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CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY Srd. 1919
NUMBER 27
IW ATTEMPT ffll lit m
TO STOP SELLING Of
Eleventh Hour Ruling Due to Uncertainty of Federal
District Court in New York State-Department of
' Justice Expects Full Co-operation.
Wasington, June 30.—As -wairtlmu
prohibition took effect tonight the de
partment of justice announced that
its agents throughout the country
-would not attempt tomorrow to atop
the sale of twP and three-quarters per
cent beer.
This eleventh hour development, a
which would permit the president to
set aside the war-time act Insofar as
it relates to light wines and beers.
While the attorney general’s staff
was wrestling with the questions of
intoxicating and non-intoxicating beer
the judiciary committee sent to the
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MUST BE OBEYED
house its report in which the bold as
sertion .waa-’-raado that anything over him twthe Oeory? 'Washingtoar^TEefe
George Washington, with the Presi
dential Duty, Departed from Brett
at £:M P. M. Sunday.
Brest, Jane 29.—President Wilson,
the treaty with Germany signed, sailed
from Brest today on his return to the
United States. The U. S. 8. George
Washington, carrying the presiden
tial party, steamed from the harbor
at 2:20 o’clock this afternoon.
The departure of the President
from France caused little excitement
tance of fifty feet from where his
tance of fifty feet ofrm where his
special train stopped to where a mo
tor launch was waiting to convey
fiat reversal of au earlier jailing today
hy the department, was due,to thft.&ft.-.-ono-h&if ‘Cf ■one 'per "fras little cheerlng and appLause from
certainty as to how the federal dis
trict court of New York might rule on
a pending claim by brewers that beer
containing that much alcohol was not
intoxicating. But ’.uhile this uncer
tainty existed as to beer or lighter
alcoholic percentage i than that sold
generally heretofore, fill 1 warning was
given that with respect to whiskey
and all beverages as rp whose intoxi
cating powers there w4s no doubt, ev
ery governmental agmcy would be
set to work in a deternined effort to
prevent their manufacture and sale.
How long the sale of two and three-
quarters per cent beer might continue
would depend ordinarily upon the
speed of the courti, but congress
meanwhile will step to th« front in
an effort to complete the effectiveness
of the war-time law.
Exactly what they have refused
heretofore to do, prohibition members
Of the hous now will attempt—pass
age of a straight, clear-cut bill, for
enforcement of war-time' prohibition.
When word spreid tonight that the
attorney general, by his ruling, had
permitted beer salobns and breweries
to remain in operation, members of
the judiciary committee counted noses
to find a sufficient feumber ready to
go to the front to demand separation
of the enforcement treasure so as to
s a bill that would
intoxicating within Jhe purview of the
general law, and that congress, and
not the court, should fix the alcoholic
percentage of all beverages, sale of
whibh is restricted by prohibition
statutes.
But while the milder brew of beer,
like some notable was accorded un
usual honor by. the joyful throng, a
long, dry finger moved acrQes the map
tonight at midnight and blotted out
of existence a man's legal, right to buy
or sell liquor. Sale of these Intoxi
cants again will be legal with demob
ilisation of ihe army, .date of which
will be determined by the president,
and until January Id, 1920, at which
time it will be prohibition for many a
day by constitutional amendment
In every city where the saloons’
lights biased for perhaps the last
time, the merrymaking kept up until
the tolling of the midnight hour. The
finger then moved across the map
from east to west, and when the bells
sounded the closing warning at Bos
ton, the folk at San Francisco still
had three hours to drink.
Attorney General Palmer, In his
statement as to the policy of the de-
par tipent, called attention to the fact
that the authorities in every city and
get through at once
stop. t% sale of all whe^F opntadnij^I
more than one-half Ip ot>« per cent lusal not to p
alcohol. t
Congressional leaders, It was said,
refused to abandon plans for a recess
beginning probably tc^norrow in or
der to put the bill through as an emer
gency measure, and the whole question
of prohibition will be,held up until
next Monday, -at the earliest. There
were indications tonight that a hard
flghh woifld be made iq behalf of an
amendment to be offered by Repre
sentative Igoe, Democrat, of Missouri,
statw had been requesfed fo glve the
utmost cooperation in the matter of
enforcing all undisputed provisions of
JLlV*. .Thajampopary re
proceed against those sell
ing 23-4 per cent beer—although evi
dence against them will be obtained,
with a view to their prosecution in the
event the court decided against the
brewers—does not mean that persons
offering it for sale in territory hereto
fore dry will be exempt from arrest
and prosecution.
Saloons selling two and three-quar
ters per cent will take a gambler’s
chance and stay open at their own
risk, it was emphasized.
PLANS ARE MADE
TO LIFT BLOCKADE
Upon Ratification of 9toaty by Ger
man Assembly} Restrictions be Lift
ed. Not BfeWy Ifatihf tor Ratifies-,
tioa by AlUefc, '•‘-l
Washington, June 29.-^1|ie superior
bockade council has been instructed
to be prepared to raise the economic
blockade of Germany immediately up
on ratification by the German national
assembly of the peace treaty.
This announcement was ipade to
night In a dispatch to the state depart
ment from Paris, reading as follows:
“At a meeting Thursday. June 26th,
the council of the principal allied and
associated powers adopted following
resolutions in regard to the raising
of the blockade on Germany.
"The superior blockade council is
instructed to base its arrangements
for rescinding restrictions upon trade
with Germ’any on the assumption that
the allied and associated powers will
not wait to raise the blockade until
the completion of the ratification as
provided for at the end of the treaty
of peace with Germany but that it is
to be raised immediatey on the re
ceipt of the information that the
treaty of peace has been ratified by
Germany.’’
The action of the council, officials
here explained, means that upon rati
fication of the treaty by Germany all
restrictions upon trade with Germany
may be removed. Without requiring
individual ratification by the allied
and associated powers, all of the na
tions arrayed against Germany in the
war may have an equal start in the
race for German trade.
Raising of the blockade without
« ' awaiting individual ratification was
'■aid by officials to mean more to the
United States than any other natlo
because final approval of the trea
owing to governmental machine
probably will require longer In th
United States .than In the other coun
' tries.,
One result of the decision if car-^
ANDREW BETHEA IS
AWARDED VERDICT
Richland Avy Gives Him $8,000 in
Suit for $100,000 Against Record.
--"Columbia^ June 28.—Andrew J.
Bethea, former lieutenant governor
of South Carolina, was awarded a ver
dict of $8,000'in Richland county court
this afternoon in the libel suit against
The Columbia Record. The case w r as
given to the $ury at 3 o’clock and the
verdict was rendered at 6 o'clock..It
is understood that 10 of the jurors
stood for no damages with two for the
amount named, the former finally
yielding.
The case was concluded this after
noon upon completion of argument
by counsel. Attorneys were J, Frqser
Lyon, George Bell Timmerman and
D. W. Robinson for the plaintiff and
W, S. Belser and Irving Belser for the
defendant.
Mfc. Bethea sued The Record for
$100,000 as a result of three articles
which appeared in tlje newspaper
commenting on Bethea’s position in
ried out will be to give the senate un
limited time for consideration of the
treaty. In some quarters provision
in the treaty that commercial rela
tions with Germany might be resumed
when three of the powers ratified the
treaty was considered as likely to
force the senate to speedy ratification.
The resolution recently introduced by
Senator Fall. Republican, of New
Mexico, to de clare the war with Ger
many at an end was designed to en
able the United Sthtes to begin busi-
ggss relations with the Germans and
tjrelieve the senate of any pressure
thtt might be brought, to bear by
business interests. Belief by . some
members of the foreign relations
eewmlttee that'some action would be
-VfK to ^obviate any such pressure
warf Considered as having part in the
decision of the committee last week
to postpone temporarily action on the
Fall resolution.
the several thousands who had gath
ered at the embarkation peer. A pro
cession of socialists, singing the “In
ternationale,” debouched from.the Rue
Siam as the President walked across
the pier. The Prsident waved his silk
hat to the paraders.
Gathered on the wharf were French
and American officials. The first to
greet the President were Admiral H.
Salaun and Admiral E. N. Benoit, of
the French navy. Rear Admiral A. S
Halstead, of the American navy, and
Maj. Gen. E. A. Helmick and Brig.
Gen. fimedley Butler greeted the Pres
ident in turn, j-
Mrs. Wilson was presented with a
bouquet of Brittany roses by Mrs.
Josephine Lewis, of Cincinnati, O.,
representing the American Red Cross
in France. Mrs. Wilson wore a navy
blue tailored dress and a handsome
but simple little hat, apparently the
latest creation from the Rue de la
Paix. She smiled and thanked Mrs
Lewis and then chatted briefly with
her. Mrs. Wilson appeared tired and
fatigued and apparently was in a
hurry to reach the launch.
The band of the Tenth Chasseurs
played “The Star-Spangled Banner”
and the “Marseillaise” as the Presi
dent descended the steps into the
launch. As the launch went into
the stream a company of marines and
veterans of the Yser presented anus,
while cries of “Viva Wilson!” “Viva
Amerique!’’ “Viva la Paix!” arose.
The President stood aft on the
launch waving his hat at the crowd
on the national bridge. The launch
was lost to view down the harbor
just as the 1 socialist parade reached
the cliffs overlooking the harbor.
“This is America," were the Presi
dent’s words as he shook hands with
Capt. Edward McCauley aboard the
George Washington. The President
and Mrs. Wilson retired to 'their
staterooms as the engines and ma
chinery began to roar and final or
ders were given.
Luncheon was served at 1 o’clock
and the meal had just been complet
ed when the George Washington be
gan to make headway out of the har
bor. The battleship Oklahoma led the
way. The destroyers Woolsey and
Tarbeli were on the port and starboard
sides while the Wicks and Yarnell
brought up the rear.’
As the transport moved out the
President appeared on the bridges
wearing a cap. Rear Admiral Gray
son, his "physician, stood nearby. The
President was silent as he gazed at
the disappearing shores of France.
The weather was perfect and there
was scarcely a ripple on the ocean
as the George Washington emerged
from the Brest Roads into the Atlan
tic. The French destroyers Fanion
and Ca/quois escorted the presidential
squadron to the Ushant light. After
saluting with their sirens and guns
the French warships returned to
Brest.
As the George Washington disap
peared in the summer haze, the Presi
dent stood on the bridge waving a far-
well answer tc the salute from the
French warships.
T
MEETS NEXT TUESDAY.
The regular monthly meeting and
luncheon of the Commercial Club
will be held next Tuesday evening,
Jjuly 8th, in the club’s headquar
ters.
COTTON BLOOM.
The Chronicle is in receipt of
another cotton bloom. It came
from the farm of Mr. John H. W.
Boyd of Mountville and \ya.s receiv
ed last Thursday.
the army and his right to wear a uni
form. The case began last Tuesday
morning and many witnesses were ex
amined on both sides.
Attorney General Palmer Calls on Lo
cal Anthorities to AM In Enforce
ment. Await Decision an to Sale of
XIM Been.
Washington, Jupe 30.—The de
partment of justice will take no ac
tion, pending decision in present liti
gation, against persons making or
selling beer and wines containing 2 3-4
per cent or less alcoholic content
This announcement was made tonight
by Attorney General Palmer.
Attorney General Palmer announced
tonight that as long as the war-time
prohibition law remains in force it
must be obeyed and that the depart-
lU . afTu^Uce wouIkLJaJlts: utw
“to perform the duty which the con
gress has placed upon it” in enforcing
the law.
He declared that the department’s
course with regard to the .manufacture
and sale of beer containing less than
2 3-4 pr cent alcohol would depend
upon rulings made by the district
courts in which cases now are pend
ing or may be brought. The fact that
litigation is pending willl be no pro
tection against prosecution or offenses
under the law.
The attorney general’s statement
said:
‘Aftar today it will be unlawful to
sell for beverage purposes any distill
ed spirit and any beer or other intoxi
cating malt or vinous liquor except
for export. This prohibition will con
tinue under the terms or .hi; law “ un|l
the conclusion of the present wai ?hd
thereafter until the termination of de-
nobilizAtlon.’ As long as the law thus
remains in-force, it must be obeyed,
and I Intend that the department of
justice shall do its utmost to perform
the duty which the congress placed
ipon it.
“This law has been held to be con
stitutional and valid by the circuit
court of auueals alttlag in New York.
It plainly makes unlawful the sale of
whisky, brandy <a|nld other distilled
spirits and wine. The only contro
versy tlmt has arisen is as to whether
the sale of beer containing so little
alcohol as not to be in fact intoxicat
ing, is prohibited. The government’s
contention is that the act prohibits
the manufacture and asle of beer con
taining as much as one-half of 1 per
cent of alcohol. But the interpreta
tion of the act is not free from diffi
culty, and 1 am endeavoring to have
the question settled by the courts at
the earliest possible moment. My
course with respect to beer containing
less than 2 3-4 per cent of alcohol—
which, it is claimed, is not intoxicat
ing will depend upon the ruling
which will sOon be made by the dis
trict courts in which eases are now
pending or in which other cases may
be brought. 1 have no power to grant
amnesty to any one who may see fit
to manufacture or sell beer pendinp
an authoritative judicial construction
of the law, and I am sure that brew
ers and dealers generally understand
that the pendency of litigation will be
no protection against prosecution or
offense under the aw.
‘‘But with respect to whisky, brandy
and other distilled spirits, wine and
beer containing more than 2 3-4 per
cent of alcohol and other intoxicating
malt or vinous liquors the prohibition
is beyond controversy, and but one
course is open to the department of
justice. All persons found selling
such liquors mu^l be arrested and
prosecuted. The district attorneys will
cause warrants to be issued for all
offenders as to whom evidence is fur
nished by the bureau of investigation,
the agents of the internal revenue bu
reau of the treasury department, lo
cal officers or others, and the marshals
and their deputies will promptly serve
such warrants.
“With the co-operation of local x au-
thorities, it is believed that the law
can be made effective. For this rea
son I call attention to the fact that it
is the duty of the local arresting of
ficers to make arrests for offenses
committed in their presence, whether
the offense be against the laws of the
state or the law's of the United States.
I confidently expect the hearty co-op
eration of local municipal authorities
and earnestly requesl that all police
officers are instructed to arrest per
sons found selling in violation of the
war prohibition act and to- take such
persons before a United States com
missioners, when the district attor-
' ' '
ney will cause", warrants to be issued.
Local officers should also report to the
United States attorneys evidence of
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offs^nses not committed in their pres-
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ence.
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History Making Ceremony Occupies Little Time-Chinese
Missing, Smuts Protest-German National Assembly
Must Ratify Document Start Process Revovery.
Versailles, June 28.—World peace
was signed and sealed in the historic
Hall of Mirrors at Versailles this af
ternoon, but under circumstances
which somewhat dimmed the expecta
tions of those who had ^worked and
fought during long years of war and
months of negothrtkma for this
ivementr™'——■. .»■ x - -
The absence of the'Chinese delegates
who at the last moment,were unable
to reconcile themselves to the Shan
tung settlement and left the Eastern
Empire outside the formal purviews of
peace, struck the first discordant note
in the assembly. A written protest
which Gen. Jan Christian Smuts lodg
ed with his signature was another dis
appointment to the makers of the
treaty.
To M. Clemenceau's stern warning
in his opening remarks that they
would be expected, and held, to ob
serve the treaty provisions legally and
completely, the German delegates
through Dr. Haniel Von Haimhausen,
replied after returning {o the hotel
that had they known they would he
treated on a different status after sign
ing than the Allied representatives as
shown by their separate exit bfore the
fetreyal body of the conference, they
never would have signed.
The ceremony jsame to a dramatic
cloke, in fact, reached its highest
dramatic pitch—with the'wRfi enthus
iastic reception of President Wttaon,
M. Clemenceau and Mr. Lloyd George
by the crowds outside the palace, who
ignored or disregarded the minor dis
cords of the day. They tore the three
statesmen from their escorts and al
most carried them bodily in their pro
gress through the chateau grounds, to
watch the playing of the fountains, a
psrt-of the progfafiTwhlch had been"
planned as a Aignifled-Btate-iTroces*
sional "of all the plenipotentiaries.
Germany and the Allied and asso
ciated powers signed the peace terms
here today id the same Imperial hall
where the Germans humbled the
French as ignominously forty-eight
years ago. This formally ended ths
world war which lasted just thirty-
seven days less than five years. To
day, the day of peace, is the fifth an
niversary of the murder of the Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand at Saverejo.
The signing began when Dr. Herr
mann Mueller and Johannes Bell, the
German signatories, affixed their
names. Herr Mueller signed at 3:12
o’clock and Herr Bell at 3:13 o’clock.
President Wilson, first of the Allied
delegates, signed a minute later. At
3:45 o’clock the momentous session
was concluded. All the diplomats and
members of their parties wore con
ventional civilian clothes. There was
a marked lack of gold lace and pa
geantry. They wore none of the fan
ciful uniforms of the middle ages,
whose traditions and practi<^s are so
sternly condemned in the great, seal-
covered document signed today.
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOCIETY FORMED
Sons and Daughters of Palmetto State
Organise Society at .CapitaL Three
Hunidred Members.
Wasington, June 26.—The South
Carolina society of Washington was
organized here Tuesday night at Ward-
man Park hotel at which time some
thing like three hundred men and
women, of the Palmetto State, feeling
the necessity for.a closer social union,
formed the society.
For several months alumni of Win-
throp College have been at work on
this matter, ascertaining Just what
South Carolina are here, and generally
canvassing the situation. Of this col
lege itself there are a number of wo
men in Washington and quietly but
effectively they worked and announc
ed a few days ago that the first pub
lic meeting of the society at which
time it would be formally organized
woul«r be held Tuesday evening.
Wardman Park hote’ is a favorite
gathering place for Washington so
ciety and when the time came for the
Washington residents of the Palmetto
State to assemble, there were some
thing like two or three hundred on
hand.
Welcomed by Winthrop aumni and
other ladles who formerly lived in
South Carolina? there was at once a
spirit of friendliness and good feeling
which- spread over the guests. An
hour was spent in informally getting
together at which time the banquet
hall doors were opened and a magnifi
cent spread* was to be enjoyed. An
other hour was spent this way when
Senator E. D. Smith, toastmaster, an
nounced that the next business would
be regular organization. He was made
president of the society, Senator Dial
was made first vice-president, and on
motion of P. H. McGowan, the- seven
members of the house from South
Carolina were made additional vice-
BUV4DE NO AMIfEOKiS —
for Stockholders
t m ■
July first means di id?a<f day
and iU coming ia always looked up
on with a smile-by the stockhold
ers of the various corporations of
the community-. The hanks and
cotton mills have enjoyed n success
ful half year according to officials
and all of the enterprises are in
fine condition.
The Commercial Bank dec la reef
its regular scmi-annuyl 5 per cent
dividend on $35,000.
The First National Bank, 5 per
cent semi-annual on $50,000 capi
tal.
Banna Manufacturing Comjxtny,
of Ooldvillc. 3 and 3 1-2 per cent
semi-annual on $248,300.-
Clinton Cotton Mills, its regular
semi-annual 4 pernsent, and an ad-
ditH^iul 4 per cent on $350,000.
Lydia Cotton Mills, 4 per cent
semi-annual on $160,000 capital.
CO I NO TO GREENWOOD.
Rev. M. G. Woodworth and fam-® -
ily leave this week for Greenwood
where Mr. Woodworth will supply
the First Presbyterian church dur
ing the summer, the pastor. Dr. J.
B. Green, having been granted a
leave of absence by his congrega
tion for the summer months.
that when his former students (his
old girls) wired him to do anything
he should do it and do it. now. So he
- s here, he said, to give his solid
endorsement and support to the or-
a secretary, a treasurer, and various
officials were then elected and the so
ciety was on its feet.
Addresses were made by Senator
Smith, Senator Dial, Congressman
Stevenson, B. H. Rawl, connected
with the United States department of
Agriculture, Dr. David B. Johnson of
Winthrop and Dr. Win. Riggs, presi-<
dent of Clemson College.
Dr. Johnson said that sometime ago
he had been invited by the Winthrop
girls to be here on this occasion and
that while he wanted to do sd feared
that it would be impossible to come
because of the fact that b« is In the
midst of hia summer school. How
ever, a telegram sent Dr. Johnson &
dqy or two ago from some of his "old
girls” left hint no option in'the, mat
ter, he said. He knew,, he declared,
ganization of the Sion th Carolina so-
presidents. Other officers, including clet ' V of ^ ashln 8ton.
Dr. Johnson made a splendid ad
dress, full of timely suggestions on
topics of the day, and gave his hear
ers a rare treat.
Dr. Riggs, just returned from
France, told briefly of education work
abroad, in which he had been engag
ed for some time and opened the
eyes of his audience to many features
in connection with educational recon- ^
struction which were not known be
fore. Dr. Riggs is an interesting speak
er at ^ll times but never more so than
on this occasion.
To Miss Willoughby, Miss Clark,
and the other good women whO'-were
foremost in this work, will doubtless
go the good wishes of hundreds of
patriotic South Carolinians who wish
.leir society in the- national capitgl
a life of continued prosperity-.
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