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V THE CHRONICLE Strives to be a clean newspaper, complete, . newsy 2nd reliable. If You Don't Read The Clinton Chronicle You Don’t Get The NEWS VOLUME XIX THURSDAY, AUGUST 14th, 1919 NtiflBftU COTTON GROWERS LOOK TO FUTURE Take Steps Toward Controtiing Pric es. Many in Attendance. Columbia, Aug. 8.—An enthusiastic meeting of farmers and business men was held in Columbia yesterday when Mhe plan and scope of the South Caro lina Cotton Association and the rela tion of this association to the Amer.- can Cotton Association was fully dis cussed. Between 600 and 700 repre sentative citizens from all sections of the State were in attndance. The chief addresses were made by United States Senator E. D. Smith, A. E. '-re of Si>okane ( Wash., represent- - irrg the wheat growers’ association the far Northwest, Governor Cooper and J. Skottowe Wanamaker, president of the association. Brief talks were also made by A. A. Protsman, field or ganizer for the association, and B. Frank McLeod, also member of the State organization. Within the next few weeks a State wide campaign for membership is to he conducted in every county. Farmers who join will be assessed 25 cents per bale on the basis of the 1917 crop. As the ifiembership is for three years 10 cents a bale will be collected for the two succeeding years. Meetings are to be held in each county when strong addresses are to be made, set ting forth the program of the asso ciation. Provision is also made for membership of professional and busi ness men and bankers. Throughout the meeting yesterday it was emphasized that the organiza' tion would be futile without adequate financial backing. . Mr. Elmore ex plained that the wheat and fruit growers had combined in the West and had assessed themselves $10 an acre. The faith the farmers "had in their organization would be tested by the measure of generosity with which they came to its financlal needs. No action was taken yesterday as to fixing a minimum price, although somewhat strenuous effort was made by lE. W. Dabbs to have the organi zation go on record as estimating 50 cents a pound as a reasonable price. A meeting of all the State associations in the cottonPbelt is to be held about September 1, at which time one of the chief objects will be to agree upon a minimum figure. What was possiby the most far reaching effort of the day was the resolution calling on each county to buy all cotton that would be rushed to the market early In the fall before a minimum price had been set. lang D. Jennings of Sumter led the fight for the adoption of this resolution, argu ing that there was always a large block of cgtyton which was sold at the opening of the season* which cotton was sufficient to meet the immediate needs * of the manufacturers, and would thus prevent control of the market by the growers. Mr. Jennings made an eloquent plea for the resolu tion, saying that no one would stand to lose a dollar and that each county was financialy able to take care of the cotton hurried o the market. The resolution was adopted. Another resoldtiofi was adopted calling on the president of the State Bankers’ Association and the presi dents of the chambers of commerce -of Columbia and Charleston to call a meeting of bankers and business men of the State with the putpose of forming a trade acceptance corpora- tioa in South Carolina. Such a cor poration was formed a few r days ago in Georgia with a capital of $2,000,- 000. It is estimated that a capital stock of from $750,000 to $1,000,000 would be necessary for the South Carolina branch. Governor Cooper was the first speaker. He was wholly optimistic as to the outlook for the cotton growers. The brightest days were just ahead. The success of the organization de pended upon the support which the farmers gave it. Moral support was not sufficient They were badly mis taken if they thought the organiza tion could go forward without means. The cotton association ought to be the biggest thing ever started in the South. Everything could be said for it and nothing against it. The gove/nor suggested that the farmers arrange some plan whereby foreign trade in cotton could be fi nanced, and to stand 'by the organi zation not expecting any selfish gains. Mr. Wannamakea outlined the gen eral program of the/organization, hi which he says 1,000,000 members are eypected. There was organized opposition that would resort to anything. Recently he had brought together much confi dential iMbwIation- an to- the opera- »y o u ebb, State Secretary, then gave a 0 f timely and inspiring address on how ,or fTo FuilcriiB '"a^Sofi keep it built up. Officers elected for ensuing year were A. C. Daniel, president; W. H. Simpson, secretary-treasurer and Miss Mary Bean, superintendent of Children’s work. It would be a good thing if all would co-operate and we could have these Sunday School mass meetings every fifth Sunday afternoon. DISTRICT SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. The Fourth District of Laurpns County, includirtg all' the Sunday Schools of Clinton with Hurricane, O’Dbll, Sardis and Shady Grove, had a meeting at Hurricane Church, Sun day afternoon, August 10. Six schools were represented. The re tiring president opened the meeting with devotional exercises and some general remarks on our need for for ward movement. Prof. A. C. Daniel spoke oh “Training Workers’’ and Mrs. J. T. Little on “Good Teaching.” These instructive addresses were en- by those present. Mr. R. D. WHAT THE PLUMB PLAN STANDS FOR Calls for Public Ownership of RajA- roads by Issuance of Government Ronds and to b« Operated by a Di rectors’ Board Composed of Fifteen Members. (Augusta Chronicle.) During the last few Weeks much publicity has been given to the term “the Plumb plan.’’ The newspapers have reported some senators as ve hemently opposing it, others at least negatively favoring it, the workers as demanding* it, and men of influence throughout the land as condemning or lauding it, as they think best. To most people the Plumb plan is a mystery. ay School and* HtHsaih many know tlmt-fr'has soma aacea ixe .would have to: RIGHTS OF CHINA ARE RECOGNIZED Japan Not Seeking to Gain Advantage. Statement by Chida. Foreign Min ister Says Territorial Sovereignty of China in Shantung is Safe. Tokyo, via London, A\|g. 5.—Vis- count.Uuchida, the Japanese foreign minister, in a statement issued today declares that Japan does not intend to claim any rights affecting the ter ritorial sovereignty of China in Shan tung. He promises that the Japanese will withdraw immediately an agree ment Is concluded with China. The Japanese government statement adds, is considering the establishment at Tslngtao of a general foreign set tlement Instead of a purely Japanese ment by saying that it appears despite the official statement of the Japanese delegation In Paris, May 5, which he fully indorsed and' announced Japan’s policy with regard to Shantung was little understood or appreciated abroad. The foreign minister then recalls that Japan by an ultimatum in Au gust, 1914, demanded the surrender by Germany of the entire leased territory of Kiao-Chau without condition or compensation, within a month* with a view of its eventual restoration to China. ■-* . ; - -i _• “The terms of that demand never elicited any protest on the part of China or any other allied or associated power,’’ says the foreign minister. Following the same line of policy Japan jjow claims as one of the es sential conditions to peace the accom plishment of that surrender without condition or compensation.' “At the same time abiding faith ful ly by the pledge she gave China in 1915 she is quite willingjo restore to China the whole of the territory In question and to .enter upon negotia tions with the government at Peking regard^fg the necessary arrangements to give effect to that pledge at the earliest possible time after the Ver sailles treaty has been ratified by Ja pan. T _ reference to the operation of the rail roads. The Humb plan is so called because it was conceived by Glenn E. Plumb general cdunsel for the organized rail way empoyees of America. It calls for the public ownership of the roads and proposes that they be bought by issuing government bonds with which to pay for the legitimate private in terests in the railroad industry. The value of the roads would be decided by the courts, and a purchasing board, composed of the interstate commerce commission and three directors of the new government corporation, one di rector from each group, namely, the government, the officials and the op erators, would supervise the purchase of the roads. The roads would be operated by a board of fifteen directors, five named by the president, to represent the pub lic, five elected by th operating offi cials, and five elected by the classified employees. After operating expenses are paid and fixed charges met, in cluding the Interest on outstanding government securities, the surplus is equally divided between the govern ment and the men; the employees’ AN AERIAL MAGELLON MAI GO ON LONG TRIP 4 „ To Do as Romans Do Would Require Use of Forty VeMclea. Washington, “Now that the Atlan tic has been crossed and there are plans afoot, to fly over the'Pacific, the day may qot be far distant when some aerial Magellan will make an aero plane tour arouqd the world,’’ says a bulletin of the National Geographic Society. * “There are stil many corners of the world where aeroplane, automobile and even the horse would be curios!- mw-TMa .. .'.mt, —y’* * - --m.::. .j,—- lii*-- - ties. And if a man set out to tour the globe and ‘do as the Romans do’ in respect to adopting native convey- PLUMB UNDER FIRE OF CONGRESSMAN settlement Viscount Uchtda begins his iaterlMUfe®. I» .iMUi Mm** the m.n- Carnegies, the Morgan and the Har- agerial and c lassifled^^ r i m a ns of the desert. A NEW CONCERN. The Clinton Fertilizer & Fuel Co., of which J. D. Bell is president, and J. W. Copeland, Jr., secretary-treas urer, is the latest new business house for Clinton. This concern is occu pying the large warehouse next to the Dixie Flour & Grain Company, and will handle fertilizer, grain, seed, coal, wood, oils and greases. Mr. Copeland is general manager of the business and will be glad to have his friends call at their new place on Main street. tions of a man in Wall Street, Mr. Wannamaker said the handbag con taining this information had been taken and the correspondence lost In this fight every man was either with tne people or against them. • Senator Smith said the people of the South were today facing a Hlndenburg line of greed and avarice. The sinister shadow of this Wall Street gang had been hanging over the South 50 years. It amused him to hear appeals to the farmers to support an organization by a few cents tax on each bale of botton to protect themselves, when the price of cotton had been beaten down the last few days $25 a bale. Mr. Pet B. Adair is in North Caro lina this week buying fumiturq for the Adair Fumiturfe'Co. former, or managerial employees, re ceiving twice as much as the latter. The operating officials receive a larg er share because it serves aa a great er stimulus to the group with "the most responsibility. It is claimed that this system would prevent unreasonably high wages be cause the operating officials would lose dividends If wages were increase And thus collusion between labor’s direc tors and th operating dirctors to outvote the public’s directors in the matter of raising the employees’ wag 's to an extortionate level is impossi ble. ; The plan further provides that when the share of the government is five per cent or more of the gross operat ing revenue, rates shall be reduced ac cordingly to absorb tjie amount the government receives. The government is to retire the outstanding bonds with its share of the surplus, thus reducing the fixed charges and to invest in im provements and extensions, without adding to the fixed charges. The pub lic can obtain money for the roads at p.^r cent, in place of the 6 1 -2 per <*nt rate the public now has to pay in patronizing the roads. This sav ing, together with the economy real ized by elimination of watered stock, the operation of the roads as a unified systeni, etc., makes passenger rates of 1 1-2 cents a mile and a reduction of freight rates by 40 per cent appear reasonable, say the backers of the plan. Other features of the Plumb plan are the determining of wages by the board of directors; the settling of dijt putes by the directors if a board of ten, five chosen by the operating of ficials and five'by the classified em ployees falls to do It; the power of the interstate commerce committee to fix rates, and the power of congress to revoke the aherter if the operation by the directors results in'* deficit. . Whether the proposed plan w r ould be a benefit to the country or not is open to dispute, but it is conceded that it will b« the foundation of many a bitter battle in national politics for many a year to come unless favorable action is now taken on the bill, which seems Improbable. “Resort to a donkey in Spanish America and in the Holy Land. “Clinb aboard ,a camqj to traverse African deserts. Cross some rivers of India on the in flated skins of bullocks, and others by a bridge of one rawhide rope. “SubmitJo the sea going motion of an elephant when- he continued his journey on land. “Get into a r man-borne palanquin at Calcutta. Jolt over far eastern roads In a non shock absorbing cart drawn by oxen. “And In China be prepared to climb into a Jinrikisha, a sedan chair or a w’heel barrow.” A few of these curious means of travel are described in a communica tion to the society by O. P. Austin, as follows: “In ail parts of that great line of deserts, stretching from North Africa across Central Asia to Northwest China, the camel Is everywhere in evidence; the totgl number in the world being estiroatd at about three millions. “Not only is the camel a valuable .freight carrier, but he serves as the traveling car of the Rockefellers, the “On the EuphriKTiSa Die Tlgl'to are still retained the curious water transports of centuries ago—the raft of skins and the cjixjular boats. .Tlieae rafts are r vs tamed by inflated skins, prepared for this especial purpose and after the raft floats down the river to Jts destination the Inflated skins are removed, the air permitted to es cape, am! the skins carefully folded and carried back to the upper waters, where they are again Inflated and used as the support of another, and still another »***(, - 1 - “Even more curious, to the eyes of the traveler from other parts of the world, are the circular boats, made of wickerwork and covered with skins, or made w r ater-tight with pitch, which are still in daily use on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. “The three principal methods of transportation of people in.Central and Southern China are the sedan chair, the Jinrikishn and the wheelbarrow. “Probably more freight and more passengers are transported in China by the wheelbarrow than by any other land method. The wheelbarrow there used differs from that used by us, in the fact that the wheel is set in the center and thus supports practically the entire load,, while the handles are supported in part by a strap or rope over the shoulders- of the man who r operates it. As a result, the wheel barrow coolie in China will transport nearly a half ton on his vehicle.” Railroad Brotherhood Counsel Talks of Revolution In Enlightened Ameri ca. Is Author of Bill to Seise the Railroads. V Washington, Aug. 8.—All day long from a witness chair before, the house Interstate commerce committee. Glenn E. Plumb, counsel for the railroad brotherhoods and author of organized labor’s plan for trl-pgrtlte control of the railroads, responded today to sharp questioning from the semi-cir cle of committee members who called on him to explain every phase of the labor bill. , Through it all> Mr. Plumb clung steadfastly to the assertion number- less times repeated, {hat the fallrMd Eitmtel aPCharleston—OeL 24th. Erskine at Clinton—Oct. 30th. Clemson at Clemson—Nov. 7th. Wofford at Clinton—Nov. 14th. Davidson at Davidson—Nov. 21st. Newberry at Newberry—Nov. 26th. unions aimed to “eliminate the motive of operation for profit and substitute the '"motive of operation for service to which he added the corollary that “It means democracy in industry without which democracy in politics is a mere shell and sham.” Gravely, Plumb talked of revolution as an alternative in case the adoption of “some such plan” was not obtain ed by political action through con gress and said that was the determina tion of the masses of men whom he represented “thought hope never to live to see the day.” The Income of the Plumb plan lea gue, organized to forward the labor hill’s passage, he said, was. “in the neighborhood of $100,000 or $125,000 annually now,” though only organized in July. Estimated that its Income shortly would be $500,000, and implied that it might run up to five or six millions. All of it he said, was com ing from brotherhood members. .* ‘The situation is that our men be lieve they have come to a new day,” Plumb told the committee. “They have spent their money and their lives to secure liberty, and now found that without liberty and democrat in in dustry they have only the shell of lib- orty ta Jive. We intend lb get it law- STRONG FOOTBALL SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED Notice has been received from Coach Waiter A. Johnson suiting that he will leave his home in Milwaukee, Wis., on the 29th of August for 1 Clin ton, to start early football practice at the college. The new men who will aspire for, membership on the team will report at this time also in order that the team may get a good start and be whipped into ‘fine shape before the opening game which comes on Sept. 28th, with Carolina furnish ing the opposition. A strong sched ule has been arranging consisting of nine games. The schedule follows: U. of S. C. at Columbia—Sept. 27th. B. M. I. at Clinton—Oct. 3rd. Furman at Greenville—Oct. 18th. GOVERNOR GRANTS CLEMENCY TO EIGHT Pardons and Paroles on Recommenda tion by State Pardon Board In July Report Columbia, Aug. 9.—Governor Cooper yesterday granted eight pardons, pa roles and commutations of sentences * on the basis of recommendations in the July report of the State pardon board. Allen Green, convicted In Oconee County, July 7, 1915, on the charge of assault with the intent to rape and sentenced to serve 15 years in the State penitentiary, paroled during good behavior. Clemency was recommend ed by the State pardon board, hi its report the board said: "In the light of the facts brought out at the trial and the recommendation of the solici tor and the judge, the board feels that your excellency should grant clemency to this party and parole him during good behavior. The hoard feels that the factp surrounding the alleged fully, and through thft constitutlon,|cxlme are of such doubtful nature that DIAL FAVORS VOTE FOR MEN IN ARMY MEETING CLOSED SUNDAY. The series of revival services held through last week at North Broad Street Methodist Church, came to a close Sunday night, and from the beginning of the meeting to the close the congregations and interest in creased. Dr. R. S. Truesdale deliv ered a series of sermons of high o^der and won a warm place in the hearts of the Clinton people. Dcptlorcs Fact that Many May be De prived of ('asting Ballot in Con gressional Race. Washington, Aug. 7.—Senator Dial said today: “I have read with interest and concern that a number of South Carolina Democrats will be barred from participation in the primaries for the nomination of candidates for con gress in the Sixth and Seventh Dis tricts, because they were absent on military or naval service when the club rolls were open last summer.” Senator Dial continued: “It has been said, in the discussion of the matter, that the number of Democrats thus situated is relatively small, and that time is lacking and the expense would be prohi bitty .-.so that it is not prac ticable to call a convention and make special provision for their enrollment. I can understand that this may be the case, but it is deplorable that soldiers or sailors, however Small the number involved may be, are to he deprived of their votes and I would favor any practicable and reasonable expense and trouble which would remedyJheir case. I think it was bad enough that we had not in force some Machinery by which our men overseas could par- JgJha hallot** .,_“But If th*t.l* not possible, what Will be done ” Representative Saun ders, Republican, Indiana, asked. “Then it.means something else.” “What else?’’ the Indiana represen tative persisted. “Ah, there is no doubt in your mind or in mine as to that,” Mr. Plumb re sponded. “If the forces of reaction prevent the adoption of this program by lawful means, we know the way of history.” “Revolution is a word that should not be used lightly,” Mr. Saunders ob served. “I hope never to live to see the day when the methods necessary go furth er than those I have outlined,” Mr. Plumb responded. “In essentials, this is the Russian soviet plan of industrial operation, is it not?” Mr. Saunders continued. “T don’t know anything about the societ plan,” Mr. Plumb said, “or rather, I am only familiar with thd popular misconception of what is the Russian soviet plan.” “Misconception??’ Mr. Saunders pounced at the expression. , , “I am at a loss to understand how you know the popular understanding to be a .misconception of the soviet system unless you understand as well what the understanding should be.' “Well, in popular understanding the soviet is a system by which a bunch o* workmen grab all the property and divide it up among themselves,” Plumb r^oried, “and I cannot believe that such a state of affairs could act ually exist In any society. It is incon ceivable to me that this should be the fact about the Russian situation.” this man should not be puhTsBea further.” ' . s r - Wolfe Winter, Richland ^oui?ty, con victed in January, 1908, or receiving stolen goods and sentenced to six months. This is a pardon to restore citizenship. Tobe Parks. Spartanburg county, convicted in January. 1014, of stealing and carrying away two hams and sen tenced to serve seven years. A white man who was an accomplice was par doned some time ago. Parks was paroled during good behavior. The petition for The parole was signed by 11 of the jurors, the other juror being dead, and the trial judge and the soli citor both recommended clemency. Leonard Garner, Laurens county, convicted in 1918 of house breaking and larceny, and sentenced to serve three years, sentence commuted to one year, and then paroled during good behavior. He entered a soft drink stand and took several packages of cigarettes and canned goods. The rec ommendation for clemency was made by the ,pardoa board and also, the trial judge and solicitor. Evanda Thompson, Williamsburg county, convicted October, 1917, of as sault with the intent to ravish, and sentenced to serve five years; -sentence commuted to two years. The trial judge and the solicitor ’recommended clemency. "Pleas Bibbs, convicted in Abbeville county March, 1912, on the charge of murder with recommendation to mercy and sentenced to life imprisonment. Sentence commited to 15 years. W\ K. Turner, convicted in Spartan burg county in October, 1917, on the 'charge of breach of 4 trust and grand larceqy and sentenced to serve two years. The money involved belonged to his wife, who joined in th£ petition for clemency. • ' ■ King Talley, convicted in January, 1916, in Spartanburg county, on the charge of rape and sentenced to serve 15 years.* The recommendation for clemency was made by the pardon board, th trial judge and the solicitor. A full pardon was grafted. The prosecutrix filed an affidavit with the governor that the defendant was not guilty. The board also recommended ticipate in the primaries of last-*um- the prosecutrix be prosecuted for AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Dr. Dudley Jones, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, is out of the city this week attending a Teach ers’ Institute of Concord, N. C., Pres bytery. He will return to the city Saturday and will occupy his pulpit Sunday morning as usual. The union service will he held at hh church in the evening and Rev. J, M. Steadman, presiding elder of the Greenville Dis trict, will preach. mer. England had measures for ab sentee voting and some of our Ameri can States had, for instance our neigh bor State of North Carolina. Surely our Democratic convention, at its next meeting will provide against such dis franchisement in another war or whenever soldiers of ours are absent at primary or election times.’’ perjury. TO INCREASE CAPITAL A meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank and the Peoples Bonded Warehouse has been called for Sept. 9th at 4 p. m., for the purpose of increasing the capital stock of these two concerns. •* / 4