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J / r ' / THE CHRONICLE StriTte To Be a Clean Newa- paper, Complete, Neway, and RdiaUe. Cltntan If Too Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE Yog^ Don’t Get The Newa. ' VOLUME XXXVIII CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1938 NUMBER 25 HUGE SPENDING [Hurry To Pay BILL IS SIGNED^ Farmers Relief Agencies Ready For Pump-Priming. $350,000,000 of PWA Projects To Start. Roosevelt Says Business Is Getting Better. Agricultural Department Plans To Speed Up Benefit Pay ments. SOCIAL SECURITY TODAY LARGEST STATE BUSINESS More Than 300,000 Stockholders Monllily Contribute Savings To Federal Government. Dividends Will Start' Coming In At 65. U S.-&nnany 'CLAIMS HEARD IN SENATE RACE Washington and ^Berlin' Rela tions More Strained Than At Any Time Since War. Three Candidates Renew Pleas At Camden. Smith Asks Foes To Say Where He Has Been Unfaithful To Trust. Washington, June 18. The agncul- Columbia, June 20. — There are a? filing <luring January-June, 1937, and Washingrton, June 20. Relations |ture department intends to hasten of major companies operat- 13,620 during the final six months of i UniUnl States and Ger- I benefit pajmenU to farmers whose i„ s„u,h Carolina today, some many are aa bad as at any time since Washington, June 21, — President,fal en so far they are employing as many as R^velfa signature to the “rtme„t officials said today I‘housand persons, but the largest OM,000 end.ng-spend.ng b.ll f' 1 .rtio„ ^ TOeyiltl'' the old-age benefits!completing ......g tor tne l.rst .,uar-i rnghHo «rTout The" hTg^“"n w -^rt’ed a drop in the denmnd fT «HviMon of the fcieral social seen,ity ter I, vm. b..t agen.s are now i.'. .he' .T >b»n. liveri„'’Z' n.ght to carry out the huge, pr«,och., coupled with lowerlboard. 'field checking on some 2,000 dclin- and a pronounced kek of eo- ''“'l' P-** . ... fitlfll (jlK'ntS m/ii/'ofn tK** Ka_ pirmp-pnming: program. . , . . , , The Public; Works administration!farm prices than at any time in thei This bu.sines.s, and in the operation indicate the tensenes-s be- J^enator Ellison D. Smith, present . a . . 11 Ka 1 o+.a... ...r last four years. :analysis it is a business, has moiv R. M. Cooper, collector, yesterday bhc tw’o nation.^. , ,, , .nd.eated .t would be only a matter of^ $755,000 will be available for, tta"/SOO.OOO stockholders, all buying explain,-.1 that with each change in The I'nitixi State,, has a.l,lresso<l. hobler ,.f the seat which (iover..or .he"’n'l.'w'T,.n.T‘ ifa^Tm wbr^mpHid withThisjMrT»'»ek n.,.nthly,' and' whe^an'art'aff.iti’ng s^rmin^'ennwros,‘it f;>“e di|.fon.alic communications to'>'h,. Johnsto.. a..,I Stale Senator W- iZeie, a^n„unoe,rthev w,.re,rtfT'erop control program. Ordinarily, the I these stookhol,le.-» b,w...ne ,15 they is n..lural that ,.o...e cnfusl,.,, would less than two months '^r A. Brmvn seek to occupy unfold- agenc.es announccl thej w<re set ^ months;"''" »‘eP heyinK a"'' start nwiving, result an.1 cause some ,lelay. ; (.e.n.a..y s .esentment .s expre.sswi'ed h.s long .senate ear«.r as he spoku after the crop season is over, but the dividends. j The employes will start reaping the 1'“'' answered ^ There are more South Carolinians benefits of these inaiHiatory savings contribjltimLJUL^iKiaL security- insurao at the ogo^ of 65.-If dt*oth occurs dje= Three of the comm action. From the time the president an nouncod the new lending-spending ef-11’ll^ht of the farmer forces a devi- fj-'♦ji. all ftLioH. f TO HI——POl ICV——VO^ir* iOi^t xo VvLi 11 x#it0 rvcossion xlOv ^ ah i , agencies have been drafting plans and' first big lot of benefit pay- consideration projects so as to be $130,000,000 m price- ready for a quick start. | adjustment payments to cotton farm- For 30 years I’ve In-en your sena- or. I’ve worked in sea.><on and out of ance than there wora voters in the'fon* then, the Inmeficiaries will Austria’s debts. There wa.s a I for the benefit of South Caro- last statewide primary. jeeive the combine^l funds paid by t}w‘i”"^‘* ^’‘‘nuiire” .May For 30 long years you have giv- The exact numbt*r changes almost 'employer and employe plus atlditionaM® America’s,»h> a majority and I have kept ... ... r.. I I , , . . , ,u iu., 1 II J 'errwho produced cotton last year andiroamis in the office of the' funds all.H-ate,l by the fisleral gov-i» ‘luick answer has. up to^thf faith,” Smith told the crowd of .. i 1 .1. g, g • . P^k \'^Y^ \hat^ he hXl^fijmVl the planted within this year’% acre-{internal revenue reveal ^ P^^ietJd t? repo^^^^^^^ were filed for 311,414 wnnlH Wo.rin to flv on S.350.000.000 of >n August. .... I DH7 I *1• K l », i' A new IcchniQue is being intr<Hluc*j * i*M7, <>11)^100 iioin July 1 lo the money pAiii tiie s<K'iHl st'curity ernment in the fi»rm of interest Those living at 6.5 will receive now. been ignortnl. ' Kershaw county voters gathered in On May 11 the Unitt^l States sent if he Camden school house. monthly payments in projmration to “ protesting againstj ^^''luth ask»sl the spectators to de- the monev naid the .stadal ^..oiiritv the enforctnl regi.stration of the prop- man.! of hi.s opponents “in what "Hless Getl,” .Smith deelared, “I didn't think I’d have to come to South The feeling of .Sevretary Hull to-|farolina arnl «lof<*n<i the presiilent wartl (lerman.v eaii Ik- sk*en in the from his chief rul)lM‘r stamp ami coat- would begin to fly on $350,000,000 of ^^rmTiTTirrow" f ll-kM theif""w» yorMo'reruceT”v1ag'bet7i‘w^ of’ii.:)?,'ami praHicalii! wir-k Th™''';«Vm.Vnta w.J^ n..'.tT..'m' '''[JV "f An.,-.ici,.. .l.-wx i.. (:..n..«ny.■‘I'i'.Kx I hav,. I,,,.,, u.,faithful lo the aTminiatraWr .vtuming'from ‘I"' f™' "'"P i» P'"'"-'" "‘‘'i"*'!"- ''""f «" »»' «"Ploy<'.t "ve. Thix .-..g.strat.o.. ,l.w.;e.. was wmlvly fust. P-WA administrator, ntunllng from ^ , ^j^piane, will takef"'’ ’’“'f f'*''- I Tl>f l»" 'l<»-» »sk that the .-m- 'nt<'r|>rete,i as a preliniinary to ex-, dUai tdvmnrryyw to .lir.-et tho nnb-, P»ctures of farms to determine how,. Monthly the payments, represent- ployes and employers make the pay. lie works pwgram. ^ 'much has bt-en plantetl in crops on'>"R ^ per cent of the total salary of ments; it demamls it. and herein lies PWA rt>ceii I’resKlent -*^^*^* tkan $2(KMt00. ^ ' ' " ; (h«. first davs of 1937, a were .sent on the suhj»-et of Austrian' “Ho you think the executive < f thi.s Lu^c^ng^a ■^'t Jtio“n.?’?™ri '’“rnu-nu t.f .^^1, etten, tohaej Tl" -t t.-'l ,..-......1-,'Ivl.'s. A„.s.,.ia's ,h.. >""t""y wool,I ,.,.|i,.f v.uth tions called for “action” through gov-!^*’- general crop farmers eminent aid "in increasing the na tion’s purchasing power ami in stim ulating business.” It also was givei authority to lend up to $400,000,000 from its revolving fund. i- Payments of $25,( ami a few other tyjH-s of employ- Biggest item in the bill, however, is ‘‘“Ifar cane and In-et producers on $1,425,000,000 for work relief jobs <^»-op will st^rt within a^»'‘;"t- ^ under Harry H,.pkir»- Work, Pra-, ff» »«k»- The number, of employer, f.l.ng, gtx», a.lministration, Congreaa waa; Supplementing the,e imyment, will « ■" the ca,e of employe,, change, S!dd thi, would permit employment'"" the .pending of $75,OU0,0O0 by the ««„Untly. Kvery time a new f.rm of up to 3,000,000 persons during the T^leral Surplus Commodities corpor- eight moi>th.s surting July 1. ^2 months for The administration’s slum clearance, surplus farm products. *^**^ ******* 'AA^'I-a L.' lent ami home a principle. The American >^t-ates rights, whiU- .supremacy and but opens, it adds another to the UitiU and every time a business clos«*s or moves to another state, one is sub- tract»*d. There w»-re 13,414 employers note emphasii.eii that, under interna- tariff.fttr revenue only. " I tional law, a nation which absorlis "1 have never «lt‘viat«‘<i from that another should take the burdens with Pl**’^f***’m,” Smith shouti-tl, “and I ain’t gonna.” and low-cost housing program receiv-i • riNSoXr* ''”" "' Conference P. C. Enlists Other items In the bill tnolmle: I BCfflll Oil JulV 5 The visitor tlmught a momc then said: “That sountl.s pn*tty giKni, don’t think I want to join." StH-ial security t<Klay is the biggest benefits. , .r • l- business from the stand|H)int of the tl‘*'niany also was inentione<l orj Ternung his own ret-ord as one of stockhiddt'Ts in .South Carolina and •n<’luded by implication in two recent i Hrown atUeked the records some of these <laya thesA- stiKrkholders <l‘‘pa»-tment pn.nouncements _ of .Smith ami J«*hnston. .Secretary Hull’s adimonition to Gi-r-j w-ant .somefHaly wh<» can go many ami Czi^rhoslovakia that they f‘* Washington ami do things for you were signatori«-s of the Kelbrgg peace bring home the bacon." Ikaitt, and L’nders«-cretary Welles’ Hniwn chargisl that Smith’s record will enjoy handwtme diviflends. The Rural Fb-ctrification a<lminis- tration —lloo.iwfl.iKK) for burn, »ml Winners To B* Dtcided In Men’B Opened Tuesday, 67 Gridsters $700,(KM) for adlministrative c<»st.s , . rv i.t j extern! electric i>ower to rural areas. Singles and Doubles, and The National' Youth administration Girls* Singles. — $75,000,(MH) for its program of help- ^ 7“, iur high Khool and «,ll.-go ,tu,lent. Thr fifth annual ( linton l.-nni. on part-timi. job, an.l youth, of «hool ‘ denunciation of aerial bombarding in showi-dl he “has never been with the president,’’ ai The spt-t-t'h of (•ermun Finance ston s record “is a roconl of unful- .S|Miin. president,’’ and that Governor John- Matriculation pf 350 For Young, ('oarh John.son Reports I^arge Ministd-r Wallher Funk last w.-ek ae- fill’d jnomis. s and failures. ” People’s Meet This Week. F'ac- Number of .Men Sign For Foot- vusing the Unitt-dl .states of U ing the H’; « albsi the anti lynching bill “a ulty Is Given. ball Try-Outs This Fkll. i’'"- ’'“•'i luring Germany a- the heaven, was have Ik-cu juggling it up thi-re fof .•sixty-seven men hav«- signtsi up f«»r ris-t ivifl here with more indifference years. age on special projects. It expects to »4‘<^‘>'ding to an akl 600 000 I made yestenlay by R, .S. Owens, pres , With a capacity enrollment from • , . ,, , , announcement all parts of the state, the 1938 Young l'*38 edition of the I’n-sbyterian than imlignatmn. | I he '7'’ ''I I’lHiple’s «tnference of the Synod of v^dlvKe Hlue .'<t<H*king f«M»tball team. That (icrmany is paying close at- being paid $ <0,U00 «if the tax pay »rs ^ ^ ■» A a • .,*A*,*i ...txxjk>id>%»tjkWAAliAi»>4Wt.- t* MH.*! I ident, the Cinton Tenni.s club, which South Carolina got under w'ay Tues- Coach Walter Jtdmson, grbiiron gen- tenti.m U. AmeiK a’s attitude was money to help in this eb-ction Farm S<*curity mlministration $176,000,000 for loans and grants in sponsoring the event. , . .. , / .u • . Winners will be d«*cide<l in men’s ^'"lowing the closing of the Interme rural areas. Federal buildings — $25,000,000 day afternoon at I’n-sliyterian'coll«*ge eralissimo, announc*H| the past week, eb-arly indieatdsi by a statement .Sat-; Hi own d«-<-lansl himself in favor of ‘This IS th«* largi-st squad ever lo aji- urday of the government-<-reat«sl «-<li- f’*’leral ni«-<iieal eeriti-rs “where tbo torial. agency, l)iploniati.^*h«‘ Korre- •’’sir man can get the same attention vviiiiiiin v»iiA AF^ i- , to singles, men’s doubles, and girU’ sin- ‘l'»te c<mference held the past week. I»ly oo‘‘r''!V*“' ' start a thn-e-year, $130,000,(K)0 pro- gles. with handsome trophies to Ik- Johnson will have 20 b-tter men to sptunlenz. It said that gram. In addition. $2(K),000,000 may awarde<l to the champions.. A fee of T'j'*‘*'l“y. >« hea<led be 8p<nt by FWA for this purihose. twenty-five cents for each division en-!^l^ •l«y‘*«. of Beaufort, The Puertxk Rico Reconstruction ail- tered wiil be charged each person The theme wil 1m-, (. hr Si-crt-tary ®* l-l'o nch ntan. “F-t’s umlerwiite The eonference, which will continu* .. . . ... , ... .. . ... , hea<le<l by f’**^ nucleus of this aggregation, Hull’s |M-aee )>olicy was “a <lecid»'<lly ‘ s umlerwiite the h«-alth and having lost but .sev«-n insignia-wear- one-snb-Bl eomt-ption of international happim-ss of the iteopU- by sp«-n,ling w .»■ .'hrint ♦'f'’ by graduation this spring. Nine cooperation" iK-cause the aim was c<*- '* f’*"' millions for health ivnter.s, ’ The Puerto Rico Reconstruction a«l- ter w i e c arg«« e^ pe on Everywhere” The insiiir- backs are ex|»ected to reiK»rt early in' operutmn with the denuK-raeies rather Brown .said. mini»tration-46.000.000: tournament. This sp^ideer 7or the wet-k is Rev H^-ptemU-r: Jimmy Dennard, Giles than with the dictatorships. Governor Johnston ai-cus.sl Smith The administrative co«ta of writing help to cover tournament expense M Flliott pastor of Druid Batchelor, Lukie Culp, Trigge r RiU-h,; .SAvretarj- Hull’s thought, however, -f having a “rubln-r hmd inflaU-.l by the paychecks and keeping account* such as trophy engrartng, balls for PreabyteVian church Atlanta '-*«"♦* Mm.re. Reynolds (;riffin. Shorty is to cmqH-rate with “like-mindt-<l na- “bas of big inU-rests and cotton spec- on the program are expected to to- f.i-1 mashes, and incidenUis. Memb^ of the Home, Charles Trammell and Deke tions” working for peace. , •^latorsj tol $30,000,000. - • : Mr. Owens will act as tournament ^ lacuJty, Uaidee, , ^ I “1'^ the ,M-<»pIe of .South < ar- In addition to these funds, c^gress raferee. a^ will serve with Taylor * ^ Director-i Three letter-men ends. Pete Hol-jMEKTING TO EXPLAIN olina know OJin John.ston,” he said, incliKW in the bill $212.000,00« for Merlin .nd J. F jKob, on the tour- j*™ Be .Moore end Bo^'letor Atkin-! INSl’RANCE I'ROfiRAM ' th.nk G„l they kno. Felrar payments to wheat, cotton, com, to- nament committee. He haa namedi-'«"'f* n. ^nyuor. proitssor oi si^reo, • Boswell and bacco and rice farmers under the Tench Owens to manage the touma-jTraining school,.***’ -.‘‘P. crop control program, ment. Anyone desiring to play in the Richmond, Va _ _ T —“T Itournement i. re<,oMted to ri.e a’JuoU eenteriu'likra Hiide^n.’B'ikiy™''"’; »"> »'-out put .11 the cotton Pienhoff Accents J*"” f".’" «"» «’ l^bl^Mi,r V •n" BHIy Kee.,m.ke up theM"^ux»xl .1 . publ,c meH.nk to he|f.rmers out of TTuHine.. in 50 year., rie^OD «cccpw named offar.al. u-lthln the, j^B.ble-Mm. E. .S^ele, ^ I held m the H.,nda Str.*.t .vhool hereiG.ve him another ..ix y.ars «„l ho Call To Atlanta "'Ti . r .. . .! student problems —’ Rt^v S J L. f"" -*"“"1 """ ’of uniforms. I“‘ " M«»-I»y "Ot"'. J""" 27, will put all th,. udiacco fanners out vau 1 W J“AUaiH« Although moat of ** Th. .i«y-fi.e praspoctiv. te«n I An«l «• ‘i-lfr-y. »< t"" flinton of- of business ho,.” Friend, in iTTri^TTme Re., Clar-' XX! XldhiXT-hrim,^’ Home-Rev. ">™hers con.i« of 15 m-niora, 20 jun. I ‘I" "".Ployment servate divis- ^ The ,r«vernor .said he had no a,ml.- WU1I.O W.ii ,. Brown." Bill Bullock; thix-e guards, Walt Todd,' phaw-s of the unemployment in-j John.ston .said, “Your senior seiia- Stewardship-Re-v. B. K. Ttnney,! B<H>th. and ence E. PiephofT, pastor of the Mona-atageaiB- I»nK. Greenwood, ghan Presbyterian church in Gi^n- ;^^ tournament. Announcement I Religious Life of Young Pehpli ▼me for the i^t 14 years, will concerning time,'Rev- G. Ully, Charleston. interested to k'now that he resigned place, and opponents for matches. In-. Science and Religion Rev. James his pastorate Sunday to accept a (^1 outcome of the touma-1 ^PPl*'by» Maxton, N. C. to the Pryor Street Presbyterian l ■,L„bvterian Youth PrfKrram-Rev to be ivUff.” Johnson remarked, as he'"T jous, an-1 uonnsLun saiu ne was kik ment is growing and a large number es nonan . . .t. ’.a - J invited to be present and enter into, the lalforing man’s governor Hors and 32 sophomores drawn fromi’®" <’arolina unemploy-* gi.-s to make bi-cau-se Hoo.*H*velt is my the finest frosh team which the Blue compensation commission, has frieml and I am his friend. Stockings have ever placed on the “””**“*^*'^^* Admis.sion i.s free and ev- “I wouldn’t Ik- in a jMisition whero , eryone is inviu-d to attend. I couldn’t go t<j him and ask for some- •r^mpetition for this team is going! Workers and employer.-*, jobless thing." jjg! persons and iiersons with jobs, are i John.ston said h« was “known as <ihurA, Attant*. Mr. and Mrs. We-'^, participanU is expected. phoff will leave for their* new field James M. Carr, director of religious of work on July 17th. Mr. PiephofT was reared in the or- phanap which he ated from Pteabyterian college, and] from Columbia 'Theological seminary The 1937 champions are^^Taylor synods of South C^arolina Martin, men’s sins^es; Martin and Gwrgia, Decatur, Ga. thur Copeland, men’s doubles; Emily Missions Rev, C. Darby Fulton, Walk I up to the big man and ask him what ■ he thinks of me and he’ll probably ' want to kick me in the pants. But in 1924. He has made an enviable rec-j Power Announces i u Nashville, Tenn. Building Vesper Programs iG. W. Brown, Anderson. ~ ^1 I ^\e ■ ■ Needs and Helps for Presbytery for VKldriC vW A^QUirt and Local Officers—Mrs. F. B. Mayes, -0- I Beaufort. C. A. Power, well known through-} Athletic Director—Cx>ach Walter A. looked over the list, and his old vic tory smile once more started to adorn i discussions. ^ his Swedish countenance. “Some of I /-Ac/ki*i? ui-te-c ue-i ■$ these sophomores are going to play! * * -< ■' some grand ball, and the letterm-menl Florence. June 20.-—Funeral .servic- ask the little man, the farmer, the have a tough job before them in hold-!** here Sunday for Repre-,mill worker. He is for me." iLi„ : ing their positions." i sentative Allard H. Gasque of the _ I - * sixth district, who died in Washing- LlorrOh AnnOUllCCS executive secretary foreign missions,! grand ball, and the letterm-men ord as pastor of the Monaghan church and has many friends and acquaintan- • ces who will regret to learn that he j is leaving the South Carolina synod. | out the county, announces in today’s Johnson, Presbyterian college, paper that he will be in the race for: • _ ... dark of ooort in the coming primary. 1 QvrlnAV A I Plan Meet July 4] *■;? Y Y • - •Y I court before. He said yesterday that The Lynns Off On California Trip ton Friday. Methodist Laymen Dr. L. R. Lynn, Mrs, Lynn, and their daughter. Miss Elizabeth Lynn, left Monday morning for West 'Ten nessee and Ballenger, Texas, to visit Atlanta. June 18.-The Uymen’sj Oiganizat’ion for the Preservation of 1^ dutie^“I shall ^eatly the Southern Methodist chureh ^J ap^iate the vote of the people, he nounced today a trtatewide mass meet- i _ ing to be held in Columbia, S. C., lg\rfc Ives- At Ballenger they will join 1 ur^ rvc brother, H. W. Lynn, and _ , . , . , 1 be his guests on a six weeks’ trip to Sydney A. Ue. county game ward- California en, announces his candidacy for re- election in today’s ^per. July 4 to wodc out a progrram of op-; Simpson Offers position to the merger of the three » branches of Methodism. B, W. Crouch, Saluda, S. C.,'a member of the execu tive committee of the laymen’s or- and SeatGe. | . 1 a L- 1 The Lyniis were accompanied to Mr. Lee lx completmg h;» 'Browneville. Texas by their son, Rob-, term as game warden and is well j ert, where he will visit his brother, wide circle of friends and acquain- For Re-election , _ , ^ jtances v^ho will be interested in his D. Roy Simpson, completing his 1 announcement. He is asking re-elec- gmnization, announced the meeting, term as county treasurer, makes i^ion upon his record, he states. • j his formal announcement for re-elec- LICENSES SHOW GAIN in today’s paper. Sidney A Lee, county game ward-* In speakipg of his candidacy, Mr. knwn throughout the courrty by a'g^; ^ynn, while his parente ..*« .J .w .Am — »■ I .a. ^ * W BM a-So MM < X A 1 M .. * ' ^ - are on their western trip. en, stated yesterday that receipts of}Simpson said, “I am hinning on my his office for the period July first to-record and have tried conscientiously July ^rst, totaled 15,757 in hunGng.jto perform my duties since assuming fishings and for seals Ikenaee. joffiee.** •GO TO SCOTLAND Friends here of Dr. John MeSween and Mrs. MeSween, of Cheater, will .the T. H. Little farm n be interested. in the announcement bloom was pulled early Saturday that they are leaving today for a morning, the 18th, and Lewis reports two-montha’ trip to Scotland. 'fiiat proapecta are fine for Ms crop. FIRST (OTTON ^LOOM | The honor for the-first cotton bloom of the 1938 crop brought to The Chronicle office goes to LewLs Covin, i colored fanner, who works a crop on r here. The DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! 3 DEATHS from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAUREaNS COUNTY 1938 Let’s Strive To Make- This a Safe Year On the Highways. ♦ s This date last year, 2. t- For Re-election ‘ .S. R. Dtjrroh, who has servetl thq county a.s auditor for several tenns, f<M'malIy announces his candidacy for ' re-eloc-tion in today’s paper. Mr. Dor- roh, who has been sick for soma lime, is now at his office and said that he <-xpects to be at hi.s desk daily from now on. His wide circle of friends and acquaintances over the county will be glad to know he is rei covering from his recent illness. — .MEN-OF-THFa-church meet The June mt-cting of the Men-of- ^hc-Church of the First Pi-csbyteriaix church was held in the dining depart ment of the church Thuraday evening. tThe organization had a.s its guest I speaker, the Rev. W. .S. Patterson of j^the Clover Presbyterian church, who i spoke on home missions a'ork. Th« president, Wni. Brooks Owens, an nounced that the meetings for July and August will be omkbed following the usual custom.