oyez, oyez” which open.s the daily sessions. Mrs. Black smiled happily as she watched the proceedings from a close- up seat at the side of the chambt'r. The session wa.s the fir.st oT a new eight months term. Black did not immediately, at leastT^ take over again a judicial oath pre viously administered to him soon af ter his confirmation. Pieceded by Justices Butler and Roberts, Black entered the chamber' looking solemn. After taking his scat he looked over to the place in the room where his wife was seated. He still appeared most solemn. < . ’ , / p