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VOLUME XXVII CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH, 31,1927 NUMBER 13 SUNDAY SALES TO BE ALLOWED Richards To Order No Further Arrests Until Court’s De cision Is Rendered. THREE CITIES JOIN ! IN BLUE ACT DEFI YOUR BOY’S BUSINESS SUPPLY BILL I PASSES HOUSE Greenville, Spartanburg and Charles ton Ignore Richards’ Command for An Indigo Sunday. Columbia, March 30.—Sales of gas _ oline and motor oils on Sunday will [ Q f Governor Richards’ orders for Columbia, March 27.—Drug stores in Charleston, Greenville and Spartan burg sold soft drinks today in defi- I not be interfered with by order of Governor John G. Richards until the supreme court of South Carolina may finally construe the state’s Sunday ob- senrancV^tatutes as applicable to Sun day gasoline and motor oil sales. It is the intention of the attorney general, the chief executive explained in announcing his decision, to carry the Charleston case, in which a tem porary restraining order was allowed Saturday by Judge William H. Grim- ball, to the supreme court if the in junction be made permanent. “Pending this appeal,’’ the gover nor said, “I will . , . order no further arrests for the., sale of gasoline and motor oils on the Sabbath in the state.” “The law, I am pursuaded,” he add ed, “should be construed and enforced uniformly throughout the state.” The decision is not intended, how ever, to promote or encourage viola tion of the Sunday law and the gov ernor in his announcement expressed the wish that all citizens of the state would on Sundays continue to observe the law as heretofore. In his decision with reference to Sunday gasoline sales the governor follows the precedent set by himself and John M. Daniel, attorney gener al,\with reference to Sunday golf. In Aikeh Judge Hayne F. Rice issued a restraining order, enjoining peace of ficers from arresting or molesting Sunday golfers on Aiken’s two golf links. Judge Rice, after a hearing at which the state was represented, made permanent his injunction and the enforcement of the state’s 200 year old blue laws, according to informa tion received here this afternoon, but no arrests were made. The lid was on tight in Columbia. A squad of the governor's consta bles was reported to have closed up a large number of places that opened in Charleston but four drug stores were said to have refused to obey the officer’s orders, and continued busi ness throughouut the day. Carlos A. Rector, in charge of the constables, said warrants would be sworn out against the proprietors of the four places tomorrow. No arrests were made, as the state constitution prohibits the making of arrests on Sunday except in cases of treason, felony, or breach of peace, and it was understood that plans had been .made to take in custody any state officer who attempted to make an arrest in Charleston on charges of violating the Sunday law. Motorists in Charleston bought gas oline without hindrance under the pro tection of a‘temporary restraining or der issued yesterday by Circuit Judge William H. Grimball, preventing of ficers from interfering with the sale of gasoline, which Judge Grimball held to be a necessity. Golfers throughout the state were free to play without molestation, Gov ernor Richards having announced he would suspend his crusade against Sunday golfing until the Supreme court rules upon whether the old Sun day laws apply to the game. Greenville reported that soft drinks PUBLIC UTILITY OPPORTUNITIES By Roger W. Babson Babson Park, Fla., Mar. 26, 1927.— Roger W. Babson today coninues hi* series of interviews on the opportu nities for young men. This week he discusses public utilities. His com plete statement is as follows: What Are PubBe Utilities Public utilities include water com panies, electric light and power com panies, gas companies, telephone com panies, motor coach companies, street railway companies and any other com panies depending upon a public fran chise in order to operate. Some may include railroads, but usually these are not called public utilities. Public utilities are attractive because they both render a necessary service and have a virtual monopoly. For in stance, almost every house in a city must have water and yet very few cities have more than one water com pany. As a result of this natural mo nopoly, most public utilities have no trouble getting enough business, pro-j vided they can get sufficiently high ] attorney general announced his inten- were being sold, and much gasoline tion to appeal the case to the supreme court. Pending this appeal he would, he said, direct no further prosecutions of Sunday golfers. He wanted a test dispensed- upon permits. In Spartan burg drinks were sold, but gasoline remained, under the ban. General observance of the law was case; he had it. The governor con- reported at Greenwood, with no ar- curred. Sunday golfers would not be rests made. arrested, he announced, until the su preme court should hand down its de cision. I*m going W~be ’hands off tmtt! ans, owner of a filling station, was the supreme court speaks,” he an nounced Monday a week ago. “Will the golfers stay off the links until that court renders its decision?” Last Sunday golfers were not dis turbed. One arrest on specific charges of violating the Sunday blue law was reported in Columbia when White Ev summoned to appear before Magis trate Ollie Mefford tomorrow morn ing on a charge of selling gasoline to a motorist without a permit. Keeping his office open today for the purpose of issuing permits, *Sher- Saturday Charleston dealers in gas- iff T. A. Heise estimated that over oline, following the lead §et by the Aiken golfers, also appealed to the courts, obtaining from Judge William H. Grimball a restraining order pro hibiting peace officers from interfer- ing with Sunday sales of gasoline and motor oils in Charleston. The order is returnable April 8. , “In view of the universal use of mo tor transportation today,” Judge Grimball said, “the sale af these com modities falls within the class desig nated by the law as ‘necessities’ just as much as the operation of the rail roads.” Last Sunday gasoline and motor oils, under the protection of this in junction, were sold in Charleston with out molestation. Elsewhere in the state, however, the prohibition held. Yesterday the governor announced his decision to order no further ar rests in cases of Sunday gasoline sales. “Saturday,” he said, “Circuit Judge William H. Grimball of Charleston 200 certificates of emergency had been issued today. Many of these, he said, were given to school teachers returning from a state convention in Greenville. Though no sales of soft drinks were reported in Columbia today, two ne groes were arrested by State Con stable W. W. Rogers on a charge of selling whiskey to the officer. SCHOOL CONTESTS HERE TOMORROW County Field Day Exercises To Be Held In Afternoon and Evening. Many Prizes Offered. The annual Laurens county field day events will occur here tomorrow on the college campus, beginning at one o’clock -in the afternoon. The lists of the varoius contests have al ready been announced and are expect ed to draw a large*number of entries. The Clinton school will be represent- signed a restraining order prohibiting ed in the various meets. arrests in Charleston for the sale of gasoline and motor oils on Sunday. “The attorney general has informed me that it is his purpose, should the case be decided adversely to the state, to carry the issue to the supreme court of South Carolina. “Pending this appeal and the su preme court’s decision I will—while In the evening the recitation and declamation contests will take place at eight o’clock in the orphanage chapel and First Baptist church, and the public is invited. Fourteen prizes for boys over 12 I hope the people of the state will as on recent Sundays continue to observe the law—order no further arrests for the sale of gasoline and motor oils on the Sabbath in the state. , “The law, I am persuaded, should be construed and enforced uniformly throughout the state.” , and ten for girls over 12, will be giv- J en by Clinton, Cross Hill and Mount- ville merchants. Ten prizes for boys under 12, six for girls under 12, will be presented by Laurens, Gray Court and Owings merchants. Medals for boy and girl over 12, and gold pieces for those under 12, will also be award ed. The events tomorrow are expect ed to bring a large gathering of school pupils, parents and teachers to the city for the day. New Laundry Here Closes Its Doors New York Visitor At Thornwell rates. Because they do sell a’neces sity and have a monopoly, the rates charged by such companies are sub ject to state control and political in terference. This is the only "fly” in the public utility ointment. It would probably be difficult to make a street railway company be lieve that it has a monopoly or is sell ing a necessity,, for with all the taxi cabs and private automobiles, the or dinary street railway has much com petition. Hence the only street rail way stocks today which appeal to con servative investors are those of com panies which have subway, elevated or electric light and power depart-.- ments. Subway and elevated lines are 'still real monopolies of rapid transit as no taxi-cabs or private automobiles can compete with them. Motor coach transportation is also fast becmoing a real and valuable public utility. As motor coaches can load and unload passengers at the curb, they are much safer than street cars; while their flexibility makes them swifter in traf fic and much more popular. Some day motor coach securities should be very valuable. Today, however, the most popular public utilities are those selling light, power and gas, although telephone and water companies are al so popular in some sections. Many conservative investors, however, fear that the telephone companies are fac ing .severe rate troubles, while the water companies are being taken over by the municipalities and are becom ing municipally owned. Labor Factors Important The difficulty with the railroad in dustry, either for investment or em ployment, is the labor situation. Most railroads are under domination of some one labor union. This is unfor tunate both for the stockholders and for any ambitious employes or offici als. In a way this is also true of street Railways and in some sections it may be true of telpehone compa nies. Many railroads and street rail way companies pay from BO per cent to 80 per cent of all their earnings to labor; while water companies, gas companies and electric power compa nies pay only from 20 per cent to 40 per cent of their earnings to labor. Moreover, the labor employed by wa ter, gas and electric companies is us ually better paid. . As a result, water, gas and electric companies as a rule do not suffer from interference by union labor leaders. Some say that the time will come when all public utilities will be unionized. Perhaps so—but if this time ever comes the water, gas and electric companies can easily meet any demands of labor be- cuase their labor item and labor ex pense is comparatively small.' Another great advantage which cer tain public utility companies have is that the greater the output the lower the cost per unit of wuter, gas or electricity manufactured. Hence «s the business of these companies grows, the price of the product can be reduted and wages can be increas ed without any decrease in net earn ings. With railroad and telephone companies this is not true. Railroad rates must be raised as wages are raised, while telephone rates must be raised as the number of subscribers increase. This is no criticism of such companies; but, it is far better to have one’s money or one’s self at work for a company the profits of which increase—rather than decrease —as the number of customers in crease. For instance, the cost of do ing business, per customer, decreases with an electric company as the num ber of customers increase. With a telephone company the reverse is true, namely, the cost of doing business, per customer, increases with a tele phone company as the number of cus tomers increase. This is another rearfon why keen investors prefer electric light and power securities more than* telephone securities, and why the former companies offer bet ter opportunities for employment. New Uses for Gas and Electricity My real reason for recommending public utility companies—especially the gas, and electric companies—both to parents for investments and to young men for jobs, is because of the new uses ahead for both gas and electricity. At the present time gas is used almost exclusively for cooking, except in the sections where natural gas is available. The time is coming, however, when gas will be used almost universally for heating, through cen tral heating plants, and will be used much more generally for power. The present idea that each house and building should have a separate boiler, to be cared for by a separate man, is archaic so far as cities are concerned. Eventually the streets will be relieved (Continued On Page Eight) Measure Is Now In Senate for Final Action. Appropriation Practical ly Same As Last Year. The county supply bill, carrying the same levy of II mills as last year, has passed* the house and is now in the senate, according to members of the delegation. The bill Carries practi cally the same appropriation as last year, with increases in some places and decreases elsewhere. The salaries of the two county com missioners show an increase fyom $100 to $300 a year with the provision that the commissioners personally in vestigate and approve all claims: An increase of $100 is granted, to the magistrate at Laurens for office rent and fuel. To the deputy sheriff is granted the sum of $100 for clothing, to corre spond to the same appropriation for rural policemen. The sum of $1,300 is appropriated to the clerk of court’s office for install ing a “family index system” for deeds and mortgages. The appropriation of $10,000 for use on rural carrier routes is reduced to $6,000 and certain restrictions thrown around its expenditure. For maintenance of top-soil roads in the county $6,000 is apropriated instead of $2,000 last year, the funds to be distributed over all top-soil roads in the county not under state mainte nance. The sum of $600 hitherto given to the Clinton hospital, burned down last year, is given to the Laurens hos pital, making the total appropriation for the latter hospital $1,200. P. C. SURVEY IS BEING MADE Distinguised Educators In City Begin Work of Inquiry. Re port To Be Printed. SPEAKERS FOR SCHOOL CLOSING Revs. J. B. Ficklen and E. L. Flana gan On Commencement Program at Thornwell Orphanage. The commencement exercises of the Thornwell Orphanage schools will be gin on Sunday, June 12, and already plans are under way at the institu tion for its closing program. To deliver the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday morning, June 12, Rev. J. B. Ficklen of Decatur, Ga., has been selected. Mr. Ficklen is secretary of the Presbyterian synod’s work in the state of Georgia and it will be his first visit to Clinton. The commencement address will be delivered on Monday night by the Rev. E. L. Flanagan, pastor of the West End Presbyterian church of At lanta. Mr. Flanagan has recently been placed on the board of trustees of the orphanage as one of the rep resentatives of the synod of Georgia. He is a half-brother of Harold and George Flanagan, former Clinton citi zens and now residents of Henderson ville. N. C. A survey of the Presbyterian Col lege of South Carolina of this city, as directed by the board of trustees on the request of President-elect B. L. Parkinson of Columbia, was begun here Monday morning by a committee of experts who are in the city. Dr. Parkinson spent Monday here with the group for the initial work. It is expected to require ten days or two weeks to complete the investigation. Heading the survey board is Dr. Shelton Phelps, director of instruction, George Pefcbody college, Nashville/ Associated with him are Dr. Joseph Roemer, professor of secondary edu cation, University of Florida, who is also secretary of the commission on secondary schools of the Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools of the Southern States, and Dr. James Ross McCain, president of Agnes Scott college. All of these men are officers and otherwise prominent in the Presbyterian church. Each is a trained specialist in the field of edu cation. They will inquire into build ing, courses of study, laboratories, li brary, health, faculty, quality of in struction, administration, finance, ex tra curriculla, and other things, such as athletics and fraternities. The purpose of the survey is to ac quaint the public in general, and es pecially Presbyterians of South Caro lina, with the aims and purposes of the institution, to present a statement of the efficiency and Financial out look, and make some suggestion as to further growth and further develop ment of the college. The report of the committee when concluded will be made public in the shape of a bulletin. Following the election of Dr. Park inson in January, as a successor to Dr. Davison McDowell Douglas, the board of trustees adopted a motion calling for a survey of the college by compe tent educational experts. This step was taken, it was stated by the board, at the request of the new president elect, and in the further belief that such a survey would be a helpful guide in the future development and work of the college. It is this survey that it now being made by the specially appointed committee, and the outcome of their report will be awaited with keen interest locally and throughout the synod. ROSTER OF RED SHIRT CLUB FOR LOWER LAURENS COUNTY FOUND Headquarters Were At Martin’s Depot, Now Goldville. John. C. Davis Secretary. Several Well-Known Clinton Families Represented. Miss Agatha Davis of this city, has Smith, T. C. Sumerel, J. M. Simpson, furnished The Chronicle the original L. A. McCrary, W. A. Rose, William „ . . , » i . Nelson, James W. Chandler, R. S. roll, printed below, of the Red Shirt n* • o it t> xt ’ • Phmney, Maj. Samuel Leaman, R. N. club of lower Laurens county of 1876,. g Young, W. D. Watts, James W. of which her father, the late John C. 1 Copeland, John I. Chandler, John Guin, Davis, was the secretary. The head-]John S. Hairston, J. LTCrawford, D. quarters of tl\j^. club seems to have J R. Crawford, L. B. Millwee, R. Z. The New Method laundry, opened here for business the first of the year, has closed its doors and gone out of business. Financial troubles brought the business to a suddai close and the owners, T. B. and C. O: Clayton, have left the city. The machinery and equipment of the concern is still lo cated in the building it occupied and has been placed in the hands of at torneys for a creditors settlement. Mr. and Mrs. Mentone O. McGee of Fountain Inn, were the week-end guests of their sister, Mrs. Thomas P. Bray. Dr. H. W. Hopkirk of the Child Wel- fore League of America with offices in New York, upon special invitation is visiting the orphanages of the Southern Presbyterian churcfi- and was a visitor on last Thursday at the Thornwell orphanage of this city. Dr. Hopkirk’s visit here was- also for the purpose of an official investigation of this institution with a view to its admission in the league which is na tional in its scope. Miss Ada Dillard spent the week end in Spartanburg as the guest of her sister, Miss Nell Dillard.* • * / been “Martin’s Depot,” the name of which was long ago changed to Gold ville, although a number of Clinton men were members of it. Most of the members of the club came from Hun ter township, though some of them were'from Cross Hill and Jacks. In the list appear the names of the fathers and grandfathers of many Clintonians of today. The complete list follows: R. R. Blakely, president; R. S. Grif fin, first vice-president; W. B. Bell, second vice-president; S. W. Vance, third vice-president; John C. Davis, secretary; D. Kann, treasurer; H. D. Simpson, J. Shannon, W. F. Wharton, Elmore Simpson, J. W. Staterwhite, F. L. Boozer, C. A. Pulley, C. M. Fer guson, C. Guin, R. F. Bryson, J. N. Wright, Dr. Job J. Boozer, J. L. Stone, J. C. Copeland, J. F. Bishop, Dr. C. D. East, R. H. Young, J. H. Witherspoon. W. A. Young, J. C. Martin, Rufus Hughs, G. D. Harris, I. L. Young, Jr., J. C. Chandler, J. W. Leake, John Bryson, W. D. Boyd, George T. Speake. R. J. Copeland, A. J. Smith, B. H. Paisley, Dr. R. S. Dunlap, John Can non, L. L. West, N. P. Whitmire, F. C. Vaughn, Dr. H. C. Wofford, Dr. W. C. Irby, Jesse M. Young, Wesley Bry son, W. F. Bailey, James S. Blalock, S. W. Vance, R. C. Davis, W. L. Vance, I. L. Young, Capt. Ed. Paisley,. R. E. Paisley, L. W. Milam, Capt. \V. W. Neill, George P. Copeland, Col. James W. Watts, P. L. Grimes,’John A. Dice, Nat A. Green, G. D. £mith, F. G. Ful ler, F. M. Fuller, A. R. Fuller, S. T. Local Mills In Big 4” League mi At a meeting held during the past week of interested fans from G°l f l- ville, Lydia, Enoree and l^iurens mills, the Big Four Textile league was form ed to be composed of the above named clubs. Jack Bishop was elected pres ident, M. S. Boyd was elected treas urer, and John Darnell seer!ary of the league. The season will open on Saturday. April 16, and a full playing schedule is now being arranged. With the for mation of this yeague, fans in this sec tion may expect some fast baseball this summer. - ^ HOY HEADS SCIENCE MEN Richardson, George P. Meredith, E, C.» Bailey, D. C. Suber, A. Renwick, C. J. Briggs, G. B. McCrary, D. W. Young, j Workman, J. C. Miller, John Miller, W. J. Leak, J. K. Tribblle, O. L. Trib- G. A. Miller, J. P. Nelson, Dr. C. A. ble, James Tribble, -S. Lunburg, C. E. Franklin, M. S. Bailey, W. P. Mont- joy, P. B. Ferguson, J. P. Little, W. T. Vance, Andy Fulton, A. D. James, W. M. Smith, A. M. Copeland, M. W\ Mi lam, J. P. May, S. P. Pearson, Dr. E. M. Caine, D. L. Ansley, J. H. Comp ton, R. S.. Vance, Dr. R. M. Barre, Ed Satterwhite (colored), John Nel son, A. J. Snow, P. B. Nelson, W. W. Fripp, L. W. C. Blalock, Samuel Young, John Allen, Joe Chambers, J. T. Addy, J. R. Copeland, R. J. Weeks, E. K. Tribble, A. G. Young, J. J. Young, P. Horan, Jeff Coates, Sam uel Crowder, I. B. Nelson, F. Motes, Gilliam Hazel, Bill Bone, D. Pulley, E. Brearden, R. C. Bailey, James Haz el, J. G. Entrekin, Laurens Martin, Howard Martin, Torn Watts. Baseball Schedule P. C. of S. C. SEASON 1927 April 4—Citadel at Clinton. April 6—Carolina at- Clin ton. April 9—College of Charles ton at Charleston. April 11—Citadel at Charles ton. ~ , April 12-r-Carolina at Colum bia. April 15—Clemson at Lau rens. April 18—Wofford at Spar tanburg* April 21—Furman at Clinton. April 22—Wilkes Barre, Penn, at Unioq. April 25—Erskine at Chester. -AprH-JKfc—Clemson at Clem son. April 29—Furman at Green ville. I May 2—Newberry at New berry. May 3—Wofford at Clinton. May 6—Newberry at Clin ton. May 10—Erskine at Clinton. Professor of Biology at P. C. Named As leader of State Association In Session at Greenville. Dr. # William E. Hoy, Jr., head of the Biology department at Presbyterian college, was elected to the presidency of the South Carolina Academy of Science at its annual meeting held in Greenville last Thursday. This body, composed of scientific men from all over the state, and interested in all branches of science, elected Dr. Hoy in spite of the fact that illness kept him from attending the meeting. Every college in the state was repre sented by some member at this meet ing and the honor conferred upon Dr. Hoy is a singular one indeed. His work has done much for the raising of the prestige of the South Carolina Academy. He holds the office of president for one year. Drt Hoy has been associated with the_ Presbyterian college ever since the World war and is beloved by all his associates in the faculty and stu dent body as well. He took his col lege degree at Franklm and Marshall college, and later received his Ph. D. from Princeton, where he specialized in biology. He was for some time in structor in biology at the diversity of Rochester and served in the medical corps in the late war. Immediately after the war he came to P. C. and has been here ever since. His work has always been of the highest stan dard and his presence in the class room and the laboratory has always inspired students to do their best work. Business College Fails To Open The Georgia-Carol in a business col lege, announced to open in Clinton j several weeks ago, has fallen by the ■ way-side and all such plans have been abandoned. Inability to secure the necessary number of students was giv en as the reason for failing to open. The representative located here has returned to his home in Brunswick* Ga., home office of the concern. 9' / / - m j- iHnfinflKEBttiMlI ■ I \ V -V ‘ " ■ Y / ', • , f •; * , . .ifljHTiiflfl 1 m ■! il uniifii WtohififfiifliHillriiii 'Hihii itdi il¥ifttflirhilr itiMBMffilt'rii m