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-. V- / J / - A H- .J- \- THB CHRONICLE Strides To B* » Clou Nowo> poper, Coaiplcto, Nowop, owl RoUobio. If Too Doo't Rood THB CHRONICLE Too Doo't Got Tho Ncwo. amU HB VOLUME XXXVIII CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1938 NUMBER 3 lYANGTZE scene ^AHLE Chinese and Jap Soldiers Locked In Fight. Area of Panay Bombing Is Again Torn By Struggle of Opposing Forces. [ I Shanghai, Jan. 18. — Chinese and Japanese force? were reported locked in a bitter fight today along the Yangtre river near where the United States gunboat Panay was sunk by the Japanese a month ago. Chinese said two reinforced columns had arrived in the vicinity of Wuhu, 25 miles up stream from where tha Panay sunk, and were pressing the "Japanese^ hard- for possession of the important river port. They said Japanese had rushed four boat-loads of troops to Wuhu to bolster their forces, while two Japa nese warcraft shelled Chinese posi tions above the city. Japanese reported a Japanese tank unit had occupied Hohsien, nearest town to the scene of the Panay inci dent, after killing 200 Chinese and driving out 500 others. The unit then advanced toward Hanshan, where the Panay survivors *fle<l after the gun- l>oat was sunk. Since Japanese troops held Hohsien wben the Panay was •bombed, the tank maneuver was interpreted as meaning possibly that Chinese had re-captured the town. (A Hongkong dispatch indicated the Japanese were increasing their activities in South China. The dis patch said Japanese had warned Brit ish authorities that they planned to keep the Hongkong-Canton road un der bombardment ami that any Brit ish subjects using the road would do so “at theii* own risk.”) Chinese counter-attacks and guer rilla warfare were reported slowing down Japanese advances in south Shantung and in Chekiang province, where the Chinese were attempting to retake Hangchow, 1*25 miles south west of Shanghai. The Japanese, however, anHounced they had occupied Tengshien, about 150 miles south of Tsinan, Shantung capital, and insisted, despite Chinese claims that Tsining, 120 miles south of Tsinan, rernatned m Japanese hands. . Japanese also reported their force*, after advancing eastward from Tsi nan for 20 days along the Tsinan- Tsingtao railway, had met a detach ment of Japanese marines from TsiXgtao and now occupied the en tire railway^ (Jn Tokyo the withdrawal of the Japanese ambassador to China was announced as indications increased that Japan eventually would recog nise the new Peiping regime as the government of China instead of the former Nanking govemmeht, which ^Japan already has repudiated.) County Roads Map Completed Highway Planning Survey Made As Basis For Future Building and Improvement IVogram. Executive Saving Kiwahians Open Urged By Byrd; New Club Year The Highway Planning Surv’ey was organized a year ago by the State Highway department in cooperation with the federal bureau of public roads to conduct a series of scientific surveys, the primary purpose of which Virginia Senator Dettrres Tfntlf“Fergusan Can Easliy Be Slashed From Branch's Costs. I^esident. New Committees Named To Head Year’s Work. COnON HOPES DIM FOR SOUTH Washington, Jan. 15.—i>cnator Byrdj Members of the Clinton Kiwanis of Virginia proposed to congres.s to-1 club held their first meeting of the day that it compel the executive | new year Thur.sday evening at Hotel branch of the government to make a j Clinton at which time R. E. Ferguson 10 per cent reduction in all regular I assumcii, office a.s president. He suc- was to unearth facts on which to plan expenditures. {future road building” and improve-[ ment programs. The department has; i.ssued the following report on its' {wdrk as regards l.aurens county: ] The rural road inventory, the field work of which is now complete, in-' clude<l a descriptive inventorj* of ev-| ery mile of public road in l^urens* Byrd made the proposal in a mi nority report on the administration’s government rtH)rganization bill, ap- provtHl last year by a majority Of a special senate committee. He said he would introduee iui amendment re quiring that the economies be made l*roduction of 10,600,000 Bales Set By Farm Bill Conferees. Benefit Payments Limited To Sum Available for Soil Con servation. Washington, Jan. 18r-State agri culture officials apparently have fail* ctHHls n. C. Huestess, who htvatied the ■ e<l in their effort to obtain sweeping club the p^st year and served faith fully and diligently in that capacity. -A vote of thanks and appreciation (Changes in cotton pixtvisions of the new crop control legislation. Chairman Smith, of South Carolina, was extendinl the retiring president, and to Swretary F. C. Pin.son, for r'\ agriculture committee, their services. to«iay that congressional eonfer- Other officers assuming office with county. Draftsmen are now at work on field notes, and after several month.? the most complete map ever made of l.*urens county will have been completed. . .At selected stations, by a series of scheduled traffic counts covering an entire year, the traffic on all primary highway has been and is being count ed. .At .some of these stations, trucks are being weighed to get a fixoti idea of the amount of freight that goes over the highways. .Already, an ex- iensive preliminary count (*f traffic on l.,aurens county rural roads has been completed. Each month, at rej)- resentati%x\stalions, recounts are be ing taken, and by llKl'.l, the average traffic on every road will be known for every day in the year. The financial survey is studying the tax situation in South i'arolina to discover how much is paid in taxes t?«ch year and for what purposes the taxes are used. Particularly, the sur vey is interested in the tax expendi tures f«w highways. In the rt»ad-life survey, the “life” of our roads and the actual condition of our present system is being do- tcrmintnl. as well as the cost, of main^ ,when the pro|>osed reorganization is j president Ferguson are: Dr. A. E. carried out. 'Spencer, vice-president, F. Pin.son, licaders .said they intonde<i to bring swretary. The following hoard of di- the bill before the senate after dis-j ri'ctors will .serve with the officers: ees had agree<l upon a cotton program ‘‘compromising between house and senate bills.” I He .said this compromise fixed cot ton production for this year at 10,- posing of anti-lynching legislation. B. H. Boyd, F. M. Boland, Ri T. Dun- 600,000 bales and limited Iwnefit pay- As.serting he was “not an ohstruc- lap, D. C. Heusteas, John H. Hunter, tionist”; Byrd declared there is “ur- R. L Plaxico, and H. F. Harris, gent neesl for reorganization of the | The new president askinl the unit- federal j^vernment for both economy jed cooperation of the membership and efficiency.” However, he criti-|for the coming year and outlined a cized the administration bill as not | mJirrlH'r of nvatters of interest ho and promising substantial economies and this Iniard of din'ctors will .strive to as giving to(» much |>ower to the president. ^ “It should not he difficult to re duce ordinary expenses of the govern ment at least 10 i)er cent under the fyowers granl<‘d in this hill,” he said. “In any reorganization legislation, congress should give a clear man«late fhat eeenomy is the major ohjtH'tive. “It would appear that a ri*organi- zation hill such as this, which cn'- II1 new def)art4nents, hurt.*Hu.s _and officials, gives little promise of econ omy and simplification possible by the abolition of agencitis and elimination of per.sonnel and appalling waste and duplication.” In a -staL'ment accompanying the attaii^ Thoikleath of R. H. McDonald of ('oluinhia, swretary of the Carolinas Kiwanis district, was calliMl to the eluh’s attention and a re.solution of sympathy a^iopted ami ordere<l for- wardeil his wife, Mrs. Mayzie Little .McIKinald, u granddaughter of the late Dr. .I«»h ,1. Boozer of this city. Kiwunian W. .A. Moorhead of (lold- ville, externKnl the club an invitation, which was unaniim)U»ly acccptjiHl, to he his guests for the next regular Fifteen Parish In School J. WiU DiUard Ir LakI To Rest Large Crowd Gathers To Pay Last Tribute To Popular Citi zen Who Passes Suddenly. Funeral serivees for _J. Will Dil lard, who died suddenly from a heart attack at his home early last; Wed nesday morning, were conducted at 2:30 Thursday afternoon from the residence. His pastor, Dr. D. J. Woods, was in charge of the rites and taining it in U.s present condition and making nece.ssary improvements. Every important road in Laurens county has been checked to discover all locations where the sixty-mile-an- hour motori.st can not see at leakt 1,000 feet ahead of him. The kind of obstruction was noted in each case so that conclusions could (>« drawn as to the advi.sahility of removing it. Existing physical conditions at all grade cros.sings have been examined, and when these have been considered in the light of the railroad traffic and the highway traffic at each crossing, we shkll be one step nearer eliminat- j ing some of the danger traps open to TTiotorTst?; Science applied to our social ani[l economic life has resulted in building for us the most progressive civiliza- jtion of all times. 5>cience applied by I the State Highway department to our present road systems will probably succeed in developing for us the most useful, as well as the safest highway system ever known to Laurens county and South Carolina. Toll May Reach 30 In Quebec Iwaa assisted by the other pastors of —Hinat WhiMW Arej^e^ity, Dr. J. C. Roper, Rev. C. B. Betts and ReY—W-—N. Iiong Tnte»*- Priests and Children. ) St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Jan, 18.— Fifteen persons, most of them chil dren and priests, perished in a fire which destroyed a dormitory at Sa cred Heart college early today, and searching crews digging through the sihoking ruins ,-ionight feared final death toll would be at least 30. . Rlack-robed priests aided volunteer workmen in the search among broken Uidbers and debris for victims of the fire, .which made a roaring incinem- tor of the big dormitory filled with sleeping students and priests. Thir teen bodies,' including a priest, were recovered. Two others died in a hospital and ta least 15. others were unaccounted for. Twenty were in hospitals, sev eral expected to die. Hundre^^s of townspeople stood by in horror, unable to reach the flame enveloped building, while screaming children raced through corridors, tipped by the fire, or leaped through' windows to the frozen ground. 'Many were dragged from the edge of the flames, their arms and legs shattered by jumps of three and four •Tories. Ihe body of the priest was identi fied as that of Father Jean Baptiste. Another priest. Brother Alexis, 27, of Woonsockett, R. I., was critically injured. His name before taking ment followed in Rosemont cemetery. Pallbearers were: L. B. Dillard, W. H. Simpson, Dr. M. J. McFadden, A. B. Galloway, F. C. Pin.son, T. D. Cope land, W E. Dillard, and W. J. Duncan. The services were attended by an unusually large crowd from here and the elsewhere who had auenrvbled to pay their tribute to a departed friend. Many beautiful floral offerings at the home and banked high upon the grave, bespoke the popularity of Mr. Dillard. He posscaaed a wide circle Thurmond To Hold Court At Laurens Tolumbia. Jan. 18 - The two state meeting on the evening of January 27th, the meeting to be held in tht' new girls’ club in the J<vanna Mills village. The following committee ap(>oint- ments for cotton growers to the amount of funds previously available under the Soil con.servation act. J^pokesmen for Southern commis sioners of agriculture previt)usly had askt^i the .senate agriculture commit- t»H‘ to fix pnHluotion for this year at 13,0(H>,0(M) hale.s and increase heno^jt pajTnents, by, a proci'ssing tax <»n ixdton ami textiles, or by diverting fiimis from customs |•ecei|)ts. “They have a gocnl : profmsition,” Smith said, “hut of coui'se wi* can’t' incorporate it in the granary hill.” He explained that the conference committee was limitcsl to matter eon- tainetl in the Itills aijproved by the hou.se and senate at the special se-- report, the V’irginian said the inve.s'-j ments were announcinl by President senators w’ho will be sworn in as cir cuit judges Thur.sday open their ju dicial careers by presiding in Charles ton and Laurens counties next month, supreme court records showed today. L. D. Lide of Marion, succeeding the late S. W. G. Shipp of Florence, will preside over a four weeks session of common pleas court at Charleston beginning the first Monday next month. J. Strom Thurmond of Edgefield, tigation of his own spwial commit tee had “disclo.se(i waste, overlapping activitie.s and excessive overhead cost, making immediate reform imperative if the course of continuous deficits and rising taxes is to be alteroil.” President Roosevelt has said sev eral times that efficiency, rather than economies, was the primary goal of the reorganization bill. “A mere regrouping and .shuffling of bureaus does not mean nece«.sarily an increase in efficiency,” Byrd’s re port to the senate .said, “and certain ly will not o^i*rate for c*conomy.” Byrd said one stxrtion of the bill would “provide governmental machin ery, to. entrench relief - a p4Mrmanent federal function.” He contended the measure would give the president “important powers and functions of congri»ss to a great er extent and for a longer period than is necessary for the accomplishment of ends deBired.” Reorganization, he said, “can and must be accomplished in effective measure without .sacrificing establish ed and proved principles of democrat- iic government.” “Delegations of power are at beat wedges of great potential danger to our form of government and any new authorizations of power must W ex- filieitly —defined, safely curbed and 7Ti.ffpiniiy liiiiiinl tn thr nhortest pr Ferguson to functibn during the com ing year: Boys and Girls Work—il* B. Dill- anl, chairman, W. A. Moorhead, and W. E. Monts. Glassification and Memhcriihip—W. R. Anderson, chairman, B. Ij. King, and J. H. Pitts, Jr. " Club Meetings—1). B. Smith, chair man, L. E. Bishop, FjJ D. Craig, and G. W’. Hollingsworth. Inter-Club Relations—J H. Hunter, chairman, R. T. Dunlap, and B. R. Fuller. Kiwanis Education—Dr. A. E. Sp«*n- cer, chairman, H. 1). Henry, and W. H. Sinip.son. —Program . Harris, chairman, GtK). W .Holman, Kenneth Baker and B. H. Boyd, Public Affairs — Dr. J. C. Roper, chairman, D. .C. Heustess, Dr. W. T. Martin, and R. W. Wade. Publicity—F: C. Pinson, chairman, W. I). Copelami, and F. M. Boland. Underprivileged Chikl—C. C. Giles, chairman, W. W. Harris, R, 1* Plaxi co, and Dr. J. I^ee Young. Vocational Guidance — Dr, I* R. Lynn, chairman, G. N. Foy, and I>r. F. L Webb. of friends who join with the~farnnviHm:i^<g9*>r to the late_C. J. Ramage of in mourning his d^ath. STORE BEING REMODELED The store room on Musgrove street recently vacated by S. M. & E. H. Wilkes A company, is now being re modeled and an atractive new front added. The building when complet- Saluda, wlil preside at the~^cdu general sessions at Laurens opening the third Monday in February. HEALTH GROUP TO MEET IN LAURENS The Piedmont Public Health asao- ciation will hold its quarterly mect- ed will be occupied by Sadler-Owens • ii>g in Laurens on Friday, January 21, Pharmacy. Four other! holy orders was Tessier. priests were missing. i Many of the bodies were burned be-! ^^^yond recognition and parents of miss- ins children had to wait in agonized; su^>ettse as each new victini was broucht out, wrapped in* a blanket, and added to the grim row of still ; forms on the floor of a nearby bam. I ^ Officials said they did not knowl the cause of the fire. It was believed! ' to have stacted in one of the dormi-! tory -wings, and had virtually en-i velpped half the building when the sleeping priaats and children were awakened. 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 firms in 1938 will be those who through effective advertising tell the buying pidilic constant ly what they have to sell, the values they have to offer, the service they are prepared to give. at 10 a. m., according to Dr. R. M. Street, director of the Laurens Coun ty Health deparivnent. The district is I composed of fourteen counties, j Speakers on the program will be jRev. J. Owens Smith, Laurens; W. H. {Franks, mayor of Laurens; Dr. J. G. (Westrope, Gaffney; Dr, J. H. Teague, Laurens; Dr. D. O. Garvin, Edgefield; ‘ {Miss Ruby Langston, Pickens; C. D. Jenkins, Greenville; Dr. Wyman, Dr. {Ball and Mrs. Ruth George, Colum bia. riod required for attaining de.sired ends. “It is not my pui-poae to try to de lay reorganization the bloated fed eral bureaucracy. My appeal is lor curb against new and great grants of power and further centralization of authority in the name of government al reorganizations.” Two Negroes Killed I~CarOverturns Unanimou.s opposition to these Itills had biM'ii expressed ity the .Southern state farm leaders in a resolution which de.scrrlMMl the granary measures as “totally ina<hK]uate eope with the ‘ present distre.ssing condition of the cotton pixxlucers.” J. C. Holton, Mississippi agricul ture commissioner, .sai<l the granary provisions were “a make-shift .struc ture” and failed to consiiler the thou- itands of acres of land diverted from crops or workers who would be dis placed by acreage reductions. One senator, who heanl the South ern state leaders’ complaints, sakl “everyone who is fimling out about this granary bill, is laginning to realize that nobody really likes it.” (kinferees pushed ahead, however, with their job of trying to agree on a single bill. They h<»p*‘<l to get a report ready for congress late this week. ' Smith said khe- e«tHfert*nce -group' had accepted a“penalty of $10 a hale, two cents a pound, for cotton sale.? in exce.ss of quota.s, as provideil by the house bill. Smith said suggestions of the Southern states leaders would have to be considercxl first by the house of repre.sentatives because they in volved a processing tax. All revenue matters must be considered firSt by the lower house. Heckle' Editor Blue Stocking 1 Georgia Student Succeeds Cliff Mcl..eod As Head of College Weekly Student l^iblication. Filibuster Aided By Republican Bridges of New Hampshire Dis FVA gUKBen TVA As ^kiuthcrncfs Take Few Hours Out. Ixiuis G. Heckle of Fort Valley, Ga., on Tuesday was elected editor-in-chief of the Presbyterian college we^Iy publication. The Blue Stocking. He succeeds Cliff McLeod of Ocala, Fla., who retires from office next week. I). M. (Pete) McCormick of Clio, was elected as managing editor, while McGregor Laurens, Jan. 16—Two Charlotte, (N. C.,) Negroes were killed and a third was seriously injured in an au tomobile Occident near here late Sunday. Killed were Alexander Craig and William Ruppert Curry. The injured man, Wyman Ravenel, was driving the car, which overturned on a fharp cuive. A coroner’s jury held Ravenel blameless. ^ The accident occurred on the Green ville road about .seven miles west of Julius S. McGregor of Ruby, was chosen as business manager. The com plete staff for tihe new year will be announced later by the newly elected editor. Messrs. Heckle, McCormick and McGregor have been connected with th^ news and business staffs of the paper for the past week. JOHNSON LEADS IN B CLASS DEBATING PRESBYTERIAN MEN Ashy Johnson, a Presbyterian col lege student from Columbus, Ga., re- WILL MEET TONIGHTihi(th<»t ranking in the, I ^ Qass B debators in the Annual Straw-1 j The Men-of-the-ChuPch of the First {berry Leaf 'Practice tournament held' j Presbyterian church will hold their I recently at Winthrop college. For-| 'first meeting of the.year tonight atjensic Coach Hugh Holman announcedf '7:30 in the dining hall of the church. l »iP<>n receiving the tabulations of the A turkey dinner will be served and a large attendance is expected, with the organization’s president. Heath Cope land, presiding. Rev. David Boozer of Goldville, pastor of a group of Pres byterian churches in this area, will be the guest speaker. AH Presbyte rian iden are eordhdly invited. results of the tournament in, which over 300 speakers took part. Dugald Hudson, a college student from Greenville, also placed eighth, while C.“H. McLeod of Gcala, Fla., Johnson's teammate, placed eleventh. Hudson also placed third in impromp tu speaking. DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! So Far This Year There Have Been 2 FATALITIES from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY Let's Strive To Make 1938 a Safe Year On the Highways. Wa.shington, Jan. IH.— A New Eng lander denounced Federal power poli cies in the Senate today, giving a rest to Southerners filibustering against the anti-lynching bill. ^ Interrupting,, the steady flow of Southern oratory against the bill, Senator Bridges (R., N. H.,) made a 5,400-word speech criticizing activi ties of the TenneR.see Valley uu- thorTty; Thia date last year, t. He said the TVA wa.s selling niost of its power to corporations in the Tennes.see valley. This was “foster ing the very .so-calUxl vicious mo- nopoliez that the mlministratioii claims to be h major cause for the busines.? recession,” Bridges declared. Southerners heard with satisfac tion that Senator Barkley of Ken tucky, the Democratic leader, would not seek night Senate sessions this week. The filibuster now is 11 days old. Senator Van Nuys (1)., Ind.) ^ co author of the anti-lynching bill, had expressed hope night sessions would be ordered toniorrow or on Thursday in an effort to wear down Hbe 'Southern speakers and force them to permit a vote on the legis lation. I Several Southerners have pre dicted that passage of the anti lynching bill would cau.se a lasting split between Northern and South ern Democrats. Failure of the lead ership to call for night ses.sions has been attributed by several Senators 3 a desire not to antagonize the owerful Southern wing of the party. -- Carrying on the filibuster today. Senator EHlender of Louisiana, eon- tinabd a speech he began last fSriday. Ellender ii^ expected to take the floor again tonomw.