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V — o. '•*••*•*••••••••••••••••«•#•##«» If Too Don’t Read | THE CHRONICLE • Yon Don’t Get S The News :- P -^VOLUME XXX BOND ISSUE IWVAUD tSupreme Court Upholds $65,- 000,000 Highway Bill and Cuts Off Appeliant’s Argument In ^ Quarter Hour. State Is Now Ready To Gk> Ahead With Road Building Program. I THE CHRONICLH • Strives To Be a'Clean Nawa- j I paper, Complete, Newsy, . • and Reliable. CUNTON, S. a, tHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1930 NUMBER 9 i t r a 4-v Washington, Feb. 24.—By abruptly ending oral argubient, the supreme court today indicate^ it would dismiss the appeal of group of South Caro lina citizens to prevent the state from issuing $65,000,000 in highway im provement bonds. . The court stopped the presentation of argument by~counsel for C. L. Johnson and other South Carolina cit izens, and declined to hear counsel for the state, which has moved to have the appeal dismissed on the ground that it presents no federal question. Counsel for the citizens contended the statute under arliich the bond issue . was idade was in violation pf both the state and federal constitutions, but he was interrupted frequently by mem bers of the court who sought to bring out his precise reason for contending that a federal question was involved. The group of citizens sponsoring the appeal, it was explained, sought ah injunction to restrain the ’governor and ’the state treasurer from selling the bonds. When the case reached the state supreme court, counsel said, three of the five justices held the j^^ltut^ violated the state., and federal constitutions. The state chief justice, in writing the decision, said the act “arbitrarily and capriciously whetted away” the people’s power to govern the issuance of bonds. Two of the dissenting jus tices then demanded a hearing of the case before the judges' of the state courts sitting en banc, and a majority of these held the statute constitution al. The United States supreme court, it was indicated after today’s hearing, will take the case under advisement and return a decision at an early date, probably next Monday, the first court session at which decisions will be handed down. The decision is expected here to be a dismissal of the case, since it is al most invariably regarded as a sign that the court will take that course when it declines to hear the other side of the case after the complaint argu ment has been made. Such action means, C. E. Jones, chairman of the South Carolina high way commission, said tonight, that “so far as South Carolina is concerned, the state can proceed to issue obliga tions in anticipation of the special gasoline taxes and automobile license fees and complete the state highway system. “The' idea is right in line with Pres ident Hooker’s program kr relieve the unemployment situation and< to pro vide constructioiL-wortrtor~tKi^ peopfe oTthe state. We will be able to com plete the state highway system’ in South Carolina in about four years, connecting the different centers with each other and providing for inter state travel with paved, all-year roads.” Those who appeared^ to argue for Great Team Wo^k •By Albert T. Reid JOINT BOARD IS ORBITED New Trustees of Presbyterian College Gathered Here Tues day for Conference. Dr. H. W. DuBose of Spartanburg, Etect- ed Chairman. ROAD PROGRAM TO STm SOON Highway Department Ready To Let 657 Miles Improved Roads , Costing About $16,000,000. Laurenf To Get Share On Several Routes. \ V., CHICORA LIKELY FARM TEACHERS TO BE MOVED! HOLD MEETING TRACK MEN BEGIN WORK To Committee Proposes That Presbyteri-1 Vocation Group Gathered Here an InstituUon Be Merged With Discuss Night Agricul- Qneen’s College At Charlotte. ture CJasoes. That Chicora college be merged with A meeting of the teachers of voca-’ Queen’s college, Charlotte, which tional agriculture of Greenwood, New- would mean the removal of the insti- ^ berry^and Laurens counties was held tution from Columbia, was the recom-: at the Clinton high school on last mendation of the permanent commit- Thursday afternoon. W. H. Garrison, tee on education of-the Presbyterian 4 synod^ of South Carolina, following a conference in Columbia last Friday. The Chicora question must now be acted upon by its board of trustees, and later by the synod in all proba bility at its annual meeting to be held in this city next October. The board of trustees of Chicora was called to meet last week for the purpose of hearing the permanent committee’s recommendations. Dr. R. A. Lapsley of Columbia, who was the spokesman for the committee after its meeting, and Dr. H. W, Du Bose of Spartanburg, chairman of the committee, would not announce the recommendations. Dr. S. C. Byrd stat ed that he felt he was not the person to make a statement on the meeting, so W. G. Query, chairman of the board of trustees, from his home in Welford, stat^ that his board had been inform ed that the synod’s committee on edu cation favored acceptance of Queen’s offer to merge the two institutions at Charlotte. Another suggestion that had been assistant state supervisor of vocation al agriculture, wMs in charge of the meeting. The following teachers were present: R. L. Trent, Nineyt-Six; S. P. Harris, Bush River; G. P. Saye, Little Mountain; F. N. Collier, Prosperity; F. W. Taylor, Laurens; J. R. Martin, Hickory Tavern; S. C. Gambrel 1, Gray Court-Owings; and W. C. James, Clin ton. Practice Ik Started By P. C. Runners, Heaviest Schedule In History To Be Faced By Blue Hose. With the opening of the track sea son little more than a month off, the aspirants to positions are hard a work. Following the return of the glee club which had several of the team, inteniive training for the men has be gun, Training tables with special foo< are given and once more the cinder path shows signs of spiked shoes. Sev en and possibly eight meets are on the schedule for the season. With two S. I. A. A. champs under .their belt, the first aim of the track- sters this year is to capture the covet- . Plans pertaining to all day and ed championship for the third time, evening class work were discussed. In-1 While the place for this is unknown, foimation obtained from teachers jit will be here or in Birmingham and showed that on the average each boy jp either case P. C. is out to win. is carrying more enterprisej than in Coach Lonnie Mac has plenty of ma- previous years. Also, in most (ases, terial and more men available than. these enterprises are larger than in past years. One oLthe state objectives is that each boy enrolled in agricul ture earn a labor income of $150. This increase in number and size of enter prises should make it possible for more boys to reach or surpass the goal this year. It was announced that there are a number of contests to be conducted again this year for boys in agricul ture. The contests announced include; the soil improvement contest, the F. F. A. public speaking coqtesi, the cot ton co-op contest, the county contest, and the state cotton and com contest. A new feature has been added to the state cotton and com contest this year. There will be three district banquets ' A joint meeting of the trustees of Presbyterian college, recently elected by the synods of the Presbyterian church in South Carolina and Geor gia, was held on the institution’s cam pus Tuesday afternoon. Rev. H. W. DuBose, D. D., pastor of the First Presbyterian church, of Spartanburg, was elected as chairman of the board. Rev. M, M. McFerrin, D. D., pastor of the Green Street Presbyterian church of Augusta, Ga., was elected vice-chairman, and Dr. A. E. Spencer of the Presbyterian college faculty, was named as secretary. The board received the certification 01 the eight presbyteries of South Carolina which haw been, owning lukl controlling bodies of the transfer of ownership, control, and support to the synods of South Carolina and Georgia. The meeting was largely attended by representatives of the church and alumni association from which three trustees are elected from the synods of this state and Georgia. The board received- the report of President MeSween and perfected its organization. Its membership is com posed of the following well jenown ministers and laymen: Synod of South Carolina Dr. W. R. Wallace, Chester. Rev. J. 0. Mann, Chester. Rev. G. G. Mayes, D. D., Winns- boro. of. A. J. Thackston, Orangeburg. ReVx Alexander Sprunt, D. D., Charleston. H. M. McLaurin, Wedgefield. John T. Woodside, Greenville. Rev. H. W. DuBose, D. D., Spartan burg. Rev. T. Ellison Simpson, D. D., Dar lington. Dr. E. C. Doyle, Seneca. C. M. Bailey, Clinton. W. J. Bailey, Clinton. Synod of Georgia Dr. N. P. Pratt, Decatur. Rev. J... Sproles Lyon, D. D., At lanta. Rev*. M. M. McFerrin, D. .D., Au gusta. Rev^ Marshal Woodson, Thomasville. Rev. A. W. Dick, Moultrie^ Rev. T. W. Simpson, Brunswick. G. h’. Montgomery, Marietta. Rev. E. L. Barber, Carrollton, Ga. Rev. E. L. Hill, D. D., Athens. Rev. R. S, Boyd, D. I)., Columbus. Alumni Association W. P. Jacoil)s, Clinton. H. E. Davis, Florence. R. H. King, Atlanta. advanced was a merger with Presby- the'state were: Attorney General Johnj terian college of this city, both being M. Daniel; Ivey Humphrey and Cordie j contingent on the premises that $300,- Page, assistant attorney general; I 000 was not raised for Chicora endow- Judge-Mendel L. Smith, former cir-'ment. In case that amount was avail- court judge of Soqth Carolina and' hb!e, no change of status would be nec- former advocate in the war depart-! essary, it is believed. ment; Judge W. C. Wolfe, Orange-j The location committee’s recont'jbeld next fall and all boys who make bilnrg; Judge R. E. Whiting, former ^ mendation having been made tb com-^a bale of cotton to acre or fifty bush acting associate justice of South*Car-'bine Chicoira and Queen’s college at!els of coim to the acre will be invited olina supreme court; C. C. Wyche,'Charlotte, the whple question, it is j to attend one of the banquets. Spartanburg; A. M. Lumpkin, Colum-' understood, will lie pending until of-1 r bia. I ficially acted i^h by the synod this Petitioners were represented by L. fall. G. Southard, Spartanburg^attomey. j- . ^ ^ —The South Carolina hif^ay com- |i:K|p Ilnur Rv miasion chairman reviewed the his- alUUr Ojr torY of today’s action as an appeal! P. C. Graduate contesting the constitutionallity of the' bond iuue authoriwd by the 1929 state I sution WSPA, Spartanburg. “The GflScers Named (Continued on page seven) The Power Of the Want Ad Keen buyers and sellers are daily realizing, more and more, the povrj^ of the Want Ad to bring them'definite and^ imme diate results. If you have something you want to sell, rent or exchange-— or if you want to buy or’rent, tell your sL^ry in a clear, con cise manner and place it in our W’ant Ad columns. , ;, You will be mighty well pleased with the results and the cost is very littfe compared with results. THE CHRONICLE “The'Paper Everyboi^ Readp** Voice of South Carolina,” is now send ing forth a Bible message every Wed- dnesday from 4:30 to 5:30 p. m. A' t period of songs and stories for the children will be led by Miss Anna Belle The annualjstocliholders meeting of the ^tutz-lladfield Silk corporation, any previous year, which will give a chance of more points in each event, that has always been the weakness of the P. C. track teams. Always the Calvinists, with the best track in these parts, have exceled in the track events with little in the way of field men. To a certain extent this is again true. Green will be the best bet in the broad jump. There are no good men in the pole vault or shot. In the discus Templeton is good for many first places before the season is over as he has already far bettered the best marks of last season. Gosnell, Wyatt, Grafton, Myers and Dempsey wiU fill the high jump entries while Goraell, Templeton and Ritchie are the bets in the javelin. With this, P. C. can de pend on points in the weights and oth er field events and make up for it on the track. From the quarter up, McMillian ha^ at least two veteran men in each' event. Ritchier\ Wyatt, Ketchum, Sen- ter, Chapin and Green, can all equal any 440 man in the state, which as sures the team of a relay as well as GMhton’s silk mill, was held last Fri-, u i# o ^ day afternoon at the office, of the Commeroial bank. The report for the year was presented by the president, W. J. Hadfield of Newburgh, N. Y. The following officers were elected to serve during 1930: W. J. Hadfield, , Reeae, aiRi the special Bible study i preaident; Sol Stutz, treasurer; local members of the board of directors, H. D. Henry and Jack H. Young. Speakers Named For Hi-CIosing will be taught by Rev. J. D. Hender ’ SOB, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church of Spartanburg. Mr. Huuderson ia a graduate of the Proibytarian college of this dty, and ColttmWa Theological semiMuy, and ranks as one of the prdmising young ministers of his denomination. He ia a Speakers for the commencement ex- brother of Mrs. H. C. Peters of this i ercises of the Clinton high school, al- supenn^ndent of the Leah in- j ijirays an event of interest in the com- fiHMry at the orphanage. | munity, were announced yesterday. j The annual baccalaureate sermon MRS. LONG IN HOSPITAL will be preached On Sunday evening, »—,— j May 18th, by the Rev. C. Bynum Betts, ’The friends of lira. Edward Long! pastor of the Associate ReformAl Martin, Ketchum and Collins are available, while the mile has Gillespie, Martin, and Ketchum, with good, per- fonfters to back them up and many men that have not yet showed their best wares. Capt. Means is the main- (Continoed on page four) FAVORS CHANGE ON ROAD RULES Columbia, Feb. 25.—Five hundred and sixty-two miles of hardsurfaced and 96 miles of earth type roads, to gether with the necessary bridges, to be constructed at an estimated cost of $16,000,000, are ready to be let under contract by the state highway department in view of the United States supreme court action in vir tually dismissing the $65,000,000 road bond appeal, Ben M. Sawyer, chief highway commissioner, announced here tonight. Work on the hardsurfaced road sys tem will begin simultaneously in the 14 judicial c^ircuits, Mr. Sawyer said, ancj contracts will be let as quickly and ay orderly as'Ttfn b^done etb^ nomically. Twelve full survey parties of the highway department are now in the field completing work on the preliminary plans. Mr. Sawyer also announced a Idfrg list of road and bridge projects ready to be let as may be authorized and directed by , the highway commission. The proposed work will begin nimost immediafely, Mr. Sawyer .said, and will involve practically every Cou'^ty, city, town and village in South Caro lina. “The state highway commission has not adopted a construction program,” Mr. Sawyer said, “and therefore it is not known the particular roads that will be advertised for the first or early contract lettings. The construction of connecting links in the hardsurfaced system and the construction of impor tant roads in counties where little or no paving has been done will be given priority drawing up the state-wide construction program. “It will be the purpose of the state highway commission first to provide hardsurfaced connections between the, centers of papulation and the neces sary trunk lines for through travel. The roads which are now ready to be let r^'present 562 miles of hardsur faced and 96 miles of earth type, to gether with necessary bridges. The to tal estimated construction cost of the roaffs and bridges now ready to be let to contract is $16,000,000. “The compleiton of these roads will provide a continuou.s roadbed of de pendable type that will connect prac tically all of the cities and community centers of the state. Greenville, Spar tanburg, Columbia, Charleston, An derson, Florence, Greenwood and the other cities of the state will be the chief financial beneficiaries of the motor vehicle trunk lines.” The appeal to the supreme court for a dismissal of the highway bond act on the grounds that it was unconsti tutional was argued Monday in Wash ington. The court refused to hear the state’s argument after briefly hear ing attorneys against the bonds and indicated that a written decision up- ' holding the bond act will be handed down within a short time, probably next Monday. Laurens County Roads for which surveys have been completed in Laurens county, and which are now ready to be let, are: 1. Hardsurface a sekion of United States route 25 from near Ware Shoals to the Greenville county line near Princton, approximately 7 miles Columbia Meeting Asks for Aid for Cities for Highway Work. Clinton Represented. Mayor Jack H. Young and City At torney R. W. Wade, were in C/olumbia yesterday attendong a meeting of of ficials representing approximately 50 towns and cities of the state. A similar meeting was held on Wed nesday, Feb. 19at, at the Jefferson hotel at Columibia, and was also at tended by Messrs. Wade and Young representing the town of Clinton. These meetings were for the purpose^ of having, the law amended In r^ard length, to the construction and maintenance' surface a section of state of streets in towns and cities consti-^ route 10 from Ora to the Spartanburg tuting a part of the state highway j line near Enoree, approxi- system. At present the law only makes j niately 4 miles in length. prqvision for payment for cost of' .construction ---and -maintenance of: StHdewts Seek streets which are designated as a part of the state highway system in towns of 2500 population or Jess. An effort is now being made to have the law amended so that this provision will be Flyers Jobs / Four members of this year’s senior tlass at the college, A. G. Thornton, applicablle to all towns and cities. Th^ Williamson, R. S. Crawfor^^and property owners of the various towns Milam, have been accepted by and cities having a population in e,x- department as tentative fly- cess of 2500 pay the gasoline and li- cadets. These young men are cense taxes, all of which go for high-j niembers of the R. 0. T. C. unit. If way purposes but the cities and towns i successfully pass the physical maintain a portion of the highways j examina^on, they will report follow- but get no return from the gasoline their graduation in May to Brooks Wofford Wins In Triangle and vehicle taxes, and all^ street main tenance is done by direct city levy. will be interested to knoiftluit the is a paitient dn the Baptist hospital at Colun^ia, and that s]^ is now resting: well and recirperating after an oper ation. Presbyterian church of this city. The litejrary addrezs before the graduating class will be delivered on the evening of May 28rd, by Dr. J. C. Kinard, dean of Newberny college. In the triangle debate held last Friday night, Wofford college was the winner in two of the three contests. A strong team sent here by the Spar- tan^^urg institution to meet the New berry representtiaves won by a vote of four to one. The P. C. team sent ford team was defeated by a similar count. 'The subject debated was, “Re solved, That a plan df complete dis armament, except for such forces needed for police protection, be adopt ed by the nations.” County Contests Here In April ^he annual county track and decla mation and recitation contests will be field, Texas, and there don the uni form and title of “flying cadets the army aviation school. m Miss Sarah Pitts ' Given Promotion Miss Sarah H. Pitts of this city, held in Clinton this year on Friday,! has been appointed home demonstra- -April 4. The track events will take, tion agent at Manasas, Va., after serv- place at 2:30 p. m. and the declama-ling the past year as assistant agent to Newberry to meet the other Wof^ tiori and recitation contests will be at Harrisonburg, Va. Miss Pitts is a. held at 8:00 o’clock. Each school will' daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pitts, be allowed two girls and two boys in J Sr., who reside near here, and her each of the track events and one ele- friends will learn with interest of the mentaiy and one high school girl and boy in the recitation and declama tion contest. ' rapid promotion she has earned in rec ognition of her ability and success in demonstration work. _ r- i- • • 1 . \ ,