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ESTABLISH ED 1855 YORK, 8. C., FBI DAY, JULY 14, 19-33. ~ J 3STO. lit*
VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
Brief Local Paragraphs of More or
Less Interest.
PICKED UP BY ENQUIRER REPORTERS
Stories Concerning Folks and Things,
Some of Which You Know and
Some You Don't Know?Condensed
for Quick Reading.
"This hasn't been a profitable term
of court from a stand point of fines
collected," remarked Clerk of Court T.
E. McMackin. We got only $200 In
cash If I remember correctly."
First Time in 15 Years.
"Well, I guess I have no right to
complain," remarked Cnpt. G. P.
Smith of Rock Hill who was among
those drawn for jury duty In the
oonrf nf ceneral sessions this week.
"This is the first time that I have been
drawn for jury duty in fifteen years."
Not Courting It.
"Dunno whether I am going to have
any opposition for magistrate this
time or not," said Magistrate J. L.
Duncan of lhillot k's Creek, who was
in Yorkvilie, Wednesday. "I've been
magistrate since 1902 now," Magistrate
Duncan went on to say. "I have
had opposition and I have run unopposed
and I can get along without
anybody else in. the race. I ain't
courting none."
Two Wcmen Enroll.
"The male voters at our precinct
are enrolling for the primary election
pretty well," remarked Mr. W. H. Dun
lap 01 ugcien, wno wua iuuuug mc * motors
in Yorkville, last Wednesday.
"The women, however, don't appear to
be Interested In things political. According
to the last information I had
only two women had enrolled at Ogden
and while there may be some
more before the books close, the indications
are that there will not be a
great many."
Hop? to Enroll 300.
"We hope to enroll 300 voters at the
Arcade-Victoria Mill precinct in Rock
Hill," said Mr. Dave L. Moss of Rock
Hill,, who was among the visitors in
Yorkville on Wednesday. "Up until
yesterday there were about 225 men
and 31 women enrolled in the precinct
and I don't think that there will be
any trouble in running the total to
300. Interest In things political is
up," Mr. Moss went on to say and it
may be a rather interesting county
and state election even yet so far as
York county is concerned."
t Easy to Identify.
"It is no trouble to distinguish between
a cotton square that has been
shed through normal conditions and
one which has been attacked by the
boll weevil," {aid Mr. J. H. Sutton of
Port Mill township, Tuesday.
Mr. Suiton was in Yorkville Tuesday
and made the remark in connection
with an inquiry as to crop conditions
over his way.
"Yes, it is simple enough, if you will
only observe. The square that has
be<>n shed under normal conditions is
alv/ays closed at the end, and the
square that the boll weevil has caused
to shed is open. This, of course, is
while they are reasonably fresh. A
square that has been shed normally
will open at the end as the process of
withering progresses. But with a little
practice there is no reason why any
one should make a mistake."
Not So Bad Now, But?
"We thought \\c were already ruined j
by the boll weevil in our section," said
Mr. W. E. Ashe of McConnellsville,
Wednesday; "but from what Mr. Tom
Brandon told me not long ago, I feel
more encouraged.
"Mr. Brandon is a demonstrat on |
agent with about six years boll weevil
experience. He knows about as much ^
* about the weevil as the next one, hav- (
ing seen it clean up the crops in Bam- (
berg and surrounding counties. After
making careful investigation of our '
fields around MeConnellsville, he told
us that we had the weevil all right; (
but not nearly so much of it ;is we
thought, and if it did not get worse
than it is, we have not a great deal to
fear. I tut he did not fail to caution us
that it can very easily get a great deal
worse. He did not recommend the use '
of sweet poison. In fact, from what he
said, I was led t( conclude that he does !
not thir.k it any good. 1 am figuring (
on getting a gun for the use of dr>
poison, however?a dusting gun."
Naval Officer a Visitor.
Lieutenant Senior Grade S. Howard
White of the United States naval
corps is in Yorkville on a short visit
to his mother and brother, having left
his ship, the transport "Kitterie," at
Norfolk, Vn? on a brief leave of absence.
JJeut. White, who is a graduate
in medicine from the University j
of Maryland has been in the United !
State naval medical service for four j
years now and he talked most inter- J
estingly yesterday of his life in the j
naval service.
"I have just completed my seventeenth
trip between Norfolk and the
West Indies." he said. "The trans- i
port Kitterie makes l'orto Itico, San
Domingo, Haiti and Cuba at regular
intervals, carrying troops and supplies.
I a in tin- medical officer of the
transport and occasionally I have my
hands full with sick sailors and marines.
"The round trip from tlie Islands to
Norfolk Is about 4.U00 miles, so you
' " 1
will see that 1 have done quite a bit
of traveling in the past four years and
have little time to spend ashore.
Still it is an interesting life and I like
it. One soon gets used to it and of
course I now feel as much at home on
the ocean as on the shore.
"The islands of the West Indies
where Uncle Sam maintains troops
are quite interesting places, especially
San Domingo. It is the oldest of
those islands and is said to he the
place where Christopher Columbus
first landed .in discovering America.
On the island is an ancient fort said
to have been erected there by Columbus.
The people of San Domingo
sneak Spanish almost entirely.
"On the neighboring island of Haiti
two languages are popular. The people
of one side speak a sort of French
Creole, while those of the other side
speak Spanish.
"The people are not inclined to be
very industrious and one does not see
any great indications of progress
among them. Still there is much of
interest and attraction to see down
there and the life does not pail as one
might imagine."
Had Done Quit. (
Maybe up North, acting under fool- (
Ish advice, the negro might be willing ;
to take the job of a white man as a (
strikebreaker; but, not in South Caro- .
Una. Sou til Carolina negroes know (
pretty weil how to let the white man's \
business alone. i
An engineer of the Southern rail- \
way, who looks upon the present <
strike of the shopmen largely as a i
disinterested bystander, told this sto- ]
ry in the presence of Views and Inter- ^
views a few days ago: ,
"It was down in Columhia^ust after )
the shopmen's strike went into effect.
One of the big passenger engines <
needed a new spring under it. There 1
was not enough help available, and j
the general foreman called on a squad '
of negroes who were working about I
the round house yard under the dlrec- <
tion of a track foremap, to come and 1
help hir., 1
"Who, us?" replied the spokesman. !
"Yes, you," was the repjy. t
"We ain't got nothing to do with I
that job, cap,' said the negro.
"Well, you will come here and do 1
what you are told or go get your time,
just as yea prefer."
"Why, boss," answered the negro, 1
"we done quit dis Job.' 1
They did not help fix the spring? <
not the negroes. 1
,.,
WHAT DO OFFICE BOYS DO?
Their Own Committee Has Compiled
Exact Official Data.
A committee, self-appointed on the
conservation of energy and promotion
of industry among office boys, was
isked for the results of an investigation.
Of seventeen hundred office
ooys investigated the following was
Jetermined:
Twelve per cent read movie magazines
and memorize the lives of movie
stars.
Seventeen per cent, print their
annies in various types over seventy
limes dally.
Eleven per cent, watch the door
Trom the hall while they match pennies
with other future presidents and
Jirectors.
Three per cent, collect postage
stamps and spend their time sorting
Ihem. *
Seven per cent practice typewriting.
Four per cent, sleep.
Three per cent, sit and stare off into
dank space.
Six per cent, just sit.
Those remaining are sufficiently
;lever in action so that even their
josses don't know what they are dong.?Wall
Street Journal.
Seedinq Bur Clover.?It is about
lime for the man who is fortunate
mough to have a field of pood bur f
dovor to considf r harvesting and re- 7
sowing the seed, suggests N. E. Win- I
crs, specialists in Soil Fertility, who (
llso advises prompt resowing of seed 1
'or est results. !
As soon as the vines arc perfectly t
dead and before the field is grown c
up in weeds and grass, the vines t
diould be raked in piles and the seed t
iwept up with a broom and shoveled {
into sacks. For home use a small i
unount of dirt mixed with the seed
in gathering them up is all right. If s
the seed are put on the market, run- \
ning over a double set of screens to ^
take out both large and small clods .
will considerably increase their market
value. '
As soon as possible after being \
harvested the seed should be scatter- (
ed over the lield where bur clover is
wanted next fall and winter. My this 1
method the field will be covered with i
bur clover early in the fall and a good
growth will be secured next winter, v
if plenty of seed are used. Front 40 to
SO pounds of clean seed in the bur per (
acre should be used. (
i
W "Becky Thatcher," the little i
schoolgirl in the Mark Twain book on ! <
the adventures of Tom Sawyer and i j
Huckleberry Finn, is a real person |
living today in Hannibal, Missouri, the It
old home of Mark Twain. She is S6 j.
years of age and is matron of the I
Home of the Friendless there. ' :
? 1 t
X' Asbestos suits are made for per- I ]
sons engaged In work that requires ]
fireproof clothing. Asbestos can be I
spun so fine that 100 yards of the filament
will weigh only one ounce and
cloth can be made from this weighing ;
only a lew ounces to the square yard. I
ZIMMERMAN CONVICTED
Mrs. Huggins Acquitted of Complicity
in Killing of Husband.
HARD FOUGHT CASE IS CONCLUDED
Defendant on Trial Yesterday Convicted
by Jury After Two Hours of Deliberation?Motion
for New Trial
Made This Afternoon?Much of
Testimony of Sordid and Revolting
Nature.
After deliberating about two hours,
the jury trying the case of Albert Zimmerman,
textile worker, charged with
the murder of J. Pink Huggi.js returned
a verdict of guilty with recommendation
to mercy at 9:05 Thursday
night. Immediately Thos. F. McDow,
Esq., of counsel for the convicted man
gave notice of a motion for a new
trial He said the motion would be
argued this morning at 9:30 but when
that hour arrived the plea was made
that counsel for the defense were not
ready to argue the motion because of
the fact that \V. 1$. Wilson, Esq., of
leferise's counsel could not reach th^
court before 12 or 1 o'clock. Albert
Zimmerman, the defendant received
:he Jury's verdict last evening with the
iame decree of stoicism that had
characterized Ids manner throughout
the two days of the trial. There was
jome delay in receiving the verdict of
the jury because of the fact that it
ivas Improperly written on the indictment
and Judge McGowan required
Foreman Whitosides to write the
vords:: "Guilty as to the defendant
\lbort Zimmerman with recommendation
to mercy."
When first received bv the clerk it
jould not bo determined whether the
verdict as to Zimmerman was "not
jruilty," "guilty of manslaughter," or
'guilty of murder with recommendation
to morey." The jury in charge
>f the sheriffs deputies was taken
to supper at the Shandon Hotel
ibout 8 o'clock last evening and a
ahort while after they had returned to
the jury room from supper announced
hat they had agreed upon a verdict.
Judge McGowan was notified. The
prisoner was brought in from the Jail
ind his counsel were notified. About
100 persons who had loitered around
he courthouse were present when the
verdict was announced, they being
mnfident that an early verdict would
lie reached.
Case Closed Early.
Testimony in the Zimmerman case
vas concluded about 4 o'clock Thurslay
afternoon, the principal witness
'or the defense that day being Zimnerman
himself. W. 13. Wilson open
>d the argument of counsel for the de'ense
followed by Thos. I<\ McDow
,vlth Solicitor Henry speaking for the
itato. Argument of the defendant's
ittorneys were that Zimmerman had
>hot Huppins after the latter had ntacked
him and that he had a ripht to
ihoot in defense of his life. They
lainted the dead man Huppins as a
nan unfit to live because he had nlowed
his wife to have illict relations
vith another man. They declared that
Pluppins became anpry and attacked
Zimmerman after the latter had
epented of his conduct with Mrs
luppins and had determined to pive
lor up and return to the support of
lis father and mother and live ripht.
rhi.s determination on Zimmerman's
mrt en raped Huppins, they nrpued,
vho wanted to put both his wife and
hildrcn on Zimmerman.
Defense For Huggins.
Before bepinninp his address Solid- |
or Henry showed the jury a photo- ;
rraph of the dead Huppins. Ho deended
the dead man. claiminp that his
:ountenance showed that he was not
he kind of man he had been pictured,
-lis arpument was that Huppins was
lot aware of the illicit relations of
drs. Huppins with Zimmerman until a
'ew clays before the killing and tliat
linimerman, desirous of Retting rid of
Iugrgins had framed a plot to get him
nit on the road and kill him, which he
iad clone. If Zimmerman had been an
lonest man lie would not have waited
0 eome to the home of Hugging under
over of darkness, lie argued. Letters
effered in the defense said the solictor,
showed that -Muggins was a good
riend to Zininvrman and that he was
jot mad at Zimmerman.
It was unnatural, continued the
solicitor that a man should sell his
vife as the defense insisted that Hugtins
had done. It was contrary to the
aws of natuie?even contrary to the
nstincts of animal nature. There was
110 evidence that the dead man had
ver gotten any of the money that his
ivifo had testified she got from Zimnermnn.
I know of but one easy anything
similar to this case in the recent annals
>f crime in South Caiolina, said Solictor
Henry. That was the case of
Fox, (tapping and Kirby. They killed
1 man for liis automobile. The state
barges that Zimmerman killed Hugtins
for Muggins's wife.
Judge McfJowan's charge was brief
ind the case was in the hands of the i
jury at <?:45.
The crowd attendant upon the trial
yesterday was not nearly so large as
:hat of Wednesday when Mrs. Eflie
Ferguson Muggins was acquitted of a
part in the murder and when she told
ier story.
Acquittal for Mrs. Huggins.
Mrs. Kffie Muggins was absolved of
111 blame for the killing of her huslan,
Pink Muggins, by order of Judge
Frank McGowan at 4 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon, his honor sustaining the
motion for the direction of a verdict of
not guilty by her counsel, Thos. F.
McDow, Esq., on the ground that there
was no evidence tending to show that
she conspired to do her husband to
death or that she was present when ho
was killed. At the direction of Judge
McGowan, Foreman Martin Whitesides
wrote a verdict of not guilty as to Mrs.
Huggins. Following the publishing of
the verdict Mrs. Huggins gave no sign
of interest in the fact that she was at
liberty, but continued to give her attention
to her infant son as she hadj
done throughout the day.
When the case of Albeit Zimmerman
and Mrs. Kffle Ferguson Hoggins, ,
charged with the murder of Pink Huggins,
lnsband of the woman, on the
Charlotte road just outside the north- (
eastern corporate limits of Yorkville, ,
November 7, last, was called there was
a packed court room of auditors eager
and anxious to hear every detail of the
most sordid und filthy case tried in the
York county courthouse in years. The
audience included many relatives and
acquaintances of the dead man, relatives
aind friends of the two accused
persons, court attaches and a vast
number of idle and curious who listened
with satisfaction and zest to the
revolting' details of illicit relations between
Zimmerman and Mrs. JIuggins.
When the latter took the stand late in
the afternoon to testify in behalf of
Iter "friend" Zimmerman after she had
bbeen freed by the court, she painted
Pink Huggins, her dead husband, in
colors so black as to bring a blush of
shame to every self-respecting man in
the court room. It was the consensus
of opinion that lr ner story ui mo wunauet
was true then his Satanic Majesty,
the King of Hell, is now entertaining
in his empire of tire and brimstone,
one of the lowest and most dastardly
characters ever permitted to live for
awhile upon earth. There were many,
however, who accepted Mrs. Huggins's
story with reservations. Yet there was
much pity for her?realization of the
fact that she had lived hard, that her's
had not been a bed of roses, that in the
path of life which she had trod since
she was married at 15, there was much
of the bitterest and the hardest and
the most vicious in life. There was
more sympathy however, for the chubby
baby boy, thrie months old, who
looked about at times as if anxious to
know what it was all about and who of
course did not realize that he was a
fhnpsictop in one of. the most sordid of
human interest stories.
(
Jurors On Voir Dire. f
All jurors drawn for probable ser- 1
vice Wednesday morning were placed >
on their voir dire as their names were t
drawn from the box. The usual ques- t
tions ns to whether or not they were t
related by blood or marriage to the 1
principal parties and whether or not
they had expressed or formed an opinion
relative to guilt or innocence of the 1
accused, were asked each one by Judge c
McGowan. J. M. Brian, I<\ C. Wood, J. 1
T. McKnight, Robert Jones and Sam c
Smith were excused by the court be- s
cause they had formed, an opinion relative
to the case. J. T. I'lexico was v
excused from jury duty because he had f
a sore foot. J. F. Davis and O. P. I
Smith were challenged by the state, t
W. S. Peters, James N. Ashe, J. A.
Hnrdin. Jno. A. Carter and G. W. Knox -l
were challenged by the defendants' at- 1
torneys. 1
Jury Easily Obtained.
However, it was 110 great trouble for
counsel to agree on a jury. In less ^
than three-quarters of an hour the 3
following had been accepted, M. S. j.
Whitesiclcs being selected as foreman: t
\V. 11. Hope, W. L. Love, J. S. Plexico, ,,
R. L. Sweat, \V. It. Moloney, Frank M. j
Jackson, .T. C. Wallace, I. L. McCarter, ^
J. F. Lee, L. A. Pope, S. C. Clinton, M. v
S. Whitesides.
Tell Tale Button. r
Frank P. Morrison, Cannon mill a
storekeeper, told of being summoned 1
to the place where Huggins's body was s
found beside the Charlotte road on j s
November 7. He lives about a quarter 1 '
of a mile from where the body was ^
found. He found a button which was s
near the body of the dead man and he '
found a pistol there.
Sheriff Fred Quinn told of his sum- *
mons to the scene early in the morning s
and described the position of the body.
He talked to Mrs. Huggins, who told '
him that some one had called her bus- *
band out on Sunday night. She did not 0
.. . . . ... v
Know wno cnueu nun, uui uuu
the last time she saw him alive. The
sheriff told of taking money out of the *
pockets of the dead man and turning '
it over to Mrs. lluggins. A packet of (
letters and papers he kept.
Mrs. John Hunsinger, a sister of the *'
dead man. told of turning a packet of
letters which she found behind a picture
frame in the Huggins home over v
to the sheriff. Mrs. Huggins, she said, 1
was among the first to inform her of I '
the death of Huggins. Her son, Arthur ! '
lluggins, was with her when the news i1
was given and the little lad told of Al- 1
bert Zimmerman being in the Hug- '
glns's home the night before. Mrs. 1
Hunsinger said that Mrs. Huggins 1
told her son to "Hush talking so much ;
when you don't know what you are 1
talking about."
Mrs. Huggins, according to Mrs. '
Hunsinger, also remarked: "I won- '
der if Albert could have done it." She "
also testified that Mrs. lluggins had re- x
marked: "1 never put over such n y
(Continued on Page Three.)
TRIO CONVICTED
?
Whisonant, Bateman and Crisp Guilty
of Attempting to Rob Alex Long, Jr.
U'?:t
WHISONANT MADE PLEA OF INSANITY
Young Rock Hillians Sought to Get
Money from Wealthy Rock Hillian
Through Bogus Officer Frame-upUgly
Story of Traffic in Women in
County Metropolis Brought to Light.
Interesting revelations relative to
Rock Hill's underworld came to light
Tuesday afternoon on account of the
trial of the case of Clarence Whlsonant,
Perry Bateman and Oliver Crisp,
charged with conspiracy to roh Alexander
Long, Jr., son of a wealthy Rock
Hill textile manufacturer. The fact
that there are in Rock Hill numbers
:>f young white men who make a living
by soliciting for women of the underworld
was established during the
case, the three prisoners making no
denial that thev eneasred in such oc
:upat ion as occasion might arise. Af:er
a deliberation of more than four
hours the jury on Tuesday night returned
a verdict of guilty as to all 1
three of the defendants. Clarence
IVhisonant, alleged "master mind" of
the three in the conspiracy to rob I
roung Long who is said to be socially
prominent in Rock Hill, did not take
the stand in his own behalf. Intend
ie sought to establish a plea of in- I
amity through his attorney. He al- '
nost got away with it since one memaer
of the jury hung the other eleven 1
'or some time convinced that Whisolant
was not responsible. After much
liscussion they agreed to return a
irorclict of guilty against the trio.
Ahisonant threw a fit in the county
ia.il Wednesday; out nonoay wu.iu.-bb;d
It but prisoners.
How it Started.
Alex I^ongr, Jr., was the principal
witness for the state. He testified
hat Clarence Whisonant met him in
Rock Hill, on June 17 and asked to
enow if he would like to ride out and
neet some women. Long said he told
llm he was agreeable. Whisonant
vent to a nearby telephone to make
he necessary arrangements and later
n Long's automobile they drove out
owards Cherry Park on the Rock
Hill-Fort Mill road. According to
roung Long, they were going about
wenty-five miles an hour on the con:rcte
road when some one ordered
hem to stop, saying that the speed
Imit was being violated and bond
vould have to be arranged. The man
vho was unknown to Long said he
vns a county officer, and that since
lie machine was going 49 miles .an
lour he would require a bond of $15.
Back for the Money.
Long told the bogus officer that he
lad no money but would get a check
lashed in Rock Hill and bring it to
lim. The officer hopped on behind the
ar and got off a short distance away,
saying he would wait for the money.
According to IiOng's testimony he <
vent to police headquarters ana in- 1
ormed the officers and Policeman *
toyd was dispatched to go back to *
he scene of the hold up. *
As they were going up Oakland 1
tvenuo some one hailed them. It was 1
'erry Bnteman who, upon seeing Po- I
iceman Boyd in the car cried to f
Yhisonunt: "Your baby, has just v
hunk a bottle of kerosene."
The party went to Whisonant's r
muse where it was found that neither 1
drs. Whisonant nor her baby were at r
lome and that there was nothing to '
he kerosene story. Then the officer t
rrested Batcman and carried him to '
he police station. Oliver Crisp was
ound sitting in a car nearby and he r
vas ordered to the station. r
Batemnn was locked up for the 1
light while Crisp and Whisonant were 1
illowed to go home. The next day, 1
lowever, Bateman told it to the chief
ay ins; tnai no ano urisp wore 10 gei 5
each from Whisonant for framing f
.ong. Crisp had told Ratoman to toll r
Vhisonant the story about the koro- *
one according to Rat Oman's story to '
he police cliief. Later Crisp was ar- '
osted and admitted Ills knowledge o? v
he frame-up but denied he was to '
rot any of the money. !l
Constable Frank Allen testified that 1
Interna 11 pleaded guilty in magisrate's
rourt in Rock Hill to a charge r
if impersonating an officer. A textile r
corker named Pittman testified that 8
ibout a week or ten days prior to the '
.ong episode, Whisonant had asked '
lim if he didn't want to make some *
fasy money by "sticking up" Long, 1
uit he declined, saying he didn't want c
iny money that way.
Testimony for Whisonant.
C. W. F. Spencer, Esi|., of Rock Hill s
vho was chairman of Local Exemp- f
ion Hoard No. 1 for York county dur- '
ng the World war told of the trouble 1
le had with Clarence Whisonant while 1
he latter was under the authority of s
he board. Whisonant, he said, had fi- j s
inallv been admitted into some kind of
imited service and was sent to a camp "
n Illinois. He deserted three time and j "
vas finally discharged because of men- j;i
al incapacity. He said Whisonant '
vas not a normal man. Dr. W. R. 1
llackinon, a physician and surgeon of f
lock Hill, testified Whisonant was not %
i normal man. He was unable to say
vhether Whisonant knew right from 1
long. -v
The Defendant's Story. 1
Perry Bateman one of the defend- '
ants testified that Clarence Whlsonant
came to him and wanted to know if
he could get him a woman for Alex
Long, Jr. He said that Whlsonant often
got women for Long and lie
thought it was all right. He was with
Oliver Crisp and knowing that there
were two "crooks" in the depot, they
went after them. The women agreed
to go for a ride and they carried them
up to a point near the Cherry road.
He thought Long was coming by
himself and wjjen he stopped a car
with two people in it he was unaware
that one of them was Whisonant. He
said he punched Long as he told him
that he must put up bond, that idea
occurring to him in order to save Ixmg
from notoriety. He was posing as an
officer for Long's benefit, he said and
with no intention of robbing him but
with a view to diverting suspicion
irom me real mission.
Crisp Enters Denial.
Oliver Crisp entered a denial to any
conspiracy to rob Long; but declared
lie carried the two women with Hateman
up the street from the depot at
Huteman's request. When Long didn't
come the two women became impatient
and went away. Ho denied telling
Hateman to tell Whisonant any
story about the baby drinking Kerosene.
Whisonunt's father, Crisp's father
and Huteman's mother and sister were
present for the trial. The wifo and
baby of Whisonant were also present
while Long's father was with his son.
W. H. Wilson assisted Solicitor Henry
In the prosecution; Thos. F. Me Dow,
Esq., represented Whisonant while H.
M. Dunlap, Esq., represented Hateman
and Crisp.
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Biological Survey Says He Is Really
Worth While.
Just on the heels of reports that
English spnrrows are becoming fewer
about the towns, comes a statement
from the Biological Survey that the
English sparrow isn't a pest after all,
that the chirping bunch of impudence
is another of those blessing's in disguise
and it leaves one with still anather
thing to worny about.
Studies of birds and Insect destroy ?rs
and of vermin and parasite pests,
extending through a century of observations,
show that many so-called
aird pests are themselves effective
lids to the farmer, and others not
generally thought to be insect destroyers,
are active in the work. "W. L.
McAtee, of the Biological Survey of
he Deiifi rt ment nf >1 r?rlnnlt ni-f? mvh
n a review, of the Smithsonian Insti.ution
just published:
Outstanding among these are cited
he English sparrow, often systematcally
destroyed as a pest, which ncv rtheless
feeds upon the seventeen
rear locust, asparagus beetle, locust
eaf miner, tent caterpillar, canker
vorm, army worm and drop worm;
ind bob white quail, usually a seed
later, which also feeds upon the lo ust
and the olive scale.
'The general utility of birds in
hecklng the increase of injurious anmals
and plants, is well understood,"
to continues. "It must be admitted,
lowever, that while birds constantly
>xert a repressive influence on the
lumbers of the organisms they prey
ipon and even exterminate certain
>osts locally, they are not numerous
'nough to cope successfully with
vide-spread invasions."
Nevertheless, Mr. McAtee cites nu
iirniua auuienuc instances where
lirds have destroyed insect plagues
md their eggs and larvae so completey
that such apecies have never reurned
to the localities where formery
they had wrought great crop.damige,
or were present in such depleted
lumbers as to be almost negligible. In
nost of the cases he cites, efforts of
nrmers and gardeners to eradicate
he guests had proven fruitless and
he crops had been given up for lost.
One reason for this near exterminalon
at times, he says, is that birds are
irone to feed upon whatever food is
nost easy to procure at the time. So
hat if lierries or fruits are abundant
n a locality they will constitute the
irds' main food for the time, and
ehen insects swarm in great num>ers,
the birds are attracted to that
bundant source and feed upon them
intil the supply gives out.
Notable among many instances
nentioned, are various local exterminations
of the Rock mountain or mi
luiuij lucum, wnicii ever Mince isio, .
ins at times threatened the grain ,
ields, especially on the great plains,
dr. McAtee's article tells of numerous
iines when grain growers despaired
>f saving crops from hordes of locusts
;<> thick upon the ground as to be ,
rounted by the hundreds upon a
quare foot of field. Just as they had
jiven up hopes of saving tfceir crops,
locks of yellow head, and Brewer's
ilackbirds, gulls, quail, English sparows,
came among the pests with (
iuch effect tliat much of the grain
survived the attack.
The article includes many instances
ts well, of saving crops both field and (
tarden, in eastern sections, of near
innihiiation of grubs, moth, caterpilar,
beetles and parasites in trees, es>ecially
in orchards, and shows the ,(
treat good done by birds in eating
veed seeds.
Owls have been placed in rat or
nice infested cellars and granaries, he
lays, with such success as to eliminate
here that source of widespread eeoutomic
loss in grains and cereals.
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LOOKING HIM OVER
Hock Hill Officer Gives a Line on
Alleged Master Crook.
SAID TO BE COLLEGE GRADUATE
Pays Big Income Tax from Profits in
Booze and Other Law Violations?
Watches after Henchmen Carefully
and Furnishes Bond Money and At*
I torncy's Fees?Too Smoothe and
Skillful to Allow Himself to be
Brought into Limelight.
Two denizens of Rock Hill's jungle
sat on trial In the court of general
sessions in Yorkvllle the other day.
In the court room were a number of
their relatives and their friends. In
leresieu jn men" utsr were several ic?lows
who had been mixed with them
at different times in other scrapes
ranging from liquor selling to robbery.
Occasionally the two defendants
glanced back beyond the rail separating
the audience from the enclosure
reserved for court officials and prisoners.
There were occasional flashes
of recognition?wanks of the eye and
otl.er little signs of understanding.
Among those who occupied one of the
front seats reserved for auditors and
witnesses was a big, husky, rather
athletic lookilg chap. His was a
rather flashy appearance. There was
something of the sport about him.
Among his other little worries and
uneasinesses evident from his mnnner
was the fear that his trousers might
get out of crease.
It was hot in the court room. The
big fellow fanned himself occasionally
with his straw hat. Frequently' he
cast his gaze across the room, nodding
and smiling here and there. Most of
the nods and smiles and mental di> ^
rections were for witnesses connected
with the case in which the court was
engaged. His gaze was returned by
those on whom he had centered. In
most instances it was a gaze or look
of respect* returned him?a silent acknowledgement
of allegiance to a
master of superior intellect and intelligence.
His. History.
An officer who has long had his
headquarters in Rock Hill, remarked
to the reporter:
"See, the big fellow who is evidently
so keen about everything going on
around here?"
"Yep," was the reply,
wen mat cnap is tnc King 01 kock
Hill's underworld. He's the king bee,
the high cockalorum of all the crooks
and tough characters with whom tho
town is infested. lie is the brains of
all the wops and low-brows, the man
to whom they all turn when they are
caught in any kind oj scrape, no matter
what it is. He is the fellow that,
all the police officers of Rock Hill
have to watch out .for and have to
down."
A Crafty Mind.
"Sounds interesting," rommented
the reporter. "Just like a moving
picture serial?the Iron Hand or something
like that. Ry the way, won't
ycu page Nick Carter or Sherloclc
Holmes r
"It's fact, all right," returned the
officer. "That fellow back there la
more Interested in the acquittal of
these two fellows here on trial that
they are. He is the fellow who Is put ting
up the money to pay their lawyer.
Of couise the lawyers don't -s
know that. It will be paid them by
the two accused; but the big fellow in
the hack will furnish the money. He
it is who has rounded up their witnesses
and you will notice that he
seems to be very much interested."
"Oh come on." returned the reporter,
"you Hock Hill folks can't pull big
city stuff like that."
"I'm not proud of it, understand,"
replied the officer. "But it is fact. I
have spent many a sleepless night
trying to out guess that big fellow
hack there. He's a wonder. We know
that he is putting devilment into the
heads of others all the time. We
know that he is selling great quantities
of liquor through others and we
know that he has much to do with
getting women of the underworld in
and out of Rock Hill. But it seems to
be impossible to fasten him with any
thing at any time.
A College Graduate.
"He's been in Rock Hill for several
years now," continued the officer, going
into the fellow's history a bit. He's
i conegc graduate, I understand?an
Alumnus of a prominent Virginia college.
Ho got out of service in the
World war by acting as a secret agent
for n big manufacturing concern In the
east engaged in making munitions of
war. He has done considerable detective
work over the country and I have
understood that ho has done similar
work abroad.
"He has a little business in Rock
Hill, which he runs as a kind of blind
or stall. His principal business, however,
is organizing blind tigers and
runners for underworld women. Receipts
from his legitimate business
couldn't be more than forty or fifty
dollars a week. Yet I am informed
that in 1921 he paid the United States
government something like J200 in income
tax. The auditors were able to
find that much coming to the government
when they checked up his bank
account.
"He carries a roll of bills on him all
the time big enough to choke a horse.
(Continued on Page Eight.)
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