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SECTIONAL NEWS The GreenriU fcews the newt medium for the whole Piedmont section, maintaining more than one hundred correspondents. Section 2 Society-Classi fied THE LEADING NEWSPAPER OF SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. lviiino. 101. GREENVILLE, S.

SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 10, 1932. PRICE 5c SUNDAY 10c Jefferson Day Dinners Will Stir Democrats To New Party Strength 0 0 0 0 0 COMPLETION OF SCHOOL YEAR SEEMS AS SURED DlROSSFVELTANQ 01 P1CU IC 'Strange As It Seems' Man At Work UMII Id QUESTION WILL GETOTTEITI EXPECTED 11 STATE SHMRT Speaker j. Ub tf5SSSj jita Millions of newspaper readers know John Hix (hroush his "Siran Re As It Seems" feature whirh appears in ihif and oiher dailies all over the country. Young Hix, shown above in a studious moment probably drawing something: to flabbergast the public again, started his carreer in journalistic cartooning on The Greenville News about seven years ago. Young Hix, who left Greenville high school to become staff cartoonist and carrier boy here and later to enter the metropolit an field, has risen to a front line position in the field and In addition has written a book and landed In the movies.

He now lives at Hollywo od. i FEED INITIATE DIP INILLBEPLANTED John Hix, 'Strange As It Seems' Artist Started His Career In Textile Center Greenville High School Boy Making Good In City In Big Way With His Cartoons He Has Also Broken Into Movies At Hollywood And Has Written Book THERS READY Dl USH DRIVE Newton D. Baker To Furnish Oratorical Fireworks At Washington N.Y. GOVERNOR'S FATE MAY BE DECIDED SOON Party Will Seek Out Roose. vclt's Position In Various Issues By MARK SULLIVAN The coming week will be great days for the Democrats.

At Washington they will, in an old-time Southern phrase, "put on the pot and the little pot'' for a Jef ferson day dinner, ana In scores of cities and towns throughout th country similar celebrations will beat the Democratic tocsin. If these Jefferson dinners next week are anything like the Jackson day ones in January, they will be everywhere largely attended. Any one who travels about the country inquiring for signs of the political times, is told by local Democratic leaders, as one of the evidences of Democratic hope and enthusiasm, that party dinners, such as the late Jackson day ones and the coming Jefferson day ones. bring out large crowds in normal times members of both parties taka little interest, in political dinners, show a preference for the movies over political oratory, even when the eloquence is accompanied by a meal. Democratic leaders every where regard the large attendance at current party dinners as one of the chief of their several reasons for cheer though the humorous or the cynical will sometimes sugs5t that as to small local dinners, many cases mast of the tickets are paid for by tne jeaaers and given out on a guest basis to those who come; a costless meal, these day3.

may be an Inducement to endure political oratory. Cautious leaders say also, in complete seriousness, that those who attend party dinners are in almost all cases the local workers rather than the general public. That the local workers, who hop for the postoffices and other perquisites and stipends, are genuinely enthusiastic with the hope ol Democratic victory this year, goes without saying. It remains to be proven that the voting public as a whole is as yet sufficiently impregnated with favor for Democratic doctrines, or approval of the record the Democrats are making, to Justify the Democratic leaders' hope for victory in November. At the Jefferson day dinner in Washington, most of the party's biggest guns will, boom, including Governor Franklin Roosevelt, ol New York, ex -Governor Alfred E.

Smith and Newton D. Baker, of Ohio, ex-member of Woodrow Wilson's cabinet at once the party' "best mind" in an exalted sense, and its most eloquent speaker, likewise in an exalted sense. The possession of a large number of such men, additional to whomever ths party nominates ror president, is distinctly a Democratic asset in the coming campaign. Relatively, the Republicans are poor In equipment with such artillery of eloquence and reason. Political oratory in the good sense is not passp, has lost none of its effectiveness.

The best one man the Republicans have had. continuously their best campaign speaker for twenty-five years. Is Charles E. Hughes. This year Mr.

Hughes, being chief Justice of the fuprcme court, will be silent. Mr. Hughes has been the best one speaking asset the Republicans have had in the presidential campaigns of 1923 in 1924 and 1320. As far back as the presidential campaign of 1308. a single speech by Mr.

Hughes was alone enough to demolish the Democratic candidate in that year. William Jennings Bryan. One who sat with Bryan in a Pullman car the morning after that speech of Hughes, saw the Commoner read the newspaper account of Hughes's speech, saw Win turn pale at Hughes's demolition of the Bryan argument about big huMncss saw him crumple up. emotionally and intellectually. Frcm that day on Bryan tn the 1503 cam- was ineffective.

The Republicans in the coming campaign will not have Htishes: had President Hoover been polUl calJy shrewd and personally ruthless had he preferred his own over the motive of putting thq very best man on the supremu court bench, he might have avoided putting Mr. Hugnes on tne courfi and kept him available for the 1933 camDaign. The Republicans have no Hushes for this campaign, and. very few approximations of Hughes, unless it be Borah The Democrats have no Huches either: but thev have a considerable bittery of men able to convince the discriminating. rr to) pinv the crott'd.

or to ramrnnrj (C5nMnfd en fme Cel. 1) County Financial Advisory Committee Worlcing On Money Program PORTION OF BACK PAY IS GIVEN TEACHERS School Heads Optimistic That Session May-Be Carried Through The educational aystem of Greenville county, consisting of 89 school districts, is assured of operation for nine" months or the remainder of the rtresnl: war a result of the loan of $200,000 secured for teachers' salaries recently by the financial advisory committee headed by Fred W. Symmes. SALARIES PARTLY PAID More than $137,000 has, been paid to teachers already from the fund. The balance, together with approximately $335,000 to which Greenville county is entitled In 6-0-1 law money and other state aids, will operate schools till the nd of May, it is believed.

V. Although the state has unable thus far to jay the, districts iny part of the 6-0-1 law' revenue ind state aid, education leaders believe that the money will be forthcoming shortly. In the event the state is unable to meet any pi its obligations to the school districts, financial support for county schools will probably be obtained directly from tax receipts, which will be flowing Into the county treasury until June 1. LEADERS OPTIMISTIC Despite the fact that the county supply bill has yet to be financ ed, school heads are thus opti mistic, for they offer assurance that, with any sort of cooperation, they will stick to the guns till the current session is out, to prevent a disastrous disruption of the county's school program. Adult Economics Class Ends Work WOODRUFF, Apr.

9. The home economics class for adults which has been in session at the North-side grammar school for the past several weeks with Miss Marie Fair, teacher, came to a close Monday evening with an ice cream supper at the school house. This class which has been unusually large, there being 25 women on the roll with an average attendance of over 15, has been made possible by the Smith-Hughes act. The women have been taught how to serve a balanced diet with the least possible expense; how to fight disease and many ways to make the best of their appearance by sewing lessons. Jersey Cattle Club At Greenwood aooon GREENWOOD, Apr.

9. The annual meeting of the South Carolina Jersey Cattle club will be held at the chamber of commerce here Tuesday, April 14, according to announcement by President J. R. Sullivan and Secretary R. D.

Steer of the association. O. E. Van Cleave, new club field representative, Prof. J.

P. LaMas-ter, head of the dairy division, Clemson college, and several officers of the North Carolina and Georgia clubs will be on the program for addresses. School For Church Workers Begins Today NEWBERRY, Apr. 9. A school for church workers will start Sunday, April 10, at 3 o'clock at Central Methodist church, the Rev.

J. F. Lupo, pastor. Leaders coming here to take part Jn the program are: Miss Barnett Spratt. Nashville.

Dr. W. A. JTippens. Nashville.

Dr. F. fjL. Williamson, Spartanburg, and Dr. H.

M. Trimble, of Ga. Dr. J. F.

Lupo is chairman of the board of directors, Rev. J. E. Merchant is educational director and Rev. H.

A. Whitten. entertainment. iiii-i. mil WOODRUFF.

Apr. 9. Friends of little Dick Boyd, adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. W.

B. Alexander, will be glad to know that he is at his home vnrfu iran cfroet. after having 1.11 11 Ul Ll 1 umm u.i his tonsils removed at the General hospital in Spartanburg weaneMiay, wnere ne is recuperaimg 1' I. PROGRAM PICKENS, Apr. T.

E. L. class of the Baptist church had an lnterestlnsr meeting at the home of Mrs f) T. HntPn PST inesnay The nrrm'sm W3S VB ned, consisting of. music and read Proposal To Build Navy Up To Treaty Strength Is Being Pushed HOOVER NOT STRONG FOR FURTHER SHIPS Congressmen Getting Ready To Go On Junket Trips During Vacation Br I.

II. Mt-GOWAN WASHINGTON, Apr. 9. Before the present session of congress comes to an end. whenever that may be, there is one tremendous issue that will have to be settled whether the United States shall continue to maintai' anv kind of naval parity with other nations of the world or whether ship con struction shall cea.se and our fight ing craft become obsolete.

Whatever fight is maintained for naval strength is expected to be waged by Representative Vinson, of Georgia, chairman of the house committee on naval affairs. The Navy league, whirh has been contending many years for a bipcer navy, has summarized the situation in the following statement: "Statesmen who negotiated the naval limitations treaties counseled 'Treaty Navy' as the best safe guard of peace and have stated that, falling a 'Treaty Navy' we would have no standing at future conferences. "Former President Coolidge, tow ards the close of his five and a half years in the White House, passed on to Mr. Hoover the doc trine that we need more warships than any other power; but Mr. Hoover stated, that our navy is adequate although it is barely stronger than that of the Japanese and quite Inferior to that of the British.

"The Vinson bill, calling for $18 000,000 in new construction In 1933, is frowned upon by Mr. Hoover and by some members of congress. Yet over $1,000,000,000 In emergency re lief works or loans are approved by him and congress, and an addi tional $1,000,000,000 is being se riously-considered. While the Vin son bill calls for a total of 000 over a period of ten years it Is designed to bring the American navy up to treaty strength. SAILING FOR CHINA There are abundant signs already written on the congressional nonzon that lust about with the end or the two national conventions the annual hike, largely at government expense, is to get under way to China, the Philippines and other remote sections of the world.

There has seldom been a con gressional recess when the national lawmakers did not hie themselves off somewhere on government ships for investigations of this, that and the other. Now, it is aireaay seen that with many members not overly anxious to meet hundreds and maybe thousands of their disap nointed constituents this summer then have reached the conclusion that a trip taking up two or three months would be a fine thing Therefore, it will soon be time to make reservations to China to see what the Japs have done; to the Philippines to get a first hand view of what their independence will do for them eight years hence, ann maybe Alaska to see the fish and the Eskimos. Nobodv besrudces the congress men their little trips even if Uncle Sam does have to play host and manv of the bills. FAMILY MEMBERS OF PAY ROLL? Just about the middle of each year there comes from the offices of the clerk of the house and the secretary of the senate an inter esting little pamphlet entitled ''Nepotism." or taking care of mem bers' families. Members, naturaiiv shv at its appearance because it shows each and every member of a coneressional family, whether it is wife, cousin, uncle, son or daugh ter who is on the roll and getting some of Uncle Sam's good moncv Manv male members have their wives on such roles and mavbe soon the situation mav be reversed and men will be working for their wives Stranger thines have happenea.

Shower Is Given For Miss Bcardcn WESTMINSTER. Apr. 9. On Saturday afternoon Miss Evelyn Brown, who teaches In Piedmont, was hostess at a delightful miscellaneous shower at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

S. L. Brown, of Return, In compliment to her week-end visitor. Miss Frances Bearden. of Atlanta, whose marriage to Mr.

Harry Homer, of Atlanta, is to be an event of this month. PLAY AT riCKENS PICKFN. Apr. 9. The senior r( p-fken vhonl to pr7-nt a r'v.

t'nrlo Sally' next Friday e-ning at 8 o'clock. NEWTON D. BAKER, serre-tary of war under Wnndrow Wiisnn and generally regarded a the brightest minrl in the Democratic party, will be one of the speakers at the Jrfferson day dinner in Washington this week. Mr. Baker is considered the most eloquent speaker In his party and while be has been mentioned as a presidential possibility this vear, he has shown reluctance about running.

Social Planning Badly Needed By Entire Country Trucblood Points Out Ways And Means To Combat Future Depressions CONDITIONS CRITICAL By E. J. TRl LBI.OOn (Professor of Sociology at Furman I'niversily) Everybody today realizes that the affairs of human beings are in a critical condition; many are en deavoring to explain the causes as ranging all the way from the divine to the diabolical. Few are doing any constructive tninKing aiong lines of social planning looKing towards the general rehabilitation of civilized races. Merely to lambast the patient will do more harm than good.

Whether cnvlization has reached its present crisis through divine wrath, or through human folly, or through diabolical conspiracy, we cannot easily determine. Nor will we gain any real advantage from spending the maior Dortion of our time in conjectural analyses of our predica nient or in telling each other what we already know: namely, that we are suffering from great depression financially, morally, spiritually, and otherwise. The bic question before us now is this: Will we treat the patient? Are we willing to em ploy all possible human means, and to implore aid. in an effort to solve our great problems in the combined atmosphere of gehuine religion and true science? WHAT TO DO? What are our present methods of meeting the almost world-wide wave of depression, pessimism, and cynl cism? Amidst the various approaches four fairly distinct groups can be discerned. Perhaps the largest group is the agnostic "laissez faire group, whose attitude is to do noth ing except stumble along in nana consternation, as they depend upon magical accidents for relief.

An othPr very large group is the pes simistic "gloom propaganda'' group those who spend most of their time in weeping and in trying to make others weep, somehow feeling that mere lamentations will cure our ills. Yet another good-sized group is the optimistic "pep meeting group whose members believe they can effect recovery bv doing a great deal of cheerful "ballyhoo," without facing the real issues involved. The last group, probably a very small one. is the progressive "social plan" group, those who realize that the problem is immense and who. having little time either to weep or to shout, are trving to assemble all as facts with a view tow ards making definite plans for the rehabilitation and further develop ment of humanity.

It is a stranse fact that we do (Continued on Page 7, Col. 5) McGlothlin To Preach Sermon At Edgefield EDGEFIELD. Apr. 9 Supt. Leonardo Andrea has made the fol lowing announcements regarding the closing nf the Edeefield fahools: The grammar srhool will close on Thursday evening.

April 28, with formal exercises in the school an ditorium. The music recital will take place the tvening of April 29. The high school sermon will be preached by Dr. W. J.

McGlothlin, president of Furman university, in the high school auditorium the evening of Mav 8. and the exercises will be held in the auditorium Monday evening. May 9. at 8:30 o'clock. The other trades of the hizh school will continue their Work for a O'VS after tn" tirnii ciofuis un May 12.

yesteryear let his imagination run away with him, and would believe anything, or at least thought readers would. Imagine giants 120 feet tall, a woman giving birth to 120 children at one time, a man with the head of a pig, pigs with heads like men! All of these and many other assertions just as strange can be found stored away in supposedly authentic volumes. '-'Where do you get all of the odd facts that you That is the one question that I have to answer, or rather attempt to answer, more than any other. And that is the whole problem. If there were nothing to the work except the drawing, could spend ten months of the year on the Riviera, in Bermuda or the South Seas.

SOURCES VARIED "There is no certain source where suitable subjects may be found. Rather, a number of sources, some yielding a reasonable amount of material, others, comparatively little. Continuous research, exhaustive reading, and keeping on the alert night and day lor the strange and unusual, is about tne best answer that I can give. Once the germ of an idea comes to light, every means of developing and authenticating it is employed until, in the end, it either appears in the cartoon, or is discarded. And here the STRANGE AS IT SEEMS library is utilized.

Bulging rows of filing cabinets containing informa tion on most every conceivable sub ject, and an ever increasing collec tion of books, offer a ready means of either making or killing a ereat number of embryo ideas, when this fails, the assistance of the (Continued on Page 7, Col. 31 Police Department 11 If KEY' D. B. Pinson, Greenville, Elected President Of Fraternity Chapter At P. C.

CLINTON, Apr. 9. (AP)-Six-teen campus leaders of Presbyterian college were initiated here recently at Installation ceremonies of the blue key, a national honorary leadership fraternity. A committee from the University of South Carolina aided in the installation. It is the fourth chapter in the state and the sixty-seventh in the country.

Dr. John McSween, president oi Presbyterian college, delivered the principal address on "leadership." Talks on various phases of leadership were made by Dr. James T. Pennv, of the biology department of the University of soutn uaronna; John Bolt Culbertson, president of the South Carolina chapter; J. w.

Brown and T. C. Hankins, of the University of South, Carolina, and L. C. Jackson, of the Presbyterian college chapter.

Members besides W. Mcaween and Jackson, who were Initiated were: M. W. Brown, of Presbyterian college; G. C.

Adams, of South Boston, B. H. soya, mi. peas ant, S. M.

P. Caskey, of Wichita Falls, J. A. Cheatnam, ad-beville; H. A.

Copeland, Clinton; B. B. Dunlap, Rock Hill; R. H. Gillespie, Decatur, D.

M. Mc-Naull, Columbia; W. R. Senter, Chattanooga, C. B.

Barnwell, B. W. Covington, Florence; H. S. Elliott, LaGrange.

J. E. Osman, Brazil, ana D. B. Pinson, of Greenville.

Followine the initiations, Finson was elected president of the chap ter for the year; Einotc was namea vice president; Osman was named secretary, and Covington was elected treasurer. Hemphills Will Aid State In Bank Case YORK, Apr. 9. The prominent Chester law firm of Hemphill Hemphill, composed of John M. Hemphill and Paul Hemphill, will be associated with W.

Gist Finley in the prosecution of cases growing out of the failure of the Loan and Savings bank of York, it was announced here today. Since no public funds were available with which to retain additional counsel, the money was rais ed by private subscriptions. More than a score of persons contributed to the fund. Rills of indictment against Mack Ferguson, president of the defunct bank, will be handed the York county grand jury by Solicitor W. G.

Finley at the term of court that convenes here April la. Piedmont Annual Is Sent To Printer PTTDMOXT. Anr. 9. "Memories," annual of Piedmont high school went to press April 1.

Members of the annual staff enioved a delight ful day going through the plant of Jacobs company at Clinton, where the year book Is being pub lished. The '32 edition is Dem; sDonsored by L. B. Templeton, Jr. and Misses Tennes Campbell and Winnie Tire, editor and business manairrs respectively.

The i book. pre exnectra tn ds OB sale aoout Increase In Hay, Oats, Sweet Potatoes Reported With Increase In Tobacco COLUMBIA, Apr. Crop planting indications for 1932 are that South Carolina farmers, will devote more land to Important food and feed crops, the crop reporting board of the U. S. Department of Agriculture said today.

"South Carolina intentions show increases over last year for the important food and feed crops," the department reDorted. "Compared with harvest acreage of 1931 farm ers report intended Increases as fol lows: Corn, one per cent; oats, 12 per cent; sweet potatoes. 18 Din- cent; tame hay, two per cent; soy beans, 10 per cent; cowpeas. 10 per cent, and peanuts, live per cent Decreases of 30 per cent in tobacco; and 24 per cent in Irish potatoes are shown. The smaller acreage of the latter is due to the redur tion of early commercial potatoes from 17,700 to 9.000 acres in 1932 for it is expected that the acreage grown for home consumption will be increased." The board presented the follow ing table of comparisons Arre Harrrf- Planting In rutrd, mt thoiinanda l.SflS J7 2S tentlnni.

'3 thousands CROP Corn Ogti Tobacco Irish PotaoM 1.S24 0 549 4fl 17 8wpH Potatoes S3 Tame Hay 544 Sovbeana, alone. 42 Cowpeas, alone. 117 Peanuts, alone 18 SWINK IN WOODRUFF WOODRUFF. ADr. 9.

Mr. and Mrs. Ralnh Swink and children who formerlv made their home in Snartanbure. have moved here to the home of Mr. Swink's father.

L. Swink on South Main street and will make this their home. Mr. and Mrs. Swink are former residents here and will be welcomed back by their many friends.

Figures Show A total of 1,384 cases for the first quarter of 1925, with 341 in January, 440 in February and 603 in March. In 1926 the first quarter saw 1.195 cases with 413 in January, 330 in February and 452 in March. The tolal in 1927 was a litle lower being 942, with 274 in Januarv; 542 in February and 523 in March, but in 1928 cases during the first quarter jumped back to 1,339 with 274 in January. 542 in February and 523 in March. The year 1929 totaled 1.104 cases for the first three months with 393 in January; 360 in February and 351 in March.

In 1930 the number began to drop, rapidly with 859 cases divided into 249 in January, 270 in February and 340 in March. In 1931 the total for the first quarter was 896, with 278 in January, 312 in February and 306 in March. This year the total was R46 for the first three with in Japij'T. in February and 22o in March. It's a strange business this boy John Hix is in.

The fellow who now is known round the world of journalism and on the screen in every quarter of old Mother Earth, started 1.1s meteoric career in Greenville, and drew his first cartoon for Thj Greenville News. "It's a long trail," said John the other day to one of his associates, "and it's a lot of work when you have thousands of newspaper readers every day trying to prove that you are a consummate Jiar. But after all it's worth the effort and if my cartoons please people and if they give them wholesome enjoyment then I'm nappy for ail the. hard toil that the work involves for me." THAT IS HIX That statement is typical of John Hix, the Greenville high school boy of a few years ago but now the hish salaried lad who draws "Strange As It Seems" for hundreds of news papers scattered over the country. His rise to fame among newspaper cartoonist" reads like a chapter snatched from an Alger book, and yet in many respects it is a far more brilliant story and it's true besides.

Six years ago John Hix was a student at Greenville high school 8nd to help with the family expenses he carried a paper route for The Greenville News in the morning be- lore oawn andwnne most people are still peacefully snoozing. Through weather, fair and foul, the youngster trudged with his papers but his mind was constantly on something else. He liked to draw and wanted to be an artist. "In school," he says now "I often spent hours caricaturing my teacher ard to prevent embarrassment I won't tell you now who she was, nor will I say Just what I made her look like at times with my mischevious pen cil. BUDDING ARTIST "I'm a cartoonist." the slender fcl low said one day as he walked into The News editorial department.

He wanted a job and got it. He drew il lustrations for local news stories and right from the start it was apparent that the lad was headed for majors, as the baseball fans say of promising rookies. The lad's work immediately at iractea attention ana Jess man a year later he was "drafted" by the Washington Times. From there it was only a short hop to New York where he Joined the staff of the large McClure Newspaper syndicate "Strange As It Seems," his success ful feature relating the unbelievable, loliowed shortly. "This business of collecting strange and curious lacts is notnin new." says John.

"It has been goir.3 on for thousands of years The subject has found welcome space in books and newspapers eve( since books and newspapers havi been printed. In larger libraries throughout the world, unlimited volumes may be found on the sun ject. but try to believe them. Only in the few recent publications can one find material to any extent that is authentic, for time ana sciphc huve pynlr'd'vl fi TPit i-ercntaTe 1 nwrdi n.v.r authors. The curiosity gatherer of I Crime Decreasing In Greenville Is crime decreasing? "No," comes the answer from pessimists and reformers.

"Yes," say the figures and, there's that old adage that figures don't lie. They show that in the past eight years the. number of police cases in the city of Greenville have decreased almost one-half. The reason? "The depression" says Desk Sergeant Herbert Curry of the Greenville Police department, who keeps the records. "You see.

when times are good and people have money they don't mind getting out and raising sand because they know that they can pay themselves out, but now when they have no money to spend on "extras," they have to serve the terms and that isn't so pleasant. The chain gang is larger now than it has been for years, although fewer cases are being docketed or heard in court." Taking the fiiures for the rir.it thre rpont'i" in esrh "7 to the following Is" the record. ihf at of May. ings. cm.