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VOLUME XU
CLINTON, S. 0., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20th, 1919
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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. .
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Next Thursday is Thanksgiving.
We all have much for which wo
should •be grateful.
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