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L (Eh? (C hrmttrlp PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY . CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. .. WILSON W. HARRIS Editor and Publisher Entered at The Clinton Post Office aa matter of the Secbnd Class. Terms of Subscription: One year ....$1.50 Six months 75 Three months 50 Payable in advance. The Chronicle seeks the co-opera- tloji of Its subscribers and readers— the publishers will at all times appre ciate wise suggestions and kindly ad- rice. The Chronicle is not responsible for any unsolicited manuscript which is not plainly marked with the name and address of the sender and accompanied by stamps for return. . Make adl remittances to THE-L'H RONl,fLE PUBLISHING €C. Clinton. 8. €. CLINTON, S. C, SEPT. 18, 1919 16 PAGES AND WHISKEY, FIREARMS IGNORANCE. Whiskey, firearms and ignorance form a triumvirate which results in the perpetuation and the increase of crime. It is hardly ever found that any of these forces work alone, and it is not easy to determine which is the greater, but perhaps ignorance is often the parent of the two. Knowledge will not change a man’s nature as is seen in the case of many a shrew’d and educated crook, but crime is confined largely to those classes which are ruled by their animal passions rather than by tbeir intellects. Even in the realms of crime the ignorant be come the tools of the wise, and when ignorance is allied with whis key and firearms life is filled with tragedies and the jail and chain gangs with prisoners. The result of whiskey, firearms and ignorance are «uch in evidence at every term of court. It is the man who has been making or selling or drinking whiskey who pays the heavy fines and serves upon the ehaingang. It is the man who car ries firearms who in some fit of temper or in a half conscious drunken quarrel sheds the blood of his fellowman. Ignorance leads men into crime not only because they thus become the victims of the wise, but also because in their more isolated careers they are swayed by error and false judg ment. Whiskey, firearms and ig norance are some of the traits of savagery which here and there still cling to men who dwell in civilized lands. - CLINTON DOKEYS GET CEREMONIAL A delegation from the Greenville “Dokey” club came down last Thursdav evening as the guests of » * # • Clinton Lodge No. 84, Knights of Pythias, and were given a hearty welcome and .cordial reception by the local Knights. The object of the visit was to give the Clinton chapter an opportunity qf holding a Ceremonial of Alton Temple No. 102, D. 0. K. K., during the month 'lunched ”, a class of about twenty candidates being pledged. During the evening there were two candidates for the rank of Es quire, 1 after which refreshments were served and a social session given in honor of the*“Dokeys” present. Short talks in the inter est of the order of D. 0. K. K. were indulged in and the evening came to a close with a verdict from the Grpenrinp _ *vfgifHSrhliaT' the Olin- ton Knights as hosts were par ex cellence. The Ceremonial will be given about October 15th and promises to be a huge success. BRITAIN AGAIN AFTER SINN FEINEHS British Government Orders Sinn Fein Parliament and All Sinn Fein Or ganisation* Throughout Irelund Sup pressed. Maids Follow. Dublin, Sept. 12.—Following close ly upon a speech delibered by Vis- • • ernor general ^of Ireland, at, Belfast Thursday, in which it was declared that the British government would not hesitate to resort to drastic steps to maintain law * and order in Ireland, the authorities today proclaimed the „ ^ , , . suppression of the Sinn Fein parlia- of October and the opportunity was men ^ an( j sinn Fein organizations ««i- ~ irr.-Tt * '"T" . A NEW ADVERTISER. The Bell-Workman Bank. Clin ton’s youngest banking institution, will have an attractive advertise ment in The Chronicle each week beginning with this issue. This bank orgapized about a year ago, has enjoyed a thriving business and has shown a remarkable growth. Clinton has splendid banking fa cilities and with the addition of the Bell-Workman Bank, interesting and profitable advertisements from all four of the banks are appearing each week in The Chronicle. throughout Ireland. A* series of raids and searches for arms and documents were made at the local Sinn Fein headquarters in num erous towns, in addition to Dublin, among them Cork, Belfast, Galway and Londonderry. Two prominent Sinn .Feinn members of the house of commons were arrested here and the residences of many prsons of Sinn Fein leanings in Dublin and other places were searched. 1 There were slight ^Reorders Ip a few piaceiTbut no reports of serious re sistance to-the raiders have been de ceived up to the present A detective was shot and killed in Dublin. ( In the raids some arms and explo sives were found. Large quantities of documents and Sinn Fein literature were seized, notably in Dublin, where every copy of the report of Frank P. Walsh and Edward F. Dunne, who in vestigated conditions in Ireland in be half of American-Irish societies and correspondents relating to arranging trade relations between Ireland and the United States and other foreign countries fell into the hands of the authorites. The belief was expressed in Sinn Fein quarters here tonight that nothing of an incriminating nature was found. King’s is Prepared to Fill Your Every Requirement in Nice Things to Wear. BUR PRICES ARE ALWAYS MODERATE Let Your New Fall Suit, Hat, Dress or Coat be a Model from Ring’s. You Will Know You are Correctly Dressed, as Well as Saving Money. —XOAT&ifli-Silvefto»er^Gad-€loth, and Vehrarr Somrore trimmed with Fur, others are tailored. Pries range, $18.50 to $67.50. DRESSES in Satin, Jersey, Poiret, Twill, Silvertone, Tricotine and Broad-Cloth. For street and afternoon wear. Full of charm and distinction. Price range, $22.50 to $55.00. • = SUITS in Silvertone, Tricotine, Serge, Poplin and Broad-Cloth. They express the utmost in Season’s Trend of Fashion. Price range, $29.50 to $72.50. i iji BEAUTIFUL GEORGETTE WAISTS. Heavily Beaded and Elabor ately Embroidered.' Price Range, 5.00 to 12.50. LITTLE PROSPECT OF SHOPMEN STRIKE CHIC NEW MILLINERY. The Modes are so various that it is im possible to speak of them except as a group of Delightful Feminine Hats to suit every occasion and every type of woman. ■ Priced right. COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETS. The regular monthly luncheon and business meeting of the Com mercial Club was held last Tuesday evening with an unusually large attendance present. A number of matters of importance were taken (Detroit, Sept. 12.—There is little prospect of an immediate strike by the six hundred thousand maintenance of way and shop empolyees represented in the convention here of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and Railway Shop Labor ers. This was the statement of brotherhood officials at the conclusion of a closed session of the convention ‘‘BEST THING’S TO WEAR” FOOD CONTROL ACT GETS SENATE 0. K. House Bill Penalizing Hoarding and Profiteering Passed by Upper House. Provide* Penalty of $5,000 or Two Years Imprisonment Washington, Sept. -12.—The house bill extending the food control act to penalize profiteering, as requested by President W'ilson and Attorney Gen eral Palmer as a means of reducing the cost of living, was passed by the sen ate late today and sent to conference. In addition to penalties—$5,000 fine and two years’ imprisonment—for profiteering, hoarding, destroying or monopolizing of food and other neces sities or “making an unjust or unrea sonable rate or charge,” the bill ex tends the law to include wearing ap parel and containers of food, feeds and fertilizers as well as food, fuel, ferti lizers and agricultural machinery. The life of the proposed law would term inate qpon the proclamation of peace. Although many senators criticized successful meeting was had, and a sumptuous feast spread by the la dies of the IT. D. C. chapter who have sustained quite a reputation as the club’s hostesses. The next meeting conies on the second Tues day in October and will be the an nual open meeting, the wives and friends of all the members having been invited for the occasion. Virtually the entire afternoon, it was stated, Was taken*up with argument of the wage controversy and, contrary to expectations, the question of a srike wa& not brought to a vote. PHONE 45 n department of justice of “fair price" committees and providing that charges above the price schedules fixed by such committees should be considered to be profiteering. As passed, however, the bill does not prohibit or limit the de partment’s plan to administer the law through the agencies of voluntary “fair price” committees. All of the house provisions designed to extend the operation of and "put teeth” in the law were adopted by the senate. After passing the bill the senate ad journed until Monday The national committee which con ferred with the railroad administra tion officials In Washington on wage matters made a verbal report to the Convention, recommending, it was an nounced, that the organization abide by President Wilson’s plea to accept four cents an hour increase and postpone action on wage demands until conclu sion of the government’s efforts to "bring living costs to normal. The sense of the discussion was that this recommendation be followed. The com mittee reported that the railroad wage board has promised to standardize wages,’as requested. — The convention al^o approved recom mendations by Grand President Allen E. Barker, for the establishment of a chain of departmental mall order stores and entering various manufac turing lines as part of the brother hoods plan to fight high living costs. We Want Your Banking Business We want you to come and GROW with us. You’ll always get Service and your business will be appreciated. the bill And with general expressions of reluctance grudgingly assented to its passage without a record vote, there was virtually no opposition to the measure and only about a dozen senators followed its course. Only one amendment of substance was made to the Dill as. passed by the house—a rider proposing an official body to supervise property rentals in the District of Columbia to prevent profiteering. > The senate struck out a committee amendment, championed by Senator Smith, democrat, Georgia, authorizing spectfttafelty the establishment by the Your Account is the Account We Are Especially Desirous of Obtaining. Bell-"’' Bank J. D. BELL, Pres. C. C WALLACE, Cashier On account of our Toledo Fireless Cook Stoves not arriving in time, we will not have the Cooker demonstra tion this week hut will have it on Thursday, Friday and Saturday October 2nd, 3rd and 4th Mrs. Ida Wallace, an expert from the Toledo factory, will be at our store on these dates and will demonstrate the usefulness of this Fireless Cook Stove. We shall expect all the ladies of the community to call and see this de monstration on the above dates. October 2nd, 3rd and 4th i COMPANY The Home-Makers, Clinton, S. 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