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jS f’ THJB CHRONICLB StfiTM To B« a Goaa Nowo* | paper, Conplcta, Ncwaj, aad Reliable. mi OIUntDn y If Too Doa't Read THE CHRONICLB Ton Don’t Get The Newa. VOLUME xxxvm CLINTON,,S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1938 NUMBER 48 Clinton and Lake View to Battle for Class B Crown BIG VOTE BALLOTS WILL LINE |WPA in Politia David R.C^er iCIinton Hi Ha. UP WINNERS IN CHRONICLE’S * ^Demoralizing’| Dies Suddenly , Great Record BIG CASH SUBSCRIPTION DRIVE CONTESTANTS HAVE GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO INSURE WINNING A MAJOR PRIZE; LAST CHANCE IS OFFERED FOR EXTRA VOTES; RACE NEARING END. White Blames Directors aiid Public Leader and Scientist Asks Ouster of Any Using j Found Dead In Bed. Original- Relief For Votes. For Season TWO TEAMS MEET FRIDAY Playing l^ike View tomorrow for ed 10 New V^arieties of Cotton.!the B class state championship, <Min- u _ Z. o a ' ^ school’s upper state cham-' \\ashmgton Nov 20. - t,enator| HarUsvill,., Nov. 2«.-lJavi.l RobortL,,,,,* haw a si.lon.lUI tl,i. sva- \\hite, Kepublican, Mainv, a nu'nibei a^rricultiiral .svienti.t. busiiuo.. son. it of the senate campaign expneditures is; Game To Be Played On Johnson Field At 2:.10 To Decide Stale ('hampionship. Huge Crowd Expected For Contest. The second period of The Clinton] ^ ^ Chronicle subscription campaign came j Willis Voted to a close t^turday with contestants! polling thousands and thousands of i votes toward winning one of the big , ,, , ... ■•••■‘0 and philanthropist, was foundt committee, cbHihI on authorities to- , , . , , ... , , ' , ... ): e • 1 dead in he<l at his home here early, I day to discharge every relief oiiicial, “ i worker found to have used WPA before his sixty-eighth I or Best Blocker cash prizes which will be awarded Clemson Fullback Wins Jacobs when the campaign comes to a close] on Decemiber 17, and this week marks the beginning of the final period ofj this interesting competition, with contestants closely bunched in the matter of votes, and out with a de termination to 'be defeated! 'by no one. W’ith honors thus far so evenly di vided despite the keea competition, contestants started out Monday morn ing to make this the biggest and bt*st week of the entire campaign. Announcement was made Monday morning of fifteen big prize ballots which will be awardt*<i to the contest- Trophy For Second Straight Year By Wide Margin. Don J. IVillis, of Grwnville, Clem son fullback, was announced Momlay to be the winner of the Jacobs-block- ing' trophy for the second consecutive year. Willis already has been named hirthilay. His death, which was discovered ."hoitly before 2 a. m., was attributed to a heart attack, the culmination of several months of ill health. The funeral was reld at 2:20 o’clock Tuesday morning in the chapel of Coker college for girls, an institution endowed by his late .lames I.ide Coker, and .imself was a fmpient conference and all- on all-Southem South teams. The award is made annually by Dr. William P. Jacobs, iiresident of Pres byterian college, to the blocker ad judged to l>e the lH*st in the state by coaehe.s and sports writers. The award markwl the first time ants turning in most cash for sub- scriptions from November 28. through'^^at a player has won the honor two Wednc'silay, December 1 I. These bal- y*'®*’-'' lots will single out the big prize win ners, and just who will fight it out during the fiftwn days for the big gest scores. j I.ast Opportunity | If any contestants in the list have' i;ot made a move to win up to this| time, if they have let their ervthusi- asm wane, and have been slipping, the] last opportunity is before them to re-| deem themselves. This- is the last^ chance to get extra votes. It is th<M last chance* to make a move to win. j Anyone of the contestants li.sted who will go out and get a large num ber of siibscriptions this week can forge to the front and become la win- m succe.ssion, and it was by the widest margin in history of the vot ing. The trophy will be jiresimtiMl at a banquet here the night of Ik^cem- her 0. Willis receiver! 11'-.i votes. June Moore, Presbyterian college .fullback, I ^jon. was runner-up with 6’t! Pear.son, t'lem.son back, four votes. Receiving a vote each for the tro phy were Harold Burris of F>skine, Graham K<hvards of The Citadel, Joe I*ayne of Clemson, Be Moore of Pres South berry, and Roteo Shetley of Furman I for political purjHises in the last cam paign. The committee is scheduled to meet Monday to consider final reports on its campaign investigations. “1 thing everyone who knmvs any thing about it rt*cognizes that the WPA has been a demoralizing and, corruiTting influence in i father, Major White said in an intervii*w. " which he He attributinl the blame for WPA inmefaetor. political activity, which committee in-| Although Di. Coker gave freely of vestigators bave reported finding in j ami energy to public sor- several states, to the administrative (y|x.nite-<l several succ<*ss- branCh of the relief organization. fui Imsiuo.-^s eiitiM-prises, he was most “I think,” White said, “that every widely known for the devel»>pment official ami ev<*ry emidoyo who has^and pi'ifi'ction of supeiior strains of been using the WPA for political imr- crups in his inodid scientific agricul- jwses ought to he si'parated from the tuial laboratory. service.” j The a<-hiev<‘ments of this laliora- He sail! he would support a pro- tuiy included the originaling of ten f>osai by ('hairman Sheppard, Demo- tiew varietii's of cotton, a highly pro- crat, Texas, that the canqiaign ex-1,iuetive typi- of wheat, two new va- pemlitures committee Ih' made a per-1 rj,.ties of corn, a new yam typi* po- manent organization to "iiolice" po-jtato, smut, and cold-resisting oats, a litical campaigns and to recommemi siqierior type of cigaret tobacco, and legislation to halt political corriip-!a numlnr of less imi>ortant crop im- I provements. votes. Ben- Maine senator suggested a joint| Many scientists and fairmers visited ■was third I orjfanijration, with jurisilietion over the Coker enterpri.ses every year to both house land senatorial campaigns. ,ii,serve their (ypt*rations. “It is a most difficult thing,” hcj After a visit on one occasion, Carl pointtsl out, “to build an organization j V^-ooman, former assistant secretary hurritxlly from the ground up and of agriculture, lobi Dr. Coker: have an effective inve.stigating force j ‘iV'ou have right here in Hartsville and ix»ach soumi judgments on what one of the most remarkable exjieri- ment stations in the world, headed by fragmentary Clinton r.S Clinton 28 Clinton JT) Clinton 0> <Jinton 22 Clinton 21 Clinton 2") (Hinton 12 ('linton 11* Clinton ? Woodruff O' Friday afternoon at 2:20 at the Blacksburg 01 college field the Clinton high school Duncan Oj football team will close the mo.st suc- h^a.sley Tlcessful football year in its history as it battles the liake View team for the C'las.s B championship.of .South Caro lina. (’linton high bas won seven of eight games this year tallying a total of 2.")1 points to their opponents’ 26. They defi'^ited Honea I’ath for the 1 District 1 and 2 championship, and j then downed .Saluda la.st week for the ) upjKM- state crown. il>a.st week the I.rfike View team ^ imade easy work of Blaekville to take Party Chiet hays Voters Resent I the lower state crown, defeating them Thornwell 0 GrtH'TiwoiHl 12 Greer 0 Honea Path 7 Saluda 0 liake View ? Farley Finds That ‘Purges’ Don’t Work! Outside WritinLi: of Ballot Primaries. In Nov. 21*. — The people in ri slates and cities, James slatiMl toilay, “resent out- political in th eii Chicago, the nation Farley .side interfiMenei affairs. 1'he < haininn of the Di'inoeratie •lationa’ eonunitt'-e so informed re- porteis during a recess in the round ol piivat<' eonfertoices with Western leaders ol' llie party sliscus.sion.s con- (lucttHl in the wake of the primarit‘s, President Roosevelt’s “purge” cam paign and the recent elections. He made the !»tatemcnt in defining hi.s “hands off” attitude toward the lK*mocrp.tic mayoralty primary here next February. A.sked if he -would take a hnrf^ in the selection of a can- I by the .score of 22-(*. I..ake View' has |tallie<l a total of 221* points to their oiqionents’ 26, making tluon appear a jtiifle stronger offensively than the ■ Reil Devils. 1 The Lake View team, eoached b.v Harry Bolick, former Presbyterian !eolleg(‘ star and winner of the Ja- eobs Bloeking Trophy, is n-puted to jbe very Iwavy thougli no official [weights have been i-fH-eived in Clin ton. Itumor has it that the team will av( rage IIM* |)ounds. But eye witness observers of I*ike View’s siuisational vietory over the j Blaekville ti-am say (hat the lower |stikte damps dis|)layed |ture and un- adulterat«‘d poiwer in capturing (hi* j crown, I The team has not he<*n defeated this year, and the byterian, DeWitt Arrowsmith of South Carolina, Lucius Hinson ofijj, going on in the face of more or less Carolina, Fix! Harden of New- evidence. he su'd: jieople of one of the greaest leaders in agri- ner. “Promises ’ won’t win There i«hould be a congressional j cultural in^provement, surroundwi by 'The principal speaker at the ban- committee familiar not only with theiB notable staff.” ^[^jj'quet here next Tuesday evening will j hut state sUtutes dealing wi<h j Jn the field of busine.ss, his inter- . be Dr. Julian S. Miller, editor of The j corruption. If such a commit-' •Ex won t cuses" wont win: But results ■w’in, and the hardest and most consist ent workers will get results. So close is the battle for votes that only a handful of votes separate thejfj^^.„ Carolina Coacin^s diuali “The I'eople of any state resent outside interferenee in liK'ul affairs.' Mayor Edward .1. Kelly was re quested by a group of business men, i • is attestixl to by power of th<* fact their line that not line point has lH*<*n scored thixiugh it jali season, and only three teams have scores! on the I,ake View aggregation all .sea.son. The Clinton team is a razzle-dazzle club women and l»l)or lea<iers last depending on clever and fla.ihy I Charlotte Observer. Tht* afternoon lH‘fore the banquet I political corrupt tee were on a peimanent lests wtM'e m'ainly in the Coker Pedi- basis, it gnxxl .Se<*<l company, which' dealt week to seek renominution. servers expected State’s Thomas J. Courtney, nn nilier .Some o'l)-jp|.,y |,.,j capably by that .sensational Attorney I Hall King. Tomorr<»w’s fray will Im* King’s last .f coubl maintain the nucleus of an in-l largely in the improved seed develop- Dom'K-ratic fartion fr<*quently at o<lds' jjp|,^..„.j,nce as a high school player leaders in the race, while with stimu-i latetl activity the conte.stant .with jvestigation foix*e. It could nwnt under his guidance, J. L. Cok<*r carry out its work with nnd rompnn.v, a merchandising firm, the ^ basket- 'a much smalb-r exjienditure of money and the Coker Cotton company. I..»«t vnf..« r-Mn forth eYti-« offort t>oxing and track sched-,an<i a much givater eff»*ctiveness in p„r many years I*r. Coker was a n," .nd .™ an? on. of ,h. Rranl'"l*- , , , , I'-,!""'' "f "f . The Jacobs trophicw also are aw'ard-.on. ^ Ko.. P* blocker in* White indicated he would prtiposi* The list of conte.stants ha.s narraw- „ f . .l . i.e , .u i « 0,1 .k,»n «o fivo prizo conlon,U.rs an,l'"*'-,'*"■ !'outb..a,lorn, that tho romnmt,-,- r.r,.mm,-n,l that ,t ha. boon p„int,.l out hy th.. cam- enforone,.,. \.,to. aro now hoina o„|.,conK,....,. .I,.- oan t-on- Ol he of paign nvanager many times that the* big winners will be the ones who visualize the possibilitit*s and makej the mosit of the opiKirtunity before' them, the on<*s who make i>ersistent and determimxl effort, the ones who will not “pick others to win,” hut who w.ill disreganl others and go out themselves to win—the one who will' lected in these contests and the re sults are expwted to Im* announceil within a few days. Santa To Arrive On December 9 tribute to political funds, and that it ask for a congressional study of charges of iKililical abuse of the free mailing and printing privileges. Cheery St. Nicholas, attired in his not become discouragt‘<l but who will bright re<l suit trimmwl with snowy battle for votes in the face of all ob- .^^-hhe fur, will arrive in the city on Stacies which might confront them. | Friday, December 9th, to officially Face Supreme Test open the Christmas season. His ar- Wilson Not To Go Back Soon going dir«*ctor of the Richmond the F«-deraI Reserve bank, a pos.t was tenrlered upon establishment th«' bank in P.*l l. •During the World war he was chair man of th<* .South ('arolina council of «iefens4* and federal food atiminislra- tor for the state. He had previously servi*<l as a member of the national ‘‘L'ly. agricultural advisory committ«*e, and in 11*18 he went to Europ<* as a mem- wit h the Kelly organization, to op pose him. .\ new name was projtx’ted into speeiilatioii during the day when Wa'^biiigloii aides reported .Se<*retary lekes had been urged l»y some un named I'hicagoans to run for mayor. Farley, who <-hieflains of igan and all -itates we.st of the .Mis sissippi river to sliare counsel with him iluring bis twoday visit hero, re ceives! Um* various state delegations unless s(Mm* Bowl engagement can be arranged for the wcxiry Devils. IL* hu'h !)een largely res)'onsil)le for Clin- loii’s startling 2.'>l points .scored this stuhon and in ad'lition to bis unusual bioken field running and -hip-wiggling invited Deinoeraticjbe is an able passer, a good iiiois, Wisconsin, .Mich- puMler, and a fine man at kicking up the line oil defense - almo.st a quad ruple threat man. But the Wilder-coached aggregation is a great deal moie than King—it’s a smooth -working, cleverly coached. At a luncheon ineeVing, barley bard-tackliug, cl«*«n hl(K*king machine ed them to do (‘verythiiig |»<TS.sibIe to ^bat has paved the wa.v for touchdown Itritig al'out victory in IP^O. after touchdi»wn as it has marched woubi k*r of an agricultural commission sent by thi.-< government to .stuily con- ‘'F*'”’’* opposition wouni t,.iuniphaiit toward its pie.sent su ditions abroad. He also serveil on tb«*[i premacy. South Carolina land si»tllemenl com-j‘“*‘*'‘‘*' , , ' Tomoriow aftern<M>n more than 2,- Imission '"“y •''<*(> fm.ll ill fans from upper South reUry Welles of the state department avvardisl the state <>''>ran'^-Htion in or- ..xjiocted here to si*<* said tmiay Hugh Wdson, who i I...irion .list iniruisksl ser-i'*”'' f”'' cami'aign.” !wheth»-r Cue lower six-tion of the state Washington, .Nov. 26.—Acting .S<*c- here today from his post as ambassa- distinguishixl ser- „ ... . .... Ill 1 . .u ivice plaiiue, an annual a-wanl by th«* ... . . , , , Contestants in this campaign are rival will also be the occasion of the dor to Berlin, would k* aasigneii tothei„ . i-,,. o, ebx-'ions, he said, could be cing the supix*me test. The cam-!turning on of the city s beairtiful ^ state department for an imlerinite l'HM-02 he servixl one tt*rm as ^‘I'oo overcoiire'encc and loi ign is the tost of <*ach worker, his Christmas lights. Committees appoint-1 periial. niayor <»f Hartsville the only time her courage, determination, abil- ed by the president of the Chamber! Welles said Wilson would take up elective »>ffice He was a no control. facing l>aign or ity, and strength of character to fight it through to the end’and admit de feat to no one until the final verdict of the official judges is reail. It isjappear in the news and advertising. Warm .Springs, fJa. Some of the los.ses in thi* nreiit hlam<*d •al situ- jiarty as a can offer anything as good. All Clinton all upfsT .Stiuth Carolina says emphatically that it can't. work of Commetxe are now at preparation for the event. Full details of the celi^bration in <luty as a consultant as siMin a.« he re turns from a confer<‘nce over the will week-eml -with I’resident Roosevelt at Pointing out that Democrats have a 2p substantial majority in the house and ’'.S4*nate, he exi»ressed tin* hope that also the acid test of the friends of'columns of The Chronicle next week. I Welk*s said Wilson’s duties would « I »- I ’ 1 r a ^ i-rt . A . I . rt: each worker. False friends forget when their help is nei*de<l; fair weath er friends sneak awa-y and hide ■when called on for supiMirt. Tin* contest- LICENSE PLATES SHOW INCREASE] Vie to advise state department officials on (K*rtnan affairs. ants will as they work, find who are! Columbia, Nov. 26.— \ total of 230,- Although no further information was given, it was indicated this ac tion might be preliminary to Wil.son’s Dem(K,-rat. Dr. CokcT was born .November 1870 .the son of .larm-s Lid'* Coker. and .Su.san (.'ttout* Coker. After lak-1 ! ing preparatory study al Hartsvilli* an<li .Sovicty Hill, h<* entei-<*d the* L’rii- versity of .^outh Carolina, from which he was graduated with an A. B. de gree in 1891, Laurons Funeral For Centenarian houses would “go along with th«* pres ident and his program. from his Berlin, their real friends and who are the real i 873 new license plates t'alay had been! permanent transfer builders and boosters of this conu: issu(*d to South Carolina motorists by! post. munity. Those who want their sub-jrhe motor vehicle division 6f South! Indications ta the state department scriptions to do their favorite any'Carolina highway department, are that the deci.sion wh<*ther he shall good will give it NOW. This is the' A. W. Bohlen, division director, said return to Germany has not yt*t been la.st week before the final drive, and ^ the total was an increase of 8,.'>81 over | made and probably w ill not Vie made every subscription will put your fav-ithe same date la.st year. orite nearer the top and encourage i him or her to make a desperate ef-; fort to top the list before the close. | The time has come -when “telling your favorite that you will wait to see horw they get along’’ is doing him' or her a greats injustice. To “getj along:” now th§y must get subscrip-j tions and the sooner you make youri promise good, the more time youri favorite will have to hunt new busi ness. i Contestants -who have held good positions in the vote standing up to now must work harder and get bigger results than ever -before if they ex-i pect to -win one of the grand awards. To let up now, or even weaken, means defeat and hitter disappaointment. There are several in the race who* would be wianers should <tV>e cam paign close today, but as so many thousands of votes can be polled in a short time now, any margin a con testant might have can be wiped out and will be wiped out unless' they work hard and get big resuHa and keep it. DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! 7 DEATHS from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY 1938 Let’s Strive To Make This a Safe Year On the Highways. This date last year, 7. for .several w'eeks. DILL Hi* served as a trustei* of the Uni versity until a few months ago, when ill health caused him to resign. Hi* was a trustee also of (kiker college. Honorary degrees bestowed upon him included a doctorate of science rom Duke university in 11*30, a doc- oraU* of laws degree from the Uni versity of North Carolina in 1932, and later the (College of Dendy Accepts Knoxville Call Laurens, Nov. 2.').—.Mrs. Burgess, \ ho eeletii ated birthday i.iniver-ary in died Frid .y in .Albvmarle, the home f h< r (iiiiightt-r. B. Smith with whom she iifbix'ca J. her It *3 id .'sefytemlier, •N. at .Mrs. Ora had l.iveil from kiutens about 4, Rev. .Marshall Dendy, pa.slor of the Fii-rt Presbyterian church of Gaines ville, Ga., for the pa.st seven years, atiiiouneed his resignation last .Sun day to accept a call to the pastorate of h’ifth Avenue Pre.sbyterian church, Charleston also Knoxville, Tenn. ELLIS WINS TENNIS MONOGRAM J4.^var(kxl him an LL.D. In rixn^nition ' The announcement wlil he one of Cadet Dill B. EUis, member of the|<>f the value of his work, the Univer- inti re.st here where Mr. D<*ndy is well .second class, Unitcnl .State.s Military|«ity of South Carolina awarded him known academy, West Pint, N. Y., son of Mr.'t'be and Mrs. George H. Ellis of this city,!®8:<>- i.s the winner of the iutramural ten-i 'Coker was tw'ice nis pionagram, according to a rc*cent • announcement Mc'.Ma.ster medal .s<*veral ye*ars He i.s a graduate of Presby- college, and before going to since reni' ving 10 years i>go. .She 'A'as thi* widow of Osia Burgess, .ilso (if Laurens. .She was a member of the Presbyterian church and a wo man of fine trails of (•haractei and poise. Committal services were held at 2:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon, in the Lauren.s cemetery. .Mrs. Smith is the only .surviving child of a family of four children. I Gainesville was pastor of the Ave- married. His k*igh Presbyterian church in .New- ‘‘irst wife. Mrs. Jessie Ruth Coker, berry. Mrs.^ Dendy •lK*fore marriage of the re.sults of thel'bed in 1913, leaving five children. In was Miss Nan Copeland of this city, , 1938 ~fan'intramural athlctic.s held at'-August, 191.7, he married Margaret a-daughter of .Mrs. .L L f’opeland, iV^'est Point each year as a part of Washington, a daugh- and the late Mr. ( ()p<*land. Decrease Shown " In Cotton Ginned the regular athletic program. The monogram will be awarded at the athletic review held in June as a part of the commencement week ex- feixrises. DEBT IS NEARING 1 39 BILLION MARK Washington, Nov. 26.—^Jhe nation’s public debt is at an all time high of $38,212,458,000 and may cross the $39,000,000,000 level within three weeks, the treasury’s daily statement ifor November 23 revealed today. ter of Sircretary Dan C. Roper, of the department of commerce. <At the* funeral services, Dr. Henry i Nel.son .Snyder, president of Wofford ] I college, and Dr. Sylvester Green,] I president of Coker college, assisted' 'Dr. Howard .M. Reeves. Mu.sic was > given by the Coker college glee club. I All business in Hartsville closed for I the services. Coker college jiaid tribute to Coker j during the chapel hour this morning' as Dr. Green delivered an address ex pressing appreciation of Coker’s achievements. i Census report shows that 20,549 , ball's of cotton were ginned in Lau- Ireiis county/ from the crop of 1938 prior ^o Novem'bt*r 14, as compariHl with 2*),036 from the crop of 1937 for jthe same period, a d(*crease of 5,487, bales. l’EI» MEETING TONIGHT A lively pep meeting will be held tonight at 7 o’clock at the monument i with the Clinton high school student body and band out in fuH swing. All Clintonians are invited to -be present and help cheer the team on to victory in h'riday’s championship football game. I