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i f I , f - v I w*r. . / THE CHRONICLE StriTM To Be a Gean Newa* paper, Complete, Neway, aad Reliable. y. If Too Don’t Rebd / THE^CHRONICLE Ton Don’t Get The News. ■ ■ ■ VOLUME XXXVIII CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1938 NUMBER 2 V LEGISLATURE 'Farmers’ Group BEGINS worst Hold. Meei Here Pleas For Short Session Matkj First Assembly Meeting. Ap-j propriation Bill Introduced. { Elections This Week. Annual Meeting of Production Credit Association Hears Re ports On Successful Year. Reports submitted by bfficers nnd directors of the Clmton Production Credit association at the annual tockholders meeting held Tier Columbia, Jan, stockholders meetmp: neid here on pr«iKi.nft officer, of both houses 3rd indicatcl that this farm- a quick conclusion of the session a - , , . . - loioicrs cooperative crwlit organization marked the opening today of the successful year in 1937. general assem >. • ,The reports showed an increased vol- Lieutenant Governor J. E. Harley j business done and, riotwith- of Barnwell, presiding officer of the standing the recession in farm prices, senate, welcomed that liody and urg ed that “we get through with our work as soon as possible.” a gotni collection record. __ Complete and detailed reports \vei*e given to the stockholders at the meet was "I see no reason,” he said, “why we png, which was well attende<l by should stay here as long as usual.” j farmers from Ijauwois and Newberry Like Speaker Sol Blatt of the house j counties, served by the as- of representativt»s; Harley suggested:sociation. then.! being 42.’) persons that the |11.»54,227 general appro- present at the meeting. The financial priation bill introduced by the w’ays statement of the association was dis and means committee be given early attention.— “We should go home by April 1, and we can go home by that time,” Speaker Blatt told the house, “if county supply bills are introduced within the next two weeks.” He urgeil that no “major commit tee meetings” be held for l^e first two weeks to allow delegations to work on their finance bills. Sw’earing in pf new members pvompte<l Blatt to pay tribute to “our g<K)d old friend” the late Represen tative J .1). Witherspoon of Ijaurens, who dietl <luring the summer. » played on a big chart and other in- ation, etc., were likewise displayed. Reports were made to the meeting by C. W. Stone, president; Rex T/an- ford, secretary-treasurer; Jack H. Da vis, Sr., ahd Dr. W. C. Brown, mem bers of the hoanl of diri>ctors. Jack H. Davis, Sr., was re-elected to serve on the board of directors. Others members of the hoard,Whose termk did not expire this year, arc C. W. Stone, Clinton; J. T. .McCrackin, New^berry; K. J. Sloan, Fountain Inn, and Dr, W. C. Brown, Newberry. The reports reveaknl that the as- Phil D. Huff of Laurens, was sworn j sociation made 710 loans for a total in to succeed Witherspoon, and Paul [of $272,014.00 in 1937. E. Wilburn of Union, was sworn inj J. Edwin Tiddy, .secretary of the as Union county -representative U)! Production Crtnlit corporation of Co succeed J. Frost Walker who resigned.'lunihia, addrwsed the st<K*kholders at In the senate the oath of office was i the conclusion of the” business session, administered 4^^WUliam P. Baakin,! Mr. Tiddy stre-sed the fact that the W. P. Jacote’ Diary ICLUB HEARS OF Come. From PreM BUZZARD ROOST Life and Experiences of Foun der of Clinton lastitutions Re lated By Son, Dr. Thornwell Jacobs. Senator Nicholson and President Ro.senberg of Greenwood Chamber of Commerce, Are Guests of Chamber of Com merce and Tell of_ New Pow er Project. The Jhiiuary me»‘ting of the Cham- The Diary Of William Phimer Ja cobs, founder of Thornwelf orphan- age and Presbyterian college of thisj city, has just been published in at-j j tractive‘l>ook form under the editor-! , ^ , Jship of Dr. Thornwell Jacobs of Commerce, wa.. hel.i Tues<lay liuita, (la., a son of the late founder. T^ening at Hotel ( linton, with PriM*" The diary was begun by Willie Ja-U P- And<‘i\son prt-siding. The cobs in IS.'iS at the age of 15, when 1been designated by the he was a school lad in charleston.! night, with visitors invited from (Ireenw’ood to give information per taining to the proj<‘ot. The club a<lopte<l a lesohition in viting the I.,aurens Hu.sine.ss League, following an established custom of in From that early jieriml it covers his entire life, year by year, until thd early morn of September 10, 1917, when he sudilenly pasised away at his honn* on the orphanage campus. In the introducthni the author .-states: “Many readers of this volume will <loubtless consi<ler it to Ik* the story I meeting. sevtTal year.s past, to l>e guesits of the Clinton . organization for the 13 Million In | Depository Holds New Roads Added j Annual Meeting Commissioner Sawyer’s Report! Directors and Oflicers Reelected For Year Given. Ijaurens County Gets $397,004.41 for Projects. .State, highway- con.struction coni- Jr., electtMl to succeed the late R. E. Dennis of Lee county. ' Members were quick to try to put the “short session” pleas of their prt*- siding officers into action, but objec tions halted definite action. Ten members ^objected to immediate consideration of a resolution by Rep resentative W. R. Harris of Anderson,{credit needs and are aperate<l by calling for sine die adjournment of!farmers in the interest of farmers. Pro<luction Oedit as(Kiation is a per manent, dependable source of credit for responsible farmers organized on a cooperative basis. He said associ ations have systematized farm finan cing, are farmer controlled and oper ated, lend money only to farmers, meet all of the farmer*’ short-term plctcd and convmcnc»*(l during the cal , endar year 19.37 will add $13,000,000 time all members of its hoard of di- rector.H were re-eliH-ded to serve for another year. , ’ Members of the Imard are: .Jack H. Young, C. W. Stone, S. G. Dillard, W, W. Harris, H. D, Henry, F. M. Bo- of the most inspiring village pastor ate in the history of the world. It is a record covering sixty years, set' down day by day, pigmenUxl with every color of the spei-triim, and vocal with every tom* of feeling. It is ut terly real; yet strangely ethereal. It reveals a human soul in constant, in timate contact with God. and the re sults thereof, "It is the story of a lititle boy in a great city who fell in love with all good things arui who re.solvtnl to cen ter his whole life upon obtaining them, and who did so. It is the story of a youth to whom a church, an<l an orphanage, and a college, and a library, and a printing office miNant so much in the great city of Charleston, that hp trans planted them to “a wide place in the meeting Tu(‘»day afternoon at which I For Comiiuf Year. Statement ShowK Increase In Business. The Commercial Depository of Clin ton held its annual stockholders A resolution was adopted request ing that an effort be made to re organize a Merchants’ association in the city. • Ernest R. Rosenberg, pn^sident of the (IriH'nwiMMl ('haniher of Commerce, was the first speaker of the evening. He stated that hi* would nut go into a-,di8cussion of the Buzzard Roost JU) the capital investment of the state in its primai'y roail sysU^m, accord ing to a ivpoit of Chief Highway Com missioner Ben M. Sawyer, released during the week. the assembly not later.<»than midnight March 7. Sena1»r Harmon of Lexington, in troduced a rWKi^utfon in the senate calling for a short session and no “extra pay,” but it met an objection from .Senator Searson of Allendale. The senate, on Searson’a motion, referred to its judiciary committee While the aseociatkm is a local or ganization, having local control, it has the advantage of being connected with a nation-wide system. Mrs, Annie H. Dunlap of Mounl- ville, made an interesting talk on “The Farm Family in the Production Credit System.” Constiniction commenced in 193(51 land, D. I, Sheely, John T.'Young, but completed in 1937 consists of 229 < <>IH‘land. miles of new hai*d surface, 1.5 mlies of* ^ sul)s<*quent meeting of thr pavement widening, 112 miles of the T<>U«wi«g ^rfficers were re earth grading and d.OlKJ feet of new bridges at a cost of approximately $4,500,000. During the year 1937 additional construction con.sisting of 43H miles of new hard surface, 40 miles of jiave- ment widening, 43 miles of earth grading, 11,575 feet of new Ixridges and 1,297 feet of bridge reconstruc- A musical program remlered by the the resolution which would iMive put dub of the tKate Training school, ... the general assembly on recoixl “to I under the direction of Mrs. Brooks • t'uu wa** put under way at au txert every effort to bring the pres-{Owens, was thoroughly enjoywl by all 1approximately $8,000,- errt session to a close within the 40j present. ! i, • i • io'i7 ♦ = <lay constitutional limit and refuse tol_ _ - _ _ . . ^ approximately l.IO projects located in IXClId ITIUIICy 49 counties. In 1937 the highway de- jiartment did the biggest and ht^st year's work in its history. O _ i; (P'7'r non i o'? 1 Almost $400,000 In Laurens County South Carolina Gets $77,099,127 ^ work commenced In Last Three Years. , in the county in 1937, follows: Washington. Jan. 11.-The national I which was (Jinton of lHb5. “It is the story of an agcnl man who.se faith, and love, and courage were sufficient to conquer sickness,') and blindneas. ami deafness, and years, and death. “And it is the story of a man who lovoil little chihlren, not only for their own sake, hut also Invause they represent ihe future of all that' is worth while on this earth.” projwt hut woqhl leave TRaPsubjecU to-Senator \W^L Nicholson, who i.s <lue much of the credit for carrying the umlertaking to a successful con clusion. Mr. Rosonh(‘rg said he Ivail been a.sk<*<l to <liscu.ss the set-up and work of the (IreenwiKid Chamber of (Commerce and terme<l such organiza tions as a co-ordinating agency to get things done. He gave a review of the activities of the organization he had headetl for the past three years vote extra pay. Members in both bodies quickly took notice of improvements in the two meeting halls. Speaker Blatt called the* house “the moist beautiful in the United States.” after a rejKirt was read from the special committee on improvements accounting for the $40,000 *pent on renovation. Sergeant-at-amvs Zed Hope report ed on expenditures for improvements in the senate and was commended by the body for his work. As this is a continuing session, the assembly faced no organization wor k . —- - The committee appropriations bill is about $100,000 less than the total recommendations of the state budget commission, and nearly*$150,000 more than the current appropriations. The bill also calls for halving the present five mill state property tax For This State electe<l for 1938: Jack H. Young, pres ident; H. I). Henry, vice-president; F. M. Bp4nd, scerQtary-treasurer; Miss Vera Wilson, liookkeeper. The annual fiixaPcial report submit ted showe<l that the depository had enjoycsl the most successful year’s business since its organisation a few years ago. The lioani added $1,000 to its surplus. The statement as of Jan uary 11th showed ileposits of $271,- 473.98, with total assets of $278,- 648.19. emergency council reported South y^^k.sdale to Fountain Inn. and for a five per cent reduction in all state-paid salaries of $1,500 or more. Brought over on the calendars from last year are more than 100 bills, in- cluding ”a local option liquor inH, «r bill to create a state police system, and a measure to divert an extra cent of the state gasoline tax to counties for road construction. Also brought over from last year wTa deadlock between the senate and the house on a bill to fix a minimum (Continued on paft four) Carolina had been allocated $77,099,- 127 from relief funds appropriated by confess in 1935, 1936 and 1937. Cif this amount, the report showed $71,523,452 had been actually spent in ^he state with the remainder of $5,575,675 unexpended a§ of Decem ber 31, 1937. Slightly more than half, or $35,- 868,979 was spent during 1935-36, with spendings for the 1937 fiscal i year, which ended last June 30, to taling $27,030,614. For the first six months of the current fi.scal year, the report showed expenditure.s of Subtotal, $.39,119.81. U. S. route 76—The construction of a 75-foot reinforcwl concrete bridge over the C. & W’. C. railroad and 0.00.3 mile plain concrete pavement approache.s on West Main street in Lauren*. Subtotal, $26,229.94. Route 56—^The construction of a 210-foot reinforced concrete bridge over Duncan creek between Clinton and Enoree river. .SuJitotal, $15,976.80. U. S. route. 276—The paving with plain concrete pavement~of~9.690 miles from 'Bark.sdale to Greenville county Training Class For Methodists Of Area Rev. J. M. Rast, Editor of The Advocate, Will Teach Group January .3()*February 3. The Clinton area of the Methmlist church announce.s a staiulard C-hris- tian leadership training clasa to he held at Bailey Memorial church, be ginning .January 30 and continuing through Fiduuary .3. The class will he a branch of the Greenwood dis trict training school, ar*d will be for the benefit of Broad Street, Jiailey Ijaurens, Jan. 8. —■ At the January Memorial, I^ydia, Ix'esville, Hopewell, Laurens League Names Officers $8,623,675. _ Where the $71,523,452 has gone I** t jin';" peaT fountain Inm shown by the follownng statistics from : j^ubtotal, $230,489.60. the report: i Route 56—The bituminous surfac- H^^y^^;^s an^d ing of 9.624 miles from Clinton to a pidilic buiraings, $7,841,411,, 4 5 north of Enoree river, housing projects, $1,874,^7; public Joint county project—Laurens coun- # TeU It To The World TRe first nile of salesmanship is that if you have anything to sell, don’t keep it a secret. Tell it to the world! That, in Gin- ton’s trade area, means to ad vertise it in THE CHRONICLE. Every week this paper goes in to the homps of this community where your prospective 1938 customers reside. The More People Yon -Telhr the More You Will Sell! The most successful Clinton firms in 1938 will be those who through effective idyertisijngL-Ll tell the buying piriblic constant ly what they have to sell, the values they have to offer, the service 4hey are prepared to give. recreational facilities, $3,091,733; con servation work, $13,076,555; electric, water and sewerage i projects, $1,885,- 890; transportation facilities, $1,786,- 802; educational projects, $6,082,827; goods and miscellaneous projects, $8,- 808,572; rural resettlement and di rect relief, $6,182,603; administrative expenses, $291,660; grants for re- ' lief, $8,537,561. - Tax Collections Show Increase Collections of state and county taxes for 1937 showed an increase of about $8,000 over 1936 at the close! of the year, according to fijfures of County Treasurer D. R. Simpson. The total for 1937 was $309,585.61, and for 1936 to the same date was $301,- <638.42. ty’s share, $85,188.29. Total for county, $397,004.44. AIRPORT SEEKS $74,000 Laurens, Jan. 8—Chairman of the airport committee here, L. C. Barks dale, today said he had filed an ap plication with the WPA office at Co lumbia for $74,000 with which to com plete the local field, which has been under construction for two years. mooting Thursday night of the Ijiu- rons Bu.sines.s league, officers and di rectors were eli'ctinl for the cuiTont year, and the annual report of the seerrtary set for next meeting. L. S. McMillan, vice-president dur ing the past year, was promoted to the office of president. He succeeds R. T. Wilson. Joe SniiTK>^as named aus vice-president, - and -the following members constitute the board of di rectors: R. T. Wilson, H. D. Gray, R. E. Babb, C.,P.. Roper, C. F. Flem ing and O. L. I/ong. At a session of the directorate, L. C. Barksdale was elected as secre tary for his l/)th con.secutiye year. First Conference Sunday At Kinards ♦ The first quarterly conference of the Kinard.s charge of the Methodist church will be beld on Sunday after noon at the Kinards Methodist church, beginning at 3:30 o’clock. The Rev. W. B. Garrett, presiding elder of the Greenwood district, will preach and preside over the confer ence. Goldville, Kinards, Sardis, and Hopewell Methodist churches will participate. The jiublic 3n cordially invited to attend this conference and to hear Rev. Mr. Garrett. Goldville, Renno, an<l Kinards Meth odist churches. The title of the class will bo, “The Methodist and His Church.” The teacher will he Rev. J. M. Hast, inli- tor of the iChristian Advocate, pub- lishwl in Columbia. The text 'hook to be ust*d is ‘The Methodist and Hi* Church,” by Dr. Gilb<‘rt T. Rowe, of Duke university. A large number of church work ers in this area are expected to take advantage of this opiportunity for study. Teachers Hold Monthly Meet I KIWANIS MEETING TODAY The first Kiwanis meeting of the new year will be held this evening 'at Hotel Clinton at 7:39 at, which time new officers will be inducted into office, committees named, and plans outlined for the organization’.s work. D. C. Heustess is ihe club’s retiring president, and will be suc ceeded for *38 by R. E. Ferguson. Joanna Cotton Mills Employes C^ven $40,000 Bonus For Year The 900 employes of the Joanna Cotton Mills, Goldvillft, r^eived a profit-sharing bonus of 5 per cent on Tuesday covering their wage earnings for the year 1937. The distribution, which amounted to app^^imately $40,000, went to all employes on the mills’ payroll for the year just ended. The profit-sharing plan was inaugurated by the mills for the first time this yMr, W. A Moorhead, local manager, stated yesterday. A similar plan has been in operation by the present owners of the Gold ville property in their Chicago plants for several years. Under the bonus plan Mr. Moorhead states, it is the policy of the mill owners to let its employes, as well as its stockholders, share in the earnings. Ijaurens, Jan. 8. — The January meeting of the Ijaurens County Teach ers’ a.ssociatiun was held Saturday in the— auditorium of the high achool building here, with W. E. Monts, of Clinton, president, presiding. The principal a<Jdres« before the teacher body was by Dr. Roswell C. Long, Preab^rian minister of Green wood, Hi* siibjeot was “Citizenship.” Using the general theme, “The Teaching arnl Disciplining of Problem Children,” guest educators discussed the topic in departmental meetings. Dr. Clarence Hamr^p of Presbyte rian college faculty, led the discus sion with the _high sohool teacher group; Mias “Amy Muse, of the State 'Training school. ClintorL the elemen- l^tary unit, and Mrs. J. A. ^uattlebaum I of the Olympia school, Columbia, the primary group. ^ ■ I 11 ■■■ I >. ■ I ^ ■ ■ S. C. Fecbral Income Taxes Reveal Gain Columbia, Jan. 8.—^A total of $1,- 960,706 In federal income tax collec tions in South Carolina for last month was reported today by Internal Rev enue (Collector R. M. Cooper. Cooper .said this was by far the peak for any month since the fiscal {year opened July 1. It more than dou bled the $458,583 total of December, 1936. Other collections were about the same as for December, 1936. an<l jKiintisI out various ways in which it is working for and contributing to the industrial, commercial, agricul- an<I moral development of Greenwood and the entire county. Speaking briefly of Buzzard Roost, he isaid he hoped its Tt‘crcational pos- sihilitic** would bt* developinl. Green wood, laurens ami Newberry coun- tie.s should get together, he said, anJ nationally advertise the cheap po\vef"“ to he available and work to locate new industries and ptsyple in the area, Senator Nicholson, the ^second speaker, stated that work on Buzzard Roost would begin alxiut March first to 'be completed within one year. The dam will b<> 85 feet high, he said, with the bridge on Salmia river one-fourth to one-half mile long. Ttie primary purpose of the enter|)i ise, (he sena tor states!. Is to provlh* cheap elec tricity, He charged that the power companies have made more money during the past ffity years than any other business. In di'fense of the New Ib'al gift, a.s it was termed, he citeil two\sch(K)ls of thought on the dc'vel- opment of resources; exploitation of the natural gifts for the gain of in dividuals, and the utilization of such natural a«.sets for the benefit of the people. This project, when completed. Sen ator Nicholson *ai<l, will make it jio-s- sihle for munici)>alities like ('linton to buy power 50 i>er cent cheaper than at present. Your cotton mills here in Clinton are manufacturing their own power through their own plant becau.se they can make it cheap er than the power companies would sell it, he assi'rbMl. The speaker said that the greatest need today is to ile- velop the country. Much is heard about conditions in cotton mill conimu- oHitw, he said, Rut dt^clared they are ten tintes ibotter there than in the rural area*. We .should do (’verything we can, he stated to help the rural districts. "T' - It is time for Greenwood, Ijaurens and Newberry counties to get togeth- er and make thesi* cv)unties the best place in South Carolina in which to live, he «aid. We must pull together, thinking only of the good of the jieo- ple and the counties. And while in- dastrial growth is essential, he said, we must not neglect the moral tone of the people. We must not lose (Continue*! on i^e six) DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! So Far This Year There Have Been o FATALITIES from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS“ COUNTY Let’s Strive To Make 1938 a Safe Year On the Highways. This date last year, 0. \