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/ r. THE CHRONICLE Strires T* B« ft Clcftft Nft' pftpw* Coftipletc, Ncwftj, ==*:===sssasasaasM If Too Don’t RmmI . I THE CHRONICLE H Toi Don’t Got K Tfco Nowo. jj VOLUME XXXVIII CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1938 NUMBER 16 EUROPE MOVES NEW SETUP Jones Talks Of - Nation’s Need STATE’S DEMOCRATIC POUTICAL Press Meet Here MACHINE BEGINS ROLUNG SOON Any Chances On Break. in Rome today foreshadowed a new European setup. On the heels of the Italian-British RFC Head Says ConfidenT~Ac- Columbia, April 16.—South Caro- be held August 20. The second pri- France Plans To Angle For jj^jp Current I lina’s Democratic party machinery, mary will come two weeks later Italian Pact. Dildomats Be- Business Recession. which will steer this summer’s cam-1 dn following a set itinerary dur- lieve Mussolini Not Taking! ' paign to an August climax with elec-Ung the caq^paign, the candidates Washington, April 18.—Jesse Jones,-tion of a governor, United States will conform to a forty-three-year- chairman of the Reconstruction Fi-} senator and represenUtives, and sUte old custom unique in that South Caro- coUeg^ dining hall the South Carolina . nance corporation, declared tonight] officers, will officially begin opera- Iwme, April 19. DipioinatK moves i confident action to solve reces-tion April 23, it was announced by sion problems would bring better j Lane L. Bonner, secretary of the business. ' sUte’s Democratic party. “So much has been said about fear,” | Bonner said county Democratic friendship accord of Saturday, Italy,asserted in a radio address in] clubs will elect representatives on and France agre^ to start ne^ti-j^j^g Washington Star forum, “that'that date to the county conventions ations to reestablish their traditional, ^gye all become imbued with the ^ w’hich will be held Mav 7. friendship, shattered by the Ethiopian! something is wrong with! The clubs will be allowed one dele- F.D.R. MOVES TO PRIMING war. the country, when as a matter of fact,' gftte for each twenty-five members Two-Day Session of High School Convention Ends. Several Not ed Speakers Heard. Friday night in the Presbyterian _ ■ lina is the lone state to have a meth-1 o i. • . x. of of forcing all statewide candidates 1 association closed its _ . . .... to appear on the same platform the i thin! annual convention with the pre-1 Roosevelt, apparently highly confi- same day and offer themselves for 1 sentation of official awards to the congress would approve his new election. .leading high school newspapers rep-1i * i v Bonner expressed the belief that j re.sented in its membership. ’ 1 ^ P ojrram,. .said today he ex- the foi-thcoming convention would: phe convention, which opened Wed- d«‘vote mo«t of the next not discontinue this custom, despite! nesday afternoon with the registra-j ^‘’‘ tnight to prejiuration.s for getting some opposition voietnl to it. tion of numerous school delojfations,i compaij^n starteil quickly when South Carolina must elect a gov- ^as officially closed by Professor j ^he appropriations are grantwl. President To Push Recovery Plan and Expects Congress To Vote Funds. I./egislative, Fight To Start. Washington, April 19. — President At the .same time, responsible dip-j^g j^gygj. gbund-; At the county conventions, dele-!ernor. Indications are that seven' (jrant M, Hyde, director of the school! In jocular moo<l, he adviseil report- Itfilv* XA'nc Qminn. * ^ «t a\^^ :ii i. . i.i- . ... . .a i. ? _ . • i • lomatic sourcea^sakl, luly was sound-^gg^^,^j fQj. a really Rates to the state convention ached-1 or eight nuyi will bo in the race, t of journalism. University of Wiscon- ing o,ut Yugoslavia on* military all:-1 sUndard of living thaij we haveluled for May 18 will be elected. The although olily three have definitely, son. He was precede<l by Joseph M. number allowed at the statewide' announced. Those who have meeting is twice the number o-f leg islators each county has in the gen eral assembly. Bonner said new enrollment books. nounced are Wymlham ance to make safe the .Adriatic, an - It^ian-A ugoslav sea. i basis of prosperity is con- The two steps seen as an I fijence. We must have confidence in tempt by Premier Mu.s.'-oltni to n*® our, country and confidence in our Italy less dependent or. his "'ork^PRj jj^overnment, and if wq demonstrate Reich^uehrer Ha.er.j^^gj confidence by action, better Officials asserted tW Italian man alliance was as strong as ever', explained the RFXJ’s newibution. The books open. June 7 an*l, (Cotton Ed) Smith, to which the vet-'or>' university; Sam C. DePass, of the and wou.d remain the keystone of ^ progrlm of loans to! close July 26. i eran .senator, will .seek reelection. 1 University of South Carolina, and R. Italy s foreign policy, no matter what I depression and appeal-j Immediately following the state! Six congressmen, one-half the a. Nehls, of Howard college, other friendships were xormed. , /'noneration of hank-«i in! convention. B<*nner said, the ex-' state senate, all the state represent-' Murphy, director of the world’s larg- Manning, I ^.st scholastic press association, the Sumter; Cole L. Blease, Columbia, \ Other spi>akers during the and H. C . floilfrey, ( olumhiu. j convention includinl W. M. Kempton Governor Olin D. Johnston is he-1 the University of Georgia: W. ' .1 VA* l/liv V^IIAvViOiVjr TV • which are sujqdiedjcvtirxJour year.aj eyeing -the,-place held| SpearmahHinTielJmversity of North as requiroii, are ready, for distri-: by UnitiHl States ,Senator E. D. | ('arolina, Raymond H. Nixon of Em- cd for the cooperation of hanks in 1 convention, iJonner said, the ex-1 stale senate, ail the state represent-1 Highlights of the convention in Diplomatic quarters felt that the! deserving busi-j ^‘cutive committee will fix the va- ! atives. a lieiiti-nant jrnvernor and Smill Fnhnuct goal of 11 Duce s present diplomacy! — — | rious iees tor state office.s, also the j state officers must go before the Thursday evenimr follnwiH) )>v a ■wftft a five-power pact among Italy,' - ... 1 i ..... J' on re- . a Pi a Uongre.ss recently amended the RFC' itinerary and closing date for an-1 lusiple for eh-ction. ; eeption in the Clinton high school German>\ Britain, hranceTand Inland authorizing public works loans i nouncement of candidates. j It is exptvtisl the forthcoming cam-j auditorium. Friday evening the final as an adjunct to the Rome-Berlin^^ public bodies and political sulHli-j South CaTOlina’s first primary willjpaign will be the liveliest in years, agreement-and as a .shock absorber long-time credit to in-i' mc« sZlid break. ‘ i Eaptists To Hold The suggesteil alliance with A ugo- ^ Mepf In LaiirPn^ slayia, across the .Adriatic from ..The objective of the law is to aid 1 IfiCCi III L,aurCI15 Ita y s eastern coast, would be a long- business through increa.sing employ- i Associational Sundav School range sa^Ay measure designed to ; AKsociallonal Sunday School stop any OiTman move to regain the r^.^uiivs thatj Convention Plans One-Day Adriatic ports once held by Austria. I must be secured, but may bej Program For May 51h. It wa> dou te<i .nat Italy woud gyeh terms and conditions and! . ♦—-7~ display much solidarity with Czwho-,. . of time as in the ^be I^urens Ass«ociatiHl Sunday tlovakia. YuK,.slavia'a associate alonift board of diroctorr, are' School convention «ill ' "" Young People j Name Officers laeaKue of Soyth ('arolina Pres bytery Me^ts. To Hold Fall Meeting Here. Greenwood, .April 18.—With an at- with j tendance of 192 the young people’s W'ith Rumania in the Little Entente, i ”| Lucas .Avenue Baptist church in Laur- league of .South Carolina pre.sbytery i ens, on Thursday, May "5th. AIL held its annual meeting at the First meet in view of Mussolini’s continuing tie- i up with Hitler. Frencn, opening conversations on proposed resumption of an exchange of ambassadors with Italy, sought Italian concessions, particularly re garding Tunisia, French North Afri can protectorate adjoining Italian libya. Th^y^ also sought a friendship ac cord similar to the Italian-British While our purpose will be to make} business and industrial loans that will maintain or create work, we will not feel authorized to make such loans un- leas in our opinion the borrower will be aible to pay the money back. Too much debt and inflation of values were the principal causes of the 1929 cK^dopoe, and prudent borrowing is just as essential as prudent lending agreement as the price for recogni-| ^ ^ ‘ urged to send full delegations. The theme announced for the con vention is “Kingdom Service.” The following program will be pre sented: 10:90—Devotional service. Pastor E. J. Ingle. TO:20^Enrollment and receiving re ports, 10:30—Sun<lay School a.s a means synod’s league; Boh Black, vice presi dent of Pre..»bytery’8 league; John lx.jt^h, incoming si^rretary, and Dor othy Simpson, newly installiMi presi dent. The Rev. Jame* M. <^TT, de livered an inspirational talk. The tion of Ethiopia, ' business mJney, which he 'wTn’ W of growing in Christian Service. Dr. treasurer of the league is Miss Gene- France was eagir to keep Italy out ; p^^tpones the inevitableP. Ungston. Rev. V. A. Dean i vieve Watkins. l>anqiiet was followinl by a dance in Copeland hall. Pre.sbyterian college was represent- e<l at the convention by Dean Mar shall W, Brown, official host of the colh^e; L .G. Heckle, of The Blue Stwking, which acted as joint spon sor with the ('Union high 'school pa per, The Sentinel; Hugh Holman, di- nH'ior of public ndations, who ad- dresstnl one of the siH^tional meetings, and C. B. Holcombe, who welcominl the conventioq for the student body. Members of The Blue Stocking staff _ , , . , . , , aii4*d as guiiles to the visitors and P«»bn«rlan vhurch of (.roonwo..,! on lo.dofo,' Saturday. Speakers on the program indude<i Miss Euphemia Gordon, who retired after serving as secretary four years; Bob Thomason, president of Officials of the convention, through FrtHl C. Kendrick, director, expressed their appreciation for the interest which Prt‘8byterian college showed in the convention this year. In token of this appri.ciation. Dean Brown and Business Manager J. H. TTuhter were presented gifts at the final banquet. Next year the fourth convention will convene in Columbia as guests of ers at hi.s semi-weekly press confer ence not to be surprisisl if the next two weeks saw a long'string of peo ple going in and out of his office. He intends to confer, he said, with Harry Hopkins, dirixitor of WP.A; officials of the National Youth administration. the "civilian Conservation corps," and others both in and out of official life. The president’s jirogram calls for $4,500,000,000 to be expended or lent for work relief, public works, flood control, highways and the like, or ad- vancerf'Ttr business ertterprises which need capital for joh-ereating expan sion. Two minor features of Mr. Roose velt’s proposals received favorable congressional action today, the house approving an appropriation of $100,-, 000,000 for road construction and the senate $50,(K)0,()00 for the (’Cl'. Both items were in addtiiun to regular bud get proposals. The i'GC appropriation now goes to the White House, while the roads bill goes to the senate. The hou.se appropriations commit tee ma<le ready, meanwhile, to Ix'gin hearings on major jxarts of the pro gram, behind closisl iloors, Hopkins was called as the first witness. Representative Taber, Kepublican, of New York, ranking Republican member of the appropriations com mittee, estimate<l that the program would result in a $12,500,000,000 bud get next year, an $8,000,000,000 defi cit, and “inflation—nplbing else.” Chairman Glass, Democrajt, Vir ginia, of the senate " appropriations committee, announce<t he would sup port Mr. Roosevelt’s nniue.st for $1,- 2.50,000,tKK) for relief, but not an ad ditional f reposal for $l,00i'». 1)00,000 of the Balearic island*, and was inter- reailjustment'of his affairs. This does ’ 11:10—To lead others to a know- The officers were installed at im- the Columbia high school. Dr. J. Rion McKissick of the University of .South Piiblic works. Carolina will act as one of the offi-l works were provided for, he ested in withdrawal of Italian troops mean that we are not making h'dgt* of Christ and His wonl the true. P*’*'*^*'’*' ceremony to serve with the >)(,Hts I mainta’ned, by a rtrently^ euacted from Libya. (Italy promised Britain^ niotri'e of enlistment. Mr. Boyd Hor- f^»"‘>wing chairman: Life enrich- ThrcK- hundred and forty-nine of- w^^ich he was the author, for she would evacuate the Balearics rowers, jiarticularly w'here employ-]ton. Rev. J. H. Holcombe. ment, Ruth Gresham. Ware Shoals; when the Spanish war was endetl). ! ^ajntaineti or increased.! 11:50~EffkMent officers trained for' Boyoml the seas, Helen McKenzie. Since late in 1936 France has not ^ authorize service a great nee<l in our schools. Ablieville; into the homeland, Hessn bad an ambassador in Rome, refusing , an. Rev. W. N. I»ng. C. A. Power, to send an envoy accredited to the applicaiion ” 12:30-Lunch hour. king of Italy as empi^ror of Ethiopia.; Fortner, Thornwell orphanage; en listment and training, I^ouise Dor- ficial <lelegates were registered darip‘'‘“'« ‘'y R»^-’onst ruction Finance ing the first/lay of the convention, j‘'”n><>ration. Twenty-three of the.se were out-of-| Repi\*>entativ > Biu-on, Re; iiMican, town speakers. Five heads of depart-' ^ ork, drafted a bill to return , oi , merits of journalism were present andi relii-f problem to the state, a 1:30—Devotional. Rev. J. A. .Mar- ;*"oh, .Smyrna; h'arning, .lo Taggart,; deans of colleges spoke. Thirty-1 which would drastically al- tin. iGreenwoiMl; stewardship fr„m all over South Caro-, the pre.sident’.s program, 1;.50—.A consocrateel teaching force j J" l>«ureMs; comradeship, Billy ^ jsjK'nt delegates to the meeting.] However, labor’s non-partisan lea- g from seven dif-l*^^'^' linktsl with the ('. I. ()., threw Horace MeSwain Major Harding To fX* Aft LJ2 U Lea.ve Clinton P^^P®*"^* orthodox leadership is | Lightfoot, Shiials J»nction; adult ad-1 speaker Dies At His Homei imperative. B. Y. Cube-rtson, C. K. visers. Mrs. M. .A I uRant AblH*vilhv Well Known Cross Hill Citizen Major Floyd G. Harding, profes.sor j " c- l i 11 e of miliury science and tactics at' 2:.10-B,hle SchiK>ls as a field for an<l Dr. Roswell G. I.iong, GreenwoiKl. For her faithful service in the league eil ivnown i.ross nm ^.luzen ^ unitary science and tactics at' as » i.e.u nresentcMl a loving I>as»e8 After Urn* lll»e«. Pre.Mrri.n collee^ win mun.; J-'" J*;'*" wZ'h Funeral Sunday. ;to P^*t next year, according to ♦' a recent government order. The Cross Hill, April 16—Horace Me- Major will be transferred to Fort' ' Watts. 3:10—Secretary’s report and elec- Swain, widely known farmer of Cross, Hays, Columbus, Ohio, where he will officers. - . 3.JO—Adjournment. All delegates and visitors are re-! quested lo carry lunch. Hill and outstanding citizen of his duty with the quartermaster’s community, died at his home, at 11:50 corps. o’clock Friday night. Mr. MeSwain While no official announcement has had been in declining health for the made, in all probability Major t past nine years, and while his death. h. Cummings, ®ssjsfap^ Coilfltv A was not unexpected, it will cause p^^f^gg^j,. will sue-j 1 widespread sorrow among his mony'^^ Major Harding. I NAJTlfid friends. ^ ] wwaaa^o a '««aaa^va Mr. MeSwain was the «n of the |g Ngmed The fall rally of the league will bej held in the ^'irst Pre.sbyterian church j of (’linton on NovemlnT 4. its strength behind the p.esidenl’s {irogram. Jt is.sued a statement say ing “every American worker should write, wire, telephone, or call ujMin f f 17 ‘J ' congres.sman and senator, insist- IftCFC Vyll rFlClftyjing that the jiresident’s jnoposal be enactefi into law quickly and without a loving Pioneer Conclave Johnson Heads .. Rotary Club A Pioneer Conclave, the first of its crippling amendments.” kiiKl held in this state, will be held! late Dr. E. S. MeSwain and Mrs. Janie McGowan MeSwain, members of families long prominent in the Cross section. He passed his 58th birthday on October 25, was a life long rwident of Cros. Hill, .nd yeMerday that Jack N ewaged .n f«-mmg unt.l the time of,^_.,j •Announcement has been made from ^ •• * • ' 'Columbia of the appointment by the V^nCl r\SSlSft2lllft' governor of the township assessors’ ♦ boanJs of Laurens county, as follows, Walter A. Johnson, director of ath-; the first named being the chairman letics at Presbyterian college, an- of each board; ixon, i Laurens city: J. W. Thompson, E. for all PreaMreian l"t;;nm'diatea in! Wffis South Carolina presbytery at the I Kir,t Preahyterian church of rtia city 1 OpCning GamC tomorrow from 4 to 7 p.m. The pur-j w ^ o .At the regular weekly meeting of! l>ose of the conclave is to find and fit' Mid.Statp I.eaL'ue Oiiens So:mnn the Clinton RoUry club held at noon a program adeejuate to the interme-: ^ ^ ui on Monday, Walter A. Johnson wasidiate age and to organize this age laiirge A row as. ItlKlll unanimously elecUnl president for the for effective future development ini Textile Team.S In Circuit. the full work of the church of which] ^ — these young ptK>ple are members. The^ Mid-iState Textile league, off coming year. He succeeds W. M. Walker, who has served the club in Saturday for the 1938 race, saw big .scores prinlominatc through the cir- his death With a wide personal popularity, his many talents and energies were team the past two seasons, will 8er\’e as assistant coach at Presbyterian be ginning next fall. Nixon is a resi- d.rcc«d in every cn-ic K.i»lty. ^ ^ .11 uneelfieh conception of eejvice, to hi. COTinu^y He wm ^r- man of the school board, and it was through his efforts that the schools were consolidated. In addition to his widow, who wosj State Baseball Race 0. Anderson, R. A. Babb; Laurens! t.’’ea.Hurer. The board of directors will township, B. B. Blakely, J. W. Tins-1 consist of the following: Marshall W. ley and S. R. Sloan. ' Brown, Joe L. Carter, Ernest Johnson, Clinton: R. L. Plaxico, W’. H. Simp-| Walter A. Johnson, Rev. Walter N. this capacity the past year. Marshall ^ ages of eligibles is 12 to 15. W. Brown is the retiring vice-preei-j The program will be in charge dent. I the young pi-ople’s council of which , . , Joe L. Carter was eU*cted vice-pres-i'Miss Dorothy Simpson, of Whitmire,' „ Joanna.team, again headed by ident, and T. J. Blalock, secretary-1 is president. | Bruce Galloway as manager, cele- I)r. Roswell C. Long of Greenwood, bratAHl the opening with a victory over Buffalo by the count of 4 to 1. ■w son, W. D. C])opeland; Hunter town ship, Jack H. Davis, Sr., G. F. Bu ford and W. H. Milam. Cross Hill: S. M. Leaman, John F. '^Griffin and J. T. Hollingsworth. Waterloo: W. E. Washington, Troy F. F. Moore, and W’. B. Sims. Sullivan: Thomas T. Wood, W. I. Mlfts Lena Madden of Croos Hill, he] is survived by two daughters: Mrs.] , James Coleman, Mary Jane week the. Freeman and J. M. Summerell. MeSwain Cross*Hill-three sons, Hor- University of South Osrolina stood' Dials: John H. Wolff, W. B. Brooks act U MeSvrein. Jr.’. Warm Sprin*a, •* the top in the intercollegiate base-1 and J. W. Curry. G*.; Charlea SleSwain, Croaa Hill; *>•" league. The standing through' ehairman of the presby^ry-a religioua g eiiucation committee, will present the;^^_. ColdvilTe team, Putman and conclave idea and purpose. The theinel»|ar^,. ^ , n.,rc„ir. Ung and W. M. Walker. The new of-i ^j)] ‘ichrist of the Upward Way,”| [ Buffalo ficerp will assume office July first, j ^nd addresses will be heard from sev-' eight-toam loop is composed 'The district Rotary convention merribers of the council. The in-1. Winnsboro, Union, Monarch, Lock- be held in Asheville, N. C., on May 15-17, it has been announced. It is expected that a number of the mem bers and newly-elected officers will attend the meeting. termediates of Thornwell orphanage I are invited guests of the condave. Buffalo. John B. MeSwain, San Diego, Cal.;, ^‘^''dayjollowsj one sister, Mrs. Mamie Galphin,r Ninety-Six; two brothers, C. W. Swain, Raleigh, N. C., and S. F. Swain, Washington- The late ■■ v gressmon, John J. MeSwain was also Wofford • brother. jPre^ytenaii Fuperal services were held from Li’^kine the residence Sunday erfifernoon ' WINS IN DEBATE Presliyterian college’s affirmative Jacks: Don Copeland, W. J, Henry ^debate team, consisting of Cliff Hillj W .... 6 .... 4 .... 2 3 .... 2 .... 2 -.7. 2 .... 1 L 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 I and Raymond Dean. I McLeod and Roy Hutchinson, on Sat-, Pet.' Scuffletown: O. L. Hunter, G. W.^urday evening administered a defeat' .833 j Cunningham and W. D. Glenn. ' to the negative team of Hampden-1 .667 The equalization group has re-' Sydney college, Virginia, in a decis- .6671 ceived assessment sheets from the ion debate held here. .500 'auditor’s office .400 their work. .400! and entered upon wIi’^MENUTOR REMAOIDBR OF Keller and the Rev. Fred T, Me- WEEK Gill. Interment followed in Liberty Spring cemetery. PRl^yTERrAN MEN .250 RETURNS TO HER WORK Friends of Mrs. Marshall W. Brown; will be glad to know she returned* Monday to her work as college regis trar after an illness of several weeks at her home. Thorsday Wofford at Davidson. Friday Clemson at P. C. Erskine at Newberry. Carolina at Georgia Tech. Saturday Wofford ftt P. C. (2 P. M.) Carolina at Georgia Tech. TO MEET TONIGHT The April meeting of the Men-of- the-Church of the First Presbyterian church will be held jthis evening at The topic for discussion was: “Re- .<K>lved, that the national labor rela-1 tiona board shall be epjpowered to^ enforce arbitration irr^ll industrial! "disputes. ^- ‘ i NAMED DEPUTY SHERIFF j Ijaurens, April 16.—J. Wesley Fow ler, of the Mt. Pleasant section, has 7:30 in the Sunday school departipent ] been appointed as a special deputy i of the church. The. usuaD^'upper willi sheriff, as provided for in the current be served by one of the church circles,! Laurens county supply bill. He waa after which an interesting program named for the post by Sheriff) C. W. wilL be presented. All officers and Wier, and his duties will be in con- members of the organization are in- nection with the collection of delin- vited to be present. quent taxes. DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! So Far This Year There Have Been 3 -V.' FATALITIES from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS , COUNTY I.ret*s Strive To Bfake 1938 a Safe Year On the Highways. This date lost year, 9. Democratic Clubs Meet Saturday The Democratic olub.s of the cor- ty I are due to meet Saturday, or T rie time during the week of April ‘8- i 23, to orgainze for thi.s summer’!' ri- jmaries to be held in August ar to elect delegates to the county coi en- *tion to meet in Laurens on the lirst I Monday in May at 11:00 o’clock. It .has been the custom in the past for most of the clubs to meet on Sat- lurday, the hour usually being 3:00 , p, m. Those who have been meeting j at other hours will WIow the custom j established in the past. County Chair man Ralph T. Wilson, states. The state convention will be held in Columbia on the third “Wednesday in May. Eight delegates, or double the number oif the county’s representation in the general assembly, w-ill be elect ed from this county for that conven tion.