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4 ' ■^v\ THE CHSONICLB ! StriTfs T» B« a CSma Nava* 919^, Caaipleta, Navaj. aad If Toa Doa't Raa4 THE CHRONICLE. Ton Don’t Get ^ The Neva. ~ 1 VOLUME XXXVIII CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1938 NUMBER 4 1 CLOTURE RULE TO^JNVQKED Hoey Makes Talk To Press C^oup ANOTHE3 SIT-DOWN Governor Emphasizes Power of Anti-Lynching Bill Defeat Seenj |>ress To Safeguard Rights of When Three Supi»rters Agreej the Public. To Lny It Aside. Southern! ♦ Senators Feeling Better. Washington, Jan. .25. — Supporters - Columbia, Jan. 21.—There is no real- basis for antagonism between govern ment and business and “no otcasion for punitive actions on the part pf of the anti-lynching bill resorted toGovernor Clyde R. Hoev of the senate’s debate-end cloture rule, Carolina, told the South Caro- toaight in a final effort to break thejjjjjn Press .Association and Institute stubborn Southern filibuster against' Friday night. that measure. j ... , , , • \Ne need unity and harmony be- Sixteen names, the required num-!twet.n both (bu.sine^.s and govern- ber, were affixed to a petition for i he dt'clared, “and a determin- cloture and its final filing awaited' j purpose upon the part of all to only such time as Senator Neely, of decrease unemployment, improve the W’est Virginia, could obtain the floor. At the conclusion of a speech by Senator Russell, of Georgia, asserting that the bill was backed by the Com munist party, Neely found an oppor tunity to send his cloture petition to the <^air. Senator Bulkley, Democrat, of Ohio, condition of workers, increase • the profits of industry, agriculture and business, and stabilize our whole eco nomic system.” Speaking on the federal constitu tion and the obligations and oppor tunities of newspapers, the governor said, “The press can perform an in- presiding, read it while the Southern- valuable service to the country in this era exchanged glances of apparent. hour of unc''rtainty and ddubt. It can aurprise. When Bulkley had finished aeveral of them, in chorus, demanded that the name.s of the signers be read •Iso. Senator Harrison, of Mississiplli, in quired when the vote under the pe tition would be taken. “I would like to know,” Harrison do much to harmonize the differences between business and government and reconcile their d|rergent views. “It will be neither wise nor help- ! ful to stress the disagreements and magnify the hostilities.” He termed the pres.s “the most pow erful agency in forming public opin- Supply Measure Is Before Mouse Seventy ApproiH-iation Items To Be Acted On Before Bill Moves. To Senate. SIX CONVICTS TO DIE IN CHAIR i Columbia, Jan. 24.—(onsidcration [of the $11,945,227 ways and menas commitU*e’s general appropriation bill, I already increased by $233,811, was resumed by the house of representa- Will Pay. Penalty for Murder of Sanders March 25. New Trial Denied By Jud^e Feather- stone. Appeal Talk Heard. Columbia, .Ian. 21.— .March 25 was set today for the eliH^iriM-iitiori of the I.. 1 L XL , penitentiary prisonrT.s convicted Tuc.s,lay the g«|,eral «»-Uf the marJer ,,t * OHn - sembly openwl it.s thml week. j .Approximately seventy sections of the measure, including ^hat dealing with the highway department, rc- ’ mained to he adoptisl before the all- important bill can be .sent to the senate. Circuit Judge C. C. Fcatherstone set the date lifter refu.'iing motion.^ for a new trial. He decreed that they shouhl die “between siinri.se and .sunset” in the death house, which is but a few yards from the office The principal increase.s in the biin^**'’ was fatally stahbisi as eover«vI Irpimt ^he prison guard captain was held by as voted by the house covered largt*r Mid, “the time that I am going to bo j ion," and added, “with this great po lynched.” - jtentiality for creating sentiment, a He was told the vote would come at, high responsibility rests Upon the 1 o’clock on Thursday. , i press. The first obligation is to be Senator McNary, Republican, of Oregon, the minority floor leader, an nounced briefly that he would oppose the cloture motion. '* 'The senate then recessed until noon tomorrow. ^ Under cloture procedure, two days after the filing of the petition, the senate votes automatically on the after limited to a single one-hour speech by each senator until a vote is taken. Those who have followed the battle against the anti-lynching bill are con vinced that the necessary two-thirdi vote will not be forthcoming; J^t aaaimnee the Southerners, with some fr^ other seeti^, control at least on this ^oe. piit tne proponents of the bill found thimselves between two fires today. Important legislation was being left unconsidered. To bring it before the senate, three senators, Burke, Demo- fair.’ “It is ea.«y to understand wide dif ferences of opinion in the various ed itorial offices," Governor Hoey said, “and this is both wholesome and nat ural, but there should be no differ ence in any reputable newspaper of fice upon the policy of always being fair in chronicling the news and in the ^statement of. facta.”- 4.-— — ..nr. - Control Sought [Officers Elected For Cotton Crop; For New Year Tentative Plan Galls for Reduc-! Clinton Production Credit Asso Freedom of the press, he continued, '"is the burest guarantee of the con tinued freedom of the people.” “Liberty of expression and freedom of thought,” he said, “form the basis for the protection of the rights of all people, the prevention of injus tices and the defeat of oppressive and unjust measures . . . the open criti cism of gfvemmeiit and officials, while sometimes unfair, extreme and evbn unjust, is by far more whole some than. the suppression of com ment and criticism.^ Turning to the constitution, the crat, of Nebraska; Wheeler, Demo-1 speaker declared Americans could en- crat,'of Montana, and Herring, Dem-jjoy their rights; only through making ocrat, of Iowa, all supporters of the‘secure the rights of their neighbors. anti-lynching measure, said they were, “THp mnsthutmn is the bulwark of he tion of.lMantinR To 26 Mil lion Acres This Year, Washington, Jan. 23. — Tentative crop control arrangements for the 1938 season provide for a retiuclion of between 15,000,0(K> and 30,000,000 acre.s in plantings of the major food and jibre erop.s. agriculturer departs e b^ toUl ps/in ment officials said today. Such a reduction would involve b^ tweeirf 5 and 10 per cent of the acreage planted to the '^me crop? 1937. Officials said that most of the cut would be in cotton and wheat—crops of which the nation now has huge sup plies. ‘ Tentative planting goals are aimed ciation Personnel Unchanured. Stone President. The directors of the (’linton Proiluc- tioii ('rtnlit Association met in Clinton •r , on Friday for the purpose of electing officers and selecting personnel for appropriations for all state colleges and the state hospital despite its previous action to eliminate the en- tin‘ five-mill state levy on real prop erty. The ways amj means committee ha<i proiHised nnluctions of the tax by two and a half mills only but the house voteil overwhelmingly to abolish it altogether. Ih'fon* the legislators left for the I week-end, members of the commit tee namt^i la.st year to investigate the haniiling by the Cooperative as- .s»K‘iations of cotton under the twelve- cent government loan plan intimatiMl they would have their long-awaited ri'jMirt rea<ly by tomorrow. The committee, headed by Senator <'. S. .McCall, of Marlboro, eonducUnl h'figthy hearings liurlng the summer and fall and. siftc*d charges by Com missioner of Agriculture J.' Roy Jones that JLhe co-ops had under- clas.siMi the loan eotton arid then' re sold it at higher classifications. the prisoners in an attempt to escape December 12. C. W. Stonq, of Clinton, was re elected president, J. T. McCrackin of Newberry, wa.s re-electwl vice-presi dent, and Rex Lanford of Waterloo, at a total acreage of 275,000,000 toT The as.sociation’s branch offices in said. “It is the only safeguard against the unrestrained will of the majority, they apply lo plantings, farmers But for this ark of the covenant of!would be paid benefits from a $440,- fundamental law, the legislative-ma-1000,000 soil conservation fund for ready to vote to lay the measure,protection for our democracy,’ aside. In addition, a series of night ses sions, the second of which occurred tonight, was proving highly unpopu lar. One group of senators, while ready to vote for the anti-lynching bill when the occasion arises, resent ed 12 to 15-hour working days and the cancellation of social engage ments. They too were ready to vote to lay the bill aside. Leading supporters were quick to' Laurens, Jan. 22.—Physicians, nurs- see that unless a vote could be forced!^ and department directors discussed by cloture, the bill would probably be .various phases of health problems at shelved within a few days. the quarterly meeting here Friday ofithi 290,000,000 acres in cotton, com. to bacco, wheat, rice and Other soil- depleting crops. In 1937, the area planted to, these crops totaled .305,- 700,000 acrips, officials said. Farm land available for all crops exceeds 366,- 000,000 acres. Under,present arrangementa, Jthich the farm bill now pendinj^ in congress is expected to change little insofar as jority could deprive the minority of all rights and go to such excess as to imperil popular government.” PIEDMONT HEALTH MEETING IS HELD They were pessimistic a.s to the result of the cloture vote,-however, ^ationL—Tha one-dag -session was at- and more than one in the senate pri vately called the move the most grace ful way to submit to having the bill laid aside. With an unfavorable clo ture vote and the obvious impossi bility of breaking the filibuster other wise at any early date, the bill would have to be abandoned for the time be ing. the Piedmont Public Health associ- tended by resentatives from most of the 14 comities comprising the dis trict. The association elected a new ex ecutive board of three members with Dr. G. R. Westrope of Gaffney, chap man; Mrs. H. O. Speed, Laurens, and Jack Wise, Newberry. The next meeting will be held at Those who signed the petition were:,Newberry Wagner (DNY), Van Nuys (D-Ind.), Neely (D-W.Va.), UFollette (P-Wis.) Minton (D-Ind.), Brown (D-NH), Clark (D-Mo.), McGill (D-Kanaas), .Schwellenbach (D-Wasb.), Truman (D-Mo.), Bone (D-Wash.), Bulkley (D-Ohio), Hitchcock (D-SD), Cope land (D-NY), Thomas (D-Utah), and Gtiffey (iD-l^) Others beside Burke, Wheeler and withdrawing ’a fixed percentage of their land from the major crops and placing it in soil-building crops, such as grasses, clovers, etc. T^e cotton acreage would be cut from approximately 34,000,000 in 1937 to 26.000.000 or 27.000.000. Although officials say they hope the finished farm bill will require no acreage quotas for wheat growers .s year, they are urging farmers to make a voluntary reduction of sev eral-jnillifiiL_acJ«sin_^riT^ wheat planting. Drought conditions in was re-electinl as secretary-treasurer. Tleoi rge W. Copeland of Clinton was retained as bookkeeper and Miss Helen Hollingsworth as stenographer, both to serve the home office in Clin ton. Newberry and Laurens will be con tinued as heretofore, in order to rend er convenient service to the farmers of these two counties. The office in Newberry will be in charge of Mrs. Sara Wallace, and the office in Laurens in charge of J. Wad- iiv Thomnson- Directors of the association other than Mr. Stone and Mr. McCrackin, are Jack 11. Davis, Sr., of Clinton, Dr. W. C. Brown of Newberry, E. J. Sloan of Fountain Inn. The association made loans to farmers in Laurens and Newberry counties totalling $273,000.00 in 1937. Citizens Enjoys Splendi4 Year D<*fense attorneys said they had no ilefinite plans to appeal the case. Before sentence was passed, the court a.skiHl the prisoners if “you have anythirtg to say?” “Ye.s, sir,” J. V. Blair of Sumter replieil. "We haven’t had a fair trial. That is, 1 don’t think that five of the men ha<l a fair trial.” Then William B. Woods of Biloxi, Miss., who te.stified that his hand drove the lethal ice-pick like instru ment Into Sanders’ IxKiy, asserted that “there is one ilefendaiit who will confe.ss before he dies that he- was telling a lie on the witness stand.” He obviously referred to (Itnirge Wingard *of (’olumbia, whose testi mony fiiffered from the others in that he .said both WoimIs and Roy Suttles of Simpsonville stabbni Sanders. The others blamed Woods for the death Allow. * Thuree New Teams On“CiriiLM«Hu Blue Hose Gridders To Meet Centre, OKlethorpe and Stet son. Four Home Ni^ht Games. IVenbyterian college’s football team will meet Ahree schools not on its 1937 schedule in 1938, according to an imqgyncement by Athletic Director Waller John.son, who also states that while- the Blue Stockings will play Um games during this fall, the com plete schedule i.s not yet rea<ly for announcement. . Of the three schools addeil, two are institutions which the Hosemen never have met. On OctoixT 22 they wtiCiTTvade flUTTvitte, Kentucky, KIWANIS MEET AT GOLDVILLE TONIGHT within the next few weeks. Acreage wheat belt may help effect the reduc tion. Slightly smaller acreages of rice, tobacco, peanuts, potatoes and grain crops generally are contemplated. State and county acreage allot ments are being cakuIaUKl for each of the major crops except wheat They will not be approved finally un til congress acts on the new farm leg islation, provided such action comes Members of the Clinton Kiwanis riuh irill be supper guests this eve ning at 7:30 of Kiwantan W. A. Moor head at Goldville. The meeting will l>€ held in the attractive new girls’ club building, the program l>eing in goals for individual growers will be fixed by local committees. TRAINING UNION TO MEET JAN. 30 Herring said privately they were se riously considering announcing their willingness to give up the legislation. charge of the club’s committee on boys and girls work. Former Clinton Woman Passes Friends and relatives here of Mrs. Walter E. Gay wdll regret to learn of her death which occurred Sunday at a hospital in Fort Gaines, Ga., where she had been a patient for twoj weeks. Funeral services were heldj Monday afternoon from the residence. Mrs. Gay liefore marriage was Miss, Irene Benjamin, daughter of the late Lady Benjamin of this c^munity,' and Mrs. Fannie Benjamin. Her hus-! Aland preceded her to the grave six: years a^. She is pleasantly remem-} A>ered here where sA»e was reared end' held in high esteem. ' •Mrs. Gay is survived Aiy five chil-' dren, her mother, and four brothers, W. J. Benjamin and Chariton D. Ben- 'jamin of this place, L. G. Benjamin of Darlington, aiid J. C. Benjamin of Bartsville. Nowadays... to People don’t have to go town, walk until they are “fagged out,” looking for worthwhile merchan dise. They shop first i n THE CHRONICLE, and then know just where they are headed. If merchandise is worth selling it’s worth advertis ing. Buyers should not lose sight of this truth. The Chronicle ‘Where Thrifty Bayers Shop First.’* The regular quarterly rally of the Laurens county Baptist Training un ions will A>e held January 30 at 2:30 P. M. with the Cross Hill church, it is announced by Mi.ss Cleo Tumblin, county secretary. An interesting and City’s (Mdest Building and Loan Association Re-elects Direc tors and Officers At Annual Meeting. — - The annual shareholders meeting of the Citizens Federal Savings and I>oan association wa.s held Wednesday night at which time a financial report was given for the year showing substan tial progre.-^s in every pha-^e of its activity, and a large gain in its total sissets. Following a consideration of the report, the Aioard of directors wa.s re elected as follow.s: Dr. M.'J. McFad- den, J. P. PratAier, B. H. Boyd, K. W. Sumerel, W W. Harris, W’. A. Moor head, W. J Duncan, D. C. Heustess, and T. D. Copeland. At a subsequent meeting of the di rectors, the following officers were re-elected to serve the coming year; Dr. M. J. MeFadden, president, J. P. Prather, vice-president; B. H. Boyd, secretary-treasurer; Robbie Hender son, assistant secretary. T^e Citizens is the oldest a.ssoci- for the first time in Presbyterian col- legf* history, they will play Centre college. On Thanksgiving Day they will go to DeLanil, Florida, to close their sea.son against another school new to Blue Hose grid schedules. Stetson university. The thin! addition to the schinlule is Oglethorpe university, which the Hosemeai will play .on Septemlicr 24 in Atlanta. P. C. has played the Stormy Petrels in the past. Johnson also indicated that there w‘ould lx* four home game.s for tin* Blue .Stockings, each of them -played at night, though the details of dates are -not yet certain. Three schools on the 1937 schedule are not present on the 1938 slate. They are Georgia Tech, Furman, and the University of South Carolina. ation of Ks kind in Clinton, Aiaving _ lieen organized in 1909. Six months county is exited' to’send represen- F** converted into a ftxleral inspirational program has been ar- j ranged. Every Baptist church in the WOULD AID HAIL VICTIMS Rep rose ntatice R. C. Wasson, of this county, is co-author with sixteen otbeh house members of a resolution to exempt ^uth Carolina farmers who lost two-thirds or more of their crops through hail damage from the payment of state property taxes. Suttles askeil, “do we have to stay in that <larkene<i room?”, apparent ly referring to his confinement in that section of the penitentbiry wheTe prison-- officials. U^stifiixl—light was- provided at intervals during the day. The comments were ignored by Judge Featherstone, who said in his parting remark, “I trust you will got forgiveness. The. thief on the Cross got forgiveness.” “TAuink you,” Blair and Suttles said in unison. Besides Woods, Blair, Wingard and. Suttles, the other condemntxl men ard dkyton Crans of Rochester, N. Y., and Herbert .Mixirman of De troit, Mich. The verdict of guilty was returned Saturday afternoon but hearing the motions for a new trial and sen- U'ncing were defern^l over the week end. The trial stari.e<l last Tuesday. __ Testimony amountt^d to approxi- mately 250,000 words, iximing from 33 witnesses and examinati«»ns by nine attorneys. The judge prais(‘<l the court-ap pointed defense attorneys “for ni>t going atxiut this case* in a jierfunct- ory manner. “You reipresentesi men who aeimit- ted on the witness stanei that they were guilty," Judge Featherstone said, adding that the sextet ^were “preparexi to take* human life if ne*cessary to carry out their scheme and they did take human life.” In an.swcr to motions for a new trial, the jurist said have'n’t the slightest eloubt that these* men Aiavt* hael a fair and imimrtial trial.” D. M. Winter, attorney for Wexxis- and Suttles, -saiel tonight “.some efr fort i.s being made to rai.se*’’ funds with which to appeal the* e*ase of “some of the' elefendants.” He aaid he had not deciele*d whether he would appe*al for his clients. Clinton Man ^ Loses Broffier SEEKS TO REPEAL ACT Columbia, Jan. 26.—-Representative Bruce Littlejohn of Spartanburg put a bill in the house hopper tonight to repeal the workmen’s compensa tion act. L tatives. COOPER IS APPROVED Washington, Jan. 24.—The senate judiciary committee today reported association and since then ha.s been operated under its present name. HONORED BY FRATERNITY W'illiam P. Jacobs, well khown busi favorably the nomination of RoAiert [ ness man of the city ami president A. Cooper, of South Carolina, as;of Presbyterian college, was formally' United States district judge of Puer- inducted into Phi Psi, national hon- to Rico. ! orary textile fraternity, at Clemson i Cooper is now serving under ap ap-j Monday night as an hon- ■ pointnwnt which ,TpirM todiy. I or^ member Mr. .(acobs was the ( ^ principal speaker at the banquet at ACTING DEAN AT FURMAN Dr. John F. Bozard, English pro fessor has been named acting Forman university dean in the absence of ‘Dean R. N. DanM, on leave of ab- Mnce. Dr. Bozard formerly taught in the hi|^ school here. He married Miss Elise Henry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Henry of this dty. which time the honor was conferred upon him. GLEE CLUB ON TRIP The Presbyterian college glee club under the direction of Dr. S. M. Huntley is away on a week’s trip dur ing which time programs will be giv en in several towns in the state. DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! So Far This Year There Have Been z FATALITIES from ^ AUTOMOBILE ACCIDEN'TS in LAURENS COUNTY Let’s Strive To Make 1938 a Safe Year On the Highways. This date last year, t. Friends of B. U King, of this city, will sympathize with him in the death of his brother William Govan King, 83, one of the oldest residents of Manning, which occurrmi Sunday af ternoon at his home after an illness of several years. Funeral services were held in Man ning Monday afternoon conducted by the Rev. G. FI. Parrott of the .Metho dist church. Mr. King was liorn in Darlington county January 24, 1855, a .son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman King, j Fifty-.seven years ago he was mar ried to Mis.s Nancy Addiei C»nU’* bell, also of Darlington counly, who dietl May 12, 1935. 1 He movt*<l to Clarendon county fifty-«ix years ago. Since then he had btH’n a faithful membiT of the Man ning Methodiast chilrVh and for fifty , years he served on the board of trus tees. F’or thirty-eight years he was a cotton buyer in Manning having retired five years ago. Surviving are a .son. Dr. W. R- King; two grandsons, Uoyd and James King, of Manning; a brother. B King of Clinton, and several ."nd ^ni^ihews throughout the I \ 4 -51 J' Julia Hart of Washington, D. C., and Mrs. James McIntosh of Columbia, were the guests of Dr. and Mrs. R. E. Sadler on Wednesday.