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4 rilr*r ’ i THE CHRONICLE I StiiTcs To B« a Ckaa Noir»> pai^r, CoMpleto, Newty, Md BaPoM#. ' VOLUME xmivn FARMERS WANT CROP CONTROL State Group Prefers Control of Production To Vague Subsidy Plan. Meeting Marked By Fireworks With Bitter Epi thets Hurled. CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 21, 1937 NUMBER 42 Sav^er Reviews Columbia. Oct. 19, — Cotton farm ers shouted their preference tor crop control rather than a subsidy on un- and expanded weherever traffic will State. Road Chief Tells of the GrowthV>f System During His Eleven Years In Office. Columbia, Oct. 17—The chief high way commissioner, Ben M. Sawyer, asserted yesterday that “to give the largest possible service, the present highway system must be completed limited production today when an im promptu poll was taken at a hearing conducted before the U. S. senate sub- justify a hard-surfaced road. Reviewing the eleven years since . • * u assumed his present off office Oc- MniTnittee ;n sMS.on to hear j 16, 1926, tho commiaaionor said ions or crop oei. * • I South Carohnian.;-spond- about $lQOr Senator Allen J. Ellender of Lou- qoo^oOO annually on motor vehicles isiana,' who sat with Senator E. D. “Cotton Ed” Smith of South Carolina to hear the, proposals, expressed the opinion that the standing vote was “about nine or ten to one for control.” The question was put by Commis sioner of Agriculture J. Roy Jones, chairman of the meeting, after argu ments which consumed morning fnd afternoon sessions. About 20 persons stood w’hen the call was put for' those favoring “no crop control or limitation.” Approxi mately 200 expressed themselves in favor of “control” when it was ex plained that this might mean either strict or limited supervision. No official count was taken. A motion by former State Senator Carroll D. Nance of Laurens, that employes of the U. S. agricultural de partment and their representatives be barred and voting be restricted to “real dirt farmers” was lost in the hurly-burly of the meeting’s disorder. Cries o( “sit dowm” and “time’s up” interrupted a speech of W. E. Atkinson of Orangeburg, urging equalization payments to offset pric- "es farmers have to pay for products protected by tariff. The opposing view for government control of acreage, was presented by D. W. Watkins, director of the Clem- aon college extension service and R. W. Hamilton, representing the state soil conservation committee. Fiery oratory and bitter epithets accentuated the meeting, which an attache of the senate group termed “by far the most exciting” of any held so far. The committee came here after meetings at Louisville, Ky., and Win-jooo from motor vehcile license fees ston-Salem, N. C. Members and as-|’and the three oenLs gasoline tax, eistants left by train tonight for jcompare<l with $9,779,000 from li- Montgomery, Ala., where a session j censes and the five cents gasoline Thomwell Lad James Quarterman Succumbs To Illness Followinjf Compli cations. Buried At Waycross, Ga., Tuesday. “The savings in dollars and cents to the motor vehicle owners of the state in the operation of this great motor vehicle fleet on hard-sur faced. roads as compared with dirt road operations is double the amount of money that the highway depart ment receives annually f^m the mo tor license fees and the five cents gasoline tax.” In a statement. Sawyer pointed out the road network’s growth to the present 6,517 miles with over 5,100 already hard-surfaced or let *^^**^* Xi^lCUlllo to contract. When he took office, “there was a .state highway system, created and authorized by statute, but actually it consisted of only about 369 miles of hard-suj-faced roads, and approxi mately 3,276 miles of dirt roads,” the commissioner recalled. The department’s investment th^n, he said, was less than $10,000,000, compared with an outlay now of ovef $120,000,000, embracing projects com pleted or let to contract. “Then the hgihway department’s bonded debt was less than $7,000,- 000; now its such- indebtedness is approximately $59,000,000,” Sawyer said. “The highway department had paid less than $3,000,000 for roads and bridges; now it has paid over $60,006,000 oP the cost of construct ing the state highway systerq. “Then there were approximately 183,000 motor vehicles registered in the state; now there are more than 284,000.” He .said his department received for the calendar year 1926 $4,589,- PARLEY ENTRY NOT COMMITTED Roosevelt Denies Secret Plan To End China War. Davis Will Enter Nine-I^ower Treaty Ses sion With No Advance'llnder- standinj; or “Strinjfs.” Hare are the world’s two csnlMr aorea. scenea of “undeclared” warfare and possible slartlng ^Inta for an Eartb-encln^ltng conflict M left Is mapped latest Sino^lap8oase battle Itoaa tn North China and around Shanghai, Including deUila of other important centers. At fight is E^taita after a yeSr of "civil’’ war In which practically every major European nation has a hand. A cross-flre of diplomatic incidents on both sides of the world finds even the United States, forced to abandon a 20-year-ol(l policy of isolation, aligned with the League of Nations in condemning “outlaws” and urging ’’quarautiae” of aggressors. will be held tomorrow. The shout, “I believe he’s a damned Republican,” wa.s hurled at Senator Ellender by an excited farmer from the re4W of the auditorium. Ellender was questioning Nance of Laurens, when the incident occurred. “Tell us,” the Louisiana senator tax for the fiscal year ended June 30 of this year. A’Sserting the highway branch of state government was “a big busi ness concern,” giving employment to nearly 4,000 persons and indi Court Convenes ! Lindbergh Stays Next Monday I In Army Reserve Two Weeks Civil Term Sched-1 Renews for Five Years His Com- uled. Hellinjfer To Preside First Week. Memorial Exer cises Planned. mission As Colonel In the Air ('orps. (Quiets Rumor He Is To Become British Citizen. James Edward Quarterman, 13-j A two weeks’ terrn of common Washington, Oct. 16. — Colonel year-old lad of Thomwell orphanage, pleas ipurt will in Laurens (’harles A. Lindbergh hoR accepted died Monday -afternoon at Dr. Hays’ on Mon<iay, Oct. 25. The session will .. imu- u 1 -• u x. I i. 'v. -1 1 t T I r- 1-. a five-year renewal of his commis- hospital where he underwent an ap-jbe presnled over by Judge G. l)un- pendicitis operation two weeks ago.; can Bellinger of Columbia, who has Serious complications setting in anew, been appointed by the chief justice Saturday,, he underwent a second j to preside over the first week of the operation, his condition being des-! term. The presiding judge for the cribed as very critical from the time i second week is to be announciHl later. he became ill. I Judge S. W. G, Shipp, whose sche- Funeral services were conducted dule would have brought him to IjBU- Tue.sday morning at 7:30 from the rens this fall, dicnl several months Thomwell Memorial church by the Rev. L, C. LaMotte, and attendeil Jast week arranged a roster and by the entire orphanage family, with « group of his playmates serving as pallbearers. The body was carritKl to Waycross, Ga., for interment at 4:30 in the afternoon. Services were held at the home of the lad’s aunt, .M rs. J. R. Whitman, condifctckl by Rev, A. G, Meinnis, pastor of the Waycross 1‘resbyterian church, and Dr. L. R. Lynn, president of the in stitution. James entered the “Baby Cottage” las a three-year-old child and had ago. The County Bar association agreed u|Hin other recommendations for the court’s procedure, year renewal t sion in the .^rmy Air Corp.s Reserve, quieting rumors that he planned to become a British subject. Such reports have been current since he unexpectedly left the coun try with his wife and son, Jon,* and took up his residence in England two years ago. Army officers expre8.sed the belief privately that he would not have re newed his air corps tie if he intend ed changing his allegiance. Should he On Tuesday, October 26 at 12 relinquish his American citizenship o’clock noon, memorial exercises will be held in honor of W. R. Richey,^ Sr., and H. Y. Simpson, two members of the bar who have passed away. The jury commissioners have drawn the following venire of jurors for the first week: his commission would terminate auto matically, they said. i, In renowing his commission, Colo nel liindbergh had only to send a [)hysicLan’s certificate that he was physically fit, I'he reticent afniian has retained .Milam, J. W. To<id, John F. Mont- bomery, J. W. Allen, made his home at the orphanage for [ Waterloo—O. A. Stribling, W. K. I-^urens—A. K, ('leveland, J. Y. jhis military status since his gradu- more, the commissioner said: asked, “how you did successful farm-i “During the last eleven years, on ing over the years in spite, of the behalf of the state and the federal high tariff.” j jpovernment, /the highway dqpart- ril tell you how I did it; by hardjment has disburse<i, and accounted the past ten years. His father and mother both dead, were Frank P. and Pauline C. Quarterman of Waycross, rectly employing several thousands j from where he entered the institu tion. He is survived by one sister. Miss Frances Quarterman, a stu dent at Montreal, N. (\, Junior col- work, long hours, economy and com- , mon honesty,” Nance ahouted. A small man in the rear called, re ferring to Ellender: “Is that a Republican or a Demo crat? He sounds like a damned Re publican to me.” Ellender drew a storm of applause when he replied: “I demand the respect of this au dience,” he said. “I didn’t have to be for, funds aggregating more than $186,000,000. “All of the department’s trans actions have been open transactions —arrived at in the open and carried out in the open. “We have tried to build the best tried to rnark our highways better than other states mark theirs. In brief, we have - tried to be faithful here today. I was one who suggested j apj efficient servants of the public.” that we come to you and give you i He described tho department as every chance to .sUte your views ... j “a jjreat public utility owned and What we are here for is facts.” | operated by the people of the state the m^^ their mutual benefit,” adding, Smith termed it an effort to “get the j that it “pays large dividends in the 'TAsaollAfft 111 viewpoint of the man between the j fbrm of highway .service.” * o AMI plowhandles, the man with the hoe, i . ^ the honest to Go^ dirt farmer,” \ * O J “Whatever the majority of the cot-i ton farmers decide upon,” Smith said, * lege and a graduate of the orphan age high school, by an older brother, Bruce Quarterman, also of the or phanage and by two aunts at Way- cross. James was in 'the sixth grade and possessed a personality and dis position which made him many friends on the campus among the highways in the^-eountryv Wa have fhoys and girjs, 8!ld„jiiem_lwr^ of Lh^^ staff. The untimely ending of his life just as it was beginning to look out upon the world with hope ^d promise, came as a great .shock and .sorrow to the entire orphanage fam ily and cast a deep pall of sadness ever the home. ' Laurens Saturday Wn fanners 6ec.de apon," Sn.ltn said,! • KI -T a r- ''“al'T” ~-^nn. NamCS TrUStCCS 5J.'L neldin Laurens next Saturday morn ing at 10:30 o’clock in the high school auditorium under the leader- law—God help me I am.” “If we are forced to abandon cot-j At the meeting of the Synod of ton,” keynoted Commissioner Jones,{Georgia held la.st week in Atlanta, “and plant com, wheat and other ag-i Robert McMillan of Clarkesville, and ricultural products, we thereby im-jRev. S. J. Cartledge of Athens, were mediately bring distresising problems j re-elected members of the board of to other sections whose prosperity repends upon our ability io buy from them.” Excitement reigned for a moment ship of the president, W. Edward •Monts of this city. The theme of the meetings through-L trustees of Thomwell orphanage of the year will be “Training for ♦Vsic cU,, : Citizen.ship. “Our Own County As- this city. George B, Hoyt, a promi- ^‘tizen-ship nent layman of the First Presbyte Buzhardt, J. C. Pinson, J, (’. Kay, J, H. Fn*eman, J. R. Coker, T, S. Boyd. Youngs—I). Davis, H. H. Abercrom; hie. Sullivan—W. IL Monroe. Dials—A. M. Owings, R. A. Stod- ation in 1925 from the air corps fly ing s<*h(K»l at Kelly field, Texas, As a reserve officer he is subjcHTt to a call to active <luty in an emergency, but in the meantime is not even a dollar- a-year man, as he .serves without pay. He had the rank of captain in the Missouri National Guani when he ma<le his 1927 flight to Paris. He was (lard, J. H. Hellams, D, H. Wilson, L j made a colonel both in the National W. Bnwks. Guard and the Army Air Corp.s Re serve ufM)n his return, and since has given technical a<lvice to the service, appeared bt*fore congressional com mittees in b«*half of aviation legisla tion, and in other ways interested him.self in military flying. Hunter—Claude Malpa.ss, Hugh Bond Workman, H. B. Henderson, Roy Trammell, H. Grady Chandler, T. E. Coleman, Rolfe <'lark, L. G. Jones, E. C. Taylor, T. M. Alexander, Charles G. Copeland. Scuffletown—^W. R. Anderson, Ike Smith, E. F, Anderson. S. C. Syh^ Naihei Board Members At the annual meeting of the South Carolina synod in Darlington last week with the First Presbyterian church, A. C. Todti of GreenwtKKl, was re-eleOled to serve on the board of trustees of Thornwell orphanage. Dr. Jack H. Young of this city, was elect ed a new member of the board suc- cewiing C. W, .Stone, whose term*ha<l e.rplred. These with eleven other miMfibef^, TonsTrt'uTe rtfre^nsyiiTyd’Tr rdsentation on the boanl. In addition F"'*" the |new aet-up a change haa there are twelve memben. from the '>r™ 'n the f.me<try per^nneh other two controlling synoda of Geor- , 1’'''/'''"^*"’ •■atabl.ahed gia and Florida. iJd'y. !«■ The present redaction Three members of Preabyterian col- yowimment called for the CCC Elnrolle^^ Go To Newberry Government orders were received last week at Clinton <X1C camp No. 10 near here, to transfer all enrollee.s to Camp No. 6 b<*tween WTiitmire and Newberry on U. S. highway No. 176. Following instructions to aban don the local camp 120 Negro men were movinl to their new assignment with the army personnel ft?maining unchanged. The Newberry camp is headtsl by Lieut. Wm. E. ('obble, Jr., transferred, as commanding officer. Hyde Park, N. Y., Oct, 19.—Presi dent Roo.sevelt a.sserted in a formal statement tonight that . America would enter the nine-power treaty' ' conference on the Sino-.Iapanose con flict “without any commitments “on the part of this government to other govemments.” I '■ The statement, issued after a long conference between the president and Norman H. Davis, head of the Amer ican delegation to the conference to be held at Brussels October 30, was generally accepttnl as a reply to a statement by Senator Johnson, Re publican, of California, hinting that the Uniteil States and Great Britain had agree<l in advance on a program of action. •In a statement in San Franci.sco, Johnson, an i.solationi.st, demanded to know the president’s attitude, adding: “We know the attitude of Mr. Hull and the ambulatory ambassador, Mr. Norman Davis, and we know perfect ly well that Mr. Davis would not be going to Brussels unle.ss in advance a jinrgram (had been agi-ecd on 1m‘- tween England and this country.” The president in his statimient cit ed the language of the invitation to the conference—to the effwt that the powers examine the Far Eastr- em situation and “study a peaceable means of ha.stening an end of the re grettable conflict which prevails there.” He also ca]le<] attention to his ra dio addresis of October 12 in which he said the conference would “seek by agreement” a solution of the un- declare<l war and ad<led it would be the purpose of America, in seeking that solution, to cooperate with the other signatorias to this treaty, in- c]u<ling China ami Japan. “Mr. I>avia, of course,” he added, “will enter the conference without any commitments on the part of thi.s government to other governments.” Davis sails tomorrow for Brus.sel.s. The text of the president’s state ment follows: “Mr. Davis i.s going to Brus.sols to represent this country at a meeting of the signatories of the nin<‘-power ' Washington treaty, in reS{>onse ‘to an invitation issued by the Belgian gov ernment. “The purpose of th(“ eonferenpe is in conformity with the regional pledge made by the parties to the nine-power treaty in 1922 to have full and frank exchange of view.s with regard to the Far Eastern situation. “Jn the language of the invitation to which this government is n'spond- ing, the powers will examim* the .sit uation in the Far East and study a peaceable means of hastening an end of the’ regrettable conflict which pre- vaibs there. “As I said in my ra<iio broadcast on the evening of October 12—the puT|X).se of this conference will be to seek by agreement a solution of the pre.sent situation in ('hina. In our of- fort.s to find that solution, it is our purpose to coopertai* with the other .signatories to thi.s treaty, including China and Japan. “Mr. Davis, of course, will enter the conference without any commit ments on the part of this government to other governments.” lege board of trustees whose terms expire thi.s year, were re-elected to sociation” is the topje for discu.ssion; •‘’^cceed them.selves. Dr, H. W. DuBose to be! "f Spartanburg, Dr. W, R. Wallace, abandonment of this camp along with a large number of others is thi.s and other states. The vacated property will remain intact with a guard on ... . , Id 4^’e,I WraerSorthd 1 »"<•*. C. Todd of Creed-.f'' " '“'-lerhy .Se “om Lpt.- M. K.:terms had expired, Dr. C. <1. Mayer declaration. , .r ' i .j i • i Brockman oresident of the South Winnsboro, and J. T. Woodside of “Tomorrows paper will say the Tru.stees re-electtd for Presbyterian' ^ ’ P tVv’c i Greenville were renlaced bv Josenh ■ farmers came up here and expressed college were: T. B. Fraser of Flem- Carolwa F^ucation Association. This!Greenville, were replaced by Joseph, themsejves, and so far there hasn’t j ington, Rev, J. A, Simpson of Clarks- been a farmer on the floor,” Smith brought the meeting to or-| der with the assertion that “every body here will be heard if we have to stay in session until midnight.” Watkins outlined the possible ap proaches to cotton control: (1) high prices through drastic control; (2) large crops through no control, and (3) moderate control for 'best pi^ible prices. “Government benefits,” Watkins said, “should be based on good farm ing. Cooperating fanners should fare better than non-cooperating farmers.” ' “It is necessary that the federal govemmept Continue finanicial aid through 'soil consarvatioti woi-k,’* Hamilton said, reading a atatement (Continued on page eight) ; ville, and Rev. S. W. Dendy of Dalton, This Week’s Menu. On Gridiron ^ ■ ■ ■ _ _ Thursday Carolina vs Clemson at Columbia. Erskine vs Oglethorpe at Ander son. . Friday The Citadel vs University of Rich mond at Charleston (night). Saturday Pr«byterian vs Furman in Green ville. Nefwberry vs Wofford -at Spartan burg. HALLOWE’EN PARTY AT LONG BRANCH OCT. 29TH 5. Marvin Poole, principal of Brao^ school, announces that year’s program is to include depart-:Columbia, and James mental m'eetings. ' - ! Chapman of Spartanb'urg. The present plans are for the a.s-1 ih: TO IMPPCT sociation to have one of its meetings * in Clinton at a later date. YULE SSAI. CAMPAIGN Columbia, Oct. 18. — President J.i Nelson Frierson of the South Caro-' lina Tuberculo.sis as.sociation announc ed the appointment today of Dr. Shel ton Phelps, president of Winthrop college, as chairman of the Christmas Seal committee for South Carolina. 1 The sale is conducted annually to raise funds to fight tuberculosis. Bishop Kirkman G, Finlay* of Co lumbia was chairman last year. The appointment is considered a high honor. Dr. Phelps will meet with various county and city chairmen here No vember 11. ' \ Mrs, Long a Hallowe'en party will be given Oct. 26, at 7:30 o’clo^:k, at the school. The public is cordially invited. NAMED AS JUDGE Governor Olin D. Johnston yester day appointed Homer S. Blackwell of laturens, a special judge to preside over the court of general sessions of Spartanburg county, opening Monday, Oi^ber 26. \ DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! 6 JIEATHS ^ from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY 1937 LeVs Strive To Make This a Safe Year On the Highways. 200 Farmers Hold Laurens Meeting liHurcns, Oft. 17.—Following an addn‘s.s by O. M. Clark of Clomson collogf, who <li.scu.s.scd the agriculture program for next year, 200 I.;iuren.s county farmcr.s Friday afternoon in a meeting here unanimously voted in favor of an acreage control program for the 1938 cro{) sea.son. The dis trict agricultural agent, A. A. Me- Keown of Spartanburg, and the county agent, C. B. Cannon, sfxike briefly on the c<»tton situation and the outlpok as to agriculture. Subswiucntly, a delegation corn- postsl of W. .Stone of Clinton, E. J. Sloan of Fountain Inn, C.. K. Work man of Goldville, and .lack H, Davis, Sr., of Clinton, was namiRl to repre- ! sent IdSurens county at a statewide ■ meeting of agricultural represtuita- tives held in Columbia on Tuesday. NEWtSERGEANT ADDED TO COLLEGE STAFF Sergeant Raymond A. Knox has arrived in the chy to become a mem ber of the military department statf at Presbyterian college. Sergeant Knox for the past four years has been stationed at Fort Penning, Ga. ’The college R.O.T.C, unit is now beaded by four regular army men, the others being Major F. O. Haid- ing, Major A. C. Cummings, and Ser geant Sterlin Young. ^ .id,..', y