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,,M 7 » ^ ' 7 ■ ' / // \ ✓ // THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable If Yau Don't Read THE CHROHICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLVII i Last of Lands OWned By C For 178 Years Bought By Greenwood Men Clinton, S. C, Thursday, February 20, 1947 Number 8 As Washington Sees It.. THE NATIONAL SCENE i I ) ' believe that the farm situation iffrport for basic agricultural policies oline tax allotments have just bee* 1948 may grow more serious and that’. . . one by Pace 4o include farm la-jdistributed to South Carolina coua- legislative'arelief provided closer to|.bor costs in parity price formula . . . ties by State Treasurer Bates. The the date oTelections will have more: one by Congressman William Lemke, distribution was based on January effect on the* vote question. j of North Dakota, to establish a ^nini- figures for the number of automobile • 'As a matter of fact, comparatively ’ mum price for agricultural com|nod-1 licenses sold in each county few agricultural bills have been in-i*^ 65 based on cost of production . . . troduced. One, HR 956 by Congress- 1 one by Congressman Gerald Landis, With the recent purchase of the death some years ago in the fire remaining portion of the Cunning | which destroyed the original “Rose- g ial to The chronicle ham lands on the west side of Sa- mont,” the family home of the Cun- Washington, Fe b. 18—Xs the 80th man Harold Hagen, of Minnesota, to luda river above Cothran Memorial ( ninghams and long a show place of congress neared ^ end oWta fourth; promote markets for agricultural bridge by Dillard P. Tribble and the Upcountry. ! w ith the Republican majority i products . . . one by Congressman Previous to the purchase of this i n complete control, action had slow- 1 George Gillie, Ind., to provide for tract by Messrs. Tribble and Seatgo, ^ doW n to a walk and the course of; research on eradication of the cattle i Dillard P. Tribble Pierce Seago of Greenwdod, the last of the lands which have been owned by members of the Cunning ham family for nearly two centuries have become the property of indi viduals not of the Cunningham fam ily. The last tract to change owners is, a part of the land which was granted in January 1769, to Patrick Cunningham and it had been owned by the Cunninghams or members of that family for one hundred and seventy-eight years. It is hardly probable that there is any other land in the Piedmont section which has been owned by the same family for such a long period of time. Messrs* Tribble and Seago bought this last tract of over seven hun dred acres from Mrs. Catherine Cun ningham Riley, a daughter of Banks Cunningham who was burned to The amount received by Laurens county was $5,300 while the total of Indiana, to support farm prices at for the state as a whole was $272,296. 90 per cent of parity. Gas Tax In Counties the adjoining land owned by ^Ross! has veered, gee and haw,'grub . . . one by Congressman Ste- SHOWS InCteOSe on the two important subjects . . .iphen Pace, of Georgia, and a com- Cunningham, brother of Mrs. Cath erine Cunningham Riley, was bought by Niles Clark of Waterloo. This labor legislation and taxes. j panion measure by Senator Richard Facing a rebellion withip its ranks, Russell, of Georgia, to provide sup- purchase covered a tract of over, th e qoP steering committee now is nine hundred acres. ! giving its announced policy of a 20 The land is heavily wooded and 1 per cent tax cut across the board the has two> miles of frontage on Lake; “brush-off” and instead is approach- Greenwood, all on the Laurens side.ling the tax question in a more com-'; Already some lots on the lake mon sense attitude to determine first front have been sold. And the own- j the amount of the budget and the ers are now selling the pulp wood! amount of debt retirement, and then on the land. There is also a cqn-j cutting the appropriation cloth to fit siderable amount of white oak and'the pattern. This is as provided inj Columbia, Feb. 18. — (Special to The Chronicle).—The February gas- The state treasurer said that a steady increase in the amount alloted to each county has been observed during the past year due to the in creasing number of cars on the road Also, it was only little more than a i year ago that gasoline rationing was i discontinued. | DiximaiD is Better Made A POLLAK A POLLAK State Distributors Walterboro, S. C. If You Svffmr With ARTHRITIS THY ARTHRO-LENE THE MIRACLE OINTMENT INBEUEVABLC RESULTS ALMOST INSTANTLY For Soto At Mott Drug Stores. If Your Druggist Cannot Supply You# Ordor Dfroct* . Mom* hhmM Jf Hat latfrfU SOLD EXCLUSIVELY IN CLINTON ..By BISHOP-WALKER PHARMACY cedpr on the lands. Cunninghams Came From Virginia It was January, 1769, that Pat rick and Robert Cunningham, broth ers, cam to this section from Au gusta county, Virginia. Their fath- the new congressional reorganization law. - On the labor question there now seems to be no doubt but that the congressional leadership is ducking away from any so-called punitive er, John Cunningham, was derived! le « islatio ". and that some mea * ur * from ancestors who had fled from religious persecution in Scotland in the year 1681. When the two brothers,. Patrick and Robert Cunningham, reached this part of Soi^th^ Carolina, they ; applied for grants of land on the ' east side of Saluda river. Robert which tallies up with the provisions of the Case bill may be the sum to tal of labor legislation. And the Case bill as now written is radically dif ferent from the same measure which passed the last congress and \^as ve toed by the President. Congressman Case says he has ays ,., « , , _ . broadened his. measure ijmd has re- 1# . Cunmnfham settled near Island Ford j m oved the tenures which President i east ot Ninety-Six and most <>« it is Trumm , ound objecUonabfe- ma i„i y S now covered by the waters of Lake ; that the Greenwood. He was a man of prom At home or in town, enjoy the satisfying goodness ^"DiximaiD, Jce Cream. It’s rich in those vitamins and minerals which boost your energy; and every spoonful is a thrilling refresh ment. So take time out today for a special treat; enjoy a generous serving of> DiximaiD Ice Cream. Enjoy It Today! at home and at founts inence before the Revolution and jwas a magistrate of the-colony. The brother Patrick Cunningham located on the land which has just been sold by the two Cunningham heirs and in time became deputy surveyor general of the colony and is said to have received as compen sation for his services many -thous ands of acres of land-iit::1ahe~ almost wilderness areas of the Piedmont section. Both_ the two brothers, Patrick and Robert Cunningham, became To ries during the Revolution but did not take an active part in the fight ing after the Revolution got under way. Their cousin, Capt. William (“Bloody Bill”) Cunningham, how ever, was one of the leaders of the former bill left the door open for injunctions against labor by private employers. It no longer does that. i . In connection with the labor ques tion, those interested here are full of conjecture on the metamorphosis which has taken place in the think ing of Senator Ball of Minnesota. He came here, a former newspaper writ er, as a liberal and a disciple of for mer Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota. He was considered a champion of labor. He now is' foster ing the most radical of ail punitive labor measures to outlaw the closed shop, to provide for compulsory lim itation in industry-wide bargaining and other features distasteful to la bor. And he is being continually needled on the floor of the senate by the liberal bloc, headed by Sena- and Morse DA 4 lit A* active Tory faction in the coun- tor’s Pepper of Florida try and was in many engagements. 0 f Oregon. He did not attempt to return to hisj The outlook for early farm legis- home community after the Revo- j lation is more or less confused and lution but sailed from Charleston to the. prospect now is that any farm the Bermudas where he is said to legislation may b& postponed until havd 1 spent the rest o«f~his life. An- late in the summer. There is even some likelihood that it may even go over until next year. There are sev eral reasons for this picture of the agricultural situation. One is that the farm groups themselves are not united on just what they want on production control and support pric es, and although Secretary Clinton Anderson recently appeared before both senate and house agricultural committees to urge action now, his plea fell on deaf ears. The agricul tural secretary wants early action | because he feels the .farmers should know now what .they can expect in price support for next year’s crop and in production control for the reason that much of the 1948 crop will not be marketed until after pres ent price support expire! 1 on Janu-- ary 1, 1949. U [ He further wanted congressional authority, specific authority, for his current production control operations which he does not now have.. But the Republicans are leaving it up to the secretary to provide his own stop gap program until new legislation comes along. They claim that to open discussions on a new program at this time' might be disturbing to farmers in the current year’s planning and might cause some curtailment in pro duction on the outside chance that price controls will be cut. And then there are the 1948 elections, which play a role in this as in every other piece of legislation which cofhes be fore this congress. i With the sifciation as it is today, in good shape, and likely to last the rest of this year, the Republicans, according to well informed sources, other tradition is that after some years he joined members of his family on the coast of Georgia. The handsome old home, “Rose- mont,” was built by Patrick Cun ningham but it was enlarged and de veloped by Mrs. Louisa Cunningham, the wife of Robert Cunhingham, son of PatHck Cunningham the first. The place in its best days was surround ed by a natural park of thirty acres and immediately around the house was an area of seven acres devoted to roses and other flowers. 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