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THE CHRONICLE Strives to be a clean newspaper, complete, newsy and ^reliable. VOLUME XIX •A CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY Utfc, 1919 TO LOTH It , County Delegation Provides Additional 2 1-2 Nills-Sup- ply Bill as Introduced. DIAL I* WASHINGTON. f Two and a half mills extra levy fbi immediate work on roads is pTovided for in a bill introduced by the couuty delegation in the General Assembly, according to a statement by Repre sentative ID. T, Kinard while in the city Monday. Mr. Kinard said that it vras the conviction of the delegation that immediate provision should be made for repair and mainteuance of roads, while the hand. wtill n matteY of uncertainty. It is estimated that the^levy will produce about $20,- 000 out of which a considerable sum can' be used for labor saving machin-' efy and the remainder go for mainten ance. He said that the delegation felt that it was carrying out the wishes of the tax-payers in making this imme diate provision for better roads. In speaking of other local legislation Mr. Kinard said that the policy of the delegation was not to make radical changes in the county’s government, but to go slow and consider all mat- tesa before taking decided action. The rural police system, he said, would not be molested this year nor would there be any reduction in the appro- liriation for the farm demonstator. The i supply bill for the county will be prac tically the same as last year with the exception of the special levy for ,0a<lfc ' A Rep. J^H. Davis has introduced a bill in regard to Sunday closing of stores. Heretofore, it" appears,, the penalty for selling goods other than medical necessities has been the con fiscation of the wares offered for sale. This in many cases has proven a negligible penalty and Mr. Davis’ bill atjeerptfl to improve on the present * law by providing a fine. A bill, also lias been introduced carrying out Gov. Cooper’s recommendations as to the sale of certain medicines containing more than a certain percentage of al 7 cohol. Messrs. Kipard and Davis have in troduced a bill jointly with represen tative McMillan, of Charleston, car rying out the recommendations of the governor as to scholarships and tui tions in state institutions. The bill as written would abolish all free tui tions in state colleges as well as schol arships and a loan fund substituted in their stead. Mr. Kinard said that sentiment in the legislature was strongly in favor of the bill and that ho thought it would pass. The Supply BUI. -- The following is the supply bill as introduced by the delegation: ^ He it cnaicted by the General As sembly of (he State of South Carolina- Section 1. That a tax of eleven and ono--ralf mills isTiereby levied upon all the taxable property in the county of Laurens for county purpos es for the fiscal year commencing Jan uary 1st, 1919, for the amounts and 6 for the purposes hereinafter stated, respectively, that is to say: For permanent improvements * ■ of roads and bridges, two 4 and one half (21-2) mills $22,189.96 Cross country roads .. .... Road imprQverifefit,' bridges. 6,500.00 lumber, etc .'TV- Convicts and maintenance of 5,288.66 road working organization. machinery and equipment 18,761.53 (b) Salaries: • - Clerk of Court • • ; 400.00 Sheriff .. 1,500.00 Deputy Sheriff 480.00 Treasurer .: . • • , • • • • • • 500.00 Auditor ... .. .. 500.00 Superintendent of Education Traveling expenses, Superin- 1,200.00 tendent of Education ... .. , 300.00 Attorney — moo Physician .. 250.00 Coroner 225.00 Janitor of Courthouse .. .. 275.00 r Supervisor .. .. .. Traveling expenses of Super- 1,500.00 visor 7 300.00 Clerk to Supervisor, steno- graphic work Two County Commissioners 200.00 at $100.00 each Clerk to Board of County 200.00 Commissioners .. .. •• •• Clerks to Board of County 600.00 Commissioners, salaries, » id 17 •• •• •• *• •• •• 300.00 Judge.of Probate .. Constables: 200.00 iflty of Laurens, Laurens < _. r p Township ' ' T . 350.00 ,4 ' ‘ ' 9*0 * * r ■ H —S. ' ' , ‘ • •- ' ' < ■ . t “■ Washington, Feb. 5.—Senator-elect N. B. Thai of Laurens was in Washing ton today and attended to a number of important matters. If there is an extra session of congress Senator Dial Will take his seat whenever the session is called. Otherwise, he wlli not be gin his regular duties in Washington until next December. He will, how ever, have all the rights and privileges which will belong to him after Senator Pollock leaves the senate on March 4, although he may not be sworn in until December. ^ There are a number of matters to which the new senator must give at tention upon the retirement of Senator Pollock, and it was partially, to look into these and futher familiarize him self with his duties that he came to ’osteieLttft- aM&Ufc- now- believed that an extra session may be called in May or June in order that all routine business, including appro- priaton bills which may not be passed before March 4, as well as many, con structive measures for the benefit, of returning soldiers, might be perfected. Town of Clinton, Hunter Township 250.00 Magistrates: City of Laurens, Laurens . Tolwnship . . . . .r £00.00 Town of Clinton, Hunter , - Tuwugrlp .. ...... .. 400.00 Town pf Waterloo, Waterloo Township 200.00 Scuffletown Township .. . . 150.00 Cross Hill, Cross Hill Towh^- ship 150.00 Young’s Township ‘ 150.00 Jack’s. Township 125.00 Gray Court, Dial’s Township 175.00 Sullivan Township 150.00 Mountville, Hunter Town ship 100.00 County Boards: Board of Education 50.00 Board of Equalization, If so much be necessary 750.00 Jail expenses, including 60 cents per day for dieting of prisoners, if so mu^i be necessary ’ 1 .SfOKf Catching prisoners —rr 557;tfr Three Jail Commissioners for service rendered at $18.00 each 54.00 Jurors and witnesses .. .. .. 4,558.90 County liome, poor house and * poor .. 1,119.77 Aid to indigent Confederate Veterans 2,000.00 JL..-.- Public buildings, including fuel, water, light and in surance .. .. ..Jt... .. 800.00 Printing, postage and sta- tionery 956.62 Miscellaneous contingent .. 5,494.98 Julia Irby Sanitarium .. .. 500.00 State T u l )er cul°gis Camp, 'Columbia, S. C 365.00 Ratal- Police;—— ; —-—* : Chief —rr“T 1,200.00 Six Rural Policemen at $1,000,00 each , , .. . r->. 6,000.00 Uniforms and equipment' for rural policemen ..- -rr .. 417.48 Homo demonstration rwork-rr 750.00 Interests on bounty Indebtedness: Interest oh current loans, in anticipation of collection of - taxes 2,800.00 BrifTges, bonds, interest $22,- 250.00, sinking fund $1,t‘ 095.50 .. 3,347.50 Railroad bonds .. 5,777.50 Jail bonds, Interest and sink ing fund, one-half mill fixed “by Act... ‘ .> *3690.00 To ^the Farm Demonstrator of Laurens .... .« .. . Sec. 2. That this-Atf^hairgo-iftto effect immediately upon its jppprova' by the Governor. INTERNAL SITUATION - IN GERMANY BAD Berlin. Feb. 8.—The; Internal situa tion in Germany is seriously menaced numerous Spartancan groups who are showing themselves in the North and East coast cities and at various places in Central and Southern Ger many. The newspaper publica'tioi^of war bulletins on happenings on the new German-Polish * and German- Rolsheviki fronts adds to the nation's woes. ^ While the Spartancan insurgents ap parently have been-routed ijr Bremen, they are fomenting fresh riots at Hamburg, Kiel and Lubeck and are, becoming extremely bold in Dussel- dorf, Gotha. Jena, Erfurt and Eisen ach. .■* In Berlin government troops are carrying bn a renewed search of houses for concealed weapons and ammunition because of the open threats of the communists that a now insurrection is being organized.. • FAST BASKET BALL GAMES Last v week several games of basket ball were played in the col lege gym by Clinton high school teams, l - • . • First was.the game with Green ville high school girls and Clinton high school girls.. The game was a good one and quite exciting, the score being 16 to 15 in favor of the home team, of course! The team for Greenville was as follows: ; Forwards—Misses Mary Mliller and Alma Rawson. Guards—Misses (Jennie Barton and Nettie Moore. Centers—Misses Ruth Jones and Laura Woodside. * ' ' ' SuDatit ut es—M i sses Ev el yn A us- tin and Willine Spann. Cofich—Miss Grace Pack. Clinton’s line-up was as follows: Forwards—Misses Eula Grace Bobo and Nanindl Blalock. • Guards—Misses Nell IIunter_aud Mercer Vance. Centers—Misses Louise Davidson and Loiida Copeland. This team has done good work under their coach. Miss Belle Free. The GrrcuvrlIp- hnrs-played the Clinton high school hoys next, Greenville- winning this game. Greenville’s line-up Was ax foL LOSES BY ONE LONE VOTE Washington, Feb. of one vote 10.—By a margin suffrage me fourth defeat today in the senate. further action at this session is now possible, but advocates announced that the now nearly half a century old cam paign for submission of the Susan B. Anthony constitutional amendment'to the states would be renewed when the Sdxty-sixth congress convened. On. the final roll call today 55 sena tors—one less than the two-thirds re quired—voted for adoption of the reso lution and 29 senators cast their bal lots against it. Comparatively brief debate preceded the vote which official ly killed the resolutton adopted by the house jon January 10, 1918, by a vote of 274 to 136.- Defeat of thje measure, was wtthessed by crowds of women in the galleries, but there were no demon strations and dramatic incidents whici have marked previous senate votes on the question were lacking. Up to the last moment managers of the resolu tion expressed confidence in securing the one vote they needed, but the op position held firm. 0 immediately after the vote was an nounced suffrage leaders issued state ments, prepared In advance, criticising the senate’s action and announcing that the fight would be renewed in the next congress. Supporters of the reso lution generally predicted that sue- GERMAN MENAGE IS NOT PAST Payla. Feb. KL—TJia—suprfcnaw war- council, In which Marshal Foch and other military cammanders sit with the council of the great powers, con tinned today the aiscdssion of th terms for the renewal of the German armistice, without reaching a decision. At the same time the league of nations commission virtually completed the final draft of that project, assuring its presentation at a plenary lession the latter part of the week. The discussion of the armistice took a wide range, including the failure to execute some of the claus.es of the pre vious armistice; the blockade and the ^Organization Headed by G. M. Wright—Will Work for Improved Highways. ♦ At an enthusiastic good roads meeting held last Friday night at the office of the Barrow Motor & Truck Company, the Clinton Au tomobile Association-way organized. This organization proposes to work use of enemy merchant^shipping. But i„ season and out. for a system of -. ,Lo turned fln a,«rte» of. . H ,,, iL ,g*gg olma that will enable the automo- bilist, the farmer, the visiting tour ist, the man'that'has products to market, in fact every citizen in the state who uses its highways, to go from one oity .or center of popula tion to another, any season of the year. The meeting was well at tended, and a number of enthusias tic speeches were made stressing tire need of good roads and planning the work that will bcTuidertaken. —The assoi-iation was—organized cess would be attained then. Twenty-four democrats and thirty- one republicans voted for the resolu- • <r ’ tion today, while eighteen democrats lies, particularly France, against tr“ lows: Forwards—Messrs. McNiel Car penter and Harry Fayeuski. Guards—Messrs. Harry Rice and William Powell. r. Center—MV. George Bryant. Clintonts line-up-: Forwards—Messrs. Frank Smith and Lew]s~B.>)iley. Guards—Messrs. Herman Hun ter and Goyue Simpson. Center—Mr.\ Joe Mason, Next-«ame the two game* with Simp<onviHr:—As usnaT o’ur giTfcr :woiU. thc sL'ore being. 10 tn.J r while- our Imys took their game by a score of 40 to 12. The Clinton high school girls exjieot to-play-the Greenville- girls in GreenVtllo on Friday ev ening and again meet the Simpson- v ille team Sat urday morning, this time on their own court. We wish our girls luck on this trip and also a good time. . ATLANTIC FLIGHT BEING STUDIED Jinny Experts Now Making Plans. Not Before Summer. Attempt May Not H Made Until Fall Brings Quiet Weather Period. Washington, Feb. S.—Navy aviation exports are planning a flight across the Atlantic, Commahdef John T. Tow ers Was ordered today; to take charge of “the- development of plans and as sembly of material and personnel’’ for the proposed trans-Atlantfc flight. When the project of a trans-Atlantic flight was urged here by Major General Brancker of the Qritish air service last year, It was brought out that the shortest distance would be from New- found1ahd»,t*> the Irish coast. This is approximately 2,000 miles and a plane capable of a sustained speed of 100 miles an hour, it could be made in 20 hours. So far as known, how- Mer. no plane has yet been built which could "make the trip without stopping for re-fueling. The route mbst generally favored, in naval circles,,- however, is via the Azores, with, a stop at the islands for fiiel aii'd oil. Some officers favor a half * . way stop at sea to refuel from a de stroyer if it is Considered Impossible th make the trip in a single flight. “* , In a general -way'it has been said heretofore that the crow of any plane attempting to cross the Atlantic would he composed of at least five men; two pilots to provide relief, at. the levers two mechanics to care for the engines and a navigation officer to chart the course. »- A'ffto'leather conditions it was said prpbably not before June would con ditions becomp stable enough 7o war rant the attempt before ^aarjiL- fall. IV-/iR , regarded as doubtful that all preparations could be made by the summer -pifrtod, although this ts one of the things Com mander Tow^r vill have to determine by careful study. ‘ . While there is a gtiptHfeal of friend ly rivalry with the British govern- and Eleven republicans opposed it. Of the senators absent and paired, eight were recarded in the affirmative and four in the negative, indicating that sentiment of the 96 members stood 63 to 33 in favor of the resolution. Those voting in favor of the resolu tion were: Democrats—Ashurst. Gore, Hender son, Culberson. Johnson of South Da kota, Jones of New- Mexico, Kendrick j Kirby, Lewis, McKellar. Myers, Nu gent, Pittman. Pollock, Ransdell, Robinson, Shrafroth, Sheppard. Smith, of Arizona, Jhomas, Thompson, Var danian and Walsh—24. ~ . “-“VtcpuTiI i ca n s—Ca 1 d e r, Johnson of ^I^QIIllai^Haxdllng. Jones of Wash- ingtoh, Frelin&huysen, Grohna, Colt, Cummins, Cuvtis, Feg-nald, France, Kellogg, Kenyon. I^aFollette, Lon root. McCumber, McNary, Nelson, Now. Nor ris, Page, Poindexter, Sherman, Smith of Michigan, Smoot. Spencer. Sterl ing. Sutherland, Townsend. Warrc* and Watson—31. Total, for, 55. Againftt — Democrats: Bankhead. BeckhanrrFletcher, Gay, Hardwick. .Hitchcock, Martin of Virginia, Over man, Pomerene, Saulsbury, Simmons, Smith of Georgia. Smith of South Caro lina, Swanson", Trammell, Underwood, .Williams and Wolcott—18. Republicans -B^ird, Borah. Brandc- -gefy DHlin-g-ham, Hair, Lodge, McLerm Moses, Penrose, Wadsworth and Weeks '—11. Total, against, 29. .. The following were paired: Cham berlain of Oregon and Martin of Ken- proposals of a rather drastic nature, designed to place the enemy beyond the possibility of re-arming and renewing the conflict. From the French standpoint the me.- nace of such renewal is not past, and it is urged as a matter of foresight that suitable safeguards be established. What these safeguards are has not been disclosed, but it is generally un derstood that they, include the limita tion of Ihe production of field and heavy guns, and an exact accounting of heavy guns now on hand, also some limitation of the military organization w-hich Is to be of police service. -r—r While some of the military com manders take the view that radical measures are needed to assure the al- possibllity of renewed peril, yet other views tend to place reliance on eco nomic measures as the best means of preventing any renewal of enemy ac tivity. Besides the discussion of the armls- time terms, M. Klotz, the French min ister of finance, presented documents of the German general staff showing a systematic plan to destroy French industry: not only as a military meas ure, but as a means to promote Ger man industial interests. The docu ments were referred to the "economic conference recently established. The discussion of the armistice-terms will be continued tomorrow.. Ixuirion, Feb. 10.—British newspa pers of all shades of opinion are de voting .aeriojifl attention to the *444-- tudo adopted by Ihe.Gorman govern ment toward the armistice conditions The iTaily News’ Paris correspond ent sends a dispatch from “autlioi it:; live sources” on the subject, in which he" says ’KTs informant told him that he had the best.reason to believe that Germany is not continuing to demob-, ilizo. “She has now concerrfrated--more than eighteen division under Von llin- denT)uTg~bn the western front,“ The correspondent quotes his informgni .1’ -ISC. ."-We also have.•theiwuil. iva sons to believe that Germany is ; ing her troops under arms on-tire pro• ♦ext 4 of economio neeessity. Some -of he military authorities think that Ger-’ tuck,), with Reed of Missouri, Gofibof. maTiy—has-.--OfftigM more material' to West Virginia arid Owen of Oklahoma with Shields of Tenhessop: Hollis of. Now Hampshire and King of Utah with Knox of Pennsylvania and Phelan of California and Fall of New Mexico with Smith of Maryland. A BUSINESS €IIAX44B,„ Clinton saw another business given.-H^hii^t^his week when Stanton & Johnson bought the hardware and grocery business of the J. \Y. Cope land Company, one of the oldest and best established concerns in the city, and beginning Tuesday the business is now being conducted iin-’f d<er the ufc*w tpi’anagement. ^I'he members of the firm are E. E. Stan ton and D. Workman Johnson, and they will specialize in hardware, farm implements, etc*. Both arc young, energetic business men with many friends in the city and sur rounding ^country, and u big suc cess is predicted for them in their new firm. . ■ rtient over making the first trans-At lantic flight, it is said that either na- tion could counL-ufion the cooperation of the other. As the^prcvailing winds are from west to east, the chances favor an attempt from thi$ side. See our special values in Oak Buf fets. -Nice Aluminum Percaiators • only $2.25. S. M & E. H. WIUvES & CO. «dve necessary armament to 3,000,000 men. German demobilization is n condition to our demobilization, and therefore disbandment is impossible so long ns Germany does.not continue to demobilize. 1 / “Allied military authorities consid er the time has now arrived for Ger many to givT up her military strength ■that slip be brought to such a'condi tion-that she’eannot resist Ihtof the renditions of peace now being pro- - ■« pared The allied theory always has been that we shall frame conditions which Germany will have to accept, and there is nothing to discuss, except as regard? details. “For this reason, Germany is trying to keep up her military strength so that she can send a delegate to the •icace congress for a thorough military discussion of the peace conditions im- •S ’ • • posed. On this point the French na-. tional socialist party and its extreme Ipfl " Ins: is strongly opposed to any- shaI] be eonstm.t-d thing being done to save Germany from the consequence of defeat. In this matter the French govfjrnmdnt will be supported by the entire na tion.” —•- The correspondent asy«. he been informed by a competent British authority that Marshal Foch "made a declaration of a somewhat Serious character at a meeting of'tbe supreme war council.” “Ho feels," tbi^ authority is quoted as saying, “that the Germans are be ginning to,forget that they are beaten. They are apt to forget that we are in a state of war. They have been slow in handing over ^transport and other things. They are causing a great deal of difficulty. , ' inoon. MOBIIE CHIB ORGANIZED HIRE with the following officers: Geo. M. Wright. President. Gect. H .-Elfm, Vi oo-President: ~ M. P. Hazel. Secy, and Treas. R. H. Boyd, State Executive Committeeman. ' The following committees were •named: . Membet^ifi Committee-: C f eo. H. Ellis, chairman; M, P. Hazel,.E. W. Ferguson, J. II. Stone. R G. Har per, L. A. Barrow.. Home Committee: II. I). Henry, chairman; Crawford Clapp. J. D. Bell.. Publicity Committee: Wilson Harris. chairmaiFT Frank KelhoN / s. w chairtnan Su morel. The following members were en rolled at the initia], meeting: Jas. R, Copeland. W J. BniW .B. II. Boyd, 1\ S. Bailey, S. G. Dil lard. E. VW Ferguson. J. F._jJp- eobs. Frank Kellers. .1 .II. Stone, J. W Davis. M. 1)., R II, Hatton, II. D. Henry. R. (J. Harper. Geo. II, Ellis. M. I*. Hazel. D. E. Tribble & Co.. E. A. Bai;row, Adair Furniture Col, S. (’. Hays. M. IT. Milling tin very Co. -S W: S'-: iierel.*1. E(*e Vomur. M D.. W M Smnrrel.^Tl' W. L. Bailey, Crawford Clapp. Geo, AT. Wright. O; W. Ad<ly. M., Bailey, E. J^ Ad.iir. John Spratt. ABMjSTH E RENKD AL- . AGAIN PISI USSirr farts, Feb. 8.—The Supreme WaT CouncH continued its decision-of the terms for a renewal of the armistice today. TheAbllowing official communi cation with respect to the negotiations was issued,this afternoon: The Supreme WNrC'ouneil met this afternoon from threeTTPflve o’clock at the Quai D’Qrsay. The discussion of the terms of the renewal of the armistice was continued. The follow ing resolution proposed by President Wilson was approved: “ ’First.-*—Under present conditions many questions nAt primarily of mili tary craracter, which are arising daily and which' are bound to become of increasing importance hs time passes, should be dealt with oh behalf of the United- States and Aljles by civilian ^ i representatives, of these governments experienced in; such questions—fi nance. food,---blockade control, ship ping and raw materials. “‘Second.- To accomplish this there at Paris a su preme economic council to deal with such matters foy the period' of ihe - or replace all such o-ther-existing in- ■ H . ■ N armistice. Tho council shall absorb _ tof-Allied bodies and 'fTToif pawwer ATTiTay' determine from time to time, Thq economic council shall con sist of not more than five representa tives of each interested government.- “ ‘Third"—There, shall be added to p.resent international permanent armistice commission two civilian reo ° >' resentatives of each government, who shall con spit with the Alied high com mand hut w ho may report direct .to the supreme economic council.” “The next meeting will take place on Monday at. 3 o’clock in the after* \* r- \ * ■' -x.'. ij ■ y ' r’ • * ..: Ik I- Wamik&LtfmiiM