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-r- THE CHRONICLE •9 Strires T* B« a Clcai Ntir«> piper. Ceaplete, Newer, lad Jf Too D(»*t Read THE CHRONidLB Ton Don’t Get The Newa VOLUME XXXVIII CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1938 NUMBER 5 BORAH SCORES % ALLIANCE TALK Sees War In World’s Belief In Anglo - Ailieriaai—AUtenrer Pittman for Spending Billions To Make World Safe for Civi lization. Senate To Speed Money Measure Branch Gets Bill From House. No Hearings Are Planned By Wa^hin^rton, Feb. 1. — Senator Bo rah, Republican, of Idaho, warned the Columbia, Jan. 31.—The appropria tions spotlisrht in the general assemb ly shifted Friday to the senate when that body received the* $12,351,698 state money measure passed last Friday by the nouse ol representa tives. aLl together, nov/1 The bill, carrying appropriations for I the 1938-39 fiscal year, was given a senate today that America was ri.sk ing war by permitting the world toj believe it was in an alliance with .. .• 11 -.1. *1 first reading and referred to the fi- --ether nations ' Poetically wrthout | committee for overhanlinit but eweption believe the Umt^^teoj,^ - Chairman ,S. M. Ward, a^ Bnum are building up Iheir n.- ^ Vies under a tacit alliance, Borah asserted. The result, he added, was a world “practicailly gone mad” in an arma ment race similar to the one that led to the World war. Chairman Pittman, Democrat, of Nevada, of the senate foreign rela tions committee, quickly took issue with the ranking. Republican member of his committee, contending that America was avoiding “alliance, eith er for offense, or defense.” . .An alliance, he argued, would make naval building less nt*ccssary. Con struction W'as noce.'ssitated. he adde<l, no time oif its .report In order to expedite enactment of the measure. Ward has announced that hTs ‘committee would hold no hearings, as is tl^e general custom, and would get to work immediately on revising the bill to its own liking. The move was announced as an ef fort for a short session. The bill was already through the stormy house channels in a comparatively brief | time due to night session.^ aiw the fact that the w'ays and means committee had its draft ready befon> the legi.s- lature conventni. Final determination” of the bill’s •by the very fact that our policy callsL^,^,I I hotvever, as usual, bo for no mihury alliancoe. j •The cheapest thing this countjrj „.i|| ap- can .10, Pittman asserted would be to spend a few billion dollars for tional defense to preserve the civili zation, humanity and morality of the world.” Meantime, the'Tiouse naval commit- increase Benefits For Small Farms Conferees Agree On Higher Scale for Them While Setting Limit On Ijirge Growers. Washington, Jan. 29.—Senate and house conferees on the farm bill said today that they had agreed to limit large benefit payments and to in crease the size of checks to small farmers. An original proposal to make $10-, SENATE PASSES HOUSING ACT Measure Gets By With Margin of Only Two Votes. Roosevelt Likely Will Sign Act At Once aiid Sim It In Full Operation. Washington, Feb. 1. — Administra tion leaders, beating off a senate re bellion by the close vote of 42 to 40, passe<I along to Prcisnlent TtooseveTT 000 annually the top figure was modi-ifod^Y ff'® designed to •^stimulate fied, they said, so that individuals a vast home-building boom. Kiwanians Feted | Track Meet To At Goldville Be Held Here tee heard testimony that construction of superdreadnaughts by ’the United i>tates depends largely upon verifica tion of re{>orts that Japan is build ing battU'ships “very much larger” than th*' ^i5J)00-ton type permitted Tmdrr the 1936 I./)Tidon navat ttisrtyr The total of the bill as it now stands was the highest in the hi.story of the stattV exceCiiing by $1,300,000 the $11,019,390 total of the 1930 meas ure. Receding from that figure since that time because of depression and po.st-depression retrenchnumt, the ap propriations were now on the way to wards a new peak. ^-Twenty veara ^o-^inA 1918rr^gen- Admiral William D, Leahy, chief of havaTbperalTbn.s,^^ld that if siK*h re- port-s proved true about Japan or any other sea power, it was “almo.st cer tain” the treaty nations would' follow suit. He testified on a proposcii $S00,-! W. A. Moorhead Is Host To Ix)-,'Coaches Fix May 6-7 for Annual cal Cluh. Musical Program Presented and Dinner Served. MemlxTs of the (Minton Kiwanis clul) were guests Thursilay evening of Kiwanian W. A. Moorhead at (lold- (K)0,{K)0 naval^ expansion program de- signe<l to carry out President Roose velt’s recommendation for a 20 per cent increase in the fleet. Only Great Britain, France and the United States are -bound by the treaty. bxit Leahy said they could invoke an “escape” clause and build larger ships if any other country disregards the 35,000-ton battleship limitation. He said information had been pub- had—snrme 43,000-ton capital ship.s under con struction but, despite the efforts of its intelligence services, the United States had been unable to get any of ficial data on the Japanese warship program. Under President Roosevelt’s expan sion program, the United States would get three additional 35,000-ton battle ships, but Leahy indicated further tonnage authorization might,~be nec essary if bigger ships were decided upon. The Roosevelt program would authorise a total of 47 warships and 22 auxiliaries. Although he "reiterated that the Roosevelt program was essential, Leahy told the committee he was “unrwilling to admit” that any foreign power couSd destroy the navy, add ing that this would be necessary be fore an invader eould land on the cbTitTifehtar~tJh1t«! States. He said, however, that Britain’s fleet was oral apprbpFiations totuU-d only $3,- 376,130 but in eleven years-^in 1929— they had more than trebled to a total of $10,679,876. The total of the pre- viou.-* year had fallen just short of the ten-million m^rk. .After the 1930 peak, appropria tions .rteadily decline<l and reached lows of $9,043,790 in the 1938-34 act, which wa.s for 18 month.s as it was the first measure passed after the state’s fiscal year was changed to run from July through June, and of $(1,548,704-4n the act for 1934- 35. I From those figures, howevA-, ap propriations once more began inch ing up and reachtni a total of $10,- 326,323 in the act for the, current ville. The meeting was held in the at tractive new girls’ club house, with only oni-^linemher of”the club absent. The mcTnlH-rs were heartily wel- year. Observers of the appropriations figures, however, point out that separate items in the bills of the » h\g hit with the audi- last few years have generally been cpme<i by .Mr. Mo<uhead, who spoke of the new huilcfihg an(T its purpose. He stated that the mill management is vitally interested in the boys and girls of their community, an<l that the building had been provided as a recreational center for the young peo ple. He then announced that a sjiecial musical program had been arrangwi for the (x:casion under the direction of .Mrs. Dorothy Hagan Smith, G, M. Foy, a member'of the club and,head of the Joanna school, presided ami announced the numbers. The program opened with a selec tion by the girls glee club. A piano solo was given by Miss Grace Martin, aM“a“ vToTih"^Tei^6h“hy lili.ss AhnlS.le Moorhea<L Margaret Galdwell, a mem ber of the fifth grade, sang two songs less than formerly—it is the increas ed number of departments, they say, that has caused the larger totals. Teachers’ Meet In , Laurens Saturday The Laurens County Teachers As sociation will meet in the Laurens high school auditorium Saturday, Feb. 5 at 10:30, with President W. E. Monts of this city, pre.siding. The topic for discussion will be “A County School Library Program.” The speaker will be Miss Agnes Crawford, State Director W. P, A. Li- Drary P^ogfimT “much more powerful” than that of the United States. The usually frank exchange be tween Borah and Pittman, the sen ate’s two leading spokesmen on for eign affairs, took place during a gen eral senate debate over Americari policy. Pittman, replying to a demand yes terday from ^nator Johnson, Repub lican, of California, for a clarifica tion of the policy, asserted that it arms already dear. The administration, be said, higl never strayed from its coarse of “non-interference, non-inter vention in the affairs of others gov ernments.” / Johnson immediately asked whether American foreign policy was that ooUined by Pittman, or the one sug- gaated by the president in his Chi cago speech calling for a “quarantine” of arazTing<^natione. - 'Hte Californian contended that byi virtue of the president’s Chicago speech, and the incpnclusive Brussels conference,^ America aras “in the pusil lanimous position of having threaten- • ed a country and not c a r r ie d | through.” i Departmental meetings will follow. In the high schodl group Miss Sarah Kennerly, librarian, Clinton high school, will discuss “The Function of the Library in the High School.” Miss Fanny T. Tabor of the Greenville County Library, will speak to the Ele mentary School group on “Developing Appreciation for Books.” The Pri mary school division will be address ed by Miss AlQiene Franks, teacher of the first grade, Laurens. Her top ic will'be “Classroom Libraries in the Primary Grades.” The next meeting will be held in Clinton on March 8. ‘I am concerned,” Johnson said, | i J “about what is happening-today and '4* may happen in the future. I ask to day as 1 asked yesterday—what is the > foreign policy of the United States? Johnson said the president, speak ing in Chicago, .spoke as “the respon sible head of our government.” “When the responsible head of tl» nation says what he will do it is some thing that cannot be passed over lightly,” he asserted vigorously. (Coatinuad oa page aix) Nowadays... People don’t have to go to 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 Tluffty Bayers Shop FIraL” ence. Other selections were given by the glee club, the program being a most enjoyable one and rendere<l in a highly creditable manner by those who took part. At the conclusion of the entertain ment the gathering went to the Jo anna Inn where a sumptuous banquet dinner was served under the direction of Mrs. Mamie White. The club had as its guest of honor, Aug. W. Smith, Jr., of Greenville, lieutenant governor of divisio^j 9 iri the Kiwanis Carolinas district. Presi dent R. E. Ferguson presided and in teresting reports were heanl from several committees for the new year. A rising vote of thanks and appre ciation was extended Mr. Moorhead and JltFSr-White by the club. The club received and cordially welcomed P. B. Mitchell, superintend ent of the Joanna Cotton Mills, as a new member. Davis To Offer For Re-election John D. Davis, of this city, serving his first year as clerk of court, an nounced definitely this week that he expects to be in the race this summer for re-election. Mr. Davis, a native Clintonian, is filling a part term of the late Thoo. W. Bennett, his appointment having been made until the next general elec tion. In announcing his candidacy Mr. Event. Tennis Tournament Is .Scheduled To Begin May 11. On last Friday Pri'shytorlan college was host to the South (’arolina (’oach- es asscx'iatloii which met in lA*roy Springs gymnasium to arrange sche<l- ules for the varioiis sjiorts^ijlf the coming spring sy^^n. (Mia^ Tatum (Jressette, of The Citadel, who is and partnerships farming in several states would rt>ceive this amount for complying with the fe<leral farm pro gram in each state. However, a corporation could not receive more than $10,000 for com pliance throughout the country. The provisions agreed upon would apply to proiluccrs of major crops (lither than sugar. Benefits for augar growers are controlled by separate exi.sting legislation. Senator Pope said that the payntent limitation probably would reduce gov ernment checks to “from 50 to 100 larger land-owners,” including many insurance corporations. He said that the inctvase in checks to small farmers would be financed by using 10 per cent of available ben efit funds. Since $r>0(),000 is expect ed to be available this yi'ar, he said, $50,000,000 would be us('d to step up checks under $200. He said that farmers who otherwise would riHxdvt* $20 or lt\ss would gtd an automatic increase of $8; those otherwise receiving $20 to $40 would get $12 additional; those in the $40 to $60 class, an increase of $12 plus ten iier^cent <)f the payment above $10; tliose from $60, to $186, a flat increase of $11; and fhose from $186 to $200, enough to liring the sum to an even $200. Agreemeut._ttlso, was xe-porUHL^ on pr(»sidont (»f tho association, was in charge of the meeting. the creation of farmer (‘ommitte(‘s for 'V administration of the* program. Under the gareement, ■county farm (•ommittees, ehargt*d with allocating Among those present were (^oaeh(*s i acreage and {vaying out benefits, Jess Neely and Boh Jones of Ulemson; I would he.elected by all the farmers Dr. Charles N. Wyatt, faculty chair- <>f n county. Mr. Roosevelt Ls expected to sign the bill quickly. Its sponsors said much activity in building, slowest- paced of the major industries, will re sult. Overriding the strident criticism of a bloc that includtd Southern and Western Democrats, as well as Repub licans, the administration men suc ceeded in keeping out of the hill the “prevailing wage” amendment spon sored by Senator Lodge, Republican, of Massachasetts. This amendment would have forced the payment of prevailing wages on housing projects insured by the Fed eral housing administration. Its hack ers said that without it, the housing hill w(')uld depress wages in the build ing trades. Opponents declaiml thci amendment would wrin-k the hill, and by leading to wage-fixing in other fields, would carry* the country to ward “fascism.” First major legi.slation of either the special or regular sessions to he sent to the White House, the hill is iii- t(‘nd(Hl to maki' home-buying easier by reducing down payments an<l fi nancing charges. Through amcmdinents to the exist ing FI LA, down jiayments on homes costing $6,000 or less will he cut to 10 per cent, -and tlw- n nialnder can h<> paid out over 2.') years. The FH.A will iiisure nmrtgages ’t»o jjirt; cent of the cost for a pisoniuin of man of the Furman .Athletic associ ation; 4’oach tb't/der of Newh(*rry; Athletic Dir(*ctor Jules Carson and Coach Robinson of Wofford; Coach Jake Todd of Erskine, and Athletic Director Bill Harth of Carolina. Also Smith, who is the newly appointed ba.sehall coach at the university. Ath letic Director Walter A. Johnson rep resented the Bluy Hose coaching staff 4he-meetingT^ The association succeeded in formu- latuig the baseball, tennis, and golf schedules of the various state col leges, and also finished incompleted track .schedules for the coming st‘ason. These schedules are to be released next week. The coaches unanimously agreed to hold both the South Carolina inter- clolegiate track meet' and the state tennis tournament at Presbyterian college. The track meet will begin with the freshman events and varsity trials on Friday, May 6. Varsity finals will be run off as u.sual on the following night, Saturday, May 7. The annual tennis tournament will begin on Wednesday, May 11, and will continue through Satur([ay, May 14. In former years only varsity matches have been held, but the association decided to h»ve both a varsity and a Stat(> farmer committjees, operating programs within the .states, would he apiHiinted by the secTc'tary of agri culture from nAAnesi 1 sugg(\sU‘d by county groups. \ McMill an Named f Laurens Mayor Defeats W. Henry Franks. Sev eral CkanKeH In ATdermanic Races In Tuesday’s Primary. > have to Amt freshman todmament this year. Having completed other minor bus- ineas, the coaches proceeded to Judd dining hall where they were guests of the college at lunch. Laurens, Feb. 1.—In tl|t! city pri mary election hen* Tuesday L. S, Mc Millan was nominated for mayor over W. Henry Franks, incumbent, by a vote of 1,006 to 695, according to the complete though unofficial count. In the race for public works com missioner, T. P. Kendrick, incumbent, led with 788 votes, with W, G. Mc Daniel 530, and Fred I). Wallace 343. A second race between Kendrick and McDaniel will he had. Results for councilmen: ward one, Herman S. Boyd, incumbent, 68; G. B. Scurry 51. Ward two: L H. Taylor 155. No opposition. Ward three: W. C. Cox 205, Plato Roberts 187, J. Manley Adams 134, John Tollison 24, Second race between Cox and Roberts. New Registration Required This Year J. C. McMillan, of this city, chair man of the county registration board, called attention several days ago to the fact that this is the year for neyr registration and that all old regis- tntion certificates are out of date. Under the law, he said, new regis tration is required every 10 years. The present books were opened in 1928 and will have to be discarded Ward four: John F. Montgomery 99, W. P, Sullivan 63, and Tom B. Davis 47. Run off between Montgom ery and Sullivan. Ward five: R. M. Brown elected with 260... B. Marvin Wolfe 144, and Fred E. Medlock 82. Ward six: J. V. 'Timmerman 136, MTH. Hunter, Jr., 68. CHAMBER TO MEET TUESDAY The February meeting of the Cham ber of Commerce will be held next Tuesday evening at 7:30 at Hotel Clinton, with President W. R. Ander son, Jr., in chrage of the meeting. Davis said he'has been most cordially year. received by the ptiblic since assuming' The board met in the court house the position, and has been quite busy I the first 16 days of January, as re familiarizing himself with the work' quired by law, and will be opened the and duties of the office. “I feel in of-1 first three days of each succeeding fering,” he said, “that I can be of! month of the year, except November, service to the citizens of the county and pledge myself to discharge the "i^utiesr' of -the-off jee-ab'sH ‘ttmes’ in* prompt, efficient and impartial man ner.' Joanna. Mills Back the _ month of the general election. Under the law, th^Jt«)jc>ka,.<»nnftt..h®4 *61J6'n’ed"‘fllllrThg'"the thirty days prior to the general election. Other members of the board are W. T» Crew.s of Laurens, and A. W. Sims , Mr. M<|Millan urges electors who Pull Tillici ^®®i'‘® to qualify for voting in the I general ek*ction to visit the board After an eight weeks curtailment period, the Joanna Cotton Mills, Gold ville, went back this week to their full-time schedule. The mill, as before, is now operating on two five-day, 40-hour shifts. room and register during the month ly sessions the first three days of the month. Mr. McMillan also pointed out that these certificates are for state, county and national elections and have noth ing to do with municipal elections. DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! So Far Thiis Year There Have Been 2 FATALITIES -r., ^ fronr^ AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY Let’s Strive To Make 1938 a Safe Year On the Highways. This date last year, 0. onc-fmirth of one poc cont of the di minishing balance. Interest charge.'^ will be five per C(‘rit, plus the in-;ur- anee pri-mium. On homes costing between $6,(Mm> and $11),000, the FlIA will in.sure mortgages covering 90 per cent of the cost below $6,000 and 80 ))it cfiit of the remaining cost. Previously* the FHA would insure only 80 per cent of the cost of large or small hou-^ps. Senator Wagner, Democrat, of .New York, author of th(» nu^asurcT-poinUHl out that a provision setting up ma chinery for the formation of large- scale mortgage asscKuation would jiei- mit the Ri'constructiori Finance cor poration-to. invest- funda-ia -such^cu te rpri.ses. I’resident Roosevelt notified the RFC last fall to set aside $50,000,000 for that purpose. Because such an as sociation could lend 20 time.s its capi tal, a maximum of $1,000,000,()00 would be available for mortgage in vestment in that field alone. In accepting the bill minus the pre vailing wage-amendment, the senate disr(*garded a j,elegram from I’resi- dent William Green, of the American Federation of labor, favoring the amendment. Opponents of the amendment said it would drive inv(?stors away iM^cau.se the insurance might be cancelK^d if the contractor, over whom the invest ors had no control, violated the pre vailing wage requiremont. Senator Vandenberg, Repuhli(*an, of Michigan, charged that F’resident Roosevelt had been inennsistent on thv wgae qu(?stion. He said the president advised congre.ss in the special ses- ion that building costs were too high and later told congre.ss wages should he kept at present levels. “The net result of the defeat of the liodge amendment,” Vandenberg declared, “is actually to invite de struction of the prevailing wage on construction projects in any degree that the contractors and the builders may decree.” I^nator Schwellenbach, Democrat, of Washington, disagreed with Van- denbeipg. He said he thought the “leaders of organized labor have a complete misconception of the amend ment. It would “do more to hurt union members than anything we could do with reference to this hill,” he said. Senators Smith and Byrnes, of South Caroilina, supported the admin istration. TAX MAN COMING Agents of the income tax division of the Soul^ Carolina tax commission will begin their journeys over the state for the purpose of a.visting in come tax payers in the preparation of their returns, P'ebruary 7. A representative of the commis sion, J. P. 5>alley, will be in Clinton on February 18 and 19 to assist those who desire help in filing their 1937 return®. His headqua’rters will be at The Commercial Depository. WILSON NAMED Greenville, Feb. 1.—Ralph T. W’il- son, Laurens attoitiey, today was, ap pointed conciliation commissioner for Laurens county. He will act as ad ministrator in federal farm bank ruptcy cases. • 'I