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' i / ■ -t K. a.. i - ''— TtlE CLINTON CHROWCLR CtiUTON, 8. C. -r-, *—- ( IBUigifiAY. MAIM^ 2l 1937 Student Leaders At College 1. V t ' y-' ^ '.-58; r« ^ •i V ^ ' - X ^ ■• s s»i»- ** ■ Joe-€om mender, ef Florence, S.C.. who was recently elected president ' of the student tx^y and the student council at Presbyterian college. Coni|mander is a member of the junior class, of the track and base ball teams, the Y.\t:t?rA; cabinet and Pi Kappa Phi social fraternity. He was president of“The freshman "class in 1934-.T'>, and a member of the staff of The Collegian. 1935-36. Gas Under Floor Inquiry of Texas School Explo sion Concluded and Military Rule Endi New London, Texas, March 22.— A military inquiry into the London, school explosion which killed 4^5 children aVid teachers^ ended dramat ically late today with the fohnal opinion of Dr. E. P. Schoch, explos- iteble' tb be jcut .loose at iny x time but I concluded that he did not par ticularly object.” iShaw told the cojirt that Clover “had always” refusW specific per mission for the pipe connection. _ The superintendent said he was “partly responsible” for the connec tion" and said he gave the order for the piping, Unitor who - was j-ecommended to ua. We were told he cbuld. jnidce the connection, etc.*^ / ’ ^ Shaw said the achool officials* were later assured by the United .Gas imhipany that-^Hhey would leave their service and .give use service in an hour or so and be glad to .do* so” if the school was‘ ever asked to drop off the Parade line. Shaw told briefly of the explosion The piping was not a secret abtoo^e he left the stand, supported QKatar mmirf /tnixm OTlil ^ all,” Shaw said. “We Went down and made the connection. 'It was not buried deep or anything. The United Gas company (which previously sup- ions expert, that accumulated gas ^n-.pjj^ school with gas at a charge) der the basement floor -caused the ^ positively. We told them. Of Jefferson, Ga., who wa.s recently elected Vipe-presi- dent of the student body and the student council at Presbyterian col lege. Johnston has been a member of the student council sihce his freshman year. He is ajso vice- president of the Y..M.C.A., a mem ber of the varsity basketball team, and an outstanding student scholas tically. ■South Carolina-Will Retain Base^ , Acreage Allotment For This Year Cle'mson, March 22.D. W. Wat kins, director of the extenaion^service. has received information from the ag ricultural adjustment administration in Washington indicating that South Carolina will be allowed to retain its 1936 base acreage*, with the. condition that new growers who planted cotton for the first time in 1936 will have to be j>rovided base aci'eage and pro duction frtim -t‘he*-statv’s 1936 basis. ThoKletnils applying to quotas arc not yet available, but E. D. White, jfetaLwlician ,in the Southern division, AAA, informs Director Watkins that the iSouthorn division is about ready to announce* the quotas of Acreage blast Martial law, in effect since a few hours after last Thursday’s disaster,* was lifted from the community im mediately after the close of the hear- • Evidence presented Ln the three- days of the inquiry included testi- monty that the oil-wealthy school had connected its gas line to a waste gas carrieiV-Without the formal con- sent of the owning compauyr -»nd that heating system plans were changed when the school was^ built, for. reasons of economy. Df. Schoch said he had concluded definitely that the explosion was | not in the walls. He earlier had j advanced the theory that the hoi- i low tile-walls might .have become! sat!urate<l. “All indications -point indubitably | to an explosion under the floor,’’! Dr. Schoch' said in announcing hisj conclusion. The profes.sor of chemi-j cal engineering at the University of Texas did not give a formal opinion as to what .set off,., the blast, but said there was a .atrojifir po».sibilit3r an eleptric .spark ignited it. John Dial, 15, high .Vchool stu dent, had testified the explosion oc curred imnaedlately after hi-s manual training teacher threw a light switch. *The closing sensation was provid ed by Gordon C. Hawleyk chief en gineer.- of the state fire insurance department, who strode into the hearing and announced e.scaping gas further understood that the amount had been found under another nearby deducted from the state base acreage I school “only a few hours ago.’’ would not be a total oT the acTT*age|- ~^^4eKtr-a:^ew_l^ the reiKirted by new growers but only Carlisle school near here showeiF gas It was my understanding that after the connection was made they said there might be some dangei> But Tjfe saw through that. We thought they just wanted the busi ness. They offered to make a test for us one night but didn’t show up. Ljell you, I really couldn't see every thing that whs going on. We had a PROBE SOUGHT STATg AF^IRS one) en made m (Uontmued from certifi^ audit has years. * - “I am not making charges against any department in this connection. The trouble appears tohe^in the sys tem we have.-As it is now we have to put a resolution through the gen eral aasenrbly to get information in relation to state finances. These facts should aliray»~4>e araildble, stated tin siKh forin that they would be readily- understandable even to the most bum ble citizen. . ' “I propose that a disinterested cer\^ tified auditor be employed to annual ly audit tb^ records and jrtudy the system of accountiiig used -in- the comptroller gpoeral’a office and make reconimemiations ‘for its clarifies* tiort.” ' . -Dr. Fddar Smith ' of DRS. SMITH A SMITH * OPTOMETRISTS Specialist In Eye Examinations Office Hours 8 to 6 Daily Phbne 29-W for AppointmCht Clinton, S. C. and production to the various states, and that complete details will be available about the last of this week. Meanwhile, 0,. M. Clark, Clem.son ex tension economist, will be in Wash ington to examine the details of the system of quotas to the different states. It is roughly estimated at this lime that the acres to be allotted to new growers will amount to around 18,000 acres in South Carolina. It is HELP KIDNEYS To Get Rid of Add •ad Pedaonoua Waate Ymit kldMyi iMlp t. kMp jroa.od by wMUnUy Altwina nuttw fraei Um Mood. If yomr kida.ya gM fuctioMny .d^^^’dor.d Md fMI t. meotr. .bmh inpeiittM, tW. may k. potiMilM of tk. vkM. ayiua - aad Dody-vfd. dOtTMa. i. • BaniiiMU MUiiy ar u. froquMt erb aalloa may b. a waratag a( tom. Udaay or Maddof dioturbanM Yoo may Mlf.f aaggiag barkacka pmatrtwit koadaeh.. attaeka of dlniama gattlag* ap nigbta, ■wMlIng, pufllama aador tbo tyw—tad woak. aarvoua, all plijyod out. Ip Micb mMidM It la botur to foiy oa a • that baa woo oauatry-artda awiatm tbaa aa .im.lbtag lam laao^ aMv kaoou. Uao lMaa’« Ciua A muiU- tuM ol gratoltit pMolo rwammaad Am pour aripkkorf Doans Pi lls D. E. Tribble Co. FUNERAL DIRECTORS EMBALMERS Licensed Enbnlmera, Complete Modern Equipmcnl Day Phone fi that which they would utilize in program year. The Washington office estimates the actual amount, therefore, to be Kpinoximately one-half of x»ne per cept, or arobnd 9,0Wt acres. This may be offset to .some extent and possibly offset completely by application of the “154 per cent rule” whereby the -base is reduced from those faxm? which are going out of cotton produc tion in any .way. Presbyterians H^ar Dr. W, C» Robinson Tlu> Rev. William Childs Robinson, D.D., a member of Columbia Theo logical seminary faculty at Decatur, Ga., spent the weekend in the city as the guest of Di’. D. J. Woods. .'Sunday morning he spoke at the First Presbyt^ian church on the sub-t ject of “The 'mnity,” and at the eve ning hoUr'lin “Faith.” .Monday morning he addj’Pi’spd the college student bodyat a apccial chapel hour on “Two Musts” of Chris tianity, and at all three services was heard with interest. Dr. Robinson is professor of ecclesiastical history, church polity, and missions at the seminary. ^ Night PhoBM 24. 25S or 28& Clinton, S.C AN ERROR CORRECTED • In.ia.st week’s papeo* it was inad vertently stated" that the Thomwell orphanage girls^ basketball team held the state championship this year in B cla.ss. It should, have been stated that the Thomwell girls won gam^ from champions of class A and/B. The state title for the ])ear in cl^s A was won by Laurens, and cla^ B by Simpsonville. / / mtfiR The BEST IS None Too GOOD For EASTER (GARMENTS We anticipated an Easter rush, so we secured ad ditional help and put every unit of our plant in > top order. i This means you will get the same thorough cleaning and finishing job offered on regular cleaning days. Every Garment Delivered at Promised Time was escaping^-untlerncath the place at the rate of 720 cubic feet a day,” Hawley’ .said. “In my opinion thi.s tragedy would not ha\e happened if certain regu latory niea.Hures ^had been taken. 1 think we should have a state elec tric law, a state boiler safety code, a state exit code and all other gen eral safety mca.surcs, and give the state authority to make ’em behave.” Hawley, speaking deliberately, told the attentive court: “Had a'maladorant been introduc ed into the gas, making its presence known by its smell, this would not likely have occurred.” ~“I don’t want to appear heroic^ but we've got to do something about this.” , ^ The state house of representatives at Austin gave a right of way today to a bill requiring the u.se of a mal- odofou.s substance in ga.s sold to the public. - . School officials defended before th^ court today the informal connec^n with the residue gas line to gi\^the schoqlJteftt without -cpi^- _ Superintendent W. C., Sh^, "whose son was among the students and teachers killed, tesMiied he waa partly^ responsible”/lor the order that changed th^/connection fmm lines of a comm^ial gas Company to A residue line. Frail an<^ suffering from high brood-preMkdm, as well as the shock and griei of the disaster, Shaw brok^down on the witness sUnd and wat^oxcused from further testimony. /the change in gas.connections was ^ne of the factors under investiga tion in the inquiry court’s search for the source of fuel for the explosion and its immediate cause. Shaw and- school board members declared the free use of gas from waste lines is a common practice in eaat Texas. From John Dial, 15-year-old high school student, the court heard for the first time a possible explanation of how the blast was set off. Dial said the explosion occurred just as his manual training teacher, T, R. Butler, threw a light switch. I wa^ making a cabinet. Mr. Butler reached up and 'pulled thb light switch. Then, -the noise and a flash of fire blinded rtie.—-I didn’t actually see t^e switch but you know they gwierally make little sparks fly when they are pulled.” State Senator Joe Hill, member of a legislative investigating com mittee commented: “Thait may ‘be the answer to the puzzling question of the origin of the spark which touched'off the gas.” The stricken ‘ community buried the last of its dead today, except for a few bodies which were sent to distant places for burial. Only seven funerals ^were held here, in contraot to, the constant steam of processions Saturday and yesterday. ^ Shaw, a slight, gray-haired man in bis middle sixties, appeared (B court with a .bandaged hand, ed by an explosion-thrown brick. His testimony followed that of D. L. Clark, field foreman for the Parade Gasoline company, that the school had “iapped” a l^n^ company line without his (Glai^j knowledge or permission. The achool nMuiter said he had con ferred with Earl dpver, Parade su perintend^!, and ’h^d concluded that CloVer dM not “paiticularly object” to -the cohnecition that fed the school witii gae tor haating purpoee^x . “Mr. Clover did not give na spMi^ permission and warned that we ^re QUALITY RULES AT COPELAND-STONE COMPAOT BE READY FOR SPRING! IMNEr DEPARfMENT LADIES’ BUXISES MEN’S DEPARTMENT STETSON HATS The famous Stetson Playboy Hats-— I $5.00 Popular priced Hats, spring colors, light weight, at— . $2.95- Other Hats: $1.49, $1.98, $2.50 MEN’SDXFORDS I * • ' Menu’s Dress Oxfords, iu whites, combina tions, plain black and tans— $3.00 and $3.50 Other Oxfords $1.98, $2i48 MEN’S ■\N lALS $1 MEN^ GAITERS father Soles— $i:79 TbRESS SHIRTS A Wonderful assortment af patterns— L- $150 • -- Also Solids, Fancies and Plain White— $1.00 Made of Handkerchief Linen and Shantung— ' ^ $1.00 and $1.95 each BPRING MUNSINGWEAR ^^w' materials in Panties, Brassieres, ^ ' Slips and Pajamas. 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