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PAGE TWELVE THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON^ S. C. THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1929 Presbyterian Wins Annual S. 1. A. A. Meet 1 RELAY DECIDES CLOSEST MEET HELD HERE IN RECENT YEARS Smith of Furman, Breaks Javelin Record. Brady of Louisville, Betters Jump Mark. Edmunds of Transylvania, Eclipses Vault Record. Eubanks, Hogrefe Star. By T. H. Grafton Placing in seven events, the Pres byterian college track team took the thirty-fourth meeting of the S. I. A. A. athletes at Clinton last Saturday af ternoon. The team scores were as fol lows: Presbyterian 2^; Mississippi college 25; Oglethorpe 25; George town 19; F’urman 17; Louisville 12^; Louisiana State Normal 15; South western 8V.j; Transylvania 8; Mill- saps 3. The meet went to the Blue Stockings ©n the relay, where a little boy named Wyatt, and another one, equally little, named Ritchie, stepped out in f’^ont be fore the flying feet of a great quar tette from Louisiana State Normal. Ritchie, who had lost the 440 yards run by attempting to set a new state i record for the first half of it, canie lack in this event, and his last quar ter was one of the most sparkling runs ever seen on the local track. It was worthy of a great athlete, after be- I ing totally eclipsed earlier in the day, ; to come through with the magnifi- ■cent spurt that enabled him to pass ' two runners and clinch the flag in the ! closing moments of the meet as a I well-filled grandstand rose and cheer ed in the delirium of joyous triumph. Another little man, and all of P. C.'s point-earners were little, turned back from the finish of the 100 yards dash with a tired but happy expression on ia war-Uke countenance. The hand of ; Lonnie McMillian was laid on his shoulder, and the two greatest ath- ! letes that ever wore the colors of the Presbyterian college looked each other in the face. Hogrefe 'was about half of the P. C. team, and his scin tillating run in the short dash, in which his twinkling* legs carried him a full yard ahead of Adams of George town second, Green, Presbyterian, third, and Farnsworth, Southwestern, fourth, reminded one of his palmier days two years ago when he ran away from runners • in every competition. The time was 10 1-10 seconds. The Blue Stocking captain was also a win ner in the broad jump, fourth .n the 220 yards, and ran a fast leg on the winning relay. In what was perhaps the greatest mile ever seen in South Carolina, Bai ley of Louisiana State Normal, won out after being repeatedly challenged and displaced for the lead by Cates, Louisville, second, and Nall, Millsaps, third. The last quarter of this race was accomplished in sixty-two sec-' 'onds,and the outcome remained un-: decided until the last stretcn was reached. The time was 4:32.3. Eubanks, Oglethorpe, was the indi vidual star of the afternoon. He was an easy winner in both hurdle events, and won seconds in the high jump and broad jump. Three records fell. Smith, Furman, allowed the javelin to escape from his fingers and wing a record-breaking flight of 187 feet 7 1-2 inches before Newton’s Law of Universal Gravita tion took charge and brought it back to Mother Earth. Edmonds, the .sky scraper from Tran^lvania, brushed some of the cobwebs out of the hea vens when he soared 12 feet 8^ inch es in the pole vault, the best ever done in the state. And Brady, Louis ville, a bespectacled lad from the great rum city, languidly lay out over the bar as it hung at 6 feet 1 3-8 inch es. r A summary of local talent achieve ments shows that Hogrefe dispelled illusions as to his ^peed by annexing the hundred and taking fourth in the 220. Ritchie was ^hird in the latter race. Ketchum, by one of his usual marvelous sprints, took fourth in the half-mile. Pre-meet dope fell by the beards in the low hurdles as Pearce and Marshall trailed the flasTting Eu banks for second and third. The Blue Hosed runners were not favored to place in this event. Then Templeton scooped up a point in the javelin, and Hogrefe and Green made seven in the broad jump, the old P. C. standby for the garnering of history-making markers. And then, of course, that re lay. Green was first, and ran a fast quarter, but Wyatt was slightly be- nind as he started out. His lap was a beautiful run, cutting down many yards of lead in the last moments. Ho grefe held his own, and Ritchie took the baton well up in second place. He trailed the leaders until the last curve was past, and went to the fore, win ning by inches at the finish line. The meet was the second associa tion triumph <or P. C., as the Blue Hosed gladiators had meerged tri umphant from the Birmingham arena in 1927. The day marked the last ap pearance of Captain Hogrefe, Pearce, and Marshall, whose points totalled 17%. The summaries follow: ;440-yard dash: First, Berry, Louis iana Normal, 59.9 seconds; second, Cochran, Mississippi college; third. Smith, Louisiana Normal; fourth, Kelly, Mississippi. 100-yard dash: First, Hogrefe. Pres byterian, 10.1 seconds; second, Adams, Georgetown; third. Green, Presbyte rian; fourth,-Farnsworth, Southwest- ! erri. ' •' Shot put: First, Bell, Oglethorpe, 40 ft. 9 3-4 inches; second, Wood, Fur man; third, Branch, Mississippi col lege; fourth, McKissfek, Oglethorpe. 120-yard high hurdles: First, Eu banks, Oglethorpe, 15.6 seconds; sec ond, Rhodes, Furman; third, Hawkins. Georgetown; fourth. Turner, Missis sippi. High jump: First, Brady, Louisville, 6 feet 1 3-8 inches; second, Eubanks, Oglethorpe; third, Edmonds, Transyl vania; fourth, Jones, Mississippi. Two-mile run: First Price, Missis- sippi, 10 minutes, 20.3 seconds; sec ond, Wright, Southwestern; third, L. Johnson, Mississippi; fourth, Nall, Millsaps. 220-yard low hurdles: First; Eu banks, Oglethorpe, 25.7 seconds; sec ond, Pearce, Presbyterian; third, Mar shall, Presbyterian; fourth, Fams- Iworth. Southwestern. Broad jump; First, Hogrefe, Pres byterian, 22 feet, 3-4 inch; second, Eubanks, Oglethorpe; third. Green, Presbyterian; fourth, Edmonds, Tran sylvania. * 880-yard run; First, Williams, Louisville, 1 minute, 69.9 seconds; second, Ha'Vfklns;'Gedrlgetown; third, (Continued on page 14) ORN, war-scarred and broken by a harsh reconstruction which had left even deeper wounds than the years of battle, South Carolina in the 80's faced a sorry plight. Her agriculture was prostrate, her people, knowing few other cocupations, learned the meaning* of a poverty such as we today can hardly comprehend. I^ide and courage only carried them through the dreary years. But amid the hopelessness were some who dared to dream of a new and happier state; of harnessed riv ers turning wheels in humming factories; of men and women released from the bonds of poverty, and made comfortable in the employment which the realization cf their dreams would bring. Thus in the early 80's the modem textile industry of South Carolina was born. Dreamers, with little be sides their dreams, contrived somehow to build factories; and farmers, worn with long struggles against un equal odds, gladly left their plows to man the looms. !p‘ ^ ''■MfKfii f"f 't\» InJiuitry Pro«per$—So Pro*pvr T/w Peoi'le" Prosperity Through Harmony Shoulder to shoulder they worked, the dreamers and the farmers. What matter if the pay was small at first, the profits meager. Together they were laying the foundations for an industry destined to become great. ’ Now, despite many difficulties that have beset its rise, that industry directly provides support for one- fifth the white population of South Carolina, and indirectly provides for many more of her people. Upward has been the course, and upward the rewards of the operatives. Efforts to increase production by introducing improved machinery and methods have, with rare exceptions, received the willing support of operatives, because they understood that their own opportunities would improve as better management helped them to increase their productive capacity. Turn-over of operatives has been so low as to excite the wonder of other parts of the country. Loyalty of officials to operatives, and of operatives to officials, has been the strongest force in the industry. Today, South Carolina's textile industry is great because of the friendly relations that have existed from the beginning between those who were working to build it. As South Carolinians, all cherishing the same proud traditions and hopes, they solved their problems in a spirit of mutual confidence, and of mutual under standing. Tomorrow, South Carolina's greatest industry will be greater still because of those friendly relations. iTTON Ianufacturers’ association V SOUTH CAROUr^ ff i