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\ If Tta IWt totf THE CHB0M1CLB Tm Di^t 6<t tkt Wtwi. (XINTON, S. C., TEIURSDAY, MARCH 28,1940 NUMBER 13 Voiet f# tteffeMtai Ob Wet* iHy Ihm TMi SwmmfT. **Rf- ■daliir if New Tuces Indiii* ei In Proyenl. t' Colainl)ia« IlMeh 26. •— Tlw twttse i(»Te « Mf MjOrHy for • propooed Kqnor Ttitnniain in Bm DwaocTmtie Soon ^ 26<~ Warfainctoa, Mjadi 25. H—dad for deiterminod oppotitkm from • onited Mile of fhntfim Mnatoro, dbo oontm- vorotol eert*l>weftpig MU wtm roponted to tfco MB«t« fnroiaMjr todnp' by die judidnry ooniiBittH kj e rde of 11 to 4. ThMy vcHod irnrakici «tet tin bfll priamn tW* •wmnerjbwt Mtcaied nj^nW oevor be permitted to come *• --- *— -* Aa ■! ■ mA *• - a ^ in Hill 40- pmtadK 40 ik. otortowt* «»t . **” benrinpe oeme to mi end and prepa- HMitkn ef mar tame r voted 93 to 14 to eaeond rendiof to the meaaore BMoed bp <lia aenate laat pear. It adll Wre to fo-bark -to Bie aenate for oomddentkn by Ibat body of houae dfaio Iwaae ehanve* provided for fcAuaion of beer and mine in the ref- mm&im end to atlthoriie near tana In caae <1^ i*ite was for rapUdny 4itt preaewt tteeminp ayattm witii pro- Senate Democrats Srilt Oft Sweeps Big w^tf _ Project h County Lanrene, Olareb 24.—A large area ef tlw Boss CanaiiiglMmi 906-acre ra- fcHwatatim project on tbe Laorens eoeatlrwMe of the Saitida river near Waterloo was swept by firs Friday. J. B. Kii«, supcrinitendant ef ilw Laurens OOC camp here, aeni 86 man to the aeane and, aaaarted by arorhne from neaiby pointa, foegMt tha biaae State Politics Thh Year; AMBASSADOR ISRECALLED 3rd Term Reawm ♦ ■ Cohnribia, March 24. — The state Derooerwtle oonvention is now lass than two mootiM a»way, and the dtA jorganiMtiom and eonPty eonwsntiona are seen doaer, btst riaftla aettrii^ anMikg poHtteians is at a minimnm; Paris, March 27.—SUmhwd rdatkine indsed tha only yisiWe and andlUe we-jhatw^ Rosiiia ^nd France appeared thf^ ia«4n eonnedion with the |^ ^o ha^e reached the bn*k- jelsetioti of a nesr state chairman to|. _ ... -b , j .j. RoMia RcBeres Hifrli OfHrfaii of Paris PMt Aa Result of Bit- tmeas of Freadi. Fraaee Told First Duty la To Make War. The bouse rejected a vuggestion bhnt there also be a vote on the ques tion of iUowing Uqnor etoces to te- main open .lutd ,10 t|A*r mem bers eaiHaiiMd that, a outMahaHowai change would be naessnary to aHow it H the senate rejeota house amend- mento tba measure WiH go to a free ooaferMwe oomnuttee where a com- promvw will be worked oca. The ref erendum would be advisory only, leav ing no legal cfciigatkm on the etdiee- qoent legidaitore to enact etatutes eonforming ta the popular vote. ithink dw people ought to have in thdr minds the cost, and the kes to the state, if the liquor law is re pealed," said Representative Crewe M Rkhland, as he spoke for the amendment by him and Bspressnta- tive Jordan of Chester, Ssary of fttch- land, and Bryi^ of Horry, to authoc- iae naw taxes in caae probUnthm were favored. ^ "The real puipose is to bedbod the iaaue," rsfdied ’Rsprcoenfaqiivo Smoak of CoMattn, dry leader. don’t you get it up in a sepiqmte hW?'’ he separgls it whm ihe .two are tied toget^ like SlaMstnt MniP* Camas. mMial^Tka adoptid 60 it ,dK r C^wa also apomored the aaasnd- ment to inchide ^nes, beers or ath*< er iotoxicMilig heveragm" in the- ref erendum. It was adopted by a laige oral vote. Smoak led the drju in withdrawinc rations were bagun for the real fir^ works that wiU take phwe on the senate Ifcor. ' Even Senator Van Nuys, sponsor of the legislation that would penahss kcai officials and counties in whfah lynobiqg occora expreasad grava doubt as to whether the biff wpuM be voted upon at tlua seaaion. Action by the aenate Jodloiary com- mattee came as -a group of Negross, kwlodiag four from CreenviUe 8. C. Haniboa Plaute For Hall lYado Ptfets, Pittnan Hits IVuati^ In Ftery Debate. iWaahington, Maixh 26.*—The ad- arinistrstion today upcnod tte figbt in' the sennte to otend for thraa yetri the redfeecai trade treaty a^ pil lar sf the Now Deal’s fore^ com- iMTCe 'VWch VViJpum nwivjr imim*. xwnih mV 'HWmm l vm «s la^w erMaowu; vswss-sasmss W^; . lliU^ mmomv determined to make a piajor theme in from every vanti«s point pUaafbte fcrlsucceed Taylor H. Stukes, who by the comkig preaideatial campaign, [more than six boors. Sopt. King, who {convention time will have become a ^ '«>m ’Moocow stating that the 3o- Oemoowtic ranks ate badly shatter-visited the area, reported thalt 470 j meiriber of the state stqirefne court. ,viat amtamsador to K ranee, Jsk<A ad over the me. The extent of the'acrea of the Cnmangham oatate waa[ The silences in this state, and the|Surits, had hem "freed from his func apiit was vimble to packed galleries bmmed over, •ineluding the original ;apparenit paucity of interest, are rea-j'tkns m Soviet ambasssdoy who saw two of the party's eider afid|Woo<8and ncsu- tiiie river, where the|<jjly exj^rfained. First, there will be this powerful statesmen, Senators Key fire reportedly started, and about 350 {year in South OsroHna no contest for^ Pittman of Nevada, Mid Pat Harrison j acres ^ the siabh and long leaf pine|the United Stdtes senate and no con- I n hiation, plandsd fbr a siHgiit ex tension of dm trade brnr. He said the program would be a 'hcaeon iigbl’' to wotM economic atabllfly after wars end abnond. ff^Chout these brought to Waihington by the Ame«-j*'^**|^ pacta, Iti said, win be a of'dfiatiatippi, go a^mraite ways. {project. Extent of the damage, Supt. Haitiaon, chahman of the fImmeeiKhig said, could not be dstora^ committaa mmI in chaige of th# leg- J" ^ SMMIB of wb/t COmiDOPCTM tiTBW MKl been so badly burned thst thsir tW Cunningham tree projaet is tim oldast and iargeUt of its kind in the county, many of the pbics imw being 10 yearn old. teat for governor, and, second, there is the unoertahity over whether Mr Roosevelt fwffl ae^ a third term. This situation as to Mr. Itooaevett’s The dispatches said the French carb- hiet had declared his presence in Paris no longer was desirihie. French officials refined to ootafinn or deny immediately that the govern ment had formally requested Moeeoa can Negro congress, called at tin <te- ^ , »«, h*,«. «ta .«4. wwd. to. prosecution of aHeged *Hng|ht rider economic nsawons. Opposition to the program, he con and tsrroriatic activities’’ in South Carolina and Geoigia. James A. Brier, 69-year-old Negro school teacher <f Oreenville; Mildred Singleton, bis 31-year-old niece, and her ii)wo chRdren, were among the group that toid their stories to As- sistatri Attorney General O. John Rog ge, Jr., tiiief of the criminal division, and asked that legal action be taken. No attempt will be made, however, to call up the bill as long aa there are major pieces of legislation bofcNw the senate, Senator Van Nuys (hs- cloaed. Reoognixing that a fSHbuster ia cer tain to be waged againat the meas ure, tha indiana samttor stated Chat be arouild wait until all the major ap propriation bills and the rodproeal tia^ agreements program are dis posed of before catling tiie bill up for (^j^ed, is not based on damage that has been done to American intercste under the twenty-two treaties al ready negotiated, but "on fear of somehing that nu^it happen in the future." He said such feara are base- leas Mid caotiotiad that refuaal to extend the progiam would lead to "general tariff reviakm with all of ka uncertainty which haa always acted a deterr^ to large diviavpn of the old ftoseasoRt plana has had the effect of eomplete->t>o recall Surita, who has been in Pans ly sileneing dm current Democratk ««nee April of 1987, ’ieadero’’ in the state, and they arej fieveral newapaperi in Paris are Ufceiy to remain extremely cautious in ®Bhig the government to ckwe the what they say, if anytisaig, until tJheiSoviet embassy here and Che eam- preaident ehaU have ddtermined histo break off <fipioasatic relitious ooorae {with Rusaia is gaming headway. ■ the lepton, b.int The Twwwe" pr<>ro(«*<l by . , .Roo«wlt mm. coM eareely (Win. wJiKti Jin. been m ^ join «hOK -nho far euM leMoo. ';' of dep^ Fn- njnitam fomdy for Mveral toner- atkme. Orphanage Shares The biggsat fight win come, he pre- hi 4iba effort to gat tiw bUl be fore <ha aecutte, raher tfian on the bill session THicsday-in New York, ap- Pitt^,'"ciuittmaD of dm totaling neariy relations committee, demanded that o"® ««**><>»* <Wlar8 for hospitals and future trade pacts he atihjeotoil to senate ratification which recpiino a two-thirds vote. He <fid not queatan tiie worth of the program, liadting a long address ctaefly to a chaHange of its conatiCationality. Framers of the conatitotion dM nat mtend that tha pi-aaMemt imlimited powaa to iea with other governaaaBta he said, hey raoogRisad tida as a BMnt, Brier told officiate that the at-' tacks to which he was allegediy sub- jeotod ware the result of ^s efforts to regiatsr Negro Voters in the 1938 campaign. According to the stories told the juaitice department, a campaign of j eatebitehed, FM;|traan said, senators who fought Amteriean entry into the world court may find that they have "no forums in which to discuBs such agreements.’’ IMr <™<»>iti(«. to Ifc. .mnmhnent J«»« aopannw*. . mmvmga of) «? 'w«™<l ^■noa-.t. th^ a Re- Trt tTfre. corfennM any- vW«Ke asainat Briar and «.» framd. Pbbl-can praai^t wo,^ fmaa a. ' - reached a climax Mat faH. authority under the proposed Rogge and his assistants now are!>*^ •» tariffs; way, so'we might as wril let the amrodment go too," he said. The house voted 60 to 43 against the 'amendmrot by Bjxwm of Fair- field ItosiArait the question of aHow-joHna conducted by Thomas K. Dodd, ing kquor stores to stay open until assistant to the attorn^ general. studying the results of an investiga- defended the fact that tion into Klan activities in South CarJprocew of government in a democ racy are slower than in a totalita- preri<i<(nt. And thiTr Inivn not b.*n too!’*^ *?!!?"; .. nenniy, up to now, to erry tko Umd *"* tom. tenner in public. Anyhow, tt>ey|**'«.“ ne'n, Fmn^ fcel.n* winot tewnt done it. They teve been veryl"^*' “ 4» 'l‘“bly ♦ In Duke Fund “""'i info‘s'.wumo, cte.«le™,I n un- *-■■ iTnd .rwiS^ «olo convention>*, French yovommon, •Trurieo. ef the Duke Endowment in „„„ „ ^ j,,. ,5 .omeUiii* of .I*™** •PP~*« tiw nomin.ti.w of >ny void orinU. to the rc- The only nrtivity that cmn be seen, o v v- and it'renmin. eomewtet (nMued. in N^r. tte FrevKh orphan homes in the two Carohnas. jsome in connection with the state Kussia, already has left h»« The sum brought to $15,616,779 the ohairmantilip. Two names have been ^ Paris osten sum allocated to hospitals and or-^ mentioned, and there is no doubt hut *****^ leave pbanagea in thei two state# since the that men are working for the of the endowment in place Senator Stidms wiU 1924. Of tha total amount $18,838,842 haa gana to hoapitate, and $1,788,487 to aegkaa iaatiteteteaa. ThatwweH wrfilnaga, of this city. In tha dtetaMten to 42 tmmm, wfll luaatew $6374*74, $630836 teat ysar, an iaaranaa of (Sir William Seeds, the British sm- rji \ Cbmalili^ fl!.T ‘ jeri^ tfaam^ aenate approval tefMaxKwB tt Orosiwtood; will latotwi Mmouaflw! $6;767.2l. Epworth orphange, tiie Methodiat fiiststiition at Oolunibia, wW receive $8366-99. They are Representative Wincheater Smith, of ‘Bamwel county, the chair- nmn of the ways and means conunit- tee of the houaa of lupraseoteitiias, and Gtende A. Taylor, Spaitantang attnHwey and former ipcalDer of the lioaae of reprsaentativss. Aahsd roparta of their condl ^1^^^ baasador to Moacow, has been in Lon- '*don on leave for several months. Rus- tor *^6ll, I don't know. The truth is, however, that move- slate envoy to London, Ivan Maisky, stdl ia at his poet). Surita’ recall widened the gap be tween Fraaee and Hnaaia that has besn growing atoadffy skiee the Soviet joined foroaa wteh Gacmany teat Aug- uat in a Artemtehlp pact The ff^nwlh mp||teg to tha Swriet tevaatena of Pglimt and Ftetend, bam disaolved the Coasannaat party hi Franccp raided Soviet agencies in Par- ta.n„„ (^Jwrcmmte for both Smith «>d Tnyior ‘"I."*****"* '*3! <arcwii. vMfo. .r ^oveT tile iKossuui embassy. anwdl orphan homes in the state sre‘^te^*f**teiy on. Smith’s movemrot goC| ^ . 1 , Ur, «.rl4r he Forty-fouT Commomst former dep included in tile distribution. j*" earlier start and right The alkitment to orphanagea j* may have the jump on Taylor, nwule on the basis of days of care per, *h5s is stricty conjecture, child for the year. An inorease is not-1 ♦ I ! S. C. 16th In Cost but iuties now are on trial before a mili- \ 10 p.m. Nlitiians, of Charleston, offered but withdrew an amendment to have a vote also on legalizing divorce and pari-mutuel betting. By an oral vote .the house gave special position on its calendar to the bill by Representative 'Thomas of Beaufort, to repeal ihe intangibles tax. Thomas told leporters the action was “a clear indication the house fa vors repealing the tax." ' The senate approved repeal of the surtax on dividends and interest last week. Iks measure was retfarred to tive house ways and means couwnsttoe. The house |ave second iwading to bills by Brailsford, of Oritngtimrg, to authorize the 'state supreme c^iut to promulgate rrics goveimng practice and procedure in civil court actions and by "the social security committee It is Rogge, also, who is involved in current prosecutions in Georgia. to the participating institutions. rian state and denied administration BfiiptlSte l^CCt ln argum^ts that the amendment to re quire senate ratificatkm would lead In 'additiiqn, a Negro who was as-i. 111*14*,* lOffM (Kmum Kmms, I ff to “log-rolling” which would delay, sistiiv Brier was said to have beeni*^ ^ completely destroy, the trade dragged from his ibome at night, stripped, beaten and thrown onto the! Repubheans, welcoming another porch of a white lawyer who hadl^^f'^^ among Democrate such as shown an overt interest in civil laber4<*®^®«® ties. The Negro later was driven ^ ^ of town. ' j politics” law, took no part in it lusil ^ jlate in the day when Senator James |J. Davis, Repuldican, Pennsylvania, tary tribunal for action against the interests of the state. The party is banned; several leaders have been deprived of French chazensihip and an • sentenced to prison terms in absentia. PWA a roiccts official Soviet news agency. » rin the following statement on the ca.«e ^ ^ I ' Laurens Friday, f'*”'’ ‘.■h.,p. .i-.f. FuUmr To Offo* and attacked present treaties aa hav- its Business,” and Dr. C. A. Jones In Mayor’s Race He said tiie Pittman B. Rutledge FuMer, well known lo-ii^nnendinent should be adopted and cal ritizeei, formally announeee him-ltergkued that if the sroate is not cap- self in today’s paper as a can(hdsteUbi« of p«amng on tirade pacts it is for mayor of. CTKnton in the mimici|Ml jj>ot wortiiy of passing on otiMr ur- primaries to be held in June. His g^t domestic issues, announcement is the first to be made i Every indication points towaixi navigation project, toward wluch PWA is advancing a loan and grant total ing nearly 3^,000,000. of Columbia, ‘‘The Church and the Co operative Program.” Besides a dis- ^'tiifieation cussion at' the afternoon hour ei church goals and a roll call of the _ churches constituting the association, 1 l 'xj |i W. S. Power will give a report on a GACflCFS raOlCl “Our Promotional Woik.” PinAl Nlcctin^ nwngers who were engaged in kind- in iMoscow, informeil Molotuff ,tte (^ <4 rt, pr,- The .print mwtmg »f th. teurep, Pubic (toA. ,dmmi(^tion ..wwpi...., th.t th. B»pti,t M!»ci,<ion will be heM m'KMpeeb PWA pn,.|ee, en- eovernmieit censplera a tele- Laurens Fn<tay anth the First Bap- kinder, said t,xUy. ifram sikped by Jakob .Surita. Soviet list churoh, beginning at 10:30 a.m. South Carolina, with 243 projects junbassuidor m Paris anti .sent to Sta- The session will be presided *over fay'with an estimated construction coat of i ^ occa.'^ton of the Soviet- Rev. A. B. Langston, D.D., moderator. $j4,39<,000, is outranked by only lo Finnish jieace treuty, a.'^ an intrusion At the morning hour, after devotional states—most of them much more pop- ^Surits into internal French poli- services led by the Rev. L. M. Smith julous. of the Lucas Avenue church, Dr.| Chief reason for the .state’s high: ••a* Pavart stated wannly endorsed senate ^ratificatioiVi wil discuss “The Church rank in the list is the construction of French govenmient consid- the ^ntee-Cooper hydro-elertric and|^{,^ certain exproasiotis used by the ambassador in the telegram a.s in correct toward the French govern ment, especially the passage thank.s to the wisdom of the Soviet govern ment and the valiant Red army, the plans of the Britwh and French war ding war in northea.>»t Europe, suffer- led a new setback.’ Eitbr In Report to permit operation ^ I DcmOCratic CluB 1 tk r . ■ r v.. , — in governmental buildings by ^, the city Democratic club under whose jmeasuse although polls show that the I a vw • s' final meeting of the Laurom, Although the French banned the blind, the rop^ion ^tiie ^ primary to nommste a^inistTatioT^rtetsTfiro iX' * Is ReOrffanized held dispatch of the telegram the French public, weffaro departments division^ .idermen wiH be heM.iniwgin for victory. amw„wag«aamma.w.,aa A ..u a iw. f'ulter tes been ft Teftident of * "*°? tom»r^ te. ft wide circle at Friend. w4k> fe» eteewn cF «>• int««ted in hi. .nnounce- MvwnwMvmftl d.,tri(Uft'"o®"*' H* ^ ’***0® (doftciy ideiilnFied Hurd ftnd f,flh congn*^ ai»»on puMic, .ervink fink STw. L WuTllxm. i^. f«r ,*«• 4.™ ft. led po*. Delegation Votes Yea On tiie roll call vbte, Representa tives !B^ MHam ai^ Wasson of this county, voted for the referendum. in^tbe Laurens high school auditorium government declared that Rurits will ^yerterday with the pre.-^ident, Mrs. H. no longer be regaixleJl by it as per- At a meeting of tiie Clinton Deoio-|S. Blackwell, presiding. »ona grata ami expres.<ed the desire cratic cdb heW Thursday evening, thei 'The guest speaker for the afternoon that Surits should be rwalW by the folkywmg otheen were elected to was Dr. C. C. Norton, professor of Soviet government.” sociology at Wofforil college, who ^ used as his topic, “.A Journey Through Of Orphanage Gift'”"^ **" ***”•" ** A report appeiring^ in the daily, secretary. IEichelberger, president; Roy Htdts- (Claw, vice-president, J. J. Cornwall, South Africa.” r. • P. C. Ahmuii To ——Honor JdMiswi^ Haooring PTOsbyterten ooHege's vat- aran coaoh, wim la nsarinff tiw and <iC « fidi quMter centory of aarrioa wit^ dm jnstitotian^ n grodp of P. C. ateto- «i and siqqxnten mat liaro tionday and orgl«iae< the Mteltar Johnson dub for concerted backing of the HhM fflaafeiiv atiMc-praffmm. i iniasr Sbolar of Qreansboro, N. C„! aras dieted dhairman; Lonoia 8L llc*t afHllan tif CteBton, rioe*«lhaitoten;t Jack NixMl W OUnton, exeentiYa aaa-| rotary adilMaanrig; Ixniii W. Jteek-i aon' of Andanicn, WHham Weldon of} AbbariUA Sims of Rock nill,> Gifford Shaw’'«fj#»|Btar, H. U Biehti* bewgwr of CNnlpg god Hbrion Kirran of OoumkiA j WHO WORKS WHERE? » » JACOBB UST. INC. .. < J. P. Jaeaka. ProdAtat Mra. Late J. Lankfard Miaa Bedy Waaffwarth Mra. Oartfads C Capelaad rkia flna aatplayb .' 4 Mxty-titfaa prorianaly r»> ported flrias ampl^ad .... 668 Tbtal .566 It Pays To Trade IN CLINTON press last week statipg that the 'niomwell orphan#^ had received a bequest of $^,000 in the will of the late Nathaniel B. Bropiqr of St. Pet ersburg, Fla. was an error on the part ei a nasmpaper reporter, and was oorrectad the next day in a St. PatMsburg paper. The entertainment feature was pro- One eaecutave committeeman from vided by the Clinton high school or- each ward was elected as followa:{ehe8tra. Ward I, I. <B. Copeland; Ward 2, W.i R. Btts; Ward,3, L. B* Dillard; Ward 4, Goyne L* Skupson; Ward 5, J. F. Weir; Waid 6, Jee QunpbelL Tba executiva committee is em powerod ta art machinery in motion The entire ertiate of Hr* Bro^ jpor tha Jtme city primary at which was left to his widow fmr her lifrtime. time a mnyor and six aldermen will ^fafonhation roesived rt lha hntitu- be nominal tor a tero-year term. . , I 'T' ' Cheatham Heads Mm’s Organizatkm At the monthly laeotlng of the ;Men-of-tbe-Cffmreli oeganUation of |(he First vPrsdbyteriaii chnroh held Thursday evening, the following offi cers were nomlmited and eleoM to fepre for the coming year: J. A. jtion hero Is to the effaet thsk Mrs jBrophy, wkh a will similar to Umt of her Into hortiand, ez|^ata to make a pMvteion for the ori^iaiiaca at soam future date. Hme Is Exfamded To May 1 Without Penalty On Taxes ^ > - ♦ '' • IdWtham, preaident; Edward Ferpi< .Oolunibia, Kmeh 26.—^The general son, vice-president; P. M. Botend, 8«- aesemUy ratified Tueeday and sent retary-treasurer. to the governor an sfct to extend the John H. Hunter » the duhV retir- time for the payment of aff 1939 tuesjlhg pvealdeat The newiy-eledbed of- until May 1 witbort additional pen- llesra wii ha tednetad into office at •Hy. I tile April meeting. DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A UFE- , So F»r TIUs Yetr There Has Been 1 FATALITY from AUTOMOBILB ACCIDENTS ia LAURENS COUNTY Let’s Strive To Make 1940 a Safe Year On ,tke ‘Highways. * This date last year, 5 New Clemson Head Native Of County Laurens, March 24. — FriemLs and relatives here of Dr. Robert Franklin Poole, elected last week to. the presi dency of Clemson college, expresse.? gratification over thi.r atkksl honor that has come to a Laurens county I man. C. B. OsnmHi. county farm ^agrot, himself an aiumaus of Clem* I son, was especially plea.-ietl with the iseleetion of Dr. Poole, whom he has has ocesaion to know personally and 'more or Jess intimately in their puxj- feaskmal work. Dr. 'Poole is a si»n of U. B. Poojc and She late Mrs. Lila Yeargtn Puole, of Laurens, and was rearevl on the term near Warrior <>eek Baptist church, about seven mil\*s north of this city. He attetHled sclaHil a& Barksdale station as a Uiil, subs**- quently going to- Olemeson college where he gnidu.ste4l in 19131. He is 45 years of ag^. is married ami has twa children. ‘ Mr. and Mrs. D, B. :\i»ith werv ,gu«ate of relatives in JetTefeon, Ga, Sunday. \