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THURSDAY, JUNE 14TH, 1928. THE BARNWELL PBOPLB-SENTINgL, BARNWELL, SOUTl CABOLW^ FACE POWER OF DUKE INTERESTS BIG FACTOR IN P. & N. CASE decision of interstate commerce commission dealt at LENGTH WITH INTER-CORPORATE RELATIONSHIPS v ,. — i OF VARIOUS DUKE ENTERPRISES. v. Washington, D. C—In its decision, denying the application of the Pied mont and Northern Railway Company for authority to extend its lines, which announced April 14th, the Inter- State Commerce Commission dealt at leigth with the ramifications of the so^alled "Duke Interests,” that part of the decision dealing with this feature reading as follows: “It is contended by the protestahts that the proposed lines would not only be almost wholly competitive, but that the applicant’s competition is of an unequal or unfair nature, because of the applicant’s relation to the various Duke Interests and the pow’er of those interests to control and influence traf fic -in its favor. They assert that be cause of these relations, the P. & N., with its proposed extensions, would be, in effect, a plant facility for the industries controlled and influenced by the Duke interests, and that its oper ation would result in a violation of the commodities clause of the Hepburn Act. The applicant contends that the community of interest which* exists, or is alleged to exist, between itself and the Duke Power Company and its affiliated companies is neither im proper, illegal, nor opposed to—the public tnTeresr; that stock ownershi in industries by the Duke interests is not now used and never has been ac quired or used to influence traffic to the applicant; that hauling coal to the plants of the Southern Power Com pany will be a comparatively small part of its business, and is not illegal nor opposed to the public interest; that the proposed extensions would be built to serve the public generally, not to serve the Duke or other allied interests; and that the public demand for the ex tensions is unanimous. It admits that technically the applicant is controlled by the so-^caTlecr Duke interests, but claims that the true ownership of the stock is vested in a very large num ber of stockholders. Ownership of Stock. “There are optstanding 85,841 shares of the applicant's capital stock, of which the Duke Pow'er Company owns lO.thtO shares and -the Duke' Farms Company owns 34,309 shares. The re maining 48.!. , 8 per cent is owned by 486* stockholders. The Duke Farms Company, a holding company, is con trolled through a majority stock own ership by the J. B. Duke estate. The Duke Power Company is controlled by the trustees of the Duke Endowment, a perpetual trust created by J.. B. Duke on December 11, 1924. . The property originally conveyed to this trust was valued at about $40,000,000. "There has ^ince been added $10,- 000,000 by a specific bequest of Duke’s will, and it is expected that about $40,000,000 more will be received from his residuary estate. The trust in denture provides that 20 per cent of the net income of the Endowment % must be retained and added to the cor pus of the trust until the sums so added shall amount to $40,000,000. In the event that Duke’s daughter, Doris, should did without issue, there may be another large addition to the trust fund. The trust funds may be in- ^•, vested only in the securities of the # T>uke Power Company or its subsidia ries or in Government, State or mu nicipal. bonds. The trustees are re quired, when they have funds to in vest, to lend them to these compa nies or to buy their securities, to the extent th*t such, loans or securities are available on satisfactory terms. They are advised not to change any investment in these companies ex cept in response to the most urgent and extraordinary necessity, and they have no power to do ao except by appears reasonable to conclude that effective control of the applicant will be exercised with a unity of interest. Owns Other Companies. "The Duke Power Company owns the Southern Power Company and three smaller power companies of the same general region, viz.: the Great Falls Power Company, the Wateree Power Company, and the Western Carolina Power Company. It also owns moreJthan 98 per cent of the capital slifccik of the Southern Public Utilities Company. The Southern Power Company, 1 whtch owns the Ca tawba Power Company, in connection with its affiliated companies, supplies electric energy to some 300 cotton mills in the Carolinas, including most of those in the Piedmont section. It also supplies electricity to the applicant, to the utility companies controlled by the Southern Public Utilities Company, and to other industries. Its lines cover the region along the applicant’s rail road and its proposed and projected extensions. From Greenville, Ander son and Greenwood to the Yadkin River they cover generally a width of ( from 50 to 75 miles; thence to Dur ham they are less extended laterally. It owns 10 w r ater pow T er plants, and steam plants at Greenville, Duncan, Mt. Holly, Spencer, Greensboro, and pacity Is about 850;tmo horse powefr— "The Southern Public Utilities Com pany, is a retail power, gas, street railway, and, in a few cases, water supply company, that operates in the Carolinas. It owns the local public utilities at Winston-Salem, Reidsville, Burlington, Greensboro, High Point, Salisbury, Hendersonville, Hickory, Charlotte, and Bessemer City, N. C.; and at Anderson, Greenville, Greer, Chester, Fort Lawn, and, Spartanburg, S. C. - \ Stock in Textile Plants. "It isishown that the combined Duke interests own 52,411 shares of stock in 13 textile manufacturing companies, plus $51,400 of. stock in four others. All of these mills appear to be atong the lines of, the Duke power com- J panics, but most of the mills and most of the investment are not along the applicant’s present lines. The Repub lic^ Cotton Mills were bought to ac quire their water rights. Testimony for the applicant is that the other tex- Legal Advertisements NOTICE OF ELECTION. tration of the Estate of and effects of Flora Mae Griffin. THESE ARE, THEREFARE, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Flora Mae Griffin, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court A petition having been yfiled in ac cordance with section 2603, General School Law, 1924, notice is hereby i of Probate, to be held at Barnwell, given that an election will be held in S. C., on Saturday, June 16th, next, Long Branch school district No. 8, on A NEW PLAN SINGING AND HEALTH NO RAIN IN FOUR TEARS THE VICE-PRESIDENCY H. G. Wells has a plan for man agement and government of this earth, with one board of directors running the whole thing. Religions, says Wells, have run their course. Christianity, which began with "the completest com munism,” has become the complet est capitalism. “Take all thou hast and give to the poor,” ha^ been changed to ‘‘get all thou canst, and Devil take the hindmost.” Saturday, June 23, 1928, for the pur pose of determining whether or not a special school tax of. three (3) ad- •* ditional mills shall be levied in the above named school district. The said election shall be conducted as is provided by law for the holding of general elections. The polls will after publication thereof, at 11 Buddhism began in complete re nunciation. Buddha let the hungry tigress eat his body. Now vilest superstition replaces Buddha’s-- teachings—and so it goes. , Mr. ^Wells’ plan is interesting, like those of Plato, in his "Repub lic,” Moore in his "Utopia,” and Karl Marx, in his book that. be came the foundation of modern socialism. Each one would work as well as the other, that is to say, not at all. Yet each is useful, for it makes meft think, and that is important. —The human race-is an jndividnaL on a bigger scale, and it is in its infancy. It is useless to contem plate a baby two years old and plan to make a man of it in six months. - You must observe how and at what rate your race or individual can grow, then do what you can to direct and promote good growth. The most important work now^ is to encourage thought and dis tribute knowledge. And the greatest agency is the public school. * __ "Give light, and the people will find their owp way.” Give good public schools and you give light. unanimous vote of all the trustees at a meeting called for that purpose. The trustees are a self-perpetuating body of 15 members. "The will of Duke disposed of a ma jority interest in the Duke Farms Company and directed that the com pany be dissolved and its assets dis tributed to its stockholders. This stock is a part of his residuary es tate,.. One-third of this residuum, plus 1 a sum sufficient to yield a net annual income of $100,000.00 is bequeathed to the Doris Duke Trust, the rest to the Duke Endowment. The Doris Duke Trust and the Duke Endowment will, therefore, hold 11,436 and 32,963 shares, respectively, of the applicant’s capi tal stock. Because the stock held by tile mill stocks were bought to aid the development of industry in the re gion. The Duke interests owm, in ad dition, $2,662,500, par value, of stock, ! valued at $9,981,475, in the R. J. Rey nolds Tobacco Company, .which is en gaged in manufacturing tobacco at Winston-Salem, and 172,311 shares in six other tobacco companies, valued at $7,917,610.00. They own 102,000 shares of the 6 per cent preferred stock of the Aluminum Company of America. They also own 1,000 shares of the Carolina Standard Gas Products Com pany, two electro-chemical companies that appear to be of small importance, and some warehouses at Charlotte that cost $140,000.00. "They have a one-half interest in the Mercantile Development Company, which owns a building af Charlotte that^ serves both for warehouses and for general offices for all the pow’er companies, having been built primarily for the- latter purpose. They control several business establishments at Charlotte and a short line steam rail road at Durham. J. B. Duke and the Duke Power Company, at different times since 1905, have owmed and sold stock in 36 other cotton mills along the lines o( the Duke pow r er compa nies, in amounts ranging from 50 to 6,206 shares. The list includes nine companies at Greenville. The appli cant claims that these stocks were brought to aid industrial development, and not to control railroad traffic. The Madame Reggio, opera singer, climbed the 1,358 steps of New York’s Woolworth building in 13 minutes and 4 seconds, beating previous records. Thirty-eight, years old, weight 104 pounds, the lady earned $3,000 by the climb, and did a useful thing by impressing the health value of singing. Nothing develops the lungs as singing does. Sing at your work and avoid consumption. Teach your children to sing. Imi tate the British, who always sing, whether they CAN sing or not. clock in the forenoon, to show" cause, if any they have, why the said Admin istration should not be jgranted. Given under my Hand this 1st day of June, A. D., 1928. * John K. Snelling, Judge of Pobete, B. C. Published on the 7th day of June, be opened at the school house and thej 1928, in The Barnwell People-Sentinel, following trustees are hereby ap pointed managers of election: E. G. Birt, Luther Black an^d Gallic D. Birt. Those favoring the proposed levy shall cast a ballot with the word Yes” w T ritten or printed thereon; and those opposing the proposed levy shall cast a ballot with the word "No” written or printed thereon. HORACE J. CROUCH, Sec. Co. Board of Education. Barnwell, S. C., June 11, 1928. 6-14-2tc. NOTICE OF ENROLLMENT. SHERIFF’S SALE. State of South Carolina, County of Barnwell. THE STATE vs. \ DICIE DUNCAN. Under and by virtue of a Tax Exe cution to me directed by J. ‘tk Arm- strtmgv Treasurer of Bamwell County, I have this day levied upon and will sell to the highest bidder for cash, be tween the legal hours of sale in front of the Court House at Barnwell, S. C., on Monday, ’ the 2nd day of July, 1928, this being Salesday in said month, the following described real estate: One lot and one building, and bound ed as follows: North by A. C. L. Rail road, East by Rosa Rice, South by lands of J. H. Lancaster, West by W. Ryan. _ , ——— Levied upon and sold to satisfy the abo/e Execution and Costs. BONCIL H. DYCHES, Sheriff, B. C. Barnwell; S. C., 26th day of May, 1928. Persuant to Rule No. 11 of the Democratic Party of South Carolina, I, Edgar A. Brown, County Chairman of Barnwell County, hereby give notice: 0) * (Rule No. 6):- "The qualifications for membership in any club of the party in this State, and for voting at a primary shall be as follows; viz: The applicant for membership; or voter, shall be 21 years of a]#e, ^or shall become so before the succeeding general election and he a white Demo crat. He shall be a citizen of the United States and of this State. No person shall belong to any club or vote in any primary unless he has resided in the State two years and in the county six months prior to the succeeding general election and i»i the club district 60 days prior to the drrst primary following his offer—to Enrollment Committee—H. P. derson, B. F. Owens and R. If. Burck* halter. Book to be opened at B. F. A per son’s store. ELK O—Club Distric|: Ag get in 6 above. Enrollment Committee—Paul SL Green, Alonzo Bates and C. W. Hair* Book to be opened at Green am! Company V store7 FRIENDSHIP—Club District: set out in 6 above. Enrollment - Committee — H. E. Cfeeth, James Ray and Frank San~ der.i. - .-.J ' ^ y ’ : Pock to be open .*1 at residence of Jai .es Pay. FOUR MILE—Club District: as set cut in 6 above. Enrollment Committee—C. M. Tur ner, A. R. Dunbar and D. C. Bush. Book to be opened at residence of C. M. Turner. GREAT CYPRESS—Club District: As set out in 6 above. Enrollment Committee—G. C. Best,. Victor Lewis aryl C. D. Owens . Book to be opened at store of Lewis and Best HEALING SPRINGS—Club Dis trict: As set oiR in 6 above. Enrollment Committee—W. T. Wal ker, L. P. Boylston and Jas. J. Ray. Book to be opened at residence of Jas J. Ray. HERCULES—Club District: As set out in 6 above. Enrollment Committee—J. A. Mor ris, L. S. Still and J. A. Creech. Book to be opened at residence of J. A. Morris. HIL D A—Club District: As set out in 6 above. Enrollment Committee-^-F. D. Row- enroll: Provided, that public school teachers and ministers of the’ gospel in charge of a regular organized church shall be exempt from the pro visions of this section as to residence if otherwise qualified.” v (2) Books of enrollment for the re spective Democratic clubs required un-' store. ell, W. G. Collins and A. F. Carter. Book to be opened at store of Henry Smith. L hJll G H—CPjub District: As set out in 6 above. Enrollment Committee—Pete John son, Lonnie Kill and C. D. Young- bloojd. Book to be opened at the Company’s Notice of Discharge. Farmers in the Littit Karoo and other parts of Cape Province are disturbed by the worst drought in South Africa’s recorded histqry. No rain has fallen in lour years, fertile lands turn to deserts, farm houses arc falling into ruins, the last green leaf has disappeared. We have all cause for thankful ness, Lack of rainfall would make life impossible. A tilting of the earth, spilling the oceans, would sweep this .continent with a tidal wave a mile high. A change in water from H2G to H202 would change that water into peroxide of hydrogen. And if, like other substances, water contracted with the cold, instead of expanding, as it turns to ice, the ice would sink to the bottom of lakes and rivers, accumulate there and prevent navi gation. We have reason to be thankful. Southern contends that traffic can be influenced to the applicant by indus tries not on its line. The applicant’s president testified that the large hold ings in Judsbn Mills were not acquired to influence traffic. The uncontro- verted-evidence for the protestants is that this mill gives the applicant all of its business which the applicant can handle, although it is also reached by the Southern. Secondary Power Contracts. "The protestants contend that the contracts under which the Southern Whom would *you suggest for Vice-President on the Republican ticket? ' How would you go about selecting him? New York’s Business Men’s League suggests Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. His father accepted the Vice-Presidency against his will, complaining "1 aro being si.de- tracked.” It turned out ter he quite a conspicuous "side track.” Governor Lowden is said to have declined the Vice-Presidency when Harding was elected. Had fie accepted, he would be President now'. Notice is herby given that I will file my final return as Administrator of the estate of Fairy Bell Williams wutTj the Hon. John K.. Snelling, Judge of Probate for Barnw'ell Coun ty, State of South Carolina, upon Sat urday, June 30th, at 1 10:00 o’clock in the forenoon, and petition the said Court for an Order of Discharge and Letters Dismissory. DAVID WILLIAMS, Admr. Est. Fairy Bell Williams. 6>7-4t. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF State of South Carolina, > .» ^ County A Rarnwel. In the Court of Common Pleas. B. F. Owen- Plaintiff. v-. Virginia Thompson, Miller Thompson, Henry Thompson, Mickey Thomp son, Doctor Thompson, Archie Thompson, Victoria Mitchell, Rosa Glover and Ira May Dunbar, Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: der the rules for the new enrollment in Barnw'ell County will be opened by the secretaries or the enrollment committees of the respective clubs on Tuesday, June 4, 1928, an,d will re main open for the enrollment until Tuesday, the 24th day of July, 1928, which shall be the last day of en rollment. (Rules Nos. H and-4-2.y (3) Each applicant for enrollment shall in T.crsor write upon the club roll his full name and immediately there af ter his age. occupation and post office address, and if in a city or town shall write the name of street and the num ber of his house in wdiich he resides, i % t t if such (designation exists in said city or town. If the applicant cannot write he may make his mark upon the roll, which shall be witnessed by the secretary or other person then having the custody thereof, and the secretary shall fill in the other requirements. (4) * J ' * No person shall be enolled in any elub or vote in any primary except in the club district in which he resides. (Rule No. 8.) That the names of the clubs in! REEDY BRANCH—Club District: As set out in 6 above. Enrollment Committee—J. C. Rl. Grubbs, M. O. Creech and J. B. Still. Book to be opened at residence of M. O. Oreech. RED OAK—Club District: As set out in 6 above. Enrollment Committee — Micagy Birt, O. D. Moore and J. M. Hill. Bock to be opened at Moore’s store. ROSEMARY—Club District: As set out in 6 above. Enrollment Committee—W. R. BelT^ R. S. Weathersbee and M. S. Hair. Book to be opened at residence of R. S. Weathersbet, ^ SILOAM—Club District: As set out in 6 above. ' Enrollment Committee:J. W. Bates,. W. P. Morris and Belton Holly. Rook to be opened at Yenom^ depot. WILLISTON—Club District: As set out in 6 above. Enrollment Com mittee — Dr. WU Cone, M. C. Kitchings and Winchester Smith. Book to be opened at Corner Drue Store. _ Attention is called to the fact that,, under Rule 11, there shall be a nevir j Barnwell County, the boundaries of Kenerai eneoJlmer.t of all voters every the club districts as required to be' year1 ': b^mnmy w,tb the year 1926, particular attntion being called to the following provisions: ‘‘(a) Provided, further, That irt each election year the books of en rollment be opened as now provided, and, those persons meeting the re set out in Rule No. 11, the names of the members of the enrollment com mittees and the places where the re spective club rolls are to be are as follows: (6) ' _ — 1 —*3 YOU- ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and-inquired to v answ’er the complaint j in this action, and to serve a copy of the clubs in Barnw'ell County are as! not enrolled, shall be enrolled by the quirements for enrollment since the The club district and boundaries of i last general enrollment, or who are One blast, one underground ex plosion, one cavc-in kill miners in West Virginia, Kentucky and Nevada. Ai\d.hope has-been aban doned for more than one hundred miners in the Mather mine in Penn sylvania. Those that, from comfortable Pow'er Company sells ‘secon'dary 1 Offices, oppose increase in miners’ power’ give that company such wide discretion as to the amount of cur rent it will supply and the ti|ne at which It will be furnished, that the the Duke Endowment will be oniy»power x^mpany can coerce “ugeriTT)! 38.4 per cent of the stock outstand- | secondary power to ship over the P ing, the applicant contends that the , & N. The form of contract used ap^ so-called Duke interests will not ex- pears to give the power company a ercise control of the applicant. The j broad discretion With respect to fur- income from that part of the residuary | nishing this class of power. There estate bequeathed to the Doris Duke | is no testimony that it differs from Trust may not be loaned except to the the general practice of power com- Duke Power Company, nor inverted, ! panics or that it has been used to con- except in securities of that company,' trol traffic. It might well influence orof the Quebec Development Company, shippers decisively without any desire or the subsidiaries of either,.or Ip Gov-i on the part of the power company ernment, State or municipal bonds. It to use It in that way. The applicant Doris Duke should die without issue owns warehouses at six of the prin- the undistributed part of her ihare clpal points along its line, of the residuary estate will go to the! ‘‘The witness. Green, attributes much Duke Endowment. The will fixes the of the Southern’s loss of traffic to extreme life of the trust at 21 years the applicant at Charlotte to the use, after Duke’s wife and daughter shall under such contracts of centrally lo- both be dead. The trustees of the twe cated warehouses owned by the power trusts are, and will be the same. It ^ companies.” wages above the line of bare neces sity would not care to do the miners’ work. your answer to said Complaint on the subscribers at their office in Barn- w'ell, S. C., within twenty days after follows: In all .cases the voter must ' secietary, cr by the enrollment com- enroll in the dub nearest hbr-place of ~mittee. In case any properly enrolled residence, calculated by the nearest voter has changed his voting precinct, the service hereof, exclusive of the day, practical nute, and can only vote at he shall be entitled to be enrolled in of such service; and if you fail j the voting place of such club, and tevr- his new precinct under the following answer the complaint within the time; ritory included by this test shall he: rules, to wit: Application for a cer- aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action cons jdered the club district of sui?h; tificate of transfer shall be made in will apply to the Court for the re- 1 lief demanded in the Complaint.. Herman I. Mazursky, Plaintiff’s Attorney. Dated: 2nd day of June, A. D., 1928. -Club District: As set Ten seniors of Princeton Uni versity announce their intention to take up aviation as a life work. Ocean flights have stimulated that interest. . - club: ____ _ BARNWELL out in 6 shove. Enrollment Committee—Perry B. Bu c h, N. G. W. Walker and R. A, Rea son. . ‘ . NOTICE! Book to be opened at Denson’s TO THE ABSENT DEFENDANTS Drug Store. MILLER THOMPSON, MICKEYi BENNETT SPRINGS—Club Dis- THOMfpSON, ARCHIE THOMP- trict as se t out in 6 above. SON AND ROSA GLOVER: j Enrollment Committee — H. H. YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE Meyer, J. F. SwetUand L. L, Peeples. WEEK-END TICKETS At very low round trip fares now on sale to mountain and seashore summer resorts. Travel by Train Comfortable—Economical—Safe Southern Ry. System NOTICE that the complaint in the above entitled action was on the 4th ^ay of June, 1928, filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court for Barn well County, South Carolina. Herman I. Mazursky, 6-7-3tc. Plaintiff’s Attorney. (STATION NOTICE. The State of South Carolina, County of Barnwell John K. Snelling. Esa.. Prpbate Judge. * ' WHEREAS, Robert Allen Griffin hath made suit to me to grant unto him Letters of Adminis- set out in 6 .above. * — »* 1 , 1 * Book to be opened at J. F. Swett’s store. _ 1 BLACKVILLE — Club District: As set nut in 6 above. Enrollment Committee—Sim Buist Rush, C. C. Storne and J. Dewis Grubbs. Book to be opened at Rush’s Drug Store. DOUBLE POND—Club District: As set out in 6 above. Enrollment Committee—Leon Hut to, Sammy Hartzog and J. P. Chitty. Book to be opened at residence of Leon Hutto. DUNBARTON — Club District: As writing to the secretary of the former club, who shall certify in writing to the secretary of the precinct club where suefi enrolled voter desires to be enrolled, to the effect that such voter was ,duly enrolled in his club, giving date of enrollment, name, age, occupation and addre?s. At the time he shad note in ir^k on the enrollment book the transfer so made. Upon pre sentation of the certificate of trans fer to r the secretary,\ the applicant shall be permitted to enroll in his new voting precinct club, provided he is jn all other respects qualified under the rules of the party. ‘(b) In case of the death of any voter, the secretary, or the enrollment committee, under supervision of the County Executive Committee, shall have authority to strike from the Ixoks of enrollment the name or names of such deceased voter, giving the approximate date of death of deceased.” EDGAR A. BROWN, Chm., Co. Executive Cora- Attest: B. P. DAVIES, Secy. Barnwell, S. C., May 19, 1928.