The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, May 01, 1919, Image 10
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MUST SOT NEGLECT
MERCHANT MARINE
National Cotton Manufactarcra’ Asso
ciation Told of Opportunity now
knock ini: at Door.
New York, April 24.—America can
afford to charge up to wastage the
cost of her war born mercantile ma
rine hut she can not afford to neglect
the trade opportunities it offers, de-
Phiiadel-
phia in an address here today at the
annual convention of the National Cot
ton Manufacturers' Association.
Mr. Norris said it might be better
u
for private capital to barter govern
ment boat manned by naval reserve
crews than to buy the craft outright
This course, he said, would reduce de
mands on capital, facilitate enroll
ment of the necessary personnel and
avoid injury ,to the shipbuilding in
dustry by throwing so much tonnage
on tlje market. .
The merchant marine question also
was discussed by \Villiam Porter
White of Lowell, Mass., and J. D. Mas
sey of Columbus, Ga., while .“Labor
Conditions” was the topic selected by
Henry H. Kendall of Boston.
Harry F. Atwjyg^of Chicago, author
and attorney, another speaker assert
ed that if the people of the .United
States would,return to their constitu
tion “and follow it strictly they would
find in it an antidote for Bolshevism.”
“Every State in the Union instead
of using the constitution as a model Is
trying to see how far they can vary
from it,” he asserted.
"You business men want to strip
the federal government of every
board and commission. We had few
•he first hundred yoars- -and -ft ts-erntte
time we returned to these simpler
forms.”
been to danger, for the offloers kept
the incident to themselves, believing
that if it became known it might
cause needless alaijpi.
The six transports, carrying 22,793
troops, including li>,204 members of
the forty-second (Rail)bow) division.^
and 4,369 members of the seventy
seventh (Liberty) division, (New
York), arrived here today from
French porfs. This is one of the
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fTTTPST SlflglO d&y troop arrivals In
this port.
The transport Mount Vernon with
f).773* troops on board came up the
bay shortly after sun-rise this morn
ing and was followed an hour later
by the battleship North Carolina
carrying .1,593 more. The cruiser
Montana with 1,500 soldiers, the pas
senger liner La Touraine with 289
casuals, and the transport Prinz Fred-
rich Wilhelm with 1,660 all t arrived
by early afternoon.
Major General George W. Read re
turned on the Leviathan in command
of the troops of the 42nd division.
“Spirit of the Women
of France”* to Be
• Interpreted Here
Marie Rose Lauler, who will lecture
here at the Redpath Chautauqua, was
a French school girl in a Belgian con
vent when the war broke out. Cap
tured by the Germans, she escaped.
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LOANED TROOPSHIP
NEARLY HITS MINE
Giant Troopship Leviathan Misses
Mine Off New Foondland by Ondy
30 Feet.
New York, April 25.—The giant
troopship Leviathan. with 72,000
soldier passengers, last of six trans
ports to arrive here today bringing
22,972 men, missed a mine by only
30 feet while off the grand banks of
Newfoundland Tuesday morning, her
officers reported when she docked to
night.
Officers of the ship said the Levia
than had been warned to look out for
a floating mine the day before by the
transport Mount Vernon which had
preceded them. On receipt of the
radio warning the course of the Levia
than was ( hanged and she sailed near
ly one hundred miles to the south
ward of the location of the mine as
given by the other transport.
The floating infernal machine was
sighted dead ahead of the transport,
the officers said, at 10:30 a. m., by
Lieutenant Commander Harold Cun
ningham, who was on the bridge.
Quick thinking and quick action was
all that averted a collision. A desper
ate whirl of the wheel sent the great
steamship past the mine with a mar
gin of safety of ten yards.
None of the soldiers aboard knew
until they docked how close .they had
MARIE ROSE LAULER.
was recaptured and Anally was re
leased. She tells her story in a vivid,
authentic lecture which bears the ap
propriate title of “The Spirit of the
Women of France."
Colds Cause Grip and Influenza
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove the
cause. There is only one "Bromo Quinine." E.W.
GROVE'S signature on the box.' 30c.
“RETAIN your youthful energy and
girlish appearance”, is the wedding
day advice of thousands of Mothers.
As they look back over fhe years,
they realize that woman’s charms
soon fade and her health often gives
way when drudgery methods rule
her days. .
But in Hoosier homes, daughters
know the miles of needless steps and
hours of wasted time that this scien
tific kitchen helper saves. They
honor it for the service it has ren
dered the “little Mother” who has
been able to give more freely of her
time to a happy comradeship with
her children.
The bride from a Hoosier home will
have, a Hoosier. It will b&numbered
among thoughtful wedding gifts or
be first on her list of household
needs. Other brides should know
what the Hoosier means. And mil
lions of tired Mothers should also
learn how the Hoosier redutes kit
chen work and frees them from bur
densome labor.
This scientific labor-saver is within
reach of all. Its price is moderate.
Come and see the Hoosier. Come
today if you can. - Select your own
cabinet or the one for the bride-to-be.
S. M. 8 E. H. WILKES 8 CO.
Twice before Bohumir Kryl has made a tour with his band of the big Seven Day Redpath Chautauqua circuit. Both tours were so wonderfully successful that ever since there have been repeated requests for Mr. Kryl and hll
band again to go over the circuit. This year, for the third time, the Redpath Chautauqua announces the engagement of Mr. Kry! and his band. Inasmuch as ao many Chautauqua patrons know the high quality of music to be expected
from the Kryl band there Is np question but what Band Day will be one of the big days of Chautauqua week. The band which is to make this tour is composed of from 30 to 35 of Mr. Kryl’a best players.
Mr. Kryl and his band will appear afternoon and night of the fifth day -
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Laurens Chautauqua Week—May 13th to 20th