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ESTABLISHED 1855 YORK, S.~C? TUESDAY, JULY 18, 192-2. ]STO. 57~
VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
Brief Local Paragraphs of More or
Less Interest.
PICKED UP BY ENQUIKER REPORTERS
Stories Concerning Folks and Things,
Soma of Which You Know and
Soma You Don't Know?Condensed
for Quick Reading.
Names Is Names.
"Work Wright" lives at Tirzah. He
is a subscriber to The Yjrkvllle Enquirer.
Our Country Correspondent.
"Bud Bogs has company at his
house. We would have had their
names in the paper; but the creek got
up and we couldn't get over there to
find out."
Not Using Much Poison.
"Sale of calcium arsenate for poisoning
the boll weevil has slacked up
within the past few days," said a Yorkville
merchant this morning. "Thero
has been so much rain of late that the
farmers say there is no use putting on
the poison since it will be washed right
oIt. And I think that is rignt.
Gathered 5,000 Squares.
"Folks down ray way are still fighting
the boll weevil by picking up punctured
squares," said Mr. H. J. Shercr
of Sharon No. 2, who was among the
visitors in Yorkville last Saturday.
"My farm, force went over six acres of
cotton on my place twice last week
looking for punctured squares. We
gathered 5,000. That about got them
all at the time, because we made a
mighty careful search. If I don't make
a cotton crop," Mr. Sherer concluded,
"it won't be my fault."
Must Give Exact Age.
"Women must give their correct age
in enrolling to vote in the Democratic
primary," said County Chairman John
A. Marion the other day. "It is illegal
for any woman to state that she
it: '21?plus,' or just 21 if she is older
than that. The rules of the party are
plain on the point and I have repeatedly
given instructions to the various
enrollment committees that they should
see to it that every woman voter gives
her correct age. I understand that the
rolls include the nanus of many women
who have stated that they arc
n? n matter of
m1 or mt X u>7| TT llvt* iw *? ???~ - _
fact they are considerably older and
the chances are that all names will be j
purged from the rolls by the eommltt
tee it' it is found by them that the ape
K of the voter was improperly stated."
V Talking It Over.
J The trouble with the world's garments
of peace is that they were cut
1 on the bias.
F The one trouble with "collective bargaining"
is the emphasis put on "collect."
Doyle says there is no l^ell, then business
cannot have gone where folks
said it went.
The senate's unfinished business may
be the finish of other senators besides
McCumber.
There must be something in a name.
Ham Berger runs a restaurant in a
Kansas town, O.
As a courting chariot, the hammock
has the advantage of never having to
be hauled back.
Good manners arc not uncommon in
Georgia, even if Tom Watson is semitor
from that state.
The slowest race in tue worm is mc
American race. Judged by its progress
toward civilization.
The dominant state of the world today
is neither America nor Britain, but
the state of indecision.
Fellows who do not play whist follow
suit when it's a bathing suit over-fllleu
with fair femininity.
If the present Russian government
be a "survival of the fittest," what
must the unfittest have been?
They fed Taft on London like a prodigal,
but Ambassador Harvey did not
furnish the fatted calf.
Learn a Little.
1. Where was the "Spanish Main?"
This was a name given td the mainland
of South and Central America
when it was in the hands of the Spanish.
I'eoplc came to call the seas of
that i>art of the world by the same
name, so when we read about the pirates
of the Spanish Main the phrase
Usually means int.- vai ivumii
'2. What was the picture, made from
the story by Rex Beach, produced
when pictures were young, in which a
big light occurred? "The Spoilers."
o. Give live synonyms for sagacious.
Discerning, intelligent, judicious,
sage, wise.
4. What language is the one most
spoken in Barcelona, Spain, and in the
surrounding region. Catalonian. It is
a Latin language, standing about
midway between French and Spanish,
and is closely related to Provencal.
5. What is a patent? A government
grant to an Inventor securing to
him for a limited time the exclusive
privilege of making, using, vending or
authorizing others to make, use, or
vend, any new and useful machine,
manufacture or process.
C. Who was Juno's watchman of a
hundred eyes? Argus.
7. Who was Elizabeth Barry? An I
English actress, born in died on '
November 7, 1713. She went on the
stage under the patronage of the Earl
of Rochester and was the creator of
more than 100 roles, mostly those of!
tragedy. She was known as "the great
Mrs. Barry."
8. What American city was known
forty years ago as "The Future
Great?" . St. Louis. A noted citizen
wrote a large volume on the subject
and tho name was adopted by the city.
9. Where and in what year was the
Pannma-Paciflc international exposition
held? In. San Francisco in 1915.
10. What battle was fought on
American soil after peace had been
declared with the country with which
we had been at war? The battle of
New Orleans. This battle was fought
after the peace with England hud been
concluded at Ghent, ending the war of
1812.
Flippancy.
It is not by her garments new
And neatly dapper,
But by her flippancy that you
Can tell a flapper. 1
?Washington Star. t
It is not by her garments old,
Or morning wrapper,
But by her llnery, that you
Can tell a flapper.
?Brooklyn Eagle.
It Is not by hor garments few,
Growled at by papa, 1
Hut her step and pep, that you 1
Can tell a flapper.
?Charleston News and Courier.
It is not by her garments flashy,
Creating chatter,
But by painted lip and brow you 1
Can tell a flapper. (
?J. D. G. ]
Preparing for Fall Tomatoes.
R. E. (Bob) Farris of Clover No. 1,
one of the leading truck growers in l
York county, is going to try to make i
a big hit with late tomatoes this fall. |
"It Is my intention to set out 15,000 ,
tomato plants within the ne::t few (
weeks it tne weatner win permu, j
Mr. Farris yesterday. "So far I have
set out about 1,600 and If the ground
is not too wet I believe I will get. out
the 15,000. If I have any luck I will
be able to supply a big section of this
country with tomatoes from about November
1 until frost. I had good luck
with fall tomatoes last year and sold
hundreds of dollars worth in Clover,
Gastonia and other markets. The only
troublo was that I didn't have enough
of them."
'There's one point essential to keep
in mind to have success with tomatoes,"
snid Mr. Farris, "and that is
that you musn't put them in the same
ground tw'~e. The ground that I have
been using for summer tomatoes I
propose to put in Irish potatoes now.
One must also be very careful about j
the kind of soil in which tomatoes are j
set. A sandy soil won't do. It causes ,
the plants to wilt. A sort of mulatto j
soil is the best. I have found by using J
that kind of soil I have never been f
bothered with wilt."
WHIPPLE VS. LODGE. <
Opposition Forces In Massachusetts <
Grapple In Great Fight.
Sherman L. Whipple is going after (
Senator Lodge with gloves oil. The 1
intimations are -that big stakes are be- '
|ng played for?that, if Whipple can 1
defeat Lodge, the Democratic party 1
will put him up to defeat Harding, or
u-liiuMfni- tho J-f oruihlina n? nomina te
next time for the presidency. j
Mr. Whipple says that he lias no il- l
lusions about that contest?that he is (
aware that "Senator Lodge represents c
in the state the power of recognized ?
money interests" and that "they will i
fight to the last ditch to retain him." i
Mr. Whipple is not yet the nominee >
of the Democrats for the senate. But l
he disposes of his opponent for the (
nomination, William A. Gaston, in i
these words: "Can wc expect that vie- j
tory will come to us if all that we of- ]
fer is ' i same thing under a different j
guise or the dd master under a new \
name? What would it amount, t) to (
ask the people to replace Senator i
Lodge by one whose instinct, training (
and associations would lead him to
think .and feci on the vital issues which
affect the plain people just as Senator <
Lodge thinks and feels, and whose in- |
stinct and inclination would lead him <
to do and to vote regarding those great <
issues just as Senator Lodge has done , (
and voted?" ! i
Returning to Senator Lodge, lie de- i
clares: |1
"Un Hou In., n lnnrtinir hiipkll'nril and i (
not forward. Ho lias been loading
against the movement of the times ant!
not with it. He has been leading directly
against the great swing of pro- i
gressivc principles. He has been leading
back to the old days, to the days <
of prosperity of tariff-fed trusts and i
industrial serfdom, the days when |
prosi>erity was reckoned by millions of ,
profits to the capitalists and not by i
the standards of living and well being
of the masses. The people have refus- (
ed to be led back. They insist upon
going forward. Hence the revolt, tlie
confusion, the unrest, the bitterness,
the resentment, the crying sense of injustice.
Hence the defeat of the Hepublican
leaders that seems to puzzle
them so."
Mr. Whipple talks well. He has:
commanded to himself and to his can- j
didacy the attention of the country)
and tiie progress and result of his [
course in his attempt to defeat the!
great Massachusetts senator and ae- '
| knowledgcd Republican leader will he
watched witli the moat intense inter
! est.?Augusta Chronicle.
NEWS ABOUT CLOVER ""
Permanency of Star Route Between
Yorkville and Gastonia Assured.
PEOPLE NOW WANT DOUBLE SERVICE
Game Fancier Near Clover Talks Interestingly
of Traffic in Fighting
Cocks?King's Mountain After Rudisill
to Manage Baseball Team?
Other News and Notes of tho Metropolis
of King's Mountain Township.
(By a Staff Correspondent.)
Clover, July 17.?Permanency of the
"star route" between Gastonia and
Yorkville, temporarily inaugurated
several weeks ago, is now practically
assured as the result of an order of
the postofflce department removing
its maximum offer of $900 per annum
for the service. It is also announced
here that the time for receipt of bid3
for the project has been extended
from July 17 to August 1. Clover people
who are largely responsible for the
inauguration of this new temporary
postal service, were afraid it would be
ost when the government announced
it was willing to pay not more than
i900 a year for the daily 22-mile sixlay
trip. It was not thought that anybody
could be found who would be
willing to take it for that figure. But
now that the government has nnnounc;d
its willingness to submit the pronn?.<ii
tn the lowest responsible bidder,
t is assured that the proposition will
prove attractive to some one.
Having only cfne mail from the north
i day and that reaching Clover about
>: 15 in the afternoon. V. Q. Hambright
and Postmaster James A. Barrett
got busy several months ago securing
a petition signed by Clover
people asking for the inauguration of
i star route from Gastonia, to leave
hat city early in the morning bringing
first-class mail and daily papers
'rom the north. Service*was granted
omnnmrilv nnd Clvde Farris was ap
pointed carrier. Then people at Yorkrillc,
ten miles south of Clover, got
Dusy with a petition asking for an ex:cnsion
of the morning service there
ind the petition was granted, the vilage
of Filbert, midway, also being
served.
Want It Both Ways.
It was learned here today that there
s a strong sentiment now for a return
service from Yorkville to Gastonia,
,'ia Clover. The idea is for the carrier.
.0 leave Yorkville on the return trip
ibout 2:30, arriving at Clover about
1:15 and at Gastonia about 4:15 or carter.
Petitions are being circulated
imong business people at the county
seat, it is understood, asking the post)fflce
department to inaugurate this
.wo-way service, since the cost would
)e little more than one way service
* - ?? * !*? iuinneu i ntpp_
inci 01 grelit uiriiuiit iv vuouivoo
?3ts and the general public at Yorkrille,
Filbert, Clover and Howling
jrecn. It is hoped to have the necessary
petition in the hands of the post- i
)fflce department within a few days
ind that the double service will be inlugurated
by August 1, when pertnalent
bid for a one-way service was
.0 have been let.
Business Is Still Good.
Raising of game cocks for fighting
jurposes is still quite a profitable
business, .although it isn't nearly so
;ood as it was in 1918 and 1919, ac;ording
to E. C. Bigger, who lives, a
;hort distance east of Clover, and who
>vas talking about fighting cocks-while
n Clover the other day. Mr. Bigger
vas in the Clover postofficc with a
ctter from a game fgander somewhere
lown in Guatemala, Central America,
rhe envelope he held in his hand was
dasterod with postage stamps and ,
Mr. Rigger was trying to find out from (
L'ostmaster uarreu now mucn puamKi
ivould be required in Uncle Sam's .
;oin to match the "show paper" lookng
stamps with which the letter from :
Central America was plastered.
"Game cocks," said Mr. lligger,
'command an average price of about
110 now. I guess I have about 350
hat 1 will ship during the fall and
winter. The best markets are Mexi- i
:o and Central America and the states
>f Ohio and Pennsylvania. Cocks are
not a great deal of trouble to raise;
but the greatest difficulty is to get a
range for thein. One can't keep them
together, of course, because if you did
rou would be a witness to a cock fight
til the time, or as long as one was left
ilive. 1 have them scattered all over
this country in the hands of friends
who keep thorn for me. Homes for
:ocks are getting more difficult to obtain,
however, due to the fact that so
many people are going in for breeding
of pure strain chickens and don't want
to mix them with games.
"(tame cocks require very little
care," Mr. Bigger went on to say. "(live
them the range ar.l they will make
their own living. They like to live in
the woods and often they become quite
wild. In fact I have been under the
necessity of trapping a number of
mine, just like I would trap birds, before
I could get hold of them to ship.
"Raising game cocks for fighting
purposes," Mr. Bigger concluded, "is
still pretty fair; but the demand for
them is nothing like it was in war
times. During 191 s and 1919 when
money was flush, I simply couldn't
begin to till the orders I had. Seemed
like everybody wanted them. But
even at the present the price is good
and I am kept pretty busy keeping my
trade supplied."
Mrs. Griffin Dead.
Mrs. Walter Griffin of Clover, died
Saturday in a Gastonia hospital following
an operation. Her body was
interred in Woodside cemetery, Clover,
on Sunday following funeral services
conducted by Rev. N. A. Hemrick,
pastor of Clover Baptist church,
of which church she was a member.
Mrs. Griffin was about 24 years of
age. She was the daughter of Mrs.
M. M. l'endleton, who survives her, together
with one brother, Mr. Will Turner,
and one sister, Miss Ruth Turner.
Her husband also survives.
Services Close.
A series of protracted services in
Clover A. R. P. church, which had
been in progress a week, came to a
close last Sunday. The pastor. Rev.
W. P. Grier, was assisted in the services
by Rev. J. W. Carson of NewKni'rv
pnniri'pfrnflnntt nttflndorl
each service and it is understood that
there wore a number of additions to
the church as a result of the meeting.
Rudisill Gets Offer.
Will Rudisill, well known Clover
athlete, who for some time past has
been manager of the Hawthorn baseball
team at Clover, has been made an
attractive offer to manage the strong
King's Mountain, N. C., semi-professional
team, it was learned today. Mr.
Rudisill will probably accept the offer,
it is stated. "Bill" Rudisill, as he is
known to the fans throughout this
section, Is undoubtedly one of the
most popular and one of the best athletes
who ever donned a baseball uniform
here. He has been playing baseball
for years and during his college
TTnN.?-0|f? Cn.Rk Pnr_
curucr Ul LUC U1UVWOIIJ ui nwum vu? olina
was one of the baseball stars
there. Later he was with Charlotte in
the old Carolina association under
Lave Cross for a time. He also coached
Lenotr college at Lenoir, N. C., and
has played with many amateur teams
in the Carolinas. It is also reported
that Erskine college, Due West, Is after
Rudisill as coach for that college
nnother year.
Sees Great Country.
Walter B. Moore, carrier on Clover
No. 1, has returned from a trip to Norman,
Richmond county, N. C., where
he spent a week. Mr. Moore was much
impressed with agricultural conditions
that he saw on his automobile trip
from Clover to Norman and return.
Richmond county farmers, he said, are
giving much attention to the cultivation
of peach orchards and the peach
crop is unusually fine this year, while
the fruit is bringing big prices. The
cotton crop in Richmond county is
further advanced than it is in York
county and while the boll weevil has
made its appearance, the, farmers do
not appear to tie greatly worried, aootit
him.
EIGHTH CONTINENT
Strong Reason For Believing it Lies
Within Arctic Circle.
One of the eight continents of the
globe remains undiscovered awaiting
u. new Columbus.
Such at least is the opinion of Capt.
Raold Amundsen, discoverer of the
South Polo and the greatest explorer
living.
In Asia, Europe and Africa human
knowledge started. These three great
bodies -of land were known from
earliest recorded history and they still
retain the greatest density of population.
Then canpe the discovery of
South and North America. With the
knowledge that the earth was round it
was only a step until some daring
navigator should sight the shores of
Australia.
Here were six continents accounted
for. Several hundred years elapsed be*
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II1C SWClim mia iwuuu, ... ...~ .
memory of many now living the first
explorers sighted the dreary shores of
the Antarctic land whose interior of
white mystery never has been penetrated.
No man knows what riches
may be locked in its icy hills awaiting
the first comer.
The eighth continent remains. Cnpt.
Amundsen is determined that he shall
he its discoverer. It lies, according to
the best deductions of oceanographers
somewhere In the great expanse of
ocean surrounding the North Pole.
No man can tell what value to humanity
may come from its discovery.
The progress of science is rapid. Every
year new methods are found of utilizing
apparent waste. It would require
some courage to say that if the intrepid
Norwegian sights this land it
will not be one of the most important
events in history.
Many miles from the European shore
of the Arctic there is a great island of
rocks and ice?Spitzbergcn. Its location
has been known for over a century.
Before the war it belonged to
Oermany, but no great effort was made
to discover its resources. The world |
accepted as final the opinion that no I
possible value could attach to such a !
barren land. Map-makers alone rc- j
membered that it existed. When tier- |
niany's colonies were taken away after
the war the peacemakers nearly forgot
the existence of this Arctic island.)
Yet eventually its resources may save!
the life of European .civilization. It I
contains an enormous amount of coal
which can be mined almost without
expense.
For centuries the existence of Greenland,
off the northeastern shore of;
North America, has been known. Ex- !
cept for some unimportant chemicals !
the island supplied the world nothing!
LIFE FOR ZIMMERMAN
Attorney Wilson Charges Yorkvllle
Enquirer Prejudiced Public Mind.
MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL WAS REFUSED
.
Says County Newspaper Printed
Much That Was Untrue About Noted
Case?Jurors Were Prejudiced
Despite Oath to Give Verdict On
Law and Evidence ? Whisonant,
- Bateman and Criso Sentenced to
Pay Fines or Serve Imprrisonment.
Albert Zimmerman, convicted last
Thursday of tho murder of J. l'ink
ftuggins, November 7, 1921, and recommended
to mercy was sentenced to
life imprisonment by Special Judge
Frank McGowan Friday afternoon,
after a motion for a new trial had
been overruled. Zimmerman's countenance
did not change when sentence
was passed upon him. He told the
judge that he had nothing to say why
sentence should not be passed, further
than what his counsel had already
said.
Blamed Enquirer for It.
Solicitor Henry was not present
Friday afternoon to refute the argument
of Zimmerman's counsel for a
new trial fc-* their client. W. B. Wilson,
Esq., ol Uock Hill, Zimmerman's
chief counsel, charged that his client
had not had a fair trial because of the
fact that "the paper here in York,"
meaning The Yorkville Enquirer, had
written so much about the case and
had printed so many news stories and
rumors, much of which was untrue,
that the minds of the general puduc
had been unconsciously influenced
against his client. Mr. Wilson alleged
that the jurors were honest when
stating on their voir dire that they
could render a verdict in accordance
with the law and the evidence; but
argued that they could not have helped
forming an impression prejudicial
to the defendant because of "the paper
here in York." He said that articles
carried by "the paper here in York"
were written in such a manner as to
convict his client and that these articles
had been "copied" by other papers,
with the result that the case had
been "cussed and discussed" throughout
this en lire section.
Continuing his denunciation of "the
paper here in York," Mr. Wilson said
that if not in this case then in other
cases the paper had sought to create
the impression that lawyers were engaged
in the business of "framing up"
evidence for defendants and had constantly
paraded the Huggins case and
other cases before the general public
with the result that a biased impression
was bound to have been unconsciously
reached by the jury. He said
that it was evident to him that the
jury based its verdict on conjecture
and not on the facts as presented in
the court. There was no question of
the fact, he admitted, that the whole
case was "a dirty mess."
He attacked the argument of Solicitor
Henry before the jury declaring
that the solicitor posed as an authority
on human nature, and that ho was
noted for his dogmatic utterances.
There was no question of the fact, he
said, that the manner In which the
solicitor presented his argument "was
bound to have weight with the jury."
He contended there was not the
slightest scintilla of evidence to show
premeditation on the part of the defendant
and there was no evidence to
show that Zimmerman had malice
against Huggins.
Mr. Wilson admitted that there
were no legal grounds for appeal. He
had no fault to llnd with the charge
of the presiding judge and there was
no criticism of the conduct of the case
to be made.
Verdict of Error.
Introducing his argument for a new
trial for Zimmerman, Thos. 1<\ McUow,
Esq., associate counsel, said it
was not his purpose to challenge the
motives of the jury in returning the
verdict it did; but that he did insist
it was a verdict of error. He said
that he could conceive of a possible
verdict of manslaughter, but he could
not conceive of a verdict of murder.
There was no evidence in the testimony,
he argued, of the deliberate
preparation of Zimmerman to kill
Huggins. The test in any showed that
Zimmerman came to Huggin's home
upon the latter's invitation.
ill*. McDow argued that the testimony
showed the dead man, Huggins,
had sunk to depths of depravity lower
than in any instance recorded in sacred
or profauc history. He complimented
the judge on his charge to the
jury, saying that the court was fair
and that there was no error of law in
worth while. But Danish agricultural
experts have discovered that parts of
the land are excellent for sheep raising
and the Eskimos have been set to
work as herdsmen. Greenland's wool
may eventually become as important
as that of its Antarctic rivals?the
Falkland Islands and South Georgia?
which Great Britain has made profitable
colonics.
Because Capt. Amundsen is a brave
and deserving man we hope he discovers
the eighth continent during the
Arctic flight which he started yesterday.
But it would be pleasanter still
'.o know that some American discover
cd it?that the Stars and Strips and
not the Norwegian flag would fly over
it.?Washington Herald,
the conduct of the case. The court,
ho continued, had found no evidence 1
against Mrs. Huggins and had directed
a verdict for her. Counsel for the defense
would have moved for a dircc- 1
tlon of verdict of acquittal for Zimmerman;
but found it necessary to
explain the presence of a button at ,
the dead man's side and the presence
of a pistol there like a pistol Zimmerman
owned. Counsel never entertained
the idea for a moment that the
jury would jeturn a verdict of murder.
He had defended 300 men in ?'
capital cases and in view of his large 1
experience he saw absolutely nothing
in the testimony on which the jury
could baso its verdict.
Electric Chair Preferable.
I
He argued that he, himself, would (
prefer the electric chair to life imprisonment.
I could meet my Almighty ,
in the face this afternoon and say I
believed this verdict was wrong and (
unjust, he said. (
Most Peculiar Case. ,
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in denying' me mumm uuugt. .
Gowan said that the case was one of
the most peculiar he had ever heard. ]
There may have been something about I
it that I did not understand, he said. I
"I (J d my best to give the defendant a ?
fair, square and impartial hearing. It <
looked to me like the solicitor got a 1
little irritated and vexed because I did
not admit certain letters that ho want- I
ed admitted into the testimony. If he i
did I cannot help it, because I did what i
I thought was right.
"The Jury was a most intelligent <
jury," Judge McGowan continued. "I i
talked to jurors Clinton and White- i
sides and was impressed with the fact <
that they were most Intelligent men, i
while the other members of the Jury i
were equally intelligent. You gentle- <
men were kind enough to say I made
no error of law in (he conduct of the
trial. If I thought there was any cvi- i
dence that the defendant was entitled '
to a new trial I would grant the mo- i
tion. i
"There was testimony, I think, on i
which the Jury based its verdict. Zim- i
merman was enamored of Mrs. Hug- J
gins. Huggins and Zimmerman were i
drawn together by strong drink, while i
Mrs. Huggins loved Zimmerman <
wrongly. Instead of attending Divine l
services that Sunday, Zimmerman was
thinking of the woman. He came to j
the Huggins home at night. The fact \
that he went to King's Mountain, N. C., ?
after the killing is against him. The 1
dead man had no weaponj. Zimmer- '
man is a strong man, yet he killed 1
with a pistol. He didn't fight fair. I f
don't think it would be right to put my i
judgment against the judgment of f
twelve good men and I cannot disturb \
their verdict." s
Talks to Convicted Man.
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Zimmerman in passing sentence. "I
feel very much touched because of
your condition," he said "You have
had able counsel. You have brought
yourself to this because of your
weaknesses. There is yet hope for
you. It is my hope that you consider
the error of your way and turn
from it. The sentence of the law and
the court is that you spend the balance
of your natural life at hard labor
in the state penitentiary. Take your
seat."
Conspirators Sentenced.
Motions for new trials for Clarence
Whisonant and Oliver Crisp, young
white men of Rock Hill, convicted
Tuesday of conspiracy to rob Alexander
Long, Jr., were refused. Perry ,
Bateman the third member of the trio (
did not join in the petition. I
Thos. P. McDow, Esq., counsel for (
Whisonant, presented an affidavit ,
fpnm Tip A T)_ McDowell of YorkvillC, I
stating- that Whisonant was a sufferer
from heart disease and unable to do
hard manual labor. Bateman and
Crisp were sentenced to three months
each on the chaingang or a fine of
$150. Whisonant was sentenced to
three months or a fine of $100. Fines
for Bateman and Crisp had not been
paid up to yesterday morning.
? Francis Kluxen, 3rd, aged 15, was
acquitted by a jury at Morristown, N.
J., last Friday of a charge of murdering
11-ycar-old Janette Lawrence, at
Madison, last October. Several spectators
applauded the verdict, but court
officials quickly restored silence. Informed
that he was free, the boy hastened
to his parents and together they
left the court hurriedly by a rear exit
to a waiting automobile in which they
were driven to the Kluxen home in
Madison. Counsel for young Kluxen
said afterward that he hoped the verdict
of acquittal would quiet the pub- s
lie clamor against the boy by the people
of Madison, inasmuch as "the best
jury Essex county could produce" had ,
found him not guilty. t
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? John W. Guy, former cashier of the I
ns-ci vntimmi hank nf Xtatosville. was 1 ,
nrrestod in Statesville, N. C., Friday i
night, charged with embezzlement. He ,
waived examination and gave bonds of j
$25,000 for appearance at the October ;
term of the Federal court. Guy's ar- ?
rest was said to have been ordered on :
the demand of the company which had t
bonded him as an official of the bank. <
Announcement was made Wednesday, i
following examination, of the books by i
a national bank examiner, that an ap- c
parent shortage of about $85,000 had
been discovered. t
EUROPE'S CREED FOB GOLD
Americans Officially Relieved of
Their Money.
YELLOW METAL SOURCE OF ANNOYANCE
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Lady Traveler Fined for Taking Out of
France the Coin She Had Brought In
?Germans Just As Bad About Robbing
Travelers. *, ^
Americans traveling in Europe who
persist in the time-honored custom of
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gold, writes a Paris correspondent, may
profit by reading of the disagreeable
experience of Mrs. Palmer Tennant of
Hagerstown, Md. Mrs. Tennant has
just returned to Paris after eight
months of travel on the continent and
in North Afrit a with her husband. On
leaving New York last August Mrs.
Tennant and her husband bought"a
small amount of gold to use in any
r?mergency" in case they arrived in an
aut-of-the-way place where checks
ind letters of credit did not pass current.
Mrs. Tennant kept $10u in gold
pieces in an envelope in her dressing
sag. She passed through various custom
houses without any difficulty or
ielay save for the usual formalities.
Dn arriving at Beilegrade on the
French frontier on her way to Geneva,
i few days ago Mrs. Tennant fell Into
the hands of the only woman inspector
n the Bellegarde customs. This too*
man after bring assured that Mrs.
Tennant had nothing dutiable to declare,
started to make a minute exhrrfnation
of the contents of Mrs. Tenmnt's
dressing bag and picking up an
mvelope of the Hankers' Trust compa
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liecos, which she immediately confla?
:ated.
Forced to Disrobe.
She then ordered Mrs. Tennant into
in inside office to be searched. Mrs.
Tennant and her husband protested
itrongly and pointed out the fact that
:hey were not carrying French but
\merican goM, which they had brought
nto France. Protests were of no avail
ind Mrs. Tennant was forced to disrobe
down to her last garment. The
voman inspector even tore the lining
jut of her hat and ran her fingers
hrough Mrs. Tennant's hair.
After their trunks were examined in
i vain quest for more gold, the Tenriants
were marched by a half dozen
officials of the prefect of police, who
look the Amjrican gold, figured out * .
rery low rate of exchange and gave
Vlrs. Tennant French notes for her
fold. He th< i nnea ine American wvnan
50 franca for atttempting to carry
fold out of the country. Mrs. Tennant
vas so upset by her experience thatshe
paid the fine lest any further iniignltics
be offered her, and continued
jn to Geneva with her husband after
'our hours' delay.
Subsequent inquiry has developed
.hat the woman inspector at Bellegaflc
makes specialty of gold digging,
vhereas the male inspectors at Belle?arde
usually make only a most cursory
inspection, and, in most
>ass trunks without opening them at. *
ill, after making the usual inquiry aa
:o dutiable tobacco, liquors and perurnes.
An American woman with two
children had $350 in American gold '<
:akcn away from her recently by the
lame woman inspector at Bellegarde!
\merican men carrying gold pieces on
heir watch chains have been similary
relieved.
Gold Is Hindrance.
The French law prohibits any person
taking more than 5,000 francs in
:urrency out of the country. Gold is not
the only hindrance to a foreign traveler,
but it is exchangeable at a lower
rate than Is u bank draft. Paris
aanks very recent'y paid 10.95
francs for an American dollar in the
'orm of bank drafts or travelers'
ihecks, but only 10.20 l'rancs for Amercan
gold. Travelers coming from Ger- *
nany who admitted that they were in
possession of more than 3,000 marks,'
ivere invited to hand over the surplus
jr go to jail. In each case they were
jiven a receipt for their money and informed
that they could redeem it when
:hey returned to Germany.
One American, who innocently told
i German inspector that he had only
1500, hut that its equivalent was in
Jerman marks, had to turn over all
jut about $:io with which to make his
?vay south, through Switzerland, to
atch his steamer. This incident happened
at Basel, where the German inspection
of trunks is most minute. Any
hins: bought in Germany ana not ae lared,
is confiscated. The immense
lurchases by foreigners in Germany
lave brought about the most rigid
scrutiny of baggage.
? Philip A. Sellers, an old soldier, 8?,,
rears old. who lives just outside the
own limits of Ruby, was on Thursday
ifternoon severely beaten, it is alleged
jy his son-in-law, Ren Burch, who,
vith his wife and son, has made his
ionic with Mr. Sellers since the death ,
)f Mrs. Sellers a few years ago. Mr.
tellers has been an invalid for severll
years, having been wounded by a
shell while serving in the Confederate
irmy and was only able to move about
he place by the aid of his walking
jane which, it is said, Burch snatched
roin the old gentleman and then used
he stick as a weapon to beat up the
)ld man. Burch is about 50 years old
md has been arretted and is now In
lie Chesterfield jail.
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