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1 Strives to be a clean newspaper, complete, newsy and reliable. VOLUME XU CLINTON, S. 0., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20th, 1919 MSME*£ pme nan vet JAS CHANCE roll LIEE Democratic Leaden are Confident, Senator Hitchcock Believing th:.t More than Thirty Senators will Jo! i with Him In Toting Down Qualified Ratification Resolution. (VB. BOBO AGAIN HEADS BAPTISTS .Washington, Nov. 17.—On the eve of a final vote on the peace treaty Presi dent Wilson gave the senate to under-* stand today that unless it modified the Elected President of Baptist Conven tion for Second Time. C. H. Roper Elected Treasurer. Laurens, S. C., Nov. 19, (Special)— The Baptist state convention, which was in, session in Columbia last week, adjourned Wednesday night, to meet again next year in Columbia. With Columbia as headquarters of the Bap tist denomination, the plan is to have all of the conventions held in that city. The session Just closed was the 99th qpnvention. Before adjournment the convention -H,„ Martin.. D. -IX. TSke the treaty back to, the White [Florence, to preach the convention sermon next year. Revr‘J. D. Crain, state evangelist, was selected as alter nate. C. B. Bobo, of Laurens, was re elected as president; J. J. Lawton, of Hartsville, and Rev. A. T. Jamison, D. D., of Greenwood, were elected vice presidents. Rev. W. C. Allen, of Dil lon, was elected recording secretary; Rev. A. B. Kennedy, of Columbia, was made assistant recording secretary. J. Furman Moore, of Greenville, was elected statistical secretary and C. H. Roper, of Laurens, was chosen treas urer. ^.jjouae and lock ife-M^in his desk. The first effect of the warning was to stiffen the lines on both sides of the senate fight. Then compromise pro posals of many kinds were thrown out by the Democrats in a final effort to break into the majority program. They bound the treaty’s Republican friends, all of -whom had voted for the reservations, disposed to listen but to promise nothiqfQ and tonight the life of the treaty seemed to hang upon a slender thread. A decision one way or the other is planned for Wednesday, and under the cloture rule the leaders say it cannot be delayed beyond Thursday or Friday. Tomorrow the senate will remain in session until it has cleared away all proposed reservations, leav ing nothing to do but act upon the ratification resolution itself. Four reservations, two of them proposed by the foreign relations committee, were voted down today and none was adopted. The President’s determination was made known at a White House con ference with Democratic Leader Hitchcock, who declared afterward that (Mr. Wilson never would have an opportunity to pocket the treaty be cause his supporters in the senate would vote down any ratification re solution that contained the unaccep- table reservations. -THh senate IcacUr reiterated his belief that once such a resfiThtloii is defeated there’wiTThe'jf compromise that will keep the treaty alive. Hope of such a development had a setback later in the day, however, when a number of the mild reserva tion Republicans agreed to vote with Republican Leader Lodge against consideration of any alternate resolu tion of ratification after the first one has been rejected. Vice\President Marshall has indicated he will rule an alternate proposal in order and the Democrats have counted on help from the mild reservationists to sustain that ruling. How many of the Republicans will be bound by today’s contrary-de cision 'remained uncertain tonight. Today’s efforts at a compromise were conducted in a roundabout way, Senator Hitchcock declaring be would reserve his direct offer until after the mild reservationists "had been releas ed from their pledges to the majority f by defeat of the majority resolution of ratification. He had intended to bring all the treaty’s friends on both sides of the chamber into conference today but he found the Republicans i unwilling to negotiate until they had completed the program to which they had agreed. It was the preamble to the reserva tion group, requiring that the senate qualifications be accepted by three the other great powers, which the President, found particularly displeas ing and against which the demands are expected to direct most of their fight for a compromise. The jrcserva- tion to Article Ten is understood to stand next in disfavor among the ad ministration forces, but there were broad intimations today that the Dem ocrats would be glad to accept several of ‘ the other .thirteen, reservations •which the senate has adopted. One of the subjects discussed at to day’s White House conference w r as the set of substitute reservations of fered by Senator Hitchcock and it was indicated afterward that the President had considerted them acceptable. Withfn a day or two the Administra tion Democrats will confer on a def inite compromise policy on the basis of these reservations, and also .will canvas the Democratic ranks to make sure how many votes can be counted -on against the committee’s qualified ratification resolution. Senator Hitchcock believes more than thirty senators will join with him in voting down this resolution, While upward of a score of Irrecon cilable Republicans are expected to vote against any kind of ratification. It wily take only thirty-two votes to cut off the tfwo-thirds necessary to PROHIBITION LAW UPHELD BY JUDGES Efforts to Thwart Act Fall In New York. New York, Nov. 14.—Three attempts to prevent enforcement of the wartime prohibition and Volstead enforcement acts failed in federal courts here to day. Federal Judges Learned Hand, John C. Knox and John G. Rose of Baltimore, each in a different case, up held the constitutionality of the law in denying petitions seeking injunctions to restrain interference in the manu facture and withdrawal of liquor from bond. Judge Hand denied a petition of Jacob Ruppert, brewer, who sought an injunction permitting him to resume the manufacture of beer of 2.75 alco- holw TTOTtfcnt. • • ——Ad judge Knox denied a petition to re strain William H. Edwards, collector of internal revenue, from preventing the release from i>ond of barrels of dis tilled spirits. The petitioners were Dryfoos, Bloom & Co., wholsale li quor dealers, and the decision was handed down in passing on demurrers of two local saloon keepers who sought to prevent enforcement of the act.. The third doe is ion by Judge Rose was on an application by the Maryland Distilling company for an injunction to prevent Joshua W. Milos, collector of internal revenue of Maryland, from interfering in the release of large quantities of whiskey now in bond. On Dec. Renew Your Subscription. THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Over King & Little’s Grocery Store WANNAMAKER SAYS COTTON IS CHEAP Large SYNOILS CONCUR IN _ORPHANAGE MATTER In last week’s issue of The Chronicle, a report was given of the action of the Synod of South Carolina on the Thornwell Orphan age charter. The Chroni^e is in formed by Dr. L, Ross Lynn that the Synods of Georgia and Florida passed the charter change resolu tion last week by a unanimous vote. It is understood that the commit tee appointed for tilt purpose wilt at an early date take the necessary steps to cany out the mandate of the Synods. ijuffr,! - irw* COMiMERCIAL BANK INCREASES CAPITAL Manufacturers Profiting on Seale. Gives Cloth Figures. Columbia, Nov. 15.—J. Skottowe Wannamaker, president of the Ameri can Cotton association, said that based upon supply and demand, the price for which the manufactured product is selling, the cest of production and the price of other commodities, cotton is cheaper at 50 cents a pound, basis middling, today than it was from 1890- 1895 at five'cents a pound, basis mid dling. Mr. Wannamaker says that leading manufacturers have axlmitted that cotton was worth, based upon the manufactured product today, from 60 to 75 cents a pound, basis middling, and that based upon supply and de mand, even much higher prices could probably be paid before the 1920 qrop become available. A strong appeal is made by Mr. Wannamaker to the farmers to hold their cotton. He de clared that the American Cotton as sociation is going to carry out its pur pose of retiring 2,000,000 bales of cot ton and see to it that the staple is -« marketed more gradually. “Thb cotton producer for the last 60 years”, said Mr. Wannamaker, “has Ignored the marketing end of ■ the roposition. Instead of wafehqusini ills cotton and slowly marketing i over a period of 12 months his cotton: Dr. Jack IT. Young, the ^well has been rushed upon the market. To j known druggist, threw his hat in * lar8e extcnl he 1,as malk<!< '' d 1,13 1,1„. ring last week as a candidate, j from Ward 1. , - ! The election will be held Dee. Dili At a meeting of the stockholders of the Commercial Bank held last week, a resolution was adopted by which the capital stock of the bank is increased from $.‘15,000 to $50,- 000. Mr. II. D. Henry, the presi dent, states that this action was necessary to meet the growing de mands of the bank and to offer its customers a service second to none in the county. The officers and directors of this popular banking house arc: H. D. Henry, president; Geo. W. Young, vice-president; L. II. Davidson, vice-president; F. M. Boland, cash ier, J. II. Donnan, assist, cashier. Directors: Geo. W. Young, J. I. Copeland, E. J. Adair, Dr. D. M. Douglas, L. II. Davidson, Dr. Jack H. Young. H. 1). Henry. ular vote, however, leaves the governbr^ presidency. HtHsrrmrrrf the TnostfnftFrowertb flit flftf VttWttgytlfitli the electorate can do so. Mr. Glass lives in Lynchburgrin the western part of the state, not far from Mr. Martin’s home in Charlottesville. He was a member of congress before taking the-treasury portfolio and as chairman of the house banking com mittee’ took a leading part in framing and passing the federal reserve law. His business is that of a newspaper publisher. OUT FOR ALDERMAN. Mr. Bet B. Adair, a popular voting business man of the city, is announced in today’s paper as a candidate Tor Alderman from ttf'T. ' the l<Vi.e .lames \Y. Leaman, -—NKW-AUm IT) MR ANY. _ Mr. J. V. Edwa <1< of Mannimr. has located in tfto city and formed a partnership .with Mr. \V. T. Unt- nam to enter the automobile and garage business. The. new fihn will occupy llie building formerly occu pied by Blakely’s Garage and wil-1 conduct the business under the name of the Auto Guiek Service Company. Mr. Edwards, the man ager, is an experienced automobile man having been, in the business for several vears past in Manning. * 1 - ratify. The Democrats say there is little chance, . therefore, that the President will be put to the necessity, of dealing at all_with any ratification embodying the reservations ^vifietr'hr' regards as a rejection of the treaty. Of the many reservations proposed by individual senators and still pend ing, the leaders on both sides agree tliat very few will ..be accepted by the senate. The thirteen committee reser vations already adopted, together with one relating to the labor provisions and one to voting equality in the lea gue, are expected to about tell the story of senate qualifications. The two# fihal reservations on the committee program, which were re jected today, never had been pledged the support of the mild reservationists and on the roll call they voted with the Democrats. The first of the pro posals would have declared the un willingness of the United States to as sume any responsibility for the Ger man overseas possessions, which un der the treaty, are ceded to the big five powers pending establishment of th mandatory system. his cotton as fast as gathered and has I sold it regardless of the price. As a result his cotton passed into the harids of the speculators and brought (to fill tlms-n two places in council great riches to the speculator and in formerly held by S. J. Kilgore and fact to every lino of the cotton indus try in the world Where it is used com- metcially except to himself; to him self he brought poverty. — “We are facing the greatest demand for raw cotton which has ever ex isted within the last 60 years. We are facing the. shortest supply that haa over existed in this period. There will not be. sufficient cotton to fill the pressing wants of the manufacturer from cither the cotton on hand or from the growing crop, so that 'wo are facing the absolute certainty of an exhaustion of the supply of cotton be fore the 1920 crop becomes available. Should the 1920 crop meet with un favorable weather condition or crop calamity, the result would prove a world calamity. “Profits of manufacturers have reached such proportions that th( li ability to pay for good grade cotton has created a bullish factor of oxtra- o;-d in ary potency, A pxofit of $!"' a hale of 20 cents n pound on ill!' manufactured good* ht—moacuito -ai this time. Narrow print ( ioth sold this week on a basis that would give the manufacturer a profit of ;P* cents a pound or $150 a bale. WHr print cloth sold on a basis that would pro vide a profit in excess of ■>'> cents a pound or $1.75 a bale. We find in our investigation a few cases in which ^omls of a special construction, which for this reason were quite scarce, are •returning a profit of 71 cents a pound or $;!70 per bale. The cotton used in the manufacture of these spe- Cial goods is strict middling, one inch cotton. “The manufacturers have sold an enormous amount of goods for which they must have good grade cotton. Manufacturers the world over are ex tremely short of cotton. In addition to this there arc only 22,000 bales of certified cotton now in New York, 1,200 bales of his amount being low grades, which leaves a balance of only 20,800 bales of tenderable cqtton. In addiUgn to this Europe has hedged on the New York and New Orleans ex change all cotton in transit. The de fay in the delivery of this cotton has caused them a tremendous loss. An other matter of vital and far reaching consequence is the fact proved by ac tual investigation that there are RESIGNS AS CASHIER. Mr. Geo. W. Copeland, cashier of the First National Bank of this cityy has tendered his resignation to the board of direetors to become effective as sdbn as possible. After January first he will be associated with Mr. E. W. Ferguson* Ford dealer of this city. Mr. Copeland has been with the First National Bank, for 13 years, serving for four years as assistant cashier up to 1910 when he, was elected cashier, succeeding AHr. B. TT:~Bt5yd with war popular and competent young busi ness men in the city, and his long and faithful service and excellent judgment has made him a strong factor in the progress of this popu lar hanking house with which he has been connected. His friends are glad that his change of position does not remove him elsewhere. 'Mr. Copeland is succeeded as cashier by Mr. D. C. Heustiss, no\v connected with Jacobs & Company, and he is a young man of unusual ability and fully qualified to fill the post of his predecessor. SECREM CUSS NAMED EUR SENATE Cabinet Member Baeoeeds Thomas 8. Martin. Will Leave Cabinet Richmond, Nov. 15.—Appointment of Secretary Glass to the United States senate to succeed the late Thomas S. Martin and the accepance of Mr. Glass were p.nnotmced tonight by Le roy Hodges, ride to Governor Davis. Senator Martin had just been elect ed and his term does not expire until 1925. The election of senators by pop- OYSTEIR (SUPPER. The ladies of the Eastern Star announce on oyster supper in the Commercial Club hall Friday even ing beginning at 7 o’clock. Yon can have them either way you like —fried or stewed, ami it is further announced that coffee with real sugar will ho served/ The pro ceeds will be applied by the chap ter to the purchasing of stock in the new Masonic Temple. IHT I NC RE ASE C APFF ALr. ' The Peoples ■Bmrdod'^V’nTTtfm'frf' Company of this city, has applied to the Secretary of State for an amendment to its charier so as t" increase i’s present capital .stock from $1( ),(•(!() to $20,000. , gone to su.mm'er. Dr. U^O. Whitten. Supt. of the State Training School, is m Sum ter thi:; week attending the State Conference of Social Workers, ami i s f meWtho p hy si V i ill Ts *a Fi lion need on the pr-on-am for a paper. TO MARRY-SOON. The following invitations receiv ed here will be read with interest by the pinny friends who know and admire Miss Abell who has visited in the city frequently as the guest of her sister, Mrs. Dr. •). Let' Young: .Mrs. Joshua Leland Abell invites you I o’be present at the marriage of her daughter, Lefty, to Dr. Bax ter Lindsay-Urawford .on Thursday \ov< mber 27, <» :3(> o’clock. Lowrvvillc. GOOD ROADS MAN (’OWING. (’ol. ( Ifiirles W. Thatcher, chief [evening engineer of the Washington andiafhotm Lee highway, will deliver an ad-j dress here On Nov. 24th in tin* in-1 LADIES TO MEET, forest of the proposed highway. | Tm* Civic Improvement Assoeia- Colonci Thatcher’s fame extends lion will hold an important meeting from'ocean to ocean-as an enter- u| i I’uesday, Nov. 2oth, at Washington, Nov. 15.—Carter Glass, who was today appointed senator from Virginia to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Martin, has been at the head of the treasury since the resignation of William G. McAdoo. Should he decide to take the senate seat, his golflg will make the sixth change in President Wilson’s cabinet since its formation at the beginning of the first administration in 1913. The other members who left were, re spectively, Attorney General McRey- nolds, Secretary Garrison of the war department. Secretary Bryan of the state department. Attorney General Gregory and Secretary Redflcld of the department of commerce. There is no indication” at present as to whom President Wilson might se lect for Mr. Glass’s place. MRN. LLOYD GEORGE American Born Wo man, Running for House of Commons, Defies Labor Party. Plymouth, Eng., Nov. 14.—The ap pearance today of Mrs. David Lloyd George, wife of the British prime min ister, in the electoral campaign In suppme of T iady Arftor, who is running for the seat in the house of commons jnade vacant by Ihe elevation of her husband, the mxv Vischnnt Astor. to the house of lords, marked the climax of one of the most unusual politLal battles e'er fought i-n Plymouth. Although at the meeting which was addressed tiy Mrs. Lloyd George, only women were present, it-was featured hy the most determined attempt made by the opposition throughout the en tire campaign’ to silence speakers by the use of hecklers. I^ady Astor was present and also spoke. At one point, when a forced discon tinuance of th? meeting appeared to be threatening, l^idy Astor took the floor and faced the hecklers with defiance. “I have, tool you that I am not ashamed of my Amrriran birth,” she said. “I am proud that there is not a drop of blood in my veins that is no; Apglo-Saxon. 1 now. want to tel! you that that Mood is fighting Brit ish blood. I am willing to meet the whole, ofi the In depend eht Labor party Mono on SMi.-bury plain, because they can’t or won’t ftght,” The api'iaii; that greeted the. eandi- tniner. • It D hoped that this ffood 1 o 1 . o ’(lock. in public library i roads enthusiast will he heard here j Gome out and hear official report ol by a large irathcrinjf. ( speciallv bv4 bazaar which this association staged dan 's words was <b afeniny, Tim Guild hall, where the meeting was held, was crowded with fi'.OOrt women fai rmers- ol the community. 1,000,000 bales of cotton bought on the New York and New Orleans cx- ehange for early spring months, in cluding January. In addition to this Europe, as fast as her finances would permit, has bought cotton on the New York and New Orleans exchanges for her futftre requirements, so that the actual cotton now bought on the ex changes foy which spot deliveries, will he demanded are in excess of the pos sible tenderable^cotton to be secured from either the cotton on hand or the growing crop. The result will be on the 7th and Mh. and help decide what iinpovements shall he addl'd to. the town, schools and library Officers for the with fhe proceeds ensuing year must he elected at this nhmtinj*. MRS. I). BRYSON. Secretary. Gets Big Stun for Uotton. Laurens, S. C., Nov. 19, (Special) — Mr. Homer C. Hujbertson who lives near Waterloo, sold thirteen hales of long staple cotton on the local market last week realizing nearly $1,000 from *!> stattling. In all probability as a re-1 the thirteen bales. He received 66 suit there will he days on which notj cen ts per pound for it, the staple being a contract can be bought on the New 11 3-10 inches long. Mr. •Culbertson York or New Oreans exchange. The [ has been experimenting with staple bears In their desperat ion to escape I cotton for several years and has been •ooTiTs. an hour before th* speaking began, while an equal numl cr of women v.or? oii/side clamoring for admittance. Lily Astor today received numerous litters expressing wishes for her suc cess. Rear Rdmiral Harry S. Knap; ,• commanding the Vnltcd States naval forces in'European waters, wrote:, “I hope you will allow me to offer good wishes on your election and final you be returned and that the first woman member of parliament actively taking part in its deliberations may have come originally from God's coun try.’’ • . . Admiral Sims from New York sent the following: ‘"Cheer up. A clean soul and a-Stou; heart can not lose in England.” Mrs, Charles D.“Gibson of Ne e York, sister of Lady Astor. Cyr Maude, the aCior-managcr. and othe ■ persons well known in the United States and Englauid sent similar mes sages. the inevitable exchanged close months for distant months and today are caught In a trap from which it is im possible to extricate themselves.’* \ very well pleased with the results. The thirteen bales of this year’s crop was raised on approximately 16 acres of land. . ' \ • I Next Thursday is Thanksgiving. We all have much for which wo should •be grateful. „ A