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VOLUME XXIV
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1924
NUMBER 47
HEAVY SALES
ARE RECORDED
Jadffe of Probate and Clerk of Court
Sold Approximately $60,000. of
Real Estate.
November sales day last week
showed renewed activity in the real
estate market and an increased de
mand for small farms in the county.
Sales aggregating $60,000 were made
by Judge of Probate O. G. Thompson
and Clerk of Court C. A. Power. The
transactions included foreclosure pro
ceedings and settlements of estates.
The Pitts plantation in Jacks town
ship, was divided and jjold in twelve
frac
wtmim
separate
The following is a record of all
sales made;
Judge of Probate
D. W. Mullinax, as administrator
of the estate of R. R. Milam, a house
and lot in Clinton, sold to Mrs. A.
Ross Blakely for $2,550.
Clerk of Court
Hattie Putnam et al., vs W. R.
Putnafn, et al., 28 and 84-100 acres in
Dials township, bid in by Mrs. Maude
. Adair and Mrs. Sue Armstrong for
$3,100.
M. L. Copeland vs G. W. Long, et
*al., 41 acres about two miles south of
Laurens, sold to M. L. Copeland for
$1,600.
C. B. Bobo, et al., vs Mock and Chil
dress, 14 acres In the Jersey section
of Laurens, sold to the plaintiffs for
$750.
Union Central Life Insurance Com-
pany vs D. J. Madden et al., 333
acres near Harris .Springs, bid in by
A. C. Todd, attorney, for $3,000.
farmers and Merchants Bank of
Woodruff vs R. M. Mills, 23 9-10
acres to the plaintiff for $250.
D~J. Madden vs Mrs. Addie Mad
den, 154 acres near Waterloo, sold to
Rex Lanford for $1,350.
B. B. Blakely et al., H. L. Blakely
et al., 221 acres three miles below
Laurens, bought by the plaintiffs by
the assumption of a mortgage and
paying $400.
Planters Fertilizer and Phosphate
Company vs J. H. Rasor, et al., 5-8
interest in 756 acres of the old Shaw
place, sold to th^Mjroi CrqgsHill
for $14^00. • ^ - ''
Bank of Waterloo vs James M. Mil
ler, 164 acres in Waterloo township,
sold to the plaintiff for $1,050.
Mrs. Sallie Ray Pitts vs R. F. Pitts
et al., in settlement of the estate of
P. M. Pitts, deceased:
Tract No. 1—228 1-2 acres to P. M.
ARMISTICE DAY
IS OBSERVED
GOLDEN RULE
DAY SUNDAY
—i ■ i , .•mm * *
Unknown Soldier and War President All Clinton Asked To Aid In Near
CIDER KILLS INCREASE IN
EIGHT ELKS COTTON SHOWN
Share Chief Honors in Capitol’s
Observance.
East Relief Work. Proclamation
By Mayor of City.
Washington, Nov. 11.—The tomb of
the Unknown Soldier in Arlington na
tional cemetery was the center of the t
capitol’s observance of Armistice day, |
with President Coolidge leading the
pilgrimage to the shrine.
Accompanied by Secretary Wilbur
and Acting Secretary Dwight Davis
of the war department as representa
tives of the two military branches of
the government, the president placed
w^wreaSh- on toifih, stood wfob -nw*
lie Ray Pitts for $8,662.50.
Tract No. 3—91 1-4 acres to Floyd
Pitts for $3,900.94.
Tract No. 4—130 acres to L. L.
Copeland for $812.50.
Tract No. 5—126 1-2 acres to Miss
Lou Bell Pitts for $1,739.38.
Tract No. 6—163 acres to J. M.
Copeland for $2,037.50.
Tract No. 7—201 1-2 acres to Clair
D. Pitts for $3,224.
Tract No. 8—159 acres to Mrs. Ida
Ray Rumph for $1,749.
Tract No. 9—157 34-100 acres to W.
R. Pitts, for $986.38.
Tract No. 10—342 acres to Josie
and Ray Pitts, for $3,847.50.
Lot in town of Clinton to W. R.
Pitts for $826.
Lot in town of Renno to I. B. Cope
land for $115.
Edwards Moves
Into New Home
J. V. Edwards, well known auto
mobile man of the city, has moved
into his handsome new home at the j bran ch, ’ symbo! of peace, hope and
covered head for a moment and then
turned 7 away. Mrs. Coolidge, before
the party left, laid upon the tomb a
single white rose, a tribute of the
motherhood of t}ie nation.
In making the pilgrimage Mr. Cool
idge followed a custom inaugurated
by President Harding.
Late in the day services for the
nation’s wartime president, Woodrow
Wilson, were held in the national
cathedral where his body is entombed.
In gathering about all that is mortal
of the late president citizens perpe
tuated a custom begun in his lifetime
of honoring him especially upon this
day.
Numerous patriotic exercises were
conducted by various organizations in
M^ashington during the day and even
ing, as in other cities, >while the day
also marked the opening of the an
nual roll call of the American Red
Cross.
Washington, Nov. 11.—Friends and
admirers of Woodrow Wilson gather
ed today around his tomb in Bethle
hem chapel of the national cathedral
to pay a brief but loving Arimistice
day tribute to America’s wartime, pre
sident.
The ceremonies, quiet and impres
sive, recalled by contrast those of a
year ago when the cheerrf of thous
ands greeted the former president as
he delivered a brief Armistice day
speech from his S street home.
The same committee of men and
women who arrangd the first pil-
'grimage to the wartime president’s
home were in'cKarJe'SF the eetemon
ies and many of those who stood with
reverent atitude in the chapel today
had been members of the annual pil
grim band that turned out to honor
their former chieftain on previous
Armistice days
Above the crypt in the chapel,
Pitts for $2,885. „ „ , .where the body of Mr. Wilson lies,
Tract No. 2—385 acres to Mrs. Sal
Barrel From Which Cider Was Taken One Hundred and Forty Thousand
Bales More. South Carolina Con
dition Forty-Nine Per Cent.
Contained Arsenate of Lead.
Others In Critical Condition.
were banks of floral offerings,. with
an American flag draped above the
flowers and just below it the flag of
George Washington ppst of the Amer
ican Legion, of which he was a mem
ber.
Bishop James E. Freeman of the
Episcopal diocese of Washington,
opened the ceremonies with an invoca^
tion and followed with the reading of
several passages from the Scriptures.
After the services the gathering
adjourned to the foot of the Peace
Cross in the cathedral grounds, where
Houston Thompson, chairman of the
federal trade commission, delivered
a eulogy ofl the late war chief.
“Once again we are assembled to do
honor to the unknown dead,” Mr.
Thompson said, “and on this occasion
we here join with him, his command-
er-in-chief, the most illustrious of all
that great army of mortals who made
Armistice day possible.”
Upon Mr. Wilson’s tomb, he said,
“we have laid, not the laurel wreath
of victory, though he deserved it of
all men, but rather the modest olive
corner of Thomwell and West Main I goodwill> for to him any settlement
streets, where he is now ready to
serv? his customers and the general
public., His new garage is attract
ively arranged and is well equipped
for the handling of all kinds of repair
work, with three mechanics employed
in this department. Mr. A. R. Blake
ly, of Laurens, is in •charge of the
parts and accessories department.
A ladies rest room is provided in
the building, and every effort will be
made to care for the comfort and
convenience of their customers.
Mr. Edwards came here four years
ago from Manning, and by his energy
and square dealing methods has made
a number of friends who wish him
every success in his new place of busi-
of war that was even tinged with a
sense of material or vindicative vic
tory was not a peace but a germ that
contained the seed of future war.
“In order that humanity, ard more
particularly his beloved America,” the
speaker concluded, “might catch the
full significance of the peace he
sought, when we were about to plunge
into war, he dared to declare to a
world aflame with passions that a
permanent settlement worthy of our
support could only be founded upon
a ‘Peace without victory.’ Such a set
tlement plainly excluded q peace with
revenge.” v,
Filtration Plant
Being Completed
Contractor Wagner is completing
the city filtration plant by the pon-
In the appointments of the Upper *truction of a white brick building
South Carofina Conference for the' °^ er the f,Iter - On its completion the
the Rev. J. W. Pryor chlor,natlon e<}U1 P ment Wl11 be insta11 '
ness.
Rev. J. W. Pryor Is
Returned Here
Last Sunday night Clinton made a
start on her Golden Rule Sunday'Din-
ner campaign.
Mr. Lex W. Klutz, state director of
the Near East, spoke at the First
Presbyterian church and was greeted
with a large congregation represent
ing the churches of the city. He told
in an impressive manner of his trav
els in Japan and the Near East and
pictured the suffering and greeds of
£he thoaeonds ef 11
throughout that country. He gave a
series of pictures and slides, and pre
sented his hearers first-hand informa
tion of the poverty and suffering that
is prevalent in the Near East. Mr.
Klutz expressed his intention of fea
turing Clinton and Columbia in the
present drive, and urged of this com
munity a whole-hearted, unanimous
entering into the observance of *the
“Golden Rule” dinner next Sunday.*
After Mr. Klutz’s address, a meet
ing of the Young People’s societies of
the city was held and the town was
divided into districts and each society
given a district to canvass. The young
people under the leadership of Mrs.
J. Hamp Stone as* local chairman,
hope to make Clinton 100 per cent.
The small communities in both
Newberry and Laurens counties are
to be worked. Whitmire has already
been canvassed with excellnt results,
over $500 in cash being contributed
following the union service held Sun
day morning in the Baptist church of
that place.
The canvassing of Clinton will
start this afternoon and everybody is
asked to assist those who are to do the
work. Mayor Jacobs has issued the'
following Proclamation calling upon
the people to unite in the observance
of “Golden Rule” Sunday:
To the People of Clinton
Whereas, mayors in various cities
and governors of states ar proclaim
ing a certain Sunday as Golden Rule
Day in aid of Near East Relief, and
whereas, the work of Near East Re
lief is close to the hearts of all who
are moved fcy human sympathy for
the distresses of the children of the
Near East, and whereas, tens of thou
sands of orphan children are depend
ent upon assistance secured through
Near East- Relief, therefore, I, J. F.
Jacobs, Mayor of Clinton, do hereby)
proclaim Sunday, November 16, 1924,
as Golden Rule Day, on which day by
personal sacrifice the people of Clin
ton are urged to make savings and
contributions to the cause of Near
East Relief, in order that the work of
the relief of the orphan children of
thj? Near East may be continued.
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May the God of the orj bans bless
those who in personal sacrifice en
deavor thus to care for His little ones.
Signed: J. F. JACOBS, Mayor
Lynchburg, Va., Nov. 11.—Eight
members of the Benevolent and Pro
tective Order of Elks, residents of the
Elks National Home at Bedford, about
25 miles from here, are dead today
and seventeen ^others are in a serious
condition from drinking sweet cider
late yesterday. The cider is said by
physicians, Charles Mosby, superin
tendent of the home, and county offi
cials, to have contained arsenate of
A. W. Brice Joins
Wholesale House
A. W. Brice, for several years past
connected with the graphic arts de
partment of Jacobs & Company, has
severed his relations with that con
cern and is now connected with the
Dixie Flour & Grain Company as
salesman and office assistant. Mr.
Brice is one of the city’s most popu
lar and energetic young men and his
friends wish him every possible suc
cess in his new connection with this
well known wholesale house.
said to be in a critical condition.
The cider was delivered to the home
yesterday afternoon in a barrel
thought to have been used at some
time to hold the arsenate of lead for
the spraying of fruit* trees. Superin
tendent Mosby and county officials
said they are satisfied there were no
criminal intentions in using the keg
and there seemed'to be no likelihood
of an inquest into the deaths of the
eight men.
The cider was made fast Friday es
pecially for the home by E. M. Rich
ardson, of Kelsoe’s Mills, Bedford
county, Superintendent Mosby stated.
It was delivered in the barrel and in
a demijohn and was. served at a lunch
eon yesterday afternoon. Superinten
dent Mosby said about twenty-five of
the aged Elks became -violently ill
soon afterward and that he called
in all physicians in Bedford and three
from Roanoke and two from Lynch
burg. All diagnosed the cases as
arsenic poisoning and Mr. Mosby said
an analysis made at Randolph-Macon
Academy showed that it was arsenate
of lead.
Investigation, the superintendent
added, showed that Mr. Richardson
purchased the barrel for the purpose
of using it for vinegar for his fam
ily but when he received the order
for the cider he used it to deliver the
beverage. Mr. Mosby declared Mr.
Richardson said he washed the bar
rel thoroughly before he put the cider
into it. Officials believe the poison
had saturated the wood.
Commonwealth Attorney Edward C.
Burks saiJ bis {Investigation showed
there was no criminal intent on the
part of Mr. Richardson but that he
would make a thorough inquiry into
how the poison got into the keg and
how it came into the possession of
the merchant, who said he bought it
from a resident of the section. The
commonwealth’s attorney said at
present there seemed to be no reason
for a coroner’s inquest.
thesttfp*?* ^Tfrfr -ffiirfftto-rifffgirii srgbtfoW meSgS
Washington, Nov. 8.—Unusually fa
vorable weather conditions during the
last two weeks of October resulted in
an iifcrease of 141,000 bales in this
year’s prospective cotton crop.
The department of agriculture fore
cast today a total production of 12,-
816,000 bales and the census bureau
reported 9,694,920 bales, or more than
three quarters of the crop had been
ginned prior to November 1.
Johnston Elected
City Engineer
At the last meeting of city coun
cil, Mr. J. Newton Johnston, of Co
lumbia, was elected city engineer suc
ceeding Mr. P. F. Patton, resigned.
Mr. Johnston is a municipal engineer
of extensive experience. He was for
years the city engineer at Wilming
ton, N. C., and later at Florence. He
has done paving and built sewer and
water systems in many places and
comes highly recommended for the
place to which he has been elected.
Mr. Johniston will begin work at
once on the sewer and water system
extensions planned and begun by the
last administration. His office is lo
cated in the Jacobs & Company build
ing, room 215.
SPOKE HERE SUNDAY
Rev. F. C. Beach, pastor of the
Edgefield Methodist church, preached
for the congregation of the First Bap
tist church of this city at the morn^
ing service Sunday. Mr. Beach was
in attendance at the Conference at
Laurens and supplied the pulpit here
upon the invitation of the pastor, the
Rev. Edward Long.
OYSTER SUPPER FRIDAY AT
HURRICANE SCHOOLHOUSE
An oyster and chicken supper will
be givn at the Hurricane school-
house on Friday evening at 7 o’clock.
A menu consisting of all sorts of
good things to eat for which the
Hurricane folks are famous, will be
served by the ladies of the school as
sociation. The public is cordially in
vited.
coming year,
was returned to the pastorate of the
Sloan Street church which he has
satisfactorily served for the past year.
The name of the station was changed
to Sloan Street and Lydia with Mr.
Pryor in charge of the work at both
places. Since coming here last year,
he has won the esteem of his con-
gregation and his friends are glad to
know that hia residence will continue
to be in Clinton.
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ed and the city’s new water supply
will then be put into service.
The last analysis from the state
board .of health shows the water to be
free from contamination and of good
quality. It contains only about one-
fourth as much solids as the deep
well water and will therefore be a
much softer water and better for use
in the bath as well as for general pur
poses.
THIS LITTLE DOLLAR GOES To MARKET
Every year every family of your acquaintance spends about 70 per
cent of its income just for living, exclusive of rent—so economic ex
perts tell us. Think what this means—seven dollars out of every ten
invested in food, clothing, household utilities and all the multitude of
things that keep a family comfortable and happy.
It’s a big job to spend so much money wisely and well. It requires
careful business methods to get the best possible returns from each
dollar that leaves the family purse,'
fhe clever woman goes for help to the advertisements of her home
paper. There she finds a directory of buying and selling. She learns
about the offerings of merchants and manufacturers. She compares
values. She weighs quality and price. She takes this opportunity
of judging and selecting almost everything she needs to feed, clothe,
amuse, instruct and generally bring up .her family:
Do you read the advertisement?? You will find them willing and
able to serve you in the daily business of purchase.
Advertisements in The Chronicle are Guardians of Your
Pocketbook—Read Them Carefully.
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
“The Paper Everybody Reads”
between July 1 and November 1 this
year was reported as 3.7 per cent by
the crop reporting board. The aver
age abandonment between July 25 and
December 1 in previous years has
b.een 3.1 per cent. v
The crop reporting board issued the
following summary of conditions:
“Weather conditions have been un
usually favorable to November 1 for
the opening and picking of the rem
nant of the cotton crop that was not
harvested by October 18, the date for
which the preceding cotton report was
made. Late bolls have matured in
most states. In Texas there are many
half grown bolls which are subject to
weather conditions and may make
some cotton if freezing weather holds
off.
“The light frosts which have oc
curred iri North Carolina did not in
jure the drop. Frost has killed the
cotton plants in the northern section
of Louisiana. In Texas, light to heavy
frosts visited all but the southern
portion of the state on the night of
October 23, and on several subsequent
days, doing considerable damage to
cotton in the low lands. In northwest
Texas the frosts were later than us
ual, but in the other sections of the
state about ten days earlier than us
ual. This cold spell has destroyed the
prospect of a material top crop.
Heavy frosts and slight freezes Fn
Tennessee in the latter part of Octo
ber did some damage to the crop in
the lowlands. Botls in southern Illi
nois were damaged by killing frosts
on October 21 and 22, or about ten
days too soon for the late bolls to
mature, and in New Mexico killing
frosts did not appear uqtil late Octo
ber, and did not prevent many late
bolls from maturing.
“Boll weevil damage ceased in North
Carolina by October 5. Much of the
injury to the bolls was due to the
rot that followed the puncturing. In
Louisiana there has been little dam
age from weevils and other insects,
but in Texas weevils and boll worms
are getting most of the late bolls.
“The estimated abandonment of
cotton acreage from July 1 to Novem
ber i is 3.7 per cent. This estimate
is preliminary but is based not only
on reports from county and township
crop reporters but on estimates by
the state agriculture statisticians.
“The average abandonment for the
ten years, 1914-1923, from June 25 to
December 1 was 3.1 per cent, so that
the percentage for this year from
July 1 to November 1, is six-tenths of
1 per cent above that average. It was
exceeded by the 5.3 per c4nt abandon
ment of 1904, 4.5 per cent of .1919,
and 4.1 per cent of 1923, apd is the
same as the percentage of abandon
ment of 1921. The percentage of ab
andonment for the other separate
years from 1900 to 1923 were below
this year’s estimate of 3.7 per cent.
The abandonment for this year was
also exceeded in 1909 when the aban
donment was 4.2 per cent."
The condition of the crop Novem
ber 1 and the forecast of production
by states follow:
Virginia: condition 49 per cent, and
forecast 33,000 bales; North Carolina,
49 and 770,000; South Carolina, 49
and 715,000; Georgia, 51 and 1.030,-
000; Florida, 66 and 27,000; Alabama.
61 and 980,000; Mississippi, 61 and
1,120,000; Louisiana, 52 and 450,000;
Texas, 54 and 4,450,000; Arkansas, 62
and 1,150,000; Tennessee, 59 and 365,-
000; Missouri, 56 and 190,000; Okla
homa, 66 and 1,300,000; California, 73
and 65,000; Arizona, 75 and 95,000;
New Mexico, 82 and 56,000. All other
states, 75 and 20,000.
About 62,000 bales additional to
California are being grown in Lower
California, old Mexico.
Ginnings prior to November 1, by
states, follow:
j Alabama, 815,593; Arizona, 52,958;
, Arkansas, 753,329; California, 33,309;
Florida, 17,348; Georgia, - 812,813;
Louisiana, 418,174; Mississippi, 887*-
I jDo; Missouri, 73,573; North Carolina,
1374,654; Oklahoma, 907,299; South
; Carolina, 526,735; Tennessee, 203,543;
i Texas, 3,784,328; Virginia, 6,127. All
other states, 27,532.
Total ginnigs include 259,535 round
bales, compared with 199,326 to No
vember 1 last year, and 1,852 bales of
Amerieap-Egyptian, compared with
11,651 last year.
The revised total of cotton ginned
this Treason to October 18 was an
nounced as 7,615,761 bales.
LOCAL!*AST0R
IS RETURNED
Rev. L. E. Wiggins to Serve Methodict
Church for Fifth Year Upon
Congregation’s Request.
The Rev. L .E. Wiggins, for the
past four years pastor of the North
Broad Street Methodist church of this
city, has been returned to this ap
pointment for another year by the
Upper South Carolina Conference in
session the past week in Laurens, and
presided over by Bishop Denny.
Mr. Wiggins came to the Clinton
pastorate four years ago from Green
St. church of Columbia* during which
TJftliW-lsritffrYWw
fully and conscientiously, and pAstor
and people are bound py the closest
ties of devotion. Due to an illness of
several months during the past year,
Mr. ‘ Wiggins has been somewhat
handicapped in his work and for this
reason the congregation united in a
request to the Conference that he be
returned to his present field in the
hope of regaining his health while
continuing his accustomed work. Not
only the Methodists, but all denomi
nations in the city are glad to know
that Mr. Wiggins..-is returned to Clin
ton.
Several changes took place in the
Greenville district o^ which Clinton is
a part. The Rov. P. *F. Kilgo, of Lau
rens, was made presiding elder of the
Anderson district; Rev. L.lP. McGee
of Central chuFch of Spartanburg,
was transferred to the Laurens pas
torate; Rev.* Henry Stokes, of Ches
ter, a former.Clinton pastor, was sfent
to the Buford Street church of Gaff
ney, and the Rev. W. A. Fairy, also
a former Clinton pastor, was return
ed to the, presiding elder’s place of
the Spartanburg district.
The appointments for this district
follow:
A. N. Brunson, presiding elder;
Clinton Broad Street, L. E. Wiggins;
Sloan Street and Lydia, J. W. Pryor,
supply; Easley, First Church, J. K.
Walker; North Easley, C. D. Goodwin;
South Easley, G. I. Ford; Fountain
Inn, W. H. Polk; Gray Court, J. E.
Mahaifey; Greenville, Bethel, J. L.
Jett; Brandon, R. H. Chambers; Bun
combe Street, C. E. Peele; Chonce
Street and Mills, A. H. Bouknight,
supply; Duncan, C. L. Harris; Hamp
ton Avenue, H. O. Chambers; Judson,
W. F,. Gault; Monaghan and Wood-
side, S. B. White; Poe and Union, J.
W. McElrath; St. Paul, C. C. Leon
ard; Sodthero Bleachery and Poinsett,
D .C. Gregory, supply; Greenville Cir
cuit, C. W. Watson; Greer Memorial,
J. H. Brown; Concord an(FAppalache,
H. B. Koon; Victor and Ebenenezer, J.
B. Chick; Laurens, First Church, L. P.
McGee; Laurens Circuit, A. E. Smith;
Liberty, E. W. Mason; Norris, D. P.
Hudson, supply; Pickens, Grace, T. C.
Cannon; Pickens Circuit, D. A. Jeff-
coat; Simpsonville, G. G. Harley;
1 Traveler’s Rest, C. R. White, supply;
secretary Epworth League, J. D. Grif
fin; Laurens, First Church, student
Emory University, C. F. Nesbitt, St
Paul.
Thornwell Team
Beats Union, 13-0
Orphanage Lads Uncork Punchy At
tack Near Close. Score Two
Touchdowns. , *
Union, Nov. 7.—The football eleven
from Thornwell Orphanage won a
victory over'Union high school Friday
13 to 0. The teams fought on nearly
-'even terms until the las? quarter when
both of Thornwell’s touchdowns came.
Near tl}e close of the third period
the visitors launched an offensive and
carried the ball to the five-yard line
when the whistle announced the end
of the quarter. The Union defense
was strong enough to hold its op
ponents and take the ball on the one-
yard line. Vaughn punted out of dan
ger and Union recovered a fumble.
The tables were immediately turned,
however, when-Union fumbled and
lost the ball.
, (| Thornwell relied on a pass offen
sive -this time to score the first touch
down, punlap taking the ball across.
Immediately after an exchange of
punts, Thornwell, in possession of the
ball again, began another drive, mix
ing passes and runs by Dunlap, which
ended when Trammell crossed Union’*
goal. The outstanding visiting play
er was Dunlap. For the home team
Vaughn played a ’great game.
Clinton Rotarians
Visit Greenwood
The membership of the Clinton Ro
tary club journeyed over?to Green
wood last Thursday evening to take
part in the inter-city Rotary meet in
which the Laurens, Clinton, Newberry
and Greenwood clubs participated. A
delightful program was provided for
the occasion with a number of promi
nent Rotarians present and on the
program. The Clinton members re
port a splendid meeting and announce
that next year’s similar meeting win
be held in this city.
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