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ESTABLISHED 1855~ ZZH I YORK, s7C.. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 4,1921. . ISTO. 88
' VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
Brief Local Paragraphs of Afore or
Less Interest.
PICKED CP BY ENQl'IKER REPORTERS
Stories Concerning Folks and Things,
Some of Which You Kr.ow and
Some You Don't Know?Condensed
For Quick Reading.
Western York county doctor Was
discussing the interview of a doctor in
the last issue of The Yorkville Enquire
**in which it was stated that the
doctors were even more poorly paid
than preachers for service rendered.
"But the doctor has the edge on the
preacher in one respect," said this doctor,
who was discussing the article.
"* * /Inou nnt
ne cun cums uir icuun <>nv Hw?
pay him and the preacher can't do
that."
The Boll Weevil Down State.
"I talked to many farmers from
down state while at the state fair last
week who drew tragic pictures of
conditions in their representative communities
as a result of the boll weevil's
depredations," said W. E. Ashe of McConnellsville
who was in Yorkviilo
yesterday. "One farmer who lives
near Leesville told me that last year
he made twenty bales. The boll weevil
did not show up to any appreciable
degree. This year he made 600 pounds
on the same acreage. One sees signs
of the work of the boll weevil at
Blaekstock in Chesler county. From
there to Columbia the fields are bare."
Adult Schools This Winter.
"In all probability ten schools for
adult illiterates will be held in York
county along about the first of next
year," said Superintendent of.Education
Carroll yesterday. "Miss wil Lou
Gray of Columbia, state supervisor 01
' adult schools was in my office Wednesday
and expressed herself as being
anxious to start ten schools in this
county, so well pleased was she with
the work done this summer, Due to
the fact that there is always considerable
moving from this time on until
ubout the first of the year it is deemed
well to wait until then to begin this
work."
Stepped into the store of the Garrison-Faris
Setd company in Rook Hill,
the other day to get/h peck of Abruinsi j
rye and some narcissus and hyacinth
bulbs. Was struck with the big piles
of different kinds of seeds the company
has in stock, ur.d a'so with the number
of other customers there were in i!:<
that time of day, i
SpeCiUllj oiuiv ....
about 12.30 o'clock.
While he was waiting on me I arkrd
Mr. Ganison: j
"Are they going to sow any wheat?*'
"Well, I should say they are," he replied.
"Got a full car of seed wheat
less than two weeks ago. Those few
bags are all I have left and most of,
that is sold. People camo in and
bought and said to just leave it here.
They were afraid to take chances of
not being able to get sei?d when tin y
needed it."
Almost Fooled.
Fat colored man walked into a York
county merchant's store the other
evening.
"Boss," he said to one of the numbers
of the firm, "I have a half bushel
of pinders back here?great big ones?
that 1 want to sell you for 8a cents."
The other member of the firm was
back in the store where the peanuts
hail been placed and was helping himself
to them, but without much satisfaction
because every two out of thn r
- t,.,rt no "goobers ' in jhcni.
Ill* UlJVlicu ? ?
Cut the merchant first addressed
wanted some peanuts for his family,
and was about to buy.
About the time he started to purchase
he heard a bell ring in the back
of the store and he walk d to the rear.
"Try 'em,'' suggested the part no:
who had already tried them.
The first partner tried them and
found them no good.
"I guess 1 won't take them," he told
the negro.
"Know what that negro did?" said
the merchant. "He washed those p<anuts
as you see and he had picked ovci
his whole lot, taking out the last ones
and leaving those that had sprouted,
and were no good to sell me or somebody
else.
"Great old world with all kinds of
people in it, ain't it?''
Old Resident Here.
Mr. Wade 11. Hicklin, who will be rc?
iiv many of the older peop'v
lllClllmivx
as a resident of the Uuthricsville taction
twenty years ago, was a visitor in
Yorkville this week. -Mr. llicklin is
now living at Sheldon, lteaufurt county,
where he in manager of the Canipbell-Hicklin
Live Stock company, the
iirm specializing in pure bred Duroc
and Hampshire hogs. Jh luid a truck
load of fine hogs with him on his trip
into York' county this week, having
come up from the state fair in Columbia,
where lie had ids stock on exhibition.
The big auto truckload of I lampshires
and Duroc ? 'attracted much attention
and Mr. llicklin, who was accompanied
by his son, -Marion D. Hicltlin,
renewed many acquaintances while
here.
"IJcaufort county, as you know." said
Mr. llicklin in talking about his adopt
"' n.frrf in tin raising of
ed cuum.v, i.-. ......,
Jive stock and t^<- gr wing <>f true];.
Practically 110 cotton is raised and a (I
the farmer*.either devote all their time
to cattle and hogs or to the crowing of
i truck, lettuce being especially proflta|
b'o.
"We arc getting along nicely in the
j hog raising business. We are devoting
i our attention to pure bred hogs alone
! and we expect to branch ofut into all
sections of the state."
Mr. Hick'in d?voted much time tt>
i the raising of fine Jersey cattle v.hcn
; he lived in Ybrk county and was re
i puled to have ownojjl some of the finest
iJerseys in the state.
"I am out of the cattle business entirely
now." he said. "I operated a j
dairy and ire cream factory in Columbus,
CJa., for seven years after leaving |
i York county; but my boys did not like
I the work, so we turned to hogs. A hog: j
' is easily raised and easily handled.)
| With th"1 boll weevil invading the,
' entire st Ue. it is evident that farmers 1
are going to have to turn to something j
else and I believe that there is going
to be a r vival of the bog raising in- j
dustry over the country. Py being:
able to furnish the farmers with pure
breeding stock I believe that I am going
to be able to do them a great ser1
vice, which will be profitable to me as
well."
WANTS EQUALITY.
Negro Ex-Soldier Creates Sceno In the
spanariDurg wu> i nvum,
I Evans Bobo, a negro ex-service man, {
was tried yesterday for assault and
battery with intent to kill, relates a
Spartanburg dispatch.
The testimony was that lie went into
the field where W. K. Cannon and his
family were at work, and asked about
the boll weevil. He then turned to T.
E. Cannon, a son of W. R. Cannon, and
' said: "i'ou have some pretty girls here;
how abofot one of them?" The negro
I had a gun and the girls left at once, {
| going toward the house. The man |
tried to get the negro to go off, but instead
ho shot at thV elder man, re|
loaded and shot again, hitting both i
j men.
Bobo was tried with handcuffs on, i
which is unusual, but he is considered a
dangerous negro. Ho claims to r be,
I crazy, but a commission of physicians j
say he is suna. When he went on the
i stand he made a rather dramatic
i speech. He said:
"What thev said about the shooting i
I is true. 1 shot at Mr. Cannon and did '
...v.... i ,iid It was me who!
did it. The reason I lost my mind was
' because I'resid r.t Wilson promised the
colon d man that if he would go to
France and fight like a man, when he
came back he would be equal to the
white man, and would have the sam- !
show as the whit" m tn; and you all )
know that we ain't got it. 1'resident j
Harding promised when ho was elected
that he would get all the people in the !
league of nations, and make- all the
people ciiua', but he did not tell the
truth. He only wanted to 1m: elected.
You may shoot me, or sbnd me to the
electric chair, but if you send me to;
! the chaingang I won't do a lic k o; .
| work. I don't propose to work any- l
where any more."
The jury was out but a few minutes,
and returned a verdict of guilty. Judge:
J. S. Wi!s.;:i, presiding, sentenced the!
negro to te n years in the state i>enilentiary",
telling him that the condi-j
tions wou'd bo reported to the authorities
at Columbia, and if it was found
that he is crazy he will he sent to the
asylum. As the negro was taken back
to jail he saiil: "The next time you
hear of nio, 1 won't he crazy."
The trial was a most unusual one.
The negro was defiant . id was apparently
seeking to cause trouble, lie'
may be crazy, but physicians believe
!: is pretending.
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RELIEF FOR MINISTERS
Senator Dial Would Help Those Who
D-?w D<sre-\Mina Tnvafinn
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j Senator DinI has prop* :.cd an
amendment to the tax hill, which, if,
. if opted, will relieve minister;* of the
(ios;#d hereafter from having tc pay |
I an income t-x on the parsonages
which they now occupy.
At the present time, the rent value
of a parsonage is counted as a part of
the minister's salary and he must retiii
>i this rental value whei: he makes
his income tax returns. For instance,
if a parsonage is worth forty or fifty
dollars a month, he must pay on this !
rental \uluc. }
This matter was presented to Sinntor
Dial recently and at onee he saw
Ike injus ice of The present lav.*, lie;
look ii up with Commissioner Blair,
who informed him that nothing could
be done, inusmui h as the law now requires
that the rental value of the
pars; nage he counted in.
' S'T.ato;* Dial lien c.infers'cd with
Sen;.(or Demos* of 1 'ennsy lvani
j ehaii'iv.en of the llnr ece lommittee of
the senate, l?ut decided to offer an
amendment himself. Ife said he considered
the law unjirt and unfa'r and
that in many eases tlie minister's salaries
were >o small that this extra
hi iven should t;ei he placed <>n then,
lie sahi he would do all he could to
si en re the passage of this amendment.
The I'hooi p< nidation" of tlie
United States is 3S.250.S70, the census
hoienu aniiei'nt ed \\'i <l"erda.v. Ml"
tlii.s irumicomprising nuzrns iivc u?
_'il >! : i s <;!<I. iliiii'i tlru: 1M XVlMMMI wi-pr
Mi'i'v ' 1>? ?>1 ItcSv. ''ii S?'i>ti niln r,
: ml JiUMinry, 1 when the
l ic i'sii \v:is t I t. ii nppnrently
is 11'r nii'i't studious ?t:it?\ Til per cent.
ic l.u' citizens i I'frililo l?y cue beitvr
ri -; stcTi'd in schools. Mnrisnchiisott.*
lends Jn tlit; 7 to Jyour ?Toiiji with
. |!)C.l per cent. unci Louisiana cotVws
1;*::t with 75.0 r? r t ent.
WATSON MAKES CHAHUtS
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Georgia Senator Declares Men Illegally
Hanged in France.
|U. S.,SENATE WILL ORDER PROEE
Firebrand Charges Enlisted Men Were
Hanged on Officer's Orders?Exhibits
Picture of Soldienj on Gallows.
Investigation by a special committee
into ^charges by Senator Watson,
D? mocrat, Georgia, that American
soldiers in France were hanged without
courtmartial or other trial was ordered
Tuesday by the senate by unanimous
vote. The committee will be appointed
by the president of the senate,
and Senator Watson will be invited before
it to produce proof.
The special committee as named by
Senator Cummins, of Iowa, president
pro tempore of the senate, will be
headed by Senator Brandegee, Republican,
Connecticut, and will consist of
Senators Ernest, Republican, Kentucky;
Willis, Republican, Ohio; Overman,
Democrat, North Carolina, and Pomerone,
Democrat, Ohio.'
Charges by Senator Watson, that
American soldiers serving in France
were hanged without court-martial or
other form of trial precipitated a heat-*
ed debate in the senate.
Senator Watson produced a small
photograph of an alleged hanging and
insisted that his charges were true.
Senator Dorah, Republican, Idaho, said
he had examined the photograph and
had been told by two former service
men that the charges were true, but
that he was "unwilling to proceed on
such evidence."
"How many senators know," Senator
Watson had asked, "that a private soldier
was frequency shot by his officer
because of some complaint against officers'
insolence; and that they had a
gallows upon whic.i men were hanged,
day after day, without courtmrrtial or
any other form of trial? I had and
have the photograph of one of those
gallows, upon which twenty-one white
boys had already been executed at
sunrise when the photograph was taken;
and there were others waiting in
the camp jails to be hanged morning
after morning."
Senator Wadsworth declared that
this charge could* not be "lightly
brushed aside," nor "excused on 'the
ground of excitability in debate." He
demanded that Senator Watson produce
the proof.
S.-nator Watson rcp'ied that lie resented
the "demand" and wou'd teh
him, "loot to foot, and shoulder to
shoulder" that bo was the "equal of
any senator" afid assumed full responsibility
for his charges. He said he
would refuse to go Lterore any nimnmt
e with his evidence, or to htoduce his
witnesses unless they were guaranteed
immunity.
"I moan every word I said," lie added,
"and I did not over paint the picture.
1 have a photograph of the gal- j
lows uporV which white soldiers were
hanged and 1 can produce witnesses
who saw it, if it is safe for them to appear."
"A picture of white men hanged lik
dog.--. 1 can produce men if it were i
safe who saw men shot without trial.!
I cannot compel men to come here and
incur the danger
"1 say that food was piled up mountain
high in France and virtuafy given
to the French when our men were,
starving. I can prove that our men j
we re unnecessarily exposed and left to I
die on the road. 1 know tx-service
men who saw these things and told me j
a limit tin m Told me how letters were i
censored and stereotyped to conform to [
regulations, amd how soldiers who!
would not comply were subjected to |
barbarous treatment.
"These men will not go back to Eu
rope again to fight. 1 have heard them i
state they would die before tV.ey would 1
do so. Tlic mciK were treated inhumanly
and told me so themselves."
"The senator from Georgia owes it to
the country to produce evidence of
this," declared Senator Edge, of New
.1 ersey.
Mr. Watson shouted in reply that
"Hardboiled" Smith had not been punished
and that Sid liatflold, the farn- J
oils West Virginia clansman, had been
assassinated alter testifying before the
senate labor committee concerning the
Mingo mine war.
Senator lam root, Wisconsin, offered
the resolution providing for a committee
to investigate the charges.
Charges Called Monstrous.
"Tile charges are monstrous and the
senate should investigate if the war
department does not," lie said.
Senator New, of Indiana, stated that
the judge advocate general's records'
*' * *10 1 1 ennlniiciw VVPl'C !
sMuwu mai _ > uiiiiii
imposed on nn mIters of the A. E. F.,
in France by court martial, of these,
nine were oxecutnl, lie said, and the
( i t niiiiudt r modified or disapproved.
"In every esise," said Mr. Xew, "the
m n had trial hy eourtinartial. In no
ease was the offeP.se charged a military
off i use.
St nat< r Watson, wliil stating his refusal
t > produce his evidence before
tiie miliary committee, said he would
I t. lore another and "inipartiai" com,
mittee.
Si najor Wads worth vigorously challenged
the truth of Senator Watson's
, charges.
"The infin nee to Ik- diawn that
numbers were hanged without a eourtI
martial is utterly asiiL' from the facts
and the truth," said Senator Wails
worth.' "The number of men executed
in France under courtmartial could be
counted on one hand.
Charge Is Denied.
"The senator from Georgia declines
to produce any testimony to substantiate
his charges," Senator Wadsworth
continued, "on the ground that witnesses
mfght incur some danger. I i
need not comment on an excuse of that i
kind.
"If the senator will not substantiate
his charges, the responsibility is his. 1
leave the senate and the country to
judge."
Senator Wadsworth asserted heatedly
that "not one man in our vast
i army was executed without a court1
martial."
Senator Watson then produced hit
small photograph of an alleged illegal
execution. It was passed around
among senators who examined it carefully.
Senator Watson said it had been sent
to him "by somebody" during the debate.
Senator Borah arose and said he had
8?nt the photograph, which, the Idaho
senator said, he obtained from Senator
Watson after publication several
months ago of the .senator's charges
and the photograph in Senator Watson's
magazine.
"The picture speaks for itself/' said
Senator Borah. "Or course it does not
show where it is. Two ex-service men
have confirmed to me the statements
regarding: the picture.
Senator Borah than added that without
further substantiation he was not
willing to bring the matter before the
senate. 1 /
Senator Watson slid that "numbers"
of former service mln had told him of
the alleged executions, which were
conducted, the Georgia senator said,
"in a wooded deli," fcehind one of the
camps in France.- his informants,
Senator Watson said, asserted they had
seen the gallows.
Senator Edge, Republican, New Jersey,
said that Senator Watson "owed it
to the country," to produce evidence."
Cites Smith Case.
"I am not willing," said Senator Lenroot
in reply to Senator Watson, "that
any officer shall go unhung when guilty
of such charges as made by the senator
from Georgia. The senator has
refused to go before the military affairs
committee. Very well. I move that the
president name a special commitee of
five men to invite the senator to present
his case."
Senator Watson said that senators
wouM remember th^Afeihe cases of soldiers
condemned to be shot "for overstaying
their leave or drinking a little i
too much wine in some French city had
been sent to President Wilson for final
judgment."
"I ask senators," he continued, "was
there ever a case appca'ed to the president
where a soldier was to be strung)
up on u gallows? If'the men hanged j
whose photograph I have in my pocket]
were courtmartialed, why did not their
cases come to President Wilson?
"In speaking of this the pruposc is
not to condemn the army. It is to
bring punishment to men like "Hardboiled"
Smith and those who gave him
his orders. There was an officer who
was accused by the present secretary
of state of embezzling $600,000. He
was never brought to trial.
"The esprit de corps protects them.
"What I said, I said deliberately, and
I will stand by it."
OCTOBER GINNINGS.
Output of 1920 Compared With State
Output of 1921.
The Bureau of the Census, of the
Department of Commerce, announces
the preliminary report on cotton ginned
by counties in South Carolina, for
the crops of 1921 and 1920. The total
for the state was made public at 10
a. m., Tuesday, October 25. (Quantities
are in running bales, counting
round as half bales. Linters not included).
Counties 1921 1920
Abbeville 10,854 12,076]
Aiken 11,207 23,576!
Allendale 3,879 9,942
Anderson 43,315 26,548 j
3 307 13.256
Anderson 43,315 26,548 I
Barnwell 7,286 18,136 j
Berkeley 506 3,1761
Calhoun 3.853 17,421 1
Cherokee 8,581 4,090
Chester 15,714 9,6161
Chesterfield 14,836 11,407!
Clarendon 6,698 21,071 j
Colleton 1,521 3,966Darlington
15,183 15,1721
Dillon 23,456 12,546'
Dorchester 1,126 5,594'
Edgefield 5,325 13,433
Fairfield 6,222 9.0S6
Florence 14,995 13,057
(irernville 24,542 10,798
| Creenwood. 8.707 14,670
Hampton 2,371 5,176
Horry 1,709 1,664:
Jasper 555 56x1
Kershaw 8,461 13,4621
Lancaster 8,710 4,469
Laurens 23,401 22,427!
Lee 14.366 18,882!
Lexington 5,953 14,983'
I McCormick 3.155 7.000 j
I Marion 8.155 6,203 j
Marlboro 31,949 25,211
I Newberry 11.67S 16,562
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< >ConeC
Orangeburg 14,111 43,248
I Pickens 12.314 3,831
; Richland G.14G 15,780
Saluda 0.170 13,280
Spartanburg 38,747 21,8291
Sumter 14,098 22.446
Union 9,015 7,305 |
Williamsburg 4.958 12.945
York 21,740 9.790 j
All others 479 * 1,424
493,225 562,097
? More than 40.000 women are engagi
cd in embroidery work qn the Island of
Aladicra.
NEWS ABOUT SHARON
Bogus Red Cross Representative
Tries to Round tip'ttie Negroes.
CALLS FOR IUN1TED STATES CHECKS
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Sharon Man Buy? McConnellsville
Telephone Exchange?Palmer Hope
is the New Policeman?Other News
and Notes of the Metropolis of
Western York.
(By a Staff Correspondent.)
Sharon, Nov. 3.?Little negro, kind
of lemon colored, kind of crippled and
with the air and manner of one of
those Washington "nlggahs," dropped
into Sharon this week.
"Ah is er representative of President
Harding an' de United States government
to' dc purpose of gittln' de colored
populashun of Sharon Interested
In dc American Red Cross an' fomentin'
er organizashun ob you," he told several
leading colored lights of the community.
"Da idea," he elaborated, "is for yo'
culud citizens to pay me er dollar or
mo' ef you is able to' er membership
in de Red Cross which is er part of de
gubernment ob dis great country ob
ours. Lcadin' nipguhs all ovah de
country is assoclatin* derselves wid de
Red Cross. De mo' yo' all pays mahself
de mo' yo' all is held in regard by
de gubernment."
He handed this line to quite a number
of colored fo'.ks throughout the
town and community ana ne cocecieu
quite a few dollars and'more from
those colored brethren who desired to
be regarded a little higher than a
dollars' worth by the government.
He dropped Into a local bank Tuesday
and wanted to know if they had
any United States checks on hand.
The cashier gave him the once over
and told him, "oh yes, plenty of them."
Then the sclf-confessed Red Cross
worker stated that he was working
among the negroes for the government
and that he would probably open ;
an account within a day or two.
The cashier explained to him that
new accounts are always welcomed at
his bank and the negro with visions Ifi
his head of uttering all sorts of checks
perhaps, sauntered out
Negroes began to drop in and tell
the bank people about the Red Cross
negro and the invitations they were
receiving to become vital forces in the
government through Joining-. ?The
bank president saw the stranger
up town yesterday morning and invited
him in for a chat. After a few
minutes' conversation he was convinced
that the Red Cross agent among the
r.egrocs wasn't the real article. ;Furthermore,
he was dubious of a negro 1
who asked for United States checks.
"Nigger," he said, "I am going to
give you one hour to shake the dust of
this town from under your shoes.
cti?nftm If von are to
tSIAiy IIIIIIUICO Hum ikwii .? ,, (
be found in this section it is the Jail
for you."
The lemon colored, crippled negro
walked out with a dejected air.
"Is you going off soon?" he Inquired
of Sam Gill, colored citizen of Sharon,
whom he met.
"After a while, I is, niggah," Sam is
reported to have replied. "But you
better not wait on me. Dat white man
he done say you had better done hab
been gone in sixty minutes."
The Red Cross negro was last seen
hoofing it in the direction of Turkey
creek at a pace remarkable for a (
crippled man. <
Plexico Buys Exchange.
J. M. Plexico, manager of the
Farmers' Telephone Company of Sha- j
ron, has purchased the McConnells- i
ville telephone exchange and expects
to take over its management within a ,
few days. Mr. Piexico who has been
in charge of the Sharon exchange for
about twelve years, will continue in |
charge here as well as have direction
of his new purchase which will be in
direct charge of an assistant to be^
named later. There"' are about sixty
subscribers to the McConnellsvi'le exchange.
Hope Elected Chief.
Palmer Hope has been elected chief
of police at Sharon, to succeed Sep
Huey who resigned to take a position
as night policeman in Yorkville. The
new chief has already entered upon
his duties here. He is an ex-service
man who has been making his home
near Sharon for some time past.
'To Celebrate Armistice Day.
J. W. Shealy, superintendent of the
Sharon school is outlining plans for
exercises to be held in the school auditorium
on the evening of November
11, in celebration of ' Armistic^ Day.
Prof. Shealy said yesterday that school
children would have a part in the
programme and that the principal feature
would be an address by a well
known out-of-town speaker.
Another Creditor Benefited.
Well known Sharon merchant wasi
trying to persuade a number of his
debtors to observe Pay-Up week re-:
cently. He sent out quite a number ;
of statements, not using printed forms; j
but merely signing his name instead. |
Among those who were recipients oi i
me siaiemeiiia ??o ?. ?.. ? ~
township negro who owed him $14.51.
The merchant neglected to sign his
name to this particular statement. A
few days later the negro came to
Sharon and walking into the store of
another merchant he owe1, he said:
"Cap'n. 1 got dis statement the other
day. Wasn't no name signed to it but
I ;eckon it was from you 'cause I owes
you." ,
*ft it wasn't from me it should have
been," said the merchant addressed
and who had not sent out any statements.
?
"Well, I want to pay something on
account," said the negro and he did.
And then Merchant No. 2, thanked
Merchant No. 1 for assisting him in
the collections, even though it was
through error.
Picture House for Sharon.
Sharon people are to enjoy all the
thrills of the movies without having
to go to Yorkville, Rock Hill or some
other larger town to see the glimmers
Wild west scenes, lovey dub, "tender
scenes" as a minister calls them and
everything are to be shown right in
town. The enterprising business men
have recently opened a picture house
and are determined to give Sharon
folks pictures as good as the best
every Friday night. The more folks
who come to the weekly shows the
better the pictures will be the next
week, they say.
MEMMINGER WA8 RIGHT
One Judge Who 8tandv for the Integrity
of the Law.
Greenville Piedmont.
On August 31, Tom Harrison, slayer
of his wife, was found guilty of manslaughter
by a Greenville county Jury.
On September 1, Circuit Judge R. W.
.Memminger semeiieeu nairiouu iu
serve fifteen years and ordered him to
be taken at once to the state penitentiary.
His Honor thus explained his
action:
"I feel that this community should
be protected against you and that you
must be made an exaniple, however
unfortunate it may be, to others who
may want to take up the same line of
work that you have done, and you win
have to be put somewhere where you
will be kept from the outside world
and not be allowed to go on with such
method of living and corrupting other
people as you have done I sent
you tp the penitentiary direct because
I have the power to do that, not deeming
it to be wise or expedient to put
you on the local chalngang here."
The length of the sentence imposed ,
by Judge Memminger upon Harrison (
made it impossible for him to secure ,
bail from the circuit court at that time.
Whereupon Harrison appealed to the ,
Supreme Court of South Carolina for
bail. 4
On the morning of the day when the
Supreme Court acted upon the matter
of_bail for Harrison, but before it had
announced its decision; Judge Memminger,
who was still holding court
here, said in open court, in announcing
that Solicitor David W. Smoak
was in Columbia to resist Harrison's
motion for bail: /
"Will the Supreme Court grant ball
and send Tom Harrison, a full-fledged .
citizen, to enjoy the society and freedom
of this city?"
"Yes, we will," was, in effect, the
reply of the Supreme Court of South
Carolina who a few hours later admit- i
ad Harrison to bail.
That was on October 24. i
Consequently, after having been
(n of oio nnnltnntlflr. iiiflt
seven weeks, Harrisorf returned to i
Greenville "a full-fledged citizen, to i
enjoy the society and freedom of this ;
city." ]
On Oct. 31, the grand Jury of Green- i
vtlle county in its presentment . to
Judge Memminger declared: ** |
"After a very thorough examination
of many witnesses who came before j
the grand Jury, we are convinced that
Tom Harrison and Lettie Littlefleld are '
living in adultery and have been most i
of the time since the killing of his wife,
Gertrude Robinson Harrison, and further
in defiance of the law while out
on bond and is now continuing to live '
in adultery. We, therefore, recom- I
mend that the proper authorities swear |
out warrants for these parties. The
witnesses are Sheriff Rector, Deputy
Sheriff Parris, Deputy Sheriff Williams,
Jailer Christopher and others."
In the very next paragraph, the ,
irrand Jury of Greenville county went ,
on to say: v I
"We want also to take this oppor- i
tunity of expressing our deep appreciation
of your Honor's unfailing fairness
and great . courage in enforcing 1
the law even in the face of criticism
which has seemed to us extremely un- ,
warranted and unjust. We trust that
Soitith Carolina will yet recognize Your
llfinnr'a linnlloqtlflnA(1 flnd BTfiftt &btlitV
and at an early date succeed In enllstirig
your services for the state in a
still higher judicial position."' ?
In these paragraphs of its presentment
the grand Jury of Greenville
county delivers justifiable rebuke to
the Supreme Court' of South Carolina.
In the Judgment of The Piedmont, this
declaration as well as Judge Memminger's
course has the approval of public
sentiment in this county.
The Piedmont believes that Judge '
Memmingcr's decision to commit Harrison
to the state penitentiary was
eminently Just and proper and that
the Supreme Court of South Carolina
acted unwisely in nullifying that action.
This newspaper also takes oc- ,
casion to say that the extraordinary
tribute paid Judge Memminger by the
grand jury of Greenville county is al- '
together deserved. If all our judges
were of his mold, lawlessness would be ,<
reduced to a minimum in South Carolina
and the law would be restored to
its ancient majesty. If R. Withers
Memminger should be elevated to the i
Supreme Court of South Carolina?and i
The Piedmont hopes he will be?not j
only would his force of character, ripe I
experience and fine ability measurably i
strengthen the body, but the respect
of the people for that tribunal would i
be considerably increased. * <
The presentment of the grapd. Jury t
of Greenville county made yesterday is i
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^ AMERICAN ~H
61 LE0I0N
'..W( 2
Conducted by Lewis *M. , Grist,
Publicity Officer, Meech Stew->
art Post, No. 66. ? , ?
, .Hi'MH 1,1 J
M?e*f? 8t?wart Club-Room* ? *
?? . O. . T-l A |. U.^.iiX.1^ rfM
aieecn oiewi^i rum u huubwi m to
fine club rooms as any post of the Legion
in South Carolina. Tbe^flob
rooms include a hot and.co?<i water
shower, a pool table, reading1 and .writing
rooms and other equipment. Join
the post and vou join the club. Meet
your old comrades at hea'dquarlefa.
You'll find the $5 you i*jfcst in a
year's membership to
vestment.
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Armistice Day. %
All roads will lead to Rock ^XUl next
Friday on the occasion of thes celebration
of Armistice day in conn'ecfion
with the York county fair.1 l2very exservice
man who can possibly make it
suit to do so should be in Rock 'Hill 'for
/wtnaeinn A vnrul (mn let n ilirad
each and every one who "fW to 'the
Good Town. There is to be pleat/ of
dinner for all which is to be furnished
free of charge. A most interesting
programme has been prepared for the
occasion.
Eli Bailee Post.
W. H. Kims, commander of Eli
Balles Post of the American Legion
hopes to have some thiMyio&if ^ exservice
men of his community who are
not now xyembers of th^'tfost' in as
members before the end of the year.
Commander Nlms said the other, day
that there are about seventy ex-service
men of Fort Mill and- -vicinity *
e'igible for membership in the American
Legion and he vasvhspelufcdhat
all of them could be made to see the
value of a membership In: thai Legion
before the end of the year.
Big -Feed for Soldier*, n
Me^ch Stewart Poet will entertain
all white ex-soldiers of this section at
a big feed in the legion dub* rooms
some time during the month of November.
Plans and preparations f 'for
the "hand out" have not as yet been
completed but announcements regarding
the details will be made in the
near future. Expense of the "feed"
will be borne by members of Meeeh
Stewart Post. The tare will bsstep*
and plain; but there will be plenty,U j
it. An effort will be made to hdve
several good speakers present for the
occasion and to make the event one
well worth while to all-exservice men
who will come.
Many* Apply ior Victory Medal*.
The commander of Meech Stewart
Post of the American Legion is fcdsy
these days making applications tor
Victory Meda's for ex-service men.
Many of the ex-service men have received
these medals and are well
pleased w'th the neat bronse souvenir
of the war. presented by tTncle Sam.
However there scores of, exBoldlers
in York county who have not
received these medals and who are entitled
to them. If you haven't gotten
yours yet bring your dlsoharge to Jaa.
D. Grist at The Yorkville Enquirer office
and he will take pleasure In getting
the medal for you. It doesn't matter
if you are white or if you are black pc
whether or not you are a member of
the American Legion. Bring youf discharge
in. A copy of It will be made;
ind you will receive the medal pronto.
Membership Drive.
Meech Stewart Post No. 61 hopes t?
have at least 200 members by December
1. The membership driWttf fca!
Is now on and every new member
who Joins now wllL receive the benefit;
of two extra months' membership. At a.
recent meeting of the post it _waat
decided to discontinue the mon&iy
charge of 50 cents to Legi&mires living
outside the corporate limits bf the '
town. The anual dues now are 15 although
a new man who joflfts this
month will get fourteen months for tha*
price of twelve months, i Every white
man who served in the late war should
De a mcmoer 01 me American region.
It is the great association of the men
who served and its total membership
is more than a million living In all
sections of the nation. Your fellow
soldiers who are members want you to
become a member. They believe that
membership in the Legion will help,
you in many ways as it has helped
them. The South Carolina Department
of the American LegUm,)s growing.
Meech Stewart P^>st of tlie rLegion
is growing. Join now. tiryw
with the gang. Send your name, outfit,
present address and check or ifloijey
order or cash for $5 to Jas. D. Grist,
post commander; or T. M. Ferguson,
finance officer, York, S. C. If It doesn't
suit you to see either ' of these two,
hand the money to some member of
the post who will turn It over to the
proper officer. Do it now!
one of the boldest and best ever mad*
in this county and is entitled to the
warmest commendation from the lawloving
and law-abiding people ol thla
county. When all petit juries i and
grand juries do their duty, as our
grand jury did yesterday, thep .aojl
not until then will the law be paramount
in the Palmetto State.
God grant that the juries of this
county shall ever have the conscienoe
and the courage boldly to attack wrofig
and error wherever they shall And
them! r-- u' '
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