University of South Carolina Libraries
*• i' / THE CHRONICLE StriTM To B« • Clou N«vo*| paper, Coapleta, Newaj, aad g^HmhU, Qlhr Qllttttnn VOLUME XXXVIII CLINTON, S. C.v THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1938 NUMBER 15 SUSTAINS VETO OF BOND BILL Greenville Mill Official Dies House Upholds Johnston Greenville Case. Would Have Allowed Unlimited Issuance of Bonds, Claim Made. Truck Bill Up Again. ^A.^. Mcifissick PassiS" ATHis I”! Home. Was Long Business Leader In This Section. Columbia, April 12.—Governor D. Johnston won a resounding victo ■Sk ictoryi Greenville, April 10.—^Funeral ser vices for A. F. McKisskk, widely-1 .known textile executive of this cityj were held here Sunday afternoon at ‘ j the residence. ' 1 Following the services here the I in the house of represenUtives today j body was taken to Greenwood, his when members voted 88 to 12 to sus-; former home, where committal ser- tain his veto of an act to give county j were h^ld in Magfnolia cemetery. i governing boards rather than legisla-^ . , . eight years old, was a son of the i tive delegations administrative au- lat^ Lsaac G. and Sarah Foster Me-, thority in issuing reimbursement Kissick, prominent South Carolin- bonds for highway construction. ■ ia>is. Prior to coming to Greenville, In refusing to sign the proposal!Grwnwood. , , 1 . a member of the First 8.x days ago Jobnston claim^ ,**■' Baptist chureh of Greenville, measure would allow the unl.m.tedj surviving are the widow, Mr,.^ MeKiasiek. the’ former Mi.sa' *^**”.,*®f Margaret .Vdgw Smythe, of Charles- respons.hihty, , , Reimbursement bonds aire issued by ' “reinvili'e' counties for road w-ork which is per- survived'by a brother, formrf by the highway department, .^r, j. Rj„„ McKissick, piesident of which in turn reimburses the county for its capital expenditures the University of South Carolina,' „ a a- o ^ a-. ' ' *'^<1 granddaughters, .Miss Mary i ReprMentaliva Sawyer of Genrge-i,.., ...p, town, pleading for the house to over-' ., ., .a ., aL i garet S. McKissick, second, and one ride the governor, sa.d the measure^ ^ y M^RUsick, second.' was design^ to conform with the su-. McKissick was born at Union June preme court rul.ng in a recent appeal ,g,.„ R™,|uaUvl with' from Greenville county „ g ^ y. degrees from the' The court has simply said that a, South Carolina, being' delegation could not sell bonds, but ^aw- of I 1881), He received the digree master of mechanical engineering at C-ornell in 18&5. an executive officer must do it, yer asserted. The veto Wa.s also attackeel by Rep rewntative Moorer, of Uolleton, who ^ said If the hill were not passed “you Polytechnic institute, at Auburn', Ala., he was recogniied as one of the leading authorities in X- ment until the general assembly meets and a spenrial act is passed.” Speeches supporting the governor were made by Repreisentatives Lep pard of Chesterfield, Adams of Rich land, and Osborne of Spartanburg. “This statute would give the county governing boards complete power to issue bonds for reimbursement pur poses,” Leppard said. The house held an afternoon session ray research. From 18911-1901 he was chief en gineer of a grroup of textile mills at Felzer in Anderson county. He was elected president of the Grendel mills at Greenwood in 1901, an office he held until 1918. He was presi dent of the Ninety-Six cotton mills from 1906 until 1917. He moved to . . ... . .. tnnnn a i Greenville and in 1923 became vice- to del,ber.to on the 40,<K)0-p«und. I ^ »6.,nch truck llmlUtion bill but he oocupW until hi. ter hearing Representative ...... - w-mt, RichLnd, .peak for an hour a^ 45 i McKiaaiok was vice-pre.ident of the minute, againat the pr^o.^ adjourn-, mem waa voted without acUon having rj, r., . ' The textile magnate was a direc-, », .4 4^1^1^”, Piedmont and Northern loaders among the young pwple. 40,000 pounds, 96 inches. Sou^; Charleston and! The theme for the new church year. Western Carolina railroad and at one which began on April first, “Ghrist time was a member of the Port Utili-! Kverything, Everywhere,” will be dis- ties commission at Charleston. cusseil in addresses by Bob Thomason During the war he was a member How lovely is Easter, The Queen of the Spring, What gladness and joy Its coming can bring; It holds a rich promise As bright as the flowers That break into beauty And bloom through its hours. J 0 glad is the world On this brightest of days, When nature joins mankind In glad songs of praise; For no heart can be heavy. No heart can stay cold, As TTs “sulis^ine ehveldpejT Each pathway with gold. How lovely is Easter, What dreams it can bring. It holds all the joy Of the newly-waked spring. As through its glad music We hear angels say ; “The Lord has arisen— Death is eonipiered today. r\ 6iii WHITE HOUSE Kdled In Houk pARI£Y HELD Stunning Blow Dealt Roosevelt. Measure Sent Back To Com- President Roosevelt Calls Cabi- mittee By Close Vote. I Washington, April 8.—Here is how j South Oaixilina representatives voted 1 Friday on the reorganization bill: I For sidetracking the measure— ' McMillan, Richards, Taylor. Again.st— Fulmer, Gastjue, Mahon. ; Wa.'^hington, April 8.— President ; Roo.sevelt tonight suffered his bitter est defeat of the session when a pow- ' erful house Republican net Members and Major Spenders To Discuss “Pump- Priming.” Congress To Get Message. - Washington, April 12.—A presiden tial conference with cabinet members and administration spenders led to- widespread belief 'tonight that Presi dent Roosevelt would outline his fu- insurgent ture course in many fields, including I Ilemocrat coalition killed the govern-, foreign affairs, to congress and the I ment reorganization bill by sending nation Thursday. it back to committee. ' Roosevelt sunimone<l five cabi- It was the most stunning blow dealt ' the administratiort since the presi- net members and the chief of his ma- , , , , , jor spending agencies to the White ' dents supreme court enlargementi jjougp discuss a special message to plan was defeated last year. The vote I ^ address. The on rcKTommittal was 204 to 196. , me.s.sage is .scheduled definitely for ! wme shortly after administra-T'j''|,ypj,,jg-y- the radio lannentativeljr Ition forces, giving way to <lemands' for compromise, appeared to be lead-| From a high administration official ing the fight and on the brink of i xi. . xu •. x .. |.a..inK thv rontrovorsial bill, which would wa. aMaiIrti by foes a. Ka«;istic and!''r““ “ ilietatorial I international aspwts. A rec ommendation that $1,250,000,000 be It was conshieroii a personal de- • . , , . i- .. feat for Mr. Rcwsovclt, who had! f'"' throwfi the lull presUge of hl.-gffICiiIj" '■h® l»■■.^illl■■nt 13 l,..hi,„l )h,. hill ond nohlirlv ,ii._''•xPMtod ecnorally to dl.scloso his dc- cision on additional expenditures to “])rime the business |)ump.” There was some spirulation that Young People’s Group To Meet League of South Carolina Pres bytery To Convene In Green wood Saturday. The annual meeting of the young people’s league of South Carolina ‘f^^resbytery will be held in the First Presbyterian church of Greenwood on Satur^y from 10:46 in the morn ing to 2:30 in the afternoon. The meeting will feature addresacB fey the L. Connor Fuller behind the bill, and publicly dis- avowisl any aspiration to become anj American dictator in reply to the measure’s opinments. fxu u- <> *• • ux i x V„iiuKfurr«ominitUlwore88Eu- 'r""'''' "'."l''* |,ublir»„s, 108 nemocrtit., .iz Pro- ‘'Y'' ... ’ T sure business by announcing a mora- gressives and two tarmer-Labontes. . . m, A • 4 .. Ov. torium on “reform legislation. The Against rtvommittal were no Re- .... .. x u • ux .• ,,,, ,, * . T> possibility that ho might discuss the publicans, 191 Democrats, two Pro- I sidetracketl wage-hour and govern- I ment reorganization bills also was discussed 'by newsmen. , , Those called to tonight’s conference MemlK'rs flung their arms around one! • . . . gressives and thre«* Farmer-Ijalwrites.! As the vote was announcwl, the, hou.se wa.s thrown into an uproar. another’s shoulders and the packesl 1 gallerie.s hKMitisl, stampisl their feet Dies At Laurens! ‘ The defeat paralleltMl house action I last fall, when it had vote<l to re- Well Known Citizen PaxSSes \t.\ the bitterly conti^sted wage and hour bill. ' ter IllneHxS. Brother of Mrs. Jack H. Davis of Clinton. Carolina from becoming a backward state,” crowded into the house cham ber as Home, a railroad employe, as sumed the floor armed with large Historical Stamp Will Go On Sale Laurens, April 7.— I-Aurens Connor Fuller, 66, retired railroad office em ployee and iMipiiIar citizen, died at six o’clock We<lnesday morning at his home on East Main street, after a critical illnes.s since last Saturday. Mr. Fuller had been in declining . . x xt. health for several years. Because of '^'«" on sale throughout the <\)lumbia, April 11. — Historical “stamps commemorating the 159th an niversary of South Carolina's natifi- eatidn of the United States Constitu- in 1935, after a tenure of approxi- of Presbyterian college, who is presi-1 "lately twenty-two years. Faithful disability ihe ha<l relinquishe<l‘ hlsl tomorrow, Ben K. Ailams, chair- ' ■ ... ^ W ww ■ ' X. tow .« 4 *4 • *4 B w k A I ^to 1 B A VB - clerkship duties at the freight depot Secretary of 'State Hull. Stcretary of the Interior Ickes, who diri'cttKl the huge public works pro gram with which the a<iministration sought to “prlme^ the pump” of busi- ne.ss in the early day.s of the New Deal. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, Postma.ster General Farley, Swretary of the Trea.sury Morgen- thau, who said yesterday that the business situation required some gov ernment aid. Harry Hopkins, the work relief ad ministrator, who has been the Roo.se velt administration’s biggest spender in the past. Jes.se Jones, chairman of the Re- con.struction Finance corp<rrati(»n. bundles of petitions and letters district exemption board and dent of "the symnl’s league; by Miss >" his work, friendly and courteous against the truck measure which he said he planned to read to the house. He read, interspersing remarks be tween communications. served in the house of representatives from Greenville county from 1922 through 1924. . X V • X X- . He was .superintendent of the first ••Thi* may not b, .'>®: j ol«tric powor pl.nt in Colmnbi. c.o>e othor Pr®P^nJ» »>ut I think the people of South Carolina Dorothy Simpson or Erskine college, ■who is president-eU*ct of the presby tery’s league; by Robert Black of F^reabyterian college, vice-president, and by John Leith of Due West, lea gue secretary. Miss Euphemia Gor- The state university conferred thei<k>n of Greenville, will make the open- rare degree of doctor of engineering' ing atkiress on the subject, “A Look on McKissick about six years ago. ought to be heard,” he said. W'hen a member sought to interrupt the 58-year-old Richland legislators^ “If you’ll leave me alone I think I’ll j Mlgg DiHarH conclude in five days and nights and ^ ^ then we c.n »o hojne.” I WUIS OeSUty ContCSt Under house rules Horne will re-i tain the floor to continue his *nni-! jp beauty pageant given Tues- j by Dr, Roswell C. l/ong of Greenwood, ment when consideration of the truck'evening at Florida Street school! chairman of presbytery’s committee bHl is resumed. ^ and spon.sored by the college dra-jon religious education and one of the Governor Johnston s pre^!^, r^e. club. Miss Bebe Dillard was! league’s «<lult advisers. Mrs. M. A. At Our League.” Miss Gordon has been Iwigue secretary since its or ganization March 31, 1934. Miss Constance Armfield of New berry, retiring president, will preside at the various sessions of the league and the new officers will be installed last w-eek, to divert $l,50(h0W froin ‘‘Migg Qipton” from a group; DuRant of Abbeville, is the other the highway department s share of twenty-six contestants entered by adult adviser and a member of the the gasoline tax to provide a teacher . ij • similar number of local merchants retirement fund and to iiK^ase old age benefits paid under the public ^^y judges to Miss Margaret welfare act wm sidetracked to com-i Millie Whit- mittees in both house and senate. i The bouse referred to its ways and! ' ... ui- u j i w mton. committee . reeolution by Rep- „.U»<'®'' ‘h® field, K.y of Anderoon, and Grto.t of f®'® Owater, “approvinjr the recommen- ‘® f'®®* «“• South Carolina al- dationk of the governor, and asking > “the conferoee or the general appro- V priation bill to include in their report I ‘o Hollywood if she wine proviaions making same effective.” Members objected to immediate con- eideration. them all In the talent conteet Paul Martin and Miss Whitten tied for first place. Second place went to Harris Gray, trumpet soloist, and third to Miss council. It w expected that the Rev. J. M. Carr, new director of religious edu cation for the synod, will be present for the occasion to counsel with the young people. Lunch will be served cafeteria style by the women of the hostess church. Elach young person attending will bring an individual lunch. All young people of the five coun ties included in the league, from ages of 16 through 24, are invited to at tend. Intermediates will have their dwn meeting, called “the conclave,” at Clinton on April 22. LEAGUE CONTESTS ARE HELD HERE'“"*'■'* Rich»rd Meuky, com- » posing a dance team. ’The annual expression and deck- In the kiddie parade little Nelle mation contests for the High school, Buchanan won first place, Ekrl Pitts league, district number two, were second, and Barrie Jean Wingard and held Friday afternoon at Florida Barbara Workman ti^'for third. Street school and the Thomwell or phanage chapel, respectively. The judges awarded first, second, and third places in the iftrls’ expres sion contest as follows: First, Miss Nancy Gastoii, of Wood- Owens Named As Sdiool Trustee toward the public, he U^aveus a ho.<«t of friends to mourn his pa.ssing. Mr. F'uller was a son of the late Dr. Ijaurens S. Fuller and Ada Holmes Fuller, ancestral names prominently identified with the his- man of the Constitutional Smjuicen- tenniarcoimnis.sion for South Carolina! which congress rwently authorized to announciNl. make $1,590,000,000 of long-term in- Three hundiXMl ami fifty thoiLsand I dustrial and public works loans. of the stamps were maile<l today to superintemlents of high schools in ev ery county with a letter mklresseil to the pupils asking their cooperation “in this patriotic undertaking” by selling the stamps. Pictures of the four signers of the James Roo.seyelt, the president’.^ .son and .st*cretary, and .Stephen Early, his press secretary. The president had interrupted hU work on new relief spending rwoni- mendations tmlay to deny in cheerful, but emphatic terms, that he and Vice- ‘“Het‘rrvW«rby"‘hi, widow, «he from South <)ar^ina '“'J. former Mix. I.ydie Miller »l»o ef thi.! »Xown on the beautifully de.igned tiff ^ul pump-pnmmg expend- green and gold stamps. l>ates, his-iRu^es or anything else. torical information on the acRption, signing ami ratification of the Con stitution are included on the stamps. city; three sisters, Mrs. Janie P'. Da vis of Chester, Mrs. Jack H. Davis of Clinton and Mrs. Earle Wilson of Co lumbia; one brother. Dr. L. S. (Dick) Fuller, (Paris, France. The funeral rites were conducted at the Kennedy mortuary at 11:30 o’clock Thurs<lay by his pastor, the Rev. W. D. .Spinx of the First Bap tist church, and the Rev. W. Ray Anderson, a kinsman of the family. Interment followed in the family plot at the Ijaurens cemetery. The following served a.s active pallbearers: Watts Davis, Jack Da vis, Carroll Pitts, John Pitts, Martin Mailer and Bill Miller. History Students. On Tour Of State Sports Schedule Heavy This Week In answer to the questions of news papermen, he said he had called Gar tner’s attention to a publishinl article saying the vice-president thought the administration should let business alone. Gamer denied having given such an interview, the president add ed, and that was all there was to it. Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, some Atheltics at iPreJ^byterian college hit, usually well-infonTn*<l legislators were the full spring swing this week anj inclined to doubt that Mr. Roosevelt' the track, tennis, and baseball teams would recommend “pump-priming”— find themselve* fully occupied with heavy schedules. that is, outlays for heavy public works, slum ck^arance and the like— The tennis team is in Pinehurst, I in his coming message to congres.s on N. C., where they are taking part in the North-Gouth tennis tournament. The track team goes to Greenville! relief spending and the general eco nomic situation. The message, Mr. Roosevelt sai«l this afternoon where'they meet the Students of 'South Carolina history at the college will leave this morn ing on a five-day pilgrimage to pointa of historical significance in South I'Furman university team. The baseball team sticks to its guns as it continued its defense of the state championship with a game in Due West with Erskine on Tuesday after noon, an encounter yesterday with ' the ’Tigers at Clemson, and a game at his pre8.8 conference, positively would go to congress Thursday. He added he prdiwbly would follow it up with a radio address that evening. ^ be pkyed here on Friday afternoon KIWANIS MEET TODAY The regular Kiwanis club meet will j by the county board of education —^ be held^this evening at 6:45 instead a member of Hunter school district: of 7:30 as usual. President R. E. Fer-! No. 5. Mr. Owens fills the unexpired} guson stated yesterday. The change'term of the late W. Ellwood'Dilkrd,; ruff** second Miss McEachem, of in hour is made to give the Kiwanians! which terminates next June. Whitmire; third. Mi** Elizabeth Kess- an opportunity to attend the special i ler, of Newberry. Miss Jeanne Sim- services being held at North Broad mans of, Gray Court, won honorable, Street Methodist church, mentfen. I • naciag in Ore boys’ declfimation; WHITNEY’S SEAT SOLD cont^ were: First, Cam Wallace, of , New York, April Newberry, “The Unknown Carolina, as their teacher. Dr. Dudley Jones, utilizes this method of person-; with Erskine as their opponents, alized ini^tructron to make the history of the state become real to the stu dents. I Columbia and Charleston will bej the chief places of investigation onj 'It was learned yesterday from the the trip, but a number of small towns' office . of the county superintendent and lojgjlarH^ plantations will also be' of education that Robert S. Owens, visited by Or. Jones and the class { local attorney, has been appointed | w'hile away from the campus"’this week. TRACK MEET TODAY FOR GRAMMAR SCHOOLS T)ie track meet for the Laurens county grammar schools will be held 12. — Richard this afternoon on Johnson field at the _ Soldier^ Whitney’s seat on the New York stock! college at 3:30. The meet has been Speaks, Second, to Andy Nance ofjeaclMmge was aoid~ todays Tor $59,000. f postponed on two fontler occasions Cross Hill, “The Big Parade,” and“ Announcement of the transfer was! due to inclement weather. AIto the Methodists To Hold Conference Here The Annual Epworth Training Con-! third, Jimmy Stallworth of Woodruff, made about the time Whitney, con- “Are These Our Children?” Charles Prmnhs, of Laurent, was given hon- •raMe mention.. victed of grand larceny, was entering 6ing Sing prison. Whitney bought' the seat in 1912, for $65,000. high school league of district number two wiH gatbffi^ on Johnson fkW Fri- day afternoon at 3 o’clock for their annual track meet— ference for the Epworth Leaguers of, the Laurens County Union will be! held beginning April 18 and continu-' ing through April 21. Sessions will ! be held at Broad Street Methodist) church of this city each .evening at! 7:30. Rev. J. 0. Smith of Laurens will be instructor and will teach a course on “The Life of Christ.” All young peb^e^ iire“TOi®aHy invited to attend these conferences. DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! So Far This Year There Have Been 3 )' FATALITIES from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY Lei*s Strive To Make 1938 a Safe Year On the Highways. ~ TUe dais huri year, t. Delegation Vote On Truck Bill On a roll call vote Last Thursday the house of representatives passed^ the 40,000 pound. ninety-six inch truck bill to third reading by a count of 74 to 30. Representative Huff paire<l, was re ported in the vote (present) and voted “aye,” Representative Wasson (ab sent) voted “nay,” and Represent; tive Milam (absent) voted “ay. In other words. Huff and Milam vote ' for the bill, and Wasson voted again®. it. TEACHER EXCHANGE IN GRADES HERE Misses Lilly Yarborough, Margaret Blakely, Nancy Owens and Ella Little McCrary are spen<ling the week at Winthrop college for special study and observation. Their grades in their absence are being taught by Misses Ruth McDowell, Sara Wpatbrook, Edith Ferrell and Dorothy Reid, Win throp seniors, as a part of the annual firing teacher exchange sponsored by the institution. — % >1