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GOSSIP GROWS. ON THlip TERM Democrats Received At White House Rce^ioB While Roose- ▼elt*s Political Plans Are Not Made Known To Committee. Scouting Beckons All Boys Farm SMITH PREDICTS Is Leading Issue 7» If . - k 4. •• Wwbincton, Peh. 6.—-Third term talk, rumor fomip dominated the diaetiaakme <A thoae membere of Ik* Denocratie national oonmlttee nlio etayed in town today for an informal reception and tea at the White Hooae. Tl^ trooped in to ahalto Preeideot Rooeeveht’e' hand and, receive from Mm some aseoited friendly trotxii. and a broad nnile, but no indication as to what hia 19490 poHtkal plans might be. AH were invited back to tea later in the day. While the membere of the commit* tee epeculated on what the wming campaign and the convention to be held in Chioako might produce, a word of advice to the chief executive on the third term queatkm was epoki^ by BepreenmtTitiTr 'Iffinrnttu trf Iftmth P*- kota, a Republican membw of the bonae. Speaking on the floor. Mundt re- that iPrcaideat Coolidffe issued bia ^ do not ehooee to run” etate- meot while vacationing in the Blade Hills of South Dakota. He suggested that Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt visit the state. Meanwhile, Tammany Hall men in New York repeated that Tammany's delegation of 22 would go iminstruct- ed to the Democratic national conven tion. Benator-Donahey, Democrat, OMo, liliade a new move in the complex Democratic situation in Ohio. He pro posed that the Democratic state cen tral committee be caNed together to adopt a. program. Donahey wi^s originally put forward as a favoi^ sgn candidate by Ohio London. — Terrorists set off new wave of bombingB on eve of aehedaled execution today of two I.-iR. A. men; nationalist feeling mounts in kelsnd; rationing of fresh, meat to start March 11. Hdainki. — Finns bomb Russian troop conc^rationa after repdl^ five tfaniate' at Mannestieim tifw;*do- viet airmen sink ShsediMi steamer, boonb Rovnniemi. Paris.—Allied military aid to Fin land campaign gains immwntium; J)a- ladier’s Radioal-Sociahst party csfllis for all help necessary to defeat Rus- eians; 50 carloads of Italian planes turned back by Hitler move through France to Fiakmd. Beriin.—Germany sees no basis for Fkmidi-Bueeian mediation; Goebbels says whipping allies will be "no duld’s -play” but exp^saee NaM con- fklenee of victory. Toyo.—^Nationalist leader denounc es Japnneae move to appease U. S. Miii-iirtiin^i^rTri'Tiffrr—rmrnsTnrmr reopen Yangtae to mtemaitionat trade; advo cates denundetion nine-power treaty and no conceesions to U. S. ^ , Taylw In Laurens Race Run-Over For Mayen* Set For Next Tuesday. Four Aldermen Elected. Laurens, ^Peb. -On the Yace of official returns, Capt. W. R.^.|lichey, Jr., and L; Hayne Taylor will make the second race for mayor of Lanpene in a second primary to be held next Tuesday. In Tuesday's primary Richey re ceived 513 votes, Taylor 436, T. L. PARTY REVOLT PoHtidana In Washington Are ^ Wondering How To Savs,.Aiid ,^*^ Oppose Keep Planters Happy. Washingiton, Feb. 3.—A corn-breed er from Icnra put Mto words what was in many a politician's thoughts this week: Third Term and Are Tired of Regimenting and Spending In W'ashington. Waridngton, Feb. 6.—A prediction ^. .. |that if President Roosevelt is n«mi- way are you most likely to be taken'® South will revdit against the care of in 1941?” ^ pwty was made today by Senator El- I Although Che big issue in govern-llison D. Smith of. South Carolina, merit was, *"How much shal we spend j “I have been all through the state jon f^ linnw «f SoWh Crolina, md I h.,e talked ^oal lobe of every goivenuneiRt bramj a i. . , was concentrating on the miUiona of number of people in North votes which the boys from up thejpe«^ina, Georgia and Alabama, and creeka wHl cast next NovemtoBr. They they arc fed up with this regimenta- could eieot a presidenit / ' In an election year, few men in tkwi and extravagant spending that the New Deal haa brought upon ’ us,” Washington would knowingly do any- ■ ^nator Smith, who survived the pres thing to offrind 4h€ American fanner, ident'a 1988 purge declared. But members of congress whose «I am not talking about those who “homefolks” live mainly on weH-pav-! living off go^enrmarV riwt ifi were thinKngrtoororaje^^ big pay or big subsidies Ithe .question winch Congressman t fnom the government—I mean the lit- Rich, RepihKcan, Pennsylvania keeps ariung; "Where are you going to get the money T” „ Of all years, this preeidenitial Sec tion year had to be the one in whkh oongreas was faced with three stem altemativee: 1. Increasing the national debt limit 2. Increasing taxes." CuttiTRg the coats vt government Heooe. t^k of eeooomy^waa rife. tie fellow, the man on the small farm and the man on the street. "They are beginning to see what this New Deal is -doing, that it ie not steering our government along the lines of the philosophy of .American ism.” ' " He said 'he is sorry that more citi- jeens of this country have not read ■ and studied the Constitution of the [United States and the decisions of the United States supreoMbcaurt, so that |i!hey wouldjlmvca'more tm- pdiitxal leaders favorable to a thWlllonrbe 399,,mad Roaa D.' Young 169 t«nn,^i^. an underatanfrRg tiuri jte jj j, defeated Q. E. ToHi- would release the delegation to Fresi' dent Roosevelt at the proper time. More recently it has him reported that CSiariea Sawyer, Oldo nationid committeeman, wo^ teek that role. Dohahey did not discioeb whether he would oppoee Sawyer in the' Ohio preferential primary. Sawyer, meanwhile, to|d, reportere that'in Mk tpinleh Mr.^'leoeevelt could carry Obk>. * "I think Rooeevelt sentiment is )Clriwiy dominaot,'' be said, ‘twit cer tainly I v^ldn’t say the ReptMkans would if the Democrats ehoee any other candidate. We couldn't win with .-just anybody, however. , . At the same time, Mxe.' Lucretia Orady, Califomia committeewoman, sadd a recent tour of many Southern and Weetem states revealed that third term sentiment was “over whelming.'' ' ^ National Chairman James A. Far ley, asserting that “everything is un der control, more or loss,” told w- p(»teaW he planned a two-week vaM- tion in Fhxida. After selecth^ Chi- imgo as ttie 1940 convention city, the national committee authorised Farley to fix the date, which he plans to do after the 'Repidblicans set the time of their convention at> meeting sch^- uled for February 16. Representative Martin, of Massachusetts, the Repub lican (floor leader, expres^ the opin ion today that the RepuiUkan conven tion would be hfM in June. incumbent, for oommiscioner of son. R pul»ic wxnks, 944 to 646. For oouncilmen: Ward 1, S. T. Ball, 36; George Y. ^Feigoson, 83; C. M. MlUs, 24; second race between Ball and Ferguson. Wsxd 2, W. A. Moore, 63; J. D. Wil liams, 123; Williams nomhuried. WaM 3, ODfton O. Bishop; 109; JlSe W. Pidley, 112; Plato RabeitB,! 246; Roberts renominated. ^ Ward 4. J;-H. Moore, 164; t. W. Shealy, 42; Moore renominated. Ward 6, iR. Miller Brown, 196; J. E. Tossicr, B. M Wolff, 200; aeeond race^ between-W<dff and Brown. Ward 6, C. T. Latimer, 66; J. V. Tmunerman, 124; Timmerman renom inated. When the Boyr Scouts of America celebrates its 30th birthday begiiuriiig today and eontinoing through next Wednesday, all of the 1,330,000 Scouts, Cabs and Scout leaders will re-dcdicatc themselves to the service motive w%lch has eharseteirised the movemeat for three decades. Scoutiag affers adventare, fun and achievement—attractive to all boys—^through the dem ocratic Ufa of tha scout.troop and patral, as easentisi ingredients hi its charaeter-inflncncinf prsgfmm for tha bays af America, prtaring on the rich exporioiice of the movemrat,' local and national Scout leadeni antici pate the opportunity to sWve more boys snnusUy. A house oomonktee cut W64,0W,-)(ter8tanding ^"the fuiniaimentals of jOOO from the preakient'a eotimste'of <jhe American form of government iwhot the department of agriculture I “if more people would do this,” he would need next year. ijaid, ‘iflwre would be no pcaoibility Ihis brought from Seenrimty Wal-[of the president beiTig nominl^ for laee-the Iowa oom-breedsr^ wam-j* trfurd terra Feople would reaUsa ing to farmers “agmimri arttempts ofjthat if s man can be chosen president some congressmen to scuttle the farm for a third term, there wouW be noth- program. I "** ^ frmn getting a fourth, cabal I or fifth, or aixth, and eventually be- Farmers' AAA FathiW^Scout . Banquet hfon^y Aiuiuri Event As Feature of Boy Scouts Week, To Be Held At State Training ^hool. On next Monday, Feb. 12, the an nual Father-Scout banquet of the Clinton district Boy Scouts of Ameri ca will be held in the State Training School at 7 p. m. MV « -m AJl Boy Scouts of thie district, I a • r which includee OoidvMie, are expected ^llCCKS -Alnriyte to be preset with their fathm or guardians. This is always a.gada oc- esston for the leoats, vrith their figh- era joinmg in the obeerv^nce. 'The guest speaker will be ih*. Wm. P. Jacobs, preeident of crilege. / Other prominent features of the banquet vdll be the preeence of Boy Scout executives of EHue Ridge Ck>ah- cil, Greenville, and the holdkig of the L Yarborough Tahen^ Deadi* Weil Known Cross Anchor Citi zen Passes Following Linger ing Illness.^ *L. Yaiborough, - .61,. well . known resident of the Cross Anchor section, died at his home Sunday morning Hmroechately, that mfomml —‘^tbe farm, bloc''—went into actioa.<iiig ^ dietetor. In a special meetiing, oongreasfcneii | “Of course, with all the money that adm iniatratlon has been pouring it ia diUkuit to beat k, but I know th^ people are getting tirad of Ihde regimentation and this syiending. to-! this out, and they are ready to call a bait to it. “If I weaw the governor of a state ar pwaaiimn xff t Little Boy Dies At Orphanage Cheeka of the 1939 agricultural soil oonaecvatkm paymenta. to Lanreim county farmers arrived at County Agent C. B. Gamicni's offlee. dorkig ■the week. The tint hatch of 661 Checks totaled $46,200.00, averaging $69.43 per check. Additional Cheeks are expected in each mail, Mr. (Can non states. All cheeks .will be at Laurens head quarters at the scheduled hour for de livery as iiMhcsted on cards mailed to farmers, Mr. Gannon said. Lawrence VirgH Lewis, five and | one^mlf years old, and an inmate of the Baby Cottage at the orphanage, died OCooday aiftemoon at 2 o'clock si 4he LeCh 'Infirmary following % few hours allness. The lad had en tered the hospital early %n the morn ing and in a lew hours was criti-^ MB^ TUESDAY ^ The body was remo^ to Monday night, to the home , of ite <^‘«****«^ ^ mother, Mm. Pauline Lewis, wherh^H®*^ Tuesday evening TO INSTALL PASTOR !*• InstaHation services for Rev. L. O. Elmore will be held Sunday morning at the Osa 'Presbyterian church, and in the evening at DuncsnVi Creric I church. Mr. Elmore, who recently came to Ooldville from the Synod of Mississippi, is pastor of the 'GoldviUe, | Ora, Dmimn's Greek and Shady Grove Presbyterian charehes. . - — • * . , .. ivelt has taiken the attitude that any 'the •■Klitorkim of Ipoyroorts obould be 1 r.™ral ».i;e conducted L ^■*l.y at 3:30 «t the re«-^ ^ farmer.. The by the Re«. Paul Pytoo tare, have not been leiried. fodknred in Ym*oPMi*hs Ompel government', general fond etery, wkh a large concourse of from rural areas agreed to fight getber for the return of $72,678,812 (for cestsdn surplus ordp disposal plane, and $76,600,000 worth of* other 'Htems” providing mainly for loans to tenant farmers and for benefit Independently, some of ^these farm congressmen doecossed trying to add to agriculture’s gnd> stake for 1941 a $2,000,000 «aim for parity. pay- decishms of the supreme court so merits. Paiity payments have been that all the chikiren will at an early made during the last thmee years to W, understand the principles of the boost farmers’ real income "award|American form of government” the levri prevaiHng in'1910-14: ' ' | ^ ' - - ■ - In other years. President Rooee- iJnited Stwtts' I would recommend that in every school voder my jurisdiction there be given a'course on the" Constitution and the Births Double Deaths For Year friends present to pay a last tribute. Active paitbewrers wwie: DsjT Yar borough, Charles Yaiborough, Loyd Bpesbyterian Wilson, Warren Dillard, J. B. Cope land, and C.. D. Wolfe. Members of the Cross Anchor Masonic lodge composed the honorary encort. Mr. Yarborough is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lillie DiNard Yaihor- Births in Laurens county during 1939 were neariy two and one-half timm as maoy as deaths for the same period, according^ to records in tha— ^ the larmear.cmiw -befotwtafTire of Oourt Vic R. Plem- house, it wsMi aasianed that the'* in^. , Even before the business of tak- Di.^ Cmrt «r Hmior Pf^-loogh; Mmm Cabh entation of awards, promotiona and ^ ' badges of me^. 4he funeral ssrvtee was held Tnseday afUtnoon.' little Lawrence entered the orphan age St the age of 16 monllw «td had flUMia hia hoaae at Iha Baby Odttags sines that Htime wlMge he wm ktmd by bis mhtron and ttttle ^pkqrmatss, all of whoni wars giaaily siddttltd •"-J—■i.mrwzr yBCfT IM at 7:S0, with ail^ members mviisd be Bstkiaa li vivsd hy a Uaa and 1 i> the lad biother .aiid aisto ring* Lawia, bodb sgea siewen kM years. UlYAms MRSr T(»>AT .Tbe mgular meetiHg of tbs Ktwmoia drib wiU be held this evening at 7:201 at Hrital Clinton. Tbe program will < be ^ charge of the committse on pub- iBl affairs and publicity headed by Dr. f Bishop as chairman. HiYJft TO gPKAK SUNDAY H. Boyd, of the col- f lege fiiliBikllii 'rill oeoupy tbe pui^ taf TbBttlftgB Manorial dmixh Bw- ia' the WHO WORKS ^WHERE? COPELAND’S a. MEAT MAR^ ^ „« Psasy W. OapeknA Frop. Irby Irirgassa, FSaak Bay (c'slstsd) GOhert SbeU (ealsrsd) . The Sea ^Kiuts of Scout ^ip 98 will be in dMurge of the program, and a number of novel features and deco rations are promised by them and their skipper. Dinner wtU be served | by the State Training School. Tickets for the hi^uet will cost 46c eaoL and can be procured from SooutmaateTs Bruce GaUoway at Goldv^ F. M. King or M. A. Milam in Clinton, E. J. Bohan or Harwood Ndswi at the State Trainig School, or from the Scouts themselves. erinq, Lurene and FraiKes Yarbor ough; one son, James L. Yaiborough; (me sister, ^ss Lilly Yarborough of Clinton; two brothers, C. D. Yarbor- ough.'of Clinton, and Hiram4 Yazbor- repreeentatives wodd assign him for next year a smaller slooe of the na tion’s spending-m^ney ^n be got this year. But a possible preview of the next act—when ithe amaie gets the biM— came in the hitter commeiit of Sena tor RiUBseD, Denvoorat, Geoegia, on the action of the bouse. “They eliminated items which they know will (have to be restored,” he The records which include reports from every twonship except Jacks, Showed that during 1939 a total of 827 persons were born in Laurens county wtide only 348 died. As jpoon as the report is made from Jacks township, the clerk of court sadd, a compilation for the en tire county win be made ^uid sent to 'Dr. Martin B. Woodward, a-ssistarit state regiatrar, Laurens township showed the high- ough of HendersonvMle, N. C., three nephews. declared, “in order to dump the re- j eponaibUky on the senate and dothe ,<»t number of births while the city themselves wkh tbe 'self-righteous * ' robes of economy.” One Veteran, 29 Widows Listed Fcm* 1940 Pensions Byrnes Advises Unkm Boy Scout Service Sunday At Bap^ Chureh Tbe Cthitcn cky dtorehM will uriUe in a spe^ Boy Scout Mrviee next Susidhy evening at tba First Baptist eburch. The specia] scout aemoR for tbe oootekns wiU be' prsaebsd by Rev. W. N. I/)ng. pastor of tba ebsRh. AU Scouts of tte dis- Probate Judge J. Hewi^tte last week 8e«k,tlie names of <Hie Con federate veteran arid 29 widows of onfederate veterans to the office of Confederate veterans to tbe office of certifying them as eligible to receive Confederate penaioos during 1940. A txkal of $4,274.26 wlU be paid tbe Laurens county vetocans and wkknrs this year, tbe probate judge said, the amount to etirii being dettennined' by bis age. Whether the payments J v^ be made through the probate' judgeV office Abeett^ tuie, Mr. Wasson sakL One veteran wiU leoeivs ^40; five of Laurens showed the, ^md high- ewt number of birth.«i and the high est number of deaths. No community reported more deaths than births. , - _ A rN 1* 1 ' locations of the regis- Not A Candidate,T*’ ^ j F. N. Kennedy, city of Laurens, ^, ,. „ . . ~ OCA “ri 97 deaths; T. L. W. T / n V?* • ^f****^ city of Cliniton, 113 births and Representatave John W. Oews of township, 120 ibirths and 64 deaths; R. G. Harris, Youngs, 77 births and 15 deaths; F. L. Donnan, Scuffle- town, 44 births and 8 deaths; G. C. Boland, Waterloo, 9 births arKl 5 deaths; Mm. Guy Smith, Waterloo, 44 biirihs and M deaths; Guy Mahon, LMals, 82 lnrtl» and 32 deaths; Aji- drella taurem, 131 birdw and 43 deatbs; Mrs. Archie Owens, Ssdlivan, 37 bhths and 14 d^ths; Mrs. J. A. Ootbrie, Cross Hill, 46 births Mid 16 Richland county today that he not a ouididate for the Demoeratie presidential nmnination. The houee adopted a reBriution by Qrews last week_^eiidortiiig Byrnes, m the party nominee. This flrai saipioys 4 FIfty-pbi prtvioasly re- portsd finas saipleycdi.... S2A Total .52$ It Pri^ni To Trade IN ^ ia uaifarm and oeoupy reserved scats in das main past of the atriito- rium. The service wBl begin at 7:30. Local Scout officials state M js planned to make this service ah an- mud event rotating wkh the cky dmebss to emphasize the rioae con- aaetkm between the church and Scout pnogsam.. It is hoped that all rid-; Mns who are interested in the wel- ^fare ^ the boys of the community will attend the service Sunday eve- nhBg~am()Rged in thekr Itonor. HUNTING SEASON CLOSES Tbs 'bunting seai bounty for aK types Rtbraaiy ftant, h it bAis of ' widows over 90 yean of age <*10 n- celve $160 each for a total of $800; 23 widosvS over 56 yean of wM receive $136 each for a total of $1,- 128 and one endow between 46 and and 56 years of age vriR receive $106.- 26. LIONS TO CHESTER There will be no local meeting of the Lions did) Friday, but instsad the members wiH go to Chester where a zone meeting is scheduled. Memben of the 'dintoo. Rock HiD and Ches ter dhibs will gather for a son* gst- togethsr, a tegedar fsatun «f tba liom oegaodzation in firii Mate. DRIVE CAROTJl^ KAYE A UFB- So Far TMs Tcbr IlctM Has Baitt * 1 FATALITY «y - ADTOMOBILB ^ ^ACCIDENTS ia LAURENS COUNTY Let’s StriTe To Make 1940 .a Safe Tear Oa the Hiffhwaya. . 1 MISS BALDWIN SAFE AT MISSIONARY POST Laurens, Fsb. 6.—Mrs. A. A. Bald win, of Laurens, received word today that bsr daiqAter, Miss Willie Kate Bakhrin, had arrived safely at dugc'^ ria, West Afii^ w^re she will en- 1 m missionary'' and e<iuo»tk>nal work. Miss Baldwin sailed with a party of 46 missionaries from New York last December 9, but delay of 'their boat was encountered for a few weeks at a Pottuguese port. She was assigned to the West .African post by the fonign mission Board of the Boutbem Baptiet convention last ttirn- msr. Beeausa of the war situation, wan postponed for 'V U . - V- ^:kl -.A,.. i. .-li ^ itifcfiAi-hi tlsL