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VOLUME XXXVIII
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. 19:58
NUMBER 38
PRAGUE HpPING
FOR A MIRACLE
Dies In Japan
Czechs Refuse German-Brilish-j
French Demands. Britain and
France Ask “Yes or No.” Al
lies Called To Reconsider Pay
To Hitler.
Pragoie, Sept. 21.—The British and)
•French ministers early tcnlay deliver
ed a demarche to President Benes.
urjrinj^ most seriously acceptance of
their povemm(?nts’ plan for dismem
berment of Czechoslovakia. I
The British minister. Sir Basil'
Cochrane-Newton and the French
minister, Victor IxMipold do Ijy^Croix,
called upon the president sho^ly be
fore 2 a. m. askinjr an immediate con
ference after the Czechoslovak jfdv-
emment yesterday had rvfust>d to
answer directly yes or no to French
'and British proposals to ceile Sudeten
districts to .Adolf Hitler.
The president grante<l the confer
ence and it lasted until 3:30 a.
The president immediately sum
moned Premier Milan Hodaa. who
called a
of the
Late Czech News
From All Fronts
In Europe Given
Question Of Third 'Cotton Loans
Term Is Up Again
Coming Soon
Paris — France and Britain refuse
to accept Czechoslovak reply to their
,Sudeten proposals; in virtual ultima-
Roosevelt's Setback At the Polh? Dii^tribution To Farmers Com-
Brin^ Speculation On His plying With 1937-38 Program
Future Plans^ j Will Total $252,599.60.
Washington, Sept.
MAYBANK WINS
OVER MANNING
Columbia, Sept. 17.—A number ofi
cotton famuM's in the state w'ho have
21.—The over-
tlum ^■arn Prague that refusal t6^ ac- whelming deft*at of Roosevelt-favonsl
cent nrv^nosals \vill mean France and candidates in the Demociatic primar- ,, . . ,
iV. " iiutJii X niiM 1 compluHl with ctitton acreage require-
' Britain cannot guarantee future ex- ics of Georgia. Mai>land. and South , , ,,»ot *10 ..,.*4.
{istence of countiy. |('ar\>lina, raisitl this «iuestion tinlay in
i ' rraKW-<-2,vW.ovak ffov.Tnraont *'"■
j answers »French-British projx'sals of Hqve those setlkaeks teiuhsl to
I “peace at Hitler’s price", without-say- crysi^ilize in the President’s mind
jing “yes" or “no"; holds \va>" open a dtfei-ion iis to wlu^her he should
to further negotiations.
Executive Committee Votes 41
To 0 In Favor of Charleston
Mayor and Dismisses Protest
Charging Fraud In Primarv.
ments under the 1937-38. cotton ad
justment vn'"Kcam, commonly known
Columbiia, Sept. 20—Burnet R.
Mayhank,. 30-year-old mayor , of
1 Charleston, was <leelartHl the IVmo-
as the three-oent eidton subsidy, will; nomitUH- for govei-nor of South
Ih‘ the nvipien'ts of elnrks totaling ('ahdina Tiiesdav as the state
$2.V2.,'>00.t>0 in a few dav
seek^a third term nomination himself
Umdon — I’rime .Minister Neville in 1010 to “keep the party Liberal?"
('hamherlain announces he will fly to Siieculation over that p«''sibility
'Germany Thursday to resume his was even' more widespread than talk
talks with Hitler at Goilesberg oil , f /the probable ofLvt i>f the laveiit
!the CziM-hoslovak settlement; Prague balloting on New York’s eongjvssional
,! government said to have proposexl primaries next week. The issue of
referring matter to Hague! “conservatism’ was rai.sexl by Mr.
1 Geneva—Romania reported to' have Roo.se.veU against Representative
'balkexl at pei-mitting passage of So- John OX'onnor, in New York city’s
I Viet troops to aid (’zv'choslovakia. j sixteenth cxnigressional district, just
j Bi-rlin — Fbreign office spokt'sman as it was against thi'successful oandi-
News of the-death of Rev. SamuelReichsfuchrer Hitler “is con- dates in Georgia, Maryland and South
Fulton. D.D., LI.,.n.. in Kobe. raising the ante" with each farolina, O’Connor has countenHl by
'day of delay; press clamors for out- running for both l>enuH*rartic and Re-
,t w;>-< ;i-l-
W. Ham-,
execu
tive committie di^ar- » 1 the protest
().' Wyiiilham M. .Manning of .^umter.
lo ran .^(-<'011(1 in 'a^t week’s
run-
,off
primary.
The vote was
11 to 0 and came on
motion oir H. Klugh Purdy of Jasper
DR. SAMUEL P. FULTON
TVKvotmo* tViA innAr Anovwii P**'* ixwivihI in Nashvillc, Tcnn.. delay; press clamors lor oui-
i mwting of the inner counc Thursday by his son Dr Darby‘ *'>tf*'* partition of Cztvhoslovakia.
cabinet. The discussions were*I p •' Frem-h o^ovemment sits
r . iFuhon. The cable stattnl that the — treiun go\emimni .siis
nounexHl Thursday by U.
ilton. state administrator of the ag-jwln
rieulfanil adjustment administra-,
tion. That amount has In-en certi-|
fiksl at Mr. Hamilton’s office. I
This is the first allotment to South' county. Six nu nibers of the eommit-
Candina frxMii the $1:50.000 appropria-l u^e, Ingram Wilsim of Clarendon
lion at the la.st session of congress; county; .1. .M. M»K>rer of Colleton
for the purpose. It is to be distrib-1 county; J. L. l,ove of (Ireenville
uted to li»:57 cotton pixiducors who|county, Dr. K. Clay iK.yle of Ocon-
cv»mply in 193S with the cotton acre-j ce county. Dr. K. J. Bryson of Pick
ens county, J. B. Britton of Sumter
county, and Governor Olin D. John
ston, an ex-officio memh<*r as nation
al executive committee, did not vote.
ag»‘ rtH|uirement,s of the 1937-38 cot
ton program, Mr. Hamilton said.
The total amount to be distribute<l
in the .state will be .something over
Mr. Hamilton said. He
continuing at 4:45 a. m. (10:45 p.m
'publican nomination. .... . ,
O’Connor is the single figim- n*- applications had al
E.S.T. Tuesday) and there was no in-
'eilucator-missionarv died the dav through, criticism of .Anglo-^uaining on the list of those senate
. V *1. -.-1.* 1 fore on September 14th. No infor-^*’''"^’*^ peace deal with Hitler; puts or house IKmuHTrats iM‘r.sonaHy tag- inv-ssihle l>0,tK)0 in the couise of
dication when the session might en • recoivinl here and it builders on strike under mill- ginl by the presulent for eliminatioii.* iwogiam.
It known tho kronch and ^ • w!! bCrnld <ary rulo. Hi, ronomination by th.-I ..ix..vnth /■'""■ .n™ Mr llam.Uon Mat-
British ministers impressetl upon the I Kno m ^ nattier as uru*<l_ ro. .n.-xr;..*. »..vt T.ww.Uv *’'1- svrtifieations will vary from .5,-
Tlie other ex-offieio members, Mrs.
L. H. Jennings of ('olumbia, national
re.ndy b»H'n nivivotl with exiMX-tations l executive oommitteewoman. east her
vote to declare .Maybank the nominee.
president that the
to di.scuss was urgent
spite day-long sessions of the minis
ters they should be calUnl from their
be«ls for immediate consultation.
nrA«c«,l iiTvtn iKa ‘S' known whcthcr he was buried
n-uitter thev had Japan, or whether his bo«ly will be' Udine. Italy Premier Mi
>nt nn.l thaf 5e hriHight hack to .America for inter-'iLily * readines
mt and that de- [makes no mention of Cz
the
Mussolini re- district Denmerats next Tuesday
‘ss for war, woubi rouinl out a rtvord of Rm>se-
'zechoslovak veil’s defeat on all party primary
Dr. Fulton was 73 yi*ars of age at
the time of his death, having boon
Injin on .Augu.st 17. 1 >•»,'>. in Willianis-
• Paris, .'^ept. 21. — Officials in the burg county, this state. He was the
French ftueign ministry disclos^sl to- sxm of a Prt‘sT»yterian minister and.
ilay that France and Britain have re- being left an orphan, was rearinl in
fused to accept Czechoslovakia’s plan the Thomwe!! onihanage of this city,
for arbitration of ^-r .Sudetenand dis- bi-.ng one of the first children to
pute with Germany and have demand- enter tlH‘ institution when it ojamt'*!
e«l a flat yes or no an.swer. in 1S75. Later he completiNl his e«lu-
Sources close to the foreign minis- cAtion at Presbjqerian college. Co
try said the new demaml the two lumbia Theological seminary, Colum-
Western European democracies were bia. and Union Theob*gical seminary,
making on France’s aily was a vir- Richmond, Va.
tual ultimatum, warning that if ||^, Nowmla'r 7. J888. to
Czechoslovakia refustxl to accept the ^ missionarv in Ja{tan, and there
French-British proposal to cede the long ami inhuential life was spent
Sudeten ‘ areas to Adolf Hitler it ('hrist and His church,
would be impossible to guarantee the R*chel Peck, of Cloverdale, Va..
future existence of the country. as a mis-
The ministers of the two powers smuarv to China and was marrie*! lo
s'risis in spiMH-'h near German-.Austrian fnmts where the “lilHM-al" vs ‘Von-
Union preserves
Inmler.
Mo.stvw — Soviet
official silence.
To.sehen, Poland—.Several hundrcil
I’olish and (b rman rofugee.s from
Czivhoslovakia are oand for in bor-
di-r camp.
Dr. Kerr Taylor
Goes Abroad
'civative" issue has been rais«s1.
.'5inee the tide of paiiy dkin.^ion
iH'gan turning dtvi.vively against his
strategy in South ('arolina, there
has been no authoriiu-xl word of re-
ae’ion from Mr. Koosevi lt except a , , , , , , , .
. , ,K.» i, 1,.. I V., ...X.. 1 .,.,1 Juter leaving the < olumbiu office
statmnent that he ha«l e\pk*eteii aiui . . , .
predietfil Ss-nator Smith’s n-nomi-
nation in that state. «le>pite hi.s n
tervention against the senator. Be
fore Maryland and (bttrgia voting the
vary
1HH> to ,5,tMh» applications each day.
I .All appliealions em tifiiHl by his of-
fuv will gx> to the general accounting
office of the I'nited .States for pre-'
auditing ami then to the dispersing
office of the tn-asury de|)artnient in
Atlanta. Ga.. he declared. It will
thus take alHuit a week or ti'ii dtiys
f»M- the ehiH-k to n’ach the producer
action of the committiH* came
) p. in., after five hours and
The
at 5:1
1.5 minutes had been eonn.sumed with
the presentation of affidavits and
'egal argument on both si*les of the
When Chaiinian Taylor II. .Stakes
of .Manning declared ti.;e resirt of the
a cheer went up fioiu the erowd
vote
Will
Visit
n
Missions In
hvterian Church.
WH‘re instructeil to present the new
ilemaml lo Pi’ague at once and to de
maml an imim"diate reply tonight.
At the Quai d’Orsay it was said the
new demands upon CziMThoslovakia
were.frameil in the evening in a long
telephone conversation b_etween the
French foreign mini.'try and lh“ Brit
ish foreign office.
When a late night conference at
Dr. Fulton soon after they n*aehed
Japan.
i»r. Fulton wa< t ngaged in mission .
lui't wet*k, lu»osi‘Velt anies w»*re
. indicating, off the ix'cord. thill the-
Africa, \y|,itp llouust' exianded d» feats in
India and the Orient For Pres- those states. The n suits in i»oth were
so one-side«l that »“v»*n the most ar-
«lent K«H>sevelt enthusiast must have
known in advance that the chances of
a New Deal \iet«*ry were slim. • ,
That is the factor which has raisid
st> strongly m the minds of |Mditicians
President
the purg
•Applications have alrea«ly lu'en re-
cotvod—dti varying amounts friun Hi
counties, ami other counties have ap
plications in various .stages of
ration fk*r transinittancx’ lo the s
office. He »l«s']arixl that
Ih* issiaxl to approxiniattdy 17,000
different indivi<luals.
jthat fvacked the small hall to capacity.
I and Maybank, wlio was pre.scnl with
jhis wife, was congratulated on ail
'sid»‘s. .Manning, al>4* present, heanl
Ulie vote declansl with a smile.
I Cheers also went up fmm u 'large
!crowd hearing th»* pnK*<x‘dings over
t'ate*® loudspeaker system on the nearby
checks wilL^‘“‘‘ J^rouunds.
ipproxiinately 17,000 Primary
(dared by the committer
tin
Nw York, .Sept. 19,— Dr, H. Kerr
Taylor of Nashville, Tenn.; e<luca-
tionla .secretary of the PresbyU-rian
foix-ign mission committee (.Southern)
sailtxl from New York at midnight the question whether the
rhursdiiy for a sjx months’ journey may not hav«» undertak« n
Official Vote In
Second Primary
work for half a ivnlurv and has U'en
him to .Xfiica, India for the pu*po.se
teransl
the French foreign ministry broke up. <
Jules Henry, dinrtor in the cabiiu t
of F<*reign .Minister Georges Bvmnet.
.said cryptiea.ly:
"The latest news ivceiveti from
Prague permits them to ho{H* a sat
isfactory solution is an{)i-oaching."
It was leai'iied from pi*rsoris in
close contact with Bonnet that Franct
and Britain found “absolutely unac
ceptable" Czechoslovakia’s pi\qK>saI
to .s.tlle the .Sudeten dispute under
her 192d treaty of friendship and ar
bitration with Germany.
They said Victor lxx)jK>ld do la
Croix had been told to point out in
•the strongest terms the dangers to
i'zechoslox akia from what was de
scribed as a “negative or dilatory at
titude in the f;ue of Nazi prepara-
tkm.s along the Czechoslovak bor
ders."
French sources said Britain’s Prime
Minister Neville Chamberlain decided
to po'sliHuie his trip lo GiHle-tkeiit.
Germany, for his second face-to-face
ta.k with .Adolf Hitler until Thui-s-
day in the hope that by then France
and Britain would have foived PragUi
to con.<ent to amputation of her >u-
deten regions to Hitler.
The firnch government, fearing
the .cnsis_juj/ened by .Adolf Hitlers
claims oo i zechosiovakia’s Sudeten
iamls was not yet .-•etued announced
tonight it would pul all work, on air
raid protection in the Paris region
under military rule.
The action was taken to overcome
a strike of 160,000 building workers
as international tension remained at
a high pitch.
by Dr. William T. Ellis as
one ’• the gnat missionaries (»f the
East. When he arriveil in Japan, mis-
si. na:y cff«»rt wa^ at its In^ginning
a’xl «qqx <iti>'n of the* people toward
the G v'p 1 wa- jo’onouncol. For th(*
eleven oi twelve veai s Dr. and
.M:<. Fult'-n laln*re<l in a small town
iia.ned Okazaki. When they first went
to that t'.vvn in Is90 there were only
three or four Christians in the village.
ljit« r. ill 1907, the .Siiuthern Presby
terian church opene<l a theological
.'iemin'hry in the city of Kola*. Dr.
F'u.tbii vva- apjMuntetl its president
and continuixl in that jvxition until
his death. The, seminary Wgan with
four stUilents and four teachers and
has continually gniwn under Dr
ton's leadership, and has made a prb-
fourd and far-reaching contribution
to the training of native ministers,
and the spreading of the Word of
Ibnl among the Jajiane.se.
l»r. Fulton and .Mrs. F'ulton have
rv turned to .America on several fur-
!' ugh trips .-ince going to Japan. .\l-
ways thty have visiltsl Clinton where
they have many friends and are held
ip tht* high« sT esttx-m. The news of
his j»a>sing came as a great sh«ick
To his friends here, and there are
mar.y to moum the passing of thi.s
g eat and g*e»d man.
Be-iies h.s vvid.'W. Dr. Fulton is
'urvjve=l by two ..ons. Dr. < Darby
I-ult c>. ♦ \*-culive .<e». reTa: y <*f foreign
misSi..r.> of 'he .^»urhern lb• s’.yterian
enu:ch. w;ih headquarters in Na.-h-
vil’e. Tern., and .'^amuel P. F'ulton.
Jr., who for a numlief'of years has
been engageel in mining in Doming,
New Mexuxi.
which will tak*
and the Orient.
Dr. Taylor was jiastur of the Sec-
**nd Preshyfei ian church of < harles-
ton U'fore he went to Nashville about
four years ago.
L>r. Ta.vl»jjj/.-will make observations
<*n the w<u:k and need.< of the Pt«“s-
byierian nfission stations in the Bel
gian Congo. .Africa, lit will go onto
India, in time for the decennial
abi.it V to .-t* (I
of te-tmg out hi.'
his party tow.»nl a
and
nox'ting of the International
.•^ionaiy Council, the .Madras
enee, to be held at .Madia-
in iH-cemlnT.
Dr. Taylor i' one of the four hun
dred and fifty delegates from all tia-
tions, all continents and all denom
inations, who will assemlde for an
eighteen-day discussi(»n on what
Libci^il’ eoui's** and pi «'.sid«nt lal
camlidaey in L*BI. wiihoiit -eeking a
•hud nomin.itIon himself. Kv«ii if he
ha> 'ali'fiel himself that only by a
third-term tampaign can he Ii.*|k to
rally "LilMTal" .'. n;.menl in tin pa ty
and the nation effectively, thei- i-
little chance that .Mr, K tovseveU will
give any hint of that in whateve*
comment he niil.v make now on the
confer- Georgia and .Maryland party vtulu t'-
India,, ^ ■
E\t*ruti\e (’ommittfi* Declare.s
•Vll RoMilts. No ('hanges In
Returns .Vs Reported Hv^The
Chronirle.
vote, as de.
in declaring
1 Maybank tin* nominee, was irK5,947
j for the Charleston mayor and 149,-
I ;!»■)■< for .Manning.
1 he .Manning protest, presented at
the start of the meeting although
K. 1). Mpps of Sumter, a .Manning
;at!oi iicy, asked that a prote.st in a
Im-a! ('harlestun race be heard first,
cliargcd that the primary election in
! ( liaijrston was not le-My according
Do the rules of tin- pai'.y and unde:*
\‘ a meeting in I.auniis 'I'luii’s.lay
•noioing of tin- comity 1 moci at ic
» \-v.iTiv,e i 'mmittt c. prociiict chit)
V •( ' ca-* ir t.lu'^ mm onii primar.v run-
winmu’s
dl•clar(Ml
follows:
.5,77.5
off vvero t.’ibulated and tin
I’l *l.c )iliffi rent conte-'ts
imniii'ce-. Tiv- offa iai vote
'lami'og
llic “constitution ainl of .s'la' i
( ai'olina.”
Dcclaiing the )i< ion in tie- ci’.v
aml c'amty of < harU-ton “traa.ii-
Iciit ainl voni," the p >t> 't a''Ked t-iat'
.“the entire voti'" in < harb'ton "i)i!
tliiowii out ami « liminat' d fioiii Itu*
III lit chi: ing tte* iionii-
Mis-
Jurors Drawn For
September Term
be done toward mak-
a Christian conuiiuni-
ought next to
mg the world
ty.
Dr. Taylor will then go onto the
Orient, where he was .formeily a
mis>iunary, stationed in < hina. He
reprt-.seiits the Presbyterian church
U. S. on the church committee for
C.hiiia relief, a nationwide inter-de-
nominational cooperative ag e n c y
headed hy Harper .Sibley, U<K-hester,
N. Y.. and Dr. .iohn U. .Mott, chair
man of the .Intel national .Mi.ssionary
< ouncil.
College Has
Fine Opening
The vnrollmt iil a* !‘r»'-byleilan col-
’**ge for the new year stocMl at .'52fi
.Satuixiav at noon, with s( veral other
• *
Students exp(*cted to matricula'e this
wet k. according to Prof. 11. K. .S*ur-
geon, assi.-^tant to the pi'e'iflent.
HOLIOMBE HEADS I NIT There are 100 new students on the
r. B. Holcombe, of Charle'.ston, will campus w:ho have entered; the fresh-
head the cu.lege R. O. T. C. unit as man class. They come arom fiine
Czecnoslovakia’s reply to the [Brit- '»det major for; the cttmmg year. .Ma- sUtes, with one sjiecial student from
described j®*’ B. Cummings has announced. Korea. States rejiresented in the first
fQf He took command of the battalion year class are: Virginia, Florida, Ken-
Monday morning by directing its first tucky, Pennsylvania, .Alabama, Tex-
,as. Tennessee, Georgia, South and
The fall term of g» n' ral s^•^sions
court will eoiivene in Laun-ns on m \*
.Monday, .'sept. 20th, w.th .lutlge G. B.
GM-ene of .\nd**rson, on the Unejh.
The fidlowing j.irors have been
drawn to serve:
Laurens tovvn-.hip: C. .\. Knlgeway.
J. B, Gw inn. .M. B. I'oehrari, J. .M.
.Adams. John H. lludgen-;. K. 11. ILini-
sey. S. C. Powe’r artd T. B. Davis.
Hunter: C. (', Giles, W. D. Stewart.
O. .M. Templeton. 1. M. .'smith. .1. Il i-
berl Tmld, I,. B. Dillard, • ly*i S.
I..ankford and William H. Cmbitt.
.'-H'uffletown: B. A. Go«Mlwin. L K
Willard, ('. .1. Lynch ami .17 11 .Mo-
• Nineh.
I Wa‘er!<M). .1. F. Burton, B. ."s. Da.i-.
-iJ. .M. < iMjper, -1 aiJ—Jlishoj),
Hughes ami W. I.. Daniel.
( to ' 11.11: R. W. Davis and K. T.
Hitt.
Dial-: J. < . ( he* k, T. .M. Ikill, W.
Bryon Putnam ami J: C. Bt*lt.
Voung'.-i^ -AllK-rt Stewart ami .'s*. D.
Edwards.
Jacks: P. M. Rhodes ami J. C. .Ag-
nevv.
Maybank
l!'y'**n
Mah<»n
Brv**»k--
Huff
Mibirn
\\ as Son
Fb-ming
Povv r
la-**
Watt'
It Wil' s'
ulati**!'.:
wa' m*
li.Idt
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:5.'.»H.5
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1,189
.5,1 Sid
.5..5'.ii;
d.-TII, ,
1.11.',!",'’'
■1,7.56
staU-*! after the official Utb-
ha<l been complettMl that it
tp'ce-'.sary to ebange a figure
in th»' un*»ffieial compl**!*- r*‘turns as
g.nh*'rVMl TiK'day night by Th**
t hnoiiele an*i publisluMl Thursday
morning.
t:i))ulation. .
n*'*'."
,'l'lie |)rot<'st pad irr lull by Mpps,
a!l*‘ged:
Tlial Char!) ston ballid box
not bK'kiMl during llu- li:m- of
were
v.tting;
tliat “the m;inag* rs generally «ii*l not
(•oiiduct t.lie election acct)i*ling to law
ami rules of th*' party" ami ili*i not
Ijp'Vent pf'isons vvh>t'*‘ naim-s win*
on ill*' club rolls fpun votng;
tiiat the managt'i's ;i h i-:* J j»ci>oj;.
how t*» vote; that oaths were i.ot ad-
niinist<‘r<'ii to the v<)t**rs; 'hat “tiu*
seciM'cy of the ballot wa^ i*,)eat<-d.y
" that tlie ballots wer*- n**l
publicfly;’’ that in some box-
ball')ts w*'!*- not aft.i.iilj
ami .Mannii.g'' v*.te >.ib-
frf)ni the total i nrollni* ut
violat*'*!
counted
es the
count! *1
t racte<i
Baptist Group To
Fleet Saturday
I
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It •
i .
lan’s Mi- ioiiaiy Union
*! y in*M't;ng of the 'I’iiird Di-
V.ill m;' in .d with th*' Wat*'rloo
-r *-hu: eh ri<^"t ■'SaTurday. begin-
at 1*1 ".u o'cI'K'k. it is announced
y* Mr-. J,' H, Byrd, «livisioii pi*',-!-
a n*
i h ;rrh* s in the di . isioii are Bea-
veilam. li*-llvi« w, B<'thabaia, ('alvary,
• lir.T -n. t russ Hill, Hoil.v Grov**, I.y-
wiLh the remainder g*)ing to .May-
barik; that “the * ntir*' * !*;': «n in ti**'
ci'ty of I harh'ston wa. ml*-! I* r*sl with
l y the city poiic: a: d *1 ectiv*'s";
lliat j)i-.sons around 'in- po;; vv*-re a.-
loWe<! to wear .Maybank ’.oiges; ami
that “the fiitii'e eh c'.l •;! tn I'haHi -
ton was f)i'i uieate,! -.v::*! f.’.<j'l
•Jia. Mu P]«*aN:int, .Mountvillc.
PresqM-et an<i Waterloo.
N
tin oti>! iufut, vitiating a-:! n
ihi'i ballotiijig ill < hai 1*-s'.. -:
The voting ill • iiail* •<
liotou.' *.igy of pai li'an.-’a;
Ic't saiil.
Kighte*'!! af^i'iavit - wa. m*
in support «)f tin clurg''.
.d
ri vv
.1
«*-
s.i 'niit o'l
a.d l.pps
'‘''■i^^askeij the cdiniliitte* to inspect th*'
ish-French propo.sals was
here as leaving the way open
“continuance of diplomatic n<?goU
aliens” but giving neither a
“yes” or “no” ansvier on the ques
tion of ceding Sudeten areas to Hit
ler,
A communique of the labor minis
try said the government would requi
sition factories furnishing material
for “passive defense” and sites of
refugee construction bei^use of strike
delays.
■ The government requisitioned the
docks at Marseille September 6
Senator Smith
WUl Ask Higher
Loans On Cotton
North Carolina.
This Wedc’s Menu
On Gridiron
Winners Named In
Msigistrate Races
MyFtle Beach, 5?ept. 19. — Senator
E. D. Smith of South ('amlina an
nounced today. he had telegraphvMi a
number oT’^^nators to meet at his
office in Washington September 30 to
di.-veuss plans for concerted action, to
break up a strike of dockworkers. *
The docks were placed under military
rule. I ‘ I
FrklaT
Furman vs Buckr*
Pa.
Newberry vs Em*
to Newberry.
I The county Democratic executive get better loans for cotton.
•*.♦ Lewisbarg, committee meeting Thursday morn- Smith, who ha.s bt'en vacationing
ing. ^leclared the following winners in here since his renomination in the
nd Henry at the four town-ship run-over races for .August 30 Democratic primary, said
‘the farmers cannot get along’’ on
The buiMin|i; workers strike broke-
at Mofiiday over a wage dispute josv
out Monday over a wage dispute just
as the government was urging more
apeed in construction cl air
abelters.
magistrate:
Saturday | Scuffletown: W. P. Abercrombie the present rate of 8 cents a pound
Clemson vs Tulane at New Orleans.. defeated E. C. Wingo, 168 to L56. and that “something just has to be
^•xrolina vs Xavier at Cincinnati. Sullivan: D. T. Knight won over , done.” Senator Smith is chairman of
. ^ Citadel vs Georgia at Athens. Fred Hellams, 330 to 313. the senate agriculture conmiitti*e.
WofftMtl vs Mercer at Macon. Cross Hill: J. H. Bryson defeated Smith said he had called on all sen-
Preohyterian vs-Oglethorpe at At- J. W. Ropp, 154 to 128. lators interested in getting better
raid lanta. ' | Dials: R. A. Hellams won over Z. C.|loans for cotton to attend the meeting
j Erakine vs Catawba at Charlotte, j Vaughn by a count of €28 to 635. | in ihis office, called for 11 a. m.
DRIVE CAREFULLY
SAVE A LIFE!
6
DEATHS
from
Al^TOMOBILE
ACCIDENTS
in
LAURENS
COUNTY
1938
Let's Strive To Make
TTiis a Safe Year On
the Highways.
This date last year, 4.
club rolls aii.l biHjks.
j W. l)cck ILili, a .5Lirinuig campa.itu
'A'oikcr who was given access Sunday
to th** iinjioutKlt *1 elt*i;i*‘ri uc'*rd.-^ on
the oi <i* r of Goveriun' J<»hnstoM. said
in an affi'i.'ivit that hi* found mure
jieisons had v<*t*'*l in s*Tnie ('harlestou
city wards than were enrolltsl an*l
that many "irregularities’ existt*d.
I>ea<l per.sons’. names were vot*'d
III >om(* iri'tanees, the affidavit said,
but Hull (lt'po?e<l that he was “care
ful not to touch the poll li.sts” until
they were remov(*d from the ballot
boxes by the National Guard officer
in charge.
The other affidavits, most of them
from Manning watchers at various
' polling place.s, said city detectives
marked ballots in bulk; that tally
.sheets were prt*pared in advance of
the counting; that “floaters” were
' voted under “assumed snames”; that
persons were* seen to ate more than
j once; that the policy in Uharleaton
' was to win elections “at all cxwt-s”;
that in one ward the entire 459 votes
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