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PAGE SIX y f39 One Of B^t Crop Years In WEST.QJNTON i- ~ Washington h* Special to The Chronicle. S. C.’s History MfK. apk^ CaweafMwit Record Yields of W%eat, Oats, Hay, Tobacco, Sweet Potatoes Made. Black Gives Report. b Held In Lad’s Death {' Ohaoved •with e^oUeas bomickte. rj Cohimbia, Dec. 31. — Federal Afri cultural Statistician Frank O. Blade Mr. and Mrs. T. J. MeDavas od'Floyd MeMinn, formerly of tbk «em- lywiardton, Maryland, spent swrai|mo„ity in reeent yean of A«- Mra J D W^.l^ O,.. 4. 4,., Wd fcr «» ■ **": ^ tenn <rf ««t k. Unm. in 4,^^ M spendmir several ireeks with Mrs. Imt Of 1910 Victory Geneva Coker. Mr. and IMrs. Eaii Baliew of Greer, tk>n with the dearth of Jeiait Daria, six, who ww iMiaUy injored here Sun- Washingt^ Jan. 3.-Wi^ ^^''jsaid “on the whole. 1939 was ow of | vening of the second reg<ular eesajonj^^ . , ^ i were the week-end gneste of releitiveB.!day afternoon. of the 7©th congress, today^ the out.lt**e beet agriculburaJ years in ^he| W«n., Joe Terry, Jr., Mrs^ Ek^ Tay- standii^ political. issue of 1940 began j state’s hsstory.’’ Jack, spent Sunday with to assume new shape, as senators andj Record crops of wheat, oats, hay,"*^^^** Greenwood, rapresentatives met for the first time:t^bacc^ potatoes were! Mrs- Warren and daughter since the neutrality session, of last fall. , ,, ,Jo Araie, of Laurens, spent Sunday made, ,wQth production of practically ! all other crops above average, he 24tli, w4icn Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Terry and xm, ^ ^^ ^ Minfi, aeobrdiiig to teatftnony given at i|n ifigueat held her^. laet FViday «f• Wnoon, and the finding of ithe jvry. McMinn Is ooi'on fl.OOO bond. Soli- oitor Hugh Beeeisy and Coroner John Bariin. Dee, 80.—Axktt HMmt today prociaimed a new wM^afan, prophe* sM thnt “the Jeadah cepitsd^ world tiqt aurWve W twontkth century,” nnd esiMwaaed Mth in'* German wnr vtobosy ki 1940, most deeWaa year in Gennan bb- ory.” Hb hitharto nadedaced war aim wne "prevewbon of n atill greater in* jtistice” wUeh he aaid the Weetern powere planned to edbetitiibe for the Veraailles peeoa treaty impoaed on Germany at ^ end of the World war. . -- . . ■ . . J ! Hitler, in a long New Year com- A. Thoroiaaon asaiatod in conducting I the Nwi per^, eaaphaaiaed the mqueeit At the time df the noeident. Me* Minn was arreeted and aent to jail in That outstandir^ issue is the ques aver^, nej x-rnoW and Heiwry Wheeler of tkm whether Mr. Roooevelt desires out. Yields to the acre were I Fountain Ian, visited John Arnold , and intends to run for a third term.}high, the cotton yield breaking -all iSunday. Mr* Arnold has been ill forjXjMnens <mi a charge of drivliv drunk Upon the final answer, either by the||-ecog.dg, jseveral weeks. , l•()^ reeUeaaly thio*|[h the /TUnt^ai president himself <>r by the I>enio-j Volume of production was 12 pbrl Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Abbott vbitedjmlW village. The lad waa a son of W. cratic national convention when it . ■ * .no . friends and relatives in Greenwood J. Davb, Jr, of Gresnvtfle, and waa m«ts, wHl Wng, tte fortune, of tlio l»3t year and 33 per 1^^^ -Wa -paodpaMota. Sr w Vn:»T -- nation for the next four yeao. If Mr obove avej^ for the lO-ye^-jmod| F<,rty-nine mentbeo of the B. T. U.|M™. Sr, at file time ofpT^- “ S Koo«o-elt were to be renomiimted 1938.37.^eee were <rf Calvary BapUet chureh attended.Ux eccident. HkhTtoH ^^^Sty ‘"ST without a conte,d it is n.^the fixed ;al«s 19 per cent hiyher than •" u., ,a,iy the Lydia B.p-1 Sheriff C. W. Wier ««) K. L. B«it,.iiJSuSe wSd^Snr^ eSSd. opinion of most expcremced political 19^. . ;tist church Sunday. jhiehway pebrolman, aald ttait tJie'oppoeite ua hae but one aun and Umt that he inabtod upon a military ^ dskm and intinatod (hat he woicM accept kb compronslae. ”Arma (his (oma^” he said, “mmit definitely he wrenched from (he hands of war inciters and war deebrers.” Thb pert of the mesaage was under- observers here that he would be re-i Total harvested acreage was only! R.Aiip nf I Clinton tamgedy was "he oi^ death by wnixt/etxwi TViat wfviilH iTwxnTi « crtTitimi- onc UBT cejot above las4 vear. but six Mrs. T. T. Riddle of tireenwood, js, . , ^ elected. That would mean a continu- one per cent above las4 year, but six . ^ ^ « *.,*1. ation of the New Deal for another per cent above the 10-year average.; daughter, Mrs. -Ajthw four years. i Total production of principal field j Up to a few days ago it was the and commercial truck crops was val- Miss Margaret McKee of Abbeville, widespread belief that the decision jued at $117,686,000, compared with [ was the week-end guest of relatives was entirely up to Mr. Roosevelt'him-j$98»627,000 in 1938, and the average jund friends. self and to nobody else. But since of $112,081,000 for the five-year pe-j Mrs. Pahner Ballenger of Greer, Vice-Pi^ident Gamer has openly an- riod 1933-37. » !was the Sunday guest of her sister, nounced his own candidacy doubts are' The cotton crop of 870,000 bales*Mrs. J. J. Smith, being cast upon the validity of that valued at $40,455,000, compared j ]^,j. ^^d 'Mrs. Ernest Brittaiii and assumption. Mr. Gamer is an old, ex- j with 648,000^ ba'les and a v^ue of i iBilly, ‘have returned to (heir perienced apdrjl^iifbfily. - “1938*,.-. AflStBMWg—.6^7 Utical manipulator., So long as it was j pounds of seed tor each 35 pounds of j gpe<nding several days with relatives, merely his friends talking about him;line, 386,000 tons of cotton seed were} ^rs Vi^gR Sandegs and as a candidate it was possible to in- produced, valued at $8,608,000. ThiSj^^^ Wayne^and Grover Sanders'vis- fer that he didn’t waint the nomina-j compared with 288,010 tons valued at their mdther, Mrs. Mann Sanders, tion wry seriously; at least not se-'$<5,633,000 in 1938. jj^j. SpartaiAurg Sunday. I rjously enough to risk the wide open Tobacco production of 130,000,000 Friends of R. T. Trammell will re- i break in the I>em<>cratic party_ which pounds was the state’s lai^rest crop, ^ ^ yj 'his home. j hi.-i active pursuit of it would almost'exceeding last years by 32 per cent.| \ii-g. Etoyd Norris has returned to sun-ly biing about. ^owever, the price per pound was Greenville after having Reasonably Sure of Nomination? lower this year and the value ,gp^^ the past week witlh relatives. But now that the die i5« cast, and'000,000 was 13 percent less than the} g-i^d to report Johnnie Cactus Jack’’ is going out in dead $21,934,000 retx-ived for the 98,80(^00 j jg steadily im'proving after violence in tiie county during (lie boW- dayseaitoD. It was Britain, the Nazis say, who is responsible for the fall of Poland. Germany and 'Russia are merely ac cessories after the fact. is: to destroy Germany and the Ger man people!” li :wm at first said'‘^tihat tiwy wanted to help Poland,” Hitler wrote, and 'When that failed to aucceed, he said, Poland’s 'rsoonatruotoon was no longer a war object but instead “my .elammation—that is, the uprooting of JA2<m4ltY 4. IM A<iBMfiiMiing Hn.OMlMl to war bordent, ffitkr ilMii, *'Wa, 'Miarefore, tow* * precise.wir edtoi: Oeitoaiit, yond 1l*it, Eorope, most b* Wbmnkvl from toe "Opfawesioa afid aoiwtont tfaTMta wMoh today as I* the pift emfrasM w cncMtoiu • • • , We Mt on^ fIgM agaiwrt the VwsaWes kajasdre bat for piw- veotloa of a sttti grsatiwr hi^isit$M wtoch la to take its ptooe. "And posltitiBly;i,'W‘*i fight, for con- struetk* of a vsw Barm beoaoss to Coanheriain, it'. we are, In 'eontraat of toe ooQvktioa M** Msr Eu rope cannot be too^ by toe otk raoded foroee of a deoayhig weeld and HOC vy M-caMQ mmommu 'woo unable to sohre even the moet prhm- tive proUems in ttorir osm .(morntries, but that for the reeonStroetiKm of Eu rope only those peoples end lovoes are caBed upon which ki thekr poodoct and their achocvemientB qui he spoken of M young and productive . i . “Tile JowMi capHaUstic 'wodd will not survive the twentieth cesStory'.” In a second 'message addressed to the army, Hitler asked the bleeatog of God, “who during the past eo visibly took us under Ms pnotedtion,” and be warned his sokhers that “tiie hardsto poesibie struggle for exietenoe 'Or non-existcfnoe of the German people” lies ahead. /But, be said, with “such soldiere, Germany must win.” I 8UB8CUBB TO IBB CRBONICLB wa^vJ^Nx-.' earnest after the fii'st prize, the po litical rhlirps arJ'' stu<]ying the situ- jition fix>m some new a >gles. jxiunds made in 1938. — Dtie to acretige. reduction crop of 25,483,000 bushels ’'com having been seriously ill with pneu-. five roonia. Mr. and Mrs. Fred -Rodelslterger It doc‘s. not .seem pmbbale to tho.se|per cent below last year’s production g^g ^ Union, spent Sunday with, w-ho have made the study of national but 19 per cent above average. The j^j. ^ Kinard. Charleal jxditic.s and political figures their .price a bushel was higbei and returned home after 'having' chief concern for many years that the,crop valued at $16,786,000, compared week in Union. ' gentleman from Texas would make with $13,384,000 in 1938. j jijggeg Josephine Campbell, Doro-j his bid for the nominationi unless he I A wheat crop of 2,415,000 bushels ^jjy fjall, Louise Deadurfer aiid Pat-' felt reasonably sure that he could get was the largest ever grown in the igy Webb accompanied by Mr. Alhnan! it. Under the rules of the party, I state, being 36 per cent above 1938 Fountain Inn, spent Siprfay ini adopted in 1936, it no longer takes aiPix>duction and more than double av-1 j two-thirds majority to nominate, only|Crage produdbion for the 10 previous.! are-sorry*" 'to report Herbert! a majority of one more than half the .years. Wheat acreage expand^ from j .jg '}jjg ;i>ome. 1 numher of delegates, as in the Re-'a record low of 38,000 acres in 1930, j^i^g -p TrammeH and! publican conventions. And it is not to 210,000 in 1939. The acreage was hisses Polly and Elva Joan Daven-j at all impo^ible, the students of,larger, than this in the ISSO’s but and Geraldine Trammell spent’ Democratic'dltoffection with the New | average yield was only 5.6 bushels ah-q„nJnv in Ora with Mr and Mrs J Deal think,“that Mr. Game*; may al-!acre for that decade and the maxi,• c *Sakely. and Mrs. J. ready have up his sleeve enough as-'mum acreage of 232,000 in 1884 pro-, ♦ suranoes from party leaders w»ho will}duced onty 1,392,000 bushels. r Saturday evening little Betty control their state delegations to give The yield has gradually improved Ruth Shiith was delightfully ’enter- him that one-more-than-ihalf. |m i-ecent years, average 10 busihels'with a birthday .patty ait her, The akemtitive to such a convicti<MiTor the current d^de and 11.5 forjjj(j,p^_ ^ number of games were' on Mr Gamer’s part, in the opini<Mi 11939, Blatic said. The 'highest yield enjoyed after w.hksh Miss NeM Smith of experts, is that he would prefer aiwas 14 bushels an acre in 1926. land Miss Virginia Kinard served de- wide-open party split and possibly [ Oats acrea^ and production steadR ]aghtful reffeshments to the little even a “rump” convention^ in case Mr, |ly increased during the last 10 Shears Roosevek should be re-norfiinated, “to j and reached an all-time high this year; ♦ the re-election ' of the president. Itiwih 490^000 ^cres and 11,515,000' On Monday evening Lawrence evening may sound incredible, but there are‘bushels. The yield of ^.5 'bushels an}Oampbell celebrated his 15th birthday some experienced 'onlookers in Wash-!acre bbe highest made in the'at 'his home 'with a party. Games ington who Iwlieyek that 'Che hatred j state but this figure has been equalled of the New Deal by Mr. Game"? and in three previous years, a considerable body of Democrats j Likerwiae, ‘hay acreage and paroduc- whom he represents, is so great that tion gradually they would prefer to see a Republi can administration for the next four years. Neither the president nor the lyear. vice-president is voicing his personal antagonism, naturally. But the evi dence that it exists and is getting stronger on Mr. Gamer’s patrt is ap- durihg the last 10 years, reaching the maximum were enjoyeJ^ after which hot choco late, cake and whipped cream were served. Mrs. Batty Lawson was delightfiRly of 680,000 acres and 560,000 tons this j entretained with a birthday party ! given by her daughter, Mrs. Brooks Sweet potato production of 6,834,- 000 bus'nels was a record crop and the acre yield of 102 bushels was the sec ond highest for (he state, although parent to those who have studied tito “ toe 67,f)66~*crea has been “wWe' enjoyed altef~ which d^ghtfid refreshment were served. Dunnaway and Mrs. James Dunnawmy at the home of the ihvfcter on Satur day evening. Mrs.' Loiwson was cele brating her 48th 'birthday. Gamea phase of 'the national political scene j e*o®®d«<l 'in previous years, with care. , j Acreage for conuneairial purposes Roosevelt Encouraged increased during Teoent yeiua. The number of people who are Peanut production of 11,840,000 pressing the idea that it is not only desirable hut necessary for Mr. pounds was looly slaghtiy under the record high producti'on of 1932. The Boosevek to be renominaited and re-'crop was valued at $521;000,i compar- elected is growing, mainly in the of-|®d with $367,000 fw last year’s be- ficial circles surrounding him. Am-1 l®w-average crop, bassadors Kennedy and Davies,''home! Total peach production waa iilaiced on leave to report on European con-;»t 1,484,000 bush^, slightly below dkions, are the latest to join in the|l*st year’s crop but 30 percent above chorus. Some are saying that he is: average. The crop was vpiued at $1,- “indispensable” in the light of the]865,000, compared with $1,515,000 in European crisis. Yet among those 11938. close to th^ presi'dent there are some. Pecan' production of 1,265,000 •who do rvot share the idea that any‘bounds was 15 per cent above last man in a democracy is “indispen-jy®®r 'Wid 30 per cent above average, sable” and who hirst among their j The crop was valued at $180,.000, oom- friends that Mr. RooseveR hrmaelf iP*^ with $144,000 last year, does not subscribe to any stich un-i The' quantity of cowpeas picked Jeffersonian doctrine. Iwas esthnatod at 1,078',000 bushels, • Birthdays Miss Polly Davenport '#ill celebrate a birthday on Saturday, Jan 6. Miss Geraldine IVammeH celebrates a birthday today, Jan. 4. Charles Trammell wiH celebrate a birthday Friday, Jan. 5. There is no serious talk here of a ‘ convpromi^” candidate, equally ac ceptable to the New Deal and the about the same as harvested in 1938, but 14 per .cent above average. ooneervative wing of the Democratic from livestock men ■west of (he Atis- party. The only man who has been sissippi. The cattle and talked of is Secretary of State (Jocdell that 'the proposed I she» letting men down Card of Thanks We wish to express our apprecia tion to (h® relatives and friends for thtir kindnees during the ilioees and death of 'oin* hutoand and father and also to 'thank you for the beautiful floral 'Offerings. Mrs. George Ho^^tzeiaw and Children. MiHuroe Out For Laurens Mayor Laurms, Jan. l.~T. Lane Monroe, prominent busineos maiv gave tos HuH. It is saM on Mr. Hull’s ibdialf,;®^ ^ gaakiet Argentine beef on what appears -to be excellent au-!****^ mOtoosi, now under nagotiatioo, toority, doesntt want such .'w»l adverady affect (heir intora^ nomination. ' Washmgton 'has been warned (mtt The only tiiii*; Mr. HuW is greatiy,*h«y ar® 3!??****- friends a N<ew T'sar’a greeting fay an- noonemg bimself ns a qmdktobe for mayor of Laurens in (he fortoeom- ing city pramary, in wbieli.* fooeenior to L. S. iMcMilhui wMI be toninatfd latons, and he is mudi 'more interest-; session, for toe proactit lasr ed m Ito reciprxwJ trade agreeinBnitB,:»»>tt«o*^®jnff "trade of whkh he ifaas negotiated 21 with m many nations, tiian he is -with (he kn- pacts and crises ariszqg out of the war sRuation ovsr seas. In 'the hand ling of foreign relations in respect to the war, it can ttuly be said tiiab Mr. Boosevek is Ml own secretary* bf state. Worried Ovar ’nttiia Agrsraicato Gecrebary Hull is more Ihon a little worried public reaction to his trade agreSBiBlitor which an be ing regarded by wioOi kkerasto ki this cooDtry as deprifing them of the protactioo against foreign compsti- tioa which tosy tooaght they toal on- dor toe arooot-Hawiey tariff tow. Ibe moat intonae oppopktoa expires by Mmitatkm 'on June 12. Efftc Woincii*s Piiii Periodie-opMta-Jiaadadies, nerv ousness, ctamp-like pato--ara often caused fay functional dysmenorrhea dot to audnutrition. Many And its symptoms yield wiuto they stimu- tote appetite and digestion fay using GARDUI and so build U]^ physiesd nsistanca. Many also rcfnit that GARDUI jnak before and during ^tha tlma” h^a aasa pain and dia- amwonoad some time ago he would not offer Ibr rellectiom ‘Wath Mr. M'ooroe’s eotoy, there are now four mayoral aspirants in tbs field, wtth L. Hayne Taylor foemagy announoed pmd’Gaptain W. R. Bfehey and Ross D. Young avowedly in tbs candldatoriai Moeup, UniiloB his thirae tentatirs voptm- woeto mste, Mr. Wanroe is making -bis fink bid for poKtioai office. CAIIHH has far mtofa than M yaaa. tofd fiaffer Froto t For quick rcKcf fregi giM ssTmilitog tidte m -<tcwu«rarjai3tfac3Sns'S 1940 Calls For >. . J - ' • New Books ^rssc:a:3tor=xXk r We Have A Complete Line CASH BOOKS, JOURNALS, DAY BOOKS, LEDGERSrS. E and D. 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