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Public Is Urged to
rate With Murcluuits By
Shopping Early.
dtefd forty
f tho^idr '
the ( tns
during
week,
prffee war
in the. bl<
. “Do your Christmas Shofypiog
Early” Ls a more imperative com
mand than ever, now that shorter
hours for shopping have become
effective.
.Duly. fourt&en..ilays
which to attend to the thousand
and one preparations that must be
made for Christmas. Into these
days must be packed not only the
selection and purchase of gifts but
all the many other things that
thoughtful Christmas shopping en
tails—ribbons, tissue paper, seals
and cards of greeting and the do
ing up of parcels.
Self interest as well as every oth-
efr reason for early shopping sug
geets that it is well to be up bright
and early these crisp December
mornings and early fn the shops so
that all the buying may be done be
fore many more - days pass.
Christmas will soon be here, and
if it is to be truly a “Merry Christ
mas”, in the good old-fashioned
phrase, there must be no laggards
in the holiday march to the shops,
to overtax the workers and to spoil
the Christmas spirit of loving kind
ness -to Cve^yonp Those who have
aireaefr fin^hea their Christmas
shopping, if there be any such
folks, may enjoy the consciousness
of helping to spread the Christinas
gospel. Those who have not begun
huri*y to retrieve their*failure
wish to share fully in the
job of Chistmastide. ^
^ “What to give and where to
/ shdp”—let today’s Chronicle solve
the problem. In the advertising
columns you will have no trouble
finding the proper gifts for father,
mother, brother, sister, or friend,
as well as for the little tots who are
expecting a big Christmas with lots
of 9*nta Claus and they must not
be disappointed.
We bespeak your careful consid-
REACHED IN
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Exchange
fitter, ■
New T««rk, Dec. 6.—Tbe only pre-
leytl was realized by
December contracts In
1 cotton ^
r »
liefaed the
ir a futuhi
the New Terk Cottod
Exchange a^H advance of
om the
low level o< November Itth. It wae
due to urgent covering by trade and
speculative shorts who evidently saw
little prospect for sufficient deliveries
Of spot cotton to materially weaken
the sitnatfem, bat a few December
notices appeared later in the week,
though the. demand
* 'Been pretty well
supplied on the advance. At any
rate, the appearance of the 40 cents
lever proved a signal for more or less
general realizing and the market
Since then had been nervous and un
settled owing to the uncertainty of
the Mexican situation fears of a coal
shortage, a tendency to increase esti
mates of the crop, and the weakness
<MT foreign exchange rates. Trading
in December has been comparatively
quiet since the big advance but there
has been quite an active business in
later deliveries with today’s prices
showing reactions of over a cent a
pound iroih the best on March and
later iMiveries. Private crop re
ports iSwed this week have suggest
ed that the yield was turning out
better than expected in some sections
of the south. A prominent southern
authorltr Wstimates^mnning prior to
December 1 at 1 8,99W99 bales and
the lint yield at 11,120,000. This was
the highest estimate published up to
the close of business tonight but one
er two other authorities have revised
their crop figures upward and a can
vass of New York cotton exchange
members today showed an average ex
pectation of lO.TOO.OOO 1 bales, excluding
linters. Reports from the goods trade
have indicated continued firmness with
demand stimulated by apprehension
that the coal shortage may restrict
mill production while manufacturers
have been slow to accept fresh orders
and offerings from second hands have
been little in evidence.
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M * meeting of the Commercial Club held Tuesday night,, a resolution
jraa unanimously adopted endorsing the proposed Million iftlla* Educational
^ ‘‘ ipaign for the Presbyterian schools of the Bynod, and calling upon the
of Clinton to liberally support the campaign. The resolution as off-
CHAOS REIGNS IN
TURKISH CAPITAL
Constantinople is .Credited with Being
Worst Governed City in the World.
Wild and Living
A.
eration of the many attractive
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Christmas advertisements
day’s paper.
in to-
aRch anarchists
AWAIT DEPARTURE
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Alexander Berkman and Emma Gold-
man«Held for Deportation at Dills
Island.
New York, Dec. 5.—Alexander Berk-
main and Emma Goldman, America's
<tWo most notorious anarchists, spent
tonight at Ellis 'Island. They were
surrendered to the immigration au
thorities at noon upon demand of the
department of labor to await deporta
tion to Russia after preaching their
doctrines in the United States for
thirty years.
While they were on the way to the
Island, accompanied on the govem-
rtveat ferry boat by |i few of their
most devoted followers, their counsel,
Harry Weinberger, was appearing be
fore Federal Judge Meyer with a peti
tion for writs of habeas corpus in a
last effort to nullify the deportation
decree. The writs were granted and
are returnable Monday. Weinberger
said he would insist that his clients
be produced In court before Judge
Mayer, who sentenced them to two-
yeer terms for obstructing the draft
law.
There was no way of determining
tonight whether the legal proceedings
would delay the departure of Berk-
man and Miss Goldman for Russia.
The government has not announced
when It expected to have a ship avail
able to carry them away and Wein
berger declined to state whether he
would take their cases to the United
States supreme court if the lower
courts decided against them. It was
pointed out, however, that the $30,000
in liberty bonds used as bail for them
weald be available to carry on a legal
battle If it is considered worth while.
The habeas corpus 'petition was
baaml upon the contention that Miss
Goldman is an American citizen by
marriage; that the constitutional right
of free speech has brought within the
pale of the law any radical utterances
they may have made and that depor
tation to Soviet Russia would be il
legal, because the United States has
not recognised the Bolshevik!.
Meanwhile Berkman and Miss Gold
man Will be held at Ellis Island with
82 other radlealf awaiting deporta
tion. After Ihty. were surrendered
today, MliiJlfr and inspected by doc-
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Lawbreakers Run
Cost High.
Constantinople, Dec. 2.—Constan
tinople is credited here with being the
worst governed city in the world, as
well as that in which the cost of liv
ing is the highest. It presents a spec
tacle of chaos. Everybody is robbing
everybody else. Black handers among
the shipping agents and the long
shoremen are responsible for the fact
that it costs more to get freight from
a ship to shore than to transport it
•om New York to Constantinople. All
available dock space has been taken
up by the entente powers and Ameri
can* and citizens of other countrits,
who are shut out, are paying $35 a
ton to get goods from a ship through
the customs. Every species of Levan
tine thievery has been turned loose.
A modest hotel room costs from $3 to
$8 a day. with food in proportion, al
though the markets are full of pro
duce.
Food prices have increased 1,200
per cent over those prevailing before
the war, while house rent has incras-
ed fifteen fold. The city nightly is
full of fighting soldiers and sailors of
all nationalities, shooting off firearms.
The gambling houses are in full swing
for all classes, with the merchants,
when losers, making up their losses
by raising prices, although the ware
houses are overstocked.
The streets swarm with pickpock
ets, with the Turkish police claim
ing to be helpless because of the in
ter-allied control. The Turkish gov
ernment claims it is helpless to con
duct the affairs for the same reason—
that it has too many bosses
The Turkish officials say that they
are afraid of the ultimate attitude of
Groat Britain although recent speech
es in the British House of Commons
have reawakened Hheiir ‘hopes that
Turkey will not be paititioned. Mean
while, capitalists of all nations are go
ing ahead buying up private conces
sions for exploitation when peace is
signed. However, the Turkish govern
ment has forbidden the sale of new
concessions since July.
ered by the directors and adopted by the club follows: £
''Realizing the great and lasting benefits that would lie derived
by the Town of Clinton in the success of the campaign in
South Carolina, be it resolved by the directors of the Commer-
- cial club that we most heartily recommend that the town of
Clinton take as its share of this campaign a sum not less than
- ~ ~ f&fr0OG.<lO:-anrt-*hat etreb -action oa-the-part-ef your-direotora— —
be approved, adopted and supported by the Commercial Club
as a whole. As the success of this campaign is of vital im
portance to the town of Clinton, we recommend that the cam
paign be put on and completed at once and we uggest as the
best time for making such campaign in the town of Clinton,
will lie next week, the week ending Dec. 20th.
We further suggest that a Citizens Mass Meeting be called to
meet in the room of the Club on Friday evening December
12th at 7:30 p. m.”
Of the proposed million dollars to be raised, the college is to receive
$500,000 and the orphanage $125,000.
It was decided to hold a Citizens Mass Meeting in the interest of the
campaign on Friday night in the club hall, to which the public is cordially
invited. At this meeting the purpose of the campaign will be outlined and
definite plans mapped out for waging the big drive next week. It is hoped
that every man and woman in Clinton will show their interest in the college
and orphanage by attending this meeting.' Your interest and presence is
needed. Please bear in mind the date and hour, Friday night at 7:30 p. m.
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One of the most interesting An
nouncements of the year is that
ot the remstatem|nf of the K. of
P year-end banquet. This affair
in years past has been the social
event of the holiday season and an
enjoyable occasion to be remember
ed. For the past three years the
lodge has foregone the pleasure on
TE^R-QNp BANQUET
account of war condiiions.
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This year it will w reinstituted
in full form. It will lie held on the
last night,.oh the year as usual.
-The-pcoasioh willhe still further
BOTH VESTIBULES
ARE DISCONTINUED
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tors, Berkman was put in a room with
seven ringleaders of the recent hun
ger apd silence strike against depor
tation hearings, while Miss Goldman
was sent to the quarters of two girl
anarchists who had participated in the
hunger strike.
Fearing immediate deportation of
the two anarchists, half a dozen wo
men radicals accompanied them on
the ferry trip to Ellis Island and kiss
ed them both farewell as the boat was
passing the Statue of Liberty and
again when they reached the island.
Berkman was fully equipped with
new clothing for Russia. He carried
three grips.
“Love and comradeship to all lib
eral and revolutionary people. We ex
pect to be called hack to Soviet Rus-
sia.”
Both she and Berkman predicted a
revolution in this country within five
years. \ ' ' i
Substantial reduction in passen
ger train service on all the prin
cipal roads was announced for
Tuesday morning. This action is
due to the coal shortage and un
less conditions improve immediate
ly, there will be further withdraw-
als as well as local trains.
By this curtailment announce
ment, Clinton for the first time in
many years is without her North
and South bound vestibules. The
following communication from Mr.
W. H. Shands, local agent, explains
itself:
Publisher Chronicle, City.
Dear Sir:—For information of
the public, on account coal short
age, effective Tuesday morning,
Dec. 9lh. trains Nos. 5 and-6 will
he discontinued. No other changes
in trains except Nos. 11 and 12
which will arrive in Clinton some
later. I will advise time'of arrival
at Clinton when I receive time
table.
Yours truly,
W. 11. SHANDS, Agent.
MAISONIC OFFICERS.
At the regular monthly meeting
of Campbell Lodge No. 444, A. F.
M., held last Friday night, officers
for the ensuing year were elected.
The result of the election follows:
M. B. Hipp, W. M.
B. B. Mills, S. W.
W\ P. Jacobs, J. W.
J. K. Hatton, Treas.
V. P. Adair, Secty.
J. M. DeYoung, S. D.
E. R. Knox, J. D.
J. A. Coleman, S. S.
D. H. Hays, J. S.
R. P. Adair, Tyler.
dignified by the presence of ‘ the
grand officers: Grand Chancellor
Col. O. J. Bond of Charleston,
Grand Prelate Col. Henry Tillman
of Greenwood, and Grand Keeper
of Records and Seals, Bro. C. D.
Brown of Abbeville. A' program
of toasts and music is being pre
pared. The committee in charge of
the affair as appointed by the lodge
is composed of !)r. S. C. Hays, W.
P. Jacobs, W. H. Simpson Sind
John T. iToung.
This social event in past years
has meant much to the lodge and is
always looked forward to with a
great deal of pleasure.
ITALIAN STRIKERS
CAUSE WILD RIOTS
m SHEET PMK
Bond Issue Is BtsUy Csr*
riod-Aldonnen Named 1st 1
Two Words.
The election .Tuesday on the ques
tion of voting vne Hundred Thons-.
and .Dollars for street improvement
aroused very little |nte(NSt, less
than one hundred votes being cast
The result of the election was 82
Tn Tavbr of fKe"bdhd fp
NOW AT THE BANK.
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CLAUSE URGED TO.
^ PREVENT STRIKE
Senator Declares Anti-Strike Clause
in Railroad Bill Should be Adopted.
Washington, Dec. S.—Anti-strike
provisions of the Cummings railroad
bill afford “the time and opportunity’’
to make the Unal test of the issue be
tween the government and organiza-
ed labor,” Senator Myers, Democrat,
Montana, declared today in the senate,
Labor seeks power and advantage, ap
parently with no thought of the com
mon welfare, lie declared, and the coal
miners ‘‘openly defied an injunction
issued from a high federal court.”
Affirming his belief that Samuel
Gompers, president ol the American
Federation of Labor, was unable to
stem the tide of radicalism in the
ranks of American labor, the senator
charged the labor leaders bad joined
steel strike.
A national railroad strike that con
tinued two weeks would cause the
death of five to ten million persons.
Senator Myers said, supporting the
anti-strike clause of the Cummins bill.
When the roads were losing a million
dollars a day, he added, he railroad
brotherhoods took advantage of the
situation to demand increased pay and
support of the Plumb plan of railroad
ownership which he denounced as a
“form of sovietism.” Mr. Gompers,
speaking before a senate committee,
had asserted that if anti-slrikc provis
ions of the railroad bill were enacted,
workers would not obey them the sen
ator said and added:
“I favor taking up that challenge.
If the federal government cannot
triumph in this battle against the in
ner government, constitional rule in
this country is dead.
"The United Mine Workers of Amer
ica are in opan rebellion against con
stituted authority. They have tram
pled under foot a decree issued by a
high court, if the government settles
the coal strike by placing any further
costs upon tne people, it will make
a mistake that will return to plague
it for many years to come.
*T believe that the^people of the
Mr. I). <\ Heustess, tho new cash
ier of the First National Bank, has
taken up his position during the
past week and is now handling the
cash over at I ncle Sam’s bank. The
former cashier. Mr. Geo. W. Cope
land, is stiii on the job getting his
successor thoroughly accustomed
to his new financial atmosphere,
and after the first of the year will
take up his new position with E. W.
Ferguson, who has the reputation
of being one of the most successful
and wide-awake Ford dealers in
the State, as well as a dandy good
fellow.
TO CHANGE POSITION.
Mr. Rutledge Adair, yard clerk
at the local C. N. & L. office, has re
signed his position and after the
first of the year will he with E. V( r .
Ferguson, the Ford man. succeed
ing his brother, Duckett Adair,
who has accepted a position with
the Barrow Motor & Truck 'Com
pany of Columbia.
Eight Killed and S2 Wounded in Se
rious Disorders In City of Mantua.
Troops Finally EstaMfsh Order.
Rome, Dec. 6.—Eight persons are
dead and forty-two others are known
to have been wounded os a result of
the wild rioting on Wednesday and
Thursday at Mantua, where mobs ter
rorized the city.
The rioters attacked the small gar
rison, cut telegraph and telephone
communications, stopped railway traf
fic, raided arms shops, burnt prisons,
freed all sorts of criminals, and held
the police and soldiers at bay until
fresh troops and carabineers arrived
with machine guns and occupied the
city militarily. The troops finally es
tablished order Thursday night.
The Rome newspapers tonight print
full details of the situation at Man
tua. The Giornale DTtalia says the
Mantua chamber of labor authorized
a strike without excesses. The disor
ders were begun by 500 strikers, who
speedily were joined by the lawless
element under the direction of ex
tremists.
Tb i crowds stormed the military
barracks and fired on the garrison
The soldiers discouraged the attack by
firing into the air. At the suggestion
of some of the extremist leaders the
mob moved on to the railway station,
and seized the restaurant, where they
feasted and drunk wijje,. Those of
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against.
In the aldermauic races, Dr.
Jack H. Young and Mr. Pet B.
Adair were elected from wards four
and one respectively, neither of the
candidates having any opposition.
They fill the two places in council
made vacant by the death of Mr.
Jas. W. Leaman, and the moving
from the city, of,1^. 8. J. Kilgore.
The announcement that the bond
issue has been carried will be re
ceived with cordial interest. The
bonds are to be applied exclusively
fer the 'building, erecting, estab
lishing and maintenance of streets
in the Town of Clinton and are to
"bear interest not to exceed five
per cent per annum and payable
annually from 1926 to 1950 inclu
sive. r
It is hoped by the city author!-,
t?*« that the bonds can be sold im
mediately and the proposed street
improvement will begin in the near
future.
the rioters unable?to enter the res
taurant were incensed when the men
inside inuircd wine ti|H;n the floor of
the restaurant until it flowed into the
street.
The rails were town up to prevent
trains from entering or leaving the
station and the building itself was
badly wrecked. At the suggestion,
“let us burn the jail" and free the
prisoners,” the mob moved to the
prisons, overcame the guards and or
dered the astonished prisoners out,
telling them a revolution had come
and they were free.
The men released were all being
held for common crimes. Those un
able to obtain civilian clothes turned
their striped uniforms inside out so
as to be less conspicuous. They were
given arms seized from soldiers or
taken from the looted arms shops.
The proprietor of one of the arms
shops raided by the mob took refuge
in a room behind the shop and was
burned to death in the fire the mob
set after taking all Ihe revolvers,
rifles and ammunition In the store.
:k.
popularly
CHIEF MiASON
‘ Mr. D. W. Mason
known as “Chief,” has been con 1
fined to his home for the past week
oi; account ot sickness, having suf
fered a slight attack of paralysis a
few days ago. He was able to be
down town yesterday and his
friends are glad to know that he
will be able to take up his duties
again in a few days.
JENKINS EXPLAINS
HIS SIDE OF THE CASE
Hurricane School Honor Roll.
American Consul Declares He Refus
es t6 Give Bail to Compromise His
Case.
Nashville, Tcnn., Dec,. 3.—‘T am
now in prison, because I will not ev
en compromise with them under, any
circumstances.” W. O. Jenkins, the
American consular agent at Puebla,
Mex., declares in a letter received by
John E. Edgerton, of I-iebanon. Tenn.,
todaj', who was captain of the Vander
bilt football team when Jenkins play
ed tackle.
Writing in the Puebla prison, Jen
kins said:
“I regret very much the great no
toriety that has been given to my bit
of hard luck, in being carried away
TO PREACH SUNDAY.
• Rev. J. F. Ligon, Pastor of Pres
byterian Church at Hendersonville,
N. C. will preach in the ’Comimfreial
Club room to the William Plumer
Jacobs Memorial congregation next
Sunday. Deceml)er 14th. Evervl*ody
is invited, and will be cordially wel
comed.. Mr. Ligon is a hrfdher of
Prof. Ligon, formerly of the Presby-
terirn College of South Carolina, and
of Mr. G. II. Ligon, well knowu to
many people in Clinton: He is the
son of Rev. R. ('. Ligon, who for
tnany years was pastor at Iva, S. C.
in South Carolina Presbytery. Mr.
J- F. Ligon has made a most com
mendable record at Hendersonville,
N. C. where his work has been quiet
a succss. He formely preached at
Woodruff, S. C.
Rev. .J. H. Clark of Forsyth Ga..
a former Clinton boy, who has .very
many friends in Clinton, will preach
for the Will iam Plumer Jacobs Mem
orial congregation on Snnday, Dec
ember 2<Sth. Services on l>oth dales
are at 11 A M.
YOUTH FOUND GUILTY.
First Grade- Wyolene Wiseman, by some bandits who live near here.
Lewis Horton, William Thomas, Char
lie Nabors, James Horton, Dorcas Na
bors, Mayfield Copeland.
Fourth Grade—Maggie Horton, Jud-
son Whitmire..
Fifth Grade—Thelma Nabors, Eliza
beth Copeland.
Eighth Grade—Mamie Sue Simpson.
but it has been unavoidable, although
it would have been forgotten if the
authorities had not tried to cover up
their criminal responsibility in allow-
country have.reached a point where
their backs are against the wall and
no choice remains except to fight the
issue to the end.”
ing this city to he unguarded, by
charging me with my own abduction.
So th^y have used every means possi
ble to get certain evidence to cover
up their absurd pretensions.
“I have never in {ill my life se^n
such a farce as they are carrying out
here, for I have been condemned with
out being allowed to present a single
witness in my behalf; though I had
Cothran Convicted of Murder of
Chauffeur.
Bellaire, Md., Dec. 5.—Clarence
Cothran of Florida, a 20 year old white
youth was found guilty here today of
murdering John T. Weldon, a negro
chauffeur who was driving Cothran
and his wife, 18 years old, from Phil
adelphia to Baltimore last July. RoE>-
bery was the motive of the crime. The
jury returned a verdfot of "murder In
the first degree without capital pun
ishment,” which carried with it life
imprisonment.
Weldon was killed near Charles
town, Md. July 7th, Mrs. Cothran tes
tifying that her husband shot him to
get possession of his valuable diamond
ring.
Cothran also was indicted in Mont
gomery county, Maryland, for the mur
der of Homer Jones, another negro
chauffeur, whose car he is alleged to
have stolen and is charged with kid
napping a nine year old girl in Balti
more and taking her to Florida.
Mrs. Cothran Is held as accessory in
these alleged crimes.
them ready, and even presented them
to the courts, but was told that they
were too busy to hear them. At the
present moment (Nov. 21) the sec
retary of the embassy of Mexico Cttv
i f s here taking this testimony, that it
may be presented to the state depart
ment inasmuch as the courts refuse
to accept it.
“I have plenty of testimonies to
offset any false evidence that they
can jKissibly produce, but, as I say.
Mexico justice is of a certain brand
at the present time, and it can’t be
changed.”
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