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c-tjuay, augifisi- a), ivzv. BEING AT STiLL CRIME UNDER LAW COURT Or APPEALS SUSTAi'Na LOWER TRIBUNAL. No Opinion Given After Hearing O: Unusual R?clilond County Case. The State;- ' . ? Asheville,. Aug. 2.?In an opinior handed clown by the United State* circuit.court of appeals here today the district judge of Western Nortl Carolina'.is''affirmed and the sentence; of Gus*Barton and Leo Barton, plain tiffs in;grror, .must '.be executed. The tWo men1 were convicted ir? tb? district'vcourt on charges cf violating the national prohibition laws, when it is alleged, they were found in th< vjcinity -of a still during a raid ma-d< by revenue officers. ?. In his charge .to the jury the dis 'v -' - ' i 2.1?i. itA:? tr'.ct judge ?wefl uiai uicu \>n-o efcce at the still was prima i-xcu e*vldei)C ''an(l dfmanded some expla tjfcn. The convicted men then gav< notice of appeal and the case wa; sent ujv'*Tom Greenville. In the ophi ion, written "by United States bis trict Judge 'Henry A. M. Smith oj CharetetOn, S. G? who was sitting with Cjyeuit Judges Martin A. Hu^v ~ ~? t i _ _ \ of Washington, jl. l., ana onanes a "Woods of Marlon, S. C.. the court af forms "im.the closing paragraphs: %<In",the . instant case the learnec judge, merely histructed the ~ury tHai the presence of the party charged a' an illicit distillery ' '"as a conspicu oris circumstance, and when one is sc f6und present it becomes incumbem "u; in <r!vo pxnlanation oi uyuu il.iii w i his presence there. Under the cir cwhstances of the instant case we d< not find that, the charge is a viola tij?n of the law, but on the contrary vias fully authorized. Affirmed." P. A..Bonhara of Bonham & Pric appeared for the plaintiffs, while th* Koverninent was represented bj United States District Attorney Wil liam Thurmond and Assistant- Unitec Ail n. n uTir^10 iSjlfl'/CS AlUfniCJ . vj. T? (> v-iv> '.' No opinion was handed down today following: the hearing: of the ease of' S. M. Rogers and E. M. Rogrers petitioner appellants vs. H. W. Des jortes, county jailer for Richlam county, and James L. Sims, Unitec States marshei for the Eastern district, of South Carolina, respondents appealed from the district court oi tne\ United States for the Easterr district of South Carolina at Charleston, :n which the power of a Unitec States jud^e to sentence defendant*5 to 'the' United States penitentiaries %r jess than a year and a day was tester!. - Cole L. Blease and C. T. Graydor appeared for the Rogers', while the United States was represented by Francis H. Weston of Columbia United States district attorney foi the. eastern South Carolina district KEEPER OF STORE . KILLED BY ROBBEF Charleston Grocery man Dies Frcrr ~ Blows on. Head. The State. -Charleston, Aug. 2.?A dastard!] murder, followed by robbery, oc curred early this morning in a gro eery store at America and Rek streets, v/here John H. Schroder, th< proprietor, was found by a custoine: about 8 o'clock lying on the Hoo: with his skull crushed. Several hun itrac and a ham U-CU uui:ciio ....?...9, mer nearby was the weapon used iv is believed, to strike him down. Hi: assailant escaped. Mr. Schroder wai still living when discovered and wai hurried to Roper hospital. He die< there a half hour later. His euston was to keen considerable cash or band, not dealing much with banks and every Monday morning at thi store he paid out several hundrec dollars to collectors for wholesah Irouses with whom he dealt, Tht police are working on the theory tha some one familiar with this euston Tvp**nf>t.rAted the murder and robbery Mr. Schroder was.about 50 years o; as:e and is survived by his widow. K( come to Charleston from Walhuia 21 years a#ro, and relatives there sur vivo him. He was a nephew of J P. Cappeimann of this city and wa.: highly respected in this community. NEGRO LYNCHED BY THOUSAND M?> Taken" From Jail at Center Texas. Center Texas, An?. 2.?Ligre Dan ie!S; a " negro, charged with the murder of Mrs. Maggys Hall, a white woinan/' vras' taken from the count} jail here late today by a mob oi over ljOOO men and' lynched ' to'' ? tfe^tn' the -''court - ho'trae yard. The mob wrecked the steel ceJI ~o got ai the negro. | The* lynching ^followed announceTrient "by officers of a full confessior n?ide-to the grand jury, now in session, and- ako to the district attorney, ft was said. Unconscious, witr her skull crushed and her bod> "bruised and lacerated, Mrs. Hall, whf was the wife cf a well known farmer Mving near Center, was found at s lonely spot last Thursday night. She * ?? - V ^ rw>? vv\?i/? ' Stefan. VS"iiS' *.\s: i.ii. tion, byt died Friday. Capt. W. A. Bridg-es. commandmg Company I.. Severth cavalry, received vire instructions from Austir t<-> protect the negro and prevent tin lyriehing, b-it ire'"vVas unable to h?v. any ox the members of his ccmp&ns in time "tor mobilisation. The. crowd, dispersed after ths lynching and the town resumed its ii'Ji llliil i i . Ancient History Revised. First Patron (in barber shop) ? If Delilah of Samson and Delilah faine were to come back she'd make a-fortune these dayg, wouldn't she*? Second Patron?In what respect? First Patron-*-Wasn't vhe -he f.rt: [ ENJOYS FINS BARBECUE i WITH N5R. WILL CHALMERS j J i Mr. CHainuers G!>"?s FV^e B??"l>ecue j i.r * . I | tor His Negroes and inv.iAi ; . ; i Friends?Roa^s siu^i Crcp&. {Editor The JJera Id and News: }.!, r .Tf you v.-it? allow me -pace I wil; : I srive an account of another one of j ?. I our recent tr'ps. ? I Our boy, Clyde, who handles the h | wheel and can-ies his father around, j o 11 was on the job again last Friday.! c - - ' ! <i :: ^ es, ~.vrule a arc-at many pn.-(Jic uvu ,Mlv? four corners of the county woo; a i! on their way to the barbecue at]P 5! Youngs Grove and Edwin Halfaci-e's I * -; last Friday morn ins: the old man -fe]!.1 (honored in &cc*epjin;>* an invitation!?* ? from his nephew, 'Wilbur Epe.;. 10 at- j ^; tend a v free bai'becue given by Mr.: t .: Mel Chalmers ?*n?i himself at the j t ? j home of ??Tr. Chalmers about tiiree | c ?| miles .above Jalap?,. It seem? to be j r j somewhat customary for the farm- < o -' ers in the upper part of the county j n - to.give their negroes a free cue after j c the crops have been laid by. So i - this cue was only for their hands and ; t v n fw sr\irtf?rin& friends. j a i\ TV~e toad just a little cr ** trouble! -1 but we stepped in Newberry and had ! -j this attended to so it was about 11:30 j f > when we drove up to Mr. Chalmers, j - ; j Mr. Chalmers met us wit ft" .just-} > j svich a welcome as makes a. fellow | j .! feel crooa. And then came Wilbur; ! -1 witli his big ^mile that is -natural with ; : (him. ! i; As we walked up to the pit and i j t: hash .pot to view .the;situation which j >- ' ~ a-C +ha iinnnrffliit. r>'h- ! ^ , Vt clk> OUC- Vi. i.jLif /v ~ v ^ - j jects jus! at that time there we found )! Sammie Shealy, who is one of the : i; best cooks in the county, putting : r j the finishing touch on lb.- meat and! -1 Ex-Sheriff W. W. Riser was flavor- j ): ing the hash and-Carr Buford was sit- j -1 ting around cracking his usual line j ,'of jokes. Then Wilbur came around i j with a sample of hash to get his old i c *; uncle's opinion of what'else it needed j Hand he replied, ^'Nothing but a little I ": time." i 5 It was about 1 ?'clock when the ^{announcement was made /for the , j white people to surround the table ; [ under the large oakr. :n the yard ^ 'jwhich is a delightful repose during '; the not summer days. And as the * - _ ? i. nvnvd ? , -saying goes, int? i.tm w i/i v. v Jjthe pudding is the chewing of the 1 j sack." It didn't take long to find ? ' j out whether Sam Shealy knew how J :Uo cock a barbecue dinner or not, i There Ave re about -50 white, large ^ 1! and small, around the table who all f ' seemed to enjoy the hash, kid and \ |!pork to their appetites cont^ht. ' After the whites finished the table | . was arranged for the*negroes and, ~ ' they in number were about equal to ^ the whites. 3 1 j Dr. Mayes and Col. C. J. Puree!! I ^ 'fanfl entire family were present and:. [number of others whom I can't call (* [ i to mind just now. Col. Puree!! has j ? | a large farming interest in this see-U '} tion of the county and you may call j J. | him a "Bull or a Bear," but he j * j stands hand in hand with the farmer j 11 to establish a better system for the J ] marketing of our cotton. j ' i| My two old friends Carr Buford j j. & and Ex-Sheriff Riser invited me. to ' ^ | go up and spend the night with them, j H | but owing-to circumstances I had to j f i ! come on back to old" No. 10. L - [ As we. were coming back we i g -1 stopped to take a vie\v of St. James' i { * i new Lutheran church. It seems that i r i K 31the work is progressing..right along.}] c | The buidling* is weather boarded t r(and covered and when the finishing c "j touch is put on it is going* to show v "!np equal to any modern country ? >j church. : 5 Well, Mr. Editor, it belongs to a e 3 jwrite up of this kind I believe to i sjgive an account of the roads and t 1 {crops. Under"the present system of 1 road working we had just as well 1 stop complaining. The election on + ?[the 24th to vote on the bond in- j -indebtedness of $400,000 for perma-1 ; I nent road building: is going to be j -jvoted down. I think our tax pavers! 2 i understand weii enough that rt is no ' - j use to approriate money to build L 1 i roads until we get the right kind of j" ; | a system to handle it. If the chain j r L|prang1 isn't costing the county doubled * | price for the amount of work it does j >jl would be glad if some one _ would J * -1 prove in figures otherwise. I * j Now a word about the crop?. In j C Hmy little travel over the county the j \ crops seem to be suffering- for rain t c | worse between Newberry and Jalapa !. {than any other section I have seen. c t ! In Cacr the crops as a who Jo are *uf- ( S j 1 v. fering to a considerable exront at i ! this time. August 3. If 'it doesn't I '! come a general rain within the next 7 | week it will be no use to be alarmed . jac the coming of the boll weevil for [ . i from the appearance now the wolf > j may be in sight tmy way. ; s r j Before closing I want 'to thank I ( Mjviessrs. unajmers anci r/pps ior tne j L \.firte dinner am?' hospitality shown us. i c t Mrs. W: and ^ranciclau^ter, Rosme, j 2 - wore'also with us; 'j & And may the Lord send the blessed" j ] rain soon to refresh our wilted and J r j suffering: crops. Also we hope to ?ee j j . a belter system 0^ road working in ! f . -the sweet bye and ^ve.- F i " . * T. W. August 3. ? t I PREDICT INCREASE re i ' FOR COTTON CROPjr ; ; . . Good Growing Weather During July 11 Responsible For Great !m- j ~ p k provement. | ? ? ? ri i Washington, Aug. *2.?Increase oflr . more rhan 1.000.000 b<des in the | h i | prospective production of cotton over It : ?'w.. ,wj n ~i rtn?h at!*r> a'ac i r> JliUH .UCi it:u vi Iliv/i:. '. v 'forecast today by the department ofjv j Agriculture. A total of Z 2,159,000 j s ; j bales was estimated from the condi- i: .] lion of r,he crop -July 25, while .11,-1 & { 450,000 bales .was forecast from the t | condition of June . t . i A production of 11,450,000 bales p [ j was forecast from the condition June ! 25, which was 70.7. Production last t year was 11,329,755 bales and the condition of Ju]y 25 a year ago was ,57.1. The ten- year average condi-1 jftoa.on July 25 is 75.6.per cent. [ Condition of tut" crap hy on j ;;!v 2-~ was: Virgiri-; ?4, Xcrlh' Carolina 77, South C>:rolirsa 77. Geor 'lv 0^1 ?* IG; t i rI in n iu JiliA.'i j ( 1 IS? ?S^i ?> j.'i i ' . IjOI. /I .iillfS ' - , I : i. -\ !'Kci?iSt?S : S, l r UK^S'-C -Alls- ! :>uri '<2. Okhihoina California 85.; ii 'Z0!i8 ^. -A 11 stated ?0. ? j Good jfrowim? wea.-he-r during July i a used miu-.'. improvement i?i the ! ? of thp on. t'lo condition, avinjf advance*: from TO." per cent, i f a normal on Juno 2-"> *.o 74.1 per em. on July 2.",. The cro;.rv ton- J t:on is 7 points higher than it wa?.' year a<ro and a little more than :i j ?oir:t below fho ten year July 25 < v erase. i _ 1 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. | i wiil make a final settlement of' he estate of Jessie M. Wallace in ' he probate court for Newberry' ounty, South Carolina, on Friday he 27th day of August, 1f'20. at. 10! "clock in the forenoon ana win jnj-.. 'edlately thereafter a?k for my dis-: harge as executor of sai.i Q?tat3. AM persons holding claims against j he said estate will present them daiyj tte?tpf? i J.'C. filler. Executor Newberry, S. 0., July 22, Ji'2G. j. ?r. | * S mftlfi flffi mTTH ! -" : V : I .FECIAL ELECTION IN CROSS ROADS SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 7 >i:ate of South Carolina, County of Newberry. 1 Whereas, one-third of the resident 'reehclders and a like proportion of he resident electors of the age^of 21 , -ears in the.CJross Heads school disVr> t 'fhp poimtv of Newberry, J.JV.V ^ ^ V--. . ? v fate of South Carolina, have filed a letition with the county board t>? iducation of Newberry county, South Carolina, petitioning- and requesting hat an election be held in said school listrict on the question of levying a pecial tax of eight (8) mills, on the| axable property within the school j listrict. Now, therefore, we the underigned composing the county board >f education for Newberry county, tate of South Carolina, do hereby >rder the board of trustees of the >oss Roads school district No. V lot told an election on the said questionj if levying a special tax of eight (S) j nills to be collected on the property! ocated within the said school dis-| riet, which said election shall.be held I it the Cross Roads school house, ih i he said school district No. 7, on Sat- i trday, the 7th day of August,.1920, j it which said election the polls shall ( >e opened at 7 a. m. and closed at! t p. m. The members of the board of trus- j ees of said school dsitrict shall act) .c managers of said election. Only j uch electors as reside in said schobl! district ana return real or personal j ? >roperty for' taxation, and who ex- : ^ ribrt their tax receipts and registra-j? ion certificates as required in ?en-li? :ral elections, shall be allowed toll ^ote. Electors favoring the levy of | uch tax shall cnst a nanoi; contain-; n&- the wcrd "Yes" written or print-Iff d thereon, and each elector opposed o such levy shall cast a ballot con-il aining the word "No" written orij >rinted thereon. , . - ? Given undtr our hands and seals his the 22nd day of Jul v. 1290. j?j C. M. Wilson, * 0. B. Cannon, * J. i-?. unuiiaiif i v County Board of Education. j? PECIAL ELECTION IN ZIONJ SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 56. jg State of South Carolina, i 1 County of Kewberrv. ja Whereas, one-third of the resident j|S reeholders and a like proportion of | J of til? UCC Of 21 ears in the Zion school district- No. i| >8, the county of Newberry, state ? f Sou r,h Carolina, have filed a'pet:-*! I ion with the county hoarf] of edu-jB atlon of New berry county, South'! ,'aroiina, oetiticnin^ and requesting g hat an election be held in said 9 ciiool district 011 the question evying a special tax of four (4) ii ills on the taxable property "within] 8 he school district. !# Now, therefore, we the under- jl 'gne<\ composing the county beard!8 f education for Newberry county, fl tate of South Carolina, do hereby ;? rder the board of trustees of the-B ."ion school district No. 56, to hold i S n election on the said question ofifi ivyjnjr a special tax of four (4) j| illliS IA? UK CU1ICVICU V?H .Ilv. ^4. ?. J ._ ocated within the sai'l school is-ij? rict, which said election shn.il be iieiclig fc ih-- Zioii school house, in the s&iu'e .-v.r.r.i Harriot >.To. oo, on Saturday, 11 he 7th day of August. 1020, at;5 liieh said election the polls shall be;2 pened at 7 a. rn. and closed at 4|R The members of the beard of trus-i? ses of said school dsitrict shall act j? c managers of said election. Only \ ? uch electors as reside in s^id schools list riot and return real or personal;! iroperty for taxation, and v,ho ex-'a libit their tax receipts and registra-jg ion certificate-; as required in gers-'l ml elections, shall be allowed to | g oie. Electors favoring the levy of p uch tax shall cast a ballot contain-j 3 ng the word "Yes" written or print- | d thereon, and each elector opposed; : ? lew shall ??ast a ballot eon-!l aining the word "No" written or;| rinted thereon. $ Given under our hands and seals | his the 22nd day of July, 1290. | 0. B. Cannon, | . J. B. 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