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VOLUME XIX
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 20th, 1919
NUMBER 12
im DEMANDS
RACE EQUALITY
Insists on Equality in Immi
gration-Position Causes c
Stir in Capital.
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Washington, Marcfi 15.—The speed.
of Viscount Ishii, Japanese ambassa
dor, virtually demanding equality in
immigration for Japanese as”the price
of Japan’s adherence to the league of
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nations, caused a profound stir in
Washington today.
Senators, iwell acquainted with the
“Japanese problem’’ as related to this
country declared without hesitation-
that Japanese insistence on this point
means either that Japan or the United
States will not go into the league.
There is no doubt, senators said,
that the strongest pressure will be
brought to bear to have Japan realize
that her stand endangers the whole
league plan. Not only the United
States, they pointed out, but the Brit
ish empire, through Australia and
Canada, would be greatly menaced by
the letting down of the Oriental ex
clusion ban.
American labor, senators declare,
never will submit to letting Orientals
in Indiscriminately. That is too great
and too personal a sacrifice, and any
leagye of nations plan involving' or
even making such a thing possible
would, in the opinion of these sena
tors, be summarily rejected by Amer
ican workers.
The Japanese attitude, however, is
but what many here have expected.
Senators opposing the elague have
from the beginning insisted that the
immigration question, with the Japan
ese agitating it, would prove to be an
international and not a domestic mat
ter.
Senator Hitchcock and President
Wilson hav# assured the senate and
the country that this would not be the
(jase.
“Evidently,” said Senator Poindex-
.ter, (Wash.), in commenting pn this
assurance from administration, lead
ers, “the Japanese authorities take a
different view and very sensibly de
cline to become a member of the
hibition of national or racial discrim
ination in immigration.
“The statement of Viscount Ishii
shows that the intelligent Japanese
people are not ‘ willing to transfer
from the Japanese people and give to
a league'dominated by foreigners, the
decision and control of their most
vital interests. This is a most intel
ligent and statesmanlike attitude to
assume. It also, indicates an appre
ciation of the consequences of the
iJroposed constitution for a world gov
ernment, notwithstanding the inter?
pretation placed upon its plain lan
guage by some of its authors.
“Since Japan hast expressly de
clared she will not ratify the league
unless an .^anti-race discrimination
clause is embodied in its constitution,
it is obvious that no such constitu
tion can be agreed upon, and not be
ing agreed upon by the United States
and Japan, cannot be given effect.”
Senator King (Dem.) of Utah de
clared that “If Japan insists upon
-racial equality in immigration, it sim
ply means that either Japan or the
United States will not be signatory to
the league comp^fi^.
- “In my opinion, American labor will
never submit to the indiscriminate ad
mission of Orientals—Hindoos, Chi
nese and Japanese. Japan cannot be
blamed for insistence, because this
question closely touches her honor.
The whole situation clearly exempli
fies the urgent necessity for making
peace immediately and leaving for
later determination the question of
forming some international league to
avert war. This need not necessarily
tie a league of nations as we have
# come to . understand the term. But
there should be provided an interna
tional tribunal of arbitrament to de
cide irfternational disputes.”
Senator King today announced that
1 unless the league constitution is
amended he will vote against it.
“I was a pioneer in the movement
for a league,” said Senator King.
“More than ten years ago I toured
my State organizing clubs favoring a
world organization to insure peace.
Then, as now the people were for it.
They said that if there was a panacea
for war, they wanted it. But with
this concrete proposal befoj^ them
they are analyzing it and finding so
much in it that is dangerous and ob
jectionable, that they will tasist on its
NEW BUDGET LAW
< EFFECTS REFORMS
Finance Questions Come to Members
Early. Governor to Direct. Esti
mates Must be Submitted Within
Five Days After General Assembly
Convenes.
Among the latest batch of acts to
receive the signature of Governor
CTobpcr is the new budget measure,
\\.hich makes the governor the chief
budget officer of the State and affects
some sweeping reforms^as to the man
ner in which informatioir relative to-
the general appropriation bill goes be
fore the general assembly. All mem T
bers receive early in the session in
formation as to appropriations/hereto
fore going only to tlwo committees.
By the provisions of this measure
the governor is required to place with
the two houses of the general assem
bly within five days after the opening
his recommendations as to appropria
tions for all departments of the Rate
government, together with expendi
tures “and revenues of the different de
partments the last two preceding years
and the current assets and liabili
ties.
It is further provided that the gov
ernor shall during the month of No
vember hold hearings with the heads
or responsible representatives of all
departments, offices, commissions or
institution to determine the appropria
tions necessary the following year.
The chairman of the finance committee
of the senate and the chairman of the
ways and means committee of the
house are to sit with the governor
during these hearings, but it is not re
quired that these two committee
chairmen shall join the governor in
the recommendations .of the budget,
but are to Be “based on his (the gov
ernor’s) own conclusions and judg-
ment.” .
It is further provided that the ways
and means committee of the house
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and the finance committee of the sen
ate shall sit in joint session in all
hearings during the session of the
general assembly. Chairmen of the
two committees are to receive $7.50
daily^.and actual traveling expenses
while the hearings are bein.erheld in
November. • - - .-
The State tax commission is re
quired to furnish all , information
which may be desired at the hearings-.
and the tax commission is required to
attend the hearings before the house
and senate committees handling the
appropriation measures,
On or before the first day of each
November the comptroller general
shall furnish to the governor the fol
lowing statements, classified and item
ized in strict accordance with the bud
get classification adopted by the gov
ernor. . —_—
(1) A statement showing the bal*-
ance standing to the credit of the sev
eral* appropriations for each depart
ment, bureau, division, office, board,
commission, institution or other
agency or undertaking of the State at
the end of the last preceding appro
priation year.
(2) A statement showing the month
ly expenditures and (revenues from
each appropriation account and the
total monthly expenditures and rev
enues from all the appropriation ac-
modifleation. Unless It is modified in
several particulars, I cannot vote for
it.”
Senator Jones (Wash.) emphatical
ly declared that the American worker
will not agree to a compact opening
the doors to Japanese immigration.
“As I read the remarks of Viscount
Ishii,” said Senator Jones,: “the de
mand of Japan is thsjt in the very con
stitution of the league there be in
serted a provision which will obliter
ate our laws restrictive of immigra
tion from the F^r East.
. “The opponents of the league were
very wise when they demanded that
the proposed compact be scrutinized
closely so that it should be revealed
just what it means. They predicted
that this question of immigration from
the Asiatic nations would arise. The
supporters of the league, however, in
sist that the immigration Iqsws of the
United States were purely domestic
and would not come within the
league’s jurisdiction. It would seem
they were wrong in their estimate of
the-situation.
“Should the league be formed withf
out Japan and China and Russia, there
would be merely another great divi
sion of world powers.
"As a body, I believe American la
bor has been standing for the league,
but when it understands this immigra
tion matter I do not believe\ It whl
support the proposal."
counts, including special and all other
appropriations, in the 12 months of
the last preceding appropriation year.
(3) . A statement showing the annual
expenditures in- each appropriation ac
count and the revenues from all
sources, including expenditures and
revenues from special and all other
appropriations, for each of the last
two appropriation years with a sep
arate column showing the increase or
decrease for each item.
(4) An itemized and complete finan
cial balance sheet for the State at the
close of the last preceding fiscal year,
ending September 30. ' ’ ri
(5) Such other statements as the
governor shall request.
Within five days after the beginning
of each regular session of the general
assembly, the governor shAll submit
to the presiding officers of each hpuse
printed copies of a budget, based on
his own conclusions and judgment,
containing a complete and itemized
plan of all proposed expenditures for
each State department,, bureau; di
vision, officer, board, commission, in :
stitution or other agency .or under
taking, classified by function; charac
ter and object, and of''esttimRted rev
enues and borrowings for each year,
beginning iwith the first day of Janu
ary thereafter. Opposite each item’of
the proposed expenditures the budget
shall show in separate parallel col
umns the amount appropriated for the
last preceding appropriation year, for
the current appropriation year and
the increase or decrease. The gov
ernor shall accompany with, the bud-
get: . -
(1) A statement of the revenue and
expenditures for each of the two a'p-
propriation years next preceding;
classified and itemized in accordance
with the official budget classifications
adopted by the governor. '
(2) A statement of the current as
sets, liabilities, reserves and surplus
or deficit of tfie State.
(3) A statement of the debts and
funds of the State.
<4> A statement showing the gov
ernor’s itemized estimates of the State
treasury, as of the beginning and end
of each year.
(5) An itemized and complete bal-.
ance sheet-fOf. the State at the close
of the last preceding fiscal year, end
ing September 1.
(6) A general survey of the State's
WILSON IS WINNER.
P. W. Wilson, a member of the
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Eukosmian Literary Society of the
Presbyterian College, was selected
as the college’s representative to
the annual State oratorical contest
to be held in Greenwood on April
18th, at the society preliminiaries
held in the college auditorium last,
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Friday night. Mr. Wilson is a
member of the senior class -and
spoke, on “Out* Greater / Task”!'
Other speakers and their subjects
were : S. H. Fulton, Tin* Awaken
ing of Sympathy^; M. R. William-
son, PAmerica V Greatest 'Asset’'’;
R: E. ToWrisetid, “The Dawn of a
New Era” / Ev L- Barber, “Good
Will Among Men”; L. B. Wood-
son^, “The Balance Sheet”. Dr. D.
M .Douglas was .the # presiding of-
fteer.
WHISKEY SUPPLY
WON’T LAST LONG
financial and natural resources with
a review of the general economic, in
dustrial and commercial condition of
the commo nwealth.
WOMEN FIGHT FOR
JOBS MEN WANT
Case of W’omon Conductors Discharg
ed at Cleveland Because Men De-
_ manded It Before War Labor Board.
Washinataa. March 13.—Axguxaeats
in the appeal from the recommenda
tion of the national war < labor board
that women conductors at Cleveland
Ohio, be discharged to satisfy demands
of striking male employes were heard
today by the board. The case was
taken under advisement and a decision
is expected within two weeks.
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, honorary
president of the National American
Woman Suffrage Association; Frank
P. Walsh, former* joint chairman of the
board, and Miss Mary Van Kleeck, di
rector of the woman industry ser
vice of the labor department, were a-
mong those appearing in behalf of
the discharged women workers, while
James H;. Vahey, attorney for the In
ternational Amalgamated Association
of Electric and Street Railway Em
ployes, opposed the appeal.
Dr. Shaw declared that during the
war women in all parts of the country
had responded nobly to the nation’s
call for workers, but that now that the
acute need for workers had passed,
there was a tendency to "get rid of”
the women.
“Men employes demand it” said Dr.
Sha.'w, “and because they are organized
they hav#-power to enforce their de
mands. The worst of it is that many
of the men so employed were never in
the military service, but had left to en
ter “safe employment.”
Dr. Shaw insisted that the basic
right of women to do any kind of work
they were capable of performing
should be established and that men
should not be allowed to say that wom
en should not lie employed.
Mr. Wash, who appeared as counsel
for' the women employes, said the
board should declare that women were
legaly entitled to the same right in in
dustry as men. The women conduc
tors of Cleveland were unjustly dis
charged, he said and should be rein
stated.
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Miss Van Kjeeck told the board that
women’s claim of * freedom to choose
MILL’S HAVE LESS HOURS.
• Itj, ^accordance with the recom
mendation mode at Spartanburg a
(
few'Weeks ago by cotton mill of
ficials of. the state, the cotton mills
of- Clinton beginning this week
have inaugurated the 55-hpur-a-
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week schedule. Previous to this
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agreement the number of hours
*
worked weekly has been sixty. The
Clinton mills will work daily un
til 6:30 p.-*m. up through Friday,
with the mills closed on Saturday
entirety. '' At Lydia/ the tf<*rmer
Saturday-hours will continue with
work-hour closing daily at five
o’clock, j n sit cad of f>:30 as-formerly.;
AUSTRtA’H WAR FLAN ==±=
BACKED BY GERMANY
Serbian Minister Gives Out Documents
Showing Berlin’s Responsibility.
' -Paris, March 12.—Two, dispatches
sent in Cipher by Count Voh Szogyeny-
Marieh, Austrian ambassador at Ber
lin, before the w^ar toihe Austro-Hun-
gapian foreign nvHU^try K shpwiijg that
Germany wa*. backing Austria in her
waf-like attitude toward Serbia, have
been made public fiy -M. R. Veznitch,
Serbian uiirrlsterUo France. As print
ed in the JournalDes‘Defeats' the mes
sages read: •’ ^
“Berlin, July 25, 1914.
“It is generally supposed here that
a negative reply from Serbia will be
followed on our part by an immedi
ate/declaration of war and military
operations. Any adjournment of mil
itary operations would bo considered
here as very dangerous on account of
intervention by other powers. We are
•counselled with the greatest insist-
t
cnee to pass immediately to action and
thus put the world in face of an ac
complished fact.”
The second dispatch, marked “strict-
Tv~secret.” savs: ___l. - ’
“Berlin, July 27, 1914.
“The Secretary of State has just
declared to me positively, but under
the seal of most strict secrecy, that
very soon eventually provositions of
mediation from England will be
brought to the knowledge of your
excellency. The German government
assures me in the most convincing
manner that it in no way identifies
itself with these propositions, that it
is absolutely against their being )aken
into consideration and that it will only
transmit them to us to give effect to
the English request.”
Minister Vesnitch then quotes the
message sent July 30, 1914, from Sir
Edward Grey, the British foreign min
ister, to Ambassador Goschen, at Ber
lin, offering, if the crisis passed, to
take the initiative in an arrangement
satisfactory to Germany. The minis
ter says that neither Sir Edward Grey,
Foreign Minister Sazonoff, of Russia^
or Premier Viviani, of France, then
knew positively that Germany wanted
war. The minister concludes;
“If any one is ^incredulous let him
mediate uvon the foregoing docu
ments.”
occupations was the greatest labor !s-
sure before the country and that it
should be solved favorably to aJlow
women to contribute their best* ener
gies in peace as they, did in war.
Mr. Vahey argued that the board was
not legally empowered to order the re
employment of the women conductors,
since its jurisdiction extended only to
cases where labor disputes between
employes and employers threatened to
result in a strike. He said the women
knew when they were employed that
they would be, retained only for the
period of the war.
Little to be on Hand When July
Comes.
Washington, March 11.—National
prohibition next July 1 will find only
about - 50,000,000 gallons of liquor in
bonded warehouses, barred from dis
position for beverage purposes, if the
present demand for whiskey continues
during intervening months. Officials
who have observed the .'effect of high
taxesjn the past believe, however, the
withdrawals from bond will decrease
under the new revenue ,law, and that
between 60,000,000 and 75,000,000 gal
lons will be left Id, warehouses July. l.
; It is conceded that it is impossible
to foresee -ttje effect of approaching
prohibition on the demand for liquor,
to be stored away by consumers, and
officials say a big movement of buying
even under the increased tax, may de
velop and leave the quantity of liquor
left in bond smaller than the advance
estimates.” . .
The estimates- do« hot take into con
sideration liquor which may be stored
in cellars or attics of prospective con
sumers. IXor do they include any
stocks which wholesale or retail deal
ers may not sell before the prohibi
tion wave catches them. These are
not measurable by any official reports.
Revenue bureau Officials calculate
that at present bonded, warehouses
connected with distilleries, but under
lock and key . of government agents,
hold less than 90,000,000 of the ,200,-
000,000 galons in stock jvhen manu
facture ceased September 9, 1917., un
der the food conservation act. With
drawals in January and February have
been less than'the 10,000,000 or more’
gallons in December, according/to in
dications based on : - preliminary re
ports from .revenue agents.
On January 1, 1)2,000/00 gallons-of
distilled spirits nverc'reported in bond.
©
ineuding 6,600,000 gallons .not avail
able for beverage purposes. About
15 per cent, of those figures must be
deducted as,allowance for leakage and
evaporation from barrels. On Doeem.-
bex 1, the latqst date /or which item
ized figures afe available, the stock
of distilled spirits in bond was distri
buted as follows: Whiskey, 108,846,-
000 gallons; i;um. 606/00'; ^in, '2,338.-
4)00; alcohol, 5,760,000; refined alcohol
or “hfgh-wtnc. , C^3.744,OOOT~an7rbrandy
2,346,000.
The normal rate of demand, ■. meas-
ured by withdrawal from bond, had
been between 4,500,000 and 6,000,000
gallons a month until last October,
when withdrawals jumped to 8,358,000
In November they were 9,597,000,- and
in December it is estimated they ran
over 10,000.000 gallons, while in Jan
uary and February, indications are
that the dPftiand probably was nearer
9,000,000 gallons. Most of this .liquor
was taxed when taken out of the;bond
ed iwaehouse at the rate of $3.20 a gal
lon. Under the new revenue act, the
rate is double, amount.in gto IHB.40.
Consequently the increase amounts tc
$3.20 a gallon or 80 cents a quart, and
the aggregate tax per quart is $1.60.
By terms of the pending bill pro
viding for enforcement of prohibition
under the constitutional amendment
effective next January 16, the presi
dent would be empowered to appro-,
priate for government purposes . the
stock of liquor left unused in ware
houses/ The price to be paid for this
would be determined by agreement or
by a special commission.
BIG (MITiMjQDA
COMES IN MAY
REAL ESTATE DEALS.
Two real estate deals were con-
sumated Saturday by which Mr. J.
D. Bell, president of the Bell-
Workman Company; purchased the
large brick warehouse of (’apt. J.
W. Copeland on the C. X. & h.
track, and Mr. Geo. IL Ellis pur
chased the old Methodist Church
building from Mr. J. j D.- Bell. M’r.
Ellis states that the property will
be improved !at once but he has
made no definite announcement as
to wha* th( r 'dnrilding will be used
for.’ The warehouse will be used by
the Bell-WorkmaTrrCoTrrpany.
Date and Complete Program
Soon to be Announced-To
Cover Five Days.
Much interest has been displayed
in the possible dates for the ap
pearance of the Community Chau
tauqua in Clinton this’ spring.
While no definite date has been an-
nounced everything seems to indi
cate that the date will be about the
last of the'month of. May. Clinton
is looking for big things with her
Chautauqua. This is the first real
Chautauqua that Clinton has ever
secured. 'Tis true that some years
ago'a Chautauqua appeared in
Clinton but it was a very small one
'and only lasted a few days. It was
more like a lyceiim .attraetion and
could hardly be compared with the
big ‘Chautauqua that will 'appear
here in May. The list of attrac
tions have not been announced but
if is indicated that the program
will be a very full and attractive
one and will include some of the
nations best known entcTjlainers.
An announcement in regard to the
program will be made in The
Chronicle a little later. The Or
ganizer of the Chautauqua is ex.
ported in/Clinton very- soon-to be
gin the .preparatory plans. The
entire pry£l;am ..will appear under
a big text just as all the large
Chautauqua*-are.. The attractions
will cover five full days. , It is an-
ticipatcd that the continued - ap
pearance- of the Chautauqua in
Clinton from year to year will have
0. very beneficial effect. * -
HAT DAY YESTERDAY.
The women of Clinton and coni-
, • 4b » ••;* !.• ... ..... . vw-a
’inunify Turned out en masse yester
day to .attend the Spring Openings
and to see the latest Styles that are
beiu£ offered by the city’s enter
prising merchants.' All of the mil
linery .parlors were attractively’
decorated and were vi^ted by
throngs throughout the day. Galld-
way-Simpson. Furniture Company
also had ’a splendid opening, not of
hats and w.omcn’s wear, but of the
attractive line of handsome fnrni-
t
ture they are now showing since
their store has.been remodeled. All
of the stores.were blooming with
pretty things and this meant a big
day for the ludies, who were not
stingy in their admiration and ap
proval of the styles M'adam Fash
ion has decreed for this' season.
TWO ABLE ADDRESSES.
Dr. E. W. Sikes, president of
Coker College. Ilartsville, spoke in
the First Baptist church last Sun
day morning and evening. The ev
ening service was a union gather
ing of 'all the churches and Dr.
Sikes’ address was an impressive
one and listened t<-w> with profound
attention, being-declared by many
as one of the finest ever delivered
before a Clinton audience.
'SUBSCRIPTIONS DUE.
->
All those who subscribed to thel
Armenian and Syrian Relief fund)
during the recent campaigU. will*
please send the amount of their,
subscription to Tress. W. H. Simp-j
son thus week.^ The call is urgent
find the money must be sent on im
mediately. x i ” ; ? |
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A GET-TOGETHER MEETING'.
The men of N’orth Broad Street
Methodist church will hold a Get-
Together meeting tonight and a de
lightful supper will be served in
the church dining hall. Dr. Ilenrv
N\ Snyder, president of Wofford
College, will be the guest of the ev
ening and his address is being look
ed forward to with keen interest.
Tomorrow night the officers of the
church will hold a similar meeting.
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AUTO CLUB TO MEET.
The Clinton Automobile Club
will hold an important meeting
Friday night at 7:30 at the office
of Barrow Motor & Truck Com
pany and all members are askedjo
be present.