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f 1 1 r • THE CHRONICLE StriTcs T« B« ft Dftftft NftWft* pftper, Conpletft, Newiy, / ftftd RftUftbk. \ If Ton Doft’t Rftftd 4 THE CHRONICLE Ton Don't Got The Newi. VOLUME xxxvn CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, l’937 NUMBER 48 SOLONS SPLIT OVERPROGRAM Disapproval Given of Proposed Road Budget Cut. Plans for Cheaper Housing Go Forward tinder Fire of Criticism. Monopoly Termed A Grave Danger Must Be Destroyed or Will Cheat Reform. Cummings As serts In Address. hundred employers are pouring about $250,000 a month into the state unem ployment compensation commission’s ' New York, Nov. 29. — Attorney • General Homer S. Cummings wound 1 up a talk on monopoly today with the Washington, Nov. 30. | assertion that “nothing is more ob- Rooseveft’s plans to epur trade re-jvious than the fact that big business vival through a multr-billkm dollar - - - is moving blindly but with ac- housing boom ami to shtsh fodoral "’“"'"‘“j?* aocelo^ion down tho ,. , road leading to ultimate government highway grants $214,000,000 as a uuper\'ision step toward ^balancing the budget,, ..|nj<»ed,” he said in an address to, were atUcked sharply tonight by i the AssociaUnl Grocery Manufacturers today the 1.8 per cent pay Tax On Payrolls Nets $3i000,000 State Unemployment Office GetsiBighUSuggestiona Sent To Con -’N., President Wanted— Housing Act $250,000 Monthly From 3,300 Employers. Columbiat Nov. 27.—Thirty-three I Washington, Nov. 29. — President gress With Building Boom As Objective. John B. Ferguson - Is Laid To-Rest Well Known Citizen Passes At Hospital. Services At Grave side In Presbyterian Cemetery. Ro^sgyelt asked congress today to liberalize existing laws to encourage billions of dollars worth of new hous- Funeral services for John B. Fer guson, well known Clintonian, were held from the graveside Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock,^in the Pre^y- PROTEST GIVEN JAP CONSUL Japanese Reprimanded for Seiz ing U. S.-Owned Launch and Tossing American Flag Into River. Hull Fears “Open Door” Will Be Shut. . , m I Shanghai, Nov. 30.—Japanese today tt,«5ury to4u-ovide henufaU fot ,emote.y. The serview «««'took p»».6s,ion of an Ameriean^wned of their 216,000 employes who might'years. t * ! conducted by his pastor. Rev. W. N.i, , , ,, . ^ lose their jobs after next July 1. 1 In a message to the special session j l.aurens and Rev.j ® Administrator R. Brice Waters es-j‘^mpb'ted before he left for a Florida' Ixmg of Greenville, af former;^®” ^ ^ ® angpoo •’’vcr. cent oav-i*'''^^* ^be “long- intimate friend of the] United ^States Consul General Clar- We.stern legislators and skeptical Re-|^j^ America, “there are those who are i roll tax effective the first of this publicans in a new burst of congres sional “independertce.’^' continued lag in building is a drag on^ tribute to the|ence K. Gauss immediately protested IV . •onnn.knn .u- all iiidust iV and t rude" aiid was “oiio' qualities of Mr. Fergu.son, his j to the Japanese consul general |per»uaded that economic groups thatlJA’ai would picwuce $3,000,000 this, , . nviiieiu'd l■4*•lsons whv ireneroi "b'votion to his home and church, ami again.st the discourtesy to the United —. pr»licl.d thU w..uld lo iory": A large SUt..s fl„K and jin one way or another have arrive<l Despite Republican shell-fire and | at a fidsition of dominance in any es criticism from .some conservative sential line of activity are likely can- .some Democrats, however, the senate sieer- ing committee prepared at a meeting year. $4,,500,000 a year when the rate in creases to 2.7 per cent on January 1. As Waters discussed the interlock- didates for regulatory treatment — and that tkis is espi'cially true with ling relationship of the unemployment today to rush action at tho special j reference to so-calli*d natural monop-' division and the state employment service in an interview,about 55 session on amendments to the hous-jolies or line.s of business dealing with ing act which Mr. Roosevelt proposed national resources. ' yesterday to encourage the construe-1 “The problem has been so long tion of 3,0(HI,000 to 4,000,000 units with us that unless it is frankly con- over the next five years. j sidered and firmly grasped, it will get .\n attempt also will/ be made to ignite beyond. contiHul amj l^ad rem ril , young men and women were in an adjoining nwm posting the 216,000 weekly wage and salary reports. They were only one of the two .-shifts that-4iasl . earnings on rtH:ord enact a government reorganization j edies of a character that few really j for calc^Iatiiig,, unomph>),iau*mf bene: bill, w’hich is on the president’s legis-1 desire.*’ i fits when pyaments begin next July, lative program, before the extraordi-| A thorough rt*-exaniination of anti-j The administrator h(*sitated to est- nary .session is adjourne<l probably on trust laws was “imperatively re-|timate the number of covered em- D^ember 22, Senate Majority I/eader Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky, said. Democrats in both houses roarinl their opposition' to Mr. Roosevelt’s proposed cut in federal highway grants soon after he suggested them * the in a special message prepared before his departure on a F'lorida fishing trip. The chief executive specifically aslce<l that congress abandon a sched uled authorization of $214,000,000 in quired,’’ Cummings said, since thelploye.'- that expected to he unemploy- tKxly of law founded upon the .subjectjo<l after July 1 'and thereby eligible of monopoly “is at once difficult to Gu- benefits. uialerstand and well-nigh impossible of practical applicatum in many of urgent situations “Kcoiiomic conditions, as refhxrtini in the stability of unemployment will of ‘moilern j Jfovern benefits,’’ he said, times.’’ j "The compensation act is designtMi “*... The anti-trust laws netnl clar-' to stabilize employmmit and encour- ification and restatement,’’ he said. “They nwd behind them the drive of adequately financerl enforcement ma- highway grants to states for the 19391 chinery. fiscal j'ear and that $216,500,000 i Cummings said a trend toward an w’hich the government has contracte<l I undue concentration of wealth and to provide this fiscal year, be spread economic control was unmistakable, over the 1938-39-40 fiscal years. remarking that 200 non-financial cor- Mr. Roosevelt pointed out that the j porations controlled 49.2 per cent of annual average of federal highway grants over the past five years has been $298,000,000 as compared with $100,000,000 annually over the pre vious five years. The meseage urged congress to limit to not more than $125,000,00 per annum all public road authorization for the fiscal year 1940 and for “each of the next few succeed- ■> ifc ^ lan f-f ■ — in^ jr^vTo. He said that the suggested reduc- tioiw we^ neceseary because of the large amounts which the government has contributed during the past five years and “because of the necessity for taking definite steps to reduce expenditure* for the purpose of se curing a badanced budget.’’ the assets of all such corporations in 1929 and that this had increased to 56 per cent in 1933. Farmers Elect '38 Committe^nen TowntditR "Mteitinffs HcM To Name Leaden To Assist With I^oRram For i^minR Year. The election of county community committeemen to assist in carrying out the new farm program, was com pleted last Saturday when H. A. • Ropp, assi.<tant to the county agent, T^e president voiced emphatic op-|yipjj township meetings. Unusual p^ition to a provision inserted in the .ji^erest was shown and the meetings highway act which will force the sec- were well attended by farmers of the retary of agriculture to apportion county. In practically each commu- $214,000,000 to various states, regard- njty the same committeemen were les.s of the condition of the federal elected. The county committee will age t'lnploycrs to avoid turnover of workers. It has not been function ing long enough for us to know how much has been accomplished in that direetioo.’’ He figurisl, roughly, that 72,000 checks for compensable weeks would be issued annually. Many of the check.s could he for the, same'individuals, however, ai benefits could extend a maximum of 15 weeks in a year, based on tbe previou.s earning record. How will a man who loses his job after next July 1 obtain assistance? Waters explainer! that he should first register with the state employ ment service, wMcIl will enlarge-its present skeletonized force into ev- >rg( cent months. th III umber of frieiid.s gathered to pay Declaring increas(‘.s in hourly wage! I their last resjxH'ts and tbi‘ floral rates and material costs had been "too- trihutes, many an<l beautiful, attest- rapid ami too great for the consumer to bear,’’ and had checked production ed the high esteem in which he was held. and buying in other industries, he said i The following nephews served as he would confer with representatives pallln'areis: Hee (\ Ferguson, -4*ai-j the seizure of Ameri can property. ('ontinuing a policy of aiijiropriat- ing vi'ssels needed to transp<*rt sup plies and trooiis to the interior, the Japam'se also seiztMl two vessels fly ing the Italian flag. Italian authorities were understood e . 1 k I . nuind I'erguson, Riehard Ferguson, also to have protested, of industry, labor and finance in .an i ,, ^ i i •” ‘ Italpli Ferguson. Charles Barksdale effort to adjust such costs to con sumer.s’ means. David Tom an<4—John l.ake Hr propf)?ed eight changes in the national housing act of llL'll to make possible, through federal insuriuice of ^ tion Ixvame critical Sumli low-intorf*st mortgages, the private financing of large numliors of hous ing units. The amendments he suggested: Ferguson, I The launch, owned by the (’hina Barksdale I F’oreign Kteam.ship company, an I Ainei'kian roganization and agents-for Mr. F'erguson had Iteeii in dcclin-ithe Roos<‘velt line, wirs^m(Mired (iff ing health for some time. His condi-lthe bund in the F'reneh concession. ly at which! time h(* was*-removed to Dr. Hays’ hospital wh(*n‘ he ditsl early Monday morning. TIm' news of his death came as an unexixvtiMi shix’k to many 1—Raise the present insurable limit j fnon.fs who kiu'w ahd admired him. from 80 to 90 per cent of a prop(‘r-| Mr. Ferguson was a lifelong citizen ty s appraised value in tho cas(* of i of this community. IF* was a son of loans to owner-occii|)ants where the I the late .lohn A. and Margaret Wat- proiHTty does not exceed $6,000 in I (.,•« Ferguson. IF* was a successful appniised valu«*. The president said j farmer and one of .sound husine.ss this was of “great importance’’ he-j judj-nient. cause it would permit persons hardj Mr. Ferguson possessed many ad- hit by the depres.sion to buy homes) n^jrahle characteristics and was a man with a down payment of as low as of the strictest mtegrlly whose word treasury. Unlike moat congressional authorizations which are permi.ssible ■when funds, are available, the high way provision is mandatory and the president complained that it “com pletely ties the hands of the execu tive’’ He demanded repeal of the pro- viaion, “I do most strenuously object to the mandatory incurrence of obliga tions by the federal government un der such apportionments without re gard to its ability to finance them from its revenues,’’ his mesaage said. Senators Card Hayden (Democrat), of Arizona, and Pat McCarran (Dem ocrat), of Nevada, assailed the presi dent’s recommendations as constitut ing a violation of contract with the states which have enacted legislation! be elected at a meeting .to be held the latter part of December. The following committeemen were elected in their respective townships, the firet named being the chairman of the’committee: Jacks township: John D. Copeland, John L. Adatr, and Tan M. Ray. AF- ternate, Willie T. Jacks. Hunter township: Jack H. Davis, Thomas R. Davis, and Jim W. Miller. Alternate, Edgar M. Young. Cross Hill town^ip: E. A. Adams, John F. Griffin and Charles R. Tur ner. Alternate W'illiam W’. Watkins. Waterloo township: Robert G. Smith, William W. Miller, and Ches ter L, Phillips. Alternate, Joseph B. O’Dell. ery county by that date. • AppTfeafion for the heriefita should then be filtwl with the repre.4entative of the unemployment commission in the stale employment service. Payment.‘s,,i-approximately 15 per cent of the earnings over a ba.se period and not exceeding $15 a week, will begin after a waiting perio<l of two week.s, unless penalties prolong the period. “This is not compensation for ill ness or injury,’’ Waters pointexl out, “'but .slrictly for unemployment. The man niu.«t be genuinely unemployed, able to work and available for work. “Per.sons who voluntarily leave em ployment are not subject to the bene- Hts. “Adequate safeguard.s have been thrown around the granting of bene fits to protect the administration from imposition by people who might try to ride it as a gravy train.’’ The act of 1936 by which South Carolina joined hands with the federal government in setting up the commis sion composed of A. M. Scarborough of Columbia, FI. C, Lewis of Ander son and A. J. Hatfield of Sumter, stipulated penalties for mi.sconduct, refusal to apply for "available, suit able" work and for several other 10 p(*r cent instead of 20 per cent, a.s at pri‘sent. 2—lUxluce the interest and service charge on insurt'd loans from 5% to .') per cent. 3—Make mortgage insurance pre mium one-half of one per cent on the was his bond. M(MU*st, kindly and g(*nerous, the doings -of one hand were unhei*alded to the other. He wa.s a d(*voted member and honored dea- eon of the F’irst Baptist church which he had long .servc'd with loyalty and devotion. I»yal to his church and Master, devoted F> his hdme and “diminishing nalance’’ of an insured mortgage insteall of on the original [ friends! he leavi^s many to join with face amount, as now required; fur- the family in mourning hia passing thermore, cut the rate to one-quarter of one per cent on pniperties valued at not more than $6,000 and where the mortgage is insured prior to July 1939. ♦^Authortee tn«urance of“mdrt- and who will long rememiber him as one who lived in every respect a good life. The deceased is survivetl by his widow, .before ii«TTjagt_iMiaa Annie Tindal of Summerton; by three broth- gages up to $200,000 for construction ^rs, R. P. and Wa<le Ferguson of of apartments and groups of houses, | Spartanburg, and K. W. Ferguson of for sale or rent, hut limit the mort-ltl,is city; two si.sF-rs, Mrs. T. 1). InKe gage to $1,000 per nxim. Such insured j^f Uuren.s, and Mrs. Mary F. Barks- loans are now limited to $16,000 for',|jjj,. (,f Greenville. each project. | ^ 5—Revise the limited dividend cor-' Laurens township: I.ftw M. Mobley,; to match federal highway grant* to John®. Madden 4ind Earle R. Dlake- come from the $214,000,000 authori xatk»w Senator ^Hayden derhiunded tiiftt states be given a year’s notice, insisting that those who “are using the roads are paying for them.” He said the government spent $1,490,- 000,000 on roads during the last five years and collected $1,337,000,000 in federal taxes from motorist*. Benefits would not he denied: poration section to encourage con struction of large-scale rental proper ties' In th^larger ciVmlmmitTt^ In- surixl loans to he kept at 80 per cent of appraised value on mortgages up to $5,000,000 as at present, but a limitation of $1,200 per room to Im* suhstituteil for existing “low income’’ definition which officials regard as too vague. 6—Liberalize provisions for char tering national m(/rtgage associations to permitr -financing of such largo building projects by a .single or “blan ket” mortgage; the Reconstruction Fi- Trophy Banquet Next Tuesday The annual banquet honoring win- n(*rs of the W. P. Jaco^xs blocking trophitw in .South ('arolina, the South- <*rri and Southeastern conferiences, will b(* held at Presbyterian college on next Tuesday night, Di'cemher 7, it has he<*n arinouncixl. Ballots were maile<i out the past week from the <hmor of tho-three trophies and those charged with the picking of the block ers were urged to return their votes nance corporation to make available at once. $50,000,00 for capital purposes. 7—Make the $2,000,000,000 limita- Goincident with the banquet which will ib<* held at 7:30 will .be the annual tion on the total amount of mortgages! meeting of the South Carolina (’oache** insurable apply to the amount of in surance to he outstanding at any one time. 8—Revive the provision that expired last April, authorizing insurance of association, a basket ball clinic, and a schedule making seswion, all sched uled during thh afternoon. Jule Car son, director of athletics at Wofford college, is president .of fhe coaches ly.^ Altemftte, BL Jinaley. -- If the position-offered-4«- vacant-|^qch as refrigerators^ loans up to $10,000 for modernization organization. The clinic will be Ie<l and repairs, but excluding equipment! by Charlie Lutz, former Wofford William Hunt, h(*a(l of tin* steam ship c()m|)aiiy, made a strong protest to Gauss. IF* (leclar(*d a Japanese naval force attack(*(l the (’hin(*se crew alxiard the eraft and then deliherato- ly haul(*d down the American flag and t().'4S(*<l it into the river. Japaiu*se army eommuni(iU(*s re ported capture of Kwangt<*h and the Kiungyin forts, at opposite* extremes of the defenses of .Nanking, China’s almost d(‘serted caiiital. Kwangteh is about 100 miles .southeast of Nan^ king and Kiangyin about 80 miles east on the Yangtze river. Japan’s forces had taken Kiangyin (dty and had declared capture of the up-river forts would signal an . at- tempt !by Japane.se warships to r(*ach the capital. A “Ixiom” of submerged, concrete-laden bulks acrosus the I.iaiig- tze under the prot(*ction of Klang- yin’s guns has held the Jajianese fleet below Nanking. Defense forces were reported fall ing back to a line 40 to 60 mile.s east and 8outhea.st of Nanking with Japa nese pre.ssing their advance. Japanese officersT declared reinforcements were moving rxp Jite*dily for attacks on Nanking and Wuhu, river fiort 55 mileJJ up the Yangtze from the capi tal. The destruction of a Catholic or phanage and the death of 86 ('hinese children in a Jaimncse air raid at Kashing 15 days ago was reportcxl to F’reneh Ambassador Paul Flmile Nag- giar by two priests. They said 150 refugee's, .four F'reneh sisters and five Chinirse sisters also wen* missing. The two missionaries walked 10 days F) reach transportation to Shanghai. Sec “Open Door” Closing Washington, Nov. 30.—There wa.s growing apprehen.sion in official cir- cle.s here tonight that Japan, follow ing up her military victories in (!hina, may have begun closing thr* hi-storie. “open door” against the goods of oth er foreign nations. Apinarently heading toward a show down with Nippon on what may prove to be the most critical international issue of the present F'ar Eastern strife. Secretary Hull sought F) de termine officially whether Japanese- controlled North China ailready had accorded tariff advantages to Japa nese Imports. Scuffletown township: D. M. Mc-idu® directly to a strike, lockout or Clintock, W. T. Blakely and B. A.'other labor dispute; if the wages, Goodwin. Alternate, L. J. Blakely, [hours or hther conditions of the -work Sullivan township: G. C. Roper, H.j offered are substantially less favor- O. Abercrombie, and G. D Wood. Al- able to the individual than those pre- temate, Stanley S. Beeks. vailing for similar work in the lo- DUl* township: Fred S. Stoddard,Icality; if a condition of being em- B. V. Gray, and T. W. Barksdale. Al- Senator Harry A*hurt (Democrat).'teinate. Ben G. Taylor. of Arizona, snapped that "congrese| Youngs township: Wallace L. Mar- knows more than the secreUry of ag-itin, Wm. D. Loma* and James T. riculture about how and where roads riiould be built.” In the house, Chair- Manly. Alternate, J. B. DeShield*. man Wilburn Cartwright (Democrat), sive and demanded that tfie rate be of Okhihoma of the roads committee, ■warned that he would not take the president’s proposal “laying down.” He indicated his wiUingneas to co operate in an economy drive if it hit ail federal expenditures but to “take it out of roads alone is something else.” The Republican attack on the hous ing amendments came in a hearing) before the -house banking and cur-! rency” committee. Representative i Charles L. Gifford* (Republican) of Massachusetts, tried without success to draw from the housing administra-' tor, Stewart McDonald, the admission i that relaxation of mortgage guaran-' tee provisions proposed by Mr. Rogse-' velt would “dry up” private building and loan business. Representative j Hamilton Fi^ (Repcriilican), of New* York objected that the proposed total rate of 5 per cent interest and ser-i ■vice charges which banks and mort- ^ gage association couid charge pros-i pective home builders still is exces- fixed as low as 3H per cent. Let THE CHRONICLE ad- vertisements today and for the next three Ntfeeks. solve your J[iift and Santa Claus Problems before you start on your Christ mas Shopping tour through Clinton stores.. ployed the individual would be re quired to join a company union or to resign or refrain from joining any bona fide labor organization.” Waters estimated the 3,300 em ployers operated about 4,200 estab lishments. Agricultural workers and domes tic servants are two large groups . I VI I t. tytiv II and an active-official.- The president said he was present ing these proposals for immediate ORPHANAGE REMEMBERED consideration as “an important part of the program for increasing gen eral husinoss activity and employment during the coming year.” ‘ BY JOANNA MILLS As a Thanksgiving gift the Joanna Cotton Mills of Goldville, sent the “From the point of view of wide** 'Thomwell orphanage, of this city, one spread and sustained economic recoV ery,” he added, “housing constitutes the largest and most promising single field for private enterprise.” He pointed out that building of new dwelling units had fallen behind by between 600,000 and 800,000 a year in the last seven years compared with the seven years prior to 1930 and ! exempt from the law. Railroad em-j*'^®^ presented an “urgent prob- ployes are governed by it, lem which is the common concern of , ' ^ ! indu.stry, labor and government.” thousand yards of high grade sheet ing during the pft^ week. F’or several years past the mill has been making a similar edntribution to the institu tion at the Thanksgiving season, which fills the need of providing sheets and pillow cases for the vari ous homes. Receive* Wire On Adjustment County Agent (’. B. Cannon has been advised by the state adminis trator of the ^oil cons<*rvation pro gram that cotton price adjustment payments will be made on the first the bakSc* prixluction, if the other re sales of cotton up to 65 per cent of quirements for the payment are met. In commenting" on this ruling, Mr. Cannon states that this is not a change from previous in.structions but that it is being sent out because it Lions Club To Distribute Toysj Santa To Arrive On December 10 The Clinton Lion.s club will collect broken and discarded toys and will distribute them at the Christmas sea son among poor and needy children of the community. The toys will be I worked over anil, put in f irst-c!as« 'condition for distribution. All homes Cheery St. Nicholas, attired in his| bright red suit trimmed with snowy ^ white fur, will arrive in the city on, Fri.lay, December 10th, to officially j open the Christmas season. His ar-' rival will also be the occasion of the! , in the city in which there are such ti^rning on of the city’s beautiful i toys are asked to collect and contrib-i Christmas lights. Committees havl ute same for this cause. President i been named by the president of thei Arthur Copeland of the club, states Chamber of Commerce to make prcp-| that such articles may be left at the aration for the eyent. . j fire department or at his place of business. If they cannot be delivered, a call will bring some one' to your home for the gifts. Full details as to the celebration' will aippear in the news and advertis ing columns of The Chronicle next week. DRIVE CAREf’ULLY SAVE A LIFE! 8 DEATHS from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY 1937 Lefs Striye To Make This a Safe Year On the Highways. appears thait some people in this state have beejn. under the impression that prodCfCeFs to be eligible for the C. A. P. payment must sell the entire 1937 ‘cotton crop before July 1, 1938. Thi- impression is not correct but the pay ments will be made as explained above. COUNTY GINNINGS STILL ON JUMP I^Aurens county farmers ginned 2<>,036 bales of the* 1937 cotton crop through NovemlKT ] 1th, according to the county’s .special agent for the bureau of the census. On this date la.^t 15,124 bales had been ginned, .>iho\ving a substantial increase of 10,612 bales for same pe riod this year. W, W. Tribble of Washington, D. C., is visiting Mrs. E. L. Chandler, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Copeland and other relatives in the city. J