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established 1855 Y'ORK. S. C., TUESDAl'. 3IARCH 1,1921. x \
. VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
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Brief Local Paragraphs of More orl
Less -Interest.
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Stories Concerning Folks and Things
Some of Which You Know and
Some You Don't Know?Condensed
For Quick Reading.
Mr. W. E. Gettys, well known and
highly esteemed farmer of the Tirzah
section was a witness in a case in
Magistrate T. B. Glenn's court at Tirzah
a few days ago.
"How many children have you, Mr.
Gettys?" inquired an attorney representing
one of the contesting sides.
"Only eleven," blandly replied Mr.
Gettys, while the audience chuckled
merrily. i
Watch Out for This Fakir.
A
Fake agents representing tnemseives i
as selling1 garden seeds, are operating
in the eastern section of York county
and probably other sections. A Rock
Hill man was telling his exepricnce the
other afternoon. "Some days ago." he
said, "a man approached me and
wanted to know if [ was not interested
in garden seed. He had {literature and
, he had the seed and he offered to send
me some kind of paper ov magazine
about seed. I gave him a dollar, with
the understanding that I was to get
my seed. I haven't heard any more
' and I have kissed my dollar goodbye."
Buzzard Was Dynamited.
"There was (considerable excitement
at McConncllsville several days ago
when someone dynamited a buzzard,"
said Saturday Mr. James M. Williams,
' well known young McConnellsville
merchant, who is responsible for this
story: "People were startled by hearing
a loud report as of the fil ing of a
big gun or the bursting of a" gasoline
tank. Investigation revealed the remains
of a buzzard in a field, the neck
and feathers being about all that was
left of the bird. Inspection showed
that somebody had caught the buzzard,
tied a dynamite cartridge with
lighted fuse to it and turned it loose
to fly away. When it got to town I lie
dynamite exploded and all that was
left of the buzzard was little bits. The
explosion of the dynamite," said Mr.
Williams, "was'heard for three miles
around."
? .Buyers On the Job. .f
"T found as nmny-buyeis on the job
MB from all over the country in I lie east -
BR? ern markets ns usual; hut they are no< |
looking for unusually large business,"
MBj^^ksnid Mr. J. M. -Ramsey, manager of the
BHBjMBL'kpatrick-lJelk company, who ha;;
HB^M^Bccntly returned from New Vork.
I^^^H^^Hiltimore and other eastern markets.
B Where he went to buy goods Tor.his
E > "Buyers from all sections of the
^^HflBflountry with wliom 1 talked," said Mr.
fl Bfinmsry, "say that, they are not rxm
Bbectingan-vlllinP IIhe as much business
HH|^^Vthis year ns last and they are buying
BHj^Eaccordingly. The general impression
Mj^HR : New York is that merchandise is i
^^fl^^Bnow about as cheap as it is going to
get. Cotton goods?that is tlie chf'nper
grades?1 found were higher in New
jflB^^B York than they could be purchased
KMV from cotton mills around here. The
buyers and the New York wholesale
fl B people were not Inclined to lie very
H|B optimistic over the outlook. AH of the
B hotels I found were crowded and it is
B B not "easy to get a room unless one
B makes reservations ahead."
And What Was This?
,T" t* i Vi(il>nllc eif Vnrk'No. C. re
f ports the finding of more fearsome'!
signs of a strange ur.d mysterious animal
out his way. .."I did not see the
tiack myself," Sir. Nicholls said; "but
Smith Gordon, .mv son-in-law. saw
them, and it is a true bill. It was the
R morning of the snow?last Wednesday
F ?Smith started out early on the way
I to the gin at Filbert, and just before
. coming to the branch, he noted soma
large tracks on the side of the road.
They were one-third larger than the
tracks of any dog he ever saw. lie says,
and it was certainly not a dog. Smith
traced the tracks to the branch and j
saw where the animal went under the!
bridge; but he did not stop t'> see
whether it was stiil there. I was hunting
not a great distance away at the
time; but I did not know of it until afterward.
If I had known. 1 would have
followed the thing up. It is a mighty
good shotgun that 1 have and I would ;
risk my chances with any kind of animal
with it."
Buying ;rcp Pigs.* |
"Two buyers have bom in this [
neighborhood fey,several clays ryrontly j
buying up all thepigs they cutihl get i
their bands on*'^ said John K. Seott.!
well known yopng farmer of tliej
Philadelphia segtiwu Friday afternoon.
"T'iey asked me-hp help tlicm. buy upj
pigs and I hav?. .bpen doing what I
could but I lind that there are nut-so
many for sale around hone as one
might think. We took a trip around
this week. Mr. W. S. Peters, former
constable in York township was in the
party. We visited, the homes of a
great many negroes in search of pigs
and I found that everywhere we went
the colored folks knew Mr. Peters and
many of them would hesitate to talk
selling pigs because of his presence.
When we assured the suspicious that
I. we were after pigs and nothing else.
(:iey would begin to talk business. The
buyers were ketpj, ..for pigv; about a
month or six wweks . old and : they
wanted nothing.. but slick , .ones.*.. <t
only to fit- used fur .provnimnpressing
j ne'oeksil'ius; ''that the dcsiio for lliinys
j that were not absolutely necessary
j tnust' he curbed, and that all money
i that came his wav over and above i
i '
j what was suflicicnt to supply require- .
monts for food, clothes and shelter,
'should he saved and made to work ill
producing more and greater values.
".Most of his hands had spent all
their surplus of t'JItl before the sprinn
of t'.ijn and they were keen for more,
i They had not done much work during
I tin? winter. It was too easy to net
j whatever they wanted without working
and all of tlieiu had sworn Iom? since j
i that they would never work for wanes j
(Continued on Pajjo Two.) I
"Well this farmer is one uf the largest
in the state. Jle runs about 1*10
plows unless I have the figures wrong,
and, he makes enough cotton to supply
a big spinning mill.
"I tees use of the price of cotton, and
other conditions in 1 ! 1S and 1SHD, the
hands on his lands made more money
than they had ever made before, and a
great deal mure than they knew what
to do with intelligently. And, as usual
under sueh circumstances, the demoralisation
incident to the task of blowing
in their money took up so much of
their little and attention that they began
to let business go hang. Of course
you know that is lite fault with the
average man, the great run of men, in
fact. They have Out little idea of the
legitimate us<* of money, and most of
' tfi lit" eannot he trusted to make a
sensible use of iui.^xlra ten dollar bill
if left to their own inclinations about
it."' < 1
-Well nobody understood this fact
"better (tirin this same big farmer. That
is why he is n lug.farmer, lie learned
wlion'ho was young that money was
which uewnueioss, win uc upprcciaicu
by readers of The Vurkville Enquirer
who have had more nr less to do with
tile management of labor, especially
farm labor, because it has to do on a
large scale with certain problems tliat
most of them have had to deal with on
a small scale. The story was told the
other day by a drummer, and he said
if was true; but then since drummers'1
sometimes tell as a fact things that
they have only imagined, just as many
other kinds of people do, the story
need not be accepted except as illustrating
a condition that has always
been here, and a result that is not altogether
unfamiliar.
"There is a biff farmer over in Anderson
county who lias on hand just
about TJ.'i automobiles," said the drummer,
"and he docs not need more than
two or three for the use of himself and
family; he is not an automobile dealer,
either but just now he has some automobiles
that lie would like to sell."
This statement was suggestive of
something out of the ordinary and the
half dozen pien in the group to which
it was addressed naturally showed
their interest, seeing which, the drummer
nroceeded.
the standing of the fanners, the merchants
and the banks, principally, and
as a general, tiling I find out about one
from the other. 1 know that everybody
is tight up and you need not make
any mistake about that. I know that
there are lots of business people?
farmers and others?in this county who
have their load, and I know that the
banks are not running anybody down
for the purpose of forcing loans on
them and perhaps 1 could give you
enough specific personal information to
show you that I know as much about
your county as do some of your best
informed business men: but I will not
do that. I will Just stick to my assertion
that there is not a county in the
state that is in better shape financially
taken as a whole, than is your own
county, here, and that does not mean
that I sec much prospects for big
business here either."
An Automobiie Tragedy. lb-re
is a story from Anderson county
which may or may not lie true; but
didn't learn where they were shipping
them. One of the buyers told me that
ho had been buying some pigs over in
Georgia ;uid that he recently had to
pay $150 toll charges to get a drove
across the Savannah river into South
Carolina. We found that there are a
number of people in this community
who have pigs and who don't care to
sell."
Business Conditions in York.
"You people might think you are
having it tough, and maybe you are,
but I have this to say, and you may
take it for what it is worth, for it is
the truth. You are In better shape
here in York county than they are in
any county in the state., Yes, I believe
you are in better shape in York county
than they are in any county in the
south. I have been all over this county,
all over this state and over a good part
of the south within the past few
months and I know what I am talking
about. Why it is true that you are in
so much belter shape than they are
elsewhere, I do not know; but nevertheless
it is a fact."
The speaker was the representative '
of a large fertilizer concern, engaged
in special work for his corporation. Jt
is his business to inquire into the
condition of the farmers, the merchants
and the banks in order to
gather information as to the status of
notes and accounts outstanding, and
also get intelligent data as to the prospects
of new business. Views and Interviews
huppened to strike an acquaintance
with him in the Shatidon
Cafe Saturday as , he was passing
through from Clover to Itock Hill.
!* ???Aiit nlmiif
THE NEWS OF HOCK HILL
Carpenter is Charged With the Theft
of Two Automobiles.
CITIZENS OFFER SERVICES ON ROADS
Father and Son Banquet Interesting
Affair?Cotton Association President
Sees No Hope for Cotton
Market Increase?Many Worthless
Checks Uttered?Other News and
Notes of the York County Metropolis.
(liy a Stair Correspondent.)
Rock Hill, Feb. 2G.-L-1Gharged with
the theft of two automobiles from a
Charlotte concern and with beating a
board bill to the amount of $50, a
white man giving his name as S.
Clans.v Mungo was arrested here today
by Chief of J'olice J. 31. Yo.ungblood
and Deputy Marshal Frank G. Allen.
Mango will be taken to Charlotte for
trial. /lt~is<-allegcd that Mungo bought
two Fords in Charlolte, representing
himself as another Rock Hill man. It la
said, that when he purchased the cars
he gave another name and insisted
that the ijutomobile dealer call up a
Hock Hill bank to ascertain validly of
the checks. When the dealer called the
bank asking if the check of the man
whom Mungo purported to be was good
the reply was that it was o. k. He got
.an automobile which he sold .a short
time afterward in Charlotte.
He is alleged to have obtained a
second car using part of the money
that he obtained for the sale of the
first car for payment. He is alleged
to have b'rought the second automobile
to Rock llili and then trouble started.
The automobile dealers notified Rook
ilill officers when the check was protested
to be on the. look out for Mungo.
When Deputy Alien approached the
man today seeking to collect payment
on the board bill, Alungo assured the
officer that if he would wait a short
time until he collected money from
the sale of an automobile he would pay
the bill.
"Yes, we also have a warrant for you
for the theft of two automobiles," the
officers explained. Seeing the jig was
up, Alungo quietly went along with the
officers to the city police station. He
is said to be a carpenter, is about 28
years of age and has a family.
Many UhecKs tor collection.
Magistrate J. P. Wingate of Catawba
township is said to have po less than
100 checks in his possession, given him
hy-bwriness people- of Rock Hill and '
vicinity for collection, presentation of
the checks at the banks on which they
were drawn developing! the information
"insufficient funds." One of, the hardest
hit local firms in the way of worthless
checks is said to ho a local restaurant
which has many of them, the majority
being small sums, the drawers
off the checks having dropped in at
different times lor a meal and tendered
the worthless paper in payment thereof.
Circulation of worthless checks
around Rock Hill, it is said, is a matter
that is giving local business people no
little amount of uneasiness.
Commission Asks for Authority.
The Catawba township road com
mission which consists of Dr. J. 13.
Johnson, C. D. Itcid and W. Hall
Spencer, has asked the York county
legislative delegation to pass an act
giving the commission power to borrow
$111,000 for use in road work in the
township. The purpose of the act, according
to 'the chairman of the road
commission, is to put the commission
in position where its paper will be
more easily negotiable. The annual
road tax in the* hands of the commission
totals in the neighborhood of ? 10,Ooo
a year and the purpose of the act
it is said, is to enable them to borrow
the motley ahead and thus expedite
the work. Since the appointment of the
township road commission, plans for
the promotion of road work in the
township have gotten well under way
and the commission believes that it
w:ii i.e mMo to Lrive the taxpayers of
Catawba full value for their money. A
nlimber of public spirited people of the
community have volunteered their services
in dragging the roads and doing
other work. Among those who have
already done considerable work gratis
are Messrs. It. S. I'oag and J. S. Glasscock.
Growing in Favor.
Rock Ilill is growing in favor as a
center for the purchase of ladies wear
and chess goods. A number of ladies
from Charlotte came down today to
shop in Rock Hill, finding that they
could get better values here than they
could in Charlotte. Almost every day
ladies from all sections of York county
emtio to Rock Hill to shop. There
were a number of Yorkville ladies hero
t -lay.
Eastern Teachers Meet.
A number of teachers of the Rock
Hill schools and many of those from
schools around the country went to
Kurt Mill today 011 account of the
meeting of the Eastern Division of the
York County Teachers' Association.
Tlip programme was an interesting
one and the attendance upon the meeting
was unusually large.
To Go to County Jail.
Population of the county jail In
Yorkvillo will he increased within the
next few days when several prisoners
serving sentences on the York county
cliaingang for vagrancy will he transferred
to Yorkvillo to await trial at
the April term of tlit; court of general I
sessions. They are charged with
larceny and grand larceny and were
convicted ill recorder's or hiagistralc's I
?
have been doing so. But they can't
now and just now it appears as though
they will not be able to do so for several
years at least. So you see where
we are. The people who have been
consuming two of every three bales of
cotton that we raise are unable to take
it.
"There you are. The only solution
for us is to adopt a policy of reducing
our acreage at least 50 per cent. The
late J. M. Cherry \ylio died a few
months ago said that the only solution
of the question for the south was to
cease planting any cotion at all for
awhile. 1 did not agiee with Mr.
Cherry at tlie time that lie made his
remark; but in view of developments
(Continued on I'age Six.)
?JUCt ?UO OCI * vu.
The Cotton Situation.
"My friend, I don't know what to
say or what to tell you," said. Dr. J. B.
Johnson, president of the York county
Cotton Association today when Farmer
Locke of the Lcsslie section asked him
what about cotton, whether to hold or
sell. "The cotton market," President
Johnson went on to say. "has gone
down far beyond my expectations or in
fact far below the expectations of the
most rabid bear on the'cotton market.
"I don't see much hope for the future
either. Europe is sick and more
than sick. Those people are bankrupt.
They take two-thirds of the annual
American cotton crop. That is they
practically no lertinzer snippvu ;mu
Hock Hill. Dealers shrug their shoulders
and say that they don't know,
when asked what the prospects are and
farmers say they don't see how they
can use the stuff, certainly not at any
thing like present prices.
Merchants Elect Officers.
T. 0. Flowers was elected president
and W. II. I-Iope, vice president at the
annual meeting of the Merchant's
Association of the Chamber of Commerce
held last Thursday evening.
David 13. Moore, Albert Friedheim and
C. K. Chreitzbcrg were elected directors
to serve with the board of officers.
F. B. Shackelford of Columbia,
was the principal speaker of the occasion.
Short talks were made by
Messrs. \V. J. Roddey, C. L. Cobb, J.
YV. O'Neal and J. B. Sykes. A ban
Father and Son Banquet.
More than 200 fathers of Rock Hill
ana their sons, attended, the Father
and Son banquet heMjlj^.Charnber-of
Commerce hall Friday evening, and the
occasion was one that will long be
remembered by both fathers and sons.
T. B. Lanhanv of Cblumbia, state secretary
of Boys' Y. M. C. A. work was
the principal speaker of the occasion.
Rev. F. W. Gregg, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church responded to the
toast, "Our Sons?It's Great to be
Their Duds." and Anderson Bass,
bright youngster, responded to the
toast, "Our Dads?It's Great to be
Their Sons."
The evening's entertainment proved
to be one of merriment and. good
fellowship for both sons and dads.
Ladies of the various churches were
hostesses at the banquet that was
served in connection with the meeting.
No Fertilizer Shipments.
Despite the fact that the first of
March is at hand, as yet there ha?1 been
upon the spring term o't the United
States district coUrt. Ever since the
court was established at this place
there has been much difficulty in finding
quarters for those in attendance,
due to the local scarcity of hotel and
boarding house accommodations. An
attempt will be made to obtain the
Anderson hotel for the use of court
attendants. It is believed that^if the
hotel can be secured it will prove
quite adequate since it contains about
sixty rooms.
Need for more housing facilities
here grows every day, according to the
secretary. Hardly a week passes but
what there are several applications for
houses on'the part of people who either
want to move to Rock Hill, or already
here, want to change from the houses
in which they reside.
court before the major charge was
pushed. Both city and township officers
are waging a vigorous, fight
against vagrants just now and the city
and county has been getting quite a
lot of road work out( o^ those convicted.
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Hasi Three Counties.
Frank G. Allen of Roick Hill, recently
appointed a United* States deputy
marshal for the# Western District of
South Carolina has been., assigned
territory In York, Chester and Lancaster
counties. In addition the deputy
marshal is subject to the order of the
United States marshal anywhere in the
territory. Mr. Allen will continue to
serve in his capacity of constable in
Catawba township.
Egg Market Flush.
The Rock Hill egg market is flush
again with the "result that the retail
price has.hit: the toboggan. In this
correspondence several weeks ago
mention was made of the scarcity of
eggs. Of late however they have been
pouring into Rock Hill and today an
inspection of several of the stores revealed
buckets and baskets of them.
Several farmers from around the vicinity
who were in RockvHill today offering
eggs for sale said that they
could not sell ' them at hardly any
price. It is estimated 5,000 eggs were
brought here today.
Federal Court Approaching.
Secretary Marie Fewell of the Rock
Hill Chamber of Commerce said today
that the Chamber was now busy trying
to obtain quarters for jurors, witnesses
and others who would be: in Rock Hill
within t-Vio npvt fpw rlnva in attendance
FOR HARDING'S OATH
g " * * : 11.! | ,
Book to be Used on'Occasion Now
Being Printed,
A BAPTIST BIBLE' r WILL BE USED
i
Volume Will Afterward Be Presonted
M ra. Hardina as a (Souvenir*?Noted
Verses Kissei by Former Presidents
I Are Recalled.
President-elect Hardingj the first
1 Baptist among America's presidents,
will have a Baptist Bible upon which to
take the oath as president, March 4.
The Bible, decided upon at a recent
Southern Baptist convention in .Nashville,
is now being printed in the Baptist
publication house in Nashville, and
will be suitably inscribed. After the
inaugural ceremonies it will be sent to
Mrs. Harding as a memento of the occasion.
Each new president(has a new Bible
bought for the inauguration by the
clerk of the supreme court, unless it
happens,that he has a Bible which' is
preferred. The clerk of the supreme
court carries the book and holds it for
the president, carefully noting the page
and verse which the lips of the new
chief executive touch as he completes
? I #
the oath of allegiance, itself a very simple
and solemn ritual.
I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully.
execute the oiflce of the president
of tho United States and, will ito .the
best of my ability, preserve, protect and
defend the Constitution of the United
States.
Lodge Bible for Washington.
The custom has prevailed since the
establishment of the supreme court and
has been followed with but three exceptions
throughout the long line of inaugural
ceremonies which have taken
place in the capltol.
General Washington's oath was delayed
because of'the lack of a Bible.
Just as he entered the Federal building
in New York, Chancellor Livingston
discovered that there was no Bible in
the building. Master of St. John's
Lodge No. 1 of Freemasons, he remembered
that there was a Bible in the
lodge room and sent a messenger for it.
It has since been guarded as one of the
priceless, relics of the lodge.
When President Cleveland was approached
with regard to the details of
his inauguration, he expressed a desire
to use the worn little red Bible that had
been his mother's boyhood gift 'and
which bore on the fly leaf, "S. G. Cleveland.
_from - his - affectionate mother,
1852." Mrs. Cleveland hunted up the
little volume for the second term and
when it was turned over to her it bore
two inscriptions, the first being signed
by Chief Justice Waite and the second
uy ^niei juauge r unci v.?>u;u ti >nuv
March 4, 1885, and again March 4, 1893,
Grover Cleveland had been sworn in as
president.
President McKinley was the recipient
of a huge Bible of the "family" type,
given him by Bishop Arnett of the Wllberforcu
college, a negro institution of
Ohio, on behalf of the African Methodist
Episcopal church. The Elblewas
bound in morocco with satin linings and
with white satin panels, richly ornamented
and bearing a gold plate engraved
:
"William McKinley, President of the
United States of America, Inaugurated
March 4, 1897."
This volume was so ponderous and
heavy that James H. McKenney, the
veteran clerk of the court was completely
fagged carrying it."
Notdd Verses Kissed by Presidents.
Colonel Roosevelt likewise had a Bible
with personal associations, for Mrs,
Roosevelt provided the one which had
been used when he was sworn in as
governor of New York.
During his service of almost fifty
years as clerk of the supreme court, j
Mr. McKenny took especial interest not
only in obtaining the Bibles, beginning
with Garfield, but he also carefully
marked, the verses of scripture touched
by the lips of the new presidents and
a day or so afterward either he or his
wife took the book to the White House
and put it into the hands of the first
lady of the land.
According to his record, Grant in selecting
a page at random, touched
Tsaiah, 2d chapter, verses 2 and 3;
Hayes. Pslam US, verses 11, 12 and 13;
Garfield, Proverbs, 21, 1; Arthur, Pslam
31, verses 1, 2 and 3; Cleveland, Psalm1
112, verses 4 to 10; Harrison, Pslam
121, verses 1 to G; McKinley (first) II
Chronicles, chapter 1, verse 1; second
term, Proverbs 16, verses 20 and 21;
Itoosevelt, the only one to open the
book to the New Testament, chose
James, verses 22 and 25; Taft, I King's,
chapter 3, verses 9, 10 and 11; President
Wilson, the first time, selected
Pslam 110, verses 43 to 48, and the second
time, the 46th Psalm was noted, but
not the verse.
Mr. MsKenny held the Bible for nine
presidents. He died in 1913, and was
succeeded by James D. Maher, whose
service began in October, 1913. Mr.
Ainiior sis denutv clerk and cleik of the
supreme court, has assisted the chief
justice in both of President Wilson's
inaugural ceremonies.
THE CASE OF GILES
System of Dealing With Alleged
Criminal Insane is Wrong.
A. M. Giles, a photographer, a little)
more than a year ago shot and killed
his wife on the streets of Rock Hill. He
escaped and was later captured. He
was tried at Yorkville for murder and
the jury acquitted him "by reason of
insanity." He was sent to the State
nunc.
Personal Mention.
Dr. L. H. DuBoae of Bennettsvlllc,
recently visited relatives here.
Mrs. D. A. Whisonant has retrrned
from a trip to Atlanta.
Mesdames O. M. Spurlin and Paul
Ferguson were visitors in Rock Hill,
last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Whitesldcs of
Paw Creek, X. C., and Miss Lois
Whitesides of Derita, N. C., recently
visited relatives in this community.
? Anderson, February 26: Notices
were posted today in the Brogon and
Riverside mills of this city that owing
! to trade conditions they would be shut
j down from Saturday, March 5, until
Monday morning, March 14, for the
purpose of curtailing production. The
same notice was posted in the Pendleton
Cotton mill at Pendleton, and the
Cohannet mills at Flngerville, all of
these being Gossett mills. There was
no curtailment of the Toxaway mills,
another mill of which B. B. Gossett
la president.
I York. I
l Held Family Re-union.
A family re-union of the Whitesid.es
family was held at the home of Mr.
Jeff D. Whitesides near here today. All
of the members of the fantily were
present for the occasion and a bountiful
dinner was served. '
Lyceum Number Pleasing.
Particularly pleasing to Sharon
people was the Metropolitan quartette
which appeared in the auditorium of
Sharon school house Friday evening
under the auspices of the Alkahest Lyceum
bureau. The quartette of male
singers rendered many numbers and
the entertainment was said to have
been about the best seen here during
the present lyceum season.
Hunters in the Fields.
Practically every hunter in the
community who could And a gun and
dog was in the fields today, taking advantage
of the last day' of the bird
season. Several this afternoon reported
good bags as a result of the day's
not Do permuiea iu niiiuuuuc ?
retained and paid by him. In the second
place, those acquitted, by reason of
| Insanity should be confined to" th"
State Hospital for the Insane for a
period of not less than five years.?
Greenville Piedmont.
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SHARON NEWS LETTER
Arkansas Pastor Conducts Servicos-r|
Family Reunion Held?Other News
Matters.
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Correspondence The Yorkvllle Enquirer , ,
Sharon, Feb. 28,?Rev. C. H. Nabors
of Camden, Ark., preached at both
morning and evening services at Sharon
A. R. P. church yesterday. There
I were large congregations In attendance
upon both services. Rev. and Mrs.
Nabors are spending a few days with
the family of Mrs. Nabor's father, Mr.
| Jeff D. .Whitesides, while en route to
j their home in Camden, from New
Dia ones asKeu mm U, IU WO >
he, GUes, should recover his reason,
would they let him out of the asylum?
Then and there it occurred to me that
Giles could not be in for long."
Giles was not sent to the State Hospital
for the Insane because he had
committed murder, but for treatment.
Under our laws, an insane man carinot
be held responsible for crime, because
he ^acks the reason essential to criminal'intent,
yet that is no reason why
he should not be confined for a term
of years before he js again turned.loose
upon society. If he was insane once,
what is there to prevent his becoming
insane; again and murdering somebody
else? ' ' ."
Our system of dealing with insane or
alleged insane persons in the criminal
courts of South Carolina is wrong/ In
the first place, no insanity experts
should be permitted to testify; . save
those employed by the state~to aetrtrr
a judicial capacity. The accused should.
'- J otiantata
Hospital for the Insane, but -he was set
free recently by order of the circuit
court for Richland county upon the
testimony of the superintendent of the
State Hospital for the- Insane and
members of his staff that . Giles had
recovered Sis sanity.
The Yorkville Enquirer points out
that upon his capture Giles "began., to
assume an attitude of dazed stupidity.
He appeared not to understand what
was said to him and carefully refrained
from giving intelligent answers to intelligent
questions. Also he studiously
neglected his personal appearance and
acted in other ways that were calculated
to still further encou.age the impression
that there was not the slight-,
est gleam of reason in his mind or
nnnl "
"He gave 110 heed whatever to the
reading of the indictment against him,
With a far-off look ignored the demand
for a plea, treating the whole procedure
as if it were without interest to
him."
The,foregoing will remind many of
the Thurston Vaughn case in Grcen.ville.
The Yorkville Enquirer reports that
a member of the local bar Bald of the
Giles case: "If there is such a thing,
as hoodwinking the law, I guess the
i..e>a is about covered in this case.1 Anyhow,
it certainly appears that way to
me. The funny part of it was presented
to me after the trial. I had business
that took me to Columbia about that
time and it happened that I went down
on the same train on which Giles was
being taken to the asylum. The <jfficer
in charge of the man told me afterwards
that as they approached Colum
FERTILIZER SITUATION
? ?Large
(Juantliles of Bilertalum PRICE
1I1ST C8iE IBCI-;pp|:
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District Farm Oimonsto^n ' [A&ant; "f
Discusses the
-< Potash Recently Offered 'st'
Royal at,$35 a Tori?Fairoers^Uj^d 'rlX^
to Mix Their Own. * ' r
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"Realizing that there .la gpinji.-toijbf, . x
considerable curtailment in .; ;-:'*?2jg
fertilizers this year, we ape ; ; ; Y:'$M
do everything that we can towa^rsjek-.
ing to It that the farmere r ^
fertilizer as cheaply aa powft)le^k^(l>iithat
no money is wasted, la thV.^atw . J i:.0:
of fertilizer," District.. Farm 'Tyiwh^.^
stratfon Agent A. A.
reporter for Tl?e' .TpricyiUe;^q]|^i^V^^:'. ;;? ?$
Rock Hiil /last, Saturday..J,'fyfritgitji 0'*?Z?
planning a'series of'farmers' meetlnjifa
for every county In the, state,' at ' ; * *$!$?
tlie problem , of fertilizers and Ute/tk^x' . >*$?
nomical usethereof will" be-di^uaBe^,,t. -1'lp
Mr. McKeown wept "on tp. ^ay.:'s ',,$e>Y*
eral such meetiftgs, under-the direc
tion of John R: Blair, farm deihofijtytAt?"
tlon agent', .will be held l? York';cb<tB?vty.
There is no queotion ' of ' jtli^ifftci^. ,;
that farmers "tan savebig mpnyy /'by '; ,\ *
mixing their own ;fertill!?re. ' -^1$
than buying them ready, .
propose to lend our aid In every j?sp}- - \
ble way in this work. Y.' *1 * V y 'V
"Incidentally.' Baid Mr./ McKeo^rn, f' ?.
"farm demonstration forces' all ' oter :J$
the state are doing their beat' to wftlcfc
out for cheap offerings of fertlllezr, '
and all information in re^rd tovhai'gains
.will be placed before the' faita? 1
era. Just the other day.'X heard of
cargo of German potash that la'Awfat
Port Royal, S. C. - "! ' ?/ &?> :]
- "The potash , is a 'distress* ehipmjrvt '
and is now being sold at'' ^3B
We are expecting to hear ot\otivtr-ckr-^
goes of- different kinds of.. -v
coming into Carolina :j ;por&* tWjsysf . ' [' 'A
propose to see to it "that th$i^rn^ra.'f'.. '
know about it. ' s - V '
"Interesiing Infonnatton
to the fertilizer situation
ed at a meeting of ferUl^rywm??y^r Agg
representatives,'and farmers f&nftv;. "-fi7fere'nt"
sections of;
Jjeld.-in Cplurabl^lPebrujiL^^ ',^1
izlng the acuteness" 'of 'j?:^!.v
ciemson collegercaiiggi^i.roiy.J
ionfeiWer$^iwrooj^
that:' , ' . ; :
"First There aj?'lar^.^uantit^v. ;v: : ;^pf
fertilizer materials oflyfcrod'%.* ^;country.-'.
s \/
"Second." From M to
all' fertiiieera 'sbl^t iff' l' .
year trill be on time ;':; . ';;;
approximately 60 per 'ciit -; yi
Oii time basis no definite '%$
arrived at due to dltferene*|f V?;,
and character of security;!; . \ > ' }
economic' fact that a good Hsfc > '. f:
^aya buy cheaper than a ' /<?
"Third. The fertilizer $& {
present unstable, due "to tl?'J^;Jtyg|^' t\ \.y
speculators as well as niknufaet^tllrji^
have on hand large supplies ^
are being forced to sell fti trh^Mnrif;'
cash prices they can obtain.^-, ' "
these circumstances it remains.*'
man who has1 the .j,cash-'to
beat purchase possible.' No'j 6fae- :?*;..
say today what are the* best cawhJ, .
prices of fertilizers.
"Now the Department of -A^i^uUu^ ...
of the United States goverpm^u^ sftjfiij..';
there Is an abnormal suppl^pf'r^
fertilizing materials in ttjls j
and that prices being quoted'r^k^i&ntf
local points seem unreason^bl^. hlgbTq^
the light of the general situation. One
official of the department further ^ug-'.;'
gests that it/seems useleia.tq Trrlt^VOt.
wire for quotations since .yo'U Would
get only prices corresponding to ;tbq
general market. i ./ f,
"We are advocating the .'Judiciotie I'
use of properly., balanced.;\|ertoHzi&W'
this year as a means of keeping, down,
production costs," Mr. . McKeown^ Went.
on to say. "We are urging firinert t>6?
fore buying to get in touch With' iki-.
many dealers as possible'in Otrder.
take advantage of the competlupn now
going on for cash. Co-operative pur* '
chasing in car lots or more 1$ ,ais.o>Advised.
as a means of keeping down the ;>
costs. By all means farther# should
make comparisons of formulas, and
costs in order to determine the advisability
of home mixing."
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WHIPPED BY h.GHT RIDERS^
Alabama Farmer Roughly H?ndi#d
Because of Refusal td Join Bandit
Silas Blevins, tenant on the farm-of
Henry Caperton, near Stevenfcwv AlaJ,
was taken from his home anA a
severe whipping by night ri^efA ',J'' r
cording to the-victim's stateia<&t'made '/'
last Friday to county autoritl&.; > ' Blevins
said that more th&fc100
m<?n f?nrrl?V< hllm fr-rim
the presence of his family.to A'lonely
wood near his home where he Was
beaten with straps and whip^ by ei*
01* eight members of the band. j>6c.
tors found the man's body'; Covered
with deep cuts and numerdui. bfUiseB. .
The victim attributes the biffltiriir
his refusal to Join the "Tenaiita tTnion,"
a new organization $hat ha?
sprung up in north Alabama.
Officers investigating the case said
that the night riders - who Whipped. .
Blevlns called upon several otfier tbit?
ants during the night and Issued warn-;y ;*
ings that they must join the union.'
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