Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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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 “srds&r m : *w. 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. 1 m* 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 ■nr; Christmas advertisements day’s paper. in to- aRch anarchists AWAIT DEPARTURE \ 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- * 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. x ■ . >pf • i * i • . i 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. 11 If; 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 I I 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. # 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 j* nrv 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.” 1 •v-V >■ 4;. j ts) '■**V*j *