Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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\ V / * / . i ? / * B ^ SEMI- WEEKLY. = l. m. aittrr* ?ons, ruunhm $ Jinmilj Derapapei: |'or (he jpromoiion ojf the political, Social, Ijriri^furat and Commercial Interests of thi> people. TERM3^^?'l!50cop^E^RviNcmMANC, ESTABLISHEDJ855 YORK, S. C., TUESDAY, 8EPTEMBER19, 19'iaT ~' Ko775~ VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS Brief Local paragraphs of Hore or Less,Interest. PICKED UP BY PUIKER REPORTERS Stories Concerning Folks and Things, Soma of Which You Know and Some You Don't Know?Condensed for Quick Reading. "Drove over the new West road from Yorkvillc to Sharon the other afternoon," remarked a Yorkvllle man this ( morning. "While the chaingang Is making1 good progress, at the same time there is no getting around the fact that they have a great cieai mure work to do before that road will bocome popular to travel. I made it in a flivver both coming and going; iftat it was pretty rough riding. I am informed that the best road between Yorkville*and Sharon just now is the old Sutton's' Spring road. v 1 I Passing of Straw Hats. "Notice how many people / have changed straw bats for felt hats since yesterday?" Inquired a clerk in a gent's furnishing store Saturday morning; "Oh, get out, ' you're putting out propaganda calculated to make me buy a new hat." "Well that's partly correct; but you know it has* been custom in this coun. try for years for men to change their str?w hat ^or felts after September 15. and September 15 came yesterday. Of course in small communities like this men don't pay as trtuch attention to the custom as they do iu. larger towns; but - - * ->t-? ?f..lI? nevortnejess we nave ...... today." FeoMng of Loneliness. "What you looking so blue about?" inquired Views and Interviews of a gentleman the other day. "Blue is right," was the answer. "I sent my only child, to college yesterday and believe me, last night was the bluest nnd most lonesome night that we have spent in years. Why we were just miserable, both of us without the kid's presence and I ain still blue today while my wife was crying when I left home. "I've heard folks say it was a blue day at home when the boy or the girl leaves home for college the first time? i especially if the child is an only child now I know." The Price of Coal. What is coal going to cost York v county consumers this fall and winter? That is a question that many folks have been asking each other ior some time past and none of them have been able to answer it satisfactorily, although practically all are agreed that l it is going to cost more than it did last fall. When told that according to the New York newspapers the price of coal in that city would be around $14.50 a ton this fall, a York county dealer in coal said: "Well I can't say certainly about the price that the best coal is going to bring in this section this fall and winter but I can say this: "We have purchased some and if it is delivered any time soon we expect to sell it for $13 a ton; but remember, it hasn't been delivered to us yet." Rumors of War. Some of the ex-soldiers down town the other day were seeing visions of themclves going to Europe for a light again, since the war clouds appear to be hovering around Turkey, the Turks having mopped up with the Greeks. "Well," remarked an ex-soldier, "it looks certainly like they are all going to get in it over there again and I reckon Uncle Sam will be calling tlie boys out before it is over. "Don't kid yourself that way," ' spoke up another cx-soldier. "This is one time Uncle Sam won't have a darn thing to do with it." "No," returned the first speaker. "Uncle Sam didn't have a thing to do with the other war when she broke out in August, 1914; but three years later ho waded in. And how do you know but what it will be the same filing again? "And 1 reckon that we fellows who swore when we got back from Europe last time that we never would, go any more will come right up to the scratch if our dear old Ur.elc Samuel should call us again. Wo do a lot of idle talking, you know." A Sorrowful Incident. "A rather nathetic incident came under my observation in connection with the court of general sessions last week," remarked Clerk of the Court *" MeMackin the other day. "A colored man named Henry Harrison pleaded guilty in the court to a violation ol the prohibition laws and was sentenced to serve twelve months, six months ol the sentence to be suspended on good behavior. "Along toward evening an old colored woman, one of the anti-bellurr type came to me with a roll of moncj and told me that she was the mothei of Henry Harrison and wanted to pa] liis fine. I told her that he had alreadj been sentenced and that I had nothinj to do with the case. Her disappointment was great. ? " 'I was hoping they would let hin off with a fine," she sobbed. 'He ha: . hetin- a good -son to mo and he hn< ' . never made no liquor but was jus ,, getting ready to make a littlo for hi own use. I thought sho' they wouli let him off for his first offense with a fine an<l I had come to pay the fine. I was eountin' on him to gather the crop and I don't know what I'll do without him.' And the old woman went out crying like her heart would break," said Mr. McMackin. Jackson's Birthplace. Eugeno Ashcraft of the Monroe, N. C. Enquirer still insists that President Andrew Jackson was born in North Carolina whereas Congrcssgan Stevenson and all other South Carolinians know good and well that "Old Hickory" was born in Lancaster county, South Carolina and that he went to school for a time in York county, South Carolina. Here's Mr. Ashcraft's latest argument to the contrary: "Maybe our good friends to the south of us would never have thought of it had not Union county, North Carolina, long ago suitably marked the correct idaco of Jackson's birth. I'll admit Lancaster has a much nicer place I where L'ttle Anrly might have been ' born?"a natural park, with a flue spriilfc, near a highway"?but you sec the little log cabin where he actually I was born was over in Union county, but honoring Lancaster by being near the line. If our good South Carolina friends don't believe ho was born in Union county, come over and we'll show you the marker on the very spot where the cabin stood. What more proof do you .want? Then, too, for -some unexplainable reason, Little Andy "shook both the Palmetto and thelTar Heel dust from his feet," took his mother by tho chand and led her over into Tennessee. An ungrateful child!" How Money Grows. Was talking to a prominent banker, the other day about saving and the backer's argument was that while little savings accounts apparently do not ( amount to much, if they are left alone for a few years tliey even surprise the owners. Said he: "What would be thought of the farm- , er who plowed his fields but did not sow? Or of him who hid his seed in a tin box? Ytt there are many people today who hide their money and thus deprive it of its. earning power and themselves of the advantages this money would bring them. "It perhaps has never occurred to such people that if it is right for thorn to hide their money, it is equally right for all others to do so. Were all the maney in circulation equally divided among all the people, and each person's , I share bid at home (as many now hide , theirs), not one person in the country would have in hand the funds necessary for a single month's expenses. There would be no money available to , pay salaries or wages. The farmer could not sell his produce, because no . one would-ha"ve the money to pay for it. "Put if everyone deposited his monqy in a strong bunk, where it would be placed in circulation for the benefit of all, the general condition of the country would be greatly improved. Pcoplo would have more money with which to buy the produce of farmers, jAid manufactured articles than they might need or desire. "There are other benefits, also, that come to each individual who saves his I money?if he places it in a bank, be cause there it will earn more money for him. Money has an earning power, as well as a spending power. "In 1819, Dr. John Sullivan Thome opened, a bank neeount in New York with |5.00. A year later he added $10. j No other deposit was ever made nor was any of it ever withdrawn. Recently, the account showed princi)?al and accumulated interest totaling $2,000.00." DANCE IN LANCASTER. j "Social, Lenders" Make Disgusting Spectacle of Themselves. The dance at tlie opera house last Friday night was an affair that was discrediting to any community, according to all accounts. Many of the young men and some of the young j girls were intoxicated, according to some who were present, and their conduel on the floor was unbecoming. Police were called upon to assist in quieting some members of the party after the dance, and as a result the city treasury was enriched in the sum j of $fiu.0n. the amount of fines assessed for disorderly conduct, it is tnis son of tiling that brings the ancient art of dancing into disrepute. The fact that most of th" disorderly guests were from out of town does not relieve the situation much, as the local hoys and girls were in their company. If the guests at these dances cannot conduct themselves as ladies and gen; tlemen should, the only thing to do is [ to\ prohibit the dances altogether by I ordinance, or to license t're dance hall '! and place it under direct police superI vision.?Lancaster Citizen. ? Dispatches of Thursday said that the city of Smyrna had been destroy ed all but the Turkish quarter. .John i .Manola, of the American relief com. J mittee was quoted that tiie victims [numbered not less than IL'0,000 principally Crooks and Armenians. When .' the American steamer Winona left , j Smyrna last Thursday with 1,500 , i refugees?mostly (J recks, Armenians '[and Americans?the quays were lined " j with thousands of panic stricken peo' pie whose cries could he heard over , the roar of the firing of the Turks and the roaring flames behind them. The s | harbor was full of bodies, mostly dead; 1 j but some alive. So numerous were the I i bodies that some were mangled by the sj propeller of the Winona. There seems j to be little doubt that the city was ll' deliberately set on fire by the Turks. " REV. BERRYHILL RESIGNS Pastor ot Presbyterian Church to Go to Union, North Carolina. BIG QUARRY COMPANY ORGANIZED Voters to Elect Alderman to Sucdeed Brison?Gins are Busy and Cotton Market is Brisk?Child is Bitten by Mad Dog?Other News Notes of the * Metropolis of Northern York. (By a RtafT Correspondent.) Clover, Sept. 18.?Kev. J. E. Berryhill has tendered his resignation as pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Clover. Mr. Berryhill, it is reported, has accepted the pastorate of Union Presbyterian church in Gaston county, X. C., which pastorate was long held by the late lamented I{ev. Geo. A. Sparrow, air. rscrryuui cainu iu nearly four years agv from King's Mountain, N. C.., whore he was pastor of the First Presbyterian church of that town. Under lijs pastorate"the new Presbyterian church of Clover now in course of construction was be- i gun, construction having reached a 1 stage where the basement of the new building is being used for religious services with a probability that the building will have been completed by 1 next spring. Under Rev. Berryhill's pastorate the work of the Presbyterian i church here has made great progress j in all departments and Rev. Berryhil! i ? 1 ~>?'l "tl'o horn monv frlonds I LLIIU inn h"UU wuc U(V?V here among all denominations who will regret to learn that they have seen lit to find another Held of labor. 1 They will leave -Clover within a very I short time, it is stated. I New Clover Enterprise. A new enterprise for Clover is the i Clover Qunrry Co., Inc., organized for i the purpose of crushing granite to be ' used in the construction of the Hamp- j shire Spinning Mills now in course' of > erection. The inporporators are Mes- i srs. James L. Pursley, S. X. Stacy, 1 V*. Q. Hambright and It. M. Robinson, i The company has a contract to furnish ] 7,000 cubic yards of crushed granite ] for the mill and this granite Is to be secured from a deposit located on lands of R. M. Robinson near the site nf fhp Wamnshire Mill. Nick Triponi, i a, well known and experienced quarryman of Charlotte, has been employed as superintendent of operations nnd ] the necessary machinery has been pur- i chased. It is estimated that six months' time will be necessary to fill ll?e contract. Much New Cotton Sold. It is very probable that more new cotton has been pinned and sold on the Clover market this season than on iny other market in York county, total sales up to Saturday nipht havinp cached several hundred bales. The policy of the farmers of the communi4 ?nc- -?"*n < <-x l.ft t/-? cnll thn ont _ l> KCUtriUiiy otciiir> iu uv u? nvn vwton as rapidly as it can be picked and binned. That the crop in the Clover community is going to be light is a fact beyond dispute. CaiVful observers say that if the farmers keep going at the present rate it is only 1 going to be a matter of a few weeks at best until the fields are bare. According to some of the farmers the boll weevil is still getting in his work, consuming the specked bolls as though they were young. To Build New Residences. Two new residences are in prospect for Clover. Magistrate It. E. Love has plans for the construction of a residence here and it is reported that .f:;mes D. I'ursley also contemplates building. J. F. I'ursley is just completing several cottages in the southern section of town. Municipal Election. A municipal election in Ward 2 to elect an alderman to succeed. Dr. J. E. Urison who has moved to Gustonia, has been culled for next month. It is reported tl at Messrs. Kalph Webber and Marshall Falls are among tnose who will he candidates to succeed Dr. Itrison. Although it does not come until next February, taik about the | general municipal -lection ol tie town i is beginning to loom up. Mayor I. J. I Campbell saia Saturday that it was his intention to be a candidate for reelection, his friends having insisted that he offer to succeed himself. Whether or not he will be opposed rein tins to he seen. Bitten by Mad Dog. A little child of S. P. Gordon of (Clover who was bitten'by a poodle dog supposed to have been mad a few days ago is taking the Pasteur treatment snd is reported getting along nicely. Immediately after having bitten the child the dog's head was cut off and sent to the state laboratory in Columbia. Information was promptly re turned here that the dog was suffering with rnbUft. Found by tho Wayside. A rather unusual incident came to tin* attention of Magistrate Lovo's office last week with the receipt of a rei port that the body off a white man was lying by the road side not a great | distance front tlero school houso on (the Bethany-K'ng's Mountain road.: Officers who responded to the call I found a white man evidently much the j worse for having drunk copious qtian- | j titles of mean moonshine. He had an ugly gash in his head and judging from I his general appearance and condition he had evidently been poisoned. He said that the whisky he had dru^tk he had purchased from a negro living near King's Mountain, N. C. The man claimed to have come from New ? Mexico; but was unable to give any comprehensive reason as to how he happened to be in this part of the country. Tho sentence of the court was that he be committed to the public works of York county for a period of thirty days for being drunk and disorderly. Back to Trinity. O. A. Robinson, a member of the senior class at Trinity College, Durham, N. C., this year left today to resume his studies at the college. During the summer Mr. Robinson has been with his parents Mr. and Mrs. It. M. Robinson here and has been engaged in newspaper work in Clover. He Is business manager for the "Annual," gotten OUl uyjiyiiiliy unu iiiul utnn together will his collegiate work promises to make his senior year an unusually busy one for him. Where Is It Going. "Where is all the money that this new crop of cotton is bringing going?" That is a question that folks around Clover are asking themselves. ThV* merchants say that they aro not seeing any appreciable amount of it yet in return for the sale of fall merchandise. The grocery men say that hardly any of the farmers are knocking them down with it. The hankers say that the farmers are not putting any big amount rff it on savings account. . The common opinion seems to be that the farmers .are paying old, debts with it and that they are not inclined to do much shopping for a little while longer. Taylors Leave Clover. The family of James M. Taylor lessened by four in the terrible tragedy liere on September 6, have left their home in the Clovel* Mill Village and have returned to North Carolina from whence they came here about six months ago. Taylor and the surviving members of his family leff last week. Tho two girls, Misses Gertie Taylor, 20, and Dolly Taylor, 10, who were only 3lightly wounded had about recovered from their wounds when the family left here, it Is said, and there was no indication that they would suffer any permanent disabilities from their experience. Textile Workers Leave. W. R. Laney and himily who have been living at the Hawthorn Mill in Clover have moved to the Cabarrus Mill in^annapolis, N. C. John W. Allen and family who have been living at the Hawthorn Mill have moved to Winpsboro. HAS HJUMAN SIDE. Interesting Sketch of Next Governor of South Carolina. "I want people to know I am human." Thomas G. MfcLeod, the man who is to be South Carolina's next governor, had just finished dictating a statement for the press on the morning after his election, writes Edward A. McDowell in the Greenville Piedmont. The two newspaper men who were interviewing him had folded up their pads and were preparing to leave when the governorelect began a little personal chat. He was in a happy frame of minil, naturally. and the great, broad smile he always wears was still there. But with a look of earnestness on his face and with impressiveness in his voice he told his interviewers he wanted the people of his state to know he was human. Thomas O. McLeod Is human, very human. He is approachable always-; there is nothing vaunted or "stuck-up" about him. His hand is always outstretched* for a hearty handshake, a smile is ever ready for the man he greets. He is never too busy to miss speaking to a friend. He is full of human sympathy; a man of lovable qualities and disposition. Pride and braggadocio are not in his category. In the governor's office he will be of and a pari of the people he serves; the office will be theirs. He will keep "open house" to bis friends and one will not be "on pins" when he enters the presence of the governor of South Carolina. Tlie writer knows a. good deal about "\ f XT..T rvn/l r.no (tin newspaper correspondents with the state campaign party and having visited the governor-elect's home town of Bisi opville, on many occasions. A Clean Man. The picture of Mr. McLeoil as a campaigner will always he a pleasant recollection. Not a suggestion of an epithet, not one word that would not become a Christian gentleman fell from his lips throughout the long, hard weeks of campaigning. His speeches were free from personalities; his pri-, vate expressions were clean. He impressed all who knew him closely as a man of purity of thought and nobleness of action. Hut with his tenderness, Mr. McLeod is a man of force. % He will fight when fighting is necessary. This was illustrated during the campaign at Marion when one of the candidates for governor made charges of a ' ring." Mr. McLeod came back with a strong reply in his speech that day, telling the people that the only "ring" behind him was a majority of the good people of the state. When some one congratulated him on his "eome-b: ek" .several hours later lie said: "Well, if they think I am a 'bag of mush' they are mistaken." In tlie two weeks of campaigning intervening between the first and second primaries he again showed bis qualities as a fighter and a strong camimigner. Carrying the responsi billty of his cause heavily upon his shoulders, he made thirty speeches in the short space of 72 hours in the Piedmont section. In his Greenville J speech he told the people he did not like rows, hut that, when they were forced upon him, he was not afraid to fight. His reply to certain statements | of the defeated candidate for governor showed, his fighting qualities. Full of' humor, Mr. McI,eod is still a serious-minded man. On the morning after election at his headquarters in Columbia he wrtfi aslcel if. he had slept well the night before. He replied that he had not slept at all, though he had gone to bed. "How would you have slept, governqr, if you had been defeated?" someone asked. "I never thought of being defeated, even from ,tho beginning of the campaign," he answered. "I'll tell you the whole state\was resting on my shoulders and the idea of being defeated never entered my head!" CinnA Qtnrv Toll,,,. wvw. 7 . V..W. . Some of Mr. Mci.cod's opponents often threw off on his joke telling. The l>est explanation of this is the fact that he can tell a joke so well. Audiences all over the state have laughed at his (Ice, clean stories. He has the ability to tell a story well and he never fails to!get a laugh, a fact that speaks well for his human side. Some of his stories are gathered from'his own experience, Cor instance, there is the one he tells of the negro who came to him for advice soon after he had c-ntered the practice of law. A young lawyer, he was in need of business as most young lawyers are. "I gave him. the advice," Mr. McLeod tells, "and it was good advice, if I do say it myself. 'When I had finished the negro got up to go. 'Wait, uncle, there is something you forgot,' I told, him. 'What's dat, 4>oss?' the negro ashed. 'Why, you forgot to pay me, uncle, five dollars,' I replied. 'What's dat for, boss?' he asked. 'For the advice I gave you,' T told him. 'Yassah, boss!' the negro replied, 'but I 'cides not to tek it." " There were many other fine stories told on the campaign by the new governor. They do not look nearly so well in print as they sound when told by Mr. McLeod, for'he has a knack of telling them that is entertaining and enjoyable. Well-Liked at Home. vMr. McLeod is1 highly respected In his home town, Bishopville, -where he has always been a leader in everything for the civic improvement of hla community. He is plain "Tom" to his l'elloW townsmen and to all of his closest associates. By the way, he nev er minds being called "Tom," even on short acquaintance. In fact, he rather likes it. He is a steward in the Methodist church at Bishopville and is the teacher of the Men's Iiihle class in that church. Often he has filled the pulpits of Iiishopvillo in the absence of pastors. He is a Ood-fearing man and his faith is founded on the Bible and all of its teachings. J-Ie has a brother who is a minister |in the Methodist church. p Thomas O. McLeod carries loss of vindictiveness for others in his heart than most mortals. If there was one sting in him on the morning after the election left by actions or word.', of his opponents: those about him could not detect it. He holds no grudge against those who did not support him or vote for him. Can't Be Dictated To. Mr. McLeod likes advice, but he will not be dictated to in managing the affairs of the state. He is fully capable of "paddling his own canoe," but he will always be ready and willing to near those who think they c:tn tell him a better way. Thomas G. McLcod bids fair to give (lie state the best administration it has had in many years. Certainly he will enter the ofllee realizing fully the responsibilities tbfit are his. He will be the governor of all the people. SOLDIERS ILL TREATED Suggests Committee of Five to Investigate Hospitals for Veterans. Charging brutal treatment of former service men in Veterans' Hospital No. 81, Bronx Borough, New York, Representative Rossdale took steps last week to have the lid lifted by a congressional investigation, lie offered a resolution for a committee of live to inquire not only into the hospital in New York but all others tinder the Veterans' Bureau in which bad treatment is charged. He wants the inquiry to start at | once and a report made to congress by the first Monday in December, with recommendations of methods for Improvement. Mr. Rossdale will urge Chairman Campbell (Rep. Kan.) of the Rules Committee to bring out a special rule for consideration and action. Some of His Charges. Among the charges of ill treatment Mr. Rossdale alleged assaults and injjury of some of the patients; conflne; ment of nervous patients in the insane i ward as discipline for minor infractions 'of hospital rules; discharging of pa| tients before they are cured, some beI ing turned loose in the streets of New < ! York City unfit to care for themselves, improper diet or medical treatment and lack of simple medicines. He criticized the military procedure i in vogue and the refusal of authorities to permit war mothers, Knights of Columbus and other organizations to distribute little comforts in the hospl FARMERS PAY MOST Hoover Says Strike Most Costly to Agriculture. HE SAYS PROSPERITY WILL RETURN . However Six Months' Time Must' Elapse Before Conditions Get Back to Normal?Interviews With Cabinet Officers. Warning was given by high administration officials Friday that the country must wholly recover from the aftermath of the recent industrial upheaval before economic benefit.-! flowing from the settlement of thg railroad strike can react fully upon national business conditions. Secretary Hoover took the vie*tv that although the country is now undoubtedly better off than it was a year ago, it will probably he six months before a high piano of prosperity is attained, wliilo Secretary Mellon, although considering the business outlook "very good," recognized as forestalling immediate commercial expansion the limitations Imposed upon transportation facilities by car shortage and a possible inadequate labor supply. The greatest loss as a result of the strike will lie borne by the farmers, according to an analysis of the situation by Secretary Hoover in which lie reached the conclusion that the "economic wound" received by the country should be quickly healed. Davis More Optimistid. In contrast with the views of his two cabinet associates, however, Secretary Davis of the labor department, was positive that settlement of the railroad strike removed the last obstacle of "unprecedented" prosperity. Pftrmrft? It'rldov tn tha lnhc# rlonnrt. : ment from il~. representatives in Chicago brought additional details of the scope to which the partial settlement of the railroad strike was expected to extend. At least 35 per cent of the railroads affected by the strike have approved the Warfield-Willard-Jewell plan, they declared, while sufficient other carriers had signified their willingness to settle on this basis to bring the total to 65 per cent of the national mileage. It was expected that little time would be lost in the opening of negotiations between the roads and the unions looking to actual signature of the peace pact. The only railroad with Washington headquarters, the Southern Railway system, announced Friday that such a meeting had been called for Saturday. Losses Overestimated. While the losses due to the coal and railroad strikes have been "considerable," Secretary Hoover said in a statement issued Friday night, "they are easily overestimated." "The estimate of current coal miners' wn ires lost in the five months fnf strike) is not a correct basis of the estimation of the total loss," he said; "because over a period of 18 months we will probably consume the same amount of coal. In other words, the miners will work more days in the week 'and produce more coal in the next six or eight months than they would have produced if there had been no strike, and thus the wage roll of the next six or eight months will be larger and will, in a considerable degree, compensate the loss during this suspension. "The real loss would lie more in the loss of productivity in industries that have, or might have, to close down as a result of the coal strike. If all of our industries can bo kept in motion, the loss will be much less from the coal strike than is currently estimated. "The greatest loss today is the one being met by the farmer as a result of the railway strike. Tho export of I arm products has been seriously interfered with by the inability of the railways to transport produce. Prices are, therefore, unduly depressed in the agricultural regions. Agricultural Loss Greatest. "The inability to transport manufactured products will create some degree of loss but not so serious as that to agriculture. "There are other losses that must be counted into the national balarfce sheet, such as the damage to the railways, the extra charges which they have been put to, the cost of keeping the minds open, and maintaining then during the period of suspension, and a. hundred other items that are of imtals. "Evidence already disclosed in New York," Mr. Rossdale said, "proves conclusively that one of the soldier patients was brutally and vigorously assaulted. Gifts Are Barred, He Says. "\V^ did not object to these organizations distributing sweaters, socks, candy, cigarettes, tooth paste and other little comforts to the men during the war. Why should they be deprived of it now by extreme institutional bureau cracy ? "American citizens are unalterably opposed to confining sane ex-service men with the violently insane because of the slight infraction of the rules. "In order that the entire truth regarding the conditions may be disclosed and prompt steps taken to remedy them, so that the ex-service men may have a fair deal and the autocratic institutionalism now prevailing may be stopped, I liave introduced this resolution." portance. Ia the broad view, however, if we can get back to business, if we can secure a resumption of transporutlon and rapid distribution of coal and agricultural produce, we will not have received such an economic wound as can not be very quickly recovered from. We will probably not be on such a high p^ine of business prosperity during the next six months as we would have been had the strike not taken place, but we will undoubtedly be on a much more comfortable plane than that of last year." v THE CRIME WAVE Press Comment on South Carolina's /-? vi y/ v? I?Iu uwi . The crime wave must have reached high tide the past week. Among the outstanding events were: A man in Clover, York county, shot and killed four pei sons, Just because the children of his home and the children of an adjoining home fell out and quarreled about a joint well; a man and his son in Laurens county had a falling out because the father punished one of the younger children?there were 12 children altogether?and the son killed the father and the father, mortally it is thought wounded the son; in Anderson county a man deliberately shot and k.lled his wife and his wife's mother? he then killed himself. And these are not all by any means.. Let everybody who loves his fellow man and his state, officer and private citizen, use his influence and his office ! in the interest of peace and soberness and respect for law.?Newberry Observer. Alarmina Homicide Record. South Carolina's homicide record is growing at a startling pace. Within less than one week, there have been enacted within the borders of this state a quadruple tragedy, a triple tragedy and a double tragedy. Eight persons are dead as a result of this series of [homicides, and tne ninth is reported dying. " '"?1 We have heard for a long time that human life was cheap in South Carolina. And this weed's record serves to oAiphaslze the deplorable truth of that assertion. The bare facts alone are sufficient to make us wonder wither we are going in the course of the human race. The three shrieking occurences referred to all had their inception hi domestic troubles. In York, an elderly man became enraged as the results of h children's feud, and seizing two shotguns, poured forth deadly buckshot at iU* a /ami Ur uic iiKiuut'i o tu a itci^nuui o latiui/i l'ataliy wounding four of them, and wounding: two others. In Anderson, a cotton mill operative, Indignant because his wife had left him and Infuriated because she had, a peace warrant served upon him, shot, her and her mother to death, and fi^ed a bullet Into his own brain. In Laurens county, father and son are dead, each, by the other's hand, in consequence of a dispute that had to do with family discipline, or involved liquor, reports on this point being conflicting. We are writing merely to comment upon the appalling conditions reflected by the killings. There are so many homicides in South Carolina, an average of one a day, it Is commonly said, that we cannot assume that it Is merely a coincidence that three horrible occurrences such as those mentioned should have h.mnened within six davs of each other. Whatever condition is responsible for the cheapness of human life in this commonwealth, it must be regarded as fundamental, we believe, rather than any passing influence. The crimes that class as .^hocking in South Carolina have been many within the last twelve months, 'and the ^'crime wave" does not seem to have yet spent its force. What shall we do about it? ?Columbia Record. Five Killings in Two Days. Five homicides in two days in this Piedmont country! In Laurens county a son killed bis father and the father killed the son, the father being the aggressor. In Anderson county, a married man shot ids mother-in-law to death, then shot his wife to death, and following this double murder shot himself to death. In both of the counties where these awful crimes were committed there are schools and colleges and churches and what is called "Christian civilization." Only a few (lays before these "occurrences" (one must be very careful nowadays to use polite terms in describing the most brutal crimes, and so we shall call the murders "occurrences," Just as a matter of safety) a man in York county took his shot gun from the rack, shot and killed four of his neighbors, three of them children, we believe, and his trial has been postponed. In the Laurens county and Anderson county "occurrences" all the "parties," innocent and guilty, victims and slayers, are beyond the reach of trial by Jury and executive clemency by governors?* there was really little reason for the worthy citizen who murdeied his wife and her mother in Anderson county to take his own precious life as the oxtreme#penalty for the crime ot murder has rarely been enforced in the last llfteen or twenty years, so that the impression seems to have reached the country that if one would like to commit murder with safety and distinction South Carolina may be regarded as a promising tield.?Spartanburg Journal. ? We never forget a favor rendered by a stranger.