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TUt CHRONICLE Strives to be a dean newspaper, complete, newsy and reliable. •«* II You Don’t Read The Clinton Chronicle You Don’t Get The r NEWS mmm VOLUME xn CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY Srd. 1919 NUMBER 27 IW ATTEMPT ffll lit m TO STOP SELLING Of Eleventh Hour Ruling Due to Uncertainty of Federal District Court in New York State-Department of ' Justice Expects Full Co-operation. Wasington, June 30.—As -wairtlmu prohibition took effect tonight the de partment of justice announced that its agents throughout the country -would not attempt tomorrow to atop the sale of twP and three-quarters per cent beer. This eleventh hour development, a which would permit the president to set aside the war-time act Insofar as it relates to light wines and beers. While the attorney general’s staff was wrestling with the questions of intoxicating and non-intoxicating beer the judiciary committee sent to the VBB81PBKV BAftS FOE UNITED STATES i'mmmimTTAW MUST BE OBEYED house its report in which the bold as sertion .waa-’-raado that anything over him twthe Oeory? 'Washingtoar^TEefe George Washington, with the Presi dential Duty, Departed from Brett at £:M P. M. Sunday. Brest, Jane 29.—President Wilson, the treaty with Germany signed, sailed from Brest today on his return to the United States. The U. S. 8. George Washington, carrying the presiden tial party, steamed from the harbor at 2:20 o’clock this afternoon. The departure of the President from France caused little excitement tance of fifty feet from where his tance of fifty feet ofrm where his special train stopped to where a mo tor launch was waiting to convey fiat reversal of au earlier jailing today hy the department, was due,to thft.&ft.-.-ono-h&if ‘Cf ■one 'per "fras little cheerlng and appLause from certainty as to how the federal dis trict court of New York might rule on a pending claim by brewers that beer containing that much alcohol was not intoxicating. But ’.uhile this uncer tainty existed as to beer or lighter alcoholic percentage i than that sold generally heretofore, fill 1 warning was given that with respect to whiskey and all beverages as rp whose intoxi cating powers there w4s no doubt, ev ery governmental agmcy would be set to work in a deternined effort to prevent their manufacture and sale. How long the sale of two and three- quarters per cent beer might continue would depend ordinarily upon the speed of the courti, but congress meanwhile will step to th« front in an effort to complete the effectiveness of the war-time law. Exactly what they have refused heretofore to do, prohibition members Of the hous now will attempt—pass age of a straight, clear-cut bill, for enforcement of war-time' prohibition. When word spreid tonight that the attorney general, by his ruling, had permitted beer salobns and breweries to remain in operation, members of the judiciary committee counted noses to find a sufficient feumber ready to go to the front to demand separation of the enforcement treasure so as to s a bill that would intoxicating within Jhe purview of the general law, and that congress, and not the court, should fix the alcoholic percentage of all beverages, sale of whibh is restricted by prohibition statutes. But while the milder brew of beer, like some notable was accorded un usual honor by. the joyful throng, a long, dry finger moved acrQes the map tonight at midnight and blotted out of existence a man's legal, right to buy or sell liquor. Sale of these Intoxi cants again will be legal with demob ilisation of ihe army, .date of which will be determined by the president, and until January Id, 1920, at which time it will be prohibition for many a day by constitutional amendment In every city where the saloons’ lights biased for perhaps the last time, the merrymaking kept up until the tolling of the midnight hour. The finger then moved across the map from east to west, and when the bells sounded the closing warning at Bos ton, the folk at San Francisco still had three hours to drink. Attorney General Palmer, In his statement as to the policy of the de- par tipent, called attention to the fact that the authorities in every city and get through at once stop. t% sale of all whe^F opntadnij^I more than one-half Ip ot>« per cent lusal not to p alcohol. t Congressional leaders, It was said, refused to abandon plans for a recess beginning probably tc^norrow in or der to put the bill through as an emer gency measure, and the whole question of prohibition will be,held up until next Monday, -at the earliest. There were indications tonight that a hard flghh woifld be made iq behalf of an amendment to be offered by Repre sentative Igoe, Democrat, of Missouri, statw had been requesfed fo glve the utmost cooperation in the matter of enforcing all undisputed provisions of JLlV*. .Thajampopary re proceed against those sell ing 23-4 per cent beer—although evi dence against them will be obtained, with a view to their prosecution in the event the court decided against the brewers—does not mean that persons offering it for sale in territory hereto fore dry will be exempt from arrest and prosecution. Saloons selling two and three-quar ters per cent will take a gambler’s chance and stay open at their own risk, it was emphasized. PLANS ARE MADE TO LIFT BLOCKADE Upon Ratification of 9toaty by Ger man Assembly} Restrictions be Lift ed. Not BfeWy Ifatihf tor Ratifies-, tioa by AlUefc, '•‘-l Washington, June 29.-^1|ie superior bockade council has been instructed to be prepared to raise the economic blockade of Germany immediately up on ratification by the German national assembly of the peace treaty. This announcement was ipade to night In a dispatch to the state depart ment from Paris, reading as follows: “At a meeting Thursday. June 26th, the council of the principal allied and associated powers adopted following resolutions in regard to the raising of the blockade on Germany. "The superior blockade council is instructed to base its arrangements for rescinding restrictions upon trade with Germ’any on the assumption that the allied and associated powers will not wait to raise the blockade until the completion of the ratification as provided for at the end of the treaty of peace with Germany but that it is to be raised immediatey on the re ceipt of the information that the treaty of peace has been ratified by Germany.’’ The action of the council, officials here explained, means that upon rati fication of the treaty by Germany all restrictions upon trade with Germany may be removed. Without requiring individual ratification by the allied and associated powers, all of the na tions arrayed against Germany in the war may have an equal start in the race for German trade. Raising of the blockade without « ' awaiting individual ratification was '■aid by officials to mean more to the United States than any other natlo because final approval of the trea owing to governmental machine probably will require longer In th United States .than In the other coun ' tries., One result of the decision if car-^ ANDREW BETHEA IS AWARDED VERDICT Richland Avy Gives Him $8,000 in Suit for $100,000 Against Record. --"Columbia^ June 28.—Andrew J. Bethea, former lieutenant governor of South Carolina, was awarded a ver dict of $8,000'in Richland county court this afternoon in the libel suit against The Columbia Record. The case w r as given to the $ury at 3 o’clock and the verdict was rendered at 6 o'clock..It is understood that 10 of the jurors stood for no damages with two for the amount named, the former finally yielding. The case was concluded this after noon upon completion of argument by counsel. Attorneys were J, Frqser Lyon, George Bell Timmerman and D. W. Robinson for the plaintiff and W, S. Belser and Irving Belser for the defendant. Mfc. Bethea sued The Record for $100,000 as a result of three articles which appeared in tlje newspaper commenting on Bethea’s position in ried out will be to give the senate un limited time for consideration of the treaty. In some quarters provision in the treaty that commercial rela tions with Germany might be resumed when three of the powers ratified the treaty was considered as likely to force the senate to speedy ratification. The resolution recently introduced by Senator Fall. Republican, of New Mexico, to de clare the war with Ger many at an end was designed to en able the United Sthtes to begin busi- ggss relations with the Germans and tjrelieve the senate of any pressure thtt might be brought, to bear by business interests. Belief by . some members of the foreign relations eewmlttee that'some action would be -VfK to ^obviate any such pressure warf Considered as having part in the decision of the committee last week to postpone temporarily action on the Fall resolution. the several thousands who had gath ered at the embarkation peer. A pro cession of socialists, singing the “In ternationale,” debouched from.the Rue Siam as the President walked across the pier. The Prsident waved his silk hat to the paraders. Gathered on the wharf were French and American officials. The first to greet the President were Admiral H. Salaun and Admiral E. N. Benoit, of the French navy. Rear Admiral A. S Halstead, of the American navy, and Maj. Gen. E. A. Helmick and Brig. Gen. fimedley Butler greeted the Pres ident in turn, j- Mrs. Wilson was presented with a bouquet of Brittany roses by Mrs. Josephine Lewis, of Cincinnati, O., representing the American Red Cross in France. Mrs. Wilson wore a navy blue tailored dress and a handsome but simple little hat, apparently the latest creation from the Rue de la Paix. She smiled and thanked Mrs Lewis and then chatted briefly with her. Mrs. Wilson appeared tired and fatigued and apparently was in a hurry to reach the launch. The band of the Tenth Chasseurs played “The Star-Spangled Banner” and the “Marseillaise” as the Presi dent descended the steps into the launch. As the launch went into the stream a company of marines and veterans of the Yser presented anus, while cries of “Viva Wilson!” “Viva Amerique!’’ “Viva la Paix!” arose. The President stood aft on the launch waving his hat at the crowd on the national bridge. The launch was lost to view down the harbor just as the 1 socialist parade reached the cliffs overlooking the harbor. “This is America," were the Presi dent’s words as he shook hands with Capt. Edward McCauley aboard the George Washington. The President and Mrs. Wilson retired to 'their staterooms as the engines and ma chinery began to roar and final or ders were given. Luncheon was served at 1 o’clock and the meal had just been complet ed when the George Washington be gan to make headway out of the har bor. The battleship Oklahoma led the way. The destroyers Woolsey and Tarbeli were on the port and starboard sides while the Wicks and Yarnell brought up the rear.’ As the transport moved out the President appeared on the bridges wearing a cap. Rear Admiral Gray son, his "physician, stood nearby. The President was silent as he gazed at the disappearing shores of France. The weather was perfect and there was scarcely a ripple on the ocean as the George Washington emerged from the Brest Roads into the Atlan tic. The French destroyers Fanion and Ca/quois escorted the presidential squadron to the Ushant light. After saluting with their sirens and guns the French warships returned to Brest. As the George Washington disap peared in the summer haze, the Presi dent stood on the bridge waving a far- well answer tc the salute from the French warships. T MEETS NEXT TUESDAY. The regular monthly meeting and luncheon of the Commercial Club will be held next Tuesday evening, Jjuly 8th, in the club’s headquar ters. COTTON BLOOM. The Chronicle is in receipt of another cotton bloom. It came from the farm of Mr. John H. W. Boyd of Mountville and \ya.s receiv ed last Thursday. the army and his right to wear a uni form. The case began last Tuesday morning and many witnesses were ex amined on both sides. Attorney General Palmer Calls on Lo cal Anthorities to AM In Enforce ment. Await Decision an to Sale of XIM Been. Washington, Jupe 30.—The de partment of justice will take no ac tion, pending decision in present liti gation, against persons making or selling beer and wines containing 2 3-4 per cent or less alcoholic content This announcement was made tonight by Attorney General Palmer. Attorney General Palmer announced tonight that as long as the war-time prohibition law remains in force it must be obeyed and that the depart- lU . afTu^Uce wouIkLJaJlts: utw “to perform the duty which the con gress has placed upon it” in enforcing the law. He declared that the department’s course with regard to the .manufacture and sale of beer containing less than 2 3-4 pr cent alcohol would depend upon rulings made by the district courts in which cases now are pend ing or may be brought. The fact that litigation is pending willl be no pro tection against prosecution or offenses under the law. The attorney general’s statement said: ‘Aftar today it will be unlawful to sell for beverage purposes any distill ed spirit and any beer or other intoxi cating malt or vinous liquor except for export. This prohibition will con tinue under the terms or .hi; law “ un|l the conclusion of the present wai ?hd thereafter until the termination of de- nobilizAtlon.’ As long as the law thus remains in-force, it must be obeyed, and I Intend that the department of justice shall do its utmost to perform the duty which the congress placed ipon it. “This law has been held to be con stitutional and valid by the circuit court of auueals alttlag in New York. It plainly makes unlawful the sale of whisky, brandy <a|nld other distilled spirits and wine. The only contro versy tlmt has arisen is as to whether the sale of beer containing so little alcohol as not to be in fact intoxicat ing, is prohibited. The government’s contention is that the act prohibits the manufacture and asle of beer con taining as much as one-half of 1 per cent of alcohol. But the interpreta tion of the act is not free from diffi culty, and 1 am endeavoring to have the question settled by the courts at the earliest possible moment. My course with respect to beer containing less than 2 3-4 per cent of alcohol— which, it is claimed, is not intoxicat ing will depend upon the ruling which will sOon be made by the dis trict courts in which eases are now pending or in which other cases may be brought. 1 have no power to grant amnesty to any one who may see fit to manufacture or sell beer pendinp an authoritative judicial construction of the law, and I am sure that brew ers and dealers generally understand that the pendency of litigation will be no protection against prosecution or offense under the aw. ‘‘But with respect to whisky, brandy and other distilled spirits, wine and beer containing more than 2 3-4 per cent of alcohol and other intoxicating malt or vinous liquors the prohibition is beyond controversy, and but one course is open to the department of justice. All persons found selling such liquors mu^l be arrested and prosecuted. The district attorneys will cause warrants to be issued for all offenders as to whom evidence is fur nished by the bureau of investigation, the agents of the internal revenue bu reau of the treasury department, lo cal officers or others, and the marshals and their deputies will promptly serve such warrants. “With the co-operation of local x au- thorities, it is believed that the law can be made effective. For this rea son I call attention to the fact that it is the duty of the local arresting of ficers to make arrests for offenses committed in their presence, whether the offense be against the laws of the state or the law's of the United States. I confidently expect the hearty co-op eration of local municipal authorities and earnestly requesl that all police officers are instructed to arrest per sons found selling in violation of the war prohibition act and to- take such persons before a United States com missioners, when the district attor- ' ' ' ney will cause", warrants to be issued. Local officers should also report to the United States attorneys evidence of { _ ‘v-" offs^nses not committed in their pres- • 9 ' * ence. mm roil m peace m SAIIM! Tv History Making Ceremony Occupies Little Time-Chinese Missing, Smuts Protest-German National Assembly Must Ratify Document Start Process Revovery. Versailles, June 28.—World peace was signed and sealed in the historic Hall of Mirrors at Versailles this af ternoon, but under circumstances which somewhat dimmed the expecta tions of those who had ^worked and fought during long years of war and months of negothrtkma for this ivementr™'——■. .»■ x - - The absence of the'Chinese delegates who at the last moment,were unable to reconcile themselves to the Shan tung settlement and left the Eastern Empire outside the formal purviews of peace, struck the first discordant note in the assembly. A written protest which Gen. Jan Christian Smuts lodg ed with his signature was another dis appointment to the makers of the treaty. To M. Clemenceau's stern warning in his opening remarks that they would be expected, and held, to ob serve the treaty provisions legally and completely, the German delegates through Dr. Haniel Von Haimhausen, replied after returning {o the hotel that had they known they would he treated on a different status after sign ing than the Allied representatives as shown by their separate exit bfore the fetreyal body of the conference, they never would have signed. The ceremony jsame to a dramatic cloke, in fact, reached its highest dramatic pitch—with the'wRfi enthus iastic reception of President Wttaon, M. Clemenceau and Mr. Lloyd George by the crowds outside the palace, who ignored or disregarded the minor dis cords of the day. They tore the three statesmen from their escorts and al most carried them bodily in their pro gress through the chateau grounds, to watch the playing of the fountains, a psrt-of the progfafiTwhlch had been" planned as a Aignifled-Btate-iTroces* sional "of all the plenipotentiaries. Germany and the Allied and asso ciated powers signed the peace terms here today id the same Imperial hall where the Germans humbled the French as ignominously forty-eight years ago. This formally ended ths world war which lasted just thirty- seven days less than five years. To day, the day of peace, is the fifth an niversary of the murder of the Arch duke Francis Ferdinand at Saverejo. The signing began when Dr. Herr mann Mueller and Johannes Bell, the German signatories, affixed their names. Herr Mueller signed at 3:12 o’clock and Herr Bell at 3:13 o’clock. President Wilson, first of the Allied delegates, signed a minute later. At 3:45 o’clock the momentous session was concluded. All the diplomats and members of their parties wore con ventional civilian clothes. There was a marked lack of gold lace and pa geantry. They wore none of the fan ciful uniforms of the middle ages, whose traditions and practi<^s are so sternly condemned in the great, seal- covered document signed today. SOUTH CAROLINA SOCIETY FORMED Sons and Daughters of Palmetto State Organise Society at .CapitaL Three Hunidred Members. Wasington, June 26.—The South Carolina society of Washington was organized here Tuesday night at Ward- man Park hotel at which time some thing like three hundred men and women, of the Palmetto State, feeling the necessity for.a closer social union, formed the society. For several months alumni of Win- throp College have been at work on this matter, ascertaining Just what South Carolina are here, and generally canvassing the situation. Of this col lege itself there are a number of wo men in Washington and quietly but effectively they worked and announc ed a few days ago that the first pub lic meeting of the society at which time it would be formally organized woul«r be held Tuesday evening. Wardman Park hote’ is a favorite gathering place for Washington so ciety and when the time came for the Washington residents of the Palmetto State to assemble, there were some thing like two or three hundred on hand. Welcomed by Winthrop aumni and other ladles who formerly lived in South Carolina? there was at once a spirit of friendliness and good feeling which- spread over the guests. An hour was spent in informally getting together at which time the banquet hall doors were opened and a magnifi cent spread* was to be enjoyed. An other hour was spent this way when Senator E. D. Smith, toastmaster, an nounced that the next business would be regular organization. He was made president of the society, Senator Dial was made first vice-president, and on motion of P. H. McGowan, the- seven members of the house from South Carolina were made additional vice- BUV4DE NO AMIfEOKiS — for Stockholders t m ■ July first means di id?a<f day and iU coming ia always looked up on with a smile-by the stockhold ers of the various corporations of the community-. The hanks and cotton mills have enjoyed n success ful half year according to officials and all of the enterprises are in fine condition. The Commercial Bank dec la reef its regular scmi-annuyl 5 per cent dividend on $35,000. The First National Bank, 5 per cent semi-annual on $50,000 capi tal. Banna Manufacturing Comjxtny, of Ooldvillc. 3 and 3 1-2 per cent semi-annual on $248,300.- Clinton Cotton Mills, its regular semi-annual 4 pernsent, and an ad- ditH^iul 4 per cent on $350,000. Lydia Cotton Mills, 4 per cent semi-annual on $160,000 capital. CO I NO TO GREENWOOD. Rev. M. G. Woodworth and fam-® - ily leave this week for Greenwood where Mr. Woodworth will supply the First Presbyterian church dur ing the summer, the pastor. Dr. J. B. Green, having been granted a leave of absence by his congrega tion for the summer months. that when his former students (his old girls) wired him to do anything he should do it and do it. now. So he - s here, he said, to give his solid endorsement and support to the or- a secretary, a treasurer, and various officials were then elected and the so ciety was on its feet. Addresses were made by Senator Smith, Senator Dial, Congressman Stevenson, B. H. Rawl, connected with the United States department of Agriculture, Dr. David B. Johnson of Winthrop and Dr. Win. Riggs, presi-< dent of Clemson College. Dr. Johnson said that sometime ago he had been invited by the Winthrop girls to be here on this occasion and that while he wanted to do sd feared that it would be impossible to come because of the fact that b« is In the midst of hia summer school. How ever, a telegram sent Dr. Johnson & dqy or two ago from some of his "old girls” left hint no option in'the, mat ter, he said. He knew,, he declared, ganization of the Sion th Carolina so- presidents. Other officers, including clet ' V of ^ ashln 8ton. Dr. Johnson made a splendid ad dress, full of timely suggestions on topics of the day, and gave his hear ers a rare treat. Dr. Riggs, just returned from France, told briefly of education work abroad, in which he had been engag ed for some time and opened the eyes of his audience to many features in connection with educational recon- ^ struction which were not known be fore. Dr. Riggs is an interesting speak er at ^ll times but never more so than on this occasion. To Miss Willoughby, Miss Clark, and the other good women whO'-were foremost in this work, will doubtless go the good wishes of hundreds of patriotic South Carolinians who wish .leir society in the- national capitgl a life of continued prosperity-. \ \