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s :. I mm THB CHRONICLE Strides T» B« a CUu N faper, CMipkto. Naway, dllmtan ■/. If Too Don’t Road THE CHRONICLE Ton Don’t Got Tbo Nowo. VOLUME xxxvn CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1937 NUMBER 52 NIPPON READY TOPRESSDRIVE Farmers’ Group To Meet Here Annual Meeting of Clinton Pro- r duction -Credit Association Will Be Held January 3rd. A larice attendance is expected at Americans Flee Fw Lives From Threatened Attack. Cruiser and Destroyer Stand By To Aid In Evacuation of Doomed , * uv ^ annual stockholders meeting of City of Tsin^ao. Clinton Production Credit asso- Shanghai, Dec. 29.-General Iwane|«»t>on. which will be held in Clinton Matsui, the Japanese commander, • January 3 at threatened today to press Japan’s at*;*tre, at 11 ©clock, according tack 1,000 miles into China’s interior. Americans at north China coast, at were fleeing from a Broadway the- to Rex Lanford, secretary of the association, T^inirtJio on the yestenlay that arrangements threatened at-. The Clinton Protluction Credit as- Uck by Tinother arm of the Jajianesi' sociation serves Uurens and New- army striking swiftly across Shan- ^'rry counties and furnishes short- tung province. term Unle.ss the Chinese gi>vernmenf ends “its anti-Japanese pidicies,” Mat- .sui warned, Japanese forces “may find it necessary” to ad\'ahce to Han kow and Chungking and “may repu cre<lit for gtmoral agricultural purposes to its mombt'rs. and in 11*37 made loans totaling $27S,000. The as- sitciation now has a membership of SlM* and Mr. I.anford .said that it is hoped that every member will be diate the China.” Chunking, about .. t _ V.C present at the annual meeting. national government ofj* * -Attending the invitation of the J. Edwin Tiddy meeting by special association will be of the Production l.OOn miles inland in a direct line from tW coast, is up corporation of Columbia, who the Yangtze river from Hankow, mid- ^ brii*f address at the con-1 where the Chinese; land metropolis wnert* ine ' illusion of the business session, government moved from Nanking, it^' interesting pix^gram has been fallen capital Year’s Elections Few In Number Not Many Places Filled In Pe riod Now Closing. Candidates Face Summer Races. TREND FAVORS “ - BIGGER NAVY President Expres,ses Growing Concern Over Events and May Recommend Construction of More Vessels. Nation Must Face Facts. Wa.'^hington, Dec. 2S. — Pre.sident Roosevelt expre.ssed “growing con cern” over the trend of world events » totlay in a<lvising congress that he ri>comniend construction of The United States gunboat Sacra mento was expecttnl here U»morn»w, Thursday, w'ith about 45 .American refugees from Tsingtao. .Americans.' other foreigners and natives were said to be preparing to leave the city 1937 Best Crop Year In State Ih 17 Years, Says Frank O. Black Hr»>wn, Jack K. ,1. Sloan. H. Davi-:, Sr., an.d Advisory Board Holds Meeting before a threatened Ja|>anese attack The United States cruiser Marble head and destroyer Po{h* wert* stand ing by to evacuate about. 2,'h* other Americans, some of ■whorii were ex-’ pc*cted, however, to flee abiuird small coastal steamers. The fall of Tsingtao appt*ared in- evitalile after Japane.so troojvs ikcu- pie<l Tsinan, the provincial capital. Several Applications Are Filed and cxtendwl their line to withih lOlU mlea_pfjthe coast. Japanese posses- » sion of Tsinan, about 200 miles we^t, crs of Farms, of T.singtao, and Weihsien. halfw-ay between, severed railroad communi cations. Chinese emphasized, however, that only provincial troops were deftsitiHl at Tsinan and that stnmg omtral government forces were entr«'nche<l at Talan and Lincheng, south of> Tsinan. urrangtHl for the annua! meeting, Mr. Ijtnfoni said, and much intere.st i.s b«'ing manifestt'll by the members. _ tifficers and dir*>ctors of the asso- , , • , , , . , ciation are: C. W. .^tone, Clinton. ' Measured by yield per aeje ami to-; is per cent bel pix'-ident; J. T. Mi*Oatkin. Newberry,' quantity pn'Klucc i. IPItT vice-jovsideiit; ReX Luufurd, socro-l-best crop year in S<>TitHT''an»lina since t,ary-treasu!a‘r. DinH-tors are: Dr. W.! ipoi), according to final estimates for IDIU) vahu was the['*^*' al>i>ve In Laurens By Would Be Own- In Shanghai, Japanese authorities declared they were dissatisfied with efforts of the municipal council to rid the International Settlement of hnl- <len arms. Official.^, who have decreed military law for Japaneise-dvmiinated areas, imsisUnl there must be effec tive jMdice measures before Shanghai can return to normal. laimms. Dec. 2.3. — .At the first Imet'ling of the advisory Ixiard and the |H‘rsonnel of the ixisottlement set up here, a district repre.sentativc of. the tenant farm purchase loan ail- ministration Wciliiesday afternoon discusseil in detail the main features of the Bankhead-Jones farm tenant aert, with siH'cial reference to the pro cedure to be followeil by the advisory committee in cooperation with the re settlement or farm security adminis tration office. I I.aureiis county is one of the six teen selecttnj in this .slate for this first year’s program. The farm ad visory eommittee consists of Jack H. es the year announci'd by Fr.ank O. Black, agricultural st;fctistician for the Uniteil .States departim'iit of agri culture. Total production was 17 per cent Indter than in llidd and 31 per cent above average for the five-year peritxl, 1328-32. Yield |u“r acre was 10 per cent higher tluin last year and 17 per, average for the ten years, !t1^7-30. • «- The year witni-ssi*!! a neon! tobac co crop, the strond largest oats piv- duction, the largest {“otton crop since 1920, the largest corn crop in 14 yeai-s, a hay crop well alMivc that of any n‘cent years, an<l protluction of minor crops ample for local needs. The high yieltls this .•stason wei'e title largely tti very favorabl<> weather eonttitions, but also in part to an up ward trenti in yieltls (»f several crops as a rt.*sult of ityprtiveti scetl, better cultivation iiielhtHls, anti the influence of the .soil cons»*rvation program. Due mostly to the low jirice of cot- below tlu avfiage. ^ ,(.’rop valiu's given almvt* i-epresent the value t'f tt»t;»l produetitm whether Utiltl tu'-u'sed (iti the farm, luit in ad- jdifion estimates of cash income fn>m I sales have hctm prepared. These shtjjj^’ 'a total cash income of .'?I().3,172,(MKI ! rectuved frtmi the sale t)f crops, live-' j^tiH’k and livcsttick prtutucts, amt gov ernment paymt'ols timing the calen dar year 1937 as com|)arctl with $104,- '.*35,000 cai*h income from tho same souiX’es in I'.*30. Ifastal on the DiK’emher 1 estimate of 1,02.5,000 bales anti the seasonal jirice to tiate, lint cotton has a value of $14,.55.5,000. This compares with $.52,830,000 for lint and $12,138,000 for the seed in 11*30. The tobacco crop broke all previous r(*cords as to size, yicltl per acre, and amount of cash inct»me, Mr. Black declared. Drotiuctitm is .e-stii,nute<l at 106,275,000 pounds, the yield Tit 1*75 |)t)unds per acre, and the value at $22,318,000. I*rtnluotion was 45 per rent atul value .53 per cent al>ov(* 11*30. Uorn protluction t»f' 21, 1*1.5,000 hu shes is 13 per cent above the 11*30 crop, but tiue to a much Ittwer price* <»f $18.709,(M)0 is 10 pci th<‘ 11*30 value. It is csti-l'”D* Columbia, Dec. 28.—Eloctaons were iscatterixl in ..South C^irolina during 1937 but the year wa.s one of fenee i mending and planning by politicians I who pin their hopes oh the big turn lover in public office scheduled for next summer. : Except for municipal contests ami ja few special el<.*ctions to fill vacan-j I cries the general voters had little op-i new* naval vessels, j imrtunity to express thcmsolves but a j In a l(*tter to j major fight tmik place in the house' -of- repri^sentatives when the body eli'cted its pre.sidirig officer. There was a large number of new I members in the house when the gen- i eral assembly met early in the year and di.scussion was rife over whoj would be the victor in the fight for the speaker.shij)—a powerful place since that officer names memlKTS of all committtvs. " (lovernor Olin .lohnston, still sling ing from defeat in his attempt to take over the higbw'ay department through use of the iniliti.i, had taken an active part in the ekx'tion of legislators, urg ing various counties to scml repre sentatives favorahlv* to his program. The .Johnston forcivs centered th(‘ir fight for house lead»‘rship on Kepre- jumttttivo 4 b -Casttm Wittmamaker nf t'hesti'rfield, a newly elected house member who had Itccn an outs|M)kcn' ailhcrciit to the governor. Solomon j Blatt, veteran mcmticr from Barnwell, who bail fought .lohnston on imiMir- tant issues in previous si'ssions, bore the banner of the o|)|)o:»ition. The fight was fierct* with both sidiw freely prt'ilicting victory hut when the votes were cast Blatt was seatiHli 1 by a margin ■of five vxites. Superin- ten*st in the speakership ehxtiw-was rofh'cUsl rin the fact that 11!* of the 124 members of the house You'd. The “antis” olirtchcsl their hold on the h<)u.se leu<lerRhip by electing Rep- rfwentativc J. W. D. Zerbst of C-har- U‘ st o n s peak c r pro ten). 'ln"^Union county, Paul K. Wilburn was eleotcHl Dt*cember 21 to fill the place of Representative J. hrast Wal-, , , , , . , , , I (li'pi'iid on kci-, who resigm'd to join linitisi; States Senator E. D. Smith’.s staff at W'ashington. (SecrcUry of State Cordell Hu!!, ia navis, Clinton, chairman; Wallace L. AVashington, <leclarcHl the United Martin and J. W. Tinsley, while tKe ^ Slates was attempting to asct'rtain local administration unit is compo.std I the full scope of military ciHirts set '*1^ Dwings, sajiervisor; (.. S. up in Shanghai by Japan’s army ami Mrs. Leonard Owings. whether they violated Americaif ' • ^ Uannon, county agent, met with rights. nie two units. (Briti.sh official* at Hongkong were' AIrt'ady a number of applications believed to have aimed an order pro- farmers who would hibiting use of wireless by merchant j l»«^nie farm owmers under the pro- ships in the Hongkong harbor at Jap-1bf the new loan ac't. anese vessels. , ^ (Report. fron.,MB.o. ,Citizens Federal Pays Dividend colony near Hongkong on the south! China coast, said a Japanese cruiser had shelled W’ongkam island over which Portugal claims jurisdiction. , * Two hundred Japanese bluejackets 1»C« Bllllflin^ &nd LoflJt AssO” were said to have landed on \Vong-| kam, across the Canton river estuary , from Hongkong. elation Closes Splendid Year and Declares A\( Dividend. ton, total value of crop.s produced in 1!*37 i.s 5 per cent b«‘Iow that of 1936, ith(* value hut well above crop value.-^ of any | cent below year .since 1929. Ba'<»*<l on seasonal j mall'll that einsh income from prices the aggritgate value of all] sold this year amounted to $1.37.5,(>(K» principal field and commeirial truck; compared with $82.5,00(1 in 1936. placed at $12.5,425,000, which | The hay crop of 5(*2,000 tons is 18 for the' per cent above priMiuction in l'.*3*» and almo.st double the average out- the years l!»28-32. This year’s Chairmanthi'aylor (Democrat), of Colorailo, of the hou.se appropriatioiKs ‘cohimTttee, the chief executive said that preliminary huil- get e.stirnates already prepared calliKl j for appropriations to begin during the 19.39 fiscal year (w'hich begins .July 1), two battleships, two light cruisers, eight destroyers and six sub marines. He aski'ii Taylor to advise the .sub committee on^ naval appropriations he may send up supplementary esti mates for an un.si)t*cified number of additional .ships. In di-scitssing his “growing concern” the pre.siilent said he refi'rred to no spicifie action, or threat against thi.s county. Despite “every coneeivahle ef fort” to halt the trend towai’d bigger jij-nuumin.t ‘ tH'ifgrams-,- tlm—pTestiterft .said, many nations are enlaiging their armaments. Mr. IlcMisevelt added that “facts . . . are fiwts and tlje United States n,ljiist,.r(K*ognize them." Before the text of his letter was made public the president told a fue.ss conference he had written Taylor— that .since his first budget for the navy department was |)re|)ari‘d in the early autumn, Uhe general interna tional picture ha.d made it possihle thiTt <hiP might ask for more ships than outlinisi in that first budget. ^1 response to ipie.stions, howevei*, he said ^the new eonstriiction! if pro-' posed, 'c6ulit tvot Ik* termed ‘ a pre- fiariilness camjwiign. Aside from two new battleships sup|»osed to he in the budget already prepari'd, the president said, it would the kind of .-'hips to he propiKsisI in the “if” pnigram whether new authorization legislation would he niri'ssary. While elections were few In 1937! ,,,, ,, , many a plan for a 193«Taco wan con- . ""V"','” '"iT”"’ sidered inviui'iliately, hut new fiersonnel would 1 If 11 f • 1 ,1 not be reiiuirt'il for many months. While steadfastly refusnng to puti , , ,• If If. f»i:., Di r(>s[)ons<* to other (luestions, he himself on ret'ord, (iOV('rnor Olin! • , , . .. .. , . , 1 f •* 1 • I I ui If:''*”” t^*‘ M(*w construction undoubtc'd v .Lohnston liofinitely joi-keyisl hTms«*lf ,,, • would Ik* oividi'd (Hpuilly h(*tw(*en gov ernment and private ;conipaies with $131,873,0(10 I same croji in 11*3.5 and the average j value of $85,K23,000 for the five-ye*ar j turn for jMisition a.s the logical oppone corn i Senator “Cotton I'kl” Smith. Smith, a veteran of almost 30 years in the* senate, ■sUmkI little* cham’e of e»lhe*r se*rie)us e)])peine*nts for his place if pre*-e*ampaign pre'paratieins of 19.37 gave* any true irieticatiein. 'The governor’s race al.so a major peri<Ml, 1931-3.5. As previously an-(crop is value'll at $6,928,000 ceinipareeri summc'r of 1938 — nounce'el, the value of 15 commercial {with $6,360,(M)0 as the value last ‘‘'howe*<l tenelencie's to develop into a crops amounteel to $.5,513,000, w^hichlyear. „ , | many sidoel affair with few fiolitical — — - I wisi'acres willing to hazarel a guess so far ahe'ad a.s to the outcome. Wynelham M. Manning of Sumter, County Cotton Crop Largest Since 1931 (In Tokyo, Foreign Minister Koki| A diviehfnd for the six months pe- Hirota delivered to Briti.'«h .Ambassa- riod July l*t to Dec. 31.st on the basis dor Sir Robert Leslie Craigie Japan's of 4 per cent per annum, will be paid reply to a protest agaimst a Japanese this week by the Citizens Federal attack bird The cotton crop in Laurens county this year will be the largest since 19.31, it was predicted this week by cotton men when the ginning report issued by Marvin W. Samlers, census agent, showed that the crop ginned prior to December 13 had already amounted to 29,696 bales as com part'd with 18,413 bales ginnt'd to the Methodists To Meet In Laurens In 1938 same date la-st year. on the British gunboat Lady-*Savinars and Loan as.sociation of this! Figures were cited showing that on The Yangtze river the same city. The di'ridehS appTiM bn all cllss-Hhe total ginnmgg for tast year were The Fir.st 'Methodist church eif liau- ren.s will Ik* the .scene of the 1'938 an nual Upper .Stiutih Carolina M(*tho<li.st conference, it was stati*el during the week by the Rev. F. C. Beach, pre siding elder of the (frcenville di.s- triot. The Rev. John Owens .Smith is pas tor of the host church. A date for the meeting will be' set eluring the coming year by the bishop in charge. day the Unitetl States gunboat aas es of shares. Investment shares divi-i approximately 22,000 bales, for 1935 sunk. The note was not published!. dends will be paid in ca.sh, and the>se 19,000, for 1934 18,000, for 1933, 22,-1 Tor 1932, 2.5,000, and for ChTfstmas Lights <Jovernor anel Unitc'd States Senator dole li. Bleaae, ninnerup in the .same raee, and H. (k Genlfrey, former rep- re'.sentative an<l labor department in spector, were the announce'el candi- i elates for gubernatorial honors. Representative Be*n E. A<iams of (’olumbia, foe of the relief adminis tration; Ben T. Ijtepparel, (Ireenville county senateir and state Demen'ratic chairman, anel Representative Neville Herinji^ of Marlboro, chairman oif the I ways and means committee, were Imentioned fretpiently during the past (year for the same* job but so far an- I nouncements from them have not 1931 — Matsur 4old~ Japanese TW'W!T»apyT-nn-^vings^^^^^^^ win~be~cree1ib^~To 000!! men “there is no hurry about future t**ach share account. 57,806. military operations so soon after the In addition to the declaration of; ■*■' ^ capture of Nanking.” ihe 1937 dividend-'to its investors, a .MR.S.’'*LIf;HTFO()T I’.ASSES “Our troops, after more than four substantial sum wa.s adeled to the* un-i £ e^| Lightfoot died la.st Wed-, months of hostilities, need a rest.” the divided profit and reservb account, i at th** home of her Are Taken Down t‘ii forthcoming. yarels. Aski'ii if there* were* any plans t<> expanei naval aviation, he sail! he did not think .so. 3'he* iiri'sieJent’s le*tU*r to Taylor: .My D(*ar Mr. Ohairinan: Uonfirming my conve-rsation with you the othe*r day, 1 woulel be* glael if you woulel t<*II the* chairman anel me*iii- be*rs of the* Naval Ajipnipriations .sub committee the following: 'I'he preliminary e.stimati's submit- U*<l by the <Jirector of the* Inielget to I the naval .suh-committe*e were* pre pares! sometime ago anel calle*<l for appropriations to commence* eluring the fiscal year 1939, two battleships, two light crui.sers, eight elestroyers and six .submarint?s. Since* that time worlel events have cauHi*d me growing confli'in. Under the f^nstitution the Bre*sieje*nt is com- niander-in-chii'f df the* arhiy aiiiT na vy and -was, therefore, a ve*ry s|k*- cific duty to .safi'guanl the* ele*f(‘nse e»f national interi*sts. In s{)e*aking of my growing concern, I <lo not re*fer to any sfH'itific* nation or to any spe- cifk* thre*at against (he* Unite*d .States. The. fa<*-t—is* that tn-the" wttrld'.-as'~a~ whole* a rest.” tha general declared. "At the .same thne, during the past six months the ass(o-! we give the Chinese thne to reconT'^-i^tion has made substantial pre>gres8 side? their attitude but if they persist in every pha.se of its activity, its lo in their anti-Japanese policies we srillud assets showing a gain of more be forced to act.” .than $40,d00 during this period. Japanese planes raided a wide area,' " ^ — nevertheless, virtually destroying the p* ^ main street of Kinh^ra, capital of PlVQ »Op i3tOn©S Chekiang province since d»e fall of; Hankchow; disrupting ^rvice on the SCHOOLS TO RE-OPEN NEXT MONDAY In State For Year The (‘hristmas lights in the* bu.si- ne*sH .se*ction of the* city we*re* taken down .Monelay by the w-ater and light The Clinton city schenils will ' i department afte*r burning every night |ope*n next .MoiKlay morning afte*r since Decenibi'r 10th, to adel to the*! OhristnuLS holulay period., beauty anel impressiveness of the i I*re.sbyU*rian colkge will resume Canton-Hankow railroad by blowing up a bridge at Yingtak, Kwangtung ,province; ,and bombing Chinese hanr- ar* in Kwangtung and Anhwei pro vinces. nephew in Blount.'ftown, Fla., where she had made her home the past year. The bo<ly was brought to Orangeburg where funeral service's were held Fri day Thbrning from the First Bapti.st church. Mrs. Lightfoot was the widow of the late Dr. E. M. Lightfoot, whoj Dr. and Mrs. Frank Kellers, Mrs.! served the First Bapti.st church here j Jack Guerard 'and little son, Jack, | I for several years as pa.stor, and who; .spent (Jhri.stmas in Orangeburg with | re- the* many nations iire* not only^v.on- tinuing..l)ut are* (‘nlargiiig the*ir arm- jame'nt programs. I have* ust*(l e'vi*ry jcon<-e*ivable* e‘ffort to slop this trend, ianel to work toward a ile*e-r(‘ase* e>f armanii*nt.s. Kae*ts, n(*v( i't;he'l(*ss, a'l* fai’l.s, anel the* Uiiite’d .Sfate*s must Christmas season. The decorations! were a .source of plea.sure to vi.sitora as well as Clinton people, ami brought forth many complimentary remarks. cla.s.s work on Tuesday morning. The Thornwell orphanage schools will begin work next Monday after a ten day*’ vacation period. Ctrfumbia, Dec. 28.—The five top stories of 1937 in South Carolina: Election of Sol Blatt as speaker 'at Hie house of representatives over ^ I a candidate sponsored by Governor GEORGE M. WRIGHT Oijn J»l.iBto.u NAMED ON BOARD' tnd tri^ of four Green- • -0 • ville men*—one a state legislator— Charlotte, N. C., Dec. 28.—^Robert for conspiracy to violate the anti- pa.«ed away about a year ago. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Crutchfield. Lassiter, chairman of the board of di-.'slot machine law. rectors of the Charlotte branch of Enactment and .setting up of the| the Federal Reserve bank, announced■ puMic welfare department to care' tw’o a^HJintments to the directorate for the aged and needy of the state. ^ today. Slaying bf Lancaster policeman Those named were: Torrence E. and the subsequent chase, capture i Hemby, executive vice president of.and conviction of his killer. I the American’Trust company of Char- -Attempted escape from the lotte. and George M. Wright, preai-; Pf;wt«^»ry of six connets, dent «f the Republic Cotton mills of * ” ‘ * i Great nation Falls, S. C. Wright’s was a reappointment. state who killed Captain Olin Sanders, when their demands for freedom were not WELCOME, NEW YEAR Welcome to you. New Year, enter newborn king— Can you tell us .something of th?^ tidings that you bring? Do you carry happine.ss enough to la.st the year? Do you sing a song of joy to cast out doubt and fear? Perhaps a bpim for heartaches you bring along with you; Perhaps a key to friendships to buoy us all year through. ,We bid you welcome, New Year—our dreams we trust with you, ' ' Forgetting ills of all the past, we start the book anew. —Kansas City Times. DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFEI 9 >r. DEATHS from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in .v* LAURENS COUNTY 1937 Let’s Strive To Make This a Safe Year On the Highvrays. rwogriize* the*rn. Will yfiu, t}H*ri*fe)n‘, be* giKiei enough to inform the* .siibeommitt(*e* on Naval appre)|)riation.s that aft(‘r the next ^session of <k)ngress has met, it is I possible that I may .senel supplemen- jtary estimates for commencing con- istruction on a number of ships ad ditional to the alK)ve pre>gram ? - Very sincerely yours, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. STATE TO RECEIVE $406,000 TENANTS’ AID Washington, Dec. 28. — The farm security a<lministration said today machinerj'' for the making of farm tenant lemns was in operation in 21 j .states. I Other .states now are setting up ; the*ir state anel county committees j jireparatory to r(*cciving applications, j State.*! where rece*ipt of applications jhas started anel amounts allocated to ltho.se states for this year include: ! North Carolina, $.527,.586; Tennes- .see, $416,191; Virginia, 213,967; Ala bama, $015,531; Florida, $61,1523^— Georgia, $635,003; South Carolina, $406,165. ■If- \ G