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MjjjAl i ,**r TF 68TH YEAR. NO. 72. SEMI-WE . Tf in vrr i n nnva?r m inc. wAK-iime. ri BECAME OPERA: BEER SALOONS AND BREWERIES REMAIN ? IN FULL OPERATION New federal Agents Announce They nama?i Will Not Stop Sale of 2 3-4 Went Per Cent Beer. c",tl?r ineetir 7~~ associs AWAIT ACTION OF COURT P0r ct of the "Tt Attorney General Makes Ruling Mr. ^ ?4. T7?l 1L U nl-ii.. r>. I tllO at en i/iftvmii nuur run iv iu1- ... . J will bi versing Earlier Ruling of De- ed to partment of Justice. dicate over 6 The Washington, June 3.?Ar war- ing e time prohibition took effect Mon- cent, day the department of justice an- The nounced that its agents throughout fair t the country would not attempt to condit stop the Rale of two and three-quar- like / tors per cent beer. up th This eleventh hour development, a which flat reversal of an earlier ruling by ?' co the department, was due to the un- Th* certainty as to how the federal dis- Brami trict court o.* New York might rule K''?wi on a pending claim by brewers thatjfarm< beer containing that jmuch alcohol, colleg was not intoxicating. tlons Hut while this uncertainty existed *',e r as to beer of lffthter alcoholic perrentage than that sold generally Kaniz heretofore, full warning was given that with respect to whiskey and all "on beverages as to whose intoxicating i 8U^G powers there was no doubt, every i 8,1 UG| governmental agency would be set,1111111' to work in a determined effort to] . prevent their manufacture and sale.| Congress to Art. I ^ How lone the sale of two and | three-quarters per rent beer might. W' rontinue would depend ordinarily! F< upon the speed of the courts, huti congress meanwhile will step to the front In an effort to romplete the effectiveness of the war-tiine law. jU3t Exactly what they have refused( termi heretofore to do. prohibition mem-. 60 1 bers of the house now will attempt whirl ? passage of n straight, clearcut bill, stripe for enforcement of war-time prohi-j war i bition. I wear. When word spread that the attor- the ' ney general, by his ruling, had per- be en mltted beer saloons and breweries partn to remain in operation, members of impo: ) the Judiciary committee counted ing j noses to find a sufficient number Th ready to go to the front to demand color i separation of the enforcement mens- insigi ures so as to get through at once a Amer bill that would sjop the sale of all prodi heer containing more than one-half! porte of one. per cent alcohol. the c Held Up Till Monday. I a one Congressional leaders, It was sald,|n refused to abandon plans for a recess a,u' in order to put the bill through a?|'r,lpy an emergency measure, and the to ** whole question of prohibition will bo a,)OUl held up until Monday, at the earliest. *er c< There were Indications that a hard t'ero(' fight would be made in behalf of an' ua' ^ amendment to he offered by Reprc-, ^ sentative Igoe. Democrat, of Missouri, which would permit the Presl- B, dent to set aside the war-time act insofar as it relates to light wines and He II beers. ' ' | I While the attamey general's staff was wrestling with the questions of; intoxicating and non-Intoxicating Pa beer, me judiciary rommiuce s?rn to eu at the house its report in which the Germ hold assertion was made that any- porte thing over one-half of one per cent nled, alcohol was intoxicating within the made purview of the general law, and tbntiretur congress, and not the court, should Th fix the alcoholic percentage of all Muni leverages, sale of which Is restricted crossi by prohibition statutes. tomo Out while the milder brew of beer,' Potsd like some notable, was accorded tin-1 (T usuiil honor by the joyful throng, a man loAg. dry finger moved across the' Wlerl map at midnight and blotted out of Brltli existence a man's legal right to buy June or sell liquor. Rale of these tntox- by ai leant* again will be legal with de- Hagu mobilization of the army, date of which will be determined by tho( h| President, and until January 16, Becei 1920, at which time it will be pro-l ?d tl i j parso (Continued on Page Six.) three * Ifr f I IHMW ' IE LANC EKLY. LANCASTER tOHIBITlON BURLESON R( TIVE JULY 1 BY MAIL T 'EST MADE AGAINST Accuse Him of M? HE COTTON ESTIMATE ments and Croat ences Absolutely I'nt of American Cotton AssoHon Thinks K IV, < V?t Be. CONCERN RHINE luction Figure Too IjOW. Heavy Artillery Fii r Orleans, July 3t?J. S. Wan:er from Columbia, s. c., pros- master General as of the American Cotton asso- to Pneumatic Tub t, in a statement before the . . g~> iK here of the directors of the inR 111 Congress. Jtlon took exception to tho 8 >nt acreaRO reduction estimate WashinKton. July 3, i department of agriculture. glo to lhe pneumatic ti io department s report," said haa waged in congress fannamaker, "failed to show Ofnoe department for landonment, which we estimate an(j finaiiy resulted ir e fully 8 per cent. It also fail- postmaster genera Bhow several features which in- .i-. Kiuill ?fl IIIMIIIMIIIIK till the condition of the crop is not ijvories, is furnished >5 per cent normal. ' made public here nd< i association at a recent meet- BurlGSon. The post stimated reduction ut 2 0 per js in ,nore or jP8S trou His critics are many a > speaker declared it was un- great noWspapers to o take the high average crop prs RtrikinR telegrar Ions in small growing states 0ftn8 Jn collKress nn(1 trlsona and California to 'pull A Galllvan, Demoorn e low averages of those states Mvp from Massachllse really grow largo quantities Thp iatest heavy ai ^ou* the direction of Mr. 5 directors decided to send tele- flank attapk aftpr lhp , to the governors of cotton van oontroversy. ng states and presidents of 0aIIIvnn recently arot >rs' unions, state agricultural anrl obaerved that hi ;es and state bankers' associa- RurlG8on aH about (h) urging them to call meetings at ab]p an(, ,nroinpetent espectlve state capitals during px,ftn( Mr Galllvan in order to promote further or- fu?v expre88ed the 1 ation of the association. his party,wouid get ri e directors adopted a resolu- 8Qn endorsing Governor Pleasant s whereupon Mr. Pi istions that warehouses,bo con- ,p((pr (f) onp Rpprpf tod in all cotton growing com- ftnan of Tpxas tp? ^ Texnn that really no t IY ORDERS 60 MILES Pai?l to Mr. Galliya setts: that Mr. Galllv >F RIBBON FOR BADGES cause he owned stoc matic tubes, and so o He t'sed to Make Service Stripes said he deemed it a ,. .... ,, ... , . criticised by such a f ?r Men Who 1< ought Against sentntive Gallivan, w the (lernians. , , ., ... is a ' fighting Irishn ' ^ ishington, July 3.?Orders have , , .. ? .., In replv Mr. Galliv been placed by the army quar- , . ... . . close to using the i ister corps for 10a,000 yards? .. ... , ... ... , , word. He assailed miles?of silk ribbon, out of , ... .... . , , again, and the war x will bo made the service _ ... . . . , . . . . Ga Hi van said .he had >s that men who served in tho ... . . .. .. . , . , hit of stock in the tut against Germany are entitled to , , . ? . before he came to coi :aster Ne S. C., FRIDAY, JULY 4, 19i9. )ASTED SMALLER CROP IS UBE CO. OFFICIAL FORECAST LONDON FOI Lloyd <??M?rge Says I'or iking State Department of Agriculture Esti- .... Kinncror Will race ing Infer- mates It Will Be 10,986.000 .. H Kitting in Loin ' Untrue. Bales?Acreage Cut. London, July J.?The I) BY HIIV CROP POOR CONDITION ister. Mr. Lloyd George. the house of commons tl . an explanation of the red at Post- South Carolina is Estimated whJch hp tleHCrlbed a8 s New Angle to Have 2,706,000 Acres mentous document to wi te Row Wag- and the Condition of Crop ,sh ( n,pire ever, afn5?a Though showing the Is 78. long labors at Paris nni usual fire, the premi ... ? ? . , _ , _ _ ,, made impassioned utt ?Another an- Washington, July 3.?Cotton pro- ' . , . u- i . , loudly cheered. H ibe row. which duction this year was forecast at ....... ~ , .i . ??? ... i ment that the former G i and the post- 10,986,000 equivalent 500-pound , , ..... .... ror soon would be place several years, hales by the department of agricul , , ,, , . . ., fore a tribunal sitting li i a victory for ture, basing its estimate on the June , .. , . . , , . .v. cheered most of all, w 1 and his pro- 25 condition of tho growing crop ., . . . ... ^ , , sentation of the Angle } mail tube de- which was 70.0 per cent of a normal , , , , . *' nJ%. ... vention, providing for by a letter and an area of 33.960.000 acres un , . . ... .. . ? . Germany should attacl Iressed to Mr. dor cultivation on that date. , , i ... . ? ... ... provoked?a convention master general a cotton crop of about 1.000.000 ., .. , . . ...... . one between the Unite bio these days, bales smaller than last year s was , , . , , France?was greeted ind range from forecast for this year by the de- ... , a , r-> , . , , strained approval. Samuel Gomp- partment. of agriculture in estimating ? it, . . , - He told of the neacr ihnrs HPnnhli ?? *?At? * ?.. primuriion at iu,oi?o the Hon. Jas. 000 bales. efforts to prevent wars itic representa- acreage this year shows a cut of aml rev,ewe<1 ?ome of tl "8- 8.7 per cent from last year's, the 8,HRti('n8 P"f "P Ge rtlllery fired in decrease being 3.247.000 acres, the ,reaty RiRno'1 at Versal Burleson is a total being 33.060.000. The agita- fhR ?let? Burleson-Galll- tion for a reduction in acreage which ,hP all,ed anr1 a8SOC,at Representative tho department of agriculture says pla?? on ,rlal wn,,am ,e in the house occurred in every cotton growing ,hp fornier German em J regarded Mr. slate, tho scarcity and high price of man 'u>'(i chiefly respoi a most inexcus- labor and unfavorable planting war' ho (lpr,arR<1 tha< public servant weather caused the heavy decrease roi,rse ha(1 bpRn follow, rather prayer- T),e propaganda for reduction of wars "tbRre would ha\ tiopc that soon nereace affected principally the lar- wars " !t was ,bR ln,R id of Mr. Hurle- per growers, according to the de- ?" sample of German? partment, but of the smaller pro- oouraP? others from "< irleson wrote a p,ie,ors and tenant farmers main- tempting to repeat this tentative Hitch- fa,nod or even Increased their plant- Speaking of "ic felling his fellow ings thl8 year. Many other farmers of the treaty' Mr" L,oy ittejitlon should who had not grown cotton for years f'10 territory taken f n. of Massachu- panted it this season hoping to re- was a ma,ter of rostor an was sore he- co,vo thf. hlRh prlPes prevailing at a rR8,oratlon of Alsae. k In the pneu- planting time. said, taken forcibly fro n. Mr. Burleson Mwt sections report the crop late *h,oh ,,M P?P?'af|o? x tn honor to be and a 90arclty of ,abor no]) woo. tached; It was a r ellow as Repre- v?g ar? rPportod very active in a S(h,esvvl? Holsteln. t ho Incidentally ,i(rKO portion of tho belt. wh,<h hp described as tan" from Hub ,n a Matemont on <ho PO<(on ro. <>f liohenaollern frau. port, the department said: helpless country In the an came pretty ..Thp henvv PUt of 8 7 pPr pon, fn were not doing it and short and ugly. 1bo aroa devoted to cotton planting ,h? lan<1 aKalnst ,hR Mr. Burleson <his y<?ar has roul(<M, from the scar- pnpulaHon " waxed merrily. f|(y and high price of lahor. unfavor- v " sold his small ai,|o weather for planting and abnn- ?<EE\ EN I'EOI'EE >e company long donment of fields in many sections IN REAR-ENI) igrcss, ami that i)rrai,S(. nf inability to get the plant al knew it. worked out of the grass, coupled Kngine of Hear T v company itself with an agitation in every cotton Buck Through Ca id dressed to the state for reduction in acreage. kirk X ^ It backs up Mr. "The propaganda for reduction of r. Burloson of acrpaKe affected principally the lnr Dunkirk. N\ Y.. Ji ipii g ut f a gHr planters, but of tlie small pro- persons are known to 7, TV... U P||etors and farmers, who more than 40 were Inj m n t disposed of their 1018 crop ;it ond collision between t nd repjehensi- prjopa maintained or even in- fion Gf train No. 4 1 at creased their plantings. Many other known as "Westerner, the pneumatic farmers who had not planted cotton York Central railro lance cities has foi. yoars p|anted this year, hoping o'clock Tuesday mc m the start, and f() R,.t a hJj?h prjpe T Rtrefit has finally won ... .. ? _ . , . .. . .... .. In portions of Texas, Oklahoma tatalities occurred in the tubes, the , .. , , and along the northern border of senger car of the n onipany makes ., ... . . ? cotton production, wheat was plant- Westerner, when it; ? days when the ? . ..... ... . . ed last fall because of the govern- led hack through a w is either being . _ . . | ,,, ,, ment guarantee. In the Sea Island car. 1 in all sec- ., . ,, . sections of Georgia and Florida there Twenty persons. f is a heavy reduction in acreage injured, were taken lettei fiom Gil- planted to cotton because of boll Memorial hospital of tho Ameri- weevil ravages as is also the case in Train No. 41 left III ce company, of n,,, newly infested sections of Geor- o'clock. The "Wesi writes front j,|a nnd South Carolina, considerable short time later. Ha ' Ra>s- cotton already planted having been say that No. 4 1 devel >n. Postmaster plowed up and planted to other crops, heated journal and gton, I). ( . "There is a general complaint in here. A flagman was las just come to sonie sections of lateness, too much protect the rear of which jou ad- min, grassy fields and a scarcity "of claimed, but the "W of congress and ia|,or Hecause of the mild winter proaching at a speed fe to the press. of nn(j tljp Wet season to date miles an hour, did to make state- v nr(1 rpported as very active in speed perceptibly as erences regard- southern and eastern Texas. Arkan- 'he Dunkirk yards, eye id its business snLouisiana, Mississippi. Alabama, Tho identified dead r general, you pinrida, a large portion of Georgia ! ^ I'- Clifford, enf absolutely tin nn<1 ,,, southeastern South Carolina. "Westerner." who live North Carolina reports infestation Mrs Frederick II C; a congressman hy ,,pp Haj, ,npa, (|amapo in old. Toronto, Ont. i>ck in this coin-1 T,.xaq atuj Oklahoma. The weather Charles H. Peck, of 1 the question. |jn tlio northern part in the belt has Charles M TyldesH Is a matter of too cool for cotton. There is Ohio, i upon the floor j)U, |fft|o tap-root. Droughty condllid at one time Hons were complained of in portions BKKWF.ItS' Al'PhlCA if stock and had of South rarouna only." AN IN.II'N'CTIO le to congress. ^ho acreage and condition on ^an Francisco. July stion Is that in June 25, by states, follows: Judge William Sawte pt, hy misstate- Virginia, 38.000 acres and condl- application of the Ka ' half rruths far tlon 82. company, of San Fran< ments of facts. North Carolina. 1.454.000 and 83 Junction restraining lat a legitimate South Carolina. 2.706.000 and 78 States attorney frc in which sev- Georgia, 5.262.000 and 72. criminal proceedings ilders. at the re- Florida, 122.000 and 57. . company for manufa Ice department, Alabama. 2 990,000 and 67. May 1. <>r selling after ?? .?_ of 2.75 per cent or Page 6.) (Continued on Page Bight.) contents. i * " mm mm i?in ii mm i i iigwiiiwimatniHa?i 'inougli tlio authorization for , ? ... the postmaster gener victory badges, as they will lied, was issued by the war de- *?w comes the tub< lent on April 9. it was found w,th n letter ? laible to start the manufactur- P<>s,ninstfir general, irocess. Kiallivan. accuses M e difficulty lays in matching the gloating o\er the Ing and shades of the service IS.^d.OAO industry i nla decided on in France, but Mr Hurleson's state r lean mills Anally got out a ncoJnPrehenslble a: ict exactly similar to the 1m- l>,?d samples. The badge carries "Since the row o\ei olors of the allied countries on t,,ho deliveries In the i-ineh strip, and they blend from hpftn n s,orniy one fro p purple through shades of blue f,ln Mr Burleson yellow, and then back again. out 'n ?PPosltlon to will be available for delivery 'e,ter 'he tube c lose entitled to wear them in HP'ry reading in thes* t three weeks, the quartermas- postmaster general irps estimates. The quantity or- "(,Psapd or defender I will make 3.780,000 Individ- Mnns of ,he country ?ars. Here is the sharp ^ mer Tlapp, president MER CROWN PRINCE nac. Pneumatic Servi VCK AFTER RRIEF VISIT n?ston Mr riit^ Wilmington, Del., am let urns to IfoPand After a Fly- Hon A. S. Purlesi mr, ia a > mi a General. Washin ing \ islt to His l<amily at "Dear Sir: There h Potmlam. Qlir atfonflnn n dressed to a member ris, July 3.?Dispatches receiv- nf ?,an,0 time ga< Geneva, regarding the former fn which you saw At an crown prince, whose re- IT1enfs and create inf d escape Into Germany was de- inr, ,hfs r0mpany at state that tlie interned prince which. as postmaste a Aylng visit to Potsdam and should know to he ned to Holland. true, ese reports, from Constance and "Whether or not r h. said the former crown prince ,li(! or flif] nof nwn Bt( r><l the T)utch frontier in ?n an- panv is quite heyoni bile and visited tils family io particularly since it lam. i record that he stated he escape of the former Ger- nf congress that he i crown prince from the island of ? n - itiRon. reported through the sol(1 Jt before he cuir Intelligence office at Paris on ?Thp po|n( |n (JUO 26. was followed the next day (h|f, ]o(ter yQU aftpm 1 official announcement at The men(8 of fa(.(g ftn(, hj e that ho was atlll In Holland. worse than misstate there were other reports that fo mako ,f anpear u id left his place of Internment. onplnPftrinf? bllslnMB itly. however. It was announc- era, thou8and BtooUhf ?at his lease on the Wleringei quegt of the pogtoflf nage had been extended for , months.) (Continued on ;ws SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 A YI |dirigibleexpe I CRIME ends its tripl tiM'i' (acrnian Tribunal ,,nl,sh Airship to A jon. Roosevelt Field If W Is Favorable. s prime mindellvorod in ALL THINGS IN RE^ (lis afternoon peace treaty Llie ingst mo- Dirigible \\ ill Make iuh the Brit- Flight and Will 1 its seal." . 0. , ? effects of his to Slart With 1 lacking his Hours. er at times erances and lis announce- Minoola, N*. ^ July 3.erinan enipe- F"rederick W. Lucas, in ch d on trial be- Br,t,8h admiralty arrang t London was ,ho recpPtlon of the dir hile his pre- af,or i,s f,iKht across the / i-French con nounce(1 that, unless unus British aid if w'n,'s or storms were e t France uii- the dirigible would arrive i analogous to velt early Friday aftr d States and *<s'0 attempt would be m: with unre- f-? sal<'' un,'l about C o't evening, becaust too inuc ' conference's 'r,l's w?fld b?' wasted i in the future. ,an<,in^' during the hot. h te striking re- <lay' There is a bare poss: rmany in the PVPr- that with favorable Hies. giant craft will arrive Frlc ermination of an(' 'and immediately, ed powers to Everything is in readir Hohenzollern, dirigible's reception. Tv iperor, as Hie machanlcs. trained In the risible for (ho "Khter than air craft, am t if such a v,sj?nal army ballooon ci ed after other ,hro? officers and 100 e 'o boon fewer ea?h. have been brougli ntion to make Placed at the disposal of r so as to dis- ?bioers, who will direct wor again at- an<l mooring or the H-! s Infamy." pictures showing the dir rltorlal terms an'1 alighting front her d George said have ,,<>Pn sh?wn to these rom Germany struction purposes, at ion. Tt was The length of the dirig e-Lorraine. he this country will be dete m the land to conference between Maj. vas deeply at- her commander, and Am estoration of officials. The airship -wl he taking of. replenish lier fuel and i "fhe meanest[ return trip within six or Is. robbing a j after her arrival. The i pretense they, ment has requested that then retaining' fly over Philadelphia. 11: wishes of the Washington before start on her homeward journej que?f will l>e transmltti KILLED Scott, commander of the C OLLISION i arrIvaIMore than 8.000 cont 'rain Ituckles in? "early 1.500,000 c r at l>tii? hydrogen gas, have bee I* 'he field. The craft has 2.000.000 cubic feet, but iiv 3.?Eleven thftt b'ss than on?-th ? be dead and fTT Wl" b? take" ured in a rear- "K'? h"r hark to Sootl he second sec- h/',,sand gallons of id train No 7 ? Ra,Ion8' of hav " on the New br0,'*bt l? ,he fie,dad. at 2:20 More than a score of rniiiK at the w'" Illuminate the fb here. All the Kv(*r-v Precaution has b< the first pas- ?uard against accidents far train, the K'b'e while she is here. * engine buck- w'" bo allowed on the ooden express mon onPaged in handli: will be searched and tome seriously nia'ches to prevent acci? to the Brooks No "'rP,:?nes will be al over Roosevelt field wli iffalo at 12:01 p,hl? ,s 'here and at all :erner" left a non? buf "iphts of absol i I road officials wi" bo Permitted, loped an over- The officers in ch.irgc was delayed c'al navy wireless set i sent back to Roosevelt field to keep i No. 41. it is the dirigible as she nea esternei.'* ap- and to make arrangcnn of 4.1 to 50 landing, expect to get in not check its fomnmnication wit it rushed into If atmospheric conditior -witnesses say. able, the dirigible's wir are: be heard when she is 60 rineer of the the coast A wireless t in ti?iy0i^ | has also been installed irton. 3ft years neeted that messages changed over this instr Buffalo "l? craft is 100 miles av >y, of Dayton. To aid the crew of case they are forced to 1 * - or in a fop. an observa TION FOIl will he sent up over the V IS DKN'IF.D as a marker. The pilot .1.?Federil plied with rockets and r lie denied the ^ ilnler Brewing I'FIIM ISSI(>\ Foil I?11 Msco for an in- START TltWSATLAM the Ignited London, July 3.? Th< m beginning ministry has piven perml against the piant dirigible R-34 to icturinp after transatlantic flight to June 30, beer States if weather cond less alcoholic favorable, it was oflieia ed here. ^-nartr*- -gswdBfcbf ' '_r "x _ ^'Ssrs T I SAR OED ODAY ? arrive at eat her i UMNESS j ueiurn te Ready in a Few ?Liet.-Col. argo of tho omenta for iglble R-34 Ltlantio. anually heavy neountered, over Roosesrnoon. ade to land, lock in the h hydrogen n making a ours of the ibllity, how5 winds tho lay morning less for tho ro hundred handling of 1 seven proampanies of nlisted men it. here and the British the landing '4. Motion igible rising home field men for in% ihle's stay in irmined at a G. H. Scott, eriean naval 11 be able to start on her eight hours navy departthe dirigible Itimore and ing overseas and this rei>d to Major K-34 on his ainers, lioldtibie feet of n placed on a capacity of it is expected ird of this on here to and. Seven gasoline and e also been searchlights ?ld at night, sen taken to to the diriNo smoking field, and all ng tho craft deprived of lents by fire, lowed to fly ile tho dirlnearby fields ute necessity of the speereeted on n touch with rs the. coast ents for her direct wireh the craft, is are favore'ess should 0 miles from elephone set and it is exwill be exument when ray. (I.O T) *>4 111*7 IV-OI lit and at night ition balloon hold to serve will be sup ed flares. tlUlltl.H TO ric PMflHT i British air ission for the start on its the United llftonn were lly announe