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WE AVERAGE 0.\E [j HOMICIDE A DAY. 1 j, Secretary G. Croft Williams of the Stair Hoard of Charities and Correc- ' tiers, has been studying the preval- ]1 ence of crime since the war. He is 1 iltaoM aip ui juiy pity oj p^qsjuoisi. and the west homicides have decreas- i ed since the armistice was signed, j1 Mr. Williams has received a leiCr 1 from the secretary of the State Be ?.rd,' of Charities and Corrections of New,-' Hampshire, in which there was ihc. following statement: "The situation < in New Hampshire docs not appear to be the same as in South Carolina. ( The only indictments for homicides in,1 this stale, for the past year, have;' been for deaths, earned by reckless-' ness of automobile drivers, while the number of commitments for other J offenses has been materially reduc- 1 ed.*' There are not a dozen counties in, South Carolina that could show so! good a report as this. ji "From the pres3 dispatches," Mr. Williams said, "I conclude that we! continue to keep our average of one! homicide a d.iy in this state. Many of,1 those homicides are of a brutal and,' revolting character, showing a state of mind that is depraved and beyond;1 all care for the common good. A; new factor in the growth of homicide!: is the number of accidental killings. 1 These are usually committed by young boys that are allowed to toy '< with deadly weapons. "Why is it that South Carolina [' must have a killing a day when New j Hampshire can thrive without a kill- j j ing a year? It is that we have some superior stuff in us that is manifest- Ij ed in this manner, or is it because J! of a different kind of machinery for 1 the gaining of justice, or-is the pre- ' valence of a false notion that honor 1 is best satisfied at the end of a pistol? Whatever may be the cause, the1 number of persons that have died as a sacrifice to prejudice, passion i and vengeance is beyond all reason.!! Are South Carolinians of such a mis-1 erable breed that it is necessary for them t0 be slaughtered at this rate?) It is time that we face this question.? honestly and ask ourselves what we I should do about it." . i n L SARAJEVO HARDLY N TOUCHED BY WAR. \ City Where Whole Trouble Began is ; Very Well Off. I1 \ Sarajevo, Bosnia, July 11. ?(By ? Mail.)?Sarajevo, scene of the assis- ( ination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, suffered less from the war ? than many other cities in the Balk-^ an.s As compared with Belgrade it i is a city of luxury and plenty. The ,| cafes have all the food that one cares 1< to buy, the stores are well stocked \ and the Jewish and Turkish vendors i J of souvenirs still do a flourishing \\ business. t ! t The service at the hotels and ros- i taurants is excedingly bad, but this4< m m - I1; m ! ME J MS l I is generally true in South Europe, partly because most of the waiters ind other employes, during their four rears at war acquired slovenly habits of I-don't care. It is exceedingly difficult from Athens to Belgrade, to i'iud a waiter who will exert himsell !o please. One cannot say, truthfully, whether or not the people of Sarajevo ate content with the new Jugo-Slav government at Belgrade. Whatever dissatisfaction may exist, however, is well guarded. In concert halls and elsewhere are posters which say "Syaek Serbian." The formelry official German language is now superseded in all official publications b\ r- / T ?lnV.oKo?\ on/I Corhimi U* uai \ L<r.iiu aij'uawci / uviwiun (Cyrillic). Programs and menus are printed on both sides in the two tongues. All official statements are to the effect that there is little dissatisfaction with the Jugo-Slav state as now organized. o COTTON ASSOCIATION ISSUES REPORT. Columbia, Aug. 28?The American Cotton association in a report issued tonight placed the condition of the cotton crop on August 25 at 58.2 per cent. The government crop report giv. ing condition on August 25, will be issued September 2. There was a difference of only 1 per cent in the last American Cotton association report ind the government report. The report issued tonight by the American Cotton association follows: The condition of the growing crop up to August 25, for the belt is 58 2 The crop is from two to four weeks late. It has a diseased root system, sappy and unable to stand reverses, extremely poorly fruited, shedding md showing rapid deterioration and premature opening. Insect damage has been recordbreaking. Boll weevil damage is the largest ever known. In addition to this bool worm, army worm and red spiders have done serious damage. There is a serious damage also from boll rot. "Labor is extremely short and unsatisfactory. The gathering of even the record-breaking small crop which s now a certainty will be a most serious problem. Under favorable (veather conditions delay in gathering will be serious and will result in cotton standing in the fields unpicked tausing crop grade to be low. With idverse weather conditions losses on iccount of extreme labor conditions ivill be enormous, resulting in the largest percentage of off-grade than )f any crop ever gathered. "Acreage abandonment will be nine ind one-fourth per cent. Account of he great scarcity of labor and the ecord breaking seasons to abandon his amount of acreage. This will show the largest reduction in the .*ield probably ever recorded. No deluction has been made in our condiion report for abandonment, nor will he department of agriculture show my deduction for acreage abandonjnment until the season ends. BHBBDHBBBHi Beginning and On Dis )ur Rea Vlll fee open at 1 lie ladies of Dill< 9 w. c. i I " r ' Aged \\ oman in State Prison For ( Crime She Did Not Commit. i Aunt Sciruh Wycoff, according to a story told in the Greensboro News j by Tom Bost, has served 40 years in jthe Siate prison at Raleigh for a I crime she did not commit. She was ,convicted of being implicated in the ,murder of her husband for which |crime Bob McCorkle, negro, was : hanged. A recent letter from Mrs. WycoM's daughter-in-law brings the information that the atcual murderer ~ *' hiioknnj o rl on t h-hPfl VI i.U! liinuaiiU lllCUV*^ 44 v*V ?v | confession, clearing both Aunt Sarah and the negro. Who the man was the letter does not state. Aunt Sarah says fhe was convicted in both Catawba and Alexander counties. ;Onlv her sex saved her from the fate ofthe negro. She is now 78 years old and wants to remain in the prison the balance of her life. Her attendants love her and want her .to stay. She would have been pardoned long ago she says but had nowhere to go. o FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT. Ford Turns Turtle Killing One Croatan and Injuring Several Others. A Ford touring car running at a high rate of speed turned turtle at the edge of the bridge over Baker's Mill Sunday night, killing one Croatan instantly and injuring several others. The Croatans were joy riding and is claimed the car was running , at such a rapid rate that when it hit the heavy sand bed near the edge of ' the bridge it turned completely over , I pinning the passengers under the i body. The injured Croatans will jrecover. It is alleged that "MonKey : Rum" was responsible for the accident. I ? ACT QUICKLY. Do the right thing at the right time. 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