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h '' 1 THE CHRONICLE I Strifes Ts Bs s Ossa News paper, CsaipWts, Nsw«j, jmA VOLUME XXXVIII V WAGLHOUR I ACT WAJfTED President In Address To Con gress Reviews Plea for Meas ure. Demands Recovery - Re form Program Be Enacted. Gets 7 Millions Vast Sum Paid By South Caro lina Employers and Employes In Ffrst Year of Plan. Columbia, Jan. 1.—Even those j?iv- No Balanced Budget Now, predictions have b^jrnote our every talent into noblest Says. Washingrton, Jan. 3. surprised at the enorrtjous sum which j helpfulness for all mankind, recog- has poured into public treasuries in j nisingr that it is our majestic mission A MESSAGE FOR THE NEW YEAR By Dr. George W. Truett, Pastor First Baptist Church, u. Dallas, Texas W'ith our faces always toward thejtive to the pathos of all human need,' sunrise, let us by the alchemy of j gladly proffering our friendship to faithful steward.ship seek to trans-jthe unfriended, our .strength to the weak, our wise.st and worthiest help Budget Figure Up Quarter Million State AppropriMion Bill of $12,- 058,892 Advised. Balanced Budget Sought. Columbia, Jan. 3.—<k 1938-’39 ap propriation bill of $12,058,892 was recommended today by the .state bud- Since our earthly Jife is so brief and commission and the ways and to all. Pretidenti South Carolina from the social secur-' ! to link our human service with that ! of the Great >Master, in spreading Roosevelt a.sked the n^'wly convened[i^y taxes. When all’ December pay-i • i j -n me u V. J • 'justice, mercy, iH'ace and ginnl will, congress today for legislation to end'nients shall have been made, approxi-' “harmful” "business practices, andjmately $7,000,000 will have been col- appealed to bu.siness itself to help in|lecte<l in the year from South Caro- the stamping out. employers and employes. It pfnvi>-«- again tfhie-pnBFMr of the In a personally delivered message. broadca?t'-tiralmosrthe entire world tax already potent in accumu- he promised business itself that if itll^^'"*^ millions (from gasoline) for would cooperate with government in this way, it could count upon govern ment to cooperate with it “in every way.” After the recent, vehement attacks upon’ some sections of life business community by high administration ad visors, the president’s aj^ress was generally regarded m congress expectedly conciliatory. But opponents of the administra tion were still wary, nevertheless, and before determining their course of action preferred to await a:second ? ir 1 message on the subject of business reforms which Mr. Roosevelt said he would send to congre.s.s later. Otherwise, to<lay’s message: Noted a troubled and tense world situation which he said made it neces sary, that the nation be “adequately strong in self-defense.” ' Reported that the budget which would be submitte<l this week for the lUiXt 44scal^ ye«^ balance between income and outgo but would reveal “a further decrease in the deficit.” Called for wage and hour legisla- -tion^as -la ^oblem wbicb is definite ly before this congress for action.” Expressed the hope that conference committees working out a crop con trol bill would confine the cost to highways and for other purposes from soft and hard drinks, tobacco, admis sions, etc., in this state. And now comes social security, employing the power of the penny, to rake in anoth er $7,000,000 in its first year of op eration. - Actually, all of this does not apply 4 to 1937, but all of it was paid in as Un- 1937^ meaning that South Carolinians released this much to social security taxes in the twelve months. A com paratively small portion of this mon ey was as.sessed in 1936, for the un employment compensation category of social security, and ’was not col lected until Januarj' of 1937. However, social .security taxes due in 1937 would have exceeded $6,000,000. The probable approximate intake for 1937 is given as follows: Federal $2,8*56,333 State 4,093,100 not forgetting that He shall judge us, not by the prominence or the ob scurity of our service, but by the faithfulness with which we perform it. May we wisely realize that every life, however humble, either incr<»as- es or diminishes the sum total of hu man happiness, lioth for today and for the long tomorrow. l.(et us evermore strive to keep out of our live.s all cynici.sm and pessi mism, all grudges and ill will, all misunderstanding and bitterness, all unintelligent and unfratcrnal intoler ance; and let us con.stantly magnify the more tender virtues of gentle ness. courtesy, .kindliness, friendli ness and servicoablenoss to all man kind. May we ever be keenly .sensi- precious, let us wasite no time in means comn^ittee of the house of rep striving after the things that can rosentatives immediately went to neither satisfy nor endure.* Through! work on the draft .of the measure it all our earthly way, may we travel!to introduce aoon after the log on with a. steady faith, a victorious! i*^i**tore convenes next week, patience, a noble courage, so inter- j The budget recommendations were preting and using the privileges and' ^253,621 above current appropriations relations tlod has given us as to make sure of a blissful immortality. More and more, inay-.we know how good a thing is life, when it is lived in the reverent fear of Go<l and in devotion to that which He approves. And when but Governor OHn I). Johnston, com mission chairman, said “there is ev ery assurancp of a balance<l bmlget with a small margin for contingen cies.” Although.Jncroa.scs of more than we come to life’s sunset hour, may we | were requcste<l by state be unafraid and ready to walk tri-,‘Irt^rtments and institutions, the umphantly through the valley oflcl'i«^ increased appropriations recom- shadows into the land of eternal I mendeil were for the weJfare depart- morning^ to be welcomwl by our Friend Divine, and by our human friends and lovtnl ones, and to go out from His presence and theirs no more forever. Total $6,9.)9,433 (the^ ohly federaT figures available at this time), the office of R. M. Cooper, federal collec tor of internal revenue, had taken in $2,380,333 to be^^tored up for two phases of socfal security: <>ld-ag*‘~ pen- County Sets Up Fym Machineg^ Committees Named By Farmers To Direct 1938 A. A. A. Pro- fn’am. Clinton Man Chairman. The official machinery for a<lminis- tering the 1938 farm program in l.au- rens county,waa^ompleted in lAurens Friday afternoon when a coUnty com mittee of three and a three-member appeal board were named to serve the coming year. - 3'4ie -e(H»n4y - committee- re-elected to serve for 1938 consists of Jack H. tion. It is estimated that collections during '^Novemiber and December would total approximately $48.>,000, what is now being paid for that pur-!ba.sed on monthly averages so far. sions and unenvployment c**mi>ensa- n ^eun...si,s ui f!nn u i. r>*vis, Sr., Clinton, chairman; K. A. Adams, Cross Hill, and Wallace L. pose—$500,000,000 annually. And, preferred advice on the writ- That, added to the money already in hand, produces the federal total of ing of a tax bill : No decrease in the j $2366,333. The bulk of this if ear- tptal revenues to be collected, a marked for old-age pensions, rwui.th- watchfulness against opportunities ]y disbursements of which are tp be- for tax evasion, and a “change” in gjn In 1939. A much smalDr portion .Martin, Gray Court, with John D. Copeland, Renno, alternate. Mr. Da vis was also named as chairman of the board of appeals, with R. S. Smith, Waterloo, and Fred S. Stod dard, Owings, as other memtiers. The 1937 crop compliance super visors ulso met with the county agent and received instructions to complete provisions which have been “proven i is being set aside for unemployment fu * - , v j wnrW » ripfinitp harrUhin ” survey which began Monday to work a definite hardship. But, in view of the suspense that has been created by the speeches of October they ba^ totaE^ $3,893,100, Robert H. Jackson, the assistant at-j some of this covering" i936 but having torney general, and Secretary Ickes.'been paid in January of this year, accusing big business of going “on I This entire sum gofs to unemploy- Btrike” against the'government in animent compensatioi> payments on effort to free itself of all restrictions,: which are to begin July 1. Mr. Roosevelt’s words on this pha.se' With $3,898,100 already in hand, compen-satiofi. ^ A., to state collecti.ns, through ^ ^ A*ri had been eagerly awaited He had gone through three-fourths of his speech before he reached it; and with monthly collections now av eraging something more than $200,- 000, it can be wen that when all De- cultural Soil Conservation as.sociation, representing the nine townships, con sists of John D. Copeland, Jacks; Jack H. Davis, Sr., Hunter; E. A. Adams, Cross Hill; R. G. .Smith, Waterloo; ment, the penitentiary, the state hos pital, the state tuberculosis .sanato rium and the comptroller general’s office. The recommendation for the wel fare department, $.527,730 more than the 1937-’38 appropriation of $1,519,- 999, was increased, Johnston explain- i*d, bt>cause the current appropriation was only for a ten-month period. He J m. g. . iPoinUnl out that the increase would Ways and Means Committee.be matched by ftnlcral funds. Would Cut Five-Mill Property! Th<‘ governor said larger amounts Move To Reduce Tax Levy Begun Tax In Half This Year. ColunTbia, Jan. 4.—Abolition of half of the five-mill levy‘s on property would be the^'piTi'po.se of-a bill that Chairman Neville Bennett said the ways ami means committee divided today to introduce at the legislative semiofl opening January TT The committee also ajS:reed to in corporate in the state appropriations measure a provision repealing that section »i)ecifying that two and a half mills, or half of the levy, should be applied to retirement of deficit notes. 'These actions were taken as work was continued on 1rhe 1938-39 state money measure with the hopes. Ben nett-said, of iritroilueing. it in the house of r«*presentativ5s’ wh«'n the general as.sembly opens. .Several sivtions of the bill . were considered as the actual draft began. for the state hospital and .sanatorium - $103,908 for the former and $37,159 for the latter- would care for a larg er number of patients. Coming elections this yeai- neepssii- tated the increa-sisl rivommendation of $126,.525 for the comptroller gen eral’s office, the governor explained. BUDGET SHOWS BIG DEFICIT Total for Year To Reach Billion Dollars. Relief and Naval Ex* penditures Expected To Climb. Final Fijfures To Depend On Business Developments. Washington, Jan. 4. President Roosevelt complete<l today a tenta tive chart of federal spending in the 1938-39 fiscal’year and well-informed officials pnHiicte<l it would indicate a $1,000,000,000 deficit. The budget will go to congress to- ' morrow. Mr. Roosevelt told the legis lators yestenlay it wouM not be bal- anctNl but that the deficit would be less than in the present fiscal year ending next June 30. The last official estimate of the prosipcctive deficit for the current year was $895,245,000. Officials indi cated, however, the message tomor row wouKI revise this figure up to about $1,250,000,000. This would be slightly Iws than twice the $645,068,- 770 deficit for the first half of the year, reporttsl by the treasury today. The ^budget is expected to give only tentative rwommendations for relief and naval expenditures, the final to tals to be determined later in the light of what the pre.si<lent may deem ntv- essary lavause of the business rives- sion and world rearmament. Uivler these circumstances, observ ers generally eoncluded any estimat ed deficit could be callt-d only a pre liminary guoKS, subjtvt to wide revis ion according to developmentajn bus- inejiR*^affetting both relief ej^endU” tun^s and tax rtveipt.s—and in inter national affairs. Ijast year Mr. Roosevelt <lelayed extra fbh,98+to TftfT* for an expected^ increase in its expenditures. -There was a decrease of $327,730 from the cuifrent appropriation rec- ommendtsl for the education depart ment. Johnston said “if the legislature follows closely the budget report it should n<^ take, long to put it through.” When the ways an<l means group m<‘t, it studied the budget ^ report and then heanl a .statement on prospec tive revenue from W. G. Query, chair- nian of the state tax commission. ■ Chairman Neville Bennett of Marl- vociferous applause had greeted his ceniber paymients shall have been remarks on foreign affairs, applau.se I made, the sUte will have taken in from some and a dour silence from'more than $,000,000. The money is others met his comment on the wage-'collected by a commission know’a as the chairman said. Heads of three mvntly-created i «!»<> a bialgrt c(>mmis.sion mem- departments were heard by the com-] who ealltvl the eommittee togeth- mittee. They were Chairman JohnD’r advance of the legislative «es- Dukes of the industrial commission, {^'‘**^* ''^as divided not to have Administrator R. Brice Waters of the! hearings but heads of recent- L. M. Mobley, Ijaurens; D. M. Mcf'lin-j unemployment compensation commis-i^y created departments would bo re- tock, Scuffletown; Wallace L. Martin, Uiou and Director 'Thomas H. Daniei j'|Ui“«tiMj to appear la'fore the commit- Youngs; Fred S. Stoddard, Dials; undluf the welfare department. G. C. Roper, Sullivan. j Governor Olin Johnston favore*! in a statement last week the abolition hour question, and there was obvious ly divided reaction among his hearers on other points of his message. f Then, he said: the Unemilojmient Compensation commission, the administrative costs of which are paid in part by the fed eral government. The .state’s appro- The objective of increasing the j priation ftr it was vetoed early this purchasing power of the farming, year by <Jovemor Olin D. Johnston. third, the industrial third, and the .service .-third of our population pre supposes the cooperation of what we call capital and labor. 'YTapital is essential; reasonable So this first year of social security in South Carolina has seen a vast sum stored siray for the carrying out of the socal security programs of the federal government and the state—a earnings on capital are essen^I; but: gum mJCh in excess of the highest es- misuse of the powers of coital or timatif made at the beginning of the selfish suspension of the emplojrment! year. of capital (his nearest anproach to] n -t Jackson’s and Ickes’ charge of 17jl■■■■■- Tl 11 strike) must be ended or t^e capital-1TlllGr8 'I O AlOlCl istic system will destroy itself through its own abuses.” He said the majority of business men and bankers “intend to be good 1938 Meeting Laurens Politics Gains Momentum I^aurens, J[an. 1.—The Laurens city primary campaign got off with a New Year’s tempo with two announce ments for mayor in the February 15 election. Mayor W. Henry Franks is out for renomination afU*r one term in office. Simultaneously caime the formal announcement of L. S. McMil lan for the .same honor. 'This is his first political venture. He is manager of a wholesale business here, is a past president of the Laurens Rotary club and a former official of the -South Carolina Fox Hunters’ associ- of the five-mill levy as encouragement to what he said was a growing move ment toward private home ownership. Presbyterians To Huge Fund Na.shville, Tenn., Jan, 1. — The Southern Presbyterian church will launch tomorrow a campaign to rai.se $225,000 foe its foreign mission work, $100,000 of which will be u.sed to fi nance “extraordinary conditions” re sulting from Sino-Japanese hostili ties. Dr, C. Darby Fulton, executive sec- ri^ry of the chUTch’s “foreign mis sion committee, said “if one had de- ation. Mr. Franks is al.so identified with the business and civic life ofi,., . , , , , t 'hberately planned a war in ( hina to interfere most direotfy with the Ghina tee tomorrow It was ilesirtsl’ Bennett said, to ob tain additional information as to the operation of the welfare? elejiartment, the unemployment compensation com- mis.«ion ami ihe industrial commis sion. “The committee displaycsl an atti tude of caution and conservatism in its first meeting,” Bennett said. “It,was concerneel over the bu.sinc»s i outlook and the effect business devel opments in the next year might have on revenue. “It buckled down to work and hope* to get the appropriation bill ready for introduction early in the session— perhaps in the first week. Such action would probably save several weeks of the legi.'^lative session. “By meeting before the entire leg- islature" is ln~~session, the committee need's until April 20 so as to reertve lH*Toreliand refKirts of the spring Tnis- ine.ss and employment outlook. The probability of some “supple mentary” recommendations for naval construction was a<lvanc<‘d by the president recently in a letter to Chair man Taylor (Democrat), of Colorado, of the hou.se appropriations commit tee. Mr. Roo.sevelt indicated to congres.s yesterday that hi* h<*1icved - regular federal fxpenditurt^s could not be re duced below $7,000,000,000 a year. At the same time he expressed a desire for all possible economies. In view of his previous requests, ob servers gt*nerally believed his budget would call for a sharp reduction in highway expemlitures, currently more than $200,000,000 a year. A strong bloc in t*hi* house and sen-/ ate is oppo.stnl to .-^uch limitation oj expemlitures for road.s. missions of the I'ref'byterLan Church in the United Stat* s, he could not the city. Six menubers of city council and a public works commissioner are to be ...v —— — «— Announcement was made ye«ter-j the , same primary. R, . citizens,” and that the practices of by County Agent C. B. Cannon i Brown, representing ward 4. jBhkh^ be spoke were confined to a^b^t the 1938 farm outlook meetingfor re-1 Than hasn done by the minority, emphasizing that his words'wiH be held in the agricultural build-j from ward 5, in which he has; were directed at these only.//| j i*^ in Laurens jm Monday, January recently become a resident. is able to save the expense of the whole legislature and its expenses are light, as it has only one clerk.” ' 24, at 10 a. m., to which all farmers of the county are invited. The meeting will be addressed by 4 Some See Early Paaaage Washington, Jan, 3. — I^esidbnt Roosevelt personally carried his an-|0. M. Clark, economist, CTemson col- nual message to Capitol Hill 3>dayjlege, and A. , A. McKeown, extension to present it to a joint sessbn of district agent, house and senate members whose leaders voiced optimistic piedctions of a comparatively short, pioductive saision. Despite extraordinary ijaerest cre ated by speculation ovqr what Mr. Roosevelt would have to lay about his policies with regard to basiness, there were sojreral evTdeneea<rf determina tion on the part of -eaders to get <k)»wn to work qakkly Dmocratic L^er Jarkley of the. senate said prospect! for enactment’ of Mr. Roosevelt’s program were “bright.” He pre<^cted the senate ■would dispose ofythe controversial anti-lynching bill ^n a week. It is' ticketed for consiiration January 6. f Barkley, Vice-wesident Gamer,' Speaker Bankhpaeiind House Leader Rayburn called aithe White House, before noon to gdover his message' wMi Mr. Rooseveli I TeU It To The World The first rule of .salesmanship is that if you have anything to sell, don’t keep it a secret. Tell it to the world! That, in Clin ton’s trade area, means to ad vertise it in THE CHRONICLE. Every week this paper goes in to the homes of this community where your prospective 1938 customers reside. The More People You Tell, the .More You Will Sell! The most successful Clinton in 1938 will be those who through effective advertising tell the buying public constant- til, the •r, the *ed to After the reorganization of the city Democratic club next Thursday, January 6, it is expected that there will be a further general line-up of candidates for various placds in the icity government. Ground Broken For New i -■ — ' Ground was broken Monday for the ^erection of a handsome and modem tw'o-.story . building on the vacant lot I next to L. B. Dillard’s store, owned ’ by P. S. Bailey and J. A. Bailey. The I new bu.siness house will be occupied ■ by Scott’s 5c and 10c Stores, a large ! chain operating store* in a nianber of towns and cities in this section. iThe building is being erected for the owners *by Scott’s organization. BANK PAYS DIVIDEND I^urens, Jan. 1. — The Palmetto ank Friday^ paid the regular «emi- I annual dividend of three per cent {with an extra one per cent, making •a total distribution of four per cent on its capital stock of $50,000. L. G. Balle is president, D. F. Patterson, ca&hier, and C. F. Fleming, assistant cashier. warring forces in the Far East.” In addition to the $100,000 emer gency fund, the committee expects to raise the annual fund of $125,000. The campaign will close February 6. MRS. JAMES F. TODD DIES AT NEWBERRY Newberry, Dec. 31, — Funeral ser vices for Mrs. James F. Todd, 89, widow of J, F. Todd, who died Wed nesday night at her borne after a long illness, were held Thursday after noon at 3:30 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. J. W, Carson. Interment fol lowed in Rosemont cemetery. Mrs. T^d had been a resident of' Newberry for the past 58 years and j wa.s a member of the A. R. P. church j of New*berry. She is .survived by two; daughters, Mrs. F. C. Dmberg and' Miss Minnie Todd, one son, Grover i I.*. Todd; three grandsons and onej brother, E. Q. Leake of White Rock, . Chamber Meets Next Turaday The January meeting of the Cham ber of fk>mmerce will be held next Tuesday evening at 7:30 at Hotel Clinton. This being the first meeting of the year ’38, a full attendance of the membership is a.skcd by the of ficers. 534 PRISON CASES HANDLED IN COUNTY ‘The records of the sheriff’s office show that during the y^r 1937, 634 cases were handled covering Sheriff C. W. Wier’s first year. The jail col ony has averaged appreximately fifty inma'tes a month, according to R. A. IxK^eeper. DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! So Far This Year There Have Been O FATALITIES from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDEI^TS in V lauh|:ns COUNTY LeCs Strive To Make 1938 a Safe Year On the Highways. This date last year, t. Clifton Jones, Laurens, Dies Dentist Succumbs A.s Result of Complications From Fall. I.aurens, Dec. 30. — Dr. Clifton Jones, 65, dental surgeon, died in a hospital here Thursday afternoon af ter an illness of 10 days, following an accidental fall. Apparently recov ering from his injuries he suffered a backset yesterday afternoon. Dr, Jones opened an office here soon after hi.s graduation from the Southern Dental college, Atlanta, Ga., a/bout 36 years ago. He had served ^ - as president of the Piedmont Dental association and was a mem'b4‘r of both the South Carolina and American Dental associations. He wa.s a Mason of high degree and a member of the First Pre.sfcyterian church of Lau rens. —He is survives! by his wife, Mrs. Cornelia Herndon Jones, formerly of Greenville; one daughter, Mrs. Joe F. iMoAILster, Greenville; four step daughters, Mr.s. Ethel Nichols, Mr.^, Mark Hellams, Mrs, James R. Davis, all of Laurens, and Mrs. J. M. Mclx*e.s of Greenwood; two brothers and three iiisteTs. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John H. Jones of near Foun tain Inn. Funeral services were held from the residence at 3 p. m. Friday, con ducted by the Rev. E. D. Patton. In terment followed in the Laurens cem- etery. Horton Is Named -^ ^ Editor The State Colunxliia, Jan. 4.—'William Elliott, president and trea.surer of The State company, announced the appointment today of McDavkl Horton as editc of TTie State. Horton has been managing e< of the paper for 15 years and d a prior connection,, with it w cessively ^itorial writer, correspondent and city edi’* Horton announced the r as managing editor of Sa ~ imer, Jr., the present ne who before ‘holding that mccessively reporter, i ^ state news editor and'« •V