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MISTRIAL RESULTS IN CASE OF 11-YEAR-OLD LAD ON MURDER CHARGE S' Jury W?? Out Since Ywterdty Af- ti noon. Probably the Youngest S Ev<t Tried on Charge tl 6 v o Knox, June 4.?The jury trying a the case of Cecil Burkett, of 11 o charged with the murder of Benny 6 .Slavin, 7, was discharged by Judge 1 Wm. Pentecost in circuit court here h this morning when it failed to reach ti an agreement tl The jury had resumed its attempt P to reach a verdict earlier in the day. -si The case was given to the jury n jesterday afternoon after Special JYosecutor Manning had made the IV closing statement in which he declarthat the state was not insisting on the death penalty which might be inflicted under the indictment CJ against the hoy, but would be satisfied with a verddct of manslaughter. e' The yongster, who attorneys say p is probably the youngest lad ever tried in the United States on. the P charge of first degree murder sat Cl calmly through the arguments yes- ^ AII UIV /ioen ?mio kcuav ill VT1UVOJ. ajao voot *??a viipvuo^ * / 9 Q ed and the possibility of his punishtnent was explained to the jury. He 51 waited patiently for the verdict last u k night and played around the court ^ %ouse lawn while the jurymen ar- ^ gaed his case. ' is NEW FIGURES SOUGHT b + IN COTTON CENSUS ?] . ? V) Washington, June 4.?A special " eensus of low grade cotton is being ? taken by the department of comjnerce under an arrangement reach- a! ed with Secretary Hoover by Sena- 01 tor Smith. -Democrat. South Haro-1 ^3 V I lina. The latter declared recently in 1S senate that government cotton sta- r< twtics were misleading in that they e: failed to show the amount of low S( grade cotton on hand, and contend- *c ed that there was a real shortage *3 of spinnable cotton. In advising Senator Smith of the Vi rJepartnient's low grade cotton census, Secretary Hoover said: r< "In accordance with our conversa-. aJ * . fcion the other day I have sent direc- o: tnons out to all of the cotton enum- tl eratars to determine the amount of an off-gTade cotton ir. public ware- ti 1 bouses and ?uch other storage as ii thtiy can secure. I am told that it is w very difficult to- get a true state- si paent of this on account of the fear J? that such information might injurs k the credit of the warehouse men. ci "In order to overcome this preju- J3 dice I have authorized the enumer- ti ators to state that the government g is anxious to discover the volume of g . ' / this quality of cotton in order that they might better organize for its j & disposal and to endeavor to secure 1 o the cooperation of the warehouse ; fi people in getting at the true situa-1 g taon." * , jt ; c Claquersj men whose duty itjs Xo h w create applause in the Buenos Aires t theatres, have demanded the right to g } be unionized together with the rest s of the theatrical profession. Their j I activity in this respect is causing con s vi. r : .j J: ! ^ .siuerauie cuxuusiuii aim UIM;U>MVII j I , among the organizers oi a union t which is to include dressmakers c shifters and others who live behind j the scenes. I i K_' lints /> nrrxti /ft iUKHLiN V1L ? . Manufacturers of I* Monuments, also and all other cemet ble and granite, fencing, etc. I Plant Equipped Machi V HAWKS GIVE WARNING ? Pensacola, Fla., June 4.?After eeing his quarry warned three imes by hawks in a nearby nest, heriff Ellis this afternoon gave up he attempt to capture the operator f a still, about 15 miles from here nd seized the outfit which consisted f two 35 gallon capacity stills and 00 gallons of beer ready to be run. "he sheriff claims that every time e approached the scene of operaions the hawks would rise, warning 3e operator of the still which was roducng actual liquor when the heriff arrived. The operator cou'd ot be located. IORE GOLD IN U. S. THAN EVER BEFORE:j Washington, D. C.?The flood of old into the United States, which cnmpwliat after reaching its eak in 1917, has set in1 again and riere is now probably a greater suply of this precious metal in the ountry than at any other time in its istory. This flow and what the presnt stock of gold in the United tates means in terms of the world apply is the subject of a bulletin sued from the Washington, 1). C., eadquarters of the National Georaphic Society. "Gold, the aristocrat of metals, i truly cosmopolitan," says the ulletin, "and is found to a greater f less extent in every part of the orld from near the equator in A1caf Peru and Borneo to the frozen round of Alaska, Finland and Sieria. Since the beginning of history rid doubtless long before any recrds were made gold - has largely rpffied "the world's desire," and it ; the only substance which has ibeen ;ceived by all races and peoples in icchange for other property and ;rvices. It was in truth, therefore, ?ng before legislation by practicalr every civilized country made iti 1 it- 1J>. -i. J 1 ?Jt I armeriy so, i<ne wuriu ? eumuiti u vj. j slue. - * "In the early months of 1921 gold I ?ached the United States from bout'30 different countries. Much f this gold doubtless originated in < le United States, *uid there -was mong it no doubt netal from praccally every source of gold known i the world. For the gold of the orld constitutes practically a ngle stick held temporarily in lany 'reservoirs; and as exchange ites and other economic and finanial conditions change, it flows freel back and forth and across along rade routes, weaving a veritable j olden web tying the . nations to-1 ether. "It is no* at all improbable that j ome of the gold that is pouring in n the shores of the United States! rst left this hemisphere in Spanish' alleons after it was torn from thej emples of the Incas Iby the Spanish Jonquistadores. Another part may J ave rested once in the treasuries of he Great Moguls; while beside it is old flesh from the mines of Autralia, the Klondike, or the Rand. | 'or aside from that which is ab-j orbed in the arts or is lost or, used j n industry, practically all gold hese days finds its way to the ports ft the assayer and gees to make up >awns in the world's trade. V_ ..-n UX WUitl" Jlltty uc cancu uic icia * V rTgGOffaTOGafSMrJIrOfrOfrOrrgnOGgnilfKtlTSInlloItn^lfuffttfriligtplTr^ XE, S C. . j ligh Class Artistic I Markers, Coping | ery worK in mai- g Dealers in iron 1 With Modern i 1 E nery. tively common metals, fairly close estimates of the quantity in existence-can be made pcofoably only for gold arid silver. Even for these two metals satisfactory estimates of production can be made only for the period since the discovery of America. There is nothing on which to base an idea of the gold produce before 1492, but it is safe to assume that because of the few sources and the primitive mining methods the quantity in treasuries and circulation at that time was but a small fraction of the quantity since produced. "Since Columbus landed in Amerca, according to statistics assembled by the Director of the .Mint, the world production of gold brought in 1919 amQunted to more than three-quarters of a billion Troy ounces. The estimated amount is the equivalent of 29,448,92 tons of the precious metal, occupying 49,100,85 cubic feet and worth more than seventeen and three-quarter billions of dollars. "This tremendous volume of gold must ibe measured by a bigger unit than the gold dollar if its magnitude is to be appreciated. If gold -were cast in gigantic dollars' one foot thick and having a diameter of approximately 18 fest 9 'inches, each would weigh 165.85 tons and would MMBBgBBBBBgft |j ...... LUiV r Z t 1 nn l II weive : all kind we curing thes' a very low months hei in prices. Twelver prices aske /? | j unsatisf actc i | time and a j i may build | j going to *bi i'" Long ago tho by paying rem it as easy to ! 9 house you do I ij We have se\ |! kinds, flooring [) grade of red E j sell on today' j! der. If you ai . | A. H. JACK f SKaaaaHfifiFaaiifi be worth $100,000,000. The world, gold production since 1492 would make 177 such dollars and leave more than half enough for another If stacked, therefore, these gargantuan coins would form a tower 18 feet 9 inches in diameter more than 177 feet high. Since 1905 the! average annual J world production) would have added about four and a half of these 'dollars ' to the stack; each- year, but in 1918 and 1919, the latest two years for which statistics aTe complete, the output would have made less than four of the 100,000,000 pieces each year. An Eleven Mile Golden Pavement "If the world production of gold since 149.2 were made into a curb sax inches high and six inches thick it would extend for more than 37 miles, practically the distance between Washington and Baltimore. If spread into a paving surface half an inch thick the same gftld would pave an automobile roadway 20 feet wide and silghtly over 11 miles loijg. "Not all the gold produced since the discovery of America is available.. Much , has been used, destroyed or lost, and much in the form of jewelry or plate is out of circulation and not in treasuries. The best - -x?. i. - -B iL* 1J nvai.aDie estimate ox trie gum m circulation and in treasuries, places the amount at 49,000,000,000, or ^EBiaiaiarannniaiM v IS TIM t 1R1TR AMn RT III months ago lumt :re at peak prices e materials. Tod; level. It is lower ice. Building ma nomths ago labor :d were as high >ry. Today labor dollar procures a < for one-half the lild sometime?' THEN WH1 uithtful people learned t . The ability to secur own your own non not own. Every man OWN HIS reral thousand dollar.' j, ceiling, sicling, etc. \ cedar shingles. We I s market. The loss is e looking for an oppc ilders I .SON, Manager. aamiiuaiiLfiifEfarafamiiia 4 enough to make 90 of the footthick 'dollars.". Just about a" third of this world treasure is now in the United States, and this is not far below the amount that has been yielded by the mines of the United States. "The United States- leads all countries and even some continents in the. aggregate amount of gold ' . ? Plumbii and Heati REASONABLE PRICES Ralph F ifararanrararaniimBiiuer E to Bl LD1NG MATER \ ' >er and building . There was diffi jujjfiiy Off Bugraien!fi!j?irarafiirai?jM 0 ay lumber has gc than it will likeh * terials have likew r was hard to proc as'the service rei has caught the dollar's worth of cost of a year f NOT NOW that there was nothir e money on liberal ten ie as to pay the mont of a family should OWN HOME i worth of lumber ol Ve have several thous bought at the high pri ours; the profit is for >rtunity to build at a I Smmli, produced? $3,913,000,000 Africa and Australia have each produced more than two billion and Russia and Siberia more than one and a half billion. For a number of year* the Rand sections of the Transvaal, South Africa, has led all gold producing regions in annual output, producing around 40 per cent of the world output/' /gj ??I - 'A B JS PHONE f ; 265 | 3 j | Calvert Building Vienna Street \ j Turner < ? ? ^iriinLfEfErejiijajzfziaRB * K T V V W J1LU I IALS...... . ]| | materials of 11 culty in se- 11 inf> har.lc to 3> / be twelve j j i ise declined jr. hi :ure and the j i ndered was /jj . Vll- /"\l* A I 5JJ111L U1 lilC K work. You jg ?o. You are jg SH * **' OJv; ':" ig to be gained | ms today, make jg hly rental for a ^ f all grades and ! J onrl h#=VQt f | >UJlAVi VA VXAV/ V ME ces but we will # the home buil- Ig ow price, see S r I to. I ice at Ice Plant ?!