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1 i \ t { Read Today’s Paper and The Next Two Issues for Christmas Bargains! THE CHRONICLE StriTM To B« a Cloan Nowo* paper, Complete, Noway, aad RoBablo. dbrntitrlr If Too t)oa*t Read THE CHRONICLE Too Doat Get Tile Newa. VOLUME XXXVIII CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1938 NUMBER 49 Juvenile Law Change Sought Smith Invited | By Yacht Club: Laurens Citizens Would Raise Senator Receives Another Invi- Age Limit of Boys and Girls For Detention In Reformatory. tation for Breakfast Monday. Groi*nville, Doc. 3.—^?onator Elli- -1 I^urona, Dt‘C. 2.—petition to the j ^on D. Smith was invited by the Paris Laurens delegation requesting the as- Mountain Yacht club to be its guest sembly to raise the limit of which; . . , ^ . * o on • i i „ at breakfast at 8:30 o clock Monday boys and girls may be sent to a state [ reformatorj’ will be presented at an niorning at the ^acht club basin atop <*arly date. Sheriff W. Weir mountain. nounces. The text*’of the petition* hour of the invitation coin follows’ cided with the hour tliat President ‘‘Under the constitution of the KtHv>t-\elt sal down U> breakfast^ State of South Carolina, the jren- >» the g<.vernor‘s mansion in Columbia! eral assembly may make provisions Kuest of Governm’ .Johnston, for the establishment and mainte-i also has been in\ited to that; nance by the state of a refonnatory event. ^ , i for juvenile offenders, sp^ial and The \acbt club dispatched Saturday! apart from hardene<l criminals. Un- the following Udegram to Senator' der this provision of the constitu-1 at his home in Lynchburg: tion, the general assembly has here-! “We, the members of the Paris tofore seen fit to estaiblish industrial Mountain \acht club, cordially in- Bohools, but the age limit for boys. he our guest at breek- who may be admitted is a maximum' of aeventeen (17) years, for girls twenty (20) years. We Mieva that it would ‘be to the best interest of the state, would be more effective in bringing about coarectional disci pline, should the limit be raised to twenty-one (21) years. As it now stands, if a youth is convicted in the courts of our staU*, irri*«pective of the offense, if the offender is over sevenU*en (17) years of age, he must neces.'iarily be c<>mmitte<l to the chain gang or penitentiary. We btdieve this to bt‘ subviTsive of the very pur pose of convctional puni.shment as applied to the youth of the staU-. “ We therefore respectfully n*qut*st our delegation to the gen eral assembly to a<lvocate provision for inve.stigating this matter to the end that our reformatories may be more effi'Ctive in the punH>se for which they were estal)li.sht*d.” at 8:30 o’plock Monday morn ing. Our club is the only yacht olub in the w’orld with iheadquarters atop a mountain. While the company will not be so pretentious as that at a cer tain breakfast in Columbia, the food, we assure you, will be equally as go<Ml. Please advise if you will so honor 18 of your Greeville friends.” The telegram was signed by the membership roll of the club. \ Prizes Offered For Floaty Windows In Friday’s Events lemand ui>on the President for Miss Perkins’ n>moval, accomjvanying it 'by the threat that 111111*88 she rt‘- ■ 'sigiunl or was dismissed the new Con gress wouUl imjH'ach her charge's of malfi>asance in office. ! ■ Krirnd of Mr». One disadvantage under which Miss Friday at ,^;30 p. m. in honor of the Perkins’ opponents lalmr is that she, triumphant entiy into the city of is a warm iHU-sonal friend of Mrs. Santa Claus, a number of floats will •Roosevelt, whose influence g.>t her be enteml and the city. With the turn- her cabinet appointment ami who is ing on of the beautiful Christrmis said to Ih' prei>ariHl tt. stii-k by her lights, wii; take on a general Christ- through thick ami thiu. And nehmly :r>;>ea;auce. wants to get into a public controvei . y j lie e.n float of the involving the l’resi.U‘nl‘» wife. parade, a eash pri/.i of $10.00 will be The iHilitical strategy of both par-1 awaifbsl bythe ChamUT of l.tom- tii's in the New Congress is begin-j ine’ve. $T.,*»0 for second place, $5.00 ning to take .''ha|)o. It is the under-1 for thin! place, ami $2.50 for fourth standing here that at the nuH'ting place. of the Republican National Commit-j First prize for the most attractive business window will be $.5.00, for sec- tiH* in late NovemlHU' there was gen eral agmunent to jiursut' the party’s jHilicy in the last <'ongress. That might be desorilnsl as not getting (Uh) far tnit in fi\>ut, but playing l>all ‘with the inde|H*ndent Democrats, w)h> might U‘ sticking their m*cks out. in the eyw of their Southern ci>n- stitueirts, if they appeartnl to bi‘ fol- ond place $3,00, and for third place $1.(HL Committees in charge of the cele bration wen* ap)H>intiHl recently by B. Gt>dfn*y, pnvsident of the CTiam- lH‘r of Ctmimerce. r, Payments Be Made Earlier Washington I officially knw’on, or “Madam St'cro- tary,” as she is gimerally referml to, lowing the lead of Republicans. Mrs. Paul C. Wilson in private life.^ Majority Greatly Reduced ■ The opposition to her on Capitol, tbi the l>eim>cratic side. Chairman I Hill has boon growing $rteadily for | Farley and his righthaml men several years. The charge is fre- Heve that, with their majority .so (juently heard that in lalK>r dispuU« gn'utly mluei'd, IVmocratic Congivss-! her influence has ahvays Ikhui on the men will prove more amenable to side of .John I.ewis ami his Commit- i»arty discipline and there will Ih* less tee for Imiu.-itrial Organization. temK'iioy to stray off the ivservation gt*ther in Congn'ss and heal the bn'ach bt*twtH*n the two wings, Mr. Farley )h>p»*s to be alile to nominate a candidate accx'ptable to all Demo- l,^,_,crats in HMO and pi-esent a United Front to the opposition. The feeling in Washington, how'- ewr. IS tlial the b>a<l«*r w'ho W'ill have jthe last won! alnuit Ikunocratic poli cies in t'ongie.ss is \’ice-Pri*sident Garner. I THE (ilFT IDEAL For the man: The Reader’a Digest. For the wiunan: Good Housekeep ing. For the young man: The .American Magazine and The .American Boy. For the young girl: The .American Girl and Cliild life. JAMES W. CALDWELL Washington. Dec. 3. — Agriculture department officials said ttnlay that benefit |>ayments umler the 1938 crop ]»rogram would Ih* <li.Htribuli*<l this winter and spring — .s<*veral months earlier than similar payments have gone out in past seasons. The earlier iwymenUs were decided on, th«*y said, with the objective of increa.sing farm purchasing jiower at a time wfhen mai'ket receipts are low. About in benefit pay ments are to be distributed during IK*cember and January and the first checks ii^ ould go into the mail in Feb ruary. I The bulk of payment-s made under the 1937 pn)gram went out during the past summer ami fall. (H'(i uifiy •cretury of .State, ^ the ,S<*enTary of ... ... I - AN/ i A LANE CHEST fe. Oniy TESTED Aroma-tight Cedar Chest in the World • * For sweetheart, daughter, or sister, the Lane Hope Chest with its abso lute moth protection and exclusive convedience features makes the ideal gift. Ceme in and see our magnificent display of latest srylrs- Prices 1^0 to $45 A gorfcoos, modera chest with smart wsterfall top The colorfa] exterior is a svperfo example of matchiog Orieo- tal and American walont Tcoeers. Eqnipped with Lane AotomaticTrar HAIWaLBROS. & JCINARD CLINTON — TWO STORES — LAURENS Washington, Dec. ,5.—There Is a |stix)ng belief here that there will be ' moix* change.H in the T'abinet before long, and that some of the adminis trative heatls of ‘‘emergency’’ «)ffices will be forced to yield to the pres sure that is iM'ing brought to gel nd jof them . Following the announcement o the ri*signation of .Attorney-Geneial Cummings, Washington oftservei’s bt'gan to k<‘ep their eyes peelml for. signs of other <'al>inet change.s, , There is a general exjK'ctation that Harry Woodring, S<*cretary of War, and Claude Swanson, Secretary of Ihej Navy, will soon retire. Mr. Swanson is an old, -sick man. ' i The burden of building up the new! Navy is beiing carried by Assistant' Secri*tary Charles Tkiisun, son of the great inventor. He is consi<lere<l an extremely capable exc*cutive, and the only thing that stands in the way of his jirobable promotion is the fact tliat he, too, is n<»t in very goml health. As the sueex'ssor to StxTetary WiMKlring, mrlMMly h(‘re thinks of any one but the .Assistant .Si'crelary of War, 1/tuis Johnson, former Nation al fommander of the American la.*- gion. The two Cabinet members who.se I > I |K>.'ilion are ngarded as absolutely secure are the .S« Cordell Hull, am th»* Treu>ury, Henry .Morgenlhau, Jr. Hull .Memt Fetpular .Mr. Hull IS by all <mI<1s the most }|M»pular and generally re.'qxcteel fig ure in the entirx* Admini.stration. His successful efforts t<» negotiate trade agreements with other nations, and the .scrupulous can- h<* has takem to ket*p himself and his de[>artin«-nt out of politics have combined with his dignifii-d yet genial pe-rsoriality i to win him friends among I►<•1110- !crats and Republicans alike. In any iliscussion of Presidential candidates for 1940, .Mr. Hull’s name i.- sure to* Ih* menti<»ned as a “mi»ldle-of-the- road” iK'mocrat who would l>e ac- cviitable to all wings of the fiarty. The recurrent report that the Sec retary of Commerce, Daniel Uopi-r, is due to resign, has cropjieil up again an<i i.s generally believed to Ih* true. Talk al>out his successor centers ujion Hariy Hofikins, Ad ministrator of the W.I*.A. Whether .Mr. Hopkins is th(* I'ix*sident’.s choice*, I whether he wants the job, and w’heth- • er he could be confirmed by the Sen-1 ate if he were appointed are questions to which no jmsitive answer can be given. ‘ There are many influential men in Washington who would like to see ^ som{?body el.se in the <'abinet as Sec retary of the Interior, rather than | Harold Ickes. Mr. Ickes is reputed to | be rather unhappy about his job. .A good many functions of his depart ment have been transferre<l to others.' Has Strong Following ! But he has built up a .strong fol-; lowing outsdde of Washington,! among Govemor.s and Mayors with ^ w'hom he has had to deal in matters concerning W.P.A. loans, and there' would be a good deal of re.sistance ^ if any political pressure were put on the President to remove him from | the Cabinet. Mr. Ickes, being a man of in<iependent wealth, does not; need the job, but he is of the temp- j erament which does not quit under i fire. ^ The one cabinet member for whose resi^ation or dismissal political pres sure is already being put on the IVesi- dent is the Secretary of Labor, Fran- Washington hears the ix'port that on the part of those who are op|H>si*di a committee repn*senting tin* .\nu*ti- to the. Administratiim and the New SFBSCKIIW*'. TD THE CHRONICLE san lA*gion rt*eently made a p»*rsonal. IIf he can hold tin* luirty to-* “The l’a|H'r K\cr\l»ody Reads” Give THE CHRISTMAS STORE FOR MEN Him Gifts He Likes and Needs! Him ('hristmas Gift is here. All you have to do is lottk through this holiday a.ssort- ment to find exactly what you want at the price you want to pay. This store caters to the needs of men—we know what they like best—the colors, the patterns, styles and quality. 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