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\ THE CHRONICLE ' Strirca To Be a Cleaa Newo* paper. Complete, Neway, and ReliaUe. /• F If Too Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE Ton, Don’t Get The Newa. VOLUME XXXVIII CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1938 , NUMBER 42 BRITISH CLAMP MARTIAL LAW Mrs. J. F. Jacobs Suddenly Arabs In Holy City Beseiged In Bitter Uprising. Troops and Airplanes Seek To Quell the Disorder. SATURDAY IS ‘BANNER DAY’ IN ‘CHRISTMAS CLUB’ CAMPAIGN CONDUCTED BY THE CHRONICLE Beloved Woman Fatally Stricken! I With Heart Attack. Rites At I First Presbyterian Church! ^LL WHO HAVE ENTERED IN THE CONTEST ARE EXPECT- Largely Attended. ' ED jq report SOME TIME SATURDAY, EITHER VC., «« l in person or by telephone or MAIL. Jerusalem, Oct. 18.—A form of mar- tiallaw to help 20.000 British soldiers rervunanu, Saturday is “Banner Day.” Every crush the uprising of an estimated'her to the'active contestant is expected to make 10 000 Arabs W'as oroclaimed through-Saturday of at least two out the Holy I.and tonight by Sir' home on Calvert avenue Sunday night I of subscribers. One club is the Harold MacMichael, commander in after a brief illness of only a South Carolina 'FARM PROGRAM Crop, Improve 2‘2 Per Cent Above Average For 1927-1936, Statistician Black Reports. Columbia, Oct. 15.—Federal agri cultural statistician Frank 0. Black said today the crop prospects in South Carolina had improved two per cent few ^ course, ,, . lams who mean to carry on to a glori- ,hours Mrs. Jacobs became ill during Control of the entire country was morning but was not thought to placed in the hands of an army back- ^ serious condition, loiter in ed up by planes, tanks and artillery ■ afternoon she suffered an acute while rebels clung to the Moslem sec-ihg^rt attack and a few minutes after tion of Jerusalem’s old city after* ggven o’clock passed away, four days of siege. j Funeral sen ices were held Monday; The Palestine police force was j afternoon at five o’clock from the ^ placed under the British military > yi,.st Presbyterian church. Dr. D. J. por the benefib^of those living out- command by the order for martial, Woods, pastor of the church, assisted ^f Clinton, V’t it be said that law. Inspector General of Police Alan |)y Dudley Jones of the college, Saunders was placed under the ^rwt | conducted the serN’ices. Interment fol- contesanfs home postoffice or any orders of Major General Robert Ham-flowed in the church cemetery. Both' anvAA’here, bearing a post ing, general officer commanding Brit- at the church and grave a large Rath-1 ^ considered a “Banner ish forees. ^ ^ ering of friends assembled to pay a' gven though the turn-in Sir Harold authorized ap^mtment last tribute, and the mass of beautiful campaign headquar- of military commanders to take over! floral tributes attested the respect i before Momlay. the offices of district commissioners.' and sincere admiration in which she! contestant is expected to r^-jit. Make “Banner Day’’ (Saturday) management I your day and cash in with a real vote just who is who. If increase. Demonstrate that you mean for any reason whatsoever, you find husniess. Show the world that you it imjiossible to make a cash turn-in are out to win. on “Banner Day,” then please write j The dwreasing vote schisitile guar- or telephone the campaign manager, | aivtees a s<iuare lieal to every partici- those contest- a demonstration of subscription-get-,: a Vu ■ , , V ,Vi 1 last month and the indicated total , f • 1 production on October 1 was 22 per The first big extra vote period will ‘ 1 nKwv.n averagt* for 1927-2<), r rent below the ul- soori 1h' over. The chief for Palestine. ^ • 1 • ,1. above the The first period is the, , e-, .. . • 1 f ,U • I 'although five p» biggest perio<l of the campaign—both . i .• , . r ,/ I , timate production in from the standpoint of votes and of| Collapse of New Deal Plan Chargfed and Low Price Scales Farmers Receive Pointed Out. Reaction To Charj?es Varied. He ous victory will not be sati.sfied with time. .subscription tmlay is worth one or two “clubs” of subscriptions—^ four times as many votes as it will be three or four clubs if he or she really i in the final i>eriod. The odds, ^ desires to. It is not too big an order.! are 1 to 1 in favor of right now. You What contestants do actually remains j can, if you will, hit the ball these to be seen. .Most of thi/sIT^tered so! days, ami make a score that will be rith their “free hard for anyone Will you? to overcome later. Washington, Oct. 18.—A .statement by John D. M. Hamilton, Republican national chairman, that the adminis tration’s farm program had collapsed, proiluced a mixed reaction today. attributed the lower volume fori Several Dunociatie members of to decreases of 34 and 11 per I congr(‘ss dissented sharjily; some oth- respectively, for ^on andu.,- legislators said the crop control At current pnci/; h? stated,! u i <• i i , • heturns from these^ crops would be' ^ I about 2') per cent below the 1937 in-j come. ' Black's report slnwed the-^rnieri .V . , 11.1 1 mu 'iiuch better position as to food Contrary to the old style plan, The , , .. , \ , . , land feed crops, the estimated total iprodmai^ turn-m, ma,U.,l Aatu,-.lay from the mg vote ach.vtule The_biggest, ,,,, the average. Grain stocks -bn hand on farms were rejiorted 25 per cent greater than last year and 42 per cent above the average. club votes are given in the first pe riod. Never again after the close of this big first period will it be possible to enhance your votes so fast or so easily on an $18.00 club. Your oppor tunity is here.tmiay if you will grasp ... v,...v... o..a.: ji^very contestant is e; Major General O Connor, command-,^>83 heij by a host of friends who. ^j.^ Saturday. 'The ing the seventh district, was appoint- joined with her family in mourning!know just wl ed military governor of Jerusalem. her death. ' ‘ * The sweeping measures were taken to quell an already widespread guer rilla war which threatened the peace of all the Near F.ast. .Active pallbearers were: Dr. M. W.': Brown, Wajter A. Johnson, Hugh Hol man, Bennett Townsend, Hugh Rut ledge, Roliert Kerdasha, George TofiA n- tell how you are getting along and pant and prevents anyone coming ini what you are doing. Only by hearing at the last moment and winning one from you can the management know | of the big prizes. ITiis arrangement i what you are doing. | rewards the workers — tin* pm sons j So, Saturday is “Banner Day” and who .seize the opportunity of getting j every contestant is to report Satur-; votes NOW. day. A club is $18.00 woilh of sub-1 Today we are talking to contest- . . widely connected and highly legarded ^^.jiptions and may consist of .small or ant.s- to you who have alri^ady enter- 3. Re-estabhshment of security on i^urens county family, and had lived. .subscriptions totalling $18.00 orled. But if the reader chances to he more. Fractions over BvClub are car-lone who is still eonsnlenng entering These were the immediate British send of Rock Hill, Forrest Summer objectives: |of Newberry, Duncan Johnson of 1. Repaif, occupation and control of j^evirberry, and Harrell Wilson of widely sal>otaged railways. 'Greenville. 2. Restoration and maintenance of, Mrs. Jacobs was a daughter of the telegraph and telephone communica-, i^te Capt. and .Mrs. T. J. Duckett, a tions. The tobacco estimate was 95,950,- OOO pounds, with an indicated yield of 950 pounds an acre, compared with 905 last year and 701 averagi' for 1927-30. •No change occurred in corn pros pects during Seiiteinber and-the crop els, which would be the largest since was again forecast at 27,01 1,00(1 hush- 1923. The pecan crop was exiiected to total l,23(i,0(K( pounds, sevmi jier cent higlier than in 1937 aiul 32 per cent above the average. all highways. j her entire life in Clinton. She was a 4. Occupation of the more active life-long member of the First Pres- rebel centers and further punitive, hyterian church for wljich she worked measures against Arab villages. j ^ loyalty and devotion. In the work Outside Jerusalem, the greatest jof the Woman’s Auxiliary she was al- task lay in the latter objective. Brit-'active and .served the organiza- ish forces were campaigning to re-[^jon as president for several years, capture the towns of Beersheha, Gaza, Teachers Meet In Laurens Saturday purpose and that other means of as sisting the farmi'r would have to be found. Hamilton told a farm belt audience at Montpelier, Ohio, that declines in prices of wheat, cotton, corn and oth er products during the past year showed that the administration pro gram had broken down. Democratic senators replied that Hamilton should compare present farm income with that of the Hoover administration. “If rhaii*man Hamilton has a clean- cut solution for the farm jiroblem, li't him bring it out in the open,” said Kenator Pepper, Democrat, of Florida, ardent New Dealer, j Hamilton, in his apjieals to farmers, (.said the N<’\v Deal was in an “incon- I gnnis situation.” He said Si'cietary j Wallace and the agriculture depart ment were forcing farmers to reduco aei'cage and marketings whib- Secre- I tary Mull and tlu* «at«- depai tment, I through riviprocal trade pacts, were ItAvering tariffs and inching foreign- ,ers to send grain and meat here. I The Rejiublican leader said this was an "economy of scarcity for the .American farmer” while trade pact.s offered this county "as a free mar- ki‘t for the world.” Senator Borah, Re|niblican, Idaho, HihI foi*ward an<l count toward the and you have ordinary good human next club. If you turn in $20.00, then intelligence, you will enter and makei The first meeting of the Uiurens I you have one club and $2.(M) on anoth- your start, utilizing “Banner Day” as|('„ij,ity Teachers association will he ler club. Any contestant who is mak- a means of starting your campaign: held in l^urens .Saturday morning at|'*^‘“'’ the small hand of Reiiuhlicaii ling any effort whatswver can secure off with a bang. i 10:30 under the leadership of thonew | ^R'vod that the ad- ;a club of subscriptions by Saturday.! Saiturday is “Banner Day.” Every |pri..sident, A. I). Abercrombie, super- proRram had col- - I civic life of the community | contestant who means contestant is to report “Banner Day.” intendent of the Mountville .school (lapsed, but took issue with Haiui}- Hebron, Bethlehem .and Jericho from ^he was equally interested and gave [ difficulty in se- You should report with subscriptions; I The meeting will open with devo- ^'’"’« criticism of Sirretary Wallace’s the Arabs. (liberally of her time in useful and In Jeru.salem authorities extended helpful service. Ampng her prime in- the 24-hour curfew' regulation to were the Daughters of the elude potential danger zones outside American Revolution, the I’nititl the walls of the old city lest the rcb-. D^yj^hters of the Confederacy, and els expand their control here. '^he Woman’s dob which .she had The scarred and battle-minded walls ,m.|-ved as regent and president, and of the ancient city were surmounted j^.arly loved and loyally .sujiported. by platoons of British soldier.s, arm- Mrs, Jacobs was a woman of many ed with rifles, machine guns and hand fjm. traits of character and hail a grenades, while f^om within the Mos- ^(,1,. circle of friends hen* ainl lem se<’tion rebel riflemen kept up throughout the .state who were shock- intermittent sniping attacks. i,y her death. Ever kind, sympa- The array of British foire had the thetio, and jio.ssessing a gem*rous aspects of both ^siege and a di feiise, thoughtfulness of others, her many for the guard had been iloubled to were done quietly without prevent any rebel attack on modern her friends and family knowing what districts of Jerusalem. ^he was doing. She was a devoted The siege was largeiy inactive. Roy- ap,) piother, and a true friend al air force observation and bombing ^chose life was marked by integrity planes flew over the .Arab.dominated and high purpose of characler. area toilay, but dropped no bombs in Surviving are three sons, Dr. Wil- fear of damaging the ( hurch of the ]ia,p j\ Jacobs, J .F. Jacobs. Jr., and Holy Sepulcher,* the Mosque of Omar, j jj Jacobs; three sister-, .Mrs. J. B. the site of Solomon’s temple, and the Townsend of .Anderson, .Mrs. J. Bol- histonc Wailing Wall of the Jews. These are holy places to the Chris tians, Jews and .Moslems whose in terests are at conflict in the H(dy I..and. British soldiers and police were rushed into the old city last night to protect Jewish and .Armenian (juar- ters. These were understood to lx* the only swtions of the old city to be under com|dete British control. i I..ast night echoed to the bursting of terrorists’ bombs, the jiing of snipers’ bullets and volleys of line fire. The rifle fire continued intermittently to night, keeping the populace in near- hysteria. ling Jones of I’etersburg, Ya., and .Mrs. Nonnie Young of this city; a half-sister, .Mrs. Duncan .Johnson of N'ewiieiiy, and a half-brother, T. B. Diick<*tt of Irvington, Va. \ fourth! sister, .Mi.-.-“tiara Elizabeth Duckett of this city, was claimed by death last | Dt'cember. open curing more than one club, .‘-et a <lefi- but if that is im|>os.sil>le, report any- tional by Itev. E. I*. .Moyi* of Lau- nitc goAl and then attain it. Three way, either in person, by telephone, rens, with a program of entertain- clubs would be a good goal to set and or letter. j ment furnished by the .Ioanna school, make, wouldn’t it? Even this amount The li.-t and vote standings of vai i-j (;,,l,jvillc. Greetings from the .state would 1h* only nine yearly .-ubscrii). mis workers will he jlublished from association will lie brought liy its tions a day. time to time throughout the cam- |in-sj,lent, 1*1. W. l{ushton. A contestant to be a prize winning paign. 'J’hose who have receivi>«l votes' The addles.-- of the morning will he contestant must be a producing con- will receive credit in the puldislieil drlivireil by Dr. .John I,ane of the te-tant. Up to the jiresent time the list, hut at no time during the cam- Kng.i.-h depart ment, ( lenison college, jiroducing contestants ar(‘ very few. paign will the full voting .-(length ^ho will use as hi- topic, “'I’lic Ks- .Maiiy names do nut even represi*nt la* published. -eiitial- of Reading, Writing and one new subscription turned in by 'I’he large miinber of candidates in-1 Sjieaking.” themselvi-s. Some who have votes to dicates the splendid interest that has' liei'ii show'll in the campaign from the ('OII\'|'V first preliminary announcement which wa- made a few day-s ago. It is not too late to enter and it is an ideal time to make nominations and get starteil. The campaign offi cially opens .Monday, (>ctob<*r 17. the jioint where the management Those who have entered will get down wants to know who means business, to business. The ra<e is on. There is And the way to fin<l out seems to no red tajie conins-lisl with the distri- by to, pul the jirofMi.-ition uji to you biition of the jirizes. They ar(* aliso- fairly and squarely, and if you have lutely free. the least ambition to jirogiess in this Read over the list of candidates jtrize camjtaign, you will lesjiond with and enter your name today. consumiition by in the I’nited their credit have them by reason of free coupon votes and some because a friend turned in their votes to a contestant when paying ui) a sub- •scrijitiori in the normal course of business. • This campaign has jn ogre.sseil to Ml (;K()iJr A'r sTA'n: taik Yesti'i'day 17.5 county 1-11 boys and girls attended the state fair for a jiio- grani of event.- e-iieeially arrangeil for students of vocational agrii'iilt me and home e<*ononiics. The young jieo- ple made tile trip under tlie supervis ion of the county agi nts, Cannon an<l .'Stallworth, and the home demonstra tion agent, .Mis- .lennie ( oleman. I proposal to subsidize low’-iiicome iii'isoris States. Hamilton had said this proposal by Wallace was ati “idea t” end all New I teal ideas” and woulil fail to aiil the farmer whilr costing more than $1,- ()(iii,(M)i(,n(i annually. ^ I’or.ih -aid he favored n-e of f.irtii siirplusi's for the n* edy and added tna; cov* of -iieh a p:ogiam would be -mall compared with the billion- of dollars spoilt upon a* nanient-, actual lossc- farmers now aie suff<*ring be- ean-e of reduced (iriec-, or the I'ost upon future genera'ion.- of failure to provide for the underfed. .Sonator Logan, Itemocrat. of Ken tucky, administration supporti*r. said pro-.ent difficulties with the farm pm- gi.im 1 exulted from -oine of “the largest eiops that have i-'.er lieeri I .'li ed.” “I'arni incomes have jn t aliout (Confimied on page twot Cotton Quotas Being Prepared 5,075 Register For General Election Presbyterian Men i Will Meet Tonight Students Hear Poet Laureate Archibald Rutkxlgc, pu*t laureate of South Carolina and a famou.s es sayist and w'riter, delivered the fiisl of Pre.sibyterian college’s special lec tures by outstanding men for the 1938-39 session at a chapel service on Thursday. Washington, Oct. 14.— R. W. Hamil ton, South Carolina -A.A.A administra tive officer, was in Washington to day conferring with deiiartment of agriculture officials regarding the The Men-of-the-Church organization l!t39 cotton program, of the First Rresbyterian church will Hamilton .said that the A.\ now hold its monthly meeting this evening|Was getting ready to announce the at 7:30 at the chuix*h. Following the new cotton program and farmers usual serving.of dinner by onc^of the would know what their alloDnents 'I'hey will th<*n be opened on the same church circles, an intersuting program will be before voting next December three days of eac-h .succeeding mOnth on the “-Missionary Challenge to the on continuing production quotas. In until thirty days befoie the next gen- City” will be presented. .All I’resby- the referemlum la.-t .sjuing the gro'A’- oral ebt-tiori, complying with the <*lec- ers had to vote without knowing tion statutes. what their quota would be and this The count of the electors w'as made led to much dissatisfaction in the at a meeting of the board, w'hich is cotton belt. .1. .Mc.Millan of this city, chair man of the county registration board,* -tated yesterday that a total of .5,075 eli*ctors had registereil when the board closed its books last Wednes day in ant iei[)ation of the general el(*ction in November. The books will not ojieri again un til the first .Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in December, he said. terian men of the community are in vited to be present. COURT TERM CAN( ELLED Local Kiwanians To Attend Convention composed of .Mr. .Mc.Millan, chairman, W. T. Crews orf I.Kaurens, and Miss Gladys Cook of Owings. INFANT DAUGHTER DIES .Shelby Jean Branson, infant daugh ter of .Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Branson, The entire membership of the Clin- borne of her parents in the The first term of the November term of the court of common pleas, .scheduled to convene in I^urens on next Monday, ha.s been called off by Dr. Rutledge cho.se “Inspiration” as association, Clerk of Court his topic and talked on the in.spiration yj^g announced. The to live. He said that his chief inspir- to call off the court week ton Kiwani.s club will go by bus Mon- jj,j^ricane .section early .Sunday morn- ation has come from three sources: rnade in view of the fact that day evening to Spartanburg to attend nature, common folk, and love, j^y^g annual Methodist conference will the annual Carolinas district conven-j Funeral services were held from Nature, he said, follows certain >n- jy,p j,., se.ssion in Laurens at that time, j tion. The program will be featured' jy,^. graveside in Hurricane cemetery ^ banquet, addres.ses by promi-: j^^^day afternoon, conducted by the nent Kiwanians, and special musical i yy U>ng. - selections. The Clinton club will be, ^ ^ headed by its president and secretary,! Billy Pitt.s of Clemson, spent the R. E. F’erguson and F. C. Pinson. 1 week-end at home. IJST OF ( ANDID.ATKS IN THF ( HKONK'f.M'.S IMO FKIZF ( A.MI'.AKJN violable law's, and man, to be happy, must also follow* them. Common folk,, in their daily speech, and in the way in which they face life have taught him much about hpw to live: Love is the final and most powerful element in a man’s life and without it he can not achieve happiness. Dr. Rutledge brought his message home in an interesting and enter taining fashion, and employed numer ous personal experiences as he told about it. His address was the fir'A of a series which will bring prominent men from every walk of life to the college. A number of Clipton people were Also present to hear Mr. Rutledge. This Week’s Menu On Gridiron $142,126.48 L Week Thursday Clemson rs Carolina at Columbia. Friday Newberry vs Erskine at Due West. Saturday' The office force of County Agent 'The Citadel vs Tennessee at Knox-iC. B. Cannon in Laurens^ is busy this ville. ~ I week delivering 2,048 three cents sub- ig Distributed This o Laurens County Farmers In the early spring, farmers of the, county received through this office 3,414 cht*cks amounting to $234,371.3G. ( Furman vs North Carolina State at' sidy checks amounting to $142,126.48, | The distribution being made this week | an average of $70.43 per check. Other I of $142,126.48 brings the total bene- checks are expected to follow soon,'fit payment through October 15th up to $376,49734. . Raleigh. P. C. vsjCentre at Danville, Ky. Wollford vs Stetaon at Spartanburg. Mr. Cannon states Below i.' a li-t of Candida te-, alphabftieally aii angt d in 'he Big F’rize .SuliscTijition Campaign, this week. Only the Nomina'ion - ji’T shown Watch For Vote Standin^is Ne.\t Week Help Vo’jr Favorite Candidate Win .Sc{)0 Nomination .Name Addle-- \r5ite- Mrs. Ligon \dd> ( lint) n Mi-s Helen \dair < linlon 5.(»(M» Miss Iona Blakely ( linleii 5.(I(M» •Miss Eloi-e Brown ( linlon. ID. 3 5.(I(M» Mi-s l.ila Eskew Clinton 5.(l(»(l Miss l.ucile (iosse(( l'.'nor»*e, R(. 2 5.(>(»(l .Miss Janet Gaskin .G(dd\ille 5.(H»(I Miss Clara .lohnscm Clinton 5.(l(Mt .Mrs. Pauline latwson ( linlon ,5.(»(H> •Miss Edna Lamb Cross Anchor 5,099 Kemper Lake ... Whitmire - f\fM' Miss Louise Lanford ....Clinton, Rt. 1 Ikhhy Owens , Clinton J. D. Owen.s Clinton .Mrs. Valda Paflerson Clinton, Rl. 3 Mrs. Dunk Powers ...... Clinton Miss Reb<*cca Speake Clintor .Miss .Mogee Slone .Clip Miss Evelyn Wilburn . n A PRIZE OR 20% CC EVEin More The above is a 1’ ants in The Clin* i.s not closed is not on t'^ at once NC Can*