The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, February 08, 1940, Image 1
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
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If
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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
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FATALITY
«y -
ADTOMOBILB ^
^ACCIDENTS
ia
LAURENS COUNTY
Let’s StriTe To Make
1940 .a Safe Tear Oa
the Hiffhwaya.
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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
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